“THE SPORTSPAGE” SUNDAY AUGUST 31, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 2-SATURDAY

NEW CASTLE 35 JAY COUNTY 0

ROCHESTER IL 42 GIBSON SOUTHERN 21

ANDREAN 13 FW LUERS 0

BOWMAN ACADEMY 28 CALUMET CHRISTIAN 16

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 3:

ADAMS CENTRAL (2-0) AT MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-1)

ARSENAL TECH (0-2) AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD (2-0)

ATTICA (1-1) AT SEEGER (2-0)

AVON (2-0) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (2-0)

BATESVILLE (1-1) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (2-0)

BLACKFORD (0-2) AT MADISON-GRANT (2-0)

BLOOMINGTON NORTH (1-1) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (1-1)

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (2-0) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-2)

BOONE GROVE (1-1) AT BREMEN (0-2)

BOONVILLE (1-1) AT SOUTHRIDGE (1-1)

BOWMAN ACADEMY (2-0) AT LAKE STATION (2-0)

BREBEUF JESUIT (0-2) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (1-1)

BROWN COUNTY (0-2) AT NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (2-0) AT NEW ALBANY (0-2)

CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-2) AT TRI (1-1)

CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (0-2) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (0-2)

CASCADE (2-0) AT NORTH PUTNAM (1-1)

CASTLE (1-1) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-2)

CENTERVILLE (OHIO) AT CARMEL (2-0)

CENTRAL NOBLE (0-2) AT LAVILLE (1-1)

CHESTERTON (1-1) AT MICHIGAN CITY (1-1)

CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (0-1)

CHURUBUSCO (1-1) AT GARRETT (0-2)

CINCINNATI ST. XAVIER (OHIO) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (1-1)

CLARKSVILLE (2-0) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (2-0)

CLINTON PRAIRIE (1-1) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (2-0)

COLUMBIA CITY (2-0) AT BELLMONT (0-2)

COLUMBUS EAST (0-2) AT SEYMOUR (0-2)

CONCORD (2-0) AT MISHAWAKA (1-1)

CORYDON CENTRAL (0-2) AT NORTH HARRISON (1-1)

COVENANT CHRISTIAN (1-1) AT INDIAN CREEK (2-0)

COVINGTON (2-0) AT NORTH VERMILLION (0-2)

CRAWFORD COUNTY (1-1) AT PERRY CENTRAL (0-2)

CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-0) AT WESTERN BOONE (0-2)

CULVER ACADEMY (0-2) AT KNOX (2-0)

DANVILLE (0-2) AT ANDERSON (1-1)

DECATUR CENTRAL (0-2) AT WHITELAND (1-1)

DEKALB (1-1) AT NEW HAVEN (0-2)

DELTA (0-2) AT SHELBYVILLE (2-0)

EAST CENTRAL (2-0) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (1-1)

EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-2) AT CALUMET (2-0)

EASTBROOK (2-0) AT FRANKTON (0-2)

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (2-0) AT DELPHI (1-1)

EASTERN GREENE (0-2) AT NORTH DAVIESS (2-0)

EASTERN HANCOCK (1-1) AT CENTERVILLE (2-0)

EDINBURGH (0-2) AT SOUTH DECATUR (0-2)

EDWARDSVILLE (ILL.) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-1)

ELKHART (1-1) AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (1-1)

ELWOOD (1-1) AT ALEXANDRIA (2-0)

EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-2) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (1-1)

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (2-0) AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-1)

EVANSVILLE REITZ (2-0) AT JASPER (1-1)

FAIRFIELD (2-0) AT JIMTOWN (0-2)

FISHERS (1-1) AT NOBLESVILLE (1-1)

FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (1-1) AT WES-DEL (0-1)

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (1-1) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (0-2)

FORT WAYNE NORTH (2-0) AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (2-0)

FORT WAYNE SNIDER (0-2) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-2)

FRANKLIN (2-0) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (1-1)

FRANKLIN CENTRAL (2-0) AT BROWNSBURG (2-0)

FREMONT (2-0) AT ANGOLA (1-1)

GARY WEST (1-0) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (0-2)

GIBSON SOUTHERN (1-1) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (2-0)

GREENCASTLE (0-2) AT FRANKFORT (0-2)

GREENSBURG (0-2) AT CONNERSVILLE (1-1)

GREENWOOD (1-1) AT MARTINSVILLE (0-2)

GUERIN CATHOLIC (1-1) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (1-1)

HAGERSTOWN (0-2) AT UNION CITY (0-2)

HAMMOND NOLL (1-1) AT WHITING (0-2)

HANOVER CENTRAL (0-2) AT HIGHLAND (1-1)

HERITAGE HILLS (2-0) AT PRINCETON (2-0)

HOMESTEAD (1-1) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (0-2)

HUNTINGTON NORTH (0-2) AT EAST NOBLE (2-0)

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (2-0) AT WESTERN (1-1)

INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (2-0)

INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (2-0) AT BEECH GROVE (2-0)

INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (1-1)

IRVINGTON PREP (0-2) AT CINCINNATI COUNTY DAY (OHIO)

JAY COUNTY (1-1) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (0-2)

JEFFERSONVILLE (1-1) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-1)

JENNINGS COUNTY (0-2) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (0-2)

JOHN GLENN (1-1) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (2-0)

KANKAKEE VALLEY (0-2) AT ANDREAN (1-1)

KETTERING ALTER (OHIO) AT LINTON (1-1)

KOKOMO (0-2) AT MONROVIA (0-2)

LAKELAND (1-1) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-2)

LAWRENCEBURG (1-1) AT SPEEDWAY (0-2)

LEO (2-0) AT NORWELL (0-2)

LEWIS CASS (1-1) AT PERU (1-1)

LOGANSPORT (2-0) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-1)

LOWELL (1-1) AT GRIFFITH (2-0)

MACONAQUAH (2-0) AT NORTHFIELD (0-2)

MADISON (0-2) AT CHARLESTOWN (1-1)

MARION (1-1) AT CENTER GROVE (2-0)

MCCUTCHEON (1-1) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (1-1)

MERRILLVILLE (1-1) AT CROWN POINT (2-0)

MILAN (1-1) AT NORTH DECATUR (2-0)

MISSISSINEWA (2-0) AT OAK HILL (1-1)

MONROE CENTRAL (1-1) AT RICHMOND (0-2)

MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (0-2) AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-1)

MUNSTER (0-2) AT HOBART (2-0)

NEW CASTLE (1-1) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-0)

NEW PRAIRIE (0-2) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (2-0)

NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (1-1) AT WARREN CENTRAL (1-1)

NORTH MIAMI (2-0) AT CASTON (1-1)

NORTH NEWTON (1-1) AT FAITH CHRISTIAN (1-1)

NORTH POSEY (2-0) AT NORTH KNOX (1-1)

NORTH WHITE (0-2) AT FRONTIER (2-0)

NORTHVIEW (2-0) AT SULLIVAN (2-0)

NORTHWESTERN (0-2) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-2)

NORTHWOOD (1-1) AT WAWASEE (1-1)

OWEN VALLEY (1-1) AT CLOVERDALE (0-2)

PARK TUDOR (2-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (0-2)

PARKE HERITAGE (1-1) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (1-1)

PHALEN ACADEMY AT GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (0-2)

PIKE (0-2) AT BEN DAVIS (0-2)

PIKE CENTRAL (0-2) AT TELL CITY (2-0)

PIONEER (1-1) AT WINAMAC (0-2)

PLAINFIELD (2-0) AT MOORESVILLE (2-0)

PLYMOUTH (0-2) AT NORTHRIDGE (0-2)

PORTAGE (0-2) AT LAKE CENTRAL (1-1)

PROVIDENCE (1-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-1)

RIVER FOREST (1-1) AT WHEELER (2-0)

RIVERTON PARKE (2-0) AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (0-2)

ROCHESTER (1-1) AT WHITKO (1-1)

RUSHVILLE (0-2) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-0)

SCOTTSBURG (2-0) AT SALEM (1-1)

SHENANDOAH (1-1) AT LAPEL (2-0)

SHEPARD (ILL.) AT HAMMOND MORTON (1-1)

SILVER CREEK (0-2) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (1-1)

SOUTH ADAMS (1-1) AT BLUFFTON (2-0)

SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-1) AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN (1-1)

SOUTH BEND RILEY (2-0) AT PENN (2-0)

SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (0-2) AT NORTH JUDSON (1-1)

SOUTH NEWTON (0-2) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-2)

SOUTH PUTNAM (2-0) AT EDGEWOOD (2-0)

SOUTHMONT (2-0) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (0-2)

SOUTHPORT (0-2) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (2-0)

SPRINGS VALLEY (2-0) AT PAOLI (1-1)

TAYLOR (2-0) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (1-1)

TECUMSEH (0-2) AT SOUTH SPENCER (0-2)

TIPPECANOE VALLEY (2-0) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-2)

TRITON (1-1) AT CULVER (1-1)

TRITON CENTRAL (2-0) AT TRI-WEST (2-0)

TWIN LAKES (2-0) AT TIPTON (2-0)

UNION COUNTY (1-1) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (1-1)

VALPARAISO (0-2) AT LAPORTE (1-1)

VINCENNES LINCOLN (1-1) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (1-1)

WABASH (0-2) AT MANCHESTER (1-1)

WARSAW (1-1) AT GOSHEN (1-1)

WASHINGTON (0-2) AT FOREST PARK (1-1)

WEST CENTRAL (2-0) AT TRI-COUNTY (0-2)

WEST LAFAYETTE (0-2) AT LEBANON (1-1)

WEST NOBLE (2-0) AT EASTSIDE (1-1)

WEST VIGO (0-2) AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (1-1)

WEST WASHINGTON (1-1) AT MITCHELL (0-2)

WESTFIELD (1-1) AT ZIONSVILLE (1-1)

WINCHESTER (2-0) AT NORTHEASTERN (2-0)

WOODLAN (1-1) AT HERITAGE (2-0)

YORKTOWN (2-0) AT NEW PALESTINE (2-0)

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“THE SPORTSPAGE” INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POWER POLLS WEEK 3

1 BROWNSBURG 2-0

2 CENTER GROVE 2-0

3 CROWN POINT 2-0

4 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 2-0

5 CARMEL 2-0

6 WESTFIELD 1-1

7 AVON 2-0

8 COLUMBUS NORTH 2-0

9 LAWRENCE NORTH 1-1

10 PENN 2-0

1 NEW PALESTINE 2-0

2 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 2-0

3 EAST CENTRAL 2-0

4 CATHEDRAL 1-1

5 CONCORD 2-0

6 MERRILLVILLE 1-1

7 PLAINFIELD 2-0

8 WARSAW 1-1

9 LAFAYETTE JEFF 1-1

10 CASTLE 1-1

1 BISHOP CHATARD 2-0

2 HERITAGE HILLS 2-0

3 EAST NOBLE 2-0

4 EVANSVILLE REITZ 2-0

5 LEO 2-0

6 MISHAWAKA 1-1

7 COLUMBIA CITY 2-0

8 RONCALLI 1-1

9 FW DWENGER 1-1

10 BEECH GROVE 2-0

1 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 2-0

2 MACONAQUAH 2-0

3 MISSISSINEWA 2-0

4 CASCADE 2-0

5 GIBSON SOUTHERN 1-1

6 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 1-1

7 KNOX 2-0

8 TRI-WEST 2-0

9 FW LUERS 0-1

10 LAWRENCEBURG 1-1

1 ADAMS CENTRAL 2-0

2 LUTHERAN 2-0

3 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 2-0

4 LAPEL 2-0

5 TRITON CENTRAL 2-0

6 EASTBROOK 2-0

7 LINTON 1-1

8 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 1-1

9 ANDREAN 0-1

10 BLUFFTON 2-0

1 SOUTH PUTNAM 2-0

2 NORTH DECATUR 2-0

3 MADISON GRANT 2-0

4 SPRINGS VALLEY 2-0

5 PROVIDENCE 1-1

6 NORTH MIAMI 2-0

7 NORTH JUDSON 1-1

8 MILAN 1-1

9 FRONTIER 2-0

10 PIONEER 1-1

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=8/30/2025

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER

SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=8/30/2025

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER

SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=8/30/2025

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF

HALL OF FAME CLASSIC:

ZIONSVILLE 305, WESTFIELD 311, CARMEL 312, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 317, FRANKLIN 318, BATESVILLE 319, CENTER GROVE 325, SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 334, BROWNSBURG 336, FLOYD CENTRAL 336, CASTLE 343, NORTHRIDGE 344, FORT WAYNE CARROLL 345, DEKALB 358, HOMESTEAD 357, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 358, TIPTON 371, CHESTERTON 377, VALPARAISO 377, EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 380

CIC CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT:

FRANKTON 381, ALEXANDRIA 400, EASTBROOK 400, OAK HILL 443, MISSISSINEWA 463, ELWOOD 471, BLACKFORD 534

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INDIANA CROSS COUNTRY

RESULTS:

SALEM INVITE: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/706874-17th-annual-salem-hs-cc-invitational-2025/results

DENNIS BAYS WARRIOR INVITE:

BOYS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/698884-dennis-bays-warrior-invitational-2025/results/1197647/raw

GIRLS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/698884-dennis-bays-warrior-invitational-2025/results/1197649/raw

MT. VERNON INVITE: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/706859-mt-vernon-hs-invite-2025/results

RUSHVILLE INVITE: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/693146-rushville-classic-invitational-2025/results

WAPAHANI INVITE: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/695698-wapahani-invitational-2025/results

TIM ADAMS INVITE:

BOYS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/704361-tim-adams-invitational-2025/results/1197826/raw

GIRLS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/704361-tim-adams-invitational-2025/results/1197831/raw

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY INVITE:

BOYS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/699691-taylor-university-hs-invitational-2025/results/1197964/raw

GIRLS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/699691-taylor-university-hs-invitational-2025/results/1197963/raw

STXXC TIGER RUN:

BOYS RESULTS: https://ky.milesplit.com/meets/687593-stxxc-tiger-run-2025/results/1198146/raw

GIRLS RESULTS: https://ky.milesplit.com/meets/687593-stxxc-tiger-run-2025/results/1198148/raw

HANCOCK COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS:

BOYS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/706586-hancock-county-championships-2025/results/1197837/raw

GIRLS RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/706586-hancock-county-championships-2025/results/1197838/raw

SALEM INVITE: https://in.milesplit.com/meets/706874-17th-annual-salem-hs-cc-invitational-2025/results

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INDIANA BOYS TENNIS

SCORES:

EDINBURGH WINS THE STEVE MAKURAT INVITATIONAL AT BROWN COUNTY

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INDIANA UNITED FLAG FOOTBALL

SCORES: NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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WNBA SCORES

Minnesota 94 Connecticut 70

Golden State 99 Washington 62

Seattle 79 Chicago 69

Phoenix 80 New York 63

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MILWAUKEE 4 TORONTO 1

TAMPA BAY 4 WASHINGTON 1

PITTSBURGH 10 BOSTON 3

MIAMI 11 NY METS 8

PHILADELPHIA 3 ATLANTA 2 (10)

ST. LOUIS 4 CINCINNATI 2

LA ANGELS 4 HOUSTON 1

NY YANKEES 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 (11)

SAN DIEGO 12 MINNESOTA 3

BALTIMORE 11 SAN FRANCISCO 1

CLEVELAND 4 SEATTLE 3

KANSAS CITY 3 DETROIT 1

CHICAGO CUBS 4 COLORADO 3

ARIZONA 6 LA DODGERS 1

TEXAS 9 LAS VEGAS 3

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INDIANAPOLIS 2 BUFFALO 1

DAYTON 5 FT. WAYNE 2

PEORIA 5 SOUTH BEND 4

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

SATURDAY, AUG. 30

NO. 24 TENNESSEE 45, SYRACUSE 26

MISSISSIPPI STATE 34, SOUTHERN MISS 17

NAVY 52, VMI 7

NO. 3 OHIO STATE 14, NO. 1 TEXAS 7

PITT 61, DUQUESNE 9

TULANE 23, NORTHWESTERN 3

PURDUE 31, BALL STATE 0

KENT STATE 21, MERRIMACK 17

MARYLAND 39, FAU 7

NORTH DAKOTA STATE 38, THE CITADEL 0

LEHIGH 21, RICHMOND 14

CARSON-NEWMAN 41, WEST VIRGINIA STATE 10

KENTUCKY 24, TOLEDO 16

GEORGETOWN 51, DAVIDSON 14

TENNESSEE TECH 65, CUMBERLAND (TENN.) 0

KENTUCKY STATE 34, CENTRAL STATE (OHIO) 24

BOSTON COLLEGE 66, FORDHAM 10

WEST VIRGINIA 45, ROBERT MORRIS 3

UCONN 59, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 13

UNI 38, BUTLER 14

FURMAN 23, WILLIAM & MARY 21

VALPARAISO 67, VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG 10

SACRED HEART 12, STONEHILL 7

NO. 20 INDIANA 27, OLD DOMINION 14

LOUISVILLE 51, EASTERN KENTUCKY 17

NORTHERN COLORADO 17, CHADRON STATE 3

JACKSON STATE 28, HAMPTON 14

AIR FORCE 49, BUCKNELL 13

NO. 5 GEORGIA 45, MARSHALL 7

NO. 2 PENN STATE 46, NEVADA 11

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 19, HOLY CROSS 17

NO. 22 IOWA STATE 55, SOUTH DAKOTA 7

TEMPLE 42, UMASS 10

FLORIDA STATE 31, NO. 8 ALABAMA 17

JOHNSON C. SMITH 45, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE9

LIBERTY 28, MAINE 7

NO. 7 OREGON 59, MONTANA STATE 13

HOWARD 10, FLORIDA A&M 9

ARKANSAS 52, ALABAMA A&M 7

MEMPHIS 45, CHATTANOOGA 10

TENNESSEE STATE 24, NORTH CAROLINA A&T 10

NO. 18 OKLAHOMA 35, ILLINOIS STATE 3

VIRGINIA 48, COASTAL CAROLINA 7

IOWA 34 ALBANY 7

VANDERBILT 45 CHARLSTON SOUTHERN 3

NO. 17 KANSAS STATE 38 NORTH DAKOTA 35

USC 73 MISSOURI STATE 13

#21 OLE MISS 63 GEORGIA STATE 7

BYU 69 PORTLAND STATE 0

FRESNO STATE 42 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14

ARIZONA 40 HAWAII 6

CALIFORNIA 34 OREGON STATE 15

UTAH 43 UCLA 10

WASHINGTON 38 COLORADO STATE 21

NO. 11 ARIZONA STATE 38, NORTHERN ARIZONA 19

#14 MICHIGAN 34 NEW MEXICO 17

#15 FLORIDA 55 LIU 0

#16 SMU 42 EAST TEXAS A&M 13

MONDAY, SEPT. 1

8 P.M. | TCU AT NORTH CAROLINA | ESPN

WEEK 2

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5

SATURDAY, SEPT. 6

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NFL WEEK ONE TV SCHEDULE

WEEK 1

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4

DALLAS AT PHILADELPHIA, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)

FRIDAY, SEPT. 5

KANSAS CITY VS. LA CHARGERS AT SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 8 P.M. (YOUTUBE)

SUNDAY, SEPT. 7

LAS VEGAS AT NEW ENGLAND, 1 P.M. (CBS)

PITTSBURGH AT NY JETS, 1 P.M. (CBS)

MIAMI AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1 P.M. (CBS)

ARIZONA AT NEW ORLEANS, 1 P.M. (CBS)

NY GIANTS AT WASHINGTON, 1 P.M. (FOX)

CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE, 1 P.M. (FOX)

CINCINNATI AT CLEVELAND, 1 P.M. (FOX)

TAMPA BAY AT ATLANTA, 1 P.M. (FOX)

TENNESSEE AT DENVER, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)

SAN FRANCISCO AT SEATTLE, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)

DETROIT AT GREEN BAY, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

HOUSTON AT LA RAMS, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

BALTIMORE AT BUFFALO, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)

MONDAY, SEPT. 8

MINNESOTA AT CHICAGO, 8:15 P.M. (ESPN/ABC)

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

TORONTO 1 MONTRÉAL 1

DC 2 NEW YORK CITY 1

NEW YORK RED BULLS 0 COLUMBUS 0

CHARLOTTE 2 NEW ENGLAND 1

PHILADELPHIA 1 CINCINNATI 0

HOUSTON 3 ST. LOUIS 2

ATLANTA 1 NASHVILLE 0

MINNESOTA 1 PORTLAND 1

KANSAS CITY 4 COLORADO 2

AUSTIN 3 SAN JOSE 1

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TOP 25 ROUNDUP: NO. 3 OHIO STATE SHUTS DOWN ARCH MANNING, NO. 1 TEXAS

Ohio State’s defense held Texas quarterback Arch Manning in check, and the No. 3 Buckeyes pulled off a 14-7 victory over the top-ranked Longhorns at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

CJ Donaldson Jr. scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and the Buckeyes took advantage of a Manning interception to go ahead 14-0 with 13:08 left in the game when quarterback Julian Sayin connected with Carnell Tate on a 40-yard touchdown pass.

Manning finally got untracked and threw a 32-yard TD pass to Parker Livingstone with 3:28 remaining. With a chance to pull off a late rally, Manning took the Longhorns to the 47 in the final two minutes, but they turned the ball over on downs with 1:27 remaining to end the threat.

Manning, the nephew of Super Bowl-winning QBs Peyton and Eli Manning, made his third career start, while the Buckeyes’ Sayin made his first. Manning finished 17 of 30 for 170 yards and a TD, with one interception, and Sayin was 13 of 20 for 126 yards and a TD.

No. 2 Penn State 46, Nevada 11

Nicholas Singleton rushed for two touchdowns and Dani Dennis-Sutton was a terror on defense as the No. 2 Nittany Lions rolled to an easy victory over the Wolf Pack at University Park, Pa.

Drew Allar completed 22 of 26 passes for 217 yards and one touchdown as the Nittany Lions controlled the contest. Sutton forced two fumbles and had 2.5 stops for losses, including one sack.

Penn State outgained the Wolf Pack 438-203 and had a 25-13 edge in first downs. Chubba Purdy was 7-of-15 passing for 97 yards, with one interception, for Nevada. The brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy accumulated a team-leading 55 yards on the ground.

No. 9 LSU 17, No. 4 Clemson 10

Garrett Nussmeier threw a tiebreaking touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and LSU rode a stifling defense to a victory over host Clemson in the season opener for both teams.

Nussmeier completed 28 of 38 passes for 230 yards and LSU outgained Clemson 354-261 to snap a five-year losing streak in openers. On the fifth play of the fourth quarter, Nussmeier threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Trey’Dez Green to give LSU the lead for the first time, 17-10, with 12:18 to play.

Clemson drove from its 43 to the LSU 15 on its final possession, but Cade Klubnik’s pass on fourth-and-4 was incomplete. Klubnik completed 19 of 38 for 230 yards with one interception.

No. 5 Georgia 45, Marshall 7

Gunner Stockton threw for 190 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 73 yards and two more scores to pace the Bulldogs to the season-opening win over the Thundering Herd in Athens, Ga.

Dwight Phillips Jr. added 60 rushing yards and a touchdown on just five carries for Georgia, which produced 488 yards and 27 first downs to Marshall’s 207 yards and seven first downs.

After Georgia built a 45-0 lead early in the fourth quarter, Jo’Shon Barbie rushed 1 yard for Marshall’s touchdown. Zion Turner came off the bench to hit 6 of 7 passes for 100 yards and Xayvion Turner-Bradshaw made three catches for 58 yards.

No. 7 Oregon 59, Montana State 13

Dante Moore showed the college football world what it had been missing in his first start in nearly two years, throwing for 213 yards and three touchdowns as the Ducks trounced the Bobcats in Oregon.

Moore also set a career high with a 78 percent completion rate, going 6-for-6 on his lone drive in the second half. He helped Oregon outgain Montana State 506-244 in overall yards Saturday.

Moore’s counterpart, Justin Lamson, struggled for the Bobcats, completing 23-of-31 passes for 198 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. Running back Adam Jones scored Montana State’s only touchdown on the day.

Florida State 31, No. 8 Alabama 17

The Seminoles ran for 230 yards and four touchdowns, beginning their 2025 season with a shocking upset of the Crimson Tide in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Seminoles, 2-10 a season ago after a 13-1 campaign in 2023, looked the part of a new-look team with two new coordinators and a new roster. FSU quarterback Tommy Castellanos, who said this offseason that he didn’t believe Bama would be able to stop him, backed up the talk in a major way. He led the Seminoles with 78 rushing yards and scored their first touchdown of the season on a 9-yard first-quarter run. He also completed 9 of 14 passes for 152 yards.

The Crimson Tide suffered their first season-opening loss since 2001 under second-year head coach Kalen DeBoer. Alabama starting quarterback Ty Simpson, making his first career start in a hostile atmosphere, completed 23 of 43 passes for 254 yards and threw a pair of touchdowns. However, three fourth-down incompletions in FSU territory loomed large during the TIde’s comeback attempt.

No. 11 Arizona State 38, Northern Arizona 19

Sam Leavitt rushed for two touchdowns and passed for two touchdowns, both to Jordyn Tyson, as the Sun Devils overcame sometimes sloppy play to pull away from the Lumberjacks in Tempe.

The Sun Devils (1-0) were penalized 12 times for 93 yards and converted on just 2-of-10 third-down opportunities. Leavitt closed his night with 257 yards on 25-of-39 passing and his 73 rushing yards matched Kyson Brown for a game-high. Tyson caught 12 passes for 141 yards.

Ty Pennington went 22-of-35 for 204 yards for Northern Arizona (0-1). Backup Lathan Boone, who came on for Pennington in the fourth quarter, went 4 of 7 for 38 yards. Kenveon Stone, who rushed for a team-high 35 yards, scored a touchdown in the final minute.

No. 14 Michigan 34, New Mexico 17

Justice Haynes had 16 carries for 159 yards and three touchdowns, and the Wolverines held firm for a win over the Lobos in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Highly touted true freshman Bryce Underwood completed 21 of 31 passes for 251 yards and one touchdown in his collegiate debut for the Wolverines (1-0). Marlin Klein finished with six catches for 93 yards and a touchdown. Michigan outgained New Mexico 452-267 in total offense.

Dorian Thomas had 10 catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns for the Lobos (0-1). Jack Layne completed 31 of 47 passes for 208 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.

No. 15 Florida 55, Long Island 0

Quarterback DJ Lagway fired three touchdowns in the Gators’ 38-point first half as they opened the season by pummeling the Sharks in Gainesville, Fla.

The sophomore signal-caller from Texas finished his season debut by going 15 of 18 for 120 yards. Backup Tramell Jones Jr. was 12 of 18 for 131 yards with two TDs while Jadan Baugh rushed for 104 yards and a score on nine carries. Defensive back Bryce Thornton scored on one of his two fumble recoveries.

Division I FCS Long Island (0-1) mustered only two first downs to Florida’s 28 and was outgained 451-86 in total offense. Sharks quarterbacks Luca Stanzani, Ethan Greenwood and Chris Howell combined to go 4 of 11 for 49 yards.

No. 16 SMU 42, East Texas A&M 13

Kevin Jennings threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Mustangs to a season-opening victory over the visiting Lions in Dallas.

Jennings completed 22 of 30 passes for 260 yards and one interception in addition to his two scoring tosses to lead the SMU to its seventh consecutive season-opening win. Romello Brinson caught seven passes for 121 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown. Alexander Kilgore and Ahmaad Moses returned interceptions for touchdowns.

East Texas A&M, which is coming off a 3-9 season and is now eligible to compete for the FCS playoff berth, got two field goals from Ozlo Rigby. Eric Rodriguez entered at quarterback in the second quarter in relief of Will Madonna and completed 14 of 30 passes for 191 yards and an interception. Rodriguez scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 2:55 left in the game for the Lions’ only touchdown.

No. 17 Kansas State 38, North Dakota 35

Avery Johnson’s 6-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jackson with 42 seconds left helped the Wildcats avoid an embarrassing loss to the Fighting Hawks of the FCS.

The Fighting Hawks (0-1) were looking for the biggest upset in program history and their first victory over an FBS opponent since 2015.

Johnson finished 28 of 43 for 318 yards and three touchdowns, and Jayce Brown caught 12 passes for 109 yards and one score for the Wildcats (1-1). Jerry Kaminski was 23 of 38 for 231 yards and a touchdown for North Dakota. He also scored two touchdowns on the ground.

No. 18 Oklahoma 35, Illinois State 3

John Mateer threw for 392 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another as the Sooners opened the season with a rout of the Redbirds in Norman, Okla.

Mateer’s passing yardage was the most by an Oklahoma quarterback in an opener, topping Baker Mayfield’s 388-yard performance to open the 2015 season against Akron. Mateer finished 30 of 37 through the air as the Sooners outgained the Redbirds 495-151.

Illinois State quarterback Tommy Rittenhouse (6 of 13, 22 yards) left the game early in the third after taking a hard hit from defensive end Taylor Wein. The FCS Redbirds finished with just 34 passing yards. Wenkers Wright rushed for 50 yards on seven carries to lead Illinois State.

No. 19 Texas A&M 42, UTSA 24

Marcel Reed passed for four touchdowns and KC Concepcion had an 80-yard punt return for a touchdown and a 31-yard TD catch as the Aggies were too much for the Roadrunners in the season opener for both teams in College Station, Texas.

Reed was 22 of 34 for 289 yards through the air in the win while Mario Craver, a transfer from Mississippi State, had eight catches for 122 yards and two TDs for the Aggies. Reed also finished as Texas A&M’s top rusher with 39 yards on eight carries.

The Roadrunners stayed close in the first half and were within four points early in the third quarter thanks mostly to the rushing of Robert Henry Jr., who racked up 177 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. UTSA quarterback Owen McCown (19 of 32) had just 121 passing yards.

No. 20 Indiana 27, Old Dominion 14

New quarterback Fernando Mendoza rushed for a touchdown, new running back Roman Hemby added 110 yards on the ground, and the Hoosiers shrugged off a sluggish start for a win over the Monarchs in Bloomington, Ind.

Indiana’s 309 rushing yards were on brand with last year’s 11-2 team, and the Hoosiers controlled the ball for 41:28 but managed only one second-half touchdown. Mendoza, who started for California last season, threw for 193 yards on 18-of-31 accuracy and rushed 5 yards for a score.

Old Dominion quarterback Colton Joseph accounted for most of his team’s offense with touchdown runs of 75 and 78 yards. He rushed for 179 yards on 10 carries and completed 11 of 22 passes for 96 yards but was intercepted three times.

No. 21 Ole Miss 63, Georgia State 7

Austin Simmons completed 20 of 31 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns, helping the Rebels rout the Panthers in Oxford, Miss.

Simmons also threw two interceptions in his first career start, while Kewan Lacy ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries. Logan Diggs rushed for 91 yards and a score for the Rebels, who outgained Georgia State 695-260 in total offense in both team’s season opener. Harrison Wallace III made five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown.

Christian Veilleux was 4-of-11 passing for 52 yards, a touchdown and an interception for outmatched Georgia State. Rashad Amos led the Panthers with 68 rushing yards.

No. 22 Iowa State 55, South Dakota 7

Rocco Becht completed 19 of 20 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cyclones cruised past the FCS Coyotes in Ames, Iowa.

Becht set a school record by completing 95 percent of his passes and established another school mark with a TD pass in 20 consecutive games. Benjamin Brahmer caught seven passes for 47 yards and two TDs for Iowa State (2-0), which won its home opener one week after starting the season in Ireland. Kyle Konrardy added two field goals, including a 63-yarder that set a school record.

Aidan Bouman completed 15 of 29 passes for 126 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for South Dakota (0-1). Bouman was making his return to Ames, where he was a reserve signal-caller for Iowa State before transferring in 2022 to South Dakota to become a starter.

No. 23 Texas Tech 67, Arkansas Pine-Bluff 7

Behren Morton threw four touchdown passes before departing in the second quarter with an injury as the Red Raiders routed the Golden Lions in each team’s season opener in Lubbock, Texas.

Morton, who completed 16 of 18 attempts for 201 yards, left the game after linebacker Tayvon Hardwick hit him on the lower right leg and was called for roughing the passer. Morton stayed in for one more play and went to the locker room for treatment. That and a weather delay were the only things to slow down the Red Raiders. The teams agreed to play eight-minute quarters in the second half, but Texas Tech still wound up with 608 total yards and 34 first downs.

The Golden Lions, an FCS program that plays in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, avoided a shutout with Christian Peters’ 7-yard touchdown pass to Ellis Stewart with 6:16 left in the game.

No. 24 Tennessee 45, Syracuse 26

Joey Aguilar threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns as the Volunteers topped the Orange at Atlanta in the season opener for both teams.

Playing his first game for Tennessee, Aguilar was a somewhat erratic 16-of-28 passing but benefited from a dominant rushing attack. The Volunteers averaged 6.2 yards per carry, including a strong performance from Star Thomas, who had 12 carries for 92 yards.

Yasin Willis had three rushing touchdowns for Syracuse and finished with 91 yards on 23 carries.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB ROUNDUP: YANKEES TOP WHITE SOX IN 11TH FOR 7TH STRAIGHT WIN

Clay Bellinger blooped a go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning and Aaron Judge and Austin Wells homered as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday for their seventh straight win.

The Yankees moved within two games of the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays while stretching their lead over the Boston Red Sox for the first AL wild-card berth to 1 1/2 games.

New York entered the 11th with just three hits but surged ahead with three more. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed Bellinger’s single that scored automatic runner Trent Grisham with an RBI double, and Anthony Volpe delivered a run-scoring double.

Mike Tauchman and Chase Meidroth both had two hits and an RBI for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight. Andrew Benintendi also had two hits.

Judge smacked his club-leading 42nd home run with one out in the fourth to put the Yankees ahead 1-0. Judge hit a 1-0 changeup from White Sox starter Shane Smith 429 feet into the center field bleachers.

Brewers 4, Blue Jays 1

Jackson Chourio and Christian Yelich led off the ninth inning with back-to-back homers, and visiting Milwaukee defeated Toronto.

The homers came on consecutive pitches from Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman (8-6) that brought boos from the crowd. The Brewers added a run when Sal Frelick walked and Isaac Collins doubled.

Myles Straw had three hits to lead the Blue Jays.

Rays 4, Nationals 1

Josh Lowe homered twice and drove in four runs, Ryan Pepiot pitched five innings of scoreless ball, and visiting Tampa Bay beat Washington.

It was Lowe’s third career multi-homer game and his first of the season. Pepiot (10-10) allowed one hit and three walks while striking out six. Bryan Baker pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save with Tampa Bay and third of the season.

Washington lost its seventh game in a row. Jake Irvin (8-10) was solid after a rocky first inning. He allowed four runs on five hits while walking one and striking out three.

Pirates 10, Red Sox 3

Pittsburgh scored five runs while batting around in the sixth to defeat host Boston and claim its eighth win in the last 10 games.

Every Pirates batter posted at least one hit and either scored or drove in a run. Bryan Reynolds, Tommy Pham and Nick Gonzales posted two RBIs apiece while Oneil Cruz triggered the five-run sixth with a solo homer. Johan Oviedo (2-0) allowed three hits and two runs over five innings.

Carlos Narvaez cracked a solo homer for the Red Sox while Trevor Story and Raul Gonzalez each notched two hits. Dustin May (7-11) surrendered eight hits and seven runs (six earned) over 5 1/3 innings.

Guardians 4, Mariners 3

Kyle Manzardo had a two-run homer and Steven Kwan and Bo Naylor each had RBI singles, lifting Cleveland to a victory over visiting Seattle.

Right-hander Gavin Williams (9-5) allowed one run on four hits over seven innings, striking out eight with a lone walk for the win. Cade Smith worked the final 1 1/3 innings to earn his ninth save in 14 opportunities.

Seattle, which sits in the final American League wild-card position, lost its seventh consecutive road/neutral site game and had the Guardians pull within three of them. Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (4-6) gave up three runs on three hits in six innings.

Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 1

Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez went six scoreless innings and Corbin Carroll hit a home run to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning as visiting Arizona earned a victory over Los Angeles.

Gabriel Moreno had a sacrifice fly in a three-run seventh as the Diamondbacks won their fourth consecutive game and improved to 8-3 since Aug. 19. Rodriguez (6-8) allowed four hits.

Mookie Betts had an RBI single and Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow (1-3) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before giving up three runs on four hits over seven innings with six strikeouts.

Rangers 9, Athletics 3

Josh Jung had three hits and two RBIs, Dylan Moore hit a two-run homer and Wyatt Langford lined a solo blast to help torrid Texas notch a victory over the Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif.

Adolis Garcia had three hits and scored twice as Texas totaled 17 hits and won its fourth straight game and seventh of its last eight. Kyle Higashioka and Michael Helman each contributed two hits and two RBIs while Langford had two hits and two runs. Merrill Kelly (11-7) gave up three runs and six hits over 6 1/3 innings to improve to 2-1 in six starts since the Rangers acquired him from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Brent Rooker homered among his three hits for the Athletics. Lawrence Butler also homered and Carlos Cortes had two hits and an RBI for the A’s, who played without slugger Nick Kurtz (oblique). Mason Barnett of the Athletics was roughed up for five runs and eight hits in four-plus innings in his major league debut.

Angels 4, Astros 1

Oswald Peraza delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single in the top of the ninth inning as visiting Los Angeles rallied for a victory over Houston.

Angels starter Kyle Hendricks allowed seven hits in six innings but did not issue a walk and allowed only one run, a Jesus Sanchez RBI single in the third. Kenley Jansen recorded his 24th save of the season. Jose Fermin (3-2) worked a scoreless eighth for the win.

After starting the series opener 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position before rallying in the later innings, the Astros went 1-for-8 on Saturday. Houston right-hander Spencer Arrighetti allowed only one hit while working into the seventh inning.

Marlins 11, Mets 8

Connor Norby hit a tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning for the Marlins, who outlasted the host Mets in a wild back-and-forth game.

Joey Wiemer had three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins, while Eric Wagaman finished with two hits and two RBIs. Heriberto Hernandez and Jakob Marsee had an RBI apiece. Norby provided insurance with a two-run, ninth-inning double.

In the fourth, Juan Soto homered to pull the Mets to 8-6, and he hit a two-run shot in the sixth to tie it at 8. It was the 28th multi-homer game for Soto, who finished 2-for-2 with two walks and a hit by pitch while adding two stolen bases.

Cardinals 4, Reds 2

Nathan Church drove in two runs as visiting St. Louis defeated Cincinnati.

Willson Contreras and Pedro Pages hit homers as the Cardinals won their third straight game. Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy (6-2) allowed one run on five hits in six innings. He didn’t record a strikeout, but he got 12 outs on the ground. Kyle Leahy got the last four outs to earn his first save.

Matt McLain hit a home run for the Reds, who have lost eight of their last nine games. Reds starter Andrew Abbott (8-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five innings.

Phillies 3, Braves 2 (10 innings)

Trea Turner delivered a two-run single with his team down to its final strike, lifting Philadelphia to a 10-inning win over visiting Atlanta.

Philadelphia starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed one run and seven hits over seven frames.

After missing more than two months with a fractured ribcage, Atlanta’s Chris Sale returned to throw 78 pitches — 51 strikes — over six effective innings. He gave up only one run and three hits and walked one with nine strikeouts.

Padres 12, Twins 3

Elias Diaz went 2-for-5 with two homers and three RBIs, and San Diego pulled away from Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Ramon Laureano finished 2-for-5 with one homer and three RBIs for the Padres, while Gavin Sheets and Jake Cronenworth added two RBIs apiece. Left-hander Adrian Morejon (11-4) earned the victory with one scoreless inning of relief.

Byron Buxton went 1-for-2 with a homer and two RBIs to lead the Twins. Trevor Larnach finished 2-for-3 and drove in a run. Right-hander Mick Abel (2-4) allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits in one inning. Abel’s rough performance in relief spoiled a strong start by Taj Bradley, who limited San Diego to one run on one hit in five innings.

Royals 3, Tigers 1

Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a tie-breaking two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift host Kansas City past Detroit.

After reliever Tyler Holton (5-4) walked pinch hitter Tyler Tolbert, Witt mashed a fastball over the wall to straight-away center to put the Royals ahead 3-1. Reliever Lucas Erceg (6-3) got Detroit out in order in the eighth to earn the win for Kansas City, which has won four of its past six games.

Starter Jack Flaherty allowed one run on four hits and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who have lost five of six.

Orioles 11, Giants 1

Jeremiah Jackson, Ryan Mountcastle and Samuel Basallo hit home runs, Trevor Rogers completed a dominant month of August with seven sharp innings and Baltimore turned the tables on host San Francisco.

Jackson also doubled, scored twice and finished with a season-best four RBIs while Daniel Johnson collected a double, single and three runs for the Orioles. Having allowed one run in each of his previous five August starts, Rogers (8-2) made it six straight with seven innings of five-hit ball. He struck out five without issuing a walk to go 4-1 for the month.

Giants rookie Carson Seymour (0-2), making his first career start, was charged with four runs on five hits in his three innings. Willy Adames accounted for the team’s lone run with a home run, his 25th of the season, in the first inning.

Cubs 4, Rockies 3

Kyle Tucker had two hits and scored twice while Michael Busch, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ each added two hits as Chicago beat Colorado in Denver.

Javier Assad (1-1) pitched six solid innings and Daniel Palencia got the final three outs for his 21st save. Assad allowed three runs on seven hits.

Ezequiel Tovar had two hits for the Rockies, who have dropped the first two games of the series to see their MLB-worst record fall to 38-98. Colorado starter McCade Brown (0-2) allowed three runs on five hits in his four-plus innings of work.

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WNBA NEWS

KAHLEAH COPPER, MERCURY PULL AWAY FROM LIBERTY

Kahleah Copper had 22 points with five 3-pointers, Alyssa Thomas tallied 14 points and nine assists, and the host Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 80-63 to remain ahead of the defending champion Liberty in the fight for home-court advantage in the playoffs.

Satou Sabally had 14 points and three 3-pointers and Natasha Mack collected 10 rebounds for the Mercury, who won the season series and moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the fifth-place Liberty.

Emma Meeseman had 17 points, Breanna Stewart had 14 and Natasha Cloud had 13 for the Liberty (24-16), who lost three of four against the Mercury this season.

The Mercury (25-14) pulled into a tie with Atlanta for third place in the league standings. The Dream own the tiebreaker over Phoenix after winning all three meetings this season.

The Mercury blew the game open in the second half, using a 15-1 run to take a 60-49 lead when DeWanna Bonner scored on a layup and a 3-pointer in the first minute of the fourth quarter.

The Liberty went almost six minutes without a field goal until Meesseman’s 3-pointer made it a 60-52 deficit with 8:44 left in the fourth before the Mercury took over. They outscored New York 20-11 the rest of the way as part of a 35-15 run.

The Mercury qualified for the postseason on Friday, when the Los Angeles Sparks lost to the Indiana Fever. The top four teams receive home-court advantage in a best-of-three first-round playoff series that begins on Sept. 14.

The Liberty played without leading scorer Sabrina Ionescu (18.8 points per game), who has missed two straight contests because of a left toe injury.

Each team led by as many as six points in the first half, which ended when Cloud’s jumper gave the Liberty a 39-37 lead. Cloud had 11 points and all of her 3-pointers in the first half.

There were 10 ties and 10 lead changes until the Mercury pulled away in the fourth.

Thomas set a franchise season record with her fifth rebound late in the third quarter, giving her 303.

New York is 8-11 on the road, the worst road record among the nine remaining playoff contenders.

NNEKA OGWUMIKE NETS 20 POINTS TO CARRY STORM PAST SKY

Nneka Ogwumike finished with 20 points and seven rebounds, leading the Seattle Storm to a wire-to-wire 79-69 victory at home over the Chicago Sky Saturday night.

Ezi Magbegor added 13 points for Seattle (22-19), which has won five of its last six and finishes with a 3-0 record against the struggling Sky (9-30) this season.

Seattle moved into the sixth spot in the playoff race behind a balanced attack that also featured double-digit efforts from Skylar Diggins (12), Gabby Williams (12), Erica Wheeler (11) and Brittney Sykes (11).

Chicago dropped its fourth in a row and is now 4-15 in road games despite 20 points and 10 rebounds from Angel Reese, whose double-double streak reached five games.

Michaela Onyenwere finished with 11 points and Kamilla Cardoso just missed on a double-double (nine points, 10 rebounds).

Seattle held a 30-16 advantage in points off turnovers and made all 18 of its free-throw attempts.

Up 44-34 at halftime, the Storm missed their first five shots of the third quarter but finally got one to fall when Sykes tossed the ball up and in and got fouled. Her free throw gave Seattle a 49-38 lead with 7:39 left.

Chicago closed the third on a 6-0 run, cutting its deficit to 57-50 after a layup by Reese with 1:17 to play. Seattle failed to score in the final 2:52.

Diggins’ jumper at the 8:58 mark gave the Storm their first basket in nearly six minutes, giving Seattle a 59-52 edge.

The Storm opened a four-game homestand to close out the regular season and started the game on a 6-0 run, capped by Diggins’ layup at the 7:24 mark.

But the Sky overcame the slow start and were within 22-19 at the end of one after Rebecca Allen nailed a jumper with 2.3 seconds to go. The shot was set up off a rebound by Elizabeth Williams, who dished the ball to Allen.

Wheeler’s back-to-back 3-pointers pushed Seattle ahead 30-22 with 7:12 remaining in the half.

The Storm made four shots from distance in the quarter, including a dagger by Diggins with 3:25 left that made the score 40-28. Seattle was 6-of-14 from long range in the half on its way to a 10-point lead at halftime.

VALKYRIES BLOW OUT MYSTICS, CUSHION PLAYOFF SPOT LEAD

The Golden State Valkyries wasted little time on Saturday setting the tone in the first game of a pivotal, five-game homestand with their 99-62 rout of Washington in San Francisco.

Golden State (20-18) gave up the game’s first basket — a Sug Sutton 3-pointer one minute in — and it was the only time the Valkyries trailed.

A pair of subsequent 8-0 runs in the opening period powered Golden State to a double-digit point lead that the Valkyries only continued to grow.

Veronica Burton, Golden State’s leading scorer on the season, since Kayla Thornton was lost to a knee injury last month, notched all 15 of her points in the first half. She added five assists and five rebounds, helping the Valkyries build a 29-point lead by intermission.

The lopsided margin allowed Golden State coach Natalie Nakase to limit her starters in the second half, facing a key second-half of the weekend back-to-back with Indiana visiting on Sunday.

The distribution of playing time resulted in five Valkyries scoring in double-figures, led by Janelle Saluan’s 20 points. Carla Leite matched her career-high with 19 points on a perfect 5-of-5 shooting from the floor coming of the bench.

Laeticia Amihere added another 11 points in reserve duty, while Kaila Charles finished with 16 points for the Valkyries.

Golden State doubled up Washington (16-24) from 3-point distance, with Salaun’s 4-of-7 pacing the Valkyries to a 12-of-31 effort from beyond the arc. The Mystics shot just 6-of-25 from outside, part of an overall woeful 23-of-64 from the field.

Sutton led Washington with 17 points and accounted for half of the Mystics 3-pointers, going 3-of-5. Her efforts were hardly enough to help Washington avoid a sixth consecutive loss, nor prevent the Mystics from falling in a four-game sweep to close the season series with the fledgling Valkyries.

Saturday’s win was the first decided by more than five points.

Lucy Olsen came off the bench to score 13 points for Washington in 20 minutes. Sonia Citron added 11 points as the Mystics continued to lose ground in the playoff chase.

They are 10th in the WNBA standings and the last team still alive for a postseason bid but fell five games behind the Valkyries with the loss.

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GOLF NEWS

CHINA’S MIRANDA WANG CLOSER TO FIRST TOUR WIN AT TPC BOSTON

Rookie Miranda Wang of China moved closer to her first LPGA Tour victory on Saturday by taking a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the FM Championship in Norton, Mass.

Wang carded a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to move to 18 under at the rain-softened TPC Boston course. She needed only 24 putts and birdied Nos. 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 and 18 in extending her bogey-free streak to 27 holes this week.

“This is where like all the players want to be, so it’s definitely special going into the final round being the sole leader,” Wang said. “This is what we try to do every week, so I’m just happy that I did my job really well. I hope to continue doing what I did today.”

The 26-year-old Duke University graduate finished Friday as the two-stroke leader in the clubhouse, but half the field had not completed the second round because of delays for dangerous weather conditions that led to suspended play due to darkness.

Wang’s highlights on Saturday included re-taking the lead with her birdie at No. 6, then sinking a 60-foot birdie at the par-5 No. 7 and a 40-foot birdie putt at the par-4 No. 14.

“So ever since I had really hot back nine on first round, my putting has been clicking,” Wang said, referencing eight birdies (and one bogey) on the back nine on Thursday. “I was getting speed and line really well and I made super long putts on No. 7 today, and that gave me even more confidence.

“I know that I’m doing well on these greens so when putting I’m more confident and comfortable.”

American Rose Zhang and South Korea’s Sei Young Kim are tied for second through three rounds at 15-under 201. Kim and Zhang had to pick up their second rounds after four holes on Friday and played a total of 32 holes on Saturday.

“Feel like all I’ve been doing today is eating and drinking water and electrolytes,” Zhang said. “I feel like that’s kind of how I realized and managed just my energy levels throughout the day.

“But it’s been a while since I played 32 holes,” she continued. “I think … I needed to grind it out a little bit. I needed to stay focused. But I felt like I took a lot of positives today knowing that I have resilience to play consistent golf and keep trying to be better it.”

Zhang countered a bogey at the par-3 No. 3 with a birdie at the par-4 No. 6 and more birdies at Nos. 9, 10, 12, 13 and 18 for a 67.

Kim finished her second round with a 65 and temporarily held a three-stroke lead. But Kim recorded a 1-under 71 in the third round that got off to a rocky start with bogeys at Nos. 2 and 3, with a birdie at No. 7 and another bogey at No. 9 for a 2-over 38 on the front nine. She posted birdies at Nos. 12, 16 and 18 for a 3-under 33 on the back nine.

World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand sizzled with a 7-under 65 on Saturday, needing just 25 putts. She is tied for fourth at 14 under with Andrea Lee (66). Thitikul carded eight birdies and one bogey, the latter coming at the par-4 No. 13.

“I know like I can’t control anything else more than myself, more than my swing and then more than my stroke,” Thitikul said. “I trying to do it perfectly but as golf, it’s not going to be turn out to be perfect as always. 18 holes, you definitely going to make a mistake.

“But I was just think like simple golf is the best that I can do. If I can do simple golf, that’s when I play my best.”

World No. 2 Nelly Korda shot her second consecutive round of 70 and is tied for 13th at 9 under.

Defending champion Haeran Ryu of South Korea is tied for 23rd at 7 under after her 71 on Saturday.

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NASCAR NEWS

NASCAR NOTEBOOK: DENNY HAMLIN WINS POLE FOR FIRST NASCAR CUP PLAYOFF RACE

DARLINGTON, S.C.–If any active driver has come close to mastering the Track Too Tough to Tame, it’s Denny Hamlin, who asserted his superiority once again in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Cook Out Southern 500 (6 p.m. ET Sunday on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Gaining enormous time through Turns 3 and 4 on his single qualifying lap at Darlington Raceway, Hamlin knocked Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe off the provisional pole for the first NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race.

A five-time winner at Darlington–most among active drivers–Hamlin covered the 1.366-mile distance in 28.694 seconds (171.381 mph), beating Briscoe (171.255 mph) by 0.021 seconds. Briscoe had won the pole position for the previous three Crown Jewel races–DAYTONA 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Brickyard 400.

The Busch Light Pole Award was Hamlin’s second at Darlington, his second of the season and the 45th of his career. He is the first driver to reach 40 poles in a Toyota, with his first five coming when JGR ran Chevrolets.

“It turned,” Hamlin said of the performance of his No. 11 Camry. “We struggled with balance all through race practice, but we made some good adjustments to run one lap.”

Hamlin acknowledged his car still needs work to enhance its performance in race trim.

After a stellar first two corners on his qualifying lap, Briscoe wasn’t as aggressive as he needed to be at the narrow end of the egg-shaped track.

“That one stings,” Briscoe said. “My 1 and 2 was really good, and I didn’t want to go into (Turn) 3 and hit the wall or something, so I under-drove it.”

Playoff drivers occupy the first 12 spots on the grid for Sunday’s race. Josh Berry qualified third at 170.578 mph in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford. Tyler Reddick was fourth at 170.466 mph in the No. 45 23XI Toyota, followed by Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports in the top Chevrolet.

Ross Chastain, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Austin Dillon, Austin Cindric, William Byron and Ryan Blaney will start from positions six through 12, respectively.

The remaining four Playoff drivers qualified as follows: Joey Logano 14th, Shane van Gisbergen 20th, Chase Elliott 21st and Alex Bowman 29th.

Berry’s qualifying performance was his best since starting second at Atlanta nine races ago.

“I’m super proud of that effort,” he said. “Our big focus was trying to qualify better here, and the guys did a great job. I feel like our car is really strong, and I’m excited for (Sunday). The biggest thing I feel like I’ve fought here is starting position, so starting up front I think we can just manage the race easier and obviously score some stage points.

“That’s going to be important, so just having a mistake-free day by taking care of the car and having good pit stops will help keep us in the hunt.”

–By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media.

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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

BOWEN’S LITTLE-LEAGUE HOMER LIFTS INDIANS OVER BISONS, 2-1

INDIANAPOLIS – Jase Bowen smacked two extra-base hits, including a two-RBI triple turned Little-League home run in the fifth inning, to drive the Indianapolis Indians to a 2-1 victory vs. the Buffalo Bisons on Saturday night at Victory Field.

With a 1-0 deficit, Sammy Siani kicked off the fifth frame with the Indians’ (33-23, 75-55) first hit, a single, to set up Bowen’s game-deciding play. Bowen smashed a triple 105.6 mph to deep center field off Elieser Hernández (L, 0-1) to drive in Siani and he scampered home after the ball squirted away from the center fielder to flip the score on Buffalo (22-32, 52-75).

Joey Loperfido led off the game for Buffalo with a single and advanced to second on a passed ball before advancing home on a single from Yohendrick Pinango for the Bisons’ lone run of the game.

After allowing a run in the first inning Chase Shugart settled in with a perfect second inning before handing the ball to Hunter Barco (W, 3-1). Barco tossed 3.0 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two. He was followed by Brandan Bidois with a clean 2.0 innings with two punchouts and Beau Burrows (S, 2), who closed the door with a 2.0 inning save.

Bowen accounted for half of the Indians’ four hits as the two teams combined for just seven total knocks in the contest. The game concluded in 1 hour and 59 minutes, the Indians’ shortest full nine-inning contest since a 1 hour and 53-minute, 2-0 win vs. Iowa on July 10, 2022.

Indy and Buffalo wrap up their six-game set from Victory Field on Sunday at 1:35 PM. Southpaw Nick Dombkowski (2-5, 6.23) is set to make his 23rd appearance and ninth start of the season for Indy. He will be opposed by MLB rehabber Alek Manoah (0-0, 3.09).

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INDY ELEVEN

RECAP

Indianapolis – Indy Eleven jumped out to an early lead, but USL Championship Eastern Conference leader Louisville City FC responded to earn a 3-1 win in front of 10,0230 fans at Carroll Stadium.

Just 1:25 into the match, the Boys in Blue led 1-0. Defender James Musa started the scoring sequence with a long ball to the edge of the area to forward Romario Williams. Williams flicked it to midfielder Jack Blake, who spun and passed it back to captain Aodhan Quinn. Quinn centered it to Williams, who touched it down and around a defender and then finished for his fifth goal this season.

It is the 65th career USLC goal for Williams, moving him into sole possession of 14th place on the league all-time list. For Quinn, it is his team-leading seventh assist this season and the 57th of his USLC career. He is third all-time, trailing former Indy Eleven player Solomon Asante (2022-23) by one for second place.

Indy Eleven had an opportunity to add to its lead in the 12th minute when Williams won a ball in the midfield and played it to forward Maalique Foster on the right side. He took it deep and delivered a cross that was cleared by defender Josh Jones.

In the 24th, Quinn played a cross from the left side that Williams headed down, but goalkeeper Danny Faundez made a right arm save.

A minute later in the 25th, midfielder Cam Lindley played a long ball into space down the right side to Foster. Foster took a touch to just outside the six and fired just wide.

Foster dribbled inside the area right side to set up Williams in the 33rd for another scoring opportunity, but he wasn’t able to volley it on frame.

After Louisville took a 3-1 lead, the Boys in Blue had a good chance to cut the deficit in the 82nd minute when Blake made a steal and fed Quinn, who played a cross to midfielder Bruno Rendon, but his left-footed shot missed high.

In the third minute of second-half stoppage time, Blake made a nice move at the edge of the area to free up space for a left-footed shot that Faundez punched over the bar.

Forward Edward Kizza made his 100th career USL Championship appearance in the match.

Indy Eleven begins a season-long three-game USLC road swing at Hartford Athletic on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on ESPN+.

The Boys in Blue’s next home game is Hispanic Heritage on Sunday, September 21 at 5 pm vs. Birmingham Legion FC at Carroll Stadium.

Single-game tickets for all matches are available via Ticketmaster. Flex Plan, Group, and Hospitality tickets are available here. For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com.

Quotes

Coach Sean McAuley

On effort
“I can’t fault the effort and the commitment of the players. They were fantastic right to the last whistle, but we probably did lack a bit of quality in the right time.”
On execution
“We didn’t do the job on a couple set plays and that’s disappointing. Also, we had chances to go up 2-0 that would’ve given us more of a cushion.”
On missed opportunities
“You land that ball on Romario in the six-yard box, and in between the six and the penalty spot, generally, he’s scoring there.”
“It was unfortunate that we didn’t make it 3-2, because I think Bruno’s got to score.”
Looking ahead
“Got a huge game on Wednesday (at Hartford Athletic). Then we travel to Charleston, which is a difficult place to go to, and they’re playing some good football, so we need everybody on side, and we’ve got to quickly get over this as best as we can.”

Romario Williams

On his goal
“My idea was to take a touch past the defender to set myself up for a shot. [It] was fortunate for me that it went between his legs.”
On missed opportunities
“I made contact, and it got deflected off the defender and went into the arms of the goalkeeper. But I think if I were able to get more on it, it would have been 2-0.”
“With the way we played in that first half, we definitely envisioned a bit more. We had a couple of opportunities, a couple of counterattacks. We got a couple of chances on the break where I think we could have done a better job of executing.”
On Louisville
“They’re an experienced team, experienced group. They know how to win games. They know how to close out games, and I think once they went up 3-1, they made it difficult for us.
USL Championship
Indy Eleven 1:3 Louisville City FC
Sat., Aug. 30, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
Weather: Partly sunny, 76 degrees
Attendance: 10,230

2025 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 6-10-5 (-7), 23 pts; #9 in Eastern Conference
Louisville City FC: 15-1-6 (27), 51 pts; #1 in Eastern Conference

Score	1	2	F
Indy Eleven	1	0	1
Louisville City FC	1	2	3

Scoring Summary
IND – Romario Williams (Aodhan Quinn) 2’
LOU – Aiden McFadden (Jansen Wilson) 45’
LOU – Kevon Lambert (Niall McCabe) 49’
LOU – Sean Totsch (Josh Jones) 56’
Discipline Summary
LOU – Kevon Lambert (caution) 65’
IND – Maalique Foster (caution) 74’

Indy Eleven Line-Up: Reice Charles-Cook, James Musa, Josh O’Brien (Elvis Amoh 54’), Ben Ofeimu, Aodhan Quinn (captain), Cam Lindley, James Murphy (Elliot Collier 76’), Bruno Rendón, Jack Blake, Romario Williams (Edward Kizza 76’), Maalique Foster (Oliver Brynéus 85’).

Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Hunter Sulte, Finn McRobb, Brem Soumaoro.

Louisville City FC Line-Up: Danny Faundez, Kyle Adams (captain), Arturo Ordóñez (Sean Totsch 45’), Josh Jones, Niall McCabe (Ray Serrano 82’), Kevon Lambert, Taylor Davila (Evan Davila 81’), Aiden McFadden, Brandon Dayes (Amadou Dia 45’), Jansen Wilson, Phillip Goodrum (Brian Ownby 42’).

Louisville City FC Subs Not Used: Jake Morris, Ryan Troutman, Cameron Lancaster, Hayden Stamps.

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INDIANA FOOTBALL

HOOSIERS OPEN THE 2025 CAMPAIGN WITH A WIN OVER OLD DOMINION

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza scored on a 5-yard run in his debut as Indiana’s quarterback, Jonathan Brady returned a punt 91 yards for a score, and the 20th-ranked Hoosiers wore down Old Dominion in a season-opening 27-14 victory on Saturday.

Mendoza, the starter at California last season, finished 18 of 31 for 193 yards and ran six times for 34 yards. His TD run late in the first half gave the Hoosiers a 17-7 lead.

Indiana’s 309-yard rushing attack was led by Maryland transfer Roman Hemby, who had 23 carries for 110 yards. Kaelon Black added 92 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

Indiana won its ninth straight home game to improve to 9-0 at Memorial Stadium under second-year coach Curt Cignetti — but not without some stress.

“I think this is a great learning tool for us,” Cignetti said. “The mistakes, there was just a lot of stuff, a lot of things my teams in the past haven’t done. But we’ve got some film … so we’ll see.”

Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers’ defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a TD, and the Monarchs controlled most of the first quarter. Brady’s punt return tied the game with 9 seconds left in the period.

Joseph added a 78-yard TD run midway through the fourth quarter that got ODU within 27-14. He finished with a career-high 179 yards rushing on 10 carries and went 11 of 22 through the air for 96 yards and three interceptions. But the Monarchs couldn’t get the late stop they needed to make it a one-possession game.

“I thought (Joseph) played with conviction,” Old Dominion coach Ricky Rahne said. “There certainly were some things we could clean up across the board on offense. We’ve just got to be better, and we’ve got to be better on defense as well.”

Indiana scored just 20 points — two touchdowns and two field goals — on six trips inside the Old Dominion 10-yard line. The Hoosiers turned it over on downs the other two times.

The takeaway

Old Dominion: The Monarchs kept it competitive. Cignetti said Monday he had warned his team about the Sun Belt Conference’s track record against bigger opponents. Old Dominion lived up to that billing.

Indiana: Cignetti is never going to complain about winning. Yet this game exposed many areas where the Hoosiers must improve, starting with red-zone offense. And while a double-digit margin isn’t likely to hurt the Hoosiers with poll voters, they’re not likely to move up, either.

Moore’s debut

Safety Louis Moore had an interception and a team-leading seven tackles in his first game with Indiana. But the Mississippi transfer’s future with the program remains unclear. Moore is eligible for the first two games after a Texas judge granted him a two-week extension on a temporary restraining order in an eligibility case involving the NCAA. The next hearing is expected Sept. 10. The NCAA claims Moore is ineligible because he spent 2019-21 playing in junior college and the last two years at Mississippi.

Meet the mascot

The game marked the debut of Hoosier the Bison. School officials announced this summer they were bringing back the mascot that last appeared in 1969.

Up next

Old Dominion: Faces North Carolina Central next Saturday in its home opener.

Indiana: Hosts Kennesaw State next Saturday.

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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL

BIG BLOCK, LATE OFFENSIVE SURGE SPARKS SWEEP OF VCU

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Less than 24 hours after a dramatic win over Miami (Fla.), the Indiana volleyball team (2-0, 0-0 B1G) put together a sweep of a pesky VCU (1-1, 0-0 A10) side (25-20, 25-20, 25-21) on Saturday (Aug. 30) morning at the James L. Knight Sports Complex in Coral Gables.

Service pressure from the end line, including eight aces, helped set up IU’s block early and often. The Hoosiers had six blocks in the first set and 10 on the afternoon. Freshman middle blocker Victoria Gray had a hand in six blocks (one solo, five assists) while fellow freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager racked up five (one solo, four assists).

VCU was forced to run its offense from well off the net, resulting in 20 attacking errors for the Rams. IU’s defense held its opponents to just a .129 hitting percentage (33-20-101). Freshman libero Audrey Jackson led the match with nine digs in the back row.

IU’s offense picked up steam as the match rolled on. Senior opposite Avry Tatum supplied 10 kills on 22 errorless swings (.455). Jager was back in double figures with 11 kills while senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles recorded nine. Freshman setter Teodora Kričković had 30 assists (10.00 p/s) as the team hit .284 over three games.

The Hoosiers have won 10-consecutive games played in the state of Florida including all nine under head coach Steve Aird. It’s the fifth-straight season that IU has won at least the first two games of the campaign. A return to Wilkinson Hall is on the horizon as Aird’s squad begins the home slate on Thursday (Sept. 4) against SEMO.

How it Happened

• The Hoosiers spent most of the match in control of the proceedings. IU had more kills (38-33), a better hitting percentage (.284-.129) and a significant blocking advantage (10.0-5.0). Communication issues led to nine errors in reception but IU countered with eight aces of its own.

• IU hit .284 on the match with 38 kills to just 13 attacking errors. The Hoosiers never had more than five errors in one set. Senior opposite Avry Tatum and senior middle blocker Madi Sell combined for 14 kills on 28 errorless swings (.500).

• Long serving runs were the theme of game one. IU’s block supplied the surge in the opening frame with six stuffs. Freshman middle blocker Victoria Gray had a hand in four of those. The Hoosiers got just enough offense (.222, 10-4-27) to overcome a shaky start in serve receive. Senior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles led with four kills in the first frame.

• The Hoosiers overcame an early hole and held off a late push from VCU to win game two comfortably. IU’s offense picked up dramatically with freshman setter Teodora Kričković providing 13 assists. She found Tatum for four kills and freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager for five. Senior outside hitter Jessica Smith stepped up in the back row and passed nine balls without an error.

• A 5-0 run to end the match was just what the doctor ordered for IU. Kričković served two aces in the red zone and got a big kill from her senior opposite on the right side. Three aces, two blocks and 12 kills in the third set helped finish off a quality sweep of VCU.

Top Hoosier Performers

#13 Tatum, Avry

10 kills, .455 hitting percentage

#1 Sell, Madi

4 kills, .667 hitting percentage, 3 blocks

#24 Jager, Jaidyn

11 kills, 5 blocks, 5 digs, 1 ace

Notes to Know

• Freshman outside hitter Jaidyn Jager is the first IU true freshman to kick off her career with double-digit kills in the first two games of the season since Erica Short in 2005. Jager supplied 13 in the win over Miami (Fla.) and followed it up with 11 in a sweep of VCU.

• The Hoosiers put together 10 team blocks in the win on Saturday. It’s the first time IU has had consecutive matches with at least 10 blocks since contests against Notre Dame (Sept. 20 + 22, 2024) last season. Jager and freshman middle blocker Victoria Gray both had at least five blocks in both matches.

• Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum had 10 kills on 22 swings, hitting .455 in the contest. She’s the first IU player with at least 10 kills and zero errors in a match since Ava Vickers (10-0-18) against Washington last season. Dating back to last season, Tatum has had double-digit kills in six-straight matches and 11 of her last 13 contests.

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PURDUE FOOTBALL

BOILERS BLANK BALL STATE 31-0 TO OPEN 2025 SEASON

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Football opened the 2025 season with a resounding 31-0 win over Ball State on Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium.

On a pristine, sunny afternoon with a high of 74 degrees, 53,994 fans enjoyed a well-rounded performance by the Boilermakers in head coach Barry Odom’s Purdue debut.

OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS

Sophomore quarterback Ryan Browne excelled from the jump, protecting the ball and completing 69.2 percent of his passes with no turnovers. He finished 18-of-26 passing for a career-high 311 yards and two touchdowns, connecting with seven different receivers. Browne became the third Purdue quarterback in five seasons to throw for 300-plus yards in a season-opener.

Senior stalwart Devin Mockobee paced the offense with 104 all-purpose yards (59 rushing, 45 receiving) and a touchdown. He moved from ninth to seventh place on Purdue’s all-time rushing list (2,521 career rushing yards) and is now 73 yards away from tying Markell Jones for the No. 6 spot.

Mockobee housed his 20th career rushing score on a four-yard carry early in the second quarter, becoming the 10th Boilermaker to score 20 touchdowns on the ground.

Third-year Boilermaker Arhmad Branch led the aerial attack with a touchdown and 101 receiving yards, the most by a Purdue wide receiver since Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen had 114 against Syracuse on Sept. 16, 2023. He scored on just the second play from scrimmage on a 49-yard dime from Browne, setting the tone early.

Browne consistently found Georgia transfer Michael Jackson III, who had a game-high six catches, matching his career best in his Purdue debut. Jackson caught a 14-yard pass from Browne to score his first touchdown as a Boiler in the third quarter.

DEFENSE BLANKS THE CARDINALS

The Purdue defense held the Cardinals to 203 total yards and just 87 yards through the air. Ball State averaged just 3.9 yards per play.

Defensive back Tahj Ra-El, a fifth-year transfer from Memphis, led the team with seven tackles (all solos), including one for a loss. The Boilers made life difficult for the Cardinals all day, stuffing them behind the line with seven tackles-for-loss, including a four sacks.

Breylon Charles and Sanders Ellis each picked up their first sacks as Boilermakers, while Jamarrion Harkless, CJ Madden and Mani Powell all combined for a half-sack each.

Powell, who was named to the Butkus Award watch list in July, followed Ra-El with five stops (three solos) in his Purdue debut.

PORATH FOR 3

Sophomore kicker Spencer Porath converted his only attempt of the day, a 28-yard boot in the fourth quarter to put a bow on Purdue’s 31-0 victory.

Punter Jack McCallister, a transfer from Washington, impressed in his first game at Ross-Ade Stadium with three punts for 151 yards, an average of 50.3 per punt, all landing within the Ball State 20-yard line.

UP NEXT

After opening up the Odom era with a victory, Purdue remains in Ross-Ade for its second game of the season. The Boilermakers host Southern Illinois (Sept. 6) under the lights. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on BTN.

COACH ODOM PRESS CONFERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqrACYn3X7c

PLAYERS PRESS CONFERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTYdRFWTKyY&t=454s

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BUTLER VOLLEYBALL

BUTLER CRUISES PAST MTSU IN 3 SETS AND SWEEPS THE BIG DAWG KICKOFF

Indianapolis IN- Saturday evening, Butler cruised past Middle Tennessee State, winning the match in 3 Sets. The Dawgs were able to complete the sweep of the Big Dawg kickoff and move to 3-0 on the season.

Alaleh Tolliver was awarded MVP of the Big Dawg Kickoff. Tolliver tallied 24 kills last night vs Purdue Fort Wayne and added 5 more tonight giving her 44 for the tournament. Tolliver, Elise Ward, and Zoe McDonald headlined the All-Tournament Team for the Bulldogs.

Bulldog Bites

Elise Ward led the Bulldogs in kills tonight with 13.

Kaylee Finnegan had 30 assists during the match. Finnegan also had 4 digs tonight.

Finnegan tallied at least 30 assists in each of the 3 matches this weekend.

Lauren Evans led Butler in Digs during the match with 11.

Alaleh Tolliver picked up 8 digs and 5 kills throughout the course of the match.

Set 1 Butler (26-24)

The first set of the match was extremely tight, the teams traded points in the early going. The score was tied at 10 until MTSU made a couple of errors that the Bulldogs were able to capitalize on giving them a 16-12 lead about midway through the set. Middle Tennessee State cleaned up their errors and put together a 6-0 run giving the Lighting a 18-16 late set 1 lead. Coach Kyle Shondell called timeout, and the Bulldogs rallied late to regain control and take the first set. Kills by Zoe McDonald and Elise Ward helped propel the Dawgs to victory in the 1st set.

Set 2 Butler (25-8)

The second was all Bulldogs. Kills by Ward, McDonald, Sawyer Jones, and Carly Slusser, as well as two service aces from Jones helped allow the Dawgs to jump in front and remain in control of the set. A solo block from Slusser capped off a 19-5 start for Butler in the second set. Senior, Rylie Tam put the finishing touches on set two as she hammered a kill giving Butler the 25-8 set 2 win.

Set 3 Butler (25-22)

More kills from Carly Slusser and Sawyer Jones contributed to the Dawgs 9-6 early advantage they built in set 3. Service aces from Lauren Evans and Aesha Vogt helped the Dawgs build a slightly larger lead as the teams headed towards the middle of the set, Butler led 14-10. The Bulldogs then went on a 5-1 run supported by kills from Alaleh Tolliver and Slusser along with a block assist from Slusser and Elise ward put the Dawgs on the brink of the match, leading 19-11. MTSU did not go away quietly, the Lighting put together a run of their own to get back into the set but the Bulldogs responded and took the set and the match. It was a kill from the Big Dawg Kickoff MVP, Alaleh Tolliver that won the match for Butler and completed a perfect 3-0 weekend for the Dawgs.

Big Dawg Kickoff All-Tournament Team

MVP- Alaleh Tolliver – Butler

Elise Ward – Butler

Zoe McDonald – Butler

Logan Carr – Middle Tennessee State

Caroline Macander – Middle Tennessee State

Ainoah Cruz – Evansville

Up Next

Butler will compete in the Iowa Invitational, in Iowa City Iowa. The Bulldogs will play 3 matches in 3 days starting Thursday, September 4th, where they will take on Iowa. Butler will then take on Loyola-Chicago Friday the 5th at 4pm ET, followed by Butler taking on Illinois State at 12pm ET Saturday the 6th.

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BUTLER FOOTBALL

BULLDOGS FALL AT NORTHERN IOWA IN SEASON OPENER

The Bulldogs fell to Northern Iowa, 38-14, Saturday afternoon in Cedar Falls, Iowa in the 2025 opener for both teams.

Butler took a brief 14-10 midway through the second quarter, but the final 30 minutes belonged to the home team as UNI scored 21 points after the intermission to post the victory.

Quarterback Reagan Andrew accounted for both Bulldog touchdowns – one by air and one by ground – throwing for 189 yards while running for 75.

UNI’s Matthew Schecklman threw for four touchdowns in the contest, utilizing 15 completions for 214 passing yards. Each of UNI’s second half touchdowns came on Schecklman tosses.

LINES OF SCRIMMAGE:

Saturday’s contest was the first game for head coach Kevin Lynch in charge of the Butler program.

Saturday’s game also served as the first meeting between the two programs.

UNI had a 448-336 advantage in total yards for the game after Butler held a 241-169 edge in the first half. UNI had 213 rushing yards on 31 carries for an average of 6.9 yards per play.

UNI’s Harrison Bey-Buie ran for 81 yards and Bill Jackson added 76 yards on the ground.

UNI converted two Butler turnovers into 14 points.

Butler had 73 plays compared to 59 for UNI, giving the Bulldogs 31:43 of possession.

Ethan Loss caught eight passes for 81 yards for Butler.

Jeremiah Jackson led the Bulldogs with nine tackles.

UNI first-year head coach Todd Stepsis led the Drake program in the Pioneer Football League for the last six seasons.

UP NEXT: The Bulldogs open the home portion of the 2025 schedule Saturday, hosting Truman State for a 1 p.m. kick at the Sellick Bowl.

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IU INDY VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL EARNS 2025 BUC DOME INVITATIONAL TITLE

CHARLESTON, S.C. — IU Indy defeated Loyola Maryland in straight sets, 25-19, 26-24, 25-16, at the Buccaneer Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon to complete the weekend sweep and earn the 2025 Buc Dome Invitational title.

IU Indy opened the first set with a strong 25-19 win over Loyola Maryland. The early exchanges were evenly matched, with IU Indy and Loyola alternating points until it was tied at 8-8. Maia Long ignited a streak with three consecutive kills, helping IU Indy pull ahead to a 13-11 lead. Morgan Ostrowski also contributed significantly, with multiple kills late in the set, including one that brought IU Indy’s score to 23, which was part of a decisive run that culminated in Jillian Tippmann’s set-winning kill.

The second set opened with a tightly contested exchange, as IU Indy and Loyola Maryland traded early points. Grace Purichia continued to be instrumental, assisting on multiple occasions, including Ostrowski’s decisive kill at 24-24 helped secure IU Indy’s victory in the set with a final score of 26-24.

IU Indy extended their dominance in the third set with a commanding 7-0 run, highlighted by Long’s three consecutive kills and a service ace by Kennedy Seputis, to push the score to 15-7. Although Loyola Maryland attempted to regain momentum, IU Indy maintained control, with Ostrowski and Tippmann each contributing multiple kills. Freshman Amanda Stephens’ block sealed the set for the Jags, winning 25-16.

Purichia led the Jags with 40 assists over three sets. Long contributed significantly with 12 kills and added nine digs while Ostrowski also made a notable impact with a hitting percentage of .600, totaling 12 kills and one solo block. Stephens added depth to the attack securing seven kills and two blocks. Laura Roeder led defensively with 25 digs.

With the win, the Jags improve to 3-0 to start the season with three straight sweeps, earning the 2025 Buc Dome Invitational Championship title. IU Indy will next travel to Cincinnati, Ohio for a three-game invite at Xavier next weekend, Sept. 4-6.

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BALL STATE FOOTBALL

CARDINALS FALL IN SEASON OPENER AT PURDUE

West Lafayette, Ind. — Ball State entered game one of the Uremovich era at West Lafayette Saturday afternoon in front of nearly 54,000 in attendance at Ross-Ade Stadium, opening the 2025 season with a 31-0 setback against Purdue.

The Boilermakers (1-0) took two plays in 36 seconds after receiving the ball in the first quarter to cover 72 yards in their first of two scoring drives in the first quarter. The Cardinals (0-1) struggled to match the opening pace, combining for 48 yards while controlling the ball for just over eight minutes in their three drives in quarter one.

The Cardinals opted for a run-heavy offense against the Boilermakers, totaling 116 yards on 36 attempts in the game. Redshirt senior quarterback Kiael Kelly led the running effort with 63 yards on 22 attempts, including charges of 10 and 12 during the team’s 13-play, 48-yard drive through the start of the third.

The drive concluded on Purdue’s 27 with a missed field goal. Ball State missed a second attempt on Purdue’s 12 at the conclusion of the Cardinals’ only trip to the endzone during the fourth.

Redshirt junior running back Qua Ashley followed closely with 43 rushing yards. His two biggest runs came in the Cardinals’ longest drive of the first half (33 yards, eight plays), running 14 and 21 yards, allowing the Cardinals to find their rhythm and temporarily slow down the Boilermakers.

On the defensive front, senior Nathan Voorhis recorded a sack to send Purdue back nine yards. Ball State totaled five tackles for a loss of 17 yards total. Voorhis also tallied four tackles, matching redshirt senior linebacker Alfred Chea. Joey Stemler led Ball State with seven tackles, while defensive backs Jahmad Harmon, Derek “DJ” Fields and Willizhuan Yates were all credited with a pass breakup.

The Cardinals look ahead at their next stop, with a Sept. 6 matchup at Auburn. Kickoff takes place at 7:30 p.m.

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BALL STATE VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN STRAIGHT SETS AT NO. 11 MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – – An upset was not in the cards Saturday evening as the Ball State women’s volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-15) setback to 11th-rank Minnesota in its second match of the Golden Gopher Invitational at Maturi Pavilion.

The Cardinals (1-1) scored the opening point of the match thanks to a kill from sophomore opposite Tiffany Snook. Unfortunately, the Golden Gophers (2-1) answered with the next seven and never looked back.

Despite the loss, Ball State sophomore outside Carson Tyler led all players with 13 kills. She hit .286 (13-5-28) over the three sets and collected three digs. Graduate transfer outside Noelle VanOort was not far behind, chipping in 10 kills and hitting a team-best .409 (10-1-22). Both reached double-digit kills for the second time this season, raising their career totals to 24 and 99, respectively.

Overall, the Ball State offense connected for a .293 (39-12-92) rate of success with junior setter Lindsey Green dishing out 14 assists and freshman setter Reese Axness adding 13.

Snook finished the contest with three kills, while junior middle Gwen Crull, senior middle Camryn Wise and freshman opposite Christyn Ashby each tallied four. Crull would serve up Ball State’s lone ace in the match, while sophomore libero Sophie Ledbetterled the Cardinals backcourt with 10 digs.

On the other side of the net, Minnesota connected for a .523 (50-5-86) rate of success led by 12 kills from Julia Hanson and 11 from Alex Acevedo. Zeynep Palabiyik led all players with 15 digs.

The Ball State women’s volleyball team closes play in the Golden Gopher Invitational Sunday with a Noon ET / 11 a.m. CT first serve versus Cal Poly.

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INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL

INDIANA STATE FALLS TO MIAMI (OH) IN BELLARMINE CLASSIC FINALE

Lexington, Ky. – Indiana State volleyball closed out play at the Bellarmine Classic with a loss against Miami (OH) in three sets (21-25, 15-25, 16-25).

The Trees were led by Kira Holland with 11 kills. Ava Robart and Kimora Whetstone added eight kills for the offense. Defensively, Ella Scott contributed three blocks and Macy Lengacher with eight digs.

Set 1

The Trees had a very rocky start to the opening set before Kira Holland came up with a big kill to snap a five-point run, trailing 7-3 early on. The Sycamores tried to string together a run, but Miami’s defense proved to hold strong, never letting the Sycamores string together more than two in a row. The Redhawks allowed back-to-back points for the Sycamores only four times in the set, outside of their own recorded errors.

Set 2

The Sycamores began the second set on a stronger note as both offenses opened set two swinging. The Trees held a 5-5 tie with kills from Holland and Ava Robart before the Redhawks found themselves ahead 10-5 following five unanswered points. Indiana State considered to fight in the set, but Miami responded each time with points of their own, outscoring the Sycamores 15-10 through the set to take a 2-0 lead into set three.

Set 3

In the final set, the Redhawks hit .619 with 13 kills leading to the eventual match victory. The Sycamores recorded 12 kills of their own with 10 coming from Whetstone (4), Holland (3), and Hadley Hardersen (3). Indiana State battled to be within a point, 10-9, before being outscored 15-6 to close the set.

News & Notes

Ava Robart hit .300+ for the second-straight game (.324 yesterday, .300 today).

Kimora Whetstone set a new season high with eight kills hitting .571 (8-0-14).

Miami hit .411 on the day (46-7-95).

Up Next

Indiana State heads to DeKalb, Ill. on Sept 5-6 for the NIU Invitational. The Sycamores will play SIUE and Northern Illinois on Friday and Merrimack on Saturday.

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PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL

BERKLAND SETS CAREER-HIGH IN FIVE-SET LOSS TO EVANSVILLE

INDIANAPOLIS – Meg Berkland of the Purdue Fort Wayne volleyball team had a career-high 23 digs in Saturday’s (Aug. 30) contest against Evansville in the Mastodons’ last match of the Big Dawg Kickoff. Evansville won 3-2 (25-22, 30-28, 23-25, 19-25, 15-7).

Purdue Fort Wayne jumped out to a 12-5 start in set one before Evansville started a comeback. The Mastodons led 22-19 after a kill from Miona Dimitric, but UE scored the next six points.

Set two was similar with the ‘Dons leading 12-6, but Evansville tied up the contest at 17-all. The Mastodons had five set point opportunities, but each time the Purple Aces had a countermove. Eventually, Evansville scored three in a row to take the set.

The Purple Aces took their turn with an early 5-1 lead, but Purdue Fort Wayne had the answers in the third. When UE led 20-18, the Mastodons had four points in a row, capped off by a block from Isabella DiBuono and Riley Rosneck to go up 22-20. From there, two UE miscues and a kill from Avery Parris gave the Mastodons an extension on the match.

In the fourth, it was all Mastodons early, as PFW jumped out to a 10-2 start. The Purple Aces never truly threatened, as they never got closer than three, but a late 6-1 run put a bit of a scare into the Mastodon faithful. Rosneck had had enough though, as she had two kills in the final 4-1 push to give the ‘Dons the set.

Unfortunately for the Mastodons, that was where the momentum stopped. Evansville started out with an 8-4 lead in the fifth and the ‘Dons never tied it up again.

Rosneck finished with a match-high 17 kills. Trinity Rye pitched in 12 and Mya Plemons had 10 kills with 10 digs. DiBuono had seven kills on an efficient .400. Becky Barrett had 23 digs to match Berkland. Haiden Means dished out 41 assists and added 14 digs and two aces.

Purdue Fort Wayne fell to 0-3 with the loss and Evansville improved to 1-2.

The Mastodons are back in action next weekend at Eastern Michigan, where they will play EMU, Valparaiso and Niagara.

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EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL COMPLETES WEEKEND WITH 5-SET WIN OVER PFW

INDIANAPOLIS – In an exciting day that saw the University of Evansville volleyball team play in a pair of 5-set matches, the Purple Aces finished strong as they defeated Purdue Fort Wayne inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. Saturday’s opener saw the Purple Aces drop a 3-2 decision to Middle Tennessee State before rebounding to take the weekend finale. The win marked the first for head coach Zach Weinberg with the UE program. With the opening tournament complete, the Aces set their sights on Wednesday’s home opener against Michigan State.

“What a great day (and weekend) of learning for us. Unfortunately, the 5th set was a little too big for us against MTSU, but to immediately learn from that match and execute in a 5th set and get the win against PFW was a really big moment for this crew,” UE head coach Zach Weinberg exclaimed. “I’m incredibly proud of the resolve and grit to bounce back and find a way to get the win. We had contributions up and down the roster; it was a total team day.”

“We can’t wait for our home opener Wednesday! I’m looking forward to seeing our fans Max Out Meeks and cheer on the Aces against Michigan State. Go Aces!”

MATCH 2 – UE 3, PFW 2 – Box Score

Brooke Herdes tied for the match high with 17 kills to help the Aces take a 3-2 win over the Mastodons. Hinsley Everett and Carlotta Pascual Centelles had 15 kills apiece. Ainoah Cruz tallied 31 digs and 9 assists while Kora Ruff finished with 44 assists and 15 digs. Sabrina Ripple had a strong all-around performance as she finished with eight kills, three solo blocks, and four block assists.

Game 1 – UE 25, PFW 22

It was all Mastodons in the early moments as they opened on a 3-1 stretch before extending the lead to 12-5. PFW’s lead reached as many as eight points (17-9) before the Aces stormed back. Back-to-back kills by Brooke Herdes saw UE cut the deficit to just three points at 19-16.

With PFW continuing to hold a 3-point lead at 22-19, Evansville clawed back once again scoring the final six points to take the set. Everett got things going with a kill while four consecutive errors put UE in front at 24-22. Sabrina Ripple’s solo block clinched the set and a 1-0 UE lead.

Game 2 – UE 30, PFW 28

Purdue Fort Wayne had another big start, taking a 5-2 lead to open the set. They added to their edge, going up 13-7. That is when Evansville made its move. A 10-3 rally turned that deficit into a 17-16 lead. Herdes notched three kills during the rally. After the Mastodons retook a 20-19 edge, UE fought back to take a 23-22 lead on a kill by Ripple. The teams continued to swap the lead before Carlotta Pascual Centelles and Ripple combined on a block and Everett followed with a kill to seal a 30-28 win.

Game 3 – PFW 25, UE 23

Looking to finish the match in three sets, the Aces scored the first three points with Maddie Hawkins recording a service ace. Throughout the middle portion of the set, both teams took multiple leads. Kendall Agler’s ace tied things up at 22-22 before PFW picked up the next two tallies. Kora Ruff and Chloe Cline assisted on a block, but the Mastodons clinched the set with a 25-23 win.

Game 4 – PFW 25, UE 19

Building on the momentum from their win in the third, PFW stormed out to a 10-2 lead in the fourth game. They continued to hold a solid lead up 20-12 before Evansville made things interesting. Pascual Centelles notched a kill that cut the deficit to just three at 21-18 before the Mastodons regrouped to force a fifth set.

Game 5 – UE 15, PFW 7

Kills by Lexi Owen, Everett, and Ripple helped the Aces jump out to a 3-1 lead. After the Mastodons tied the score at 4-4, UE countered with four in a row to go up 8-4. Herdes had two kills during the rally. As UE zeroed in on the victory, it was Chloe Cline taking control as she recorded four kills, a solo block, and block assist to put her team in front 14-7. An ace by Herdes clinched the match for UE.

MATCH 1 – MTSU 3, UE 2 – Box Score

Hinsley Everett finished with 17 kills while Ryan Scheu added 15 in a 5-set contest to open the day. Kora Ruff tallied 41 assists and 14 digs while Ainoah Cruz led all players with 29 digs. Three Middle Tennessee State players had double figure kills with Payton Deidesheimer posting 15.

Game 1 – UE 25, MTSU 23

Middle Tennessee State opened the match on a 3-1 run and would hold the lead throughout the early portion of the contest. Evansville took advantage of a Blue Raider error to tie things up for the first time at 9-9. Josdarilee Caraballo registered a pair of kills that put Evansville in the lead for the first time at 14-13.\

Neither team led by more than two points in a competitive set that saw the squads swap the lead on multiple occasions down the stretch. After MTSU went up 22-21, a kill by Scheu saw UE retake a 23-22 edge. After the Blue Raiders tied the score, Caraballo picked up another kill before a MTSU error gave UE the win.

Game 2 – MTSU 25, UE 20

Another quick start saw the Blue Raiders open a 7-3 lead out of the gate. Two in a row by UE got them within a pair, but MTSU retook control as they opened a 19-12 advantage. Evansville closed within four points on a few occasions, but the Blue Raiders held strong to tie the match.

Game 3 – MTSU 26, UE 24

Early in the third frame, UE had control with two Everett kills putting her team up 6-3. The Blue Raiders rallied to tie the score at 9-9 but UE wrestled away a 15-12 edge on another Everett kill. The defining stretch came at that time when MTSU scored six points in a row to go up 18-15. Evansville stormed back to tie things up at 20-20 with Scheu registering the kill. An error by the Blue Raiders gave UE set point at 24-23, but a late spurt saw MTSU score the final three points to take the set.

Game 4 – UE 25, MTSU 19

Playing its best set of the match, UE opened the fourth on a 4-2 run led for the majority of the frame. After MTSU took a 6-5 edge, the Aces scored four in a row to go up 9-6 with Everett and Scheu picking up kills. An error by the Blue Raiders led to a 17-11 edge for the Aces and the squad never looked back. Chloe Cline picked up the clinching kill to force a fifth set.

Game 5 – MTSU 15, UE 7

Middle Tennessee State scored five of the opening six points and pulled away to take the match on the strength of a 15-7 win in the final set. After trailing by five in the early moments, the Aces cut the deficit to four but could not get any closer.

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SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL

USI VOLLEYBALL GETS FIRST WIN OF 2025 IN A SWEEP AGAINST NKU

EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana volleyball grabs their first win of the 2025 season in a confident sweep against Northern Kentucky University, 3-0, to conclude the USI Invitational in the opening weekend at Liberty Arena. USI starts the year, 1-2, while NKU also is 1-2 to begin the fall.

NKU was a former rival of USI from their time in the Great Lakes Valley Conference when the Screaming Eagles were still competing in Division II. The schools last met in 2011, when the Norse swept the Eagles in the first round of the GLVC tournament.

Set 1: USI 25, NKU 2

The Screaming Eagles came out strong in the first set after shaking off a tough first day of the tournament. Senior Bianca Anderson led the court connecting on seven kills, hitting a .600 percent.

Set 2: USI 25, NKU 17

The second set started by going back and forth, before the Eagles took a firm seven-point lead after being the first to 15. Sophomore Kerigan Fehr pushed the USI momentum with three consecutive aces forcing a Norse timeout. Junior McKenzie Murphy finished out the set with a stuff block.

Set 3: USI 25, NKU 16

Setter Aysa Thomas led a spread-out offense dishing four assists to Anderson and junior Ashby Willis each, she dominated the service line with two aces too.

As a team the Screaming Eagles recorded their best hitting percentage of the weekend against NKU at .168, tallying 37 kills. Thomas finished with 28 assists, and Anderson led the court with a total of 13 kills.

Next up the Screaming Eagles host Michigan State University on Thursday, September 4th in Liberty Arena at 6 p.m.

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VALPO FOOTBALL

VALPO FOOTBALL OPENS WADDLE ERA WITH MOST LOPSIDED VICTORY SINCE 1958

The Valparaiso University football team outscored visiting Virginia Lynchburg 35-0 in the third quarter on its way to a comfortable 67-10 victory over the Dragons on a pleasant Saturday afternoon at Brown Field. Andy Waddle secured his first win as Valpo head coach in a game that saw the Beacons produce the program’s highest single-game scoring output since 1958 and fourth highest in program history.

How It Happened

Captain Mark Johnson (Nashville, Tenn. / Lipscomb Academy) made an early impact, securing an interception on Virginia Lynchburg’s opening drive. The Beacons started their first possession of the season from midfield, and Mansaray did the rest, going 49 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. A 2-point try failed, so the Beacons led 6-0 with 13:37 left in the first quarter.

The Dragons had an extended possession due to Valpo muffing a punt, but the Beacons overcame that miscue when a strip sack by Gabriel Batres (Fairfield, Calif. / Angelo Rodriguez) helped the Brown & Gold take over at their own 22. That drive finished with Caron Tyler (Temecula, Calif. / Chaparral) connecting with Jay Melchiori (Marengo, Ohio / Highland [Marietta]) for a 13-yard touchdown to lift the lead to 13-0, which was the score through one quarter.

A lengthy VUL drive resulted in a 36-yard field goal sent through the uprights to get the guests on the board at 13-3. Ryan Ricketti (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River) ripped off a 71-yard kickoff return, then Luke Scoma (Bellevue, Wash. / Bellevue) drilled a 43-yard field goal, helping Valpo boost the margin back to 13 at 16-3.

The Beacons took over again after an interception by Nic Lendino (Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley) and a 20-yard return to the VUL 5, then Mansaray did the rest with a 5-yard TD run to make it 23-3.

Virginia Lynchburg cut the lead to 23-10 on a pick six. The Beacons got a field goal from Scoma from 31 yards out leading into halftime to make it 26-10 at the break.

Keefe connected with Ricketti for 20 yards and then found Colin Hayes (Bloomington, Ill. / Bloomington Central Catholic) for a 17-yard touchdown on the first possession of the second half, lifting the lead to 33-10.

A blocked punt by Marty O’Keeffe (Orland Park, Ill. / Brother Rice) was picked up by Frank Bartell (Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South) at the 15 and ran in for a touchdown, building the lead to 40-10 at the 8:25 mark. Then a VUL fumble forced by Lendino set up a scoop-and-score for Anthony Feltrinelli (Westfield, Ind. / Westfield) to make it 47-10. The lead continued to grow when Dawaiian McNelly (Ceres, Calif. / Central Catholic [Wyoming]) ran for a 17-yard TD to put the score at 54-10 with 4:32 left in the third quarter, then Keefe had a 13-yard TD run that made it 61-10, which was the score through three quarters.

Noah Long (Liberty Hill, Texas / Liberty Hill) ran for a 36-yard touchdown early in the fourth. The 2-point try failed, and 67-10 stood as the final.

Inside the Game

The 67 points marked Valpo’s highest scoring output since beating Indiana Central 78-0 on Nov. 8, 1958. Saturday marked the fourth-highest scoring output in program history with 110 vs. Lewis in 1923 first, 85 vs. Northwestern in 1920 second and the aforementioned 78 vs. Indiana Central in 1958 third.

The 57-point margin of victory was Valpo’s largest since that 1958 contest as well. Saturday was tied for the seventh-largest margin of victory in program history.

Valpo picked up its first season-opening victory since 2022 and won a season opener for just the third time since 2007.

Andy Waddle became the first Valpo head coach to win his first game since Stacy Adams started the 2005 season with a 17-3 victory at Wisconsin Lutheran. Waddle, the program’s 19th head coach, became just the sixth to win his Valpo head coaching debut.

Batres had a team-high six tackles including an eye-popping four tackles for loss. His four TFL marked the most by any Valpo player since Trejuan Purty had five on Nov. 20, 2021 vs. Presbyterian. Batres had three sacks as well, becoming the first Beacon to do that since both Purty and Nick Prine did so in that game against the Blue Hose.

The Beacons had 18 tackles for loss and eight sacks as a team. Valpo became the first team in the FCS nation with 18 tackles for loss since N.C. Central on Oct. 12, 2024 (also vs. VUL). That total led the FCS nation for team single-game TFL for all of last season. Valpo’s18 TFL tied for the most by an FCS team in a single game since Oct. 12, 2019, when Sam Houston had 19 vs. Lamar.

The eight sacks would have ranked tied for eighth nationally in a single FCS game last season. This marked Valpo’s most sacks in a game since 10 on Nov. 6, 2021 vs. Presbyterian.

Johnson made his first career interception, while Lendino’s was his third.

Mansaray finished a yard shy of his career high, rushing for 134 yards and two scores on 15 attempts. He is up to 15 career rushing touchdowns including 11 at Valpo. McNeely added six carries for 54 yards, and in total Valpo rushed for five touchdowns.

McNeely had his third career TD run, while Keefe and Long each had their first.

The Beacons rushed for 296 yards, the team’s highest total since 298 on Nov. 6, 2021 vs. Presbyterian.

Valpo picked up 409 yards of total offense while holding the Dragons to 161 total yards including just 25 on the ground. This marked the team’s highest offensive output since 460 on Nov. 12, 2022 at Marist.

Melchiori and Ricketti led the receivers with three grabs apiece, while Melchiori paced the squad with 41 receiving yards. Ricketti and Hayes both enjoyed their first collegiate TD grabs.

Scoma went 2-for-2 on field goals with a long of 43 and 6-for-6 on PATs in his collegiate debut.

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VALPO VOLLEYBALL

VALPO CLAIMS SHARE OF USI INVITATIONAL TITLE WITH SWEEP OF SLU

The Valpo volleyball team continued its tradition of winning in-season tournament championships on Saturday, earning a share of the USI Invitational title with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-14) sweep of Saint Louis.

How It Happened

Valpo went on an 8-2 run just past the midway point of the first set, capped by an ace and a setter dump for a kill from Mara Thomas (Bogart, Ga./Athens Academy), to push out to a 21-15 lead. The lead never dipped below five points the rest of the way as the Beacons took the opener.

The Beacons led throughout the second set, but the Billikens closed to within one point late at 21-20. An SLU service error was followed by a service ace from Kadence Brumitt (Niles, Mich./Brandywine) to gain some separation, and a kill by Jordyn Gove (Amarillo, Texas/Randall) eventually closed the second frame in Valpo’s favor to make it a 2-0 lead in the match.

Gove and Sam Warren (Kentland, Ind./South Newton) had three kills apiece during an 11-2 run which gave Valpo a 17-8 lead in what turned out to be the final set, as the Beacons cruised to the sweep from there.

Inside the Match

Valpo shared the tournament title with Saint Louis, as both squads posted a 2-1 record over the course of the two days.

For Valpo, it is its 35th in-season tournament title in head coach Carin Avery’s 24 seasons at the helm of the program.

Valpo has won at least one in-season crown in 18 of Avery’s 24 years.

A championship on the season’s opening weekend has been rarer, however, as this is just the second time in the last 20 seasons Valpo has claimed a title in the first weekend of action.

Ava Helming (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) closed out a strong opening weekend by reaching double figures in kills for the third straight match, tying for match-high honors with 10 kills on .300 hitting.

Gove matched Helming with 10 kills to share match-high accolades, her attacking coming on .364 hitting.

Warren notched nine kills on .350 hitting, while Lilly Merk (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) contributed seven kills on .545 hitting out of the middle.

As a team, Valpo attacked at a .320 clip in the sweep of SLU, its best hitting percentage since hitting .323 against Presbyterian last season on Sept. 20. The Beacons out-killed SLU 44-29, as they held the Billikens to a .131 hitting percentage.

Valpo tallied eight aces on Saturday, three of which came from Brumitt one day after she posted four aces against Northern Kentucky.

Emma Hickey (Granger, Ind./Penn) far outpaced all other players with 19 digs.

Thomas led the Beacons with 19 assists, while Addy Kois (Osceola, Ind./Penn) dished out 17 assists with a .567 setting percentage.

Next Up

Valpo (2-1) heads to the EMU Tournament next week, starting action off against Purdue Fort Wayne Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4 at noon.

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MARIAN VOLLEYBALL

FIVE-SET VICTORY OVER COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS VOLLEYBALL’S SATURDAY SWEEP

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Marian volleyball team closed their second week of the season on a high note, starting their final day in the Michiana Mayhem Tournament with a thrilling 3-2 win over Columbia International, before closing out the day with a sweep of IU-South Bend. Marian’s 5-0 week improves the team’s overall mark to 8-1 on the season.

#22 Marian 3-2 (RV) Columbia International

Marian’s first match came in a rematch from their 2024 NAIA Opening Round, as they took on (RV) Columbia International. Looking to start their day strong, the Knights took control in the first set, leading by as many as six points on multiple occasions, winning the race to 20. Marian took a 23-17 lead, but were unable to close out set one, as a 5-0 run for the Rams brought them back into the game, with the South Carolina squad eventually rolling to a 26-24 win.

The Knights responded in set two, once again leaving their mark on the game by building an early lead. An Emma Lyons service ace and a Khori Dryden kill pushed Marian to a sizable lead, capturing a quick 13-3 edge. Marian’s lead would reach 13 points in the set as Sarah Bennett and Mya Cunningham guided the offense to their largest set lead of the season. The edge would eventually reach 14 points as Sami Luttel recorded a service ace, making the score 22-8 in favor of the Knights. Marian would close out the set after a pair of 3-0 runs by the Rams narrowed the gap on the scoreboard, tying the match with the 25-16 win.

Columbia International responded in the third set, as the Rams were the first team to take command of the scoreboard. CIU built an 11-4 lead, however, the Knights would not let the game get out of hand, clawing back with points from Chloe Cook and Nicole Wilkinson. The kills made the score a 15-13 margin, and the Knights would later cut the score to one point, with Bennett nailing a kill to make it a 19-18 contest. The two sides would exchange points, but after reaching 19, Marian came up short of scoring, with the Rams ending the set on a 5-0 run to win 25-19.

With their backs against the wall, Marian needed to overcome an early 4-0 run before finding their groove. A 5-0 swing in favor of the Knights pushed the ledger to Marian, as they built a three-point cushion with kills from Bennett and Dryden. Dryden and Cook continued to be the offensive answers for Marian as the Rams started to slice back at the lead. Marian would see their lead fade as Columbia International sat two points away from winning the match, but a strong 4-0 finish led by three Dryden kills forced set five. Marian’s final score in the fourth set was a 25-23 victory.

In the final set, Marian once again had to rally back, as they allowed the Rams to claim a 5-1 lead. Bennett sparked Marian with a kill and a solo block, while a Mya Cunningham ace provided the tying point to level the set at five. Columbia International would go back on top 10-8, but Marian stayed determined, getting a push from Nicole Wilkinson, who gave the team a 12-11 lead to cap a 3-0 sprint. The Rams would use a timeout and scored after the break in play to tie the set, but the Knights remained in control, dropping the final three points in the set to close a thrilling 15-12 win in the fifth set.

Marian’s win is their first five-set win of the season, avenging a loss in five sets from the previous week to IU-Kokomo. Dryden had a career effort in the win, logging an unofficial 18 kills and 19 digs. Chloe Cook had 13 kills unofficially, and Sarah Bennett had 10 kills and three solo blocks. Emma Lyons had 20 digs, and Lexa Zimmerman made 13 digs and two service aces. Sami Luttel paced the setters with 23 assists, while Mya Cunningham had 21.

#22 Marian 3-0 IU-South Bend

The Knights closed their weekend with a convincing sweep of the host IU-South Bend, beginning the match with a 25-19 victory in set one. Service aces from Emma Lyons sparked Marian’s final match of the week, as the senior helped build an early 6-2 lead. The Marian hitters then took over, with kills from Nicole Wilkinson, Evie Dart, and Avery Toole pacing the scoring efforts. The Titans would rally to tie the set at 15, but a 4-0 run sparked by a kill from Dart put Marian back in control. A 5-1 run would close out Marian’s win in set one, with Chloe Cook scoring two kills in the sprint.

Marian got even stronger in the second set, as the Knights overpowered the Titans 25-14. After a back-and-forth start to the set, Sami Luttel set up Avery Toole and Evie Dart to get her team in a rhythm, with the setter sparking a 9-1 run. Two Callaway Marsh service aces helped strengthen the run, while another ace after a timeout from Dart helped move Marian’s total to 20. Leading 22-14, the Knights strung together a 3-0 run to close out the win, with Toole hammering the final point of the set.

In the final set, Marian scored early and often, with Lainey Brauman and Ava Tindall capping a quick 3-0 run, while a series of errors from IU-South Bend added to the Knights’ tally. Leading 10-6, a kill from Sarah Bennett ignited Marian’s push to the sweep, with the senior lighting a 10-1 run. The IU-South Bend hitting errors continued to mount and aid Marian, with the final point of the 25-12 third set win coming on the Titans’ 12th attack error of the set.

Avery Toole led the balanced Marian hitting numbers, posting 10 kills to pair with three digs. Emma Lyons recorded 15 digs and had five assists, while Evie Dart had 11 digs to set a career-high. Sami Luttel had 17 assists, and Callaway Marsh was one of three Knights with two service aces. Danielle Schade had one block assist and five kills in the middle.

Marian opens Crossroads League play on Wednesday afternoon, hosting Spring Arbor in the PE Center. The September 3 match will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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MARIAN MEN’S SOCCER

DOOLITTLE’S LAST MINUTE GOAL SECURES 3-2 WIN OVER UNOH

Lima, Ohio – The No. 21 ranked Knights finished with a 3-2 win over the University of Northwestern Ohio on Friday afternoon. Marian now moves to 4-0 on the season after their first victory on the road of the 2025 season.

Both teams offenses opened up the match on fire with Northwestern Ohio recording three shots. Followed by Marian recording a header shot from Iraoslav Korablev and Gustavo Nunes while Rafeal Zambrano and Joao Antonio Rocha each recorded a shot. In the 36th minute Zambrano was able to secure the first goal of the game to claim the 1-0 lead for the Knights going into halftime.

Out of halftime the Racers recorded the first shot but were blocked. Samuel Wehaus followed up with a goal to extend the Knights lead 2-0 with an assist from Nunes and Zambrano. Northwestern Ohio picked up the pace late in the second half recording their first goal at the 76th minute to bring the Knights lead down to one. Five minutes later the Racers benefited off of a yellow card for the Knights to even the game 2-2 with their second goal of the day. Marian didn’t let the tie last long with Donovan Doolittle scoring the game winning goal a minute later and seccuring the 3-2 win for the Knights.

Rafael Zambrano, Samuel Wehaus, and Donovan Doolittle recorded one goal each in the win while Gustavo Nunes and Zambrano each recorded an assist. Nunes and Zambrano led the team in shots with three each recording one on target. Iaroslav Korablev, Joao Antonio Rocha, Wehaus, and Doolittle each recorded one shot a piece in the match up. In goal Mateo Garcia-Galan recorded his fourth win recording two saves and two goals given up.

The Knights will be back in action on Wednesday September 3rd as they travel up to Bourbonnais, Ill. to take on Olivet Nazarene at 6 PM.

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SMALL COLLEGE WEB SITES

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

Aug. 31

1909 — The A.J. Reach Company was granted a patent for its cork-centered baseball, which replaced the hard rubber-cored one. This change will be particularly apparent in the National League in 1910 and 1911.

1915 — Jim Lavender of the Chicago Cubs pitched a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Giants.

1935 — Vern Kennedy of the Chicago White Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat Cleveland 5-0. Kennedy also had a bases-loaded triple.

1937 — Rudy York of the Tigers hit his 17th and 18th home runs of the month to set a major league record as Detroit beat Washington 12-3.

1950 — Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges tied a major league record by hitting four homers against the Boston Braves in the Dodgers’ 19-3 rout. Hodges also added a single for 17 total bases and drove in nine runs. Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine singled in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings.

1959 — Sandy Koufax of Los Angeles struck out 18 Giants for a National League record as the Dodgers beat San Francisco 5-2.

1965 — Boston catcher Russ Nixon tied a major-league record with three run-scoring sacrifice flies in the second game at Washington. Boston won 8-5, after taking the opener, 4-0.

1974 — In a Northwest League game, Portland manager Frank Peters rotated his players so each man played a different position each inning. The strategy worked for an 8-7 win over Tri-Cities.

1990 — The Griffeys — 20-year-old Ken Jr. and his dad, Ken, 40 — made major league history, leading Seattle to a 5-2 victory over Kansas City. The Griffeys were the first father and son to play together in the big leagues.

1998 — Cubs OF Sammy Sosa ties Mark McGwire by hitting his 55th home run in Chicago’s 5 – 4 win over Cincinnati. Sosa has hit 30 of his homers at Wrigley Field, three short of Hack Wilson’s Cub record and tying him with Ernie Banks.

2001 — Pitcher Danny Almonte, who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70 mph fastballs, was ruled ineligible after government records experts determined he actually was 14, and that birth certificates showing he was two years younger were false. The finding nullified all the victories by his Bronx, N.Y., team, the Rolando Paulino Little League All-Stars, and wiped out all its records — including Almonte’s perfect game and an earlier no-hitter.

2004 — Omar Vizquel went 6-for-7 to tie the American League record for hits for a nine-inning game in Cleveland’s 22-0 victory over the New York Yankees. The 22-0 beating, was the largest loss in the history of the Yankees’ organization. Cleveland matched the largest shutout win in the major leagues since 1900, set by Pittsburgh against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 16, 1975.

2005 — Florida’s Jeremy Hermida became the first player in more than a century and the second to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, connecting in the seventh inning off the St. Louis Cardinals’ Al Reyes.

2005 — Albert Pujols hit an RBI triple in St. Louis’ 10-5 victory over the Florida Marlins, giving him 100 RBIs this season. Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit at least 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs in his first five seasons in the majors.

2010 — Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman reached 102 mph during one perfect inning, and Cincinnati beat Milwaukee 8-4. Chapman joined the Reds’ bullpen and matched the hype his first time out, throwing four pitches clocked at 100 mph or better.

2011 — Two milestone home runs — Chipper Jones’ 450th and Derek Lowe’s first — gave Atlanta the early lead and Lowe combined with three relievers on a three-hitter in a 3-1 victory over Washington. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his 41st save, setting a major league rookie record.

2019 — Minnesota Twins hit six home runs in a 10-7 loss to the Tigers to break an MLB record by hitting 268 home runs in a season.

2022 — Shohei Ohtani adds another item to his ever-growing list of achievements when he homers off Gerrit Cole of the Yankees in the 6th inning of the Angels’ 3 – 2 win. With that, he becomes the first player ever to hit 30 homers and record 10 wins in the same season – a feat not even Babe Ruth managed to achieve.

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Sept. 1

1906 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in 24 innings. Jack Coombs of the Athletics and Joe Harris of the Red Sox pitched all 24 innings. Coombs fanned 18.

1930 — Wes Ferrell of Cleveland beat the St. Louis Browns 9-5 for his 13th straight victory.

1931 — Lou Gehrig hit his third grand slam in four days as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-1.

1945 — The Philadelphia Phillies, behind Vince DiMaggio’s grand slam, beat the Braves 8-3 in Boston. It was the fourth grand slam of the year for DiMaggio to tie a major league mark.

1958 — Vinegar Bend Mizell of the St. Louis Cardinals set a National League record by walking nine batters and tossing a shutout. Mizell beat Cincinnati 1-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

1963 — Curt Simmons of the St. Louis Cardinals allowed six hits, drove in two runs with a triple and stole home plate in a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Simmons’ steal of home is the last by a pitcher.

1967 — Cincinnati’s Bob Lee walked Dick Groat with the bases loaded in the 21st inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 1-0 victory at Crosley Field.

1975 — Tom Seaver struck out Manny Sanguillen in the seventh inning to become the first pitcher to strike out at least 200 batters in eight consecutive seasons. Seaver recorded 10 strikeouts in the Mets’ 3-0 triumph over Pittsburgh.

1986 — Oddibe McDowell and Darrell Porter of Texas hit back-to-back pinch hit homers in the ninth inning off Boston reliever Steve Crawford, but the Rangers fall to the Red Sox 6-4.

1998 — Mark McGwire broke Hack Wilson’s 68-year-old National League record for home runs in a season, hitting his 56th and 57th in the St. Louis Cardinals’ victory over the Florida Marlins.

1999 — Twenty-two of baseball 68 permanent umpires found themselves jobless, the fallout from their union’s failed attempt to force an early start to negotiations for a new labor contract. Under the deal mediated by U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner, the union agreed the 22 “will provide no further services.”

2002 — Miguel Tejada hit a game-ending three-run homer to power Oakland to a 7-5 win, Oakland’s 18th straight victory, over Minnesota.

2007 — Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter in his second major league start, just hours after being called up by the Boston Red Sox. Buchholz struck out nine, walked three and hit one batter to give the Red Sox a 10-0 victory over Baltimore.

2008 — Arizona’s Stephen Drew and Seattle’s Adrian Beltre became the first players to hit for the cycle on the same day since Bobby Veach of the Detroit Tigers and George Burns of the New York Giants did it on Sept. 17, 1920.

2014 — Cole Hamels and three Philadelphia Phillies relievers combined to pitch a no-hitter, beating the Atlanta Braves 7-0. Hamels pulled after six innings. Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and closer Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a hitless inning to finish off the fourth no-hitter in the majors this season.

2018 — South Korea wins its third straight baseball Gold in the Asian games as they beat Japan 3-0.

Sept. 2

1929 — Joe Cronin of the Washington Senators hit for the cycle in a 10-7 win against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

1937 — For the second time this season, two batters opened a game with home runs. Boze Berger and Mike Kreevich of the Chicago White Sox connected off Boston’s Johnny Marcum, en route to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox.

1944 — Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit for the cycle and drove in four runs in an 8-4 win over the New York Giants at Ebbets Field.

1952 — Mike Fornieles of the Washington Senators, in his major league debut, pitched a one-hitter for a 5-0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the second game of a doubleheader.

1957 — The Milwaukee Braves swept the Chicago Cubs, 23-10 and 4-0. Bob Hazle of the Braves got four hits in the first game and teammate Frank Torre scored six runs to tie the major league record.

1963 — Cincinnati’s Pete Rose hit a leadoff homer of Jay Hook to give the Reds a 1-0 win over the New York Mets in the second game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds.

1965 — Ernie Banks hit his 400th home run as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 at Wrigley Field. The blow came off Curt Simmons in the third inning.

1971 — Cesar Cedeno’s 200-foot fly ball in the fifth inning fell for an inside-the-park grand slam home run as second baseman Jim Lefebvre and right fielder Bill Buckner of the Dodgers collided. The hit helped the Houston Astros beat Los Angeles 9-3.

1972 — Milt Pappas of the Chicago Cubs retired 26 consecutive San Diego Padres before walking pinch-hitter Larry Stahl on a 3-2 pitch. Pappas then retired Gary Jestadt to finish his 8-0 no-hitter.

1987 — Houston’s Kevin Bass went 4-for-4, including home runs from both sides of plate, and drove in three runs as the Astros posted a 10-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

1990 — Dave Stieb, who had lost three no-hit bids with one out to go in the previous two seasons, finally pitched one as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Cleveland 3-0. It was the record ninth no-hitter of the season.

1996 — Mike Greenwell set a major league record by driving in all nine Boston runs, the final one on a 10th-inning single to give the Red Sox a 9-8 victory over Seattle.

2001 — New York’s Mike Mussina came within one strike of pitching the first perfect game in the 89-year history of Fenway Park in a 1-0 win over Boston. Mussina’s bid was broken up by pinch-hitter Carl Everett’s clean single.

2002 — Miguel Tejada had his second straight game-ending hit as he singled home Terrence Long with the bases loaded in the ninth inning as Oakland tied the longest winning streak in AL history with a 7-6 victory over Kansas City. Oakland, which overcame a 5-0 deficit, equaled the 19 straight wins by the 1906 Chicago White Sox and the 1947 New York Yankees.

2003 — Eric Gagne set a major league record with his 55th consecutive save in Los Angeles’s 4-1 victory over Houston.

2009 — Alex Rodriguez picks up the 2,500th hit of his career as his Yankees defeat Baltimore, 10 – 2, to complete a sweep at Camden Yards. Eric Hinske‘s home run is the Bronx Bombers’ 20th at the park this season, the most by a visiting team since the ballpark opened in 1992. CC Sabathia earns his American League-leading 16th win.

2012 — Jurickson Profar made quite a debut at age 19, homering in his first major league at-bat and doubling his next time up in the Texas Rangers’ 8-3 win over Cleveland.

2015 — Clayton Kershaw strikes out 15 batters tying a career best and setting a new personal record of 251 for the season.

2022 — Yu Darvish reaches a rare milestone with a strikeout of Cody Bellinger in the 5th inning of the Padres’ 7 – 1 win over the Dodgers: this gives him 1,750 Ks in ten major league seasons, and this gives him 3,000 when the 1,250 he amassed in seven seasons in Japan are added. Among all pitchers who have struck out 1,000 or more batters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, only Hideo Nomo has preceded Darvish in reaching the mark.

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Sept. 3

1917 — Philadelphia’s Grover Cleveland Alexander went the distance in both games of the Phillies’ 5-0 and 9-3 sweep of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1947 — Bill McCahan pitched a no-hitter to give the Philadelphia Athletics a 3-0 win over the Washington Senators. One batter reached base for Washington, a two-base throwing error by first baseman Ferris Fain in the second inning.

1947 — The New York Yankees had 18 hits, all singles, in an 11-2 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. Tommy Henrich and Joe DiMaggio each had four hits.

1957 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves pitched his 41st career shutout with an 8-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Spahn’s shutout set a major league record for left-handers.

1970 — Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs asked to be kept out of the lineup, ending his National League record of 1,117 consecutive games played. His record was broken in 1983 by Steve Garvey.

1976 — Milwaukee’s Mike Hegan hit for the cycle and drove in six runs to lead the Brewers to an 11-2 rout of Mark Fidrych and the Detroit Tigers.

1986 — Billy Hatcher’s homer in the top of the 18th inning gave the Houston Astros an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The teams played 14 innings the day before and used a major league record 53 players in the game.

1990 — Bobby Thigpen set a major league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago White Sox victory over Kansas City. Thigpen broke the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986.

2000 — Kenny Lofton’s 1st-inning run ties a 1939 major league record set by the Yankees ’Red Rolfe for scoring in 18 consecutive games. The speedy Indians outfielder, besides hitting the game-winning homer in the 13th, also steals five bases tying Cleveland’s single-game record set by Alex Cole.

2001 — Bud Smith became the 16th rookie in modern history to throw a no-hitter and the second to do it to San Diego this season in St. Louis’ 4-0 win. Smith was making his 11th career start.

2007 — Pedro Martinez completed his comeback from major shoulder surgery and quickly went into the record books, becoming the 15th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career. The New York Mets right-hander needed only two strikeouts to reach the mark in a 10-4 win over Cincinnati.

2008 — Baseball’s first use of instant replay backed an on-field call of a home run for Alex Rodriguez during the ninth inning of the New York Yankees game against the Tampa Bay Rays. It took 2 minutes, 15 seconds to uphold the homer that gave the Yankees an 8-3 lead.

2011 — Milwaukee’s George Kottaras hit for the cycle to lead the Brewers to an 8-2 win over the Houston Astros.

2013 — Pinch-hitter Travis Snider homered in the ninth inning to lift Pittsburgh to a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers that clinched the Pirates’ first non-losing record in 21 seasons.

2017 — Jose Ramirez tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs that deflected off Detroit outfielders, and the Cleveland Indians routed the Tigers 11-1 for their 11th straight victory. Ramirez had three doubles in becoming the 13th player with five extra-base hits in a game.

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Sept. 4

1916 — Longtime pitching rivals Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown closed their careers, by special arrangement, in the same game. Mathewson won the game 10-8.

1923 — Sam Jones of the New York Yankees pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia Athletics without striking out a batter. New York’s Babe Ruth had the only strikeout of the game.

1927 — Lloyd and Paul Waner became the first brothers to hit home runs in the same game, leading Pittsburgh to an 8-4 win over Cincinnati. Both homers came off Dolf Luque in the fifth inning, the only time in major league history brothers did it in one inning. Lloyd led off the inning with his second home run of the season, and a batter later Paul hit his ninth of the year. Both were bounce home runs, allowed until the 1931; now ground-rule doubles.

1928 — The Boston Braves started a grueling string in which they played nine straight doubleheaders, a major league record.

1941 — The New York Yankees clinched the pennant on the earliest date in baseball history with a 6-3 victory over Boston.

1966 — Los Angeles became the first team in major league history to draw more than 2 million at home and on the road when the Dodgers beat the Reds 8-6 before 18,670 fans in Cincinnati.

1974 — Don Wilson of the Houston Astros was replaced by a pinch hitter after pitching eight no-hit innings against Cincinnati. Mike Cosgrove pitched the ninth inning and gave up a leadoff single to Tony Perez for the only hit in the Reds’ 2-1 victory.

1985 — Gary Carter hit two solo homers to tie a major league record and singled in another run to lead the New York Mets to a 9-2 victory over San Diego. Carter’s feat followed a three-homer performance the night before as he became the 11th player in major league history to hit five home runs in two games.

1993 — Jim Abbott threw the New York Yankees’ first no-hitter in 10 years, leading them to a 4-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

1995 — Robin Ventura became the eighth player in major league history — and the first in 25 years — to hit two grand slams in one game as the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 14-3.

1998 — The New York Yankees reached 100 wins on the earliest date in major league history — five days before the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians — with an 11-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox. The ’06 Cubs set the major league record for fewest games to reach 100 victories (132).

2002 — The Oakland Athletics set an AL record by winning their 20th straight game. They somehow blew an 11-run lead before pinch-hitter Scott Hatteberg homered in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Kansas City 12-11. Oakland broke a three-way tie for the longest winning streak in AL history with the 1906 Chicago White Sox and the 1947 New York Yankees.

2017 — J.D. Martinez tied a major league record by hitting four home runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 for their 11th straight victory. Martinez became the 18th player in major league history to hit four homers in a game, and the 16th in the modern era.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Aug. 31

1881 — The first U.S. men’s single tennis championships begin at the Newport Casino, in Newport, Rhode Island.

1895 — The first professional football game is played at Latrobe, Pa., between Latrobe and Jeannette, Pa. Latrobe pays $10 to quarterback John Brallier for expenses.

1934 — The Chicago Bears and the College All-Stars played to a 0-0 tie before 79,432 in the first game of this series.

1950 — Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges ties a major league record by hitting Boston Brave pitching for four homers in the Dodgers’ 19-3 rout. Hodges also added a single for 17 total bases.

1955 — Nashua, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, goes wire-to-wire to defeat Swaps, ridden by Bill Shoemaker in a match race at Washington Park. Nashua’s victory avenges his second-place finish, behind Swaps, in the 1955 Kentucky Derby.

1972 — American super swimmer Mark Spitz wraps up the Olympic butterfly double with a world record 54.27 in the 100m in Munich, having already won the 200m in world record time 2:00.70.

1977 — John McEnroe plays his first U.S. Open match and receives his first Open code of conduct penalty in a 6-1, 6-3 first-round win over fellow 18-year-old Eliot Teltscher.

1979 — Sixteen-year-old Tracy Austin defeats 14-year-old Andrea Jaeger, 6-2, 6-2, in the second round of the U.S. Open Earlier in the day, John Lloyd defeats Paul McNamee, 5-7, 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6, in the longest match by games at the Open since the introduction of the tie-break. The two play 63 of a maximum 65 games in three hours and 56 minutes.

1984 — Pinklon Thomas wins a 12-round decision over Tim Witherspoon in Las Vegas to win the WBC heavyweight title.

1985 — Angel Cordero Jr., 42, becomes the third rider in history behind Bill Shoemaker and Laffit Pincay Jr. to have his mounts earn $100 million, while riding at Belmont Park.

1990 — Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored.

1991 — Houston quarterback David Klingler sets an NCAA record with six touchdown passes in the second quarter as the Cougars pound Louisiana Tech 73-3.

1996 — Oklahoma State becomes the first Division I-A team to win a regular-season overtime game, avoiding an embarrassing loss to Division I-AA Southwest Missouri State, when David Thompson’s 13-yard touchdown run gives the Cowboys a 23-20 win.

1997 — Eddie George rushes for 216 yards, the second best opening-day NFL performance, in helping Tennessee past Oakland 24-21 in overtime.

1999 — The U.S. Open loses two-time defending champion Patrick Rafter because of injury. Rafter, bothered by a right shoulder injury, retires after Cedric Pioline breaks his serve in the opening game of the fifth set. It’s the first time a defending champion — man or woman — loses in the first round in the history of this Grand Slam tournament going back to 1881.

2001 — Pitcher Danny Almonte who dominated the Little League World Series with his 70 mph fastballs is ruled ineligible after government records experts determine he actually is 14, and that birth certificates showing he was two years younger are false. The finding nullifies all the victories by his Bronx, N.Y., team, the Rolando Paulino Little League All-Stars.

2007 — Jeremy Wariner leads an American sweep of the medals in the 400 meters at the track and field world championships. Wariner wins in a personal best 43.45 seconds, with LaShawn Merritt taking silver and Angelo Taylor getting bronze. It’s the first medal sweep for any country in the men’s 400 at the world championships.

2007 — Exactly 28 years to the day, No. 3 Novak Djokovic and Radek Stepanek tie the U.S. Open record for most games played (63 of a maximum 65) in a match. Djokovic outlasts Stepanek 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2), in the four-hour, 44-minute match.

2018 — Aaron Donald of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. The All-Pro defensive tackle agrees to a six-year, $135 million deal, which surpasses Von Miller’s contract in Denver as the new benchmark for defenders.

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Sept. 1

1923 — The United States wins its fourth consecutive Davis Cup by beating Australia four matches to one.

1946 — Patty Berg wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title by beating Betty Jameson in the final round.

1971 — John Newcombe becomes the first top-seeded man to lose in the first round of the U.S. Open when he loses to Jan Kodes, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3.

1972 — American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer beats Russian champion Boris Spassky 12.5-8.5 in Reykjavik, Iceland; most publicized world title match ever played; Fischer 1st American to win title.

1973 — George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman at 2:00 of the first round in Tokyo to retain the heavyweight title.

1977 — Renee Richards, the 43-year-old transsexual who fought for more than a year for the right to play in the women’s singles of a major tennis championship, is beaten in the first round by Virginia Wade, 6-1, 6-4. Tracy Austin, at the age of 14 years, eight months, 20 days, becomes the youngest player to play in the U.S. Open, defeating Heidi Eisterlehner, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the first round. Austin’s mark is broken in 1979 by 14-year-old Kathy Horvath.

1984 — Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State passes for a Division I-AA record 536 yards and nine touchdowns in a 86-0 rout of Kentucky State. Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards and five touchdowns and breaks his own Division I-AA record for receiving yards.

1987 — Fifteen-year-old Michael Chang beats Paul McNamee, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, to become the youngest man to win a match at the U.S. Open.

1989 — Chris Evert becomes the first 100-match winner in 108 years of U.S. tennis championships. Evert, playing her final U.S. Open, beat Patricia Tarabini 6-2, 6-4.

1993 — Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play the longest tie-break in the history of the U.S. Open (38 points). Ivanisevic wins the first-round match 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (18).

1998 — Mark McGwire breaks Hack Wilson’s 68-year-old National League record for home runs in a season, hitting his 56th and 57th in the St. Louis Cardinals’ victory over the Florida Marlins.

2004 — Sexual assault charge against LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant is dropped by the Eagle County District Attorney’s offices in Colorado after the victim decides not to participate.

2007 — Appalachian State 34, No. 5 Michigan 32. Julian Rauch’s 24-yard field goal with 26 seconds left puts the Mountaineers ahead of the Wolverines and Corey Lynch blocks a field goal in the final seconds to seal one of college football’s biggest upsets.

2012 — Eureka (Ill.) College quarterback Sam Durley passes for 736 yards in a 62-55 victory over Knox to break the NCAA single-game passing record. Durley completes 34 of 52 passes and throws for five touchdowns, including two in the final two minutes as the Red Devils close the Division III game with 17 unanswered points.

2014 — Kei Nishikori outlasts Milos Raonic in a five-set marathon that ends a 2:26 a.m., tying the latest finish in U.S. Open history.

2015 — Indiana’s Tamika Catchings scores 13 points, and the Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 81-51 to reach the playoffs for a WNBA-record 11th straight season.

2019 — Justin Verlander, Houston Astros, strikes out 14 batters as he throws his third career no-hitter in a 2-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

2021 — Christiano Renaldo breaks the world record for goals scores in men’s international football with his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland.

Sept. 2

1901 — Seven-year-old Ogden wins two races in a single day at Sheepshead Bay race track in Coney Island, New York. Ogden edges Cameron by a head in the second race on the card, a six furlong sprint on the main track. In the sixth race, a 1 1-16 mile distance on the turf, Ogden beats Monarka by a length.

1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Bill Lang in the sixth round in Melbourne for his last successful defense of his heavyweight title.

1924 — Bill Tilden wins his fifth straight U.S. men’s singles title with a 6-1, 9-7, 6-2 victory over Bill Johnston.

1940 — Byron Nelson wins the PGA by beating Sam Snead 1-up at the Hershey Country Club in Pennsylvania.

1945 — Frank Parker wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships by beating Bill Talbert. Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz for the women’s title.

1965 — Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in Chicago’s 5-3 win v St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays’ 400th HR in 1963.

1970 — The tie-break debuts in Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open. A total of 26 tie-breaks (the nine-point sudden death tie-break) are played on the first day of the tournament. Bob McKinley and Ray Ruffels both win matches in fifth-set tie-breaks.

1971 — Sixteen-year-old Chris Evert wins the first of her record 101 U.S. Open matches, defeating Edda Buding, 6-1, 6-0, in 42 minutes. Jimmy Connors, playing on 19th birthday, comes back from a two-set deficit to beat Alex Olmedo for his first U.S. Open victory.

1984 — In his first NFL start, Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs rushes for 202 yards and scores two touchdowns as the Falcons beat New Orleans 36-28.

1991 — Jimmy Connors turns 39 years old and rallies from a 2-5 fifth-set deficit to defeat 24-year-old Aaron Krickstein, 3-6, 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6. The fourth-round Labor Day match lasts 4 hours and 41 minutes.

1995 — Frank Bruno wins a heavyweight championship in his fourth attempt registering a unanimous decision over Oliver McCall to take his WBC title in Wembley, England.

2001 — Michael Schumacher becomes the winningest driver in Formula One history, winning the Belgian Grand Prix for his 52nd career victory. Schumacher breaks the mark shared with Alain Prost and clinches his fourth world championship.

2004 — In a second-round match, Sargis Sargsian defeats Nicolas Massu, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, in five hours and nine minutes. It’s the second-longest match on record at the U.S. Open and falls 18 minutes shy of breaking the record for longest match, set in 1992 when Stefan Edberg defeated Michael Chang in 5:26 in the semifinals.

2007 — Clay Buchholz throws a no-hitter in his second career start against the Baltimore Orioles.

2008 — Adrian Beltre goes 5 for 6 and hits for the cycle in a 12-6 Seattle Mariners win over the Texas Rangers.

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Sept. 3

1908 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs Australian Bill Lang in 6 rounds in Melbourne in a warmup fight for his famous title bout with Jack Johnson.

1921 — The U.S. defeats Japan in five straight matches to win the Davis Cup.

1928 — Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ty Cobb records his 4,189th and final career hit, as a pinch hitter for Philadelphia A’s in 6-1 loss v Washington Senators.

1932 — Ellsworth Vines wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships with a three-set victory over France’s Henri Cochet.

1944 — Frank Parker wins the men’s singles title with a four-set victory over Bill Talbert in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships. Pauline Betz captures her third straight women’s title with 6-3, 8-6 victory over Margaret Osborne.

1945 — Frank Parker defends his U.S. Open title, defeating Bill Talbert 14-12, 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the first postwar U.S. Open.

1956 — Jockey John Longden surpasses Sir Gordon Richards’ then-record number of wins by riding Arrogate to victory in the Del Mar Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack to attain his 4,871st victory.

1974 — Future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson retires; leaves NBA with 26,710 points, 9,887 assists & 7,804 rebounds in 1,040 games.

1975 — Martina Navratilova, 18, defeats Margaret Court, who is 33 and competing in her 11th and final U.S. Open, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.

1977 — Ken Rosewall, two months shy of his 43rd birthday, is beaten by 24-year-old Jose Higueras, 6-4, 6-4. The in a best-of-three-set third-round match marks Rosewall’s final U.S. Open singles match.

1989 — Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles, 6-0, 6-2, for her 101st and final U.S. Open singles win.

1994 — Miami beats Georgia Southern 56-0, breaking an NCAA record with its 58th consecutive home victory. The Hurricanes surpass Alabama’s record of 57 wins in a row at home set from 1962-82.

2001 — Jockey John Velazquez becomes the first jockey to ride six winners on a single card at Saratoga Racecourse. Velazquez guides Starine to a 5¼-length victory in the Diana Handicap, a 1 1-8 mile turf race, for his sixth win.

2006 — Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie wins the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award, joining Sheryl Swoopes as the league’s only three-time winners.

2007 — Pedro Martinez completes his comeback from major shoulder surgery, becoming the 15th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career. The New York Mets’ right-hander fans Aaron Harang for the milestone as the Mets post a 10-4 win over Cincinnati.

2016 — Serena Williams’ dominating third-round victory at the U.S. Open is notable for a milestone: 307 Grand Slam wins. Williams’ 6-2, 6-1 win over 47th-ranked Johanna Larsson of Sweden improves her major-tournament mark to 307-42, putting her one win up on Martina Navratilova among women and tying Roger Federer among all players in the Open era.

2017 — UCLA’s Josh Rosen fakes the spike and throws a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Lasley with 43 seconds remaining and UCLA overcomes a 34-point deficit to stun Texas A&M 45-44. Rosen is 35 of 59 for 491 yards and throws four fourth-quarter touchdowns. UCLA scores on five straight possessions after trailing 44-10 with 4:08 to play in the third quarter.

2022 — 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams plays her final match at the US Open, going down 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in a third round match in New York.

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Sept. 4

1920 — Man o War wins the 1 5/8-mile Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in modern racing history. His time of 2:40 4/5 shatters the world record by 6 4/5 seconds for his fifth record performance of the year.

1932 — Olin Dutra defeats Frank Walsh in the final round 4 and 3 to win the PGA Championship.

1951 — Frank Sedgman becomes the first Australian to win the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships, beating Victor Seixas in three sets. Sixteen-year-old Maureen Connolly wins the first of three consecutive women’s titles, beating Shirley Fry in three sets.

1966 — The Houston Oilers holds the Denver Broncos to no first downs in a 45-7 rout.

1983 — Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01′ 21″ in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title.

1983 — Lynn Dickey of Green Bay completes 27 of 31 passes, including 18 straight, for 333 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Packers in a 41-38 overtime victory over Houston.

1992 — Jimmy Connors loses to Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in his record 115th and final U.S. Open singles match.

1993 — New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians 4-0 at Yankee Stadium.

1994 — Fu Mingxia of China becomes the first woman to win consecutive highboard world diving titles, beating countrywoman Chi Bin in Rome.

1994 — Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins becomes the second quarterback with 300 touchdown passes by throwing for five scores in a 39-35 victory over New England. Dan Marino passes for 473 yards and Patriot’s quarterback Drew Bledsoe passes for 421 yards and four touchdowns. It’s second time two opposing quarterbacks each pass for 400 yards and four touchdowns in the same game.

2002 — Argentina defeats the U.S. 87-80 in the world basketball championships at Indianapolis. It’s the first loss for a U.S. team in 59 games since the Americans began sending NBA players to international tournaments in 1992.

2005 — 20 year old Kyle Busch becomes youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he out duels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway.

2006 — Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C’ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season.

2010 — DeMarco Murray’s career-best 218 yards rushing leads Oklahoma to a 31-24 victory for the Sooners’ 800th win.

2010 — Andy Dalton becomes TCU’s winningest quarterback, running for two touchdowns and throwing for another in the No. 6 Horned Frogs’ 30-21 victory over Oregon State. His 30th win moves him past Sammy Baugh, who had held the mark since the mid-1930s.

2017 — J.D. Martinez ties a major league record by hitting four home runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks rout the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 for their 11th straight victory.

2017 — Madison Keys eliminates Elina Svitolina in three sets to give the U.S. four women in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time in 15 years. Keys joins Americans Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens.

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TV SPORTS

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Sunday, Aug. 31

AUTO RACING

8:55 a.m.

ESPN — Formula 1: The Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands

ESPNU — Formula 1: The Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands (F1 Kids)

11:30 a.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: The Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn.

12:30 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis

2 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn.

5 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis

6 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Cook Out Southern 500, Playoffs – Round of 16, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

2 p.m.

CBS — AVP League: League Championship, Chicago

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

3 p.m.

ESPN — Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina, Atlanta

7 p.m.

ESPNU — Winston-Salem at Tuskegee

7:30 p.m.

ABC — Notre Dame at Miami

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ABC — Kentucky vs. Nebraska, Nashville, Tenn.

2 p.m.

FS1 — TCU at Pittsburgh

3 p.m.

ESPN2 — Purdue at Tennessee

5 p.m.

FOX — Arizona St. at Penn St.

6 p.m.

SECN — Vanderbilt at Illinois

GOLF

6:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Omega European Masters, Final Round, Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club, Crans Montana, Valais, Switzerland

3 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The FM Championship, Final Round, TPC Boston, Norton, Mass.

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FOX — The Jockey Club Gold Cup: From Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

4 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

MLB BASEBALL

1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at Boston (1:35 p.m.) OR Milwaukee at Toronto (1:35 p.m.)

4:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at L.A. Dodgers (4:10 p.m.) OR Baltimore at San Francisco (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

ESPN — Atlanta at Philadelphia

RODEO

Noon

CBS — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Springfield, Mo. (Taped)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: West Ham United at Nottingham Forest

11:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Liverpool

2 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Crystal Palace at Aston Villa

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

4 p.m.

CBS — NWSL: Chicago at Washington

SOFTBALL

5 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.

TENNIS

11 a.m.

ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.

3 p.m.

ABC — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.

6 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.

WNBA BASKETBALL

8:30 p.m.

NBATV — Indiana at Golden State

“THE SPORTSPAGE” SUNDAY AUGUST 31, 2025

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