“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
SAN FRANCISCO 9 WASHINGTON 5 (10)
MILWAUKEE 16 ATLANTA 7
SAN DIEGO 7 PITTSBURGH 6
NY METS 9 COLORADO 1
CINCINNATI 10 MIAMI 4 (10)
LA ANGELS 9 NY YANKEES 4
TORONTO 7 BALTIMORE 6
TAMPA BAY 6 ST. LOUIS 4
SEATTLE 4 DETROIT 3
PHILADELPHIA 6 ARIZONA 4
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NASHVILLE 3 INDIANAPOLIS 1
FT. WAYNE 5 SOUTH BEND 1
WNBA SCORES
OLYMPIC BREAK
MLS
OLYMPIC BREAK
INDIANA GIRLS GOLF RESULTS
LAWRENCE CENTRAL 220, LAWRENCE NORTH 232, BEN DAVIS INC.
EARLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, AUG. 24 IN WEEK ZERO:
AER LINGUS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLASSIC: FLORIDA STATE VS. GEORGIA TECH (IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. ET | ESPN
MCNEESE AT TARLETON STATE | 2:30 P.M. ET| ESPN2
MONTANA STATE AT NEW MEXICO | 4 P.M. ET | FS1
FCS KICKOFF: NORTH ALABAMA VS. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (CRAMTON BOWL IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA) | 7 P.M. ET | ESPN
MEAC/SWAC CHALLENGE: NORFOLK STATE VS. FLORIDA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
SMU AT NEVADA | 8 P.M. ET |CBS SPORTS NETWORK
DELAWARE STATE AT HAWAII
THURSDAY, AUG. 29
NORTH CAROLINA AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. ET | FOX
NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT COLORADO | 8 P.M. ET | ESPN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT SAN JOSE STATE | 10 P.M. ET | TRUTV AND MAX
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
TCU AT STANFORD | 10:30 P.M. ET | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
AFLAC KICKOFF GAME: CLEMSON VS. GEORGIA (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA) | 12 P.M. ET | ABC
PENN STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | FOX
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 2 P.M. ET | ESPN+
MIAMI (FL) AT FLORIDA | 3:30 P.M. ET | ABC
NOTRE DAME AT TEXAS A&M | 7:30 P.M. ET | ABC
GEORGIA STATE AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. ET | ACC NETWORK
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 8 P.M. ET | TRUTV AND MAX
SUNDAY, SEPT. 1
ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL VS. ALABAMA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA) | 3 P.M. ET | ESPN
VEGAS KICKOFF CLASSIC: LSU VS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ALLEGIANT STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) | 7:30 P.M. ON ABC
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
BOSTON COLLEGE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. ET | ESPN
NFL PRE-SEASON
WEEK ONE:
THURSDAY
NEW ENGLAND 17 CAROLINA 3
NEW YORK GIANTS 14 DETROIT 3
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9:
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
HOUSTON AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10:
WASHINGTON AT N.Y. JETS, 12:00 PM
CHICAGO AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
LAS VEGAS AT MINNESOTA, 4:00 PM
GREEN BAY AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
TAMPA BAY AT CINCINNATI, 7:00 PM
KANSAS CITY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT ARIZONA, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11:
DENVER AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00 PM
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:30 PM
WEEK TWO:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15:
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17:
ATLANTA AT BALTIMORE, 12:00 PM
CINCINNATI AT CHICAGO, 1:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
DETROIT AT KANSAS CITY 4:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
N.Y. JETS AT CAROLINA, 7:00 PM
ARIZONA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 7:00 PM
WASHINGTON AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
BUFFALO AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30 PM
DALLAS AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18:
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 8:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:00 PM
WEEK THREE:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22:
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 8:00 PM
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23:
JACKSONVILLE AT ATLANTA, 7:00 PM
MIAMI AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24:
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT, 1:00 PM
BALTIMORE AT GREEN BAY, 1:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00 PM
L.A. CHARGERS AT DALLAS, 4:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30 PM
CLEVELAND AT SEATTLE, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25:
TENNESSEE AT NEW ORLEANS, 2:00 PM
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 4:30 PM
NEW ENGLAND AT WASHINGTON (NBC), 8:00 PM
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB ROUNDUP: MITCH HANIGER, M’S POST WALK-OFF WIN OVER TIGERS
Mitch Haniger lined a three-run double to right field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 victory against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.
The Mariners snapped a three-game losing streak and moved into a first-place tie with the idle Houston Astros in the American League West. It was Haniger’s eighth career walk-off with the Mariners, breaking a tie with Jim Presley for the franchise record.
JT Chargois (2-0) got credit for the win after pitching a scoreless top of the ninth. Seattle’s Luke Raley had a homer among his two hits.
Detroit’s Parker Meadows had his fourth consecutive two-hit game since returning from the injured list. Will Vest (2-4) took the loss.
Angels 9, Yankees 4
Jo Adell hit a two-out, bases-clearing double to highlight a six-run fifth inning as Los Angeles won in New York — the Angels’ fourth win in six games.
Los Angeles starter Tyler Anderson (9-10) allowed one run on three hits in six solid innings to earn his first win since July 6. Nolan Schanuel hit his third career leadoff homer and added a tiebreaking single off New York’s Nestor Cortes (5-10) before the Angels pulled away in the fifth.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Oswaldo Cabrera homered for the Yankees, who are 8-3 after dropping 23 of 33 from June 15 to July 26. The Yankees lost Anthony Volpe due to left foot pain after the shortstop fouled a pitch off his foot.
Phillies 6, Diamondbacks 4
Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking two-run single and J.T. Realmuto homered to lead Philadelphia over Arizona in Phoenix.
Bryce Harper had three hits and an intentional walk as Philadelphia won for the fourth time in its last five games. Realmuto, Kyle Schwarber, Edmundo Sosa and Weston Wilson added two hits apiece. Kolby Allard (1-0) gave up one run and six hits over five innings.
Jake McCarthy and Eugenio Suarez homered for the Diamondbacks, who had a four-game winning streak end. McCarthy had three hits and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Geraldo Perdomo had two apiece. Jordan Montgomery (7-6) was charged with four runs and eight hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Blue Jays 7, Orioles 6
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a homer, a double and a triple and drove in four runs as host Toronto held off Baltimore to win the decisive game of a three-game series.
Guerrero extended his hitting streak to 20 games. Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman (10-8) held Baltimore to two runs and three hits in eight innings. The Orioles rallied with four runs in the ninth off Zach Pop and Chad Green, but Green got the final three outs for his 10th save.
Colton Cowser hit a two-run home run and had four RBIs for the Orioles, who dropped to 3-4 on their 10-game road trip. Orioles right-hander Dean Kremer (4-9) allowed five runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Mets 9, Rockies 1
Pete Alonso homered twice and singled, Mark Vientos also went deep and New York beat Colorado in Denver.
Francisco Lindor and Tyrone Taylor finished with two hits apiece for New York to back a solid start by David Peterson (6-1). The Colorado native permitted one run in five innings.
Ezequiel Tovar and Brendan Rodgers had two hits each for the Rockies, who dropped a home series for the first time since June. They didn’t have an extra-base hit against four Mets pitchers and struck out 10 times.
Brewers 16, Braves 7
Jackson Chourio hit a pair of two-run homers as visiting Milwaukee struck a season-high six long balls and pounded Atlanta to complete a three-game sweep.
The Brewers combined for 34 runs and 52 hits over the three games. William Contreras, Garrett Mitchell, Willy Adames and Jake Bauers also went deep for the Brewers, who fell one homer short of matching the franchise record. Sal Frelick had four hits and Contreras added three hits to pace the 20-hit attack.
Atlanta lost its fifth straight despite a three-run homer from Austin Riley and a solo shot from Marcell Ozuna.
Giants 9, Marlins 5 (10 innings)
Mark Canha finished 4-for-6 with a pair of RBIs and Michael Conforto went 2-for-4 and knocked in two runs, helping lead visiting San Francisco to a win over Washington in 10 innings.
After both teams scored three runs in the ninth, the Giants posted a four-run 10th, with RBI hits from Brett Wisely and Matt Chapman sandwiching Conforto’s two-run single. Taylor Rogers worked a scoreless bottom of the 10th as the Giants won their 10th in 13 tries.
For Washington, Luis Garcia Jr. went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, two runs and three RBIs. Alex Call added two hits and scored a run as the Nationals fell for the third time in four games.
Padres 7, Pirates 6
David Peralta belted a two-run homer and Luis Arraez had an RBI double to help visiting San Diego complete a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh.
The Padres have won five straight games and 14 of their last 16 games. San Diego seized a 7-5 lead in the ninth inning off closer David Bednar (3-4), who was tagged with a blown save for the second straight game.
The Pirates have lost four in a row and six of their last seven games. In the seventh inning, Joey Bart crushed a fastball over the wall in left field for a two-run homer, giving Pittsburgh a 5-4 lead.
Reds 10, Marlins 4 (10 innings)
Tyler Stephenson drew a go-ahead RBI walk in a wild top of the 10th inning as Cincinnati defeated host Miami.
Marlins reliever Emmanuel Ramirez (0-1) took the loss, allowing all seven runs in the 10th and not recording an out. Five of the runs were earned as the Reds claimed the series three games to one. Derek Hill had two hits and two RBIs for Miami.
Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz (3-for-5) had a great series, going 11-for-19 with four doubles, two homers, seven runs, five RBIs, two steals and two walks. TJ Friedl went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. He had two long balls and 10 RBIs in the series.
Rays 6, Cardinals 4
Brandon Lowe hit a two-run homer and scored twice as visiting Tampa Bay rallied past St. Louis to avoid a three-game sweep.
Dylan Carlson, who came from the Cardinals in a trade ahead of the deadline, also drove in two runs. Rays starter Shane Baz allowed four runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Richard Lovelady (3-4) earned the victory and Pete Fairbanks posted his 22nd save.
Rays outfielder Josh Lowe exited with a right knee contusion after fouling a pitch off of his leg in the first inning. Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs for the Cardinals and Nolan Arenado went 3-for-3. St. Louis starter Kyle Gibson allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings.
–Field Level Media
WHITE SOX FIRE MANAGER PEDRO GRIFOL AFTER END OF 21-GAME LOSING STREAK THAT TIED AL RECORD
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox fired manager Pedro Grifol and three coaches on Thursday, two days after the team ended a 21-game losing streak that tied the American League record.
Chicago began the day 28-89, on pace to finish 39-122, which would be the worst major league record since the National League’s Cleveland Spiders were 20-134 in 1899.
The White Sox ended the losing streak with a 5-1 victory at Oakland on Tuesday night, then wasted a two-run lead in a 3-2 loss on Wednesday. The 21 losses tied the mark set when the 1988 Baltimore Orioles started 0-21.
“Our team’s performance this season has been disappointing on many levels,” White Sox general manager Chris Getz said in a statement. “Despite the on-field struggles and lack of success, we appreciate the effort and professionalism Pedro and the staff brought to the ballpark every day. These two seasons have been very challenging. Unfortunately, the results were not there, and a change is necessary as we look to our future and the development of a new energy around the team.”
Grifol was in the middle of his second season as a major league manager after a long career in the game, lugging an 89-190 record.
He was the first manager fired this season. Chicago said a replacement likely will be hired after the season.
Major league coach Grady Sizemore will take over as interim manager. A three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove center fielder, he is in his first season as a White Sox coach after serving as a minor-league instructor with the Guardians and a coach with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks in 2023.
Chicago also fired bench coach Charlie Montoyo, third base coach Eddie Rodriguez and assistant hitting coach Mike Tosar. They have been replaced by Doug Sisson (bench coach), Justin Jirschele (third base coach) and Mike Gellinger (assistant hitting coach).
The White Sox had a 14-game losing streak from May 22-June 6, setting a team season record that lasted only until the skid that followed the All-Star break.
“My mentality and the way I look at things is we’re all in this thing together, and I’m the first one to take blame for anything that happens on this team. I’m the manager, right? And I’ve done that since day one. I did it last year. I’ll do it again this year,” Grifol said on July 30. “I don’t hide away from blame. Blame is what it is. I’ve got the position, the office, that’s the chair. I would never blame our players for this season. That’s not my makeup.”
The 54-year-old Grifol presented a positive outlook in spring training, after the White Sox went 61-101 in his first season for their worst finish since going 56-106 in 1970. The optimism quickly evaporated, though. The White Sox hit .192 and scored just 56 runs while dropping 22 of their first 25 games. They started August with the second-worst team ERA and the worst team batting average in Major League Baseball.
The White Sox made the playoffs in 2020 and won the AL Central in 2021, but they’ve stumbled hard since. Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa stepped down late in the 81-81 season in 2022, and Grifol was hired to replace him. The former minor league catcher, who had four seasons of minor league managing experience in the Seattle Mariners system, spent 10 years in a variety of coaching roles with the Kansas City Royals from 2013-22.
The White Sox were one of baseball’s worst hitting teams last season, when executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn were fired in August. Grifol remained in place after Chris Getz was promoted to general manager, but there hasn’t been much to work with on Chicago’s South Side lately.
Relievers Aaron Bummer and Gregory Santos were traded away in the offseason, and ace right-hander Dylan Cease was dealt to San Diego in March. Then All-Star center fielder Luis Robert Jr. and key hitters Yoán Moncada and Eloy Jiménez were sidelined by significant injuries early this season.
The White Sox also have been hurt by lackluster production from first baseman Andrew Vaughn, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, and veteran outfielder Andrew Benintendi, who signed a $75 million, five-year contract for 2023.
At the trade deadline, the White Sox kept Robert and ace starting pitcher Garrett Crochet, but they dealt designated hitter Jiménez to Baltimore, pitcher Tanner Banks to Philadelphia and infielder Paul DeJong to Kansas City.
The White Sox are headed toward their sixth 100-loss season, which would be the first time in franchise history it’s occurred consecutive years. Their all-time worst winning percentage (.325) was recorded in 1932, when they went 49-102-1, and the 2024 team was well on its way to shattering that futility mark.
According to Sportradar data, Grifol’s record is the worst for a single team among managers who’ve logged at least 100 games since Casey Stengel went 175-404 for the New York Mets from 1962-65. Grifol’s record is the fifth-worst overall since 1900 among managers with 100-plus games.
ROCKIES RHP GERMAN MARQUEZ SHUT DOWN FOR SEASON
Colorado Rockies right-hander German Marquez will miss the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with a stress reaction in his right elbow, manager Bud Black said Thursday.
Black said that the injury was not due to the rebuilt ulnar collateral ligament in Marquez’s elbow. The skipper said Marquez is expected to recover in approximately six to eight weeks.
Marquez’s return following Tommy John surgery lasted all of just one start before he was placed on the 15-day injured list on July 22.
Marquez, 29, faced the New York Mets on July 14 in his first start since April 26, 2023, 16 days before he underwent surgery. In four innings, Marquez allowed three runs on five hits while walking four and striking out three on 70 pitches.
In that game, Marquez passed Jorge De La Rosa for the franchise lead in strikeouts with 986.
An All-Star in 2021, Marquez owns a 65-56 record with a 4.42 ERA in 177 appearances (174 starts) with the Rockies.
NFL NEWS
JAGUARS SIGN UFL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR BREELAND SPEAKS
The Jacksonville Jaguars signed 2024 UFL Defensive Player of the Year Breeland Speaks on Thursday.
The 28-year-old defensive end tallied 9.5 sacks and 13 tackles for loss this spring for the Michigan Panthers.
Speaks was a second-round draft pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2018. He played in all 16 games as a rookie (four starts) and registered 24 tackles, two fumble recoveries and 1.5 sacks.
Speaks spent the 2019 season on injured reserve. In December of that year, he was suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
He has not appeared in an NFL game since, spending time with Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers.
The Jaguars placed defensive end De’Shaan Dixon on the waived/injured list. If he clears waivers, he will revert to the injured reserve list.
–Field Level Media
JETS WR MIKE WILLIAMS ON RETURN TO FIELD: ‘IT FELT GOOD’
New York Jets wide receiver Mike Williams joined his new teammates on the practice field Thursday, marking his first appearance since signing a one-year deal in March.
Williams, 29, has been working his way back after tearing his ACL last season while playing for the Los Angeles Chargers. He was placed on the physically unable to perform list by the Jets to open training camp before being activated on Wednesday.
“It felt good. I’ve been working off to the side for some time now just to do individual (drills) with the group. It felt good,” Williams said. “Putting on shoulder pads, running with the guys. It felt good.”
Williams, however, said it’s been a tough journey to work his way back in his recovery.
“A grind, for sure. I’d say this whole process has been a grind,” he said. “Putting the work in, early mornings, late nights, just trying to get back right.”
Jets coach Robert Saleh said Williams is “a lot further ahead than we anticipated” in his recovery.
For his part, Williams wasn’t going to get ahead of himself when asked about his availability for the Jets’ season opener against the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 9.
“We’ll see,” he said.
The Chargers made him a salary cap casualty after his first seven seasons with the club. Williams was due to make $17 million in the final season of his three-year deal with Los Angeles before he was released in March.
Williams sustained the knee injury in Week 3 of the 2023 season, which ended with 19 receptions for 249 yards and one touchdown in three starts. In 88 career games (62 starts), he has racked up 309 catches for 4,806 yards (15.6 yards per catch) and 31 touchdowns, plus one rushing touchdown.
The Chargers selected Williams seventh overall in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Clemson.
–Field Level Media
AGENTS: 49ERS SIGNING VETERAN WR ROBBIE CHOSEN
The San Francisco 49ers are signing veteran wide receiver Robbie Chosen, his agents confirmed Thursday.
He joins a team with an immediate need due to Brandon Aiyuk’s pending trade status and first-round pick Ricky Pearsall’s shoulder injury.
Chosen, 31, was formerly known as Robby/Robbie Anderson and Chosen Anderson. He has played for four NFL teams in eight seasons.
He has 379 career receptions for 5,082 yards and 30 touchdowns in 120 games (86 starts) with the New York Jets (2016-19), Carolina Panthers (2020-22), Arizona Cardinals (2022) and Miami Dolphins (2023).
–Field Level Media
REPORTS: SAINTS SIGN LB PETE WERNER TO 3-YEAR EXTENSION
The New Orleans Saints signed linebacker Pete Werner to a three-year contract extension through the 2027 season, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
Per reports, Werner will earn more than $25 million, including $17.5 million guaranteed.
The Ohio State product was selected by the Saints in the second round (60th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Werner, 25, has registered 235 tackles, an interception, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 43 career games (35 starts).
The Saints open the 2024 season on Sept. 8 against NFC South rival Carolina Panthers.
–Field Level Media
NFL PRESEASON ROUNDUP: ERIC GRAY’S 2 TDS LEAD GIANTS PAST LIONS
New York Giants running back Eric Gray rushed for two touchdowns in the second quarter, one of them on a 48-yard burst, in a 14-3 win over the visiting Detroit Lions on Thursday in each team’s first preseason game.
Gray, a fifth-round draft pick in 2023, added a 1-yard score among his 98 yards from scrimmage. Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito completed 8 of 15 passes for 92 yards.
Lions quarterback Nate Sudfeld went 13 of 24 passing for 96 yards. Detroit’s points came on Jake Bates’ 53-yard field goal late in the first quarter.
Lions QB Hendon Hooker, a third-round pick in 2023 who missed last season recovering from a torn ACL sustained while at Tennessee, came on to start the third quarter. He finished with a team-high 34 yards rushing and led a sustained drive, but he left late in the third due to a concussion, Lions coach Dan Campbell confirmed after the game.
Patriots 17, Panthers 3
Bailey Zappe threw for 120 yards and Joe Milton III added 54 yards passing and a touchdown as host New England began its preseason by defeating Carolina.
Kevin Harris’ rushing touchdown in the second quarter was the only scoring of the first half. Patriots kicker Joey Slye added a 42-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, and JaQuae Jackson snagged Milton’s pass for a 38-yard touchdown with nine minutes to play. Kayshon Boutte garnered 53 yards on three catches. Drake Maye, the No. 3 pick in the 2024 draft, completed two of his three passes for 19 yards in his one series.
Jack Plummer went 11 of 21 passing for 86 yards for the Panthers. Their only points came on Harrison Mevis’ 41-yard field goal with 7:06 left in the game. Bryce Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, did not play.
–Field Level Media
BENGALS SIGNING FORMER UFL DT CARLOS DAVIS
The Cincinnati Bengals are signing former UFL defensive tackle Carlos Davis, his agent confirmed Thursday with NFL Network.
Davis was a seventh-round draft pick by Pittsburgh in 2020 and played in 12 games for the Steelers from 2020-22, tallying 12 tackles and one sack.
He spent time on the Atlanta Falcons’ practice squad in 2023 before signing with the Birmingham Stallions and winning a UFL championship earlier this spring. He was named to the All-UFL team.
Davis, 27, is the twin brother of Houston Texans defensive tackle Khalil Davis.
–Field Level Media
OLYMPIC NEWS
STEPH CURRY’S 36 SPARKS TEAM USA TO SECOND-HALF RALLY PAST SERBIA
Stephen Curry poured in a game-high 36 points and hit a crucial go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:24 left in regulation, lifting the United States to a 95-91 victory over Serbia on Thursday afternoon in the semifinals of the men’s basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics.
The Americans, who have taken home a gold medal at each of the past four Olympics, will play host France in the final on Saturday. Serbia will face Germany in the bronze-medal game, which is also scheduled for Saturday.
It looked like the Serbians were going to cruise to an upset after they carried a 76-63 lead into the final quarter.
But Team USA crawled back, finally drawing even at 84-84 when LeBron James converted a layup with 3:43 remaining.
Filip Petrusev answered with a dunk before Curry knocked down his go-ahead triple.
Layups from James and Curry extended the U.S. lead to 91-86. A Nikola Jokic layup cut Serbia’s deficit to 93-91 with 24 seconds to go before Curry hit a pair of free throws to secure the win.
Curry made 12 of 19 shots from the field and 9 of 14 from 3-point range. He also finished with eight rebounds.
James recorded a triple-double with 16 points, 12 boards and 10 assists, while Joel Embiid supplied 19 points. The Americans shot 57.4 percent overall and made 16 of 32 attempts from beyond the arc.
Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic paced the Serbians with 20 points. Jokic notched 17 points and 11 assists and Aleksa Avramovic had 15 points for Serbia, which hit 46.5 percent of its field-goal attempts and 38.5 percent of its 3-pointers (15 of 39).
Serbia made a statement early in the second quarter, scoring 11 of the first 13 points of the period to go up 42-25 on Jokic’s three-point play with 6:25 to go.
Embiid helped keep the Americans afloat, though, scoring seven points over the final 6:14 of the first half as the United States got within 54-43 by the break.
Curry led all scorers with 20 points before the break. He canned six 3-pointers in the first half.
The Serbians led 31-23 after 10 minutes of action.
FRANCE BACK IN MEN’S BASKETBALL GOLD MEDAL GAME AFTER WIN OVER GERMANY IN PARIS OLYMPICS
PARIS (AP) — With blue, white, and red flags waving in the stands and cheers blaring around them, France’s players took in the moment.
Matthew Strazel erupted in dance. Evan Fournier ripped his jersey off and skipped around. Later, the team gathered in a circle at center court as fans erupted in an encore of, “Allez Les Bleus!” — “Let’s go Blue!” —- to serenade them.
Yes, the hometown team is headed back to the Olympic gold medal game, where on Saturday they play the winner of the Serbia-US game.
“We just want to win,” said Guerschon Yabusele, who scored 17 points in France’s 73-69 victory over Germany. “Whoever, we’re going to figure it out.”
Isaia Cordinier added 16 points and Victor Wembanyama finished with 11 points and seven rebounds to help France – which won the silver medal in Toyko three years ago — reach its second straight Olympic final.
The raucous crowd at Bercy Arena was engaged from the very beginning, hanging on every basket. And when the buzzer sounded, it sent fans into a frenzy. After a postgame handshake with their German opponents, the entire team ran to the baseline and saluted the crowd — which seemed to get louder to acknowledge the tribute.
“It was insane tonight,” said France’s Nicolas Batum. “I can’t imagine what it’s going to be on Saturday. I can’t wait.”
Dennis Schroder led Germany with 18 points. Franz Wagner added 10 points and eight rebounds.
The loss ended the incredible run the Germans have been on over the last two years. Dating back to winning last year’s World Cup, they had won 12 consecutive games in major international competitions.
“After the first quarter, they kind of took us out of our rhythm,” Wagner said.
With French and German basketball icons Tony Parker and Dirk Nowitzki sitting side-by-side at courtside, France outscored Germany 38-25 in the second and third quarters to take a 56-50 advantage into the fourth.
Germany didn’t go down quietly.
It closed within 69-65 on a layup by Schroder with under a minute to play. Following a free throw by Frank Ntilikina, Germany cut the deficit to 70-68 on a deep 3-pointer by Wagner.
France dribbled the shot clock down, but Nicolas Batum came up empty on a 3-point attempt. Wagner got the rebound, but tumbled out of bounds as he tried to turn and dribble up the court. Germany was forced to foul Wembanyama.
The 20-year-old stepped to the line and missed his first free throw, then calmly dropped in the second to give France a three-point lead with 10 seconds remaining.
France opted not to allow Germany a shot at 3-pointer and possibly tie the game, fouling Schroder and sending him to the line. He also connected only 1 of 2, leaving France up by two. Cordinier was fouled and hit both free throws to seal the game.
France stayed with the same modified starting lineup it deployed during its quarterfinal win over Canada, opening the game with Wembanyama, Yabusele, Cordinier, Nicolas Batum and Ntilikina. Evan Fournier and Rudy Gobert began the game on the bench for the second straight game.
It didn’t yield the same initial success this around, as Germany took a 12-2 lead.
It forced France coach Vincent Collet to change things up less than four minutes in, inserting Fournier and later Mathias Lessort to help settle things down. They did, and France got back within seven points heading into the second quarter.
France kept that momentum going, outscoring Germany 15-8 over the next 10 minutes to send the game to halftime tied at 33.
The flurry included a two-handed, poster-ready dunk by Wembanyama over Daniel Theis that brought French fans to their feet.
KATHRYN PLUMMER, US SPIKE BRAZIL TO BOOK RETURN TO VOLLEYBALL FINAL SUNDAY
PARIS — The United States beat Brazil in a thrilling five-setter at the Paris Games on Thursday to move into a second straight Olympic women’s volleyball final in what was a rematch of the gold medal contest from Tokyo three years ago.
Although the U.S. brushed Brazil aside 3-0 in Tokyo, the South American team had not dropped a set in Paris. Things were far more difficult for the reigning champions in a rollercoaster contest on Thursday.
The match was defined by the individual brilliance of American Kathryn Plummer (26 points) and Brazil’s Ana Cristina de Souza (24 points) as the two stalwarts looked to outdo each other at the net.
Olympic rookie Avery Skinner (19 points, 3 blocks) and Andrea Drews (18 points) emerged to help guide the U.S. to a 25-23, 18-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11 victory that left the Brazilians in tears.
“That was such a battle, a dogfight. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy … I’m so proud of us now for how we fought,” Skinner said.
The U.S. will play either Turkey or Italy in the final.
The first set was neck-and-neck after Brazil’s blockers came to their rescue, but at 23-23 it was the Americans who kept their cool. Plummer scored with a kill and another spike produced a block error to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead.
Brazil recovered quickly in the second set. De Souza’s attack and defense proved too much for the Americans, with the 20-year-old fittingly wrapping up the set with a devastating spike.
But Plummer continued to pile misery on Brazil with her relentless attack. Skinner also stepped up on crucial points, applying the finishing touch on set point by beating the block with a deft touch that landed behind the blockers.
Brazil bounced back once again in the fourth but they nearly threw it away when the U.S. saved two set points before an error gave the South American side the set to force a decider.
Brazil took an early lead in the fifth but two outrageous digs from American Lauren Carlini in one rally was just the boost the U.S. needed as they surged ahead while the South Americans crumbled under the pressure.
Brazil’s veteran coach Ze Roberto took a timeout to fire up his troops but he could only watch on with his hands on his head as Plummer capitalized on their second match point with a kill to send the U.S. through.
“We live for these moments where you’re on the precipice of greatness,” American Jordyn Poulter said.
–Reuters, Special to Field Level Media
US-AUSTRALIA SET TO RENEW WOMEN’S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL RIVALRY. BELGIUM-FRANCE MEET IN OTHER SEMIFINAL
PARIS (AP) — The U.S. and Australia are set for the next chapter in their international women’s basketball rivalry at the Olympics.
The teams will play in Friday’s semifinals for a spot in Sunday’s gold medal game. France will face Belgium in the other matchup.
It has been a one-sided affair between the Americans and Australians. The Opals have never beaten the U.S. in Olympic competitions, losing in the gold medal game in 2000, ‘04 and ’08. The Australians also lost to the U.S. in the semifinals of the 1996 and 2012 Olympics.
The U.S. and Australia met in the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Games in 2021, and once again the Americans came away with a win.
Diana Taurasi, who has been a part of four of the U.S. wins over the Aussies. is worried about rooting interests in her home as she’s married to former Australian basketball standout Penny Taylor.
“It’s going to be a home divided … I hope she wants Australia to win. She gave that team a world championship. She was MVP of the world,” Taurasi told The Associated Press. “You know, she has such an admiration for being Australian and for that team. And … being a part of it for so, so long … we know how hard that game is going to be. It’s never easy.”
Despite the lack of success, the Australians aren’t afraid of the Americans since most of the Opals’ roster plays in the WNBA with and against the U.S. players.
“I think the fact that we have so many players that are familiar with them and that have played with and against them helps,” Australia guard Sami Whitcomb said after the Opals beat Serbia in the quarterfinals Wednesday. “Obviously they’re phenomenal players, but I really like our group as well. I like how we match up. I think all you can do is play your best on the day and give your best on the day, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Like Taurasi, Lauren Jackson has been involved in many of those Australia-U.S showdowns, including the infamous incident involving Lisa Leslie in the 2000 Sydney gold medal game when the Aussie pulled off the U.S. star’s hair extension.
The 43-year-old Jackson hasn’t contributed much in this Olympics, but the fact she’s still playing is a near miracle itself after she retired due to injuries in 2016.
The other semifinal matchup features the host French squad and medal-round newcomer Belgium. The teams have drawn the best crowds during the tournament. Belgium routinely drew close to 25,000 fans in the preliminary round that was played about 20 miles from the country’s border in Lille, France.
The Belgian Cats have been on the rise lately internationally behind Emma Meesseman. They placed seventh in the Tokyo Games, fifth at the World Cup a year later, and won the EuroBasket championship last year. Now they have a chance to win the country’s first Olympic medal in basketball.
“People talk about us, people support us. Everywhere we go, they know us,” Meesseman said. “So I’m sure this inspires a lot of people, no matter if they do sports or not. Just following a dream, we show it’s possible.”
Meesseman, who promised her teammates she’d dye her hair blonde by making the semifinals said they told her “if we make the final, I have to put the Belgium flag in it as well.”
Belgium coach Rachid Meziane is from France and was thrilled to have a chance to play against her home country in front of a packed crowd.
“Maybe it can be something amazing to play in this gym against French,” he said.
France rebounded from its lone loss of the tournament to rout Germany in the quarterfinals. Marine Johannes had a huge game, and the French team played tough defense on the Germans.
They were excited for a chance to once again play in front of the home crowd and potentially clinch a medal with a victory.
“Yeah, we can breathe again. There’s always, a little bit of stress, but the fact that we didn’t crack under it feels great,” French star Gabby Williams said. “But now we can kind of breathe a little bit easier. Not too much. But it feels great to get to the win.”
AMERICAN SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE SETS WR, CLAIMS GOLD IN 400 HURDLES
PARIS — American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400 meters hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday.
Anna Cockrell of the United States took silver and Dutchwoman Femke Bol claimed bronze.
McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her previous mark of 50.65 set at the U.S. trials in June.
It was the sixth time she had broken the record and the crowd at the Stade de France went into a frenzy when it became clear a new all-time best was within her reach.
The crowd at the Stade de France went into a frenzy when it became clear a new all-time best was within her reach and she fittingly rang the victory bell with a glittering tiara perched on her head.
The first woman to break the 52 and 51-second barriers, McLaughlin-Levrone has been on a mission to rewrite the history books whenever she competes, turning the 400 hurdles into a marquee event — and herself into a superstar — in the process.
“It’s amazing to see our sport continue to grow, for people to want to watch the 400m hurdles, it’s amazing. Just a lot of hard work put in this year,” she told reporters.
“I knew it was going to be a tough race. An amazing competition all the way round.”
She walked to her blocks like a prize fighter stepping into the ring, expressionless despite the chorus of cheers that greeted her, and wrested the lead from the moment the gun went off, gliding over each barrier with ease.
Bol, the only other woman to have cracked 51 seconds, was widely seen as McLaughlin-Levrone’s closet challenger and had a large Dutch cohort in the stands on her side, but she lost steam five days after she delivered gold in the mixed relay.
McLaughlin-Levrone, the 2022 world champion, was miles ahead of the field down the final straight and she charged ahead in a thrilling race against the clock as Cockrell held on to produce a personal best in second.
“I sacrificed a lot, my family has sacrificed a lot,” said Cockrell.
“To do this today, when it counts the most, on the biggest of stages, with my whole family here, we’re all over there crying our eyes out. I’m truly a talker and I have no words.”
It was the fourth time in a row the United States had won the event on another big medal night for the Americans, as Grant Holloway won the men’s 110 hurdles.
McLaughlin-Levrone had an extra reason to party, as she turned 25 on Wednesday.
“Grateful to be celebrating my 25th birthday like this. It was yesterday, just a super opportunity, you can’t even imagine,” she said.
“My whole family’s here. We’re going to celebrate, we’re going to enjoy this time and get ready for the relay too.”
LONG JUMP
American Tara Davis-Woodhall soared to Olympic gold in the women’s long jump on Thursday, sealing victory with a gigantic fourth leap to improve on her silver medal performance at last year’s world championships.
The 25-year-old posted 7.10 metres to take the title from Tokyo Olympic gold medallist and three-times world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany who claimed silver with 6.98.
“I’ve dreamed of this moment my entire life, four years old when I started track and field,” Davis-Woodhall said.
“I’ve been telling myself all year: ‘8-0-8 (Aug. 8), that’s the day we win the Olympics.’”
American Jasmine Moore jumped 6.96 to secure her second bronze of the Games, after finishing third in the triple jump.
Davis-Woodhall, who has the word “sacrifice” tattooed on her body, had victory locked up before her final jump after the 30-year-old Mihambo ran through the pit on her sixth attempt.
The American choked back tears before her last sprint down the runway. She stood up briefly after landing, then fell back into the sand with a wide smile to the delight of the Stade de France crowd.
“I just couldn’t keep it together, I was screaming in my head,” said Davis-Woodhall, on what was going through her mind on her final jump. “I had the crowd in my hands, and that’s what I dreamed of. I made people watch long jump.”
Davis-Woodhall, who was sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, tasted global victory for the first time when she won the world indoor title in March.
But that could not compare to an Olympic gold medal, and the elated athlete made a beeline for the trackside crowd, leaping into the arms of her husband and Paralympic sprinter Hunter Woodhall. She then hugged coach Travis Geopfert.
“They were just so proud of me, they couldn’t believe it,” she said. “Actually they could believe it. I kept saying ‘I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.’ I’m proud of myself.”
The bubbly former University of Texas jumper rang the stadium’s victory bell in a cowboy hat and draped in an American flag. Asked how she planned to celebrate, Davis-Woodhall said: “I’ve got to go find my husband, we’ll have some tequila shots or something.”
Hunter Woodhall will compete at the Paris Paralympics, which start later this month.
Mihambo was suffering breathing problems after the event and taken off the track in a wheelchair. German media said she had COVID-19 two months ago and was still feeling the effects.
–Reuters, Special to Field Level Media
BOTSWANA’S TEBOGO UPSETS LYLES, BEDNAREK FOR 200M GOLD
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo won Olympic gold in the men’s 200m on Thursday, upsetting Americans Noah Lyles and Kenneth Bednarek.
The result earned Africa its first-ever gold medal in the 200m event at the Games.
Lyles, the 100m champion in Paris, settled for bronze, while Bednarek matched the silver he earned in the event at 2020 Tokyo. Lyles received a yellow card for improper conduct in the race after making a high-energy entrance into the stadium.
Lyles required medical attention after the race and left the track area in a wheelchair. It’s unclear what Lyles received care for, but he posted on X on Sunday after his 100m gold-medal performance that he has asthma and allergies.
Lyles and Bednarek will next compete in the 4x100m relay final, scheduled for Friday at 1:47 p.m. ET.
NBA NEWS
REPORT: CELTICS RETAIN MULTIPLE FIRMS TO FACILITATE SALE
The Boston Celtics are working with multiple firms to assist with the sale of the NBA franchise, Sportico reported Thursday.
Per the report, JPMorgan Chase and BDT & MSD will work together on what, once the franchise is sold, will be a multi-billion-dollar transaction at the highest price ever paid for an NBA team. A third firm, the Jordan Park Trust Company, oversaw the selection of the advisory companies and will stay involved in the sale process.
Last October, Forbes valued the Celtics at $4.7 billion; Sportico puts the value at $5.12 billion. Both list it as fourth in the NBA in terms of worth.
The Phoenix Suns, sold in 2022 at a valuation of $4 billion — the highest price ever for control of an NBA team.
Celtics ownership announced the intention to sell the team last month, soon after the team won its 18th NBA championship.
Owner Wyc Grousbeck has said he plans to sell the team in two stages, first by offloading the 51 percent majority share controlled by his family. The second stage would feature the sale of the other 49 percent held by minority partners, though one minority owner, Steve Pagliuca, has announced that he is interested in bidding for a majority stake.
Grousbeck, a Massachusetts native, plans to serve as the Celtics’ governor until 2028.
Grousbeck and his ownership group purchased the team in 2002 for $360 million.
GOLF NEWS
PHIL MICKELSON: MY PLAYING DAYS MAY BE NEARING AN END
With just one top-20 finish on the LIV Golf tour this season while missing the cut in two of golf’s four majors, Phil Mickleson said on Wednesday that he won’t hang on if he’s not able to compete at a high level.
Mickelson, 54, a six-time major champion, signed a reported $200 million contract with LIV in 2022 and is captain of the HyFlyers, a team in which he holds an equity stake.
“I see glimpses and my teammates see glimpses of me being where I expect to be able to compete at this level, but I’m also realistic with myself, and if I’m not able to, I’ll step aside and let somebody come on in and take the HyFlyers to new levels,” Mickelson said during a call ahead of LIV’s Individual Championship Sept. 13-15 at Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, Ill.
“I’m in every major on the regular tour next year, and I’ll be in three of the four majors for the next six, seven years. I would love to compete and give myself a chance to win in those, and I also want to build this out and create a culture that is sustainable and that people strive to be a part of.
“How I do that, whether it’s internally as a player and so forth, or whether it’s strictly from the outside, I’m going to be intricately involved with the HyFlyers going forward probably the rest of my life, and then my playing career I’ll be realistic where I’m at, too.”
Renowned for his short game, Mickelson is working toward reviving it after recent struggles.
“You know, surprisingly if you look at the analytics, it’s been my short game that’s just crushed me the last few years,” he said. “I’ve been like, last in scrambling on LIV. It’s been a staple of my game throughout my career, and the last couple years it’s been the reason why I have not scored and had the results. That’s where I’ve been focusing.”
Regarding the potential merger of the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, Mickelson said it’s not on his radar.
“I’m not part of those conversations. At 54, my schedule and my desires are going to be totally different than most of the players,” he said.
“So bigger picture, we have to do what’s best for the players on LIV and the best for the players throughout the game of golf and not just focus on a 54-year-old, so my desires aren’t really relevant, I would say, in that conversation.”
GOLF LEGEND CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ DIES AT 88
Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, known as much for his on-course showmanship as for the talent that led to his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, died on Thursday at age 88 in Clearwater, Fla.
Rodriguez earned eight victories on the PGA Tour, starting with the 1963 Denver Open Invitational and ending with the 1979 Denver Open Invitational.
After turning 50, he proved even more successful on the Senior PGA Tour (now the PGA Tour Champions), posting 22 victories — a total that is tied for seventh in the circuit’s history.
His best finish in one of the four Grand Slam tournaments was a tie for sixth in the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia. Rodriguez twice tied for 10th at the Masters, in 1970 and 1973.
Rodriguez grew up poor in Puerto Rico, which he later represented 12 times in the World Cup of Golf.
The 5-foot-7 golfer won legions of fans with a quick wit and antics such as pantomiming using his golf club as a sword.
“The people come out and pay good money to see golf,” he once said, according to PGATour.com. “I think they deserve something extra, and I like to give it to them.”
Rodriguez also was heavily involved in charity work, starting the Chi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation in Clearwater to assist at-risk youth.
“Chi Chi Rodriguez’s passion for charity and outreach was surpassed only by his incredible talent with a golf club in his hand,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement. “A vibrant, colorful personality both on and off the golf course, he will be missed dearly by the PGA Tour and those whose lives he touched in his mission to give back. The PGA Tour sends its deepest condolences to the entire Rodriguez family during this difficult time.”
Rodriguez told the Florida Times-Union in 2016, according to USA Today, “We make them taxpayers instead of tax burdens. We make them executives instead of felons. Every day, the first thing we do is pledge allegiance to the flag because if they learn respect for the flag they can learn respect for themselves and for others.”
He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992, three years after he received the Bobby Jones Award, the U.S. Golf Association’s top honor.
–Field Level Media
DEBBY DELAYS START OF WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
GREENSBORO, N.C. –The start of the first round of the Wyndham Championship was delayed at least into Thursday afternoon as the region deals with heavy rains spawned from the remnants of Hurricane Debby.
Tournament officials announced shortly after 5 a.m. ET that tee times are on hold and play will begin no earlier than 3 p.m. All facilities at Sedgefield Country Club are closed.
The PGA Tour is expected to provide an update at noon. The first tee times were originally scheduled for 6:50 a.m.
Late Wednesday afternoon, tournament officials announced that any competition Thursday would be held without spectators on the grounds because of weather-related concerns.
Overnight, there were numerous flash-flood warnings issued for the region, which was pounded with rain.
The Wyndham Championship is the final regular-season tournament on the PGA Tour schedule. Based on results from the tournament, the final field of 70 golfers is determined for the FedExCup playoffs that begin next week.
There’s a field of 156 golfers for the Wyndham Championship, which is slated to run through Sunday.
–Bob Sutton, Field Level Media
NASCAR NEWS
WEEKEND PREVIEW: RICHMOND RACEWAY
After a two-week summer break, the NASCAR Cup Series resumes its schedule in Sunday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway (6 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) — the last short track race of the regular season on the famed three-quarter miler.
Only four races remain to set the 16-driver playoff field. Seven drivers have already secured their position in the playoffs. Five others have a race win and need only to collect more points to officially become part of the playoff-bound. Multi-race winners Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, William Byron and Christopher Bell are in.
Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez and Austin Cindric all have won a race and are collecting points at this point to formally clinch their championship shot.
That leaves five positions to be settled in the final four races of the regular season, with former series champ Martin Truex Jr. (+108 points) and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs (+42) in solid positions in the standings.
Chris Buescher (+17) and Ross Chastain (+7) are holding down the final two positions in the current top 16, with Bubba Wallace (-7) and Chase Briscoe (-83) next closest.
The Hendrick Motorsports teammates Larson and Elliott along with 23XI Racing’s Reddick are still in a dramatic battle for the all-important regular season championship and the 15-point playoff bonus that goes with that. Larson leads Elliott by 10 points, and Reddick is only 15 points off Larson’s bumper.
Should either Larson or Elliott win that title, they would join Truex and Kyle Busch as the only two-time regular-season champions since the format went into place.
The entire starting field will have a new dynamic to strategize with this weekend as NASCAR is introducing two tire compounds to be used at the teams’ discretion during the 400-lapper. It’s being hailed as another opportunity to build off the same two-tire option in the NASCAR All-Star Race at another short track, North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in May. It also provides another competitive element to the race with so much on the line heading into the playoffs.
Teams will have six sets of “prime tires” and two sets of “option tires” for use during the race. Goodyear’s “prime” tires are a harder rubber compound with typically less grip but will last longer. The new “option” tire has a softer rubber compound offering more grip and speed but will not last as long.
There have been nine different winners in the last nine Richmond races, with RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher the defending summer race winner — claiming the trophy at Richmond, then winning two of the next four final races (at Michigan and at Daytona Beach) to close out the regular season.
Buescher would love to use Richmond as a playoff springboard again this year for his No. 17 RFK Ford team. Although he was runner-up in the closest finish in NASCAR history at Kansas earlier this year, he is still racing for his first trophy of 2024.
“Last year, we had been inching towards that kind of success and finally just fired on all eight when we got to Richmond,” Buescher said this week.
“We executed that day extremely well from race strategy to on track decisions to restarts, pit road. We finally put it all together, and I think that was a big confidence booster for our team as we headed into the next few.”
Buescher noted that for much of his career he did not like the Virginia short track but recently has changed his view.
“It was a fun racetrack but just hadn’t been able to truly figure it out until the last couple of years,” Buescher said. “Honestly, from where I’m at, we have worked hard at it. There’s been a couple things on my side that have helped.
“(Team co-owner) Brad (Keselowski) has been a big part of that. Brad runs very well there and has been able to give me a handful of pointers that have led me down a better path, and our team has stepped up in a massive way and brought some very fast race cars that ultimately just make me look better.
“When we bring those race cars to the track and we’re that competitive off the truck, it makes my job a lot easier when I know that we’re in the ballpark.”
Hamlin won at Richmond in March. Kyle Busch (2018) and Truex (2019) are the last drivers to sweep a season and win back-to-back races at the three-quarter miler. Should Hamlin win Sunday night, he would tie Busch for most wins (six) at the track among active drivers.
Joe Gibbs Racing team has won five of the seven short track races this season with Hamlin winning three times (at Richmond; Bristol, Tenn.; and Dover, Del.) and Bell twice (at Phoenix and New Hampshire). Hendrick’s Byron won at Martinsville, Va., and reigning series champion Blaney of Team Penske won at Iowa.
Busch, who currently boasts the highest Richmond trophy haul in the field, is still racing for his first victory of the season to maintain a remarkable winning streak that’s currently at a series-high 19 years. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champ is ranked 19th, 112-points behind Chastain in that last playoff position.
An extended 45-minute practice is slated for Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET followed by Busch Light Pole Qualifying at 5:35 p.m.. Both sessions will be broadcast on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
–Richmond is set to decide Truck Series playoff field
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series returns to action in Saturday night’s Clean Harbors 250 (7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Richmond Raceway — the last regular-season race of the year and one that will formally set the 10-driver 2024 playoff field and crown the regular-season champion.
Five drivers have earned playoff positions with victories this year — including Christian Eckes, Corey Heim, Nicholas Sanchez, Ty Majeski and Rajah Caruth. Five other drivers are currently “in” playoff position via points – Tyler Ankrum (+83), Grant Enfinger (+77), Taylor Gray (+48), defending series champion Ben Rhodes (+22) and Tanner Gray (+5).
Daniel Dye (-5) and Stewart Friesen (-16) are just below the cutoff line and within reasonable distance to challenge for a playoff position in the right race circumstances Saturday night. Three-time series champion Matt Crafton is just behind Friesen in the standings, 43 points back.
McAnally-Hilgemann Racing’s Eckes holds a 50-point advantage on TRICON Garage’s Heim for the regular-season title despite Heim’s series best five-win tally. The 23-year-old Eckes could clinch the regular-season championship by scoring 11 or more points on Saturday. The regular-season title includes the all-important 15-point bonus playoff points to carry throughout the seven-race postseason. If Eckes claims that title, he would be the eighth different driver to do so.
Enfinger, driver of the No. 9 CR7 Motorsports Chevrolet, is the only full-time driver in the field that has a previous win at Richmond, claiming the 2020 victory in the series’ first race back at the three-quarter miler after a 15-year break. Enfinger’s 5.5 average finish (four top-10s in as many races) is best among those with at least four starts at the track.
Carson Hocevar – now a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series – won the Richmond truck race last year by more than 2 seconds over Majeski, who led a race-best 168 of the 250 laps. Among the four drivers closest to the cutoff mark, Rhodes was 12th last year, Tanner Gray was 16th, Dye was 21st and Friesen was 27th.
Of that foursome, Rhodes boasts the best average finish of 10.0 in his four Richmond starts with a pair of top 10s and 79 laps led. Tanner Gray has never scored a top 10 at Richmond with a best showing of 16th-place in three of his four starts there. Dye has just one previous race at the track, and Friesen has one top 10 in his four starts – 10th place in 2020 – and has never led a lap.
Highly-touted young ARCA Menards Series drivers Connor Zilisch, 18, and William Sawalich, 17, will be on the starting grid this Saturday. Zilisch will drive the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet in making his second of five scheduled starts on the season. Sawalich will make his fourth start this season driving the No. 1 TRICON Garage Toyota Tundra. He scored a season best 12th-place finish at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in the last race. He finished 10th at Richmond last year.
A half-hour practice is scheduled for the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series at 2:35 p.m. ET, followed by Cometic Gasket Pole Qualifying at 3:05 p.m.
–By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS BASEBALL
INDIANS FALL TO VINNY CAPRA’S HOMERS, 3-1
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A pair of home runs by former Indians infielder Vinny Capra were the difference as the Nashville Sounds defeated Indianapolis, 3-1, on Thursday night at First Horizon Park.
After Indianapolis (17-17, 50-57) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first courtesy of a Nick Yorke RBI double to score the rehabbing Joshua Palacios, Capra put Nashville (20-15, 58-52) up with a two-run blast in the bottom half. His second home run in the bottom of the third capped the scoring for both teams.
The International League leader in wins and ERA, Chad Patrick (W, 11-1), tossed 5.0 innings with one unearned run and six strikeouts. Taylor Clarke (S, 1) then entered and allowed just one baserunner across 4.0 shutout frames.
Jared Jones (L, 0-1), making the first start of his rehab assignment, allowed two runs in 2.2 innings. Mike Burrows closed out the contest with 5.0 innings of scoreless ball for Indianapolis.
The Indians and Sounds meet again on Friday night at 7:35 ET for the fourth contest of the six-game series. In dueling Triple-A debuts, RHP Bubba Chandler will take the mound for Indianapolis against RHP Logan Henderson.
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE POSTS DOMINATE IN TOUR OPENING WIN
BARCELONA – The Purdue women’s basketball team opened its 2024 European Tour with a strong 83-49 win over Time Chamber Barcelona on Thursday afternoon.
The Boilermakers were led by a dominant display in the post, winning the battle in the paint 48-22.
Alaina Harper paced the Boilermakers with a 17-point, 8-rebound outing on 6-of-7 shooting and 5-of-5 at the line.
Freshman Lana McCarthy bruised her way to 15 points and nine rebounds with 7-of-10 shooting in just 14 minutes of action.
The Boilermakers turned 24 Time Chamber turnovers into 27 points, as Sophie Swanson tallied five swipes. Rashunda Jones dished out a team-best six assists, as Purdue finished with 18 dimes on the day.
All 12 available Boilermakers played double-digit minutes and scored in the game.
After holding a 35-30 lead at the break, the Boilermakers turned it on to outscore Time Chamber 48-19 on an even 50% shooting from distance over the last 20 minutes.
Purdue will enjoy one more full day in Barcelona on Friday ahead of a travel day to Porto.
The 2024-25 Purdue women’s basketball season is presented by Purdue Global, Purdue University’s online educational solution for working adults.
PURDUE MEN’S GOLF
SAPP ANNOUNCES 2024-25 PURDUE MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – First-year Purdue men’s golf head coach Andrew Sapp has announced a challenging schedule that features two home events and trips to some of America’s top courses.
Purdue opens the Sapp tenure on Sept. 1 and 2, at the Island Resort Intercollegiate at Sage Run GC in Harris, Michigan – Purdue’s first appearance in the event since 2019.
The following week, the Boilermakers will head to the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, for the Inverness Intercollegiate against a field that includes defending National Champion Auburn, as well as Clemson, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
On Sept. 22 and 23, Purdue returns home to host the first of two events during the upcoming season, hosting the Purdue Fall Invitational at the Kampen-Cosler Course.
The next weekend, Purdue will look to defend its title at the Windon Memorial Classic at the elite Conway Farms Golf Club in suburban Chicago.
Purdue will close out its fall campaign in the month of October with two more events – the Fighting Irish Classic at Warren GC in South Bend on Oct. 6 and 7, followed by the Fallen Oak Invitational in Saucier, Mississippi, on Oct. 19 through 21.
The Boilermakers open the spring campaign in Puerto Rico, hosting the 31st edition of the Puerto Rico Classic at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, on Feb. 10 to 12.
After a month off, Purdue heads to South Carolina for the Hootie at Bulls Bay in Awendaw, South Carolina, on March 23 to 25. The event is hosted by country singer and former lead man of Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Rucker.
Purdue will close out the regular season with the Calusa Cup (April 6 to 8; Calusa Pines GC) and by hosting the Boilermaker Invitational at Ackerman-Allen GC (April 19-20).
The Big Ten Championships will be held at the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 25 through 27.
The 2025 NCAA Regionals will be held at six different sites from May 12 to 14 at Poplar Grove GC (Amherst, Virginia), Gold Mountain GC (Bremerton, Washington), The Blessings GC (Fayetteville, Arkansas), Montreux G & CC (Reno, Nevada), Karsten Creek GC (Stillwater, Oklahoma) and Seminole Legacy GC (Tallahassee, Florida). The National Championships will be held at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa – Champions Course in Carlsbad, California, on May 23 through 28.
The Boilermakers will be aiming for their second straight appearances in the National Championships, after reaching college golf’s premier week a season ago.
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
LEONARD NAMED TO DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST
Senior quarterback Riley Leonard has been selected to the 2024 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Preseason Watch List. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback.
Notre Dame players have been finalists for the award on five occasions: Tony Rice in 1988 and 1989; Rick Mirer in 1992; and Brady Quinn in 2005 and 2006.
Already selected to the 2024 preseason watch lists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Maxwell Award, Leonard started all seven games in which he played for Duke in 2023, going 95-for-165 and 1,102 yards (57.5 percent completion rate) and three touchdowns. He rushed 58 times for 352 yards (44-yard long) and four touchdowns on the season.
In 2022, he started all 13 games for the Blue Devils, completing 250-of-392 (.638) passes for 2,967 yards with 20 touchdowns, while leading the team in rushing with 699 yards on 124 carries and 13 touchdowns. He was one of three FBS quarterbacks to amass more than 2,900 passing yards and 695 rushing yards, joining LSU’s Jayden Daniels and North Carolina’s Drake Maye.
The official Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 22, and will contain active quarterbacks from the Preseason Watch List, players honored as weekly Great 8 recipients through the season’s first eight weeks and any additional quarterbacks approved by the selection subcommittee.
The Midseason Watch List will be cut down to the 35-player Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2024 on Tuesday, Oct. 29. For the fourth straight year, fan voting on social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) will earn players bonus selection committee votes during the semifinalist, finalist and winner voting rounds. First-round fan voting will begin Oct. 29 following the QB Class announcement.
The list of semifinalists selected from the QB Class will be named on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The Foundation will announce the three finalists two weeks later (Tuesday, Nov. 26). The 2024 Davey O’Brien Award winner will be unveiled live on ESPN on Thursday, Dec. 12, during The Home Depot College Football Awards.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER
LEAH KLENKE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-ACC
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Fresh off the news of her U20 Team USA World Cup selection, Notre Dame women’s soccer junior midfielder Leah Klenke received some more good news via the Atlantic Coast Conference this afternoon. Due to her stellar performance last fall, Klenke was named as one of the top returning players in the league and earned a 2024 Preseason All-ACC spot. She was the lone Irish representative out of the 12 honorees.
In 2023, Klenke started all 20 games, logging over 1,740 minutes on the pitch. She led the squad with 10 assists, which ranked fourth in the ACC and 18th in the nation. In fact, she tallied the most assists in conference play with seven.
Klenke also booted in two goals in 2023 – both game-winners. The most memorable being the late game-winner at Duke in the 87th minute for the 2-1 victory. For all of her efforts last season, she was named a 2023 Second Team All-ACC selection.
Klenke and the rest of the Fighting Irish squad will kick off the season at home on August 15 against Michigan State. Notre Dame earned a preseason United Soccer Coaches ranking of 15th in the country.
In addition, the ACC announced its Preseason Coaches Poll, with Notre Dame landing in third in the new 17-team conference.
Full results can be found below:
2024 Preseason Women’s Soccer All-ACC Team
Teagan Wy, Jr., GK, California
Kat Rader, Jr., F, Duke
Jordynn Dudley, So., F, Florida State
Heather Gilcrest, Jr., D, Florida State
Taylor Huff, Sr., M, Florida State
Leah Klenke, Jr., M, Notre Dame
Deborah Abiodun, So., M, Pitt
Sarah Schupansky, Sr., F, Pitt
Jasmine Aikey, Jr., M, Stanford
Elise Evans, Jr., D, Stanford
Maggie Cagle, Jr., F, Virginia
Lia Godfrey, Sr., M, Virginia
2024 Preseason ACC Women’s Soccer Coaches Poll
Florida State (15), 255
Stanford (2), 235
Notre Dame, 211
North Carolina, 187
Clemson, 186
Virginia, 177
Duke, 175
Pitt, 168
Wake Forest, 160
Virginia Tech, 116
California, 111
NC State, 85
Louisville, 80
Boston College, 50
14t. SMU, 50
Miami, 44
Syracuse, 22
LEAH KLENKE NAMED TO U.S. U20 WORLD CUP ROSTER
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame women’s soccer standout Leah Klenke was announced to the 21-player U.S. U20 World Cup roster on Thursday morning. The junior midfielder will take a leave of absence from the Fighting Irish early on the season to head to Colombia with Team USA, with the U20 World Cup running August 31-September 22.
Klenke is no stranger to the U20 U.S. squad. She is 1-of-10 returning players who were a part of the CONCACAF qualifying team. Klenke also made the U20 USA roster for the 2023 Women’s U20 CONCACAF Championships.
The USA roster is composed of eight professional players currently in the National Women’s Soccer League, 12 college players and one player still in youth soccer. The eight pros are the most ever for a U.S. team in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2004, are age-eligible for the World Cup and the USA roster features 13 players born in 2004, four born in 2005 and four born in 2006.
For the first time ever, and in its 11th installment, the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will feature 24 nations. The 24 teams that will compete in the tournament are host Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and Argentina from South America, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands from Europe, the USA, Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica from Concacaf, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria and Ghana from Africa, Australia, Korea Republic, Japan and Korea DPR from Asia and New Zealand and Fiji from Oceania.
The 24 participating nations were drawn into six groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group along with the four best third-place teams will advance to the Round of 16 to be played on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and Thursday, Sept. 12. The winners of those matches advance to the Quarterfinals on Sunday, Sept. 15, from which the winners will advance to the Semifinals on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The Third-Place Match will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 with the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup Final taking place on Sunday, Sept. 22.
Matches will occur at four stadiums in three Colombian cities: Bogotá’s El Campín Stadium and El Techo Stadium, Cali’s Pascual Guerrero Stadium and Medellin’s Atanasio Girardot Stadium.
The USA will open the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, Sept. 1 (4 p.m. ET) against reigning FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup champions Spain, will face Morocco on Wednesday, Sept. 4 (9 p.m. ET) and will finish the group stage vs. Paraguay on Saturday, Sept. 7 (7 p.m. ET). The U.S. will play its first two group games at Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali and its third at El Techo Stadium in the capital of Bogotá.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER TO FACE WISCONSIN IN 2024 INDY CLASSIC POWERED BY SPORTS TECH HQ
The third annual Indy Classic powered by Sports Tech HQ will feature the men’s basketball programs of Purdue versus Texas A&M and Butler versus Wisconsin at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, December 14. Game times and TV information will be announced at a later date.
Indiana Sports Corp, Pacers Sports & Entertainment, and Russ Potts Productions, Inc. partner to host this annual basketball showcase that focuses on bringing the top collegiate basketball teams to Indianapolis to compete in a doubleheader. The Indy Classic is an annual fundraiser for Indiana Sports Corp’s non-profit mission.
“Welcoming four renowned basketball programs to Indianapolis is a testament to our commitment to growing the Indy Classic into a premier basketball event,” said Indiana Sports Corp President Patrick Talty. “The 2024 Indy Classic will showcase top-tier collegiate basketball, offering fans an unforgettable experience in the nation’s most celebrated basketball state.”
“The Indy Classic has quickly become a favorite of fans here in Indianapolis and beyond, and we are excited to welcome these exciting programs for another fantastic afternoon of incredible college basketball action,” said Mel Raines, Pacers Sports & Entertainment President & Chief Operating Officer.
“We are looking forward to the third annual Indy Classic featuring some of the top non-conference matchups of the season,” said Zach Franz, President of Russ Potts Production, Inc. “It will be another year of creating an exceptional event for basketball fans across the country with our great partners, Indiana Sports Corp, and Pacers Sports & Entertainment.”
This will be the fifth matchup between Purdue and Texas A&M since 1941. Their last game dates back to the 2010 NCAA Tournament Second-Round game, where Purdue won 63-61.
Butler and Wisconsin have previously met 31 times with Wisconsin leading the all-time series 17-14. Their last matchup took place in the 2011 Sweet Sixteen, where the Bulldogs beat the Badgers 61-54.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
INDIANA STATE CONTINUES FALL CAMP WITH EYES SET ON EXHIBITION MATCH AT LINDENWOOD
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State women’s soccer continued fall camp this week as the Sycamores continue preparation for the upcoming 2024 season with a Friday afternoon exhibition match at Lindenwood.
Sycamore juniors Anna Chor, Ella Roesch, and Corynn DeGroote caught up with the Indiana State Athletic Communications department to talk about how fall camp has progressed, as well as their excitement for the upcoming season.
The Sycamores continue fall camp this week as they prepare for their first exhibition match in the 2024 preseason. Indiana State travels to Lindenwood on Friday afternoon for a 3 p.m. ET kickoff for their lone match prior to the start of the 2024 regular season next Thursday, August 15, against Saint Mary-of-the-Woods at Memorial Stadium.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S SOCCER WELCOMES NIU FOR TUNE-UP ON FRIDAY
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne welcomes Northern Illinois to the Hefner Soccer Complex on Friday (August 9) for an exhibition match. The game is presented by Hyatt Place.
Game Day Information
Who: Northern Illinois
When: Friday, August 9 | 2 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Hefner Soccer Complex
Live Stats: None
Watch: None
Ticket Details
Admission to Friday’s exhibition is free. Admission will be charged for regular season home games starting with the Sept. 11 contest against IU East. Ticket information can be found at GoMastodons.com/tickets.
All-Times Series
NIU leads the all-time series 6-0-0 in regular season meetings. The two teams last met in 2021 when the ‘Dons fell at NIU 1-0. The last regular season meeting in Fort Wayne came in 2019, a 3-1 Huskie victory.
Know Your Foe
Northern Illinois went 7-9-1 and 3-4-1 in the Missouri Valley Conference last season. The Huskies defeated Bowling Green before falling to Western Michigan in extra time after the Broncos scored in the 82nd minute to knot the contest. Ryan Swan is in his eighth season as the head coach of the Huskies. He previously was the head coach at NCAA Division II Drury University in Springfield, Mo.
Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back
A few returners to note this year for the ‘Dons:
– Seth Mahlmeister led the Horizon League in goals with 10 while also adding three assist. He was a 2023 All-Horizon League First Team pick.
– Juan Romero earned Second Team honors last year after recording two assists and serving as a key cog in the Mastodon defense. He started 14 matches, playing all 90 minutes in five contests. He was also named to the 2023 Horizon League All-Tournament Team and selected to the 2023 CSC Academic All-District squad.
– Aidan Antcliff is back after making an appearance on the 2023 Horizon League All-Freshman Team. He played in 16 matches with 10 starts last year, recording a game-winning goal vs. Wright State.
Welcome To Fort Wayne
A few newcomers to note:
– Andrew Hollenbach played two seasons at NCAA Division II Dallas Baptist. He was a 2023 all-league third team pick, playing in all 19 games and helping the Patriots to a runner-up finish in the league.
– Marcos Soria played two seasons for Western Texas College. He started 12 games in 2023 with three assists. He was a First Team NJCAA All Region V pick. In 2022 he started 11 games with one assist.
– Felipe Medina was an All-Summit League Second Team selection at Oral Roberts in 2022. He played three total seasons for the Golden Eagles
Up Next
This is the first of three exhibitions for the ‘Dons. The Mastodons will play at Chicago State on Aug. 13 and then host Northwestern on Aug. 16.
Big Time
The ‘Dons will open the 2024 regular season at No. 3 West Virginia.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
USI WOMEN’S SOCCER PICKED 5TH IN OVC
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer is projected to place fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference in a vote submitted by the league’s head coaches and communication directors.
The 10-team OVC will feature a schedule with each team playing each other once for a nine-match conference schedule. The event starts on campus sites with the first round and quarterfinal matches on October 31 and November 3, with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds hosting matches. The event switches to the site of the No. 1 seed the following weekend with semifinal and Championship matches on November 7 and 10.
Tennessee Tech University topped the OVC preseason poll with 153 points and 12 first-place votes. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was picked second with 141 points and six first-place votes.
Morehead State University picked up 122 points with two first-place votes for a predicted third-place finish. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock earned 98 points for fourth place. Southern Indiana (91) and the University of Tennessee at Martin (90) were fifth and sixth, respectively. Southeast Missouri State University (86), Eastern Illinois University (61), Lindenwood University (38), and Western Illinois University (22) round out the poll.
As part of the OVC’s preseason announcement, senior midfielder Maggie Duggan (Defiance, Missouri) represented USI on the 2024 OVC Women’s Soccer Preseason Players to Watch List. Duggan, a team captain, returns to the field this season following a season-ending injury in 2023 after starting the first four matches last season. A key component to USI’s midfield, Duggan scored a goal last August against the University of North Alabama in a 1-1. It was Duggan’s first career goal. In 2022, Duggan was vital to USI’s defensive success, helping the Screaming Eagles earn seven shutouts and a 0.82 GAA.
USI plays one final preseason tune-up match at home against Middle Tennessee State University on Saturday at 2 p.m. before opening the 2024 regular season on the road with a first-ever visit to Arkansas State University on August 18. The Screaming Eagles will host their home opener at Strassweg Field on August 22 against Robert Morris University. The first OVC contest of 2024 is September 22 when Southern Indiana travels to Southeast Missouri.
2024 OVC Soccer Predicted Order of Finish
(as voted on by the league’s head coaches and communication directors)
1. Tennessee Tech (12) 153
2. SIUE (6) – 141
3. Morehead State (2) – 122
4. Little Rock – 96
5. Southern Indiana – 91
6. UT Martin – 90
7. Southeast Missouri – 86
8. Eastern Illinois – 61
9. Lindenwood – 38
10. Western Illinois – 22
2024 OVC Soccer Preseason Players to Watch
Avery Richardson, Eastern Illinois
Eyglo Thorsteinsdottir, Lindenwood
Kaitlin Graeber, Little Rock
Anna Lohrer, Morehead State
Sophia Elfrink, Southeast Missouri
Matea Diekema, SIUE
Maggie Duggan, Southern Indiana
Izzy Patterson, UT Martin
Katie Toney, Tennessee Tech
Kayla Turner, Western Illinois
UINDY FOOTBALL
BROWN NAMED TO ELITE 100 WATCH LIST
WACO, Texas – UIndy football standout Michael Brown garnered preseason recognition this week, earning inclusion on the D2Football.com Elite 100 Watch List. Chosen by the D2Football.com staff with the input of numerous sitting head coaches as well as professional football scouting veteran Josh Buchanan, Brown garnered “squad” status on the annual list.
A veteran safety and team captain for the Hounds, Brown collected his second straight preseason nod from D2Football.com. The Indy native is a three-time All-GLVC performer—including first-team recognition the previous two years—as well as an All-Super Region 3 Second Team honoree in 2022.
Brown’s inclusion marked the third consecutive year that UIndy earned representation on the list (see below). The fifth-year senior safety and his Greyhound teammates will open the 2024 slate on Sept. 7 with a road trip to G-MAC-contender Hillsdale.
MARIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MARIAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 2024-25 SCHEDULE
INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian women’s basketball has completed their schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 season, as announced by first-year head coach Suntana Anderson. The Knights will play a full 28-game regular season schedule with 10 non-conference games, which is set to tip-off on October 29 in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Marian’s 28-game regular season game schedule will begin on October 29, as the Knights begin their campaign in Michigan taking on Rochester Christian University. The Knights will then get comfortable at home, playing their next four and six of eight games in the month of November in the PE Center. During their busy slate in November, the Knights will take on four teams that made the 2024 NAIA National Championship, including a road trip to national semifinalist The University of the Cumberlands.
November’s stretch features Marian host season in the annual Catholic Classic, which takes place November 8 and 9. Marian will be joined in the four-team classic by St. Francis (Ind.), St. Xavier, and MidAmerica Nazarene, with the Pioneers replacing St. Francis (Ill.). The Knights’ Crossroads League stretch starts with a road contest at Grace on November 20 and a home matchup with Spring Arbor on November 23, while Marian will take on Taylor and Goshen before the end of the calendar year. In additional to taking on the Trojans and Maple Leafs in December, the Knights will take on Georgetown, Florida Memorial, and Concordia (Mich.).
The months of January and February will consist of the remaining 14 Crossroads League matchups, beginning on January 4 when Marian hosts Huntington. The first half of the season ends with a home matchup and rematch of the 2024 CL Tournament Championship when Indiana Wesleyan comes to town on January 18. A home contest with Grace will tip the second half of the league slate on January 25, and ends with the return trip to Indiana Wesleyan on February 22. The home finale in the regular season will be played on February 19 against Mount Vernon Nazarene.
The Crossroads League Tournament will begin on Wednesday, February 26, and conclude on Tuesday, March 4. The 2024-25 tournament features the women playing the day after the men’s tournament, which begins on February 25. The NAIA First and Second Rounds will be held March 14 and 15, with the NAIA Tournament Final Site once again residing in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 20-26.
In total, Marian will play eight games against teams who qualified for the 2024 NAIA National Tournament, with four of them being played at home. Each of the six teams that were in the 2024 national tournament were also featured in the final NAIA Ratings Period of the 2023-24 season.
Tickets will go on sale for the 2024-25 basketball season in the coming weeks, and an announcement will be made on the MUKnights social media pages when they are available.
Key Matchups
October 29 | at Rochester Christian | Season Opener
November 5 | vs Oakland City | Home Opener
November 8 | vs MidAmerica University | Catholic Classic
November 9 | vs Saint Xavier | Catholic Classic
November 16 | at Cumberlands | 2024 NAIA Semifinalist
November 20 | at Grace | Crossroads Opener
November 26 | vs St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2024 NAIA First Round Appearance
December 14 | at Georgetown | 2024 NAIA Second Round Appearance
December 30 | vs Concordia | Final 2024 Contest
January 4 | vs Huntington
January 18 | vs Indiana Wesleyan
February 19 | vs Mount Vernon Nazarene | Senior Night
February 22 | at Indiana Wesleyan | Regular Season Finale
Home Schedule
November 5 | vs Oakland City | 6:00 p.m.
November 8 | vs MidAmerica University | 7:30 p.m.
November 9 | vs Saint Xavier | 1:00 p.m.
November 13 | vs Olivet Nazarene | 5:30 p.m.*
November 23 | vs Spring Arbor | 12:00 p.m.
November 26 | vs St. Thomas | 5:30 p.m.
December 4 | vs Taylor | 5:30 p.m.
December 30 | vs Concordia | 2:00 p.m.
January 4 | vs Huntington | 1:00 p.m.
January 11 | vs St. Francis | 1:00 p.m.
January 18 | vs Indiana Wesleyan | 1:00 p.m.
January 25 | vs Grace | 1:00 p.m.
February 5 | vs Goshen | 5:30 p.m.
February 12 | vs Bethel | 5:30 p.m.
February 19 | vs Mount Vernon Nazarene | 5:00 p.m.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
NUMBERS IN SPORTS
14 – 23 – 29 – 45 – 99
August 9, 1925 – We had the only time the Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth was pinch-hit for. In this occurrence Bobby Veach flied out as the Bambino and everyone in the stands asked, “Why?”
August 9, 1946 – 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night
August 9, 1964 – Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jim Bunning, Number 14 had been pitching a perfect game to the New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Number 23, Joe Christopher laid down and then beat out a bunt. Bunning lasted a total of 15 innings on the mound.
August 9, 1971 – Negro League and MLB legend Satchel Paige, most famously with wore the Number 29 was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame
August 9, 1976 – Pittsburgh Pirates hurler John Candelaria, Number 45 no-hit the LA Dodgers in a 2-0 Bucco victory.
August 9, 1977 – NHL votes down the merger of 6 WHA clubs
August 9, 1988 – The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 6-4 in their 1st official game under the lights at Wrigley Field
August 9, 1988 – The cash-strapped Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Number 99, Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 million
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History for August 9
August 9, 1957 – At Soldier Field in front of 75,000 fans the champion NY Giants defeated the College All-Star squad by the odd score of 22-12 in the 24th annual Chicago Charities College All-Star Game. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be John Brodie a quarterback from Stanford.
August 9, 1975 – The very first game is played at the new Louisiana Super Dome as the Houston Oilers topple the New Orleans Saints 13-7 in an NFL preseason game.
August 9, 1987 – In an exciting NFL exhibition game the LA Rams beat the Dallas Cowboys 28-27 at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for August 9
August 9, 1899 – Ed McGinley was a tackle from the University of Pennsylvania who was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in the ceremony of 1979. Legendary Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg once said, “Ed McGinley is the most effective lineman I’ve seen in a long while.” According to the NFF bio on Ed, he had uncanny speed and was unmatched by any other tackle of comparable size in the college game of that era. McGinley was particularly effective in downing punts within the opponents’ 20-yard line. The 1924 Penn-Cornell Thanksgiving Day Classic went down in history as a punting duel, and McGinley was largely responsible for that duel. McGinley set the Big Red back twice in the opening minutes by downing punts within the Cornell 20-yard line. In the final quarter, McGinley downed a Penn punt on the Cornell 10-yard line and another Quaker boot on the Big Red’s 11-yard line. He played almost the entire game, as Penn romped to a 20-0 victory. He went on to play professionally for the NFL’s NY Giants.
August 9, 1952 – John Cappelletti was a running back from Penn State University who entered into the Hall of Fame of College Football in the class of 1993. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1973 and then went on to play in the NFL for the LA Rams and the San Diego Chargers. Cappalletti’s football career and his relationship with his ill younger brother were famously portrayed in the touching movie “Something for Joey”.
August 9, 1955 – Zachary, Louisiana – Doug Williams was a quarterback from Grambling State who is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Mr. Williams went on to play in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Washington Redskins. He helped guide his Washington team to victory in Super Bowl XXII with 340 yards passing and 4 TDs against the Denver Broncos. During his NFL career, Doug threw 1,240 completions for 16,998 yards and 100 touchdowns.
August 9, 1967 – Deion Sanders was a defensive back from Florida who is enshrined in both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In the NFL he was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons then later played for the Cowboys, 49ers, and Washington.
Not Yet in the Hall of Fame birthdays:
August 9, 1931 – Gene Big Daddy Lipscomb was a giant defensive end that played for the Baltimore Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1950s and early 1960s. He came out of the Camp Pendelton Marine Corp Base Blue Brigade and took the league by storm with his powerful athletic play. He was also an accomplished professional wrestler. The football world lost him much too soon in 1963.
August 9, 1946 – Lincoln Park, New Jersey – Wyoming running back Jim Kiick arrived into life. Kiick was the 118th overall pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 1968 AFL Draft. He joined the Dolphins in 1968 and stayed with them through the 1974 season when the World Football League Memphis Southmen signed him in 1975. After the WFL’s demise, Kiick joined the Broncos for the seasons of 1976-77 and then the Redskins in 1978 according to Yahoo.com. Jim’s career numbers include 1,029 carries for 3,759 yards and 29 touchdowns and 233 receptions for 2,302 yards and 4 TDs. Kiick was a two-time AFL All-Star and won two Super Bowls VII and VIII with the Dolphins. He was an integral part of Don Shula’s ball-control offense in the early 1970s along with Hall of Fame running back Larry Csonka.
August 9, 1977 – Brooklyn, New York – Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye from the University of Indiana was born. Ogunleye signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2000 and later played with the Bears and the Texans.
August 9, 1985 – Mobile, Alabama – Quarterback JaMarcus Russell from LSU arrived into this life. Russell was number one overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2007 NFL Draft.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Aug. 9
1916 — The Philadelphia A’s ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.
1939 — Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.
1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all-time list.
1975 — Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey’s 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.
1976 — John Candelaria became the first Pirate pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Candelaria’s no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium. No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.
1981 — Baseball returned following the strike with the All-Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the NL a 5-4 triumph over the AL. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All-Star game in both leagues. His AL victory came in 1971 at Detroit.
1988 — The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.
1998 — Dennis Martinez became the winningest Latin pitcher in baseball history, breaking Juan Marichal’s record of 243 victories. Martinez pitched a perfect eighth inning and got the victory when Chipper Jones hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for the win.
2001 — Mike Hampton tied the NL record for pitchers with his seventh homer as the Rockies beat the Cubs 14-5. Hampton’s seventh homer matched the NL mark shared by Don Drysdale (1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe (1955). The major league record is nine by Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell in 1931.
2002 — Barry Bonds hit his 600th homer, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark. With a 421-foot, solo shot off Pittsburgh’s Kip Wells, the San Francisco Giants slugger joined Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in the exclusive club.
2007 — Failed pitcher Rick Ankiel hit a three-run home run to cap his debut as a major league outfielder in St. Louis’ 5-0 victory over San Diego.
2018 — Mookie Betts homered for Boston in the ninth inning to complete his first career cycle, and Toronto held on to beat the Red Sox 8-5.
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Aug. 10
1901 — Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an AL record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths.
1944 — Charles “Red” Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in a nine-inning game.
1957 — Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.
1969 — Cesar Tovar of Minnesota broke up the second no-hit bid against the Twins by a Baltimore pitcher. Tovar singled with no out in the ninth off Mike Cuellar. Earlier in the year, Tovar singled with one out in the ninth to spoil Dave McNally’s bid.
1971 — Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrew also hit No. 501 off Cuellar but the Orioles won 4-3.
1981 — Major league baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the St. Louis Cards-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.
1987 — Philadelphia’s Kevin Gross was ejected in the fifth inning after umpires discovered a strip of sandpaper glued to the heel of his glove to scuff balls. The Phillies had a 4-2 lead over the Chicago Cubs. Gross would be suspended for 10 games the next day.
1995 — Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
2003 — Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal turned the 12th unassisted triple play in major league history against the St. Louis Cardinals. With runners on first and second in the fifth inning, Furcal made a leaping grab of pitcher Woody Williams’ liner. The runners were going, and Furcal stepped on second base to double up Mike Matheny before tagging out Orlando Palmeiro.
2004 — Barry Bonds became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in 13 consecutive seasons, hitting a solo shot off John Grabow in the seventh inning of San Francisco’s 8-7 loss to Pittsburgh. Bonds has now hit 30 homers in 14 seasons, one shy of Hank Aaron’s record.
2006 — Boston’s Curt Schilling tied the AL record by allowing 10 extra-base hits in a 5-4 loss to Kansas City. Schilling gave up nine doubles and a home run, matching the mark set by Washington’s Dale Gear in 1901 and equaled by Cleveland’s Luis Tiant in 1969.
2009 — Troy Tulowitzki had five hits, hit for the cycle and had a career-high seven RBIs to help Colorado beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5.
2018 — Kole Calhoun and Justin Upton hit two-run homers, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and Los Angeles rallied past Oakland for 4-3 win. With a single in the sixth inning, Pujols recorded his 1,000th career hit with the Angels. He became the ninth player all-time with at least 1,000 hits in each league after getting 2,073 with St. Louis.
2018 — The Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead against Boston to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they are mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by the 1932 Red Sox and copied by the 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.
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Aug. 11
1907 — In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Braves 4-0.
1926 — Tris Speaker of Cleveland hit his 700th career double but the Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came in the third inning off Joe Edwards.
1929 — Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run in the second inning off Willis Hudlin at Cleveland’s League Park. The homer was Ruth’s 30th of the year, but it wasn’t enough as the Indians beat the Yankees 6-5.
1951 — Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-0, dropping the Giants 13 1/2 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves scattered six hits to beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, for his 300th career victory.
1970 — Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning beat the Houston Astros 6-5 to become the first pitcher to win 100 games in both leagues since Cy Young.
1980 — Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees’ 3 – 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
1986 — Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled four times and doubled to set a NL record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record.
1987 — Mark McGwire of the Athletics broke Al Rosen’s AL rookie record by hitting his 38th home run in Oakland’s 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
2004 — Randy Wolf homered twice and threw seven solid innings to lead Philadelphia to a 15-4 victory over Colorado. Wolf went 3-for-3 and scored three runs.
2007 — Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in three runs, the latest power display by the former pitcher, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1.
2010 — Arizona tied a major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs, with Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew all connecting in the fourth inning of an 8-2 win over Milwaukee.
2013 — After Mariano Rivera blew a third straight save for the first time in his famed career, Brett Gardner homered with two outs in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rivera with a record 643 saves, had never failed three in a row in 936 relief appearances.
2018 — Oakland’s Ramon Laureano pulled off a spectacular double play and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-0. With one out and Eric Young Jr. on first, Laureano raced into the gap in left-center to haul in Justin Upton’s drive. The rookie center fielder then uncorked a 320-foot throw on a fly to first base to complete the double play. Marcus Semien homered twice and Khris Davis also connected for Oakland.
2022 — The Cubs win the second annual Field of Dreams Game, played in a temporary ballpark near Dyersville, IA, next to the site where the eponymous movie was shot, 4 – 2 over the Reds. Nick Madrigal leads the way, going 3 for 5 as both teams wear retro uniforms for the occasion. Before the game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets the tone by playing a friendly game of catch with his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and then legendary players from both teams in a scene straight out of the iconic movie.
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Aug. 12
1948 — In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players hit safely.
1964 — Mickey Mantle hit a home run both left- and right-handed in a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 10th time in his career and a major league record for switch-hit homers in a game.
1966 — Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds connected for three home runs in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the homers came in the 10th and 11th innings.
1970 — Curt Flood lost his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball.
1974 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels set an American League record by striking out 19 in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan, who walked two, bettered the 18 strikeouts set by Bob Feller in 1938 and tied the major league record set by Steve Carlton in 1969 and Tom Seaver in 1970.
1984 — Perhaps one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history took place in Atlanta. Atlanta’s Pascual Perez hit San Diego’s Alan Wiggins in the back with the first pitch of the game. It escalated as the Padres pitchers retaliated by throwing at Perez all four times he came to the plate. The game had two bench-clearing brawls, the second of which included several fans and 19 ejections including both managers and both replacement managers. The Braves beat the Padres 5-3. San Diego manager Dick Williams would be suspended for 10 days and fined $10,000 while Atlanta manager Joe Torre and five players each received three-game suspensions.
1986 — Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an AL record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Norm Elberfield (1911). Kansas City’s Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.
1988 — The Boston Red Sox set an AL record with their 23rd straight victory at home, beating the Detroit Tigers 9-4. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
1994 — Major league baseball players went on strike for the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.
1998 — Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 home runs in a 11 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
2010 — Casey McGehee set a franchise record with his ninth straight hit, going 4 for 4 and leading the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. McGehee had a solo homer, a two-run double, an RBI single and another single.
2015 — Clayton Kershaw tied Sandy Koufax’s franchise record of six straight 200-strikeout seasons while tossing eight scoreless innings, and Los Angeles defeated Washington 3-0. Kershaw struck out the side in the second to equal the mark set by Koufax from 1961-66.
2015 — Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners throws a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Orioles. Iwakuma becomes the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter following Hideo Nomo.
Aug. 13
1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each team had 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batsman and one passed ball.
1921 — George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns became the first batter in American League history to hit for the cycle twice. Sisler went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs in a 7-5, 10-inning win over the Detroit Tigers.
1921 — John “Mule” Watson of the Boston Braves pitched two complete-game victories over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1931 — Tony Cuccinello of the Cincinnati Reds had six hits in six at-bats in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston. Cuccinello had a triple, two doubles and three singles to knock in five runs as the Reds won 17-3. Cuccinello hit a three-run homer in the eighth of the nightcap to give the Reds a 4-2 win.
1939 — The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 21-0 to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Every batter in the Yankees lineup hit safely. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren had two home runs apiece, each hitting an inside-the-parker. Pitcher Red Ruffing had four hits and drove in three runs.
1948 — Satchel Paige, 42, pitched his first major league complete game against the Chicago White Sox. Paige gave up five hits en route to 5-0 Cleveland victory.
1957 — Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette hit his first two home runs to lead the Braves to a 12-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
1969 — Jim Palmer of the Orioles, plagued by arm trouble the year before, threw an 8-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s in Baltimore.
1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock reached 3,000 hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp. St. Louis won 3-2.
2004 — Kansas City rookies Abraham Nunez and John Buck hit grand slams to lead the Royals past the Oakland Athletics 10-3.
2005 — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blew his first save since April 6 in a 7-5 win over Texas. Rivera had converted a career-best 31 consecutive saves before allowing Kevin Mench’s two-run, game-tying single in the ninth.
2013 — Paul Goldschmidt hit the first pitch of the 11th inning for a game-ending home run after leading off the ninth with a tying homer, to help Arizona beat Baltimore 4-3 with a winning blast for the second straight night.
2015 — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2. The AL East leaders also won 11 in a row in June, becoming the first team with winning streaks of at least 11 since Cleveland in 1954.
2016 — Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit home runs in the first at-bats of their major league debuts in the same game, sparking the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay.
2018 — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader for the Atlanta Braves.
2020 — Mookie Betts hits three home runs (the 6th of his career) in an 11-2 win over the Padres. the three run home run game ties Betts with Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa for the most all-time although Betts reached the total in 813 games while Mize needed 1,884 and Sosa 2,364.
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Aug. 14
1919 — Chicago’s Happy Felsch tied the major-league record with four outfield assists in a game. The White Sox still lost to the Boston Red Sox 15-6.
1932 — Brooklyn’s John Quinn, 49, became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn pitched the last two innings of a 2-1, 10-inning win over the New York Giants.
1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in nine runs in an 11-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. The nine RBIs set an American League record for one game, breaking the 22-year-old mark set by Topsy Hartzell of the New York Highlanders.
1958 — Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice, in the eighth and 10th innings, in a 10-9 win over Detroit. He had only three steals all year.
1960 — Bill White of the St. Louis Cardinals hit for the cycle in a 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of a doubleheader.
1971 — Bob Gibson of St. Louis pitched a no-hitter, blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
1987 — Oakland’s Mark McGwire set a major league rookie record with his 39th homer of the season to help the A’s to a 7-6, 12-inning victory over the California Angels.
1998 — Baltimore’s Chris Hoiles became the ninth major leaguer and first catcher to hit two grand slams in one game.
2002 — Trevor Hoffman became the first reliever in major league history to have 30 or more saves in eight straight seasons in San Diego’s 6-2 win over the New York Mets.
2007 — Atlanta manager Bobby Cox was ejected after the fifth inning for arguing a called third strike in the Braves’ 5-4 victory over San Francisco. It was his 132nd ejection, breaking the mark set by Hall of Famer John McGraw.
2009 — Felix Pie became the fourth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle, and Baltimore tied club records for extra-base hits and doubles in a 16-6 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.
2011 — Albert Pujols hit the longest home run at 6-year-old Busch Stadium in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 6-2 win over Colorado. Pujols’ two-run drive in the first inning was estimated at 465 feet.
2013 — Alfonso Soriano homered twice for the second straight night and drove in a career-high seven runs, giving him 13 RBIs in two games while powering the New York Yankees to an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
2015 — Matt Kemp hit a triple in the ninth for the first cycle in the history of the San Diego Padres, who beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5.
2018 — Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., 20, became the youngest major leaguer to homer in five straight games.
2021 — Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Gilbert became the fourth pitcher and first in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start, leading Arizona over the San Diego Padres 7-0 with the record-tying eighth no-hitter of the season.
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Aug. 15
1905 — Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0.
1916 — In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park.
1945 — The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.
1955 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a homer in every NL park.
1975 — Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was ejected before the second game.
1989 — Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants, in his second start after coming back from cancer surgery on his pitching arm, broke his arm but earned the win in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. In the sixth inning, after throwing a wild pitch to Tim Raines, he collapsed and clutched his left arm in agony.
1990 — Philadelphia’s Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0. The season’s eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.
1990 — Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major leaguer to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons and lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
2001 — Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 300th career save, completing a two-hitter that lifted the San Diego Padres over the New York Mets 2-1.
2005 — Randy Winn hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats in San Francisco’s 7-3 win over Cincinnati.
2011 — Jim Thome belted his 600th home run an inning after he hit No. 599 to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6. Thome became the eighth player to reach 600.
2012 — Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a 1-0 victory. It was the third perfect game in baseball of the season — a first — joining gems by Chicago’s Philip Humber against the Mariners in April and San Francisco’s Matt Cain against Houston in June.
2014 — Mo’Ne Davis, one of two girls at the Little League World Series, threw a two-hitter to help Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0. Davis, the first girl to appear for a U.S. team in South Williamsport since 2004, had eight strikeouts and no walks.
2015 — Jackie Bradley Jr. had two homers, three doubles, and seven RBIs, powering Boston past Seattle 22-10.
2022 — The Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward. While the club is in third place in the AL West after two consecutive last-place finishes, it is still 12 games below .500 and 23 games out of first after having spent some $500 million on free agents in the off-season. He is replaced on an interim basis by coach Tony Beasley.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 9
1936 — Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four Olympic gold medals as the United States sets a world record in the 4×100 relay at the Berlin Games. The record time of 39.8 seconds lasts for 20 years.
1950 — Lusty Song, driven by Delvin Miller, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats over Star’s Pride. Lusty Song wins by a length in the first race and by a neck in the second.
1981 — Larry Nelson beats Fuzzy Zoeller by three strokes to take the PGA Championship.
1984 — Britain’s Daley Thompson wins his second Olympic decathlon with a record 8,797 points and Valerie Brisco-Hooks sets her second Olympic record with a 21.81 time in the 200-meter run.
1987 — Larry Nelson sinks a 6-foot putt in the first hole of a playoff to beat Lanny Wadkins in the PGA Championship.
1988 — Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions.
1992 — The Summer Olympics ends with the Unified Team holding a 112-108 lead in medals over the United States, the closest race since America won 90-86 in 1964 at Tokyo.
1995 — John Godina becomes the first American to win the shot put event at the World Championships with a toss of 70 feet, 5¼ inches.
2007 — Alexis Thompson becomes the youngest quarterfinalist in the 107-year history of the U.S. Women’s Amateur, beating fellow 12-year-old Pearl Jin 5 and 4 in the second round and Lizette Salas 5 and 4 in the third.
2007 — David Beckham makes his long-awaited Major League Soccer debut, entering in the 72nd minute of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 1-0 loss to D.C. United.
2008 — Mariel Zagunis leads a U.S. sweep of the women’s saber fencing for the first American medals of the Beijing Games. Zagunis, the 2004 gold Olympic champion, beats Sada Jacobson 15-8 for the gold medal. Becca Ward takes the bronze.
2009 — Jennifer Song becomes the second woman to win two U.S. Golf Association championships in the same year, beating Jennifer Johnson 3 and 1 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur final at Old Warson. The 19-year-old Song, coming off her freshman year at Southern California, won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in June. Pearl Sinn is the only other woman to win two USGA titles in a year, taking the 1988 Amateur and Public Links.
2010 — No American player appears in the top 10 for the first time since the men’s tennis computer rankings began in 1973. Andy Roddick drops from No. 9 to No. 11 in the latest ATP rankings.
2012 — Usain Bolt wins the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, making him the only man with two Olympic titles in that event. He adds it to the 100 gold he won Aug. 5, duplicating the 100-200 double he produced at the Beijing Games four years ago. This time, Bolt leads a Jamaican sweep, with his training partner and pal Yohan Blake getting the silver in 19.44, and Warren Weir taking the bronze in 19.84. The American men take the top two spots in the men’s decathlon (Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee) and triple jump (Christian Taylor and Will Claye), raising the U.S. track and field total with three days to go to 24 medals.
2012 — The U.S. women’s soccer team wins the Olympic gold medal, avenging one of its most painful defeats with a 2-1 victory over Japan. Carli Lloyd scores in the eighth and 54th minutes for the Americans, who lost to the Japanese in penalty kicks at last year’s World Cup final.
2012 — Maggie Steffens scored five times and the U.S. women’s water polo team beat Spain 8-5 to take the Olympic tournament for the first time. U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields caps her swift rise to the top of women’s Olympic boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova. The 17-year-old Shields dances and slugs her way past her 33-year-old opponent.
2014 — Nick Rimando breaks the MLS record with his 113th shutout in Real Salt Lake’s 3-0 victory over D.C. United. Rimando broke a tie with Kevin Hartman for the record.
2016 — Michael Phelps adds to his Olympic record medal haul twice. He avenges his London 2012 loss to South African rival Chad le Clos with a 200-meter butterfly victory and his 20th career gold. Then, he anchors the 4×200 freestyle relay team for his 21st gold.
2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her second gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 1:53.73 in the women’s 200m freestyle ahead of Sarah Sjöström of Sweden and Australian Emma McKeon.
2022 — Tennis superstar Serena Williams announces her intention to retire in an interview with “Vogue”.
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Aug. 10
1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0.
1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense.
1975 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for the fourth time with a two-stroke victory over Bruce Crampton and Tom Weiskopf.
1980 — Jack Nicklaus wins his fifth PGA Championship with a record score of 274, seven strokes ahead of Andy Bean.
1984 — The US beats Spain 96-65 to win the men’s basketball gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics; future ‘dream team’ members Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin feature.
1984 — The much anticipated matchup between American world champion Mary Decker and South African Zola Budd in the women’s 3000-meter race at the Los Angeles Olympics ends in controversy. Just past the midpoint of the race, Decker steps on Budd’s heel, causing Budd to stumble and Decker to trip over Budd. Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh. Romania’s Maricica Puica, who had set the fastest time in 1984, wins the race and Budd finishes seventh.
1995 — Michael Bradley, a third-year pro without a tour victory, shoots a record-tying 63 in his first PGA round to lead the PGA Championship.
1996 — Cigar’s bid for a 17th straight victory ends when longshot Dare and Go passes the super horse in the upper stretch and pulls away to win the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. Cigar, 3 1-2 lengths behind Dare and Go, fails to break a tie with Citation for the record winning streak by a North American-based horse this century.
2008 — In Beijing, Michael Phelps begins his long march toward eight gold medals by winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4:03.84 — smashing his own world record. The U.S. women’s 400-meter freestyle relay team, anchored by 41-year-old Dara Torres, takes the silver behind the Netherlands’ Olympic record effort. It’s the 10th medal of Torres’ career.
2008 — Ireland’s Padraig Harrington rallies from three shots behind to win the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 66 at Oakland Hills to become the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA in the same year. Harrington, the first European to win consecutive majors, closes out Sergio Garcia with a 15-foot par on the 18th for a two-shot victory.
2012 — The United States wins the women’s 4×100-meter track relay in a world-record time of 40.82 seconds to give the Americans their first Olympic victory in the event since 1996. Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter combine for a perfect trip around the track that ends a string of disappointments for the U.S. in the marquee relay.
2012 — Maurice Purify catches a record seven touchdown passes and the Arizona Rattlers win the Arena Bowl with a 72-54 win over the Philadelphia Soul.
2014 — Rory McIlroy wins his second straight major championship and fourth of his young career, rallying on the back nine in the PGA Championship. The tournament finishes in near-darkness at Valhalla Golf Club, with the final two groups essentially morphing into a foursome as they race to beat nightfall. McIlroy rallies from a three-shot deficit at the turn, to shoot a 3-under 68 to beat Phil Mickelson by one stroke. McIlroy finishes at 16-under 268.
2016 — Daryl Homer becomes the first American to win an Olympic silver medal in men’s individual sabre in 112 years.
2016 — Kristin Armstrong wins the road cycling individual time trial, finishing with a time of 44:26.42 for her third consecutive gold in the Olympic event.
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Aug. 11
1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau – named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 — Babe Ruth is the first MLB player to hit 500 home runs.
1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1948 — Demon Hanover, driven by Harrison Hoyt, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1974 — Lee Trevino beats Jack Nicklaus by one stroke to capture the PGA Championship.
1979 — Peter Haughton wins his second International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway by driving Doublemint to victory.
1984 — Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens′ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team; world record (37.83).
1984 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe sets an Olympic record in the 1,500 meter with a 3:32.53 winning time.
1985 — Hubert Green beats defending champion Lee Trevino by two strokes to take the PGA Championship.
1986 — Bob Tway’s bunker shot on the final hole gives him the PGA Championship over Greg Norman.
1991 — John Daly, the last alternate to make the field, wins the 73rd PGA Championship with a 1-under 71 to finish three strokes ahead of Bruce Lietzke.
1995 — Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters in 19.79 seconds in the World Track & Field Championships to become the first runner to capture the 200 and 400 meters in a major championship.
1996 — Mark Brooks makes a 5-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Kenny Perry to win the PGA Championship.
2002 — Karrie Webb’s latest comeback establishes a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam — winning the four tournaments currently regarded as majors as well as the du Maurier, which lost its major status in 2000 after 21 years. Webb shoots a 6-under 66, rallying from three strokes behind to the first three-time winner in the Women’s British Open.
2008 — The US 4 x 100m freestyle replay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones & Jason Lezak beats France by 8 seconds to win gold and smash world record at the Beijing Olympics.
2012 — Usain Bolt is a perfect 3 for 3 at the London Olympics — three events, three victories — just like Beijing four years ago. Almost even with the last U.S. runner when he gets the baton for the anchor leg of the 4×100 meters, Bolt steadily pulls away down the stretch to cap his perfect Summer Games by leading Jamaica to victory in a world-record 36.84 seconds. Allyson Felix wins her third gold medal, giving the United States a 20-meter lead after the second leg of the 4×400-meter relay. DeeDee Trotter, Felix, Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross bring home the victory for the Americans’ fifth straight Olympic title in the event.
2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and the heavily favored U.S. women’s basketball team wins a fifth straight Olympic gold medal with an 86-50 victory over France.
2013 — Ashton Eaton of the United States wins the decathlon world championship title to add to his Olympic gold medal. He completes his collection with a season-leading total of 8,809 points in a 10-event competition.
2013 — Jason Dufner wins his first major title with a two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk at the PGA Championship.
2016 — Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley. It was the 13th individual gold and 26 medals overall.
2016 — Simone Biles soars to the all-around title in women’s gymnastics at the Rio Olympics. Her total of 62.198 is well clear of silver medalist and “Final Five” teammate Aly Raisman and Russian bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina.
2017 — The NFL suspends Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott six games after a yearlong NFL investigation of his domestic violence case in Ohio.
2021 — Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi confirms signing a rich 2-year contract with French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain after leaving FC Barcelona.
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Aug. 12
1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup.
1936 — Rosalind, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1937 — Shirley Hanover, driven by Henry Thomas, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1942 — The Ambassador, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1953 — Helicopter, driven by Harry Harvey, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1978 — Cold Comfort, driven by 23-year-old Peter Haughton, ties the International Trot mark of 2:31 3-5 at Roosevelt Raceway which makes Haughton the youngest driver to win the International.
1990 — Wayne Grady of Australia sheds his runner-up image with a 3-stroke victory over Fred Couples in the PGA Championship.
1994 — Major league baseball players strike in the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.
1995 — Ernie Els sets a PGA record with the lowest three-day score in a major. Els, with a 197, holds a three-stroke lead in the PGA Championship.
2000 — Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz in Las Vegas to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
2007 — Tiger Woods captures the PGA Championship to win at least one major for the third straight season and run his career total to 13. Woods closes with a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin.
2008 — American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 3rd of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 200m freestyle in world record 1:42.96.
2011 — Tiger Woods misses the cut at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He is 15 shots behind Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley.
2012 — The U.S. men’s basketball team defend its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107-100 victory and its second straight Olympic championship. The victory by the men’s basketball team gives the United States its 46th gold medal in London, the most ever by Americans in a “road” Olympics.
2012 — Rory McIlroy breaks the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980. McIlroy sinks one last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole to give him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory. McIlroy closes out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C.
2016 — Katie Ledecky caps off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky is the first woman since Debbie Meyer swept the three longer freestyle events at the same Olympics. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at the 1968 Mexico Games.
2017 — Usain Bolt ends his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumples to the track with a left-leg injury while chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4×100-meter relay team at the world championships in London. Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screams and stumbles as he comes down with the first injury he has experienced at a major competition.
2018 — Brooks Koepka wins his first PGA Championship, playing poised and mistake-free golf down the stretch amid ear-splitting roars for Tiger Woods and a late charge from revitalized Adam Scott. Koepka becomes the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and the PGA in the same year.
Aug. 13
1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21 starts.
1933 — Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 in the final round.
1935 — The first roller derby begins in Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.
1979 — Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals reaches 3,000 career hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp.
1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump — 24 feet, 5½ inches — in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. She matches the mark set in 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.
1995 — Cuba’s Ana Quirot, severely burned in a 1993 kitchen accident, wins the 800 meters at the world championships at Gothenburg, Sweden.
1995 — Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies the first playoff hole to beat Colin Montgomerie and win the PGA Championship. The 64 is the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner.
1997 — Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe’s 16-year-old record in the 800 meters, finishing in 1 minute, 41.24 seconds in Zurich, Switzerland. Haile Gebrselassie also shatters his own 5,000 record with a time of 12 minutes, 41.86 seconds.
2002 — Natalie Coughlin breaks the 100-meter backstroke world record, timed in 59.58 seconds at the U.S. national championships. She is the first American to hold the world record since Catherine Ferguson in 1966.
2008 — Michael Phelps swims into history as the winningest Olympic athlete with his 10th and 11th career gold medals and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. He wins the 200-meter butterfly and swims leadoff for the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team.
2016 — The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel — winners at the Rio Games — delivers the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps closes the Rio Olympics with a gold medal in the butterfly leg of the 4×100 medley relay. Phelps finishes his career with 28 medals, having won five golds and a silver at these games.
Aug. 14
1903 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Jim Corbett in the 10th round to retain his world heavyweight title in San Francisco.
1936 — In Berlin, the U.S. wins the first Olympic basketball gold medal with a 19-8 win over Canada. The game is played outdoors on a dirt court in a driving rain. Joe Fortenberry leads the U.S. with seven points. James Naismith, the inventor of the game, presents the medals.
1959 — The formation of the American Football League is announced in Chicago. Play will begin in 1960 with franchises in six cities with the probability of adding two more teams.
1977 — Lanny Wadkins beats Gene Littler on the third hole of sudden death to take the PGA Championship.
1977 — The Cosmos, led by Pele, play before a Meadowlands crowd of 77,961 in East Rutherford, N.J., the most to see a soccer game in the U.S. The Cosmos beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 in an NASL quarterfinal playoff game.
1994 — Nick Price wins the PGA Championship, finishing at 11-under 269 for 72 holes, six strokes ahead of Corey Pavin. It is the lowest stroke total in an American major championship.
2003 — The New York blackout forces the evacuation of workers and players from Shea Stadium hours before the Mets-Giants game. It’s the only major league baseball game affected by the blackout that stretches from the Northeast to Ohio and Michigan. Elsewhere, two WNBA games are postponed, and Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway cancels its card.
2005 — The U.S. 4×400 relay team, anchored by Jeremy Wariner, races to a record 14th gold medal for the United States at the field world championships.
2011 — Keegan Bradley wins the PGA Championship after trailing by five shots with three holes and then defeating Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. Bradley becomes the third player in at least 100 years to win a major championship in his first try.
2014 — Rob Manfred is elected baseball’s 10th commissioner, winning a three-man race to succeed Bud Selig.
2016 — South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk breaks Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in the 400-meter final in Rio de Janeiro. Usain Bolt becomes the first to capture three straight 100-meter titles at the Olympics. He finishes in 9.81 — 0.08 seconds ahead of Justin Gatlin.
2019 — French woman Stephanie Frappart is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men’s tournament. UEFA Super Cup, Chelsea vs. Liverpool in Istanbul.
2021 — Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Gilbert became the fourth pitcher and first in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start, leading Arizona over the San Diego Padres 7-0 with the record-tying eighth no-hitter of the season.
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Aug. 15
1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks.
1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title.
1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship.
1966 — Jose Torres retains his world light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Eddie Cotton in Las Vegas.
1993 — Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship’s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses. Norman, despite winning his second British Open title a month earlier, has lost playoffs in three other majors — 1984 U.S. Open, 1987 Masters, 1989 British Open.
1993 — Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill, becomes the first father-son Formula One winners when he takes the Hungarian Grand Prix.
1995 — Monica Seles returns to the WTA Tour after a 28-month absence following her 1993 stabbing with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kimberly Po at the Canadian Open.
1999 — Tiger Woods makes a par save on the 17th hole and holds on to win the PGA Championship by one stroke over 19-year-old Sergio Garcia. Woods, 23, becomes the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.
2004 — In Athens, Greece, the U.S. men’s basketball team loses 92-73 to Puerto Rico, the third Olympic defeat for the Americans and first since adding pros. American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team. The U.S Olympic team’s record was 109-2, entering the game.
2005 — Phil Mickelson delivers another dramatic finish in a major, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.
2007 — Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport.
2010 — Martin Kaymer wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff against Bubba Watson. Dustin Johnson, with a one-shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits, is penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole. The two-shot penalty sends him into a tie for fifth.
2012 — Felix Hernandez pitches the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory. It’s the third perfect game in baseball this season.
2012 — The U.S. breaks a 75-year winless streak at Azteca Stadium with an 80th-minute goal by Michael Orozco Fiscal and Tim Howard’s late sprawling saves in a 1-0 victory over Mexico.
2014 — Mo’Ne Davis, one of two girls at the Little League World Series, throws a two-hitter to help Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0 in the opener for both teams. Davis, the first girl to appear for a U.S. team in South Williamsport since 2004, has eight strikeouts and no walks.
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
5:20 a.m.
FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at Sydney
2:30 a.m. (Saturday)
FS1 — AFL: Geelong at Fremantle
11:30 p.m.
FS2 — AFL: Greater Western Sydney at Brisbane
5:15 a.m. (Saturday)
FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Melbourne
FITNESS
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — CrossFit Games: From Fort Worth, Texas
GOLF
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Second Round, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
6 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Boeing Classic, First Round, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Wash.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
8 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Midwest Region – Championship, Whitestown, Ind.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Mid-Atlantic Region – Championship, Bristol, Conn.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Mountain Region – Championship, San Bernardino, Calif.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Metro Region – Championship, Bristol, Conn.
9 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, West Region – Championship, San Bernardino, Calif.
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
4 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Elimination Game, Greenville, N.C.
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Elimination Game, Greenville, N.C.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
9 p.m.
CBSSN — Invicta FC 56: Jennifer Maia vs. M. Cantuária (Bantamweights), Denver
MLB BASEBALL
2 p.m.
MLBN — Cleveland at Minnesota
7 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at Boston OR San Diego at Miami
8:10 p.m.
APPLETV+ — Cincinnati at Milwaukee
APPLETV+ — Cleveland at Minnesota
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers OR N.Y. Mets at Seattle
NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Houston at Pittsburgh
RODEO
8 p.m.
CBSSN — PBR: Camping World Team Series, New York
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
CBSSN — EFL Championship: Derby County at Blackburn
10 p.m.
FS1 — Leagues Cup: Club América vs. Atlas, Round of 32, San Diego
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS — Montreal-ATP, Toronto-WTA Early Rounds
YOUTH HOCKEY (BOY’S)
5:30 p.m.
NHLN — Hlinka Gretzky Cup Hockey U-18: Sweden vs. Czech Republic, Semifinal, Edmonton, Alberta
9:30 p.m.NHLN — Hlinka Gretzky Cup Hockey U-18: U.S. vs. Canada, Semifinal, Edmonton, Alberta