THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SUNDAY AUGUST 4, 2024

“THE SCOREBOARD”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

NY YANKEES 8 TORONTO 3

ST. LOUIS 5 CHICAGO CUBS 4

WASHINGTON 6 MILWAUKEE 4

DETROIT 6 KANSAS CITY 5 (11)

PITTSBURGH 4 ARIZONA 2

TEXAS 7 BOSTON 4

MINNESOTA 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

TAMPA BAY 6 HOUSTON 4

BALTIMORE 7 CLEVELAND 4

CINCINNATI 6 SAN FRANCISCO 4

MIAMI 4 ATLANTA 3

SAN DIEGO 3 COLORADO 2

LA DODGERS 10 OAKLAND 0

LA ANGELS 5 NY METS 4

SEATTLE 6 PHILADELPHIA 5 (10)

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

TOLEDO 8 INDIANAPOLIS 7 (10)

FT. WAYNE 5 WEST MICHIGAN 2

WEST MICHIGAN 3 FT. WAYNE 2

WISCONSIN 1 SOUTH BEND 0

SOUTH BEND 4 WISCONSIN 0

WNBA SCORES

OLYMPIC BREAK

MLS

OLYMPIC BREAK

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, AUGUST 8:

CAROLINA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM

DETROIT AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00 PM

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)

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OLYMPIC NEWS

US ROLLS INTO OLYMPIC QUARTERFINALS AS NO. 1 SEED, TOP PUERTO RICO 104-83 IN GROUP FINALE

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics.

And now the real games start.

Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out of group play by rolling past Puerto Rico 104-83 on Saturday. A huge second-quarter run was the difference for the U.S., which is trying to medal for the 20th time in 20 Olympic appearances.

“I think we got done what we wanted to accomplish, winning all three games and securing the top seed,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “We know we have to play better. Part of this tournament is it gets harder as you go. Our goal is just to try to get better each game.”

The Americans — 3-0 in these Olympics, 8-0 so far this summer — will see Brazil in the win-or-go-home quarterfinals in Paris on Tuesday.

“We better be ready to go,” U.S. forward LeBron James said.

Joel Embiid scored 15 points for the U.S. Kevin Durant scored 11 points for the U.S. to get within five of matching Lisa Leslie for the all-time Olympic scoring record for the U.S.; he’s at 483, and Leslie finished her career with 488 in Olympic play.

James finished with 10 points, eight assists and six rebounds in 18 minutes. Jayson Tatum had 10 points and 10 rebounds while Anthony Davis scored 10 for the U.S., which sat Jrue Holiday for precautionary reasons because of an ankle that he rolled in the Americans’ win over South Sudan on Wednesday. Holiday will play in Tuesday’s quarterfinals, Kerr said.

Jose Alvarado led Puerto Rico (0-3) with 18 points. Ismael Romero scored 12 and Aleem Ford finished with 10.

It was the first Olympic matchup between the nations since the Athens Games in 2004, when Puerto Rico ran away in the second quarter and went on to embarrass the U.S. 92-73 in what was James’ debut in the tournament.

Little different story this time.

That day in Athens, Puerto Rico won the second quarter 28-7. This time, the U.S. won the second quarter 39-16. Give Puerto Rico credit; a team that came into Saturday knowing it was eliminated from contention took an eight-point lead late in the first quarter and still led 37-36 with 5:45 left in the half.

The rest of the half: U.S. 28, Puerto Rico 8. The run was quick and decisive.

“I think our talent took over in the second quarter and we started to wear them down,” Kerr said. “Our defense kicked in and we had a great quarter, which opened up the game.”

James had all six of his first-half assists during that burst and the Americans took a 64-45 lead into the break. He finished the flurry with a dunk in the final seconds, ran by his 2004 Athens teammate Dwyane Wade — now commentating for NBC, sitting courtside — while yelling something with a big smile and from there the countdown to wrapping up the No. 1 seed was officially on.

As would be expected, really.

It’s been three games, three easy wins for the Americans so far in France: a 26-point opening victory over Serbia, a 17-point win over South Sudan to clinch the top spot in Group C, and then Saturday’s game against Puerto Rico that once it got one-sided it stayed that way.

And in every game so far in France, it has been someone new leading the way, at least on the scoring front. Against Serbia, Durant had 23 and James had 21. Against South Sudan, Bam Adebayo scored 18. On Saturday, it was Edwards getting 26.

That’s by design.

“It’s weird because Ant goes off tonight, Bam went off the other night, KD the night before that, Bron’s been consistent the whole time,” U.S. guard Stephen Curry said. “Everybody else, you find your place with where shots are coming from. It’s not like anybody is taking over every possession. So it’s just a matter of staying locked in. You might touch the ball once or twice in a quarter, but you’ve got to be ready to take advantage of it.”

BILES WINS GOLD IN VAULT, TIES FOR 3RD-MOST DECORATED GYMNAST EVER

Simone Biles added another gold to her collection with a dominant performance in vault. Her 10 Olympic medals ties Hungarian Agnes Keleti and the Soviet Union’s Polina Astakhova for the third most all time among gymnasts.

The 27-year-old is only the second gymnast ever to win the event twice, with Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska first doing so in 1964 and 1968. Reigning vault gold medalist, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, took home the silver, while Biles’ teammate, Jade Carey, earned bronze.

Biles executed her signature vault, a Yurchenko double pike, to near perfection, scoring an impressive 15.7 with an execution score of 9.4 out of 10. Biles finished the night with a score of 15.3, almost four-tenths of a point more than Andrade, after earning a 14.9 on her second vault, a Cheng.

The Yurchenko double pike, also known as the Biles II, is one of the most difficult vaults possible – it was eight-tenths harder than the next most difficult vault executed in the final. If not completed correctly, there’s a high likelihood that the gymnast lands on their head or neck. Biles is one of the few female gymnasts to successfully execute it in a world or Olympic competition.

This is Biles’ third medal of the Paris Games. She will compete in the balance beam and floor finals Monday morning.

TRINITY RODMAN’S ‘BIT OF MAGIC’ SENDS US INTO OLYMPIC SOCCER SEMIFINALS WITH 1-0 WIN OVER JAPAN

PARIS (AP) — Mallory Swanson says Trinity Rodman gave the United States a bit of magic when the team needed it most.

Rodman scored in extra time and the United States advanced to the women’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Japan on Saturday.

“Ultimately in games like this, sometimes it just takes a little bit of magic, and little bit of individual brilliance, and that’s what Trin did,” Swanson said.

The United States will face Germany in a semifinal match in Lyon on Tuesday. The 2016 Olympics champion Germany advanced on penalties after a scoreless draw with Canada in Marseille. The U.S. beat Germany 4-1 in the group stage.

The U.S. is guaranteed two more matches in France: Get through the semis with a win and it’s on to the gold medal match; lose and there’s still the bronze up for grabs.

The U.S. went into the knockout match undefeated and outscoring opponents 9-2 at the Paris Games under new coach Emma Hayes but Japan foiled the Americans with steady defense.

Rodman’s goal to the top of the far post came as time in stoppage time in the first extra period. She fell to the field as she was embraced by her teammates in celebration.

“I kind of blacked out,” Rodman said with a laugh when asked to describe the goal. “That’s like the best moment in my career.”

It was Rodman’s third goal of the tournament. She nearly scored again in the second extra period.

“I keep saying this but we want to just keep improving and I think that’s what we’re doing,” she said. “Being around so many players and staff that want to improve every single day is helping me be my best self and my most confident self.”

Afterward, several of the Japanese players collapsed on the field in tears. U.S. captain Lindsey Horan embraced Riko Ueki.

Former U.S. women’s national team stars Megan Rapinoe and Mia Hamm, as well as rapper Snoop Dogg, were among the fans at a packed Parc des Princes.

Rapinoe and Hamm celebrated wildly together in the stands along with U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone when Rodman scored.

“It’s not always flashy,” Hayes said about the tense match. “It’s not always what fans want to see, but this is football, and football requires different tactical abilities from game to game. We played the right game for the right opponent.”

Hayes, the former boss at Chelsea, was hired last fall to lead the Americans after they struggled at last summer’s Women’s World Cup and were eliminated from the tournament earlier than ever before.

Japan had two good chances in quick succession in the first half. Mina Tanaka’s attempt was smothered by U.S. goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher before Miyabi Moriya blasted a shot from about 12 yards that went over the goal.

“They’re exceptional,” Hayes said about Japan. “Their block is the best in the world at doing that, in terms of the way they shift, the way they step, the way they read the rotations. They work their socks off.”

Swanson, who also has three goals in the tournament, had the best opportunities for the United States in the second half. But the U.S. was uncharacteristically plagued with errant passes and missed opportunities.

Rodman’s blast after a free kick in the 90th minute bounced off of a Japanese defender and was cleared away.

It was a tight match between familiar opponents. Japan defeated the United States in the final of the 2011 Women’s World Cup. The next year, the Americans beat Japan in the 2012 Olympic final for the gold. The title in London would be the last of a record four gold medals for the United States in the Olympics.

The Americans won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games after a loss to Canada in the semifinals. Japan fell on home soil to Sweden in the quarterfinals at the COVID-delayed tournament.

The United States also defeated Japan at the 2015 World Cup in Canada. Carli Lloyd scored three goals within the first 16 minutes and the U.S. went on to win 5-2.

The United States made one change to its starting lineup for the team’s quarterfinal match against Japan in Paris. Korbin Albert replaced Sam Coffey in the midfield. Coffey was ineligible for the game because of yellow card accumulation.

The U.S. also made forward Jaedyn Shaw available after she missed the first three games with a leg injury.

ALFRED UPSETS RICHARDSON FOR GOLD IN WOMEN’S 100M FINAL

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia.

Racing one lane to the left of Richardson, and with water from a fast-moving storm puddling on the purple track in the Stade de France, Alfred got off to a fantastic start, then powered through the rain and beat Richardson by .15 seconds.

“It means a lot to me. It means a lot to my coach. It means a lot to my country,” Alfred said. “I’m sure they’re celebrating right now.”

It was the biggest margin in the women’s Olympic 100 since 2008, when Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won by .20 to headline a Jamaican sweep.

Richardson’ training partner, American Melissa Jefferson, finished third in 10.92 seconds.

All week long, the field seemed to be clearing for Richardson, the reigning world and national champion who was making her Olympic debut after a positive test for marijuana cost her a chance to race three years ago in Tokyo.

When Fraser-Pryce abruptly withdrew from the semifinal, which went off about 90 minutes before the gold-medal race, the entire Jamaican team that had swept the podium in Tokyo was out of the 100.

One island’s loss is another’s gain.

The strongest contender left was Alfred, who hails from the Eastern Caribbean island with a population of around 180,000 and, legend has it, caught the attention of her school librarian while running against boys in first and second grades.

Alfred’s father died when she was 12, and she moved to Jamaica as a teenager to train, then went to the University of Texas.

She said she started the day watching highlights of Usain Bolt to get her in the mood. When the topic turned to her father, she started crying.

“He believed I could do it. He passed away in 2013,” Alfred said. “He couldn’t get to see me on the biggest stage of my career.”

Alfred was the only Olympic entrant besides Richardson to break 10.8 this year — and when she and Richardson lined up next to each other in the semifinals, it was a preview of things to come.

Alfred won that race by .05, then raced next to Richardson again for the final and tripled that margin.

One of the most anticipated races of the Olympic track meet was never a contest.

Alfred, who won the world indoor title at 60 meters, started strong in this one and had two steps on the entire field at the 40-meter mark. Richardson’s starts have been an issue at times this summer, and she labored to get to full speed.

The American, her arms pumping wide in Lane 7, looked to be making up a bit of ground when Alfred leaned into the finish line. But there was too big a gap between them and the real contest was the one between Richardson and Jefferson for second.

And so, Richardson’s uplifting comeback story ends with a fizzle, or maybe just takes a detour.

With her audacious hairstyles and fingernails, she came into the Olympics much-hyped by NBC and a few key sponsors. She was trying to write a new chapter in a story that took a dark turn in 2021, shortly after she learned of the death of her biological mother.

That triggered a bout with depression, which left her alone in her hotel room at Olympic trials, which is where she said she used marijuana. It took two years for her to climb back to the pinnacle — that came last year at worlds in Hungary, when she won the 100-meter title.

She looked ready for an encore on an even bigger stage. Given where she was at the last Olympics, a silver medal, with a chance for more next week in the 4×100 relays, isn’t bad.

But hardly anyone had her playing second fiddle to the sprinter from Saint Lucia in this one.

LEDECKY LEAVES PARIS POOL IN STYLE WITH GOLD IN 800M FREE

Katie Ledecky capped her Paris experience with gold in the women’s 800m freestyle, defending the title she first won at London 2012 at age 15 and subsequently claimed at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus pushed Ledecky every stride of the way, finishing with silver. American Paige Madden earned bronze.

Ledecky is the seventh Olympian and fifth American to win an individual gold in the same event four times.

It’s the 27-year-old’s fourth medal at Paris 2024 and 14th overall Olympic medal, extending her record for the most won by an American woman.

AMERICAN RYAN CROUSER COMPLETES SHOT PUT THREE-PEAT

PARIS — American Ryan Crouser became the first man to three-peat in the Olympic shot put on Saturday, adding another gold medal to his packed trophy cabinet with a mighty throw of 22.90 meters.

His compatriot Joe Kovacs won silver and Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell took bronze.

Crouser, the world record holder, battled a nerve issue in his elbow this year but had no issues at the Stade de France as he produced his best throw of the season on his third attempt and clapped with satisfaction.

The win underlined the United States’ total dominance of the event, as they have now won 20 men’s Olympic shot put gold medals. The next-closest country is Poland with three.

A two-time world champion, Crouser clapped his hands and cheered as he posted 22.64 on his opening throw that would have been good enough to get him to the top of the podium.

Crouser, 31, urged on the crowd before making his second attempt and pumped his fist after throwing 22.69. The fans erupted as he improved that mark with the third throw to follow up his gold medals in Rio and Tokyo.

Rain began to spit down midway through the competition and several competitors slipped, including Crouser, who had fouls on his next two attempts and did not make a sixth throw, having locked up the gold.

Kovacs was fourth in the standings when he got onto the podium in dramatic fashion, heaving the shot 22.15 on his final attempt.

NFL NEWS

REPORTS: TYREEK HILL, DOLPHINS AGREE TO RESTRUCTURED $90M DEAL

Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins reached an agreement on a restructured contract worth $90 million over the next three years that includes $65 million guaranteed, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday.

Hill, however, did not add any years to his contract. His four-year total of guaranteed money is $106.5 million, the most for any wide receiver.

Hill, 30, was slated to make $19.665 million in 2024 before Saturday’s report.

The Dolphins have been busy signing their stars of late.

In addition to the reported deal with Hill, Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa recently agreed to a four-year, $212.4 million contract extension. It includes $167.1 million guaranteed and a $42 million signing bonus.

Also, the Dolphins signed wide receiver Jaylen Waddle to a three-year, $84.75 million contract extension through the 2028 season.

Hill posted a career-high, NFL-leading and franchise-record 1,799 receiving yards in 2023. He became the first player in league history to record 1,700-plus receiving yards in multiple seasons.

An eight-time Pro Bowl selection, Hill has 717 catches for 10,139 yards with 76 touchdowns in 124 career games with the Kansas City Chiefs (2016-21) and Dolphins.

CARDINALS LINEBACKER BJ OJULARI WILL HAVE SEASON-ENDING SURGERY FOR KNEE INJURY

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals linebacker BJ Ojulari is out for the season after suffering a knee injury during training camp.

Coach Jonathan Gannon confirmed Ojulari’s injury on Saturday and said the second-year player would need season-ending surgery.

“Obviously, feel bad for him, for the team,” Gannon said. “He did a lot of work this offseason and was going to be a big part of what we do. But he’ll come back stronger, ready to go, better than ever next year.”

The 6-foot-2, 248-pound Ojulari played in all 17 games during his rookie season, finishing with four sacks. He was a second-round pick in the 2023 draft out of LSU.

It’s a setback for a defense that’s hoping to take a step forward in Gannon’s second season. Arizona went 4-13 in 2023, giving up nearly 27 points per game.

BRONCOS’ GREAT RANDY GRADISHAR GRATEFUL LONG ROAD ENDED AT HALL OF FAME

One more hour was nothing for Randy Gradishar, the former Broncos’ linebacker who waited decades to take the stage at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Gradishar grew up an hour from Canton, but no member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 waiting longer for an induction ceremony.

A four-time finalist in his 35th year of eligibility, Gradishar took the stage at last on Saturday to celebrate the men that helped him get there. The Hall of Fame Senior committee approved Gradishar for this class. He said his journey to defeat doubters, starting at Ohio State, was the real reason he made it even after a knee injury.

“Coach (John) Ralston took a chance on me and drafted me back in 1974. The rest is history,” Gradishar said. “Broncos coaches Red Miller, Dan Reeves, Stan Jones, Joe Collier and Myrel Moore believed in me and encouraged me. That encouragement was the greatest gift those coaches would give to me, and to our team.”

A five-time All-Pro in 10 seasons, Gradishar was presented by “Orange Crush” teammate Tom Jackson. Several other members of Denver’s 1980s teams were in attendance to celebrate.

Return specialist Devin Hester, who also was enshrined Saturday, said too often players can be enamored with what they want to be.

“I wanted to be a running back, but God’s plan wasn’t that for me,” Hester said. “I embraced God’s plan for me. And mostly I accepted it. I accepted my calling. By me embracing it, it made me the best returner to ever walk the face of the Earth. At least — as of right now.”

Hester was one of three Chicago Bears to be enshrined, along with Julius Peppers and Steve McMichael. Peppers spent most of his career with the Carolina Panthers.

Hester holds the NFL record with 20 overall return touchdowns, as well as the league record with 14 punt return TDs.

Hester’s highlights include returning the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI for a touchdown against Indianapolis. He also caught 255 passes for 3,311 yards and 16 touchdowns during his career.

Dwight Freeney’s size (6-foot-1, 268 pounds) didn’t deter the Colts from drafting him with the 11th pick in the 2002 draft, nine spots behind Peppers.

He was on the Colts’ Super Bowl XLI championship team with numerous Hall of Famers and retired after 16 NFL seasons with 125.5 sacks, 148 quarterback hits and 128 tackles for loss. His 47 forced fumbles tied for third on the NFL’s all-time list.

The first of the class in attendance to speak Saturday, Freeney’s personal guest list included another Hall of Famer — Michael Jordan — and Colts CEO Jim Irsay.

Freeney briefly spoke to youth dreaming of reaching their own Gold Jacket moment one day, advising them the journey can seem impossible and is not easy. He thanked his Hall of Fame predecessors and teammates for paving his path.

“Peyton Manning, I watched how you prepared day in and day out so you could be your best. That taught me the importance of preparation, so that I was never surprised by my opponent. Marvin Harrison, I watched you practice full speed every day, which taught me that practice was a place to master my craft. You made every route look the same, which helped me be a better pass rusher, try to make all my moves look the same,” Freeney said. “Edgerrin James, you taught me how to be a true pro on and off the field. You’re a great teammate, and a pretty good roommate before the games, even though you wouldn’t let me adjust the temperature above 59 degrees, man. I’ll never forget that.”

A 270-pound nose tackle with a relentless motor and sneaky strength, McMichael was a member of the 1985 Super Bowl champion Bears. He was drafted by the New England Patriots but his most prominent seasons came at the heart of the Bears’ defense on a line that included Dan Hampton and Richard Dent with Mike Singletary lined up behind him.

McMichael, bedridden and battling ALS at his Chicagoland home, was surrounded by former teammates and family when he was presented his jacket and bust on Saturday afternoon. His sister, Kathy, read a statement McMichael prepared:

“Hey Chicago, Bears fans, and Mongo fans. Woo hoo! I’m in the Hall of Fame, baby! I want to thank the Hall of Fame, the Senior selection committee, the Chicago Bears, and all the fans, the best fans in the world and the best city to play football in. I played 15 years in the NFL and loved every minute of every down. I played with the greatest players in the NFL and the greatest defense to this day, baby.

“I want to thank all my teammates. It’s an honor to join my teammates Walter Payton, Richard Dent, Mike Singletary, Dan Hampton, Jimbo Covert, coach (Mike) Ditka, coach (Buddy) Ryan and all the Bears before us. I’d like to say a special thank you to my pseudo-son Jarrett Payton for introducing me. I want to thank my family, my father Mac, my brother Richard, my sisters Sharon and Katherine Denise. To my wife Misty, thank you for giving me my beautiful daughter Macy. To Macy, you’ll always be my little girl. Daddy loves you. And finally, to my mother, we made it, momma! Your baby made it! Bear down and hook ’em!”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

2 PENN STATE DEFENDERS NO LONGER ON TEAM

Two Penn State defenders are no longer part of the program or enrolled at the university, Lions247 confirmed Saturday.

Defensive end Jameial Lyons and linebacker Kaveion Keys previously were suspended “to deal with a personal matter,” according to a team spokesperson.

The program announced Saturday it had no further comment on Lyons and Keys, neither of whom appeared at Penn State’s first open practice of the fall on Wednesday.

Both players were entering their second season with the Nittany Lions.

Lyons tallied six tackles and one sack in eight games as a freshman last year. Keys made one tackle in his only game last September before redshirting his freshman season.

Penn State opens its 2024 campaign at West Virginia on Aug. 31. The Nittany Lions finished 10-3 last season.

BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: MARINERS CAP COMEBACK OVER PHILS WITH WALK-OFF WALK

Mitch Haniger drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Seattle Mariners rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 Saturday night.

Haniger hit a solo homer in the fifth inning to spark the comeback. It was the sixth victory in the past eight games for the Mariners, who regained sole possession of first place in the American League West.

Alec Bohm drove in three runs for the National League East-leading Phillies, who lost their sixth in a row and dropped to 3-11 since the All-Star break.

With Randy Arozarena the runner at second to start the bottom of the 10th, the Phillies intentionally walked Cal Raleigh. With two outs, Carlos Estevez (1-4) hit Dylan Moore with a pitch to load the bases, then missed high on a 3-2 count against Haniger to bring home the winning run. Mariners right-hander Collin Snyder (2-1) pitched a scoreless 10th to earn the victory.

Yankees 8, Blue Jays 3

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning to increase his major-league-leading total to 41 as host New York beat Toronto.

After reaching 40 homers for the third time in his career in the opening inning Friday, Judge blasted his 16th first-inning homer of the season on Saturday off Jose Berrios (9-9), tying the team record set by Hall of Famer Babe Ruth in 1927. It was Judge’s sixth homer in his past eight games.

Trent Grisham and Anthony Volpe also hit two-run homers as the Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and went 3-for-3 against New York’s Carlos Rodon (12-7). Guerrero also singled in the fourth and doubled in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.

Orioles 7, Guardians 4

Zach Eflin allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and Adley Rutschman delivered a pinch-hit, two-run triple during a breakout eighth inning for visiting Baltimore, which snapped Cleveland’s five-game winning streak.

Gunnar Henderson had three hits with an RBI for the Orioles, who recorded 15 hits after totaling nine hits and seven runs in losing the first two of this four-game set. Eflin (7-7) won his second straight start since being acquired from Tampa Bay as Baltimore won for the second time in seven road games.

Jose Ramirez clubbed a two-run homer, his 29th, in the eighth for the AL Central-leading Guardians, who had won eight of their previous 10. Making his second career start for Cleveland, Joey Cantillo (0-1) yielded three runs and six hits in four-plus innings.

Rays 6, Astros 1

Josh Lowe clubbed a pair of home runs while Zack Littell pitched effectively into the sixth inning as visiting Tampa Bay evened its three-game series against Houston.

Lowe, who went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, erased a 1-0 deficit with his sixth home run, a two-run shot in the top of the fifth against Astros right-hander Ronel Blanco (9-6). Blanco allowed two runs on six hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over five innings.

Littell allowed one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings, and four Rays relievers stifled the Astros the remainder of the way by combining to retire the final 10 batters.

Padres 3, Rockies 2

Xander Bogaerts’ RBI single snapped a seventh-inning tie and San Diego relied on its new-look bullpen to eke out a win over visiting Colorado.

The Padres added another run in the seventh and made a winner of reliever Jason Adam (5-2), who was pitching in his second game for San Diego after being acquired Sunday from Tampa Bay. Tanner Scott, a trade-deadline acquisition, worked the eighth inning, and closer Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his 24th save in 27 chances.

Peter Lambert (2-5) absorbed the loss in relief of rookie starter Tanner Gordon, who had the best outing of his four major league starts. Gordon allowed just one hit and one run over six innings, walking one and striking out four.

Nationals 6, Brewers 4

Washington pounced on Milwaukee starter Aaron Civale early and held off a late-game push to hang on for a win.

Luis Garcia Jr. finished 3-for-4 with his 12th home run, a solo shot off Civale (2-8) in the third for a 5-0 lead. Starter DJ Herz (2-4) earned his first win since June 15 and Kyle Finnegan got the last four outs for his 29th save as Washington snapped a five-game skid.

Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run, his 19th of the season, in the seventh. In the eighth, Jackson Chourio scored on a wild pitch and Gary Sanchez followed up with a two-out RBI single to cut the deficit to 6-4.

Twins 6, White Sox 2

Max Kepler hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Minnesota pulled away in Minneapolis to send Chicago to its franchise record 19th straight loss.

Ryan Jeffers also homered for Minnesota, which will go for a three-game sweep Sunday afternoon. Willi Castro and Brooks Lee drove in two runs apiece in the win. Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (11-5) allowed two runs on two hits in seven innings.

Rookie Brooks Baldwin hit his first career home run for the White Sox, whose losing streak is the longest since Baltimore lost 19 straight in 2021. Korey Lee tripled and drove in a run for Chicago. Right-hander Touki Toussaint (0-1) gave up two runs on three hits in three innings out of the bullpen.

Tigers 6, Royals 5 (11 innings)

Wenceel Perez’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning was the winner for host Detroit, which rallied in three straight innings to eventually take down Kansas City.

Kansas City took a 5-4 lead in the 11th on an RBI single by Hunter Renfroe off Jason Foley (3-3), but Detroit tied the game with an RBI triple by Parker Meadows won it on Perez’s winner off James McArthur (4-5).

Down 3-1 in the ninth, the Tigers scored twice off Kansas City reliever Hunter Harvey to tie the game and force extra innings. Then down 4-3 in the 10th, Detroit tied it again on an RBI double down the right field line by Justyn-Henry Malloy.

Reds 6, Giants 4

Hunter Greene struck out 11 and allowed one hit over six shutout innings and Tyler Stephenson homered twice and drove in four runs to lead Cincinnati past visiting San Francisco.

Jonathan India crushed a 417-foot homer to the upper deck in left, and Stuart Fairchild drilled a line drive homer off the left field foul pole for the Reds, who were no-hit the night before by Blake Snell. Alexis Diaz earned his 22nd save in 24 chances despite allowing a 423-foot solo homer to Matt Chapman to open the ninth.

San Francisco starter Kyle Harrison (6-5) could not repeat the complete-game shutouts posted by Logan Webb and Snell in the club’s previous two starts.

Cardinals 5, Cubs 4

Lars Nootbaar lofted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning for visiting St. Louis, which overcame a three-run deficit to edge Chicago.

Tommy Pham led off the ninth with a triple against Hector Neris (8-4) and trotted home on Nootbaar’s fly to center. In the eighth, Alec Burleson, who hit a solo shot in the first, scored on an error and Nolan Arenado followed with a game-tying two-run single.

The Cubs’ Michael Busch hit a two-run shot in the first before Pete Crow-Armstrong laced an RBI triple in the second and scored on a safety squeeze by Miguel Amaya for a 4-1 advantage.

Marlins 4, Braves 3

Jesus Sanchez finished 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI doubles, including a go-ahead hit in the seventh inning, as visiting Miami defeated Atlanta.

Jake Burger homered and also drove in two runs as the Marlins snapped a two-game skid. Matt Olson went 2-for-4 with one RBI for Atlanta and Marcell Ozuna hit a solo home run, but the Braves had their four-game winning streak snapped.

With the score tied 3-3, Pierce Johnson (4-3) entered in the seventh and ran into immediate trouble, giving up a single to Nick Fortes and a walk to Xavier Edwards. Burger grounded into a double play, but Sanchez slashed a double, scoring Fortes.

Rangers 7, Red Sox 4

Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning to help Texas end its three-game losing streak by beating Boston.

Heim hit a three-run shot against Boston starter Tanner Houck (8-8) that tied the game at 3. Taveras followed with a homer off Houck to put Texas up 4-3. Josh Smith had three of the Rangers’ 13 hits. Closer Kirby Yates recorded four outs to earn his 20th save.

Boston’s Rob Refsnyder had two solo shots, an RBI double and a single, during a four-hit game. Refsnyder went deep in the first inning, then collected homer No. 7 in the fourth. It was the first multi-homer game of his career.

Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2

Bryan Reynolds broke a tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning to help Pittsburgh down visiting Arizona for its fourth win in its last six games.

Joey Bart went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBIs for Pittsburgh, which handed Arizona its second loss in its last 10 games.

Andrew McCutchen led off the sixth with a single off reliever Slade Cecconi (2-7) but left the game with what the team called left quad tightness. Ji Hwan Bae replaced McCutchen on first and Reynolds then knocked a 405-foot shot to center field for a 3-1 lead.

Dodgers 10, Athletics 0

Jack Flaherty made a splashy Los Angeles Dodgers debut, Gavin Lux provided an early cushion with a two-run single and the National League West leaders rebounded from a series-opening loss to thump host Oakland.

Acquired earlier in the week from the Detroit Tigers, Flaherty worked six innings and combined with three relievers for the Dodgers’ 10th shutout of the season. The right-hander limited the A’s to five hits and one walk while striking out seven.

A’s rookie Mitch Spence matched zeroes with Flaherty for two innings before a walk and a two-out double by Teoscar Hernandez set the stage for Lux’s two-run single.

Angels 5, Mets 4

Zach Neto’s go-ahead three-run homer capped a wild seventh inning as Los Angeles edged New York in the middle game of their interleague series in Anaheim, Calif.

J.D. Martinez hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh against Hunter Strickland before the Angels built a two-out rally against Huascar Brazoban (1-3).

The right-hander opened the bottom half of the inning by striking out Jo Adell and Matt Thaiss. Michael Stefanic singled and Nolan Schanuel walked before Neto won an eight-pitch battle with Brazoban by homering over the left field wall.

DODGERS’ FREDDIE FREEMAN REMAINS OUT AS SON BATTLES ILLNESS

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman remains away from the team to be with his ailing 3-year-old son, who was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder earlier this week.

Freeman has missed the Dodgers’ last six games since he was scratched from the lineup before a series opener at the Houston Astros on July 26.

He rushed home from Houston that day to be with his son Maximus, who had suddenly gone into full-body paralysis the day before, Freeman and his wife, Chelsea, wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday.

The Freemans shared that Maximus was diagnosed with “a severe case” of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the nervous system, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

The condition can cause weakness and paralysis and can also prevent a person from being able to breathe on their own, according to NINDS.

“These have been the hardest and scariest days of our lives,” the Freemans wrote. “Maximus is such a special boy and he has been fighting SO hard. This is going to be a journey to recover, but we have faith that he will be completely healed.”

The Freemans wrote that Maximus improved considerably throughout the week and no longer needed a breathing tube or a ventilator by Wednesday.

“We believe in the power of prayer and we have been witnessing a miracle in his recovery,” the Freemans wrote.

Freeman has been on the Dodgers’ family emergency list since last Saturday. The timetable for his return remains uncertain, per MLB.com.

The 34-year-old Freeman, who was named to his eighth All-Star team this year, is batting .288 with 16 home runs and 67 RBIs over 104 games for Los Angeles this season.

The Dodgers enter Saturday four games ahead of the second-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.

METS RELEASE LHP JAKE DIEKMAN

Designated for assignment on Monday, left-handed reliever Jake Diekman officially was released by the New York Mets on Saturday.

Diekman, 37, was 2-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 43 appearances for the Mets, struggling the last two months after posting solid numbers in April and May.

The veteran journeyman is in his 13th major league season after the Philadelphia Phillies selected him in the 30th round of the 2007 draft.

In 705 relief appearances, he’s 27-34 with four saves and a 3.91 ERA for the Phillies (2012-15), Texas Rangers (2015-18), Arizona Diamondbacks (2018), Kansas City Royals (2019), Oakland Athletics (2019-22), Boston Red Sox (2022), Chicago White Sox (2022-23), Tampa Bay Rays (2023) and Mets.

MARLINS CLAIM OF DEREK HILL OFF WAIVERS FROM GIANTS

The Miami Marlins added a piece for their outfield Saturday, claiming speedy center fielder Derek Hill from the San Francisco Giants.

Hill, 28, was placed on waivers Friday after he went 3-for-12 during a brief stint in San Francisco, who claimed him July 23. In 21 games with the Texas Rangers and Giants this season, Hill is batting .255 with three home runs and seven RBIs.

A former first-round draft pick (23rd overall) by the Detroit Tigers in 2014, Hill is a career .233 hitter in parts of five seasons with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 129 games for the Tigers (2020-22), Washington Nationals (2023), Rangers and Giants.

Also Saturday, the Marlins optioned second baseman Forrest Wall to Triple-A Jacksonville. Wall was 1-for-3 in three games for the Marlins this season.

GOLF NEWS

ANDREA LEE SHOOTS 67 TO GRAB PORTLAND LEAD

Andrea Lee fired a 5-under-par 67 to move into first place at 19 under Saturday after three rounds of the Portland Classic in Oregon.

Lee, who won the 2022 Portland Classic for her only win, bogeyed the par-4 first hole but then birdied five of the next eight to close the front nine at -18-under, then managed one birdie and all pars the rest of the way.

“Obviously, I love this golf course. I feel really comfortable out here,” Lee said afterward. “Just played really steady golf. Managed to get some putts to drop on the front nine. I thought the pin locations on the back were a little trickier. Just tried to stay really patient.”

Alexa Pano and Dewi Weber of the Netherlands ended the day tied for second, one shot off the lead.

Weber, who held a two-stroke lead after shooting a 62 on Friday, managed a 2-under 70 on Saturday, finishing with two bogeys and four birdies. She had one bogey and two birdies on the front and back nines at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

Weber said her round “was more for me about doing the same things that I have been doing and just trying to keep making good swings, which honestly I was doing. I hit good putts, with the exception of maybe one or two.

“For me it was more like, ‘Oh, I’m doing the right things. It’s just not going in the hole.’ So then it’s easier, I think, to adjust as opposed to I’m hitting bad shots or hitting bad putts or whatever. That way I can stay patient as well.”

Pano’s up-and-down round of 66 began with two bogeys, but she ran off five straight birdies. She ended with nine birdies and three bogeys, after her second-round 64.

“I feel like I get pretty focused on the golf course. I lost my focus a little bit on 16 (a bogey). We were put on the clock, and I rushed a little bit, and that’s something I’m still learning to handle,” Pano said.

Angel Yin (66 on Saturday) and Polly Mack (69) of Germany go into Sunday’s final round tied for fourth at 17 under. Mack led the first round after firing a 63 on Thursday.

Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand and Nataliya Guseva of Russia each posted 64s for the low round of the day and were in a three-way tie for sixth, along with South Korea’s So Mi Lee (67).

Defending champion Chantette Wannasaen (68) of Thailand is among a large group tied for 28th.

TOP INDIANA RELEASES

INDIANA HS BASKETBALL

ROBINSON HEADED TO BUTLER

Marion County Player of the Year and Lawrence North senior-to-be Azavier Robinson has decided he will play his college basketball at Butler. The Wildcats guard averaged 20ppg, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game last season, leading Lawrence North to a 25-4 record, the county title, as well as sectional and regional championships. Other schools in the running for Robinson’s services included Notre Dame, DePaul, Xavier, and Cincinnati. Robinson is a 4-star prospect and is ranked 89^th in the class of 2025.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WATCH LIST-UPDATED OL

OL Hunter Buza Chesterton 6’3” 275 (Two-way starter on State title team, back squats 500, front squats 420)

OL Cam Herron Warren Central 6’4 265 (All-State in 2023)….(Committed to Iowa)

OL Evan Parker Carmel 6’4 300 (All-State in 2023)….(Committed to Indiana)

OL Ozzy Pollard Carmel 6’4” 280

OL Sankeerth Veluri Carmel 6’5” 270

OL Dereon Sanders Ben Davis 6’4” 290

OL Avery Huggins Westfield 6’4 275 (All-State in 2023)…(Committed to Cornell)

OL Eli Gigerich Cathedral 6’6” 275

OL Job Mavrick Westfield 6’2” 270….(All-State)…(Transfer from Culver)

OL Michael Bennett Noblesville 6’2” 275

OL C.J. Scifres Center Grove 6’6” 340

OL Brady Weber Center Grove 6’5” 290

OL Carson Powell Norwell 6’3” 290 (Bench 275, Squat 385, Deadlift 405, Power clean 215, 5.75-40, 4.78 shuttle)

OL Cameron Gorin HSE 6’6 275 (All-State in 2023)….(Committed to Purdue)

OL Corbin Mullis HSE 6’1” 260

OL Ricardo Ortiz Brownsburg 6’3” 300

OL Caiden Abbs Carroll 6’5 275 (All-State in 2023)

OL Kenny Guinhouya Ben Davis 6’2” 265

OL James Williams Lawrence Central 6’3” 280

OL Coleton Adamson Castle 6’0 215 (All-State in 2023)

OL Logan Efantis Munster 5’10 215 (All-State in 2023)

OL Tommy Spilker Plainfield 6’2 296 (All-State in 2023)

OL Cayleb Sharp Valparaiso 6’3 265 (All-State in 2023)

OL Zach Brewer Mt. Vernon 6’2” 290

OL Deiter Hartwig Zionsville 6’3” 275

OL Andrew Troy Bishop Chatard 6’2” 215

OL Zion Haney Bishop Chatard 6’4” 270

OL Blake Smythe Franklin 6’2 262 (All-State in 2023)

OL Luke Juris Hobart 6’1 250 (All-State in 2023)

OL Job Mavrick Culver Academies 6’2 240 (All-State in 2023)

OL Alex Kramer Greenwood 6’5 278 (All-State in 2023)

OL Parker Mattingly Memorial 6’5 245 (All-State in 2023)

OL Max Parciak Northwood 11 6’3 299 (All-State in 2023)

OL Giovanni Garcia-De La Torre Mishawaka Marian 6’3 265 (All-State in 2023)

OL Parker Hart Heritage Hills 6’4 230 (All-State in 2023)

OL Hunter Kauffman Fairfield 5’11 195 (All-State in 2023)

OL Charlie Riddle Heritage 6’4 245 (All-State in 2023)

OL R.J. Trevino Oak Hill 5’11 195

OL Ben Novak Andrean 6’6 305 (All-State in 2023)

OL Colton Crawford Triton Central 6’2 220 (All-State in 2023)

OL Xavier Vance Rochester 6’5 310 (All-State in 2023)

OL Noah Stuczynski Scecina Memorial 6’1 250 (All-State in 2023)

OL Nate McDurmon Mater Dei 6’3 240 (All-State in 2023)

OL Levi Watkins Carroll (Flora) 6’0 250 (All-State in 2023)

OL Landon Stanley Milan 5’11 250 (All-State in 2023)

OL Cole Kozecar North Judson 6’3 265 (All-State in 2023)

OL Griffin Tucker Providence 6’2 240 (All-State in 2023)

OL Parker Harris South Putnam 6’3 255 (All-State in 2023)

OL Luke Graham Pendleton Heights 6’4” 300

OL Owen Trietsch Sheridan 6’5” 270

OL Drew Scheifer Columbus North 6’4” 275

OL Ben Novak Andrean 6’6” 300

OL Jonah McIntosh Whiteland 6’0” 295

OL Gabe Martin Pendleton Heights 6’5” 270

OL Karson Kinsinger Lapel 6’6” 315

OL Bode Thompson Concordia 6’6” 275

OL Brock Brownfield New Palestine 6’3” 250

2024 PRE-SEASON ALL-STATE FOOTBALL (INDIANA PREPS)

2024 PRESEASON ALL STATE TOP 22 UNDERCLASSMEN

QB Bo Polston Decatur Central

QB Terry Walker III Lawrence Central

RB Jazz Coleman Speedway

RB Myles McLaughlin Knox

WR Jorian Brooks Bloomington North

WR Avery Mitchell Ben Davis

WR/TE LB JayJouir Pleasant Portage

OL Drew Scheifer Columbus North

OL Ben Novak Andrean

OL Blake Smythe Franklin Community

OL Bode Thompson Concordia

OL Brock Brownfield New Palestine

APB Izayveon Moore Lawrence North

AT-L Mark Kube Eastern Hancock

DL Jerimy Finch Jr. Warren Central

DL Brody Klem Gibson Southern

DL Azaeis Miner Ben Davis

DL Cam Fravel Adams Central

LB Jordan Palmer Whiteland

LB Brady Ballart South Dearborn

LB JayJouir Pleasant Portage

DB Mykul Campbell Decatur Central

DB Carsen Eloms Fishers

DB Kasmir Hicks Decatur Central

DB Damon Thomas Michigan City

ATH Fa’rel Carter Decatur Central

AT-L Abe Edwards Eastern Greentown

2024 PRESEASON ALL STATE TOP 22 SMALL SCHOOL

QB Jackson Willis Lutheran

RB Diego Hernandez-Reyes Rensselear

RB Caiden Verrett Hanover Central

WR Benny Speaker West Lafayette

WR Tyrus Graverson Bremen

WR/TE Kayden Ruble Eastern Hancock

OL Cole Kozecar North Judson-Pierre

OL Giovanni Garcia-de la Torre Mishawaka Marian

OL Noah Stuczynski Indy Scecina

OL Charlie Riddle Heritage

OL Xavier Vance Rochester

APB Seth Pruit West Noble

AT-L Jace Scrafton Danville

AT-L Parker Harris South Putnam

DL Landon Brooks Delta

DL Christian Buxton Bishop Luers

DL Gavin Myers North Posey

DL Elijah Godspeed Monroe Central

LB Alex Broshears Evansville Memorial

LB Noah Knigga Lawrenceburg

LB Max Kaehr Adams Central

DB James Finley Andrean

DB EJ Miller Eastside

DB Dylan Offill Milan

DB Jaylen White Bishop Luers

ATH Jayden Mullins Elwood

2024 PRESEASON ALL STATE TOP 22 BIG SCHOOL

QB Jimmy Sullivan Carroll (FW)

QB Noah Ehrlich Crown Point

RB Joliba Brogan Mt. Vernon

RB Jalen Bonds Cathedral

WR JonAnthony Hall Fishers

WR Eugene Hilton Zionsville

WR/TE Brock Schott Leo

OL Cam Herron Warren Central

OL Evan Paker Carmel

OL Caiden Abbs Carroll (FW)

OL Avery Huggins Westfield

OL Cameron Gorin Hamilton Southeastern

APB Alijah Price Ben Davis

AT-L Lebron Hill Hammond Morton

DL Mariyon Dye Elkhart

DL Michael Thacker New Palestine

DL Damien Shanklin Warren Central

DL Tyrone Burrus Jr Warren Central

LB Freddie Brown Hammond Morton

LB Jackson Snyder Mishawaka

LB Cruz Williams Westfield

DB Brandon Logan FW Snider

DB Mason Alexander Hamilton Southeastern

DB John Peters Merrillville

DB Max Phenicie Zionsville

ATH Mark Zackery IV Ben Davis

INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST PRE-SEASON TOP 12

The upcoming Indiana Football Digest has released its top 12 teams in each class. Here is where you can get this year’s digest:

https://indianafootballdigest.com/product/2024-indiana-football-digest/

BEN DAVIS
CROWN POINT
WESTFIELD
WARREN CENTRAL
CENTER GROVE
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
CATHEDRAL
FORT WAYNE CAROLL
CARMEL
BROWNSBURG
FORT WAYNE SNIDER
FISHERS

DECATUR CENTRAL
MERRILLVILLE
WHITELAND
VALPARAISO
CASTLE
CONCORD
BLOOMINGTON NORTH
EAST CENTRAL
WARSAW
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
KOKOMO
LAFAYETTE JEFF

NEW PALESTINE
BISHOP CHATARD
BREBEUF
GREENFIELD CENTRAL
MOUNT VERNON
EVANSVILLE REITZ
HANOVER CENTRAL
NEW PRAIRIE
COLUMBIA CITY
KANKAKEE VALLEY
NORTHWOOD
LEO

HERITAGE HILLS
KNOX
LAWRENCEBURG
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
GUERIN CATHOLIC
WEST LAFAYETTE
GIBSON SOUTHERN
BATESVILLE
FORT WAYNE LUERS
DELTA
MISSISSINEWA
TRI-WEST

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC
NORTH POSEY
LINTON STOCKTON
EASTERN HANCOCK
PAOLI
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL
CENTERVILLE
ANDREAN
SOUTHMONT
TRITON CENTRAL
EASTERN GREENTOWN

SOUTH PUTNAM
NORTH DECATUR
NORTH JUDSON
SHERIDAN
MONROE CENTRAL
TRITON
SPRINGS VALLEY
PROVIDENCE
LAVILLE
SOUTH ADAMS
CARROLL FLORA
PIONEER

INDIANA SRN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PRE-SEASON TOP 5

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
CENTER GROVE
HOMESTEAD
MCCUTCHEON
CASTLE

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: PROVIDENCE, BELLMONT, FW CARROLL, ZIONSVILLE, YORKTOWN, WARSAW, NOBLESVILLE, LAPORTE, AVON

RONCALLI (REALIGNED TO 3A)
TR-WEST
NORTHWOOD
ANGOLA
FT. WAYNE CONCORDIA

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: SILVER CREEK, FW CONCORDIA, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, CATHEDRAL, BENTON CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL, NEW CASTLE, NORTHVIEW

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL
BARR-REEVE
MUNCIE BURRIS
WESTEN BOONE
SCECINA

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: LINTON-STOCKTON, SOUTH ADAMS, WES-DEL, ANDREAN, CHURUBUSCO, WAPAHANI, PIONEER, NORTH POSEY, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN

SOUTHWOOD
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
TRINITY LUTHERAN
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC
LOOGOOTEE

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: TECUMSEH, FAITH CHRISTIAN, SPRINGS VALLEY, BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, RIVET, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, TRI-COUNTY, DALEVILLE, OLDENBURG, KOUTS

INDIANA SRN (CENTRAL INDIANA) HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL WATCH LIST (THE BEST OF THE BEST)

CARSYN COMER, WESTFIELD

LOGAN BELL, RONCALLI (OREGON)

LYDIA STAHLEY, RONCALLI (MISSOURI)

MACKENZIE KRUER, RONCALLI (MICHIGAN STATE-SOCCER)

ADDIE HABERTHY, RONCALLI

EVA HURRLE, RONCALLI (DEPAUL)

REAGAN TURK, RONCALLI (WEST VIRGINIA)

RAEGAN DURBIN, WESTERN BOONE (MIDDLE TENNESSEE)

ABBY KAMINSKI, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (KENNESAW STATE)

LILLYANNA JOSEPH, FRANKLIN CENTRAL

JOSIE IMES, ZIONSVILLE (ALABAMA)

CLAUDIA ANTCLIFF, ZIONSVILLE

ISABELLE MARTINELLE, SCECINA

KATE PINNICK, FRANKLIN

MOLLY BEATTY, HERRON (MICHIGAN)

KENNEDY CHERRY, HAMILTON HEIGHTS (WESTERN KENTUCKY)

REESE RESMER, NOBLESVILLE (KANSAS STATE)

MADISON BROWN, NOBLESVILLE

CAROLINE HANCHAR, CATHEDRAL

AVERY LEWIS, CATHEDRAL

MOLLY WELBORN, SCECINA

RANDEE GARRINGER, MOORESVILLE

LINDSEY MANGELSON, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN

KAYLYN CHRISTY, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN

MADISON MILES, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (ILLINOIS)

BELLA DAFFORN, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN

AVA HUNTER, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (LOYOLA-CHICAGO)

ELLEN ZAPP, CENTER GROVE (OAKLAND)

ANABELLE SCHEMBRA, CENTER GROVE

AYSA THOMAS, BROWNSBURG

KATE VRABEL, BROWNSBURG

KENNEDY TINCH, FISHERS

KENDALL EDEN, INDIAN CREEK (BALL STATE)

ANIA KILBURN, AVON

ISABELLE BROWN, AVON

CAMRYN MCCOLLUM, AVON (MEMPHIS)

ALANA EASTRIDGE, EASTERN HANCOCK

CATHRYN ERWIN, LUTHERAN

HAYDEN MANDSAGER, CATHEDRAL

SAMANTHA GOODING, NEW PALESTINE

AZURE FLAGLE, NEW PALESTINE

KARLIE JANNINGS, LAPEL

TATUM HARPER, LAPEL

JANIE RANSOM, WESTERN BOONE

REESE BLANCHARD, BREBEUF JESUIT

LEXI GIN, BREBEUF JESUIT

FAITH KRESGE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN

ADDISYN YODER, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN

AIVA KRESGE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN

SHAEFER SCEARCE, LUTHERAN

ALIVIA MORGAN, MT. VERNON

ROSE MAHIN, FRANKLIN

AUBREY RUNYON, FRANKLIN

ELLI STRECKER, ZIONSVILLE (LOUISVILLE)

NOEMA PHILISTIN-LYNCH, CARMEL

RYLEIGH HAMILTON, SOUTHPORT

HARPER RAHN, MONROVIA

KINLEY YOUNG, LEBANON

MACIE SMITH, HAMILTON HEIGHTS

MALLORY SHORT, SPEEDWAY

OLIVIA JOHNSON, MT. VERNON

AVA WHITMORE, MT. VERNON

MAKENNA RANKINS, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL

CAROLINE WARD, TRI-WEST

SOPHIA WINDMILLER, DANVILLE

DELANEY STEERS, BROWNSBURG

REESE DUNKLE, CENTER GROVE (STANFORD)

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

MUD HENS OUTLAST INDIANS IN 10TH, 8-7

INDIANAPOLIS – The Toledo Mud Hens scored four unanswered runs, including one in the top of the 10th inning, to defeat the Indianapolis Indians 8-7 in extras on Saturday night at Victory Field.

With the game knotted at 7-7 after Toledo (15-17, 50-56) tied the game in the eighth, Detroit Tigers’ No. 3 prospect Jace Jung singled home Andrew Navigato with two outs against Ben Heller (L, 2-3) to plate the game-winning run.

Trailing 4-0 after an inning and a half, the Indians (16-14, 49-54) bats heated up with seven runs in their next two offensive frames. With one run in courtesy of a Billy McKinney single to score newly-acquired Billy Cook, the offense sent 10 batters to the plate in the third inning. Nick Yorke and Jake Lamb tightened the deficit to one with RBI knocks before a single off the bat of Malcom Nuñez and subsequent throwing error by right fielder Riley Unroe plated the game-tying and go-ahead runs. Another throwing error, this time by catcher Anthony Bemboom, and an RBI single by Andrés Alvarez capped the frame.

Domingo Germán settled in after a four-run second, retiring 12 of his next 14 batters before former Indian Drew Maggi took him deep in his final inning. In total, he allowed five runs on seven hits across 7.0 innings, with just one walk and seven strikeouts.

Trey Sweeney tied the game on a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning. Austin Schulfer (W, 1-0) tossed 2.0 perfect innings at the tail end of 7.0 shutout frames by the Mud Hens bullpen.

Yorke and Cook, two acquisitions for the Pirates at the trade deadline, each went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.

The Indians will look for a series victory as they close out the six-game series with the Mud Hens tomorrow afternoon at 1:35 PM. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the closing contest.

INDY ELEVEN

RECAP – CHS 5:0 IND

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (Friday, August 2, 2024) – Indy Eleven fell to Eastern Conference foe Charleston Battery, 5-0, on the road Friday evening.

For the 13th time in 21 matches this season, the Boys in Blue held their opponent scoreless in the first half to take a 0-0 tie into the locker room. Indy outshot Charleston, 6-2, in the frame, with the two sides each registering two apiece on target. However, it was all Charleston in the second half as the home team scored five goals to secure the victory.

At the halftime break, the Boys in Blue welcomed back a familiar face as Aodhan Quinn returned to action for the first time since September 2, 2023, after a season-ending knee injury to don the captain’s armband.

With the loss, Indy falls to 9-7-5 on the season, while Charleston improves to 13-3-7 to lead the USL Championship Eastern Conference.

The Boys in Blue return home Wednesday against Rhode Island FC and will host New Mexico United Saturday. Single-game tickets for home matches are available for all matches via Ticketmaster. For more information on all ticket options click here. For questions, please email tickets@indyeleven.com or give us a call at 317.685.1100.

Charleston Battery 5:0 Indy Eleven
Friday, August 2, 2024 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Patriots Point | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

2024 USL Championship Records
Charleston Battery: 13-3-7 (+27), 46 pts
Indy Eleven: 9-7-5 (-2), 32 pts

Scoring Summary
CHS – MD Myers (Nick Markanich) 52’
CHS – Emilo Ycaza 71’
CHS – Nick Markanich (Juan Torres) 78’
CHS – Jackson Conway 85’
CHS – Robbie Crawford 90+5′

Discipline Summary
IND – Romario Williams (caution) 51’
IND – Adrian Diz Pe (caution) 67’
IND – Logan Neidlinger (caution) 77’

Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley, Adrian Diz Pe (Sebastian Guenzatti 75’), Josh O’Brien, Benjamin Ofeimu, Ben Mines (Aodhan Quinn 45’), Cam Lindley (captain) (Laurence Wootton 75’), Logan Neidlinger, Douglas Martinez, Augi Williams (Tyler Gibson 79’), Romario Williams

Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl, Callum Chapman-Page, Karsen Henderlong

Charleston Battery line-up: Christian Garner, Nathan Dossantos, Graham Smith, Leland Archer, Mark Segbers (Josh Drack 90+2’), Chris Allan, Emilo Ycaza, Juan Torres (Prince Saydee 84’), Arturo Rodriguez (Jay Chapman 71’), Nick Markanich (Jackson Conway 84’), MD Myers (Robbie Crawford 84’)

Charleston Subs: Diego Gutierrez, Ezekiel Soto, Bradyn Cobb, Enzo Mori

PURDUE TRACK

ENEKWECHI SIXTH IN OLYMPIC SHOT PUT FINAL

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue track & field alumnus Chukwuebuka Enekwechi finished in sixth place at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the shot put on Saturday, August 3, in Paris.

At his second Olympic Games, Enekwechi’s best mark on Saturday evening was 21.42 meters, which he achieved on his second of six attempts. Enekwechi entered the Olympics ranked No. 8 in the world in the shot put and represents Nigeria.

Enekwechi was one of 12 competitors to advance to today’s final after a mark of 21.13m in Friday’s qualification round. He was ninth overall yesterday before he finished sixth on Saturday at the Stade de France.

A Boilermaker from 2013-16, Enekwechi bested his performance in Tokyo 2020, where he was 12th at his debut Olympics with a mark of 19.74m. All three of Enekwechi’s legal marks on Saturday in Paris topped his throws from Tokyo, both in distance and in overall placement.

Along with qualifying for the Olympic final on Friday, Enekwechi and fellow Purdue Olympian Devynne Charlton were announced as two of eight Boilermaker greats that will be inducted into the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.

Enekwechi is joined in Paris by Charlton, who will race in the 100m hurdles beginning on Wednesday, August 7. Incoming Purdue senior Joel Gomez qualified for the Paralympic Games and will run in the 1,500m T13 from September 2-3.

Enekwechi hails from Laurelton, New York, and he secured his spot at the 2024 Paris Games by winning his fourth consecutive Nigerian Athletics Championships in the shot put on June 16 in Benin City, Nigeria.

In his Purdue career, Enekwechi was a 13-time All-American and five-time NCAA medalist. He is the school record-holder in the shot put (20.37m) and hammer throw (72.77m) outdoors and shot put (19.95m) and weight throw (24.39m) indoors. Enekwechi’s NCAA medals include two silvers in 2016, in the shot put outdoors and weight throw indoors. He won 12 Big Ten medals, including four golds, and was a three-time Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year.

BALL STATE SWIMMING

SAKBUN LIVES OUT OLYMPIC DREAM

PARIS – – Ball State alumna Apsara Sakbun was able to live out her Olympic dream Saturday morning, representing Cambodia in the Women’s 50m Freestyle at Paris La Defense Arena.

In her Olympic debut, Sakbun took sixth out of eight swimmers in the event’s sixth heat with a time of 26.90, just off her Cambodian national record time of 26.41.

The effort was good enough for the 2023 Ball State graduate to finish 38th among the 79-swimmer field.

INDIANA STATE SWIMMING

FARRO MAKES PARIS OLYMPICS DEBUT IN WOMEN’S 50-METER FREESTYLE SWIMMING PRELIMS

PARIS, France – Indiana State rising senior Chloe Farro competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s 50-meter freestyle swimming preliminary rounds on Saturday morning as the Savaneta, Aruba native finished 32nd overall in the 79-swimmer field.

Making her Olympic debut for her home country of Aruba, Farro competed in the seventh of the 10 heats that were held inside Paris La Defense Arena. Farro finished tied for seventh overall in her heat posting a time of 26.49 to finish 1.31 seconds behind heat winner Thailand’s Jenjira Srisa-Ard. She finished tied for 32nd overall among the 79 swimmers who competed and did not advance to the afternoon’s semifinal rounds.

It’s been a whirlwind tour for the Sycamore after qualifying for the 50-meter event back in late June. One month later, Farro was announced as the female Flag Bearer for the Aruban delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Farro received an Olympic scholarship from IOC vice-president Nicole Hoevertsz back in 2022 in a formal ceremony meant to offer financial support to an athlete to prepare themselves better, at the highest levels and help them achieve the qualifying times for their specific events. The scholarship was granted to athletes “with the technical level to be able to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games”.

Farro has competed on the international level multiple times throughout her career at Indiana State including the recent 2023 Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) World Championships back over July 19-30, 2023. She competed in both the 200-meter Freestyle and 50-meter Fly events at the event held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Other international competitions Farro has competed for Aruba during her time at Indiana State include the 2022 FINA Word Championships (Budapest, Hungary), the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and the 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Valle, Columbia).

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NUMBERS IN SPORTS

4 – 45 – 10 – 25 – 17 – 43 – 18 – 25 – 29 – 16 – 41 – 19 – 14 – 25 – 34 – 44 – 13

August 4, 1910 – MLB pitching duel; Philadelphia A’s Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 0-0 tie in 16 innings

August 4, 1934 – Giants outfielder Mel Ott, Number 4 becomes first player in MLB history to score 6 runs in a game as New York beats Phillies, 21-4

August 4, 1941 – Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owen wearing Number 10 became the first MLB player to take 3 foul pop-ups in one inning (3rd) in an 11-6 win v NY Giants

August 4, 1945 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Tom McBride, Number 25 drove in an MLB record-tying 6 runs in an inning (4th) during 15-4 win v Washington

August 4, 1953 – New York Yankees Vic Raschi, Number 17 set an MLB record for a pitcher by driving in 7 runs in a 15-0 win v Detroit

August 4, 1973 – New York Yankees pitcher Number 43, Lindy McDaniel puts in one of the best relief stints in MLB history, entering in 2nd inning, allowing only 1 run in 13 innings in a 3-2 win against Detroit Tigers

August 4, 1982 – Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes the only MLB player to get hits for 2 different teams in 2 different cities on the same day; singles for Mets in Chicago day game; traded, then singles for the Expos in the Philadelphia night game. He donned Number 18 with the Mets and for the Expos he wore Number 25

August 4, 1985 – New York Yankees retire Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto’s Number 10

August 4, 1985 – Future Hall of Fame infielder Rod Carew, Number 29 of the California Angels singles off Minnesota’s Frank Viola, Number 16 to collect his MLB 3,000th career hit; Angels win, 6–5

August 4, 1985 – Tom Seaver, Number 41 of Chicago White Sox becomes 17th pitcher to win 300 MLB career games, beating New York, 4-1; 54,032 at Yankee Stadium

August 4, 1993 – Tony Gwynn, Number 19 gets 6 hits in an 11-10 win v Giants, 4th time this season the Padre has 5 or more hits; ties MLB record

August 4, 1996 – Jim Bunning (Number 14), Earl Weaver (Number 4), Bill Foster, and Ned Hanlon were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

August 4, 2007 – San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds, Number 25 homers off Clay Hensley, Number 34 in 2nd inning of 3-2 loss to San Diego to tie Number 44, Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old MLB career home run record of 755

August 4, 2007 – 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez, Number 13 becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs, connecting on the 1st pitch he sees as New York Yankees beat Kansas City, 16-8

August 4, 2010 – On the 3rd anniversary of his 500th MLB career home run, Number 13 Alex Rodriguez reaches the 600 HR mark in the NY Yankees 5-1 win v Toronto; 7th and youngest to reach the milestone.

FOOTBALL HISTORY

Football History for August 4

August 4, 1961 – At the 28th edition of the Chicago All-Star game the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the college players 28-14 before 66,000 screaming fans at Soldier Field. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be Billy Kilmer UCLA’s fine quarterback. In 1999 Kilmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. After college Kilmer had a productive 18-year career in the NFL at both halfback and quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, and the Washington Redskins. Read more about Billy Kilmer on our September 5 post honoring him on his birthday.

August 4, 1967 – At the 34th annual Chicago College All-Star Game, the Green Bay Packers blanked the College All-Stars 27-0 before 70,934 in attendance at Soldier Field. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be “Bubba” Smith the defensive end from Michigan State. The NFF website says that Smith was a two-time All-American end who learned much of his craft from his father Willie Ray Smith who was a high school football coach back in Texas. Bubba Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Smith was the Baltimore Colts’ first draft choice and made all-pro. Bubba also played for the Raiders and the Oilers organizations during his NFL tenure.

August 4, 1986 – USFL owners suspend operations for the upcoming season after a court ruling awards them a very small amount of damages in their antitrust lawsuit against the NFL. Less than a week earlier, See our July 29 Football History Headlines, the United States Football League won their antitrust lawsuit against the National Football League after forty-two days in court. The Jury declared that the NFL was a “duly adjudicated illegal monopoly” however, it was a shallow victory as the USFL was awarded a settlement of $1. The USFL’s owners voted to suspend operations to return in 1987 however, many of the League’s teams were in no shape financially to operate. The USFL appealed the decision but it was rejected by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. That decision effectively shut the USFL down for good. The NFL also appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court but the verdict stood. The check received by the USFL in 1990 was in the amount of $3.76, triple the amount of the verdict with $0.76 interest.

Birthdays of Hall of Fame Players for August 4

August 4, 1908 – Former Notre Dame quarterback, Frank Carideo was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He was a two-time All-American selection for the Irish in the 1929 & 1930 seasons where they went 19-0. Fighting Irish legendary head coach, Knute Rockne once exclaimed that Carideo was the best quarterback ever. Mr. Carideo became the head coach of the University of Missouri’s football team in 1932 and served in that position until 1934. He then moved on to coach basketball at Mississippi State from 1935 until 1939.

August 4, 1949 – John Riggins “Diesel” was a running back that played in the NFL for the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. “Riggo” was a standout at the University of Kansas before being drafted by the Jets in 1971. As a collegian, he ended up breaking Gale Sayers’s rushing record at Kansas as he won the Big 8 Conference rushing title. He was a Pro Bowl player as his raw power and tenacity made him hard to tackle and he was the type of back that got better the more he carried the ball in a game. After spending 5 seasons in New York he went to Washington and played another 9 seasons interrupted only when he voluntarily sat out the 1980 season. He came back strong as he helped the Redskins go to consecutive Super Bowls in the early 1980’s winning Super Bowl XVII and earning the game’s MVP award. He is enshrined in Canton at the Pro Football Hall of Fame

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

Aug. 4

1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.

1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.

1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs.

1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning.

1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Detroit Tigers.

1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.

1973 — John Briggs of the Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 in a 9-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.

1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.

1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.

1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.

1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.

2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.

2007 — In the 2nd inning of a 3 – 2 loss to the Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run to tie Hank Aaron for the all-time record.

2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.

2010 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.

2021 — Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.

2022 — The Angels tie a record by hitting seven homers but still losing the game, 8 – 7 to the A’s, also setting a record for most runs scored in a game, all on solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times in the 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano in the 4th to negate the Angels’ long balls.

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Aug. 5

1921 — Pittsburgh radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provided listeners with the first broadcast of a major league game. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.

1927 — Philadelphia’s Cy Williams hit for the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times to lead the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1931 — For the second time in his career, Jim Bottomley got six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 16-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.

1932 — Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single by the 27th Washington batter, pinch-hitter Dave Harris. The Tigers beat the Senators 13-0.

1933 — Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns had four extra-base hits in a 10-9, 12-inning win over the Chicago White Sox.

1942 — Don Kolloway’s two-out steal of home in the fifth inning was the only run as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.

1969 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell became the only player to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Stargell’s shot off of Los Angeles’ Alan Foster cleared the right-field pavilion and landed 506 feet from home plate.

1973 — Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He walked three and struck out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta.

1975 — The first eight batters for Philadelphia Phillies got hits for a major league record, en route to a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.

1984 — Cliff Johnson of the Blue Jays hit his 19th career pinch homer to set a major league record as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium.

1999 — Mark McGwire became the 16th member of the 500-home run club, hitting two homers — Nos. 500 and 501 — in the St. Louis Cardinals’ loss to San Diego.

2001 — The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record and became the first team in 76 years to overcome a 12-run deficit to win, defeating the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings.

2005 — Albert Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3.

2006 — Trevor Hoffman set a major league record with his 11th 30-save season and the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3.

2007 — Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The 41-year-old left-hander became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories and only the fifth lefty to win 300.

2013 — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous punishments bring to 18 the total number of players disciplined for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida accused of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.

2019 — Jonathon Villar of the Orioles hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.

2021 — Team USA is headed to the Olympic Gold Medal Game for the first time in 21 years, beating South Korea, 7 – 2 at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Teenager Eui-lee Lee holds the US to two runs in five innings, one a mammoth homer by Jamie Westbrook, but five relievers are called on in the 6th when the US scores five times. Jack López drives in two for the US while Hye-seong Kim goes 3 for 3 in a losing cause. Ryder Ryan gets the win in relief of Joe Ryan.

Aug. 6

1908 — John Lush threw a six-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. It was Lush’s second no-hitter against the Dodgers.

1933 — Pinky Higgins of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 12-8 win over the Washington Senators.

1952 — Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings.

1972 — Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.

1981 — As a result of a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.

1985 — The Major League Baseball Players’ Association went on strike.

1986 — The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-11 in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas’ Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore’s nine-run fourth.

1988 — Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.

1999 — Tony Gwynn went 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.

2001 — Boston’s Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one at-bat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-7. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.

2002 — At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 11-10. Nen became the 16th member of the 300-save club.

2007 — St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over San Diego.

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Aug. 7

1907 — Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.

1922 — Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hit two home runs in the sixth inning of rout over the Washington Senators.

1923 — Cleveland’s Frank Bower went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.

1956 — The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 50-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game at the Orange Bowl.

1963 — Jim Hickman of the New York Mets hit for the cycle in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. Hickman’s cycle came in single-double-triple-homer order.

1985 — The strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association ended with the announcement of a tentative agreement. The season resumed Aug. 8.

1999 — Wade Boggs became the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland. Boggs already had a pair of RBI singles when he homered off Chris Haney in the sixth inning.

2004 — Greg Maddux became the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.

2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph fastball from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Noticeably absent were Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron. The Nationals won 8-6.

2016 — Ichiro Suzuki tripled off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.

2016 — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over Chicago.

2018 — Bartolo Colon of Texas became the winningest pitcher from Latin America in the Rangers’ 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. After six tries, the 45-year-old right-hander got his 246th career victory and finally broke the tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Colon gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings and improved his record to 6-10.

2021 — Host nation Japan wins its first ever gold medal in Olympic baseball by defeating the United States 2-0.

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Aug. 8

1903 — A week after pitching his first doubleheader triumph, Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity of the New York Giants scored a double victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1 and 4-3. In the second game, he stole home.

1915 — Philadelphia’s Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati.

1920 — Howard Ehmke of the Detroit Tigers pitched the fastest 1-0 game in American League history — 1 hour, 13 minutes, for a victory against the New York Yankees.

1931 — Bob Burke of the Washington Senators pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.

1954 — The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning after two were out.

1973 — Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda hit four doubles as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

1985 — Baseball, after a two-day walkout, resumed playing with 18 games scheduled, including five doubleheaders.

1988 — The first night game scheduled in the 74-year history of Chicago’s Wrigley Field’s was postponed with the Cubs leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 after heavy rains started in the bottom of the fourth inning. Philadelphia’s Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out when the rain came.

1992 — Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley had his consecutive save record snapped at 40. His consecutive save records — 36 straight to start a season, and 40 straight over two seasons — ended trying to protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. Eckersley gave up a two-out, two-run single to Gregg Jefferies to give the Royals a 3-2 lead. But the Athletics came back to win the game in the ninth, 5-3.

1997 — Randy Johnson struck out 19, matching the major league record for left-handers he had tied earlier this season, as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0.

1998 — Paul Molitor stole his 500th base in Minnesota’s 6-3 loss to Baltimore becoming the fifth player with 3,000 hits and 500 steals. Molitor joined Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, and Lou Brock.

2000 — Darren Dreifort of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit two homers and was the winning pitcher in a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

2001 — Damion Easley went 6-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs as Detroit pounded Texas 19-6.

2014 — Bartolo Colon records the 200th win of his career in the Mets’ 5 – 4 win over the Phillies.

2016 — Brandon Crawford became the first major league player in 41 years to get seven hits in a game, putting the San Francisco Giants ahead to stay with an RBI single in the 14th inning of an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins. Crawford tripled, doubled and had five singles in eight at-bats.

2018 — Milwaukee’s Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw, and Eric Thames hit consecutive first-inning homers to spoil the debut of San Diego’s Brett Kennedy in the Brewers 8-4 win over the Padres.

2018 — Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over six innings, received rare significant run support and earned his first win in nearly two months as the New York Mets blanked the Cincinnati Reds 8-0. Brandon Nimmo tied a team record with three doubles and drove in three runs as the Mets won for the 22nd time in their last 66 games. DeGrom (6-7) ended a seven-start winless streak, allowing four hits in a 100-pitch outing and lowering his major league-leading ERA to 1.77.

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Aug. 4

1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.

1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.

1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drives in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he’s traded to the Montreal Expos and plays that night in Philadelphia. He enters the game in right field in the fourth inning and later gets a single.

1984 — Carl Lewis wins the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds at the Los Angeles Summer Games. US teammate Sam Graddy wins the silver in 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets the bronze with a time of 10.22.

1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, becomes the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1.

1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels gets his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.

1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb in the du Maurier Classic.

1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games end with U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women’s Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while the U.S. women roll to a 111-87 victory behind Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A record 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it the biggest Olympics.

2007 — 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.

2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and the Liberty hold the Sky to a WNBA-record one point in the fourth quarter.

2012 — Michael Phelps wins another gold medal as the United States wins the medley relay at the London Olympics. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins four golds and two silvers.

2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro in a 19-17 final set and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing in his 10th games — the most of any athlete.

2013 — Missy Franklin claims her record sixth gold medal on the final day of the world championships in Barcelona, becoming the most successful female swimmer ever at a world meet. Franklin eclipses the record shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won five times in 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it in 2007.

2013 — Stacy Lewis wins the Women’s British Open after a marathon final day. Lewis finishes with a pair of birdies on the Old Course at St. Andrews and closes with an even-par 72. It’s her second major on the LPGA Tour, and it ends a record streak of 10 straight majors won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is the only player at par or better from the last 21 groups that tee off.

2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his world record in the 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Aug. 5

1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at Pittsburgh.

1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds.

1954 — The first election for the Boxing Hall of Fame is held. Twenty-four fighters are elected, with the most noteworthy from the modern era Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Henry Armstrong. Fifteen are selected from the pioneer era including John L. Sullivan, Gentleman Jim Corbett, and Jack Johnson.

1967 — The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in a preseason game, for the first AFL victory over an NFL team.

1984 — American Joan Benoit wins the first Olympic marathon for women in 2:24:52, finishing 400 meters ahead of Norway’s Grete Waitz.

1991 — Sergei Bubka becomes the first to clear 20 feet outdoors in the pole vault, breaking his world record by a half-inch at the Galan track meet in Malmo, Sweden.

1997 — Michael Johnson wins his third straight 400-meter title at the world championships in Athens, Greece, capturing the gold medal in 44.12 seconds.

2005 — Jason Gore shoots a 12-under 59 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska.

2006 — Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson, and Reggie White.

2007 — Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

2007 — Lorena Ochoa wins the Women’s British Open — the first women’s professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews — for her first major title.

2012 — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt claims consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games in London. Only about fifth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark, Bolt erases that deficit and overtakes a star-studded field to win the 100-meter dash final in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that lets him join Carl Lewis as the only men to win the event twice.

2012 — Britain’s Andy Murray cruises past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic tennis singles final at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams win the doubles title, as Serena becomes tennis’ first double-gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ben Ainslie earns another gold medal in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.

2013 — Alex Rodriguez is suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera are banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplines 13 players in a drug case.

2014 — The San Antonio Spurs hire WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first woman to join an NBA coaching staff.

2017 — Justin Gatlin spoils Usain Bolt’s farewell beating him in the 100 meters at the world track championships in London. Bolt gets off to a slow start and Gatlin holds him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman took silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95.

2018 — The Springfield Lasers win their first World Team Tennis title edging the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18. The Lasers were 0-5 in the WTT championship finals and winless in three meetings with the Freedoms during the 2018 regular season.

2018 — Georgia Hall of England catches Pornanong Phatlum in a final-round duel at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the Women’s British Open for her first major title.

Aug. 6

1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.

1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Brian London in the third round to retain his world heavyweight title.

1972 — South African Gary Player wins his second PGA golf championship with a two-stroke victory over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.

1978 — John Mahaffey beats Tom Watson and Jerry Pate on the second playoff hole to win the PGA Championship.

1984 — American athlete Carl Lewis wins the long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics.

1991 — Debbie Doom of the U.S. pitches her second consecutive perfect game in women’s softball at the Pan American Games. Doom threw a perfect game at the Netherlands Antilles in the opener and matched that performance against Nicaragua, winning 8-0.

1992 — Carl Lewis leads a U.S. sweep in the long jump in the Olympics with a mark of 28 feet, 5 1-2 inches on his first attempt. Mike Powell takes the silver and Joe Greene the bronze. Kevin Young demolishes one of the track’s oldest records with a time of 46.78 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American wrestler to win medals in three straight Olympics, taking the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division.

1994 — Jeff Gordon wins the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1995 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins the 100 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, marking the first time since 1976 that an American fails to win a medal in the event at a major meet.

1999 — Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.

2001 — Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

2006 — Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open.

2006 — Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone.

2006 — Sherri Steinhauer wins the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since it became a major.

2008 — Sammy Villegas, a former University of Toledo basketball player, is charged with point shaving. Villegas is accused of shaving points during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.

2008 — Kim Terrell-Kearney wins the first professional championship match featuring two black bowlers, beating Trisha Reid 216-189 in the U.S. Bowling Congress’ U.S. Women’s Open. Terrell-Kearney collects her second U.S. Women’s Open title and third career major title.

2010 — Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history. Gay beats the Jamaican at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. Bolt finishes second in 9.97.

2015 — Ryan Lochte becomes the first man to win the 200-meter individual medley four consecutive times at the World Swimming Championships. Lochte comes home strong on the freestyle lap and touches first in 1:55.81 in Kazan, Russia.

2017 — I.K. Kim won the Women’s British Open, hanging on with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff and her first major championship.

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Aug. 7

1907 — Walter Johnson wins the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.

1952 — Bion Shively, 74, drives Sharp Note to victory in the third heat of the Hambletonian Stakes.

1982 — Speed Bowl wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats with 25-year-old Tom Haughton in the sulky, the youngest to win the Hambletonian.

1983 — Norway’s Grete Waitz takes the women’s marathon in the first world track and field championships in Helsinki, Finland.

1992 — Sergei Bubka, the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion, fails to clear a height in the pole vault.

1999 — Wade Boggs becomes the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, connecting with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland.

2004 — Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.

2005 — Justin Gatlin dominates the 100 meters at the track and field championships in Helsinki. The Olympic champion wins in 9.88 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Michael Frater of Jamaica. The margin of victory is the largest in the 10 world championships held since the meet’s inception in 1983.

2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record. Noticeably absent are Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron.

2012 — Aly Raisman becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on floor. She picks up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of gymnastics at the London Olympics and just misses a medal in the all-around.

2016 — Jim Furyk becomes the first golfer to shoot a 58 in PGA Tour history. Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he takes it even lower in the Travelers Championship with a 12-under 58 in the final round.

2016 — Ichiro Suzuki triples off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.

2016 — Manny Machado becomes the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

2021 — Kevin Durant with 29 points leads USA to his third and the team’s 4th consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo.

2021 — Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

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Aug. 8

1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup.

1903 — Britain wins the Davis Cup by beating the United States 4-1.

1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark and Jack Parker.

1981 — Shiaway St. Pat, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes run at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. in four heats.

1982 — Ray Floyd, who shot a record 63 in the opening round, wins the PGA championship by three shots over Lanny Wadkins.

1984 — Carl Lewis sets the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a 19.80 clocking.

1987 — Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, wins the Hambletonian in straight heats with a record-smashing performance. Mack Lobell wins the second heat, and the race, by 6¼ lengths over Napoletano in 1:53 3-5, a fifth of a second off the world all-age trotting record set by Prakas in 1985.

1992 — The Dream Team picks up its gold medal and Carl Lewis anchors a world-record 400-meter relay, winning his eighth gold medal in three Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beats Croatia 117-85, with the 32-point margin of victory the smallest of the Games. In the 400, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Lewis set a world record of 37.40 seconds. Steve Lewis anchors another world record as the Americans won the 1,600 relay by nearly half the length of a football field. The team of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, and Lewis ran the 1,600 in 2:55.74.

2006 — Roger Goodell is chosen as the NFL’s next commissioner. Favored for months to get the job, he is unanimously elected by the league’s 32 owners on the fifth ballot.

2010 — Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scores 23 points to become the WNBA’s all-time scoring leader in a 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. She surpasses Lisa Leslie’s career total of 6,263 points. Thompson is the last of the original WNBA players.

2012 — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States become the first three-time gold medalists in Olympic beach volleyball history. The duo beat Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in the all-American final, extending their Olympic winning streak to 21 matches.

2012 — Brittney Reese wins the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Caster Semenya makes her Olympic debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, finishing second in her 800 heat.

2015 — Katie Ledecky ends her world swimming championships in spectacular style, lowering her world record by 3.61 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle for her fifth gold medal. The 18-year-old American completes a sweep of the 200, 400, 800, and 1,500 freestyles in Kazan, Russia. She was the anchor leg on the victorious 4×200 free relay, too.

2018 — The NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopt a “series of significant policy and legislative changes” as part of an effort to “fundamentally” change the NCAA’s structure. The NCAA changes eligibility rules, allowing top prospects to hire agents in high school and giving college players more leeway to return after declaring for the NBA draft.

2021 — USA women’s basketball team wins its record-extending 7th consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan in Tokyo; guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their 5th straight gold.

2021 — USA Women’s volleyball defeats Brazil in straight sets to win the gold medal. It’s the first Olympic gold medal in USA Women’s volleyball history. The win would give the United States 39 gold medals breaking a tie with China on the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.