“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY 9 NY YANKEES 1
ATLANTA 3 ST. LOUIS 2 (10)
DETROIT 7 TORONTO 3
OAKLAND 8 LA ANGELS 2
NY METS 1 MIAMI 0
PITTSBURGH 4 PHILADELPHIA 1
WASHINGTON 5 CINCINNATI 4
BALTIMORE 8 TEXAS 4
KANSAS CITY 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
SAN DIEGO 7 CLEVELAND 0
MILWAUKEE 8 MINNESOTA 4 (12)
LA DODGERS 7 BOSTON 6 (11)
ARIZONA 3 CHICAGO CUBS 0
ST. LOUIS 9 ATLANTA 5
COLORADO 4 SAN FRANCISCO 3
HOUSTON 4 SEATTLE 2
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
OMAHA 7 INDIANAPOLIS 4
LAKE COUNTY 10 FT. WAYNE 4
QUAD CITIES 8 SOUTH BEND 7 (10)
NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCORES
SACRAMENTO 87 PHOENIX 77
WASHINGTON 91 MILWAUKEE 79
CLEVELAND 100 INDIANA 93
NEW YORK 90 ATLANTA 82
LA LAKERS 107 CHICAGO 81
DENVER 91 NEW ORLEANS 82
OKLAHOMA CITY 88 DALLAS 79
WNBA SCORES
TEAM WNBA 117 USA NATIONALS 109
MLS
ORLANDO CITY 1 NEW YORK CITY 1
ATLANTA 2 COLUMBUS 1
PHILADELPHIA 3 NASHVILLE 0
NY RED BULLS 3 CINCINNATI 1
NEW ENGLAND 1 DALLAS 1
TORONTO 1 MONTRÉAL 0
MIAMI 2 CHICAGO 1
MINNESOTA 2 SAN JOSE 0
KANSAS CITY 1 ST. LOUIS 1
AUSTIN 2 CHARLOTTE 2
COLORADO 3 SALT LAKE 2
LOS ANGELES 3 SEATTLE 0
HOUSTON 4 VANCOUVER 3
LA GALAXY 3 PORTLAND 2
BRICKYARD 400 SCHEDULE
Sunday, July 21
10 a.m.: Gates open
12:30-1:15 p.m.: Track walk ($20 voucher required)
1:40-1:55 p.m.: Drivers’ brick walk
1:55 p.m.: Driver introductions
2:30 p.m.: Brickyard 400 Cup Series race
TV: NBC
Radio: IMS Radio Network
Streaming: SiriusXM Channel 90
Brickyard 400 entry list
(With car number, driver, team, engine)
1, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse, Chevrolet
2, Austin Cindric, Penske, Ford
3, Austin Dillon, Childress, Chevrolet
4, Josh Berry, Stewart Haas, Ford
5, Kyle Larson, Hendrick, Chevrolet
6, Brad Keselowski, RFK, Ford
7, Corey LaJoie, Spire, Chevrolet
8, Kyle Busch, Childress, Chevrolet
9, Chase Elliott, Hendrick, Chevrolet
10, Noah Gragson, Stewart Haas, Ford
11, Denny Hamlin, Gibbs, Toyota
12, Ryan Blaney, Penske, Ford
14, Chase Briscoe, Stewart Haas, Ford
15, Cody Ware, Ware, Ford
16, A.J. Allmendinger, Kaulig, Chevrolet
17, Chris Buescher, RFK, Ford
19, Martin Truex Jr., Gibbs, Toyota
20, Christopher Bell, Gibbs, Toyota
21, Harrison Burton, Wood Brothers, Ford
22, Joey Logano, Penske, Ford
23, Bubby Wallace, 23XI, Toyota
24, William Byron, Hendrick, Chevrolet
31, Daniel Hemric, Kaulig, Chevrolet
33, Ty Dillon, Childress, Chevrolet
34, Michael McDowell, Front Row, Ford
38, Todd Gilliland, Front Row, Ford
41, Ryan Preece, Stewart Haas, Ford
42, John Hunder Nemechek, Legacy, Toyota
43, Erik Jones, Legacy, Toyota
45, Tyler Reddick, 23XI, Toyota
47, Ricky Stenhouse, JTG Daugherty, Chevrolet
48, Alex Bowman, Hendrick, Chevrolet
51, Justin Haley, Ware, Ford
54, Ty Gibbs, Gibbs, Toyota
66, B.J. McLeod, Power Source, Ford
71, Zane Smith, Spire, Chevrolet
77, Carson Hocevar, Spire, Chevrolet
84, Jimmie Johnson, Legacy, Toyota
99, Daniel Suarez, Trackhouse, Chevrolet
NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES
ARIZONA CARDINALS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
ATLANTA FALCONS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
ROOKIES: JULY 13. VETERANS: JULY 20.
BUFFALO BILLS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CHICAGO BEARS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 19.
CINCINNATI BENGALS
ROOKIES: JULY 20. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CLEVELAND BROWNS
ROOKIES: JULY 22. VETERANS: JULY 23.
DALLAS COWBOYS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
DENVER BRONCOS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 23.
DETROIT LIONS
ROOKIES: JULY 20. VETERANS: JULY 23.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 21.
HOUSTON TEXANS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 17.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 20.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
ROOKIES: JULY 21. VETERANS: JULY 23.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
LOS ANGELES RAMS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
MIAMI DOLPHINS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
ROOKIES: JULY 21. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW YORK GIANTS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW YORK JETS
ROOKIES: JULY 18. VETERANS: JULY 23.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 23.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ROOKIES: JULY 22. VETERANS: JULY 23.
TENNESSEE TITANS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
ROOKIES: JULY 18. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
BASKETBALL NEWS
JAMES HITS GAME WINNER WITH 8 SECONDS LEFT, US AVOIDS UPSET AND ESCAPES SOUTH SUDAN 101-100
LeBron James saved the U.S. from what would have been a stunning loss.
James’ layup with 8 seconds left was the go-ahead basket Saturday, and the U.S. Olympic team that’ll soon head to the Paris Games escaped with a 101-100 win over South Sudan in London, rallying from a 16-point deficit to avoid perhaps the biggest upset in the program’s history.
South Sudan, the African nation that gained its independence just 13 years ago and is about to play in the Olympics for the first time, led for more than half the game and had a chance to win at the end. But Carlik Jones’ runner off the glass missed with about 4 seconds left, and the Americans survived.
“I’m going to be honest: I like those better than the blowouts,” James said as he walked off the court. “At least we get tested.”
Oh, they got tested — by a team that came into the game as 43.5-point underdogs , according to BetMGM Sportsbook.
“A good reminder that when we play against teams, it’s the biggest game of their lives,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “We have to expect everyone to play like that.”
Down by 16 at one point, the Americans dug out of that hole with an 18-0 run in the second half — then needed heroics at the end anyway. JT Thor’s 3-pointer with 20 seconds left gave South Sudan a 100-99 lead, then the Americans called timeout and put the ball in James’ hands.
He made it look easy: He waited, waited, waited, then drove and laid it in with ease to put the U.S. back on top, and the Americans got the stop they needed at the end.
James finished with a game-high 25 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the U.S., which improved to 4-0 with one game left — Monday vs. World Cup champion Germany — on its pre-Olympic exhibition tour. Anthony Davis added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Americans.
Marial Shayok had 24 points for South Sudan and Jones had a triple-double — 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
The teams will meet in group play in the Paris Olympics on July 31.
“It’s basketball. It happens,” U.S. guard Stephen Curry said. “You want to play perfect every game; it doesn’t happen. But can you dig deep and do the little things that help you win? Offense can come and go, but defense is the thing that helps you win championships, medals, all that stuff.”
It should have been a mismatch, and for the first half, it was — just not in the way anyone would have expected.
The U.S. roster has 12 players, all of them All-Stars or NBA champions or both, with a total of 189,038 points in their regular-season careers, with 7,832 combined starts. South Sudan has four players who have appeared in an NBA game. They’ve scored a combined 1,228 points and started 19 games.
Didn’t matter. It was 8-0 U.S. after 2 1/2 minutes. The rest of the half: South Sudan 58, U.S. 34. The Americans allowed South Sudan to shoot 61% in the first half and got outscored 21-3 from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes.
“I did not do a great job preparing our team,” Kerr said. “We did not focus enough on what they’re capable of, and that’s on me. I think that really allowed South Sudan to gain confidence early. … They were great. They played a wonderful game and the ending was good for us, just to feel that, to feel what it’s going to be like in Paris and Lille.”
An 18-0 run in the second half — James involved in most of it — was what really saved the U.S., turning a 76-65 deficit into an 83-76 lead.
South Sudan led by 16 late in the first half — 58-42 — before the Americans got the last basket to cut the deficit to 14 at the break.
But the 18-0 run was key. James had four assists during the spurt and Curry, from about 35 feet, connected on a 3-pointer late in the third that gave the U.S. its first lead since the first quarter at 79-76.
Wenyen Gabriel banked in a 3-pointer to get South Sudan within 85-84, but James — his former teammate with the Los Angeles Lakers — connected on a 3 on the ensuing U.S. possession, and the Americans would eventually pull through by the slimmest of margins.
“Today we were able to represent our country with pride and we put up a good fight and showed the potential of our country,” Gabriel said. “I think it was a proud moment for a lot of people.”
Davis said the team got to the arena late, thrown off by standstill London traffic, and that routines going into the game were disrupted. Maybe so, but South Sudan showed the U.S. that nobody at the Olympics will concede anything to the four-time defending gold medalists.
“Doesn’t matter when it comes to how close the game is,” James said. “We went out there to get better.”
REPORT: CAVS F/C EVAN MOBLEY LANDS 5-YEAR, $224M EXTENSION
Forward/center Evan Mobley has agreed to a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie extension that will keep him with the Cleveland Cavaliers through the 2029-30 season, ESPN reported Saturday night.
Mobley could end up making as much as $269 million, per the report.
A first-round draft pick (third overall) by Cleveland in 2021, Mobley averaged 15.7 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 50 games (all starts) last season. He finished second in Rookie of the Year voting back in 2022 and came away with All-Defensive honors a year later.
Mobley, 23, posted career-high shooting percentages across the board this past season, connecting on 58 percent of his field-goal attempts, 37.3 percent of his 3-pointers and 71.9 percent of his free throws.
In 198 career games (all starts) in his three seasons with the Cavaliers, Mobley has averaged 15.6 points, 8.8 boards, 2.8 assists and 1.5 blocks.
WNBA NEWS
ARIKE OGUNBOWALE CARRIES TEAM WNBA OVER TEAM USA IN ALL-STAR GAME
Arike Ogunbowale scored a WNBA All-Star Game record 34 points to lead Team WNBA to a 117-109 victory over Team USA on Saturday night in Phoenix.
It’s the second time that the non-Olympian WNBA players have beaten Team USA in this sort of exhibition, also doing so in 2021. Just like in that game, Ogunbowale was named All-Star Game MVP. She also finished with six assists and knocked down 8 of 13 3-point attempts on Saturday.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark set an All-Star Game rookie record with 10 assists while playing for Team WNBA. Sue Bird still holds the All-Star Game overall assist record with 11.
Additionally for Team WNBA, rookie Angel Reese finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds, Allisha Gray had 16 points and Nneka Ogwumike had 14 points.
Team USA was powered by 31 points and 10 rebounds from Breanna Stewart, 22 points from A’ja Wilson and 14 points, six boards and five assists from Diana Taurasi.
The game opened with its oldest player, the 42-year-old Taurasi, sinking a 3-pointer. The Phoenix Mercury guard is seeking her sixth Olympic gold medal this summer. She also drove right at Clark near the midpoint of the second quarter, sinking a layup in traffic, then sticking her tongue out at the crowd.
Notable for Team USA, Napheesa Collier played three minutes after checking into the game at the 7:37 mark of the second quarter. The Minnesota Lynx forward hadn’t played since aggravating plantar fasciitis in her left foot on July 4.
Team USA led by two points, 54-52, at halftime, but Clark then assisted on three of the WNBA All-Stars’ first four baskets of the third quarter to help them take a five-point lead at 61-56. Two of those assists came on baskets by Ogunbowale, who torched the Olympians for 21 points in the third.
Clark notched her 10th assist of the game with 6:36 to go in the fourth, setting up Reese for an easy layup from the low block.
The game also served as a celebration of yesterday’s stars and tomorrow’s future in women’s college basketball. Three-time National Player of the Year and the first-ever head coach of the Mercury, Cheryl Miller, served as the coach for the WNBA All-Stars. In courtside seats, three-time WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoopes sat next to UConn All-American Paige Bueckers.
FOOTBALL NEWS
SHAQ BARRETT RETIRES BEFORE START OF DOLPHINS CAMP
Edge rusher Shaq Barrett announced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday, a week before he was scheduled to start training camp with the Miami Dolphins.
Barrett signed a one-year contract worth up to $9 million with the Dolphins in March. He was coming off a five-year stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with whom he won one Super Bowl.
Barrett, 31, began his career with the Denver Broncos in 2014 as an undrafted free agent. He earned a spot on the practice squad at the end of the preseason and worked his way into a rotation role in 2015. He had 14 sacks with Denver from 2015-18 and was part of the team that beat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.
Barrett signed with the Buccaneers in 2019 and tallied a league-best 19.5 sacks that season en route to his first Pro Bowl selection. He played an instrumental role in helping Tampa Bay win a championship in 2020 in what was Tom Brady’s first season as the franchise’s quarterback. Barrett had one sack in Super Bowl LV against the Kansas City Chiefs and recorded three others in that postseason.
The Colorado State product made the Pro Bowl again in 2021 after a 10-sack campaign. His production declined in 2022 and 2023, as he managed just 7.5 sacks in those two seasons combined. Barrett lost his 2-year-old daughter, Arrayah, to a drowning accident in between those seasons.
Miami was counting on Barrett to contribute to a pass rush that will be without Bradley Chubb to start the season as he recovers from an ACL injury. Jaelan Phillips is also expected to miss a chunk of the season rehabbing from a torn Achilles. The team drafted another edge defender, Chop Robinson, in the first round this year.
The Dolphins open training camp July 28
JAGUARS PLACE DL ARIK ARMSTEAD ON PUP LIST
The Jacksonville Jaguars placed defensive lineman Arik Armstead on the active/physically unable to perform list Saturday.
Armstead, 30, is recovering from offseason surgery to repair a torn meniscus. He missed five games last season with foot and knee injuries before returning to help the San Francisco 49ers advance to Super Bowl LVIII.
Armstead signed a three-year, $43.5 million contract with Jacksonville on March 14, a day after being released by the 49ers.
He recorded five sacks in 12 starts during the 2023 regular season. He has 33.5 sacks, 88 quarterback hits and 302 tackles in 116 career games (97 starts) since being selected by San Francisco with the 17th overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft.
LSU LANDS 5-STAR WR DEREK MEADOWS
Derek Meadows, a five-star wide receiver from the Class of 2025, committed to LSU on Saturday.
Meadows marks the Tigers’ second five-star pledge in four days after cornerback DJ Pickett committed to head coach Brian Kelly’s program on Wednesday.
The 6-foot-5, 200 Meadows chose LSU over Notre Dame – considered the favorite for months – and Georgia, Alabama and Michigan.
Meadows visited all five schools, but he said his experience with the Tigers stood out from the rest.
“The coaches all treat everyone like family. I know I want to be in that environment,” Meadows told 247Sports.
“Playing in the SEC will mean a lot and I know that I’m going to keep grinding to compete against the best.”
The 247Sports composite ranks Meadows as the No. 10 receiver in the nation and the No. 68 overall prospect.
Meadows caught 15 passes for 391 yards and eight touchdowns during his sophomore season in 2023 to help Bishop Gorman High School win the Nevada 5A state title.
A two-sport athlete, Meadows was also named Nevada’s Gatorade Track and Field Player of the Year in 2023. He excelled in the 300 meters and 110m hurdles and ran on a gold medal-winning 4×400 relay team.
LSU now has three five star commits from the Class of 2025. Meadows joins Pickett and quarterback Bryce Underwood, the nation’s top overall prospect.
BASEBALL NEWS
TROUT COULD RETURN FROM INJURY NEXT WEEK
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout could return to the lineup for Thursday’s game against the Oakland Athletics, MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger reports.
Trout will face live pitching at the Angels’ spring training complex in Arizona and is expected to start a rehab assignment at Triple-A Salt Lake on Monday, Bollinger adds.
The 32-year-old has been out of action since April 29 and underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee on May 3.
Trout has dealt with injuries for several seasons, appearing in more than 100 games only once since 2019. He hit 10 home runs with 14 RBIs, six stolen bases, and a .866 OPS in 109 at-bats this season before the injury.
MLB ROUNDUP: BREWERS ERUPT FOR 5 RUNS IN 12TH, SINK TWINS
Brice Turang drove in three runs, Jackson Chourio went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the Minnesota Twins for an 8-4, 12-inning win on Saturday night in Minneapolis.
The Brewers scored five runs in the 12th to secure the victory in their first game after the All-Star break. Milwaukee right-hander Jakob Junis (2-0) earned the victory in relief despite allowing three runs (one earned) in two innings.
Carlos Santana hit a two-run home run in extra innings to lead the Twins at the plate. Diego A. Castillo went 1-for-3 and drove in a pair of runs. Minnesota left-hander Steven Okert (3-1) gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Joey Ortiz started the five-run 12th by hitting a sacrifice fly to center field. Chourio singled in the next at-bat to score Blake Perkins and make it 5-3. Turang followed with a single to right field to drive in Jake Bauers and Chourio. William Contreras added an RBI single to center to finish the big inning.
Dodgers 7, Red Sox 6 (11 innings)
Enrique Hernandez had game-tying hits in the ninth and 10th innings, Will Smith hit a game-ending RBI single in the 11th and Los Angeles turned multiple rallies into a victory against visiting Boston.
Hernandez tied the game in the ninth with a home run against former Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen and added a two-out RBI single in Los Angeles’ two-run 10th inning after Boston’s Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer in the top of the frame. Smith’s game-winning hit off Greg Weissert (2-2) came with the bases loaded.
Right-hander Blake Treinen (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless 11th inning. O’Neill hit a pair of home runs for the Red Sox, including a two-run shot in the seventh inning for a 4-3 lead.
Mets 1, Marlins 0
Luis Severino and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout as visiting New York edged Miami.
Severino (7-3) worked the first six innings, permitting only two hits and walking three while striking out seven. Jose Butto and Dedniel Nunez teed up the ninth inning for Edwin Diaz, who closed the game out in 1-2-3 fashion for his 11th save in 16 chances.
Roddery Munoz (1-5) absorbed the loss despite pitching well for five innings. He gave up three hits and a run, walking three and fanning five. Still, the Marlins fell 30 games under .500 at 34-64.
Braves 3, Cardinals 2 (Game 1, 10 innings)
Ozzie Albies delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to give Atlanta a win over visiting St. Louis in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Adam Duvall, who started the 10th at second base, easily beat center fielder Dylan Carlson’s throw to the plate to score the winning run. Duvall had moved to third on Zack Short’s sacrifice bunt.
The winning pitcher was Pierce Johnson (3-1). Rookie Chris Roycroft (1-2) took the loss.
Rays 9, Yankees 1
Randy Arozarena homered twice among his four hits as Tampa Bay handed host New York its 19th loss in its past 28 games.
Arozarena hit a solo homer off New York starter Nestor Cortes (4-9) in the fifth inning and smacked a two-run drive in the seventh. Alex Jackson hit a three-run homer in the fourth and Isaac Paredes went deep in the fifth, two batters before Arozarena’s first homer.
Tampa Bay starter Taj Bradley (5-4) allowed a leadoff double to rookie Ben Rice but kept New York at bay throughout his seven innings. After Rice’s double, the Yankees were 0-for-17 against the right-hander and generated three baserunners the rest of the way, including two that were erased on double plays.
Tigers 7, Blue Jays 3
Jake Rogers’ grand slam highlighted a six-run sixth inning and visiting Detroit defeated Toronto.
Andy Ibanez added two RBIs and two hits for the Tigers, who have won four in a row. Detroit starter Reese Olson allowed one hit and two walks in two innings before leaving the game with a sore right shoulder. Right-hander Alex Faedo (5-1) replaced him and pitched two innings.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits for the Blue Jays, including a two-run homer. Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (4-9) allowed four runs and five hits in five-plus innings.
Athletics 8, Angels 2
Brent Rooker belted a three-run homer, Lawrence Butler cleared the bases with a three-RBI double and host Oakland continued its recent offensive rampage in defeating Los Angeles.
Right-hander Mitch Spence (6-6) and three relievers helped Oakland run its winning streak to three games. Having scored a total of 31 runs in their previous two games, the A’s got three runs in the first inning on Rooker’s 22nd homer of the season.
Butler’s double capped a four-run fourth inning as Oakland extended its lead to 7-1. Making his second big-league start, the Angels’ Jack Kochanowicz (0-2) allowed seven runs and seven hits in four innings.
Pirates 4, Phillies 1
Luis L. Ortiz scattered three hits and two walks over seven scoreless innings and Oneil Cruz homered and drove in three runs, lifting host Pittsburgh over Philadelphia.
Ortiz (5-2) struck out two and finished with 89 pitches, 59 for strikes. Andrew McCutchen homered to lead off the sixth inning for the Pirates, who recorded their season-high sixth consecutive win.
David Bednar worked around Bryce Harper’s solo homer in the ninth to end the game. Philadelphia’s J.T. Realmuto went 1-for-3 at the plate and threw out Ke’Bryan Hayes at second base in his return to the lineup. The three-time All-Star catcher had been sidelined since mid-June following right meniscus surgery.
Nationals 5, Reds 4
Jacob Young went 2-for-3 with a go-ahead RBI as Washington rallied for a win against visiting Cincinnati.
Young hit a two-out single in the eighth inning off reliever Justin Wilson (1-2), driving in Ildemaro Vargas to put Washington in front for the first time. Reliever Derek Law (6-2) allowed one hit in two innings and Kyle Finnegan tossed a perfect ninth for the save for the Nationals, who have won four of their past five.
Reds starter Nick Lodolo, who earned a no-decision, allowed four runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings. Washington starter MacKenzie Gore gave up three runs on two hits in his two innings.
Orioles 8, Rangers 4
Cedric Mullins, Jordan Westburg and Ryan O’Hearn each homered to back six strong innings from Grayson Rodriguez as Baltimore beat Texas in Arlington, Texas, for the second straight day.
Ramon Urias singled in two runs during Baltimore’s four-run second inning, the final frame of the night for the Rangers’ Max Scherzer. It was the right-hander’s shortest outing in six starts this season.
Rodriguez (12-4) settled down after allowing a two-run single to Andrew Knizner in the second inning, retiring 13 of the final 14 batters he faced.
Padres 7, Guardians 0
Dylan Cease allowed Cleveland’s only hit and struck out 10 over seven stellar innings while David Peralta and Jake Cronenworth each homered during a four-run eighth as visiting San Diego blanked the Guardians.
One night after San Diego lost 7-0, Cease (9-8) helped the Padres win for just the second time in nine games. The veteran right-hander yielded Tyler Freeman’s third-inning triple and walked one during his exemplary 97-pitch performance.
Gavin Williams (0-2) allowed three runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings for the American League Central-leading Guardians, who are 8-12 since June 26.
Royals 6, White Sox 1
Brady Singer threw seven scoreless innings to lead Kansas City past visiting Chicago for the Royals’ eighth win in nine games against the White Sox.
Singer (6-6) allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out seven en route to the Royals’ second win in as many nights. Bobby Witt Jr. finished 3-for-4 with an RBI for Kansas City.
Andrew Benintendi was 1-for-3 for the White Sox, driving in their lone run. Chicago has dropped six games in a row, nine of its past 10 and has a major-league-worst 73 losses.
Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 0
Alek Thomas and Corbin Carroll homered during a three-run third inning and visiting Arizona held on for a win against Chicago in the second game of a three-game series.
Righty Zac Gallen (7-5) navigated through five shutout innings for the Diamondbacks, who have won six of their past seven. Kevin Ginkel, Justin Martinez and Ryan Thompson followed with perfect innings before Paul Sewald pitched the ninth for his 15th save.
Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks (2-8) allowed three runs and three hits in five innings, though two of those hits left the yard. Hendricks struck out two and walked three.
Cardinals 9, Braves 5 (Game 2)
Right-hander Sonny Gray earned his first career win over Atlanta as visiting St. Louis picked up a victory to earn a split of a day-night doubleheader.
Gray (10-6) pitched seven innings and allowed five runs on eight hits, including a career-high four homers. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out 10. Alec Burleson went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs for the Cardinals.
Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (1-4) went five innings and gave up six runs on eight hits. He issued one walk and fanned a season-high nine. In a three-homer sixth, Austin Riley started the barrage and Marcell Ozuna and Eddie Rosario hit back-to-back blasts.
Rockies 4, Giants 3
Ezequiel Tovar homered, Kyle Freeland tossed six solid innings and Colorado beat San Francisco in Denver.
The Rockies have a three-game winning streak for just the third time this season. Freeland (2-3) allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits.
Tyler Fitzgerald homered and doubled for San Francisco, which has dropped its first two games coming out of the All-Star break.
Astros 4, Mariners 2
Jake Meyers hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning as Houston took a one-game lead in the AL West with a victory against host Seattle.
Yainer Diaz also went deep for the Astros, who improved to 19-6 in their past 25 games. Reliever Tayler Scott (7-3) got the victory, and Josh Hader worked the ninth for his 20th save of the season. Astros left-hander Framber Valdez allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Julio Rodriguez homered for the Mariners, who have lost five in a row and 17 of their past 25. Seattle right-hander George Kirby gave up one run on four hits over six innings.
TWINS PUT ALL-STAR SS CARLOS CORREA (FOOT) ON IL
The Minnesota Twins placed All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The move was retroactive to Tuesday.
Minnesota also put right-hander Chris Paddack on the 15-day IL due to a right forearm strain. His move was retroactive to Wednesday.
Correa, 29, is batting .308 with 13 homers, 47 RBIs and 51 runs in 75 games this season. He was named to his third All-Star Game but didn’t play in Tuesday’s contest due to the foot injury.
Correa is in his third season with the Twins after spending seven with the Houston Astros. He has a .275 career average with 186 homers and 665 RBIs in 1,098 games.
Paddack, 28, is 5-3 with a 4.99 ERA in 17 starts this season. He just recently returned from the injured list due to a shoulder injury and pitched 10 overall innings in two starts before the latest setback.
Paddack is 27-24 with a 4.38 ERA in 85 games (82 starts) with the San Diego Padres (2019-21) and Twins.
In corresponding moves, Minnesota recalled infielder Edouard Julien from Triple-A St. Paul and activated utility player Austin Martin (oblique) from the 10-day IL.
Julien, 28, batted .207 with seven homers and 17 RBIs in 58 games for the Twins earlier this season. Martin, 25, is hitting .265 with one homer and nine RBIs in 47 games for Minnesota this year.
YANKEES’ GIANCARLO STANTON ENVISIONS POSSIBLE RETURN BY NEXT WEEK
New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton said Saturday that he expects to return to game action by late next week.
Stanton has been sidelined since straining his left hamstring while running the bases on June 22. He went on the 10-day injured list the following day, marking the eighth time in six seasons that he landed on the IL.
“I just have to stack a few more days,” Stanton said Saturday. “By the end of next week, if (I) have a few good days we’ll make a decision.”
The Yankees are monitoring Stanton’s progress and will either activate him or have him participate in a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment.
“I don’t know that there’s downside (to Stanton playing rehab games) other than he’s a DH and just the level of things you’re able to replicate now really do speed that clock up,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “But that doesn’t mean we won’t have him go play … a game or two. We haven’t made that decision yet.”
Stanton, 34, is batting .246 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs in 69 games this season.
The 2017 National League MVP with the Miami Marlins, Stanton has sustained a variety of injuries since being traded to the Yankees before the 2018 season.
He has been sidelined by a strained left biceps, a right knee sprain, a strained left quadriceps, a strained right calf and left Achilles tendonitis. This is the third time Stanton has landed on the IL with a strained left hamstring.
Stanton was limited to a combined 41 games in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He is earning $32 million this season as part of the 13-year, $325 million deal with the Marlins on Nov. 17, 2014.
BLUE JAYS PLACE SS BO BICHETTE (CALF) ON 10-DAY IL
The Toronto Blue Jays placed shortstop Bo Bichette on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to a right calf strain.
In a corresponding move, the Blue Jays recalled outfielder/third baseman Addison Barger from Triple-A Buffalo.
Bichette, a two-time All-Star, was injured in Friday’s 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers while running to first base as he lined out to right field to end the sixth inning. He was 1-for-3 before exiting.
Leo Jimenez replaced Bichette at shortstop.
This is the third time Bichette has injured the right calf this season. Friday’s game marked his return from a four-game absence due to calf soreness.
Bichette, 26, spent time on the 10-day injured list in June due to his first calf injury. He missed nine games on that occasion.
“I just feel bad for him. It (stinks) for him and for us,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said after Friday’s game.
Bichette is batting a career-worst .223 this season. He has four homers and 30 RBIs in 79 games.
Barger, 24, went 9-for-60 (.150) with four RBIs and 18 strikeouts in 20 games earlier this season with the Blue Jays.
NHL NEWS
CANUCKS SIGN SPRONG TO 1-YEAR PACT
The Vancouver Canucks continued to make offseason additions to their roster, inking forward Daniel Sprong to a one-year contract, the club announced Saturday.
The deal is worth $975,000, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Sprong was an unrestricted free agent. He’s coming off a one-year, $2-million agreement signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 1, 2023.
The 27-year-old collected 18 goals and tied his career-high assist total (25) from two seasons ago while averaging exactly 12 minutes of ice time over 76 games with the Red Wings in 2023-24.
Sprong will be suiting up for his sixth team in nine campaigns. He established a personal best at the NHL level with 21 tallies while playing for the Seattle Kraken in 2022-23. Sprong has posted 14 goals in three separate seasons, and 13 in another.
He was the highest-scoring forward left in the UFA pool.
The Canucks inked Jake DeBrusk (another 27-year-old forward) to a seven-year, $38.5-million contract this past July 1. Vancouver also handed out two-year deals to forwards Danton Heinen and Kiefer Sherwood, as well as defenseman Vincent Desharnais that same day.
On Tuesday, the Canucks re-upped restricted free-agent goaltender Artus Silovs on a two-year pact of his own. They retained several other players earlier in the offseason, including Dakota Joshua (four years) and Tyler Myers (three) on June 27.
The day before that, Vancouver traded forwards Ilya Mikheyev and Sam Lafferty to the Chicago Blackhawks and re-signed Teddy Blueger for another two seasons. But the biggest deal the Canucks have handed out since their campaign came to a close was the eight-year, $58-million pact they gave top-pairing blue-liner Filip Hronek on June 18.
RED WINGS SIGN RFA JOE VELENO TO 2-YEAR CONTRACT
Restricted free agent forward Joe Veleno signed a two-year, $4.55 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
Veleno, 24, filed for salary arbitration on July 5. He recorded 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists) in 80 games last season while playing on a one-year deal worth $825,000.
Veleno has totaled 64 points (30 goals, 34 assists) in 232 career games since being selected by the Red Wings with the 30th overall pick of the 2018 NHL Draft.
RAYS PUT TOP HITTER YANDY DIAZ ON RESTRICTED LIST
The Tampa Bay Rays placed first baseman Yandy Diaz on the restricted list Saturday.
He did not accompany the team to New York in advance of Friday’s 6-1 loss to the Yankees, with manager Kevin Cash citing “a personal matter.”
“Probably leave it at that,” Cash said.
The Rays did not indicate how long they expect Diaz, their leadoff hitter, to be away from the team.
Diaz, who turns 33 next month, is second on the Rays with a .273 average. He leads the team with 104 hits. He has eight homers and 46 RBIs in 94 games.
He hit a club-record .330 last season to win the American League batting title.
In a corresponding move, the Rays called up infielder Curtis Mead from Triple-A Durham.
In 26 games with Tampa Bay earlier this season, Mead hit .218 with one homer and five RBIs.
AUTO RACING
BRICKYARD 400 GIVES DRIVERS ON BUBBLE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN AND MAKE IT IN TO THE PLAYOFFS
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chase Briscoe looks at the NASCAR schedule and sees five more chances to lock up a playoff spot.
He heads into the Brickyard 400 squarely on the bubble at No. 16 and fully aware of the stakes.
If he wins, he’s in. Anything less will only cause more consternation during the series’ two-week Olympic break, so the 29-year-old Briscoe won’t play it safe on his home track.
“We’re in that weird spot where we could potentially point our way in, but realistically, we probably have to win, which, at a place like this, I think is nice to know you’re in that must-win situation,” he said. “You can just get super aggressive with strategy. If we were 20 points off the cut line or something, we would probably have to play it a little more conservative.”
Briscoe certainly isn’t the only one facing this predicament. He’s one of six drivers sitting in playoff position with no wins this season, potentially putting their postseason hopes in jeopardy. Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace and Ty Gibbs are all among the group — and all will likely go all out to win one of the Cup’s crown jewel races.
Their strategies also could complicate matters for the group trying to stay up front.
Chase Elliott begins this weekend three points ahead of Kyle Larson. Tyler Reddick, the Brickyard pole winner, trails by just 15 points while Danny Hamlin is down 20 with William Byron sitting 57 points behind Elliott.
Each qualified among the top five Saturday. Hamlin starts on the outside of Reddick with the three Hendrick Motorsports teammates —- Elliott, Larson and Byron — lining up next.
While fans may be watching the unusually tight the regular-season title chase, Elliott, the 2020 Cup champ, just wants to steer clear of trouble and collect postseason points.
“I’m trying to run as good as you can, to accumulate as many points as possible and you know winning, that’s all that matters,” Elliott said. “The regular-season championship is really meaningless. It’s just points.”
But for those lining up behind the leaders, they need to take advantage of every remaining opportunity — adding points or getting a win — especially with the Brickyard returning to Indy’s 2.5-mile oval after three years on the 14-turn road course.
“We’ve got to figure out what we need to do to be better as a whole,” Wallace said after qualifying 17th.
The bottom line
Longtime driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. learned one lesson from last week’s final stage crash in Pocono: Follow the bottom line on restarts.
The 36-year-old driver was collected in a crash involving Kyle Busch and Corey Lajoie, ending what had been a promising race day. Stenhouse thought he was in ideal before the crash — racing on four fresh tires and taking the high line for what proved to be the final restart of the day.
He doesn’t intend to make the same mistake this weekend.
“Here, the track is obviously a lot narrower than at Pocono, so I think you’ll see people go three wide for sure,” Stenhouse said. “But I feel like between the corners and the way everything plays out, you can’t really go three wide so somebody’s going to have to give and generally it’s the car on top — unless they’re really confident.”
He may employ a similar strategy when racing resumes Aug. xx, too.
“You can’t say it’s the back of the field. I mean it’s happening on the front row, it’s happening all over the place,” Stenhouse said. “It’s just, it’s tough. It’s gotten to where, toward the end of each restart, I definitely might pick the bottom.”
Still upset
Busch held nothing back when he was asked about the LaJoie incident during Friday’s “Pat McAfee Show.” The two-time Cup champ called LaJoie a “liar” and promised “payback is coming.”
On Saturday, a still angry Busch toned down his comments.
“I don’t feel like I’m being backed into a corner where I have to respond,” said Busch, a two-time Brickyard winner. “Just racing’s racing and stuff happens.”
LaJoie will start 19th in the 39-car field. Busch qualified 34th.
Odds and ends
Reddick is the BETMGM Sportsbook favorite to win Sunday.
TYLER REDDICK SNAGS POLE POSITION FOR RETURN TO INDIANAPOLIS OVAL
SPEEDWAY, Ind.–Indianapolis Grand Prix Course or traditional oval — when it comes to speed, it’s all the same to Tyler Reddick.
Fastest in both rounds of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on Saturday, Reddick will lead the field to green in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 presented by PPG (2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, IMS Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Sunday’s race marks both the 30th anniversary of the inaugural Brickyard 400 and the first time the Cup Series will race on the 2.5-mile “big track” since 2020.
In the intervening three years, NASCAR raced on the Grand Prix Course, and in 2022 — the first season for the Gen 7 Cup race car — Reddick won from the pole on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.
The last driver to make a qualifying run in the final round of Saturday’s time trials, Reddick will start from the top spot in his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota after knocking Chase Elliott off the provisional pole by 0.044 seconds.
Despite negotiating Turn 1 in less-than-perfect fashion, Reddick covered the 2.5-mile distance in 49.460 seconds (181.932 mph) to edge the Hendrick Motorsports driver (181.803 mph) for the top starting spot.
The Busch Light Pole Award was Reddick’s second of the season and the eighth of his career.
“In Round 2, I knew what the target lap time was,” said Reddick, who ran 182.637 mph (49.278 seconds) in the opening round. “I did not feel great about my Turn 1, but the rest of the lap was really, really stout.
“It’s just really cool. I’ve been really fortunate to come here and have a lot of speed on the road course. It’s great to be back on the oval here and have that speed again. I’m excited for (Sunday). We’re going to have an awesome opportunity with pit selection, and obviously, our Toyota Camry is really fast.”
Because the field is ordered — the front row excepted — with Group A drivers on the outside row and Group B drivers on the inside, Reddick will start next to his car owner, Denny Hamlin, the Group A driver who posted the fastest final-round lap at 181.492 mph.
Elliott will start from the inside of the second row beside teammate William Byron (180.155 mph).
The remaining starting spots in the top 10 were filled, respectively, by Kyle Larson (who also started fifth in the Indianapolis 500), Ty Gibbs, Ryan Blaney, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and John Hunter Nemechek.
Stenhouse advanced to the final round of qualifying for the first time this year. Nemechek made the top 10 for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500, where he also started 10th.
Ross Chastain, the last driver currently in a Playoff-eligible position on points (27 ahead of Bubba Wallace), qualified 28th to Wallace’s 17th. There are five races left before the 16-driver Playoff field is set at Darlington Raceway.
COLE CUSTER RETURNING TO NASCAR CUP SERIES IN 2025
Cole Custer is returning to the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025, piloting the Haas Factory Team’s No. 41 Ford Mustang.
The 26-year-old made the announcement Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he will drive in the Xfinity Series race for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Custer drove for Stewart-Haas Racing from 2020-22, winning once, but struggled and was sent to the Xfinity Series in 2023. He won the title last year and leads the points standings this season.
Custer got his first win of 2024 last week at Pocono.
Stewart-Haas Racing is shutting down at the end of 2024, but team co-owner Gene Haas is rebooting with his new team. In a statement Saturday, Haas said Custer was the right driver for the Haas Factory Team.
“He just wins, and he’s proven that repeatedly,” Haas said of Custer in a team news release. “On his way to winning the Xfinity Series championship last year, Cole really carved out an identity for himself, on the track and off. He brings home trophies and he races people clean. He’s earned a lot of respect from his peers, and he’s a genuine personality whose hard work resonates with our customers.
“The NASCAR Cup Series is tough, but Cole is coming back wiser and tougher. We’re very happy to have him in our colors and in our race car.”
Custer said he was happy, too.
“I’ve grown up with Haas Automation, and having their name on my fire suit is something I take a tremendous amount of pride in. I’m driven to win for Gene and everyone at Haas Automation because they’ve been such a big part of my career,” Custer said. “Haas Factory Team will essentially be a new race team next year, and it’s going to take all of us to build it into an organization that can go out and win races. I want this opportunity and I’m ready for this challenge.”
DARING PASS ON FINAL LAP SENDS RILEY HERBST TO VICTORY LANE IN XFINITY SERIES RACE AT INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Riley Herbst bumped his way past Aric Almirola coming through the final turn Saturday, then held off hard-charging teammate Cole Custer to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Pennzoil 250.
Herbst’s second career victory came by 0.167 seconds and gave Stewart-Haas Racing a second straight win. He also won on his home track in Las Vegas in October.
This time, though, Herbst spent three turns chasing down Almirola on the final lap before finally getting close enough to tap Almirola with his front bumper, dart to the inside and passed him for the lead with Herbst’s car sliding.
Custer finished second after reaching victory lane for the first time this season last week at Pocono. Almirola was third, also getting passed by Custer passed him on the inside of the front straightaway before reaching Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s yard of bricks.
The race was run on Indy’s 2.5-mile oval for the first time since moving to the speedway’s 14-turn road course in 2019.
COLTON HERTA TAKES POLE FOR INDYCAR STREET RACE IN TORONTO
TORONTO (AP) — Colton Herta took the IndyCar pole position Saturday on the Exhibition Place street course, turning a lap at 59.5431 seconds.
Trying to win for the first time this season, the Andretti Global driver will start alongside Andretti teammate Kyle Kirkwood on Sunday, Kirwood had a lap at 59.6375. Meyer Shank’s Felix Rosenqvist was third at 59.8252.
Points leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing will start 18th after being penalized for interference during the first qualifying segment.
“I do not agree, but it is what it is,” Palou said. “It doesn’t help for sure. As long as we have a fast car with me tomorrow, it’s frustrating, but it is what it is.”
Defending champion Christian Lundgaard and four-time champion Scott Dixon failed to get out of the first round of qualifying.
A broken right thumb knocked out Arrow McLaren driver Alexander Rossi, giving Frenchman Theo Pourchaire his sixth start of the season.
Rossi was injured in practice Friday when his car hit a tire barrier and then skidded into a concrete wall. Pourchaire arrived at Toronto’s Pearson Airport less than two hours before the qualifying, then ran a lap of 1:01.6071 in the No. 7 Chevrolet. He will start 26th.
The race will be the first street event for the hybrid powertrains introduced two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio.
BOXING NEWS
JAKE PAUL TKOS MIKE PERRY IN 6TH ROUND OF BOXING MATCH
Jake Paul defeated former UFC fighter Mike Perry via TKO at the 1:12 mark of the sixth round in a boxing match Saturday at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
Paul dropped Perry three times in total, first in the opening round, then in the second, and finally in the sixth. In setting up the finish, Paul wobbled Perry with an overhand left and landed a barrage of punches against the ropes that put Perry on the canvas. Perry returned to his feet but the referee waved off the fight after seeing Perry wobble.
Paul was mostly in control from start to finish, using his jab to punish Perry and his movement to avoid many of Perry’s biggest shots. Perry came alive for a brief period in Round 3, getting Paul’s attention with punches to the head, but Paul returned to being dominant in Round 4 up until the TKO victory.
Now, Paul will look ahead to a blockbuster boxing match against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. It is scheduled for Nov. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and will stream on Netflix. Paul was initially slated to face Tyson on July 20, but Tyson withdrew in May due to a medical issue. In lieu of that matchup, Most Valuable Promotions booked Paul-Perry on a month’s notice.
Though Tyson is next for Paul, the YouTube star turned prizefighter also set his sights on UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
“Alex Pereira, you said you want to box,” Paul said in his postfight interview. “I’m the king of this. Come over, we can make it happen. I want you, Alex Pereira. … I just beat a BKFC champion, I’ve beaten multiple UFC champions. He said he wants to box, so Alex Pereira, after Mike Tyson, let’s make it happen.”
Paul’s win over Perry lifted his pro boxing record to 10-1 with seven knockouts. Paul is now riding a four-fight winning streak and has won his last three inside the distance.
Perry, a former UFC welterweight who now competes in bare-knuckle fighting under the BKFC banner, was making his pro boxing debut. He credited Paul for his slick boxing.
“I was trying to roll with the punches and hit your ass back,” Perry said to Paul afterward. “You did a great job. You were way too fast for me and I couldn’t adjust.”
This was Perry’s first combat sports defeat since his final UFC appearance in 2021. “Platinum” made his BKFC debut in early 2022 and has emerged as the face of the promotion, winning five straight against the likes of former UFC champions Luke Rockhold and Eddie Alvarez.
Both Paul and Perry said they would entertain a rematch under either MMA or BKFC rules down the road.
“Yeah, it’d be fun,” Paul said of a second fight against Perry. “I’m down for it all. I love combat. I love going to war. This is what I was destined for. And in two years, I will be the cruiserweight champion of the f—–g world.”
OLYMPIC NEWS
LYLES WARMS UP FOR OLYMPICS BY SETTING PB OF 9.81 SECONDS TO WIN 100 IN LONDON
LONDON (AP) — Heading into the Paris Olympics, Noah Lyles has never been faster.
The American world champion warmed up for the Paris Games by setting a personal best in the 100 meters at Saturday’s Diamond League meet in London, clocking 9.81 seconds to beat a strong field in the last major meet before the Olympics.
Lyles trailed his rivals at the start before powering past the field over the last 50 meters. Akani Simbine of South Africa was second in 9.86 and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana was third in 9.88, with the top five finishers all breaking the 10-second mark.
“I could have had a better start. I’ve been having a lot better starts in practice,” Lyles said. “I wanted to drop under 9.80, but I’ll take a PR every day of the week.”
Lyles’ previous best was the 9.83 he clocked at last year’s world championships in Budapest — where he won the 100, 200 and the 4×100 relay — and then matched in the U.S. Olympic trials last month.
Saturday’s result further underlines him as the favorite for the gold medal in Paris, where he can cement his status as the world’s fastest man.
And Lyles isn’t shy about his goal at the Olympics.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
GAME REWIND: PACERS 93, CAVALIERS 100 (SUMMER LEAGUE)
The 2024 Las Vegas Summer League has come to a close for the Indiana Pacers.
Indiana wrapped up its schedule in Sin City on Saturday with a 100-93 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the loss, the Pacers finished 1-4 in the annual 30-team competition.
The Pacers looked much different in their final game from a personnel standpoint.
Indiana rolled out a new starting five against the Cavs, as second-year Pacers Ben Sheppard and Jarace Walker as well as 2024 34th overall draft pick Johnny Furphy didn’t dress for the game. Indiana’s 49th and 50th picks from 2024, Tristen Newton and Enrique Freeman, started instead, along with third-year Pacer Kendall Brown.
Walker, the eighth overall pick in 2023, finished his Summer League campaign averaging 18 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. Indiana hopes Walker, 20, can become a regular fixture in the Pacers’ rotation this upcoming season.
Indiana’s final game in Las Vegas was close from start to finish, featuring 20 ties and 12 lead changes. Cleveland outshot Indiana 52.1 to 43.4 percent from the floor and made 11 3-pointers to Indiana’s five makes from deep, including a dagger in the final 30 seconds of play.
Despite the loss, Indiana two-way guard Quenton Jackson shined against the Cavs, scoring 22 points on 9-for-12 shooting, while Newton had his best game as a pro with 18 points and six rebounds. Oscar Tshiebwe, the reigning G League Rookie of the Year, logged 17 points and six rebounds for the Blue & Gold.
“I think today, with us down a few guys, I think it just kind of opened up a role for me to kind of just come in and be me,” Jackson said. “I just kind of turned it up a little bit more offensively. We didn’t get the (win), but I think the process that we took, and the steps that we took as a team, over these two weeks is amazing…Overall a successful Summer League.”
Cleveland rookie Jaylon Tyson, the 20th overall pick from California, led all scorers with 23 points. After Tyson, Cleveland’s Darius Brown had 19 points on five made 3-pointers off the bench, and Pete Nance, son of three-time All-Star and 1984 Slam Dunk Contest champ Larry Nance, posted 16 points and eight rebounds.
Tshiebwe collected 10 points and five rebounds in the first half for the Pacers, and Newton recorded nine points, but the teams tied at 38 at halftime. Tyson led all scorers with 11 points at the break.
Despite six points and four rebounds from Tshiebwe in the first quarter, the Pacers shot just 36.4 percent as a team to trail the Cavs 22-18.
After an early 7-0 run put the Pacers up by five, the Cavs used a 15-4 burst in the final 5:22 of the first quarter to go back in front.
The Pacers chipped away in the second quarter until an 8-2 scoring string down the final stretch of the half, where Tshiebwe scored on back-to-back baskets, tied the game at 38 going into intermission.
Indiana made five of its first six shots of the third quarter to go on a 9-2 run, which included Jackson throwing down possibly the dunk of the summer on a one-handed alley-oop, to lead 49-44 with 6:39 left in the period.
The Cavs answered with an 11-2 run, and in the final 3:32 neither team led by more than a possession. A buzzer-beating putback by Brown gave Cleveland a 65-64 lead.
In the final 10 minutes, the teams tied the score seven times. Brown scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, going 3-for-5 from 3-point range, while Jackson scored as many points for the Pacers in the final frame.
It was a one-possession game for most of the fourth quarter, but after tying at 83 midway through the final frame, the Cavs made a trio of 3-pointers to lead 94-89 with 1:43 left.
Free throws by Newton and a layup from Freeman cut it to 95-93, but a three from Nance at the top of the key with 24 seconds left created enough of a cushion for the Cavs in the final moments.
Pacers Summer League coach Jannero Pargo said all of the players showed improvement in different areas as they learned the team’s fast-paced system, and highlighted Newton’s performance in the final game.
“Tristen Newton, tremendous gains from game one to game five,” Pargo said. “Understanding the offense more, playing more confident, being able to call plays and run our sets and be comfortable out there. I think he has done a tremendous job in his growth during Summer League.”
Indiana will use the Summer League results to help shape its 2024-2025 roster. After re-signing Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin this summer and adding former No. 1 overall pick James Wiseman, the Pacers still have three open spots on their 15-man roster.
While the Blue & Gold will not face outside competition again until the NBA preseason in October, Pacers All-NBA point guard Tyrese Haliburton will play for Team USA at the Paris Olympics this summer. The Olympics Opening Ceremony is scheduled for July 26, and Team USA will play its first game on July 28 against Serbia.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
BEER CONTINUES HOT STREAK AS INDIANS FALL SHORT, 7-4
PAPILLION, Neb. – Seth Beer stayed hot while bashing a solo home run in the fifth inning, but the Omaha Storm Chasers rallied behind a grand slam to slide past the Indianapolis Indians 7-4 on Saturday night at Werner Park.
With the Indians (7-11, 40-51) leading 4-2 in the sixth after an Alika Williams double, Beer’s solo blast and back-to-back RBI singles from Henry Davis and Jake Lamb, the Storm Chasers (11-9, 60-33) responded in grand fashion. In the bottom half of the inning, Rodolfo Durán crushed a grand slam off Ryan Borucki (L, 1-1) to put Omaha out in front.
The Storm Chasers capped their scoring in the eighth after Brian O’Keefe smacked a solo blast for Omaha’s final run of the contest.
Omaha starter Chandler Champlain punched out three Indians batters while allowing four earned runs across 5.0 innings. Walter Pennington (W, 6-3) tossed a scoreless 1.2 innings and Evan Sisk (S, 5) pitched a clean inning to close the door on the action. The Storm Chasers relievers combined for 4.0 innings with two strikeouts.
Beer extended his hitting streak to six games and has now hit safely in 12 of his last 13.
Jake Woodford yielded two earned runs on four hits with a strikeout before the bullpen took over in the sixth. Borucki, Justin Bruihl and Fineas Del Bonta-Smith tossed a combined 3.0 innings with four strikeouts in the loss.
The Indians and Storm Chasers continue their three-game series on Sunday evening at 6:05 PM ET. RHP Luis Cessa (3-4, 4.61) will take the bump for Indy against LHP Daniel Lynch IV (6-0, 3.89).
INDY ELEVEN
RECAP – IND 0:2 TBR
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, July 20, 2024) – Indy Eleven fell, 2-0, at home on Saturday evening to USL Championship Eastern Conference foe Tampa Bay Rowdies. Indy entered the evening just one point behind Tampa Bay in the standings and now sits at 9-6-4, while Tampa Bay improves to 10-4-5.
The Boys in Blue fell into a first-half deficit as Tampa Bay capitalized on five shots on frame led by a 36th minute goal from Cal Jennings off a Lewis Hilton assist. Indy registered four shots in the half, including a pair on frame.
The visitors doubled the score in the 80th minute off an unassisted tally from Damian Rivera.
Romario Williams led Indy with four shots, while Cam Lindley added a pair. Defensively, Josh O’Brien had a game-high five tackles won and 10 clearances, while Hunter Sulte registered a season-best eight saves.
Indy Eleven hits the road for a pair of Friday matchups, first at FC Tulsa (July 26) followed by the second meeting of the season with Charleston Battery (Aug. 2). The Boys in Blue return home Wednesday, August 7 against Rhode Island FC. 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.
Indy Eleven 0:2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Saturday, July 20, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis
2024 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 9-6-4 (+3), 31 pts
Tampa Bay Rowdies: 10-4-5 (+15), 35 pts
Scoring Summary
TBR – Cal Jennings (Lewis Hilton) 36’
TBR – Damian Rivera 80’
Discipline Summary
TBR – Danny Crisostomo (caution) 13’
IND – Laurence Wootton (caution) 33’
Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, Adrian Diz Pe, Josh O’Brien, Benjamin Ofeimu (Logan Neidlinger 82’), Aedan Stanley, Laurence Wootton (Tyler Gibson 65’), Cam Lindley (captain), Douglas Martinez, Romario Williams, Augi Williams (Ben Mines 65’), Sebastian Guenzatti (Elliot Collier 65’)
Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl, Karsen Henderlong, Maverick McCoy, Callum Chapman-Page
Tampa Bay Rodies line-up: Jordan Farr, Lewis Hilton, Manuel Arteaga, Daniel Crisostomo (Nathan Worth 76’), Frederick Kleemann, Jordan Doherty, Eddie Munjoma, Cal Jennings (Damian Rivera 75’), Pacifique Niyongabire, Aaron Guillen, Joshua Perez (Blake Bodily 75’)
Tampa Bay Subs: Philip Breno, Joseph Dezart, Zane Bubb
INDIANA FEVER
GAME RECAP: BOSTON, CLARK, MITCHELL, TEAM WNBA DEFEAT TEAM USA IN 2024 WNBA ALL-STAR GAME
PHOENIX – In the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, Team WNBA prevailed against the USA Women’s National Team, 117-109, as Fever players Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell combined for 21 points and 12 assists on Saturday night at Footprint Center.
In 14 minutes of playing time, Mitchell recorded 13 points, nine of which came from the third quarter, two steals and one assist in her second-consecutive WNBA All-Star appearance. With roughly three minutes left in the third quarter, Mitchell hit a 3-point field goal to put Team WNBA ahead, 72-65, followed with a made layup as she ran down the floor in transition, fueling her team’s 17-7 run. As the final seconds of the third quarter ticked down, Mitchell made a buzzer-beater field goal, keeping her team in the lead, 88-79.
In her WNBA All-Star debut, Clark became only the third rookie in franchise history to start an All-Star Game, joining Tamika Catchings (2002) and Boston (2023). In Clark’s 26 minutes of play, she tied the second most assists recorded in a WNBA All-Star Game with a game-high 10 assists, five of which came from the second quarter alone, along with four points and two steals. In her second-consecutive All-Star Game, Boston came off the bench and tallied four points, two rebounds and one assist.
Team WNBA led by as much as 20 points, 106-86, at the midway point in the final quarter. They outscored Team USA in bench points, 54-37; paint points, 52-50; and fastbreak points, 16-10.
Dallas Wings guard and Team WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale was crowned the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game MVP after recording a WNBA All-Star record for most points scored in a game with 34, all of which came from the second half.
UP NEXT
The Indiana Fever return to action on Friday, August 16 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse against the Phoenix Mercury.
INDIANA SOFTBALL
DRUMMOND NAMED NFCA FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN AND 2024 NEW BALANCE/GOLDEN SHOE AWARD WINNER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Incoming Indiana freshman Peyton Drummond was announced as a First Team All-American and 2024 New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe Award recipient by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) on Friday.
Drummond, a Floyds Knobs, Ind. native, was one of 13 high school prospects in the country to earn First Team All-American honors and was one of 39 players nationally to earn any All-American status.
By being an NFCA All-American, Drummond also notched her second career NFCA All-Region accolade, earning the honor as a junior in 2023, as well.
She earned the Golden Shoe award from her outstanding work on the base paths. Drummond swiped 60 bases in 64 attempts and finished her career with 181 stolen bases, the second most in Indiana high school history.
Drummond, an outfielder, also batted .563 at the plate with 67 hits, 50 runs scored and 34 RBI in her senior campaign at Floyd Central High School.
In her time at Floyd Central, Drummond and the Highlanders won two sectional championships in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. She was a four-year letterwinner at Floyd Central and also lettered in indoor track.
Additionally, she was a three-time All-Conference and All-State honoree from 2022-2024. The Floyds Knobs native also recently represented the South team in the 2024 Indiana High School North/South All-Star Classic.
Drummond will arrive in Bloomington this August and join seven other incoming freshmen.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
ALL GOOD DAWGS OPENS 2024 TBT WITH 90-67 WIN
Butler’s All Good Dawgs team posted a convincing 90-67 win in the opening round of the 2024 TBT. AGD knocked off Fail Harder at Hinkle Fieldhouse in front of a very pro-Butler crowd.
AGD led 26-19 after the first quarter and held a nine-point advantage entering the fourth period. The team comprised mainly of Butler alumni then out-scored their opponents, 16-6, to open the quarter before the clock was turned off for the TBT’s trademark Elam Ending. AGD scored the necessary eight points to seal the 90-67 victory.
Sean McDermott led the way for All Good Dawgs, scoring 26 points on 11-for-16 shooting. Shelvin Mack added 15 points. A total of five players on AGD reached double figures as McDermott and Mack were joined by Paul Jorgensen (13), Bo Hodges (13) and Osayi Osifo (10). The team shot 52 percent from the field, including 9-for-22 from three-point range (41 percent).
All Good Dawgs advances to play Eberlein Drive, a team that defeated Team Arkansas earlier in the day Friday. AGD and Eberlein will play Sunday night at 6 p.m. Tickets are available for the game at Hinkle Fieldhouse, which will also air on FS1.
VINCENNES VOLLEYBALL
VUVB TRAILBLAZERS CLOSE OUT 2024 RECRUITING CLASS WITH ADDITION OF KAREN KODI
VINCENNES, Ind. – The three-time defending Region 24 Champion Vincennes University volleyball team picked up another big addition this week to close out their 2024 recruiting class with the addition of outside hitter Karen Kodi.
Kodi is a five-foot 11 outside hitter that comes to Vincennes University from West Carrollton High School just outside of Dayton, Ohio.
“We needed to recruit pins,” VUVB Head Coach Gary Sien said. “We graduated several from last year’s team. We have a lot of middles returning, but it was definitely a priority after losing that many outsides and right sides, the pins were really a priority in recruiting.”
“The thing that I like about Karen is that she can hit on either side,” Sien added. “She does play six rotations. We’re always looking for six rotation players. I just really like the way she plays. She plays with an attitude and I like the way that she carries herself on the court. She has a real presence on the court and if we do end up using her on the left side, you need to have that. You have to go up there with the mentality of getting a good swing on the ball and not making an error because the sets are coming from all over the court.”
“We will have a tough competition to replace our two outsides from last year,” Sien said. “We had two outsides that were six rotation players for two years. To have both of them gone, it’s been a few years since we’ve had to replace both at the same time. How tough it’s going to be to replace those two is a big compliment to both Audrey Buis and Paige Parlanti for their consistency and their leadership.”
“We’re not just looking to replace the positional skills, but we are also replacing the intangibles too,” Sien added. “Not that they have to step up right away and be a leader from day one, but that wouldn’t hurt either. We are looking for Karen to definitely be in that mix, possibly on the left side or the right side depending on who goes where.”
Kodi had a stellar senior season for the Pirates last year, finishing with 221 kills, 393 digs, 95 aces and 43 blocks while also finishing with a .380 hitting percentage.
Kodi was named the Team MVP last season for West Carrollton High School and was also an Honorable Mention for the 2023 All-Miami Valley League team.
Kodi also spent time playing for the Western Buckeye Volleyball Club in Fairfield, Ohio just outside of Cincinnati.
“Karen is going to a program where she can be a major contributor to the team’s success and to a team where she can be a star,” Kodi’s High School Coach Rob Hays said. “Karen is the best athlete I have ever coached. She works hard and plays harder. She makes any team instantly better.”
Kodi’s addition closes out the 2024 recruiting class for the Trailblazers as the VUVB team begins to set their sites on the first day of official practice on Aug. 1, the first scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 10 ta St. Mary-of-the-Woods and the start of the 2024 regular season Friday, Aug. 23 when VU hosts Region 24 opponent Wabash Valley College at 7 p.m. eastern.
The Vincennes University Athletic Department is excited to welcome Karen Kodi to the 2024 Trailblazer recruiting class.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
46 – 12 – 43 – 27 – 9
July 21, 1956 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence, Number 46 suffered a loss after 13 straight victories on the mound.
July 21, 1959 – The last of the MLB teams have movement toward racial integration. The Boston Red Sox signed Pumpsie Green, Number 12 to their roster and played him in a game.
July 21, 1970 – San Diego’s Number 43, Clay Kirby had a whale of day on the mound. The Padre hurler had a no-hitter going for 8 innings, but sadly was sent to the bench for a pinch hitter to fill his spot to try and manufacture some runs. Reliever Jack Baldschun, wearing Number 27, entered in the 9th in relief however he gave up 3 hits and the Padres lost the contest by the score of, 3-0.
July 21, 1973 – The Atlanta Braves Hammerin’ Hank Aaron, wearing his famous Number 44 jersey drives a Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett’s fastball out of the Atlanta ball park for his 700th career homerun.
July 21, 1975 – It was a game of fours. New York Mets hitter, veteran 2nd baseman, Félix Millán, Number 17 had 4 singles in the contest however these were balanced out by erased by Joe Torre’s (Number 9) 4 double plays that he hit into against the Houston Astros in a game where Houston triumphed 6-2. Torres quote in the Tampa Bay Times after the game, “When I retire I’m gonna buy a shortstop and put him in my den. At night, when I’m lonely, I’m gonna go down there and hit grounders to him.” Millán happened to be the man on base in each of those double plays.
July 21, 1991 – Great honor was bestowed upon some baseball legends. Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck were all elected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
FOOTBALL HISTORY
The Chicago Charities College All Star games also known as the College All Star Football Classic was a preseason exhibition game that pitted the previous years season’s NFL champion against a roster of All Star college players from the year prior. The lone exception of having the NFL champ play took place in its inaugral 1934 game when the NFL runner up Chicago Bears played in the contest. The game was played from 1934 until 1976, skipping only in 1974 due to the NFL strike. At its on set the proceeds of the game benefitted the charities of the Chicago area and was almost always played at Soldier Field in the Windy City, with the exception of 1943 and 1944 when it was hosted by Northwestern University at Dyche Field.
A Newspapers.com supplied July 24, 1934 edition of the Austin American gives us an in depth look at how the team that would play the Bears in that inagural charity game to be played on August 31, 1934. The article says that as of July 24 the vote for college players and a coach to lead them were still in the works. Early ticket sales indicated that nearly 100,000 people were expected for attendance according to the United Press. That figure may have been inflated to draw attention for the event as with the benefit of hindsite the attendance was listed at 79,432 that witnessed the 0-0 tie between the Bears and the All-Stars.
This brilliant concept of exhibition was the product of Arch Ward, the editor of the Chicago Tribune and creator of the MLB All star Game. Speaking of Arch Ward, what an intersting figure in sports history this guy was! Ward according to Brittanica.com initiated the Major Legue Baseball All-Star game in 1933, this football All-Star game in 1934, the Golden Gloves Boxing competition in 1926. Arch is also received credit as one of the orchestrators of the All American Football Conference that started in 1946 and eventually had three teams; the Browns, 49ers and Colts, merge into the NFL.
In the 42 games played the College All Stars in fact won 9 of them and the game ended with tied score twice with 31 victories going to the favored NFL champs.
2020 Preseason Games
July 22, 2020 – In a precautionary measure to prevent players, coaches and other personnel from the spread of COVID-19, the NFL cancelled all Preseason contests for the 2020 season.
Hall of Fame Birthday for July 21
July 21, 1912 – El Campo, Texas – Bill Wallace was a halfback from Rice University from the seasons of 1932, 1934 and 1935 was born. According to the National Football Foundation the modern fans can’t possibly imagine the incredible talents of Wallace. This man in track and field was an highly talented and regarded sprinter and hurdler, on the gridiron, he was an elusive ballcarrier as well as an extremely accurate passer, a precision punter and a talented safety. In the 1934 Texas game without using his rushing skills he showed everyone that they could be used as a deterrent to unleash the rest of his skillful arsenal. Bill pinpointed punts three dead just short of the goal line, one even from 70 yards out. On two others in that game he punted out of bounds inside the ten-yard line pinning the Longhorns deep. Time after time he circled to the left drawing the Texas secondary out of position to leave their coverage and rush towards the line of scrimmage to stop him. Then, with only three minutes to go and Texas in the lead he circled left again, but instead of advancing, he promptly stopped and fired a long left-handed pass far across the field. End Ray Smith, with no defender even close to him, hauled in the pass and crossed the goal line, putting Rice ahead. After an interception, Rice scored again as the game ended in victory, but Wallace wasn’t through yet with the Rice cause. A fan tried to make off with the ball from the point-after kick after that final score. Wallace flew after him, busting through the interference of 20 or 30 spectators. Bill sent them all realing and returned to the field with the game ball to celebrate the victory. Wallace was also Rice’s initial first team All-America selection.The collegiate career story of Bill Wallace was entered into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
July 21
1921 — The Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees combined for an AL record 16 doubles in the Indians’ 17-8 victory. Cleveland had nine doubles and New York seven.
1945 — The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics played 24 innings in a 1-1 tie. Les Mueller pitched 19 2-3 innings for the Tigers.
1956 — Brooks Lawrence of the Cincinnati Reds had his 13-game winning streak broken when Roberto Clemente’s three-run homer led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory.
1970 — San Diego’s Clay Kirby held the New York Mets hitless for eight innings but was lifted for a pinch hitter by manager Preston Gomez. With the Padres trailing 1-0 with two out in the eighth, Gomez elected to go for the win instead of letting Kirby finish. The Padres lost the no-hitter and the game, 3-0.
1973 — Hank Aaron of Atlanta hit his 700th home run in the third inning of an 8-4 Braves loss to Philadelphia. Aaron connected on a 1-1 fastball off Phillies pitcher Ken Brett.
1975 — Joe Torre of the New York Mets grounded into four double plays in a 6-2 loss to the Houston Astros. Felix Millan had four singles but was wiped out each time by Torre.
2001 — In their highest-scoring game in 58 years, the Los Angeles Dodgers routed Colorado 22-7. The 22 runs were the most scored by the Dodgers since Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 23-6 on July 10, 1943, at Ebbets Field.
2006 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to reach 450 home runs when he homered in the New York Yankees’ 7-3 loss to Toronto. Rodriguez also got his 2,000th career hit.
2007 — Jamie Moyer and David Wells face off. The two combine for 88 years and 307 days of age, making it the second-oldest matchup of starting pitchers in major league history. The only older duel was between Don Sutton and Phil Niekro in June of 1987.
2008 — Detroit’s 19-4 victory at Kansas City marked the third time this season the Tigers scored 19 runs. The Boston Red Sox were the last team to accomplish that feat, scoring 19 or more four times in 1950. Detroit beat Texas 19-6 on April 23 and Minnesota 19-3 on May 24.
2015 — Shin-Soo Choo hit for the cycle, leading the Texas Rangers past the Colorado Rockies 9-0. Choo, who had three RBIs, doubled in the second inning, homered in the fourth and singled in the fifth. He completed the cycle with a triple to center to start the ninth.
2019 — The 2019 Hall of Fame Class is inducted in Cooperstown, NY, with six former players being honored: Harold Baines, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith. All are present, save for Halladay, who passed away in a plane crash in 2017 and, who is represented by his wife, Brandy. Rivera, the first player to be elected unanimously to the Hall, gets the honor of speaking last, befitting his status as the greatest closer in history.
2021 — Eddy Alvarez is named one of two flag-bearers for Team USA at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that will take place in two days – after a full year’s delay. A member of the U.S. baseball team, Alvarez previously won an Olympic medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating and is vying to become one of the few athletes ever to win medals in both a summer and a winter Olympics. Sue Bird, a member of the women’s basketball team, will join him as a flag-bearer.
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July 22
1905 — Weldon Henley of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a no-hitter, defeating the St. Louis Browns 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the highlight of Henley’s 4-11 season.
1906 — Bob Ewing pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies without a single assist by teammates.
1923 — Washington’s Walter Johnson struck out opposing pitcher Stan Coveleski for his 3,000th career strikeout. The Big Train, the first player in MLB history to reach 3,000 strikeouts, struck out five and allowed one run to give the Senators a 3-1 win over Cleveland.
1926 — Cincinnati had four triples in an 11-run second inning as the Reds beat the Boston Braves, 13-1. Curt Walker hit two in the inning to tie an NL record for most triples in an inning.
1932 — Philadelphia’s Mickey Cochrane hit for the cycle and drove in four runs to lead the Athletics to an 8-4 win over the Washington Senators.
1962 — Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox had six singles in six at-bats in a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
1964 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell hit for the cycle, drove in three runs and scored four times in the Pirates’ 13-2 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals.
1967 — The Atlanta Braves used a major league record five pitchers in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The pitchers were Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw.
1997 — Atlanta’s Greg Maddux turned in a masterful pitching performance, using 76 pitches in a complete game 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2000 — Seattle’s 13-5 win over Texas was interrupted for 54 minutes when a rainstorm drenched fans at Safeco Field and the $517.6 million stadium’s roof wouldn’t close because of a computer problem. The roof finally began closing about 20 minutes later.
2006 — Alfonso Soriano had three doubles, a triple and scored two runs to lead Washington to a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2012 — Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging Oakland Athletics rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees 5-4 and complete a four-game sweep. The Yankees had not been swept in a four-game series since May 2003 against Toronto.
2013 — Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, was suspended for the rest of the season and the postseason, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs. The Milwaukee Brewers star accepted the 65-game ban, 15 games more than the one he avoided last year when an arbitrator overturned his positive test for elevated testosterone because the urine sample had been improperly handled.
2014 — The Minnesota Twins turn a triple play against the Yankees.
2022 — In their first game after the All-Star break, the Blue Jays set a team record for runs in a 28 – 5 beatdown of the Red Sox.
July 23
1925 — Lou Gehrig hit the first of his major league record 23 grand slam homers as the New York Yankees posted an 11-7 triumph over the Washington Senators.
1930 — Pie Traynor won both ends of a doubleheader for the Pittsburgh Pirates with home runs. In the first game, Traynor homered in the ninth and in the second game, he connected in the 13th.
1944 — Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs hit four home runs in a doubleheader split with the New York Giants. Nicholson hit a home run in the opener, which the Cubs won 7-4. He hit three straight in the second game, but the Giants won 12-10. In that game, Nicholson was walked with the bases loaded in the seventh inning.
1955 — Bob Cerv and Elston Howard of the New York Yankess hit consecutive pinch-hit home runs to force extra innings against Kansas City. The Athletics won 8-7 in the 11th inning on Hector Lopez’s RBI-single. Trailing 7-5 entering the top of the ninth, Cerv batted for pitcher Tommy Byrne and homered of Alex Kellner. Tom Gorman replaced Kellner and Howard, hitting for Irv Noren, tied the game.
1964 — Bert Campaneris of Kansas City hit two home runs in his first major league game. He homered on the first pitch off Minnesota’s Jim Kaat, and then connected again in the seventh to lift the Athletics to a 4-3 win.
1974 — Write-in starter Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers singled and doubled to lead the NL to a 7-2 victory over the AL in the All-Star game at Pittsburgh.
1985 — Oddibe McDowell became the first player in Texas Rangers history to hit for the cycle in an 8-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
2000 — Ryan Klesko hit a game-tying solo homer in the ninth inning and a two-run shot in the 10th to lift San Diego over Colorado 6-4.
2009 — Mark Buehrle pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history, a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay. It was the first since Randy Johnson’s on May 18, 2004. Buehrle threw 76 of 116 pitches for strikes and fanned six in his second no-hitter — the first coming on April 18, 2007, against Texas.
2011 — The Red Sox extend Seattle’s losing streak to 14 games, tied for the longest in team history, with a 3 – 1 win at Fenway Park which is also Terry Francona’s 1000th as Sox manager. Josh Beckett is the winner.
2014 — Padres OF Cameron Maybin is handed a 25-game suspension for testing positive for amphetamines; he is the first major leaguer suspended for PED use this season.
2016 — Trevor Story hit two home runs to set an NL rookie record for shortstops and Colorado beat Atlanta 8-4. Story had four hits including his 25th and 26th homers to pass his mentor, Troy Tulowitzki, who had 24 for the Rockies in 2007. Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox set the major league record for shortstops with 30 in 1997.
2020 — CommissionerRob Manfred springs a surprise on everyone as he announces a modified postseason format for this year only. There will be eight teams participating from each league: the two teams with the best records in each division, and the ones with the two next best records in the league. The teams will be seeded one to eight. The Wild Card Game will be replaced by a preliminary round with all teams participating, played in best-of-three format, with all games played in the better-ranked team’s ballpark.
2021 — Cleveland baseball team announced the team will be called the Guardians beginning in 2022.
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July 24
1909 — Nap Rucker of the Brooklyn Dodgers struck out 16 batters in a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1931 — In an 8-7 loss to Pittsburgh, Babe Herman of Brooklyn hit for the cycle for the second time in the season.
1947 — Jackie Robinson stole home for the first time in his major league career in the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 4-2 win over Pittsburgh.
1948 — Chicago White Sox outfielder Pat Seerey become the first major leaguer to strike out seven times in a doubleheader.
1949 — Cleveland pitcher Bob Lemon hit two home runs to lead the Indians to a 7-5 victory over the Washington Senators in the opener of a doubleheader.
1968 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Chicago White Sox passed Cy Young’s major league record when he made his 907th appearance. He retired with 1,070 appearances.
1973 — Bobby Bonds homered and doubled to lead the NL to a 7-1 rout of the AL in the All-Star game at Kansas City.
1983 — The “Pine Tar” home run was hit by the Kansas City Royals’ George Brett off New York pitcher Rich Gossage at Yankee Stadium. Brett’s shot came with two outs in the top of the ninth to give the Royals a 5-4 lead. Brett’s homer was ruled an out because the amount of pine tar exceeded what was allowed. After a protest by the Royals, the final out and the Yankees’ half of the ninth was completed on Aug. 18.
1993 — Anthony Young of the New York Mets extended his record losing streak to 27 games when he walked in the winning run in the 10th inning for a 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1999 — In their biggest victory in 46 years, the New York Yankees routed the Cleveland Indians 21-1 as Chili Davis went 5-for-6 with six RBIs.
2010 — Tampa Bay won in Cleveland for the first time in nearly five years. The Rays snapped an 18-game losing streak with a 6-3 win against the Indians. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon snapped an 0-21 personal losing streak as the visiting manager that began when he was the Angels interim manager in 1996.
2016 — Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. Griffey obtained the highest percentage of the vote ever – 99.3% – in being elected in his first year of eligibility by the BBWAA, while Piazza made it on his fourth try. A crowd estimated at 50,000, the second-largest ever at Cooperstown, is on hand to witness the event.
2022 — The induction ceremony is held for the Class of 2022 at the Hall of Fame. Three of the seven men inducted – David Ortiz, Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva – are present to receive the honor. The others, all deceased, are represented by relatives – Gil Hodges, Minnie Minoso and Buck O’Neil – while Dave Winfield introduces 19th century black baseball pioneer Bud Fowler. Over 35,000 persons are present in Cooperstown, NY to witness the ceremony, and Dominican flags and Boston Red Sox gear, in honor of Ortiz, are well in evidence in the crowd.
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July 25
1918 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitched a four-hitter in 15 innings to beat the St. Louis Browns 1-0. The only hit off him in the first 11 innings was a triple by George Sisler.
1930 — The Philadelphia Athletics came up with a triple steal in the first inning and again in the fourth in a 14-1 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1939 — Atley Donald of the New York Yankees set a rookie pitching record in the AL when he registered his 12th consecutive victory since May 9, with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6.
1949 — Stan Musial of St. Louis hit for the cycle, going 4-5 and driving in four runs to lead the Cardinals to a 14-1 rout of the Broolyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.
1956 — Roberto Clemente hit a game-winning inside-the-park grand slam to give Pittsburgh a 9-8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field.
1961 — En route to his 61-homer season, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit four homers against the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader to give him 40 for the year. The Yankees took both games, 5-1 and 12-0, and Maris moved 25 games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace.
1962 — Stan Musial of St. Louis became the all-time RBI leader in the NL. His two-run home run, in a 5-2 loss to Los Angeles, gave him 1,862 RBIs, passing Mel Ott.
1978 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled to left off New York’s Craig Swan in the third inning to set a NL record of hitting safely in 38 consecutive games. The Mets won the game 9-2.
1990 — Kansas City’s George Brett hit for the cycle in the Royals 6-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
2000 — Mike Lansing of Colorado hit for the cycle. The Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 19-2.
2011 — Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as the Texas Rangers pounded out the most runs and hits in the majors this season with a 20-6 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
2014 — Yasiel Puig tied a franchise record with three triples and added a double and two RBIs as Los Angeles moved within a half-game of NL West-leading San Francisco with an 8-1 win over the Giants.
2015 — Cole Hamels became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in 50 years while leading Philadelphia to a 5-0 win. There was drama down to the final out, when rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera stumbled on the warning track, but managed to lean forward and catch Kris Bryant’s flyball to end the game. Hamels struck out 13 in the first no-hitter versus the Cubs since Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
July 21
1876 — Princeton takes the team championship in the first IC4A (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes Association) track and field meet.
1957 — Lionel Herbert wins the PGA championship with a 2-1 final round victory over Dow Finsterwald.
1957 — 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson).
1963 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA championship by two strokes over Dave Ragan to become the fourth golfer to win the three major United States titles.
1968 — Arnold Palmer becomes the first PGA golfer to earn $1 million over his career despite losing by one stroke to Julius Boros in the PGA championship.
1973 — Hank Aaron hits home run number 700 off of Phillies Pitcher Ken Brett.
1974 — Sandra Haynie edges Carol Mann and Beth Stone by one stroke to win the U.S. Women’s Open championship.
1979 — Spain’s Seve Ballesteros captures the British Open by three strokes over Ben Crenshaw and Jack Nicklaus.
1985 — John Henry, the greatest money winner in horse racing history, is retired. The 10-year-old won 39 races in 83 starts and earned $6,597,947 in total purses.
1985 — Sandy Lyle wins the British Open by one stroke over Payne Stewart.
1989 — Mike Tyson knocks down Carl “The Truth” Williams with a left hook and stops him 93 seconds into the first round of his heavyweight title defense. It is the fifth shortest heavyweight title fight in history.
1996 — Tom Lehman shoots a final-round 73 for a 72-hole total of 13-under 271 to win the British Open, two strokes better than Ernie Els and Mark McCumber.
1996 — Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers.
2002 — Ernie Els squanders a three-stroke lead but outlasts Thomas Levet of France to win a four-man playoff that produces the first sudden-death finish in the 142-year history of the British Open.
2007 — Bernard Hopkins, in the twilight of his fighting days, ends Winky Wright’s 7 1/2-year unbeaten streak with a unanimous decision in their 170-pound bout in Las Vegas.
2009 — China’s Guo Jingjing easily wins her fifth straight world championship in 3-meter springboard. She captured her first springboard world title in 2001, and hasn’t lost since in the every-other-year competition.
2013 — Phil Mickelson wins his first British Open title with a spectacular finish. He birdies four of the last six holes for a 5-under 66 to match the best round of the tournament.
2013 — Britain’s Chris Froome wins the 100th Tour de France, having dominated rivals over three weeks. He rides into Paris wearing the yellow jersey he took in Stage 8 in the Pyrenees and never relinquished.
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July 22
1921 — Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men’s Open golf championship by edging Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod.
1962 — Gary Player of South Africa becomes the first non-resident of the United States to win the PGA championship.
1963 — Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in 2 minutes, 10 seconds of the first round to retain the world heavyweight title. Liston took the title from Patterson with a first-round knockout in Chicago on Sept. 25, 1962.
1973 — Sue Berning wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship for the third time with a five-stroke victory over Gloria Ahret.
1984 — Kathy Whitworth becomes the all-time winner in professional golf tournaments by winning the Rochester Open. Whitworth, with 85 career wins, passes Sam Snead’s total of 84 PGA tournament victories.
1984 — Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open with a four-round 276, breaking the course record set by Ken Nagle in 1960 by two strokes. Tom Watson and Bernhard Langer finish two strokes behind.
1990 — Nick Faldo wins his second British Open crown in four years, defeating Payne Stewart and Mark McNulty by five strokes.
1996 — Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey becomes first weightlifter in Olympic history to win three gold medals. Suleymanoglu wins the 141-pound division by hoisting 413¼ pounds.
1994 — Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads “Absolutely 100% Not Guilty” of murder.
1998 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her brilliant heptathlon career with a victory at the Goodwill Games. It’s her fourth consecutive Goodwill title. Earlier, the 4×400-meter relay world record of 2:54.29, set by the 1993 U.S. World Championship team, comes crashing down. Michael Johnson, the anchor on that 1993 team, anchors this United States 4×400 team, which finishes in a 2 minutes, 54.20 seconds.
2001 — David Duval shoots a 4-under 67 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the British Open title, his first major championship. He finishes at 10-under 274 for a three-stroke victory over Sweden’s Niclas Fasth.
2005 — Yelena Isinbayeva clears the 5-meter mark at the Crystal Palace Grand Prix in London for her latest world record. The Olympic champion easily clears 16 feet, 4¾ inches on her first attempt, barely nudging the bar.
2007 — Padraig Harrington survives a calamitous finish in regulation and a tense putt for bogey on the final hole of a playoff to win the British Open over Sergio Garcia.
2008 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and DeLisha Milton-Jones adds 19 before both are ejected after a scuffle in the final minute as the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Detroit Shock 84-81 at Auburn Hills, Mich. The WNBA game turns ugly in the final seconds as a collision between Parker and Detroit’s Plenette Pierson turns into a shoving match that has players and coaches from both teams leaving the bench.
2012 — Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France by protecting the yellow jersey during the final processional ride into Paris. Fellow Briton and Sky teammate Christopher Froome finishes second, 3 minutes, 21 seconds behind.
2012 — Ernie Els wins his fourth major championship in an astonishing finish, rallying to beat Adam Scott in the British Open when the Aussie bogeys the last four holes. Els, who starts the final round six shots behind, finishes off a flawless back nine with a 15-foot birdie putt for a 2-under 68. Scott was four shots ahead with four holes to play.
2018 — Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird plays in a record 500th WNBA game.
July 23
1907 — Australasia beats British Isles 3-2 to win the Davis Cup held at Wimbledon. Australasia wins its first David Cup and ends the four-year reign of the British Isles.
1921 — At the annual Harvard-Yale vs. Cambridge-Oxford meet at Harvard Stadium, Harvard’s Edward Gourdin becomes the first to long jump 25 feet. Harvard lists Gourdin’s jump as 25 feet, 3 inches, but the official listing in U.S. Track and Field is 25-2.
1960 — Betsy Rawls becomes the first woman to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf title four times.
1966 — John Pennel pole vaults 17 feet, 6 1/4 inches for the world record in a meet at Los Angeles. It’s the eighth of nine world records he set in the event in his career and his first since 1963.
1976 — The last NFL All-Star game is held and is shortened when thunderstorms hit Chicago. The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the All-Stars 24-0.
1978 — Hollis Stacy wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship for the second straight year.
1989 — Mark Calcavecchia wins the British Open, edging Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in a three-man playoff. Calcavecchia, the first American to win the Open in five years, birdies three of the four holes in the playoff.
1989 — Greg Lemond wins his second Tour de France with the closest finish ever, edging Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds. Lemond starts the day 50 seconds behind Fignon and wins the final stage, a 15-mile race against the clock from Versailles to Paris, in 26:57. Fignon finishes the stage 58 seconds slower.
1995 — John Daly wins the British Open at St. Andrews by four strokes in a four-hole playoff with Italy’s Costantino Rocca. Rocca forces the playoff by sinking a 65-foot putt on the 18th hole.
1995 — Miguel Indurain of Spain wins his record fifth consecutive Tour de France. Indurain joins Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault as the other five-time winners.
2000 — Tiger Woods, at 24, becomes the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Woods closes with a 3-under 69 for a 19-under 269 total, the lowest score in relation to par at a major championship.
2000 — 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified).
2006 — Tiger Woods, one month after missing the cut for the first time in a major, becomes the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.
2006 — Floyd Landis, pedaling with an injured hip, cruises to victory in the Tour de France, keeping cycling’s most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.
2009 — Mark Buehrle pitches the 18th perfect game in major league history, a 5-0 win over Tampa Bay.
2012 — Penn State is all but leveled by penalties handed down by the NCAA for its handling of the allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The NCAA imposes an unprecedented $60 million fine, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships it can award.
2017 — British cyclist Chris Froome wins his fourth Tour de France.
2019 — Nike’s Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million.
2021 — The Opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games takes place after a one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 — The Cleveland Indians announce the team will be re-named the Guardians.
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July 24
1908 — John Hayes wins the Olympic marathon in a record of 2 hours, 55 minutes, 18.4 seconds. Italian Dorando Pietri is the first athlete to enter the stadium, but collapses several times before being disqualified when officials help him across the line.
1931 — Paavo Nurmi sets the world record at 2 miles in a meet at Helsinki, Finland, with a time of 8:59.6.
1960 — Jay Hebert beats Jim Ferrier by one stroke to win the PGA golf tournament.
1967 — Don January wins a playoff by two strokes over Don Massengale to win the PGA championship.
1970 — The International Lawn Tennis Association institutes the nine-point tiebreaker rule.
1976 — John Naber of the United States becomes the first swimmer to break the 2-minute barrier in the 200-meter backstroke at the Olympics in Montreal.
1976 — Mac Wilkins of the United States sets an Olympic record in the discus with a toss of 224 feet in Montreal.
1977 — Hollis Stacy wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship by two strokes over Nancy Lopez.
1979 — Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR.
1998 — Tour de France riders, angered by the drug scandal that has dominated the event, protest by delaying the start of racing for two hours. Armin Meier, a member of the Festina team who was kicked off the tour the previous week, admits to a French radio station that he used a banned drug.
2005 — Lance Armstrong wins his seventh consecutive Tour de France. All of the titles are stripped in 2012 for doping.
2008 — Nancy Lieberman makes a one-game appearance for the Detroit Shock after the 50-year-old Hall-of-Famer signed a seven-day contract earlier in the day. Lieberman, finishes with two assists and two turnovers, surpassing her own record as the oldest player in WNBA history. Lieberman held the record playing at age 39 in 1997 while playing for the Phoenix Mercury.
2009 — Ron Hornaday Jr. holds off a late challenge from Mike Skinner to win the AAA Insurance 200, making him the first driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series to win four consecutive races.
2010 — Fourteen-year-old Jim Liu of Smithtown, N.Y., beats Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., 4 and 2 to become the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur champion. Liu, who turns 15 next month, is more than six months younger than Tiger Woods when he won the first of his three consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur titles in 1991.
2011 — Cadel Evans wins the Tour de France, becoming the first Australian champion in cycling’s greatest race.
2014 — Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice receives a two-game suspension from the NFL following his offseason arrest for domestic violence. The six-year veteran was arrested following a Feb. 15 altercation in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with then-fiancee Janay Palmer.
2016 — Chris Froome celebrates his third Tour de France title in four years. The British rider finishes safely at the back of the main pack during the final stage, arm-in-arm with his teammates during the mostly ceremonial final stage ending on the Champs-Elysees. Froome, who also won the Tour in 2013 and 2015, becomes the first rider to defend the title since Miguel Indurain won the last of his five straight in 1995. Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven consecutive titles for doping.
2019 — 19-year-old Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak breaks Michael Phelps’ 10-year-old 200m butterfly record in a time of 1:50.73, 0.78s faster than Phelps.
2020 — The Toronto Blue Jays name Sahlen Field in Buffalo, N.Y. as their temporary home field for the season.
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July 25
1902 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eighth round to retain the world heavyweight title.
1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6.
1956 — Swaps sets an American record in a 1 5/8-mile race at Hollywood Park. Swaps runs the course in 2:38 1-5.
1956 — Jack Burke Jr. defeats Ted Kroll 3 and 2 in the final round to win the PGA championship.
1976 — In Montreal, Edwin Moses of the United States sets an Olympic record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 47.63.
1982 — Janet Anderson wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title, her first tournament victory.
1999 — 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins 1st of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for drug cheating.
2004 — Copa América Final, Estadio Nacional, Lima: Brazil beats Argentina, 4-2 on penalties; 2-2 after extra time.
2007 — Michael Rasmussen, the leader of the Tour de France, is removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning the 16th stage. Rasmussen is sent home for violating (the team’s) internal rules. The Danish cyclist missed random drug tests May 8 and June 28, saying he was in Mexico.
2010 — Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France for the third time in four years. Contador holds off a next-to-last day challenge from Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, his runner-up for a second consecutive year.
2010 — Jamie McMurray’s victory in the Brickyard 400 gives owner Chip Ganassi the first team triple crown in American auto racing: winning the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year. McMurray won the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, and Ganassi IndyCar series driver Dario Franchitti won the Indy 500 in May.
2011 — The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps vote unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4½-month lockout. The final pact is for 10 years, without an opt-out clause.
2011 — Taylor Hoagland hits a two-run home run, Valerie Arioto and Megan Langenfeld have RBI singles and the United States beats rival Japan 6-4 to win its fifth straight World Cup of Softball championship.
2012 — Triple jumper Voula Papachristou is kicked off Greece’s Olympic team by the Hellenic Olympic Committee for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right political party.
2015 — Maya Moore scores a record 30 points to lead the West to a 117-112 victory over the East in the WNBA All-Star Game. The league’s reigning MVP scores eight straight points in the final 2 minutes to turn a one-point deficit into a 113-106 advantage.
2021 — USA’s men’s basketball lose to France 83-76 ending their 25-game Olympic winning streak.
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
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| Cardinals at Braves | 1:35pm | Bally Sports Midwest Bally Sports Southeast |
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| Mets at Marlins | 1:40pm | SNY Bally Sports Florida |
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| White Sox at Royals | 2:10pm | NBC Sports Chicago Bally Sports Kansas City |
| Diamondbacks at Cubs | 2:20pm | YurView MARQ |
| Orioles at Rangers | 2:35pm | MASN2 Bally Sports Southwest |
| Giants at Rockies | 3:10pm | NBC Sports Bay Rockies.TV |
| Angels at Athletics | 4:07pm | Bally Sports West NBC Sports California |
| Astros at Mariners | 4:10pm | SCHN ROOT |
| Red Sox at Dodgers | 7:00pm | ESPN NESN SNLA |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Formula One: Hungarian Grand Prix | 9:00am | ESPN |
| IndyCar: Honda Indy Toronto | 1:00pm | Peacock |
| NASCAR Cup: Brickyard 400 | 2:30pm | NBC |
| NHRA Northwest Nationals | 4:00pm | FOX |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| The Open Championship | 4:00am | USA |
| The Open Championship | 7:00am | NBC |
| LPGA Tour: Dana Open | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| LPGA Tour: Dana Open | 2:00pm | CBS |
| PGA Tour: Barracuda Championship | 6:00pm | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| USL Championship: Oakland Roots vs Sacramento Republic | 2:00pm | CBS Paramount+ Fubo |
| Primera División: River Plate vs Lanús | 2:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Central Córdoba SdE vs Platense | 4:15pm | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Estudiantes vs Unión Santa Fe | 4:15pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: Washington Spirit vs Guadalajara | 4:30pm | CBSSN Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Vélez Sarsfield vs Talleres Córdoba | 7:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Primera División: Defensa y Justicia vs Boca Juniors | 7:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Liga MX: Pumas UNAM vs Pachuca | 7:00pm | TUDN |
| NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup: Portland Thorns vs Tijuana | 7:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Liga MX: León vs Necaxa | 9:05pm | VIX |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Newport-ATP, Hamburg-ATP, Gstaad-ATP & Bastad-ATP Finals | 5:30am | TENNIS |
| Newport-ATP, Hamburg-ATP, Gstaad-ATP & Bastad-ATP Finals | 1:30pm | TENNIS |