“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
ALL-STAR BREAK
ALL-STARS, TUESDAY JULY 16
American League
Starters
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Catcher — Adley Rutschman, Baltimore Orioles
First Baseman — Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
Second Baseman — u-Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
Shortstop — Gunnar Henderson, Baltimore Orioles
Third Baseman — José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians
Designated Hitter — Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros
Outfield — Aaron Judge, New York Yankees; Juan Soto, New York Yankees; Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians
Pitchers — Garrett Crochet, Chicago White Sox, Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers, Tanner Houck, Boston Red Sox, Seth Lugo, Kansas City Royals, Cole Ragans, Kansas City Royals, u-Logan Gilbert, Seattle Mariners, Corbin Burnes, Baltimore Orioles, Tyler Anderson, Los Angeles Angels, Mason Miller, Oakland Athletics, Kirby Yates, Texas Rangers, Clay Holmes, New York Yankees, Emmanuel Clase, Cleveland Guardians, r-Andrés Muñoz, Seattle Mariners
Reserves — C Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals, SS Carlos Correa, Minnesota Twins, u-3B Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox, 2B Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers, u-OF Kyle Tucker, Houston Astros, 1B Josh Naylor, Cleveland Guardians, 3B Isaac Parades, Tampa Bay Rays, SS Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals, OF Jarren Duran, Boston Red Sox, OF Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers, DH David Fry, Cleveland Guardians, r-Will Castro, Minnesota Twins, r-Jordan Westburg, Baltimore, r-Anthony Santander, Baltimore
National League
Starters
Catcher — William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers
First Baseman — Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
Second Baseman — Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks
Shortstop — Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies
Third Baseman — Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies
Designated Hitter — Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
Outfield — Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers; Jurickson Profar, San Diego Padres; Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres
Pitchers — u-Ranger Suárez, Philadelphia Phillies, u-Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles Dodgers, Shota Imanaga, Chicago Cubs, Reynaldo López, Atlanta Braves, Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants, Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates, u-Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves, Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Helsley, St. Louis Cardinals, Tanner Scott, Miami Marlins, Robert Suarez, San Diego Padres, Matt Strahm, Philadelphia Phillies, Jeff Hoffman, Philadelphia Phillies, r-Max Fried, Atlanta Braves, r-Hunter Greene, Cincinnati Reds, r-Cristopher Sánchez, Philadelphia Phillies
Reserves — C Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1B Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers, OF Teoscar Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers, SS Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati Reds, SS CJ Abrams, Washington Nationals, 3B Ryan McMahon, Colorado Rockies, OF Jackson Merrill, San Diego Padres, OF Heliot Ramos, San Francisco Giants, OF Bryan Reynolds, Pittsburgh Pirates, DH Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta Braves, 1B Luis Arraez, San Diego Padres, 1B Pete Alonso, New York Mets
MLB DRAFT
MONDAY, JULY 15 THIRD ROUND
75. Oakland Athletics, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, SS, Rutgers.
76. Kansas City Royals, Drew Beam, RHP, Tennessee.
77. Colorado Rockies, Cole Messina, C, South Carolina.
78. Chicago White Sox, Nick McLain, OF, Arizona St.
79. Washington Nationals, Kevin Bazzell, C, Texas Tech.
80. St. Louis Cardinals, Brian Holiday, RHP, Oklahoma St..
81. L.A. Angels, Ryan Prager, LHP, Texas A&M.
82. N.Y. Mets, Nate Dohm, RHP, Mississippi St.
83. Pittsburgh Pirates, Josh Hartle, LHP, Wake Forest.
84. Cleveland Guardians, Joey Oakie, RHP, Ankeny Centennial HS (Iowa).
85. Detroit Tigers, Josh Randall, RHP, San Diego.
86. Boston Red Sox, Brandon Neely, RHP, Florida.
87. Cincinnati Reds, Mike Sirota, OF, Northeastern.
88. San Diego Padres, Cobb Hightower, SS, East Rowan HS (N.C.).
89. N.Y. Yankees, Thatcher Hurd, RHP, LSU.
90. Chicago Cubs, Ronny Cruz, SS, Miami Christian School (Fla.).
91. Seattle Mariners, Hunter Cranton, RHP, Kansas.
92. Miami Marlins, Gage Miller, 2B, Alabama.
93. Milwaukee Brewers, Jaron DeBerry, RHP, Dallas Baptist.
94. Tampa Bay Rays, Nathan Flewelling, C, St. Joseph HS (Alberta).
95. Toronto Blue Jays, Johnny King, LHP, Naples HS (Fla.).
96. Minnesota Twins, Khadim Diaw, C, Loyola Marymount.
97. Baltimore Orioles, Austin Overn, OF, Southern Cal.
98. L.A. Dodgers, Chase Harlan, 3B, Central Bucks East HS (Pa.).
99. Atlanta Braves, Luke Sinnard, RHP, Indiana.
100. Philadelphia Phillies, John Spikerman, SS, Oklahoma.
101. Houston Astros, Ryan Forucci, RHP, San Diego.
102. Arizona Diamondbacks, Daniel Eagen, RHP, Presbyterian College.
103. Texas Rangers, Casey Cook, OF, North Carolina.
FOURTH ROUND
104. Oakland Athletics, Rodney Green, OF, California.
105. Kansas City Royals, L.P. Langevin, RHP, Louisiana-Lafayette.
106. Colorado Rockies, Blake Wright, 3B, Clemson.
107. Chicago White Sox, Casey Saucke, OF, Virginia.
108. Washington Nationals, Jackson Kent, LHP, Arizona.
109. St. Louis Cardinals, Ryan Campos, C, Arizona St..
110. L.A. Angels, Austin Gordon, RHP, Clemson.
111. N.Y. Mets, Eli Serrano III, OF, NC State.
112. Pittsburgh Pirates, Eddie Rynders, SS, Wisconsin Lutheran HS (Wis.).
113. Cleveland Guardians, Rafe Schlesinger, LHP, Miami.
114. Detroit Tigers, Michael Massey, RHP, Wake Forest.
115. Boston Red Sox, Zach Ehrhard, OF, Oklahoma St..
116. San Francisco Giants, Dakota Jordan, OF, Mississippi St.
117. Cincinnati Reds, Peyton Stovall, 2B, Arkansas.
118. San Diego Padres, Tyson Neighbors, RHP, Kansas St.
119. N.Y. Yankees, Gage Ziehl, RHP, Miami.
120. Chicago Cubs, Ty Southisene, SS, Basic HS (Nev.).
121. Seattle Mariners, Josh Caron, C, Nebraska.
122. Miami Marlins, Fenwick Trimble, OF, James Madison.
123. Milwaukee Brewers, Marco Dinges, C, Florida St.
124. Tampa Bay Rays, Nate Knowles, RHP, William & Mary.
125. Toronto Blue Jays, Sean Keys, 3B, Bucknell.
126. Minnesota Twins, Jaime Ferrer, OF, Florida St.
127. Baltimore Orioles, Chase Allsup, RHP, Auburn.
128. L.A. Dodgers, Jakob Wright, LHP, Cal Poly.
129. Atlanta Braves, Herick Hernandez, LHP, Miami.
130. Philadelphia Phillies, Carson DeMartini, SS, Virginia Tech.
131. Houston Astros, Parker Smith, RHP, Rice.
132. Arizona Diamondbacks, Tytus Cissell, SS, Francis Howel HS (Mo.).
133. Texas Rangers, David Hagaman, RHP, West Virginia.
Compensation Picks
134. San Diego Padres, Kavares Tears, OF, Tennessee.
135. San Diego Padres, Clark Candiotti, RHP, Arizona.
136. Toronto Blue Jays, Nick Mitchell, OF, Indiana.
FIFTH ROUND
137. Oakland Athletics, Sam Stuhr, RHP, Portland.
138. Kansas City Royals, A.J. Causey, RHP, Tennessee.
139. Colorado Rockies, Lebarron Johnson Jr., RHP, Texas.
140. Chicago White Sox, Sam Antonacci, IF, Coastal Carolina.
141. Washington Nationals, Randal Diaz, SS, Indiana St..
142. St. Louis Cardinals, Braden Davis, LHP, Oklahoma.
143. L.A. Angels, Dylan Jordan, RHP, Viera HS (Fla.).
144. N.Y. Mets, Trey Snyder, SS, Liberty North HS (Mo.).
145. Pittsburgh Pirates, Will Taylor, OF, Clemson.
146. Cleveland Guardians, Aidan Major, RHP, West Virginia.
147. Detroit Tigers, Jack Penney, RHP, Notre Dame.
148. Boston Red Sox, Brandon Clarke, LHP, State College of Florida.
149. San Francisco Giants, Jakob Christian, OF, San Diego.
150. Cincinnati Reds, Tristan Smith, LHP, Clemson.
151. San Diego Padres, Kale Fountain, 3B, Norris HS (Neb.).
152. N.Y. Yankees, Greysen Carter, RHP, Vanderbilt.
153. Chicago Cubs, Ariel Armas, C, San Diego.
154. Seattle Mariners, Charlie Beilenson, RHP, Duke.
155. Miami Marlins, Grant Shepardson, RHP, Mountain Vista HS (Colo.).
156. Milwaukee Brewers, John Holobetz, RHP, Old Dominion.
157. Tampa Bay Rays, Jakob Kmatz, RHP, Oregon St.
158. Toronto Blue Jays, Jackson Wentworth, RHP, Kansas St.
159. Minnesota Twins, Caden Kendle, OF, UC-Irvine.
160. Baltimore Orioles, Ryan Stafford, C, Cal Poly.
161. Atlanta Braves, Nick Montgomery, C, Cypress HS (Calif.).
162. Philadelphia Phillies, Carter Mathison, OF, Indiana.
163. Houston Astros, Cole Hertzler, RHP, Liberty.
164. Arizona Diamondbacks, Connor Foley, RHP, Indiana.
165. Texas Rangers, Devin Fitz-Gerald, SS, Stone Douglas HS (Fla.).
SIXTH ROUND
166. Oakland Athletics, Josia Romeo, RHP, Mayfield SS (Ontario).
167. Kansas City Royals, Tanner Jones, RHP, Texas A&M.
168. Colorado Rockies, Konnor Eaton, LHP, George Mason.
169. Chicago White Sox, Jackson Appel, C, Texas A&M
170. Washington Nationals, Davian Garcia, RHP, FGCU.
171. St. Louis Cardinals, Josh Kross, C, Cincinnati.
172. L.A. Angels, Peyton Olejnik, RHP, Miami (Ohio).
173. N.Y. Mets, Corey Collins, 1B, Georgia.
174. Pittsburgh Pirates, Matt Ager, RHP, UC-Santa Barbara.
175. Cleveland Guardians, Caden Favors, LHP, Wichita St..
176. Detroit Tigers, Woody Hadeen, SS, UC-Irvine.
177. Boston Red Sox, Blake Aita, RHP, Kennesaw St..
178. San Francisco Giants, Robert Hipwell, 3B, Santa Clara.
179. Cincinnati Reds, Jacob Friend, C, Davidson.
180. San Diego Padres, Darrien McDowell, OF, University of West Florida.
181. N.Y. Yankees, Griffin Herring, LHP, LSU.
182. Chicago Cubs, Ryan Gallagher, RHP, UC-Santa Barbara.
183. Seattle Mariners, Grant Knipp, TWP, Campbell.
184. Miami Marlins, Payton Green, SS, Georgia Tech.
185. Milwaukee Brewers, Chandler Welch, RHP, Tulane.
186. Tampa Bay Rays, Janzen Keisel, RHP, Oklahoma St..
187. Toronto Blue Jays, Aaron Parker, C, UC-Santa Barbara.
188. Minnesota Twins, Derek Bender, C, Coastal Carolina.
189. Baltimore Orioles, DJ Layton, SS, Charlotte Christian HS (N.C.).
190. L.A. Dodgers, Brooks Auger, RHP, Mississippi St..
191. Atlanta Braves, Ethan Bagwell, RHP, Collinsville HS (Ill.).
192. Philadelphia Phillies, Kodey Shojinaga, C, Kansas.
193. Houston Astros, Caden Powell, SS, Seminole St.
194. Arizona Diamondbacks, Mason Marriott, RHP, Baylor.
195. Texas Rangers, Garrett Horn, LHP, Liberty.
SEVENTH ROUND
196. Oakland Athletics, Dylan Fien, C, Great Oak HS (Calif.).
197. Kansas City Royals, Dennis Colleran, RHP, Northeastern.
198. Colorado Rockies, Fidel Ulloa, RHP, LSU.
199. Chicago White Sox, Phil Fox, RHP, Pittsburgh.
200. Washington Nationals, Robert Cranz, RHP, Oklahoma St.
201. St. Louis Cardinals, Andrew Dutkanych IV, RHP, Vanderbilt.
202. L.A. Angels, Bridger Holmes, RHP, Oregon St.
203. N.Y. Mets, Will Watson, RHP, Southern Cal.
204. Pittsburgh Pirates, Connor Wietgrefe, LHP, Minnesota.
205. Cleveland Guardians, Cameron Sullivan, RHP, Mt. Vernon HS (Ind.).
206. Detroit Tigers, Jackson Strong, OF, Canisius College.
207. Boston Red Sox, Will Turner, OF, South Alabama.
208. San Francisco Giants, Greg Farone, LHP, Alabama.
209. Cincinnati Reds, Myles Smith, OF, UC-Irvine.
210. San Diego Padres, Kai Roberts, OF, Utah.
211. N.Y. Yankees, Wyatt Parliament, RHP, Virginia Tech.
212. Chicago Cubs, Ivan Brethowr, OF, UC-Santa Barbara.
213. Seattle Mariners, Brock Moore, RHP, Oregon.
214. Miami Marlins, Nick Brink, RHP, Portland.
215. Milwaukee Brewers, Mason Molina, LHP, Arkansas.
216. Tampa Bay Rays, Ryan Andrade, RHP, Pittsburgh.
217. Toronto Blue Jays, Austin Cates, RHP, UNLV.
218. Minnesota Twins, Eli Jones, RHP, South Carolina.
219. Baltimore Orioles, Carson Dorsey, LHP, Florida St.
220. L.A. Dodgers, Elijah Hainline, SS, Oregon St.
221. Atlanta Braves, Brett Sears, RHP, Nebraska.
222. Philadelphia Phillies, Joel Dragoo, OF, Prebyterian College.
223. Houston Astros, Joseph Sullivan, OF, South Alabama.
224. Arizona Diamondbacks, Luke Craig, LHP, UNC-Wilmington.
225. Texas Rangers, Rafe Perich, 3B, Lehigh.
EIGHTH ROUND
226. Oakland Athletics, Davis Diaz, C, Vanderbilt.
227. Kansas City Royals, Nick Conte, RHP, Duke.
228. Colorado Rockies, Luke Jewett, RHP, UCLA.
229. Chicago White Sox, Aaron Combs, RHP, Tennessee.
230. Washington Nationals, Sam Petersen, OF, Iowa.
231. St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Findlay, LHP, Notre Dame.
232. L.A. Angels, Randy Flores, SS, Alabama St.
233. N.Y. Mets, Ryan Lambert, RHP, Oklahoma.
234. Pittsburgh Pirates, Gavin Adams, RHP, Florida St.
235. Cleveland Guardians, Donovan Zsak, LHP, Rutgers.
236. Detroit Tigers, Ethan Sloan, LHP, Regis.
237. Boston Red Sox, Conrad Cason, TWP, Greater Atlanta Christian HS (Ga.).
238. San Francisco Giants, Niko Mazza, RHP, Southern Miss.
239. Cincinnati Reds, Luke Hayden, RHP, Indiana St.
240. San Diego Padres, Nick Wissman, RHP, Dayton.
241. N.Y. Yankees, Tyler Wilson, 1B, Grand Canyon.
242. Chicago Cubs, Edgar Alvarez, 1B, Nicholls St.
243. Seattle Mariners, Will Riley, RHP, VMI.
244. Miami Marlins, Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, OF, East Carolina.
245. Milwaukee Brewers, Sam Garcia, LHP, Oklahoma St.
246. Tampa Bay Rays, Jayden Coelker, RHP, Northern Essex CC.
247. Toronto Blue Jays, Eddie Micheletti Jr., OF, Virginia Tech.
248. Minnesota Twins, Jacob Hall, RHP, Oral Roberts.
249. Baltimore Orioles, Colin Tuft, C, Tulane.
250. L.A. Dodgers, Brendan Tunink, OF, Newman Central Catholic HS (Ill.).
251. Atlanta Braves, Logan Samuels, RHP, Montevallo.
252. Philadelphia Phillies, Camron Hill, RHP, Georgia Tech.
253. Houston Astros, Dylan Howard, RHP, Radford.
254. Arizona Diamondbacks, Travis Garnett, LHP, William & Mary.
255. Texas Rangers, Anthony Susac, RHP, Arizona.
NINTH ROUND
256. Oakland Athletics, Jared Sprague-Lott, 3B, Arkansas.
257. Kansas City Royals, Canyon Brown, C, North Carolina A&T.
258. Colorado Rockies, Tommy Hopfe, 1B, Fresno St.
259. Chicago White Sox, Jack Young, RHP, Iowa.
260. Washington Nationals, Jackson Ross, 3B, Mississippi.
261. St. Louis Cardinals, Cade McGee, 3B, Texas Tech.
262. L.A. Angels, Derek Clark, LHP, West Virginia.
263. N.Y. Mets, Jaxon Jelkin, RHP, Houston.
264. Pittsburgh Pirates, Duce Gourson, SS, UCLA.
265. Cleveland Guardians, Sean Matson, RHP, Harvard.
266. Detroit Tigers, Zach Swanson, RHP, Toutle Lake HS (Wash.).
267. Boston Red Sox, Hudson White, C, Arkansas.
268. San Francisco Giants, Zane Zielinski, SS, Illinois-Chicago.
269. Cincinnati Reds, Ryan McCrystal, C, East Carolina.
270. San Diego Padres, Zach Evans, SS, Lenoir-Rhyne.
271. N.Y. Yankees, Tanner Bauman, LHP, Auburn.
272. Chicago Cubs, Brooks Caple, RHP, Lamar.
273. Seattle Mariners, Aiden Butler, RHP, Polk State College.
274. Miami Marlins, Dub Gleed, 3B, UC-Irvine.
275. Milwaukee Brewers, Griffin Tobias, RHP, Lake Central HS (Ind.).
276. Tampa Bay Rays, Garrett Gainey, LHP, South Carolina.
277. Toronto Blue Jays, Colby Holcombe, RHP, Mississippi St.
278. Minnesota Twins, Jason Doktorczyk, RHP, Nevada.
279. Baltimore Orioles, Jack Crowder, RHP, Illinois.
280. L.A. Dodgers, Kole Myers, OF, Troy.
281. Atlanta Braves, Owen Hackman, RHP, Loyola Marymount.
282. Philadelphia Phillies, Marcus Morgan, RHP, Iowa.
283. Houston Astros, Ryan Smith, RHP, Illinois-Chicago.
284. Arizona Diamondbacks, Ben McLaughlin, 3B, Arkansas.
285. Texas Rangers, Keith Jones II, OF, New Mexico St.
TENTH ROUND
286. Oakland Athletics, Cameron Leary, OF, Boston College.
287. Kansas City Royals, Nate Ackenhausen, LHP, LSU.
288. Colorado Rockies, Fisher Jameson, RHP, Florida.
289. Chicago White Sox, Cole McConnell, OF, Louisiana Tech.
290. Washington Nationals, Luke Johnson, RHP, UMBC.
291. St. Louis Cardinals, Bryce Madron, OF, Oklahoma.
292. L.A. Angels, Ryan Nicholson, 1B, Kentucky.
293. N.Y. Mets, Brendan Girton, RHP, Oklahoma.
294. Pittsburgh Pirates, Derek Berg, C, Army.
295. Cleveland Guardians, Chase Mobley, RHP, Durant HS (Fla.).
296. Detroit Tigers, R.J. Sales, RHP, Toutle Lake HS (Wash.).
297. Boston Red Sox, Devin Futrell, LHP, Vanderbilt.
298. San Francisco Giants, Cade Vernon, RHP, Murray St.
299. Cincinnati Reds, Yanuel Casiano, C, Academia Deportiva del Albergue Olímpico.
300. San Diego Padres, Jack Costello, 3B, San Diego.
301. N.Y. Yankees, Joe Delossantos, OF, William & Mary.
302. Chicago Cubs, Matt Halbach, 3B, San Diego.
303. Seattle Mariners, Anthony Donofrio, OF, North Carolina.
304. Miami Marlins, Michael Snyder, 3B, Oklahoma.
305. Milwaukee Brewers, Ethan Dorchies, RHP, Cary Grove HS (Ill.).
306. Tampa Bay Rays, Trey Pooser, RHP, Kentucky.
307. Toronto Blue Jays, Carter Cunningham, OF, East Carolina.
308. Minnesota Twins, Peyton Carr, IF, High Point.
309. Baltimore Orioles, Christian Rodriguez, RHP, Cal St.-Fullerton.
310. L.A. Dodgers, Seamus Barrett, RHP, Loyola Marymount.
311. Atlanta Braves, Jacob Kroeger, LHP, Mayville.
312. Philadelphia Phillies, Brady Day, 2B, Kansas St.
313. Houston Astros, Ramsey David, RHP, Southeastern.
314. Arizona Diamondbacks, Trent Youngblood, OF, Transylvania.
315. Texas Rangers, Jake Jekielek, RHP, Northwood.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCORES
MIAMI 102 OKLAHOMA CITY 73
DETROIT 87 HOUSTON 73
MEMPHIS 108 DALLAS 88
PORTLAND 97 PHILADELPHIA 95
SACRAMENTO 82 UTAH 70
BOSTON 88 LA LAKERS 74
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
INDIANA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUG 31 FIU
SEPT 7 WESTERN ILLINOIS
SEPT 14 AT UCLA
SEPT 21 CHARLOTTE
SEPT 28 MARYLAND
OCT 5 AT NORTHWESTERN
OCT 12 OPEN DATE
OCT 19 NEBRASKA
OCT 26 WASHINGTON
NOV 2 AT MICHIGAN STATE
NOV 9 MICHIGAN
NOV 16 OPEN DATE
NOV 23 AT OHIO STATE
NOV 30 PURDUE
PURDUE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUG 31 OPEN DATE
SEPT 7 INDIANA STATE
SEPT 14 NOTRE DAME
SEPT 21 AT OREGON STATE
SEPT 28 NEBRASKA
OCT 5 AT WISCONSIN
OCT 12 AT ILLINOIS
OCT 19 OREGON
OCT 26 OPEN DATE
NOV 2 NORTHWESTERN
NOV 9 AT OHIO STATE
NOV 16 PENN STATE
NOV 23 AT MICHIGAN STATE
NOV 30 AT INDIANA
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUG 31 AT TEXAS A&M
SEPT 7 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
SEPT 14 AT PURDUE
SEPT 21 MIAMI UNIVERSITY
SEPT 28 LOUISVILLE
OCT 5 OPEN DATE
OCT 12 STANFORD
OCT 19 AT GEORGIA TECH
OCT 26 VS NAVY (IN EAST RUTHERFORD)
NOV 2 OPEN DATE
NOV 9 FLORIDA STATE
NOV 16 VIRGINIA
NOV 23 ARMY (IN BRONX)
NOV 30 AT USC
BALL STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
AUG 31 OPEN DATE
SEPT 7 MISSOURI STATE
SEPT 14 AT MIAMI
SEPT 21 AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN
SEPT 28 AT JAMES MADISON
OCT 5 WESTERN MICHIGAN
OCT 12 AT KENT STATE
OCT 19 AT VANDERBILT
OCT 26 NORTHERN ILLINOIS
NOV 2 MIAMI UNIVERSITY
NOV 9 OPEN DATE
NOV 12 AT BUFFALO
NOV 23 BOWLING GREEN
NOV 29 AT OHIO
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)
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TEOSCAR TAKES DOWN WITT TO WIN HOME RUN DERBY
Teoscar Hernández is the dinger king of 2024.
The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger claimed this year’s Home Run Derby in dramatic fashion at Globe Life Field, besting Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. 14-13 in the final round to claim the $1-million prize.
Hernández was handed the official derby winner’s chain by his former Blue Jays teammate and 2023 derby winner Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – who was wearing Hernández’s old Toronto jersey for the occasion.
Witt nearly pulled out a victory after a slow start to the final round, reaching 11 with a late flurry on his final pitches of regular time. He crushed two more after getting down to his final out in the bonus round and sent a third blast to deep left-center only to see it clank off the wall and give Hernández the title.
Hernández is the first Dodgers player and seventh Dominican-born player to claim the crown.
A post-timeout flurry helped a clearly fatigued Bohm storm back to tie Hernández and force a swing-off in the semifinals. But when Bohm couldn’t walk it off in his bonus round, the door opened for his opponent. Hernández crushed two homers on three swings in the tie-breaker, and Bohm couldn’t match him again. That sent Hernández into the finals.
Witt was on a roll in the semis, crushing 17 homers to give himself a comfortable cushion even after a difficult bonus round. Ramírez didn’t come close to matching that total, sending Witt to the final.
Round 1
The final four is set. Gunnar Henderson came up well short in his derby debut, leaving José Ramírez, Alec Bohm, Bobby Witt Jr., and Teoscar Hernández to vie for the $1 million prize. Bohm secured the top seed for the semifinals and a date with Hernández with a 445-foot blast that broke the tie with Ramírez, who will battle Witt.
Ozuna topped Hernández’s prodigal blast with a 473-foot homer. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to get him to the semifinals, as he came up three long balls short.
The Polar Bear has been put back into hibernation. Two-time derby winner Alonso was eliminated after hitting just 12 in the first round. His rough round ensures Bohm, one of the longest shots to win the event, moves on to the semifinals.
Another long shot, Ramírez, knocked out hometown hero García with a magnificent display of power. Hitting from the left side, the switch-hitter matched Bohm’s 21 dingers.
The first of Hernández’s 19 homers traveled 466 feet, the third-longest homer in the history of Globe Life Field, according to The Athletic’s Brittany Ghiroli.
AL TABS ORIOLES ACE CORBIN BURNES TO START ALL-STAR GAME
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Baltimore Orioles’ Corbin Burnes will start for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game against Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes.
A 29-year-old right-hander, Burnes is 9-4 with a 2.93 ERA in his first season with the Orioles, who acquired him from the Milwaukee Brewers just before spring training. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner, Burnes is an All-Star for the fourth straight season. He will become the fifth Orioles pitcher to start an All-Star Game, the first since Steve Stone in 1980.
Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez made the phone call Monday letting Burnes know that AL manager Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion Texas Rangers picked him to start the midsummer showcase at Globe Life Field.
“Oh, that’s awesome,” Burnes responded.
“I hope you can do what I did 25 years ago,” Martinez said, referring to the 1999 All-Star Game in Boston where he was named the MVP after striking out the NL’s first four batters.
“I’ll do my best,” Burnes said. “That’s a lot to keep up with.”
Skenes, who made his major league debut on May 11, is 6-0 with a 1.90 ERA in 11 starts, striking out 89 and walking 13 in 66⅓ innings. The 11 starts for the 21-year-old right-hander will be the fewest for an All-Star and he will become the fifth rookie starter after Dave Stenhouse (1962), Mark Fidrych (1976), Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Hideo Nomo (1995).
NL manager Torey Lovullo announced last week he was starting Skenes.
Bochy said Monday he has Steven Kwan of the Cleveland Guardians hitting leadoff and playing left field, followed by Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson, New York Yankees right fielder Juan Soto and center fielder Aaron Judge, Houston Astros designed hitter Yordan Alvarez, Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman and Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien.
Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks bats first and plays second base for the NL, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner, Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper, Milwaukee catcher William Contreras, Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich, Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm, Dodgers center fielder Teoscar Hernandez and San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar.
AL SLUGGER AARON JUDGE EXCITED TO SEE ‘SPECIAL STUFF’ FROM NL STARTER PAUL SKENES
ARLINGTON, Texas — Aaron Judge is looking forward to facing rookie National League starting pitcher Paul Skenes, but the Yankees slugger might need some help to make that happen in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
Judge, who leads the majors with 34 home runs at the break, is batting fourth for the American League and Skenes, named NL starter last week, is “unlikely” to pitch more than one inning, National League manager Torey Lovullo said.
“We’ve got a good lineup. I think somebody will work a good count or get a base hit. So we’ll see what happens,” Judge said.
“I’ve watched a couple of his game the last couple weeks since he got called up. It’s special stuff, electric stuff,” Judge said. “You can talk about the velocity on his pitches, but the guy is a pitcher. He can work all three, four, five of his pitches, throw it any part of the zone, any count. He’s a complete pitcher. It’s going to be fun.”
Even if Skenes zooms through the first inning, Lovullo said he is leaning toward going to the bullpen for the second inning.
“Most likely, no. We have 11-12 pitchers to get through,” Lovullo said. “That’s probably the hardest part of being the manager, is trying to get every pitcher in the game.”
Skenes said “yeah, it’d be cool” to face Judge, when asked if he wanted to face the slugger.
Judge follows Yankees teammate Juan Soto in the batting order revealed Tuesday by Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, who leads the AL coaching staff. American League batting leader Steven Kwan (Guardians) is leading off with Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson to follow. Kwan has a .407 on-base percentage and Henderson hit 28 home runs before the break.
“What do I think?” Bochy asked Monday afternoon of Skenes. “He’s a beast.”
PETE ALONSO HOPING METS DON’T TRADE HIM BEFORE DEADLINE
Expressing his love for the city of New York, the Mets and their fans, slugger Pete Alonso — an impending free agent — wants to remain with the team as the July 30 trade deadline approaches.
“I’m super happy to be a Met, super proud to be a Met,” the four-time All-Star said on Monday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, before he was eliminated in the first round of his fifth Home Run Derby. “And, again, it’s just been awesome. I’d love to stay, and I don’t want to get traded. I love it. It’s home.”
Whether the resurgent Mets are buyers or sellers at the deadline — and whether Alonso will be traded — will likely depend on how they play after the All-Star break. New York holds the third and final wild-card spot in the National League, posting a 25-11 record since June 3.
Alonso, 29, has been a huge factor during the Mets’ turnaround, recording 34 hits, six homers, 20 runs and 21 RBIs in that stretch. For the season, Alonso has hit .240 with 51 RBIs and a team-leading 19 homers in 95 games.
“Right now there’s a lot that could happen (before the trade deadline) and whatever the front office and ownership decides to do, that’s their prerogative,” said Alonso, the lone Mets All-Star. “But, for me, my job is to do whatever I can to help win ballgames every single day.”
The Mets did address a need last week, acquiring veteran right-hander Phil Maton from the Tampa Bay Rays to upgrade their bullpen.
A fan favorite, Alonso was the Mets’ second-round draft pick in 2016. He debuted in the majors three years later, hitting 53 homers, making the All-Star team, winning the Home Run Derby and being named NL Rookie of the Year.
In six seasons with New York, Alonso has hit .250 with 211 homers and 549 RBIs over 779 games.
“I love this organization,” he said. “I love this city so I just want to do the best I can every single night for the guys in the clubhouse and fans.”
DESPITE JAYS’ STRUGGLES, VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. WANTS TO STAY
With his contract set to expire after the 2025 season, Blue Jays All-Star slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reiterated his desire to remain in Toronto long term on Monday.
While the Blue Jays have said that they don’t plan to move Guerrero or shortstop Bo Bichette before the July 30 trade deadline, contract talks with Guerrero have not progressed.
“I’d love to be in Toronto,” Guerrero said at All-Star Game Media Day at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. “My family loves Toronto. My kids love Toronto. But at the end of the day, it’s a business. We all need to understand that. So whatever happens, happens. But definitely, I would like to stay there.”
An All-Star for the fourth straight season, Guerrero, 25, went into the break batting .288 with 14 home runs and 55 RBIs across 95 games.
Still, the Blue Jays remain in last place in the American League East at 44-52 and may be sellers at the deadline, something Guerrero isn’t used to during his tenure with the club.
“I control what I can control,” he said. “I’m just trying to go out there and give my 100 percent and whatever happens after that, I can’t control it.”
JUAN SOTO OPEN TO STAYING WITH YANKEES AS FREE AGENCY LOOMS
Likely to land a long-term deal in the $500 million range this offseason as a free agent, All-Star slugger Juan Soto would consider re-signing with the New York Yankees but will have plenty of suitors.
“If I knew the future,” Soto said on Tuesday at All-Star media day, “I would play the lottery. Nobody knows the future. At the end of the day, I’m enjoying this moment, representing the New York Yankees. … I’m very happy to be part of (the game), but nobody knows what will happen next year.”
Preparing for his fourth straight All-Star Game on Tuesday — his first as a starter — at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Soto said he his eager to call a major league city home for several years.
“It’s a little uncomfortable wearing different jerseys and changing teams,” Soto acknowledged in Spanish. “I’m looking forward to wearing one for a long time.”
Soto, 25, was an All-Star in 2022 with the Washington Nationals, then was dealt before the trade deadline. Last summer, he was at the Midsummer Classic with the San Diego Padres but was sent to the Yankees last winter.
In his first season with the Yankees on a one-year, $31 million deal, the popular Soto has hit .295 with 23 homers and 66 RBIs in 94 games, creating a formidable duo with Aaron Judge, the majors’ home run leader with 34.
“Soto’s been amazing,” Judge said. “He’s the best hitter I’ve ever seen.”
So will Soto and Judge be teammates beyond 2024?
“Who wouldn’t want to be with a team that wins?” Soto said. “For me, while you’re on a winning team, it’s always good to be there and be a part of it.”
Along with the Yankees, the rival Boston Red Sox are among the teams expected to pursue Soto, along with the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and San Francisco. Even the Nationals could be part of the mix.
“That decision’s all based on him and his family and what they want to do and what feels right,” Judge said. “As a teammate, it’s just about being supportive for him and showing him what New York can offer. … I wish him nothing but the best. He’s going to make the right decision for what’s best for him.”
Once the All-Star break ends, Soto and Yankees will look to rebound after losing 18 of their last 26 games and falling behind the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. As of June 19, New York had the majors’ best record.
“Nobody said it would be easy,” Soto said. “At the beginning it looked like it was easy, but of course it’s not that easy.”
MLB BATTING AVERAGE NEAR HALF-CENTURY LOW AND VELOCITY AT ALL-TIME HIGH
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball can’t run away from its lack of runs.
Batting averages are near half-century lows. Velocity is at an all-time high.
“Run scoring, it’s not easy to do. It’s hard and it’s getting harder,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Pitchers are getting better by the outing.”
The major league batting average was .240 through April and .239 in May, the lowest since the bottom of .237 in 1968’s Year of the Pitcher. It’s risen slightly along with the temperature as spring turned to summer: .246 in June and .250 in July, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Still, the season average of .243 heading into the All-Star break was just ahead of 2022 and 1968 as the lowest since the dead-ball era ended in 1920.
“Batting average was down a little bit. That’s not necessarily a good thing if you’re looking for action in the game,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in late May.
And the drop isn’t just in the big leagues. This year’s minor league batting average is .243, down from .256 in 2019.
“I didn’t see 100 (mph) when I was playing. It’s commonplace now,” said Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, whose last season was 2008.
Average four-seam fastball velocity is 94.2 mph this year, matching 2023 and up from 91.1 mph in 2008. There were 3,880 pitches of 100 mph or higher last year, up from 214 in 2008.
Just at Triple-A this year there have been 461.
“You can tell as a hitter. Guys are going to the top with the fastballs,” said Dylan Crews, the No. 2 draft pick last year and now at Washington’s Triple-A Rochester farm team.
In an age of shortened attention spans, Major League Baseball has tried to increase action by instituting limits on defensive shifts in 2023 along with a pitch clock to cut dead time. The average time of a nine-inning game dropped from 3 hours, 4 minutes in 2022 to 2:40 last year and 2:36 thus far this season, but runs remain near post-Steroids Era lows: 4.39 per team each game, down from 4.62 last year and up from 4.28 in 2022.
Still, hitters have cut down slightly on strikeouts: the rate of 8.36 per team per game this season is the lowest since 2017, down from 8.61 last year and a record 8.81 in 2019.
“There’s more spin rate. There’s harder throwers,” San Diego star third baseman Manny Machado said. “There’s just so much information and I think that’s what creates the havoc and makes hitting a little bit harder.”
The percentage of fastballs — four-seamers, sinkers and cutters — is 55.5% this year, just above last season’s 55.4%. It was 62.5% in 2015.
Spin rates on sliders, sweepers and slurves have increased from 2,106 revolutions per minute in 2015 to 2,475 this year and their use has increased from 10.9% to 22.5%.
Team wonks view video and dissect data to provide pitchers pointers and batters blueprints. The Dodgers employ senior directors of baseball systems applications and baseball systems platforms along with directors of baseball strategy and information, quantitative analysis, baseball product development, integrative baseball performance, performance innovation lab and baseball innovation.
As a result of the perpetual perusal, pitchers are told what to throw, when to throw and how to throw.
Atlanta’s Max Fried mixes seven pitches: four-seamer, sinker, cutter, slider, sweeper, curveball and changeup.
“The information is so prevalent that there are no secrets,” Fried said. “Baseball is still a game of changing speeds and mixing up looks and if you can just kind of keep guys off balance as much as you possibly can there, you’re going to give yourself the best chance to be successful.”
The New York Yankees built a pitching laboratory known as the “Gas Station” at their minor league complex in Tampa, Florida, ahead of the 2020 season, a type of facility that is now becoming more commonplace. Pitchers from big leaguers down to high school have gone to Driveline in Kent, Washington, to develop their repertoires. “Pitch shape” has become a common term.
“You could go long periods, months maybe, where teams were not adding new pitches,” Baldelli said. “And now you see almost every series, you run in against a team and someone’s doing something completely different. I think the fear has kind of left the major league clubhouses when it comes to making adjustments.”
THE TOP DRAFT PICK OF THE MARINERS PITCHES LEFTY AND RIGHTY. JURRANGELO CIJNTJE WANTS TO KEEP IT UP
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jurrangelo Cijntje wants to keep his options open with the Seattle organization as a pitcher who switches between throwing right-handed and left-handed.
The 15th overall pick by the Mariners in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft Sunday night, Cijntje said there was a reason he threw righty to lefty batters more often with Mississippi State in 2024.
“I had discomfort in my left side in the middle of the season,” Cijntje said. “I was talking to my pitching coach, and he was like, ‘You can just rest now from the left side and you can just focus on the right side.’ Everything is good now.”
The Mariners said they want Cijntje, who was a switch-pitcher for Curacao in the 2016 Little League World Series, to decide how to proceed as a righty and/or lefty as a pro. Cijntje says he would prefer to continue pitching from both sides.
According to his MLB.com draft profile, Cijntje was a natural left-hander who started throwing righty as a 6-year-old to mimic his father, Mechangelo, a former pro baseball player in the Netherlands.
There is some natural righty in him, though. Cijntje says he writes right-handed, while eating is somewhat like pitching — the 21-year-old uses both hands.
Cijntje agrees with scouting reports that say his fastball velocity is better right-handed, in the mid-90 mph range compared to low 90s from the left side. He throws with a lower arm angle as a lefty, which means relying more on off-speed pitches from that side.
Scouts also believe Cijntje’s future might be as a right-hander, which is why going against the percentages by pitching right-handed against lefties more often this season was notable.
“On the right side, I have more feel just because I used the right side very much more than the left side because at some point I stopped using the left side,” Cijntje said. “But I can feel the left side is becoming better.”
Cijntje was drafted in the 18th round by Milwaukee in 2022 out of high school in the Miami area but chose to attend Mississippi State.
After a rough freshman season in 2023, Cijntje was 8-2 with a 3.67 ERA this past season. He pointed to a 15-5 win over then-defending champion LSU as a launching pad for where he ended up as one of the six prospects awaiting their fate at a rodeo arena in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards.
“I think after that, I started getting good outing after good outing,” Cijntje said. “For me, that was like, ‘You’ve got to be on your A game,’ and don’t back down about nothing.”
Now, Cijntje doesn’t want to back down on pitching righty and lefty.
MLB DRAFT: ROUNDS 3-10 INCLUDE GRANDSON OF HEISMAN WINNER
The second day of the Major League Baseball draft kicked off when the Oakland Athletics drafted Rutgers shortstop Joshua Kuroda-Grauer with the first pick of Round 3 Monday.
Rounds 3-10 were held Monday after the first two rounds (74 total picks) took place Sunday evening. The draft began with the Cleveland Guardians choosing 2B Travis Bazzana of Oregon State.
Some teams’ drafting strategies were on full display. The New York Yankees used their first five picks on right-handed pitchers from the college ranks, including Vanderbilt’s Greysen Carter in the fifth round. Notably, Carter’s fastball can touch 103 mph.
Mississippi State outfielder Dakota Jordan, the top-ranked player available after the first day, slid to No. 116 overall in the fourth round to the San Francisco Giants. Jordan was ranked No. 34 on MLB Pipeline’s big board and passed on football (he played wide receiver) to focus on baseball. He racked up 30 home runs, 23 doubles and 112 RBIs in two seasons in Starkville.
Late in the seventh round, the Houston Astros drafted South Alabama outfielder Joseph Sullivan, whose late grandfather Pat Sullivan won the 1971 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback at Auburn. Pat Sullivan went on to play six NFL seasons and serve as the head coach at TCU (1992-97) and Samford (2007-14) before his death in 2019.
The third and final day of the draft comes Tuesday, featuring Rounds 11-20.
FOOTBALL NEWS
NFL TRAINING CAMPS GET UNDERWAY AS ROOKIES START REPORTING THIS WEEK
The short summer vacation is over for NFL players. It’s time to begin the journey to Super Bowl 59.
Coming off a disappointing finish in the AFC championship game, the Baltimore Ravens became the first team to open training camp when they welcomed rookies on Saturday. Nineteen more teams get underway this week and all 32 clubs will open doors by July 24.
Everyone is 0-0 but expectations aren’t the same. Some teams are legitimate contenders. A few are rebuilding.
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are aiming to become the first team to three-peat since the 1965-67 Green Bay Packers won three consecutive NFL championships.
Eight teams have new head coaches. Several star quarterbacks changed teams.
Training camp dates
While 20 teams begin camp this week for rookies, most veterans don’t report until next week. Only the Ravens, Chiefs, Chicago Bears and Houston Texans will have their full teams in camp this week. The defending AFC South champion Texans are first to open doors to vets on Wednesday.
The Texans and Bears will kick off the exhibition season in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 1 in Canton, Ohio.
The Chiefs will host the Ravens in a rematch of the AFC title game to start the regular season on Sept. 5.
New head coaches
Jim Harbaugh is back in the NFL with the Los Angeles Chargers after leading Michigan to a national championship. Dan Quinn took over for the Washington Commanders, getting his second head coach opportunity. Raheem Morris also is a second-time head coach, taking the job with the Atlanta Falcons.
Dave Canales (Carolina Panthers), Mike Macdonald (Seattle Seahawks) and Brian Callahan (Tennessee Titans) are first-timers after successful stints as coordinators.
Antonio Pierce was promoted from interim coach in Las Vegas after leading the Raiders to a 5-4 record in the second half of last season.
Jerod Mayo has the biggest shoes to fill, replacing six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick with the New England Patriots.
Teams with new quarterbacks
Kirk Cousins joined the Falcons in one of the early surprises in free agency. Atlanta then pulled off a bigger shocker, selecting QB Michael Penix with the No. 8 pick in the draft after giving Cousins $100 million guaranteed.
Russell Wilson tries to revive his career in Pittsburgh where he’ll enter camp as the starter but the Steelers also acquired Justin Fields just in case.
The Bears drafted Caleb Williams at No. 1 overall and the Commanders took Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels second. Both are likely starting Week 1. The Patriots selected Drake Maye third, but he could start the season backing up veteran Jacoby Brissett.
Sam Darnold replaces Cousins in Minnesota only to keep the seat warm for rookie J.J. McCarthy.
Veteran Gardner Minshew will compete with second-year pro Aidan O’Connell for the starting spot in Las Vegas.
Rookie Bo Nix will battle Jarrett Stidham for the job in Denver. The Broncos also added Zach Wilson.
Top camp storylines
Keep an eye on potential holdouts.
Cowboys All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb missed mandatory minicamp and may not report to camp because he wants a new contract. Several of Lamb’s peers got paid this offseason and he’s next.
Justin Jefferson set the market for elite receivers, getting a four-year, $140 million contract extension that included $110 million in guaranteed money. A.J. Brown, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jaylen Waddle and DeVonta Smith also received new deals.
The Cowboys could have salary cap issues. QB Dak Prescott enters the final season of a four-year, $160 million contract and star edge rusher Micah Parsons is due for a new deal soon.
Lamb isn’t the only receiver looking for more money. San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk and Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase are potential holdouts or hold-ins — those are players who show up to avoid fines but don’t practice.
Edge rusher Haason Reddick was traded from Philadelphia to the Jets because he wants a new contract. New York didn’t give him one so he didn’t report for offseason workouts.
The Dolphins and QB Tua Tagovailoa are talking about a new contract as he enters the season on the final year of his rookie deal. It’ll be interesting to see how Tagovailoa handles the preseason if negotiations stall.
His teammate, Tyreek Hill, has already stated he wants a revamped deal after losing his status as the highest-paid wideout.
Other camp storylines
Aaron Rodgers is returning to the New York Jets after his first season with the team lasted just four plays because of a torn Achilles tendon.
Rodgers, who skipped mandatory minicamp but attended OTAs, has been throwing since the end of last season and should be ready to go.
Cousins is also returning from a torn Achilles tendon. He participated in Atlanta’s offseason sessions and will navigate an odd situation with his future successor already on the team.
The NFL dramatically overhauled the kickoff rules so the preseason will be the first opportunity to see how teams will handle all the changes.
Roster cuts
Teams can carry a maximum of 90 players throughout training camp and for all of their preseason games. Rosters must be trimmed to 53 by 4 p.m. EDT on Aug. 27.
Camp hot spot
California will host six teams for training camp, including the three teams (Rams, Chargers, 49ers) that will play in the state. The Cowboys, Saints and Raiders also will hold camp in the Golden State.
LSU LEANS ON DEPTH TO REPLACE HEISMAN WINNER, FIRST-ROUNDERS
LSU enters fall camp seeking replacements for Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels and a pair of his wide receivers, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas, who all landed in the NFL as first-round picks in April.
But the focus for head coach Brian Kelly isn’t on the skill positions as the Tigers get back on the field after posting a 10-3 record (6-2 SEC) last season.
“Being the No. 1 offense in the country was not good enough,” Kelly said Monday at SEC Media Days in Dallas. “We need more balance. We’ve got to be able to complement each other. We’re going to have to be able to play better defense this year. You can’t have the No. 1 offense in the country and not play the kind of defense to get you to the next level.”
The Tigers were 82nd in total defense and 81st in points allowed at an average of 28 per game. LSU’s defensive staff was entirely replaced in the offseason. Kelly hired former LSU linebacker Blake Baker as defensive coordinator.
“It’s about players truly wanting to be part of those 11 guys,” Kelly said of Baker, who was previously Missouri’s defensive coordinator. “Blake’s ability to put that together has been evident.”
It won’t take long for the first measurement of the Tigers’ progress. LSU gets a massive test in the opener against Southern California in Las Vegas on Sept. 1.
Kelly said redshirt junior quarterback Garrett Nussmeier has to prove in games what he has shown in meetings and walkthroughs — that he has the qualities needed to become a great player. The first sign of his ability to translate traits into performance was in the ReliaQuest Bowl win over Wisconsin, his only career start in 18 games.
He threw for a career-high 395 yards with three touchdowns and completed 31 passes. Nussmeier has waited four seasons for the full-time role.
“His persistence, his patience, his leadership — we’re excited to watch him lead our team this year,” Kelly said.
Daniels was drafted No. 2 overall by the Washington Commanders, four spots ahead of Nabers (sixth overall, New York Giants).
Daniels completed 72.2 percent of his passes for 3,812 yards, 40 touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed for 1,134 yards and 10 touchdowns while averaging 8.4 yards per carry. Nabers had 89 catches for 1,569 yards and 14 touchdowns in 13 games last season and Thomas (23rd, Jaguars) led the FBS with 17 TD catches in 2023.
Kelly said others are ready to fill those shoes.
“When we look at our football team in its totality, there will be a number of players we count on,” he said. “I think we start with Kyren Lacy. At the wide receiver position, I think there will be six to eight players who will get an opportunity to contribute and make an impact. That’s the one thing I like about that position. We’ve got depth.”
NICK SABAN ON ‘OTHER SIDE’ AS SEC MEDIA DAYS KICK OFF
Arguably the most recognizable face around college football was sent back to his room for his media credential prior to the start of SEC Media Days in Dallas on Monday.
Retired Alabama head coach Nick Saban, a member of ESPN’s broadcast team on-site for the start of the event, said he’s still adjusting to being on the “other side” before LSU coach Brian Kelly took the stage as the first coach in the interview hot seat.
“It’s a little different. I’ve never worn a credential in my life. I was always, for 17 years, able to get into SEC Media Days without a credential,” Saban, 72, said. “I had to go back to the room today to get my credential to get in. That’s one of the biggest changes I see — it’s not like it used to be.”
Saban said he understood why he was being asked for the press pass and described the official asking for his credential as “very polite.”
The seven-time national championship coach retired in January after 17 seasons at Alabama. The Crimson Tide hired Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer, who was 25-3 in two seasons with the Huskies.
DeBoer takes the podium on Wednesday morning in Dallas.
COMMISSIONER GREG SANKEY SAYS SEC NOT RECRUITING OTHER SCHOOLS
DALLAS — SEC commissioner Greg Sankey reiterated Monday that the league is focused on its 16 members and he is not recruiting any others, in his remarks to open SEC media days.
In the first media days with Texas and Oklahoma as SEC members, Sankey was asked multiple times about the future of the league, and how much he pays attention to the current lawsuits between Florida State, Clemson and the ACC.
Judges in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina are currently hearing arguments in those cases. Florida State and Clemson have sued challenging the grant of rights; the ACC has sued those schools to defend the conference.
There has been rampant speculation that the SEC could be a landing spot for Florida State and Clemson if both schools leave the ACC.
Sankey said he is aware of what is happening in the ACC, but “We’re focused on our 16.”
“I’m not a recruiter. My job is to make sure we meet the standard of excellence that we have for ourselves on a daily basis,” Sankey said. “That attracts interest. It’s done that with the two universities that we have added this year. They’re not the only phone calls I’ve ever had, but I’m not involved in recruitment.
“Our presidents have been clear that I am not going to entangle us in litigation around expansion. So I pay attention, but I’m not engaged in those conversations. The broader implications, obviously if things change, then there’s a new level of uncertainty. It already creates speculation that I think is counterproductive, but I don’t spend an enormous amount of my time thinking about it. I certainly don’t spend any time engaged in that recruiting activity because we’re focused on our 16.”
In his opening statement to kick off SEC media days, Sankey noted that “Sixteen is our today, and 16 is our tomorrow.”
Asked later in his news conference whether tomorrow means staying at 16 for the long term, Sankey said, “Our focus is on our 16 members. I have a responsibility to pay attention, and I’m certainly not going to fuel speculation on what happens next. We can certainly remain at 16 for a long, long time and be incredibly successful.”
The SEC voted to add Texas and Oklahoma in 2021, setting off another wave of realignment in response. The Big Ten added USC and UCLA, and then Washington and Oregon as the Pac-12 splintered apart. The Big 12 now includes former Pac-12 members Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado and Utah, and the ACC added Stanford, Cal and SMU. The new configurations of all four conferences begin with the start of the 2024 season.
Sankey noted in his remarks that the SEC’s expansion, as opposed to the others, has mitigated its travel footprint.
“We know who we are,” Sankey said. “We’re the one conference at this level where the name still means something, the southeastern part of the United States, where when we expanded, we actually restored historic rivalries while adding only 100 miles to the longest campus-to-campus trip our student-athletes will experience.”
Asked whether there would be any feasibility to expanding outside the Southeast, Sankey said, “We’re focused on our 16, period. You’ve seen how we’ve made decisions over the last decade-plus for contiguous states to join. I think that’s incredibly wise and provides remarkable strength.
“I’m not going to guess about what happens next.”
FRESNO STATE’S TEDFORD STEPS DOWN BECAUSE OF HEALTH CONCERNS, SKIPPER IS NAMED INTERIM COACH
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno State coach Jeff Tedford announced Monday he’s stepping down because of health concerns.
Tedford, 62, led the Bulldogs to a 44-22 record in five seasons, including two Mountain West Conference championships and four bowl victories. The Bulldogs finished in the AP Top 25 twice during his tenure.
“It is with sad emotions that following my recent medical checkup, it is clear that due to health concerns, my family and I have made the decision to step aside as Fresno State’s head coach and allow someone else to lead the football program,” Tedford said in a statement.
Fresno State assistant head coach and linebackers coach Tim Skipper will be interim head coach this season. He was acting head coach while Tedford was away from the team for health reasons for the New Mexico Bowl following the 2022 season, in which Fresno State beat New Mexico State 37-10.
Tedford was named an Eddie Robinson Award finalist and a Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award finalist in 2018 after the Bulldogs won a school-record 12 games. He has a 127-79 overall record in 11 total college seasons at California and Fresno State.
Tedford initially took the Fresno State job in 2017 and guided a 1-11 program to 10 or more wins in each of his first two seasons. He stepped away from coaching in 2019 while dealing with heart-related issues but returned to his alma mater after Kalen DeBoer left for Washington late in the 2021 season. His team won the 2022 Mountain West title and finished 10-4.
“Coach Tedford is a living legend,” Skipper said. ”He is definitely an innovator and trendsetter of the game. His impact on college football will be felt forever, and I feel very fortunate to be able to have coached on his staff these past two seasons. The knowledge I have gained is priceless.”
BASKETBALL NEWS
US WASTES MOST OF BIG LEAD, HOLDS ON TO BEAT AUSTRALIA 98-92 IN TUNEUP FOR PARIS OLYMPICS
There was a lot for the U.S. Olympic team to like on Monday. And a lot not to like.
Anthony Davis scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a pair of late 3-pointers that helped stop a freefall by the Americans, and the U.S. beat Australia 98-92 on Monday to improve to 2-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions leading into the Paris Olympics.
Devin Booker scored 16 for the U.S., Anthony Edwards scored 14 and three players — LeBron James, Bam Adebayo and Joel Embiid — finished with 10 for the Americans, who are playing host to a pair of exhibitions at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates this week. They’ll play Serbia there on Wednesday.
Jock Landale scored 20 for Australia, which got 17 from Josh Giddey and 14 from Dyson Daniels.
The U.S. led by 24 midway through the third quarter, yet saw that lead cut to six with 5:05 left after Australia went on a 39-21 run. But Haliburton had the next six points on his 3s, pushing the lead back to 92-80.
Australia cut it to four on two separate occasions, but Booker went 4-for-4 from the line in the final 8 seconds to ensure the U.S. would escape.
“Third quarter, we started turning the ball over,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “We gave up a ton of points at the basket. Back cuts, offensive boards and so, the game shifted. It’s a good lesson for us. Better to learn that lesson now than later. And this will be a good tape for us to watch. But I give Australia a ton of credit. They were great. They fought. They were really physical. Took it to us in the last quarter and a half and really made it a game.”
Second unit, again
Just like in the Canada game, the so-called second unit — Haliburton, Jrue Holiday, Adebayo, Davis and Booker — changed the game.
That was the group on the floor when the Americans took a game that was tied at 19-19 with 3:15 left in the first and turned it into a 39-23 lead — a 20-4 run in a span of just over 5 minutes.
Kerr used that group as his starting five to open the second half. But it’s become a clear trend already: when the U.S. goes to its bench and can replace All-Stars with other All-Stars, it’s just going to be a massive problem for opponents who don’t have anywhere near that same level of depth.
“The strength of our team is our depth and we have to utilize our depth,” Kerr said.
It’s been something the Americans have used to their advantage in the past. Dwyane Wade led the gold-medalist 2008 U.S. Olympic team in points, even though he was sixth in minutes on that team and came off the bench in all eight games.
Turnovers
Here’s the big trouble sign right now for the U.S.: turnovers.
FIBA games are shorter than NBA games, 40 minutes instead of 48 minutes. That means there are fewer possessions and makes it even more imperative to not give the ball away.
Which the Americans did. A lot.
After committing 15 turnovers in last week’s exhibition win over Canada, the U.S. had 18 giveaways on Monday and Australia used them to fuel the comeback effort — getting 25 points off turnovers in the second half alone.
“Our turnovers, it’s all about focus and execution,” Davis said.
Injury watch
Kevin Durant missed his second consecutive game because of a calf strain, and with only one practice between games it wouldn’t seem likely that he plays Wednesday against Serbia either.
Derrick White, who arrived in Abu Dhabi over the weekend and got into his first practice with the team on Sunday, also didn’t play. White replaced Kawhi Leonard — who deals with knee issues — on the U.S. roster after the Americans determined last week that it wasn’t in Leonard’s best interest to play this summer.
CAVS’ GARLAND: ‘I DON’T WANT TO BE TRADED’
Darius Garland denied reports that he wants to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“I don’t want to be traded,” he told Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com at Summer League on Sunday. “Those are just rumors.”
After the team’s elimination in the second round to the Boston Celtics in May, it was reported that Garland’s agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, would engage Cavaliers officials to find a trade for Garland if backcourt mate Donovan Mitchell were to sign a long-term extension, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Joe Vardon, and Jason Lloyd.
The Cavaliers penned Mitchell to a three-year, $153-million extension in July. Garland said he was happy for his teammate when the news broke.
“It’s always good to see one of our guys get the money they deserve and know he’s going to be back with us for a while. I was excited. I was excited for him,” Garland said.
Garland had a down year, averaging 18 points and 6.5 assists in 57 games. He missed time due to lower-body, thumb, and jaw injuries.
The franchise is set to run back the same roster but replaced J.B. Bickerstaff with Kenny Atkinson as head coach. The Cavs finished fourth in the Eastern Conference with a 48-34 record last season.
NUGGETS FIRST-ROUND PICK DARON HOLMES II HAS ACHILLES SURGERY
Denver Nuggets first-round draft pick DaRon Holmes II had surgery Monday to repair a torn right Achilles tendon, likely ending his season.
The Nuggets confirmed that the surgery took place after Holmes posted on X, formerly Twitter, Monday morning to say he was on the way to receive the procedure.
“Wanted to thank everyone who reached out it really means a lot!” Holmes wrote. “It was very cool to see how many people care, people I would never expect, human nature can be a beautiful thing man.
“With that being said… I’ll be back and better soon! Let’s get to work.”
Holmes tore his Achilles on Friday night during the Nuggets’ Summer League opener against the Los Angeles Clippers in Las Vegas. Holmes had 11 points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes before the injury occurred.
The 6-foot-10 Holmes was selected 22nd overall by the Phoenix Suns and dealt on draft night to the Nuggets for No. 28 pick Ryan Dunn, the No. 56 pick in the 2024 Draft and second-round picks in 2026 and 2031.
Holmes was a standout at Dayton, earning consensus second-team All-America status in 2023-24 after averaging 20.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 blocks in 33 games (all starts).
FORWARD KJ MARTIN RE-SIGNS WITH 76ERS
The Philadelphia 76ers on Monday announced they re-signed forward KJ Martin, acquired during last season as part of a three-team, seven-player deal that sent disgruntled All-Star guard James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers.
The 76ers did not disclose financial terms, though multiple media reports have Martin agreeing to a two-year, $16 million contract.
Martin, 23, averaged 3.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 12.3 minutes in 58 games (two starts) for Philadelphia. He also played two games for the Clippers before they dealt him on Nov. 1, 2023, in the trade involving the Oklahoma City Thunder and 76ers.
Philadelphia also obtained Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum and Robert Covington, who, like Martin, all had contracts that expired at the end of the season. After becoming a free agent, Martin decided to come back to Philadelphia.
The son of former NBA All-Star Kenyon Martin, KJ Martin was selected in the second round of the 2020 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. He was traded a week later to the Houston Rockets, where he played from 2020-23, until he was traded to the Clippers. Over four seasons, Martin averaged 8.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 21.7 minutes per game over 266 games (61 starts).
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
SEC COMMISSIONER GREG SANKEY: ‘TIME TO UPDATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT COLLEGE ATHLETICS CAN BE’
DALLAS (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux.
“It’s time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be,” Sankey said, kicking off the four-day event.
The powerhouse SEC, which boasts 13 college football national champions since 2006, now includes Texas and Oklahoma. It’s one of many changes going into effect this year in college football, with plenty more to come.
“We as leaders are responsible for navigating what really are for us in college sports uncharted waters of change,” Sankey said.
The 59-year-old commissioner stressed that college sports must find solutions from within while also recognizing external pressures from lawsuits and politicians that complicate the situation.
“But the reality is there is no easy button we can just go push to resolve the issues we face. There’s no magic pill. Anytime you go through a reset, it is difficult,” Sankey said.
Maybe the most dramatic changes are still coming together. In late May, the NCAA and power conferences agreed to the framework of a settlement of several antitrust lawsuits. The settlement includes $2.8 billion in damages to be paid out by the NCAA and a groundbreaking commitment by the conferences to allow its schools to share a percentage of athletic revenue with their athletes.
A full term sheet with details of the settlement still must be filed with the federal court in Northern California that is overseeing the case. That is expected to happen soon. Then it must be approved by Judge Claudia Wilken.
“We are literally working to make what would normally be a decade’s worth of change in a matter of months,” Sankey said.
Sankey said new revenue streams will be needed, but he warned of college sports leaders handing over control in exchange for money, a not so subtle allusion to private equity.
“We’ve been incredibly successful, and I understand why so many outside of the campus and conference realm are interested in coming in and being a part of it, but that responsibility lies with us to bring people into the solution, not to cede authority to external actors,” Sankey said.
BIG ENOUGH?
Early in about a 30-minute opening statement, Sankey dropped a line that gained some traction on social media and led to a few follow-up questions.
“Sixteen is our today, and 16 is our tomorrow,” he said, referring to the size of the newly expanded conference.
After three years of tumultuous and transformative conference realignment, there has been relative peace on that front in 2024. But instability in any conference fuels speculation.
In the Atlantic Coast Conference, Florida State and Clemson have sued the league, challenging the agreements the bind schools to the league with hundreds of millions of dollars in potential exit fees and penalties.
Sankey made clear that his interest in the ACC litigation is only as an observer.
“As I said, we’re focused on our 16. I’ve said before at Media Days, I’m not a recruiter,” he said. “Our presidents have been clear that I am not going to entangle us in litigation around expansion. So I pay attention, but I’m not engaged in those conversations.”
Sankey was asked to clarify 16 today, 16 tomorrow. Was that a reference to long-term future of the SEC?
“So the last three questions are a part of the reality, which is I’ve responded now three times where our focus lies. Our focus is on our 16 members. I have a responsibility to pay attention, and I’m certainly not going to fuel speculation on what happens next,” he said.
“We can certainly remain at 16 for a long, long time and be incredibly successful.”
As a result of massive realignment, the Big 12 has 16 teams, the Big Ten 18 and the ACC now has schools in Dallas and the California Bay Area. The Pac-12 is a two-team league, fighting for survival.
Texas and Oklahoma deciding to move to the SEC was the first domino to fall in 2021, a move that doesn’t look quite so radical in comparison to other that followed.
“We know who we are, and the Southeastern Conference, we’re the one conference at this level where the name still means something, the southeastern part of the United States, where when we expanded, we actually restored historic rivalries while adding only 100 miles to the longest campus-to-campus trip our student-athletes will experience,” Sankey said.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
TEXAS LANDS 4-STAR ATH RECRUIT NICK TOWNSEND
Four-star recruit Nick Townsend, the No. 3 athlete prospect in the nation in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the Class of 2025, verbally committed to Texas on Monday.
Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian landed Townsend over finalists Alabama, Texas A&M, Southern California and Arizona State.
Townsend, a 6-foot-3, 235-pound tight end and defensive lineman, is rated the No. 114 recruit in the country and No. 21 in the state of Texas in the composite rankings.
He caught 18 passes for 431 yards and seven touchdowns in 10 games as a junior last season at Houston’s Dekaney High School. He also rushed six times for two TDs.
On defense, Townsend tallied 76 tackles with eight sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss as well as three fumble recoveries.
He could play tight end, linebacker or defensive end at Texas.
NFL NEWS
REPORT: BROWNS AGREE TO 3-YEAR, $15.9M EXTENSION WITH K DUSTIN HOPKINS
The Cleveland Browns and kicker Dustin Hopkins agreed to a three-year, $15.9 million extension, according to multiple reports on Monday.
The deal puts Hopkins under contract with the Browns through the 2027 season. The $5.3 million average will tie Hopkins for fifth among kickers with Ka’imi Fairbairn of the Houston Texans.
In 2024, Hopkins’ base salary will be $2.875 in the final season of a three-year contract he signed in 2022.
Hopkins, 33, made 33 of 36 field-goal attempts for a career-best 91.7 percentage last season for the Browns. He finished with 123 points.
Hopkins made all eight of his field-goal attempts from 50 or more yards. Cleveland obtained Hopkins shortly before the start of the 2023 season from the Los Angeles Chargers for a 2025 seventh-round pick.
In nine NFL seasons, Hopkins has made 223 of 260 field-goal attempts (85.8 percent) and 245 of 260 extra points (94.2), scoring 914 points in 124 career games with Washington (2015-21), Los Angeles (2021-22) and Cleveland.
NO DEAL? BEARS NO. 1 PICK CALEB WILLIAMS UNSIGNED ON EVE OF TRAINING CAMP
Training camp begins Tuesday for Chicago Bears’ rookies, but No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams is trending toward an unexcused absence.
Williams is unsigned and operating without an agent. He asserted that his team of lawyers and the Bears’ brass are working out the terms of his first NFL contract, but the NFLPA confirmed clubs cannot negotiate directly with third parties, including attorneys.
Typically, contracts for first-round picks are hammered out using basic framework established under terms of the collective bargaining agreement but the boilerplate deals aren’t always without tension. Contracts for each of the past three No. 1 picks — Trevor Lawrence and Travon Walker of the Jaguars and Panthers quarterback Bryce Young — received fully guaranteed contracts.
Young signed a four-year, fully guaranteed $37.95 contract with Carolina last year.
Williams told the Chicago Tribune he’s not handling the contract talks with the Bears, but other reports indicate the former USC quarterback is the only person in contact with the front office.
“My lawyers and attorney and everybody, the head of the Bears, everybody up there up top is handling that. That’s not my position that I’m handling,” Williams said.
The NFL slotting system puts the No. 1 pick’s contract at $39.4 million over four years.
Rookies report Tuesday before veterans arrive on Friday and the first team workouts Saturday.
The Bears and Houston Texans are first into training camp as the chosen teams for the Pro Football Hall of Fame contest on Aug. 1.
Another Bears rookie, wide receiver Rome Odunze, the No. 9 overall pick, is also unsigned.
GOLF NEWS
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP BOASTS RECORD $17M PURSE; WINNER GETS $3.1M
TROON, Scotland — The golfer who captures the 152nd Open Championship and lifts the Claret Jug at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday will collect a record winner’s purse.
The R&A announced Monday that this year’s Champion Golfer of the Year will receive $3.1 million of a record $17 million purse. That’s a $500,000 increase from last year. The runner-up will take home about $1.76 million, while the third-place finisher gets almost $1.13 million.
At Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, in 2023, American Brian Harman collected $3 million of a $16.5 million purse after his dominant six-shot victory.
“The R&A has a responsibility to strike a balance between maintaining The Open’s position in the global game, providing the funds required for governance and developing amateur and recreational golf in 146 countries internationally,” R&A CEO Martin Slumbers said in a statement. “We have to make choices if we want to continue to build on the significant growth in participation that is essential for golf’s future.”
The Open’s modest increase leaves it fourth among the major championships in purses. U.S. Open winner Bryson DeChambeau collected $4.3 million of a $21.5 million purse. Scottie Scheffler won $3.6 million of a $20 million purse after taking his second green jacket at the Masters in April, and Xander Schauffele took home $3.3 million of an $18.5 million purse at the PGA Championship after winning his first major.
“We remain concerned about the impact substantial increases in men’s professional prize money are having on the perception of the sport and its long-term financial sustainability,” Slumbers said. “We are determined to act with the interests of the global game in mind as we pursue our goal of ensuring golf continues to thrive in 50 years’ time.”
THE 152ND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: PREVIEW, PROPS, BEST BETS
The final major of 2024 begins Thursday at Royal Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
The first three have produced three different champions: Scottie Scheffler (Masters), Xander Schauffele (PGA Championship) and Bryson DeChambeau (U.S. Open).
All three are among the pre-tournament favorites this week as well, although it’s Scheffler who clearly leads the way at sportsbooks. That includes at BetRivers and DraftKings, who are both offering the six-time winner already in 2024 at +450.
THE 152nd OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Location: Royal Troon (Par 71, 7,385 Yards)
Purse: $17M (Winner: $3.1M)
Defending Champion: Brian Harman
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler
PROP PICKS
–Bryson DeChambeau to Beat Xander Schauffele (+125 at BetRivers): We’re going to stick with the LIV Golf theme here, if only because DeChambeau has performed so well in the past two majors with his win at the U.S. Open on the heels of a runner-up at the PGA Championship. He’ll have to play well again to make this prop pay, with Schauffele (-162) finishing eighth or better in each of the first three majors this year.
–Tyrrell Hatton Top 20 Finish (+120 at DraftKings): In addition to a win at LIV Golf’s stop in Nashville last month, Hatton posted a T9 at the Masters while also managing a T26 at the U.S. Open. The 32-year-old’s best previous finish at The Open was a T5 eight years ago, but the Englishman knows how to make his way around a links course. Hatton is also coming off a third-place finish at Andalucia over the weekend.
–Will Zalatoris To Miss Cut (+110 at BetRivers): Zalatoris is an easy player to root for as he continues his return from back surgery, but he’s a difficult player to bet success for. Since a T9 at the Masters, Zalatoris has failed to produce a top-40 finish in his past eight starts, including a pair of missed cuts and a WD in his past four. That includes last week’s Scottish Open, where Zalatoris carded a pair of 71s to miss the weekend by five shots.
2024 Prop Picks Record: 34-42-1
BEST BETS
–Scottie Scheffler (+450 at DraftKings): Scheffler’s best finish at The Open was a T8 three years ago, but this has also been a year of shattering previous standards for the world’s No. 1-ranked player. In addition to his wins at the Masters and Players, Scheffler has claimed four signature event victories. He leads the field at the book with 16 percent of the total bets at the book backing him to claim his first Open title this week.
–Rory McIlroy (+750): The Northern Irishman returned from his post-U.S. Open meltdown break to post a T4 at the Scottish Open. McIlroy has a final opportunity to break his decade-long major drought this year, and one of his four career majors did come at the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. He is second to Scheffler with 9 percent of the total bets backing him, but McIlroy does lead the field with 18 percent of the money.
–Xander Schauffele (+1100): Schauffele wasn’t able to successfully defend his title at the Scottish Open, but he did produce his 10th consecutive top-20 finish. That includes the win at the PGA Championship, a T2 at the Masters and a T7 at the U.S. Open.
–Ludvig Aberg (+1400): The Swede showed his inexperience in blowing the 54-hole lead with a 73 on Sunday at the Scottish Open, but there’s no denying Aberg’s immense talent. He has already shot up to fourth in the world rankings and has a solo second at the Masters and a T12 at the U.S. Open on his 2024 resume already. Aberg is third at DraftKings with 8 percent of the money backing him to win his first major at Royal Troon.
–Collin Morikawa (+1600): The 2021 Open champion hasn’t found the winner’s circle since last fall, but Morikawa continues to knock on the door. That includes a T4 last week — his sixth top-10 in his past nine starts, a streak that includes no finishes lower than T16.
–Bryson DeChambeau (+1600): DeChambeau’s major record this year includes a T6 at the Masters, second at the PGA and his win at the U.S. Open. No one can rival that three-major stretch, and there is no course that is immune to DeChambeau’s combination of power and short-game finesse. A ninth-place finish at Andalucia on Sunday was underwhelming against LIV’s smaller fields, and DeChambeau’s best Open finish was a T8 two years ago.
RACING NEWS
BLANEY HAS TEAM PENSKE ON A HOT STREAK HEADED INTO INDY FOR RETURN OF BRICKYARD 400
LOND POND, Pa. (AP) — Ryan Blaney popped some bubbly and hopped off a stage in victory lane so he could spray it at all the fans who stuck around to celebrate on a steamy day at Pocono Raceway.
They might need to bust open a few more bottles of the good stuff at Team Penske.
Moments after Blaney slid out of his No. 12 Ford after he secured his second Cup Series win in five weeks, the 2023 NASCAR champion learned that Will Power won the IndyCar race for Team Penske at Iowa Speedway. Penske driver Scott McLaughlin won Saturday at Iowa, giving team owner Roger Penske three wins in two days across 990 miles — with all directions pointing toward championship runs.
“Penske sweep!” Blaney blurted out.
Pretty impressive.
The pressure is on, though, for the follow-up. NASCAR heads to Indianapolis this week for the anticipated return of the Brickyard 400 on the historic oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Penske, the 87-year-old team owner who already has all three of his NASCAR drivers in the playoffs and has Power and McLaughlin in hot pursuit of points leader Alex Palou for IndyCar’s open-wheel crown.
Ask any Penske driver, there’s nothing like winning at Indy.
“The big one is next week,” Blaney said. “How do we kiss the bricks with the captain? That’s like a dream come true for me.”
Penske drivers Blaney, Austin Cindric and Joey Logano are on a tear in NASCAR, dating to the June 2 race at World Wide Technology Raceway in Illinois. Blaney appeared to be on his way to his first win of the season in that one until he ran out of fuel with the lead coming to the white flag. No worries. Cindric zipped ahead and earned his first win since the 2022 Daytona 500. Logano won four races later at Nashville Superspeedway and Blaney won the inaugural Cup race last month at Iowa Speedway.
Penske drivers have won four of the last seven Cup races.
Why does that make any of the trio a contender to win a Cup championship? Because Logano won it in 2002 and Blaney followed last season, setting up a nice championship blueprint to follow.
“We’ve won the championship with Joey and Ryan the last two years, and it’s all about using that system to be able to get to the next round each time,” Cindric said. “Whether if that’s winning races late in the playoffs or having enough points, our guys have been able to really execute in that round of eight and propel themselves into a position to be in the championship four.”
Blaney already knows the importance of getting hot late in the season. Blaney turned up his performance last season in the No. 12 Ford in the playoffs. Over the final six weeks, Blaney racked up two wins, two runner-ups and didn’t finish lower than 12th.
At Pocono, he put the field on notice a repeat could be in the works.
“We are in a better spot at this time this year than where we were last year at this point,” Blaney said.
It’s the end that counts, of course.
Penske — and NASCAR — is celebrating a new beginning of sorts at Indy. NASCAR will return to the 2.5-mile oval for the traditional Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis this weekend rather than the 2.439-mile road course it used the last three seasons.
The last NASCAR driver to win on Indy’s oval was Kevin Harvick in 2020, who retired at the end of last season. The inaugural Brickyard 400 was held on Aug. 6, 1994, and NASCAR raced on the oval through 2020.
“I’m super excited. I think this was a decision that a lot of drivers wanted,” Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron said. “I think the track is fun to make laps on. I’m sure it will be tricky with the Next Gen car. Probably a little bit edgy. But I think it will be everything we want as drivers, to be back on the oval with the history that it has.”
Penske driver Josef Newgarden won the Indianapolis 500 in May, giving the owner his trio of NASCAR drivers a chance at a season sweep.
The 30-year Blaney felt at Pocono like he had come full circle on the tri-oval track after winning at the site of his first Cup win in 2017. He will take wins at any track, but there’s just something about Indy.
“We’re going to enjoy this and appreciate it and celebrate it,” Blaney said. “But that is the one we have circled. We don’t even talk about it in our camp. You know that is a huge one for RP. It is full speed ahead for Indy.”
TENNIS NEWS
ATP ROUNDUP: NORRIE OPENS WITH WIN IN SWEDEN, COULD MEET NADAL
No. 5 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain earned a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik in the first round of the Nordea Open on Monday in Bastad, Sweden.
Norrie, eliminated in the third round of Wimbledon earlier this month, hit seven aces and never faced break point against Kovalik. Neither player lost serve in the first set and Norrie trailed the tiebreaker 3-2 before going on a five-point run to win it.
Norrie’s next opponent will be the winner between Spanish legend Rafael Nadal and Sweden’s Leo Borg.
The only other first-round singles match of the day saw No. 8 seed Pavel Kotov of Russia outlast Chile’s Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1. Kotov held a 5-1 edge in aces, capitalized on Garin’s seven double faults and saved four of five break points.
Hamburg Open
Pedro Martinez of Spain downed Italian sixth seed Matteo Arnaldi 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the opening round in Germany.
Arnaldi fired seven aces and 26 total winners, but committed 17 unforced errors to Martinez’s nine. Martinez won 18 of 19 points at the net.
No. 4 seed Francisco Cerundolo beat lucky loser Francisco Comesana 7-5, 6-4 in an all-Argentine battle. Comesana was coming off a first-round Wimbledon upset of sixth seed Andrey Rublev and lost to eventual semifinalist Lorenzo Musetti of Italy.
Serbia’s Laslo Djere beat Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-3, 7-6 (4), while Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, French qualifier Ugo Blanchet, German wild card Maximilian Marterer and Kazakhstan’s Alexander Shevchenko all won in three sets.
Swiss Open Gstaad
No. 5 seed Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany had to win a pair of tiebreakers to defeat Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in the first round in Switzerland.
Struff lost the first three games of the match before rallying to force the first tiebreaker, where he saved three set points to storm back from down 6-3. The second-set tiebreaker was a bit different, as he led 6-2 before winning on his third match points.
No. 7 seed Fabio Fognini of Italy beat French qualifier Titouan Droguet 6-4, 6-3, while Colombia’s Daniel Elahi Galan and Swiss wild card Leandro Riedi also advanced in straight sets. Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas took down Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4), eliminating the former World No. 3 amid his final season on the ATP Tour.
Infosys Hall of Fame Open
Maxime Cressy went the distance with Moldova’s Radu Albot before notching a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) win in two hours and 51 minutes in the opening round in Newport, R.I.
Cressy, whose only win on tour came in Newport in 2022, piled up 14 aces along with 23 double faults. He managed to eke out the third-set tiebreaker despite falling behind 1-0 and 3-2.
No. 6 seed Aleksandar Vukic of Australia topped Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong 6-1, 6-2, while Aleksandar Kovacevic was a 7-6 (1), 6-4 winner over France’s Harold Mayot.
Two matches were still undecided as of Monday afternoon. Reilly Opelka was facing Frenchman Constant Lestienne, while for the nightcap, France’s Benoit Paire was set to face Zachary Svajda.
HOCKEY NEWS
AVALANCHE ACQUIRE G KEVIN MANDOLESE FROM SENATORS
The Colorado Avalanche acquired the rights to restricted free agent goaltender Kevin Mandolese from the Ottawa Senators on Monday.
The Avalanche also received a 2026 seventh-round pick in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the same draft.
Mandolese, 23, made three starts for Ottawa in 2022-23 and went 1-2-0 with a 3.29 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.
The Quebec native, a sixth-round pick by the Senators in 2018, has a 28-28-5 career record with a 3.30 GAA and an .896 save percentage in 66 appearances for the AHL’s Belleville Senators.
KINGS F QUINTON BYFIELD SIGNS 5-YEAR, $31.25 MILLION EXTENSION
The Los Angeles Kings locked up forward Quinton Byfield with a five-year, $31.25 million contract extension ($6.25 million average annual value) that takes him through the 2028-29 season.
Byfield, 21, was the second overall pick of the 2020 draft and has played parts of four seasons for the Kings, but 2023-24 was his breakout year. In 80 games, he set career highs of goals (20), assists (35), points (55), plus-minus (plus-19), penalty minutes (42), hits (66) and takeaways (46).
Byfield was the third player in franchise history to score 20 goals at age 21 or younger, and he contributed to the power play with six goals and 14 points.
The Canadian has tallied 88 points (28 goals, 60 assists) through 179 career games since his debut on April 28, 2021.
SOCCER NEWS
COPA AMERICA ARRESTS INCLUDE COLOMBIAN FOOTBALL PRESIDENT
The president of the Colombia Football Federation and his son were among those arrested by Miami-Dade police amid chaos before and after the Copa America final on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Ramon Jesurun and his son, Ramon Jamil Jesurun, were charged with three felony counts of battery on a specified official or employee after allegedly fighting security guards as they tried to gain access to the field after the match at Hard Rock Stadium.
After Argentina defeated Colombia 1-0 in the tournament’s final, Jesurun, 71, and his son, 43, “became irate” at a security guard and began to shout at him, according to the police report. It became physical after the guard asked the men to back up and placed a palm on the younger Jesurun’s chest.
The younger Jesurun then grabbed the guard by the neck and punched him, according to the report. After several more guards got involved, the men were booked into a local jail close to 4:10 a.m. Monday.
They were scheduled to appear in bond court on Monday afternoon.
The elder Jesurun not only serves as president of Colombia’s soccer federation, but also as a vice president of CONMEBOL — the South American organizing body for the sport — in addition to holding a spot on the FIFA Council.
The match was marred from the get-go, as, according to officials, “thousands” of fans without tickets pushed through barriers to enter the stadium. The start of the match, originally scheduled for 8 p.m. local time, was delayed more than 75 minutes.
Video on social media showed fans not only forcing their way through the gates, but even crawling through vents in the stadium to make it inside.
Miami-Dade police said Monday that they made 27 arrests and 55 ejections at Hard Rock Stadium.
On Sunday night, “our law enforcement teams responded swiftly to handle an extremely challenging, dangerous situation posing life safety concerns for attendees,” James Reyes, chief of public safety for Miami-Dade County, told news organizations in a statement.
“We are working with the event organizers to conduct a comprehensive review of all safety and security protocols, as we continue to prepare for the World Cup in 2026.”
CONMEBOL — which has been widely criticized for its organization of the tournament — blamed “Hard Rock Stadium authorities” in a statement of its own. The governing body’s statement did not comment on Jesurun’s arrest.
“(Sunday), the most challenging tournament in history organized by CONMEBOL together with CONCACAF concluded, reaching record figures in venues, attendance, audience and staff dedicated to its organization, with more than 42,000 collaborators,” CONMEBOL’s statement said. “As it is already known, during the final held in Miami, fans without tickets went to the stadium’s vicinity, which delayed the normal access of people who did have tickets, slowing down the entry and leading to the closure of doors.
“In this situation, CONMEBOL was subject to the decisions made by the Hard Rock Stadium authorities, according to the contractual responsibilities established for security operations.
“In addition to the preparations determined in this contract, CONMEBOL recommended to these authorities the procedures proven in events of this magnitude, which were NOT taken into account. We regret that the acts of violence caused by malicious individuals have tarnished a final that was ready to be a great sports celebration.”
UFC NEWS
UFC’S JON JONES SLAPPED WITH CHARGES IN DRUG TESTING INCIDENT
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been charged with two misdemeanors stemming from an incident with a drug testing agent on March 30. Public records on the New Mexico Courts website show that Jones has been charged with assault and interference with communications.
If convicted, Jones could face less than a year of jail time and be fined up to $500 for the assault charge — a petty misdemeanor — and $1,000 for the second charge.
A police report obtained by ABQ Raw said that an agent for the UFC’s anti-doping partners at Drug Free Sport went to Jones’ home in Albuquerque in an attempt to collect a random sample. The report said Jones “appeared agitated” when he was unable to provide a urine sample and was, instead, offered the opportunity to submit a blood sample.
The report said he allegedly took the testing agent’s cellphone, questioned why the agents arrive so early in the day and said “Do you know what happens to people who come to my house? They end up dead.” In an Instagram post, which has since been deleted, Jones said he was “caught off guard by the unprofessionalism” of the testing agent and admitted to using profanity. But he denied threatening the agent with violence and denounced the accusations as “baseless.”
A virtual bond hearing has been scheduled for July 17 at 9:15 a.m. MT in Albuquerque Metropolitan Court, at which time Jones will enter a plea.
Jones is preparing to make his return to the Octagon to defend his UFC heavyweight championship. Although a date has not been formally announced, he has insisted that he will defend against former champion Stipe Miocic in New York at Madison Square Garden in November.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
2024 INDIANA SRN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WATCH LIST
LAST SEASON’S STATS
QB’S
QB Christian Kramer North Putnam 1,878 yards passing, 1,018 yards rushing, 15TD passes, 18 rushing touchdowns, 142 points
QB Tanner Aspeslet, Lawrence North: 831 yards, 8 TD’S
QB Diego Arroyo Kankakee Valley: 1,407 yards, 17TD, 4 rushing TD (National Honors Society 4.32 GPA, 3-year starter, drawing interest from MAC, IVY League and DII and DIII schools)
QB Noah Ehrlich Crown Point: 2,452 yards, 27TD @ Hobart…(Committed to Miami, OH)
QB Anthony Coellner, Carmel: 56.1%, 937 yards and eight TD’S
QB Devin Craig, Lapel: 66.4%, 2,777 yards and 31TD’S
QB Dallas Freeman, Greenfield-Central: 62.1%, 1,444 yards and 19 TD’S
QB Maverick Geske, Brebeuf Jesuit: 62.2%, 3,084 yards and 40 TD’S
QB Carsen Melvin, Westfield: (Freshman stats at Plainfield) 61.3%, 1,638 yards and 16 TDs
QB Connor Moreland, Speedway: 60.4%, 1,884 yards and 15 TD’S
QB Isaiah Rogers Ben Davis 6’3” 200: 514 yards, 4TD (back-up to Thomas Gotkowski)
QB Bo Polston, Decatur Central: 1,614 yards and 19 TDs, 460 rushing yards (Committed to Toledo)
QB A.J. Reynolds, Martinsville: 63.3%, 1,736 yards and 14 TDs
QB Luke Etrel Mt. Vernon 5’11” 170: 1,181 yards, 10TD *Injured last season played only 7 games
QB Jaydin Rivers, Warren Central: (stats from Hammond Noll)-53.6%, 1,015 yards and 7 TD’S
QB Nevan Tutterow, Franklin Central: 55.3%, 1,949 yards and 15 TDs and 14 interceptions
QB Malachi Walden, Tri-West: 1,640 passing yards for 17 TDs, 1,796 rushing yards, 20TD’s
QB Terry Walker III, Lawrence Central: 52.9%, 749 yards, 5TD
QB Chandler Weston, Hamilton Southeastern: 58.6% of his passes for 1,415 yards and 18 TDs
QB Jackson Willis, Lutheran: 66.3%, 2,555 yards and 31 touchdowns
QB Santana Allen, Cardinal Ritter: 1,851 yards and 13 TDs
QB Connor Cruz, Covenant Christian: 2,631 yards and 33 touchdowns (Transferred to Mooresville)
QB Elijah Edon, Eastern Hancock: 2,077 yards and 17 touchdowns, 687 rushing yards and 11 TDs.
QB Jackson Folden, Lebanon: 62.3%, 1,692 yards and 17 TDs
QB Gavin Neal, New Palestine: 55.2%, 1,469 yards and 14 touchdowns
QB Eli Showalter, Zionsville: 960 yards and 10 TDs
QB Conner Soper, Danville: 1,931 yards and 19 TDs in 14 games
QB Jimmy Sullivan FW Carroll 6’3 180….Committed to Iowa)
QB Dash King Bloomington North 6’2 198: 2,239 yards, 22TD
QB Maverick Geske Brebeuf Jesuit 6’0 190: 3,084 yards, 40TD, 62% completions
QB Jett Goldsberry Heritage Hills 5’11 185: 1,206 yards, 16TD
QB Bobby Metzger Lafayette Central Catholic 6’0 160: 2,943 yards, 34TD, 62% completions
QB Brady Wilson Terre Haute South 5’10 180: 2,630 passing yards, 22TD, 60% completions
QB Mark Rowland Boone Grove 6’1 170: 2,732 yards, 34TD, 65% completions, 389 rushing yards, 8TD
QB Wyatt Mullin South Putnam 5’10 195: 2,247 yards, 27TD, 61% completions
QB Brock Shank Northwestern 6’2” 165: 2,450 yards, 19TD
QB Silas Laidig Breman 6’1” 215: 2,378 yards, 18TD
QB Dominic Garzolini South Vermillion 6’1” 185: 2,144 yards, 29TD
QB Kolton Foutz Calumet Christian 6’1” 155: 2,133 yards, 27TD
QB Will Jaisle Batesville 6’0” 180: 1,840 yards, 29TD, 60% completions
QB Santana Allen Ritter 6’0” 155: 1,851 yards, 13TD
QB Nathan Byrd Scottsburg 6’0” 167: 1,814yards, 23TD
QB Corshawn Sartin Crispus Attucks 5’10” 168: 1,761 yards, 20TD, 63% completions
QB Brayden Holbrook Lakeland 6’3” 190: 1,710 yards, 14TD
QB Brady Gast Alexandria 5’10” 168: 1,677 yards, 18TD, 68% completions
QB Ethan Need Twin Lakes 6’2” 160: 1,666 yards, 10TD
QB Blake Fraker Sullivan 5’8” 165: 1,621 yards, 16TD
QB Eli Nix Heritage Christian 6’3” 180: 1,578 yards, 17TD, 61% completions
QB Asher Ratliff Columbus North 5’9” 160: 1,368 yards 18TD
QB Cole Stephens Greencastle 6’2” 175: 2,675 yards 34TD, 67% completions (Offer from Miami,OH)
QB Eli Foxworthy Fountain Central 6’0” 170: 1,744 yards, 23TD
QB Trysten Barrett Lafayette Jeff 5’9” 165: 979 yards, 12TD, 64% completions
INDIANA BASEBALL
RECORD FOUR HOOSIERS PICKED IN TOP-FIVE ROUNDS OF MLB DRAFT
ARLINGTON, Texas – Junior right-handed pitcher Luke Sinnard (3-99, Atlanta) was the first Indiana player selected on Day 2 of the 2024 MLB Draft and one of four picked in the top-five rounds on Monday (July 15) afternoon. All four Hoosiers selected were taken among the first 165 picks in the draft’s proceedings.
The four picks are the most IU selections in the first five rounds of a single draft in program history, besting the previous mark of three in both 2009 and 2014. Sinnard is the 14th player all-time to be drafted in the top-100 and the first since McCade Brown (3-79) in 2021.
Despite not pitching in 2024, Sinnard impressed scouts at the MLB Draft Combine as he continues his recovery from injury. He set a single season program record with 114 strikeouts as the staff ace in 2023, helping IU to an NCAA Tournament bid and a runner-up finish in the Big Ten regular season standings.
Junior outfielders Nick Mitchell (4C-136) and Carter Mathison (5-162) were selected by Toronto and Philadelphia, respectively. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Connor Foley was taken by Arizona (5-164) in the closing stages of the fifth round.
Mathison, an Indiana native, played in all 182 games of his career in Bloomington. He hit 42 home runs in three seasons, moving up to sixth on the all-time program list. The Fort Wayne native became an elite defender in 2024, using his plus speed to play an errorless center field in all 63 games of 2024. He hit 10+ home runs in every season of college.
Mitchell transferred to IU for his junior season and was productive at every level of the lineup. He hit .335 with 68 hits and 49 RBIs in 54 games played. In three seasons as a college player, he was a collective .344 hitter and finished one hit shy of 200 for his career.
Foley became IU’s most powerful starting pitcher in 2024, finishing the year with a 4-2 record and a 4.71 earned run average. He was a Second Team All-Big Ten selection despite missing a handful of starts in April. He had 82 strikeouts while opposing batters hit just .165 against him on the year.
IU signee Griffin Tobias, a right-handed pitcher from Lake Central in St. John, Ind., was selected in the ninth round by the Milwaukee Brewers. He is eligible to sign his professional contract or report to Bloomington for his freshman season.
The MLB Draft will resume on Tuesday afternoon with Rounds 11-20. Among potential IU selections is three-year starting first baseman/catcher Brock Tibbitts.
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE AND AUBURN ANNOUNCE TWO-GAME NEUTRAL-SITE SERIES
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue and Auburn men’s basketball programs have announced the start of a two-game series played at neutral sites, starting in December in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Boilermakers and Tigers will start the series in Birmingham on Dec. 21, 2024, then play in the fourth annual Indy Classic on Dec. 20, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The Boilermakers and Tigers finished Nos. 3 and 4 respectively a year ago in the KenPom ratings and combined for a 61-13 record between them. Purdue won the Big Ten regular-season title by three games last year, while Auburn was the SEC Tournament champion. The Tigers earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament last season, while the Boilermakers garnered a No. 1 seed.
Purdue leads the all-time series with Auburn by a 2-1 margin, last facing the Tigers in the Cancun Challenge Championship game in Nov. 2016. The Boilermakers topped the Tigers by a 96-71 decision, fueled by six players in double-figures and paced by freshman Carsen Edwards with 21 points and three steals. Purdue made 17-of-26, 3-point attempts in that contest and shot 64.3 percent from the field.
The Tigers are coming off a 27-8 season and return All-American candidate Johni Broome, while welcoming Furman standout J.P. Pegues to its roster. The Tigers are ranked No. 11 in ESPN’s way-too-early top-25 poll.
Meanwhile, the Boilermakers are coming off a spot in the National Championship game and a 34-5 record. Three starters are scheduled to return in addition to three other players that played at least 31 games this past season. Head coach Matt Painter also welcomes a six-member recruiting class that is ranked among the top 10 nationally.
Purdue is now scheduled to play three SEC teams during the 2024-25 season, in preseason No. 2 Alabama, No. 11 Auburn and No. 12 Texas A&M, in addition to Big East power and No. 17-ranked Marquette. The Boilermakers could also face SEC sleeper Ole Miss in San Diego, as well as 2024 Final Four participant North Carolina State and BYU in San Diego.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER MARK HERRMANN NAMED NEW RADIO ANALYST FOR PURDUE FOOTBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Boilermaker legend and College Football Hall of Famer Mark Herrmann was tabbed as the new color analyst for Purdue football games on the Boilermaker Sports Network, Learfield, the media and technology company powering college athletics, and Purdue Sports Properties announced Monday afternoon (July 15). Herrmann joins the Voice of the Boilermakers, Tim Newton, in the radio booth following the retirement of Purdue Football alum Pete Quinn, who spent 32 seasons in the announcing chair calling Boilermaker games on the gridiron.
Herrmann has experience on the Boilermaker Sports Network, having filled in as an analyst and sideline reporter several times over the past few seasons. He also serves as the director of leadership and alumni engagement for the John Purdue Club.
“Mark and I were in school at the same time, and I worked on his Heisman Trophy campaign when I was a student in the sports information office,” said Newton. “It’s really fun to have a chance to work with him to bring the excitement of Boilermaker Football to our listeners. He has big shoes to fill, but I know he’ll be up to the task.”
“I am extremely excited to join the Boilermaker Sports Network this fall,” said Herrmann. “It is an opportunity to be a part of a great team that is passionate about bringing the best coverage and insight into the Purdue football broadcast every week. I am hoping to add my personal touch as a former player, announcer and fan. It promises to be a fun-filled, challenging schedule and I can’t wait for the opening game on August 31.”
During his time on the field, Herrmann was a unanimous First Team All-American and the Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1980. Herrmann was the first college quarterback to throw for 8,000 yards and then continued raising the bar by becoming the first to reach 9,000 yards in college football history. He finished his career with 9,946 yards, along with (at the time) a school-record 71 touchdown passes. He is one of only three Boilermaker quarterbacks to have started three (or more) consecutive bowl games as well as the only one to have won three, earning MVP honors in the 1978 Peach, 1979 Bluebonnet and 1980 Liberty bowls.
Herrmann continued his career in the NFL, playing for 11 seasons that included stops with the Denver Broncos (1981-82), Baltimore Colts (1983), Indianapolis Colts (1984, 1990-92), San Diego Chargers (1985-87), Los Angeles Rams (1988-89) and the Cincinnati Bengals (1994-69). He was inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the Purdue radio team as our full-time football color analyst,” said Mark Walpole, General Manager of Purdue Sports Properties. “His deep understanding of the game and Purdue Athletics and his extraordinary journey from college star to NFL veteran make him uniquely qualified to offer insightful and engaging commentary. We look forward to hearing his perspective as he brings his expertise and passion for Purdue Football to our listeners this fall.”
Purdue Sports Properties, the locally based team of Learfield is the exclusive multimedia rights holder for Purdue University Athletics and oversees all sponsorship agreements on behalf of the Boilermakers.
BUTLER WOMEN’S LAX
ABIGAIL LAGOS JOINS BUTLER WOMEN’S LACROSSE STAFF
Abigail Lagos has joined the Butler women’s lacrosse staff as an assistant coach.
Lagos comes to Butler from Duquesne University where she recently completed her first year of collegiate coaching, helping the Dukes triple their win total from the 2023 season. Focusing primarily on the attack, Lagos helped increase Duquesne’s offensive totals in categories including points, shots, shots on goal, and shots per game. The Dukes earned two A-10 player-of-the-week selections as well as a postseason All-A-10 selection.
Lagos was a captain during all four seasons of her playing career at the University of Indianapolis, competing from 2017-2022. Her team won the 2022 NCAA Division II National Championship, at which she was named to the All-Tournament team. That same season, Lagos was named Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association National Player of the Year. She won back-to-back honors as a junior and senior that included: IWLCA National Attacker of the Year, IWLCA All-America First Team, All-Midwest First Team, GLVC Attacker of the Year, and All-GLVC First Team. Lagos’ Greyhounds won four GLVC conference titles and appeared in four NCAA DII tournaments during her playing career. Additional accolades for the three-time team MVP include: IWLCA All-America Second Team (2020), All-Midwest Second Team (2018), and All-GLIAC Second Team (2018). She was also a member of the National Leadership Society over her entire career at UIndy.
Lagos graduated from Indianapolis in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and then continued in graduate school, earning a Master of Science in Sports Management in 2022. She moved on and joined the roster for one season as a player/coach at national-powerhouse Syracuse University where she received a Certificate of Conflict and Collaboration in 2023.
In addition to her player-coach experience at Syracuse, Lagos has multiple years of additional coaching experience. Beginning in 2016, she spent four summers as an assistant coach at New Hampshire Lighthouse Club Lacrosse. During the summers of 2021 and 2022, she coached high-school-level teams at Major Force Lacrosse, where she also guided student-athletes through the NCAA recruiting process. During that same time period, Lagos gained more valuable experience within the sector by assisting at the NCAA Eligibility Center, with a primary focus on Division I and II student-athletes.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
ARCHULETA ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF BECK, PACHECO, AND SEEMAN TO 2024-25 ROSTER
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State head baseball coach Tracy Archuleta announced the signing of three athletes for the 2024-25 academic year as the Sycamores continue their preparations for the upcoming season.
The trio of Carter Beck (University of Mary), Cole Pacheco (Modesto Junior College), and Carson Seeman (Southern Indiana) are transferring in to join the Sycamores in Archuleta’s first recruiting class at Indiana State. Additional signees are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
Beck signs with the Sycamores by way of the University of Mary as the Carnduff, Saskatchewan, Canada native enters his sophomore year. The outfielder hit .349 over 49 starts in his inaugural collegiate season finishing second on the team with 66 hits and 12 home runs, while pacing the Marauders with 53 RBIs. Beck added a .634 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage, while going 11-for-11 on stolen base attempts on the year.
Beck was highly decorated after his inaugural collegiate season earning the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Freshman of the Year honors in addition to Second Team All-Conference honors. He also earned University of Mary Rookie of the Year recognition.
Over the course of his prep career at Carnduff Education Complex, Beck hit .470 from the plate with a .570 on-base percentage and 1.350 OPS. He was a two-time Baseball 5K Player of the Year and two-time SPBL MVP and Top Hitter honoree. He was also awarded the Canada Cup Top Hitter Award. In addition to baseball, he also competed in hockey, volleyball, and track, earning a Track Provincial Championship.
Beck plans on majoring in Business Marketing at Indiana State and is the son of Blair and Tara Beck.
Pacheco signs with the Sycamores by way of Modesto Junior College as the Turlock, Calif. native enters his junior season. The right-handed pitcher made 28 appearances out of the bullpen over his two seasons with the Pirates posting a 4.74 ERA over 38.0 innings pitched. He posted a 34:10 strikeout-to-walk ratio with a 2-0 record, while adding his first save in the 2024 season.
Pacheco lined up at Turlock High School under Coach Sean Gilbert over the course of his prep career posting a 1.37 ERA over 30.2 innings. He recorded a 40:3 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his senior season.
Pacheco plans on majoring in kinesiology at Indiana State and is the son of Jill and Craig Pacheco.
Seeman signs with the Sycamores by way of the University of Southern Indiana as the Auburn, Calif. native enters his senior season. The right-handed pitcher made 21 appearances with five starts over the course of his first season at USI posting a 4-2 record with two saves. He recorded a 5.09 ERA over 46.0 innings while adding a 34:9 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Prior to his time at USI, Seeman lined up at Butte College (Oroville, Calif.) where he split time at both pitcher and catcher. He posted a 9-2 record on the mound over the 2023 season with a 2.85 ERA and 67 strikeouts over 82.0 innings on the mound. He added a .276 batting average with two home runs and 21 RBIs. He started his collegiate career at UC Davis appearing in nine games on the mound with four starts, while adding 19 appearances at catcher.
Seeman had a decorated prep career at Placer High School under Coach Dave Thompson posting a 2.29 career ERA over 55.0 innings pitched. Highlighting his prep career includes going 39.1 innings with a 1.25 ERA over the 2021 season.
Off the field, he was the Student Body President and a member of the Honor Roll, while also serving as the Student Representative to the Auburn Unified School District Board. He lettered in both baseball and basketball at Placer High School and was named the 2021 Foothill League Most Valuable Player.
He plans on majoring in business administration at Indiana State and is the son of Laura and Chris Seeman.
DIAZ SELECTED BY WASHINGTON NATIONALS IN THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE 2024 MLB DRAFT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State shortstop Randal Diaz was selected by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round of the 2024 MLB Draft.
Diaz (Pick: 141) marks the 15th Indiana State baseball player drafted since 2014 and 91st Sycamore to be taken in the MLB Draft since 1965. Diaz’s selection in the fifth-round marks the highest an Indiana State player has been drafted since former ISU pitcher Jeff Degano went in the second round (Pick: 57) to the New York Yankees back in 2015.
Diaz wrapped up the 2023 season earning 2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Second Team honors, in addition to NCAA Lexington Regional All-Tournament team honors. He added MVC First Team All-Conference and MVC All-Tournament honors for the second consecutive season among his postseason accolades.
The Toa Alta, Puerto Rico native was one of the top hitters in the Missouri Valley in his junior season finishing among the Valley leaders in batting average (.360, 4th), slugging percentage (.632, 10th), and on-base percentage (.437, 9th) while sitting atop the Indiana State lineup. Diaz posted 91 hits in his junior season including 15 doubles and a career-high 18 home runs, while scoring 55 runs and driving in 55 RBIs.
He led Indiana State with 30 multi-hit games over the year and was fourth on the team with 12 multi-RBI contests. He wrapped up the 2024 season on a 32-game hitting streak spanning April 5 – June 2, and a 38-game on-base streak spanning March 24 – June 2.
Diaz posted a .322 career batting average with the Sycamores over 168 games (165 starts) while lining up across the infield. He’s posted 220 career hits including 47 doubles and 35 home runs, while adding 135 runs scored and 128 RBIs. He added 13 career stolen bases and a career .954 fielding percentage over his three years at Indiana State.
HAYDEN SELECTED BY CINCINNATI REDS IN THE EIGHTH ROUND OF THE 2024 MLB DRAFT
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State right-hander Luke Hayden was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the eighth round of the 2024 MLB Draft.
Hayden (Pick: 239) marks the 16th Indiana State baseball player drafted since 2014 and 92nd Sycamore to be taken in the MLB Draft since 1965. He joins fellow draftee Randal Diaz (Washington Nationals – 5th Round, Pick 141) as the first two Sycamores picked on the draft’s second day.
Hayden wrapped up the 2023 season earning Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team honors, as well as MVC Second Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Academic recognition in his first season with the Sycamores.
Hayden finished among the Valley’s leaders in multiple statistical categories over the 2024 season finishing third in ERA (3.81), seventh in opponent batting average (.248), ninth in innings pitched (78.0), second in strikeouts (91), and fourth in wins (7). He started all 16 of his appearances on the mound over the past season going at least 5.0-innings in nine different starts, while striking out at least five hitters in 13 different games.
The Bloomington, Ind. native made his ISU debut going 6.0 shutout innings against South Florida back on February 19 allowing four hits and striking out five in the win over the Bulls. He added his first complete game against Illinois State on April 21 allowing six hits and an unearned run while striking out 11 on his way to earning MVC Pitcher of the Week recognition.
Hayden saved some of his best work of the season for the postseason going 6.0 innings allowing three hits while striking out nine in an elimination game at the MVC Tournament against UIC. The performance earned him MVC All-Tournament recognition. He followed up at the Lexington Regional going 4.1 innings allowing three hits and three runs while striking out seven in ISU’s 6-4 elimination game win over Western Michigan.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
USI WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACCEPTS INVITE TO PLAY IN 2024 PUERTO RICO CLASICO
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball will embark on an exciting trip during its non-conference slate this upcoming season when the Screaming Eagles head to the 2024 D-I Women’s Basketball Puerto Rico Clasico in San Juan, Puerto Rico this November.
The Thanksgiving Tournament, organized by Puerto Rico College Sports Tours, runs November 27-30 with USI featured to compete on November 29-30. Games will be held at multiple venues and available via livestream.
“Our team is extremely excited to take our ‘game’ on the road to Puerto Rico!” USI Women’s Basketball Head Coach Rick Stein said. “We are always hunting the toughest schedule to help us prepare for Ohio Valley Conference play, and I feel like this event will help our team be ready for a tough conference schedule In January, February and March.”
Puerto Rico College Sports Tours brings college sports teams to Puerto Rico for exciting tournament and game competitions, providing unique opportunities for collegiate teams and fans to enjoy the thrill of competition in Puerto Rico along with the tropical splendor and enchantments of a beautiful Caribbean destination.
Fan information can be found at puertoricocollegesportstours.com/fan-information regarding transportation, lodging, ticketing, and more. Fan package options are also available through the link.
The 2024 Puerto Rico Clasico will be the largest Division I women’s Thanksgiving basketball event in the country.
Other participating teams include:
American University (Patriot League)
Brown University (Ivy League)
Colorado State University (Mountain West Conference)
Kent State University (Mid-American Conference)
Le Moyne College (Northeast Conference)
San Jose State University (Mountain West Conference)
Towson University (Coastal Athletic Association)
United States Air Force Academy (Mountain West Conference)
University of Massachusetts Lowell (America East Conference)
University of North Carolina Greensboro (Southern Conference)
University of North Carolina Wilmington (Coastal Athletic Conference)
University of Texas at San Antonio (American Athletic Conference)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Horizon League)
Winthrop University (Big South Conference)
Youngstown State University (Horizon League)
Official matchup pairings and times are to be announced later.
“Our women’s basketball program is coming off an outstanding season, and because of that, the already difficult task of scheduling has become more difficult,” USI Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Jon Mark Hall said. “We are very excited to be invited to participate in an event with such a strong field where we will face two quality opponents on a neutral floor.”
Southern Indiana’s full non-conference and Ohio Valley Conference schedule is being finalized and will be announced in the coming weeks.
SOUTHERN INDIANA CROSS COUNTRY
USI WXC/T&F SIGNS SEVEN
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field coach Mike Hillyard announced the signings of seven student-athletes for the upcoming 2024-25 seasons.
Joining the Screaming Eagles is redshirt sophomore Ellie Hall (Ferdinand, Indiana) as well as freshmen Addison Applegate (Corydon, Indiana), Hadessah Austin (Attica, Indiana), Emma Deweese (Rockport, Indiana), Amber Fusner (Crestwood, Kentucky), Abrielle “Breezy” Richard (Newburgh, Indiana) and Maggie Smith (Monterey, Indiana).
Ellie Hall transfers to USI from Southern Illinois University, where she competed as a freshman and sophomore for the Salukis from 2022-24. Hall, who has personal-best times in the 3k (10:03), the 5k (16:37) and the 6k (21:38), finished 13th at the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championships before racing to a 64th-place finish at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional.
On the track, Hall helped SIU’s distance medley relay team to a third-place finish at the 2023 MVC Indoor Championships. She was 15th in the 5,000 meters at the 2023 MVC Outdoor Championships and 10th in the 5,000 meters at the 2024 MVC Indoor Championships.
A graduate of Forest Park High School in Ferdinand, Indiana, Hall was a three-time state qualifier on the grass as well as a state-qualifier on the track. She was 19th as a senior at the 2021 IHSAA Cross Country Championships before racing to a 14th-place finish in the 3,200 meters at the 2022 IHSAA Track & Field Championships.
Addison Applegate recently graduated from Corydon Central High School in Corydon, Indiana, where she has posted personal bests in the 800 meters (2:23), 1,600 meters (5:18) and the 5k (19:05). She was a two-time state qualifier on the cross country course, including an 82nd-place finish at the 2022 IHSAA Cross Country Championships during her junior year.
On the track, Applegate posted top-five finishes in the 800 and 1,600 meters at the 2024 IHSAA Sectional 29 Championships as well as a fourth-place finish in the 1,600 meters at the 2024 IHSAA Regional 8 Championships.
Hadessah Austin comes to USI from Seeger High School in West Lebanon, Indiana, where she put together personal-best times in the 1,600 meters (5:08), 3,200 meters (10:55) and the 5k (17:54). She was a two-time state qualifier in the 3,200 meters during her prep career, including a 10th-place finish at the 2023 IHSAA Track & Field Championships and a 14th-place showing at the 2024 state meet.
On the grass, Austin was 22nd at the IHSAA Cross Country Championships as a senior in 2023. She went on to finish 34th at the NXR Midwest Region Championships, 22nd at the Mid-East Championships and 31st at the Foot Locker Midwest Region Championships.
Emma Deweese is a graduate of South Spencer High School in Rockport, Indiana, where she put together personal bests in the 400 meters (1:01.5), the 800 meters (2:24) and the 1,600 meters (5:28). She posted top-10 finishes in the 800 meters at both the 2022 and 2023 IHSAA Regional 8 Track & Field Championships as well as a first-place finish in the 800 meters at the 2023 IHSAA Section 30 Championships.
On the grass, Deweese earned top-20 finishes at both the Pocket Athletic Conference and IHSAA Sectional 2 Cross Country Championships during her senior year in 2023.
Amber Fusner comes to USI from Oldham County High School in LaGrange, Kentucky, where she tallied personal bests in the 1,600 meters (5:21), 3,200 meters (11:28) and 5k (19:06). She was a two-time state qualifier in both the 3,000 meters (indoor) and the 3,200 meters (outdoor) in 2023 and 2024.
Fusner raced to a 36th-place finish at the KHSAA Cross Country Championships as a senior in 2023 before finishing 69th at the NXR Southeast Regional and 97th at the RunningLane Championships.
Abrielle “Breezy” Richard graduated from Evansville Christian School in Newburgh, Indiana, where she posted personal-best times of 2:17 in the 800 meters, 5:17 in the 1,600 meters and 20:10 in the 5k. She was a state qualifier on the cross country course as a senior in 2023 and posted top-10 finishes at the IHSAA Regional 16 and Sectional 32 Cross Country Championships as a junior 2022.
On the track, Richard finished first in the 800 meters at both the IHSAA Sectional 32 and Regional 8 Championships as a senior in 2024. She also was second in the 1,600 meters at the sectional meet.
Maggie Smith comes to USI from Winamac High School in Winamac, Indiana, where she had personal-best times of 1:02.08 in the 400 meters, 2:23 in the 800 meters and 19:31 in the 5k. A state qualifier on the cross country course as a senior in 2023, Smith finished 159th at the IHSAA Championships to cap off her prep career on the grass.
On the track, Smith raced to top-five finishes in the 800 meters at both the 2023 and 2024 IHSAA Sectional 4 Championships. She finished 13th in the 800 meters at the 2024 IHSAA Regional 1 Championships.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
USI MEN’S XC/T&F ANNOUNCE SIGNINGS
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field coach Mike Hillyard announced the signings of seven student-athletes for the upcoming 2024-25 seasons.
Joining the Screaming Eagles are freshmen Calvin Crabtree (Vincennes, Indiana), Kyle Kern (Columbia, Illinois), Mekye Lomax (Marion, Illinois), Alan Marshall (French Lick, Indiana), Brice Nelson (Dixon, Kentucky) and Andrew Smith (Fishers, Indiana) as well as junior Isaac Stanford (Flora, Illinois).
Calvin Crabtree comes to the Eagles from South Knox High School in Vincennes, Indiana, where he has personal bests in the 1,600 meters (4:24), 3,200 meters (9:17) and the 5k (15:59). He won the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters at the IHSAA Sectional 31 Championships after winning Blue Chip Conference titles in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and 4×800-meter relay in May of 2024.
On the grass, Crabtree also was a state-qualifier during his senior season after finishing 20th at regionals and second at sectionals.
Kyle Kern is a graduate of Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Illinois, where he had personal-best times in the 1,600 meters (4:23), 3,200 meters (9:18) and the three-mile run (14:58). He raced to a 65th-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A Championships as a senior in 2023 after finishing sixth at regionals and third at the Mississippi Valley Conference Championships.
On the track, Kern was third in the 3,200 meters at the IHSA Class 2A State Track & Field Championships as a senior in 2024 after helping WHS’s 4×800-meter relay team to a 15th-place finish at the state meet as a junior in 2023.
Mekye Lomax comes to USI from Marion High School in Marion, Illinois, where he earned personal-bests in the 800 meters (1:53), the 1,600 meters (4:15) and the three-mile run (15:00). He was a three-time state qualifier on the cross country course, posting a 13th-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A State Championships as a senior in 2023 before finishing third at the NXR Midwest Regional Championships a week later.
On the track, Lomax was a two-time state-qualifier in the 4×800-meter relays as well as a one-time state qualifier in the 4×400-meter relay. Individually, Lomax raced to a fourth-place showing at the 2024 IHSA Class 2A Track & Field Championships.
Alan Marshall is a graduate of Springs Valley High School in French Lick, Indiana, where he posted personal bests in the 800 meters (1:57), 1,600 meters (4:21) and 5k (15:55). On the track, Marshall won sectional titles in the 800 and 1,600 meters in 2024 before posting a fifth-place finish in the 1,600 meters at the IHSAA Region 7 Championships. He took home four conference titles at the 2024 PLAC Championships.
On the grass, Marshall raced to a 48th-place finish at the IHSAA Cross Country Championships in 2023 after placing third at sectionals and 22nd at regionals.
Brice Nelson comes to USI from Webster County High School in Dixon, Kentucky, where he posted personal bests in the 1,600 meters (4:21) and 3,200 meters (9:38). On the track, Nelson raced to third-place finish in the 1,600 meters and a fifth-place finish in the 3,200 meters at the 2024 KHSAA Class 2A Championships. He also was fourth in the 1,500 meters and ninth in the 3,000 meters at the 2024 KHSAA Class 2A Indoor Championships.
On the cross country course, Nelson was 8th at the KHSAA Cross Country Championships before posting a 34th-place finish at the NXR Southeast Regional and a 45th-place fnish at the RunningLane Cross Country Championships in 2023.
Andrew Smith finished up his senior season at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana, where he posted personal bests in the 1,600 meters (4:23) and 5k (15:41). Smith is a two-time state qualifier on the cross country course and has competed primarily in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters throughout his track & field career.
Isaac Stanford comes to USI from Vincennes University where he most-recently finished seventh in the 1,500 meters at the NJCAA Division I Track & Field Championships. Stanford raced to a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the 2023 NJCAA Outdoor Championships after competing in both the mile and the DMR at the 2023 NJCAA Indoor Championships.
On the grass, Stanford finished 91st at a freshman at the 2022 NJCAA Cross Country Championships after finishing sixth at the regional.
A graduate of Flora High School, Stanford has personal bests in the 800 meters (1:52) and the 1,500 meters (3:49). He finished seventh in the 800 meters at the IHSA Class 1A Track & Field Championships as a senior in 2022 after finishing 21st at the IHSA Class 1A Cross Country Championships in 2021.
MARIAN SOFTBALL
ALLY MALONE SIGNS WITH MARIAN UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL
INDIANAPOLIS – Marian softball head coach Scott Fleming has announced the signing of Ally Malone, a utility player out of Gibson Southern High School. Malone is the final signee of the 2024 softball class, bringing Marian’s incoming total to seven players.
Ally Malone had a stellar career on the softball diamond for Gibson Southern, playing all-over the infield throughout her career en route to earning four career All-County honors and three All-Conference honors. In her senior season at Gibson Southern, Malone batted .396, hitting five home runs and six doubles, while driving home 25 runs. The infielder scored 42 runs and stole 40 bases this past year, and was named to the All-Southwest Indiana Softball Team. Malone helped Gibson Southern win a pair of conference championships in four seasons, and in the postseason was a member of three sectional championship and two regional championships.
Outside of softball, Malone was her senior class president and graduated as her class valedictorian. The honor student also played basketball and won a Class 3A State Championship this past February. Malone was named the Patricia L. Roy Mental Attitude Award recipient following her team’s state championship this year.
Ally will major in biology at Marian, and is a direct admit student into the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine following her undergrad.
ANDERSON BASEBALL
SOUTHERN SELECTED AS NORTHWOODS LEAGUE ALL-STAR
Anderson University baseball senior Landen Southern has been selected as a Northwoods League All-Star, which was announced by the Northwoods League on Friday.
Southern is currently competing in summer baseball with the Rockford Rivets. The Rivets won the Great Lakes Eastern Division in the first half with a 26-10 record. They currently lead the division in the second half with a 9-4 record.
In seven starts, Southern is currently 2-0 with a 2.91 ERA. He has struck out 40 batters, issued 17 walks and allowed 14 runs (11 earned) on 28 hits in 34 innings. Southern has also posted 10.59 strikeouts per nine innings.
This year’s Northwoods League All-Star game is being hosted by the Mankato MoonDogs in Mankato, Minn. The All-Star game is set for Tuesday, July 23 at 7:05 p.m.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
5 – 34 – 29 – 23
July 16, 1902 – Legend John McGraw officially became the manager of baseball’s New York Giants. His tenure of being the skipper of Giants baseball lasted for 30 years (1902-32). McGraw’s teams: won ten pennants (matched only by Casey Stengel, who played for and learned from him); three World Series; 2,763 victories as an MLB manager ranks third overall behind only Connie Mack and Tony La Russa; he holds the NL record with 31 seasons managed.
July 16, 1924 – As a matter of fact one of McGraw’s players of those NY Giants teams, George Kelly was the first to hit homeruns in 6 consecutive games, on this very day the accomplishment was reached.
July 16, 1941 – Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankees legendary hitter who wore Number 5 at the plate went 3 for 4 against the Cleveland Indians, hitting safely in his 56th straight game.
July 16, 1947 – Bobo Newsom, Number 34 won his 200th career game, and his very 1st as a member of the New York Yankees. It was the 18th straight victory for New York that season as they defeated Cleveland 8-2. Bobo had played for 7 other MLB squads before arriving in New York. He would go on to play in 3 additional cities before his career would be over.
July 16, 1969 – Minnesota Twins’ speedster Rod Carew stole home for his career best 7th time of the season, against the Chicago White Sox. The third year player wore Number 29 for his entire career. In that brilliant 19 year MLB tenure Carew swiped 353 bases for both Minnesota and California.
July 16, 1987 – New York Yankee Don Mattingly wearing Number 23 hit his 4th grand slam of season and tied an American League record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History Headlines for July 16
Three Rivers Opens
July 16, 1970 – In Pittsburgh it is the Pirates who open up Three Rivers Stadium in a 3-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. The stadium would serve as the home to both the Pirates and the NFL’s Steelers from 1970 through 2000. The Stadium was so named as it sat next to the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Mohongahelia Rivers. The USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers and the University of Pittsburgh also played some home games at Three Rivers. The stadium was the venue where the first night World Series game took place in 1971 and also had the famous Immaculate Reception occur on December 23, 1972. The final game in Three Rivers Stadium took place on Dec 16, 2000 in a Steelers victory.
Here Comes the Pres!
July 16, 1980 – Ronald Reagan was nominated as the Republican Party candidate for President of the US. Reagan’s connection to football is that he played for Eureka College as a lineman. More famously he portrayed the University of Notre Dame legend George Gipp in the film from 1940 titled Knute Rockne, All American. Reagan became known as the Gipper from that film going forward based on George Gipp’s famous quote of, “just win one for the Gipper.”
Sheveport Home Start up!
The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day comes from the July 17, 1994 edition of the Town Talk in Alexandria, Louisiana with their headline of:
Toronto Edges Pirates
The article is a recount of the July 16, 1994 Canadian Football League game where the CFL’s Shreveport Pirates lose their first home game 34-35 to the Toronto Argonauts. Argo’s quarterback Mike Kerrigan threw two second half TD strikes that helped Toronto to the victory. The Shreveport squad jumped on top early with back to back 64 yard plays, a rushing TD by back Reggie Barnes and then a scoring pass from Terrence Jones to Wayne Walker. The Argonauts ended an 18 game road losing streak that extended back to the 1991 season with this win. The Shreveport Pirate franchise would fold in 1995 as many of the US based CFL would befall in the failed expansion of the league beyond the Canadian Southern border.
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Hall of Fame Birthdays for July 16
July 16, 1889 – Roxbury, Massachusetts – Percy Wendell was a halfback from Harvard University that earned a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame in the entry class of 1972. Wendell emerged as one of the East’s finest runners per the NFF’s bio on him. His Harvard team finished 8-0-1 that season, keeping arch rival Yale scoreless in the final game to force a tie per the National Football Foundation. “Bullet” was the star, gaining 103 yards on 21 rushes against the Elis. In the final victory of 1910, an 18-0 decision over Dartmouth, Percy had produced both of his team’s touchdowns. During the 1911 season, while Wendell continued to dominate the Crimson attack, he lead the club in scoring. He drew Walter Camp’s All-America selection in each of his first two years, but injuries sidelined his abilities as Harvard’s senior captain in 1912. He went on to coach football at Boston University, Williams College and LeHigh University.
July 16, 1943 – Port Arthur, Texas – Jimmy Johnson the head coach of the national champion University of Miami Hurricanes and the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys was born. Johnson got his first head coaching stint in 1979 with the Oklahoma State football team and stayed there until the Hurricanes hired him in 1984. He was unsure if he really wanted to leave Stillwater or not especially filling the shoes of former Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger, who had won Miami’s first national championship in 1983 nd then left for a job in the USFL. He brought the 4-3 defense to the Canes and an atmosphere that encouraged the players to showboat at times, By the 1986 season Miami was undefeated but was upset by number 2 Penn State in the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes went undefeated in the regular season yet again in 1987, and won the school’s second national title by defeating Oklahoma. A year or so later Jimmy was hired by the struggling Dallas Cowboys in 1989. It wasn’t pretty at first but soon he started putting the pieces together on a great team. Some draft picks and a blockbuster trade that included star runner Herschel Walker and the Boys had the stamp of Jimmy Johnson. He served five seasons with the Cowboys and guided the team to two Super Bowl championships. Johnson also coached the Miami Dolphins for four seasons and led the club to the playoffs in all but his first year on the job. He was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach in the class of 2020.
July 16, 1946 – Chicago, Illinois – Ron Yary according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame was an offensive tackle that played for Southern Cal in college and in the NFL for both the Vikings and later the Rams. Ron found himself being picked first overall in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Vikings. In his 15 NFL seasons Yary played in 7 Pro Bowls as he reached All-Pro status in 6 straight years. During Yary’s pro career, the Vikings won two NFL Central Division titles and nine NFC Central championships. Minnesota with Yary won the 1969 NFL championship and NFC titles in 1973, 1974 and 1976. This great player played in five NFL/NFC championships and Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX and XI. Mr. Yary was selected into both the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981 after his great play at USC and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
July 16, 1951 – Olton, Texas – Jerry Sisemore was a former offensive lineman from the University of Texas that is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame for his outstanding play. The National Football Foundation claims Jerry was a integral starter on the 1970 Longhorn team that built an unbeaten streak to 31 games. The next year Jerry blossomed into one of the nation’s best linemen as he had the first of two consecutive seasons where he was both an all-conference and Unanimous All-America selection. Mr. Sisemore after college played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles for over a decade.
July 16, 1968 – Wichita, Kansas – Barry Sanders the running back from Oklahoma State during the 1986 through 1988 seasons was born.
July 16, 1974 – Bradenton, Florida – Tommie Frazier was a Quarterback out of the University of Nebraska who went into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. Mr. Frazier spearheaded the Huskers teams that won the National Championship titles in 1994 & 1995, going undefeated in both, a feat that was only done five times in college football history per the FootballFoundation.org. As an individual Frazier was money in big games, taking home the MVP honors in the 1995 Orange and 1996 Fiesta bowls en route to the national title. Tommie was a 1995 consensus First-Team All-American and Johnny Unitas Award winner and was the runner-up for the 1995 Heisman Trophy and a finalist for the Walter Camp and Maxwell awards. Tommie played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1996 before trying his hand at the coaching profession both at Nebraska and Baylor.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
July 16
1897 — Chicago’s Cap Anson became the first major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits when he singled off Baltimore’s George Blackburn.
1902 — John McGraw was named manager of the New York Giants, a post he would hold for 30 years.
1909 — Ed Summers of the Detroit Tigers allowed only seven hits and pitched all 18 innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest scoreless game in AL history.
1920 — Babe Ruth broke his own season record of 29 homers with his 30th as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth would finish the season with 54.
1933 — Red Lucas of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 15-inning 1-0 win over Roy Parmelee and the New York Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 56 games with a 3-for-4 day as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-3.
1948 — After 8 1/2 years as Brooklyn manager, Leo Durocher stunned baseball by taking the helm of the archrival Giants in midseason.
1958 – In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Baltimore pitcher Jack Harshman hit two homers in a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.
1970 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates 3-2 before 48,846 in the first game at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium.
1985 — Sparky Anderson became the first manager to lose an All-Star Game in both leagues. The National League won 6-1 for the 21st win in the last 23 games.
1996 — Colorado’s streak of scoring seven runs in a game ended at 11. The Rockies beat the Giants 5-3 and tied the 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1938 New York Yankees and 1976 Cincinnati Reds with 11 7-run games.
1997 — Kevin Brown pitched his first career one-hitter to lead Florida to 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brown, who no-hit San Francisco on June 10th, faced two batters over the minimum and allowed a lead-off single to left by Raul Mondesi in the fifth. He struck out eight and retired his final 15 batters.
1998 — Randy Johnson pitched a one-hitter to lead Seattle to a 3-0 win over Minnesota. Johnson struck out fans 11 and gave up a single to third baseman Brent Gates.
2006 — Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer in Atlanta’s 10-5 win at San Diego to give him an extra-base hit in 14 straight games, tying a 79-year-old major league record. Jones tied the record set in 1927 by Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner.
2006 — Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Rivera joined Lee Smith, Trevor Hoffman and John Franco in the 400-save club.
2009 — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard became the fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs, breaking the record previously held by Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner. Howard reached 200 homers in his 658th game, hitting his 23rd of the season in the sixth inning of a 4-0 win over Florida. Kiner hit No. 200 in his 706th game.
2013 — Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final All-Star appearance, Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis drove in runs to back a night of pulsating pitching, and the American League beat the National League 3-0.
2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.
2021 — Jake Cronenworth hit for his first career cycle, Wil Myers had a grand slam and a two-run shot and the San Diego Padres set a franchise record for runs in a 24-8 blowout of the Washington Nationals.
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July 17
1924 — Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves.
1925 — Tris Speaker is the 5th player to reach 3,000 hits.
1936 — Carl Hubbell’s 24-game winning streak over two years began as he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games was stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland. The Yankees still won, 4-3.
1956 — In the second game of a doubleheader against Kansas City, Ted Williams hit his 400th career home run. Williams connected in the sixth inning off Tom Gorman to give the Red Sox a 1-0 win over the A’s.
1966 — Chicago’s Billy Williams hit for the cycle to lead the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader. Williams singled in the first inning, doubled in the third, had an RBI-triple in the fifth, homered to center in the seventh and popped out to third baseman in foul territory. The Cardinals took the opener 4-3 in 11 innings.
1969 — Jim Kaat, Gold Glove winner for seven straight years, was charged with three errors, leading to three unearned runs against the Chicago White Sox. Nevertheless, he won the game at Minnesota 8-5.
1974 — Bob Gibson struck out Cesar Geronimo of the Reds in the second inning to become the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts. Cincinnati beat St. Louis, 6-4.
1978 — Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a 61-year-old fan who had a heart attack just before a scheduled game at Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage until help arrived.
1987 — Don Mattingly became the first AL player to hit at least one home run in each of seven consecutive games as the New York Yankees disposed of the Texas Rangers 8-4.
1990 — Minnesota became the first team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Boston as the Red Sox beat the Twins 1-0.
2007 — Ryan Garko hit a game-tying pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning and singled home the winning run in the 11th to give Cleveland a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.
2011 — Dustin Pedroia singled with two outs in the top of the 16th inning, snapping a scoreless tie and giving the Red Sox a 1-0 victory over the Rays. It was the longest 1-0 game in the major leagues since the Brewers at Angels on June 8, 2004 went 17 innings.
2016 — Starling Marte hit a solo home run in the 18th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 in a marathon game that lasted almost six hours. Pinch-hitter Daniel Murphy homered with two outs in the ninth inning for Washington.
2022 — Second-generation players take the first two spots in the 2022 amateur draft as SS Jackson Holliday, son of Matt Holliday, goes first overall to the Orioles, while OF Druw Jones, son of Andruw Jones, is selected second by the Diamondbacks. P Kumar Rocker, who had been the #10 pick in 2021 but had failed to come to an agreement with the Mets following a disagreement over the health of his pitching arm, goes #3 to the Rangers, who sign him mere hours after his selection. Rocker is coming off a brilliant stint of pitching in the independent Frontier League.
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July 18
1882 — Ambidextrous pitcher Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a major league game at Baltimore. Normally a right-hander, Mullane switched to the left hand in the fourth inning. He eventually lost 9-8.
1912 — The Chicago Cubs had 21 hits in 11 innings but still lost to the Philadelphia Phillies when Gavvy Cravath stole home.
1921 — Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor.
1927 — Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics doubled off the glove of Harry Heilmann for his 4,000th hit.
1948 — Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox hit four home runs in a 12-11, 11-inning victory over the Philadelphia A’s in the opener of a doubleheader. Seerey hit two mammoth shots off Carl Scheib, one off Bob Savage and the game-winner off Lou Brissie in the top of the 11th.
1962 — Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins each hit grand slams in the first inning of a 14-3 rout of the Cleveland Indians.
1970 — Willie Mays bounced career hit number 3,000 through the left side of the infield off Mike Wegener in the second inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 10-1 romp over the Montreal Expos. Mays becomes the 10th player to get 3,000 hits.
1987 — New York’s Don Mattingly tied Dale Long’s 31-year-old major league record when he hit a home run for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees’ 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
1999 — With Don Larsen on hand to help celebrate Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone pitched a perfect game. Cone dazzled the Montreal Expos, throwing the 14th perfect game in modern history to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory.
2001 — Roger Cedeno was 4-for-5 with a double, triple, two homers and six RBIs in Detroit’s 12-4 win over the New York Yankees in the second game of a day-night doubleheader.
2006 — Atlanta became the first team since the 1930 New York Yankees to score 10 or more runs in five straight games following a 14-5 victory over St. Louis. The Braves have scored 65 runs during their offensive explosion that included two 15-run games.
2016 — A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs. Christopher Correa had pleaded guilty in January to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer from 2013 to at least 2014, the same year he was promoted to director of baseball development in St. Louis.
2018 — As has been rumored for some time, the Dodgers trade for All-Star SS Manny Machado, who will become a free agent at the end of the season. The price is steep for what amounts to a short-term rental: five prospects, including AA OF Yusniel Diaz, one of the stars of the most recent Futures Game. The Dodgers have a gaping hole to fill, however, having recently lost SS Corey Seager for the remainder of the season.
2022 — Youth is served in the annual Home Run Derby, held at Dodger Stadium on the eve of the All-Star Game as 23-year-old Juan Soto defeats 21-year-old rookie Julio Rodríguez in the final round, but not before 42-year-old Albert Pujols manages to upset NL home run leader Kyle Schwarber in the initial round. Two-time defending champion Pete Alonso goes down before Rodríguez in the semi-finals. Soto misses the title of youngest-ever winner ever by one day, behind 1993 winner Juan Gonzalez.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
July 16
1920 — Babe Ruth breaks his season record of 29 homers with his 30th, leading the New York Yankees past the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth ends the season with 54.
1920 — The United States sweeps Australia in five matches to win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1913. The U.S. team is made up of Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston.
1938 — Paul Runyan wins the PGA Championship by routing Sam Snead 8 and 7 in the final round.
1947 — Rocky Graziano scores a technical knockout with a barrage of 30 punches against Tony Zale in the sixth round to win the world middleweight boxing title. Held in Chicago Stadium, it’s the largest grossing fight in history.
1950 — Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 to win soccer’s World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.
1967 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by one stroke over Shirley Englehorn. Whitworth sinks a fifty-foot uphill putt for a birdie on the 18th green at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton Mass.
1989 — Betsy King birdies three of the first four holes of the final round to win her first U.S. Women’s Open championship by four strokes over Nancy Lopez.
1993 — Nick Faldo ties the best single round in 122 years of the British Open with a course-record 63 to give him a one-stroke lead after the second round.
1995 — Annika Sorenstam of Sweden wins the U.S. Women’s Open by one stroke over Meg Mallon, her first victory on the LPGA Tour.
2005 — In Las Vegas, Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight title. Hopkins, a winner of a record 20 consecutive defenses, starts slowly and the undefeated challenger builds up a big enough lead on two judges’ scorecards to take the crown.
2006 — J.R. Todd becomes the first black driver to win an NHRA Top Fuel event, beating Tony Schumacher in the Mopar Mile-High Nationals.
2011 — Kyle Busch wins the Nationwide race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to become the third driver to win 100 races in NASCAR’s three national series. Busch, with 22 Cup victories and 29 Trucks wins, also ties Mark Martin for first place in career Nationwide Series victories with 49. Richard Petty and David Pearson are the other drivers with at least 100 wins.
2012 — Roger Federer surpasses Pete Sampras to set the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings. After winning Wimbledon a week ago — his 75th career ATP title — Federer returns to the top for the first time since June 2010. Today marks his 287th week at No. 1, one more than Sampras.
2017 — Roger Federer defeated Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4, to claim a record 8th Wimbledon men’s title.
2023 — Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In a classic final, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ends Novak Đoković’s 34-match win streak at the All England Club with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory.
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July 17
1939 — Henry Picard beats Byron Nelson 1-up in 37 holes to win the PGA championship.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games is stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland.
1955 — Beverly Hanson beats Louise Suggs by three strokes in a playoff to capture the first LPGA championship.
1966 — Jim Ryun becomes the first American to hold the record in the mile since 1937. With a time of 3:51.3 at Berkeley, Calif., Ryun shatters Michel Jazy’s mark of 3:53.6 by 2.3 seconds.
1974 — Bob Gibson strikes out Cesar Geronimo of the Reds in the second inning to become the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts.
1979 — Sebastian Coe breaks the world record in the mile with a time of 3:48.95 in Oslo, Norway. The time is rounded up to 3:49.
1983 — Bobby Hebert passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Michigan Panthers to a 24-22 win over the Philadelphia Stars in the first USFL championship game.
1983 — Tom Watson wins his second straight and fifth career British Open title. Watson shoots a 9-under 275 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England to finish one stroke ahead of Andy Bean and Hale Irwin.
1990 — Minnesota becomes the first team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it isn’t enough to overcome Boston as the Red Sox beat the Twins 1-0.
1994 — Brazil wins a record fourth World Cup soccer title, taking the first shootout in championship game history over Italy.
2005 — Tiger Woods records another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He wins by five shots, the largest margin in any major since Woods won by eight at St. Andrews five years ago. He joins Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam twice.
2006 — Stacey Nuveman and Lovieanne Jung each homer to power the United States to the World Cup of Softball title with a 5-2 victory over Japan.
2011 — Japan stuns the United States in a riveting Women’s World Cup final, winning 3-1 on penalty kicks after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie. Goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori makes two brilliant saves in the shootout. Japan, making its first appearance in the final of a major tournament, hadn’t beaten the Americans in their first 25 meetings.
2011 — Darren Clarke gives Northern Ireland another major championship, winning the British Open by three strokes over Americans Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.
2016 — Henrik Stenson shoots an 8-under 63 to beat Phil Mickelson by three strokes, becoming the first man from Sweden to win the British Open.
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July 18
1896 — James Foulis wins the U.S. Men’s Open golf championship at Shinnecock Hills, Southampton, N.Y.
1921 — Babe Ruth achieves 139 home runs and becomes the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball, taking the title from Roger Connor.
1927 — Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics doubles off the glove of Harry Heilmann for his 4,000th hit.
1951 — Jersey Joe Walcott, at 37, becomes the oldest fighter to win the world heavyweight title with a seventh-round knockout of Ezzard Charles at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
1970 — San Francisco’s Willie Mays gets career hit number 3,000 off Montreal’s Mike Wegener in the second inning.
1975 — The trial of Dave Forbes, the first pro athlete to be indicted for a crime committed during play, ends in a hung jury. Forbes, of the Boston Bruins, was indicted for excessive force used on an opponent. Forbes’ victim was Henry Boucha in a game on Jan. 4 against the North Stars at Minnesota. The prosecution decides not to seek a retrial.
1987 — New York’s Don Mattingly ties Dale Long’s 31-year-old major league record when he homers for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees’ 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
1993 — Greg Norman shoots a 64 on the final day to set a record with a 13-under 267 and wins the British Open. Norman wins by two strokes over defending champion Nick Faldo.
1995 — Britain’s Jonathan Edwards breaks the 10-year-old world triple jump record, leaping 59 feet in the Salamanca Provincial meet. Edwards tops the previous mark of 58-11½ set in 1985 by Willie Banks of the United States.
1999 — Jean Van de Velde’s triple bogey on the 72nd hole sets the stage for Paul Lawrie to become the first Scotsman to win the British Open in his native land since Tommy Armour in 1931. Lawrie, 10 strokes behind when the final round began, wins the four-hole playoff over Van de Velde and Justin Leonard, making birdies on the last two holes to complete the biggest comeback in a major.
1999 — David Cone dazzles the Montreal Expos, throwing the 14th perfect game in modern history to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory.
2005 — In Oklahoma City, the United States loses a tournament title game for the first time since 1997, falling 3-1 to Japan in the championship of the inaugural World Cup of Softball. The Americans, which lost to Canada earlier in this tournament, lost to Australia 1-0 in the championship game of the 1997 Superball, held in Ohio.
2010 — Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa shoots a 1-under 71 for a seven-stroke victory at 16-under 272 in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Lee Westwood of England finishes second.
2021 — Colin Morikawa wins the Open Championship 15-under par at Royal St. George’s by two strokes over Jordan Speith. It was Morikawa’s second major championship win following his 2020 The Masters win.
TV SPORTS TUESDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| All Star Game: American League vs National League | 8:00pm | FOX |
| NBA SUMMER LEAGUE | TIME ET | TV |
| Indiana vs Phoenix | 4:00pm | ESPNU ESPN+ |
| New York vs Brooklyn | 4:30pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| Charlotte vs Denver | 6:00pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ |
| Chicago vs Detroit | 6:30pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| Philadelphia vs Minnesota | 8:00pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ |
| Washington vs Portland | 8:30pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| LA Clippers vs Milwaukee | 10:00pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ |
| New Orleans vs San Antonio | 10:30pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Women’s Friendly: USA vs Costa Rica | 7:30pm | TNT truTV Peacock MAX Fubo |
| Liga MX: Juárez vs Pumas UNAM | 9:00pm | FS2 Fubo |
| Liga MX: Atlas vs Santos Laguna | 9:00pm | TUDN |
| Liga MX: Pachuca vs Atlético San Luis | 11:00pm | TUDN Fubo |
| Liga MX: Puebla vs León | 11:00pm | VIX |
| Liga MX: Cruz Azul vs Tijuana | 11:05pm | VIX TUDN |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Phoenix vs Washington | 11:30am | MNMT AFSN |
| Seattle vs Los Angeles | 3:30pm | Spectrum Sportsnet Prime-Seattle |
| Connecticut vs New York | 7:00pm | Prime My9 NBC Sports Boston |
| Chicago vs Las Vegas | 10:00pm | Prime SSEN MARQ |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Newport-ATP, Hamburg-ATP, Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Budapest-WTA & Palermo-WTA Early Rounds | 4:30am | TENNIS |
| Newport-ATP, Hamburg-ATP, Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Budapest-WTA & Palermo-WTA Early Rounds | 12:30pm | TENNIS |