“THE SCOREBOARD”
6A
1. BEN DAVIS
2. CROWN POINT
3. HSE
4. WARREN CENTRAL
5. CATHEDRAL
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: WESTFIELD, CENTER GROVE, FW CARROLL, CARMEL, BROWNSBURG, FW SNIDER, FISHERS, HSE
5A
1. WHITELAND
2. BLOOMINGTON NORTH
3. CASTLE
4. DECATUR CENTRAL
5. MERRILLVILLE
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: VALPO, CONCORD, EAST CENTRAL, WARSAW, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFF
4A
1. NEW PALESTINE
2. BISHOP CHATARD
3. BREBEUF
4. GREENFIELD CENTRAL
5. MT. VERNON
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: EVANSVILLE REITZ, HANOVER CENTRAL, NEW PRAIRIE, COLUMBIA CITY, KANKAKEE VALLEY, NORTHWOOD, LEO
3A
1. HERITAGE HILLS
2. GUERIN CATHOLIC
3. GIBSON SOUTHERN
4. KNOX
5. LAWRENCEBURG
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL, WEST LAFAYETTE, BATESVILLE, FT. WAYNE LUERS, DELTA, MISSISSINEWA, TR-WEST
2A
1. TRITON CENTRAL
2. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC
3. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
4. LINTON STOCKTON
5. NORTH POSEY
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: EASTERN HANCOCK, PAOLI, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, CENTERVILLE, ANDREAN, SOUTHMONT, TRITON CENTRAL, EASTERN-GREENTOWN
1A
1. SOUTH PUTNAM
2. SHERIDAN
3. NORTH DECATUR
4. MONROE CENTRAL
5. NORTH JUDSON
ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: TRITON, SPRINGS VALLEY, PROVIDENCE, PIONEER, LAVILLE, SOUTH ADAMS, CARROLL FLORA
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
CLEVELAND 10 BALTIMORE 3
KANSAS CITY 7 DETROIT 1
ATLANTA 4 MIAMI 2
CHICAGO CUBS 5 ST. LOUIS 4
COLORADO 5 LA ANGELS 4 (10)
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 7 TOLEDO 3
WEST MICHIGAN 5 FT. WAYNE 4
SOUTH BEND AT WISCONSIN PPD
WNBA SCORES
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MLS
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EARLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, AUG. 24 IN WEEK ZERO:
AER LINGUS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLASSIC: FLORIDA STATE VS. GEORGIA TECH (IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. ET | ESPN
MCNEESE AT TARLETON STATE | 2:30 P.M. ET| ESPN2
MONTANA STATE AT NEW MEXICO | 4 P.M. ET | FS1
FCS KICKOFF: NORTH ALABAMA VS. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (CRAMTON BOWL IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA) | 7 P.M. ET | ESPN
MEAC/SWAC CHALLENGE: NORFOLK STATE VS. FLORIDA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
SMU AT NEVADA | 8 P.M. ET |CBS SPORTS NETWORK
DELAWARE STATE AT HAWAII
THURSDAY, AUG. 29
NORTH CAROLINA AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. ET | FOX
NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT COLORADO | 8 P.M. ET | ESPN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT SAN JOSE STATE | 10 P.M. ET | TRUTV AND MAX
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
TCU AT STANFORD | 10:30 P.M. ET | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
AFLAC KICKOFF GAME: CLEMSON VS. GEORGIA (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA) | 12 P.M. ET | ABC
PENN STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | FOX
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 2 P.M. ET | ESPN+
MIAMI (FL) AT FLORIDA | 3:30 P.M. ET | ABC
NOTRE DAME AT TEXAS A&M | 7:30 P.M. ET | ABC
GEORGIA STATE AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. ET | ACC NETWORK
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 8 P.M. ET | TRUTV AND MAX
SUNDAY, SEPT. 1
ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL VS. ALABAMA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA) | 3 P.M. ET | ESPN
VEGAS KICKOFF CLASSIC: LSU VS. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ALLEGIANT STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) | 7:30 P.M. ON ABC
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
BOSTON COLLEGE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. ET | ESPN
NFL PRE-SEASON
2024 NFL HALL OF FAME GAME:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1:
CHICAGO 21 HOUSTON 17
WEEK ONE:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8:
CAROLINA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM
DETROIT AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9:
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
HOUSTON AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10:
WASHINGTON AT N.Y. JETS, 12:00 PM
CHICAGO AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
LAS VEGAS AT MINNESOTA, 4:00 PM
GREEN BAY AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
TAMPA BAY AT CINCINNATI, 7:00 PM
KANSAS CITY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT ARIZONA, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11:
DENVER AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00 PM
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:30 PM
WEEK TWO:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15:
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17:
ATLANTA AT BALTIMORE, 12:00 PM
CINCINNATI AT CHICAGO, 1:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
DETROIT AT KANSAS CITY 4:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
N.Y. JETS AT CAROLINA, 7:00 PM
ARIZONA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 7:00 PM
WASHINGTON AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
BUFFALO AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30 PM
DALLAS AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18:
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 8:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:00 PM
WEEK THREE:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22:
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 8:00 PM
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23:
JACKSONVILLE AT ATLANTA, 7:00 PM
MIAMI AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24:
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT, 1:00 PM
BALTIMORE AT GREEN BAY, 1:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00 PM
L.A. CHARGERS AT DALLAS, 4:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30 PM
CLEVELAND AT SEATTLE, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25:
TENNESSEE AT NEW ORLEANS, 2:00 PM
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 4:30 PM
NEW ENGLAND AT WASHINGTON (NBC), 8:00 PM
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
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OLYMPIC NEWS
LEDECKY BECOMES MOST DECORATED AMERICAN WOMAN WITH RELAY SILVER
NANTERRE, France (AP) — It wasn’t the medal Katie Ledecky would’ve preferred.
Still, it was good enough for the record books.
On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh romped to another victory and Kate Douglass claimed a gold for the Americans, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stellar career to become the most decorated woman in swimming history Thursday.
Ledecky and three American teammates took silver in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, trailing an Australian squad led by individual gold medalists Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus.
“There’s always pressure, but I think we were just going out there to do the best we could and win a medal and whatever records come with that medal will come and that’s what happened,” said Erin Gemmell, who took the anchor leg after Ledecky went third.
In her next-to-last event of these Games, Ledecky broke the mark she shared with fellow Americans Dara Torres, Natalie Coughlin and Jenny Thompson. The 27-year-old now has eight golds, four silvers and one bronze over four Olympics, with every intention of swimming in Los Angeles in 2028.
Mollie O’Callaghan, the gold medalist in the 200 freestyle, started things off for the Australians, giving them a lead they never relinquished.
Lani Pallister and Briana Throssell kept the team from Down Under out front, even as Ledecky tried in vain to chase down Throssell on the third leg.
When Titmus dove in on the anchor leg with the lead, it was essentially over. The winner of the 400 freestyle and silver medalist in the 200 free finished in an Olympic record of 7:38.08.
Emma Gemmell held off China to give the U.S. the silver in 7:40.86. Claire Weinstein and Paige Madden rounded out the American squad.
Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin earned the bronze in 7:42.34.
Ledecky has one more event, the 800 freestyle. She’s the favorite for her fourth straight gold at that distance.
BILES HOLDS OFF ANDRADE TO WIN 2ND INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND TITLE
Simone Biles held off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade to win her second individual Olympic all-around title, eight years after winning the event in Rio de Janeiro. American Sunisa Lee rounded out the podium in third.
Biles continues her 11-year unbeaten streak in all-around meets where she’s competed. The 27-year-old is the oldest all-around champion in more than 70 years, and her sixth gold medal makes Biles the fifth-most-decorated Olympic gymnast of all time.
“It is crazy I am in the conversation of the greatest of all time. I just think I’m still Simone Biles from Spring, Texas, who loves to flip,” Biles said, according to Nancy Armour of USA Today.
This is the first time two Olympic all-around champions – Biles and Lee – have competed against each other in an Olympic all-around final. Biles is the first American gymnast and the first gymnast in more than 55 years to win two all-around titles. Biles is also the first gymnast, male or female, to win the title eight years after her first.
Andrade gave Biles a run for her money. A wobble from Biles on the uneven bars in the second rotation – her weakest apparatus – put Tokyo’s all-around silver medalist in the lead and dropped Biles to third.
Biles kept her composure and fought back in the subsequent rotations, earning the highest scores in the beam and floor, catapulting her to first and finishing the meet more than a point ahead of Andrade. All three podium finishers in Paris are now two-time Olympic all-around medalists, the first time that’s happened in the sport’s history.
Biles’ title comes three years after withdrawing in Tokyo with an infamous case of “the twisties.” Her win extends the streak of American athletes winning the all-around final to six straight Olympics.
Biles and Andrades’ next event comes Saturday with the vault final. Lee will compete in the bars final on Sunday.
NFL NEWS
BEARS TOP TEXANS IN STORM-SHORTENED HALL OF FAME GAME
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — While Caleb Williams, C.J. Stroud and other starters from both teams watched from the sideline, the NFL’s new kickoffs didn’t provide any excitement.
Brett Rypien stole the show before lighting and heavy rain ended the game early.
The veteran quarterback threw three touchdown passes, leading the Chicago Bears to a 21-17 victory over the Houston Texans on Thursday night in the Hall of Fame game.
The NFL’s exhibition opener was stopped with 3:31 left in the third quarter and was called off after a 36-minute delay.
All eyes were on the NFL’s radical new kickoffs rule at the start. The league dramatically redesigned the play, aiming to revive it after a record-low returns last season.
None of the eight kickoffs were returned beyond the 32. Three were brought back to the 26, a yard farther than the old touchback. There was one touchback that came out to the 30.
“You never know until you come in the game and play,” said Bears wide receiver Collin Johnson, who made a tackle on the opening kickoff. “The speed and timing is drastically different. It’s so much faster.”
Tyson Bagent started for Williams, the No. 1 overall pick who has enormous expectations in Chicago. Davis Mills was under center instead of Stroud, the 2023 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Rypien finished 11 of 15 for 166 yards with TD passes of 20 and 9 yards to Johnson and 22 yards to Tommy Sweeney. Rypien, who was 2-2 as a starter in four seasons with the Broncos and Rams, entered camp as the third-string QB.
“This one meant a lot to me,” Rypien said. “I had a bad taste in my mouth all offseason after my last start in Green Bay (last Nov. 5). I didn’t know how this season would go, didn’t know if I’d get a chance to compete for anything.”
Mills, who was 5-19-1 as a starter in the two seasons before Stroud’s arrival, finished 10 of 13 for 102 yards and a 9-yard TD pass to Teagan Quitoriano to cap the opening drive.
Veteran Case Keenum threw a 4-yard TD pass to Cam Akers to give the Texans a 17-7 lead late in the second half.
Rypien led the Bears on a 72-yard drive in just 58 seconds in the final minutes of the first half. His TD pass to Sweeney cut it to 17-14. He put the Bears ahead with the 9-yard strike to Johnson in the third.
“As a backup, you have to be ready at any moment,” Rypien said. “You never know when that opportunity is going to come. You have to go in and execute when you haven’t had that many reps.”
Houston’s Steven Sims fielded Cairo Santos’ opening kickoff at the 5 and ran 21 yards before he was tackled at the 26. After the Texans scored, Chicago’s Tyler Scott caught Ka’imi Fairbairn’s kickoff at the 7 and returned it 19 yards to the 26.
Touchbacks used to result in the offense starting at the 25.
Scott fielded the third kickoff one yard deep in the end zone and chose to return it instead of taking a touchback. He was tackled at the 20. The Bears were penalized for leaving early — only the two returners and kicker can move until the ball is caught — but the Texans declined.
“I say kickoff teams won,” Bears coach Matt Eberflus said. “Good job by the cover teams. It looked like the return teams struggled staying on blocks.”
The Texans went worst to first in the AFC South last year behind rookie coach DeMeco Ryans, Stroud and Defensive Rookie of the Year Will Anderson Jr. Houston finished with 11 wins, advancing to the divisional round of the playoffs.
The Bears are hoping to make a similar leap from 7-10 to the playoffs after selecting Williams first, adding wide receiver Rome Odunze with the ninth pick and revamping the roster in free agency.
HEALTHY CAM
Akers showed quickness on a 14-yard catch that preceded his TD reception. He also ran for 13 yards on five carries. Akers is attempting to comeback with the Texans after his season ended early last season after he tore his Achilles tendon for the second time in three years.
TYSON’S TIME
Bagent, who went from undrafted rookie out of Division II powerhouse Shepherd University to 2-2 as a starter filling in for Justin Fields last season, only played one series. He completed 2 of 3 passes before Rypien took over.
HALL OF FAME FIRSTS
Many of the Bears and Texans fans in the crowd came to see two of their favorites don the gold jackets on Saturday afternoon.
Devin Hester, the dynamic playmaker who returned a league-record 14 punts for touchdowns and ran back five more kickoffs for scores during an 11-year career spent mostly with Chicago, will be the first pure returner to enter the Hall of Fame.
Andre Johnson, the seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver, will be the first member of the Texans inducted.
Hester and Johnson received the loudest ovations before the game when the Class of 2024 was introduced.
Popular Bears great Steve McMichael, who can’t attend his induction because he’s in the advanced stages of ALS, was represented by his wife, Misty.
FEDERAL JUDGE OVERTURNS $4.7B VERDICT IN ‘SUNDAY TICKET’ CASE, RULES FOR NFL
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL.
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that the testimony of two witnesses for the subscribers had flawed methodologies and should have been excluded.
“Without the testimonies of Dr. (Daniel) Rascher and Dr. (John) Zona, no reasonable jury could have found class-wide injury or damages,” Gutierrez wrote at the end of his 16-page ruling.
The jury on June 27 awarded $4.7 billion in damages to residential and commercial subscribers after it ruled the NFL violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.
The lawsuit covered 2.4 million residential subscribers and 48,000 businesses in the United States who paid for the package on DirecTV of out-of-market games from the 2011 through 2022 seasons.
The jury of five men and three women found the NFL liable for $4,610,331,671.74 in damages to the residential class (home subscribers) and $96,928,272.90 in damages to the commercial class (business subscribers).
Since damages can be tripled under federal antitrust laws, the NFL could have been liable for $14,121,779,833.92.
It is not the first time the NFL has won a judgment as matter of law in this case, which has been going on since 2015.
In 2017, U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O’Connell dismissed the lawsuit and ruled for the NFL because she said “Sunday Ticket” did not reduce output of NFL games and that even though DirecTV might have charged inflated prices, that did not “on its own, constitute harm to competition” because it had to negotiate with the NFL to carry the package.
Two years later, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the case.
It is likely the plaintiffs will again appeal to the 9th Circuit.
BROWNS RB D’ONTA FOREMAN SUFFERS HEAD INJURY DURING PRACTICE, AIR LIFTED TO HOSPITAL IN VIRGINIA
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland Browns running back D’Onta Foreman suffered a head injury during practice and was air lifted by helicopter to a hospital in Virginia on Thursday.
The team said Foreman sustained a “direct blow to the head that resulted in neck pain” during a drill at The Greenbrier Resort. Foreman had movement in all of his extremities, according to a statement from the Browns.
The 28-year-old Foreman was treated on the field by medical staff before being immobilized on a stretcher. He was driven away from the facility in an ambulance and flown to a medical center in Roanoke, Virginia, for further evaluation and treatment.
Foreman signed with the Browns as a free agent in March. He gives Cleveland some depth at the position as Nick Chubb works his way back from a season-ending knee injury and two surgeries.
Foreman is entering his eighth NFL season. He was originally drafted by Houston in the third round in 2017 after playing at Texas.
Foreman played two seasons with the Texans, two in Tennessee and one with Carolina and Chicago. He’s rushed for 2,326 career years and 14 touchdowns.
Last season, Foreman rushed for 425 yards and four TDs in nine games with the Bears.
BUCS SIGNING WIRFS TO 5-YEAR EXTENSION REPORTEDLY WORTH $140.63M
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs reached an agreement on a five-year extension, the club announced Thursday.
The deal is worth $140.63 million, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who adds it includes $88.24 million guaranteed.
Wirfs is now the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history, Schefter adds. The $28.1-million average annual value narrowly edges out the deal Detroit Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell signed earlier this offseason, which averages $28 million.
The 25-year-old has been a consistently great blocker since being drafted 13th overall in 2020, even after making the switch from right to left tackle in 2023. He’s been named a Pro-Bowler in three consecutive years, a first-team All-Pro, and a second-team All-Pro.
Wirfs’ availability has been exceptional, too, playing 100% of the offensive snaps in all 63 of his career games. He’s missed just four contests in his career.
The Iowa product joins quarterback Baker Mayfield, safety Antoine Winfield, and wide receiver Mike Evans in signing lucrative extensions with Tampa Bay this offseason.
LIONS’ DEPTH ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE WILL BE TESTED AFTER KNEE INJURY TO COMINSKY
ALLEN PARK , Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions’ depth on the defensive line will be tested as they face the season without defensive end John Cominsky.
The 6-foot-5, 285-pound Cominsky was carted off the field with a right knee injury on Tuesday, during the team’s second padded practice.
“Cominsky, certainly man, he’s been a part of us for going on three years now and he’s just a steady piece that does things right, works his tail off,” coach Dan Campbell said. “So, I hate it, I hate it for him, but I also know he’s going to get it done and he’s going to do everything he can to get back and be ready.”
It’s possible that following rehab from surgery Cominsky could return for the playoffs.
“I do think we’re in position to certainly handle this,” Campbell said. “We feel pretty good about the guys that we have in there. Some of these young guys are developing, they’re coming on.”
Aidan Hutchinson is Detroit’s top defensive end and the team is counting on veteran Marcus Davenport being healthy and productive after signing him to a one-year contract in the offseason.
PACKERS RB JOSH JACOBS (GROIN) SITS OUT PRACTICE
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs sat out Thursday’s practice with a groin injury.
Jacobs, 26, signed a four-year, $48 million contract with the Packers in free agency in March.
The two-time Pro Bowl selection played his first five seasons with the Raiders and won the rushing title in 2022 with 1,653 yards, being named All-Pro that season.
Jacobs ran for 5,545 yards and 46 touchdowns in 73 games (72 starts) with Oakland/Las Vegas.
In Green Bay, Jacobs replaces Aaron Jones and joins a backfield with AJ Dillon and rookie MarShawn Lloyd.
Rookie linebacker Edgerrin Cooper, a second-round pick, also missed Thursday’s session with a hip issue.
REPORT: RB TARIK COHEN ENDS COMEBACK ATTEMPT, RETIRES
Veteran running back Tarik Cohen is retiring from the NFL, ESPN reported Thursday.
Cohen, 29, was in training camp with the New York Jets, attempting to make the roster after a series of injuries sent his promising career off track.
The Chicago Bears drafted Cohen, who played at North Carolina A&T, in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
In his second season, he was a first-team All-Pro selection and named to the Pro Bowl when he gained 1,169 yards from scrimmage and scored eight touchdowns. He added a league-high 411 yards as a punt returner.
Cohen last played Sept. 27, 2020, when the Bears beat the Atlanta Falcons. He suffered a broken leg and two torn knee ligaments and missed the rest of the 2020 season and all of 2021.
He tore an Achilles in May 2022 in a training incident. As a member of the Carolina Panthers in 2023, he suffered a hamstring injury and never was elevated off the practice squad.
Cohen retires with 2,676 yards from scrimmage (1,101 rushing, 1,575 receiving) and 14 touchdowns in 51 games (22 starts) with the Bears. He added 985 yards in punt returns and 628 in kick returns.
STEELERS SIGN LB MARKUS GOLDEN TO 1-YEAR DEAL
The Pittsburgh Steelers re-signed free agent linebacker Markus Golden to a one-year contract on Thursday.
Golden, 33, tallied four sacks, 10 quarterback hits and 20 tackles in 16 games with the Steelers last season.
The 10-year veteran has collected 51 sacks, 140 QB hits, 343 tackles and 11 forced fumbles in 127 games (68 starts) with the Arizona Cardinals (2015-18, 2020-22), New York Giants (2019-20) and Steelers.
The Cardinals selected Golden out of Missouri in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
BUCCANEERS LB YAYA DIABY (ANKLE) LEAVES PRACTICE ON CART
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker YaYa Diaby was carted off the practice field Thursday with a left ankle injury.
“We’ll see what the prognosis is as we go forward and take some more tests,” head coach Todd Bowles said.
“It’s football. We’ll wait for the results to come in. Right now, we’re hopeful. So, we’ll wait and see before we say all is lost right now, but he’s having a great camp. He’s a great player. Just wish the best for him.”
A third-round draft pick in 2023, Diaby delivered 7.5 sacks, 38 tackles and two fumble recoveries in 17 games (seven starts) during his rookie campaign.
Diaby and veteran Lavonte David are the Bucs’ projected starters at outside linebacker for the Bucs, who open the preseason on Aug. 10 at Cincinnati.
NFL ADJUSTS RULE TO ADDRESS ‘CHEAT MOTION’
The NFL has adjusted the rulebook for 2024 to hinder so-called “speed motion” — “cheat motion” to its detractors, NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk reported Thursday.
The pre-snap technique showed up in the NFL last season, with offensive players who are in motion gathering their momentum by leaning toward the line of scrimmage just before the snap.
The offensive wrinkle is believed to have been started by the Miami Dolphins in Week 1 of last season when wide receiver Tyreek Hill leaned slightly up field just at the snap.
The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams started using the strategy immediately thereafter.
The rule for players in motion was adjusted in the most recent rulebook to read, in part: “Any eligible backfield player who changes his stance does not have to come to a complete stop prior to the snap, as long as his actions are not abrupt (false start) or forward (illegal motion).”
Rams head coach Sean McVay talked about the Rams’ use of the ploy early last season.
“It does establish a certain amount of momentum that’s probably the closest thing to (the CFL),” McVay said. “There’s nothing quite like a full speed towards the line of scrimmage sprint motion that those guys can do. It really creates some leverage and some momentum for you.”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
MEL TUCKER SUES MICHIGAN STATE OVER FIRING
Former Michigan State University head football coach Mel Tucker is suing the university and school leaders, alleging that they wrongfully fired him last year and violated his constitutional rights after he was accused of sexual harassment.
The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in Michigan accuses school officials of undertaking an “improper, sham investigation” of allegations that Tucker sexually harassed and exploited rape survivor and activist Brenda Tracy.
The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges that Michigan State officials violated his rights to due process and equal protection as well as his employment agreement with the school.
The complaint also contends that interim president Teresa Woodruff and athletic director Alan Haller made “false and defamatory” public statements against Tucker, “further destroying Plaintiff’s reputation, his professional standing, and his livelihood.”
In addition, the suit contends school leaders “manipulated the process to create a pretextual and false basis to terminate Plaintiff’s employment.”
“By improperly weaponizing the University’s investigative procedures against Plaintiff, the Defendants have caused, and continue to cause, Plaintiff to experience severe emotional harm and suffering, and have caused hundreds of millions in damages,” the suit states.
At the time of his firing, Tucker was in the third year of a $95 million, 10-year contract. He was due to earn about $80 million remaining on the deal.
The lawsuit names as defendants the university, Woodruff, Haller, the school’s eight trustees and its general counsel, Brian Quinn.
University spokesperson Emily Gerkin Guerrant said via email Thursday that “the university does not have a comment at this time” and said it had not been formally served with the suit as of Thursday morning.
Tracy, who is known for educating college athletes about sexual violence, became friends with Tucker over her advocacy work. Michigan State paid her $10,000 to share with the football team her story about being gang-raped in 1998. Tucker’s lawsuit states that Tracy spoke to Michigan State’s football team on Aug. 14, 2021.
Tucker and Tracy’s relationship took a turn in April 2022. According to USA Today, Tucker masturbated during a phone call with her. Tracy filed a complaint with the school in December 2022, saying Tucker had sexually harassed her during the phone call. Months later, she filed a complaint with the school’s Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education. Tucker told investigators that he and Tracy had consensual phone sex.
Her allegations against Tucker were made public by USA Today on Sept. 10, 2023, in a story that mentioned the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, the suit alleges. Nassar was a Michigan State sports doctor as well as a doctor at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes, including medal-winning Olympic gymnasts, under the guise of treatment.
Tucker’s suit contends that school officials deprived him “of his right to a confidential and fair investigative process” and that they “cared nothing about the damage being inflicted” on him.
“Instead, the Defendants were alarmed that that the USA Today articles once again made MSU’s history of failing to properly deal with sexual abuse allegations the subject of national media attention,” it states.
Tucker was suspended in September and Michigan State fired him later that month, saying he had subjected the institution to ridicule, breaching his contract and moral turpitude.
A resolution officer concluded in October that Tucker engaged in behavior that violated the school’s Relationship Violence and Sexual Misconduct and Title IX Policy by sexually harassing and sexually exploiting Tracy.
In January, the school denied Tucker’s appeal of these findings. An attorney hired by the school as an equity review officer said Tucker had failed to prove error or bias.
GEORGIA RELEASES WR RODARIUS ‘RARA’ THOMAS IN WAKE OF ARREST
Georgia dismissed senior wide receiver Rodarius “Rara” Thomas from the team following his arrest last week on a felony charge of second-degree cruelty to children and misdemeanor battery.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart confirmed Thomas’ departure on Thursday.
“I met with Rara on Tuesday and had a chance to talk to him face to face, which was important, but I informed him that he could no longer be a part of this team, and he understood that,” Smart told reporters.
Thomas was suspended July 26 when he was arrested by Athens-Clarke County Police. He was released Tuesday on a $3,500 bond.
This is the second time the Eufaula, Ala., native has been arrested on family violence charges.
In January 2023, Thomas faced charges of felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery after the University of Georgia police said he prevented a woman from leaving a dorm by blocking her exit and telling her she couldn’t leave and causing bruises to the woman’s body, according to ESPN, which reviewed an arrest warrant.
Thomas completed a pretrial diversion program to have those charges dropped in March 2023. The Athletic reported that Thomas was held out of much of Georgia’s spring practice as a disciplinary measure.
Thomas caught 23 passes for 383 yards and one touchdown in 11 games with the Bulldogs in 2023. He transferred to Georgia after two seasons at Mississippi State.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS-THE NEXT 10
JOEY AGUILAR, QUARTERBACK, APPALACHIAN STATE
From Antioch, Calif., Aguilar is the Mountaineers’ 6-foot-3, 220-pound signal-caller. After playing two seasons at a community college in the San Francisco Bay Area, Aguilar transferred to Appalachian State and set a slew of single-season school records in 2023:
Passing yards: 3,757
Passing touchdowns: 33
Total yards gained: 4,002
200-plus yard passing games: 13
Pass completions: 293
He was named the Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year.
MARQUEZ COOPER, RUNNING BACK, SAN DIEGO STATE
A graduate student, Cooper began his collegiate career at Kent State, then played the 2023 season at Ball State, before transferring to San Diego State. He has rushed for more than 1,000 yards in three consecutive seasons and has 33 career rushing touchdowns. He was named to the All-Mid-American Conference team three times.
TJ FINLEY, QUARTERBACK, WESTERN KENTUCKY
Finley bounced around before arriving at WKU. He began his college career at LSU in 2020, then spent two seasons at Auburn and was the starting quarterback for the Texas State Bobcats in 2023. He started five games as a freshman at LSU. In his career, he has started 24 games and thrown for 5,638 yards with 36 touchdowns. He led Texas State to a victory over the Rice Owls in the 2023 First Responder Bowl.
MILLER MOSS, QUARTERBACK, USC
Moss is slated to take over the reins at USC now that Caleb Williams is off to the NFL. In three years at USC, Moss has completed 66-of-92 of his passes (a 71.7 percent completion rate) for 914 yards and 9 touchdowns. He had a break-out performance in the 2023 Holiday Bowl, earning MVP honors after tossing 6 touchdown passes.
JAYDN OTT, RUNNING BACK, CAL
Ott is drawing comparisons to legendary Cal running back Marshawn Lynch. He has even been referred to as “Beast Mode 2.0.” Ott was rated the nation’s No. 3 running back prospect in the 2022 recruiting cycle. In his first season in Berkeley, Calif., he was named to the freshman All-American team. He earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors last season. In his two seasons with the Golden Bears, Ott has rushed for 2,212 yards on 46 carries, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. He has scored 20 rushing touchdowns. Ott is prominently featured in the new EA Sports College Football 25 game.
CAMERON RISING, QUARTERBACK, UTAH
It seems like Rising has been at Utah forever. The 25-year-old signal caller began his college career at Texas in 2018. He redshirted and did not play a snap for the Longhorns. In 2019, he transferred to Utah and has been there ever since. He has played in three of the five seasons that he has been with the Utes. Rising missed all of last season due to injury. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 in 2021, and he was MVP of the Pac-12 championship game in 2022.
JALEN ROYALS, WIDE RECEIVER, UTAH STATE
In 2023, Royals had 1,080 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. He averaged 15.2 yards per reception. From Powder Springs, Ga., Royals started his college career at the Georgia Military College and transferred to Utah State in 2022. He is a gifted athlete who was an all-state high jumper at the prep level. As a junior last year, Royals was named a College Football Network third-team All-American and earned first-team All-Mountain West Conference honors.
BRAYDEN SCHAGER, QUARTERBACK, HAWAI’I
Schager is from Dallas and has played his entire college career with the Rainbow Warriors. He started three games as a freshman and won the starting role as a sophomore. Last year, he ranked No. 6 nationally in completions per game (25.5), No. 13 in passing yards (3,542) and No. 15 in passing touchdowns (26). He had nine passes of 50-plus yards, ranking second among all FBS quarterbacks.
PRESTON STONE, QUARTERBACK, SMU
In leading the Mustangs to the championship of the American Athletic Conference in 2023, Stone threw for 3,197 yards and 28 touchdowns, with only 6 interceptions. He also had 4 rushing touchdowns. He broke his leg in the Mustangs’ regular-season finale against Navy and consequently missed the AAC championship game and the team’s bowl game. However, he is now on the mend. Stone is a redshirt junior going into the upcoming season, in which the Mustangs are transitioning from the FBS’s Group of 5 to the Power Four.
RICKY WHITE III, WIDE RECEIVER, UNLV
From Marietta, Ga., White began his collegiate career at Michigan State. He transferred to UNLV in 2022. During his redshirt junior campaign in Las Vegas, White racked up 1,483 receiving yards—the highest mark of any FBS receiver returning to play in 2024. He was named an Associated Press third-team All-American and is a member of the UNLV Dean’s Honor List for spring 2024. Notre Dame unsuccessfully attempted to entice White to South Bend, Ind. with a $250,000 NIL package.
NBA NEWS
FORMER ALL-STAR GORDON HAYWARD RETIRES AFTER 14 SEASONS
Former All-Star and lottery pick Gordon Hayward is retiring from the NBA, he announced Thursday. The Utah Jazz drafted Hayward ninth overall in 2010, and he played the first seven seasons of his career with the franchise. His final campaign in Utah was the best of his NBA tenure, averaging 21.9 points per game.
Following that year, Hayward signed with the Boston Celtics, though he suffered a season-ending leg injury five minutes into his first appearance with the team. He played two more years in Boston before being traded to the Charlotte Hornets.
Hayward started 167 of the 168 games he played in Charlotte from 2020-24 before being dealt to the Oklahoma City Thunder at last year’s trade deadline. The veteran was barely used in OKC, playing under seven minutes per game in the playoffs and going scoreless.
The 34-year-old is perhaps best known for his illustrious college career at Butler, where he and head coach Brad Stevens led the then-mid-major program to the national title game against Duke in 2010. Butler fell by just two points, and Hayward had one of the most famous missed shots of all time, a half-court prayer that nearly won it for the Bulldogs at the buzzer.
Hayward finishes his career with averages of 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 3.5 assists on 45.5% shooting and 37% from 3-point range across 649 regular-season appearances. He also suited up in 36 playoff games across five postseason runs.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: CUBS RALLY TO WALK OFF CARDINALS
Pinch hitter Mike Tauchman doubled home the winning run to cap a three-run bottom of the ninth as the host Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 walk-off victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.
Tauchman sliced a 2-2 fastball by Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley (4-4) into the left field corner to drive in Dansby Swanson with the winning run. Chicago trailed 4-2 entering the ninth against Helsley, who had converted 33 of his previous 35 save tries.
Cody Bellinger cut the lead to 4-3 with one out when he lined his 11th homer of the season, a shot to left-center. Swanson later tied the game with a double. Nate Pearson (1-1) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of one-hit relief. Seiya Suzuki also homered for Chicago.
Paul Goldschmidt homered, doubled and singled and scored two runs, and Masyn Winn homered and had two hits and two RBIs for St. Louis, which had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Royals 7, Tigers 1
Vinnie Pasquantino hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs as Kansas City cruised past host Detroit in the opener of a four-game series.
Bobby Witt Jr. had a solo homer and a double for the Royals, who won their fourth straight. Kansas City’s Seth Lugo (13-5) delivered a gem, pitching eight innings and giving up one run and four hits, all singles. He only walked one while recording three strikeouts.
Colt Keith reached base twice and scored the lone Tigers run. Keider Montero (1-5) lasted seven innings and gave up four runs and six hits. Detroit has lost four straight.
Guardians 10, Orioles 3
David Fry, Bo Naylor and Jose Ramirez each homered and drove in three runs as Cleveland topped Baltimore in the first game of the Orioles’ 10-game road trip.
Ben Lively (10-6) won his second straight start after allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four over six innings for Cleveland, which has won four in a row and seven of its last nine.
Anthony Santander belted his team-leading 32nd homer and Gunnar Henderson had an RBI double for the Orioles, who dropped into a first-place tie in the AL East with the New York Yankees.
Braves 4, Marlins 2
Atlanta hit three home runs to back the solid starting pitching of Charlie Morton during a victory over visiting Miami in the opener of a four-game series.
Austin Riley, Matt Olson and Orlando Arcia all went deep in the first three innings as the Braves scored all of its runs en route to their fifth win in six games. Morton (6-6) pitched six innings and allowed one unearned run, and Raisel Iglesias pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his 23rd save.
Marlins starter Max Meyer (2-1) gave up four runs on seven hits in five innings. Jake Burger had two hits and an RBI.
MIKE TROUT DONE FOR SEASON WITH ANOTHER TORN MENISCUS
Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout will miss the remainder of the season with another torn meniscus in his left knee, he confirmed on social media on Thursday.
The 32-year-old Trout, a three-time American League MVP, had surgery on the knee in early May to repair a torn meniscus and wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that he will have another procedure.
“Since my initial surgery on May 3rd to repair my meniscus, my rehabilitation proved longer and more difficult than expected,” Trout wrote. “After months of hard work, I was devastated (Wednesday) when an MRI showed a tear in my meniscus that will require surgery again — ending my hopes of returning this season.”
Trout, who is enduring his fourth season of significant time lost to injury, was sent for a further evaluation on his knee after leaving a July 23 rehab game early with soreness in the knee.
“Playing and competing is a huge part of my life,” Trout wrote. “This is as equally heartbreaking and frustrating for me as it is for you, the fans. I understand that I may disappointed many, but believe me, I will do everything I can to come back stronger.”
Trout was batting .220 with 10 homers and 14 RBIs in 29 games this season. The 11-time All-Star is a career .299 hitter with 378 home runs, 954 RBIs, 1,123 runs and 212 stolen bases.
GOLF NEWS
POLLY MACK FIRES 63 TO SECURE PORTLAND CLASSIC LEAD
Polly Mack of Germany shot a career-best 63 to set the early pace at the Portland Classic on Thursday in Oregon.
Mack piled up seven birdies and an eagle at Columbia Edgewater Country Club to race out to a 9-under-par start. By day’s end, she held a one-shot lead over Samantha Wagner, Russia’s Nataliya Guseva and South Korea’s Hyo Joon Jang. Emma Talley and Ecuador’s Daniela Darquea were two back at 7-under 65.
Mack, 25, was having a difficult sophomore LPGA season leading up to Thursday. She had made just three of 13 cuts, missing six in a row before making the cut at last week’s CPKC Women’s Open. Her best finish of 2024 was a T21.
“It feels so good. Feels like I’ve been working for almost years for this kind of stuff to happen,” Mack said. “Just finally to see a result on the scorecard, not just in the game, on the course, but also seeing it written down is really, really nice. I’m sure my team behind me is as happy as I am right now with this one round.”
Mack started her round on the back nine and wasted no time, starting out birdie-birdie-eagle after making her eagle at the par-5 12th. She added four more birdies, including on each of her last two holes, in between some important saves to keep bogeys off her card.
“For example, 18, my No. 9 today, I was under the trees on the left,” Mack said. “Had to kind of punch it out, try get it into the right green bunker. Didn’t quite get there, but had a really good angle and made a really good up and down there. That could have been a bogey basically.
“Yeah, made some good up-and-downs.”
Mack is ranked No. 419 in the world, while one player right behind her, Wagner, is even further back at No. 513 in the world rankings.
Wagner had to play the Monday qualifier to secure her first start on tour this season.
“It’s kind of tough for me because I lost my status after last season and felt like I had a pretty solid year,” Wagner said. “Just been working really hard with my team in the offseason and on (the Epson Tour) this year and haven’t quite seen the results I want.
“But I know the game is there and I was happy to see it all come together today.”
Wagner and Guseva had bogey-free, eight-birdie rounds, while Jang racked up nine birdies with one bogey.
Lauren Coughlin, fresh off her first LPGA title at last week’s CPKC Women’s Open in Calgary, opened with a 6-under 66. She is tied for seventh with a slew of golfers that includes Angel Yin, Cheyenne Knight and South Koreans So Mi Lee and Jenny Shin.
TOP INDIANA RELEASES
INDIANA SRN (CENTRAL INDIANA) HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL WATCH LIST (THE BEST OF THE BEST)
CARSYN COMER, WESTFIELD
LOGAN BELL, RONCALLI (OREGON)
LYDIA STAHLEY, RONCALLI (MISSOURI)
MACKENZIE KRUER, RONCALLI (MICHIGAN STATE-SOCCER)
ADDIE HABERTHY, RONCALLI
EVA HURRLE, RONCALLI (DEPAUL)
REAGAN TURK, RONCALLI (WEST VIRGINIA)
RAEGAN DURBIN, WESTERN BOONE (MIDDLE TENNESSEE)
ABBY KAMINSKI, FRANKLIN CENTRAL (KENNESAW STATE)
LILLYANNA JOSEPH, FRANKLIN CENTRAL
JOSIE IMES, ZIONSVILLE (ALABAMA)
CLAUDIA ANTCLIFF, ZIONSVILLE
ISABELLE MARTINELLE, SCECINA
KATE PINNICK, FRANKLIN
MOLLY BEATTY, HERRON (MICHIGAN)
KENNEDY CHERRY, HAMILTON HEIGHTS (WESTERN KENTUCKY)
REESE RESMER, NOBLESVILLE (KANSAS STATE)
MADISON BROWN, NOBLESVILLE
CAROLINE HANCHAR, CATHEDRAL
AVERY LEWIS, CATHEDRAL
MOLLY WELBORN, SCECINA
RANDEE GARRINGER, MOORESVILLE
LINDSEY MANGELSON, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
KAYLYN CHRISTY, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON MILES, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (ILLINOIS)
BELLA DAFFORN, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
AVA HUNTER, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (LOYOLA-CHICAGO)
ELLEN ZAPP, CENTER GROVE (OAKLAND)
ANABELLE SCHEMBRA, CENTER GROVE
AYSA THOMAS, BROWNSBURG
KATE VRABEL, BROWNSBURG
KENNEDY TINCH, FISHERS
KENDALL EDEN, INDIAN CREEK (BALL STATE)
ANIA KILBURN, AVON
ISABELLE BROWN, AVON
CAMRYN MCCOLLUM, AVON (MEMPHIS)
ALANA EASTRIDGE, EASTERN HANCOCK
CATHRYN ERWIN, LUTHERAN
HAYDEN MANDSAGER, CATHEDRAL
SAMANTHA GOODING, NEW PALESTINE
AZURE FLAGLE, NEW PALESTINE
KARLIE JANNINGS, LAPEL
TATUM HARPER, LAPEL
JANIE RANSOM, WESTERN BOONE
REESE BLANCHARD, BREBEUF JESUIT
LEXI GIN, BREBEUF JESUIT
FAITH KRESGE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
ADDISYN YODER, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
AIVA KRESGE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
SHAEFER SCEARCE, LUTHERAN
ALIVIA MORGAN, MT. VERNON
ROSE MAHIN, FRANKLIN
AUBREY RUNYON, FRANKLIN
ELLI STRECKER, ZIONSVILLE (LOUISVILLE)
NOEMA PHILISTIN-LYNCH, CARMEL
RYLEIGH HAMILTON, SOUTHPORT
HARPER RAHN, MONROVIA
KINLEY YOUNG, LEBANON
MACIE SMITH, HAMILTON HEIGHTS
MALLORY SHORT, SPEEDWAY
OLIVIA JOHNSON, MT. VERNON
AVA WHITMORE, MT. VERNON
MAKENNA RANKINS, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL
CAROLINE WARD, TRI-WEST
SOPHIA WINDMILLER, DANVILLE
DELANEY STEERS, BROWNSBURG
REESE DUNKLE, CENTER GROVE (STANFORD)
UPDATED: INDIANA SRN FOOTBALL WATCH LIST: RUNNINGBACKS
RB Alijah Price Ben Davis 5’6 165: 1,000 yards and 12 touchdowns
RB Jalen Bonds Cathedral 6’0 205: 1,194 yards and eight TDs (6.3 yards per carry) and caught six passes for 65 yards.
RB Joliba Brogan II Mt. Vernon 5’8” 185: 1,733 rushing yards and 21 rushing TDs
RB Jazz Coleman Speedway 5’11” 200: 888 yards and eight TDs and catching 29 passes for 253 yards and two TDs.
RB N’po DoDo Decatur Central 6’0” 180: 1,194 yards and eight touchdowns and caught 15 passes for 315 yards and five TDs
RB CJ Harris Brebeuf 5’7” 170: 1,285 yards and 11 touchdowns and caught 27 passes for 164 yards and two TDs
RB Austin Hennessy Center Grove 6’2” 195
RB Mark Kube Eastern Hancock 6’0” 185: 1,746 yards and 28 TD
RB Jeremiah Lee Beech Grove 6’0” 185: 1,648 yards and 20 TD, 6.8ypc
RB Alex Leugers Franklin 6’0” 200: 1,389 rushing yards and 14 rushing TDs
RB Jaylan McMoore Warren Central 5’9” 200: 926 yards and 8TD
RB Kendall Garnett Warren Central: 1,119 yards and 12 TDs (at Westfield)
RB Izayveon Moore Lawrence North 5’8” 175: 1,127 yards and 9TD
RB Caron Parks Lawrence Central 5’7” 170: 577 yards and 3 TD
RB Elijah Pimental, Heritage Christian 5’9” 160: 1,382 yards and 12 TD
RB Toby Savini Cascade 5’10” 170: 1,055 yards and 12 TD
RB Brendan Shockley Lebanon 5’10” 185: 1,105 yards and 12 TD
RB Luke Starnes, Plainfield 5’8” 185: 952 yards and 12 TDs
RB Darrell Taylor, Crispus Attucks 5’8” 200: 2,111 yards and 23 TD
RB Azariah Wallace, Hamilton Southeastern 5’11” 195: 595 yards and 9TD
RB Slate Valentine, Whiteland 5’9” 170: 587 yards and eight TDs
RB Novell Miller Mishawaka 5’10 195: 551 yards, 9TD
RB Brian Osman, Mishawaka Marian 5’4” 150: 919 yards, 9TD
RB Slate Valentine Whiteland 5’10 156: 1,940 yards, 20TD, 6.8ypc
RB Ryan Mingus East Central 5’11” 210: 411 yards, 4TD (as a freshman)
RB Matthew McKitrick Western 5’11 190: 1,645 yards, 13TD, 7.6ypc
RB Seth Pruitt West Noble 5’9 185: 1,454 yards, 25TD, 6.7ypc
RB Caiden Verrett Hanover Central 6’0 190: 1,743 yards, 15TD, 8.7ypc
RB Jed Galvin North Posey 5’11 180: 1,323 yards, 26TD, 7.8ypc
RB Landon Terry Tell City 5’11 205: 606 yards, 8TD, 11.4ypc
RB Jerimiah Ullom Monroe Central 5’9 210: 821 yards, 15TD, 11.2ypc
RB Brock Benson North Judson 6’0 225: 1,469 yards, 19TD
RB Christen Ferguson Harrison 6’1 185: 659 yards, 10TD
RB Jaron Thomas Concord 6’1 195: 1,207 rushing yards, 14TD, 8.7ypc…(Committed to Purdue)
RB Mark Kube Eastern Hancock 6’0 180: 1,746 yads, 28TD, 7.0 ypc
RB Brant Beck Rochester 5’7 170: 1,082 yards, 13TD, 11.4ypc
RB Corbin Johnson South Decatur 5’7 175: 1,277 yards, 19TD, 11.2ypc
RB Coltyn McNabb North Daviess 6’1 195: 1,426 yards, 16TD, 10.1ypc
RB Marco Castro Kankakee Valley 6’2” 205: 1,718 yards, 19TD
RB Diego Hernandez-Reyes Rensselaer Central 5’9” 165: 1,688 yards, 24TD
RB Gage Pohlman Batesville 6’2” 195: 1,583 yards, 16TD
RB Brock Benson North Judson 5’11” 220: 1,469 yards, 19TD
RB Estil Pruitt West Noble 5’10” 190: 1,454 yards, 25TD
RB Jake Conroy Knox 5’11” 165: 1,434 yards, 20TD
RB Brayden Jones Eastern 6’1” 225: 1,336 yards, 15TD
RB Cian Moore Covington 5”8” 170: 1,332 yards, 13TD
RB Jonathan Pearson Tri-County: 1,327 yards, 21TD
RB Zyeiar White Terre Haute South 5’7” 165: 1,287 yards, 12TD
RB Caiden Hinkle DeKalb 6’3” 225: 1,270 yards, 14TD
ATH Noah Ehrlich Crown Point 6’2 190
ATH Larry Ellison Crown Point 5’10 170
RB Myles McLaughlin Knox 5’10” 180: 2,584 yards, 35TD
RB Darrell Taylor Crispus Attucks 5’8” 200: 2,111 yards, 23TD
RB Frank Luzadder Frankton 5’6” 175: 1,458 yards, 13TD
RB Linkin Carter Eastside: 1,439 yards 19TD
RB Aiden Weathehead Winchester: 1,392 yards, 21TD
RB Elijah Pimental Heritage Christian 5’9” 160: 1,382 yards, 12TD
RB Jett Goldsberry Heritage Hills 6’0” 190: 1,351 yards, 20TD
RB Landon Shuck Scottsburg 5’9” 172: 1,209 yards, 8TD
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
SUWINSKI, YORKE SPARK FIVE-RUN EIGHTH, SEND INDIANS TO NINTH STRAIGHT WIN
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis sent 11 batters to the plate during a five-run eighth inning – highlighted by a two-run, bases-loaded double off the bat of Nick Yorke – and Luis Cessa delivered a quality start as the Indians topped the Toledo Mud Hens for their ninth straight win, 7-3, on Thursday night at Victory Field.
The nine-game winning streak is the second-longest streak in the Victory Field era, trailing only a record 14-game stretch from July 28-Aug. 9, 1997.
Down 3-2 midway through the eighth, the Indians (16-12, 49-52) rallied for five runs against southpaw Gabriel Sequeira (L, 0-1), who was erratic in his Triple-A debut. Sequeira beaned Seth Beer to start the frame and after a strikeout of Matt Gorski, hit Edward Olivares to put the tying run in scoring position. Jack Suwinski followed with a game-tying double to right. Henry Davis was then intentionally walked to load the bases for Yorke, who plated Olivares and Suwinski with a double into the right-field corner. Malcom Nuñez added a run-scoring single two batters later, and a wild pitch with Andrés Alvarez at the dish brought home Yorke for Indy’s final run.
Toledo (13-17, 48-56) grabbed the lead in the third inning on a Stephen Scott solo home run. Later in the frame, a throwing error by Beer on a force attempt at second base led to the Mud Hens’ second tally.
The Indians responded in the fourth, scoring two runs on a sacrifice fly by Nuñez. Davis and Yorke scored on the play, with the latter racing home on an errant throw home by Unroe from the left-field corner. Spencer Torkelson launched his ninth home run in Triple-A this season with two down in the fifth to put the visitors back in front.
Cessa allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and one walk with five punchouts in 6.0 innings pitched. Michael Plassmeyer (W, 2-8) yielded two hits and struck out four in 3.0 shutout frames.
Indianapolis and Toledo continue their six-game set on Friday at 7:05 PM at Victory Field. RHP Mike Burrows (0-0, 2.25) is the Indians’ probable starter while the Mud Hens have yet to name a starter.
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
Haworth Selected to Preseason All-Big Ten Team
ROSEMONT, Ill. – For the second-consecutive season, Indiana senior setter Camryn Haworth was named to the Preseason All-Big Ten team. An All-American in 2023, Haworth established herself as one of the most dynamic players in the country and a produced an incredible all-around junior campaign.
The Big Ten coaches voted on an 18-player preseason team that included four setters and representatives from 11 of the 18 league schools. Haworth was a First Team All-Big Ten player in 2022 and 2023, receiving a unanimous selection from the conference last season.
During her junior season, Haworth helped lead the Hoosiers to 21 victories, matching a regular season program record. IU finished in a tie for sixth place in the league, its highest finish in the conference during the 14-team period. She provided 1,247 assists (10.22 a/s) and an NCAA-high 73 service aces.
For her career, the Fishers, Ind. native has recorded 2,862 assists, 706 digs, 274 kills and 124 blocks. She has 164 service aces in her three years so far, putting her 34 away from breaking the program’s all-time record. Haworth will look to become the second three-time First Team Big Ten selection in her IU career (Ashley Benson).
She ranks eighth all-time in program history in assists. Among setters at IU, she is first in aces (164), third in kills (274), sixth in blocks (124) and seventh in digs (706). With the return of her top four pin hitters, Haworth will run the offense as the full-time setter for a third-straight season.
The Hoosiers return five rotational players from last season including Haworth, sophomore libero Ramsey Gary, junior outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and junior opposite Avry Tatum. A collection of newcomers including graduate student defensive specialist Delaynie Maple and freshman middle blocker Ella Boersema will help bolster a deep roster.
In addition to the All-Big Ten team, all 18 coaches voted on the Big Ten Volleyball Preseason Poll. IU was predicted 10th in the conference, behind Ohio State and ahead of Illinois. Nebraska was picked to win the league with Wisconsin, Penn State, Purdue and Minnesota rounding out the top-five.
IU will begin its 2024 season at Kennesaw State on Aug. 30. The conference slate begins on Sept. 27 with a trip to Washington followed by the first meeting in program history with Oregon on Sept. 28. Michigan State comes to town on Oct. 4 for the Big Ten home opener.
2024 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Penn State
Purdue
Minnesota
Oregon
USC
UCLA
Ohio State
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan State
Washington
Maryland
Michigan
Northwestern
Rutgers
Iowa
2024 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Raina Terry, Gr., OH, Illinois
Camryn Haworth, Sr., S, Indiana
Melani Shaffmaster, RS-Sr., S, Minnesota
MERRITT BEASON, Sr., OPP, Nebraska
Taylor Landfair, Sr., OH, Nebraska
Harper Murray, So., OH, Nebraska
Bergen Reilly, So., S, Nebraska
LEXI RODRIGUEZ, Sr., L, Nebraska
Emily Londot, Fifth-Year, OH/OPP, Ohio State
Mimi Colyer, Jr., OH, Oregon
JESS MRUZIK, Gr., OH, Penn State
Chloe Chicoine, So., OH, Purdue
Eva Hudson, Jr., OH, Purdue
Anna Dodson, Gr., MB, UCLA
Mia Tuaniga, Sr., S, USC
Carter Booth, Jr., MB, Wisconsin
Sarah Franklin, Sr., OH, Wisconsin
Anna Smrek, Sr., MB/OPP, Wisconsin
Unanimous selection listed in ALL CAPS
INDIANA FOOTBALL
BOMBA TABBED ALLSTATE WUERFFEL TROPHY WATCH LIST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana football redshirt-junior James Bomba was named to his second service-based watch list on Thursday (Aug. 1) when the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy placed him on its preseason list.
The Wuerffel Foundation announced its 2024 watch list, consisting of a record 111 nominees representing players from college football’s Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).
College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service and one of the most meaningful awards in collegiate sports, the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida who parlayed his success on the football field into a lifetime of service. The award embodies Wuerffel’s commitment to being a humanitarian, while honoring student-athletes who are inspired to serve others and make positive impacts on society. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trophy’s founding, and the Foundation will recognize the first nineteen recipients throughout the fall season.
Along with the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, Bomba was named to the America Football Coach Association (AFCA) Allstate Good Works Team in July.
Of his many volunteer opportunities, Bomba has spent his time on a volunteer mission trip to the Dominican Republic with Indiana football and Score International. He is also active with Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, Hoosier Ticket Project and the program’s Holiday Toy Drive. He has also served as a volunteer coach for football and men’s basketball at Bloomington South High School.
He has also teamed up with GO Bloomington to help the organization promote better mobility options and Stop the Violence Indianapolis, Inc., which acts as a catalyst for social change – empowering people to take action with the greater Indianapolis area to ensure safety, justice, accountability and healing for people whose lives are affected by violence and poverty.
On the field, Bomba redshirted his first season on campus and appeared in 20 games with 10 starts over the last two campaigns. The tight end owns 11 receptions for 75 yards (6.8 ypr) and one touchdown. His first collegiate touchdown came on a 3-yard catch in the third quarter against Michigan State to knot the score at 14-14.
A third-generation Indiana football letterman, Bomba follows in the footsteps of his father, Matt Bomba, a walk-on that earned a scholarship between 1990-92, and both grandfathers, Brad Bomba (1954-56) and Bob VanPelt (1964-66) who were scholarship football student-athletes at IU.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
CHICOINE, HUDSON RECEIVE BIG TEN PRESEASON HONORS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The nation’s top returning offensive duo of Chloe Chicoine and Eva Hudson garnered All-Big Ten preseason honors, announced by the conference office Thursday.
Along with the 18-member preseason team, the league revealed its preseason poll, which Purdue was predicted to finish fourth. The selections were voted on by Big Ten head coaches.
A 2023 AVCA Second Team All-American and First Team All-Big Ten honoree, Hudson was the youngest Boilermaker to earn first second or third team All-America recognition since 1986. As a sophomore last year, Hudson led the Big Ten in kills (560) and ranked second in the Big Ten in total points (605.5). Playing her best volleyball at the end of the season, Hudson totaled 213 kills over the final 11 matches of the season, with a 2.65 clip despite 563 attacks. She is the fastest Boilermaker to reach 1,000 career kills in the rally scoring era and concludes her sophomore campaign with more kills over her first two years than any player to come through the program (1,075). Hudson finished the season ranked fifth in the nation in kills and 12th in points.
Chicoine’s freshman season was the most accomplished start by a Boilermaker in program history, not only receiving the highest-ever AVCA All-America honor by a Purdue newcomer as a third team selection, but was also named AVCA Northwest Region Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten and unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Chicoine led all league freshmen and sophomores with the exception of Hudson in points (529). The outside hitter concluded her freshman season with 478 kills, 3.82 kills per set and 2.26 digs per set and joins Hudson and alum Debbie McDonald as the only freshmen in Purdue history to produce over three kills per set or 400 kills in a single season.
The Boilermakers are coming off a third-place finish in the Big Ten and No. 13 in the AVCA final polls after an NCAA Regional Semifinal appearance and a (15-5 Big Ten) record. Purdue enters the season with 107 consecutive weeks ranked in the AVCA poll, and racked up 11 wins in 2023 against teams ranked or receiving votes in the poll, including wins vs. No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 10 Kentucky and a series sweep vs. Penn State. The Boilermakers return nearly its entire starting lineup, including AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and senior middle blocker Raven Colvin, middle blocker Lourdes Myers, defensive specialist Ali Hornung, outside hitter Kenna Wollard and setter Taylor Anderson in addition to Hudson and Chicoine.
Purdue’s 2024 season will begin at home with the Stacey Clark Classic on Friday, August 30 vs. K-State and will face six non-conference matchups vs. 2023 NCAA tournament teams before Big Ten action begins on Wednesday, September 25 vs. Penn State at home. Single-game tickets will go on-sale August 6 at 9 a.m. ET for John Purdue Club members and August 7 at 9 a.m. ET for general public.
2024 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON POLL
1. Nebraska
2. Wisconsin
3. Penn State
4. Purdue
5. Minnesota
6. Oregon
7. USC
8. UCLA
9. Ohio State
10. Indiana
11. Illinois
12. Michigan State
13. Washington
14. Maryland
15. Michigan
16. Northwestern
17. Rutgers
18. Iowa
2024 BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Raina Terry, Gr., OH, Illinois
Camryn Haworth, Sr., S, Indiana
Melani Shaffmaster, RS-Sr., S, Minnesota
MERRITT BEASON, Sr., OPP, Nebraska
Taylor Landfair, Sr., OH, Nebraska
Harper Murray, So., OH, Nebraska
Bergen Reilly, So., S, Nebraska
LEXI RODRIGUEZ, Sr., L, Nebraska
Emily Londot, Gr., OH/OPP, Ohio State
Mimi Colyer, Jr., OH, Oregon
JESS MRUZIK, Gr., OH, Penn State
Chloe Chicoine, So., OH, Purdue
Eva Hudson, Jr., OH, Purdue
Anna Dodson, Gr., MB, UCLA
Mia Tuaniga, Sr., S, USC
Carter Booth, Jr., MB, Wisconsin
Sarah Franklin, Sr., OH, Wisconsin
Anna Smrek, Sr., MB/OPP, Wisconsin
Unanimous selection listed in ALL CAPS
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
KISER NOMINATED TO ALLSTATE WUERFFEL TROPHY WATCH LIST
Graduate linebacker Jack Kiser has been nominated to the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, college football’s premier award for community service which recognizes college football athletes who are inspired to serve others and make positive impacts on society.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Trophy’s founding. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida who parlayed his success on the football field into a lifetime of service.
In 2018, Notre Dame linebacker Drue Tranquill earned the Wuerffel Trophy, Notre Dame’s first winner of the award.
Returning for his final season, Kiser owns 185 career tackles and will assume a key leadership role on the Irish defense heading into 2024 as one of the most tenured players in the program.
Kiser has participated in several community-facing initiatives during his time at Notre Dame. In the offseason, he has organized teammates to visit local charities. He served as the Fighting Irish Fight for Life football team lead for the past three years, from Fall 2020-Spring 2023, a program which pairs a local pediatric patient with Notre Dame Athletics teams to become a true teammate. Additionally, Kiser worked with local low-income families to perform tax returns this past spring on a weekly basis leading up to Tax Day.
Kiser has also been involved in the Notre Dame chapter of Uplifting Athletes, supporting the local rare disease community and their families, and would also regularly visit patients and families at the Ronald McDonald House with Freeman. He earned selection to the 2024 National Football Foundation Honor Society, and in 2023 was awarded the Dean’s Graduate Business Award and the Tom Frecka Academic Achievement Award, recognizing the top GPA in the Master’s of Science in Accountancy program at Notre Dame.
HARRISON EARNS 2024 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST SELECTION
Graduate wide receiver and return specialist Jayden Harrison has been selected to the 2024 Paul Hornung Award Watch List. The award is given annually to the most versatile player in college football.
A transfer from Marshall, Harrison was named a Walter Camp, FWAA and CBS Sports/247Sports.com First Team All-American in 2023, ranking second among all FBS players in kickoff return average, with 30.7 yards per return on 23 returns. Harrison also tied for second among all FBS players in kickoff return touchdowns with two.
In 2023, Harrison played in all 13 games for Marshall (started four), totaling 28 receptions for 410 yards (14.6 yards per reception) and a touchdown. His best performance of the season came in the 2023 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl when he posted 132 yards on six receptions (52 yards long).
Paul Hornung played football for the Fighting Irish from 1954-56, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1956. He played every position in the offensive backfield during his career with the Irish in the 1950s and also played defensive safety, punted, placekicked, and returned kickoffs. Hornung was drafted first overall in the 1957 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He was selected to the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
Now in its 15th season, the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse is awarded by the Louisville Sports Commission.
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ADDS WISCONSIN TO 2024-25 SCHEDULE
INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s basketball team has added another Big Ten opponent to their 2024-25 non-conference schedule. The Wisconsin Badgers will visit Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
These two teams clashed at the Kohl Center just one year ago with Butler pulling out a 59-51 win in Madison. The Bulldogs forced 16 Badger turnovers while only committing five, helping them earn the eight-point road win.
Butler is one of two BIG EAST teams to appear on Wisconsin’s non-conference slate. The Georgetown Hoyas will play at the Kohl Center on Sunday, Nov. 10. Butler previously released their other Big Ten opponent for the upcoming season with Indiana set to play at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Nov. 13.
A tip time and a streaming assignment for this game will be announced at a later date. Additional games on Butler’s non-conference schedule will be released soon.
BUTLER FOOTBALL
THREE BULLDOGS LAND ON 2024 PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM
ST. LOUIS – Adam Dolan, Joey Suchy and Nick Bafia were named to the 2024 All-Pioneer Football League Preseason Team on Wednesday afternoon. That trio joined 27 additional student-athletes to make up this year’s team.
Returning players named to the league’s 2023 All-PFL Teams were automatically placed on the 2024 Preseason All-PFL team, in order of head coaches’ voting.
Four of the PFL’s five major award winners from 2023 return for the 2024 season, led by Drake linebacker Finn Claypool, the reigning PFL Defensive Player of the Year. He is joined on the preseason team by teammate Shane Dunning, the reigning PFL Special Teams Player of the Year and a preseason honoree as both a placekicker and punter.
Stetson swept last season’s freshmen honors, and both student-athletes return, with linebacker Andrew Martin earning a Preseason All-PFL nod while Ronnell Johnson just missed a spot on the preseason team.
Defending PFL Champion Drake saw a league-leading six players earn a total of seven Preseason All-PFL selections, led by Claypool and Dunning. That pair was joined on the preseason team by wide receiver Mitchell January, quarterback Luke Bailey, offensive lineman Ross Palmer, and long snapper Brett Welsing.
Davidson had four student-athletes named to the preseason squad. Butler, Morehead State, Presbyterian, and San Diego each had three selections. Dayton and St. Thomas each picked up two preseason picks, while Marist, Stetson, and Valparaiso each claimed one preseason honoree.
Dolan and Suchy highlight the offensive side of the ball for Butler after earning All-PFL honors in 2023. Dolan was a First Team PFL selection in 2023 after being named honorable mention as a freshman. He started at left tackle in every game last season and made eight starts there in 2022.
Dolan was part of a Butler offensive line unit that helped the team rank second in the PFL in scoring (28.9 ppg), total yards of offense (4,052), offensive yards per game (368.3), and yards per play (5.7) in 2023. BU ranked second among all PFL teams in first downs (216) and were tied for second in offensive touchdowns scored (34). He also opened up running lanes for the PFL Offensive Player of the Year in Jyran Mitchell.
Suchy was used as a short-yardage specialist in 2023. He averaged 3.7 yards per carry and ended the year ranked fourth on the team in rushing yards with 152. Suchy has over 200 carries in his Bulldog career and needs just 129 yards as a senior to reach 1,000. Over 32 games played, Suchy has scored seven touchdowns and averages about 30 rushing yards per contest.
The Top Dawg on Butler’s defense heading into the 2023 season is defensive back Nick Bafia. Butler’s leading tackler in 2023 is back for his senior season after being tabbed First Team All-League a year ago. Bafia recorded 65 total tackles (41 solo) as a junior while adding three forced fumbles, six pass breakups and an interception. He had a career-high 12 tackles in the season opener at Montana last year and moved forward to average 5.9 tackles per game in 2023 to rank 20th among all PFL players.
2024 All-Pioneer Football League Preseason Team
OFFENSE
WR Dominic Kibby – Presbyterian
WR Ryan Upp – Morehead State
WR Mitchell January – Drake
QB Luke Bailey – Drake
RB Mari Adams – Davidson
RB Hope Adebayo – St. Thomas
FB Joey Suchy – Butler
AP Ryan Upp – Morehead State
TE Worth Warner – Presbyterian
OL Dylan DeMaison – Dayton
OL Adam Dolan – Butler
OL Malik McDaniel – Davidson
OL Ross Palmer – Drake
OL Alec Rasmussen – St. Thomas
DEFENSE
DL Finn Claypool – Drake
DL Sam Hafner – Valparaiso
DL Malachi Cooper – San Diego
DL Julian Rawlins – Davidson
LB Andrew Martin – Stetson
LB Aiden McKinley – Dayton
LB Alex Herriott – Presbyterian
LB Chase Lyons – San Diego
DB Nick Bafia – Butler
DB Jihad McCall – Morehead State
DB Eric Haney – San Diego
DB Daniel Carter – Davidson
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK Shane Dunning – Drake
P Shane Dunning – Drake
RS Tristan Shannon – Marist
LS Brett Welsing – Drake
BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
DEFENDING MAC CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCE 2024-25 MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE
MUNCIE, Ind. — Riding the momentum of a Mid-American Conference championship and a trip to the 2024 NCAA Regionals, the Ball State men’s golf team announces its 2024-25 schedule with plans for a return to NCAA competition.
The Cardinals return a Core Four of Kash Bellar, Ali Khan, Braxton Kuntz and Carter Smith who started every event during Ball State’s highly successful campaign last season. Each bears distinction as the Cardinals’ top golfer during critical moments of the 2023-24 season. The three seniors and one junior, Smith, have high hopes of elevating Ball State’s national golf profile. A pair of highly anticipated newcomers could also break the lineup this season — transfer Avery Mahoney, the runner-up as the MAC’s Freshman of the Year last spring, and former Bloomington South prep star Happy Gilmore.
Ball State’s schedule, already competitive nationally last year while playing a host of events at top venues against national caliber foes including 2024 NCAA champ Auburn, repeats much of the same pattern in 2024-25. Head Coach Mike Fleck, the reigning MAC Coach of the Year who begins his 27th season leading his alma mater, places a premium on playing top teams at top venues.
Ball State opens Sept. 8-10 at Bryan National Golf Club in North Carolina as part of the Bryan National Collegiate, hosted by national power UNC Greensboro. it is the first of two events Ball State will play next year that are hosted by the Spartans. Two weeks later, the Cardinals visit nearby West Lafayette for the Purdue Fall Invite, and a week later they travel to Wisconsin for the Badger Invitational. Ball State wraps its fall slate with October trips to the Little Rock Invitational in a return engagement from last year, and the White Sands Bahamas Invitational conducted at Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.
The Cardinals open a spring schedule by hosting their annual match play event in South Florida, welcoming eight MAC and Atlantic-10 Conference teams to the MAC/A-10 Challenge at Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club, Feb. 10-11. February closes with another annual staple in the Ball State schedule when the Cardinals visit Puerto Rico for the Dorado Beach Collegiate, hosted by UNCG. Ball State set program records last year with their best 18- and 36-hole scores while finishing second in a rain-shortened event at Dorado Beach.
The schedule kicks into high gear in April, with Ball State visiting Vanderbilt for the Mason Rudolph Championship, April 4-6. A week later, Ball State hosts a new, one-day local event at Delaware Country Club on April 14 – the Red Bird Shootout. The Cardinals visit Purdue again for the Boilermaker Invitational, April 19-20, and they defend their conference title to close the month, April 25-27, when Bowling Green hosts the MAC Championship at Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City, Ohio.
NCAA Regionals are conducted the second week of May, with the NCAA Championships slated the final week of May.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne’s Justin Osterhouse will participate in MLB Home Run Derby X on August 10 at 7 p.m. at the home stadium of the Fort Wayne Tin Caps.
Home Run Derby X is a 3-on-3 co-ed competition. A single game takes about 30 minutes. Each player gets one at bat of two minutes thirty seconds. During an at-bat, the opposing team is in the outfield to make catches. Teams earn offensive points for home runs and defensive points for catches. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins.
The event includes former MLB All-Stars Jake Arrieta, Dexter Fowler, Carlos Gómez and Nick Swisher as well as softball/women’s baseball stars Jocelyn Alo, Paige Halstead, Alex Hugo and Ashton Lansdell.
Osterhouse had an impressive freshman campaign in 2024 for the Mastodons. He finished fifth in the Horizon League with a .355 batting average while hitting a Mastodon freshman program-record nine home runs. His .609 slugging percentage ranked 10th in the league. The Grand Rapids, Mich. is playing for the Muskegon Clippers of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League this summer. He owns a 1.000 OPS for the Clippers and hit a home run in the all-star game.
Incoming Mastodon and Homestead High School grad Nick Hockemeyer is an alternative for MLB Home Run Derby X.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF
USI WOMEN’S GOLF RELEASES 2024-25 SCHEDULE
EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf announced their 2024-25 schedule featuring six regular season competitions in the fall and five in the spring before the ultra-competitive Ohio Valley Conference Championship in April. The Screaming Eagles will compete in Evansville three times during the course of the 2024-25 season.
Fall Schedule
USI kicks off the fall campaign in Springfield, Missouri at the Payne Stewart Memorial (September 9-10) hosted by Missouri State University. Next, the Eagles make a return to familiar territory in Paducah, Kentucky at The Velvet (September 16-17) hosted by Murray State University. Then, USI travels to Indianapolis, Indiana competing in the Butler University Fall Invitational (September 30-October 1).
The Eagles make their final fall road trip to Bartonville, Illinois for the Bradley University Coyote Creek Classic (October 6-7) before returning to Evansville for the first of two dual matches against cross-town rival University of Evansville (October 17). USI hosts the first dual match between the rivals at Cambridge Golf Course.
The Screaming Eagles close out the fall portion of the season in town at the Charles Braun Jr. Invitational (October 21-22) hosted by the University of Evansville at Oak Meadow Country Club. This marks the third straight year competing in this event following a 9th-place finish in 2022 and an 11th-place finish in 2023.
Spring Schedule
The Screaming Eagles migrate south for the first two competitions of the spring season starting with the Alabama State University Spring Classic (February 16-17) in Montgomery, Alabama. Next, USI makes their debut in the Butler Spring Invitational (March 10-11) in Tampa, Florida.
The Eagles return to Evansville for the second dual match against UE (March 14) at Fendrich Golf Course. For the third year in a row, USI returns to Batavia, Ohio to compete in The Julie (March 24-25) hosted by Northern Kentucky University. The Screaming Eagles look to improve upon their last two performances of 6th and 12th place finishes in 2023 and 2024.
The regular season concludes with a return to the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 5-6) hosted by Murray State University. USI competed in this event in the spring of 2023 earning a 5th-place finish.
USI culminates the season with a shot at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 13-15) in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The Screaming Eagles attempt to improve upon previous performances of 6th and 8th place the past two seasons.
Check out the full schedule and roster at usiscreamingeagles.com and follow @USIAthletics on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates.
VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
WADE TABBED UNITED SOCCER COACHES HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Valpo soccer freshman Hailey Wade (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) earned a prestigious accolade this week to round out her prep trophy case, as United Soccer Coaches named her its 2023-24 High School Scholar Player of the Year. Wade was also tabbed a High School Scholar All-American for her work on the field and in the classroom.
Wade, who was previously named a United Soccer Coaches All-American last fall, was the ISCA Player of the Year as a senior in the fall of 2023. A two-time First Team All-State and All-District honoree, Wade surrendered just 10 goals in the last two seasons for Hamilton Southeastern while recording 19 clean sheets in that span.
In the classroom, Wade posted a 4.56 GPA. She is majoring in health sciences at Valpo.
VALPO FOOTBALL
HAFNER WAS NAMED TO 2024 PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAM
Valparaiso University football redshirt senior defensive lineman Sam Hafner (Green Bay, Wis. / De Pere) received recognition as he was named to the Preseason All-Pioneer Football League Team, as released by the league office in advance of the 2024 campaign.
Hafner moved up to the All-PFL First Team in 2023 after earning All-PFL Second Team status in 2022. He has also been tabbed to the Academic All-PFL First Team each of the last two seasons and was the team’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.
Hafner started all 11 games last season, finishing second nationally in tackles by a defensive lineman with 63, including 27 solos, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks. He forced two fumbles and hurried the quarterback on four occasions. Hafner ranked fifth in the league in sacks and was one of 10 PFL players with multiple fumble recoveries.
Hafner was also recently recognized for his community service as a 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee.
In addition, the PFL released its 2024 preseason poll this week. Drake was picked to repeat as league champion, followed by St. Thomas and Davidson in the top three. The Beacons were projected to finish 10th, based on a survey of the league’s head coaches.
Valpo players reported to fall camp on Tuesday and the first official practice took place on Wednesday. The upcoming season marks the 32nd of the Pioneer Football League, which will feature 11 teams each playing an eight-game schedule to determine the league champion and recipient of the automatic NCAA FCS Playoff berth. The Valpo season kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 31 at UNI.
Pioneer Football League
2024 Preseason Coaches’ Poll
Team Points
Drake (8) 98
St. Thomas (1) 87
Davidson (1) 81
Butler 72
San Diego (1) 67
Dayton 49
Presbyterian 39
Marist 37
Morehead State 35
Valparaiso 22
Stetson 18
First-place votes in parentheses.
10 points awarded for a first-place vote,
with one point less for each succeeding
place. (Maximum score = 100)
Coaches were not allowed to vote for their
team.
2024 All-Pioneer Football League Preseason Team
Pos. Player School Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown
OFFENSE
WR Dominic Kibby (1) Presbyterian 6-1 175 Jr. Catonsville, Md.
WR Ryan Upp (1) Morehead State 5-10 175 Sr. Leesburg, Va.
WR Mitchell January (2) Drake 6-1 182 Jr. Richfield, Minn.
QB Luke Bailey (2) Drake 6-2 190 Gr. Lemont, Ill.
RB Mari Adams (2) Davidson 5-10 210 Jr. Shelby, N.C.
RB Hope Adebayo (2) St. Thomas 5-8 216 Sr. St. Paul, Minn.
FB Joey Suchy (1) Butler 6-0 224 Jr. Mayfield Heights, Ohio
AP Ryan Upp (2) Morehead State 5-10 175 Sr. Leesburg, Va.
TE Worth Warner (1) Presbyterian 6-4 215 5th Raleigh, N.C.
OL Dylan DeMaison (1) Dayton 6-2 296 RSr. Cincinnati, Ohio
OL Adam Dolan (1) Butler 6-8 310 RJr. Clarkston, Mich.
OL Malik McDaniel (2) Davidson 6-1 295 Sr. Bartlett, Tenn.
OL Ross Palmer (1) Drake 6-6 387 Gr. Waukee, Iowa
OL Alec Rasmussen (1) St. Thomas 6-7 307 Sr. Wayzata, Minn.
DEFENSE
DL Finn Claypool (1, DPotY) Drake 6-1 232 RJr Des Moines, Iowa
DL Sam Hafner (1) Valparaiso 6-2 260 RSr. Green Bay, Wis.
DL Malachi Cooper (2) San Diego 6-4 260 Sr. San Diego, Calif.
DL Julian Rawlins (1) Davidson 6-2 225 Sr. Huntersville, N.C.
LB Andrew Martin (H) Stetson 6-1 221 So.
LB Aiden McKinley (H) Dayton 6-2 221 RJr. Louisville, Ky.
LB Alex Herriott (1) Presbyterian 5-11 210 Sr. Hanahan, S.C.
LB Chase Lyons (H) San Diego 6-4 224 Gr. Aurora, Colo.
DB Nick Bafia (1) Butler 6-1 190 Sr. Naperville, Ill.
DB Jihad McCall (2) Morehead State 6-1 190 RSr. Jersey City, N.J.
DB Eric Haney (1) San Diego 5-10 180 Gr. Peoria, Ariz.
DB Daniel Carter (2) Davidson 6-2 210 Sr. Denver, N.C.
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK Shane Dunning (1) Drake 6-0 212 Gr. Muskego, Wis.
P Shane Dunning (2) Drake 6-0 212 Gr. Reston, Va.
RS Tristan Shannon (H) Marist 5-7 183 5th Bowie, Md.
LS Brett Welsing (2) Drake 6-3 233 Jr. De Pere, Wis.
Symbols in parentheses: (1) was a First Team All-PFL selection in 2023; (2) was a Second Team All-PFL selection in 2023; (H) was an Honorable
Mention All-PFL selection in 2023.
NCAC FOOTBALL
LITTLE GIANTS PICKED SECOND IN NCAC PRESEASON FOOTBALL POLL
Wabash received one first-place vote and 68 total points in the 2024 North Coast Athletic Conference football coaches preseason poll released Thursday.
The Little Giants, 7-3 overall last season with a 6-2 record in NCAC games, tied for second in the final conference standings. DePauw University, the 2023 NCAC champion, picked up four first-place votes from the coaches and 77 points to top the 2024 preseason poll. Wittenberg and Denison both received one first-place vote. Wittenberg ranked third in the poll with 64 points, followed by Denison in fourth with 59 points. Ohio Wesleyan (49 points), Wooster (34 points), Kenyon (26 points), Hiram (16 points), and Oberlin (15 points) rounded out the conference preseason predictions.
Wabash brings back nine defensive and four offensive starters from last year’s squad. First Team All-NCAC junior tackle Quinn Sholar and Second Team All-NCAC selections Cameron Ford (offensive line), Jake Pasch (outside linebacker), Gavin Ruppert (inside linebacker), Steven Thomas (defensive lineman) are among the players back for the start of the new season.
The Little Giants open the 2024 campaign against St. Norbert College at home on Saturday, September 7 at 1 p.m. Wabash plays Ohio Wesleyan at home on September 14 at 2 p.m. to start the NCAC portion of the schedule.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
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FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
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HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
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IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
38 – 44 – 6 – 4 – 25 – 35 – 1 – 18 – 21
August 2, 1907 – Legendary pitcher Walter Johnson at 19 began his 21-year Baseball Hall of Fame playing career with Washington with 3-2 loss v Detroit
August 2, 1921 – After 3 hours of deliberation a Chicago jury acquits 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal. However the very next day the players suffered a sentence as they were all banned from organized baseball for life.
August 2, 1924 – Philadelphia A’s first baseman Joe Hauser set an AL record of 14 total bases in a game. Hauser crushed 3 home runs and a double as Philadelphia beat Cleveland Indians, 12-4 at Dunn Field
August 2, 1929 – Philadelphia 1st baseman Don Hurst set an NL record of 6 consecutive games with a home run in the Phillies’ 2-0 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates
August 2, 1959 – Milwaukee Braves outfielder Bill Bruton, Number 38 hit 3 triples in 11-5 win v St. Louis Cardinals; 2 of them bases loaded, first time in 20th Century
August 2, 1959 – San Francisco Giants Future Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey, Number 44 hit the first of his 521 MLB home runs in SF Giants 5-3 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
August 2, 1968 – Yes there are trade backs! Ron Hansen (Washington Senators Number 6) and Tim Cullen (Chicago White Sox Number 4) became the first MLB players to be traded for each other twice in the same season. The pair had been swapped for each other earlier that year in February in opposite directions. They even took on the uniform number of the other when they switched teams. Both were number 4 with the Chisox and number 6 with the Sens in 1968.
August 2, 1973 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman George Brett, wearing Number 25 that season smacked his 1st MLB hit on debut for the Kansas City Royals in 3-1 win over Chicago White Sox
August 2, 1979 – Some convenient shopping, when you see it you buy it. The New York Mets purchased contract of outfielder José Cardenal, Number 1 from Philadelphia Phillies between games of a double-header between the two teams and then wore Number 6 with the Mets.
August 2, 1982 – Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson, Number 35 stole his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win v Seattle. With this he became the first to swipe 100 bases in a season twice in modern era of baseball
August 2, 1987 – Cincinnati Reds outfielder Number 44, Eric Davis was the 7th to hit 30home runs and steal 30 bases in one season as he homers in Reds 5-4 win versus the Giants
August 2, 1987 – Michael Andretti in the Number 18 Blue and gold Kraco sponsored Indy car ran the fastest Indy car race in history (171.49mph) in winning the Marlboro 500 at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
August 2, 1990 – He did it in just 77 at bats for a MLB record. New York Yankees rookie first baseman Kevin Maas, Number 21 belted his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 visits to the plate.
August 2, 1992 – Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers, Hal Newhouser and Bill McGowan are welcomed and inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Big Red Defense Shines in 36-7 Victory: Argos held to minus 22 yards on the ground
Is our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day from the St. Louis Dispatch August 3, 1961 edition. The August 2, 1961 tilt of a rare NFL versus CFL pre-season exhibition between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Toronto Argonauts took place in Toronto, Ontario. The game was played under Canadian Rules so you might think that the visitors from the NFL may have been at a disadvantage not being used to strategies of having but three downs, more than one in pre-snap motion, and twelve players on the filed but it didn’t seem to hamper them. The CFL season was in full swing so the Boatmen took a break from League action to play a mid-season exhibition against some competition from the States. The Cardinals in just their first pre-season contest of the year looked like a well-oiled machine especially on the defensive side. With a mere 12 days of practice and one scrimmage St. Louis held Argos runners to negative 22 yards and the passing game to a modest 184 yards on 35 attempts. The Cardinals opened up the scoring when DB Larry Wilson picked off an errant pass and ran it into the endzone. Even with a sore arm, Big Red QB Sam “the Rifle” Etcheverry came in to relieve starter George Izo, and guided two quick touchdown drives, one on a 74 a yard draw play run by RB Prentice Gautt. Izo threw a TD pass himself before taking a sideline post.
Other Historic Gridiron News from August 2
August 2, 1963 – The 30th Chicago Charities College All Star Game had the college stars defeating the Green Bay Packers 20-17. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be Ron Vander Kelen the former quarterback of the Wisconsin Badgers.
August 2, 1967 – The New Orleans Saints play their first ever preseason game against the LA Rams at Anaheim Stadium. The exhibition was a competitive contest too with the final score of Rams 16, Saint 7.
August 2, 1968 – The 35th Chicago Charities College All Star Game had Green Bay topping the College All Stars 34-17 at Soldier Field with 69,917 in attendance. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be former Syracuse running back Larry Csonka.
Birthdays of Hall of Fame Players for August 2
August 2, 1932 – Lamar Hunt Pro Football Hall of Fame owner of the Kansas City Chiefs who helped the AFL merge into the NFL. Mr. Hunt was the principal founder of the AFL, MLS (Major League Soccer), and the NASL (North American Soccer League) as well as World Championship Tennis. Lamar Hunt owned other teams in multiple sports besides the Chiefs. In honor of his great accomplishments, the Lamar Hunt Trophy is awarded each year the winner of the AFC Championship game.
August 2, 1933 – Matt Hazeltine from the University of California was a linebacker that entered the prestigious College Football Hall of Fame in the induction ceremonies of 1989. He extended his football prowess in the NFL by playing in the League for a combined 15 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers and the NY Giants. With the Niners Hazeltine made 2 Pro Bowls and served as a team captain for 5 seasons.
August 2, 1937 – LSU former star halfback and 1959 Heisman winner, Billy Cannon was also born on this day. Mr. Cannon was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. His punt return on October 31, 1959 haunted the number 3 ranked Ole Miss Rebels and is considered by many to be one of the greatest play in LSU football history. Billy Cannon also had a nice AFL and NFL career the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders and KC Chiefs. He was also drafted by the LA Rams but the AFL Oiler’s owner Bud Adams won a court ruling and outbid the NFL’s Rams for his rights.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Aug. 2
1906 — The “Hitless Wonder” Chicago White Sox began their AL record 19-game winning streak with a 3-0 win over Boston. The record would be tied by the 1947 New York Yankees.
1907 — Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb. The Tigers beat “The Big Train” 7-6 exactly 20 years later on Walter Johnson Day in the nation’s capital.
1933 — Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia A’s hit for the cycle, the second of his career, in a 16-3 win over the New York Yankees.
1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 9-3.
1940 — Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox hit for the cycle in a 12-9 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle for Cronin. Cronin cycled in 1929 to become the first player ever to cycle in two different games a decade apart.
1959 — Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit three triples, including two with the bases-loaded, to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.
1979 — New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Canton, Ohio, airport.
1982 — Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6 – 5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season and leaving him with 56 games to break Lou Brock’s single-season record of 118. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice since the modern definition of a stolen base was put in place.
1987 — Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6, hit two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.
1998 — The Cuban national team claimed its 22nd gold medal at the World Baseball Championships, beating South Korea 7-1 and extending its winning streak at the event to 41 games since 1986.
2007 — Jermaine Dye homered twice and doubled twice, including a go-ahead drive that led the Chicago White Sox to a 13-9 victory over the New York Yankees. The White Sox and Yankees each scored eight runs in the second inning. It was the second time in major league history both teams scored eight or more in an inning.
2009 — Melky Cabrera became the first Yankees player in 14 years to hit for the cycle, leading New York to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2010 — Travis Snider hit two of an AL record-tying six doubles in a seven-run fifth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays an a 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees. Snider began the barrage of doubles with a leadoff hit against A.J. Burnett and finished it with a drive off Sergio Mitre. In between, Fred Lewis, Jose Bautista, Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill all doubled off Burnett.
2011 — New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira set a major league record when he homered from both sides of the plate in a 6-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 12th time the switch-hitting Teixeira has homered from both sides in a game, breaking a tie with Eddie Murray and Chili Davis. Teixeira hit a two-run homer batting right-handed against John Danks in the third and added a slot shot batting left-handed against Jason Frasor in the seventh.
2018 — Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig hit two homers each, and the Los Angeles Dodgers cruised past the Milwaukee Brewers 21-5. Brian Dozier and Justin Turner also went deep as the Dodgers finished with their highest scoring total at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles hit a season high-tying seven homers, and also set season highs for runs in a game, and in an inning when they had nine in the seventh.
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Aug. 3
1901 — Cleveland pitcher Ed Scott pitched a complete game and hit a solo home run off Bill Reidy in the top of the 10th for an 8-7 win against Milwaukee. It was the last game of Scott’s major league career.
1906 — Washington pitcher Tom Hughes hit a solo home run off Fred Glade in the tenth inning for 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. He became the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his own home run.
1914 — New York Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three Detroit Tigers trying to steal second base on one inning. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished this feat this century.
1923 — Major League Baseball canceled all games following the death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding in San Francisco on Aug. 2.
1933 — Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s became the first pitcher since Aug. 2, 1931 — a span of 308 games — to shut out the New York Yankees, winning 7-0.
1944 — Tommy Brown, 16 years and 8 months old, played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in both games of a doubleheader loss, 6-2 and 7-1, to the Chicago Cubs. He had a double and scored a run.
1948 — Cleveland’s Satchel Paige made his first major league start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.
1959 — The second game of All-Star play this year was won by the AL 5-3 at Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium. Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox singled in the deciding run in the seventh inning.
1961 — The Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for the largest shutout score in an NL night game.
1969 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 in a wild game at Connie Mack Stadium. Trailing 9-6, the Reds scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to take a seven-run lead. The Reds tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning for an 18-9 lead. The Phillies responded with seven runs on the home half of the sixth and another run in the seventh to get within one run. Cincinnati’s Tony Perez homered in the eighth to make it 19-17. The Phillies two-out rally in the ninth ended with Ron Stone lining out to right with runners on first and second.
1969 — Pinch-hitter Rich Reese hit a grand slam to power the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and end Dave McNally’s 15-game winning streak. His two victories at the end of 1968 had given him 17 straight wins.
1982 — Frank White of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle of his career.
1987 — Minnesota’s Joe Niekro was caught with a file on the mound and was ejected during the fourth inning of the Twins’ 11-3 win over the California Angels. Niekro would be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who didn’t believe Niekro’s story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
2004 — Tony Batista hit a grand slam in the 12th inning after tying the game with a two-run homer in the ninth, leading Montreal over St. Louis 10-6.
2006 — Chase Utley singled in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 8-1 win at St. Louis to extend his hitting streak to 35 games.
2006 — Matt Murton tied a major league record with four doubles and drove in five runs to help the Chicago Cubs salvage a split of a doubleheader with Arizona 7-3.
2015 — Adrian Beltre became the first major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle and the Texas Rangers held on for a wild 12-9 victory over Houston. Beltre hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Texas Rangers, completing the cycle in his first four at-bats.
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Aug. 4
1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.
1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.
1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs.
1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning.
1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.
1973 — John Briggs of the Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 in a 9-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.
1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.
2007 — In the 2nd inning of a 3 – 2 loss to the Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run to tie Hank Aaron for the all-time record.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.
2010 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.
2021 — Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.
2022 — The Angels tie a record by hitting seven homers but still losing the game, 8 – 7 to the A’s, also setting a record for most runs scored in a game, all on solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times in the 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano in the 4th to negate the Angels’ long balls.
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Aug. 5
1921 — Pittsburgh radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provided listeners with the first broadcast of a major league game. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.
1927 — Philadelphia’s Cy Williams hit for the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times to lead the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1931 — For the second time in his career, Jim Bottomley got six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 16-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.
1932 — Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single by the 27th Washington batter, pinch-hitter Dave Harris. The Tigers beat the Senators 13-0.
1933 — Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns had four extra-base hits in a 10-9, 12-inning win over the Chicago White Sox.
1942 — Don Kolloway’s two-out steal of home in the fifth inning was the only run as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.
1969 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell became the only player to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Stargell’s shot off of Los Angeles’ Alan Foster cleared the right-field pavilion and landed 506 feet from home plate.
1973 — Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He walked three and struck out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta.
1975 — The first eight batters for Philadelphia Phillies got hits for a major league record, en route to a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1984 — Cliff Johnson of the Blue Jays hit his 19th career pinch homer to set a major league record as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium.
1999 — Mark McGwire became the 16th member of the 500-home run club, hitting two homers — Nos. 500 and 501 — in the St. Louis Cardinals’ loss to San Diego.
2001 — The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record and became the first team in 76 years to overcome a 12-run deficit to win, defeating the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings.
2005 — Albert Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3.
2006 — Trevor Hoffman set a major league record with his 11th 30-save season and the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3.
2007 — Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The 41-year-old left-hander became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories and only the fifth lefty to win 300.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous punishments bring to 18 the total number of players disciplined for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida accused of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.
2019 — Jonathon Villar of the Orioles hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.
2021 — Team USA is headed to the Olympic Gold Medal Game for the first time in 21 years, beating South Korea, 7 – 2 at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Teenager Eui-lee Lee holds the US to two runs in five innings, one a mammoth homer by Jamie Westbrook, but five relievers are called on in the 6th when the US scores five times. Jack López drives in two for the US while Hye-seong Kim goes 3 for 3 in a losing cause. Ryder Ryan gets the win in relief of Joe Ryan.
Aug. 6
1908 — John Lush threw a six-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. It was Lush’s second no-hitter against the Dodgers.
1933 — Pinky Higgins of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 12-8 win over the Washington Senators.
1952 — Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings.
1972 — Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.
1981 — As a result of a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.
1985 — The Major League Baseball Players’ Association went on strike.
1986 — The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-11 in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas’ Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore’s nine-run fourth.
1988 — Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.
1999 — Tony Gwynn went 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Boston’s Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one at-bat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-7. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.
2002 — At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 11-10. Nen became the 16th member of the 300-save club.
2007 — St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over San Diego.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1922 — Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hit two home runs in the sixth inning of rout over the Washington Senators.
1923 — Cleveland’s Frank Bower went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.
1956 — The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 50-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game at the Orange Bowl.
1963 — Jim Hickman of the New York Mets hit for the cycle in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. Hickman’s cycle came in single-double-triple-homer order.
1985 — The strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association ended with the announcement of a tentative agreement. The season resumed Aug. 8.
1999 — Wade Boggs became the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland. Boggs already had a pair of RBI singles when he homered off Chris Haney in the sixth inning.
2004 — Greg Maddux became the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph fastball from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Noticeably absent were Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron. The Nationals won 8-6.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki tripled off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over Chicago.
2018 — Bartolo Colon of Texas became the winningest pitcher from Latin America in the Rangers’ 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. After six tries, the 45-year-old right-hander got his 246th career victory and finally broke the tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Colon gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings and improved his record to 6-10.
2021 — Host nation Japan wins its first ever gold medal in Olympic baseball by defeating the United States 2-0.
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Aug. 8
1903 — A week after pitching his first doubleheader triumph, Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity of the New York Giants scored a double victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1 and 4-3. In the second game, he stole home.
1915 — Philadelphia’s Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati.
1920 — Howard Ehmke of the Detroit Tigers pitched the fastest 1-0 game in American League history — 1 hour, 13 minutes, for a victory against the New York Yankees.
1931 — Bob Burke of the Washington Senators pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.
1954 — The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning after two were out.
1973 — Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda hit four doubles as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
1985 — Baseball, after a two-day walkout, resumed playing with 18 games scheduled, including five doubleheaders.
1988 — The first night game scheduled in the 74-year history of Chicago’s Wrigley Field’s was postponed with the Cubs leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 after heavy rains started in the bottom of the fourth inning. Philadelphia’s Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out when the rain came.
1992 — Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley had his consecutive save record snapped at 40. His consecutive save records — 36 straight to start a season, and 40 straight over two seasons — ended trying to protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. Eckersley gave up a two-out, two-run single to Gregg Jefferies to give the Royals a 3-2 lead. But the Athletics came back to win the game in the ninth, 5-3.
1997 — Randy Johnson struck out 19, matching the major league record for left-handers he had tied earlier this season, as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0.
1998 — Paul Molitor stole his 500th base in Minnesota’s 6-3 loss to Baltimore becoming the fifth player with 3,000 hits and 500 steals. Molitor joined Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, and Lou Brock.
2000 — Darren Dreifort of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit two homers and was the winning pitcher in a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2001 — Damion Easley went 6-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs as Detroit pounded Texas 19-6.
2014 — Bartolo Colon records the 200th win of his career in the Mets’ 5 – 4 win over the Phillies.
2016 — Brandon Crawford became the first major league player in 41 years to get seven hits in a game, putting the San Francisco Giants ahead to stay with an RBI single in the 14th inning of an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins. Crawford tripled, doubled and had five singles in eight at-bats.
2018 — Milwaukee’s Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw, and Eric Thames hit consecutive first-inning homers to spoil the debut of San Diego’s Brett Kennedy in the Brewers 8-4 win over the Padres.
2018 — Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over six innings, received rare significant run support and earned his first win in nearly two months as the New York Mets blanked the Cincinnati Reds 8-0. Brandon Nimmo tied a team record with three doubles and drove in three runs as the Mets won for the 22nd time in their last 66 games. DeGrom (6-7) ended a seven-start winless streak, allowing four hits in a 100-pitch outing and lowering his major league-leading ERA to 1.77.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 2
1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories.
1912 — John McDermott wins the U.S. Open golf championship for the second straight year with a 294 total.
1952 — Five American boxers win gold medals at the Olympics, marking the first time the U.S. wins the unofficial team title. The five medalists are flyweight Nate Brooks; light welterweight Charley Adkins; middleweight Floyd Patterson; light heavyweight Norvell Lee and heavyweight Eddie Sanders.
1967 — The New Orleans Saints play their first preseason game and lose to the Los Angeles Rams, 77-16.
1979 — New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson is killed in a plane crash practicing takeoffs and landings near his Ohio home.
1982 — Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win vs. Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era.
1986 — Jackie Joyner sets the world record in the heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston with 7,158 points.
1992 — Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team wins gold medals in the vault, rings, pommel horse and parallel bars to give him a total of six gold, the most won by a gymnast in a single Olympic Games.
1996 — The star-studded United States men’s basketball team, Dream Team III, beat Yugoslavia 95-69 to win the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics.
1996 — Down to her final long jump attempt and fighting an injured hamstring, Jackie Joyner-Kersee leaps out of sixth place and ends her Olympic career with a bronze medal. Joyner Kersee jumps 22 feet, 11 3-4 inches for her sixth Olympic medal.
1998 — Brandie Burton closes with an even-par 72 for a tournament-record 18-under 270 to win the du Maurier Classic by one stroke over Annika Sorenstam. It’s the lowest score about par at a women’s major, breaking Betsy King’s 17-under 267 in the 1992 LPGA Championship.
2005 — In the largest trade in NBA history, Antoine Walker is dealt from Boston to Miami in a transaction involving five teams and 13 players. The Heat acquired point guard Jason Williams and small forward James Posey from Memphis, while the Grizzlies receive guard Eddie Jones from the Heat. The New Orleans Hornets and Utah Jazz also are involved in the deal.
2009 — Catriona Matthew wins the Women’s British Open for her first major title, beating Karrie Webb by three strokes just 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child.
2012 — Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team rewrite the record books in a 156-73 romp over Nigeria. Anthony scores 37 points, including 10 of 12 3-pointers, to break the U.S. single-game scoring record in less than three quarters. When Andre Iguodala hits a 3-pointer with 4:37 left, the Americans surpass the previous Olympic record of 138 points set by Brazil against Egypt in 1988.
2012 — Gabby Douglas becomes the third straight American to win gymnastics’ biggest prize when she wins the all-around Olympic title.
2012 — Michael Phelps wins his first individual gold medal of the London Games in the 200-meter individual medley. The U.S. star becomes the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics, capturing his 20th career medal — and 16th gold.
2015 — American Pharoah delivers an encore performance in his first race since winning the Triple Crown, by cruising to a 2 1/4-length victory in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
2015 — Inbee Park rallies to win the Women’s British Open to become the seventh women to win four different major championships.
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Aug. 3
1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course.
1936 — American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, the first of 4 gold medals at the Games.
1949 — The National Basketball Association is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.
1955 — Scott Frost, driven by Joe O’Brien, wins the Hambletonian at Good Time Park in Goshen, N.Y. He goes on to become the first trotting Triple Crown winner.
1985 — France’s Lutin D’Isigny becomes the first trotter to sweep the International Trot and Challenge Cup in consecutive years with a 3:03.1 time in the 1½-mile test.
1990 — The Professional Golfers Association Tour announces it will not hold tournaments at golf clubs that have all-white memberships or show any other signs of discrimination.
1996 — Andre Agassi, the Dream Team and the U.S. women’s 400-meter relay team win Olympic gold medals, while the American men’s 400 relay settles for silver. With Carl Lewis idled by a coach’s decision and Leroy Burrell injured, the men’s 400 team is shocked by Canada — the first time the U.S. lost the event at the Olympics.
2003 — Annika Sorenstam completes a career Grand Slam at the Women’s British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown.
2006 — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needs surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head after his race car collides with a deer that wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
2012 — Michael Phelps rallies to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold of the London Games and No. 17 of his career. It’s Phelps’ third consecutive win in the event at the Olympics, and his 21st career medal. Missy Franklin sets a world record in the 200 backstroke for the 17-year-old’s third gold in London.
2013 — Sixteen-year-old Katie Ledecky wraps up a brilliant performance at the world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal and second world record. The youngster turns it on over the final four laps of the 800 freestyle to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds and take down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Adlington at the 2008 Olympics.
2016 — The International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
2016 — Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins the 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to win the 100/200 double in consecutive games.
2017 — Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of $222M on a 5-year deal.
2023 — Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream.
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Aug. 4
1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.
1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drives in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he’s traded to the Montreal Expos and plays that night in Philadelphia. He enters the game in right field in the fourth inning and later gets a single.
1984 — Carl Lewis wins the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds at the Los Angeles Summer Games. US teammate Sam Graddy wins the silver in 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets the bronze with a time of 10.22.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, becomes the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels gets his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb in the du Maurier Classic.
1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games end with U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women’s Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while the U.S. women roll to a 111-87 victory behind Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A record 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it the biggest Olympics.
2007 — 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and the Liberty hold the Sky to a WNBA-record one point in the fourth quarter.
2012 — Michael Phelps wins another gold medal as the United States wins the medley relay at the London Olympics. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins four golds and two silvers.
2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro in a 19-17 final set and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing in his 10th games — the most of any athlete.
2013 — Missy Franklin claims her record sixth gold medal on the final day of the world championships in Barcelona, becoming the most successful female swimmer ever at a world meet. Franklin eclipses the record shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won five times in 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it in 2007.
2013 — Stacy Lewis wins the Women’s British Open after a marathon final day. Lewis finishes with a pair of birdies on the Old Course at St. Andrews and closes with an even-par 72. It’s her second major on the LPGA Tour, and it ends a record streak of 10 straight majors won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is the only player at par or better from the last 21 groups that tee off.
2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his world record in the 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Aug. 5
1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at Pittsburgh.
1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds.
1954 — The first election for the Boxing Hall of Fame is held. Twenty-four fighters are elected, with the most noteworthy from the modern era Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Henry Armstrong. Fifteen are selected from the pioneer era including John L. Sullivan, Gentleman Jim Corbett, and Jack Johnson.
1967 — The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in a preseason game, for the first AFL victory over an NFL team.
1984 — American Joan Benoit wins the first Olympic marathon for women in 2:24:52, finishing 400 meters ahead of Norway’s Grete Waitz.
1991 — Sergei Bubka becomes the first to clear 20 feet outdoors in the pole vault, breaking his world record by a half-inch at the Galan track meet in Malmo, Sweden.
1997 — Michael Johnson wins his third straight 400-meter title at the world championships in Athens, Greece, capturing the gold medal in 44.12 seconds.
2005 — Jason Gore shoots a 12-under 59 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 — Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson, and Reggie White.
2007 — Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2007 — Lorena Ochoa wins the Women’s British Open — the first women’s professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews — for her first major title.
2012 — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt claims consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games in London. Only about fifth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark, Bolt erases that deficit and overtakes a star-studded field to win the 100-meter dash final in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that lets him join Carl Lewis as the only men to win the event twice.
2012 — Britain’s Andy Murray cruises past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic tennis singles final at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams win the doubles title, as Serena becomes tennis’ first double-gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ben Ainslie earns another gold medal in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez is suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera are banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplines 13 players in a drug case.
2014 — The San Antonio Spurs hire WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first woman to join an NBA coaching staff.
2017 — Justin Gatlin spoils Usain Bolt’s farewell beating him in the 100 meters at the world track championships in London. Bolt gets off to a slow start and Gatlin holds him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman took silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95.
2018 — The Springfield Lasers win their first World Team Tennis title edging the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18. The Lasers were 0-5 in the WTT championship finals and winless in three meetings with the Freedoms during the 2018 regular season.
2018 — Georgia Hall of England catches Pornanong Phatlum in a final-round duel at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the Women’s British Open for her first major title.
Aug. 6
1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.
1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Brian London in the third round to retain his world heavyweight title.
1972 — South African Gary Player wins his second PGA golf championship with a two-stroke victory over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.
1978 — John Mahaffey beats Tom Watson and Jerry Pate on the second playoff hole to win the PGA Championship.
1984 — American athlete Carl Lewis wins the long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics.
1991 — Debbie Doom of the U.S. pitches her second consecutive perfect game in women’s softball at the Pan American Games. Doom threw a perfect game at the Netherlands Antilles in the opener and matched that performance against Nicaragua, winning 8-0.
1992 — Carl Lewis leads a U.S. sweep in the long jump in the Olympics with a mark of 28 feet, 5 1-2 inches on his first attempt. Mike Powell takes the silver and Joe Greene the bronze. Kevin Young demolishes one of the track’s oldest records with a time of 46.78 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American wrestler to win medals in three straight Olympics, taking the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division.
1994 — Jeff Gordon wins the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1995 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins the 100 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, marking the first time since 1976 that an American fails to win a medal in the event at a major meet.
1999 — Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
2006 — Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open.
2006 — Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone.
2006 — Sherri Steinhauer wins the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since it became a major.
2008 — Sammy Villegas, a former University of Toledo basketball player, is charged with point shaving. Villegas is accused of shaving points during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.
2008 — Kim Terrell-Kearney wins the first professional championship match featuring two black bowlers, beating Trisha Reid 216-189 in the U.S. Bowling Congress’ U.S. Women’s Open. Terrell-Kearney collects her second U.S. Women’s Open title and third career major title.
2010 — Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history. Gay beats the Jamaican at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. Bolt finishes second in 9.97.
2015 — Ryan Lochte becomes the first man to win the 200-meter individual medley four consecutive times at the World Swimming Championships. Lochte comes home strong on the freestyle lap and touches first in 1:55.81 in Kazan, Russia.
2017 — I.K. Kim won the Women’s British Open, hanging on with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff and her first major championship.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson wins the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1952 — Bion Shively, 74, drives Sharp Note to victory in the third heat of the Hambletonian Stakes.
1982 — Speed Bowl wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats with 25-year-old Tom Haughton in the sulky, the youngest to win the Hambletonian.
1983 — Norway’s Grete Waitz takes the women’s marathon in the first world track and field championships in Helsinki, Finland.
1992 — Sergei Bubka, the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion, fails to clear a height in the pole vault.
1999 — Wade Boggs becomes the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, connecting with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland.
2004 — Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2005 — Justin Gatlin dominates the 100 meters at the track and field championships in Helsinki. The Olympic champion wins in 9.88 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Michael Frater of Jamaica. The margin of victory is the largest in the 10 world championships held since the meet’s inception in 1983.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record. Noticeably absent are Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron.
2012 — Aly Raisman becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on floor. She picks up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of gymnastics at the London Olympics and just misses a medal in the all-around.
2016 — Jim Furyk becomes the first golfer to shoot a 58 in PGA Tour history. Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he takes it even lower in the Travelers Championship with a 12-under 58 in the final round.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki triples off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado becomes the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
2021 — Kevin Durant with 29 points leads USA to his third and the team’s 4th consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo.
2021 — Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
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Aug. 8
1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup.
1903 — Britain wins the Davis Cup by beating the United States 4-1.
1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark and Jack Parker.
1981 — Shiaway St. Pat, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes run at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. in four heats.
1982 — Ray Floyd, who shot a record 63 in the opening round, wins the PGA championship by three shots over Lanny Wadkins.
1984 — Carl Lewis sets the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a 19.80 clocking.
1987 — Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, wins the Hambletonian in straight heats with a record-smashing performance. Mack Lobell wins the second heat, and the race, by 6¼ lengths over Napoletano in 1:53 3-5, a fifth of a second off the world all-age trotting record set by Prakas in 1985.
1992 — The Dream Team picks up its gold medal and Carl Lewis anchors a world-record 400-meter relay, winning his eighth gold medal in three Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beats Croatia 117-85, with the 32-point margin of victory the smallest of the Games. In the 400, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Lewis set a world record of 37.40 seconds. Steve Lewis anchors another world record as the Americans won the 1,600 relay by nearly half the length of a football field. The team of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, and Lewis ran the 1,600 in 2:55.74.
2006 — Roger Goodell is chosen as the NFL’s next commissioner. Favored for months to get the job, he is unanimously elected by the league’s 32 owners on the fifth ballot.
2010 — Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scores 23 points to become the WNBA’s all-time scoring leader in a 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. She surpasses Lisa Leslie’s career total of 6,263 points. Thompson is the last of the original WNBA players.
2012 — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States become the first three-time gold medalists in Olympic beach volleyball history. The duo beat Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in the all-American final, extending their Olympic winning streak to 21 matches.
2012 — Brittney Reese wins the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Caster Semenya makes her Olympic debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, finishing second in her 800 heat.
2015 — Katie Ledecky ends her world swimming championships in spectacular style, lowering her world record by 3.61 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle for her fifth gold medal. The 18-year-old American completes a sweep of the 200, 400, 800, and 1,500 freestyles in Kazan, Russia. She was the anchor leg on the victorious 4×200 free relay, too.
2018 — The NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopt a “series of significant policy and legislative changes” as part of an effort to “fundamentally” change the NCAA’s structure. The NCAA changes eligibility rules, allowing top prospects to hire agents in high school and giving college players more leeway to return after declaring for the NBA draft.
2021 — USA women’s basketball team wins its record-extending 7th consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan in Tokyo; guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their 5th straight gold.
2021 — USA Women’s volleyball defeats Brazil in straight sets to win the gold medal. It’s the first Olympic gold medal in USA Women’s volleyball history. The win would give the United States 39 gold medals breaking a tie with China on the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
FRIDAY, AUG. 2
BADMINTON
2 A.M.
USA — MIXED DOUBLES SEMIFINALS (TAPED)
10:10 A.M.
USA — MIXED DOUBLES GOLD FINAL
BASKETBALL
MIDNIGHT
USA — WOMEN’S GROUP C: BELGIUM VS. USA (TAPED)
7:30 A.M.
USA — MEN’S GROUP A: AUSTRALIA VS. GREECE
3:50 P.M.
E! — MEN’S GROUP B: FRANCE VS. GERMANY (TAPED)
BASKETBALL 3X3
4:30 A.M.
USA — MEN’S POOL PLAY: POLAND VS. NETHERLANDS
7 A.M.
USA — WOMEN’S POOL PLAY: FRANCE VS. USA
12 P.M.
NBC — WOMEN’S POOL PLAY: CANADA VS. USA
12:30 P.M.
NBC — MEN’S POOL PLAY: USA VS. FRANCE (TAPED)
4:45 P.M.
E! — MEN’S POOL PLAY: CHINA VS. USA (TAPED)
7 P.M.
USA — MEN’S POOL PLAY (TAPED)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
3 A.M.
USA — WOMEN’S POOL E: LTU (PAULIKIENE/RAUPELYTE) VS. JPN (AKIKO/ISHII)
11:10 A.M.
USA — WOMEN’S POOL E: BRA (CAROL/BARBARA) VS. NED (STAM/SCHOON)
4 P.M.
NBC — WOMEN’S POOL C: USA (HUGHES/CHENG) VS. GER (MULLER/TILLMANN)
6 P.M.
USA — MEN’S POOL E: CZE (PERUSIC/SCHWEINER) VS. BRA (EVANDRO/ARTHUR) (TAPED)
BOXING
5 P.M.
USA — MEN’S FLY QUARTERFINALS & MORE (TAPED)
CANOE & KAYAK
1:45 P.M.
USA — SLALOM: MEN’S & WOMEN’S KAYAK CROSS HEATS (TAPED)
CYCLING
5:30 P.M.
USA — FINALS: BMX RACING
EQUESTRIAN
8 A.M.
E! — JUMPING: TEAM FINAL
11:15 A.M.
NBC — JUMPING: TEAM FINAL (TAPED)
9 P.M.
USA — JUMPING: TEAM FINAL (TAPED)
FENCING
5:15 P.M.
E! — MEN’S TEAM EPEE BRONZE/GOLD FINALS (TAPED)
8:30 P.M.
USA — MEN’S TEAM EPEE BRONZE/GOLD FINALS (TAPED)
GOLF
3 A.M.
GOLF — MEN’S ROUND 2: PART 1
7 A.M.
GOLF — MEN’S ROUND 2: PART 2
HANDBALL
E! — MEN’S GROUP B: ARGENTINA VS. FRANCE
ROWING
2:15 P.M.
USA — FINALS: LIGHTWEIGHT SCULLS & MORE
SHOOTING
4 A.M.
USA — WOMEN’S RIFLE 3 POSITIONS FINAL
SWIMMING
5 A.M.
USA — HEATS: MEN’S 100M FLY & MORE
10 A.M.
NBC — HEATS: MEN’S 100M FLY & MORE (TAPED)
1 P.M.
NBC — SWIMMING, TRACK & FIELD
TRACK & FIELD
4 A.M.
E! — HEATS: WOMEN’S 100M & MORE (TAPED)
12 P.M.
E! — FINALS: MEN’S 10,000M & MORE (TAPED)
1 P.M.
NBC — SWIMMING, TRACK & FIELD
TRAMPOLINE
10:15 A.M.
E! — WOMEN’S QUALIFICATION & FINAL (TAPED)
8 P.M.
USA — MEN’S FINAL (TAPED)
VOLLEYBALL
5 P.M.
NBC — MEN’S POOL C: JAPAN VS. UNITED STATES (TAPED)
WATER POLO
12 P.M.
USA — WOMEN’S GROUP: GREECE VS. ITALY (TAPED)
11 P.M.USA — WOMEN’S GROUP: USA VS. FRANCE (TAPED)