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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
MINNESOTA 4 CLEVELAND 2
WASHINGTON 3 LA ANGELS 2
BALTIMORE 4 TAMPA BAY 1
TORONTO 3 OAKLAND 1
SAN DIEGO 6 MIAMI 2
HOUSTON 8 BOSTON 4
ST. LOUIS 8 KANSAS CITY 5
MILWAUKEE 8 CINCINNATI 3
MINNESOTA 6 CLEVELAND 3
CHICAGO CUBS 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6
COLORADO 6 ATLANTA 5
ARIZONA 3 PHILADELPHIA 2
SEATTLE 6 NY METS 0
LA DODGERS 9 PITTSBURGH 5
SAN FRANCISCO 3 DETROIT 2
TEXAS AT NY YANKEES POSTPONED
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 6 NASHVILLE 0
FT. WAYNE 4 SOUTH BEND 3
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
WEEK ONE:
FRIDAY
MIAMI 20 ATLANTA 13
HOUSTON 20 PITTSBURGH 12
PHILADELPHIA 16 BALTIMORE 13
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
BREANNA STEWART, US WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM ADVANCES TO GOLD MEDAL GAME AT PARIS OLYMPICS
PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game.
Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Games.
“The streak is crazy. I mean, they just told me when I was doing TV that it was, like, before I was born that it kind of started, which is wild,” Stewart said. “It just goes to show those that have really paved the way and to create USA Basketball and what it is now. Tons of appreciation for that and knowing that when you represent this jersey and wear USA across your chest the standard is high and there really is nothing higher.”
And the team didn’t disappoint some notable onlookers, including Sue Bird, Dawn Staley, Kevin Durant and Vanessa Bryant and her children.
After the business-like semifinal win in which the U.S. started strong and never took its foot off the gas, the Americans will face either France or Belgium for the title. The U.S. is trying to become the first team — in any sport — to win eight consecutive Olympic gold medals, breaking the tie with the U.S. men’s program that won seven in a row from 1936-68.
The U.S. was able to take control of the game in the first half allowing coach Cheryl Reeve the opportunity to play her starters limited minutes, give players on the bench more court time, so everyone will be fresh and mentally set for the gold medal game.
“The group that’s going to be out there is going to be a little more ready and rested to be able to give everything they had,” Reeve said.
A win Sunday would be a record sixth gold medal for Diana Taurasi. A game after not starting for the first time since the 2004 Olympics, the Americans’ most decorated Olympic basketball player didn’t enter the game until 2:08 remained in the third quarter with the U.S. up 63-40. She missed her two shots, playing just a little over 6 minutes.
The U.S. jumped out to an early lead on Australia, but only were up 20-16 after the opening quarter. The Americans put the game away in the second quarter, starting the period with a 12-0 run. The U.S. led 45-27 at the half.
Jackie Young added 14 points, Kahleah Copper 11 and A’ja WIlson 10 for the Americans.
Isobel Borlase led Australia with 11, and Tess Madgen and Ezi Magbegor each had 10.
There was no shortage of WNBA players on the court.
But while the American team features 12 WNBA All-Stars who have won multiple MVPs, the Australia roster is full of complimentary players in the league. The Opals, who started five current WNBA players, just didn’t have enough offensive firepower to compete with the U.S. juggernaut.
In the end, the U.S. once again denied the Australians a chance at a gold medal in what’s been a one-sided affair between the teams. The Opals have never beaten the U.S. in Olympic competition, losing in the gold medal game in 2000, ’04 and ’08.
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“We had to play a perfect game today. I always say you got to believe that you can” beat the U.S., Australia coach Sandy Brondello said. “But nine times out of 10, there’s one game where you maybe can get them on a bad day. And it wasn’t our best day here.”
The Australians also lost to the U.S. in the semifinals of the 1996 and 2012 Olympics.
“America, they’re the goats for a reason, you know?” said Australian Lauren Jackson, who has played in five of those losses. “They are full of superstars and I mean you look at the name on every single jersey out there and they are the best players in the world for a reason. They’re incredible.”
Jackson played 5 minutes after sitting out the last two games and didn’t score. The 43-year-old Jackson hasn’t contributed much in this Olympics, but the fact she’s still playing is a near miracle itself after she retired due to injuries in 2016.
Jackson made a return for the Opals at the 2022 World Cup, helping the team earn bronze there. Now she’ll hope that the team can get one more win Sunday to medal — something the Australians have done in each of the four other Olympics she’s competed in.
The U.S. will be looking for another gold.
“I’m so proud of us,” Reeve said. “You know, the evolution that we’ve made as a team. And I’m excited that we’ve got … to the last stand, if you will, in this campaign. (Now) see if we can get the gold.”
SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON RALLIES US WOMEN IN OLYMPIC 4X100 WHILE MEN SHUT OUT AGAIN
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The U.S. men extended their drought to 20 years without a medal in the Olympic 4×100 relay, disqualified for an illegal pass after Christian Coleman crashed into teammate Kenny Bednarek while making the exchange between the first and second legs.
Andre De Grasse put a bright mark on an otherwise disappointing Olympics by anchoring Canada to gold in a time of 37.50 seconds. It was the first medal in Paris for De Grasse, but his seventh overall. South Africa finished second and Britain third.
Earlier, Sha’Carri Richardson won her first Olympic gold medal, bringing the Americans from behind in the anchor lap to capture the 4×100 relay.
In the men’s race, even without Noah Lyles, who was out of the lineup due to COVID, this looked like America’s race to lose. They have knack for doing just that. The only time the U.S. has captured a medal over the last two decades was in 2012, but that got stripped for a doping violation.
It’s mostly been scenes like this. Coleman first ran into, then passed, Bednarek as they made their awkward exchange.
The women ran their lap cleanly.
Richardson, the 100-meter silver medalist, overcame runners from Britain and Germany, to help the U.S. finish in 41.78 seconds, good for a .07-second win over Britain, which struggled with two baton changes in the rain.
Gabby Thomas ran the third leg and got her second gold of the Games, this one going with the 200-meter title. Twanisha Terry and 100 bronze medalist Melissa Jefferson rounded out the team. The exchange between Terry and Thomas that nearly wrecked the Americans in qualifying was better this time.
Still, when Thomas handed off to Richardson, the U.S. was in third.
Richardson had to reel in Daryll Neita (Britain) and Rebekka Haase (Germany), and when she did, she flashed a look to her right — and backward — that said ″you’re not catching me.”
She sprinted eight more steps down the track, and on her ninth, lifted her left leg high and stomped it on the other side of the finish line, then let out a scream.
It marked a sweet close to the Olympics for Richardson, who came into the Olympics as a favorite but surprisingly fell to Julien Alfred of St. Lucia.
REPORT: KEVIN DURANT TO START FOR TEAM USA IN FINAL
When Team USA faces France in the men’s basketball gold-medal game on Saturday, Kevin Durant will make his first start in the Paris Olympics, The Athletic reported on Friday night.
Durant, the all-time leading scorer for Team USA, is looking to become the first American man to win four gold medals in basketball as Team USA seeks its fifth straight Olympic title.
Per the report, Jrue Holiday is expected to play a reserve role after starting the last two games.
In Team USA’s 95-91 comeback win in the semifinals against Serbia on Thursday, the 35-year-old Durant played 24 minutes and scored seven of his nine points during the team’s fourth-quarter rally.
Durant passed Lisa Leslie in the quarterfinal win over Brazil on Tuesday for the most points by any Team USA player and enters Saturday with 503 points.
A 14-time All-Star, Durant is averaging 20.5 minutes, 13.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in five games in this tournament.
Meanwhile, Holiday has averaged 8.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 18.9 minutes. The two-time All-Star and three-time member of the All-Defensive First Team didn’t play in the group-stage game against Puerto Rico, a 21-point Team USA win.
NFL NEWS
2024 NFL PRESEASON, WEEK 1: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM FRIDAY’S TRIPLEHEADER
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MIAMI VS. ATLANTA
Jaylen Wright shines in Dolphins debut. As Miami struggled to get much going with Skylar Thompson at quarterback (we’ll see how that battle for the backup job unfolds this preseason), the Dolphins eventually found a way to work in fourth-round pick Jaylen Wright, and he did not disappoint. Wright finished 55 yards and a walk-in touchdown on 10 carries Friday night, displaying the explosiveness that convinced the Dolphins to trade up to select him in April’s draft. The most impressive run of the night required Wright to reverse direction, admitting defeat off the right tackle, sticking his foot in the ground and running around the left side for an exciting gain. With small glimpses of what Wright can do, it’s tantalizing to consider how much talent is in Miami’s backfield, which includes De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert. The big plays are coming.
Falcons offense struggles to find consistency. Raheem Morris’ preseason debut as coach of the Falcons saw Atlanta put together a solid performance on the defensive side of the ball, but left plenty to be desired offensively, especially after rookie Michael Penix Jr. exited the game for the night. Atlanta tallied just 226 yards of offense, finished 2 for 17 on third down, and came away from two goal-to-go situations with zero points in the fourth quarter Friday night. Atlanta’s lone touchdown drive started with a short field working in its favor, and when a turnover gave it another start on the doorstep of the end zone, the Falcons failed to get the job done, turning it over on downs. A second opportunity ended similarly, capping a frustrating night. The offense lacked rhythm — especially with Taylor Heinicke under center — and didn’t pack much of a punch for most of the night while playing a collection of backups. Here’s to hoping they’re just working out the kinks with players from the bottom third of the roster.
HOUSTON VS. PITTSBURGH
Houston hype train running strong. After an offseason in which the reigning AFC South champs added myriad big names to the roster, the Texans debuted some of their starters and offered no reason for any of the anticipation to be quelled. Free-agent signee Danielle Hunter, coming off a career year with the Vikings, rounded the corner against Steelers rookie Troy Fautanu for a sack of Justin Fields . Hunter, in addition to the sack, had two tackles and two QB pressures in seven snaps. Four players later, C.J. Stroud found returning wideout Tank Dell for a 34-yard touchdown, one in which Dell, who’s coming back from a broken fibula and a gunshot wound, looked every bit of healthy as he caught a Stroud dart in stride, slipped a defender and then ran through a high arm-tackle for six. Stroud, who was 2 for 4 and hit rookie tight end Cade Stover (his former Ohio State teammate) with his other completion, was done for the night. With nary a starter playing in the Hall of Fame game a week earlier for Houston, the Texans starters dipped their toes into the preseason pool and whet the whistle of their fanbase. There’s been an off-season’s worth of hype building up in Houston and Friday offered a glimpse of why there’s so much to be enthused about.
Fields-led offense goes scoreless. Justin Fields had his first dress rehearsal for the Steelers on Friday, getting the opportunity to make his case for being Pittsburgh’s QB1 with Russell Wilson on the sideline — though he was still in full gear. Fields looked solid, but ultimately led three fruitless drives and likely shined a light on an offensive line that still needs work. Fields went 5 of 6 for 67 yards, ran once for 2 yards, had two fumbled snaps, and was sacked twice. For the most part, it was just a frustrating evening as it was a chance for Fields to dazzle, but it was hard to truly grade him when considering the O-line issues. Fields — like Wilson — has been known to hold the ball too long, but this wasn’t the case. On his first play from scrimmage, he was hit immediately on a screen to Najee Harris who went for 16 yards. Center Nate Herbig and Fields couldn’t get on the same page with a pair of fumbles on the snap, leading to rookie Zach Frazier taking over on Fields’ final drive. It’s arduous to put a negative spin on Fields’ performance, but in a results-based business, the offense punted thrice with him under center. Fair or not, Friday was a missed chance for Fields to make his starting argument.
BALTIMORE VS. PHILADELPHIA
Kenny Pickett delivers a mixed bag. With Jalen Hurts understandably not participating in Friday night’s affair, Nick Sirianni gave the first half to Kenny Pickett, the offseason acquisition and former Steelers first-round pick. The results weren’t great. Pickett was inconsistent with his accuracy and didn’t look like he was comfortable with the timing of the offense at times, but ended up posting a quality passing line (14 of 22 for 89 yards and a 7-yard touchdown pass). It would be unfair to expect Pickett to light up the Baltimore defense while playing with a cast of backups, but he also looked much like the quarterback who Pittsburgh quickly traded away after acquiring Russell Wilson. Tanner McKee took over in the second half and didn’t play much better, but again, it’s only the first preseason game. We’ll see how Sirianni handles the position in the next two weeks.
Nate Wiggins makes strong first impression. The Ravens’ 2024 first-round selection made his debut Friday night and filled his first action with a handful of highlights. Philadelphia was clearly interested in challenging Wiggins, and the Clemson product did not wilt under the pressure, stringing together an impressive early sequence in coverage that included blanketing an Eagles receiver on a fade down the sideline and delivering a quality pass break-up to stall an Eagles drive. Wiggins carried that momentum into the second half, where he added a couple more examples of excellent coverage against an array of different pass catchers. He wasn’t perfect — he got caught with his eyes in the backfield, allowing the Eagles to score their first touchdown on a pass to Will Shipley — but it was quite a first showing for the cornerback. Hopefully the shoulder injury he suffered in the second half doesn’t end up proving to be serious.
REPORT: AIYUK TURNS DOWN PATS’ $32M AAV OFFER DUE TO QB SITUATION
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk refused a trade to the New England Patriots that would’ve resulted in him signing a contract extension averaging around $32 million per year, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reports.
The 49ers and Patriots agreed on trade compensation, but Aiyuk turned down the offer because New England’s quarterback situation isn’t at the level he wants, Russini adds.
The Patriots roster quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye, Bailey Zappe, and Joe Milton. The club selected Maye third overall and Milton in the sixth round in April’s draft.
Brissett is expected to open the season as New England’s starter. The 31-year-old has spent most of his career as a backup and has thrown for 10,574 yards, 51 touchdowns, and 23 interceptions across 79 career games (48 starts).
Aiyuk is seeking a trade amid stalled contract talks with San Francisco. The Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly remain in the running to land the second-team All-Pro wideout.
A $32-million-per-season deal would tie Philadelphia Eagles wideout A.J. Brown for the second-highest average annual value at the position, according to Over the Cap.
REPORT: PATRIOTS RELEASING WR JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER
The New England Patriots are releasing wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, NFL Network reported Friday.
The Pats are parting ways now to give the 27-year-old veteran time to find another team, per the report.
Smith-Schuster caught 29 passes for 260 yards and one score in 11 games (seven starts) in his lone season with New England in 2023.
He was a second-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2017, made the Pro Bowl with the Steelers in 2018 and won Super Bowl LVII with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Smith-Schuster is entering the second season of a three-year, $25.5 million deal he signed with the Patriots after that Super Bowl win.
He has 430 receptions for 5,048 yards and 30 touchdowns in 90 career games (72 starts) with the Steelers (2017-21), Chiefs (2022) and Patriots.
New England’s depth chart at wide receiver includes second-round rookie Ja’Lynn Polk, K.J. Osborn, DeMario Douglas, Kendrick Bourne, Tyquan Thornton and Jalen Reagor.
COWBOYS’ STEPHEN JONES: ‘WE THINK THE WORLD OF CEEDEE (LAMB)’
Dallas Cowboys chief operating officer Stephen Jones took a more direct route than his famous father when talking about the potential of re-signing star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to a new contract.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones created headlines Thursday by saying that he doesn’t “have a sense of urgency” about re-signing Lamb and making him one of the league’s highest-paid wide receivers. That take prompted the three-time Pro Bowl wideout to write “lol” on Twitter.
Stephen Jones, however, added his two cents on Lamb, quarterback Dak Prescott and All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons during an appearance on “The Doomsday Podcast” with Ed Werder and Matt Mosley.
“We plan on doing it (re-signing all three of them),” Stephen Jones said on the podcast. “We want all three players here. We have the best chance of winning a championship by having those players on our roster.”
He didn’t stop there, either.
“We think the world of CeeDee, and we understand where he’s coming from on this and why he’s not here,” Stephen Jones said. “But we continue to work very hard on getting this deal done. … Zero. Zero. Zero thought process about CeeDee not being a Dallas Cowboy.”
Stephen Jones’ words seemed to indicate there is an urgency to get in the good graces of Lamb.
When asked why he doesn’t have a sense of urgency on Lamb’s potential deal, Jerry Jones said the following:
“I don’t know why I said it. I don’t know. I don’t have a sense of urgency about getting it done. Put any reason you want. I was at Nobu two days ago. Give that as the reason. Whatever you want to put out there.”
Lamb, 25, will be playing under a $17.99 million fifth-year option in 2024. The team placed Lamb on the reserve/did not report list earlier this week to add a roster spot during training camp.
Prescott, 30, is entering the final season of a four-year, $160 million contract extension and will cost the Cowboys $55.5 million against the cap this season.
Parsons, 25, has one year left on his four-year, $17.1 million rookie deal, and the Cowboys exercised his $21.3 million option for 2025, making him eligible for an extension.
–Field Level Media
REPORTS: 49ERS SIGNING P PRESSLEY HARVIN III
The San Francisco 49ers are signing punter Pressley Harvin III to a one-year deal, multiple outlets reported Friday.
The 25-year-old free agent spent the last three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A 2021 seventh-round draft pick, Harvin averaged 39.1 net yards per punt in 15 games last season while dropping 30 of his 78 punts inside the 20-yard line.
Veteran punter Mitch Wishnowsky has missed time in training camp with a knee injury and is not expected to be available for Saturday’s preseason opener against the Tennessee Titans.
–Field Level Media
NO ONE HURT AFTER PANTHERS’ FLIGHT RUNS OFF TAXIWAY
No one was injured early Friday when a plane carrying the Panthers home slid off the taxiway in Charlotte, N.C.
Players and staff members were returning from Thursday night’s preseason loss at New England when their Delta flight ran into trouble upon landing at Charlotte Douglas Airport at about 2:35 a.m. ET.
An airport spokesman said emergency crews responded after the aircraft skidded into the mud while attempting to taxi to Wilson Air Center.
“The right main gear of Delta 8860 exited the taxiway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport following a normal arrival,” Delta said in a statement. “No injuries were reported by the 188 customers who are deplaning and being bused to the terminal. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”
Delta towed the plane to safety at about 5:30 a.m. and the taxiway reopened about an hour later after work crews repaired the area.
The Panthers flew out of Providence, R.I., at approximately 12:45 a.m. following their 17-3 loss the Patriots in the preseason opener in Foxborough, Mass.
–Field Level Media
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
2024 D3FOOTBALL.COM PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
| First team offense | ||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| QB | Zac Boyes | Cortland | Sr. | Buffalo, N.Y. |
| RB | Giovanni Weeks | Wheaton | Sr. | Kent City, Mich. |
| RB | Joe Sacco | North Central | Sr. | Bartlett, Ill. |
| WR | Trey Madsen | North Central | Sr. | Montgomery, Ill. |
| WR | Devon Frenchko | Alma | Sr. | Saint Joseph, Mich. |
| TE | Ntense Obono | Carleton | Sr. | Lawrence, Kan. |
| T | Jeske Maples | North Central | Jr. | Moweaqua, Ill. |
| G | Matt Kickel | Aurora | Sr. | Bolingbrook, Ill |
| C | Matt Wrather | John Carroll | Sr. | Powell, Ohio |
| G | Thomas Perry | Middlebury | Sr. | Killingworth, Conn. |
| T | Ben Lilly | Mount Union | Sr. | Wadsworth, Ohio |
| First team defense | ||||
| DE | Rossy Moore | Mount Union | Sr. | Lima, Ohio |
| DT | Dawson Dietz | Washington & Jefferson | Sr. | Allison Park, Pa. |
| DT | Chance Knight | Marietta | Sr. | Bridgeport, Ohio |
| DE | Martin Egbo | North Central | Sr. | Coraopolis, Pa. |
| LB | Robert Coury | Carnegie Mellon | Sr. | Phillipsburg, N.J. |
| LB | Ben Bladel | Grove City | Jr. | Coraopolis, Pa. |
| LB | BJ Adamchik | North Central | Sr. | Raleigh, N.C. |
| CB | Key Cunningham | Heidelberg | Sr. | West Palm Beach, Fla. |
| S | Parker Rochford | Wartburg | Sr. | Edgewood, Iowa |
| S | Matt Jung | Bethel | So. | Neenah, Wis. |
| CB | Wesley Abraham | Wesleyan | Sr. | White Plains, N.Y. |
| First team specialists | ||||
| K | Michael Stack | UW-La Crosse | Jr. | Oshkosh, Wis. |
| P | ANDREW TOLER | ROSE-HULMAN | SR. | BIDWELL, OHIO |
| RET | Dameon Gomes | Hardin-Simmons | Jr. | Arlington, Texas |
| Second team offense | ||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| QB | Luke Lehnen | North Central | Sr. | Chatham, Ill. |
| RB | Brandon Cade | Berry | Sr. | Duluth, Ga. |
| RB | Garrett Cora | Franklin | Sr. | Lizton, Ind. |
| WR | Jack Studer | UW-La Crosse | Sr. | Eyota, Minn. |
| WR | Joe Iadevaio | Cortland | Jr. | Massapequa, N.Y. |
| WR | Jake Breitbach | Gustavus Adolphus | Sr. | Golden Valley, Minn. |
| TE | Will Leger | Johns Hopkins | Sr. | Houston, Texas |
| T | Tucker Kinney | Wartburg | Sr. | DeWitt, Iowa |
| G | Michael Nwosu | Johns Hopkins | Jr. | Perry Hall, Md. |
| C | John Pekar | UW-Whitewater | Sr. | Franklin, Wis. |
| G | Sam Pryor | North Central | Sr. | Sugar Grove, Ill. |
| T | Cody Aikey | Cortland | Sr. | Canandaigua, N.Y. |
| Second team defense | ||||
| DE | Thomas Kenary | Middlebury | Sr. | Chevy Chase, Md. |
| DT | Colin Meropoulos | Endicott | Sr. | Monroe, Conn. |
| DT | Wade Grubbs | Randolph-Macon | Sr. | Providence Forge, Va. |
| DE | Anthony Cikauskas | Monmouth | Jr. | Oswego, Ill. |
| LB | Blake Rybar | Linfield | Sr. | Monroe, Wash. |
| LB | Durand Hill | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Sr. | Austin, Texas |
| CB | Max Wilson | Wheaton | Sr. | Wheaton, Ill. |
| S | Dalton Tjong | Ohio Northern | Sr. | Cumming, Ga. |
| S | Jacob O’Connell | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Sr. | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| CB | Devin Williams | Bethel | Jr. | Fridley, Minn. |
| Second team specialists | ||||
| K | Tyler Huettel | Trinity (Texas) | Sr. | McKinney, Texas |
| P | Thomas Tabor | Linfield | Sr. | Seattle, Wash. |
| RET | Trey Hayes | Christopher Newport | Jr. | Sterling, Va. |
| Third team offense | ||||
| Pos. | Name | School | Yr. | Hometown |
| QB | Carter St. John | Alma | Jr. | Zionsville, Ind. |
| RB | Jalen Leonard-Osbourne | Ithaca | Sr. | Ardsley, N.Y. |
| RB | Tamir Thomas | UW-Whitewater | Sr. | Menomonee Falls, Wis. |
| WR | Collin Brunstein | Illinois College | Sr. | Jacksonville, Ill. |
| WR | Jaden AlfanoStJohn | Cortland | Sr. | Westhampton, N.Y. |
| TE | GABE QUIGLEY | DEPAUW | SR. | CARMEL, IND. |
| T | Charlie Kulhay | Endicott | Sr. | Glastonbury, Conn. |
| G | Alex Pethan | UW-Whitewater | Jr. | Oak Creek, Wis. |
| C | Ryan Bitka | Cortland | Sr. | Amherst, N.Y. |
| G | Jack Kinerney | Muhlenberg | Sr. | Fairfax, Va. |
| T | Dylan Clem | Hope | Sr. | Stevensville, Mich. |
| Third team defense | ||||
| DE | Jacquez Mabin | Delaware Valley | Sr. | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| DT | Collin Thompson | Concordia-Moorhead | Sr. | Thatcher, Ariz. |
| DT | Dave Filias | Middlebury | Jr. | Lynn, Mass. |
| DE | Brian Pritt | Benedictine | Sr. | Chicago, Ill. |
| LB | Carson DeKam | Gustavus Adolphus | Sr. | Owatonna, Minn. |
| LB | Harley Hopkins | Marietta | Jr. | Zanesville, Ohio |
| LB | Nicholas Burgess | Montclair State | Sr. | Hackensack, N.J. |
| CB | MATTHEW COONS | DEPAUW | SR. | INDIANAPOLIS, IND. |
| S | Kyle Haettich | Brockport | Sr. | Buffalo, N.Y. |
| S | Jake Whitten | Berry | Sr. | Loganville, Ga. |
| CB | Chance Sparks | Linfield | Sr. | Hillsboro, Ore. |
| Third team specialists | ||||
| K | Matthew Jumes | Trinity (Conn.) | Sr. | Franklin, Mass. |
| P | Tighe Hoey | Hamilton | Sr. | New Canaan, Conn. |
| RET | Zach Poff | Alma | So. | Saint Johns, Mich. |
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: MANNY MACHADO, PADRES DEFEAT MARLINS IN 10TH
In his homecoming, Manny Machado drove in three runs — including two in the decisive 10th inning — as the San Diego Padres defeated the host Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night.
San Diego has won six straight games, the longest active streak in the majors.
Padres rookie Jackson Merrill nearly upstaged Machado by going 3-for-4 and finishing a double shy of the cycle. Merrill, who also had two steals, two RBIs and a stellar catch in center, led off the ninth with a homer to send the game to extra innings.
Miami reliever George Soriano blew a save chance in the ninth. Brett de Geus (0-1) took the loss in his Marlins debut, allowing four runs (three earned) in the 10th. San Diego’s Jason Adam (7-4) earned the win with a scoreless ninth.
Dodgers 9, Pirates 5
Right-hander Jack Flaherty had 10 strikeouts in his home debut and was backed by three home runs as Los Angeles earned a victory over visiting Pittsburgh in the opener of a three-game series.
In his second start since he was traded from the Detroit Tigers to his hometown team, Flaherty (9-5) gave up four runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings and threw 110 pitches. Four Dodgers pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts. Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Enrique Hernandez each hit home runs as the Dodgers won for the fourth time in their past six games.
Oneil Cruz and Joey Bart each hit home runs for the Pirates, who lost their fifth consecutive game. Right-hander Mitch Keller (10-6) gave up seven runs on seven hits in four innings for Pittsburgh. Right-hander Domingo German made his Pirates debut and gave up two runs in four relief innings.
Twins 4, Guardians 2 (Game 1)
Carlos Santana and Ryan Jeffers each homered for host Minnesota in the first game of a doubleheader.
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (12-5) fired six scoreless innings and struck out nine. He held Cleveland to two hits and two walks.
Joey Cantillo (0-2) took the loss and Brayan Rocchio hit a two-run homer.
Twins 6, Guardians 3 (Game 2)
Matt Wallner went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Cleveland in the second game of a doubleheader in Minneapolis.
Willi Castro stole home for the Twins, who won both games of the day-night doubleheader. Minnesota moved within 1 1/2 games of Cleveland for first place in the American League Central.
Josh Naylor hit a three-run homer to lead Cleveland at the plate. The Guardians lost their seventh game in a row, extending their worst streak of the season.
Orioles 4, Rays 1
Former Tampa Bay pitcher Zach Eflin (8-7) scattered four hits over seven shutout innings, and Colton Cowser and Cedric Mullins each homered for visiting Baltimore.
Eflin, who was traded on July 26, walked one and struck out seven.
Dylan Carlson homered for Tampa Bay. Zack Littell (5-8) allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Blue Jays 3, Athletics 1
Right-hander Jose Berrios struck out eight in seven innings, George Springer and Spencer Horwitz homered and Toronto defeated Oakland.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. extended his hit streak to 21 games with two singles and Ernie Clement had three singles in the opener of a three-game series. Berrios (10-9) allowed one run, six hits and one walk.
Darell Hernaiz had a homer and single for the Athletics. Oakland right-hander Mitch Spence (7-8) allowed two runs and eight hits with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Nationals 3, Angels 2 (10 innings)
Alex Call’s one-out RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted host Washington to a victory over Los Angeles.
With Angels left-hander Matt Moore (5-3) on the mound to start the 10th, the Nationals’ Nasim Nunez bunted automatic runner Jacob Young to third. Call hit a 99-mph fastball from reliever Ben Joyce past second baseman Luis Guillorme and into shallow center field, driving home Young for the game-winning run.
Nationals reliever Kyle Finnegan (3-5) got the win as the Nationals overcame the return of third baseman Anthony Rendon, who led the Angels’ offense with three hits. It was Rendon’s first trip to Washington since he left the team via free agency after the Nationals’ 2019 World Series championship.
Astros 8, Red Sox 4
Jose Altuve’s two-run home run was part of a four-run seventh inning that carried visiting Houston past Boston in the first meeting between the teams this season.
The Red Sox led 3-1 when Altuve hit his 15th homer of the season against reliever Lucas Sims. Jon Singleton and Jeremy Pena followed with RBI singles that extended the lead to 5-3. The Astros collected seven hits in the inning.
Jarren Duran and Nick Sogard each had a double and a single for the Red Sox.
Brewers 8, Reds 3
Willy Adames hit a three-run homer and Brice Turang added a two-run shot as Milwaukee continued its offensive surge with a victory over visiting Cincinnati in the opener of the three-game series.
Milwaukee jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings against Carson Spiers (4-4), who allowed eight runs on seven hits. Aaron Civale (3-8) allowed two runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings to win for the first time in six starts with Milwaukee since being acquired from Tampa Bay in early July.
Civale took a shutout into the seventh before surrendering Spencer Steer’s 16th homer of the year to open the inning. Jeimer Candelario singled, but was thrown out at home trying to score on Ty France’s double. Nick Mears came on in relief and gave up a two-run homer to Stuart Fairchild, his eighth, to make it 8-3.
Cubs 7, White Sox 6
Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger, Isaac Paredes and Nico Hoerner each homered to boost the visiting Cubs to a victory against the slumping White Sox.
Losers of 23 of 24, the White Sox surrendered seven runs in the first three innings in the debut of interim manager Grady Sizemore, who took the reins after manager Pedro Grifol was fired Thursday. The White Sox loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, but Hector Neris recovered to retire Andrew Vaughn on a flyout for his 16th save.
Happ hit a leadoff homer, the first of four given up by White Sox starter Garrett Crochet (6-9), who allowed nine runs and seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Crochet, the lone White Sox All-Star, remained winless since June 7, a span of 10 starts. Andrew Benintendi hit two solo shots and Andrew Vaughn added a solo homer for the White Sox.
Cardinals 8, Royals 5
Willson Contreras belted a pair of two-run homers to fuel visiting St. Louis over Kansas City.
Contreras opened the scoring with a blast off Michael Lorenzen in the first inning and capped his three-hit performance with a mammoth homer to left field off Angel Zerpa in the ninth.
Michael Massey (3-for-4) drove in two runs and Kyle Isbel, Salvador Perez and Maikel Garcia each added an RBI for the Royals, who have lost three of their past four games.
Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2
Adrian Del Castillo belted the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth inning over the wall in right to give Arizona a dramatic victory over Philadelphia in Phoenix.
Del Castillo had three hits and two RBIs in his second major league game, including the winning 416-foot blast off a fastball from Philadelphia’s Jeff Hoffman (3-2). He became the first player in Diamondbacks history to have his first career homer be a walk-off shot.
Bryce Harper homered for the Phillies, who lost for just the second time in six games. Alec Bohm and Johan Rojas each had two hits, with Rojas’ second hit being a game-tying double in the eighth.
Mariners 6, Mets 0
Bryce Miller pitched six scoreless innings as Seattle defeated visiting New York in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
Ryan Bliss, recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday, hit a two-run homer as the Mariners remained tied with the Houston Astros atop the American League West. Miller (9-7) allowed just three hits, walked one and struck out six.
The Mets, who had won three of four, remained a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the race for the National League’s third and final wild-card berth. Jose Quintana (6-8) allowed five runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Rockies 6, Braves 5
Brenton Doyle homered among his two hits, Ryan McMahon and Charlie Blackmon also had two hits, and Colorado beat Atlanta in Denver.
Jorge Soler, Marcell Ozuna and Ramon Laureano homered, Jarred Kelenic had three hits and Sean Murphy had two hits for the Braves, who have now dropped six straight. Their seven-game winning streak in Denver came to an end.
Colorado starter Tanner Gordon was in line for his first career win when the bullpen coughed up a 5-2 lead in the seventh. Laureano led off with his fourth home run of the season and Kelenic singled.
Giants 3, Tigers 2
Mark Canha beat his old team with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as San Francisco, held hitless for six innings, rallied for a victory over visiting Detroit.
After the Giants scored single runs in the seventh and eighth to draw even, Canha drilled a deep fly to left to score Michael Conforto. Tyler Rogers (2-4), who pitched a 1-2-3 top of the ninth, got the win in San Francisco’s 10th walk-off victory of 2024.
For Detroit, Ryan Vilade opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the second, before Javier Baez made it 2-0 in the fifth when he raced home on a throwing error. Beau Briske and Kenta Maeda no-hit the Giants for three innings apiece.
MOOKIE BETTS TO PLAY RF, BAT SECOND WHEN HE RETURNS MONDAY
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Friday that they plan to have Mookie Betts play right field when he returns from the injured list on Monday.
Betts has spent most of this season at shortstop and second base, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that the 2018 American League Most Valuable Player would continue to be in the infield once he heals from a broken left hand.
But all that changed Friday.
“I know that I said we want to start with Mookie out there at short, to then give the potential to pivot out there,” Roberts said. “I had a good conversation with him last night. And, I think right now — and again, things always seem to change — but right now, we’re gonna kick Mookie out to right field.
“It’s something that … we all feel that’s what’s best for our ballclub now, going forward. And could it change? Potentially. But I think that we all feel comfortable that Mookie needs to get acclimated back out there to right field and give (Miguel Rojas) the opportunity to play short, within reason, as far as giving him certain off-days to keep him fresh. That’s kind of where we’re at right now.”
Before this season, Betts spent the majority of the previous eight seasons in right field, earning six gold gloves at the position. But Gavin Lux struggled at shortstop in spring training and the Dodgers opted to move Betts to short, a position he hadn’t played regularly since high school.
Betts was batting .304 with 10 homers and 40 RBIs in 72 games before being hit by a pitch June 16 against the Kansas City Royals.
When he returns, Betts will not be back in his familiar leadoff role. The Dodgers said Shohei Ohtani will continue to bat first, where the slugger was hitting .307 with 15 homers, 35 RBIs and 33 runs (entering Friday’s game) since Betts suffered his injury. Betts is slated to bat second, followed by Freddie Freeman.
TWINS SHELVE JOE RYAN INDEFINITELY WITH SHOULDER STRAIN, AS ROTATION TAKES HIT FOR STRETCH RUN
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins placed starting pitcher Joe Ryan on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a significantly strained muscle in his throwing shoulder, an ill-timed setback entering a critical homestand against two division rivals and primary competitors for postseason spots.
Ryan has a Grade 2 strain of the teres major, a thick, flat muscle that runs from the shoulder blade to the upper arm, the Twins announced before beginning a four-game series against the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians. Manager Rocco Baldelli said Ryan would be sidelined for “weeks to months” but stopped short of declaring him done for the season.
The right-hander, who is 7-7 with a 3.60 ERA, 23 walks and 147 strikeouts in 135 innings over 23 starts, was removed from his most recent turn on Wednesday when he felt discomfort around his triceps after throwing a pitch in the third inning.
“Yeah, it is a punch in the gut,” Baldelli said. “It’s going to need time to heal up, and he’ll do everything he can to get himself right and get back, but this is going to be a little while.”
Ryan will seek a second opinion before the Twins reveal a timetable for his recovery, but with a little more than seven weeks in the regular season the window is tight.
Starting pitcher Chris Paddack has been out for three weeks with a strained right forearm, and his return is “not right around the corner,” Baldelli said.
That leaves the Twins, who ultimately passed on the high prices for starting pitching before the trade deadline last month, with three rookies in their rotation indefinitely with David Festa, Louie Varland and Simeon Woods Richardson trying to do their part behind Pablo López and Bailey Ober. Varland was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul to start the second game of the doubleheader on Friday against the Guardians, who took a 3½-game lead on the Twins in the division race into the series.
“You’re never going to be like, ‘We’re going to make a trade because someone is going to go down,’ or, ‘We’re not going to make a trade because everyone is going to stay healthy,’” López said. “Obviously, hindsight is easier than foresight. It definitely makes it a little tougher. Teams that get people at the deadline and go through this, they’re able to hold off a little longer.”
The Twins also placed rookie infielder Brooks Lee on the 10-day injured list with right biceps tendinitis. Infielder Kyle Farmer, who has missed 18 games with a strained right shoulder, was activated early from his rehab assignment to replace Lee.
Reliever Scott Blewett was promoted from Triple-A St. Paul, and reliever Brock Stewart was transferred to the 60-day injured list after the diagnosis that he needs arthroscopic shoulder surgery that will end his injury-ruined season.
The Twins got center fielder Byron Buxton back in the lineup on Friday from a three-game absence due to a back injury stemming from a catch he made while colliding with the wall. But All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa, whose absence because of plantar fasciitis in his right foot is approaching one month, remained sidelined with no rehab assignment yet on the schedule.
The Twins will get no sympathy over the state of their rotation from the Guardians, who placed starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hip on Friday. He’ll rest for three or four days before resuming throwing, manager Stephen Vogt said.
Staff ace Shane Bieber is out for the season following elbow surgery. Gavin Williams has not pitched for the club yet this year with elbow trouble. Tanner Bibee has avoided the injured list but had his last start pushed back due to shoulder tightness.
YANKEES ACQUIRE OF CAM EDEN FROM JAYS FOR CASH
The New York Yankees acquired outfielder Cam Eden from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for cash considerations.
The Yankees assigned Eden to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday.
Eden, 26, made his major league debut last September and batted .167 (1-for-6) in five games with the Blue Jays.
He is hitting .198 with seven homers, 35 RBIs and 26 stolen bases in 91 games this season at Triple-A Buffalo.
–Field Level Media
REDS, BRAVES TO PLAY AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN 2025
The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves will compete in the MLB Speedway Classic next season at Bristol Motor Speedway, Major League Baseball announced Friday.
The regular-season game, which will be played on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, will be the first contested in the state of Tennessee. The following day is an off date for both teams and can be used as a potential makeup day should inclement weather arise.
“Major League Baseball is excited to deliver a special game at Bristol Motor Speedway, a unique setting that sports fans will remember forever,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said.
“The Reds and the Braves form an ideal matchup because of their dynamic talent and the proximity of their markets. We look forward to celebrating our game with a wide array of fans, both on and off the field throughout the weekend, and highlighting the rich traditions of sports, music and community in Tennessee and across the region.”
Per MLB, a baseball diamond will be built across the track and infield.
The venue played host to a Tennessee-Virginia Tech football game in 2016. That game drew 156,990 fans, a record for an NCAA football game.
–Field Level Media
NASCAR NEWS
RICHMOND’S FUTURE IN SPOTLIGHT AS CUP SERIES ACTION RESUMES
For the NASCAR Cup Series, it’s time to get back to work.
Following the teams’ two-weekend hiatus because of the Olympics, the sport’s top stock-car drivers return to action with Sunday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway in Virginia’s state capital.
Starting with William Byron’s victory in a Monday-makeup Daytona 500 on Feb. 19, the series got at it for 23 straight weekends, 22 points races and the exhibition All-Star Race in May.
Some great finishes dotted the pre-break racing, like ones at Atlanta, Kansas City, Talladega and Nashville, but the competition also has suffered from an increased inability of fast cars closing in on the leader and being unable to complete a race-winning pass.
The lack of charges from trailing cars has led to an impassable cushion with lackluster racing as the checkers near.
And Richmond has been one of the guilty culprits, both this season and over the past few.
While more short-track racing usually would be a welcome sight after the Olympics created a break from motorsports on the NBC networks, the three-quarter-mile speedway might be taking its own time off starting in 2025.
Within the industry, it is rumored that the facility likely will lose one of its two dates when next season’s schedule is released. The release date was Oct. 4 last year, but schedule leaks haven’t shown a promising future for Richmond.
And the problem might just be that there has not been enough action on what is known as “The Action Track.”
Once mentioned in the same sentence with Bristol as the toughest ticket to get on the circuit due to its excitement, Richmond has been a fixture on NASCAR’s annual stops dating back to its first race in 1953, won by Lee Petty.
Since 1959, the Commonwealth’s second-oldest track — southern neighbor Martinsville Speedway started in 1949 — has held two events every season except for 2020 during the COVID-affected campaign.
The scuttlebutt says that the 2025 spring race at Richmond, a NASCAR-owned track, may move to another facility shepherded by the sanctioning body.
“I don’t know what else you do,” said Denny Hamlin, who hails from nearby Chesterfield, Va., after winning Richmond’s first 2024 race on Easter Sunday night. “Certainly it’s not fair because I’m biased and have grown up loving this race track, so I’m always going to vote for it to have two races, for sure.”
Whether it has been in the current Next Gen car or the two previous versions, Hamlin has more often than not been one of the top drivers every time the series pulls into the D-shaped track.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has five Richmond wins and 14 top-10s in his past 17 races at his home speedway.
He ranks fourth there in laps led (2,243), putting him behind Richard Petty, Rusty Wallace and Bobby Allison.
Also this weekend, NASCAR will give teams a tire option, offering a longer-run prime Goodyear and a short-run softer one in a strategy the higher-ups used at North Wilkesboro Speedway in the All-Star Race.
At this point, NASCAR is willing to try anything to rejuvenate Richmond’s racing and its place on the schedule.
GOLF NEWS
FOUR TIED FOR LEAD AFTER FIRST ROUND AT BOEING CLASSIC
Woody Austin, Steven Alker of New Zealand, Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Gene Sauers each shot a 6-under-par 66 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.
Austin, who is seeking his fifth win on the Champions Tour, made eight birdies, including two in his final three holes, to keep pace with the other leaders at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. The 60-year-old has three top-five finishes at this tournament.
“Just made a few putts, that’s all,” Austin said. “Played really solid. Three-putted the first hole right out of the gate, but then … I think I might have hit two bad shots all day.”
He said of Snoqualmie Ridge, “The golf course isn’t the hardest obviously, so there’s always some good rounds out there, but you do still have to drive it straight. I don’t think I missed a fairway today, so that’s pretty important. … I think that’s the first time in a while I haven’t missed a fairway.”
Alker, who entered the week third in the tour standings, finished strong with an eagle on the par-5 18th hole during his bogey-free round. The 53-year-old is seeking his ninth career win on tour. With a win this weekend, he would join Ernie Els, Richard Bland, Padraig Harrington and Stephen Ames as multi-time Champions winners this season.
Alker said of the course, “I like poa greens. They’re always fantastic here, they’re always rolling so good. It’s just a matter of getting your speed and you hit ’em online and you hole ’em.”
Karlsson, 54, shot a bogey-free round and finished with six birdies. He has yet to earn a win on the Champions Tour, settling for second five times.
Sauers made a late charge, notching birdies on Nos. 14, 15, 16, but stumbled on No. 18 with his only bogey of the day. He tied his lowest score in a round this year and is in search of his second career Champions win. Sauers, 61, won the U.S. Senior Open in 2016.
Kirk Triplett, Michael Allen and David Bransdon of Australia are one shot back after each fired a first-round 67.
Defending tournament champion Stephen Ames struggled most of the day, settling for bogeys on No. 11 and No. 17 and a double bogey at No. 4. The Canadian finished 1-under 71 and is tied for 26th.
BEAU HOSSLER RAINS BIRDIES TO TAKE EARLY LEAD AT WYNDHAM
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Beau Hossler used a sizzling starting stretch on his way to a 10-under-par 60 in the weather-delayed first round of the Wyndham Championship on Friday.
Hossler’s bid for a sub-60 score was denied when he had pars on the final three holes at water-logged Sedgefield Country Club.
“Probably the highlight of the round was just mid-irons,” Hossler said. “A few 6 irons I hit really close, 5 iron I almost made a hole-in-one. It was one of those days where it felt like kind of everything went right.”
Hossler holds a two-stroke lead on Billy Horschel, who is at 8 under with two holes still to finish Saturday to complete his first round. The opening-round was moved to Friday because of rain and then postponed by darkness with a number of competitors still on the course.
Canada’s Nick Taylor, through 14 holes, is at 7 under and alone in third place. Taylor had birdies on four of his last five holes before play was halted.
Heavy rains and local flooding stemmed from remnants of Hurricane Debby. Friday’s start was pushed back three hours as course maintenance crews worked to get the grounds ready for play.
Several dozen golfers will need to finish the first round Saturday and then go directly into the second round.
Hossler played the first eight holes in 7 under, boosted by a tap-in eagle on the par-5 fifth hole. He posted a personal-best 28 on the front side.
He birdied No. 10 and was on pace for an epic round before a bogey 5 at No. 11. A birdie followed at No. 12, needing only about a 1-foot putt after his tee shot on the par-3 hole, put him right back on track.
Hossler’s tee shot at No. 18 was in the left rough, reducing his chances of a birdie.
“There was just no way I’d be able to get it on that shelf to have a real look,” he said.
Hossler, 29, has never won in 197 previous events since joining the PGA Tour in 2018.
Matt Kuchar, who was playing in the group in front of Hossler, Brendon Todd, Austin Eckroat and England’s Ben Taylor all finished at 6-under 64 to tie for fourth place.
Kuchar had four straight birdies (Nos. 14-17) for a late-round push of 5-under 30 on the back nine.
“Playing lift, clean and place means I get to kind of cherry pick a lie, hit some good shots, saw a few putts go in,” Kuchar said.
The tournament is the final stop on the PGA Tour’s regular season. It’s the last chance for golfers to move into the top 70 spots to qualify for the FedExCup playoffs, which begin next week.
Harris English withdrew Friday because of a back injury. Kevin Tway took his spot in the field.
— Bob Sutton, Field Level Media
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COLTS NEWS
COLTS’ ANTHONY RICHARDSON, STARTERS TO PLAY 1-2 SERIES VS. BRONCOS
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson and the majority of the team’s starters will play “a series or two” in the preseason opener on Sunday against the Denver Broncos, coach Shane Steichen said.
Richardson will be under center in a game for the first time since sustaining a season-ending injury to the AC joint in his right shoulder in Week 5 last season. That ended the rookie season of the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft after just four games.
“He’s really excited,” Steichen said Friday. “I can’t wait. I’m happy for him. Getting back out there, it’s been a long process for him, going through his rehab. But he’s attacked it the right way every day. So to get him back out there with the guys on Sunday is going to be awesome.”
Richardson said Friday that he was looking forward to taking the field.
“It’s a blessing. I’m thankful that coach Shane’s letting me play this game and I’ll go out there and make a few plays,” Richardson said.
Richardson, 22, was 2-2 in his starts last season. He completed 59.5 percent of his passes (50 of 84) for 577 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. He ran for 136 yards and scored four touchdowns but fumbled three times.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
CHANDLER DAZZLES IN TRIPLE-A DEBUT IN NASHVILLE, 6-0
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In his first appearance at the Triple-A level, Pirates No. 1 prospect Bubba Chandler carved through the Nashville Sounds with 7.0 shutout innings in a 6-0 win for the Indianapolis Indians on Friday night at First Horizon Park.
Chandler (W, 1-0) stole the show in his Indians debut, not allowing a base hit until the bottom of the sixth inning when Noah Campbell doubled down the right field line. Chandler struck out six Sounds hitters and walked just one, racking up 14 whiffs in the game. 11 of those swings and misses came on his four-seam fastball, which topped out at 98.7 miles per hour.
The Indians (18-17, 51-57) struck for the first time in the top of the fourth with a solo home run to left field for Henry Davis against Nashville starter Logan Henderson (L, 0-1), who was also making his Triple-A debut. In Henderson’s first start for the Sounds (20-16, 58-53), he went 4.0 innings of one run ball, allowing just three hits and striking out three.
Scoring halted until the top of the seventh, when Nick Yorke singled in a run before Davis followed with another RBI knock, plating Alika Williams on an infield single in which Nashville third baseman Patrick Dorrian’s pursuit of the ball was impeded by Davis’ broken bat flying towards him. Two more runs came in for Indianapolis in the top of the eighth thanks to a two-run double from Williams, and the Indians tied a bow on their night offensively in the top of the ninth on a sacrifice fly from Matt Gorski.
The Indians and Sounds continue their six-game series at First Horizon Park on Saturday night at 7:35 PM ET. The Indians will send fellow top 10 Pirates prospect Thomas Harrington (0-0, 7.94) to the hill, while the Sounds have yet to announce a starting pitcher.
INDIANA FOOTBALL
HORTON TABBED TO JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Watch list season produced another Hoosier selected for a preseason award, as tight end Zach Horton earned a spot on the John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List on Friday (Aug. 9).
The Friends of John Mackey annually award the John Mackey Award to college football’s outstanding tight end. Established in 2000 by the Nassau County Sports Commission, the award is given annually to the tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, academics, and community values of Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey. The winner is chosen by a selection committee comprising sportswriters and former players
Horton enters his first season at Indiana after in 23 career games played with 11 starts over three year at James Madison (2021-23). A first-team All-Sun Belt selection as a junior, Horton has amassed 40 receptions in his career for 434 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.
His junior season at James Madison included six touchdown grabs, which ranked No. 5 nationally among tight ends. Horton totaled 275 yards receiving on 27 catches and made at least one catch in 10 games with multiple receptions in seven contests. He posted two multi-touchdown games and caught three passes for a season-best 116 yards and two scores versus South Alabama (9/30). The senior also had two touchdown grabs as part of a six-catch, 33-yard day at Georgia State (11/4).
2024 Indiana Football Preseason Accolades
James Bomba – AFCA Good Works Team Nominee, Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
James Evans – Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List
Zach Horton – John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List
D’Angelo Ponds – Lott Trophy Preseason Watch List
Elijah Sarratt – Bilitikoff Award Preseason Watch List
Solomon Vanhorse – College Football Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watch List
INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
CARLY SKJODT ADDED TO INDIANA VOLLEYBALL STAFF
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Professional volleyball player and former Michigan All-American Carly Skjodt will join the Indiana volleyball staff as the Executive Assistant to the Head Coach. She will work with the program before joining the Indy Ignite for its inaugural season in the Pro Volleyball Federation in 2025.
“I have known Carly since her playing days and it has been exciting to watch her develop and grow into the pro that she is today,” head coach Steve Aird said. “She will be back in Indiana playing professionally in the spring and reached out with interest about learning more about the mechanics of coaching and running a program. Everyone that has played with her or worked with her says the same thing. She is an Incredible person who cares a great deal and is not afraid to work. She brings so much to the table and her personality, experience and passion will touch every part of IUVB.”
In her role with the Hoosiers, Skjodt will spend time working with players and coaches in an off-the-court manner. She will learn the ropes and the inner workings of being on a division one staff while assisting head coach Steve Aird with all program needs and requests. She will provide support to student athletes and brings a wealth of collegiate and professional knowledge to the gym.
Skjodt, a native of Carmel, Ind., helped lead Carmel High School to the IHSAA 4A State Title in 2014 and was named the Prep Volleyball National Senior of the Year in her final season of high school. She played for Munciana and helped the illustrious club to a runner-up finish at the 2014 AAU National Championship.
“I’m so excited to work with such a loyal, special and hard-working staff that has welcomed me with open arms,” Skjodt said. “I know that each one of them has so much to teach me and I’m looking forward to working with this group every day.”
During her indoor career at Michigan, Skjodt compiled 1,401 kills from 2015-18 including 512 during her senior campaign in 2018. She ranks 8th all-time in program history at Michigan in career kills. Her senior year tally of 512 kills ranks fifth in program history. She played in 130 career matches and helped the Wolverines to the Sweet 16 in 2018.
Carly is the niece of the namesake of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Cindy Simon Skjodt. In addition to her playing career at Michigan, she played one year of beach volleyball at Pepperdine. She has played professionally both indoors and on the beach. During her first season in the PVF, Skjodt played with former Indiana libero Paula Cerame in Orlando.
MATT KEARNS JOINS AS ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana volleyball head coach Steve Aird announced the hiring of Matt Kearns as the program’s third assistant coach on Friday (August 9th) afternoon. A native of Bellingham, Mass., Kearns joined the Hoosiers for the beginning of fall camp this week.
“Matt comes to us with a great deal of Division I experience and is the perfect fit to complement our staff,” Aird said. “He comes highly recommended and has made a major impact at every stop of his coaching career. We will lean on his ability to understand data, crunch film, train players and help us prepare for matches. His experience as a Division I head coach will also help the program in a variety of other ways. He is passionate about the game and has an energy about him that I appreciate. Just an outstanding addition to our program.”
Kearns, known for his work in volleyball analytics and game preparation, comes to Bloomington after spending the 2023 season as the head coach at Louisiana-Monroe. Before his time with the Warhawks, Kearns spent six years at Northern Kentucky as a graduate assistant (2017-18) and an assistant coach (2019-22).
“I am thrilled to join the elite staff at Indiana. Being part of such an amazing program with top-notch facilities is a dream come true,” Kearns said. “The Big Ten Conference is renowned for its competitive spirit exceptional talent and incredible coaching. I can’t wait to dive right in and help elevate the team’s success to new heights.”
In his time at Northern Kentucky, he helped lead the program to a combined 108-69 record with an overall season mark above .500 in the final five of six seasons on staff. The Norse won the 2019 Horizon League Championship and finished with an RPI in the top-50 in the nation before advancing to the NCAA Tournament to face top-25 foe Michigan.
During his time with Northern Kentucky, Kearns helped coach a number of all-Horizon League selections. Libero Ashton Terrill was a three-time Horizon League selection from 2018-21 while outside hitter Anna Brinkmann was a three-time First Team Horizon League selection. Brinkmann earned all-region honors in 2021 and broke the 1,000-career kill, 1,000-career dig plateau for the Norse.
Kearns graduated from Xavier in 2017 where he spent four years as a student coach and technical advisor for the volleyball program. He was tasked with providing scouting reports of opponents, coordinating film studies and arranging travel itineraries on the road. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Xavier in 2017.
In addition to his responsibilities at Xavier, Kearns broke into the club and high school volleyball scene in the Cincinnati area. He worked as a varsity assistant coach and junior varsity head coach at Purcell Marian High School. He spent time working club volleyball with Elevation Volleyball Club and Tri-State Elite. Sophomore setter Luca Fickell played her club ball with Tri-State Elite.
Kearns will join Aird, associate head coach Rachel Morris and assistant coach Kevin Hodge as the 2024 coaching staff for the volleyball program. The Hoosiers begin the regular season on Aug. 30 at Kennesaw State.
PURDUE FOOTBALL
GUS HARTWIG NAMED TO RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCH LIST
NEW YORK, N.Y. – For the third consecutive preseason, Purdue center Gus Hartwig has landed on the Rimington Trophy Watch List. A veteran snapping the ball to Boilermaker quarterbacks, Hartwig earned a spot on the list for the award going to the most outstanding center in college football.
The Rimington Trophy Committee joined Pro Football Focus (PFF) to narrow down the list to the nation’s top 40 centers heading into the 2024 campaign. Hartwig was one of six Big Ten centers to make the watch list.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in college football. Dave Rimington, the award’s namesake, was a consensus First Team All-America center at the University of Nebraska in 1981 and 1982, during which time he became the Outland Trophy’s only two-time winner as the nation’s finest college interior lineman.
A focal point on the Purdue offensive line since arriving on campus in 2020, Hartwig enters his fifth and final season as a Boilermaker. The four-time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention center has started 36 games throughout his career. Returning from an injury suffered at the end of the 2022 campaign, Hartwig started the final nine games last season and helped pave the way for Purdue to lead the Big Ten in rushing in conference games and record the most rushing yards (2,029) in a single season since 2012. As Purdue captured the Big Ten West title in 2022, Hartwig’s blocking helped the Boilermakers lead the Big Ten in passing while also paving the way for Devin Mockobee to set the Purdue freshman record for rushing yards in a single season (968).
The Zionsville, Indiana, native has excelled in the classroom, earning Academic All-Big Ten accolades three years in a row. Hartwig already has a Purdue degree in finance, and he is currently pursuing a master’s degree in global supply chain management. He became a member of the 2024 National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society by earning his degree and maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.2.
Hartwig and the Boilermakers kick off the 2024 season against Indiana State (Aug. 31). The in-state, non-conference matchup is set for 12 p.m. ET on BTN.
NOTRE DAME WLAX
WOMEN’S LACROSSE ROUNDS OUT STAFF WITH MASERA
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Christine Halfpenny announced Ellie Masera as the final addition to her staff for this season on Friday afternoon. Masera, a recent 2024 graduate from Stony Brook, joins the Notre Dame program as an assistant coach after an outstanding four-year career with the Seawolves and a rookie season in the professional league with Athletes Unlimited.
“Ellie is joining us fresh off her rookie season with Athletes Unlimited following a remarkable career at Stony Brook,” said Halfpenny. “She’ll make an immediate impact on our player development and will also work with the offense. Ellie’s passion for the game, compete level, lacrosse IQ, and enthusiasm will be excellent additions to our program!”
Masera was a decorated midfielder in her four year career at Stony Brook.
She was a 2024 Tewaaraton finalist, the second player in program history, alongside former Notre Dame attacker and all-time Irish points leader, Jackie Wolak (2020-2024).
The two-time IWLCA, USA Lacrosse Magazine, and ILWomen All-American was the third pick in the AU Pro Lax Draft in April. Masera was also named the 2023 and 2024 CAA Midfielder of the Year and the 2022 America East Midfielder of the Year.
She finished her senior season as the fifth-best goal scorer in Division I (77) and finished second in points (117), also leading the nation as a senior in shots on goal and shots on goal per game. Masera finished her college career with 232 goals, 317 points, and a program record of 388 draw controls.
“I’m excited to join the Notre Dame family,” said Masera. “There is a tradition of excellence at this university and in the Women’s lacrosse program. I’m proud to join such a distinguished coaching staff and look forward to contributing to the future success of ND Women’s lacrosse. Go Irish!”
The additions of Caroline Curnal and Ellie Masera complete the 2024-25 Fighting Irish coaching staff for the women’s lacrosse program.
“I’m excited to welcome both Caroline and Ellie to the Notre Dame staff,” said Halfpenny. “We can’t wait to get started and welcome them to the ND lacrosse family.”
BUTLER FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: DEFENSIVE LINE
INDIANAPOLIS – The Bulldog defensive line will look different in 2024 with a hungry group of student-athletes attempting to make an impact. The top returning players up front for Butler include Danny Orgler, George Dristiliaris, Jack Burch and Steven Williams II.
“We want to be a group that is relentless, physical and well-disciplined,” defensive line coach Adam Siwicki explained. “Thus far in camp, I’ve been very proud of our defensive line in relation to those standards.”
Orgler, Dristiliaris and Burch each had 17 tackles for the Bulldogs last season. Orgler added 6.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks over six games. Dristiliaris also disrupted plays at the point of attack with 3.5 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks.
“The upperclassmen have led by example and have done a great job of setting the standards for the freshmen and transfers to follow,” Siwicki added. “They are an energetic group that has great attention to detail.”
BU will certainly look different up front with the addition of four transfers. Justin Anagonye (Brown), D’Marco Cross (Illinois State), Trey Alsbrooks (Elon) and Kwame Achampong (Georgetown), add size and skill to a unit that lost their starting tackles from 2023.
“I’ve been very happy with the progress our newcomers have made,” Siwicki added. “We’ve had minimal mistakes in camp. They have given us a lot more depth up front.”
Another wave of Bulldogs looking to make the most of the upcoming season includes Ashton Nawrocki, Dawson Hubbard, Frenchi Mack II and Evan Niemi. Nawrocki had nine tackles in nine games last year with three tackles coming behind the line of scrimmage. Hubbard appeared in 10 games and Mack II was on the field for eight. In 2022, Niemi played in all 11 games.
“We believe in rotating defensive linemen in order to keep them healthy throughout the season,” Siwicki stated. “Each of our defensive linemen have different abilities that make them unique. As a coach you always try to utilize their skill set to put them in the best position possible to allow them to make plays.”
The depth on the defensive line continues with Trevor Ings, Matthew Oudeman, Jayden Norris, Luke Green, Matthew Randar, Shane Siffrard, Christian Vermilion, Justin Liebhauser, Colin Murphy, and Graham Gilmartin.
BALL STATE FIELD HOCKEY
WALSH SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2026
MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State athletics director Jeff Mitchell has announced that third-year head field hockey coach Caitlin Walsh has signed a contract extension that will run through 2026.
“I value Coach Walsh’s steady approach to leading our field hockey team,” said Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell. “Coach Walsh has positioned Ball State field hockey as a program on the rise, and I am excited that she will continue to coach and mentor our talented student-athletes in her enthusiastic and encouraging style.”
After Walsh’s first season, she guided the Cardinals to their first MAC tournament appearance since 2019. Ball State also had one of its best seasons in over a 10-year span in 2022. Walsh has helped Ball State to back-to-back seven-win seasons. Last year, Walsh coached the Cardinals to an exciting win over Big Ten foe Indiana in a sudden death shootout at the Briner Sports Complex, a feat no Ball State field hockey team had accomplished since the 2012 season.
Under the direction of Walsh, she has had three players earn postseason First Team All-MAC honors, along with a Second Team All-MAC recipient, the 2023 MAC Defensive Player of the Year and in 2022 placed two Cardinals on the All-MAC Tournament squad.
“I am thrilled to commit to a long-term future at Ball State,” Walsh said. “We have made massive progress over the past couple of seasons, and I believe that we are just getting started. I’d like to thank President Mearns and Jeff Mitchell for their support along with the confidence that they have in me and my staff. Ball State is an extremely special place. I am excited for the future and I’m looking forward to continuing competing for a Mid-American Conference championship.”
Walsh and the Cardinals begin fall camp Friday and will open their season in an open scrimmage against the Miami RedHawks on Saturday, Aug. 24 at 3 pm ET. The Cardinals return 19 players from last year’s squad including Michaela Graney who was the 2023 MAC Defensive Player of the Year. Ball State will also welcome five newcomers.
INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEBSITES
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FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
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ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/index.aspx
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IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
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HOY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 19 – 14 – 1 – 31
August 10, 1888 – New York Giants pitcher Tim Keefe registered a monumental feat when he scratched out a win and continued on a 19-game winning streak record
August 10, 1901 – Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
August 10, 1904 – New York Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro ends a string of 30 consecutive complete games in a 5-1 loss to Chicago White Sox at South Side Park, Chicago
August 10, 1934 – Number 3, Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as a full-time player
August 10, 1944 – Boston Braves starting pitcher Red Barrett, Number 19 threw only 58 pitches to shut out his former team, the Cincinnati Reds in a 2-0 Braves victory
August 10, 1971 – 16 baseball researchers form the Society for American Baseball Research
August 10, 1971 – Minnesota Twins’ Harmon Killebrew, Number 3 became the tenth MLB hitter to reach the 500 home run plateau on a slow curve ball. Just for good measure, he added his 501st as well off of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Cuellar. The Twins dropped the game in extra innings 5-4 in 10.
August 10, 1977 – The Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM. The second game started just before midnight and was halted due to rain at 12:13 AM before resuming. The Phils won both games of the day by identical 6-1 scores.
August 10, 1981 – Pete Rose, Number 14 had his 3,631 career hit, breaking Stan Musial’s NL hit record
August 10, 1986 – Billy Martin Day, his uniform Number 1 retired by the Yankees.
August 10, 1986 – Pitcher Bob Forsch, Number 31 crushes a grand slam home run to lead the St.Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, in St. Louis.
August 10, 1997 – Atlanta Braves signed Greg Maddux, Number 31 to then record 5 year, $57.5 million deal
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History for August 10
August 10, 1948 – The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) debuts on the airwaves in New York. ABC gave Americans a whole new way to watch the NFL with their spin on Monday Night Football in 1970 that is still carried out since 2006 on sister network ESPN. Their ties started strong though as the network aired the 1948 & the 1950 NFL Championship Games and many regular season games during the early 1950’s.
August 10, 1956 – The 23rd annual Chicago College All-Stars games take place at Soldier Field with the NFL Champion Cleveland Browns blanking the All-Stars 26-0 before 75,000 in attendance. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be Bob Pellegrini the linebacker from Maryland.
August 10, 1991- NFL broadcaster Paul McGuire suffers and survives a heart attack at the age of 53. Before his TV days, McGuire played in 6 of the AFL’s 10 Championship games as a punter for the San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills.
August 10, 2002 – Seattle Seahawks Stadium opens with a preseason match-up of the Seahawks hosting the Indy Colts.
August 10 Football Birthdays
August 10, 1961 – Fayetteville, Arkansas – Linebacker and defensive end Billy Ray Smith Jr. from the University of Arkansas arrived into the world. Smith was selected fifth overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 1983 NFL Draft. Smith Jr. was a second-team All-Pro in 1989 and a member of the Chargers 50th Anniversary Team. His father, Billy Ray Smith Sr., played 13 seasons in the NFL per Yahoo.com. Both father and son were named to the Arkansas All-Century Team. Billy Ray Smith was enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2000 class per the FootballFoundation.org. He was a consensus All-American twice in college and was later drafted in the first round by the NFL’s San Diego Chargers where he played for 10 seasons.
August 10, 1970 – Gino Toreretta was a quarterback from the University of Miami who is forever remembered in the College Football Hall of Fame from the induction class of 2009. Mr. Torretta won the 1992 Heisman Trophy and led his Hurricane teams of 1989 and 1991 to the National Championships. He experienced a 5 year career in the NFL where he served as a backup QB for several different teams.
Other Famous Football Birthdays
August 10, 1942 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama – Cornerback and kick returner extraordinaire, Speedy Duncan was born. The Jackson State alum played for the Tigers from 1960 through the 1962 season. Duncan according to a Yahoo.com bio, signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 1963 and later played for Washington. Speedy recorded 24 career interceptions, four fumbles recovered, four defensive touchdowns; 202 punt returns for 2,201 yards and four touchdowns, and 180 kick returns for 4,539 yards. Duncan was a three-time AFL Star and a Pro Bowl selection in 1971.
August 10, 1976 – Miami, Florida – Florida State Cornerback Samari Rolle was born. Rolle was the 46th overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Oilers and finished a career in the Ravens organization. This great athlete registered 31 interceptions, 81 passes defended, and 31.5 sacks during his career. Rolle was a Pro Bowl selection and an All-Pro in 2000. He played in Super Bowl XXXIV, a Titans loss to the St. Louis Rams.
August 10, 1984 – Mayfield Heights, Ohio – Placekicker Matt Prater, the 2005 through 2006 Central Florida product celebrates his date of birth. Prater signed with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and also spent some NFL time with the Broncos and the Lions.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Aug. 10
1901 — Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an AL record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths.
1944 — Charles “Red” Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in a nine-inning game.
1957 — Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.
1969 — Cesar Tovar of Minnesota broke up the second no-hit bid against the Twins by a Baltimore pitcher. Tovar singled with no out in the ninth off Mike Cuellar. Earlier in the year, Tovar singled with one out in the ninth to spoil Dave McNally’s bid.
1971 — Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrew also hit No. 501 off Cuellar but the Orioles won 4-3.
1981 — Major league baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the St. Louis Cards-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.
1987 — Philadelphia’s Kevin Gross was ejected in the fifth inning after umpires discovered a strip of sandpaper glued to the heel of his glove to scuff balls. The Phillies had a 4-2 lead over the Chicago Cubs. Gross would be suspended for 10 games the next day.
1995 — Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
2003 — Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal turned the 12th unassisted triple play in major league history against the St. Louis Cardinals. With runners on first and second in the fifth inning, Furcal made a leaping grab of pitcher Woody Williams’ liner. The runners were going, and Furcal stepped on second base to double up Mike Matheny before tagging out Orlando Palmeiro.
2004 — Barry Bonds became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in 13 consecutive seasons, hitting a solo shot off John Grabow in the seventh inning of San Francisco’s 8-7 loss to Pittsburgh. Bonds has now hit 30 homers in 14 seasons, one shy of Hank Aaron’s record.
2006 — Boston’s Curt Schilling tied the AL record by allowing 10 extra-base hits in a 5-4 loss to Kansas City. Schilling gave up nine doubles and a home run, matching the mark set by Washington’s Dale Gear in 1901 and equaled by Cleveland’s Luis Tiant in 1969.
2009 — Troy Tulowitzki had five hits, hit for the cycle and had a career-high seven RBIs to help Colorado beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5.
2018 — Kole Calhoun and Justin Upton hit two-run homers, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and Los Angeles rallied past Oakland for 4-3 win. With a single in the sixth inning, Pujols recorded his 1,000th career hit with the Angels. He became the ninth player all-time with at least 1,000 hits in each league after getting 2,073 with St. Louis.
2018 — The Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead against Boston to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they are mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by the 1932 Red Sox and copied by the 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.
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Aug. 11
1907 — In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Braves 4-0.
1926 — Tris Speaker of Cleveland hit his 700th career double but the Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came in the third inning off Joe Edwards.
1929 — Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run in the second inning off Willis Hudlin at Cleveland’s League Park. The homer was Ruth’s 30th of the year, but it wasn’t enough as the Indians beat the Yankees 6-5.
1951 — Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-0, dropping the Giants 13 1/2 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves scattered six hits to beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, for his 300th career victory.
1970 — Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning beat the Houston Astros 6-5 to become the first pitcher to win 100 games in both leagues since Cy Young.
1980 — Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees’ 3 – 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
1986 — Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled four times and doubled to set a NL record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record.
1987 — Mark McGwire of the Athletics broke Al Rosen’s AL rookie record by hitting his 38th home run in Oakland’s 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
2004 — Randy Wolf homered twice and threw seven solid innings to lead Philadelphia to a 15-4 victory over Colorado. Wolf went 3-for-3 and scored three runs.
2007 — Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in three runs, the latest power display by the former pitcher, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1.
2010 — Arizona tied a major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs, with Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew all connecting in the fourth inning of an 8-2 win over Milwaukee.
2013 — After Mariano Rivera blew a third straight save for the first time in his famed career, Brett Gardner homered with two outs in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rivera with a record 643 saves, had never failed three in a row in 936 relief appearances.
2018 — Oakland’s Ramon Laureano pulled off a spectacular double play and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-0. With one out and Eric Young Jr. on first, Laureano raced into the gap in left-center to haul in Justin Upton’s drive. The rookie center fielder then uncorked a 320-foot throw on a fly to first base to complete the double play. Marcus Semien homered twice and Khris Davis also connected for Oakland.
2022 — The Cubs win the second annual Field of Dreams Game, played in a temporary ballpark near Dyersville, IA, next to the site where the eponymous movie was shot, 4 – 2 over the Reds. Nick Madrigal leads the way, going 3 for 5 as both teams wear retro uniforms for the occasion. Before the game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets the tone by playing a friendly game of catch with his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and then legendary players from both teams in a scene straight out of the iconic movie.
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Aug. 12
1948 — In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players hit safely.
1964 — Mickey Mantle hit a home run both left- and right-handed in a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 10th time in his career and a major league record for switch-hit homers in a game.
1966 — Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds connected for three home runs in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the homers came in the 10th and 11th innings.
1970 — Curt Flood lost his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball.
1974 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels set an American League record by striking out 19 in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan, who walked two, bettered the 18 strikeouts set by Bob Feller in 1938 and tied the major league record set by Steve Carlton in 1969 and Tom Seaver in 1970.
1984 — Perhaps one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history took place in Atlanta. Atlanta’s Pascual Perez hit San Diego’s Alan Wiggins in the back with the first pitch of the game. It escalated as the Padres pitchers retaliated by throwing at Perez all four times he came to the plate. The game had two bench-clearing brawls, the second of which included several fans and 19 ejections including both managers and both replacement managers. The Braves beat the Padres 5-3. San Diego manager Dick Williams would be suspended for 10 days and fined $10,000 while Atlanta manager Joe Torre and five players each received three-game suspensions.
1986 — Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an AL record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Norm Elberfield (1911). Kansas City’s Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.
1988 — The Boston Red Sox set an AL record with their 23rd straight victory at home, beating the Detroit Tigers 9-4. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
1994 — Major league baseball players went on strike for the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.
1998 — Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 home runs in a 11 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
2010 — Casey McGehee set a franchise record with his ninth straight hit, going 4 for 4 and leading the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. McGehee had a solo homer, a two-run double, an RBI single and another single.
2015 — Clayton Kershaw tied Sandy Koufax’s franchise record of six straight 200-strikeout seasons while tossing eight scoreless innings, and Los Angeles defeated Washington 3-0. Kershaw struck out the side in the second to equal the mark set by Koufax from 1961-66.
2015 — Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners throws a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Orioles. Iwakuma becomes the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter following Hideo Nomo.
Aug. 13
1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each team had 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batsman and one passed ball.
1921 — George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns became the first batter in American League history to hit for the cycle twice. Sisler went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs in a 7-5, 10-inning win over the Detroit Tigers.
1921 — John “Mule” Watson of the Boston Braves pitched two complete-game victories over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1931 — Tony Cuccinello of the Cincinnati Reds had six hits in six at-bats in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston. Cuccinello had a triple, two doubles and three singles to knock in five runs as the Reds won 17-3. Cuccinello hit a three-run homer in the eighth of the nightcap to give the Reds a 4-2 win.
1939 — The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 21-0 to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Every batter in the Yankees lineup hit safely. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren had two home runs apiece, each hitting an inside-the-parker. Pitcher Red Ruffing had four hits and drove in three runs.
1948 — Satchel Paige, 42, pitched his first major league complete game against the Chicago White Sox. Paige gave up five hits en route to 5-0 Cleveland victory.
1957 — Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette hit his first two home runs to lead the Braves to a 12-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
1969 — Jim Palmer of the Orioles, plagued by arm trouble the year before, threw an 8-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s in Baltimore.
1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock reached 3,000 hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp. St. Louis won 3-2.
2004 — Kansas City rookies Abraham Nunez and John Buck hit grand slams to lead the Royals past the Oakland Athletics 10-3.
2005 — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blew his first save since April 6 in a 7-5 win over Texas. Rivera had converted a career-best 31 consecutive saves before allowing Kevin Mench’s two-run, game-tying single in the ninth.
2013 — Paul Goldschmidt hit the first pitch of the 11th inning for a game-ending home run after leading off the ninth with a tying homer, to help Arizona beat Baltimore 4-3 with a winning blast for the second straight night.
2015 — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2. The AL East leaders also won 11 in a row in June, becoming the first team with winning streaks of at least 11 since Cleveland in 1954.
2016 — Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit home runs in the first at-bats of their major league debuts in the same game, sparking the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay.
2018 — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader for the Atlanta Braves.
2020 — Mookie Betts hits three home runs (the 6th of his career) in an 11-2 win over the Padres. the three run home run game ties Betts with Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa for the most all-time although Betts reached the total in 813 games while Mize needed 1,884 and Sosa 2,364.
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Aug. 14
1919 — Chicago’s Happy Felsch tied the major-league record with four outfield assists in a game. The White Sox still lost to the Boston Red Sox 15-6.
1932 — Brooklyn’s John Quinn, 49, became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn pitched the last two innings of a 2-1, 10-inning win over the New York Giants.
1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in nine runs in an 11-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. The nine RBIs set an American League record for one game, breaking the 22-year-old mark set by Topsy Hartzell of the New York Highlanders.
1958 — Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice, in the eighth and 10th innings, in a 10-9 win over Detroit. He had only three steals all year.
1960 — Bill White of the St. Louis Cardinals hit for the cycle in a 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of a doubleheader.
1971 — Bob Gibson of St. Louis pitched a no-hitter, blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.
1987 — Oakland’s Mark McGwire set a major league rookie record with his 39th homer of the season to help the A’s to a 7-6, 12-inning victory over the California Angels.
1998 — Baltimore’s Chris Hoiles became the ninth major leaguer and first catcher to hit two grand slams in one game.
2002 — Trevor Hoffman became the first reliever in major league history to have 30 or more saves in eight straight seasons in San Diego’s 6-2 win over the New York Mets.
2007 — Atlanta manager Bobby Cox was ejected after the fifth inning for arguing a called third strike in the Braves’ 5-4 victory over San Francisco. It was his 132nd ejection, breaking the mark set by Hall of Famer John McGraw.
2009 — Felix Pie became the fourth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle, and Baltimore tied club records for extra-base hits and doubles in a 16-6 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.
2011 — Albert Pujols hit the longest home run at 6-year-old Busch Stadium in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 6-2 win over Colorado. Pujols’ two-run drive in the first inning was estimated at 465 feet.
2013 — Alfonso Soriano homered twice for the second straight night and drove in a career-high seven runs, giving him 13 RBIs in two games while powering the New York Yankees to an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
2015 — Matt Kemp hit a triple in the ninth for the first cycle in the history of the San Diego Padres, who beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5.
2018 — Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., 20, became the youngest major leaguer to homer in five straight games.
2021 — Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Gilbert became the fourth pitcher and first in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start, leading Arizona over the San Diego Padres 7-0 with the record-tying eighth no-hitter of the season.
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Aug. 15
1905 — Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0.
1916 — In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park.
1945 — The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.
1955 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves hit a home run off Mel Wright of the St. Louis Cardinals to give Spahn a homer in every NL park.
1975 — Baltimore manager Earl Weaver was ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. Weaver was thrown out in the first game and was ejected before the second game.
1989 — Dave Dravecky of the San Francisco Giants, in his second start after coming back from cancer surgery on his pitching arm, broke his arm but earned the win in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. In the sixth inning, after throwing a wild pitch to Tim Raines, he collapsed and clutched his left arm in agony.
1990 — Philadelphia’s Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the season as the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0. The season’s eighth no-hitter surpassed the modern record of seven set in 1908 and 1917.
1990 — Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major leaguer to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons and lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
2001 — Trevor Hoffman pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 300th career save, completing a two-hitter that lifted the San Diego Padres over the New York Mets 2-1.
2005 — Randy Winn hit for the cycle in his first four at-bats in San Francisco’s 7-3 win over Cincinnati.
2011 — Jim Thome belted his 600th home run an inning after he hit No. 599 to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6. Thome became the eighth player to reach 600.
2012 — Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a 1-0 victory. It was the third perfect game in baseball of the season — a first — joining gems by Chicago’s Philip Humber against the Mariners in April and San Francisco’s Matt Cain against Houston in June.
2014 — Mo’Ne Davis, one of two girls at the Little League World Series, threw a two-hitter to help Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0. Davis, the first girl to appear for a U.S. team in South Williamsport since 2004, had eight strikeouts and no walks.
2015 — Jackie Bradley Jr. had two homers, three doubles, and seven RBIs, powering Boston past Seattle 22-10.
2022 — The Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward. While the club is in third place in the AL West after two consecutive last-place finishes, it is still 12 games below .500 and 23 games out of first after having spent some $500 million on free agents in the off-season. He is replaced on an interim basis by coach Tony Beasley.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 10
1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0.
1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense.
1975 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for the fourth time with a two-stroke victory over Bruce Crampton and Tom Weiskopf.
1980 — Jack Nicklaus wins his fifth PGA Championship with a record score of 274, seven strokes ahead of Andy Bean.
1984 — The US beats Spain 96-65 to win the men’s basketball gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics; future ‘dream team’ members Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin feature.
1984 — The much anticipated matchup between American world champion Mary Decker and South African Zola Budd in the women’s 3000-meter race at the Los Angeles Olympics ends in controversy. Just past the midpoint of the race, Decker steps on Budd’s heel, causing Budd to stumble and Decker to trip over Budd. Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh. Romania’s Maricica Puica, who had set the fastest time in 1984, wins the race and Budd finishes seventh.
1995 — Michael Bradley, a third-year pro without a tour victory, shoots a record-tying 63 in his first PGA round to lead the PGA Championship.
1996 — Cigar’s bid for a 17th straight victory ends when longshot Dare and Go passes the super horse in the upper stretch and pulls away to win the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. Cigar, 3 1-2 lengths behind Dare and Go, fails to break a tie with Citation for the record winning streak by a North American-based horse this century.
2008 — In Beijing, Michael Phelps begins his long march toward eight gold medals by winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4:03.84 — smashing his own world record. The U.S. women’s 400-meter freestyle relay team, anchored by 41-year-old Dara Torres, takes the silver behind the Netherlands’ Olympic record effort. It’s the 10th medal of Torres’ career.
2008 — Ireland’s Padraig Harrington rallies from three shots behind to win the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 66 at Oakland Hills to become the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA in the same year. Harrington, the first European to win consecutive majors, closes out Sergio Garcia with a 15-foot par on the 18th for a two-shot victory.
2012 — The United States wins the women’s 4×100-meter track relay in a world-record time of 40.82 seconds to give the Americans their first Olympic victory in the event since 1996. Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter combine for a perfect trip around the track that ends a string of disappointments for the U.S. in the marquee relay.
2012 — Maurice Purify catches a record seven touchdown passes and the Arizona Rattlers win the Arena Bowl with a 72-54 win over the Philadelphia Soul.
2014 — Rory McIlroy wins his second straight major championship and fourth of his young career, rallying on the back nine in the PGA Championship. The tournament finishes in near-darkness at Valhalla Golf Club, with the final two groups essentially morphing into a foursome as they race to beat nightfall. McIlroy rallies from a three-shot deficit at the turn, to shoot a 3-under 68 to beat Phil Mickelson by one stroke. McIlroy finishes at 16-under 268.
2016 — Daryl Homer becomes the first American to win an Olympic silver medal in men’s individual sabre in 112 years.
2016 — Kristin Armstrong wins the road cycling individual time trial, finishing with a time of 44:26.42 for her third consecutive gold in the Olympic event.
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Aug. 11
1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau – named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 — Babe Ruth is the first MLB player to hit 500 home runs.
1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1948 — Demon Hanover, driven by Harrison Hoyt, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1974 — Lee Trevino beats Jack Nicklaus by one stroke to capture the PGA Championship.
1979 — Peter Haughton wins his second International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway by driving Doublemint to victory.
1984 — Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens′ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team; world record (37.83).
1984 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe sets an Olympic record in the 1,500 meter with a 3:32.53 winning time.
1985 — Hubert Green beats defending champion Lee Trevino by two strokes to take the PGA Championship.
1986 — Bob Tway’s bunker shot on the final hole gives him the PGA Championship over Greg Norman.
1991 — John Daly, the last alternate to make the field, wins the 73rd PGA Championship with a 1-under 71 to finish three strokes ahead of Bruce Lietzke.
1995 — Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters in 19.79 seconds in the World Track & Field Championships to become the first runner to capture the 200 and 400 meters in a major championship.
1996 — Mark Brooks makes a 5-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Kenny Perry to win the PGA Championship.
2002 — Karrie Webb’s latest comeback establishes a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam — winning the four tournaments currently regarded as majors as well as the du Maurier, which lost its major status in 2000 after 21 years. Webb shoots a 6-under 66, rallying from three strokes behind to the first three-time winner in the Women’s British Open.
2008 — The US 4 x 100m freestyle replay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones & Jason Lezak beats France by 8 seconds to win gold and smash world record at the Beijing Olympics.
2012 — Usain Bolt is a perfect 3 for 3 at the London Olympics — three events, three victories — just like Beijing four years ago. Almost even with the last U.S. runner when he gets the baton for the anchor leg of the 4×100 meters, Bolt steadily pulls away down the stretch to cap his perfect Summer Games by leading Jamaica to victory in a world-record 36.84 seconds. Allyson Felix wins her third gold medal, giving the United States a 20-meter lead after the second leg of the 4×400-meter relay. DeeDee Trotter, Felix, Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross bring home the victory for the Americans’ fifth straight Olympic title in the event.
2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and the heavily favored U.S. women’s basketball team wins a fifth straight Olympic gold medal with an 86-50 victory over France.
2013 — Ashton Eaton of the United States wins the decathlon world championship title to add to his Olympic gold medal. He completes his collection with a season-leading total of 8,809 points in a 10-event competition.
2013 — Jason Dufner wins his first major title with a two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk at the PGA Championship.
2016 — Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley. It was the 13th individual gold and 26 medals overall.
2016 — Simone Biles soars to the all-around title in women’s gymnastics at the Rio Olympics. Her total of 62.198 is well clear of silver medalist and “Final Five” teammate Aly Raisman and Russian bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina.
2017 — The NFL suspends Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott six games after a yearlong NFL investigation of his domestic violence case in Ohio.
2021 — Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi confirms signing a rich 2-year contract with French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain after leaving FC Barcelona.
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Aug. 12
1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup.
1936 — Rosalind, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1937 — Shirley Hanover, driven by Henry Thomas, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
1942 — The Ambassador, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1953 — Helicopter, driven by Harry Harvey, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1978 — Cold Comfort, driven by 23-year-old Peter Haughton, ties the International Trot mark of 2:31 3-5 at Roosevelt Raceway which makes Haughton the youngest driver to win the International.
1990 — Wayne Grady of Australia sheds his runner-up image with a 3-stroke victory over Fred Couples in the PGA Championship.
1994 — Major league baseball players strike in the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.
1995 — Ernie Els sets a PGA record with the lowest three-day score in a major. Els, with a 197, holds a three-stroke lead in the PGA Championship.
2000 — Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz in Las Vegas to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
2007 — Tiger Woods captures the PGA Championship to win at least one major for the third straight season and run his career total to 13. Woods closes with a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin.
2008 — American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 3rd of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 200m freestyle in world record 1:42.96.
2011 — Tiger Woods misses the cut at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He is 15 shots behind Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley.
2012 — The U.S. men’s basketball team defend its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107-100 victory and its second straight Olympic championship. The victory by the men’s basketball team gives the United States its 46th gold medal in London, the most ever by Americans in a “road” Olympics.
2012 — Rory McIlroy breaks the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980. McIlroy sinks one last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole to give him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory. McIlroy closes out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C.
2016 — Katie Ledecky caps off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky is the first woman since Debbie Meyer swept the three longer freestyle events at the same Olympics. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at the 1968 Mexico Games.
2017 — Usain Bolt ends his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumples to the track with a left-leg injury while chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4×100-meter relay team at the world championships in London. Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screams and stumbles as he comes down with the first injury he has experienced at a major competition.
2018 — Brooks Koepka wins his first PGA Championship, playing poised and mistake-free golf down the stretch amid ear-splitting roars for Tiger Woods and a late charge from revitalized Adam Scott. Koepka becomes the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and the PGA in the same year.
Aug. 13
1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21 starts.
1933 — Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 in the final round.
1935 — The first roller derby begins in Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.
1979 — Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals reaches 3,000 career hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp.
1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump — 24 feet, 5½ inches — in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. She matches the mark set in 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.
1995 — Cuba’s Ana Quirot, severely burned in a 1993 kitchen accident, wins the 800 meters at the world championships at Gothenburg, Sweden.
1995 — Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies the first playoff hole to beat Colin Montgomerie and win the PGA Championship. The 64 is the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner.
1997 — Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe’s 16-year-old record in the 800 meters, finishing in 1 minute, 41.24 seconds in Zurich, Switzerland. Haile Gebrselassie also shatters his own 5,000 record with a time of 12 minutes, 41.86 seconds.
2002 — Natalie Coughlin breaks the 100-meter backstroke world record, timed in 59.58 seconds at the U.S. national championships. She is the first American to hold the world record since Catherine Ferguson in 1966.
2008 — Michael Phelps swims into history as the winningest Olympic athlete with his 10th and 11th career gold medals and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. He wins the 200-meter butterfly and swims leadoff for the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team.
2016 — The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel — winners at the Rio Games — delivers the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps closes the Rio Olympics with a gold medal in the butterfly leg of the 4×100 medley relay. Phelps finishes his career with 28 medals, having won five golds and a silver at these games.
Aug. 14
1903 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Jim Corbett in the 10th round to retain his world heavyweight title in San Francisco.
1936 — In Berlin, the U.S. wins the first Olympic basketball gold medal with a 19-8 win over Canada. The game is played outdoors on a dirt court in a driving rain. Joe Fortenberry leads the U.S. with seven points. James Naismith, the inventor of the game, presents the medals.
1959 — The formation of the American Football League is announced in Chicago. Play will begin in 1960 with franchises in six cities with the probability of adding two more teams.
1977 — Lanny Wadkins beats Gene Littler on the third hole of sudden death to take the PGA Championship.
1977 — The Cosmos, led by Pele, play before a Meadowlands crowd of 77,961 in East Rutherford, N.J., the most to see a soccer game in the U.S. The Cosmos beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 in an NASL quarterfinal playoff game.
1994 — Nick Price wins the PGA Championship, finishing at 11-under 269 for 72 holes, six strokes ahead of Corey Pavin. It is the lowest stroke total in an American major championship.
2003 — The New York blackout forces the evacuation of workers and players from Shea Stadium hours before the Mets-Giants game. It’s the only major league baseball game affected by the blackout that stretches from the Northeast to Ohio and Michigan. Elsewhere, two WNBA games are postponed, and Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway cancels its card.
2005 — The U.S. 4×400 relay team, anchored by Jeremy Wariner, races to a record 14th gold medal for the United States at the field world championships.
2011 — Keegan Bradley wins the PGA Championship after trailing by five shots with three holes and then defeating Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. Bradley becomes the third player in at least 100 years to win a major championship in his first try.
2014 — Rob Manfred is elected baseball’s 10th commissioner, winning a three-man race to succeed Bud Selig.
2016 — South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk breaks Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in the 400-meter final in Rio de Janeiro. Usain Bolt becomes the first to capture three straight 100-meter titles at the Olympics. He finishes in 9.81 — 0.08 seconds ahead of Justin Gatlin.
2019 — French woman Stephanie Frappart is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men’s tournament. UEFA Super Cup, Chelsea vs. Liverpool in Istanbul.
2021 — Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Gilbert became the fourth pitcher and first in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start, leading Arizona over the San Diego Padres 7-0 with the record-tying eighth no-hitter of the season.
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Aug. 15
1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks.
1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title.
1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship.
1966 — Jose Torres retains his world light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Eddie Cotton in Las Vegas.
1993 — Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship’s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses. Norman, despite winning his second British Open title a month earlier, has lost playoffs in three other majors — 1984 U.S. Open, 1987 Masters, 1989 British Open.
1993 — Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill, becomes the first father-son Formula One winners when he takes the Hungarian Grand Prix.
1995 — Monica Seles returns to the WTA Tour after a 28-month absence following her 1993 stabbing with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kimberly Po at the Canadian Open.
1999 — Tiger Woods makes a par save on the 17th hole and holds on to win the PGA Championship by one stroke over 19-year-old Sergio Garcia. Woods, 23, becomes the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.
2004 — In Athens, Greece, the U.S. men’s basketball team loses 92-73 to Puerto Rico, the third Olympic defeat for the Americans and first since adding pros. American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team. The U.S Olympic team’s record was 109-2, entering the game.
2005 — Phil Mickelson delivers another dramatic finish in a major, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.
2007 — Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport.
2010 — Martin Kaymer wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff against Bubba Watson. Dustin Johnson, with a one-shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits, is penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole. The two-shot penalty sends him into a tie for fifth.
2012 — Felix Hernandez pitches the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory. It’s the third perfect game in baseball this season.
2012 — The U.S. breaks a 75-year winless streak at Azteca Stadium with an 80th-minute goal by Michael Orozco Fiscal and Tim Howard’s late sprawling saves in a 1-0 victory over Mexico.
2014 — Mo’Ne Davis, one of two girls at the Little League World Series, throws a two-hitter to help Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0 in the opener for both teams. Davis, the first girl to appear for a U.S. team in South Williamsport since 2004, has eight strikeouts and no walks.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
5:15 a.m.
FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Melbourne
1 a.m. (Sunday)
FS2 — AFL: St. Kilda at Richmond
AUTO RACING
2:30 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
7:30 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: The Clean Harbors 250, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
BOXING
10 p.m.
ESPN — Top Rank Main Card: Angelo Leo vs. Luis Alberto Lopez (Lightweights), Albuquerque, N.M.
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Hamilton at Montreal
FISHING
8 a.m.
FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2024 Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
FITNESS
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — CrossFit Games: From Fort Worth, Texas
GOLF
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Third Round, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Third Round, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
GOLF — USGA: U.S Women’s Amateur, Semifinals, Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Boeing Classic, Second Round, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Wash.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (BOY’S)
8 p.m.
ESPNU — Under Armour Next Elite 24: From New York
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL (GIRL’S)
6 p.m.
ESPNU — Under Armour Next Elite 24: From New York
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
1 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
2:30 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
3 p.m.
FOX — The Fourstardave Handicap: From Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
6 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
2:30 p.m.
ABC — PLL: New York vs, Utah, Denver
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — PLL: Carolina at Denver
LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Kennedy vs. Team North, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Orange Bracket – Championship, Greenville, N.C.
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Purple Bracket – Championship, Greenville, N.C.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
5 p.m.
ESPN — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Las Vegas
7 p.m.
ESPN — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac (Heavyweights), Las Vegas
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Texas at N.Y. Yankees
4 p.m.
FS1 — Houston at Boston
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at Tampa Bay OR Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox
9:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Seattle OR Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers (9:10 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Chicago at Buffalo
4 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Las Vegas at Minnesota
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Kansas City at Jacksonville
RUGBY (WOMEN’S)
9:55 p.m.
FS2 — NRL: Parramatta at North Queensland
4:05 a.m. (Sunday)
FS2 — NRL: St. George Illawarra at Newcastle
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:30 a.m.
CBSSN — EFL Championship: West Bromwich Albon at Queens Park
12:30 p.m.
CBSSN — EFL League One: Wycombe Wanderers at Wrexham AFC
3:50 p.m.
FS2 — CPL: HFX Wanderers at Cavalry FC
7 p.m.
FS2 — CPL: Atlético Ottawa at Forge FC
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Sacramento at Louisville City FC
TENNIS
12:30 p.m.
TENNIS — Montreal-ATP, Toronto-WTA Quarterfinals
7 p.m.
TENNIS — Montreal-ATP, Toronto-WTA Quarterfinals
YOUTH HOCKEY (BOY’S)
3:30 p.m.
NHLN — Hlinka Gretzky Cup Hockey U-18: TBD, Bronze Medal Game, Edmonton, Alberta
8 p.m.
NHLN — Hlinka Gretzky Cup Hockey U-18: TBD, Gold Medal Game, Edmonton, Alberta
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Sunday, Aug. 11
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: The MX2, Uddevalla, Sweden
11 a.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross: The MXGP, Uddevalla, Sweden
6 p.m.
USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
2 a.m. (Monday)
CNBC — Pro Motocross Championship: The Unadilla National, New Berlin, N.Y. (Taped)
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 9 Playoffs: Bivouac vs. Tri-State AND 3’s Company vs. Enemies, Semifinals, Nashville, Tenn.
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
7 p.m.
CBSSN — B.C. at Edmonton
FISHING
8 a.m.
FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2024 Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite at Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
FITNESS
4 p.m.
ESPN — CrossFit Games: From Fort Worth, Texas
GOLF
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Final Round, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Final Round, Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, N.C.
GOLF — USGA: U.S Women’s Amateur, Championship Match, Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla.
6 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Boeing Classic, Final Round, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Wash.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
3:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Kennedy vs. Team Moreno, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
4:30 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team North vs. Team Apuzzo, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Noon
ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Third-Place Game, Greenville, N.C.
3 p.m.
ABC — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Championship, Greenville, N.C.
MLB BASEBALL
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at N.Y. Yankees OR Baltimore at Tampa Bay
4:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Seattle
ESPN2 — N.Y. Mets at Seattle (StatCast)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Denver at Indianapolis
4:30 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Dallas at L.A. Rams
OLYMPICS
2 p.m.
NBC — Best of Paris 2024 (Taped)
3 p.m.
NBC — 2024 XXXIII Olympic Closing Ceremony: From Paris
RODEO
Noon
CBS — PBR: Camping World Team Series, New York (Taped)
RUGBY (WOMEN’S)
4:05 a.m.
FS2 — NRL: St. George Illawarra at Newcastle
TENNIS
1 p.m.
TENNIS — Montreal-ATP, Toronto-WTA Semifinals
7 p.m.TENNIS — Montreal-ATP, Toronto-WTA Semifinals