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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
CHICAGO CUBS 6 ST. LOUIS 3
KANSAS CITY 9 DETROIT 2
ARIZONA 9 PITTSBURGH 8
MILWAUKEE 8 WASHINGTON 3
TORONTO 8 NY YANKEES 5
CLEVELAND 8 BALTIMORE 4
SAN FRANCISCO 3 CINCINNATI 0
ATLANTA 5 MIAMI 3
BOSTON 11 TEXAS 6
MINNESOTA 10 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2
HOUSTON 3 TAMPA BAY 2
NY METS 5 LA ANGELS 1
OAKLAND 6 LA DODGERS 5
SEATTLE 10 PHILADELPHIA 2
COLORADO 5 SAN DIEGO 2
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
TOLEDO 5 INDIANAPOLIS 4
WISCONSIN 4 SOUTH BEND 2
WEST MICHIGAN AT FT. WAYNE PPD
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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:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8:
CAROLINA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM
DETROIT AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9:
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
HOUSTON AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10:
WASHINGTON AT N.Y. JETS, 12:00 PM
CHICAGO AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
LAS VEGAS AT MINNESOTA, 4:00 PM
GREEN BAY AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
TAMPA BAY AT CINCINNATI, 7:00 PM
KANSAS CITY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT ARIZONA, 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11:
DENVER AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00 PM
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:30 PM
WEEK TWO:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15:
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17:
ATLANTA AT BALTIMORE, 12:00 PM
CINCINNATI AT CHICAGO, 1:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
DETROIT AT KANSAS CITY 4:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT CLEVELAND, 4:25 PM
N.Y. JETS AT CAROLINA, 7:00 PM
ARIZONA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 7:00 PM
WASHINGTON AT MIAMI, 7:00 PM
BUFFALO AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00 PM
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE, 7:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 7:05 PM
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30 PM
DALLAS AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18:
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 8:00 PM
NEW ORLEANS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:00 PM
WEEK THREE:
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22:
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 8:00 PM
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20 PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23:
JACKSONVILLE AT ATLANTA, 7:00 PM
MIAMI AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30 PM
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 10:00 PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24:
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO, 1:00 PM
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT, 1:00 PM
BALTIMORE AT GREEN BAY, 1:00 PM
L.A. RAMS AT HOUSTON, 1:00 PM
MINNESOTA AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00 PM
L.A. CHARGERS AT DALLAS, 4:00 PM
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30 PM
CLEVELAND AT SEATTLE, 10:00 PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25:
TENNESSEE AT NEW ORLEANS, 2:00 PM
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 4:30 PM
NEW ENGLAND AT WASHINGTON (NBC), 8:00 PM
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
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OLYMPIC NEWS
GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO WAITED YEARS TO BE IN THE OLYMPICS. SETBACKS ASIDE, IT’S BEEN ‘INCREDIBLE’
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo has waited a long time to be on the Olympic stage.
So, when the final horn sounded in Greece’s 77-71 win over Australia on Friday to keep alive his country’s hopes of advancing to the knockout round, the first-time Olympian slumped, put a towel over his face and buried his head.
He was exhausted. He’s not ready for this experience to end. Not yet.
“I want to enjoy it as much as I can. Right now, we don’t even know if we are going to be in Paris.” he said. “We wanted to be on this stage for a long time, but we weren’t fortunate enough. I’m trying to enjoy every single day, with my teammates. Like, I remember that game the first day, I texted my wife and I told her ‘I cannot stop smiling.’ It’s just the atmosphere and the vibe is just different.”
Backed by Antetokounmpo, Greece made it to the Paris Games by winning a qualifying tournament earlier this month.
It put Greece back in the Olympic basketball tournament for the first time since it made the 12-team field in Beijing in 2008, and just the fifth time overall. Playing in the Olympics is one of the few things the two-time NBA MVP hadn’t achieved.
It came with another honor he didn’t see coming: being the flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
Antetokounmpo, who led the Milwaukee Bucks to the 2021 NBA title, reluctantly accepted. He initially asked for Greece captain Kostas Papanikolaou to have the honor instead, but in the end Antetokounmpo is glad he did it.
The trip down the Seine only deepened his appreciation for representing his country.
“Just the energy from the moment that we went to the ceremony and, with all Greek athletes and, teammates and lifting up the flag and seeing people come out and in Paris to say that they got to cheer for us — and going back and competing in the games and see how the crowds get into it and, how people are really competing,” he said. “It really heightens the stage. It’s incredible.”
He was also thinking about his father, Charles Antetokounmpo, who died of a heart attack in 2017 — before Giannis won the first of his back-to-back NBA MVP trophies in 2019.
“It was the biggest assignment I have ever done in my life,” Giannis said. “I know my father is watching from heaven and he’s dancing about this. I might win another championship, but I might never carry the flag again. It was a great experience I will never forget.”
Even after a 86-79 loss to Canada to open the tournament, followed by an 84-77 setback to Spain, Antetokounmpo said he arrived at Pierre Mauroy Stadium on Friday still relishing another shot to have a moment to savor on the court.
“I’m happy that I’m here. I don’t take it for granted. I would enjoy it to the fullest,” he said. “You never know if you’re going to have this opportunity. It took me 16 years to get here. So maybe in 16 years, I will be how old? I will be 45 years old.”
“Maybe gold?” a reporter chimed in.
“No, no, no,” the 29-year-old Antetokounmpo said. “I don’t know. I just want to enjoy it. I’m just happy that I see my kids out there and they’re able to see me compete on this stage. And I can tell them the stories about how it was.”
STEVE KERR CREDITS ‘ADAPTABLE’ TEAM USA, LOCKS IN ON NO. 1 SEED
PARIS — Team USA head coach Steve Kerr openly appreciates the adaptable stars on his roster and might make more plug-and-play decisions in the Group C finale against Puerto Rico on Saturday.
Juggling lineups and mixing starters has been part of the plan for Team USA, which is 7-0 since reporting to training camp in Las Vegas last month and 2-0 since arriving at the 2024 Games.
Kerr did not play Jayson Tatum in the opener in Paris, then gave Joel Embiid the DNP earlier this week against South Sudan. He plans to blend starting lineups against Puerto Rico with Embiid back with the first five and point guard Jrue Holiday likely to rest with an ankle injury. Tatum and Holiday started against South Sudan.
“It’s basketball, it really doesn’t matter who starts,” said Kevin Durant, who said he’s ready and willing to come off the bench if Kerr prefers. “It’s about really who finished the game, who put their impact on the game while they’re in the game. So I just try to do my best to impact it any way I can.”
Kerr pointed to guard Devin Booker, a supreme scoring guard who plays with the ball in his hands for the Phoenix Suns alongside Durant, as one of the most adaptable players on his roster.
Booker has deferred ball-handling duties to LeBron James and Steph Curry and focused on defending opponents’ top guards.
“Devin is probably the guy who’s been most adaptable to go from a different role in the NBA to a new one here,” Kerr said. “The offense clicks when he’s out there. The defense is really good. That’s why he’s started every game and seems to be good with any combination.”
Puerto Rico enters the matchup as the lowest team in the Pool C standings. But Kerr said he opened meetings Friday stressing to his team that no opponent can be taken lightly if Team USA is serious about being the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinals, which begin Tuesday.
“We talked to them this morning,” Kerr said. “We showed the standings. We showed them the point differential. We want that (No. 1 seed). It gives you the best matchup in the quarterfinals. If we drop down to two or three — which I think is unlikely but we’ve got to take care of our business — we possibly have a much tougher opponent.”
ANOTHER STEPHEN CURRY HIGHLIGHT: HE MISSED A TRIO OF 3S THAT WENT IN ANYWAY
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Stephen Curry missed three shots and made them all.
Really, that’s what happened.
Allow us to explain: The NBA’s all-time 3-point king was messing around a bit at practice as the U.S. men’s basketball team was getting in work at the Paris Olympics on Friday, shooting high-arching shots from about 35 feet.
His plan was to have the ball land a bit short of the rim, then bounce off the court back over the rim, hit the backboard and go through the hoop.
And he kept making the trick shot work. He added a little celebration at the end of all of them; a fist-pump, a little body English, a pirouette or sometimes just hopping with joy.
USA Basketball released video of Curry’s trickery, with someone asking him how he knows when the shot will be successful.
“You just gotta feel it,” Curry said.
The Golden State Warriors star is no stranger to making trick shots — and making them look much easier than they really are. At the Warriors’ former home, Oracle Arena, his pregame heaves from the courtside tunnel at the end of his warmup session were a nightly spectacle. And at the team’s current building, Chase Center, Curry has made similarly ridiculous shots from the stands and from well beyond the far end of the court.
The U.S. plays Puerto Rico on Saturday in the final game of the group phase. The Americans — seeking a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal — will then play in Paris in a quarterfinal game on Tuesday.
Curry is on the Olympic team for the first time. He has 3,747 3-pointers in NBA regular-season games, 774 more than Ray Allen, who is No. 2 on the all-time list.
US OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM SEEKS NO. 1 SEED GOING INTO PARIS GAMES QUARTERFINALS
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team had a 23-point lead over Serbia with seven seconds remaining in its opening contest at the Paris Games earlier this week. Had this been the Golden State Warriors with such a lead in the final moments, Stephen Curry would have simply let time expire.
Here, he shot a 3-pointer instead. He wasn’t running up the score. He was playing by Olympic rules.
Point differential is a tiebreaker used in FIBA competitions, including the Olympics, and basically it means the more you win by the better you’ll fare if a tiebreaker is necessary. It already has come into play at the Paris Games as far as which teams will make the quarterfinals, and the U.S. is mindful going into its group-stage finale against Puerto Rico on Saturday that a loss would hurt its seeding for the knockout round.
“In FIBA, point differential is a big thing,” U.S. guard Derrick White said Friday before the team practiced in Paris. “Even in the first two games, we were focusing on not taking the foot off the gas like you do in the NBA sometimes. It’s a little different than what we’re used to, but it’s all part of the tournament.”
The U.S. has outscored its first two opponents at the Olympics by 43 points — Serbia by 26, South Sudan by 17. A win on Saturday would finish off a 3-0 showing in group play and almost certainly would guarantee the Americans the No. 1 seed going into Tuesday’s quarterfinals.
How much does that matter?
“A lot,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said Friday. “We talked to them about it this morning. We showed the standings, we showed the point differential. We want the one seed. It gives you the best matchup in the quarterfinals.”
No matter what happens Saturday, the U.S. will play in the quarterfinals and Puerto Rico’s run at the Paris Games will end before the tournament actually shifts to Paris; games in the group phase have been held in Villeneuve-D’Ascq, about 2 1/2 hours by car or an hour by high-speed train north of the Olympic center.
But a win means the Americans almost certainly would face a team in the quarterfinals that went 1-2 in the group phase. A loss, and the U.S. would be 2-1 — and probably would see another 2-1 team in a win-or-go-home contest.
It’s something Olympic teams simply have to think about.
“We know how each game matters, how each minute matters with point differential,” France center Rudy Gobert said.
Holiday ailing with bad ankle
Kerr planned on going back to his Game 1 starting lineup — Curry, LeBron James, Devin Booker, Joel Embiid and Jrue Holiday — for the Puerto Rico game. Embiid and Holiday didn’t start Game 2 against South Sudan in favor of Anthony Davis and Jayson Tatum; Embiid didn’t play at all in that matchup.
But the plan may change yet again. Holiday rolled an ankle on Wednesday night and Kerr says he’s questionable for Saturday.
Durant expects to be a reserve the rest of way
Kevin Durant has come off the bench in exactly three NBA games in his career. He’ll come off the bench for the third time this week for the Olympic team, assuming Kerr doesn’t change his mind about who to start.
Durant says he doesn’t mind, and figures he’ll be a reserve for the rest of the Olympics. But to him, it’s about who finishes the game or has the biggest impact, not who is out there for the first few minutes.
“We’re in a rhythm and a groove right now with it,” Durant said. “But like I’ve been saying, whatever coach needs me to do, I’m willing to do.”
More KD, this time moving up the charts
Durant has 472 points in his Olympic career, the most in U.S. men’s history. He is 16 points away from tying Lisa Leslie for the most in U.S. Olympic basketball history.
Leslie is a four-time gold medalist. Durant is trying for his fourth gold as well.
U.S. SET WORLD RECORD IN 4×400 MIXED RELAY
The United States’ mixed 4×400-meter relay team set a world record in the first round of the event Friday at the Paris Olympics.
The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown won their heat in the record time of 3:07.41. They shattered the previous mark of 3:08.80, set by an American team at the 2023 World Championships in Bucharest.
Little, running the second leg, built a big lead, which the Americans didn’t surrender the rest of the race.
“I’ve gotten quite a few practices in over the last few days and we’ve just gotten better,” Little said. “We’ve got great chemistry.”
By the time Brown crossed the finish line, the U.S. had won by more than 40 meters, but the pace surprised even the runners. Finishing behind the Americans were France (3:10.6), Belgium (3:10.74), Jamaica (3:11.06) and Poland (3:11.43), all of whom advanced to the final from the field of eight teams.
“I knew we was up there,” said Deadmon, who ran the third leg. “I passed it off to Kaylyn and she brought it home and it said ‘world record’ and I was like, ‘Oh wow. That’s crazy.’”
The event final is set for Saturday night.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: GIANTS’ BLAKE SNELL NO-HITS REDS
Blake Snell hurled the first no-hitter of his career and the 18th in Giants franchise history as visiting San Francisco blanked the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 on Friday.
Snell (1-3), coming off a career-best 15-strikeout performance against the Colorado Rockies on July 27, was again overpowering, striking out 11 and working around three walks while getting a clutch line-drive double play.
After throwing seven no-hit innings last Sept. 19 against Colorado, Snell was taken out of the game with his pitch count at 104. Snell had never pitched into the ninth inning before Friday night. Snell, unaffected by a 60-minute weather delay to start the game, retired Elly De La Cruz on a fly to right to complete the no-hitter on 114 pitches.
Tyler Fitzgerald went 3-for-5 with a double, homer and two RBIs for San Francisco.
Twins 10, White Sox 2
Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and four RBIs as Minnesota pulled away in Minneapolis to hand Chicago its 18th consecutive loss.
Willi Castro finished 2-for-5 with a two-run homer for Minnesota, and Byron Buxton added a two-run shot. Joe Ryan (7-7) held the White Sox to two runs on three hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Miguel Vargas socked a two-run homer for Chicago, which managed only three hits while extending its franchise-worst skid. Davis Martin (0-1) allowed four runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Athletics 6, Dodgers 5
Oakland picked up in August where it left off in July, parlaying three home runs and steady pitching from Joey Estes into a victory over visiting Los Angeles.
Shea Langeliers, Seth Brown and Brent Rooker went deep for the A’s, who won for the 10th time in 14 games but had to survive a two-out, three-run homer by Shohei Ohtani in the ninth.
Tyler Ferguson retired Will Smith, representing the tying run, on a grounder to shortstop to end it. Estes (5-4) got the victory at the expense of the Dodgers’ top winner, rookie Gavin Stone (9-5). The Dodgers lost for the fifth time in six games.
Mariners 10, Phillies 2
Justin Turner hit a grand slam in his home debut as Seattle routed Philadelphia in the opener of a three-game interleague series.
Victor Robles, Luke Raley and Mitch Haniger also went deep and Bryan Woo (5-1) pitched seven scoreless innings for the Mariners, who won for the fifth time in seven games.
The Phillies lost their fifth in a row and dropped to 3-10 since the All-Star break. Tyler Phillips (3-1) took his first major league loss, allowing eight runs on five hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Rockies 5, Padres 2
Brendan Rodgers homered and Austin Gomber worked seven strong innings as visiting Colorado once again beat San Diego.
Gomber (3-7) permitted five hits and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts. The win was Colorado’s sixth in eight meetings with San Diego this season.
The Rockies took the lead for good with a three-run rally in the sixth against reliever Jeremiah Estrada (3-2). Kris Bryant put Colorado on top with a two-run single, and Jake Cave made it a two-run lead with a two-out single.
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5
Ernie Clement drove in three runs and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base four times as visiting Toronto knocked off New York.
The start of the game was delayed by rain for 86 minutes, and then the Blue Jays overcame Aaron Judge’s major-league-leading 40th homer. Toronto drove Yankees starter Marcus Stroman (7-6) out of the game in the third inning.
Guerrero extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single in the first inning, and Clement added a two-run double for a 3-0 lead. Brendon Little (1-1) got the win, and Chad Green earned his eighth save by striking out the side in the ninth.
Red Sox 11, Rangers 6
Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela each hit a two-run homer to lead Boston past Texas in Arlington, Texas.
Rafael Devers added a solo home run and Connor Wong collected four singles for the Red Sox. Boston second baseman Nick Sogard added a two-run single in his major league debut. Kutter Crawford (7-8) earned the win despite giving up five runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Corey Seager homered twice among his three hits and had three RBIs and three runs for the Rangers. Marcus Semien added a two-run blast and Leody Taveras had a solo shot. Jose Urena (3-6) surrendered seven runs in four-plus innings.
Cubs 6, Cardinals 3
Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run homer to power Chicago over visiting St. Louis.
Michael Busch also had a home run for the Cubs, who won their third straight game, including the first two of this four-game series. Seiya Suzuki hit a triple and a double, while starter Javier Assad allowed one run on four hits and three walks through four innings.
In his Cardinals debut, starting pitcher Erick Fedde (7-5) allowed five runs on six hits in five innings. Masyn Winn hit two singles.
Astros 3, Rays 2
Yainer Diaz recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and Yusei Kikuchi matched a franchise record by striking out eight consecutive batters at one point in his debut with host Houston, which rallied to beat Tampa Bay.
Diaz finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Kikuchi, acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays at the trade deadline, permitted two runs on three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. He fanned 11.
Dylan Carlson hit his first homer of the season for the Rays, and Yandy Diaz had two hits. Reliever Kevin Kelly (3-2) took the loss.
Braves 5, Marlins 3
Marcell Ozuna’s long sacrifice fly in the eighth inning drove in the go-ahead run and sent Atlanta to a come-from-behind win over visiting Miami, extending the Braves’ winning streak to four games.
The Braves improved to 7-1 against Miami this season. They rallied for three runs in the eighth inning against Calvin Faucher (2-3).
Reliever Aaron Bummer (3-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to get the win, and Joe Jimenez pitched around a single and a walk by striking out three in the ninth to earn his third save. Jonah Bride and Jake Burger homered for the Marlins.
Royals 9, Tigers 2
Salvadore Perez had a home run, three hits and scored three runs for visiting Kansas City.
Cole Ragans (8-7) gave up two runs and two hits while striking out six in 5 2/3 innings.
Detroit starter Tarik Skubal (12-4) was charged with five runs on seven hits while fanning eight in 6 1/3 innings. Justyn-Henry Malloy reached base four times and hit a two-run homer for the Tigers, who have lost five straight.
Diamondbacks 9, Pirates 8
Visiting Arizona won despite squandering an early five-run lead thanks to Geraldo Perdomo’s go-ahead double in the eighth.
Ketel Marte and former Pirate Josh Bell each homered twice and joined Joc Pederson as part of a back-to-back-to-back set in a five-run first.
Oneil Cruz had five hits and two RBIs for Pittsburgh.
Brewers 8, Nationals 3
Frankie Montas allowed three runs and nine hits in five-plus innings to lead Milwaukee past host Washington in his Brewers debut.
Acquired from the Cincinnati Reds at the trade deadline, Montas (5-8) struck out five and did not walk a batter. Sal Frelick had two hits and scored three times while William Contreras homered for Milwaukee, which ended a two-game skid.
Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin (8-9) allowed four runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Guardians 8, Orioles 4
Cleveland pitchers held visiting Baltimore to one hit through the first six innings en route to its fifth straight victory.
Josh Naylor’s third hit of the game was a two-run double that expanded the Guardians’ one-run lead to three. Austin Hedges added two RBIs, and Cade Smith (6-1) was the winning pitcher with 1 2/3 innings of shutout relief.
Baltimore has dropped back-to-back games after winning four of five. Orioles starter Dean Kremer (4-8) was dinged for four runs on six hits in five innings.
Mets 5, Angels 1
Pete Alonso smashed a two-run homer and Paul Blackburn pitched six solid innings in his New York debut as the Mets best Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Brandon Nimmo had three hits as New York won for the eighth time in 11 games. Blackburn (5-2), acquired from the Oakland Athletics at the trade deadline, gave up one run on six hits in improving to 5-0 all-time against the Angels.
Mickey Moniak and Nolan Schanuel had two hits apiece for Los Angeles, which lost for the sixth time in eight contests. Tyler Anderson (8-10) allowed three runs and eight hits over five innings.
J.D. DAVIS RELEASED BY THE YANKEES AFTER HITTING .105 IN 7 GAMES
NEW YORK (AP) — Infielder J.D. Davis was released by the New York Yankees on Friday after hitting .105 with one RBI in 22 plate appearances over seven games.
The 31-year-old was acquired from Oakland on June 23 for minor league infielder Jordan Groshans. He made six starts for the Yankees, four at first base and two at designated hitter.
Davis hit .232 with four homers and five RBIs in 135 plate appearances with the Athletics, who signed him in mid-March. He defeated San Francisco in arbitration last winter and was awarded a $6.9 million salary as part of a nonguaranteed contract, then was released by the Giants during spring training and given $1,112,903 in termination pay.
He signed a $2.5 million, one-year deal with the A’s, who as part of the trade agreed to pay the Yankees $927,312 on Oct. 11. The Yankees designated Davis for assignment on Sunday.
New York also assigned infielder/outfielder Jahmai Jones outright to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Jones hit .238 with one homer and four RBIs in 47 plate appearances over 33 games.
YANKEES ADD RHP ENYEL DE LOS SANTOS TO ACTIVE ROSTER
The New York Yankees added recently acquired right-handed pitcher Enyel De Los Santos to the active roster Friday as they prepare to open a three-game series against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays.
De Los Santos was shipped to the Yankees on Tuesday in a trade-deadline deal with the San Diego Padres. The Yankees also acquired minor league right-hander Thomas Balboni Jr. from the Padres for minor league outfielder Brandon Lockridge.
De Los Santos, 28, was in his first season with the Padres and went 1-2 with one save and a 4.46 ERA over 44 appearances (40 1/3 innings).
He had two stellar years with the Cleveland Guardians before being traded west last offseason; De Los Santos went 10-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 120 relief appearances for Cleveland in 2022-23.
The Yankees enter Friday night’s game tied with the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the American League East.
REPORTS: O’S CALLING UP TOP-15 PROSPECT COBY MAYO
Infielder Coby Mayo, one of the top prospects in baseball, is expected to make his major league debut Friday for the Baltimore Orioles, according to multiple reports.
Mayo, 22, has an OPS of .929 across parts of four minor league seasons since being taken by the Orioles with a 2020 fourth-round pick out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Rated as the No. 15 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Mayo is batting .301 with 20 home runs and 61 RBIs in 77 games this season at Triple A-Norfolk.
His call-up likely is a response to an injury to All-Star infielder Jordan Westburg, who landed on the 10-day injured list Thursday. Westburg, 25, sustained a broken right hand when he was hit by a pitch from Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 10-4 win against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Orioles will meet the Guardians in Cleveland on Friday in the second game of a four-game series. Baltimore is tied with the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East after a 10-3 loss to the Guardians on Thursday.
NFL NEWS
BAILEY ZAPPE HAS GONE FROM PATRIOTS’ STARTING QB TO COMPETING FOR A ROSTER SPOT
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The only quarterback on the Patriots’ roster to have started a game for New England over the past two seasons is something of a forgotten man at this year’s training camp.
Bailey Zappe made six starts for the Patriots in 2023 and two as a rookie a year earlier. Now he’s fighting for a roster spot, stuck behind veteran Jacoby Brissett and first-round draft pick Drake Maye on the depth chart.
Brissett and Maye have split first-team reps at training camp. Zappe’s competition for the No. 3 spot is another rookie, Joe Milton III. At times, the sixth-round draft pick has flashed the athleticism that made him an intriguing prospect coming out of Tennessee.
If Zappe hopes to remain a Patriot in September, the 25-year-old needs to demonstrate that he has more value and upside than Milton. Zappe didn’t attempt a pass during team drills on Friday.
“That’s really up to the coaches and what they fit,” Zappe said afterward, responding to a question about whether he’s received enough reps to make his case for the job.
“Coach (Jerod) Mayo has preached quality over quantity. That’s been my whole mindset going into training camp. Whether it’s five (reps), 10 or none, I’m going to do everything I can to help the team win, whether that’s helping Jacoby or Drake out after they go through their series,” Zappe said.
Zappe heard Patriots fans chant his name when they were fed up with 2021 first-round pick Mac Jones, who was traded to Jacksonville this offseason.
But after Zappe went 2-0 as a starter and completed 70.7% of his passes as a rookie, he went 2-4 in 2023, completing 59.9% and throwing more interceptions (nine) than touchdown passes (six).
“I’ve been careful with the ball (in camp), not having any turnovers,” Zappe said. “I think the reps are going to come. I believe in the coaches. I believe when the opportunity presents itself, I’ll take advantage of it.”
Zappe is optimistic about his future because he’s proved he can start and win in the NFL.
“You have that on your resume. Nobody is ever going to forget that, whether that’s here or wherever,” Zappe said. “Obviously, I want to be here. I want to do anything I can to help this organization win. It’s hard, but I’m trying to be the best teammate I can.”
SAINTS SIGN WR SAMSON NACUA, PUKA’S BROTHER
The New Orleans Saints signed wide receiver Samson Nacua, the older brother of Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua, the team announced Friday.
To make room for Nacua, the Saints terminated the contract of their No. 4 quarterback in training camp, Nathan Peterman.
Nacua, 26, played college football at Utah (2017-20) and BYU (2021), catching 103 passes for 1,344 yards and 14 touchdowns.
After appearing in two games for USFL’s Pittsburgh Maulers in 2023, Nacua played for the UFL’s Michigan Panthers this past season, notching 11 receptions for 125 yards.
Nacua has never played in the NFL, though he was signed as an undrafted free agent for the Indianapolis Colts in 2022 and attended the team’s training camp that year.
Nacua joins another new wide receiver, Marquez Callaway, who signed with the Saints on Thursday. New Orleans is dealing with injuries to receivers Cedrick Wilson (groin), Equanimeous St. Brown (hamstring) and Bub Means (shin).
CHIEFS’ CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE OPENS UP ABOUT PTSD DIAGNOSIS
Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire revealed over social media that he has experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for over 5 1/2 years.
On Thursday, Edwards-Helaire shed light on the dark times he has experienced by going through PTSD — such as flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety.
“Sometimes I’m admitted into the hospital, something like I can’t stop throwing up and it’s just, I (don’t) know (anything) pretty much to stop it,” Edwards-Helaire said.
“… Real bad dehydration … but it’s really just mentally just not being there. It is one of those things where early on guys who kind of pay attention like Travis (Kelce) and Kadarius (Toney) at times, they can even, they’ll know ahead of time like, ‘OK, Clyde’s not laughing, he’s not giggling, he’s not himself.’”
Edwards’ words came three days after he opened up about his condition on social media.
“Living With PTSD is no small feat, its hard and very overwhelming,” he wrote on Twitter. “Within the last month I’ve Had many flare ups and the Amazing staff here at the Chiefs have been helping me get through some tough times.”
Edwards, 25, has missed multiple practices thus far during his four-year NFL career, with the team often listing his absences as illness-related.
As for when his PTSD started, Edwards-Helaire was quick to pinpoint the date: Dec. 22, 2018, one month after he and LSU teammate Jared Hall thwarted a robbery.
“My best friend and I got into a self-defense situation,” Edwards-Helaire said. “That’s probably where the majority of things stem from.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say everything stemmed from that. I have best friends that passed away at young ages from gun violence and just not being in the right places at the right time and just knowing that I have people that are close to me or around me who … could be in the same spots that I am.”
Edwards-Helaire noted how his view of PTSD has changed over time.
“My first couple of years, you just try to block everything out and it’s like, ‘Oh, at some point I’m going to get over it,’” he said. “And you start to realize that that just doesn’t happen. You get older and you realize, ‘Hey, no matter the age, no matter the person, no matter the situation, everyone needs help at some point.’ It takes courage to talk about it and having PTSD and dealing with it once people kind of bring it up, it is not something that I’d always want to talk about. I never really know how my body will react or my mind, it is just something that I can’t really pinpoint or know exactly what’s going to happen.
“I feel like talking is a big thing, but it is just getting over that hump personally, being able to know that honestly, just everybody goes through things good (and) bad … It’s a steppingstone. I’m just 25 years old and trying to live the rest of my life healthy.”
Edwards-Helaire was the Chiefs’ first-round draft pick (No. 32 overall) in 2020. He lost his starting job to Isiah Pacheco during the 2022 campaign, and 2023 saw his lowest production yet.
In 15 games (three starts) last season, Edwards-Helaire had 70 carries for 223 rushing yards and one touchdown. He also had 17 receptions for 188 yards and a touchdown.
Over 48 career games (32 starts), Edwards-Helaire has amassed 1,845 rushing yards, caught 89 passes for 765 yards and totaled 19 touchdowns (12 rushing, seven receiving).
REPORT: SEAHAWKS QB GENO SMITH SHOULDN’T MISS TIME DUE TO INJURIES
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith is not expected to miss any time after tests for knee and hip injuries did not reveal any significant damage, ESPN reported on Friday.
Smith didn’t take part in the Seahawks’ walk-through Wednesday and watched from the sideline on Thursday when the team resumed practicing in pads.
Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said Thursday that Smith has been “working through a couple of things from the other day.”
With Smith out, offseason acquisition Sam Howell — who came over in a March trade with the Washington Commanders — took first-team reps on Wednesday and Thursday. Former Carolina Panthers signal-caller PJ Walker is Seattle’s third-string QB.
Smith, 33, completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 3,624 yards with 20 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 15 games last season. He was named to his second straight Pro Bowl last season.
JETS PASS ON JARVIS LANDRY, SIGN TWO OTHER WRS FROM UFL
Five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry was unsuccessful in his latest bid to return to the NFL.
Landry tried out with the New York Jets on Thursday, marking the second time this offseason that he has been brought in by an NFL team. Landry participated in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ rookie minicamp back in April.
The Jets, however, passed on signing Landry and reached an agreement with two former UFL players, wide receiver Isaiah Winstead and fellow wideout Brandon Smith, on Friday.
Landry, 31, was released by the Cleveland Browns in 2022 after they traded for fellow wideout Amari Cooper. Landry played for the New Orleans Saints in 2022 but was limited to nine games due to multiple injuries. He caught 25 passes for 272 yards and one touchdown.
Injuries were a hurdle for Landry in his final two seasons with Cleveland and he previously played for the Miami Dolphins.
Landry has 713 catches for 7,870 yards with 38 touchdowns in 132 career games (116 starts) with the Dolphins, Browns and Saints.
RB D’ONTA FOREMAN (NECK) BACK WITH BROWNS AFTER HOSPITALIZATION
Cleveland Browns running back D’Onta Foreman was released from the hospital and is back with the team on Friday, one day after he sustained a head and neck injury in practice.
Foreman, 28, was immobilized on a backboard after an injury during a punt drill at training camp in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The team said that he sustained a direct blow to the head that resulted in neck pain.
Foreman was taken to a hospital in a helicopter on Thursday, the team said. X-rays and scans reportedly were negative.
“Obviously very, very scary,” Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski told reporters Friday at camp. “And credit to our medical staff. You’re always being cautious there and they followed the protocols and made sure that he got great treatment right there.
“I saw him yesterday when he got back. He was tired so he’s getting plenty of rest but scary, and thank God he’s OK.”
Although back with the team, Foreman was not on the field at training camp Friday, and it’s not clear when he’ll return to action on the field.
Foreman expressed gratitude on Instagram, writing: “I wanna say THANK YOU ALL from the bottom of my heart to everyone who reached out to me and or prayed for me. … I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared/nervous earlier, but GOD was with me and those prayers.”
Foreman signed a one-year deal with the Browns, his fifth NFL team, in April. He rushed for 425 yards and four TDs in nine games (eight starts) with the Chicago Bears in 2023.
A third-round pick by Houston in 2017, Foreman has gained 2,668 yards from scrimmage with 17 touchdowns in 52 games (21 starts) with the Texans (2017-18), Tennessee Titans (2020-21), Carolina Panthers (2022) and Bears.
PATRIOTS SIGN T KELLEN DIESCH, S A.J. THOMAS
The New England Patriots signed tackle Kellen Diesch and former UFL safety A.J. Thomas on Friday.
Diesch, 26, signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2022 and has been on the practice squads of the Chicago Bears (2022) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2023). He was released by the Cleveland Browns in May.
Thomas, 24, played for the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions during the 2024 spring season and tallied 23 tackles and three interceptions in 12 games. He played in six games for the Bears from 2022-23 and made four tackles.
The Patriots released tackle Tyrone Wheatley Jr. and running back Deshaun Fenwick to make room on the roster.
49ERS SIGN OL PAT ELFLEIN TO 1-YEAR CONTRACT
Offensive lineman Pat Elflein signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Friday.
Financial terms were not disclosed for Elflein, who last played in an NFL game in 2022. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals in July 2023 before being placed on injured reserve the following month.
Elflein, 30, started 64 of the 65 career games in which he played with the Minnesota Vikings (2017-20), New York Jets (2020) and Carolina Panthers (2021-22). He was selected by the Vikings in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Ohio State.
The 49ers waived offensive lineman Briason Mays in a corresponding move on Friday. Mays, 24, signed with San Francisco after playing collegiately with West Virginia (2018-20) and Southern Mississippi (2021-23).
JULIUS PEPPERS, DWIGHT FREENEY LEAD RUSH INTO HALL OF FAME
Dwight Freeney was too short. Devin Hester undersized, and without a natural NFL position. Julius Peppers and Andre Johnson? Physical freaks and blue-chip talents viewed as potential greats.
On Saturday, a new and lasting label applies: Hall of Famer.
San Francisco 49ers tackle machine Patrick Willis, Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar — on his 35th year of eligibility — and Chicago Bears defensive tackle Steve McMichael (25th year of eligibility) also are part of the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class voted into legendary status to be recognized in Canton, Ohio, this weekend. McMichael, who is battling ALS, will be awarded his golden jacket and bust by Hall of Fame president Jim Porter as part of the class enshrinement ceremony on Saturday.
At 6-foot-7 and 295 pounds, the ageless Peppers, the only member of the class voted in on the first ballot, was the No. 2 pick in the 2002 draft and played 17 years with the Carolina Panthers, Bears and Green Bay Packers. Peppers was fourth on all-time sacks list with 159.5 when he retired and is the only player in NFL history with at least 100 sacks and 10 or more interceptions. He ranks second all-time with 52 career forced fumbles and, in a nod to his longevity, the six-time All-Pro was on the NFL’s all-decade team for the 2000s and 2010s.
Former Panthers coach John Fox and ex-Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme said Peppers’ greatness was something to behold. More athletic than tight ends, faster than running backs and stronger than blockers, he was a one-man show at practice and on game day.
“When you are so exceptional amongst your peers, and you do it on such a regular basis, you can’t throw the guy a parade every day, right? And it probably wasn’t fair to him that we all just expected greatness on such a regular basis,” said Greg Olsen, who played with Peppers with the Bears and in his late-career return to Carolina.
The Indianapolis Colts ignored prototypes and selected Freeney 11th overall in the same draft (2002). He quickly joined the Indianapolis core that won Super Bowl XLI and played in two others and was informed of his selection in February by fellow Hall of Famer Tony Dungy, the longtime coach of the Colts.
Freeney was eight inches shorter and 27 pounds lighter than Peppers. He flourished in Dungy’s defensive scheme. The three-time first-team All-Pro retired with 125.5 sacks, 148 quarterback hits and 128 tackles for loss and still ranks third all-time — close behind Peppers — with 47 forced fumbles in his 16 pro seasons.
“He was tremendous, and he was in the perfect situation,” said Dungy, who is on the Hall of Fame Selection Committee.
“We played on AstroTurf. We had the lead a lot. People were going to have to throw against us. That was the reason we selected him, and he certainly validated all of our beliefs. He played great football for us.”
Former Houston Texans general manager Charley Casserly openly debated where Johnson ranks among all-time greats in 2016, long before Johnson was in the formal Gold Jacket conversation. He did not focus on the natural traits — size, speed, power, explosiveness — but credited Johnson’s unparalleled work ethic for his success.
“Jerry Rice is acknowledged as the best receiver in football. I’ll say this, Andre had as much talent as Jerry Rice, he just didn’t play for the 49ers with a Super Bowl team and Hall of Fame quarterbacks in their prime. He’s as good as Jerry Rice, in my opinion, in all areas — including work ethic,” Casserly said.
Johnson stood apart with his ability to find the end zone. The Texans’ first-round pick in 2003 finished his career with 1,062 catches and 70 touchdowns, and he finished with seven 1,000-yard seasons during his 14-year career.
Hester was used as a wide receiver in the NFL, but his achievements on special teams for transformational. He holds the NFL record with 20 overall return touchdowns, as well as the league record with 14 punt return TDs. Hester’s highlights included returning the opening kickoff of Super Bowl XLI for a touchdown against Indianapolis. He also caught 255 passes for 3,311 yards and 16 touchdowns during his career.
“All week, we weren’t going to kick to him. Saturday night, the team meeting we kind of got fired up, ‘he’s not that good, we can kick to him,’” Peyton Manning, the winning quarterback in that Super Bowl, recalled in a TV interview earlier this year. “I’m like, ‘Who’s idea was that?’ At the Super Bowl, opening kickoff, everyone’s taking pictures with flash photography. I was literally looking up at the stands at that, and I’m like, ‘I haven’t heard a whistle yet.’ That’s because Devin Hester’s running 103 yards for a touchdown.”
Willis’ wait ended after five years of eligibility. Although his career was shortened because of injuries, he was a five-time All-Pro and seven Pro Bowl pick in eight years with the 49ers.
The Hall of Fame Senior Committee selected the two senior-most members of the class.
Nobody waited longer than Gradishar, who played from 1974-83 and was a finalist three previous times. A seven-time Pro Bowl selection and member of the “Orange Crush” defense, Gradishar had 2,049 tackles and was the NFL’s leader at the time of his retirement.
McMichael, affectionately known as “Mongo” by Bears fans, was a key part of Chicago’s 1985 Super Bowl championship team. The defensive lineman finished his career with 95 sacks and 13 forced fumbles and gained notoriety for his fearless playing style as a stout and scrappy 270-pound nose tackle.
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FLORIDA WR EUGENE WILSON III PLANS TO USE ALL-SEC SNUB AS MOTIVATION DURING SOPHOMORE SEASON
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida receiver Eugene Wilson III could have landed on one of the All-Southeastern Conference preseason teams.
No one would have balked.
Wilson had 61 catches for 538 yards and six touchdowns last season, by far the most by any freshman in the league. That’s while serving as quarterback Graham Mertz’s second option behind standout Ricky Pearsall, who went on to become a first-round draft pick by San Francisco in April.
Nonetheless, Wilson’s debut season wasn’t enough to garner any love from league media heading into Year 2 as he was left off the preseason teams.
“Obviously, it’s kind of a bummer not to see my name up there,” Wilson said after practice Thursday. “But at the end of the day, I had a few people sending me videos or pictures of that. But I just go ahead and ‘liked’ the messages because it’s not too much to say with my name not being up there.
“But I’ll put in my back pocket and keep it on hold for the rest of the season.”
Wilson should have plenty of chances to prove he’s one of the SEC’s elite when Florida opens the season against in-state rival Miami in the Swamp on Aug. 31. The Tampa native better known as “Tre” is expected to be the centerpiece of coach Billy Napier’s offense in 2024.
“We’re going to get our money’s worth out of Tre Wilson, I can promise you that,” Napier said.
Wilson welcomed a heavier workload while dodging questions about where he might line up against the Hurricanes. Outside? Slot? In the backfield? Maybe even at quarterback?
He’ll likely be more involved as a kickoff and punt returner.
“Whatever they need,” he said.
The Gators need him to stay healthy. The 5-foot-10, 183-pound sophomore missed two games because of a bruised collarbone last year. That included a 33-14 loss at Kentucky when Florida fell behind 23-0 because the Gators failed to slow down the Wildcats or keep pace with them.
Wilson returned and was at his best down the stretch, although he failed to top 100 yards receiving in any game and finished the year averaging less than 9 yards a reception.
He insists he’s bigger, stronger and faster now. He said he gained 10 pounds in the spring while maintaining his quick twitch and has embraced recovery methods that once seemed unnecessary; he’s now a regular in the cold tub after trying to avoid it as a freshman.
“You got to do what you got to do to take care of your body because it’s a moneymaker,” he said.
Wilson, the son of two-time Super Bowl-winning safety Eugene Wilson, has NFL aspirations. He’s already drawn comparison to former Florida great Percy Harvin, who put up modest numbers as a freshman before emerging as one of the most explosive players in college football history the next two years.
Like Harvin, Wilson will have to share the ball. Napier, entering his third and most crucial season in Gainesville, took steps to ensure opposing defenses can’t focus on Wilson.
Napier signed two experienced seniors in the transfer portal — Elijhah Badger of Arizona State and Chimere Dike of Wisconsin – and has freshmen Aidan Mizell, Andy Jean, and Tank Hawkins ready to contribute. Throw in Kahleil Jackson, Marcus Burke and Ja’Quavion Fraziars and this could be Florida’s deepest and most talent-receiving corps in years.
Badger and Dike have combined for 239 receptions for 3,118 yards and 19 touchdowns in college, with most of those coming over the past two seasons.
Mizell and Hawkins, meanwhile, will be instrumental in helping Florida stretch the field. The speedsters have topped 23 mph in workouts. Equally important, Napier believes an improved offensive line will give Mertz more time to deliver passes down the field — with Wilson likely being the ultimate beneficiary and maybe doing enough to gain postseason recognition.
“We’re always going to be intentional about who we get the ball to, with Tre Wilson being at the top of that list, for sure,” Napier said.
KENTUCKY GIVEN 2 YEARS OF PROBATION BY NCAA AFTER SETTLING FOOTBALL INFRACTIONS CASE
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky and the NCAA settled Friday over infractions that included 11 football players getting paid for work they did not perform in 2021 and ’22.
The negotiated resolution said the school agreed with the NCAA Committee on Infractions that some football players received impermissible benefits and that rules violations took place in the school’s swimming program.
Kentucky agreed to spend two years on probation, pay an undisclosed fine, and vacate records of any games in which ineligible football players competed.
Of the 11 players paid for not working, eight played and received “actual and necessary expenses while ineligible.”
The school and the NCAA agreed that no member of the athletic department knew or should have “reasonably” known about the no-show jobs.
Kentucky agreed with the NCAA regarding the swimming infractions, which involved men’s and women’s swimmers who weren’t given required days off and who exceeded practice hours for three years.
The school agreed that it failed to monitor its swimming and diving program and that the head coach was responsible for the violations.
Kentucky said its former swimming and diving coach did not participate in the agreement, so his portion of the case will be considered separately by the NCAA committee on infractions.
Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky’s swim coach from 2014-2023, was not named in releases by the NCAA or the school Friday. Jorgensen resigned in June 2023 after being suspended by the school amid the NCAA investigation.
Kentucky said in a statement it could not comment further until the full decision is released by the NCAA.
“We respect the findings. There is a process. We participated in it. We accept the final resolution, and we are moving forward,” University president Eli Caplouto said in a message to the Kentucky community.
The NCAA said Kentucky can begin serving penalties as it awaits the infraction committee’s final decision.
GARY PATTERSON, BAYLOR AGREE TO PART WAYS
Gary Patterson is no longer a “senior-level strategic consultant” for the Baylor football program, less than six months since he accepted the job.
Baylor said in a statement Friday that Patterson and the program are parting ways four weeks before the start of the new season.
Patterson, 64, was the longtime head coach at TCU (2000-21) and spent the 2022 season at Texas as a special assistant to the head coach. He headed to Waco to join the Bears in early February.
“Baylor Football and Gary Patterson have jointly concluded their official partnership,” Baylor said in a statement. “Gary joined us as a senior consultant in February, and he has been a tremendous asset to the team, providing valuable insights and expertise. We are truly grateful for everything he has contributed and wish him all the best as he embarks on the next chapter of his storied career.”
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that the mutual decision came because the sides realized the relationship “just wasn’t working.”
Meanwhile, Patterson told Waco radio station ESPN Central Texas that he had been thinking about leaving since June.
With Patterson a defensive-minded coach and Baylor head coach Dave Aranda taking over defensive play-calling this season, the relationship ran its course.
“Dave stepping back in to become the defensive coordinator and doing all that, I just kind of felt like I’d taken them as far as I could take them as far as working with them,” Patterson told the radio station. “So they could go do their thing and I could be out of the way.”
Patterson went 181-79 as the head coach of TCU and resigned the post during the 2021 season. He is the winningest head coach in Horned Frogs’ history.
Baylor begins its season Aug. 31 with a game against Tarleton State.
NHL NEWS
MAPLE LEAFS INK 1ST-ROUND PICK BEN DANFORD TO ELC
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Ben Danford signed a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday.
Danford, 18, was selected by the Maple Leafs with the 31st overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft.
“I am honored to sign my first NHL contract with the Maple Leafs,” Danford wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way.”
Danford recorded 33 points (one goal, 32 assists) in 64 games last season with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. The 6-foot-1 Ontario native added 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 21 playoff games to help the club reach the championship series of the playoffs.
Danford notched 54 points (five goals, 49 assists) in 127 career games with the Generals.
GOLF NEWS
DEWI WEBER MAKES STATEMENT WITH 62, LEADS IN PORTLAND
Dewi Weber of the Netherlands scorched Columbia Edgewater Country Club with a 10-under-par 62 to take the halfway lead at the Portland Classic on Friday in Oregon.
Weber finished her round with five straight birdies to leap ahead to 16-under 128. She is two shots in front of Andrea Lee, who shot 63 on Friday, and Germany’s Polly Mack (67).
Weber, 28, was one of three Dutch golfers who qualified to compete in the Paris Olympics but were controversially denied by their own country’s Olympic committee. In essence, the Dutch governing body argued that the golfers were unlikely to place highly in the Olympic competition.
Asked if the Olympic snub was on her mind this week, Weber replied, “Not much.”
“I’m disappointed obviously, but it’s a chapter that for me I’ve closed,” Weber said. “Listen, if I win on Sunday, like I think that would make a statement obviously, but it’s not as if I’m trying to play here to make a point.
“The point I’m trying to make is that I’m a good golfer and good enough to be on the LPGA Tour, because I’ve been on Epson (Tour) this entire year.”
Weber is making just her second LPGA start this year. After rattling off seven successive birdies at the second through eighth holes during the first round on Thursday, her encore was a 10-birdie, zero-bogey card on Friday.
“(Thursday) I hit poorer shots that ended up in good places and I made my putts,” Weber said. “Today I hit good drives, hit good iron shots, and then I just finished it off with a putt. It felt easy.”
Lee, the 2022 Portland Classic champion, started her round on the back nine and ripped off six birdies in a row at Nos. 11-16. She climbed to 15 under for the tournament before closing with her only bogey of the day at No. 9.
“It’s always great to come back here,” the California native said. “I always find the course conditions to be perfect. It’s a great golf course. Obviously a lot of the low scores out here, but I feel really comfortable out here. I don’t know, just kind of feels like my home course away from home almost.”
Mack, ranked No. 419 in the world entering the week, was the 18-hole leader after an opening 63. Her second round included an eagle at the par-5 seventh, five birdies and two bogeys.
Jenny Shin of South Korea and Grace Kim of Australia each shot 65 to move into a tie for fourth at 13 under. Alexa Pano (64) and Emma Talley (67) are tied for sixth at 12 under.
The cut line was at 5 under par. Former major winners Sei Young Kim of South Korea (4 under) and Stacy Lewis (2 under) were among the notables to miss the cut.
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INDIANA SRN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WATCH LIST UPDATED: WR’S
WR EUGENE HILTON ZIONSVILLE 6’1 190: 46 REC, 836 YARDS, 10TD…(COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN)
WR GABE ARAMBOLES WESTFIELD 6’0” 195: 41REC, 583 YARDS, 6TD (MISSED 3 GAMES-INJURY)
WR TRISTAN BAXTER CENTER GROVE 6’0” 165: 22REC, 338 YARDS 2TD
WR JORIAN BROOKS BLOOMINGTON NORTH 31 REC, 724 YARDS, 6TD
WR AVERY MITCHELL BEN DAVIS 5’7” 155: 468 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS…(TRANSFER FROM SPEEDWAY)
WR BREVIN HOLUBAR CENTER GROVE 6’2” 180: 39 REC, 744 YARDS, 6TD
WR BYRON HON PERRY MERIDIAN 5’9” 150: 40 REC, 691 YARDS, 6TD
WR JONANTHONY HALL FISHERS 6’2 180: 69 REC, 1,055 YARDS, 6TD….(COMMITTED TO STANFORD)
WR ISAAC KAISER FLOYD CENTRAL 6’4 190: 41 REC, 912 YARDS, 13TD
WR JA’MIR BOUIE AVON 6’2” 170: 40REC, 415 YARDS, 5TD (PLAINFIELD)
WR SHAWN CURRY AVON 5’11” 150: 26 REC, 477 YARDS, 5TD
WR TJ STEWART AVON: 25 REC, 357 YARDS
WR CHAZZ CORLEY WARREN CENTRAL 6’2” 175: 23REC, 405 YARDS, TD
WR AJ JOHNSON CATHEDRAL 6’5” 185: 20 REC, 372 YARDS, 7TD
WR DEVAUGHN SLAUGHTER CATHEDRAL 6’0” 175: 53 REC, 373 YARDS, 7TD
WR DAMIR SWANIGAN FRANKLIN CENTRAL 6’3” 180: 19 REC, 211 YARDS, 2TD
WR JAYLAN JOHNSON SEYMOUR 6’4 185: 58 REC, 1,003 YARDS, 9TD
WR TYLER CHAMPION HAMILTON HEIGHTS 5’10” 165: 41REC, 645 YARDS, 7TD
WR BENNY SPEAKER WEST LAFAYETTE 5’9 147: 88 REC, 968 YARDS, 10TD
WR KADEN BRUHN MOORESVILLE 5’11” 160: 41REC, 548 YARDS, 3TD
WR BEAU BRAUN WESTFIELD 6’2” 190: 26 REC, 387 YARDS, TD
WR PARKER KNOTT WESTFIELD 6’2” 187: 27 REC, 324 YARDS, TD
WR TYLER RUXER HERITAGE HILLS 6’4 175: 27 REC, 545 YARDS, 9TD
WR NILYN COMPTON SOUTHPORT 6’4” 160: 16 REC, 221 YARDS, 2TD (PLAYED ONLY 7 GAMES-INJURY)
WR DAVION CHANDLER LAWRENCE NORTH 6’0” 170: 40 REC, 779 YARDS, 13TD….(COMMITTED TO INDIANA)
WR DAMARIO MOORE LAWRENCE NORTH 5’8” 162: 18 REC, 312 YARDS, TD
WR TYRUS GRAVERSON BREMEN 5’9 185: 71 REC, 1,323 YARDS, 10TD
WR JAYLEN WHITE BISHOP LUERS 6’2 170: 40 REC, 586 YARDS, 8TD
WR DEVUAN JONES INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 5’9 165: 28 REC, 611 YARDS, 9TD
WR LJ WARD INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 5’10” 150: 17 REC, 311 YARDS, 6TD (INJURED, PLAYED JUST 5 GAMES)
WR/DB MARK ZACHERY BEN DAVIS 6’0” 160: 53 REC, 823 YDS, 8TD….(COMMITTED TO NOTRE DAME)
WR JUSTUS ULLOM MONROE CENTRAL 5’11 175: 18 REC, 236 YARDS, 4TD
WR GABE ARAMBOLES WESTFIELD 6’0 200: 41REC, 583YDS, 6TD
WR AIDEN BREWER NOBLESVILLE 6’4 215: 22REC, 399YDS, 2TD
WR LEBRON HILL HAMMOND MORTON 6’5″ 180: 34REC, 564 YARDS, 8TD….(COMMITTED TO PURDUE)
WR HUNTER STROUD MARTINSVILLE 5’11 170: 66REC, 950 YDS, 6TD
WR STRATTON FULLER COLUMBIA CITY 5’11 175: 45 REC, 707 YDS, 9TD…(COMMITTED TO ARMY)
WR FUDDY KILE MACONAQUAH 6’2 165: 74 REC, 1,291 YDS, 15TD
WR EJ MILLER EASTSIDE 5’11 170: 14 REC, 195 YDS
WR RYLIE HUDSON LAPEL 5’10” 190: 55 REC, 666 YARDS, 10TD
WR JACKSON CAIN LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 5’9 193: 48 REC, 470 YDS, 6 TD, 274 RUSHING YARDS, 4TD
ATH LUKE ELLSPERMANN EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 5’11 165: 52REC, 670 YDS, 7TD, 367 RUSHING YARDS, 4TD, 388 PASSING YARDS, 8TD
WR BRAYLEN WORD EASTERN 6’0” 175: 57REC, 1,131 YDS, 13TD
WR ISAIAH KISH CALUMET CHRISTIAN 5’10” 155: 63REC, 1,069 YDS, 16TD
WR RAY CLAYTON LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 6’5” 180: 80REC, 1,024 YDS, 7TD
WR TAYLOR CLARK BREBEUF 6’1” 157: 55REC, 996 YARDS, 17TD
WR TIZHAUN TOMLINSON EVANSVILLE BOSSE: 66REC, 928 YARDS, 7TD
WR AVERY COOK FT. WAYNE CONCORDIA 6’2” 183: 70REC, 871 YARDS, 8TD
WR BRANSYN ENSOR SOUTH PUTNAM 5’9” 150: 26 REC, 788 YARDS, 30.3YPC
TE ANDREW BARKER KOKOMO 6’4” 230: 23REC, 324 YARDS, 4TD….(COMMITTED TO INDIANA)
TE DOMINICK BARRY CENTER GROVE 6’4” 225: 8 REC, 120 YARDS, TD (PLAYED ONLY 5 GAMES-INJURED)
TE CHRIS HERRIN TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 6’5 220: 61 REC, 839 YARDS, 8TD
TE ZACH LITCHFIELD HERITAGE 6’6” 200: 23REC, 405 YARDS, 8TD, 17.6YPC
TE NIZYI DAVIS LAWRENCE CENTRAL 6’5 215: 29 REC, 410 YARDS, TD…COMMITTED TO WISCONSIN)
TE BROCK SCHOTT LEO 6’3 220: 35 REC, 743 YARDS, 6TD….(COMMITTED TO MIAMI, FL)
TE ANDREW MONDAY MISSISSINAWA 6’1 190: 33 REC, 635 YARDS, 9TD, 886 RUSHING YARDS, 6TD
TE JACE SCRAFTON DANVILLE 6’6 210: 31 REC, 385 YARDS, 6TD
TE KAYDEN RUBLE EASTERN HANCOCK 6’4 230: 37 REC, 444 YARDS, 4TD
TE XANDER JONES NORTH DECATUR 6’2 200: 13 REC, 114 YARDS, 2TD
TE JAYLAN JOHNSON SEYMOUR 6’2” 190: 58REC, 1,003 YARDS, 9TD
TE/LB TREVOR GIBBS CROWN POINT 6’3” 230…(OFFERS FROM BALL STATE, MIAMI, OH, WESTERN MICHIGAN, INDIANA AND PURDUE)
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS’ NINE-GAME WIN STREAK SNAPPED BY MUD HENS
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians broke up a shutout bid with three round-trippers courtesy of Billy McKinney, Henry Davis and Jose Rojas, but could not overcome an early deficit as their nine-game win streak was snapped by the Toledo Mud Hens on Friday night at Victory Field, 5-4.
The nine-game stretch was the second-longest win streak in the Victory Field era, trailing only a record 14-game stretch from July 28-Aug. 9, 1997.
Toledo (13-18, 48-57) opened the game with three runs on six hits between the first and second innings. Spencer Torkelson and Jace Jung traded places with doubles against Mike Burrows (L, 0-1) in the first. A pair of homers got to Burrows in the second and fourth innings, with Riley Unroe launching his first in a two-run second and Stephen Scott following with a solo shot in the righty’s final frame.
Indianapolis (16-13, 49-53) responded in the fifth with McKinney’s third homer of the year before Unroe’s second home run of the game led off the sixth. The Indians then scored three unanswered runs courtesy of Davis’ two-run blast and Rojas’ 20th home run of the season before the comeback attempt fell short.
Ty Madden’s (W, 3-4) strong showing of nine punchouts over 6.0 innings. was supported by 3.0 innings of solid work from the Toledo bullpen. Devin Sweet (S, 4) punched out one hitter and put a damper on the Indians’ hope of a comeback with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Indianapolis and Toledo continue their six-game set on Saturday at 7:05 PM at Victory Field. RHP Domingo Germán (6-4, 5.16) will take the mound for Indy while the Mud Hens have yet to name a starter.
INDIANA FOOTBALL
EVANS NAMED TO RAY GUY AWARD PRESEASON WATCH LIST
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Ray Guy Award, which is awarded to the nation’s top collegiate punter, announced on Friday (Aug. 2) Indiana football senior James Evans as one of 34 preseason candidates for the award.
The Augusta Sports Council announced its preseason watch list, which uses a broad spectrum of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) punters and was compiled based on the 2023 award semifinalist, top-10 NCAA punters from 2023 and preseason and previous season all-conference and All-America teams.
The Augusta Sports Council created the Ray Guy Award in 2000 to honor Thomson, Georgia, native and College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Ray Guy. Among the statistics used to identify the winner are net punting average, number of times punt inside the opponents 20-yard line, total yardage, average returned yardage and percentage of punts not returned with particular emphasis placed on net punting average. The winner must display team leadership, self-discipline, and have a positive impact on the team’s success.
With a school-record punting average of 45.8 yards per punt in 2023, Evans blasted past Drew Hagan’s mark of 44.8 in 1999. Of his 57 punts, 22 traveled over 50 yards, with a long punt of 70 yards. His punting average ranked No. 3 in the Big Ten and No. 15 nationally.
His net average (accounting for return yardage and touchbacks) ranked No. 27 nationally in 2023 at 41.0 yards per punt. In 2022, he finished No. 3 nationally in punts downed inside the 10-yard line (13) and punts inside the 20-yard line (30).
A three-year anchor on special teams, he owns 201 punts in his career and is just the fifth Hoosier to reach the 200-punt mark in a career. With a career 43.9 yards per punt average, Evans ranks No. 1 on Indiana’s career charts, more than a full yard ahead of Alan Sutkowski (42.5 ypp; 1995-97).
INDIANA ATHLETICS
IU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024 ANNOUNCED
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson announced today that IU Athletics will welcome six new members to its Athletics Hall of Fame. The six individuals comprise the 39th class, bringing the roster of inductees to 255.
Kayla Bashore (Field Hockey, 2002-05), Kevin Berry (Men’s Swimming, 1964-66), Danny O’Rourke (Men’s Soccer, 2001-04), Victor Oladipo (Men’s Basketball, 2011-13), Max Skirvin (Radio Broadcaster, Contributor 1950-2000), and Jody Yin (Women’s Tennis, 1991-94) will be officially inducted at the annual Hall of Fame dinner on Friday, Sept. 20, and will be recognized at halftime of the Indiana-Charlotte football game at Memorial Stadium the following day.
“These six individuals have contributed enormously to the prestige and impact of Indiana University Athletics, and we are excited to welcome this elite group to our Hall of Fame,” Dolson said. “Considering the history of success of our student-athletes and programs, it comes as no surprise that we have an inordinate number of highly-deserving individuals to consider every year. That was no different this year, and we look forward to celebrating this very deserving group this fall.”
The IU Athletics Hall of Fame, established in 1982 by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in conjunction with the Varsity Club and the I-Association, recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the prestige of IU both on and off the field of competition.
PURDUE ATHLETICS
EIGHT BOILERMAKER GREATS WILL BE INDUCTED AND HONORED DURING THE PURDUE-OREGON FOOTBALL GAME (OCT. 18) WEEKEND
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue Athletics has announced the latest group of inductees to be enshrined in the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, with the Class of 2024 featuring eight Boilermaker greats whose accomplishments span from the 1970s to 2018.
Three of the most decorated Boilermakers in school history will enter the Hall of Fame while competing in the ongoing Summer Olympics, with Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (Men’s Track & Field, 2013-16), Devynne Charlton (Women’s Track & Field, 2013-18) and Annie Drews (Volleyball, 2012-15) showcasing their talents on the world stage.
Enekwechi, representing Nigeria internationally, totaled an outstanding 13 All-America honors and five NCAA medal finishes in throwing events for Purdue. Charlton, hurdling for her native Bahamas, earned nine All-America finishes as a Boiler, which included two NCAA runner-up performances. Drews has starred for Team USA on the volleyball court after twice receiving AVCA All-America status for the Old Gold and Black.
“This year’s class of inductees to the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame is distinguished by their outstanding accomplishments in Purdue Athletics history, with a uniquely Olympic theme,” said Executive Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mike Bobinski. “Three of these Boilermaker greats are currently competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics. We are immensely proud that Devynne Charlton, Annie Drews and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi are representing their home countries, as well as Purdue, in Paris this summer. Two basketball greats, Bob Ford and Katie Gearlds, showcased their talents in Mackey Arena during the 1970s and 2000s, respectively. Laura Gonzalez-Escallon and Kevin Plawecki, along with Devynne and Chukwuebuka, earned Big Ten Conference player and athlete of the year awards during their illustrious careers in West Lafayette. Tim Stratton was the first-ever Mackey Award winner following the 2000 football season, given to the nation’s most outstanding tight end. Our athletics department is honored to recognize these eight Purdue greats, and we look forward to welcoming them home to campus this fall.”
Tenth in school history for both career scoring (17.0) and rebounding (8.9), Bob Ford (1970-72) was an Academic All-American for the men’s basketball squad as a senior in 1972 to finish off a season in which he averaged 19.6 points per game.
Current women’s basketball head coach Katie Gearlds (2004-07) was an All-American on the court for the Boilermakers, also gathering four All-Big Ten Conference selections. Gearlds finished her Purdue Women’s Basketball career with the fourth-most points (1,974) in program history and trips to three Sweet Sixteens and one Elite Eight.
Women’s golf standout Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (2010-13) was twice an All-American as a Boilermaker, and was also notably the 2011-12 Big Ten Conference Women’s Golfer of the Year. She was a member of the school’s 2010 NCAA Championship-winning team under legendary former head coach Devon Brouse.
The 2012 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, Kevin Plawecki (2010-12) etched his name across Purdue Baseball’s record book in several offensive categories, including ranking in the top 10 all-time for career batting average and doubles. Plawecki was selected 35th overall in the 2012 MLB Draft by the New York Mets.
Tim Stratton (1998-2001) was the first-ever winner of the Mackey Award, given annually to college football’s most outstanding tight end. Stratton was a pass-catching fixture of the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Joe Tiller-led Purdue Football squads, ending his career with the then-school record for receptions (204).
This year’s Hall of Fame event will culminate with a Friday-night Ross-Ade Stadium crowd cheering for and welcoming home the group during the Purdue-Oregon football game (Oct. 18). A private induction ceremony for inductees and guests will take place earlier in the day.
Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, Class of 2024
Devynne Charlton (Women’s Track & Field, 2013-18)
• Five-year letterwinner, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, as a sprinter/hurdler for Purdue Women’s Track & Field
• Won 11 Big Ten Conference individual championships while leading the Boilermakers to the 2017 Big Ten Outdoor Championships team title
• Earned seven First Team All-America honors and a pair of Second Team honors
• NCAA Championships runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles (indoor, 2017) and the 100-meter hurdles (outdoor, 2018)
• Named 2017 Purdue Athletics Female Athlete of the Year after winning five Big Ten individual titles and clinching three top eight finishes at the NCAA Championships
• Three-time Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year honoree and four-time Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships winner
• Still holds school records in the 100-meters, 100-meter hurdles, 60-meters and 60-meter hurdles
• Since graduation, has continued competing on the world stage with great distinction for her native Bahamas
• Set the world record in 60-meter hurdles, clocking 7.65 at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships to win the gold medal
• Won silver at the 2022 Indoor World Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and finished fourth at the 2023 Outdoor World Championships in the 100-meter hurdles
• Five-time Bahamian national champion; national record holder in the 60-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles
• Placed sixth overall in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
• 2024 Paris Olympics representative for the Bahamas, competing in the 100-meter hurdles
Annie Drews (Volleyball, 2012-15)
• Four-year letterwinner, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, as an outside hitter for Purdue Volleyball
• Second Team All-America selection in 2015 by the AVCA after honorable mention honors in 2014
• Closed out her collegiate career with back-to-back First Team All-Big Ten honors, including a unanimous selection in 2015 after receiving the All-Freshman team nod in 2012
• Finished her career ranked ninth in kills at Purdue; led team in kills in 2014 and 2015
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Led team to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including two trips to the Sweet 16 and one Elite Eight
• Since graduation, has played for a decade in top professional leagues in Puerto Rico, Italy and Japan; will play for LOVB Madison in the upcoming season after returning from the Paris Olympics
• Has become a regular with the U.S. Senior National Team, helping the USA to 2017 Pan-Am Volleyball Cup gold, FIVB Nations League titles in 2018, 2019 and 2021
• Gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, playing a key role in the team’s advancement with 22 points vs. Italy in group play, 21 points in quarterfinal vs. Dominican Republic, 17 points in semifinal sweep of Serbia and 15 points in gold medal match vs. Brazil
• 2024 Paris Olympics representative with Team USA
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi (Men’s Track & Field, 2013-16)
• Four-year letterwinner, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, as a thrower for Purdue Men’s Track & Field
• 13-time All-American, including four First Team honors his senior season
• Finished as the 2016 NCAA Championships runner-up in both the weight throw (indoor) and shot put (outdoor)
• Led team to top 15 finishes at both 2016 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships
• 2016 Big Ten Conference champion in weight and hammer throws and runner-up in indoor and outdoor shot put
• Swept 2016 Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year and Field Athlete of the Championships for indoor and outdoor seasons; also won Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and Field Athlete of the Championships honors in 2015
• For his career, earned 12 total medals at Big Ten Championships – four gold, five silver and three bronze
• First three-time champion in the hammer throw in conference history
• Still holds school records in all four events he competed in (hammer throw, weight throw, indoor shot put and outdoor shot put)
• Since graduation, has been competing on the world stage for Nigeria, where he is the four-time national champion in shot put and holds the national record
• Finished eighth in shot put at the 2019 World Championships; qualified for the finals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, finishing 12th
• 2024 Paris Olympics representative for Nigeria, competing in the shot put
Bob Ford (Men’s Basketball, 1970-72)
• Three-year letterwinner, 1970, 1971 and 1972, for Purdue Men’s Basketball
• Earned First Team All-Big Ten Conference honors as a senior in 1972
• Became the third Academic All-American in school history, earning First Team honors in 1972
• Ranks 10th in program history for both scoring average (17.0) and rebounding average (8.9)
• Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1997
• Twice earned NABC All-District recognition (1971, 1972)
• Was the 11th Boilermaker to surpass 1,000 career points scored with 1,244 points from 1970-72, an era in which freshmen did not play in varsity action
• Became one of the nation’s most efficient scorers as an upperclassman, averaging 19.8 points per game as a junior and 19.6 as a senior
• Member of the World University Team in 1970 and of the Pan-American Team in 1971
• Served as host/emcee of the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony for several years at the beginning of the event’s history (est. 1994)
Katie Gearlds (Women’s Basketball, 2004-07)
• Four-year letterwinner, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, appearing in 133 Purdue Women’s Basketball games with 100 starts
• Earned Third Team All-America (AP) and honorable mention All-America (WBCA) recognition as a senior in 2007
• Four-time All-Big Ten Conference selection and three-time All-Big Ten Tournament Team honoree
• Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2004
• Recognized on the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team in 2007
• Ranks fourth in program history with 1,974 points
• Tied for ninth-fastest in program history to join the 1,000-point club, reaching the plateau in just 80 games
• Helped lead the Boilermakers to two Big Ten Tournament titles
• Played in four NCAA Tournaments, propelling Purdue to three Sweet 16s and one Elite Eight appearance
• Holds the Purdue single-game scoring record with 41 points at Wisconsin in 2007
• Tied the program’s single-season scoring record with 707 points as a senior
• Selected with the seventh overall pick by the Seattle Storm in the 2007 WNBA Draft, the highest selection ever from Purdue
• Played three seasons with the Storm before also playing professionally in Spain, Greece, Portugal and Slovakia
Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (Women’s Golf, 2010-13)
• Four-year letterwinner, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, as a student-athlete for Purdue Women’s Golf
• Two-time Second Team All-America selection (Golfweek and WGCA)
• Named 2012 Big Ten Conference Golfer of the Year
• Recipient of the 2012 Mary Fossum Award, given to the Big Ten golfer with the lowest stroke average
• Four-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree, one of only three four-timers in program history
• Two-time Big Ten Champion, earning medalist honors in 2010 and 2012
• Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year recognition in 2010
• Member of the 2010 NCAA Championship team, Purdue’s second women’s national title team in school history
• Also helped lead the Boilermakers to a second-place team effort at the NCAA Championships in 2011, a third-place finish in 2013 and a ninth-place showing in 2012
• Placed third individually at the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Championships
Kevin Plawecki (Baseball, 2010-12)
• Three-time letterwinner, 2010, 2011 and 2012, as a catcher for Purdue Baseball
• Earned Second Team All-America honors and was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award in 2012
• Named 2012 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year
• Recognized as the 2012 Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Two-time First Team All-Big Ten selection at catcher in 2011 and 2012
• Honored as the 2012 Purdue Male Athlete of the Year
• Received 2010 Freshman All-America honors
• Ranks in the top 10 in various program single-season record lists, including hits, runs, doubles, total bases and being hit by pitch
• Started 166 of his 168 career games at Purdue
• Co-MVP of the 2012 team that won Purdue’s first Big Ten title since 1909, as well as the conference tournament title
• Selected 35th overall in the 2012 MLB Draft by New York Mets; made his Major League debut with the Mets in 2015 and has spent eight seasons with the Mets, Cleveland Guardians, Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers
Tim Stratton (Football, 1998-2001)
• Four-year letterwinner, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001, as a tight end for Purdue Football
• Inaugural recipient of the John Mackey Award in 2000, presented to the nation’s best tight end
• Named a semifinalist for the Mackey Award in 2001
• Three-time First Team All-Big Ten Conference selection (1999, 2000, 2001), just the fourth in program history
• Recorded 204 career receptions, breaking the former school record of 181 set by running back Rodney Carter
• Became just the third player in Big Ten history to eclipse 200 career catches
BUTLER FOOTBALL
SEVEN BULLDOGS NAMED TO PHIL STEELE’S PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAMS
CLEVELAND – Seven Butler Bulldogs were selected to Phil Steele Preseason All-PFL Teams on Friday with OL Adam Dolan, FB Joey Suchy and DB Nick Bafia earning First Team honors. LB Jeremiah Jackson made the Second Team while LB Tyson Garrett, WR Luke Wooten and WR Ethan Loss landed on the Third Team.
The teams created by Phil Steele, Josh Buchanan, and the draftscout.com staff were released just two days after the official Pioneer Football League preseason selections that included Dolan, Suchy and Bafia.
Jackson and Loss were each Fourth Team selections after the 2023 season. Wooten was a Second Team honoree after his freshman year in 2022 and Garrett picks up the recognition for the first time.
The Bulldogs opened up training camp on August 31
INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
OLLENDIECK NAMED PHIL STEELE FCS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN; FOUR SYCAMORES NAMED TO ALL-MVFC TEAM
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State linebacker Garret Ollendieck was named to the 2024 Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-American team as announced by the organization on Friday morning.
Ollendieck garnered Second Team recognition in his first All-American nod of the preseason. The Cresco, Iowa native is back for his third season with the Sycamores as the middle linebacker looks to build on another strong year.
Ollendieck finished just shy of 100 tackles finishing with 97 in his second full season with the Sycamores. The Cresco, Iowa native took over as the Sycamores’ starting middle linebacker early in the season and the move paid dividends immediately. Ollendieck finished the season with four consecutive double-digit tackling efforts including a 15-stop game against Youngstown State.
The linebacker was dominant at the point of attack, particularly along the line of scrimmage. He finished third in the MVFC in sacks (7.5) and second overall in tackles-for-loss (13.0) in the regular season. Ollendieck posted a four-game stretch against South Dakota, North Dakota, Youngstown State, and Western Illinois where he recorded a combined 47 tackles, 7.5 tackles-for-loss, 4.5 sacks, and three quarterback hurries. He added a pick-six for the Sycamores returning an interception 27 yards for the score against Illinois State.
Ollendieck was also named to the Phil Steele 2024 Preseason All-MVFC team earning First Team All-Conference recognition. Maddix Blackwell (DB) earned Second Team honors, while Gianini Belizaire (DL) and Geoffrey Brown (LB) were both honored on the third team.
Blackwell made major strides in his first full season starting at safety for the Sycamores. The Bloomington, Ind. native became the first Indiana State player to post 100-plus tackles in a single season since Jonas Griffith (2019) on his way to posting 107 stops on the year. He led the Valley in tackles per game (9.73) and recorded seven games with double-digit stops including a season-high 15 against Youngstown State, while adding 13 at North Dakota and 12 in the season finale against Southern Illinois.
He was adept in the turnover game playing a part in five fumbles and two interceptions on the year. Blackwell scored ISU’s first points of the 2023 season with a 75-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Indiana and added a 15-yard fumble scoop-and-score against Southern Illinois in the season finale. He added a third fumble recovery against Ball State to finish second in the MVFC with three recoveries. Blackwell also posted interceptions against both Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois.
Belizaire lined up and started all 11 games at defensive tackle for the Sycamores over the course of the 2023 season. The Gonaives, Haiti native was explosive in the backfield with 3.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks among his 15 tackles in the season. Highlighting his junior season included a season-high three-tackle, 1.0 TFL game at Southern Illinois, while adding two tackles, 1.5 TFLs, and a sack at Ball State.
Brown finished third on the Sycamores in the 2023 season with 76 total tackles and 7.0 tackles for loss from his linebacker position. The Fishers, Ind. native recorded a season-high 14 tackles with 1.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks against Youngstown State, while adding a second 10-tackle game with an interception in the season finale at Southern Illinois. Always around the ball, Brown recorded at least five tackles in nine of the 11 games played in the 2023 season.
VALPO FOOTBALL
FIVE BEACONS HONORED ON PHIL STEELE PRESEASON ALL-PFL TEAMS
Valparaiso University football redshirt senior defensive lineman Sam Hafner (Green Bay, Wis. / De Pere) continued to add to his preseason recognition as Phil Steele released the publication’s Preseason All-Pioneer Football League teams. Hafner represented Valpo on the first team, while fifth-year senior offensive lineman Carter Woody (Fort Mill, S.C. / Charlotte Catholic), senior defensive back Max Franco (La Habra, Calif. / La Habra), redshirt junior running back Ryan Mann (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Vernon Hills [Northern Illinois]) and junior long snapper Kevin Spelman (New Lenox, Ill. / Providence Catholic) were named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-PFL Third Team.
Also a member of the Preseason All-PFL Team released by the league office, Hafner moved up to the All-PFL First Team in 2023 after earning All-PFL Second Team status in 2022. He has also been tabbed to the Academic All-PFL First Team each of the last two seasons and was the team’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2023.
Hafner started all 11 games last season, finishing second nationally in tackles by a defensive lineman with 63, including 27 solos, 10 tackles for loss and five sacks. He forced two fumbles and hurried the quarterback on four occasions. Hafner ranked fifth in the league in sacks and was one of 10 PFL players with multiple fumble recoveries. Hafner was also recently recognized for his community service as a 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee.
Woody earned All-PFL Honorable Mention after starting all 11 games on Valpo’s offensive line in 2023. He also received the Sever Award, which is presented annually to the team’s top offensive lineman.
Mann garnered All-PFL Honorable Mention and Academic All-PFL Second Team a year ago after running for 487 yards on 106 carries and three touchdowns while adding nine receptions for 85 yards and one score. He was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year.
Franco played in all 11 games last season and made seven starts en route to earning All-PFL Honorable Mention. He posted 30 tackles including 22 solos, 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks while also recording eight pass breakups. He was named the team’s Most Inspirational Player.
Spelman was named All-PFL Honorable Mention as a long snapper following the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Also a standout on Valpo’s defensive line who appeared in 10 games and made nine starts a year ago, he was named to the 2022 Jerry Rice Award Watch List for the honor presented each season to the top freshman in FCS.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
5 – 31 – 47 – 24 – 25 – 44 – 1
August 3, 1914 – New York Yankees catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three Detroit Tigers’ runners to 2nd base during the 1st innings, the only time in the 20th Century
August 3, 1921 – MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Landis hands out life bans to 8 Chicago White Sox players accused in the Black Sox scandal despite their acquittal by a Chicago jury
August 3, 1930 – Lightning strikes twice! For the 2nd time in the year, Phillies outfielder Chuck Klein hits safely in 26 straight games, run halted in 2nd game of doubleheader v Boston Braves
August 3, 1933 – Philadelphia A’s defeated the New York Yankees, 7-0. Why is that special? Well it was the first time in 308 games the Yankees team was shut out
August 3, 1941 – Joe DiMaggio, Number 5 goes 0-4 in Yankees 6-2 loss v St. Louis Browns, ending his on-base streak of 74 games, 2nd in MLB history
August 3, 1948 – Negro League veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, Number 31 at the age 42, debuts in Cleveland after controversial signing, goes 7 innings in a 5-3 win v Washington
August 3, 1949 – The Basketball Association of America (BAA) & National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the National Basketball Association (NBA), Maurice Podoloff was elected head of the new league
August 3, 1960 – For the only time in MLB history teams exchange managers as Detroit trades Jimmy Dykes (44-52) for Cleveland’s Joe Gordon (49-46)
August 3, 1962 – New York Met Frank Thomas, Number 25 hit his 6th home run in 3 games
August 3, 1986 – Willie McCovey (Number 44), Bobby Doerr (Number 1), and Ernie Lombardi (So many numbers) were all inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
August 3, 1987 – Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris wearing Number 47 had a bad day of control when he tied the American League record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2, 10-inning loss to the Kansas City Royals
August 3, 1989 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder Rickey Henderson, Number 24 set an AL mark of 50 stolen bases in 9 of his first 11 seasons in MLB
August 3, 1999 – Arsenal FC completed a huge signing coup snapping up ace French striker Thierry Henry, who wore Number 14 that season, for a bargain £10 million from Italian club Juventus.
August 3, 2017 – Brazilian soccer forward jersey Number 10, Neymar transferred from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of €222 on a 5-year deal
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Steelers Use “Air-Laynes” for 43-16 Win
That is our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day from the Pittsburgh Press from August 4, 1960, about an exhibition game played the day prior. August 3, 1960 – The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL 43-16 in an exhibition game between the NFL and CFL at CNE Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. The Steelers used the wider Canadian field to showcase their big-armed quarterback Bobby Layne and his quartet of talented wideouts in Buddy Dial, Preston Carpenter, Jimmy Orr, and Jack McClairen to put on an ariel attack. In just one half of play, Layne was 10 of 13 for 177 yards and two touchdowns. The Steel City team raced out to a 36-3 halftime lead playing under the Canadian rules and never looked back. The article goes on to say that Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney stated that he was particularly delighted with the CFL rule on punt coverage where defenders had to give the returner a 5-yard cushion to make a play on the ball thus eliminating a need for the fair catch in Canadian football. Rooney stated that this might be something the NFL may want to explore.
Champs and the All-Stars
August 3, 1962- The 29th Annual Chicago Charities College All-Stars game sees the Green Bay Packers routing the All-Stars 42-20 before 65,000 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be John Hadl the Kansas quarterback.
August 3, 1970 – The NFL work stoppage ends as the Players Association and the NFL agree on a $19.1 Million deal.
August 3, 1986 – The first ever NFL American Bowl exhibition game takes place at London’s Wembley Stadium as the Chicago Bears defeated the Dallas Cowboys 17-6.
August 3, 2020- Duane “The Rock” Johnson with partners Dany Garcia and private investment firm Redbird Capital purchased the bankrupt XFL for the sum of $15 million from Alpha Entertainment LLC. The Johnson and Garcia entertainment multi-platform company Seven Bucks Companies plans on working hard to make the XFL entertaining for the fans. The creator of the restart XFL happened to be The Rock’s former boss, Vince McMahon, and before that Duane J. played college football on the 1991 National Champion Miami Hurricanes. The ironic Hollywood twist to this tale is that Johnson portrayed the acting role on the HBO show “Ballers” where his character was a retired NFL player who bought the KC Chiefs. Life truly does imitate art!
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Aug. 3
1901 — Cleveland pitcher Ed Scott pitched a complete game and hit a solo home run off Bill Reidy in the top of the 10th for an 8-7 win against Milwaukee. It was the last game of Scott’s major league career.
1906 — Washington pitcher Tom Hughes hit a solo home run off Fred Glade in the tenth inning for a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. He became the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his home run.
1914 — New York Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three Detroit Tigers trying to steal second base in one inning. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished this feat this century.
1923 — Major League Baseball canceled all games following the death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding in San Francisco on Aug. 2.
1933 — Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s became the first pitcher since Aug. 2, 1931 — a span of 308 games — to shut out the New York Yankees, winning 7-0.
1944 — Tommy Brown, 16 years and 8 months old, played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in both games of a doubleheader loss, 6-2 and 7-1, to the Chicago Cubs. He had a double and scored a run.
1948 — Cleveland’s Satchel Paige made his first major league start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.
1959 — The second game of All-Star play this year was won by the AL 5-3 at Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium. Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox singled in the deciding run in the seventh inning.
1961 — The Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for the largest shutout score in an NL night game.
1969 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 in a wild game at Connie Mack Stadium. Trailing 9-6, the Reds scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to take a seven-run lead. The Reds tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning for an 18-9 lead. The Phillies responded with seven runs on the home half of the sixth and another run in the seventh to get within one run. Cincinnati’s Tony Perez homered in the eighth to make it 19-17. The Phillies two-out rally in the ninth ended with Ron Stone lining out to right with runners on first and second.
1969 — Pinch-hitter Rich Reese hit a grand slam to power the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and end Dave McNally’s 15-game winning streak. His two victories at the end of 1968 had given him 17 straight wins.
1982 — Frank White of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle of his career.
1987 — Minnesota’s Joe Niekro was caught with a file on the mound and was ejected during the fourth inning of the Twins’ 11-3 win over the California Angels. Niekro would be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who didn’t believe Niekro’s story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
2004 — Tony Batista hit a grand slam in the 12th inning after tying the game with a two-run homer in the ninth, leading Montreal over St. Louis 10-6.
2006 — Chase Utley singled in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 8-1 win at St. Louis to extend his hitting streak to 35 games.
2006 — Matt Murton tied a major league record with four doubles and drove in five runs to help the Chicago Cubs salvage a split of a doubleheader with Arizona 7-3.
2015 — Adrian Beltre became the first major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle and the Texas Rangers held on for a wild 12-9 victory over Houston. Beltre hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Texas Rangers, completing the cycle in his first four at-bats.
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Aug. 4
1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.
1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.
1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs.
1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning.
1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.
1973 — John Briggs of the Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 in a 9-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.
1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.
2007 — In the 2nd inning of a 3 – 2 loss to the Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run to tie Hank Aaron for the all-time record.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.
2010 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.
2021 — Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.
2022 — The Angels tie a record by hitting seven homers but still losing the game, 8 – 7 to the A’s, also setting a record for most runs scored in a game, all on solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times in the 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano in the 4th to negate the Angels’ long balls.
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Aug. 5
1921 — Pittsburgh radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provided listeners with the first broadcast of a major league game. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.
1927 — Philadelphia’s Cy Williams hit for the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times to lead the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1931 — For the second time in his career, Jim Bottomley got six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 16-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.
1932 — Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single by the 27th Washington batter, pinch-hitter Dave Harris. The Tigers beat the Senators 13-0.
1933 — Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns had four extra-base hits in a 10-9, 12-inning win over the Chicago White Sox.
1942 — Don Kolloway’s two-out steal of home in the fifth inning was the only run as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.
1969 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell became the only player to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Stargell’s shot off of Los Angeles’ Alan Foster cleared the right-field pavilion and landed 506 feet from home plate.
1973 — Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He walked three and struck out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta.
1975 — The first eight batters for Philadelphia Phillies got hits for a major league record, en route to a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1984 — Cliff Johnson of the Blue Jays hit his 19th career pinch homer to set a major league record as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium.
1999 — Mark McGwire became the 16th member of the 500-home run club, hitting two homers — Nos. 500 and 501 — in the St. Louis Cardinals’ loss to San Diego.
2001 — The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record and became the first team in 76 years to overcome a 12-run deficit to win, defeating the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings.
2005 — Albert Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3.
2006 — Trevor Hoffman set a major league record with his 11th 30-save season and the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3.
2007 — Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The 41-year-old left-hander became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories and only the fifth lefty to win 300.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous punishments bring to 18 the total number of players disciplined for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida accused of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.
2019 — Jonathon Villar of the Orioles hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.
2021 — Team USA is headed to the Olympic Gold Medal Game for the first time in 21 years, beating South Korea, 7 – 2 at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Teenager Eui-lee Lee holds the US to two runs in five innings, one a mammoth homer by Jamie Westbrook, but five relievers are called on in the 6th when the US scores five times. Jack López drives in two for the US while Hye-seong Kim goes 3 for 3 in a losing cause. Ryder Ryan gets the win in relief of Joe Ryan.
Aug. 6
1908 — John Lush threw a six-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. It was Lush’s second no-hitter against the Dodgers.
1933 — Pinky Higgins of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 12-8 win over the Washington Senators.
1952 — Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings.
1972 — Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.
1981 — As a result of a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.
1985 — The Major League Baseball Players’ Association went on strike.
1986 — The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-11 in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas’ Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore’s nine-run fourth.
1988 — Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.
1999 — Tony Gwynn went 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Boston’s Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one at-bat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-7. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.
2002 — At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 11-10. Nen became the 16th member of the 300-save club.
2007 — St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over San Diego.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1922 — Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hit two home runs in the sixth inning of rout over the Washington Senators.
1923 — Cleveland’s Frank Bower went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.
1956 — The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 50-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game at the Orange Bowl.
1963 — Jim Hickman of the New York Mets hit for the cycle in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. Hickman’s cycle came in single-double-triple-homer order.
1985 — The strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association ended with the announcement of a tentative agreement. The season resumed Aug. 8.
1999 — Wade Boggs became the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland. Boggs already had a pair of RBI singles when he homered off Chris Haney in the sixth inning.
2004 — Greg Maddux became the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph fastball from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Noticeably absent were Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron. The Nationals won 8-6.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki tripled off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over Chicago.
2018 — Bartolo Colon of Texas became the winningest pitcher from Latin America in the Rangers’ 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. After six tries, the 45-year-old right-hander got his 246th career victory and finally broke the tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Colon gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings and improved his record to 6-10.
2021 — Host nation Japan wins its first ever gold medal in Olympic baseball by defeating the United States 2-0.
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Aug. 8
1903 — A week after pitching his first doubleheader triumph, Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity of the New York Giants scored a double victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-1 and 4-3. In the second game, he stole home.
1915 — Philadelphia’s Gavvy Cravath hit four doubles and drove in eight runs in a 14-7 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati.
1920 — Howard Ehmke of the Detroit Tigers pitched the fastest 1-0 game in American League history — 1 hour, 13 minutes, for a victory against the New York Yankees.
1931 — Bob Burke of the Washington Senators pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.
1954 — The Brooklyn Dodgers pounded the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers scored 13 runs in the eighth inning after two were out.
1973 — Designated hitter Orlando Cepeda hit four doubles as the Boston Red Sox posted a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
1985 — Baseball, after a two-day walkout, resumed playing with 18 games scheduled, including five doubleheaders.
1988 — The first night game scheduled in the 74-year history of Chicago’s Wrigley Field’s was postponed with the Cubs leading the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 after heavy rains started in the bottom of the fourth inning. Philadelphia’s Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, but all numbers were wiped out when the rain came.
1992 — Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley had his consecutive save record snapped at 40. His consecutive save records — 36 straight to start a season, and 40 straight over two seasons — ended trying to protect a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning against the Kansas City Royals. Eckersley gave up a two-out, two-run single to Gregg Jefferies to give the Royals a 3-2 lead. But the Athletics came back to win the game in the ninth, 5-3.
1997 — Randy Johnson struck out 19, matching the major league record for left-handers he had tied earlier this season, as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-0.
1998 — Paul Molitor stole his 500th base in Minnesota’s 6-3 loss to Baltimore becoming the fifth player with 3,000 hits and 500 steals. Molitor joined Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, and Lou Brock.
2000 — Darren Dreifort of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit two homers and was the winning pitcher in a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2001 — Damion Easley went 6-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs as Detroit pounded Texas 19-6.
2014 — Bartolo Colon records the 200th win of his career in the Mets’ 5 – 4 win over the Phillies.
2016 — Brandon Crawford became the first major league player in 41 years to get seven hits in a game, putting the San Francisco Giants ahead to stay with an RBI single in the 14th inning of an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins. Crawford tripled, doubled and had five singles in eight at-bats.
2018 — Milwaukee’s Jesus Aguilar, Travis Shaw, and Eric Thames hit consecutive first-inning homers to spoil the debut of San Diego’s Brett Kennedy in the Brewers 8-4 win over the Padres.
2018 — Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over six innings, received rare significant run support and earned his first win in nearly two months as the New York Mets blanked the Cincinnati Reds 8-0. Brandon Nimmo tied a team record with three doubles and drove in three runs as the Mets won for the 22nd time in their last 66 games. DeGrom (6-7) ended a seven-start winless streak, allowing four hits in a 100-pitch outing and lowering his major league-leading ERA to 1.77.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 3
1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course.
1936 — American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, the first of 4 gold medals at the Games.
1949 — The National Basketball Association is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.
1955 — Scott Frost, driven by Joe O’Brien, wins the Hambletonian at Good Time Park in Goshen, N.Y. He goes on to become the first trotting Triple Crown winner.
1985 — France’s Lutin D’Isigny becomes the first trotter to sweep the International Trot and Challenge Cup in consecutive years with a 3:03.1 time in the 1½-mile test.
1990 — The Professional Golfers Association Tour announces it will not hold tournaments at golf clubs that have all-white memberships or show any other signs of discrimination.
1996 — Andre Agassi, the Dream Team and the U.S. women’s 400-meter relay team win Olympic gold medals, while the American men’s 400 relay settles for silver. With Carl Lewis idled by a coach’s decision and Leroy Burrell injured, the men’s 400 team is shocked by Canada — the first time the U.S. lost the event at the Olympics.
2003 — Annika Sorenstam completes a career Grand Slam at the Women’s British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown.
2006 — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needs surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head after his race car collides with a deer that wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
2012 — Michael Phelps rallies to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold of the London Games and No. 17 of his career. It’s Phelps’ third consecutive win in the event at the Olympics, and his 21st career medal. Missy Franklin sets a world record in the 200 backstroke for the 17-year-old’s third gold in London.
2013 — Sixteen-year-old Katie Ledecky wraps up a brilliant performance at the world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal and second world record. The youngster turns it on over the final four laps of the 800 freestyle to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds and take down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Adlington at the 2008 Olympics.
2016 — The International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
2016 — Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins the 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to win the 100/200 double in consecutive games.
2017 — Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of $222M on a 5-year deal.
2023 — Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream.
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Aug. 4
1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.
1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drives in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he’s traded to the Montreal Expos and plays that night in Philadelphia. He enters the game in right field in the fourth inning and later gets a single.
1984 — Carl Lewis wins the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds at the Los Angeles Summer Games. US teammate Sam Graddy wins the silver in 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets the bronze with a time of 10.22.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, becomes the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels gets his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb in the du Maurier Classic.
1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games end with U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women’s Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while the U.S. women roll to a 111-87 victory behind Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A record 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it the biggest Olympics.
2007 — 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and the Liberty hold the Sky to a WNBA-record one point in the fourth quarter.
2012 — Michael Phelps wins another gold medal as the United States wins the medley relay at the London Olympics. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins four golds and two silvers.
2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro in a 19-17 final set and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing in his 10th games — the most of any athlete.
2013 — Missy Franklin claims her record sixth gold medal on the final day of the world championships in Barcelona, becoming the most successful female swimmer ever at a world meet. Franklin eclipses the record shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won five times in 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it in 2007.
2013 — Stacy Lewis wins the Women’s British Open after a marathon final day. Lewis finishes with a pair of birdies on the Old Course at St. Andrews and closes with an even-par 72. It’s her second major on the LPGA Tour, and it ends a record streak of 10 straight majors won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is the only player at par or better from the last 21 groups that tee off.
2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his world record in the 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record in the women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Aug. 5
1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at Pittsburgh.
1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds.
1954 — The first election for the Boxing Hall of Fame is held. Twenty-four fighters are elected, with the most noteworthy from the modern era Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, and Henry Armstrong. Fifteen are selected from the pioneer era including John L. Sullivan, Gentleman Jim Corbett, and Jack Johnson.
1967 — The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in a preseason game, for the first AFL victory over an NFL team.
1984 — American Joan Benoit wins the first Olympic marathon for women in 2:24:52, finishing 400 meters ahead of Norway’s Grete Waitz.
1991 — Sergei Bubka becomes the first to clear 20 feet outdoors in the pole vault, breaking his world record by a half-inch at the Galan track meet in Malmo, Sweden.
1997 — Michael Johnson wins his third straight 400-meter title at the world championships in Athens, Greece, capturing the gold medal in 44.12 seconds.
2005 — Jason Gore shoots a 12-under 59 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 — Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson, and Reggie White.
2007 — Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2007 — Lorena Ochoa wins the Women’s British Open — the first women’s professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews — for her first major title.
2012 — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt claims consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games in London. Only about fifth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark, Bolt erases that deficit and overtakes a star-studded field to win the 100-meter dash final in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that lets him join Carl Lewis as the only men to win the event twice.
2012 — Britain’s Andy Murray cruises past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic tennis singles final at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams win the doubles title, as Serena becomes tennis’ first double-gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ben Ainslie earns another gold medal in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez is suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera are banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplines 13 players in a drug case.
2014 — The San Antonio Spurs hire WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first woman to join an NBA coaching staff.
2017 — Justin Gatlin spoils Usain Bolt’s farewell beating him in the 100 meters at the world track championships in London. Bolt gets off to a slow start and Gatlin holds him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman took silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95.
2018 — The Springfield Lasers win their first World Team Tennis title edging the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18. The Lasers were 0-5 in the WTT championship finals and winless in three meetings with the Freedoms during the 2018 regular season.
2018 — Georgia Hall of England catches Pornanong Phatlum in a final-round duel at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the Women’s British Open for her first major title.
Aug. 6
1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.
1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Brian London in the third round to retain his world heavyweight title.
1972 — South African Gary Player wins his second PGA golf championship with a two-stroke victory over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.
1978 — John Mahaffey beats Tom Watson and Jerry Pate on the second playoff hole to win the PGA Championship.
1984 — American athlete Carl Lewis wins the long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics.
1991 — Debbie Doom of the U.S. pitches her second consecutive perfect game in women’s softball at the Pan American Games. Doom threw a perfect game at the Netherlands Antilles in the opener and matched that performance against Nicaragua, winning 8-0.
1992 — Carl Lewis leads a U.S. sweep in the long jump in the Olympics with a mark of 28 feet, 5 1-2 inches on his first attempt. Mike Powell takes the silver and Joe Greene the bronze. Kevin Young demolishes one of the track’s oldest records with a time of 46.78 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American wrestler to win medals in three straight Olympics, taking the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division.
1994 — Jeff Gordon wins the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1995 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins the 100 meters at the World Track and Field Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, marking the first time since 1976 that an American fails to win a medal in the event at a major meet.
1999 — Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
2006 — Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open.
2006 — Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone.
2006 — Sherri Steinhauer wins the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since it became a major.
2008 — Sammy Villegas, a former University of Toledo basketball player, is charged with point shaving. Villegas is accused of shaving points during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.
2008 — Kim Terrell-Kearney wins the first professional championship match featuring two black bowlers, beating Trisha Reid 216-189 in the U.S. Bowling Congress’ U.S. Women’s Open. Terrell-Kearney collects her second U.S. Women’s Open title and third career major title.
2010 — Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history. Gay beats the Jamaican at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. Bolt finishes second in 9.97.
2015 — Ryan Lochte becomes the first man to win the 200-meter individual medley four consecutive times at the World Swimming Championships. Lochte comes home strong on the freestyle lap and touches first in 1:55.81 in Kazan, Russia.
2017 — I.K. Kim won the Women’s British Open, hanging on with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff and her first major championship.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson wins the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1952 — Bion Shively, 74, drives Sharp Note to victory in the third heat of the Hambletonian Stakes.
1982 — Speed Bowl wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats with 25-year-old Tom Haughton in the sulky, the youngest to win the Hambletonian.
1983 — Norway’s Grete Waitz takes the women’s marathon in the first world track and field championships in Helsinki, Finland.
1992 — Sergei Bubka, the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion, fails to clear a height in the pole vault.
1999 — Wade Boggs becomes the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, connecting with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland.
2004 — Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2005 — Justin Gatlin dominates the 100 meters at the track and field championships in Helsinki. The Olympic champion wins in 9.88 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Michael Frater of Jamaica. The margin of victory is the largest in the 10 world championships held since the meet’s inception in 1983.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record. Noticeably absent are Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron.
2012 — Aly Raisman becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on floor. She picks up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of gymnastics at the London Olympics and just misses a medal in the all-around.
2016 — Jim Furyk becomes the first golfer to shoot a 58 in PGA Tour history. Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he takes it even lower in the Travelers Championship with a 12-under 58 in the final round.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki triples off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado becomes the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
2021 — Kevin Durant with 29 points leads USA to his third and the team’s 4th consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo.
2021 — Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
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Aug. 8
1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup.
1903 — Britain wins the Davis Cup by beating the United States 4-1.
1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men’s decathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark and Jack Parker.
1981 — Shiaway St. Pat, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes run at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. in four heats.
1982 — Ray Floyd, who shot a record 63 in the opening round, wins the PGA championship by three shots over Lanny Wadkins.
1984 — Carl Lewis sets the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a 19.80 clocking.
1987 — Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, wins the Hambletonian in straight heats with a record-smashing performance. Mack Lobell wins the second heat, and the race, by 6¼ lengths over Napoletano in 1:53 3-5, a fifth of a second off the world all-age trotting record set by Prakas in 1985.
1992 — The Dream Team picks up its gold medal and Carl Lewis anchors a world-record 400-meter relay, winning his eighth gold medal in three Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beats Croatia 117-85, with the 32-point margin of victory the smallest of the Games. In the 400, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Lewis set a world record of 37.40 seconds. Steve Lewis anchors another world record as the Americans won the 1,600 relay by nearly half the length of a football field. The team of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, and Lewis ran the 1,600 in 2:55.74.
2006 — Roger Goodell is chosen as the NFL’s next commissioner. Favored for months to get the job, he is unanimously elected by the league’s 32 owners on the fifth ballot.
2010 — Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scores 23 points to become the WNBA’s all-time scoring leader in a 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. She surpasses Lisa Leslie’s career total of 6,263 points. Thompson is the last of the original WNBA players.
2012 — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States become the first three-time gold medalists in Olympic beach volleyball history. The duo beat Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in the all-American final, extending their Olympic winning streak to 21 matches.
2012 — Brittney Reese wins the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Caster Semenya makes her Olympic debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, finishing second in her 800 heat.
2015 — Katie Ledecky ends her world swimming championships in spectacular style, lowering her world record by 3.61 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle for her fifth gold medal. The 18-year-old American completes a sweep of the 200, 400, 800, and 1,500 freestyles in Kazan, Russia. She was the anchor leg on the victorious 4×200 free relay, too.
2018 — The NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopt a “series of significant policy and legislative changes” as part of an effort to “fundamentally” change the NCAA’s structure. The NCAA changes eligibility rules, allowing top prospects to hire agents in high school and giving college players more leeway to return after declaring for the NBA draft.
2021 — USA women’s basketball team wins its record-extending 7th consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan in Tokyo; guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their 5th straight gold.
2021 — USA Women’s volleyball defeats Brazil in straight sets to win the gold medal. It’s the first Olympic gold medal in USA Women’s volleyball history. The win would give the United States 39 gold medals breaking a tie with China on the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
5:30 a.m.
FS1 — AFL: Sydney at Port Adelaide
FS2 — AFL: Carlton at Collingwood
1 a.m. (Sunday)
FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at Essendon
AUTO RACING
9:30 a.m.
TRUTV — FIM MotoGP: The British Grand Prix Sprint, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, England
9 p.m.
FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: The Shore Lunch 250 presented by Dutch Boy Paints, Elko Speedway, Elko New Market, Minn.
CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Edmonton at Saskatchewan
CONNIE MACK BASEBALL
10 p.m.
CBSSN — World Series: TBD, Championship, Farmington, N.M. (If Necessary)
GOLF
3 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The Utah Championship, Third Round, Oakridge Country Club, Farmington, Utah
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Portland Classic, Third Round, Columbia Edgewater Macan Course, Portland, Ore.
8 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open, Third Round, Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh (Taped)
HORSE RACING
Noon
FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
3 p.m.
FOX — The The Whitney Stakes: From Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
6 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ABC — PLL: Philadelphia at Maryalnd
LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team North vs. Team Moreno, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
5:30 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Kennedy vs. Team Apuzzo, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Noon
ESPN2 — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3 p.m.
ABC — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov (Bantamweights), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Toronto at N.Y. Yankees OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)
4 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Milwaukee at Washington OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at Cleveland, Tampa Bay at Houston OR San Francisco at Cincinnati
9:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Seattle OR N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels
NFL FOOTBALL
Noon
ESPN — 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony: From Canton, Ohio
NFLN — 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony: From Canton, Ohio
RUGBY (WOMEN’S)
4:05 a.m. (Sunday)
FS2 — NRL: St. George-Illawarra at North Queensland
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 a.m.
CBSSN — Club Friendly: Bayern vs. Tottenham, Seoul, South Korea
4 p.m.
CBS — USL Championship: Rhode Island FC at Detroit City FC
5:30 p.m.
ESPN — Club Friendly: Chelsea vs. Manchester City, Columbus, Ohio
TRUTV — Club Friendly: Club America vs. Aston Villa, Chicago
6:50 p.m.
FS2 — CPL: Cavalry FC at Atlético Ottawa
7:30 p.m.
ESPN — Club Friendly: Manchester United vs. Liverpool, Columbia, S.C.
10 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Pittsburgh at Sacramento
SOFTBALL
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Wallace vs. Team McQuillin, Rosemont, Ill.
7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Lorenz vs. Team Kilfoyl, Rosemont, Ill.
TENNIS
Noon
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-WTA Doubles Final
2:30 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-WTA Semifinals
7 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-ATP Semifinals
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(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Sunday, Aug. 4
AUTO RACING
7:30 a.m.
TRUTV — FIM MotoGP: The British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, England
BIG3 BASKETBALL
3 p.m.
CBS — Week 8: Enemies vs. 3’s Company, Tri State vs. Ghost Ballers, Bivouac vs. Triplets, San Antonio
GOLF
3 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The Utah Championship, Final Round, Oakridge Country Club, Farmington, Utah
6 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Portland Classic, Final Round, Columbia Edgewater Macan Course, Portland, Ore.
8 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open, Final Round, Fox Chapel Golf Club, Pittsburgh (Taped)
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ABC — PLL: Boston at Maryland
LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team North vs. Team Kennedy, Sparks Glencoe, Md.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Southeast Region – Semifinal, Warner Robins, Ga.
4 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Southwest Region – Semifinal, Waco, Texas
MLB BASEBALL
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Pittsburgh OR Baltimore at Cleveland
4:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels (4:05 p.m.) OR Philadelphia at Seattle (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs
ESPN2 — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (StatCast)
RODEO
2 p.m.
CBS — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Taped)
RUGBY (MEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — MLR Championship: Seattle vs. New England, Final, San Diego
RUGBY (WOMEN’S)
4:05 a.m.
FS2 — NRL: St. George-Illawarra at North Queensland
SOCCER (MEN’S)
11:25 a.m.
CBSSN — SPFL: Kilmarnock at Celtic
5 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF U-20 Championship: TBD, Final, León, Mexico
8 p.m.
FS1 — Leagues Cup Group Stage: Cruz Azul at Philadelphia Union, Group O
10:30 p.m.
FS1 — Leagues Cup Group Stage: Necaxa at Seattle, Group F
SOFTBALL
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Wallace vs. Team Lorenz, Rosemont, Ill.
TENNIS
Noon
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-ATP Doubles Final
2:30 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-WTA Final
5 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington, D.C.-ATP Final
THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
2 p.m.FOX — TBT Championship: TBD, Philadelphia