“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
PITTSBURGH 8 NY METS 2
ST. LOUIS 6 WASHINGTON 0
DETROIT 1 CLEVELAND 0
CINCINNATI 6 COLORADO 0
MINNESOTA 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 (11)
TEXAS 9 LA ANGELS 4
ATLANTA 5 ARIZONA 4 (11)
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES
ARIZONA CARDINALS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
ATLANTA FALCONS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
ROOKIES: JULY 13. VETERANS: JULY 20.
BUFFALO BILLS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CHICAGO BEARS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 19.
CINCINNATI BENGALS
ROOKIES: JULY 20. VETERANS: JULY 23.
CLEVELAND BROWNS
ROOKIES: JULY 22. VETERANS: JULY 23.
DALLAS COWBOYS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
DENVER BRONCOS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 23.
DETROIT LIONS
ROOKIES: JULY 20. VETERANS: JULY 23.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 21.
HOUSTON TEXANS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 17.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 20.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
ROOKIES: JULY 21. VETERANS: JULY 23.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
LOS ANGELES RAMS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
MIAMI DOLPHINS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
ROOKIES: JULY 21. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
ROOKIES: JULY 19. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW YORK GIANTS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NEW YORK JETS
ROOKIES: JULY 18. VETERANS: JULY 23.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
ROOKIES: JULY 24. VETERANS: JULY 24.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
ROOKIES: JULY 16. VETERANS: JULY 23.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
ROOKIES: JULY 17. VETERANS: JULY 23.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ROOKIES: JULY 22. VETERANS: JULY 23.
TENNESSEE TITANS
ROOKIES: JULY 23. VETERANS: JULY 23.
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
ROOKIES: JULY 18. VETERANS: JULY 23.
NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
- BALTIMORE RAVENS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
- GREEN BAY PACKERS VS. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL), 8:15 P.M. ET (PEACOCK)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 8
- PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- ARIZONA CARDINALS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- TENNESSEE TITANS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- HOUSTON TEXANS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 1 P.M. ET (CBS)
- CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT NEW YORK GIANTS, 1 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DENVER BRONCOS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:05 P.M. ET (CBS)
- DALLAS COWBOYS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS, 4:25 P.M. ET (CBS)
- WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, 4:25 P.M. ET (FOX)
- LOS ANGELES RAMS AT DETROIT LIONS, 8:20 P.M. ET (NBC)
MONDAY, SEPT. 9
- NEW YORK JETS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:15 P.M. ET (ESPN/ABC)
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
BASKETBALL NEWS
UCONN, COACH DAN HURLEY AGREE TO 6-YEAR, $50 MILLION DEAL A MONTH AFTER HE SPURNED OFFER FROM LAKERS
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season, nearly a month after he turned down a lucrative offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.
Hurley, who passed on guiding the storied NBA club to return to the two-time defending NCAA champions, can also earn more through performance-based incentives, a Monday release from the school stated. He will receive $6.375 million next season in addition to his $400,000 base annual salary, which includes compensation from speaking, consulting and media obligations.
The agreement, which includes a $1 million annual retention bonus, will be covered by increased ticket sales revenue and donations from the Husky Athletic Fund, the release added. It replaces the six-year, $32.1 million agreement reached in June 2023 after Hurley won his first national championship with UConn.
Hurley — 141-58 in six seasons with the Huskies and 292-163 overall entering his 15th as a Division I head coach — acknowledged that the Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer was “obviously tempting.” He was also mentioned as a candidate for the Kentucky coaching vacancy after John Calipari left for Arkansas. But Hurley reiterated last month that he belongs at UConn and stated in the release that “it’s an honor” to coach and represent the school and is proud of what the program has rebuilt for supporters and fans.
He added: “We will continue to obsessively pursue championships and historic success, while continuing to develop great young men. Bleed Blue!”
UConn President Radenka Maric called Hurley the nation’s best men’s basketball coach and said he was delighted Hurley will continue to call it home. Athletic director David Benedict praised Hurley and wife Andrea for pouring themselves into rebuilding the program added that the contract recognizes the “immense” effort that has produced the results and the dedication it will require for the program to sustain it.
TRADING MIKAL BRIDGES TO KNICKS SENDS NETS INTO REBUILD. GM DOESN’T THINK IT WILL BE LONG ONE
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Brooklyn Nets made their first deal with the local rival New York Knicks in four decades, they traded away their best all-around player in Mikal Bridges.
Bridges was the key piece the Nets acquired when they sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix in 2023, and his brilliant play down the stretch got them into the playoffs that spring.
No key player came back this time. The trade with the Knicks was all about the haul of draft picks the Nets could accumulate for future success.
So, the Nets are heading into a rebuild, but general manager Sean Marks doesn’t think it will be a lengthy one.
“This build, do I think it’s going to take time? I mean, I think we’ll be strategic in it,” Marks said Monday.
“But I do think being in this market, with this amount of draft assets, we’ve done it before. And so again, I think, not that it’s going to be expedited by any means, but I don’t think it’s a long process, either.”
The trade was agreed upon just before the NBA draft last month and completed Saturday. The Nets received the Knicks’ first-round picks in 2025, 2027, 2029 and 2031, the right to swap first-round picks in 2028, a first-round pick from Milwaukee next year and a second-round pick in 2025.
Four picks in the first round of what’s expected to be a strong 2025 class looks nice on the draft board, but it’s probably not going to look pretty on the court or in the standings until then. Especially considering the Nets were thinking about multiple championships when Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden were in Brooklyn just three years ago.
“I think you have to look yourself in the mirror as an organization and sort of say what’s the best path for us moving forward here, and how do we do this and how do we have that sustainable success that we want,” Marks said. “So when you’re able to (add) that amount of draft assets over the course of the last year, I think that’s going to help us in our trajectory long term.”
Bridges averaged 26.1 points from the time the Nets got him at the 2023 deadline through the rest of that season, but that slipped to 19.6 in 2023-24 as the Nets went to 32-50 and missed the postseason. But Marks said the trade wasn’t about Bridges’ performance and denied speculation that the swingman asked to be dealt.
“I think it’s been reported that Mikal wanted to leave or requested a trade. That could not be further from the truth,” Marks said. “That’s just not in Mikal’s character. That’s not who he is and that definitely did not happen. He was told by me when I called him and let him know that we’re at the 2-yard line.”
The trade — the first between the teams since 1983 — allows Bridges to join former Villanova teammates Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo with the Knicks and could make New York a contender in the Eastern Conference. A few miles away, the Nets could be one of the worst teams in the NBA in new coach Jordi Fernandez’s first season.
Marks said he told Fernandez during negotiations that moving Bridges and building through the draft was a path the Nets could pursue, and was up front with Nic Claxton before re-signing the center.
The Nets couldn’t offer Marks good draft assets when he was hired in 2016, having dealt them to Boston in the 2013 blockbuster that brought Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn. That trade put the Celtics in position to draft Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum to start the core of the team that won this year’s NBA title.
Now the Nets will have draft picks and cap space. They just no longer have a talent anywhere near the level of Bridges.
“It’s a difficult decision, because Mikal was the focal point or this organization for the last year since we did the trade,” Marks said. “So, not an easy decision, but at the same time when you have an offer like we did from New York, I think that sets us up on a very, very clear direction and pathway to continue to build this team to sustainable success and that’s the ultimate goal here.”
AGENT: HEAT RE-SIGN F HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH TO $11M DEAL
The Miami Heat are bringing back free agent Haywood Highsmith on a two-year, $11 million deal, the forward’s agent confirmed to ESPN on Monday.
Highsmith, 27, averaged a career-high 6.1 points with 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 66 games (26 starts) with the Heat in 2023-24.
He entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Division II Wheeling in 2018-19 and played in five games with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Highsmith spent the 2019-20 season in the NBA G League and played in Germany in 2020-21 before returning to the NBA with Miami in 2021-22.
He owns career averages of 4.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 17.6 minutes in 144 games (38 starts) with the Sixers and Heat.
REPORT: PELICANS SIGNING C DANIEL THEIS TO 1-YEAR DEAL
The New Orleans Pelicans are signing free agent center Daniel Theis to a one-year deal, ESPN reported Monday.
Theis, 32, will be joining his sixth NBA team since entering the league with the Boston Celtics in 2017-18.
He spent most of the 2023-24 season with the Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds in 59 games (three starts).
He has career averages of 7.4 points and 4.8 boards in 373 games (151 starts) with the Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers and Clippers.
This summer, Theis is representing his native Germany at the Olympics in Paris. He helped the German squad win gold at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, where the United States finished fourth.
JOEL EMBIID CALLS NEW BIG 3 IN PHILLY ‘AMAZING’
Sixers superstar Joel Embiid loves the look of the new Big 3 in Philadelphia while admitting that his “patience was tested” along the way.
The 76ers just landed superstar Paul George on a max deal this offseason, the missing piece to what Embiid hopes results in a championship alongside himself and rising star Tyrese Maxey.
“I think as far as the fit, it looks amazing,” Embiid told ESPN. “It is great, especially when you got a big … I don’t like to call myself a big, but when you got a player that posts up and that isos quite a bit, you need to have willing shooters and guys that are not afraid to pull the trigger. PG, great shooter, 40 percent, 45 catch and shoot; Tyrese, we know great shooter, off the dribble, catch-and-shoot.
“On paper, and as far as the fit, it looks fantastic.”
Further, the team was able to keep Kelly Oubre Jr. and signed Caleb Martin, Andre Drummond and Eric Gordon.
It’s a far cry from this point last year, when the team was saddled with the offseason drama of James Harden, who was eventually traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in November. Sixers general manager Daryl Morey was very deliberate in carving out cap space to land a player like George to make a title run.
“I’d be lying to say that patience wasn’t tested,” Embiid told ESPN. “Because I’m at the point where there’s no awards, there’s no regular season or no All-NBA or All-Stars is going to change the way my legacy is. Well, there’s a few things that can change it, but the main one is the championship. So when you start thinking about what you want to be remembered as, you want to be remembered as someone that’s won.”
BASEBALL NEWS
REDS ACQUIRE VETERAN OF AUSTIN SLATER FROM GIANTS
The Cincinnati Reds acquired veteran outfielder Austin Slater in a trade with the San Francisco Giants late Sunday night.
The Giants received left-hander Alex Young and cash considerations for Slater, who had been their longest-tenured player.
Slater, 31, batted just .200 with one homer and nine RBIs in 43 games this season while platooning with Mike Yastrzemski.
Slater is a career .254 hitter with 39 home runs and 162 RBIs in 593 games over eight seasons with the Giants, who drafted him in the eighth round in 2014.
Young, 30, allowed no runs on four hits in three relief appearances this season for Cincinnati. He previously pitched for the Giants in 2022.
Young is 16-18 with a 4.40 ERA in 163 games (25 starts) with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2019-21), Cleveland Guardians (2021-22), Giants and Reds.
MLB ROUNDUP: TIGERS PULL OUT 1-0 WIN OVER GUARDIANS
Jake Rogers scored the game’s only run in the eighth, Keider Montero delivered a strong start and the Detroit Tigers stretched their winning streak to four games by edging the visiting Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Monday night.
Montero held the Guardians to three hits in 6 1/3 innings. Tyler Holton (4-1) got five outs, and Shelby Miller tossed a perfect ninth inning to record his first save.
Rogers then led off eighth against Scott Barlow (2-3) with a double. Wenceel Perez singled but was thrown out at second as Rogers held up at third. Colt Keith then walked before shortstop Brayan Rocchio allowed Mark Canha’s routine grounder to get past him as Rogers scored.
Angel Martinez had two of the three hits for Cleveland, which had won two in a row. Guardians starter Gavin Williams tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
Reds 6, Rockies 0
Rece Hinds hit a towering home run in his major league debut as Cincinnati blanked visiting Colorado.
Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-3 with an RBI double one day after earning his first career All-Star selection. He also stole two bases and scored twice. Hinds finished 2-for-3.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott (9-6) tossed seven shutout innings, while Rockies starter Ryan Feltner (1-8) gave up two runs, one earned, over seven innings.
Pirates 8, Mets 2
Joshua Palacios homered as part of a five-run sixth inning and Mitch Keller tossed eight strong innings as Pittsburgh beat visiting New York for a split of their four-game series.
Oneil Cruz added a two-run homer for the Pirates, who had lost two straight since winning the series opener 14-2 on Friday. Keller (10-5) allowed seven hits with zero walks and six strikeouts while throwing 107 pitches.
Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer for the Mets. New York reliever Eric Orze (0-1) allowed three runs without retiring a batter in his major league debut.
Cardinals 6, Nationals 0
Alec Burleson homered and drove in three runs and Miles Mikolas pitched into the seventh inning as visiting St. Louis blanked Washington.
Paul Goldschmidt homered and scored twice for the Cardinals, who took three of four from the Nationals and have won six of eight overall. Mikolas (7-7) worked 6 1/3 innings, giving up six hits.
Keibert Ruiz had two hits for the Nationals, who went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Mitchell Parker (5-5) gave up two runs, one earned, in seven innings.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
DB PROSPECT IVAN TAYLOR SPURNS NOTRE DAME FOR MICHIGAN
Michigan snagged a top 2025 recruit away from another traditional Midwestern powerhouse when defensive back Ivan Taylor, previously committed to Notre Dame, announced Monday that he would join the Wolverines instead.
ESPN lists Taylor as the 41st-best recruit in his class and the fifth-best cornerback. He is No. 54 overall in 247Sports’ composite rankings, which have him as the sixth-best safety.
Taylor, the son of former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Ike Taylor, is 6 feet, 175 pounds and plays for West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Fla. He moves to the top of the recruiting class for new Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore, who took over after Jim Harbaugh left for the Los Angeles Chargers.
Michigan, the defending national champion, now owns the 15th-best 2025 recruiting class, per 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Taylor announced last winter that he had selected Notre Dame, reportedly doing so over Michigan, Southern California, Florida State, Wisconsin, Tennessee and other schools.
He subsequently took official visits to Alabama and Michigan in June and came away with Moore and his assistants, defensive coordinator Wink Martindale and secondary coach LaMar Morgan.
“I like coach Wink, I like coach Morgan and I like coach Moore,” Taylor told The Michigan Insider. “I think they’re all great people and it was a really good time on the official visit getting to know them and getting to know their families as well. …
“Me and coach Morgan could have talked ball for days. We were in there just talking, learning the plays, what they do, what their system is, and where I’ll be in their system. They said (I’d play) the free safety position. A lot of colleges have been saying nickel, and I think they’re really the first ones to say free safety.”
FORMER 6-FOOT-11 HOOPS PROSPECT TO PLAY OT AT GEORGIA
Jahzare Jackson was part of one of the top junior basketball leagues in the country, but on Monday, he committed to one of college football’s premier programs.
Jackson, who stands 6-foot-11, will play offensive tackle at recent two-time national champion Georgia.
Jackson played in Overtime Elite, the league founded in 2021 for 16- to 20-year-old basketball prospects to have an alternative path to the NBA.
He even entered the NBA draft that took place just last month. When it was clear he’d go undrafted, Jackson evaluated his options. He had played football up until his early high school years, at which point a growth spurt made him focus on pursuing basketball.
Jackson started taking visits in June and chose Georgia over Florida State, Florida, Mississippi State and Arkansas.
“I fell in love with the coaches,” Jackson said in a social media video posted by Overtime Elite. “I fell in love with the school. Players were welcoming when I got there. And I’m still in Georgia, too, at the end of the day. I feel like that was a big thing for me, still, being able to be in Georgia.”
Overtime Elite is based in Atlanta.
He told ESPN he currently weighs 340 pounds. He will enroll at Georgia next month and start to get practice reps with a goal of competing for starting snaps in 2025.
“I’m excited by it, I’m ready to embrace the process and get better at the end of the day,” Jackson told The Athletic. “I trust my athletic abilities to get me there and to handle my business at the end of the day.”
NFL NEWS
VETERAN DE JERRY HUGHES RE-SIGNS WITH TEXANS
Jerry Hughes re-signed with the Houston Texans on Monday, setting him up for a 15th season in the NFL.
A Houston-area native, Hughes spent the past two seasons with the Texans. The defensive end turns 36 in August.
Hughes played all 17 regular-season games in each of his two campaigns with Houston but started just two games in 2023. He had three sacks, one forced fumble and 32 tackles last season after a nine-sack campaign in 2022.
Hughes has compiled 70 sacks, 19 forced fumbles, five recoveries, two interceptions and 479 tackles in 218 career games (152 starts) with the Indianapolis Colts (2010-12), Buffalo Bills (2013-21) and Texans.
STEELERS CB CAMERON SUTTON SUSPENDED 8 GAMES
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton was suspended without pay for the first eight games of the season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced Monday.
Sutton, 29, signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers in early June after being released by the Detroit Lions on March 21, one day after authorities in Florida announced they were looking for him following allegations of aggravated battery-domestic violence.
That matter was resolved after he entered a pretrial diversion program, allowing Sutton to meet with the Steelers in April. The NFL subsequently completed their own investigation of the incident, resulting in Monday’s suspension ruling.
Sutton will be available to return on October 29, following the team’s Week 8 matchup with the New York Giants.
Sutton started all 17 regular-season games with the Lions, posting 65 tackles, an interception, one forced fumble and six passes defensed. He started Detroit’s three playoff games as well, adding eight tackles and breaking up three passes.
When the suspension ends, Sutton will rejoin the team that selected him in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
FREE AGENT S TASHAUN GIPSON INTENDS TO PLAY AGAIN DESPITE SUSPENSION
NFL free agent safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. blamed a supplement for his recent suspension for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance abuse policy and says it will not hold him back from playing a 13th season, according to a statement he released Monday.
Gipson was suspended six games by the NFL last Tuesday after violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance abuse policy.
“During this offseason I took a supplement one time, which I thought to be completely safe and well within any of the NFL’s policies,” Gipson said in Monday’s statement. “It was in no way related to performance, training, or gaining an advantage of any kind at any time.”
Gipson expressed respect for the game and his fellow players, while saying he will not appeal the decision.
“The NFL’s policy on performance enhancing substances is clear, and I take full responsibility for anything I put into my body. It is with great disappointment that I accept this suspension, and I do so knowing that I have never even attempted to cheat the game. I look forward to returning for my 13th NFL season and helping a team compete for a championship.”
The suspension will not go into effect until the regular season, if and when Gipson signs with a team. The former Pro Bowler in 2014, while a member of the Cleveland Browns, still can participate in all preseason activities, including games.
In 12 NFL seasons, Gipson has 684 tackles, 33 interceptions and three TDs in 173 games (165 starts) for the Browns (2012-15), Jacksonville Jaguars (2016-18), Houston Texans (2019), Chicago Bears (2020-21) and 49ers after going undrafted out of Wyoming.
The 33-year-old, who reportedly had been considering retirement, started all 33 games he played in over the last two seasons for the 49ers, making 121 tackles with six interceptions.
GOLF NEWS
REPORT: BRADLEY TO CAPTAIN USA AT 2025 RYDER CUP
Keegan Bradley is set to be named captain of the United States’ 2025 Ryder Cup team, sources told Sports Illustrated’s Bob Harig.
A formal announcement will be made Tuesday.
The United States pivoted to Bradley after Tiger Woods turned down the opportunity, Harig notes. Woods was player-captain for the U.S. at its 2019 Presidents Cup win and has been an assistant for the country twice.
Bradley has represented the U.S. three times between the Ryder and Presidents Cup, most recently in 2014. He wasn’t chosen as a captain’s pick for last year’s Ryder Cup in Italy despite a strong PGA TOUR season and expressed his disappointment about the omission.
The United States lost last year’s event 16.5-11.5 under captain Zach Johnson.
Luke Donald will captain Europe again in 2025 after leading the squad to victory last year.
TENNIS NEWS
TAYLOR FRITZ DEFEATS TWO-TIME GRAND SLAM FINALIST ALEXANDER ZVEREV IN WIMBLEDON’S FOURTH ROUND
LONDON (AP) — Taylor Fritz turned things around after dropping the opening two sets to defeat two-time Grand Slam finalist Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Monday and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
The 13th-seeded Fritz, a 26-year-old from California, equaled his career-best showing at a major tournament.
“It was amazing to do that,” he said.
The match, played with the retractable Centre Court roof shut, was the 35th to go five sets at the All England Club this year, tying the record for the most at any Slam event in the Open era, which began in 1968.
And Fritz’s comeback is the 11th from a two-set deficit in this edition of Wimbledon, more than in any other year.
The fourth-seeded Zverev was the runner-up to Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open last month. He also lost in the final of the 2020 U.S. Open against Dominic Thiem.
The German entered Monday having won all nine sets he had played at Wimbledon this year and held in all 41 of his service games. But Fritz broke him one time each in the third and fifth sets.
Zverev played with a gray sleeve on left knee, which he hurt during a fall in his previous match.
When it ended, Fritz threw his head back and let out a yell, before meeting Zverev at the net for an extended chat.
Fritz joined countryman Tommy Paul in the final eight, giving the United States two men that deep in the tournament for the first time since 2000.
Fritz’s quarterfinal opponent will be No. 25 Lorenzo Musetti. No. 9 Alex de Minaur now plays seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic or No. 15 Holger Rune, who were scheduled to meet in Monday night’s last match on Centre Court.
Winners in women’s fourth-round matches included 2022 champion Elena Rybakina, No. 21 seed Elina Svitolina — who wore a black ribbon on her shirt to mourn victims of Russian missile attacks on her home country, Ukraine — and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Rybakina faces Svitolina in the quarterfinals, and Ostapenko’s next opponent will be No. 11 Danielle Collins or 2021 French Open winner Barbora Krejcikova.
OLYMPIC NEWS
AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS, IT WILL NO LONGER BE PERSONAL FOR UKRAINE’S ATHLETES. THIS TIME, IT’S WAR
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks.
Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different front. Her goal is not just gold, but also to rivet global attention on her country’s fight for survival against Russia.
“You’re not doing it for yourself anymore,” she says. “Winning a medal just for yourself, being a champion, realizing your ambitions — it’s inappropriate.”
But the broader war is making it increasingly difficult for Ukraine, once a post-Soviet sports power, to get those headline-capturing medals, an Associated Press analysis found.
Skater Oksana Baiul won Ukraine’s first Olympic gold, at the 1994 Winter Games, just three years after Ukraine declared independence. The medal ceremony in Lillehammer, Norway, was delayed while organizers hunted for a recording of Ukraine’s anthem, finally securing one from the Ukrainian team.
Pole vault star Sergei Bubka and the boxing Klitschko brothers — Vitali and Wladimir, the Olympic super-heavyweight champion in 1996 — were among other athletes who put the new nation on sport’s map. At the Summer Games, Ukraine outperformed every former Soviet or Eastern bloc state — except Russia and, in 2000, Romania — and through to London in 2012, always finished among the top 13 nations, ranked by total medals won.
Ukrainian performances began dipping after 2014. Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea that year was followed by eight years of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow backed armed separatists before unleashing its even deadlier full-scale invasion in 2022 to subdue the whole country.
Ukraine’s haul of 11 medals at the 2016 Rio Games was its smallest as an independent nation and it tumbled to a low of 22nd in the country rankings. Ukraine recovered to 16th at the pandemic-delayed Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 but just one of its 19 medals was gold — another new low.
Part of the explanation is that fighting takes lives and resources. Just as important is the psychological burden the war imposes on athletes.
While honing their bodies and skills for Paris, they have wrestled with their consciences. Athletes have had to explain to themselves and others why they are still competing when soldiers are dying and lives being ripped apart. Some are emerging from the journey with their priorities reordered and armed with new motivation to fight, through sport, for the broader national cause.
“Our victories are to draw attention to Ukraine,” Ryzhykova says.
She ran on Ukraine’s bronze medal-winning 400-meter relay team in the London Olympics in 2012, and placed 5th in her specialty in Tokyo, the 400-meter hurdles. Any medals she earns this summer will be for her country in a very real sense.
“Attention is drawn to you only when you win, when you perform, when you are on the podium,” she said in an AP interview. “The higher you are, the more attention you attract.”
A SPORTS POWER BEING DESTROYED
More than 500 sports facilities have been destroyed since the war began in February 2022. That was the year Russian missiles hit the Lokomotiv sports center in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, depriving Ukrainian artistic swimmers of the training venue they used before winning the team bronze medal in Tokyo. The gleaming “Neptune” aquatic center in Mariupol was bombed in the Russian siege of that devastated port city and now the city is under occupation. That ruined the plans of diver Stanislav Oliferchyk to use it as his Olympic training base for Paris.
High jumper Oleh Doroshchuk, aged 23 and one of Ukraine’s brightest prospects in Olympic track and field in Paris, has learned to ignore aid raid sirens that blare over his hometown, Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine, so they don’t interrupt his training. Still, after particularly deadly Russian attacks that regularly hit the country, Doroschuk says he’s been forced to look inside himself, questioning whether it’s morally right that he’s “just training” when other men are defending front lines.
“I think everyone has these kinds of thoughts,” he said. “Many people among those whom I know are fighting, and some were killed.”
Across Ukraine, air raids often derail training.
“You sit in the bomb shelter for an hour, then come out for 15 minutes and start warming up and moving again. The alarm goes off again, and you go back to the bomb shelter,” Ryzhykova says. She mostly trains abroad as a result.
Among Ukraine’s many tens of thousands of dead and injured are athletes, coaches and others in sports organizations who together helped Ukraine to stand on its own as a sporting nation after it broke free of the former Soviet sports machine.
Some of the athletes killed might have had a shot of qualifying for Paris. Some of the coaches had been nurturing future generations.
Ryzhykova lost a mentor who helped ignite her passion for sports. Coach Valentyn Vozniuk and his wife, Iryna Tymoshenko, were among 46 people killed by a supersonic missile that slammed into an apartment building in Dnipro in 2023.
Vozniuk, who was 75, led the Dnipro sports school where Ryzhykova started track and field and where she still trains on trips home.
“He was always very cheerful, a happy person who did everything to make children come, enjoy, and stay,” she recalls.
She worries the war will accelerate a downward spiral for Ukrainian sport. “Few children are coming for training now, many have left,” she notes.
“There are times when depression and a feeling of not wanting to do anything set in,” she says. “And when you’re at a training camp and read the news about a massive rocket attack, you worry about all your relatives and loved ones.”
FACING RUSSIA IN PARIS
In Paris, Ukrainian athletes will endure another ordeal: the likelihood of crossing paths with competitors from Russia and ally Belarus.
The International Olympic Committee barred the two nations from team sports in Paris but didn’t bend to Ukrainian pleas for their complete exclusion.
Instead, Russians and Belarusians who pass a two-step vetting procedure will compete individually as neutrals. They must not have publicly supported the invasion or be affiliated with military or state security agencies.
The IOC has said dozens of Russian and Belarusian athletes qualify.
Ryzhykova struggles with the prospect of face-to-face encounters.
“I can’t even imagine this anger,” she says. “How to restrain oneself, how to look at them.”
Her priority remains Ukraine and keeping its losses and sacrifices in the spotlight.
“We cannot be without a position, be on the sidelines — because we are opinion leaders. And we have to be a support for our people,” Ryzhykova says.
“It will be challenging at this Olympics because there is no room for defeat or injury,” she adds. “It’s tough to cope with, but it’s both motivation and responsibility.”
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDY ELEVEN
U.S. OPEN CUP PREVIEW #ATLVIND
#ATLvIND Preview
Atlanta United FC (MLS) vs Indy Eleven (USL Championship)
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET
Fifth Third Bank Stadium | Kennesaw, Georgia
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In-game updates: @IndyElevenLive Twitter feed
SETTING THE SCENE
Indy Eleven travels to face MLS side Atlanta United on Tuesday in its first trip to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals. This is the first meeting between the two clubs.
| ATL | IND | |
| 22 | Games | 17 |
| 30 | Goals | 30 |
| 32 | Goals Conceded | 25 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| 110 | SOT | 82 |
| 109 | Shots Faced | 70 |
| 4 | Clean Sheets | 3 |
*regular season statistics
U.S. Open Cup All-Time
Overall Record: 7W-7L-1D (19 GF/15 GA)
Home Record: 6W-2L-0D (16 GF/8 GA)
Away Record: 1W-5L-1D (3 GF/7 GA)
2024
Third Round | April 17, 2024 | Chicago Fire FC II (MLS NEXT Pro) 0:1 Indy Eleven (USLC)
Round of 32 | May 8, 2024 | Indy Eleven 2:0 San Antonio FC (USLC)
Round of 16 | May 22, 2024 | Indy Eleven (USLC) 3:0 Detroit City FC (USLC)
Quarterfinals | July 9, 2024 | Atlanta United (MLS) vs Indy Eleven (USLC)
#GOALS
The Boys in Blue scored in 15 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 season, bringing their total to 30 goals (T3 USL), and have scored in 16 of their 17 games, no team has done so more often in the USL Championship this season. The streak, which ended on June 22 against Orange County, is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same season for the club. In total, Indy scored in 18 straight regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023.
The Boys in Blue have scored 18 first half goals this season. Defensively, Indy has held its opponents scoreless in the first half in 10 of 17 matches in 2024.
STREAKING
The Boys in Blue were unbeaten in 12 straight matches across all competitions, including a club-best eight straight wins in USL Championship matches before falling to Orange County on June 22. The eight-match USLC win streak tied for fifth over the league’s history.
Indy outscored opponents 23-6 in those matches, while posting six clean sheets and never conceding more than one goal.
4.17 Chicago Fire FC II^ W, 1-0
4.20 at Colorado Springs Switchbacks SC D, 1-1
4.27 North Carolina FC W, 2-1
5.4 at Monterey Bay F.C. W, 1-0
5.8 San Antonio FC^ W, 2-0
5.12 at Miami FC W, 3-1
5.18 Hartford Athletic W, 4-1
5.22 Detroit City FC^ W, 3-0
5.25 Phoenix Rising FC W, 2-1
6.1 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC W, 2-1
6.9 at Birmingham Legion FC W, 1-0
6.15 San Antonio FC W, 1-0
^denotes U.S. Open Cup match
THIS IS MAY
Indy Eleven finished off the month of May going 4-0-0 in USL Championship action and 6-0-0 across all competitions. The four wins for the Boys in Blue were the most so far this season for a side in the USLC to take maximum points in a month.
TOP-10 TEAMMATES
Sebastian Guenzatti (6th, 73) and Augi Williams (9th, 71) serve as the only pair of active teammates in the USL Championship’s top 10 for all-time regular season goals. Williams currently sits at five goals in 2024, while Guenzatti has three. Williams also has a pair in U.S. Open Cup action this season to lead Indy.
ALLOW ME TO ASSIST YOU
Aedan Stanley is tied atop the USL Championship stats with seven assists, which includes his first career multi-assist game, a two-helper performance against his old club Miami FC on May 12. He also has a team-high two in Open Cup games. Stanley has 15 career USL Championship assists, posting no more that three in a season before joining Indy Eleven for 2024.
2024: 7 | 2023: 3 | 2022: 3 | 2020: 2
TOTW REGULARS
Jack Blake has been named to the USL Championship Team of the Week five times in 2024, the most for any player in the league, while Aedan Stanley has three nods and a Player of the Week accolade to his name. Additionally, five players have had at least one selection in Younes Boudadi (to HFD 6.13), Adrian Diz Pe, Benjamin Ofeimu, Hunter Sulte and Augi Williams.
In total, seven players have earned team of the week nods, while eight total have received either team or bench honors.
IN THE WIN COLUMN
The Boys in Blue had 13 regular-season wins in 2023 tied for the second most during a USL Championship season (2018) and behind the 19 victories from the 2019 season. Indy currently has nine in 2024, a total not reached until August 19 a season ago.
LAST TIME OUT – U.S. OPEN CUP EDITION
INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, May 22, 2024) – Indy Eleven is on to the Quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in club history after a 3-0 defeat of USL Championship rival Detroit City FC.
Indy Eleven opened the scoring by way of a Detroit City own goal off a Benjamin Ofeimu cross from the right side. The Boys in Blue have scored their first goal in the 14th minute or earlier in each of their three U.S. Open Cup matches this season (CHI 4’, SA 2’).
The home team would tack on two more in the first half with Douglas Martinez finding Augi Williams (33’) for the tally and Aedan Stanley connecting on a corner to Ofeimu (36’).
Indy becomes the second Indiana club in the history of the tournament to reach the Quarterfinals (Indianapolis Inferno 1992).
Scoring Summary
IND – Own Goal 14’
IND – Augi Williams (Douglas Martinez) 33’
IND – Ben Ofeimu (Aedan Stanley) 36’
Discipline Summary
IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 7’
DET – Devon Amoo-Mensah (caution) 61’
IND – Jack Blake (caution) 65’
IND – Max Schneider (caution) 90+1’
LAST TIME OUT – USL CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island (Friday, July 5, 2024) – Indy Eleven returns from Rhode Island with a point after drawing 3-3 with the first-year USL Championship Eastern Conference opponent.
The Boys in Blue scored twice in the opening half as Laurence Wootton registered the opener off an assist from Cam Lindley in the 20th minute. The goal was the first professional tally for Wootton and the assist was the first for Lindley in 2024.
Indy doubled the lead less than 10 minutes later off a 28th minute strike from Elliot Collier. His goal came by way of Romario Williams’ first points representing the Circle City.
Indy now has 16 first-half goals on the season, the second most of any team in the USL Championship (17, Charleston).
Rhode Island got a pair back to open the second half off the corner combination of goal scorer Frank Nodarse and Marc Ybarra in the 52nd and 69th minutes.
Indy retook the lead in the 79th minute off the first goal of the season from Tyler Gibson via an assist from Douglas Martinez, but Rhode Island struck back in the final seconds, earning the equalizer from Isaac Angking in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
Scoring Summary
IND – Laurence Wootton (Cam Lindley) 20’
IND – Elliot Collier (Romario Williams) 28’
RI – Frank Nodarse (Marc Ybarra) 52’
RI – Frank Nodarse (Marc Ybarra) 69’
IND – Tyler Gibson (Douglas Martinez) 79’
RI – Isaac Angking 90+5’
Discipline Summary
RI – Frank Nodarse (caution) 19’
IND – Ben Mines (caution) 35’
IND – Hunter Sulte (caution) 52’
IND – Josh O’Brien (caution) 59′
RI – JJ Williams (caution) 80’
RI – Jojea Kwizera (caution) 84’
THE [NEW] GAFFER
2024 is Indy’s first season under head coach Sean McAuley, who previously served as interim head coach/assistant at MLS-side Minnesota United FC. McAuley helped Minnesota to playoff appearances in each of his first three seasons, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2020. In 2015, he hoisted the MLS Cup with Portland Timbers. McAuley opened his playing career with Manchester United and played for Portland Timbers and the U-21 Scottish National Team, among others.
McAuley got his first career win in the USL Championship on March 16, 2024, a 2-1 defeat of Memphis 901 FC.
USLC : 9-5-3 | USOC: 3-0-0 | OVERALL: 12-5-3
ROAD WARRIORS
Indy is 5-2-2 (6-2-2 overall) away from The Mike this season, making them the first USL Championship team to five road wins in 2024.
The Eleven finished the 2023 regular season 8-5-4 on the road, giving them the most regular season wins away from home in the club’s USLC history (previously 6 in 2019). Indy outscored its opponents 27-21 on the road with eight multi-goal performances and four of 3+ (3 at ELP, PIT, SA; 4 at CHS).
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
BOILERMAKER TRIO TO BEGIN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE PLAY THIS WEEK
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A trio of former Boilermakers will begin play in the NBA Summer League this week, starting tonight in Salt Lake City.
Zach Edey, Lance Jones and Dakota Mathias will all suit up this week in hopes of securing roster spots or training camp invites with strong play over the next 12 days.
It is not known whether or not if Jaden Ivey will play in Summer League this season. The Detroit Pistons have not announced their Summer League roster yet.
Edey, the No. 9 pick in the NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, opened Summer League play last night when the Grizzlies faced Utah. Edey went for 14 points, 15 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 1 assist. Edey’s game was highlighted with a massive dunk over Walker Kessler and a tip-in off a missed free throw with just .8 seconds left to force the game into overtime. He showcased a great skill set where he frequently swallowed up defenders off screens and had great opportunities at the rim off missed shots and dump passes. Memphis’ guards struggled to get him the ball but when paired with Ja Morant and Desmond Bane, two of the better young guards in the NBA, Edey will have better scoring chances.
They will play the 76ers on Tuesday, at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN, then the Thunder on Wednesday, at 7 p.m. ET on NBATV.
The Grizzlies will then head to Las Vegas and face the Kings at 6 p.m. ET, on Friday on NBATV, to start play in Vegas. The Grizzlies will play on Monday, July 15, Wednesday, July 17, and Thursday, July 18, before bracket play begins.
Edey became Purdue’s second top-10 selection in the last three years after Ivey was picked No. 5 in the 2022 NBA Draft. Only Kentucky (4), Connecticut (2) and Purdue (2) have had multiple top-10 picks in the last three Drafts.
Memphis Grizzlies Summer League Schedule
Monday, July 8 – Utah Jazz (9 p.m. ET; ESPN)
Tuesday, July 9 – Philadelphia 76ers (7 p.m. ET; ESPN)
Wednesday, July 10 – Oklahoma City Thunder (7 p.m. ET; NBATV)
Friday, July 12 – Sacramento Kings (6 p.m. ET; NBATV)
Monday, July 15 – Dallas Mavericks (8 p.m. ET; ESPNU)
Wednesday, July 17 – Orlando Magic (7 p.m. ET; Local TV)
Thursday, July 18 – New Orleans Pelicans (6 p.m. ET; NBATV)
Meanwhile, both Lance Jones and Dakota Mathias will play this summer for the Indiana Pacers, beginning play on Friday, July 12, against the Brooklyn Nets at 8 p.m. ET, on NBATV. The Pacers’ second game will be Sunday, July 14, against the Minnesota Timberwolves at 5:30 p.m., on NBATV, before battling the Suns on Tuesday, July 16, at 4 p.m. ET, on ESPNU. The Pacers’ final game will be against the Nuggets on Thursday, July 18, at 4:30 p.m. ET, on ESPN2.
Indiana Pacers Summer League Schedule
Friday, July 12 – Brooklyn Nets (8 p.m. ET; NBATV)
Sunday, July 14 – Minnesota Timberwolves (5:30 p.m. ET; NBATV)
Tuesday, July 16 – Phoenix Suns (4 p.m. ET; ESPNU)
Thursday, July 18 – Denver Nuggets (4:30 p.m. ET; ESPN2)
Jones transferred to Purdue before the 2023-24 season and had a large part in the Boilermakers advancing to the National Championship game last season. Jones averaged 11.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game while making a team-high 80, 3-pointers on the season. For his career, he scored 1,971 points wth 479 rebounds, 361 assists and 226 steals while making 285 trifectas.
Jones was the only active player in America this past season to accumulate at least 1,900 points, 475 rebounds, 350 assists and 225 steals.
Mathias, meanwhile, returns to Summer League for the first time 2022 when he played for the Grizzlies. Mathias had an outstanding career at Purdue, scoring 1,140 points with 435 rebounds and 408 assists. He ranks second in school history in career 3-pointers (250), fifth in 3-point percentage (.419), 11th in assists (408) and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.67).
Mathias has appeared in 14 NBA games for Philadelphia (2020-21) and Memphis (2021-22), scoring 54 points with 14 assists (vs. one turnover) and nine rebounds in 139 minutes. He hit a game-winning 3-pointer during a 76ers win during the 2020-21 season.
BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER TO HOST AUSTIN PEAY FRIDAY, NOV. 8 AT HINKLE FIELDHOUSE
Butler’s 2024-25 non-conference schedule continues to take shape with the addition of Austin Peay making a visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse Friday, Nov. 8.
The tip time and television assignment will be announced at a later date.
The only two previous meetings between Butler and Austin Peay both came during the 1988-89 season. The teams split the two match-ups with each winning on the other’s home court. Butler coach Thad Matta was on that Butler roster; he was joined on that team by Rodney Haywood, the uncle of current Butler freshman Evan.
Austin Peay earned a berth in the 2024 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), finishing the campaign with a 19-16 record. The Governors went 10-6 in the ASUN during the regular season and advanced to the championship game of the 2024 ASUN Tournament.
Matta and his Bulldogs will have 18 games on the Hinkle portion of the 2024-25 schedule. Coming off a postseason appearance and electric atmospheres on our home court, the upcoming home schedule includes all 10 BIG EAST opponents visiting Hinkle.
Additional games on Butler’s non-conference schedule will be released soon. Previously-announced home games for the Bulldogs include Nov. 11 against Western Michigan and Dec. 3 versus Eastern Illinois.
BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
CRUZ SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2028
MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State University Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell has announced head men’s volleyball coach Donan Cruz has signed a contract extension that will run through 2028.
“I am elated that Coach Cruz has accepted our extension offer,” Mitchell said. “Coach Cruz is a purposeful leader of high character who continues to lead our men’s volleyball program to significant success. I am thrilled for our student-athletes and fans as we build on our momentum.”
Cruz began his historic run with the Cardinals in the 2022 season, leading Ball State to one of its most successful campaigns in program history. BSU boasted a 23-4 overall record and captured both the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) regular season and tournament titles. Cruz’s leadership in his first year at the helm helped the Cardinals earn the No. 2 seed and berth straight into the national semifinals of the NCAA Championships. It was the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with BSU falling to eventual national champion Hawaii at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif.
For his efforts during his inaugural campaign, Cruz became only the second coach in program history to earn AVCA National Coach of the Year honors while leading the Cardinals, joining 1995 & 1996 honoree Dr. Don Shondell.His leadership helped restore Ball State’s historic tradition of success by guiding the program to its first outright MIVA regular season championship since 1997. Ball State went 12-2 in league play in 2022, earning Cruz the title MIVA Coach of the Year.
After his record-breaking first season, Cruz guided the Cardinals to two more MIVA regular season titles in 2023 and 2024. Ball State has earned the top seed in the MIVA Tournament in all three of Cruz’s seasons at Ball State (2022, 2023 and 2024).
Cruz, who owns a 64-23 (.735) record as Ball State’s head coach, has collected three straight 20-win seasons and was tabbed the MIVA Coach of the Year for a second time in 2024.
I appreciate President Mearns and Jeff Mitchell for their leadership and support of our athletics department,” Cruz said. “I am humbled by the opportunity to continue to serve as the head coach of our men’s volleyball program. Ball State has such a positive impact on the Muncie community, and my family and I are grateful to be a part of it.”
Beyond Ball State, Cruz recently was chosen as an assistant coach for the 2024 United States Men’s U21 National Team which took home gold at the 2024 Norceca Continental Championship.
INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL
INDIANA STATE ANNOUNCES 2024 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State Head Volleyball Coach Ashlee Pritchard unveiled the Sycamores’ 2024 schedule Monday afternoon. The 30-match regular season schedule features 10 home matches inside ISU Arena and also sees Indiana State play three matches against first-time opponents.
Indiana State kicks off its 2024 season with an exhibition match August 24 at Ball State. The Sycamores open the regular season August 30-31 at the GSU Invitational in Atlanta, where the Trees will face Georgia State, Florida A&M and South Dakota State.
The Sycamores’ first home match of the season comes in the second week of the 2024 campaign as part of a home-and-home series. Indiana State will play at Butler September 6, with the Bulldogs making a return trip to Terre Haute the following day.
Indiana State heads back south for the Bluff City Showdown September 13-14 in Memphis, where the Sycamores will face Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Lamar and Memphis. The Sycamores will pay a midweek visit to IU Indianapolis September 18 before closing the non-conference schedule at the Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational September 20-21, with matches against St. Francis (Pa.), Eastern Michigan and Purdue Fort Wayne.
The Sycamores open MVC play at home against UIC (Sept. 27) and Valparaiso (Sept. 28) before hitting the road for the next four matches. Indiana State will face Murray State (Oct. 4), Belmont (Oct. 5), Illinois State (Oct. 11) and Bradley (Oct. 12) during the road swing.
Indiana State begins a stretch of three home matches in a four-day span October 18 against Missouri State, with Southern Illinois (Oct. 19) and Evansville (Oct. 21) also visiting ISU Arena in that timeframe. The Sycamores close out the month of October on the road against Drake (Oct. 25) and Northern Iowa (Oct. 26), the top two teams in the MVC last season.
The Sycamores open November with a four-match homestand, starting November 1 against Illinois State. Indiana State’s final homestand of the season also sees the Trees play host to Bradley (Nov. 2), Belmont (Nov. 8) and Murray State (Nov. 9). The Sycamores close the season with road matches at Valparaiso (Nov. 15), UIC (Nov. 16) and Evansville (Nov. 20).
The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament will take place Nov. 23-26 at McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The top eight teams will qualify for the conference tournament.
Indiana State features arguably the youngest team in the MVC for a second straight season, with 13 of the 17 players on the roster being freshmen or sophomores. The Sycamores return four starters in 2023 MVC Freshman of the Year Kira Holland, 2023 MVC All-Freshman Team selection Ella Scott, setter Avery Hales and libero Macy Lengacher, with the Trees’ 2023 leaders in kills (Holland), assists (Hales), blocks (Scott), digs (Lengacher) and aces (Emma Kaelin) all back. Eight newcomers join the fold for the 2024 campaign, with third-year head coach Ashlee Pritchard looking to build off a season which saw the Sycamores play their best volleyball down the stretch.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
SYCAMORES ANNOUNCE 2024 WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State head coach Paul Lawrence announced the 2024 women’s soccer schedule on Monday afternoon as the Sycamores sit a little over one month away from the start of the regular season.
The Sycamore schedule features nine home matches on the friendly pitch at Memorial Stadium, while hitting the road for 10 matches over the course of the 2024 season.
ISU opens the 2024 season with three consecutive home matches starting with the home opener on Thursday, August 15, against Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The Sycamores continue the home stand on August 22 against Miami (Ohio) and August 25 against Robert Morris, before hitting the road for the first time.
The Sycamores travel for four consecutive matches starting August 29 against UT Martin, before continuing the trek at SEMO (Sept. 1), Bellarmine (Sept. 5), and Marshall (Sept. 8).
Indiana State returns home against Eastern Illinois on September 12, before traveling to SIUE on September 15 for their final non-conference matchup of the season.
ISU opens up Missouri Valley play with back-to-back road matches at Valparaiso (Sept. 19) and UIC (Sept. 22). Indiana State returns home on September 26 against Southern Illinois, before returning to the road on September 29 at Missouri State.
The Sycamores host Drake (Oct. 3) and Northern Iowa (Oct. 6) to start the final month of the season. ISU hits the road at Illinois State (Oct. 13) and Murray State (Oct. 17), before closing out the regular season with back-to-back home matches. The Sycamores will host Evansville (Oct. 20), before hosting Senior Day against Belmont on October 27.
The Missouri Valley Tournament starts October 31 with the first round on campus locations and continues through the Conference Championship Game on November 10.
SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
EAGLES RELEASE 2024 MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer announced its 2024 regular season schedule and its second season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Screaming Eagles open their season at Butler University on August 22 in Indianapolis, Indiana, while beginning the home calendar September 14 by hosting Bellarmine University at Strassweg Field for the annual Gold Game.
This fall marks the second season of men’s soccer in the OVC and has USI kicking off the conference season September 28 at Strassweg Field versus Eastern Illinois University.
The 2024 USI home schedule is an eight-game slate that includes a five-match homestand in September and October. The homestand, in addition to the home opener with Bellarmine and the OVC opener with EIU, includes Purdue University Ft. Wayne (September 17), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (September 25), and Lindenwood University (October 3). The three remaining home games are conference games versus Houston Christian University (October 10), Incarnate Word University (October 13), and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (October 31). The USI-IWU match is Senior Day for the Screaming Eagles.
Beginning with the road match at Butler, USI starts the year with five-straight on the road. The Eagles follow up their visit to Butler by traveling to Belmont University (August 25), the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (August 29), the University of Evansville (September 1), and Mercer University (September 8).
USI begins the OVC road schedule at SIUE October 5 and plays four of the last five league matches away from Strassweg. The Eagles go on the road for three-straight at the end of October by traveling to Western Illinois University (October 16), Liberty University (October 20), and EIU (October 26). USI finishes the regular season at Lindenwood November 3.
The OVC Men’s Soccer Championship will take place November 10, 13, and 16 in Edwardsville, Illinois, at SIUE’s Ralph Korte Stadium.
The Eagles finished 2023 with a 2-12-3 record and a 1-6-3 record in the inaugural OVC schedule. USI under the direction of Head Coach Mat Santoro, who enters his 16th season with the program and boasts a career record of 113-120-30.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 6 – 31 – 36 – 24
July 9, 1914 – The Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth’s from minor league team of the Baltimore Orioles. Ruth had been trained as a child at the St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boy by a man there known as Brother Matthias according to BabeRuth.com. George Herman Ruth Jr.’s skills at the game became so refined that the Brothers at St. Mary’s invited the owner of the Orioles, Jack Dunn out to their campus to watch him play. Dunn was so impressed that he became the legal guardian of the 19 year-old and signed him on with the Orioles. So it would be a Baltimore to Boston and eventually the Yankees wearing Number 3 and Braves for the Great Bambino in his baseball career.
July 9, 1932 – Ben Chapman, wearing Number 6 for the New York Yankees hit 2 inside-the-park Home Runs, in just one game tying the record. In total he hit three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader with Detroit at Yankee Stadium. Two were the inside-the-park, and the other was a smash over the wall as the Yankees won, 14 – 9. Chapman ended his playing days in 1945 with 15 IPH for his career. To put that into perspective, Edd Roush hit 29 IPH, including four in the Federal League in 1914-15, over a career that ran to 1931. Kiki Cuyler had the best season mark for a player in that period with eight in 1925. Rabbit Maranville hit 22 in a very long career that finally wound up in 1935 according to SABR.org.
July 9, 1948 – Number 31, Satchel Paige, at the age of 42, debuted in the majors pitching 2 scoreless innings for the Cleveland Indians in St. Louis against the Browns.
July 9, 1953 – The Philadelphia Phillies Robin Roberts, Number 36 ended his pitching streak of 28 consecutive complete games
July 9, 1968 – Wilt Chamberlain, Number 13 became the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76’ers to the Los Angeles Lakers.
July 9, 1968 – At the 39th MLB All Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, it was the National League outlasting the American League, 1-0. The game’s MVP was none other than centerfielder Willie Mays, wearing Number 24 of the Giants.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History Headlines for July 9
July 9, 1932 – Boston Braves/Redskins/ Washington Redskins franchise is granted by the NFL. A group headed by George Preston Marshall that included Vincent Bendix, Jay O’Brien and Dorland Doyle were given the remnants of the defunct Newark Tornadoes that folded at the end of the 1930 season.
July 9, 1933 – The Frankford Yellow Jackets are sold and renamed the Eagles as the franchise is moved to Philadelphia.
Ownership of Panthers Officially Changes Hands
July 9, 2018 – Billionaire David Tepper purchases ownership of the Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 Billion. Tepper was quoted as saying, “I am thrilled to begin this new era of Carolina Panthers football and am humbled by the overwhelming excitement and support for the team.” The new owner is the founder and CEO of global hedge fund Appaloosa Management and had a net worth of over $11 billion. He had just recently relinquished his minority stake of 5% in the Pittsburgh Steelers by selling it so as to be clear to invest in the Panthers. Tepper promised to keep the Panthers in Charlotte, the city they started in in 1993.
Hall of Fame Birthdays for July 9
July 9, 1874 – Brookeville, Maryland – George Brooke the great fullback of Swarthmore College from 1889 to 1892 and later Penn from 1893 to 1895 entered the world. Yes this youngster played college football for seven seasons in an era where there were no rules to prevent it. The NFF records that George was a two-time All-America selection. Brooke was described by Caspar Whitney as, “A very hard man to stop. He strikes the line with almost irresistible force.” The records of the Swarthmore squad with Brooke in the lineup was 21-14 and for the Quakers of Penn their win/loss record stood at 38-3 with George. The National Football Foundation selected George Brooke for entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
July 9, 1892 – Bloomfield, Indiana – Elmer Oliphant was a halfback that played for both Purdue, as a walk-on, and Army. Elmer Oliphant, according to the UPI in an article in the Indianapolis Star had the nickname of “Catchy.” Elmer won an unprecedented 7 letters while at Purdue and then added 17 more as a cadet at West Point! The standout athlete played basketball, baseball and track in addition to football and even tried his hand at boxing. In fact he is the first person ever to have won letters in four different sports for the Army. His gridiron exploits were great even before he played in the college ranks. Catchy once scored 60 points in one high school game in a 128-0 romp as his Linton High squad dispatched rival Sullivan High School in football! Oliphant went to Purdue and set a scoring record there too when he put up 43 points on the scoreboard against Rose Poly in a 1912 tilt that set a Boilermaker record in the 91-0 triumph. Elmer ended up with 135 career points at Purdue and added 300 more while with Army and he was named to the All-America team twice. Elmer Oliphant received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. Elmer stayed in the Army for four more years and after his discharge he played one season professionally with the Buffalo All-Americans and then coached two seasons at Union College in New York.
July 9, 1912 – Talia, Lebanon – The famous LSU halfback from 1933 through the 1935 season, Abe Mickal was born. This player performed so many amazing plays in extreme situations that he was dubbed as “the Miracle.” The National Football Foundation’s bio on Abe tells how most of his wondrous plays were done passing the football. In that era it was not a passer friendly ball like today, but it had a much wider girth and was fondly called the “melon ball”, not friendly to the forward pass much at all. Miracle Mickal though developed a style that became very effective in tossing this big leather egg down the field. The NFF tells us that in 1933 Abe managed touchdown heaves of 48 and 57 yards. His 27-yard TD aerial that year provided a 7-7 tie with rival Vanderbilt. As a junior in 1934, Mickal and fellow Hall of Famer Gaynell Tinsley combined for one of Southern football’s greatest aerial duos, each capturing All-America mention. When the two connected on a last-ditch 65-yard TD pass to tie Southern Methodist, 14-14, they set a record for the longest scoring pass ever in the South. The record stood for several years. The Fighting Tigers finished 7-2-2 for that 1934 campaign. All told, in 32 games at LSU, Mickal played an important role leading the Tigers to a 23-4-5 record. Abe Mickal was a halfback from LSU that was selected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967.
July 9, 1918 – Adel, Iowa – Nile Kinnick, the Iowa starting halfback from 1937 to 1939 arrived into the world. This great athlete was full of surprises and never ceased to amaze sports fans. According to the National Football Foundation website Nile was the Outstanding Male Athlete for 1939, despite the amazing season that baseball legend Joe DiMaggio had that same year. Kinnick was the picture of football brilliance that season, leading Iowa to a 6-1-1 record while running, passing, or kicking for 107 of the Hawkeyes’ 130 points. Nile led the nation in kickoff return yardage of 377 yards and was second in interceptions with eight. Nile Kinnick won the Heisman Trophy in 1939 as a consensus All-American halfback as he also claimed the rights to the Maxwell, and Walter Camp trophies too. Mr. Kinnick was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. The Hawkeyes renamed their stadium after the star back in 1972 to Kinnick Stadium. He suffered an untimely death serving his country during World War II.
July 9, 1947 – San Francisco, California – O. J. Simpson the legendary Southern California running Back of the seasons of 1967 and 1968. O.J. Simpson Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back that played for the Buffalo Bills.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
July 9
1902 — Rube Waddell beat Bill Dinneen 4-2 in 17 innings when light-hitting Monte Cross hit a two-run homer for Philadelphia.
1932 — Ben Chapman of the Yankees hit three homers, including two inside-the-park, as New York beat the Detroit Tigers 14-9 at Yankee Stadium.
1937 — Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle as the Yankees defeat the Seantors 16-2.
1940 — The NL recorded the first shutout in All-Star play, with a 4-0 win at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis. Five pitchers — Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Whit Wyatt, Larry French, and Carl Hubbell — held the AL to three hits. Max West hit a three-run homer.
1946 — After a one-year break due to war travel restrictions, the Americans trounced the Nationals 12-0 at Fenway Park, the most one-sided of the All-Star games. Ted Williams of the Red Sox didn’t disappoint the hometown fans. He hit two homers and two singles for five RBIs.
1968 — Willie McCovey hit into a double play, scoring Willie Mays with the only run of the 39th All-Star game, played at the Houston Astrodome. It was the first game of this series played indoors and the first 1-0 contest in All-Star history.
1976 — Houston’s Larry Dierker pitched a no-hitter as the Astros beat Montreal 6-0. Dierker struck out eight and walked four.
1991 — Cal Ripken hit a three-run homer to lead the AL over the NL 4-2 in the All-Star game for the AL’s fourth straight victory in the contest.
1996 — Mike Piazza launched an upper-deck home run in his first at-bat and lined an RBI double next time up, leading the Nationals to a 6-0 victory in the All-Star game in Philadelphia.
2002 — Despite Barry Bonds hitting a home run and Torii Hunter making a spectacular catch, the All-Star game finished in a 7-7 tie after 11 innings when both teams ran out of pitchers.
2005 — It took 847 regular-season games at Coors Field, the most any stadium needed, before hosting its first 1-0 game. The lowest total runs scored in a game at Coors Field before Colorado’s 1-0 win over San Diego was 2-0.
2011 — Derek Jeter homered for his 3,000th hit, making him the first player to reach the mark with the New York Yankees. Jeter hit the milestone with a drive to left field with one out in the third inning off Tampa Bay’s David Price, his first at Yankee Stadium this season. He tied a career high going 5 for 5 and singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for a 5-4 win. Jeter became the 28th major leaguer to hit the mark and joined former teammate Wade Boggs as the only players to do it with a home run.
2011 — The Los Angeles Dodgers got their first hit with two outs in the ninth inning and still beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 when Dioner Navarro singled in Juan Uribe for the unlikely victory. Uribe was down to his last strike when he drove a pitch from Luke Gregerson over the head of left fielder Chris Denorfia for Los Angeles’ first hit and only the second hit of the game for either team. Navarro then looped a 3-1 pitch into short right-center to give the Dodgers three consecutive shutout victories for the first time since July 1991. San Diego’s Cameron Maybin had the first hit of the game in the fifth, a clean single through the box. It was the Padres’ only hit against rookie right-hander Rubby De La Rosa and three relievers.
2013 — Alex Rios tied an American League record with six hits in a nine-inning game and Adam Dunn hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Justin Verlander in the eighth to lift Chicago over Detroit 11-4.
2015 — Jose Fernandez pitched seven innings and tied the modern record for most consecutive home victories by a starter to begin a career, helping the Miami Marlins beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
2019 — The American League defeats the National League 4-3 in the 2019 All-Star Game for their 7th straight win.
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1917 — Ray Caldwell of New York pitched 9 2-3 innings of no-hit relief as the Yankees beat the Browns 7-5 in 17 innings in St. Louis.
1932 — The Philadelphia A’s defeated Cleveland 18-17 in an 18-inning game in which John Burnett of the Indians had a record nine hits. Jimmie Foxx collected 16 total bases, and Eddie Rommell of the A’s pitched 17 innings in relief for the win, despite giving up 29 hits and 14 runs.
1934 — Carl Hubbell struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession, but the AL came back to win the All-Star game 9-7 at the Polo Grounds as Mel Harder gave up one hit in the last five innings.
1936 — Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hit four home runs in a 9-6 10-inning victory over the Pirates, and it wasn’t in the cozy Baker Bowl. He hit them in Pittsburgh’s spacious Forbes Field, including the game-winning three-run shot in the 10th off Bill Swift. Klein almost homered in the second inning when he sent Pirates outfielder Paul Waner to the wall in right to haul in a long fly ball.
1947 — Don Black of the Cleveland Indians pitched a 3-0 no-hitter over the Philadelphia A’s in the first game of a twin bill.
1951 — The NL hit four homers en route to an 8-3 triumph at Detroit, giving the league consecutive All-Star victories for the first time.
1968 — The American League and National League agreed to split into two divisions in 1969. The twelve teams in each league will be divided and play a best-of-five games League Championship Series to determine the pennant winner.
1982 — Larry Parrish of the Texas Rangers hit his third grand slam in seven days, off Milt Wilcox in the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit. The Rangers beat the Tigers 6-5. Parrish had hit his first on July 4 and his second on July 7.
2001 — Cal Ripken upstaged every big name in the ballpark, hitting a home run and winning the MVP award in his final All-Star appearance to lead the American League over the Nationals 4-1. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez connected for consecutive home runs as the AL won its fifth in a row.
2007 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run to lead the American League to a 5-4 victory over the National League in the All-Star game.
2009 — Jonathan Sanchez pitched the majors’ first no-hitter of the season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in San Francisco’s 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. The only runner the Padres managed came on an error by third baseman Juan Uribe in the eighth.
2012 — San Francisco’s Melky Cabrera and Pablo Sandoval keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning that powered the NL to an 8-0 romp over the American League in the All-Star game.
2013 — David Ortiz doubled in his first at-bat to become baseball’s career leader in hits as a designated hitter and hit a two-run homer an inning later, leading Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 victory over Seattle. Ortiz entered the night tied with Harold Baines for the most hits as a DH.
2014 — Derek Jeter, playing his final regular-season game in Cleveland, went 2 for 4 in the 1,000th multi-hit game of his career. Cleveland scored nine runs in its last two innings at bat to rally past New York with a 9-3 win.
2019 — The independent Atlantic League introduces a “robot umpire” to call balls and strikes at its annual all-star game in York, PA.
2022 — In the 8th inning of their game against the White Sox, Tigers outfielder Robbie Grossman drops a routine fly ball hit by Luis Robert and is charged with his first error since June 13, 2018, ending the longest errorless streak by any player at any position in major league history after 440 games. Worse, the error proves costly as Robert later comes around to score the winning run in a 4 – 2 ChiSox win.
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1914 — Babe Ruth made his major league debut for the Boston Red Sox and received credit for a 4-3 victory over Cleveland. He was removed for a pinch hitter in the seventh, and Duffy Lewis’ single led to the winning run.
1944 — Phil Cavaretta set an All-Star game record by reaching base safely five straight times — triple, single, three walks — to lead the NL to a 7-1 victory over the AL at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.
1950 — The All-Star game returned to Comiskey Park, the site of the first game, and was won by the NL 4-3 on Red Schoendienst’s 14th-inning home run off Ted Gray. It was the first extra-inning All-Star game, the first time the NL won at an AL park and the first All-Star game shown on network television.
1961 — Despite a record seven errors and pitcher Stu Miller getting blown off the Candlestick Park mound by a gale wind, the NL edged the AL 5-4 in the first of two All-Star games played that year.
1967 — Tony Perez’s home run off Catfish Hunter in the 15th inning gave the NL a 2-1 win in the longest game in All-Star history. The game was played in California’s Anaheim Stadium.
1973 — Jim Northrup of Detroit hit two grand slams, batting in the leadoff spot, to lead the Tigers to a 14-3 romp over the Texas Rangers. Northrup became the sixth major leaguer to hit two bases-loaded home runs in a game.
1978 — Steve Garvey keyed the NL’s 7-3 All-Star victory at San Diego’s Jack Murphy Stadium with a game-tying, two-run single and a triple that sparked a four-run eighth inning.
1985 — Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first pitcher in major league history to reach the 4,000-strikeout mark when he fanned New York’s Danny Heep leading off the sixth inning. The Astros beat the Mets 4-3 in 12 innings on Bill Doran’s fifth hit of the game.
1995 — Jeff Conine’s solo shot in the eighth inning gave the NL a 3-2 victory in the All-Star game. Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also homered for the NL.
2000 — Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees went 3-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored as the AL defeated the NL 6-3 in the All-Star game. Jeter became the first Yankee to win the All-Star game MVP.
2006 — With the American League down to its final strike, Michael Young hit a two-run triple off Trevor Hoffman for a 3-2 victory that kept the Americans unbeaten in Major League Baseball’s All-Star game for the past decade. The NL took a 2-1 lead into the ninth behind David Wright’s homer and some daring, old-style baserunning.
2009 — Nick Johnson, Josh Willingham and Dunn homered in consecutive at-bats and the Nationals set season highs for hits and runs in a 13-2 win at Houston.
2015 — The Marlins set a team record with 9 consecutive hits in the 7th inning of a 14-3 win over the Reds.
2023 — Having lost the last nine editions of the All-Star Game since 2012, the National League is victorious in the 2023 All-Star Game played at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, 3 – 2, over the American League. The key blow is a two-run homer by Elias Díaz off Félix Bautista in the 8th inning which puts the senior circuit ahead after a sacrifice fly by Bo Bichette had given the AL a 2 – 1 lead in the 6th. Díaz is named the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game’s MVP.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
July 9
1922 — Johnny Weissmuller is the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle under 1 minute as he breaks Duke Kahanamoku’s world record with a time of 58.6 seconds.
1932 — The NFL awards a franchise to Boston under the ownership of George Preston Marshall, Vincent Bendix, Jay O’Brien, and Dorland Doyle. The Boston Braves will change their nickname to Redskins in 1933 and move to Washington after the 1936 season.
1940 — The National League registers the first shutout, 4-0, in the All-Star game.
1954 — Peter Thomson becomes the first Australian to win the British Open. Thomson shoots a 9-under 283 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, edging Bobby Locke, Dai Rees and Syd Scott by one stroke.
1965 — Peter Thomson wins his fifth British Open title by two strokes over Brian Huggett and Christy O’Connor Sr. Thomson shoots a 7-under 285 at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Thomson’s previous Open victory was in 1958. It’s the last to conclude with two rounds on Friday.
1966 — Jack Nicklaus wins the British Open with a 282 at Muirfield to join Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Gary Player as the only men to win the four majors.
1967 — Mark Spitz and Catie Ball, both 17, swim to world records, and 14-year-old Debbie Meyer sets two records in one race in the Santa Clara International Invitational swim meet. Spitz sets a 100-meter butterfly record at 56.3 and Ball becomes the first U.S. swimmer to set a world record for the breaststroke with a 2:40.5 time for 200 meters. Meyer breaks the 800-meter freestyle record in 9 minutes, 35.8 seconds on the way to a record 18:11.1 in the 1,500.
1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76’ers to LA Lakers.
1988 — Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3.
1989 — Boris Becker and Steffi Graf claim a West German sweep of the Wimbledon singles crowns in the first double finals day in 16 years. Becker wins his third Wimbledon title in five years, rolling past defending champion Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-4, while Graf takes her second straight championship over Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1.
1991 — South Africa is readmitted by the International Olympic Committee to the Olympic movement, ending decades of sports isolation and clearing the way for its participation in the 1992 Games.
1995 — Pete Sampras becomes the first American to win Wimbledon three straight years by beating Boris Becker 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
2000 — Pete Sampras passes Roy Emerson for the most Grand Slam championships and ties Willie Renshaw, a player in the 1880s, for the most Wimbledon titles with a four-set victory over Pat Rafter. Sampras, winner of seven Wimbledon titles, 13 Grand Slam championships, extends his mark at Wimbledon to 53-1 over the past eight years.
2001 — Goran Ivanisevic becomes one of Wimbledon’s most improbable champions, beating Patrick Rafter. Two points away from defeat, Ivanisevic rallies to beat Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 and becomes the second player to win a Wimbledon singles title without being seeded.
2006 — Roger Federer ends a five-match losing streak to Rafael Nadal, winning 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-3 to earn his fourth straight Wimbledon title and eighth Grand Slam championship. Nadal had beaten Federer in four finals this year.
2006 — Italy wins its fourth World Cup title winning the shootout 5-3 against France, after a 1-1 draw. Outplayed for an hour and into extra time, the Italians win it after French captain Zinedine Zidane is ejected in the 107th for a vicious butt to the chest of Marco Materazzi.
2009 — Joe Sakic retires after 21 NHL seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points.
2011 — Derek Jeter homers for his 3,000th hit, making him the first player to reach the mark with the New York Yankees.
2016 — Serena Williams wins her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title by beating Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final. Williams pulls even with Steffi Graf for the most major championships in the Open era, which began in 1968. This is Williams’ seventh singles trophy at the All England Club.
2021 — British road cyclist Mark Cavendish wins Nimes to Carcassonne stage 13 of the Tour de France for his 34th career state win. The win ties Eddy Merckx for most career stage wins.
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1926 — Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Open golf tournament for the second time with a 293 total.
1934 — Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession, but the American League comes back to win the All-Star game 9-7 at the Polo Grounds.
1936 — Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hits four home runs in a 9-6 10-inning victory over the Pirates at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.
1951 — Britain’s Randy Turpin defeats Sugar Ray Robinson in 15 rounds to win the world middleweight title and give Robinson his second loss in 135 bouts.
1960 — UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1.
1971 — Lee Trevino rebounds from a double-bogey on the next to last hole with a birdie on the final hole to win the 100th British Open by one stroke over Lu Liang-Huan. Trevino, who won the U.S. Open a month earlier, is the fourth golfer to win both championships in the same year, joining Bobby Jones (1926, 1930), Gene Sarazen (1932), and Ben Hogan (1953).
1976 — Johnny Miller shoots a 66 in the final round to beat 19-year-old Spaniard Seve Ballesteros by six strokes to take the British Open. Ballesteros, who starts the final round two strokes ahead of Miller, shoots a 74 and ends tied for second place with Jack Nicklaus.
1992 — The Major Soccer League, the only major nationwide professional soccer competition in the United States, folds after 14 seasons.
1999 — Team USA wins the Women’s World Cup over China in sudden death. The Americans win 5-4 in penalty kicks, with defender Brandi Chastain kicking in the game winner.
2010 — Paula Creamer wins her first major tournament, never giving up the lead during a steady final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. Creamer shoots a final-round 2-under 69 for a 3-under 281 for the tournament.
2010 — Spain wins soccer’s World Cup after an exhausting 1-0 victory in extra time over the Netherlands. In the end, it’s Andres Iniesta breaking free and scoring a right-footed shot from 8 yards just past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
2011 — The United States advances to the semifinals after one of the most exciting games ever at the Women’s World Cup in Dresden, Germany. The U.S. beat Brazil 5-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie. Abby Wambach scores a thrilling goal to tie it in the 122nd minute, and goalkeeper Hope Solo denies the Brazilians again.
2016 — Andy Murray wins his second Wimbledon title by beating Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Centre Court.
2016 — Brittany Lang wins her first career major at the U.S. Women’s Open when Anna Nordqvist touches the sand with her club in a bunker for a two-stroke penalty in the three-hole aggregate playoff. The penalty occurs on the second hole of the playoff and is not delivered to the players until they were on the final hole after officials review replays in the latest controversy at a USGA event. Lang seals the win with a short par putt on the final playoff hole, while Nordqvist makes bogey to lose by three shots.
2017 — An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn confirms the outcome in favor of the Australian. A Philippines government department asked the WBO to review the refereeing and the judging of the so-called “Battle of Brisbane” in Australia on July 2 after Horn, fighting for his first world title, won a unanimous points decision against Pacquiao, an 11-time world champion. The WBO said three of the five independent judges who reviewed the bout awarded it to Horn, one awarded it to Pacquiao and one scored a draw.
2021 — Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins Wimbledon defeating Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.
2022 — Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković wins 4th straight and record equaling 7th Wimbledon singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win over Nick Kyrgios of Australia; Đoković 21 Grand Slam titles.
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1914 — Babe Ruth makes his major league pitching debut for the Boston Red Sox against Cleveland, getting the 4-3 victory over the Indians.
1950 — Red Schoendienst hits a home run in the 14th inning to give the NL a 4-3 victory in the All-Star game.
1967 — Tony Perez homers in the 15th inning off Catfish Hunter to give the National League a 2-1 win in the longest game in All-Star history.
1979 — Renaldo Nehemiah of the United States sets a Pan American Games record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.20 seconds.
1981 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe breaks his own world record in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:12.18 in a meet in Oslo, Norway. Seven runners shatter the 3-minute, 51-second barrier in the mile led by Steve Ovett at 3:49.25. Steve Scott finishes third and sets an American record in 3:49.68.
1982 — FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany, 3-1 in front of 90,000.
1985 — Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros becomes the first pitcher in major league history to reach 4,000 strikeouts when he fans New York’s Danny Heep in the sixth inning.
1992 — Treboh Joe, a 9-year-old gelding, makes harness racing history by losing his 162nd consecutive race. Treboh Joe finishes fourth to break the North American record of 161 straight losses held by Shiaway Moses.
1993 — Alain Prost gets his 50th Formula One victory by taking the British Grand Prix.
1995 — Maryland quarterback Scott Milanovich, the most prolific passer in school history, is suspended for eight games by the NCAA for gambling on college sports.
2008 — Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran tests positive for the performance-enhancer EPO and is immediately kicked out of the Tour de France and suspended by his team, Liquigas.
2010 — FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title.
2011 — So Yeon Ryu wins the U.S. Women’s Open, defeating Hee Kyung Seo by three shots in a three-hole playoff. Ryu becomes the fifth South Korean to win the Open and the fourth in the last seven years.
2012 — Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2015 — Serena Williams wins her sixth title at the All England Club, beating Garbine Muguruza of Spain 6-4, 6-4 in the women’s final. For Williams, it’s her second “Serena Slam” — holding all four major titles at the same time. Overall, it’s the 21st major title for Williams, one shy of Graf’s Open era record.
2017 — Venus Williams reaches the semifinals at Wimbledon for the 10th time. The five-time champion at the All England Club advances by beating Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 7-5 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
2021 — Novak Dokovic beats Matteo Berrettini of Italy, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, to win the Wimbledon Title. The win is Dokovic’s 20th Grand Slam title.
2021 — UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Italy wins first Euro title since 1968, 3-2 on penalties over England after scores locked at 1-1 AET.
2021 — Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Argentina beats Brazil, 1-0; Lionel Messi named player of the tournament in his first major international title victory.
TV SPORTS TUESDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Cubs at Orioles | 6:35pm | MARQ MASN2 |
| Dodgers at Phillies | 6:40pm | SNLA NBC Sports Philadelphia |
| Guardians at Tigers | 6:40pm | Bally Sports Great Lakes Bally Sports Detroit |
| Yankees at Rays | 6:50pm | YES Bally Sports Sun |
| Athletics at Red Sox | 7:10pm | NBC Sports California NESN |
| Nationals at Mets | 7:10pm | MASN SNY |
| Rockies at Reds | 7:10pm | Rockies.TV Bally Sports Ohio |
| Royals at Cardinals | 7:45pm | Bally Sports Kansas City Bally Sports Midwest |
| Marlins at Astros | 8:10pm | Bally Sports Florida SCHN |
| Pirates at Brewers | 8:10pm | ATTSN-PIT Bally Sports West |
| Twins at White Sox | 8:10pm | Bally Sports North NBC Sports Chicago |
| Rangers at Angels | 9:38pm | Bally Sports Southwest Bally Sports West |
| Braves at Diamondbacks | 9:40pm | Bally Sports South YurView |
| Mariners at Padres | 9:40pm | ROOT Padres.TV |
| Blue Jays at Giants | 9:45pm | Sportsnet NBC Sports Bay |
| NBA SUMMER LEAGUE | TIME ET | TV |
| Memphis vs Philadelphia | 7:00pm | ESPN ESPN+ |
| San Antonio vs China | 8:00pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| Oklahoma City vs Utah | 9:00pm | ESPN2 ESPN+ |
| Charlotte vs Sacramento | 10:00pm | NBATV ESPN+ |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Euro Semifinals | 3:00pm | FOX |
| US Open Cup: Atlanta United vs Indy Eleven | 7:00pm | MLS Season Pass |
| Copa América Semifinals | 8:00pm | FS1 |
| US Open Cup: Sacramento Republic vs Seattle Sounders FC | 11:00pm | MLS Season Pass |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Minnesota vs Los Angeles | 10:00pm | Spectrum Sportsnet Bally Sports North Extra |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Wimbledon | 8:00am | ESPN |