MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
St. Louis Cardinals 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago White Sox 3 – 11 Innings
Tigers were off
Cardinals 8, Cubs 3 – Cardinals’ Goldschmidt has 2 HR, 5 RBIs in 8-3 win over Cubs
Paul Goldschmidt slugged his 32nd and 33rd homers and had five RBIs, Corey Dickerson set a franchise record for consecutive hits and the St. Louis Cardinals rolled to an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. Goldschmidt, Dickerson and Tommy Edman collected three hits apiece as the NL Central-leading Cardinals won for the 10th time in their last 12 games. The Cubs lost for the fourth time in six games. The Cardinals collected 16 hits. Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina did not play but were presented with scoreboard panels before their last game at Wrigley Field.
Orioles 4, White Sox 3 – F/11 – Stowers’ HR in 9th ties it, Orioles top White Sox 4-3 in 11
Kyle Stowers hit his first major league homer to tie the game with Baltimore down to its last strike, and the Orioles ended up beating the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in 11 innings. Anthony Santander won it with an RBI single. But it was Stowers who saved the game for Baltimore in the ninth. The 24-year-old outfielder sent an 0-2 pitch from Liam Hendriks over the wall in right-center field. Hendriks had converted 19 save chances in a row before that.
Tonight
Detroit (Alexander 3-7) at Texas (Otto 5-8), 8:05 p.m. Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 7:45
Arizona (Henry 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Cueto 6-5), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Steele 4-7) at Milwaukee (Peralta 4-3), 8:10 p.m.
NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 3
Tonight
Kansas City Chiefs 17, Green Bay Packers 10
Houston Texans 17, San Francisco 49ers 0
Saturday
Chicago Bears at Cleveland Browns, 7:00 p.m.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday
Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers, 4:30 p.m.
NFL – Lions rookie linebacker Rodriguez eyeing starting spot
Detroit Lions rookie linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez has become a surprising star on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” — and the sixth-round selection from Oklahoma State has a shot to start in Week 1. Rodriguez made an immediate impression on the coaching staff back in May. Linebackers coach Kelvin Sheppard called Rodriguez one of the smartest young players he’s ever been around. Rodriguez’s star has only risen since. Though he started training camp with the second and third-team defenses, by last week’s joint practices with the Indianapolis Colts, the majority of his reps were coming with the starters.
NFL – Bears guard Teven Jenkins looks to secure starting role
Teven Jenkins has gone from left tackle to right tackle backup to rumors that he’s being traded. Now he’s playing right guard for the Chicago Bears with hopes of securing a starting spot. The Bears face the Browns this weekend in Cleveland in their preseason finale. Jenkins says he still can’t be sure if he’ll be traded, though it will be the second straight start for the team’s 2021 second-round draft pick. The Oklahoma State product has replaced veteran Michael Schofield at right guard. Jenkins, quarterback Justin Fields and starters will play a half in Saturday’s game.
NCAAFB – College Football – Week 1 – Big Ten
Saturday
Nebraska vs. Northwestern, 12:30 p.m. at Dublin Ireland
Wyoming at Illinois, 4:00 p.m.
NCAA – Supreme Court paved way for shifting college TV landscape
The Big Ten sent shockwaves in late June with the additions of Southern California and UCLA in 2024. That led to last week’s announcement of a seven-year rights deal with Fox, NBC and CBS that will see the conference receiving at least $1 billion a year. In 2020, the SEC sold the second package of football and basketball to the Walt Disney Company, making ESPN/ABC the home of SEC Football. The 10-year deal, starting in 2024, is worth at least $3 billion and is an addition to the original 20-year, $2.25-billion agreement that began in 2014. The increased revenues led to the additions of Texas and Oklahoma in 2025.
NHL – Long-term victims of car crashes win key Michigan decision
The Michigan appeals court has issued a major ruling affecting long-term victims of car crashes. The court says changes in auto insurance law can’t be applied retroactively to people who were severely injured before summer 2019. It’s a victory for people who are still recovering and their care providers. For decades, people injured in crashes were entitled to payment for “all reasonable charges” related to care and rehabilitation. But the new law sets a fee schedule and a cap on reimbursements not covered by Medicare. It had sudden, drastic consequences for people needing long-term care for crashes before June 11, 2019, and the providers of those services. Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov was among the people who could have lost that care. Konstantinov was critically injured in a limousine accident days after the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1997.
Tennis – US Open – Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to States
Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States. Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed. Djokovic has won the U.S. Open three times and was the runner-up last year. He has 21 major titles. Play is scheduled to begin at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Golf – PGA – Scheffler starts with Tour Championship lead and expands it
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy can each claim a roller coaster day in the Tour Championship. Only one of them was aware of it. Scheffler started with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by six, it was down to two and he finished five ahead of Xander Schauffele. He wasn’t aware of this because he wasn’t looking at leaderboards. Scheffler had a 65. McIlroy knew full well what he was doing. He his his opening shot out-of-bounds for triple bogey. He made only four pars and salvaged a 67.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night
Great Lakes Loons 9, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 4 – Game 1
Fort Wayne Tin Caps 3, Great Lakes Loons 0 – Game 2
South Bend Cubs 13, West Michigan Whitecaps 3
Lansing Lugnuts 6, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 1
Tonight
South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.
Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m.
Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Last Night
Women’s Volleyball
Lake Michigan College 3, Terra State 0 at Macomb CC
Lake Michigan College 3, Macomb Community College 0
Saturday
Lake Michigan College at Southwestern Michigan College, 10:00 a.m.
North Central Michigan vs. Lake Michigan College, 12:00 p.m. at SMC
North Central Michigan at Southwestern Michigan College, 2:00 p.m.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Last Night
Football
Non-Conference
Zeeland West 66, Lakeshore 15
Lawton 27, Benton Harbor 12
South Haven 24, Dowagiac 7
Watervliet 35, Brandywine 0
Buchanan 46, Saugatuck 20
Portage Northern 41, Vicksburg 27
Lowell 48, Mattawan 28
East Lansing 21, Portage Central 15
BC Lakeview 28, Harper Creek 6
Allegan 55, Cassopolis 0
Decatur 14, Galesburg-Augusta 9
Schoolcraft 56, Comstock 0
Centreville 20, Union City 14
Reading 33, White Pigeon 14
Delton-Kellogg 42, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 24
Wolverine Conference
Plainwell 21, Otsego 7
Three Rivers 32, Paw Paw 6
Sturgis 15, Niles 0
8-Man Football
Bangor 34, Twin City Sharks 30
Fennville 68, Red Arrow Raiders 28
Bridgman 54, Vermontville Maple Valley 6
Gobles 30, Marcellus 13
Marion 68, Lawrence 16
Boys Soccer
St. Joseph 5, Byron Center 1
GR Covenant Christian 1, Allegan 0
Schoolcraft 2, Buchanan 1
East Kentwood 1, Kalamazoo Central 0
Plainwell 2, Wayland 1
Tonight
Football – All games start at 7:00 p.m.
Non-Conference
St. Joseph vs. Traverse City Central @ Ferris State University News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:30
Berrien Springs at Kalamazoo United
Edwardsburg at GR West Catholic
Kalamazoo Central at Mount Pleasant
Gull Lake at Marshall
Constantine vs. Parchment, 5:00 p.m. @ Kalamazoo College
Byron Center at Battle Creek Central
8-Man Football
Eau Claire at Bloomingdale
Mendon at Martin
Farwell at Wyoming-Lee
Vandercook Lake at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian
Boys Soccer
New Buffalo at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Fennville, 6:00 p.m.
Otsego at Mattawan, 6:00 p.m.
Vicksburg at Three Rivers, 5:00 p.m.
Volleyball
Howardsville Christian at Eau Claire, 6:00 p.m.
Boys Tennis
Vicksburg, Edwardsburg at Berrien Springs, 9:00 a.m.
Saturday
Boys Soccer
Edwardsburg at St. Joseph, 11:30 a.m.
Michigan Lutheran at Coloma, 9:00 a.m. at Coloma Tournament
Michigan Lutheran vs. Constantine, 10:30 a.m. at Coloma Tournament
Constantine at Coloma, 12:00 p.m. at Coloma Tournament
Our Lady of the Lake vs. Lansing Christian, 10:30 a.m. at Zion Christian Tournament
Brandywine at Parchment, 12:00 p.m.
