August 10, 2026 4:24 am
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Michael Brennan had another chance on Sunday and this time got it done in a big way. Brennan ran off five straight birdies on the front nine and closed with a 64 for a three-shot victory in the Wyndham Championship. The victory in the final tournament of the regular season moves Brennan from No. 105 to No. 47 in the FedEx Cup to be among the top 70 who advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs. Beau Hossler couldn’t keep up and finished second. Jackson Koivun held down the 70th spot to go from college to the postseason in two months.
August 10, 2026 4:23 am
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history, has died at the age of 86. Nelson’s family says he died Sunday but did not say where or provide a cause of death. Nelson won five titles as a player with the Boston Celtics, though he never won one as a coach. He is one of two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with three franchises, Milwaukee, Dallas and Golden State. Nelson introduced what is now known as the point forward, and his up-tempo style known as “Nellie Ball” created a buzz. He said the idea of shifting from dominant big men to an offense focused on speed and the fast break came from late Celtics Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach.
August 9, 2026 9:55 pm
Bay County, MI and South Hills, PA both lost elimination game and have been eliminated form the PONY World Series. Action resumes Monday with two more elimination games during the day (10:00 am & 12:30 pm). Two winners’ bracket games are set for Monday night including Washington County taking on Guaynabo, PR at 4:30 pm. Hagerstown, MD and Chinese Taipei will wrap up the day’s action at 7:00 pm. Hear every game of the 2026 Printscape PONY League World Series on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Sunday
Chinese Taipei 14, Navojoa, Mexico 1
Paderborn Germany 8, Bay County, MI 3 (Bay County eliminated)
West Covina, CA 12, South Hills, PA 4 (South Hills eliminated)
Chinese Taipei scored three times after two out in the first and never looked back, rolling past Navojoa, Mexico in the final opening-round game. The Asia-Pacific champions scored three runs in the fifth, then set 11 batters to the plate in the seventh, scoring six times. Lei Yeh drove in three runs, Zi-Han Yang and Yu-Yen Lo each had two RBI. Chang-Ruei Chen threw 3.2 scoreless innings to get the win. Navojoa had multiple chances to score, including having two on, one out in the second and fifth innings, both frames ending with double plays. The Mexico squad loaded the bases with one out in the sixth, finally scoring its only run. Chinese Taipei advances to play Hagerstown, MD in the winners’ bracket while Navojoa will take on Paderborn, Germany in an elimination game.
Paderborn, Germany’s win over Bay County was the first for any European Zone entry since 2016. John Duesing pitched 6.1 innings, allowing just one run and six hits while striking out 11. Felix Blesing had three hits, two for extra bases and drove in two runs to lead the offense. Matthes Schwarke also drove in two runs. Bay County managed just one run and five hits before the final inning when Keegan Tingley’s two-run double set the final score.
West Covina scored six runs in the third against South Hills, five after the inning should have ended. The West Zone champs then put the game away with six more runs in the fifth. Aaron Morales homered twice for West Covina. After West Covina’s first outburst, South Hills cut the deficit in half, taking advantage of a pair of doubles and two West Covina errors. Tate Foster and Owen Ferko drove in runs for South Hills. West Covina faces Hidalgo, TX in an elimination game.
August 8, 2026 11:00 pm
Held hitless for five innings, Washington County erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning to advance in the winners’ bracket at the Printscape PONY League World Series Saturday night. The hosts joined Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Hagerstown, Maryland and Navojoa, Mexico with Saturday wins. Action resumes Sunday at 12 noon with three games, including the first two eliminations games. Hear every game of the 2026 Printscape PONY League World Series on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Saturday
Guaynabo, PR 14, Bay County, MI 1 (5 inn.)(completion of suspended Friday game)
Hagerstown, MD 12, West Covina, CA 2 (5 inn.)
Navojoa, Mex. 4, South Hills, PA 3 (8 inn.)
Washington County 7, Hidalgo, TX 1
Sunday
12:00 n Taichung, Chinese Taipei vs. Navojoa, Mex
2;30 pm Bay County, MI vs. Paderborn, Ger. (loser eliminated)
6:00 pm South Hills, PA vs. west Covina, CA (loser eliminated)
Guaynabo led 4-0 Friday night when lightning forced a suspension of play against Bay Count. When the Caribbean champions returned, they added four runs in the fourth, then six more in the fifth to trigger the run-rule shortening of the game. Sergio Pagan and Eiden O’Farrill each hit three-run home runs for Guaynabo. Pagan drove in five runs and threw three scoreless innings to get the win.
Kason Mann stroked three extra-base hits, drove in four runs and worked four innings on the mound to lead Hagerstown past West Covina. Mann’s afternoon included an RBI double, a three-run home run, a triple, three runs scored and four driven in. Maddex Murray, Brake Truett and Camdyn Sibole each drove in a pair of runs for Hagerstown. Mann retired the first 10 batters, but allowed back-t0-back singles in the fifth, ending his day. Ayden Sanchez singled to score both runners, staving off the early end of the game. Murray’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth scored Mann, ending the game. Hagerstown awaits the Taichung City/Navojoa winner in the Monday night winners’ bracket game.
Jesus Valenzuela singled with two out in the bottom of the eighth as Navojoa, Mexico walked off into the winners’ bracket. The single to left plated Noe Valenzuela who opened the inning being hit by a pitch. A wild pitch, a throwing error and intentional walk loaded the bases with two out, setting the stage for the game-ending heroics. South Hills scored the game’s first run, just three batters in when Garrett Snyder singled home Cameron Lavery. Navojoa took advantage of an infield error in the fourth two take a 2-1 lead. Jazael Fieueroa blasted a solo home run in the Mexico fifth to make it 3-1. South Hills tied the game in the top of the sixth with two walks, a force play and a two-out single from Mason Scheiring. Axel Mendivil pitched three scoreless innings of relief to get the win. Navojoa plays Taichung City, Chinese Taipei in the final opening-round game Sunday at 12:00 noon.
Cam Shaw and Lagan Caughman combined on a three-hitter as Washington County rallied late to beat Hidalgo, TX. Trailing 1-0 into the sixth, Blake Komenda worked a pinch-hit walk with Caedon Markley re-entering to run. Markley stole second and third. Carter Rukavina hit a grounder to third and Markley slid under the tag to tie the game, Rukavina taking second on the play. Shaw singled, then stole second. Rukavina scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch, with Caughman driving in Shaw with a single. Two walks and a Blake Westfall two-run double broke the game open. Caughman got the win, working 2.2 scoreless innings, striking out five,. Shaw allowed just one run on two hits over 4.1 innings, fanning seven. Hidalgo scored in the third. Roel Gonzalez singled and Josiah Ruiz was hit by a pitch. A middle-infield force play, then an error allowed Gonzalez to scored. Rogan Gonzalez looked nearly untouchable, tossing four no-run, no-hit innings to start. Washington County managed just on baserunner against him. Washington County will take on Guaynabo Monday afternoon with a spot in the Division Final on the line.
August 9, 2026 6:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bubba Chandler allowed three hits in six innings, Jake Mangum had three hits and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 9-0 on Saturday night to end a four-game skid. Chandler (5-8) struck out five and walked one on 85 pitches — 58 for strikes. The 23-year-old former top prospect has surrendered seven earned runs in 26 2/3 innings over his past five starts. Mangum had two doubles, a single and a stolen base. Nick Gonzales drove in three runs for the Pirates, who hadn’t scored more than four in seven straight games since an 8-7 loss at the Reds on July 31. Robert Stock (0-2) lasted three innings for the Mets.
August 9, 2026 6:53 am
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Drew Brees has entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame along with Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and Roger Craig. Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton introduced Brees, who set records and won a Super Bowl playing for Payton with the New Orleans Saints. Brees has the second-most yards passing and touchdown passes in league history. Fitzgerald ranks second on the career list in both receiving yards and touchdown catches. Vinatieri is the career leader in points and field goals. Kuechly became the second-youngest player inducted into the Hall at age 35.
August 7, 2026 10:00 pm
Weather held off long enough for Hidalgo, TX to beat Paderborn, Germany, 6-2, in the opening game of Printscape PONY League World Series. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and Bay County, MI weren’t as fortunate as lightning forced the game to be suspended after three innings. Hear every game of the 2026 Printscape PONY League World Series on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Rogan Gonzalez tripled in the game’s first run in the bottom of the first, then added an RBI ground out in the third, putting Hidalgo in front to stay. The South Zone squad added two more runs int he third, thanks to run-scoring hits from Ivan Alanis and Diego Puente. In the Paderborn fourth, Joschua Butt singled home Felix Blesing to pull the European team to within 5-2. Germany loaded the bases in the sixth with one out before Alanis took over on the mound and slammed the door, saving the win for Oziel Garcia. Alanis & Josiah Ruiz each had three hits for the winners.
In the second game, Guaynabo broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the third, all with two outs. Jaidan Velez walked, moved to third on a James Feliciano single and scored on Anthony Roman’s base hit. Sergio Pagan then lofted a three-run home run to right to make it 4-0. Bay County ran into an out at third in the second inning, and a pair of strike outs left a runner stranded at third in the third. Before play started in the fourth, lightning was spotted in the area and the players were sent back to the dugouts. About 30 minutes later, with more weather issues expected, officials suspended the game to Saturday. Action will resume at 11:00 am following the Pony Champions League game.
Friday
Hidalgo, TX 6, Paderborn, Germany 2
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 4, Bay County MI 0 (suspended, end of 3)
Saturday
9:30 am PONY Champions League game
11:00 am Guaynabo, PR vs. Bay County, MI (resumption)
12:00 n West Covina, CA vs. Hagerstown, MD
2:30 pm Navojoa, Mexico vs. South Hills, PA
5:00 pm Hidalgo, TX vs. Washington County PA
August 8, 2026 4:36 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marcus Semien hit a three-run homer, rookie Zac Thornton pitched five scoreless innings and the New York Mets matched a season high with their fourth straight win by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4. Semien’s second homer in two games and 14th of the season, a drive to left-center off Carmen Mlodzinski, capped a four-run third that put the Mets ahead 5-0. New York, last in the NL East, swept a three-game series in Cleveland before busing to Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Thornton allowed four hits while striking out three and walking two. The left-hander remained in the game following a 36-minute rain delay in the top of the third.
August 8, 2026 4:39 am
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid says quarterback Patrick Mahomes is unlikely to play in their preseason opener against the Rams next week. Mahomes, who had knee surgery in December, might skip the entire exhibition slate even though he’s been ahead of schedule in rehab and cleared for unrestricted practice. Reid suggests Mahomes doesn’t need the preseason work but might play a few snaps against Tampa Bay. The Chiefs have other quarterbacks needing experience, including Justin Fields and Garrett Nussmeier. Several players are dealing with minor injuries, but Reid downplays their severity. The team continues to prepare with practices this weekend.
August 7, 2026 7:49 am
Lew Hays PONY Field has been prepared. Ten teams are in town. Let the 2026 Printscape PONY League World Series begin. In addition to the baseball tournament games, there are a number of special ceremonies and activities in celebration of PONY Baseball’s 75th Anniversary. Those ceremonies will feature guests from USA Baseball, the World Baseball Confederation, members of the 1952 Washington World Series team, NCAA Division III Baseball National Champion coach Mike Deegan and hundreds of PONY Baseball volunteer field directors.
Friday’s schedule includes a doubleheader with opening ceremonies between games. The scheduled Home Run Derby & Fastest Runner Contests were postponed due to Friday morning rains. Saturday features the annual Champions League game followed by three World Series contests, including first-round games for South Hills & Washington County. Hear every game of the 2026 Printscape PONY League World Series on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Friday
4:30 pm Hidalgo, TX vs. Paderborn, Germany
between games Opening Ceremonies
7:30 pm Bay County MI vs. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Saturday
9:30 am PONY Champions League game
12:00 n West Covina, CA vs. Hagerstown, MD
2:30 pm Navojoa, Mexico vs. South Hills, PA
5:00 pm Hidalgo/Paderborn winner vs. Washington County PA
