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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2026 • 3 Sam Burns - #4 in Presidents Cup Scottie Scheffler - #1 in Presi- Wyndham Clark - #3 in Presidents Ryder Cowan - Slected to Walker Rusell Henley - #5 in Presidents Cameron Young - #2 in Presidents Points dents Cup Points Cup Points Cup Team Cup Points Cup Poinnts. Freedom 250 Grand Prix Of Washington D.C. By Alex Alvarez Kirkwood who was the winner. Washington: The starting and fin- intersections will remain severely Racing in city streets is not as ish line was situated right at Third constrained until the temporary The Grand Prix Racing in Wash- usual as it is in Europe, and many Street NW in front of the U.S. infrastructure is fully torn down. ington D.C. last Sunday, drew over changes to the streets had to be Capitol. IndyCars rocketed down Then, the “Labyrinthine Gridlock”: 230,000 racing fans to the Capital done, including the welding of Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Security perimeters radiated blocks of the United States. Twenty-five of 220 manhole covers along the White House and zipped along the outward from the track, doubling Collin Morikawa - #6 in Presidents Bradnt Snedeker - Presidents Cup the best Indy car drivers went 147 National Mall, as high speed cars National Mall, using the Washing- normal travel times for regional Cup Points Captain laps on the approximately 1.7 miles racing at over 180 mph generate ton Monument as a dramatic back- commuters trying to access down- ed States present, doing the cer- Rahal (13th - Rahal Letterman track (250 miles) and American massive aerodynamic downforce drop, and needless to say, it dis- town. Heavy ticketing checkpoints emonial lap in “The Beast” (the Lanigan Racing), Santino Ferrucci Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global and suction underneath the ve- rupted local traffic for several days, restricted access to museum zones Presidential Limousine) and giving (7th - A.J. Foyt Enterprises), David Honda) won the race after leading hicle and unsecured manhole during the preparations, especially unless travelers possess specific the “green flag” to start the race, se- Malukas (Did not finish - Team the last 128 of the 147 laps. Second covers can pull the covers right on Sunday. event clearance. curity around the area was as tight Penske) and Sting Ray Rob (Juncos place was Danish Christian Lun- out of the pavement, turning There were Extended Road In an unusual move, a series of as we can imagine. Hollinger Racing – Crashed out) gaard (Arrow McLaren Chevrolet) them into dangerous airborne Closures: While the race conclud- seven military flyovers triggered a A total of eight American driv- Even thou I am not a racing and third place was Australian Will projectiles that could strike and ed on Sunday, August 23rd, D.C. strict 3-hour airspace lockdown at ers participated in the race: Kyle fan, THANK YOU PRESIDENT Power (Team Penske). disable a car, not to mention fans Metropolitan Police kept major Ronald Reagan National Airport Kirkwood (1st – Andretti Global), TRUMP FOR THIS GREAT IDEA Alex Palou from Spain (Chip watching close by. arteries closed—including sec- (DCA) causing a pause in airspace Nolan Siegel (6th - Arrow McLar- IN CELEBRATING 250 YEARS Ganassi Racing) had the most vic- The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an tions of 9th Street NW, Constitu- travel. All flights were entirely en), Joseph Newgarden (8th - Team OF OUR NATION! tories (6) in 2026 before the race NTT IndyCar Series race held to tion Avenue, and Pennsylvania grounded during the block, dis- Penske), Alexander Rossi (12th Sources: ESPN, Google, Online but finished a distant 20th place celebrate America’s 250th birthday, Avenue. Commuters were warned rupting travel plans for thousands. - Ed Carpenter Racing), Graham News. and far behind American Kyle completely transformed downtown that curb lanes, parking, and major With the President of the Unit- Professional Team Sports By Alex Alvarez It was the ninth straight victory for Meanwhile, the Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE LEAD- Bay (3-7 last 10); Detroit Tigers (TOR) 2.37; Chase Burns (CIN) the Phillies and Kyle’s 39th homer- Dodgers just completed a series ERS: (2-8 last 10) went from second to 2.51. NATIONAL FOOTBALL un of the season. sweep over the Pittsburgh Pi- East: Tampa Bay Rays (77-53); fourth in their division. LEAGUE The Cubs crushed the Seattle rates, while club president Stan New York Yankees (74-56); Cen- PLAYER STATS: WNBA STATS & STANDINGS: This weekend (Aug 29-30) we Mariners 19-2; and the Braves beat Kasten strongly denied ongo- tral: Chicago White Sox (68-62), Batting Percentage: Luis Arraez Many are turning away from will watch the last of the exhibition the Brewers in the Little League ing rumors that majority own- Cleveland Guardians (65-66); De- (SF) .322; Yordan Alvarez (HOU) watching WNBA games! Let the games of the “preseason” and teams Classic…. Okay, that last one was er Mark Walter plans to sell the troit Tigers (60-64); West: Houston .320; Chandler Simpson (TB) .310; players play and the scoring do the will cut their teams to 53 players be- not Major League Baseball. team. If a sale occurs, it would be Astros and Texas Rangers tied (65- Gabriel Moreno (ARI) .306; Nick talking! Indiana Fever continues fore the start of the regular season The Seattle Mariners are call- a double major sale in Los Ange- 66). Gonzales (PIT) .307, a good run and has the most wins on September 9 (Wednesday) with ing up Kade Anderson to make les, CA, as the Los Angeles Lakers NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD- Homeruns: Kyle Schwarber (25-14) in the Eastern Conference, a game between the Seattle Sea- their major League debut on changed ownership: billionaire ERS: (PHI) 39; Yordan Alvarez (HOU) while the Minnesota Lynx have the hawks and the New England Patri- Saturday. Lefty Anderson was Mark Walter (and subsequently East: Atlanta Braves (76-55), 36; Matt Olson (ATL) 36; Junior most wins overall in either confer- ots. The last game of the preseason selected third overall in 2025 out the Buss family selling their re- Philadelphia Phillies (73-58); Cen- Caminero (TB) 35; Hunter Good- ence (31-7). will be between the Bears and the of LSU where he won the College maining minority stake) sold the tral: Milwaukee Brewers (81-50), man (COL) 34. The standings are as follows: Titans at 5:00 pm on Saturday. Stay World Series and earned Most team to an investor group led by Chicago Cubs (75-56); West: Los Games Won: Christopher San- EASTERN CONFERENCE: In- tuned! Outstanding Player honors. At businessmen Josh Kushner and Angeles Dodgers (80-51), San Di- chez (PHI) 16; Sonny Gray (BOS) diana Fever 25-14, Atlanta Dream this time, as they sit on third Bob Iger for a record-breaking ego Padres (71-60). 16; Foster Griffin (CLE & WSH)15; 24-13, New York Liberty 23-15. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: place in the American League $12.5 billion! Front office chang- Changes: Phillies (9-1 in last 10) Chase Burns (CIN) 14; Chase WESTERN CONFERENCE: Big hitters usually make the West with a record of 62-69, it es also occurred as Dana Brown got closer to first place Braves (3-7 Burns (CIN) 14; Aaron Ashby Minnesota Lynx 31-7, Golden news as well as lopsided scores: might be a “shot-in-the-arm” as stepped down as Astros GM. Jim in last 10) in their division. There (MIL), Sandy Alcantara (MIA) 13. State Valkyries 25-11, Vegas Aces Kyle Schwarber hit a dramatic the top two ahead of Seattle are Crane took over Brown’s posi- are now 3 games behind. The Yan- ERA: Jacob Misiorowski (MIL) 26-13. walk-off two-run home run to give Houston and Texas, both with a tion. As of last Sunday, here are kees (6-4 in last 10) got closer to 1.68; Cam Schlittler (NYY) 2.16; Sources: ESPN, GOOGLE, the Philadelphia Phillies a victory. losing record of 65-66. the standings: only three games behind Tampa Chris Sale (ATL) 2.20; Dylan Cease SPORTS CHANNELS. Professional Golf By Alex Alvarez happened during this win and his 14 under par, but a one-in-one- purse with $10,000,000 going to Scheffler, Cameron Young, Wyn- who finished at -14. Sei Young Kim win in the U.S. Open when he start- thousand shot by the former U.S. the winner. The race points were dham Clark, Sam Burns, Russell took third with 13 under par. Three FEDEX BMW ed with a six-shot lead and in the Open champion, who topped his decided last week with the top 125 Henley & Collin Morikawa), the players tied for 4th at -12: Gina Kim, CHAMPIONSHIP middle of the round, he lost ground tee shot into a creek 100 yards players making extra money out rest of the team will be announced Ruoning Yim and Anna Huang. The penultimate regular tour but steadied himself and won. away, took him back two more of a $100,000,000 purse that Fe- on September first by Team Captain event and FedEx playoff tourna- Clark made bogey on the first shots. Rory then bogeyed #17 dEx with Scottie Scheffler earning Brandt Snedeker. CHAMPIONS TOUR: ROGERS ment was a heart-breaker for three hole and McIlroy made birdie, while Wyndham birdied, giving $23,0000,000! Matt Fitzpatrick In closing: the win gives Wynd- CHARITY CLASSIC players and a shot in the arm to oth- cutting the lead to three. Over him a three-shot lead going into made $12,000,000 and Wyndham ham Clark a shot at “Player of the Steven Alker and Y.E. Yang end- er three whose season did not end the next 11 holes, Clark made two the last hole. Ahead, Patrick Cant- Clark 7,000,000. #50 on the list Year” with, so far, one more win ed up in a sudden death playoff after there (read Sports Tidbits in this more bogeys and him and McIl- lay birdied #18 for his third birdie made “only” $225,000 on top of his than Scottie Scheffler, including a they both finished at -16 at the Can- issue). roy, who was 2-under par for the in a row and reached 14-under tournament winnings of the year. major which Scottie doesn’t have yon Meadows Golf & C.C. in Alber- The winner, Wyndham Clark, day and were tied at 14 under par par. Wyndham needed a bogey In the tournament, Rory took 3rd this year, though he had the most ta, Canada with Alker winning the demonstrated once more that he has after 15 holes. On the 16th hole, a on the last hole, but also made his with -13, three players tied for 4th at consistent season of all players, get- playoff with a birdie 4 after Yang fought when things are not going as Par-3 of 241 yards, they both hit third straight birdie to win by 3 -12: Collin Morikawa, Chris Gotter- ting more points in FedEx than the went in the water on his second shot well. After rounds of 64-64-65 (17 the green in regulation, Rory hav- over Patrick Cantlay who finished up and Gary Woodland. In a tie for next two players combined! on the par-5 and took a 6. Tied for under par), the last one with a bo- ing a fairly straight 14-footer for solo second. 7th at -10 were Robert Mcintyre and third at -15 were Zach Johnson and gey on the last hole, Wyndham took birdie and Wyndham a curly 18 As you sit down and read this Maverick McNealy. LPGA: CPKC CANADIAN Jerry Kelly; followed by four players a five-shot lead over none other footer. Wyndham putted first and issue of Elk City News, the top 30 The BMW was also the last tour- WOMEN’S OPEN tied for 5th at -13: Retief Goosen, than Rory McIlroy, both playing in made his first birdie of the day, after the BMW Championship nament by which you could earn Miyu Yamashita tied the 72-hole Michael Block, Richard Green and the last pair of the Championship at Rory barely missed and Wyndham are playing the Tour Champion- points for the Presidents Cup team, scoring record for the LPGA with Ryan Armour. Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis took the lead again. Meanwhile, ship (Aug 27-30), which is a “solo” where the top six are automatical- 62-64-65-66 (257) and won by nine Sources: PGA Tour, Google and Missouri. Then, something similar Gary Woodland had also reached tournament with a $40,000,000 ly qualified for the team (Scottie shots over compatriot Yuri Yoshida on-line sports Sports Tidbits By Alex Alvarez absolutely amazing. I think that’s The issue of transexuals playing getting a whopping $23,000,000, Matthew Jordan (-9). great quarterbacks in their histo- what sports all is about. You’re go- in the NBA has gotten so bad that not counting whatever they Congratulations to Ryder Cow- ry (Peyton Manning and Andrew MLB BASEBALL ing to get boos and you’re going to Enes Kanter Freedom attended a make at the Tour Championship an, a native of Elk City and now liv- Luck) have not had much success Twenty-tree year old St. Louis get cheers.” By the way, she never Fever game in Chicago wearing a ($10,000,000 for the winner and ing in Edmond, OK. HE WAS SE- with those who succeeded them Cardinals rookie Joshua Baez made missed a 3-pointer! t-shirt that supported women, and $355,000 for 30th place). LECTED TO THE WALKER CUP and now face quarterback uncer- baseball history last week: on his After a Fever game in Dal- Natasha Cloud, a player from the Three players who were in the TEAM TO COMPETE AGAINST tainty as Daniel Jones recovers first three at-bats in his very first las, Texas Attorney General Kent Chicago Sky began cussing him top 30 before the BMW Champi- GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE- from an Achilles injury. game in major league baseball, he Paxton, sent a subtle notice to the and yelling at him, and he got eject- onship, got bumped out: Kurt Kita- LAND ON SEPTEMBER (Sept hit a homerun in each! The Cardi- WNBA concerning the treatment ed, not her! yama, Bud Cauley & Rickie Fowler. 5-6) at the Lahinch Golf Club, in TENNIS nals won the game against the Chi- of fans who support Indiana Fever’s The three that snuck in were Gary the Republic of Ireland. Seven-time major champion cago Cubs with a score of 8-4. Sophie Cunningham. Here’s the GOLF Woodland, Robert Macintyre, and and defending U.S. Open champi- Dylan Cease (TOR) struck out question: has the sports press made The Tour Championship is at Patrick Cantlay. NFL FOOTBALL on Carlos Alcaraz is returning to eight players and took the team to a this issue bigger than it is putting hand. The top 30-point earners The BMW was the last event Jim Harbrough was not happy active tennis after missing Wim- no hitter in the first seven innings, WNBA in a “no-win” position? will play next week’s final FedEx where players could earn points for with his punter in the game against bledon and French Open due to a beating the Yankees at Yankee Sta- And how good is Sophie Cun- Cup event. These 30 players will the Presidents Cup team. Top six San Francisco: JK Scott learned that wrist injury. Neither Alcaraz nor dium 4-3. ningham? Is she “famous” only be exempt for two years on tour are automatically in. With his win, standing there menacingly will not his rival Jannik Sinner played in for her views? No, Cunningham’s (2027-2028), will be in the field in Wyndham Clark made it to the top bring ballcarrier down! His punt the recent Cincinnati Open, and NBA & WNBA 131.6 offensive rating is No. 1 in the the Players Championship, the U.S. six, bumping out Ben Griffin. was returned for a touchdown by Sinner has now pulled out due to Sophie Cunningham is a class WNBA, which means that when Open, The Master and the Open A surprise winner in the DP Jacob Cowing, who returned the knee injury. act: after getting unmercifully she is on the floor, the Fever aver- Championship. World Tour at the NEXO Cham- punt for 83 yards while Scott just Carlos Alcaraz will play doubles booed in Canada, presumably be- ages an eye-popping 131.6 points The top 125 players in FedEx pionship in Scotland: Scottie Ja- stood there on the runner’s path with Serena Williams. cause of her stance on men playing for every 100 possessions or near- points receive a portion of the mas- mieson, who had not had a top 20 but never made a move to tackle Sources ESPN, Google, MSN in women’s sports, in her press con- ly 32 percent more points than the sive payout of $100,000,000, with finish all year, had rounds of 70-71- him. Sports, On-Line, local ference she said: “The crowd was league average! the top earner (Scottie Scheffler) 69-67 (-11) and won by two over The Colts, who have had two