Here’s everything to know about the Little League World Series (LLWS 2024) teams, schedule and scores.

Live updates from Day 3 of Little League World Series

The 2024 Little League World Series continues on Friday, Aug. 16 from South Williamsport, Pa. Follow along for live updates from USA TODAY Sports on Day 3 of the LLWS.

How to watch the Little League World Series

The best place is visiting Williamsport and South Williamsport, Pennsylvania during the tournament to watch the games live at Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium. If you can’t make the trip, then you can watch the games on the ESPN family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC), stream the games on ESPN+ and on the ESPN App.

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Little League World Series 2024 TV Schedule

All game times are ET

Wednesday, Aug. 14

Game 1 : Mexico 2, Aruba 0

Game 2 : Hawaii 3, New Hampshire 1

Game 3 : Chinese Taipei 8, Canada 0

Thursday, Aug. 15

Game 5 : Japan 11, Puerto Rico 0 (4 innings)

Game 6 : Nevada 9, New York 1

Game 7 : Cuba 4, Czech Republic 1

Game 8 : Texas 9, Pennsylvania 0

Friday, Aug. 16

Game 9: Venezuela 10, Mexico 0 (4 innings)

Game 10 : Hawaii 5, Illinois 0

Game 11 : Chinese Taipei 11, Australia 0 (5 innings)

Game 12 : Florida vs. Washington, 7 p.m. ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 17

Game 13: Canada vs Puerto Rico, 1 p.m. ESPN

Game 14: South Dakota vs. New York, 3 p.m. ESPN

Game 15: Aruba vs. Czech Republic, 5 p.m. ESPN

Game 16: New Hampshire vs. Pennsylvania, 7 p.m. ESPN2

Sunday, Aug. 18

Game 17: Illinois vs. Winner of Game 14, 9 a.m. ESPN

Game 18: Mexico vs. Winner of Game 13, 11 a.m. ESPN

Game 19: Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 16, 1 p.m. ABC

Game 20: Australia vs. Winner of Game 15, 2 p.m. ESPN

MLB Little League Classic

According to Little League, the seventh annual MLB Little League Classic will feature Major League Baseball clubs playing at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport on Sunday, Aug. 18 in front of Little League Baseball World Series players and their families.

Who: New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers

When: Sunday, Aug 18, 2024

Time: 7 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Monday, Aug. 19

Game 21: Japan vs. Venezuela, 1 p.m. ESPN

Game 22: Nevada vs. Hawaii, 3 p.m. ESPN

Game 23: Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei, 5 p.m. ESPN

Game 24: Texas vs Winner of Game 12, 7 p.m. ESPN

Tuesday, Aug. 20

Game 25: Winner of Game 20 vs Loser of Game 21, 1 p.m. ESPN

Game 26: Winner of Game 19 vs Loser of Game 22, 3 p.m. ESPN

Game 27: Winner of Game 18 vs Loser of Game 23, 5 p.m. ESPN

Game 28: Winner of Game 17 vs Loser of Game 24, 7 p.m. ESPN

Wednesday, Aug. 21

Game 29: Winner of Game 21 vs Winner of Game 23, 1 p.m. ESPN

Game 30: Winner of Game 22 vs Winner of Game 24, 3 p.m. ESPN

Game 31: Winner of Game 25 vs Winner of Game 27, 5 p.m. ESPN

Game 32: Winner of Game 26 vs Winner of Game 28, 7 p.m. ESPN

Thursday, Aug. 22

Game 33: Loser of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 31, 3 p.m. ESPN

Game 34: Loser of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 32, 7 p.m. ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 24

International Championship Game

Game 35: Winner of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 33, 12:30 p.m. ABC

United States Championship Game

Game 36: Winner of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 34, 3:30 p.m. ABC

Sunday, Aug. 25

LLWS Third Place Game

Game 37: Loser of Game 35 vs Loser of Game 36, 10 a.m. ESPN2

LLWS Championship Game

Game 38: Winner of Game 35 vs Winner of Game 36, 3 p.m. ABC

Is there a mercy rule in the Little League World Series?

Short answer is yes. But Little League refers to this situation as a ‘run rule’ instead and here’s how it, according to Little League.

RUN RULE: If at the end of three (3) innings [Intermediate (50-70) Division/Junior/Senior League: four innings], two and one-half innings [Intermediate (50-70) Division/Junior/Senior League: three and one-half innings] if the home team is ahead, one team has a lead of fifteen (15) runs or more, the manager of the team with the least runs shall concede the victory to the opponent. If at the end of a regulation game one team has a lead of ten (10) runs or more, the manager of the team with the least runs shall concede the victory to the opponent.

NOTE: If the visiting team has a lead of fifteen (15) or ten (10) or more runs respectively, the home team must bat in its half of the inning.

Little League World Series past winners

2023 – El Segundo (California)

2022 – Honolulu (Hawaii)

2021 – Taylor North (Michigan)

2020 – *No event due to COVID-19*

2019 – Eastbank (Louisiana)

2018 – Honolulu (Hawaii)

2017 – Tokyo Kitasuna (Japan)

2016 – Maine-Endwell (New York)

2015 – Tokyo-Kitasuna (Japan)

2014 – Seoul (South Korea)

2013 – Musashi-Fuchu (Japan)

2012 – Tokyo-Kitasuna (Japan)

2011 – Huntington Beach (California)

2010 – Edogawa Minami (Japan)

2009 – Park View (California)

2008 – Waipio (Hawaii)

2007 – Warner Robins (Georgia)

2006 – Northern (Georgia)

2005 – West Oahu (Hawaii)

2004 – Pabao (Curacao)

2003 – Musashi-Fuchu (Japan)

2002 – Valley Sports (Kentucky)

2001 – The Kitasuna (Japan)

2000 – The Sierra Maestra (Venezuela)

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Rutgers University athletics director Patrick Hobbs has quit his job, according to multiple reports, and is being replaced on an interim basis by deputy athletics director Ryan Pisarri, a former three-sport star at Ramapo High School.

The departure comes two years after Rutgers’ board of governors unanimously approved a contract extension for Hobbs that would have kept him in his role through 2028. His gross pay for 2021 was $1,313,759.

Recapping the Patrick Hobbs era at Rutgers

Hobbs came to Rutgers in November 2015, a year after the school joined the Big Ten. During his tenure, he opened a $115 million multisport practice facility, fired his failed football coach and endured widespread criticism during the roller-coaster homecoming courtship of Greg Schiano.

He also planted the seeds for Rutgers’ college basketball renaissance when he picked Steve Pikiell to take over Rutgers’ downtrodden hoops program in 2016. The expectations for the men’s basketball team this winter are also sky-high with an influx of talent that will include potential stars in Ace Bailey, Dylan Harper, Lathan Somerville and Bryce Dortch.

More about Ryan Pisarri, who will be interim AD

Pisarri, 40, the interim replacement for Hobbs, transitioned from a career in finance to a career in athletics in 2011, when he joined the Rutgers staff as an assistant academic coordinator, working closely with the men’s and women’s basketball teams. In 2013, he was elevated to assistant director of administration and marketing.

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Stalions has joined Detroit Mumford as its defensive coordinator, new Mumford head coach William McMichael confirmed to the Free Press on Friday.

Stalions became a national name last October when news broke of Michigan football’s alleged sign-stealing operation, identifying him at the center of it. Stalions was quickly suspended with pay by the university, and the school announced his resignation a few weeks later Nov. 3.

He was thrust back into the news in early August, when the NCAA sent a draft Notice of Allegations (NOA) to Michigan from its investigations into a multi-year illegal sign-stealing undertaking and recruiting violations during a COVID dead period in 2021.

Stalions was one of four Michigan staffers, including head coach Jim Harbaugh, accused in the draft of Level I violations, the NCAA’s most serious offense in its enforcement process. 

And first-year head coach Sherrone Moore is facing a Level II violation, according to the NOA draft, and could face a suspension and show-cause penalty for allegedly deleting 52 text messages with Stalions on the same day news broke of an illegal sign-stealing scheme. The texts were later recovered through ‘device imaging,’ and Moore in time produced them to investigators, according to the draft obtained by ESPN. 

The NCAA’s draft also confirmed evidence of Stalions disguised in Central Michigan coaching gear with a sideline pass while patrolling the Chippewas’ sideline during their 2023 opener at Spartan Stadium vs. Michigan State.

Stalions is scheduled to discuss the scandal in a Netflix episode of ‘Untold’ airing Aug. 27. The special, titled ‘Sign Stealer,’ will give a voice to Stalions and ‘his side of Michigan’s alleged sign-stealing scheme that turned him into a viral villain.’

Free Press special writer Mick McCabe contributed to this report.

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Notre Dame has suspended its men’s swimming team for at least one academic year after an investigation revealed ‘numerous violations of NCAA rules prohibiting gambling,’ among other troubling behavior.

Notre Dame Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua confirmed the suspension on Thursday, writing that the gambling violations are part of ‘a deeply embedded team culture dismissive of Notre Dame’s standards for student-athletes.”

‘The overwhelming cultural dynamic on the team necessitates a full suspension,’ Bevacqua wrote in the statement. ‘In order to ensure that this behavior ends and to rebuild a culture of dignity, respect, and exemplary conduct, we have decided to suspend the men’s swimming program for at least one academic year.’

Following reports of potential culture issues with the men’s swimming team, Notre Dame hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation. Bevacqua said the investigation confirmed the allegations of misconduct and offered a bigger picture on the team’s ‘troubling behaviors.’

‘This independent, external review also documented numerous violations of NCAA rules prohibiting gambling on intercollegiate swimming and other athletic competitions despite clear and recurrent training provided to all our student-athletes by our Athletics Compliance staff about those rules,’ the statement said.

Bevacqua said the investigation revealed that the swim team’s coaching staff, which was fully cooperative in the probe, was ‘not aware of gambling or the scope and extent’ of the team’s misconduct.

The men’s diving team along with the women’s swimming and diving teams, were not indicted in investigation and will continue to compete in the 2024-25 school year.

‘Team members effectively concealed such behaviors from the coaches and staff through concerted efforts,’ Bevacqua said. ‘According to the review, when the staff became aware of certain isolated incidents of unacceptable conduct, they treated them seriously and professionally. We appreciate the continued service of the staff to our women’s swimming and diving programs and our men’s diving program during these difficult times.’

Notre Dame swimming coach Chris Lindauer said the university took the “correct steps” toward rebuilding the program’s culture.

“While it has been a difficult few months, I am confident that Notre Dame took the correct steps to ensure this misconduct does not continue,” Lindauer wrote in a statement, shared by BlueandGold.com. ‘Our team culture is my utmost priority, and I am committed to improving upon the student-athlete experience both in and out of the pool. I am hopeful we will emerge from this situation stronger than ever.”

Bevacqua noted that despite the sweeping suspension, not every individual on the men’s swimming was not involved in the misconduct: ‘We profoundly regret that the small number of team members who did not participate in the conduct, and those who were planning on joining the team this fall, will also suffer the consequences of this decision… While we are certainly disappointed by the actions that led to the decision, we recognize that our students make mistakes, and our goal is to educate and support them to the best of our ability.’

The news comes just two weeks after Notre Dame men’s swimming standout Chris Guiliano won an Olympic gold medal as part of Team USA’s 400-meter freestyle relay team. Lindauer was an assistant coach for Team USA as well.

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Hugh Freeze’s ability to match wits with Nick Saban no longer matters, and his 2-4 career record against the GOAT can no longer headline Freeze’s résumé.

Saban retired. Seven months ago. He’s a golfer and a talking head now. Saban can’t hurt Auburn anymore.

The day Saban retired, the SEC overlord mantle passed to Kirby Smart. He’s 8-1 against Auburn. He’s the nemesis Freeze ought to worry about, instead of his close misses against the retiree.

It’s perhaps because of Saban’s retirement status that Freeze boasted this summer on the SEC Network’s “Marty & McGee” that he should have four career wins against Saban instead of two.

“We did understand what complicated (Alabama’s) calls,” Freeze, Auburn’s second-year coach, said during that TV appearance, “and, honestly, Nick is incredible, but I should have four wins against him.”

Honestly, Freeze blew those winnable games against Alabama while Ole Miss’ coach in 2016 and in the Iron Bowl last year. And he knows it.

“You have to get it done when you have the chances,” Freeze said Tuesday on “The Paul Finebaum Show,” while elaborating on his previous remarks about Saban.

Yep. And get it done against New Mexico State, too, instead of losing by three touchdowns.

But, enough about yesteryear. And, enough about Saban. Because something stirs in Auburn.

This proud program, once one of the SEC’s finest, spent the past few years in a coma. The Auburn revival still has a ways to go, but I detect signs of life.

The stench of the Bryan Harsin era is starting to lift, and Freeze smells blooming crepe myrtles.

“The team’s culture is better. The team’s chemistry is better. The team’s accountability is better. The effort is better,” Freeze told reporters last week. “Our roster is better. I don’t know what that means for Year 2, but I enjoy where we are right now.”

Why Auburn football stock climbed after offseason haul

There’s a reason the Tigers weren’t among the nine SEC teams ranked in preseason polls. Auburn’s offensive line remains average, and average would be a kind assessment of its quarterback situation.

There’s also a reason why Auburn received votes in each major poll. The Tigers are relevant after Freeze addressed some glaring roster needs in the offseason. Specifically, he upgraded his wide receivers.

The only Power Four teams that averaged fewer passing yards per game last season than Auburn?

Minnesota, Rutgers, Nebraska and Iowa. Those four schools are dues-paying members of the Plod-It-Out fraternity. A passing game that emulates a low-octane Big Ten school won’t cut it in today’s SEC.

Freeze seized some instant relief in the form of transfers KeAndre Lambert-Smith and Robert Lewis, the top receivers last season at Penn State and Georgia State. Freeze also signed five-star freshman Cam Coleman. Auburn hasn’t had a trio of receivers this good in at least a decade.

Hugh Freeze changes Auburn coordinators, not quarterbacks

That leaves the sticking points, though, of a quarterback needing to get the ball in their hands, and an offensive line providing ample pass protection.

Experienced linemen will flank Connor Lew, the team’s talented sophomore center. This is a mid-tier SEC line. Not the SEC’s worst line. Far from its best, too.

The Tigers averaged 16.6 points in their seven losses last season, but fifth-year senior Payton Thorne retained his grasp on the starting quarterback job. He’s thrown at least 10 interceptions in each of his past three seasons.

“Having guys he feels like can win at the top end of the route is helpful to eliminate some of that hesitation,” Freeze said.

Better wide receivers will help, but they won’t totally transform Thorne.

Freeze will pitch in. He’ll call Auburn’s offensive plays after he dumped offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery following last season.

“He is more involved in the offense,” Thorne said of Freeze, “and this is a big difference.”

Most coaches have so much on their plate nowadays that they deputize a coordinator to call plays, but Freeze’s offensive acumen is why he beat Saban twice and why he nearly beat him twice more.

Who could forget that? Not Freeze.

Now, it’s time to beat a few more active SEC coaches.

Blake Toppmeyer is the USA TODAY Network’s SEC Columnist. Email him at BToppmeyer@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @btoppmeyer.

U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles broke her silence about the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s denial of an appeal on Monday – a ruling that effectively stripped her of a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In a statement posted to social media on Thursday, Chiles wrote that the decision ‘feels unjust’ and that she has been the victim of ‘racially driven attacks’ on social media.

‘I am overwhelmed by the love I have received over the past few days. I am also incredibly grateful to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, USAG, and the USOPC for their unwavering support during this difficult time,’ she said. ‘While celebrating my Olympic accomplishments, I heard the devastating news that my bronze medal had been stripped away. I had confidence in the appeal brought by USAG, who gave conclusive evidence that my score followed all the rules. This appeal was unsuccessful.

‘I have no words. This decision feels unjust and comes as a significant blow, not just to me, but to everyone who has championed my journey. To add to the heartbreak, the unprompted racially driven attacks on social media are wrong and extremely hurtful,’ she added. ‘I’ve poured my heart and soul into this sport and I am so proud to represent my culture and my country.’

Chiles said she has been confronted with one of the most challenging moments of her career and will attempt ‘every effort to ensure justice is done.’

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‘I believe that at the end of this journey, the people in control will do the right thing,’ she said.

Chiles won the bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after her coaches submitted an inquiry to the judges over her score.

There currently are no plans for Chiles to give the bronze medal back as U.S. officials say they plan to appeal what the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said were “significant procedural errors” by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in overturning the higher score. CAS said it could not re-open the case despite the U.S. officials stating conclusive video evidence showed Chiles in fact did deserve the bronze medal.

Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu finished fourth in the floor exercise but the eventual ruling was that she should be awarded bronze. The International Olympic Committee said Thursday morning that Romania can award Barbosu a bronze medal, something Romanian officials said they will do in a medal ceremony on Friday.

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