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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY FRIDAY:
MLB: Athletics at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

SATURDAY:
MLB: Athletics at Red Sox, Game 1, noon (NESN; WEEI)
MLB: Athletics at Red Sox, Game 2, 5 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)
NFL Preseason: Patriots at Lions, 8 p.m. (WBZ)

SUNDAY:
No games scheduled

AROUND THE WEB:

Tandon Doss

♦ Ravens rookie wide receiver Tandon Doss might be focused on trying to make the team, but that didn’t stop him from doing his civic duty. A few hours before Thursday’s preseason game against the Redskins, Doss broke up a fight at a restaurant at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Apparently, a man who was fired from a Five Guys restaurant cut a manager with a knife and was beating him up with the aid of a friend before Doss intervened. After Doss tweeted about his actions, someone asked why he risked his health on a game day. Tweeted the Indianapolis native: I’m not gonna sit there and let someone get jumped. [I don't know] where ur from but we don’t do that in Indy. Asked about the incident by reporters after Thursday’s game, Doss stated: “I saw a guy on the ground bleeding, and I saw [another man] on top of him hitting, so I just had to stop him.”

♦ Former Mets and Phillies star Lenny Dykstra, already in trouble for his financial issues, was charged with indecent exposure for allegedly exposing himself to women he met through Craigslist ads for personal assistants or housekeepers. Dykstra, 48, has been in jail since June on car theft and drug possession charges. He also faces bankruptcy fraud charges.

♦ The U.S. championship game in the Little League World Series is scheduled for Friday. In The Los Angeles Times, Diane Pucin looks at how expensive it can be for families of players participating in the tournament. She tells the story of a Mexican player’s father, who is a waiter in the Los Angeles area and received a free plane ticket from patrons of the restaurant where he works.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Aug. 26, 1945, which Red Sox pitcher won his 20th game of the season, winning the game for himself by hitting an RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3, in Game 1 of a doubleheader sweep?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “They whipped our butts for three days. We couldn’t pitch to stop them and we couldn’t get anything going offensively.” — Rangers manager Ron Washington, after the Red Sox’ domination in Texas the last three days

STAT OF THE DAY: 3 — Grand slams hit by the Yankees in Thursday’s 22-9 rout of the A’s, a major league record

‘NET RESULTS: The gang from Dude Perfect, with their now-legendary basketball trick-shot videos, show their skills in the nation’s capital. Massachusetts congressman Ed Markey makes an appearance (and a shot).

A soccer fan in a motorized chair takes a run at a referee — twice.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Dave “Boo” Ferriss

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Valerie Simpson, of Ashford & Simpson, turns 65 Friday.

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