ASHLAND, Ohio -- The Commission on Presidential Debates rejected Republican Donald Trumps claim that Democrats rigged the debate schedule so that two of the three debates would occur during football games.In a statement released Sunday, the commission said it started working more than 18 months ago to identify all religious and federal holidays as well as baseball and football games and other major events. The commission said it was impossible to avoid all sporting events.As a point of reference, in a four-year period, there are four general election debates (three presidential and one vice presidential), and approximately 1,000 NFL games, the commission wrote.On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9, the second debate will air opposite the Sunday night game featuring the Giants vs. the Packers on NBC.Hillary Clinton vowed to attend all the match-ups, telling reporters in Ohio on Sunday: Im going to be there, thats all I have to say.Her campaign, meanwhile, dismissed Trumps claims, with vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine saying hes mystified by what he calls Trumps bizarre allegations.Is Donald Trump complaining that the framers of the constitution put the election in the NFL season? he asked during a campaign stop at a dairy barn in Ohio.The Democratic ticket is in the midst of a post-convention swing through the battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.On Friday, Trump accused Clinton of trying to rig the schedule. Unacceptable! he wrote. In an interview Sunday on ABCs This Week, Trump said he got a letter from the NFL calling the conflict ridiculous.NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy tweeted on Saturday: While wed obviously wish the Debate Commission could find another night, we did not send a letter to Mr Trump.A Trump aide said Saturday that the Republican candidate was made aware of the conflicting dates by a source close to the league. The aide was not authorized to speak by name and requested anonymity.The nonpartisan, independent presidential debate commission said it never consulted with either political party in setting the dates, announced last September. The group serves as event sponsor and sets the participation criteria, dates, sites and formats.The Democratic Party was criticized during the primary race for scheduling debates between Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday nights and holiday weekends, times when viewership is low. The Sanders campaign suggested that was an effort to limit the size of the audience.Trump told ABC that Clinton wants to debate like she did with Bernie Sanders, where they were on Saturday nights when nobodys home.---Daniel reported from Washington. AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner in Springfield, New Jersey, and AP writer Jonathan Lemire in New York contributed to this report.---This version corrects that 18 months ago was when the Commission on Presidential Debates began looking at the dates of other major national events, not when it decided which night a debate would be held.Custom Baseball Jerseys China . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players. Cheap Custom Baseball Jerseys .J. 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Cundiff, who had the unenviable job of replacing Dawson last season, agreed Thursday to a one-year, $1.OAKLAND, Calif. -- It took about four months, along with injuries to some key starters, for Kendall Graveman to evolve from a pitcher at the back end of the Athletics rotation to the anchor of manager Bob Melvins staff.He certainly looked the part against one of the best-hitting teams in baseball, relying heavily on a nasty sinker and an even more effective cut fastball.Graveman pitched seven strong innings, Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single in the sixth and Oakland beat Baltimore 3-2 on Monday night despite another home run from Orioles slugger Manny Machado.He was kind of splitting the plate with the sinker and cutter today, Melvin said. When he has both those working, he can use both sides of the plate and it can be effective against any team.Stephen Vogt homered, scored twice and had two RBI for the As. Butler added two hits.Machado, who homered in his first three at-bats Sunday, belted his 26th of the season off As reliever Ryan Dull with two outs in the eighth.It wasnt enough to prevent the Orioles from falling into a first-place tie with Toronto in the AL East. The Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay 7-5 earlier Monday.Vogt homered leading off the fourth against starter Kevin Gausman (3-9), walked and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth and added an RBI single in the seventh.Adam Jones had three hits for the Orioles.We wanted to give Kevin some breathing room, Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. We saw a lot of groundballs. We knew (Graveman) was on top of his pitching, and he was.Oakland scored three runs total while getting swept in a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs last weekend and didnt get much going against Baltimore, either.Graveman (8-7) and two relievers made three runs hold up.Oaklands best pitcher over the past two months, Graveman allowed one run and six hits with four strikeouts.The second and third time through we started mixing in some of the breaking balls that I haveent thrown in the past four or five weeks, Graveman said.ddddddddddddI thought that really got hitters off and it kind of got us some early strikes.Dull retired three batters and Ryan Madson worked the ninth for his 23rd save.Gausman pitched well but is winless in 12 road starts this season. He struck out six and allowed two runs over six innings.THE GOOD AND BADAs center fielder Coco Crisp made a leaping catch at the wall to rob Mike Trout of extra bases in the second. 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