today’s TV Schedule
today’s TV Schedule
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
2 p.m. College World Series (Game 2) ESPN2
CYCLING
10 a.m. Criterium du Dauphine (stage 2) * NBCSN
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia or Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees MLB
2 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee WGN
4 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels FOXSP
NBA BASKETBALL
2:30 p.m. Eastern Conference finals: Boston at Miami (Game 5) ESPN
TENNIS
7 a.m. French Open (quarterfinals) * ESPN2
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
2 p.m. College World Series (Game 3) ESPN
CYCLING
10 a.m. Criterium du Dauphine (stage 3) * NBCSN
GOLF
3 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nordea Masters (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees ESPN2
1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia FOXSP2
4 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels FOXSP
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Western Conference finals: San Antonio at Oklahoma City (Game 6) TNT
NHL HOCKEY
2 p.m. Stanley Cup finals: New Jersey at Los Angeles (Game 4) NBCSN
TENNIS
2 a.m. French Open (quarterfinals) ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
HOCKEY
NHL Playoff Glance
STANLEY CUP FINALS
New Jersey vs. Los Angeles
Los Angeles leads series 3-0
Wednesday, May 30
Roundup>Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1 (OT)
Saturday, June 2
Roundup>Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1 (OT)
Monday’s result
Roundup>Los Angeles 4, New Jersey 0
Wednesday’s game
Roundup>New Jersey at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Roundup>Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2 p.m.*
Monday, June 11
Roundup>New Jersey at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.*
Wednesday, June 13
Roundup>Los Angeles at New Jersey, 2 p.m.*
* — if necessary
BASKETBALL
NBA Playoff Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE finals
Miami vs. Boston
Series tied 2-2
Monday, May 28
Roundup>Miami 93, Boston 79
Wednesday, May 30
Roundup>Miami 115, Boston 111 (OT)
Friday, June 1
Roundup>Boston 101, Miami 91
Sunday’s result
Roundup>Boston 93, Miami 91 (OT)
Today’s game
Roundup>Boston at Miami, 2:30 p.m.
Thursday’s game
Roundup>Miami at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Roundup>Boston at Miami, 2:30 p.m.*
WESTERN CONFERENCE Finals
Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio
Oklahoma leads series 3-2
Sunday, May 27
Roundup>San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City 98
Tuesday, May 29
Roundup>San Antonio 120, Oklahoma City 111
Thursday, May 31
Roundup> Oklahoma City 102, San Antonio 82
Saturday’s result
Roundup> Oklahoma City 109, San Antonio 103
Monday’s result
Roundup>Oklahoma City 108, San Antonio 103
Wednesday’s game
Roundup>San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
Friday’s game
Roundup>Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 3 p.m.*
* — if necessary
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Chicago 4 1 .800 —
Connecticut 4 1 .800 —
Indiana 4 1 .800 —
Atlanta 2 3 .400 2
Washington 1 4 .200 3
New York 1 5 .167 3½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 7 0 1.000 —
Los Angeles 5 1 .833 1½
San Antonio 2 3 .400 4
Phoenix 2 4 .333 4½
Seattle 1 4 .200 5
Tulsa 0 6 .000 6½
Saturday’s results
Chicago 94, Atlanta 92, OT
Indiana 91, New York 68
Sunday’s results
Connecticut 94, Washington 86
Phoenix 79, Tulsa 72
New York 87, Indiana 72
Minnesota 83, San Antonio 79
Los Angeles 67, Seattle 65
Today’s game
Atlanta at New York, 1 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. 8 4 3 27 28 19
New York 8 3 2 26 26 18
Kansas City 8 3 1 25 17 10
Columbus 5 4 3 18 13 13
Chicago 5 5 3 18 15 17
New England 5 7 1 16 18 18
Houston 4 3 4 16 12 12
Montreal 3 7 3 12 15 21
Philadelphia 2 7 2 8 8 14
Toronto FC 1 9 0 3 8 21
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 9 3 2 29 22 14
San Jose 8 3 3 27 27 17
Seattle 7 3 3 24 16 9
Colorado 6 6 1 19 20 18
Vancouver 5 3 4 19 13 14
Chivas USA 4 6 3 15 9 14
Portland 3 5 4 13 12 15
FC Dallas 3 8 4 13 15 24
Los Angeles 3 8 2 11 15 21
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s result
New England 2, Chicago 0
Sunday, June 10
Houston at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Tennis
French Open
Singles
Men
Fourth round
Roundup>David Ferrer (6), Spain, def. Marcel Granollers (20), Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0.
Roundup>Nicolas Almagro (12), Spain, def. Janko Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 3-6, 6-4.
Roundup>Juan Martin del Potro (9), Argentina, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Roundup>Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Juan Monaco (13), Argentina, 6-2, 6-0, 6-0.
Roundup>Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Richard Gasquet (17), France, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
Women
Fourth round
Roundup>Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Li Na (7), China, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Roundup>Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2.
Roundup>Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Roundup>Kaia Kanepi (23), Estonia, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.
DOUBLES
Men
Quarterfinals
Roundup>Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace (14), Italy, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo, Brazil, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Women
Quarterfinals
Roundup>Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (12), Spain, def. Jarmila Gajdosova and Anastasia Rodionova (14), Australia, 6-2, 6-3.
Roundup>Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (4), Italy, def. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (6), Russia, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
c 1, Jason Dufner, 1,734.500. 2, Hunter Mahan, 1,476.800. 3, Tiger Woods, 1,404.063. 4, Zach Johnson, 1,385.660. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,372.214. 6, Phil Mickelson, 1,307.250. 7, Matt Kuchar, 1,299.650. 8, Rory McIlroy, 1,289.500. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,257.750. 10, Rickie Fowler, 1,168.722.
Scoring Average
c 1, Matt Kuchar, 69.36. 2, Tiger Woods, 69.42. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.55. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.63. 5, Justin Rose, 69.67. 6, Zach Johnson, 69.70. 7, Rory McIlroy, 69.80. 8, Luke Donald, 69.88. 9, Lee Westwood, 69.90. 10, Dicky Pride, 69.93.
Driving Distance
c 1, Bubba Watson, 314.5. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 308.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 307.9. 4, J.B. Holmes, 306.0. 5, Jason Kokrak, 305.2. 6 (tie), Jason Day and Kyle Stanley, 304.5. 8, Dustin Johnson, 303.5. 9, Ryan Palmer, 302.1. 10, Jhonattan Vegas, 302.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
c 1, Graeme McDowell, 74.73%. 2, David Toms, 71.51%. 3, Jim Furyk, 71.36%. 4, Heath Slocum, 69.12%. 5, Jerry Kelly, 68.95%. 6, Mark Wilson, 68.77%. 7, John Mallinger, 68.60%. 8, Luke Donald, 68.47%. 9, Colt Knost, 68.46%. 10, John Huh, 68.32%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
c 1, Lee Westwood, 73.84%. 2, Bubba Watson, 73.04%. 3, Justin Rose, 70.69%. 4, John Senden, 70.37%. 5, Peter Hanson, 70.20%. 6, Hunter Mahan, 70.11%. 7, Jason Dufner, 69.44%. 8, Ben Curtis, 69.19%. 9 (tie), Tiger Woods and Martin Laird, 68.97%.
Total Driving
c 1, Tiger Woods, 54. 2, John Rollins, 57. 3, Jason Dufner, 67. 4, Rickie Fowler, 68. 5, Boo Weekley, 71. 6, Bo Van Pelt, 75. 7 (tie), Brandt Jobe and Keegan Bradley, 83. 9, Chris Couch, 84. 10, Hunter Mahan, 92.
Strokes Gained – Putting
c 1, Ben Curtis, 1.014. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Luke Donald, .758. 4, David Duval, .752. 5, Bo Van Pelt, .728. 6, Michael Thompson, .708. 7, Zach Johnson, .664. 8, Brian Gay, .658. 9, Martin Flores, .647. 10, Ryan Palmer, .642.
Birdie Average
c 1 (tie), Peter Hanson, Martin Laird and Webb Simpson, 4.27. 4, Rory McIlroy, 4.25. 5, Jason Dufner, 4.24. 6, Phil Mickelson, 4.19. 7, Bubba Watson, 4.18. 8, Lee Westwood, 4.17. 9 (tie), Dustin Johnson and Keegan Bradley, 4.12.
Eagles (Holes per)
c 1, Bubba Watson, 76.5. 2, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 3, Gary Woodland, 82.0. 4, Ben Crane, 86.4. 5, Rory McIlroy, 90.0. 6, Arjun Atwal, 92.6. 7, Bobby Gates, 95.4. 8 (tie), Luke Donald, Zach Johnson and Nick Watney, 96.0.
Sand Save Percentage
c 1, Lee Westwood, 69.57%. 2, Martin Flores, 67.47%. 3, Roberto Castro, 66.15%. 4, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 5, Justin Rose, 64.71%. 6, Aaron Baddeley, 64.00%. 7, Brian Gay, 63.95%. 8, Luke Donald, 63.93%. 9, Chris DiMarco, 63.81%. 10, Greg Chalmers, 63.00%.
All-Around Ranking
c 1, Keegan Bradley, 185. 2, Rory McIlroy, 211. 3, Jason Dufner, 217. 4, Tiger Woods, 229. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 233. 6, Justin Rose, 260. 7, Lee Westwood, 264. 8, Bubba Watson, 307. 9, Peter Hanson, 323. 10, Zach Johnson, 336.
LPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
c 1, Yani Tseng, 69.54. 2, Ai Miyazato, 69.75. 3, Na Yeon Choi, 70.54. 4, Jiyai Shin, 70.68. 5 (tie), Stacy Lewis and Shanshan Feng, 70.83. 7, Se Ri Pak, 70.85. 8, So Yeon Ryu, 71.11. 9, Caroline Hedwall, 71.14. 10, Amy Yang, 71.27.
Driving Distance
c 1, Brittany Lincicome, 283.0. 2, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 3, Vicky Hurst, 276.0. 4, Yani Tseng, 275.0. 5, Lexi Thompson, 274.0. 6, Alena Sharp, 273.0. 7, Jessica Korda, 273.0. 8, Sydnee Michaels, 271.0. 9, Gerina Piller, 271.0. 10, Mariajo Uribe, 270.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
c 1, Karin Sjodin, 78.30%. 2, Sun Young Yoo, 76.80%. 3, Lexi Thompson, 73.70%. 4, I.K. Kim, 73.40%. 5, Stacy Lewis, 73.20%. 6 (tie), Paula Creamer and Jenny Shin, 73.10%. 8, Suzann Pettersen, 72.90%. 9, Caroline Hedwall, 72.70%. 10, 3 tied with 72.20%.
Putting Average
c 1, Ai Miyazato, 1.715. 2, Yani Tseng, 1.728. 3, Jin Young Pak, 1.754. 4, M.J. Hur, 1.755. 5, Stacy Lewis, 1.759. 6, Na Yeon Choi, 1.764. 7, Stephanie Sherlock, 1.768. 8, Inbee Park, 1.771. 9, Se Ri Pak, 1.772. 10, Azahara Munoz, 1.776.
Birdie Average
c 1, Yani Tseng, 4.64. 2, Stacy Lewis, 4.00. 3, Suzann Pettersen, 3.59. 4, Hee Young Park, 3.73. 5, So Yeon Ryu, 3.89. 6 (tie), Na Yeon Choi and Azahara Munoz, 3.79. 8, Jiyai Shin, 3.75. 9 (tie), Brittany Lang and Sun Young Yoo, 3.25.
Eagle Average
c 1, Tiffany Joh, 0.19. 2 (tie), Pornanong Phatlum, Na Yeon Choi and Jenny Shin, 0.14. 5, 8 tied with 0.11.
Sand Save Percentage
c 1, Hee Kyung Seo, 68.97%. 2, Suzann Pettersen, 65.52%. 3 (tie), Jiyai Shin, Jane Rah and Na Yeon Choi, 65.00%. 6, Sun Young Yoo, 63.89%. 7 (tie), Nicole Castrale and Michelle Wie, 63.64%. 9, Leta Lindley, 61.11%. 10, Amy Hung, 60.87%.
Rounds Under Par
c 1, Ai Miyazato, .792. 2, Yani Tseng, .750. 3, Jiyai Shin, .679. 4, Shanshan Feng, .667. 5, Haeji Kang, .636. 6, Stacy Lewis, .633. 7 (tie), Na Yeon Choi and So Yeon Ryu, .607. 9, Sun Young Yoo, .600. 10, Suzann Pettersen, .594.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
c 1, Greg Biffle, 486. 2, Matt Kenseth, 485. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 476. 4, Denny Hamlin, 464. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 453. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 441. 7, Kevin Harvick, 440. 8, Tony Stewart, 407. 9, Kyle Busch, 406. 10, Clint Bowyer, 405.
c 11, Brad Keselowski, 400. 12, Carl Edwards, 390. 13, Ryan Newman, 366. 14, Kasey Kahne, 365. 15, Paul Menard, 364. 16, Joey Logano, 350. 17, Aric Almirola, 329. 18, Jeff Burton, 322. 19, Marcos Ambrose, 321. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, 312.
Money
c 1, Jimmie Johnson, $3,883,926. 2, Matt Kenseth, $3,772,134. 3, Denny Hamlin, $2,981,428. 4, Greg Biffle, $2,893,633. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,811,160. 6, Kyle Busch, $2,808,237. 7, Tony Stewart, $2,793,040. 8, Kevin Harvick, $2,479,548. 9, Brad Keselowski, $2,445,920. 10, Martin Truex Jr., $2,288,045.
c 11, Carl Edwards, $2,252,307. 12, Ryan Newman, $2,185,792. 13, Jeff Burton, $2,165,770. 14, Jeff Gordon, $2,163,841. 15, A J Allmendinger, $2,079,625. 16, Clint Bowyer, $1,991,315. 17, Kasey Kahne, $1,972,576. 18, Aric Almirola, $1,932,188. 19, Marcos Ambrose, $1,914,664. 20, Jamie McMurray, $1,861,729.
transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Arizona minor league LHP Francisco Guzman (D-backs-Arizona) for 25 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed RHP Carl Pavano on the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Nick Blackburn from the 15-day DL.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed LHP Jordan Norberto on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Sean Doolittle from Sacramento (PCL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Assigned RHP Michael Bowden outright to Iowa (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed RHP Javy Guerra on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 3. Selected the contract of RHP Shawn Tolleson from Albuquerque (PCL). Transferred RHP Matt Guerrier to the 60-day DL. Activated OF-1B Juan Rivera from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF-1B Scott Van Slyke to Albuquerque.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Promoted C Tony Sanchez from Altoona (EL) to Indianapolis (IL) and C Miguel Perez and INF Greg Picart from State College (NYP) to Altoona.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with RHP Ross Ohlendorf. Designated RHP Matt Palmer for assignment.
American Association
KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed INF Aric Weinberg.
LAREDO LEMURS—Traded RHP Jon Hunton to Long Island (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed OF Casey Allison. Released LHP Kolby Moore.
RIVER CITY RASCALS—Acquired RHP Chandler Barnard from Lincoln (AA) to complete an earlier trade.
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Released C Elvin Millan and LHP Kevin Patterson.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Announced general manager Neil Olshey will not return next season.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Exercised the team option on C Andrew Bynum for the 2012-13 season.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Announced coach Randy Wittman will return next season.
Women’s National Basketball Association
ATLANTA DREAM—Signed F-C Jessica Moore, Waived C Courtney Paris.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed P Delbert Alvarado.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed CB Alan Ball and RB Justin Forsett.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed DT Jeris Pendleton.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed S Abram Elam.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed RB Lamar Miller.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed CB Corey Gatewood.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed FB Marcel Reece to an exclusive-rights tender.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed DL Wallace Gilberry and DE Jayme Mitchell to one-year contracts and RB Doug Martin to a five-year contract. Released DE Hilee Taylor. Waived DT Myles Wade.
Canadian Football League
B.C. LIONS—Signed OL Patrick Kabongo.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLORADO AVALANCHE—Signed F Cody McLeod through 2014-15.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Traded G Tomas Vokoun to Pittsburgh for a 2012 seventh-round draft pick.
American Hockey League
TORONTO MARLIES—Signed coach Dallas Eakins to a three-year contract extension.
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR—Suspended Kurt Busch one week for verbally abusing a media member.
COLLEGE
FLORIDA ATLANTIC—Named Fernanda Nelson volleyball coach.
GEORGETOWN—Named Justin Brown director of football operations.
HIGH POINT—Named Neill Berry men’s assistant basketball coach.
KANSAS—Announced LB Jake Farley is transferring to Northern Iowa.
MISSOURI—Reinstated QB Corbin Berkstresser to the football team after charges in a traffic incident were reclassified as a misdemeanor.