Scoreboard (June 8)

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todAY’S TV SCHEDULE

todAY’S TV SCHEDULE

AUTO RACING

6:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for Pocono 400 SPEED

8 a.m. Formula One: Practice for Canadian Grand Prix SPEED

9:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for Pocono 400 SPEED

1:30 p.m. IndyCar: Pole qualifying for Firestone 550 * NBCSN

3 p.m. Craftsman Truck Series: WinStar World Casino 400 SPEED

BOXING

4 p.m. Super middleweights: Kelly Pavlik vs. Scott Sigmon ESPN2

COLLEGE BASEBALL

6 a.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

9 a.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

1 p.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

3 p.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN

CYCLING

9 a.m. Criterium du Dauphine (stage 5) * NBCSN

GOLF

3 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nordea Masters (third round) * TGC

6 a.m. LPGA Tour: Wegmans Championship (second round) TGC

9 a.m. PGA Tour: St. Jude Classic (second round) TGC

12:30 p.m. Champions Tour: The Tradition (second round) * TGC

HORSE RACING

9 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2

11 a.m. NTRA: Brooklyn Handicap and Jaipur Stakes NBCSN

2:30 p.m. Belmont Stakes Handicappers Preview FOXSP2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m. N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees MLB

2 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Minnesota WGN

2:30 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado FOXSP

4 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Seattle FOXSP2

SOCCER

5:30 a.m. Euro 2012: Poland vs. Greece (group phase) ESPN

8:30 a.m. Euro 2012: Russia vs. Czech Republic (group phase) ESPN

1 p.m. World Cup qualifier: U.S. vs. Antigua & Barbuda (group phase) ESPN

TENNIS

11 a.m. French Open (men’s semifinals) * NBC

SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE

ATHLETICS

9 a.m. adidas Grand Prix NBC

AUTO RACING

5 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Pocono 400 SPEED

7 a.m. Formula One: Qualifying for Canadian Grand Prix SPEED

8:30 a.m. ARCA: Pocono 200 * SPEED

10:30 a.m. Rolex Sports Car Series: EMCO Gears Classic SPEED

2 p.m. IndyCar: Firestone 550 NBCSN

7 p.m. Global Rallycross Championship * ESPN2

BOWLING

6 p.m. Hawaii TV Bowling IND

COLLEGE BASEBALL

6 a.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

9 a.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

12 p.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

3 p.m. NCAA super regionals ESPN2

CYCLING

5:30 p.m. Criterium du Dauphine (stage 6) * NBCSN

6:30 p.m. Tour de Suisse (stage 1) * NBCSN

GOLF

1:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nordea Masters (final round) TGC

9 a.m. PGA Tour: St. Jude Classic (third round) CBS

10 a.m. LPGA Tour: Wegmans Championship (third round) TGC

1:30 p.m. Champions Tour: The Tradition (third round) * TGC

GYMNASTICS

7 a.m. Visa Championships NBC

HORSE RACING

9 a.m. NTRA: Belmont Stakes undercard NBCSN

10:30 a.m. NTRA: Belmont Stakes NBC

1 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2

3 p.m. The Quarters FOXSP2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

10 a.m. Washington at Boston or Texas at San Francisco MLB

10 a.m. Houston at Chicago White Sox WGN

10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado FOXSP

1 p.m. Regional coverage FOX

4 p.m. Oakland at Arizona MLB

MOTORSPORTS

11 a.m. AMA Motocross NBCSN

NBA BASKETBALL

2:30 p.m. Eastern Conference finals: Boston at Miami (Game 7) ESPN

NHL HOCKEY

2 p.m. Stanley Cup final: New Jersey at Los Angeles (Game 5) NBC

SOCCER

5:45 a.m. Euro 2012: Netherlands vs. Denmark (group phase) ESPN

8:30 a.m. Euro 2012: Germany vs. Portugal (group phase) ESPN

TENNIS

4 a.m. French Open (women’s championship match) * NBC

* — Tape-delayed broadcast

HOCKEY

NHL Playoff Glance

STANLEY CUP FINALS

New Jersey vs. Los Angeles

Los Angeles leads series 3-1

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 result

Roundup>New Jersey 3, Los Angeles 1

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 3-3

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)

Tuesday’s result

Roundup>Boston 94, Miami 90

Thursday’s result

Roundup>Miami 98, Boston 79

Saturday’s game

Roundup>Boston at Miami, 2:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Finals

Oklahoma City vs. San Antonio

Oklahoma wins series 4-2

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 result

Roundup>Oklahoma City 107, San Antonio 99

* — if necessary

WNBA Glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Chicago 4 1 .800 —

Connecticut 4 1 .800 —

Indiana 4 1 .800 —

Atlanta 2 4 .333 2½

New York 2 5 .286 3

Washington 1 4 .200 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 8 0 1.000 —

Los Angeles 5 1 .833 2

San Antonio 2 3 .400 4½

Phoenix 2 4 .333 5

Seattle 1 5 .167 6

Tulsa 0 6 .000 7

Thursday’s results

No games scheduled

Today’s games

Connecticut at Indiana, 1 p.m.

New York at Washington, 1 p.m.

San Antonio at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.

Tulsa at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Los Angeles, 5 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.

Sunday’s game

Houston at Vancouver, 1 p.m.

Tennis

French Open

Singles

Women

Quarterfinals

Roundup>Sara Errani (21), Italy, def. Sam Stosur (6), Australia, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.

Roundup>Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

DOUBLES

Men

Semifinals

Roundup>Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace (14), Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

Roundup>Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (10), Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Women

Semifinals

Roundup>Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova (7), Russia, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (5), Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Mixed

Championship

c Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi (7), India, def. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

GOLF

ST. JUDE CLASSIC

Thursday’s first-round scores

Jeff Maggert 35-31—66

John Merrick 33-33—66

Arjun Atwal 33-34—67

Jeff Overton 33-34—67

J.J. Henry 34-33—67

Seung-Yul Noh 32-35—67

Robert Allenby 35-33—68

Rory McIlroy 35-33—68

Padraig Harrington 35-33—68

Chad Campbell 36-32—68

Ken Duke 34-34—68

Davis Love III 34-34—68

Y.E. Yang 34-34—68

John Daly 33-35—68

Lee Janzen 35-33—68

J.J. Killeen 34-34—68

Troy Kelly 35-33—68

LPGA championship

Thursday’s first-round scores

Ryann O’Toole 35-34—69

Beatriz Recari 34-35—69

Giulia Sergas 33-36—69

Na Yeon Choi 33-37—70

Paula Creamer 34-36—70

Jeong Jang 34-36—70

Cristie Kerr 32-38—70

Ai Miyazato 34-36—70

Mika Miyazato 36-34—70

Se Ri Pak 36-34—70

Sandra Gal 35-36—71

Lorie Kane 35-36—71

Candie Kung 34-37—71

Mo Martin 35-36—71

Suzann Pettersen 35-36—71

Jenny Shin 35-36—71

REGIONS TRADITION

Thursday’s first-round scores

Bill Glasson 34-32—66

Dan Forsman 34-32—66

Fred Funk 33-34—67

Bernhard Langer 35-33—68

Brad Bryant 33-36—69

Russ Cochran 35-34—69

Tom Lehman 34-35—69

Bruce Fleisher 36-33—69

Morris Hatalsky 35-35—70

Kirk Triplett 35-35—70

Gary Hallberg 35-35—70

Jeff Sluman 36-34—70

Larry Mize 35-35—70

Wayne Levi 35-35—70

Joey Sindelar 36-34—70

Mike Goodes 36-34—70

transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended Washington minor league RHP Josh Wilkie (Syracuse-IL) 50 games for a second violation of drug abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Announced the resignation of executive vice president of baseball development Jimmie Lee Solomon.

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed OF Kosuke Fukudome on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 4. Purchased the contract of OF Jordan Danks from Charlotte (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Zimmer on a minor league contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Cole De Vries to Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed RHP Freddy Garcia on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Ryota Igarashi from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed LHP Derek Holland on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6. Recalled RHP Tanner Scheppers from Round Rock (PCL). Designated LHP John Gaub for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Alec Asher, OF Preston Beck, OF Royce Bolinger, 2B Cam Schiller, RHP Cody Kendall, RHP John Niggli, RHP Casey Shiver, RHP Keone Kela, LHP Sam Stafford, 2B Janluis Castro, C Charles Moorman, RHP Josh McElwee, RHP Coby Cowgill, SS Gabriel Roa, LHP Austen Thraikill, LHP Joseph Burns, OF Barrett Serrato and RHP Paul Schwindel on minor league contracts.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Lucas Sims on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with SS Carlos Correa on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Named Bob Wolfe executive vice president.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Recalled INF-OF Michael Martinez from Lehigh Valley (IL). Placed 2B Freddy Galvis on the 15-day DL.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed LHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6. Recalled RHP Fernando Salas from Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the contract of RHP Jason Marquis from San Antonio (Texas). Placed LHP Eric Stults on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 4. Transferred INF Jason Bartlett from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Reinstated RHP Brad Lidge from the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B-OF Tyler Moore from Syracuse (IL). Placed C Carlos Maldonado on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 30, and RHP Henry Rodriguez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 6.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released DE Aaron Kampman.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Bo Scaife. Released WR Chad Ochocinco, DL Markell Carter, TE Nick Melillo and OL Jon Opperud.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed QB Luke McCown to a one-year contract and RB Joe Banyard to a three-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Agreed to terms with DE Jack Crawford, DT Christo Bilukidi and LB Nathan Stupar.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES—Released associate coach Craig Hartsburg.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Announced the retirement of equipment manager Wally Tatomir. Promoted assistant equipment manager Jorge Alves to equipment manager. Signed G John Muse to a one-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Agreed to terms with F David Jones on a four-year contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

TORONTO FC—Announced the resignation of coach Aron Winter.

COLLEGE

CLEMSON—Agreed to terms with football coach Dabo Swinney on a three-year contract extension through 2017.

HOUSTON BAPTIST—Named Alisha Keltner assistant volleyball coach.

OKLAHOMA STATE—Named Jay Udwadia men’s tennis coach.

QUEENS (N.C.)—Named Jim Vahrenkamp cross country and track and field coach.

WASHINGTON (MO.)—Named Melissa Brooks women’s assistant basketball coach.

WINTHROP—Named Kevin Cook women’s basketball coach.