ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ATHLETICS
3 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBCSN
AUTO RACING
11 a.m. Truck Series: Pole qualifying for UNOH 225 SPEED
2 p.m. Truck Series: UNOH 225 SPEED
EXTREME SPORTS
3 p.m. X Games ESPN2
GOLF
3 a.m. European PGA Tour: The Irish Open (first round) TGC
7 a.m. Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship (first round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: AT&T National (first round) TGC
12:30 p.m. Nationwide Tour: United Leasing Championship (first round) * TGC
GYMNASTICS
Noon Olympic Trials (men’s competition) NBCSN
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay or Arizona at Atlanta MLB
1 p.m. Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees WGN
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Toronto FOXSP
4 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
1:30 p.m. NBA draft ESPN
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. Euro 2012 (semifinals) ESPN
SOFTBALL
1 p.m. World Cup (pool play) ESPN2
SWIMMING
10:30 a.m. Olympic Trials (qualifying heats) * NBCSN
7 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBC
TENNIS
1 a.m. Wimbledon (early round) ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ATHLETICS
12 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBCSN
AUTO RACING
5:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for Quaker State 400 SPEED
7:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for Quaker State 400 SPEED
9:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Feed the Children 300 SPEED
11 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Quaker State 400 SPEED
1:30 p.m. Nationwide Series: Feed the Children 300 ESPN2
BOXING
4:30 p.m. Junior welterweights: Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Jose Reynoso ESPN2
EXTREME SPORTS
3 p.m. X Games ESPN
GOLF
3 a.m. European PGA Tour: The Irish Open (second round) TGC
5:30 a.m. Nationwide Tour: United Leasing Championship (second round) TGC
7 a.m. Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship (second round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: AT&T National (second round) TGC
12:30 p.m. LPGA Tour: NW Arkansas Championship (first round) * TGC
GYMNASTICS
8 p.m. Olympic Trials (women’s competition) NBC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
8:10 a.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs WGN
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Toronto FOXSP
2 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis or Washington at Atlanta MLB
4 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
SOCCER
2 p.m. MLS: Chicago at Kansas City NBCSN
SOFTBALL
1 p.m. World Cup (pool play) ESPN
SWIMMING
10:30 a.m. Olympic Trials (qualifying heats) * NBCSN
7 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBC
TENNIS
1 a.m. The Championships (early round) ESPN
* — Tape-delayed broadcast.
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 9 3 .750 —Chicago 7 4 .636 1½
Indiana 8 5 .615 1½
Atlanta 6 7 .462 3½
New York 4 9 .308 5½
Washington 2 9 .182 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 13 1 .929 —
Los Angeles 10 5 .667 3½
San Antonio 5 5 .500 6
Seattle 6 7 .462 6½
Phoenix 3 9 .250 9
Tulsa 2 11 .154 10½
Tuesday’s results
Atlanta 70, Indiana 58
Seattle 79, Washington 71
Tulsa 91, Los Angeles 75
Wednesday’s results
Indiana 81, Chicago 72
Minnesota 96, Phoenix 80
Today’s game
Los Angeles at San Antonio, 6:30 a.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. 9 5 3 30 31 22
New York 9 4 3 30 31 24
Kansas City 9 4 2 29 20 15
Chicago 7 5 3 24 20 19
Houston 5 5 5 20 20 23
Columbus 5 5 4 19 14 15
New England 5 7 3 18 20 20
Montreal 5 9 3 18 24 29
Philadelphia 3 8 2 11 12 15
Toronto FC 2 10 2 8 16 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 10 3 3 33 31 19
Real Salt Lake 10 5 2 32 28 19
Vancouver 7 4 5 26 18 19
Seattle 7 5 4 25 19 16
Los Angeles 6 8 2 20 22 23
Colorado 6 8 1 19 21 21
Chivas USA 5 7 4 19 11 18
Portland 4 6 4 16 14 17
FC Dallas 3 9 5 14 16 26
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s result
Toronto FC 3, Montreal 0
Friday’s game
Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
New York at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
Montreal at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 4 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon
Wednesday’s results
Singles
Men
First round
Roundup>Milos Raonic (21), Canada, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-3.
Roundup>Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (25), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-4, 8-6.
Roundup>David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Roundup>Andy Roddick (30), United States, def. Jamie Baker, Britain, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 7-5.
Second round
Roundup>Juan Monaco (15), Argentina, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Roundup>Florian Mayer (31), Germany, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.
Roundup>Janko Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.
Roundup>Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2.
Roundup>Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-4, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Roundup>Nicolas Almagro (12), Spain, def. Guillaume Rufin, France, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 9-7.
Roundup>Julien Benneteau (29), France, def. Michael Russell, United States, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Roundup>Mikhail Youzhny (26), Russia, def. Inigo Cervantes, Spain, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Richard Gasquet (18), France, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Alejandro Falla, Colombia, leads Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 3-3, susp., darkness.
Roundup>Radek Stepanek (28), Czech Republic, leads Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-2, 5-6, susp., darkness.
Women
First round
Roundup>Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Roundup>Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Roundup>Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Roundup>Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Dominika Cibulkova (13), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1.
Roundup>Julia Goerges (22), Germany, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-2.
Roundup>Alize Cornet, France, def. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-0, 7-6 (1).
Roundup>Sara Errani (10), Italy, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Roundup>Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Caroline Wozniacki (7), Denmark, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Roundup>Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Second round
Roundup>Heather Watson, Britain, def. Jamie Hampton, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Roundup>Sabine Lisicki (15), Germany, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6.
Roundup>Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Petra Cetkovska (23), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3.
Roundup>Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, def. Sam Stosur (5), Australia, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
Roundup>Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-2, 6-1.
Roundup>Peng Shuai (30), China, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Roundup>Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Roundup>Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-1.
Roundup>Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.
Roundup>Vera Zvonareva (12), Russia, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Roundup>Maria Kirilenko (17), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
Roundup>Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Li Na (11), China, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Nadia Petrova (20), Russia, leads Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 5-5, susp., darkness.
Roundup>Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, leads Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-6 (3), 3-1, susp., darkness.
Doubles
Men
First round
Roundup>Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Philipp Marx, Germany, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (3), Poland, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2).
Roundup>Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Lewis Burton and George Morgan, Britain, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Roundup>Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna (7), India, def. Marcel Felder, Uruguay, and Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Roundup>Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Israel, def. Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot, Britain, vs. 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 9-7.
Roundup>Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra, France, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo and Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0.
Roundup>Jamie Delgado and Kenneth Skupski, Britain, def. Matthias Bachinger and Tobias Kamke, Germany, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (8), Netherlands, def. Josh Goodall and James Ward, Britain, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>David Marrero, Spain, and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. James Blake and Sam Querrey, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Roundup>Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, and Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins (13), Britain, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Roundup>James Cerretani, United States, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, lead Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, and Benoit Paire, France, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 5-5, susp., darkness.
Women
First round
Roundup>Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Roundup>Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Sofia Arvidsson and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3.
Roundup>Yaroslava Shvedova and Galina Voskoboeva (7), Kazakhstan, def. Simona Halep, Romania, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-1, 6-0.
Roundup>Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu (15), Romania, def. Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-3, 6-2.
Roundup>Mirjana Lucic, Croatia, and Valeria Savinykh, Russia, def. Tara Moore and Melanie South, Britain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Roundup>Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, lead Renata Voracova and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 5-5, susp., darkness.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated RHP Matt Lindstrom from the 15-day DL. Optioned UT Steve Tolleson to Norfolk (IL). Assigned RHP Luc Rennie, LHP Kevin Grendell, SS Kristopher Richards, LHP Lex Rutledge, C Scott Kalush and LHP Josh Hader to the Gulf Coast Orioles.
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with LHP Brian Johnson and RHP Austin Maddox on minor league contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Designated RHP Chris Schwinden for assignment. Claimed INF Vinny Rottino off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.
DETROIT TIGERS—Assigned C Andrew Longley to the Gulf Coast Tigers. Assigned OF Jake Stewart and LHP Josh Turley to Connecticut (NYP).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Recalled LHP Everett Teaford and OF Jason Bourgeois from Omaha (PCL). Optioned LHP Francisley Bueno to Omaha. Designated C Humberto Quintero for assignment.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Jeff Manship to Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed LHP CC Sabathia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 25.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Assigned SS Spencer Edwards to the Gulf Coast Rays.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Recalled LHP Patrick Corbin from Reno (PCL). Reinstated INF Stephen Drew from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Daniel Hudson on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jonathan Albaladejo to Reno.
CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Rafael Dolis from Iowa (PCL). Designated RHP Randy Wells for assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Optioned RHP Zach Putnam to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled LHP Edwar Cabrera from Tulsa (Texas).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Reinstated 2B Chase Utley from the 15-day DL. Optioned 2B Michael Martinez to Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Designated LHP Doug Slaten for assignment. Claimed 2B Oscar Tejeda off waivers from Boston and optioned him to Altoona (EL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS—Traded C Samuel Dalembert, the 2012 14th overall draft pick, a future second-round draft pick and cash considerations to Milwaukee for F Jon Brockman, F Jon Leuer, G Shaun Livingston and the 2012 12th overall pick.
INDIANA PACERS—Announced the resignation of president of basketball operations Larry Bird.
FOOTBALL
National Hockey League
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Promoted Sam Ramsden to director of player health and performance. Named Todd Brunner area scout for the northeast region.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CALGARY FLAMES—Traded D Jordan Henry and a 2013 fifth-round draft pick to Washington for D Dennis Wideman and signed him to a five-year contract. Re-signed F Blake Comeau to a one-year contract.
EDMONTON OILERS—Named Ralph Krueger coach.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Named Brent Thompson assistant coach.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Agreed to terms with coach Ken Hitchcock on a one-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed D Brendan Mikkelson to a one-year, one-way contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLUMBUS CREW—Waived D Shaun Francis, D Aubrey Perry and D Korey Veeder.
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Announced that the current loan of F Corey Hertzog to USL-PRO side Wilmington Hammerheads has been extended for the remainder of the USL-PRO season.
COLLEGE
APPALACHIAN STATE—Named Monique Govan women’s assistant basketball coach.
CHESTNUT HILL—Named Chelsea Rosiek women’s lacrosse coach.
ELON—Announced its women’s lacrosse team will join the Atlantic Sun Conference as an affiliate member in 2013-14.
HAWAII—Announced freshman G Orel Lev is leaving the men’s basketball team to fulfill a commitment to serve in Israel’s military.
LOCK HAVEN—Announced the retirement of volleyball coach Tom Justice.
PURCHASE—Named Kellianne Dunlay women’s basketball coach and Declan Foley men’s and women’s cross country coach.
TENNESSEE TECH—Named Jim Davis women’s basketball coach.
UTEP—Named Mark Roberts women’s tennis coach.