toDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
toDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
3 a.m. Formula One: Practice for British Grand Prix SPEED
8 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Subway Jalapeno 250 ESPN2
10 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Coke Zero 400 SPEED
1:30 p.m. Nationwide Series: Subway Jalapeno 250 ESPN
BOXING
4 p.m. Featherweights: Cristobal Cruz vs. Javier Fortuna ESPN2
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 6) NBCSN
GOLF
2:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Open de France (second round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Greenbrier Classic (second round) TGC
10 a.m. U.S. Women’s Open (second round) ESPN2
1:30 p.m. Champions Tour: First Tee Open (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston or Tampa Bay at Cleveland MLB
3:30 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona FOXSP2
4 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels FOXSP
TENNIS
2 a.m. Wimbledon (men’s semifinals) ESPN
SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One: Qualifying for British Grand Prix SPEED
10 a.m. American Le Mans Series: Northeast Grand Prix ESPN2
1:30 p.m. Sprint Cup: Coke Zero 400 TNT
BOWLING
6 p.m. Hawaii TV Bowling IND
BOXING
4 p.m. Super middleweights: Kelly Pavlik vs. Will Rosinsky
WBO/IBF junior featherweight title bout: Nonito Donaire vs. HBO
Jeffrey Mathebula
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 7) NBC
6 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 7) * NBCSN
GOLF
2 a.m. European PGA Tour: Open de France (third round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Greenbrier Classic (third round) CBS
9 a.m. U.S. Women’s Open (third round) NBC
12:30 p.m. Champions Tour: First Tee Open (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
2:30 p.m. The Quarters FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6:30 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston MLB
10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets WGN
1 p.m. Regional coverage FOX
4 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego or Baltimore at L.A. Angels MLB
4 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels FOXSP
4 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE
1:30 p.m. Rochester at Long Island ESPN2
MOTORSPORTS
10 a.m. AMA Motocross NBCSN
SOCCER
5 p.m. MLS: Colorado at Seattle NBCSN
TENNIS
3 a.m. Wimbledon (women’s championship match) ESPN
9 a.m. Wimbledon (women’s championship match) * ABC
WNBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m. Seattle at Los Angeles ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 10 4 .714 —
Chicago 8 5 .615 1½
Indiana 8 6 .571 2
Atlanta 7 8 .467 3½
New York 5 9 .357 5
Washington 3 10 .231 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 13 3 .813 —
Los Angeles 11 6 .647 2½
San Antonio 9 5 .643 3
Seattle 7 8 .467 5½
Phoenix 4 11 .267 8½
Tulsa 2 12 .143 10
Wednesday’s result
No games scheduled
Thursday’s results
Los Angeles 96, Minnesota 90
San Antonio 88, Indiana 72
Today’s games
San Antonio at Washington, 1 p.m.
Connecticut at Tulsa, 2 p.m.
New York at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. 10 5 3 33 34 22
Kansas City 10 5 2 32 23 17
New York 9 4 4 31 32 25
Chicago 8 5 4 28 21 19
Houston 6 5 6 24 22 24
Columbus 6 5 4 22 16 15
New England 5 7 4 19 22 22
Montreal 5 11 3 18 25 35
Philadelphia 4 9 2 14 15 18
Toronto FC 2 10 4 10 18 30
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 11 4 3 36 36 24
Real Salt Lake 10 6 3 33 28 21
Vancouver 8 4 5 29 19 19
Seattle 7 5 6 27 21 18
Colorado 7 9 1 22 24 22
Los Angeles 6 10 2 20 26 29
Chivas USA 5 7 4 19 11 18
Portland 5 7 4 19 16 21
FC Dallas 3 9 6 15 17 27
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Tuesday’s results
Houston 0, Chicago 0, tie
Portland 2, San Jose 1
Wednesday’s results
Sporting Kansas City 3, Montreal 1
FC Dallas 1, Toronto FC 1, tie
Vancouver 1, Colorado 0
Real Salt Lake 0, Seattle FC 0, tie
Philadelphia 2, Los Angeles 1
Saturday’s games
Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Portland at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
San Jose at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Vancouver at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle FC, 5 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Los Angeles at Chicago, 9 a.m.
Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
New York at New England, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon
Thursday’s results
Singles
Women
Semifinals
Roundup>Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Angelique Kerber (8), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Serena Williams (6), United States, def. Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Roundup>Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Horia Tecau (5), Romania, def. Daniele Bracciali, Italy, and Julian Knowle, Austria, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, United States, 5-7, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner (10), Germany, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (15), Brazil, 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Women
Quarterfinals
Roundup>Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (6), Czech Republic, def. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (9), Spain, 6-2, 6-7 (0), 6-4.
Roundup>Serena and Venus Williams, United States, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (10), United States, 6-1, 6-1.
Mixed
Third round
Roundup>Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Julia Goerges (8), Germany, def. Julian Knowle and Tamira Paszek, Austria, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.
Roundup>Colin Fleming, Britain, and Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Dominic Inglot and Laura Robson, Britain, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).
Roundup>Paul Hanley, Australia, and Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin and Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-5.
Roundup>Bob Bryan and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Andy Ram, Israel, and Kveta Peschke (15), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Roundup>Leander Paes, India, and Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Quarterfinals
c Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond (2), United States, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Zheng Jie (10), China, 6-2, 7-5.
Cycling
Tour de France
Thursday’s fifth stage
A 122.1-mile mostly flat ride from Rouen to Saint-Quentin, with no rated climbs along the course
Roundup>1. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, 4 hours, 41 minutes, 30 seconds.
Roundup>2. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, Orica GreenEdge, same time.
Roundup>3. Juan Jose Haedo, Argentina, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.
Roundup>4. Samuel Dumoulin, France, Cofidis, same time.
Roundup>5. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>6. Tom Veelers, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.
Roundup>7. Oscar Freire, Spain, Katusha, same time.
Roundup>8. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy, Lampre-ISD, same time.
Roundup>9. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
Roundup>10. Yohann Gene, France, Team Europcar, same time.
Roundup>11. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Rabobank, same time.
Roundup>12. Matthieu Ladagnous, France, FDJ-Big Mat, same time.
Roundup>13. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Roundup>14. Kenny Robert van Hummel, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
Roundup>15. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.
Roundup>16. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Roundup>17. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.
Roundup>18. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>19. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>20. Michael Schar, Switzerland, BMC Racing, same time.
Overall Standings
(After five stages)
Roundup>1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, RadioShack-Nissan, 24 hours, 45 minutes, 32 seconds.
Roundup>2. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 7 seconds behind.
Roundup>3. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.
Roundup>4. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, :10.
Roundup>5. Edvald Boasoon Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, :11.
Roundup>6. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, :13.
Roundup>7. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, :17.
Roundup>8. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, :18.
Roundup>9. Ryder Hesjedal, Canada, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>10. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, :19.
Roundup>11. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Rabobank, :21.
Roundup>12. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, :22.
Roundup>13. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Roundup>14. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, same time.
Roundup>15. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, :23.
Roundup>16. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
Roundup>17. Marco Marcato, Italy, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
Roundup>18. Vladimir Gusev, Russia, Katusha, :24.
Roundup>19. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Roundup>20. Wouter Poels, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
AUTO RACING
SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE
c Feb. 18 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kyle Busch)
c Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 1, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)
c Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 2, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Matt Kenseth)
c Feb. 26 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Matt Kenseth)
c March 4 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Denny Hamlin)
c March 11 — Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas (Tony Stewart)
c March 18 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Brad Keselowski)
c March 25 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Tony Stewart)
c April 1 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. (Ryan Newman)
c April 14 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Greg Biffle)
c April 22 — STP 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Denny Hamlin)
c April 28 — Richmond 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch)
c May 6 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Brad Keselowski)
c May 12 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jimmie Johnson)
c May 19 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. (Jimmie Johnson)
c May 19 — x-Sprint All-Star, Concord, N.C. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
c May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kasey Kahne)
c June 3 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson)
c June 10 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Joey Logano)
c June 17 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
c June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Clint Bowyer)
c June 30 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Brad Keselowski)
c July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
c July 15 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H.
c July 29 — “Your Hero’s Name Here” 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis
c Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa.
c Aug. 12 — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
c Aug. 19 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
c Aug. 25 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
c Sept. 2 — AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga.
c Sept. 8 — Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, Va.
c Sept. 16 — Geico 400, Joliet, Ill.
c Sept. 23 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.
c Sept. 30 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.
c Oct. 7 — Good Sam Club 500, Talladega, Ala.
c Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.
c Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
c Oct. 28 — Tums Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.
c Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas
c Nov. 11 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz.
c Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.
— x denotes non-points race
GOLF
GREENBRIER CLASSIC
Thursday’s first-round scores
Vijay Singh 33-30—63
Jeff Maggert 32-32—64
Martin Flores 31-33—64
Jonathan Byrd 32-32—64
J.B. Holmes 34-31—65
Webb Simpson 32-33—65
Andres Romero 34-31—65
Garth Mulroy 31-34—65
Ken Duke 31-35—66
Billy Horschel 32-34—66
Jerry Kelly 33-33—66
Sean O’Hair 31-35—66
K.J. Choi 33-33—66
Scott Piercy 30-36—66
Charley Hoffman 33-33—66
Blake Adams 34-33—67
Colt Knost 33-34—67
Charlie Wi 35-32—67
Graham DeLaet 35-32—67
Scott Brown 34-33—67
Richard H. Lee 35-32—67
Kevin Streelman 34-33—67
Scott Stallings 34-33—67
Patrick Cantlay 33-34—67
a-Justin Thomas 32-35—67
Greg Owen 33-35—68
Daniel Summerhays 35-33—68
Matt Bettencourt 35-33—68
Stephen Ames 32-36—68
Keegan Bradley 32-36—68
John Daly 32-36—68
Seung-Yul Noh 33-35—68
Chris DiMarco 34-34—68
Chris Couch 31-37—68
John Mallinger 32-36—68
Gavin Coles 33-35—68
Bill Haas 35-33—68
Johnson Wagner 32-36—68
Kyle Reifers 34-34—68
Fran Quinn 33-35—68
D.J. Trahan 34-35—69
Daniel Chopra 33-36—69
David Mathis 36-33—69
Kevin Na 33-36—69
Steve Stricker 35-34—69
David Hearn 34-35—69
Sang-Moon Bae 35-34—69
Hunter Haas 33-36—69
Shane Bertsch 34-35—69
Troy Kelly 34-35—69
John Merrick 35-34—69
Kevin Chappell 35-34—69
Ricky Barnes 34-35—69
Rod Pampling 33-36—69
Bob Estes 34-35—69
Davis Love III 34-35—69
D.A. Points 34-35—69
Billy Mayfair 36-33—69
Brian Harman 35-34—69
Russell Knox 36-33—69
Tim Petrovic 34-35—69
Ted Potter, Jr. 34-35—69
Also
Tom Watson 34-36—70
Trevor Immelman 34-36—70
Kenny Perry 32-38—70
Lucas Glover 34-37—71
Brandt Snedeker 35-36—71
Jim Furyk 35-36—71
Tiger Woods 34-37—71
Camilo Villegas 35-36—71
Dustin Johnson 35-36—71
Carl Pettersson 35-36—71
Phil Mickelson 35-36—71
Justin Leonard 34-38—72
Stuart Appleby 35-37—72
Brendon de Jonge 38-36—74
U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN
Thursday’s first-round scores
Lizette Salas 34-35—69
Brittany Lincicome 35-34—69
Cristie Kerr 36-33—69
Beatriz Recari 35-35—70
Ai Miyazato 32-38—70
Lexi Thompson 34-36—70
Jennie Lee 34-36—70
Meena Lee 35-36—71
Sandra Gal 35-36—71
Inbee Park 35-36—71
Mika Miyazato 37-34—71
Vicky Hurst 36-35—71
Na Yeon Choi 33-38—71
Suzann Pettersen 34-37—71
Katie Burnett 36-36—72
Jimin Kang 36-36—72
Wendy Ward 36-36—72
Se Ri Pak 37-35—72
Anna Nordqvist 36-36—72
Il Hee Lee 37-35—72
Mindy Kim 35-37—72
Hee Kyung Seo 36-36—72
Jennifer Song 38-34—72
Numa Gulyanamitta 37-36—73
Gerina Piller 37-36—73
Cindy LaCrosse 35-38—73
Paula Creamer 37-36—73
Azahara Munoz 36-37—73
Jeong Jang 33-40—73
Amy Yang 36-37—73
Katie Futcher 36-37—73
Jennifer Gleason 35-38—73
Dewi Claire Schreefel 38-35—73
Jinyoung Pak 35-38—73
Brittany Lang 35-38—73
a-Emma Talley 37-36—73
Nicole Castrale 37-36—73
Mi Hyang Lee 38-36—74
a-Elisabeth Bernabe 38-36—74
So Yeon Ryu 38-36—74
I.K. Kim 36-38—74
Morgan Pressel 37-37—74
Shanshan Feng 38-36—74
Candie Kung 38-36—74
a-Katherine Perry 37-37—74
Giulia Sergas 39-35—74
Brianna Do 34-40—74
a-Lydia Ko 36-38—74
Hee Young Park 36-38—74
Jessica Korda 35-39—74
Michelle Wie 36-38—74
Yani Tseng 36-38—74
Yeon Ju Jung 35-39—74
Ryann O’Toole 37-38—75
a-Alison Lee 37-38—75
Jenny Suh 37-38—75
Christina Kim 39-36—75
Angela Stanford 37-38—75
Tiffany Joh 38-37—75
Kristy McPherson 40-35—75
Christel Boeljon 36-39—75
Cheyenne Woods 36-39—75
a-Megan Khang 38-37—75
Tessa Teachman 38-37—75
a-Jaye Marie Green 36-39—75
Heather Bowie Young 38-37—75
Amanda Blumenherst 37-38—75
Paige Mackenzie 37-38—75
Catriona Matthew 38-37—75
Katherine Hull 38-37—75
Sakura Yokomine 37-38—75
Karrie Webb 38-37—75
Angela Oh 36-39—75
Sue Kim 37-38—75
Haru Nomura 39-36—75
Also
Stacy Prammanasudh 40-36—76
Natalie Gulbis 38-38—76
Karen Stupples 36-40—76
Stacy Lewis 38-39—77 Juli Inkster 39-40—79
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed RHP Dan Haren is on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Kevin Jepsen from Salt Lake City (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Selected the contract of RHP Sam Dyson from New Hampshire (EL). Cats of the Eastern League (AA). Optioned RHP Scott Richmond to Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed LHP Jonny Venters on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Luis Avilan from Gwinnett (IL).
NEW YORK METS—Claimed RHP Chris Schwinden off waivers from the New York Yankees and optioned him to Buffalo (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed OF Alex Presley on the 7-day disabled list. Recalled OF Jordy Mercer from Indianapolis (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP Miles Mikolas from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Nick Vincent to Tucson.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed G Dion Waiters and C Tyler Zeller.
INDIANA PACERS—Signed F Miles Plumlee.
Women’s National Basketball Association
NEW YORK LIBERTY — Signed G-F Katelan Redmon.
LOS ANGELES SPARKS—Signed G Andrea Riley.
PHOENIX MERCURY — Signed C Lynetta Kizer to a 7-day contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CALGARY FLAMES—Re-signed F Mikael Backlund to a one-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Named Tom Renney associate coach and agreed to terms on a three-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with LW Jean-Francois Jacques on a one-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Frederic St-Denis to one-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with F Kyle Jean.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Signed F Ruslan Fedotenko and D Bruno Gervais.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Signed D Derek Joslin and D Patrick Mullen.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Re-signed F Jay Beagle to a three-year contract extension and C Mathieu Perreault to a two-year contract extension.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended Los Angeles Galaxy’s David Beckham one game for kicking a ball at an opponent late in the game at San Jose.
PORTLAND TIMBERS—Acquired D Kosuke Kimura from Colorado for allocation money and an international slot.
COLLEGE
DUKE—Announced sophomore G-F Rodney Hood is transferring to the school from Mississippi State.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON—Fired women’s soccer coach Renee Montana. Named Marco Masucci women’s interim soccer coach.
FRANCIS MARION—Named Reghan Boob athletic trainer.
JOHNSON C. SMITH—Named Stephen Joyner Jr. women’s basketball coach.
MINNESOTA STATE (MANKATO)—Agreed to terms with softball coach Lori Meyer on a four-year contract extension.
NORTH CAROLINA—Named Harlis Meaders men’s and women’s track and field and cross country coach.
SOUTH CAROLINA—Promoted assistant swimming and diving coach Jason Memont to associate head coach.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN—Promoted Jiovanna Martinez men’s and women’s assistant track & field coach.
UC DAVIS—Named Terrance Tumey athletic director.
UNLV—Named Joe Spahn and Lisa Childers men’s and women’s swimming and diving assistant coaches.