Today’s TV SCHEDULE
Today’s TV SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta MLB
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit FOXSP
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
12:30 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 16) NBCSN
GOLF
11 p.m. The British Open Championship (first round) ESPN
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers or Pittsburgh at Colorado MLB
9 a.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
1 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington ESPN
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit FOXSP
2 p.m. Miami at Chicago Cubs WGN
SOCCER
10 a.m. MLS: Chivas USA at Portland FOXSP
3:30 p.m. MLS/English Premier League: Chelsea at Seattle ESPN2
5 p.m. MLS: Dallas at San Jose NBCSN
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 15 4 .789 —
Indiana 10 7 .588 4
Atlanta 9 10 .474 6
Chicago 8 9 .471 6
New York 6 12 .333 8½
Washington 4 14 .222 10½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 15 4 .789 —
San Antonio 13 5 .722 1½
Los Angeles 15 6 .714 1
Seattle 9 10 .474 6
Phoenix 4 15 .211 11
Tulsa 3 15 .167 11½
Season on hiatus for Olympics
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 11 5 3 36 25 17
D.C. 10 6 3 33 34 26
New York 9 5 5 32 34 29
Chicago 9 6 4 31 22 21
Houston 7 5 7 28 26 24
New England 6 8 4 22 24 23
Columbus 6 7 4 22 17 19
Montreal 6 12 3 21 28 38
Philadelphia 6 9 2 20 20 19
Toronto FC 4 11 4 16 22 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 12 4 4 40 41 24
Real Salt Lake 11 7 3 36 31 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Vancouver 8 6 6 30 21 23
Los Angeles 8 10 2 26 33 32
Colorado 7 11 1 22 26 26
Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 11 18
FC Dallas 4 9 7 19 19 28
Portland 5 9 4 19 19 29
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s results
New York 2, Seattle FC 2, tie
Houston 4, D.C. United 0
Wednesday’s games
Chicago at New York, 7 a.m.
Portland at Chivas USA, 10 a.m.
Colorado at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
New England at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Philadelphia at New York, 8:30 a.m.
D.C. United at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.
Sunday, July 22
San Jose at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Cycling
Tour de France
Monday’s 15th stage
A 98.5-mile, mostly flat ride from Samatan to Pau, with only three small hills to climb
Roundup>1. Pierrick Fedrigo, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 15 seconds.
Roundup>2. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>3. Thomas Voeckler, France, Team Europcar, 12 seconds behind.
Roundup>4. Nicki Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.
Roundup>5. Dries Devenyns, Belgium, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, :21.
Roundup>6. Samuel Dumoulin, France, Cofidis, 1:08.
Roundup>7. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, 11:50.
Roundup>8. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>9. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time.
Roundup>10, Kris Boeckmans, Belgium, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
Roundup>11. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Roundup>12. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
Roundup>13. Koen de Kort, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.
Roundup>14. Jonathan Cantwell, Australia, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.
Roundup>15. Jimmy Engoulvent, France, Saur-Sojasun, same time.
Roundup>16. Roy Curvers, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.
Roundup>17. Jurgen Roelandts, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.
Roundup>18. Matthieu Ladagnous, France, FDJ-Big Mat, same time.
Roundup>19. Michael Schar, Switzerland, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>20. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Also
Roundup>21. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>22. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>23. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>24. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time.
Roundup>29. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.
Roundup>30. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Roundup>35. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>37. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Roundup>40. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Roundup>42. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Roundup>44. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, same time.
Roundup>46. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>49. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, same time.
Roundup>135. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time.
Roundup>150. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 12:21.
Overall Standings
(After 15 stages)
Roundup>1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 68 hours, 33 minutes, 21 seconds.
Roundup>2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 2:05.
Roundup>3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:23.
Roundup>4. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 3:19.
Roundup>5. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 4:48.
Roundup>6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 6:15.
Roundup>7. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 6:57.
Roundup>8. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 7:30.
Roundup>9. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 8:31.
Roundup>10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 8:51.
Roundup>11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:29.
Roundup>12. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:45.
Roundup>13. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 10:49.
Roundup>14. Jerome Coppel, France, Saur-Sojasun, 11:27.
Roundup>15. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 12:41.
Roundup>16. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 17:21.
Roundup>17. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 17:41.
Roundup>18. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 18:04.
Roundup>19. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 19:02.
Roundup>20. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, 20:12.
Also
Roundup>31. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 47:17.
Roundup>42. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 1:04:55.
Roundup>45. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:09:16.
Roundup>103. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:53:43.
Roundup>156. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 2:47:29.
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 1,951.563. 2, Zach Johnson, 1,919.660. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,849.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,654.300. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,617.214. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,423.150. 7, Webb Simpson, 1,377.900. 8, Rory McIlroy, 1,372.000. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,340.750. 10, Phil Mickelson, 1,312.750.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 69.08. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.16. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.45. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.46. 5, Padraig Harrington, 69.48. 6, Justin Rose, 69.54. 7, Zach Johnson, 69.58. 8, Lee Westwood, 69.60. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.71. 10, Bo Van Pelt, 69.90.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 316.3. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Charlie Beljan, 311.0. 4, Robert Garrigus, 309.2. 5, J.B. Holmes, 308.6. 6, Kyle Stanley, 306.4. 7, Dustin Johnson, 304.9. 8, Jason Kokrak, 304.8. 9, Jason Day, 304.4. 10, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 72.17%. 2, Graeme McDowell, 70.98%. 3, Ben Curtis, 70.48%. 4, Heath Slocum, 70.31%. 5, Tim Clark, 69.83%. 6, Jim Furyk, 69.57%. 7, John Huh, 68.91%. 8, Brian Davis, 68.76%. 9, Mark Wilson, 68.67%. 10, David Toms, 68.43%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 72.36%. 2, Lee Westwood, 71.63%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70.37%. 4, Justin Rose, 70.33%. 5, John Senden, 69.67%. 6 (tie), Ben Curtis and Jason Dufner, 69.44%. 8, Greg Owen, 69.00%. 9, Martin Laird, 68.41%. 10, Brendon de Jonge, 68.11%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 57. 2, John Rollins, 62. 3, Chris Couch, 80. 4, Brandt Jobe, 84. 5, Tiger Woods, 85. 6, Hunter Mahan, 90. 7, Billy Horschel, 91. 8, Roberto Castro, 93. 9, Bo Van Pelt, 94. 10, Jason Dufner, 95.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Zach Johnson, .823. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Ben Curtis, .799. 4, Luke Donald, .758. 5, Brandt Snedeker, .730. 6, Martin Flores, .704. 7, Bo Van Pelt, .691. 8, Bryce Molder, .681. 9, Derek Lamely, .659. 10, 2 tied with .580.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.13. 2, Jason Dufner, 4.11. 3, Bubba Watson, 4.08. 4, Martin Laird, 4.04. 5 (tie), Ben Crane and Keegan Bradley, 4.00. 7, Zach Johnson, 3.98. 8 (tie), John Senden and Jeff Overton, 3.96. 10, Lee Westwood, 3.93.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 80.0. 2, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 3, Gary Woodland, 98.0. 4, Nick Watney, 98.2. 5, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 6 (tie), Charles Howell III and Luke Donald, 102.0. 8, Ben Crane, 104.4. 9, Bobby Gates, 109.6. 10, Garth Mulroy, 111.0.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Greg Chalmers, 64.17%. 3 (tie), Lee Westwood and Martin Flores, 64.15%. 5, Brian Gay, 63.37%. 6, Aaron Baddeley, 62.50%. 7, Jim Furyk, 62.14%. 8, Chris DiMarco, 61.76%. 9, David Toms, 61.02%. 10, Luke Donald, 60.94%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 224. 2, Lee Westwood, 255. 3, Jason Dufner, 264. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 277. 5, Justin Rose, 302. 6, John Senden, 312. 7, Bubba Watson, 322. 8, Zach Johnson, 326. 9, Matt Kuchar, 344. 10, Tiger Woods, 350.
LPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, 70.35. 2, Na Yeon Choi, 70.53. 3, Shanshan Feng, 70.60. 4, Stacy Lewis, 70.60. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.68. 6, Yani Tseng, 70.90. 7, So Yeon Ryu, 70.98. 8, Amy Yang, 71.00. 9, Suzann Pettersen, 71.08. 10, 2 tied with 71.23.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 278.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 274.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 273.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 271.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 270.0. 7, Karin Sjodin, 269.0. 8, Michelle Wie, 268.0. 9, Maria Hjorth, 267.0. 10, Sydnee Michaels, 267.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1 (tie), Karin Sjodin and Sun Young Yoo, 75.00%. 3, Paula Creamer, 73.50%. 4, Stacy Lewis, 73.30%. 5, Lexi Thompson, 72.90%. 6, Suzann Pettersen, 72.50%. 7, Azahara Munoz, 72.10%. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 71.80%. 9, Shanshan Feng, 71.40%. 10, Karrie Webb, 70.70%.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.735. 2, Jin Young Pak, 1.747. 3, Stacy Lewis, 1.750. 4, So Yeon Ryu, 1.761. 5, Yani Tseng, 1.764. 6, Na Yeon Choi, 1.768. 7, M.J. Hur, 1.772. 8, Ai Miyazato, 1.776. 9, Se Ri Pak, 1.779. 10, Taylor Coutu, 1.785.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.02. 2 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and So Yeon Ryu, 3.62. 4, Yani Tseng, 4.17. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 3.71. 6, Hee Young Park, 3.64. 7, Lexi Thompson, 3.71. 8, Inbee Park, 3.68. 9, Anna Nordqvist, 3.22. 10, Sun Young Yoo, 3.33.
Eagle Average
Roundup>1, Jodi Ewart, 0.18. 2 (tie), Na Yeon Choi, Tiffany Joh, Paula Creamer, Pornanong Phatlum and Stacy Lewis, 0.11. 7, 9 tied with 0.09.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jiyai Shin, 65.00%. 2, Hee Kyung Seo, 63.64%. 3 (tie), Leta Lindley and Sun Young Yoo, 61.54%. 5, M.J. Hur, 58.82%. 6, Nicole Castrale, 58.62%. 7, Danah Bordner, 58.33%. 8, Morgan Pressel, 57.69%. 9, Ai Miyazato, 57.58%. 10, Paula Creamer, 57.50%.
Rounds Under Par
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .700. 2, Jiyai Shin, .679. 3, Shanshan Feng, .667. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .640. 5, Stacy Lewis, .625. 6, So Yeon Ryu, .609. 7, Na Yeon Choi, .578. 8, Yani Tseng, .537. 9, Cristie Kerr, .533. 10, 2 tied with .523.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
Roundup>1, Matt Kenseth, 707. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 691. 3, Greg Biffle, 667. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 656. 5, Denny Hamlin, 628. 6, Kevin Harvick, 622. 7, Tony Stewart, 618. 8, Martin Truex Jr., 617. 9, Clint Bowyer, 614. 10, Brad Keselowski, 613.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, 567. 12, Kasey Kahne, 547. 13, Kyle Busch, 545. 14, Ryan Newman, 536. 15, Paul Menard, 534. 16, Joey Logano, 533. 17, Jeff Gordon, 524. 18, Marcos Ambrose, 495. 19, Jeff Burton, 493. 20, Jamie McMurray, 486.
Money
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, $4,745,552. 2, Matt Kenseth, $4,701,260. 3, Tony Stewart, $3,999,420. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,902,644. 5, Kyle Busch, $3,582,860. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,506,160. 7, Greg Biffle, $3,502,043. 8, Kevin Harvick, $3,275,114. 9, Brad Keselowski, $3,263,665. 10, Carl Edwards, $3,045,863.
Roundup>11, Jeff Burton, $3,010,780. 12, Jeff Gordon, $3,000,442. 13, Ryan Newman, $2,971,925. 14, Martin Truex Jr., $2,968,529. 15, Clint Bowyer, $2,932,994. 16, Kasey Kahne, $2,716,201. 17, Aric Almirola, $2,642,804. 18, Marcos Ambrose, $2,611,597. 19, A J Allmendinger, $2,577,395. 20, Jamie McMurray, $2,568,652.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Chris Tillman from Bowie (EL).
BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated OF Carl Crawford from the 60-day DL. Designated INF/OF Brent Lillibridge for assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Danny Dorn on a minor league contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned LHP Andre Martinez, OF Zach Larson and RHP Carson Goldsmith to the Gulf Coast Twins.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated RHP Jim Miller from the paternity list. Optioned LHP Pedro Figueroa to Sacramento (PCL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Activated RHP Alexi Ogando from the 15-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned LHP Les Walrond to New Hampshire (EL).
National League
MIAMI MARLINS — Assigned SS Avery Romero and LHP Andrew Heaney to the Gulf Coast Marlins.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Activated OF Alex Presley from the 15-day DL. Optioned 1B Matt Hague to Indianapolis (IL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Selected the contract of RHP Trevor Rosenthal from Springfield (TL). Optioned RHP Maikel Cleto to Memphis (PCL). Transferred LHP Jamie Garcia to the 60-day DL.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Nick Vincent from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Miles Mikolas to Tucson.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BROOKLYN NETS — Signed G-F Jerry Stackhouse.
CHICAGO BULLS — Traded F Kyle Korver to Atlanta for a trade exception and cash considerations.
NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed F Chris Copeland. Acquired G Raymond Felton and F Kurt Thomas from the Portland Trail Blazers for F Jared Jeffries, C Dan Gadzuric and the draft rights to F Kostas Papanikolaou and G Giorgos Printezis, and a protected future second-round draft pick.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived C Darryl Watkins.
PHOENIX SUNS — Claimed F Luis Scola off waivers from Houston. Signed G Kendall Marshall to a two-year contract.
NBA Development League
RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS — Promoted vice president of corporate sales Laura Cisneros to executive vice president and group sales manager Andre Burns to vice president of corporate sales.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Agreed to terms with RB Ray Rice on a four-year contract.
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed RB Matt Forte to a four-year contract.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Josh Gordon.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed PK Josh Scobee to a four-year contract.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with WR Nick Toon on a four-year contract.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Shripal Shah senior vice president and chief strategy officer.
Canadian Football League
MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed coach Marc Trestman to a four-year contract extension.
TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed DB Etienne Boulay and PK-P Swayze Waters.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS — Signed D Theo Peckham to a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Re-signed LW Dwight King to a two-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed F Blake Geoffrion to a one-year, two-way contract.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with F Sean Backman on a one-year, two-way contract.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed G Nathan Lawson to a one-year, two-way contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Re-signed F Chris Porter, F Anthony Peluso and F Brett Sonne to one-year, two-way contracts.
SAN JOSE SHARKS — Re-signed D Matt Pelech to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Re-signed D Mike Green to a three-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLORADO RAPIDS — Placed M Pablo Mastroeni on the disabled list. Waived M Harrison Henao.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Signed F Dimitry Imbongo.
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Named Sean McAuley assistant coach.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Signed F Kenny Miller.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE — Reached agreement with Syracuse to leave the conference on July 1, 2013.
SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Chad Holbrook baseball coach.
WITTENBERG — Named Laura Matthews softball coach.