TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One: Practice for Grand Prix of Germany SPEED
3 p.m. TORC SPEED
BOXING
3 p.m. Junior lightweights: Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cesar Vazquez (25-0-0) ESPN2
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 18) NBCSN
GOLF
1 a.m. The British Open Championship (second round) ESPN
9 a.m. PGA Tour: True South Classic (second round) TGC
12 p.m. U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship (quarterfinal matches) TGC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia or Atlanta at Washington MLB
1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets FOXSP2
4 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels FOXSP
2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis WGN
TENNIS
10 a.m. ATP World Tour: BB&T Atlanta Open (quarterfinal) ESPN2
1 p.m. ATP World Tour: BB&T Atlanta Open (quarterfinal) ESPN2
5 p.m. WTA: Mercury Insurance Open (quarterfinal) ESPN2
SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One: Qualifying for Grand Prix of Germany SPEED
6:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Practice for STP 300 ESPN2
8:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Practice for STP 300 ESPN2
10 a.m. Truck Series: Pole qualifying for American Ethanol 225 * SPEED
11 a.m. ARCA: Ansell ActivArmr 150 SPEED
12:30 p.m. IndyCar: Qualifying for Edmonton Indy NBCSN
2 p.m. Truck Series: American Ethanol 225 SPEED
BOWLING
6 p.m. Hawaii TV Bowling IND
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 19) NBCSN
GOLF
1 a.m. The British Open Championship (third round) ESPN
9 a.m. PGA Tour: True South Classic (third round) TGC
12 p.m. U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur Championship (championship match) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9:30 a.m. Regional coverage FOX
1 p.m. Atlanta at Washington or Milwaukee at Cincinnati MLB
1 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis WGN
MOTORSPORTS
5 p.m. AMA Motocross * NBCSN
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. MLS: Philadelphia at New York ESPN
4 p.m. MLS: Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA FOXSP2
TENNIS
1 p.m. ATP World Tour: BB&T Atlanta Open (semifinal) ESPN2
5 p.m. WTA: Mercury Insurance Open (semifinal) ESPN2
* — 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
League on Olympic break. Season will continue Thursday, Aug. 16
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 11 6 3 36 26 19
New York 10 5 5 35 35 29
D.C. 10 6 3 33 34 26
Houston 8 5 7 31 28 25
Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22
Montreal 7 12 3 24 30 39
New England 6 9 4 22 25 25
Columbus 6 7 4 22 17 19
Philadelphia 6 9 2 20 20 19
Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 4 4 43 43 25
Real Salt Lake 11 7 3 36 31 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Vancouver 8 6 7 31 23 25
Los Angeles 8 10 3 27 35 34
Chivas USA 6 7 5 23 12 18
Colorado 7 12 1 22 27 28
FC Dallas 4 10 7 19 20 30
Portland 5 10 4 19 19 30
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
New York 1, Chicago 0
Chivas USA 1, Portland 0
Toronto FC 2, Colorado 1
Montreal 2, New England 1
Houston 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
Vancouver 2, Los Angeles 2, tie
San Jose 2, FC Dallas 1
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’s game
San Jose at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25
Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 2 p.m.
Friday, July 27
Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Saturday, July 28
Houston at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m.
New York at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Portland, 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 29
New England at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Cycling
Tour de France
Thursday’s 17th stage
An 89.2-mile loop in the Pyrenees beginning and ending in Bagneres-de-Luchon, with an early Category 1 climb up the Col de Mente and a finishing Category 1 to the summit of Peyragudes ski resort. In between is an Hors category climb up the Port de Bales
1. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 4 hours, 12 minutes, 11 seconds.
2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 19 seconds behind.
3. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
4. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, :22.
5. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, :26.
6. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.
7. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, :37.
8. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, :54.
9. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 1:02.
10. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:11.
11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 1:14.
12. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 1:30.
13. Jelle Vanendert, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 1:39.
14. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procycling, 1:46.
15. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 1:55.
16. Christophe Kern, France, Team Europcar, 2:10.
17. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
18. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time.
19. Michael Rogers, Australia, Sky Procycling, same time.
20. Ivan Basso, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:37.
Also
22. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 3:17.
34. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 8:19.
55. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 16:06.
119. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 30:57.
138. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
144. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 17 stages)
1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 78 hours, 28 minutes, 2 seconds.
2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 2:05.
3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:41.
4. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 5:53.
5. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 8:30.
6. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 9:57.
7. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 10:11.
8. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 10:17.
9. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 11:00.
10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 11:46.
11. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 12:58.
12. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 14:09.
13. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 14:22.
14. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, 18:34.
15. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 22:42.
16. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 24:24.
17. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 25:32.
18. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 29:23.
19. Eduard Vorganov, Russia, Katusha, 33:07.
20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 33:38.
Also
30. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 59:02.
39. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 1:25:29.
62. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:55:00.
108. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 2:47:23.
152. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 3:44:02.
GOLF
British open
Thursday’s first-round scores
Adam Scott 32-32—64
Paul Lawrie 32-33—65
Zach Johnson 32-33—65
Nicolas Colsaerts 31-34—65
Brandt Snedeker 32-34—66
Ernie Els 33-34—67
Bubba Watson 31-36—67
Graeme McDowell 31-36—67
Tiger Woods 30-37—67
Toshinori Muto 31-36—67
Rory McIlroy 32-35—67
Steve Stricker 32-35—67
Peter Hanson 32-35—67
Jamie Donaldson 35-33—68
James Morrison 33-35—68
Thomas Aiken 31-37—68
Scott Pinckney 33-35—68
Anders Hansen 34-34—68
Jbe Kruger 31-37—68
Anirban Lahiri 33-35—68
Justin Hicks 33-35—68
Matthew Baldwin 33-36—69
Adilson Da Silva 37-32—69
Thongchai Jaidee 34-35—69
Matt Kuchar 35-34—69
Charl Schwartzel 34-35—69
Thorbjorn Olesen 33-36—69
Bob Estes 34-35—69
Brendan Jones 34-35—69
Steven Alker 35-34—69
Lee Slattery 32-37—69
Richard Sterne 33-36—69
Francesco Molinari 33-36—69
Fredrik Jacobson 34-35—69
Marc Leishman 34-35—69
Ted Potter Jr. 35-34—69
Jeev Milkha Singh 32-38—70
Simon Khan 34-36—70
Kyle Stanley 35-35—70
Rafael Cabrera-Bello 36-34—70
Vijay Singh 36-34—70
Thomas Bjorn 36-34—70
Jason Dufner 32-38—70
Martin Laird 35-35—70
Troy Matteson 33-37—70
Aaron Townsend 34-36—70
K.J. Choi 35-35—70
Hunter Mahan 36-34—70
John Senden 33-37—70
Padraig Harrington 35-35—70
Luke Donald 33-37—70
Retief Goosen 35-35—70
Andres Romero 34-36—70
Garth Mulroy 36-35—71
Mark Calcavecchia 37-34—71
Greg Chalmers 36-35—71
Miguel Angel Jimenez 36-35—71
Bill Haas 37-34—71
Davis Love III 37-34—71
Nick Watney 35-36—71
Ian Poulter 34-37—71
Yoshinori Fujimoto 34-37—71
Tom Watson 35-36—71
Aaron Baddeley 35-36—71
Warren Bennett 34-37—71
Dale Whitnell 36-35—71
Juvic Pagunsan 34-37—71
Greg Owen 34-37—71
Marcus Fraser 34-37—71
Carl Pettersson 34-37—71
Harris English 34-37—71
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 33-38—71
Angel Cabrera 33-38—71
Bo Van Pelt 33-38—71
Keegan Bradley 33-38—71
Rickie Fowler 36-35—71
Alexander Noren 35-36—71
Richie Ramsay 32-39—71
Ashley Hall 40-31—71
Todd Hamilton 36-36—72
John Daly 38-34—72
Raphael Jacquelin 37-35—72
Stewart Cink 36-36—72
Sergio Garcia 36-36—72
Steven Tiley 36-36—72
Lucas Glover 35-37—72
Charles Howell III 33-39—72
Paul Casey 31-41—72
Mark Wilson 34-38—72
Simon Dyson 35-37—72
Ross Fisher 35-37—72
Sang-moon Bae 36-36—72
Louis Oosthuizen 34-38—72
Geoff Ogilvy 36-36—72
Toru Taniguchi 35-37—72
Jim Furyk 33-39—72
Koumei Oda 35-37—72
Troy Kelly 35-37-72
Barry Lane 37-36—73
Rafael Echenique 36-37—73
Chad Campbell 36-37—73
Johnson Wagner 36-37—73
Lee Westwood 33-40—73
Dustin Johnson 33-40—73
Kevin Na 36-37—73
Daniel Chopra 34-39—73
Joost Luiten 36-37—73
Nicholas Cullen 36-37—73
Tom Lehman 33-40—73
Pablo Larrazabal 35-38—73
Gregory Havret 36-37—73
Gary Woodland 35-38—73
Branden Grace 35-38—73
Phil Mickelson 37-36—73
Sandy Lyle 37-37—74
Alejandro Canizares 41-33—74
David Duval 35-39—74
Stephen Ames 38-36—74
Y.E. Yang 36-38—74
Justin Rose 39-35—74
Ryo Ishikawa 34-40—74
Steven O’Hara 36-38—74
Michael Thompson 35-39—74
Marcel Siem 34-40—74
George Coetzee 33-41—74
Chez Reavie 35-39—74
Trevor Immelman 37-37—74
Richard Finch 38-36—74
Jonathan Byrd 36-38—74
Alvaro Quiros 36-38—74
a-Manuel Trappel 37-37—74
Andrew Georgiou 36-38—74
Morten Orum Madsen 36-38—74
John Huh 38-37—75
Justin Leonard 39-36—75
a-Alan Dunbar 35-40—75
Brad Kennedy 39-36—75
Paul Broadhurst 36-39—75
K.T. Kim 35-40—75
Ben Curtis 37-38—75
Robert Allenby 35-40—75
Prayad Marksaeng 37-38—75
James Driscoll 43-33—76
Tim Clark 38-38—76
Darren Clarke 37-39—76
Hiroyuki Fujita 38-38—76
Sam Walker 38-38—76
Elliot Saltman 37-39—76
Ian Keenan 36-40—76
Tadahiro Takayama 37-40—77
Kodai Ichihara 39-38—77
Martin Kaymer 38-39—77
Mardan Mamat 39-38—77
Grant Veenstra 37-40—77
Robert Rock 38-40—78
Michael Hoey 38-41—79
Russ Cochran WD
AUTO RACING
BIG ISLAND AUTO CLUB
Points meet held July 14-15 at Hilo Drag Strip
Saturday pro-gas event
7.90 index: 1. Buddy Loeffler (Mt. View) Cavalier (8.13 sec/147 mph); 2. Augie Taroma (Hilo) Camaro (8.54 sec/142 mph).
8.90 index: 1. Dean Kalawe (Keaau) S-10 pickup (8.96 sec/130 mph); 2. Barry Mizuno (Hilo) 1955 Chevy Bel-Air (9.05 ec/150 mph).
9.90 index: 1. Jonathan Santiago (Keaau) roadster (10.17 sec/112 mph). Santiago wins on a hole shot; 2. Bear Barrilleux (Hilo) VW Bug (10.17 sec/112 mph).
10.90 index: 1. Chad Fiesta (Pepeekeo) Nova (11.80 sec/ 119 mph); 2. Richard Hill (Hilo) Camaro (red light time of 14.07 sec/ 66 mph).
11.90 index: 1. Kaike DePonte (Keaau) Camaro (12.01 sec/114 mph); 2. David Crowl (Keaau) Nova (12.64 sec/119 mph).
12.90 index: 1. Chris Mulliken (Volcano) Honda (13.15 sec/85 mph); 2. Gary Prose (Hilo) Mazda pickup (13.78 sec/103 mph).
Sunday bracket race event
Junior dragster: 1. Caisey Francis (Paauilo), 12.47 sec/62 mph; 2. Kaimi Francis (Hilo), mechanical failure on starting line.
Sports compact bracket: 1. Ian Bernard (Pahoa) Honda (19.28 sec/72 mph); 2. Chris Mulliken (Volcano), 13.92 sec/103 mph. Bernard wins on a hole shot and better reaction time.
Mega bracket: 1. Rain ended the race before the final run was made. Earnings split between Davy Watanabe (Hilo) Chevelle and Paul Crivello (Hilo) digger (rail).
Other notes
Closest to the dial-in for Saturday: Chad Fiesta (Pepeekeo) Nova, running a 10.92 second run in the 10.90 index.
Closest to the dial in for Sunday: Ian Bernard (Pahoa) Honda, running a 19.6 second run in the sports compact bracket race.
Best reaction time for Saturday: Kaike DePonte (Keaau) Camaro, 0.01 seconds.
Best reaction time for Sunday: Buddy Loeffler (Mt. View) Cavalier, 0.007 seconds.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Reinstated 2B Dustin Pedroia from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Mauro Gomez to Pawtucket (IL). Traded RHP Justin Germano to the Chicago Cubs for cash considerations.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled LHP Donnie Veal from Charlotte (IL). Optioned LHP Pedro Hernandez to Charlotte.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with C Jason Kendall on a minor league contract and assigned him to Northwest Arkansas (TL). Optioned RHP Vin Mazzaro to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Will Smith from Omaha.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned RHP Sam Dyson to New Hampshire (EL).
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Designated RHP Jairo Asencio for assignment.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Assigned LHP Erick Threets to Albuquerque (PCL).
MIAMI MARLINS—Reinstated RHP Edward Mujica from the 15-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Assigned RHP John Kuchno to State College (NYP).
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Reinstated OF Jeremy Hermida from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Tucson (PCL). Designated RHP Mark Hamburger for assignment.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Reinstated RHP Drew Storen from the 15-day DL. Recalled C Sandy Leon from Harrisburg (EL). Placed C Jhonatan Solano on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 18. Designated OF Rick Ankiel for assignment.
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed C Derek Coverstone.
Can-Am League
ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Signed RHP Julio Santana.
Frontier League LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS—Signed C Kyle Shaffer.
LONDON RIPPERS—Signed OF Wesley Jones, OF Chris Lloyd and C David Roney. Released OF David Christensen, LHP Eric Katzman and OF Clifton Thomas.
RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed C Zach Deutscher. Released LHP Aaron King.
North American League
SAN ANGELO COLTS—Signed OF Lyndon Poole.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS—Signed F Vladimir Radmanovic.
DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed G O.J. Mayo.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Suspended Chicago DT Nate Collins one game for violating its substance abuse program.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed QB Andrew Luck and DT Jason Shirley.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed LB Dont’a Hightower.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Released OT Jonathan Scott.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Released DE Luis Castillo.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed PR Tony Logan.
Ultimate Indoor Football League
FLORIDA TARPONS—Signed FB-DL Steven Turner.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Agreed to terms with F Tim Wallace on a one-year, two-way contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE—Reached an affiliation agreement with Denver (CHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed C Ryan Craig to a one-year AHL contract.
MINNESOTA WILD—Signed D Mathew Dumba.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed F Tom Wilson to a three-year, entry-level contract.
ECHL
READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with D Derrick LaPoint.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
BUFFALO BANDITS—Named Steve Dietrich general manager.
COLLEGE
AUSTIN PEAY—Named Stephanie Paris softball coach.
CATAWBA—Named Jordan Clodfelter women’s lacrosse coach and David McDowell assistant sports information director.
CLEMSON—Named Jimmy Garrity women’s assistant basketball coach.
NORTH CAROLINA—Named senior associate athletic director Beth Miller and executive associate athletic director Larry Gallo lead sports administrators.
QUINNIPIAC—Named John Delaney assistant baseball coach.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE—Announced the resignations of softball coach Maria Morin, associate head softball coach Ken Stanley and assistant softball coach Kristen Norberg.
TREVECCA NAZARENE—Named Ryan Schmalz baseball coach.
YALE—Named Sarah Trowbridge women’s assistant crew coach.
YESHIVA—Named Tom Emberley sports information director.