TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
5:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for STP 300 ESPN2
6 a.m. Formula One: Grand Prix of Germany * FOX
6:30 a.m. IRL: Indy Lights NBCSN
7 a.m. American Le Mans Series: Grand Prix of Mosport ESPN2
8 a.m. IndyCar: Edmonton Indy NBCSN
9 a.m. Nationwide Series: STP 300 ESPN
1 p.m. NHRA: Mile-High Nationals * ESPN2
BASKETBALL
6 p.m. Men’s national teams: Argentina vs. United States * ESPN2
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (final stage) NBCSN
7 a.m. Tour de France (final stage)* NBC
GOLF
12 p.m. The British Open Championship (final round) ESPN
9 a.m. PGA Tour: True South Classic (final round) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
4 p.m. The Quarters FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets TBS/FOXSP2
8:05 a.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis WGN
2 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels ESPN
MOTORSPORTS
10 a.m. FIM World Superbike * SPEED
TENNIS
9 a.m. ATP World Tour: BB&T Atlanta Open (championship match) ESPN2
11 a.m. WTA: Mercury Insurance Open (championship match) ESPN2
MONDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Boston at Texas ESPN
2 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis FOXSP2
4 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels FOXSP
* — 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
New York 11 5 5 38 37 29
Kansas City 11 6 4 37 26 19
Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22
Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19
Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42
New England 6 9 5 23 25 25
Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21
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 12 7 3 39 33 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Vancouver 8 6 7 31 23 25
Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35
Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21
Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30
FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30
Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s results
New York 2, Philadelphia 0
Columbus 1, D.C. United 0
Sporting Kansas City 0, New England 0, tie
Houston 3, Montreal 0
FC Dallas 5, Portland 0
Los Angeles 3, Chivas USA 1
Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 0
Today’s game
San Jose at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25
Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 2 p.m.
Cycling
Tour de France
Saturday’s 19th stage
A 33.1-mile individual time trial from Bonneval to Chartres
Roundup>1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 1 hour, 4 minutes, 13 seconds.
Roundup>2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 1 minute, 16 seconds behind.
Roundup>3. Luis Leon Sanchez, Spain, Rabobank, 1:50.
Roundup>4. Peter Velits, Slovakia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 2:02.
Roundup>5. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky Procycling, 2:25.
Roundup>6. Patrick Gretsch, Germany, Argos-Shimano, 2:28.
Roundup>7. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 2:34.
Roundup>8. Vasili Kiryienka, Belarus, Movistar, 2:46.
Roundup>9. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, 2:50.
Roundup>10. Jeremy Roy, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 3:05.
Roundup>11. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 3:12.
Roundup>12. Matthieu Sprick, France, Argos-Shimano, 3:20.
Roundup>13. Ruben Plaza, Spain, Movistar, 3:24.
Roundup>14. Daniel Oss, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 3:27.
Roundup>15. Anthony Roux, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 3:34.
Roundup>16. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 3:38.
Roundup>17. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 3:40.
Roundup>18. Bert Grabsch, Germany, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 3:43.
Roundup>19. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 3:49.
Roundup>20. Jens Voigt, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 19 of 20 stages)
Roundup>1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 84 hours, 26 minutes, 31 seconds.
Roundup>2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 3:21.
Roundup>3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 6:19.
Roundup>4. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 10:15.
Roundup>5. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 11:04.
Roundup>6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 15:43.
Roundup>7. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 15:51.
Roundup>8. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 16:31.
Roundup>9. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 16:38.
Roundup>10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 17:17.
Roundup>11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 17:54.
Roundup>12. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 19:33.
Roundup>13. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 19:55.
Roundup>14. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, 25:27.
Roundup>15. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 27:22.
Roundup>16. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 28:30.
Roundup>17. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 31:46.
Roundup>18. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 37:03.
Roundup>19. Eduard Vorganov, Russia, Katusha, 38:16.
Roundup>20. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 42:26.
Also
Roundup>32. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 1:16:29.
Roundup>38. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 1:30:38.
Roundup>60. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:58:40.
Roundup>100. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 2:52:38.
Roundup>151. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 3:54:54.
GOLF
British open
Saturday’s third-round scores
Adam Scott 64-67-68—199
Graeme McDowell 67-69-67—203
Brandt Snedeker 66-64-73—203
Tiger Woods 67-67-70—204
Zach Johnson 65-74-66—205
Ernie Els 67-70-68—205
Thorbjorn Olesen 69-66-71—206
Bill Haas 71-68-68—207
Thomas Aiken 68-68-71—207
Bubba Watson 67-73-68—208
Louis Oosthuizen 72-68-68—208
Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-69—208
Matt Kuchar 69-67-72—208
Dustin Johnson 73-68-71—209
Kyle Stanley 70-69-70—209
Luke Donald 70-68-71—209
Jason Dufner 70-66-73—209
Vijay Singh 70-72-68—210
Nick Watney 71-70-69—210
Anirban Lahiri 68-72-70—210
Simon Khan 70-69-71—210
Greg Chalmers 71-68-71—210
James Morrison 68-70-72—210
Steven Alker 69-69-72—210
Keegan Bradley 71-72-68—211
Matthew Baldwin 69-73-69—211
Justin Hicks 68-74-69—211
Alexander Noren 71-71-69—211
Hunter Mahan 70-71-70—211
Thomas Bjorn 70-69-72—211
Peter Hanson 67-72-72—211
Steve Stricker 67-71-73—211
Joost Luiten 73-70-69—212
Padraig Harrington 70-72-70—212
Harris English 71-71-70—212
Francesco Molinari 69-72-71—212
Dale Whitnell 71-69-72—212
Jamie Donaldson 68-72-72—212
Garth Mulroy 71-69-72—212
Simon Dyson 72-67-73—212
Carl Pettersson 71-68-73—212
Paul Lawrie 65-71-76—212
Rickie Fowler 71-72-70—213
Gary Woodland 73-70-70—213
Troy Matteson 70-72-71—213
Rafael Echenique 73-69-71—213
Jim Furyk 72-70-71—213
Branden Grace 73-69-71—213
Greg Owen 71-71-71—213
Ian Poulter 71-69-73—213
Miguel Angel Jimenez 71-69-73—213
Geoff Ogilvy 72-68-73—213
Toshinori Muto 67-72-74—213
Lee Westwood 73-70-71—214
Adilson Da Silva 69-74-71—214
Sang-moon Bae 72-71-71—214
K.J. Choi 70-73-71—214
Pablo Larrazabal 73-70-71—214
Nicolas Colsaerts 65-77-72—214
Gonzalo Fernadez-Castano 71-71-72—214
Yoshinori Fujimoto 71-70-73—214
Thongchai Jaidee 69-71—74—214
Ted Potter Jr. 69-71—74—214
Brendan Jones 69-74-72—215
Fredrik Jacobson 69-73-73—215
Rory McIlroy 67-75-73—215
Richard Sterne 69-73-73—215
Bob Estes 69-72-74—215
Retief Goosen 70-70-75—215
Juvic Pagunsan 71-72-73—216
Aaron Baddeley 71-71-74—216
Warren Bennett 71-70-75—216
John Senden 70-71-75—216
Lee Slattery 69-72-75—216
Andres Romero 70-69-77—216
Chad Campbell 73-70-74—217
Ross Fisher 72-71-74—217
Charles Howell III 72-71-74—217
Rafael Cabrera-Bello 70-71-76—217
Jeev Milkha Singh 70-71-76—217
Tom Watson 71-72-76—219
John Daly 72-71-77—220
Martin Laird 70-69-82—221
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.
transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Cleveland RHP Roberto Hernandez three weeks for engaging in age and identity fraud.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Added INF Omar Quintanilla to the roster. Designated OF Steve Pearce for assignment.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Acquired RHP Brett Myers and cash considerations from Houston for RHP Matt Heidenreich and LHP Blair Walters and a player to be named. Optioned RHP Brian Omogrosso and RHP Dylan Axelrod to Charlotte (IL). Reinstated RHP Jesse Crain from the 15-day DL.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed LHP JC Romero to a minor league contract and assigned him to Columbus (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Optioned LHP Francisley Bueno to Omaha (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed 1B Justin Morneau on the paternity list. Recalled 1B Chris Parmelee from Rochester (IL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed DH Luke Scott on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Cesar Ramos from Durham (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS—Announced C Yorvit Torrealba was reinstated from restricted list. Optioned C Luis Martinez to Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed RHP Jason Frasor on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 17.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Reinstated RHP Takashi Saito from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jonathan Albaladejo to Reno (PCL).
ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed OF Matt Diaz on the 15-day DL. Activated LHP Jonny Venters from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Randall Delgado from Gwinnett (IL).
NEW YORK METS—Placed LHP Johan Santana on the 15-day DL.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Recalled RHP Evan Meek from Indianapolis (IL). Placed RHP Juan Cruz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 18.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled LHP John Lannan from Syracuse (IL). Reinstated OF Xavier Nady from the 15-day DL and designated him for assignment.
American Association
GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS—Signed RHP Adam Miller.
SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS—Sold the contract of RHP Cody Evans to Toronto (AL).
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS—Signed 3B Greg Bachman. Released 1B T.J. McManus.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed C Greg Stiemsma to an offer sheet.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Acquired a conditional draft pick from Toronto FC for F Quincy Amarikwa.