TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One, practice for Hungarian Grand Prix SPEED
10 a.m. Rolex Sports Car Series, Brickyard Grand Prix SPEED
3 p.m. ARCA, Messina Wildlife Animal Stopper 200 SPEED
BOXING
4 p.m. Lightweights: Hank Lundy vs. Ray Beltran ESPN2
GOLF
3:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Lyoness Open (third round) * TGC
6 a.m. The Senior British Open Championship (second round)) ESPN2
6:30 a.m. Web.com Tour: Children’s Hospital Invitational (second round)) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: Canadian Open (second round) TGC
12:30 p.m. LPGA Tour: Evian Masters (second round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
1 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees or Detroit at Toronto MLB
4 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco FOXSP2
4 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels FOXSP
OLYMPICS
5:30 p.m. Opening Ceremony * NBC
10 p.m. Women’s soccer: United States vs. Colombia NBCSP
Brazil vs. New Zealand, France vs. North Korea
Beach volleyball
Women’s volleyball: China vs. Serbia
Equestrian: Eventing dressage
Women’s handball: Norway vs. France
Women’s shooting: 10m air rifle gold medal final
Men’s archery: Team gold medal final
SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One: Qualifying for Hungarian Grand Prix SPEED
3:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for Your Hero’s Name Here 400 * SPEED
4:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for Your Hero’s Name Here 400 ESPN2
6:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Indy 250 SPEED
8 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Your Hero’s Name Here 400 ESPN
10:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Indy 250 ESPN
GOLF
1 a.m. European PGA Tour: Lyoness Open (final round) TGC
6 a.m. The Senior British Open Championship (third round) ESPN
7 a.m. LPGA Tour: Evian Masters (third round) * TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: Canadian Open (third round) CBS
12:30 p.m. Web.com Tour: Children’s Hospital Invitational (third round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9:30 a.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees or L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco FOX
2 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas or Cincinnati at Colorado MLB
3 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels FOXSP
MOTORSPORTS
5 p.m. MotoGP World Championship qualifying * SPEED
OLYMPICS
1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO
1 a.m. Women’s soccer: Japan vs. Sweden MSNBC
Beach volleyball
Badminton
Table tennis
Women’s handball (Denmark vs. Sweden)
Fencing
2:30 a.m. Boxing CNBC
3 a.m. Women’s basketball: United States vs. Croatia NBC
Women’s volleyball: United States vs. South Korea
Beach volleyball
Swimming (qualifying heats)
Rowing (qualifying heats)
5 a.m. Opening Ceremony TELEMUNDO
Swimming
Women’s volleyball
Beach volleyball
Boxing *
9:30 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Swimming gold medal finals: men’s and women’s 400-meter NBC
individual medley, men’s 400-meter freestyle, women’s 4x100m
freestyle relay
Men’s team gymnastics
Beach volleyball *
9 p.m. Swimming, gold medal finals TELEMUNDO
Men’s team gymnastics *
10 p.m. Men’s basketball: United States vs. France, Brazil vs. Australia, NBCSP
Spain vs. China, Argentina vs. Lithuania
Women’s field hockey: United States vs. Germany, New Zealand vs.
Australia
Beach volleyball
Equestrian: Eventing dressage
Women’s weightlifting: 53kg gold medal final
Women’s archery: team gold medal final
Women’s shooting: skeet gold medal final
Badminton
SOCCER
7 a.m. Premier League: Liverpool vs. Tottenham ESPN2
12:30 p.m. Chelsea vs. AC Milan ESPN2
3 p.m. MLS: Los Angeles at Dallas NBCSP
TENNIS
10 a.m. ATP World Tour: Farmers Classic (semifinal) ESPN2
4 p.m. ATP World Tour: Farmers Classic (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
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 5 4 43 44 27
Real Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26
Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
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.
Wednesday’s result
MLS All-Stars 3, Chelsea 2
Today’s game
Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Saturday’s games
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’s game
New England at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
GOLF
CANADIAN OPEN
Thursday’s first-round scores
Scott Piercy 30-32—62
Greg Owen 29-34—63
William McGirt 32-31—63
Robert Garrigus 32-32—64
Troy Matteson 32-33—65
Bo Van Pelt 32-33—65
Jhonattan Vegas 32-33—65
Stuart Appleby 31-34—65
Charl Schwartzel 33-32—65
Gavin Coles 33-32—65
Vijay Singh 32-33—65
Bill Lunde 32-34—66
Roland Thatcher 32-34—66
Adam Hadwin 32-34—66
John Huh 34-33—67
J.J. Henry 32-35—67
Josh Teater 33-34—67
Cameron Tringale 34-33—67
Ryo Ishikawa 33-34—67
Daniel Summerhays 33-34—67
Heath Slocum 32-35—67
Matt Kuchar 31-36—67
Erik Compton 34-33—67
David Hearn 34-34—68
D.J. Trahan 34-34—68
Jason Bohn 31-37— 68
J.B. Holmes 34-34—68
Tom Pernice Jr. 33-35—68
Kevin Streelman 34-34—68
Spencer Levin 33-35—68
Michael Thompson 32-36—68
Patrick Sheehan 34-34—68
Chez Reavie 32-36—68
Retief Goosen 32-36—68
Jimmy Walker 34-34—68
Brad Fritsch 35-33—68
Miguel Angel Carballo 33-35—68
Russell Knox 33-35—68
Tommy Gainey 33-36—69
Blake Adams 34-35—69
Kevin Chappell 31-38—69
John Daly 34-35—69
John Mallinger 33-36—69
Brian Davis 34-35—69
Harrison Frazar 34-35—69
Arjun Atwal 33-36—69
Michael Bradley 36-33—69
Camilo Villegas 33-36—69
Scott Stallings 36-33—69
Ted Potter, Jr. 35-34—69
Steven Bowditch 33-36—69
Patrick Cantlay 35-34—69
Mark Anderson 33-36—69
Jason Kokrak 33-36—69
David Markle 34-35—69
Thomas Aiken 35-34—69
Graham DeLaet 31-38—69
Nick O’Hern 33-36—69
Ryan Palmer 34-35—69
Chris Kirk 33-36—69
Scott Dunlap 35-34—69
Martin Flores 34-35—69
Kevin Kisner 33-36—69
Brendon Todd 35-34—69
a-Albin Choi 33-36—69
Zack Miller 36-34—70
Ryuji Imada 34-36—70
Harris English 34-36—70
Matt Every 35-35—70
Tim Clark 36-34—70
Stephen Ames 34-36—70
Jerry Kelly 34-36—70
Brandt Snedeker 34-36—70
Jim Furyk 34-36—70
Shane Bertsch 34-36—70
Billy Mayfair 33-37—70
Matt Hill 35-35—70
Danny Lee 36-34—70
Mathew Goggin 36-34—70
Tim Herron 34-36—70
Ken Duke 35-35—70
Tom Gillis 34-36—70
Bud Cauley 36-34—70
Nathan Green 38-32—70
Trevor Immelman 34-36—70
Brian Gay 34-36—70
Hunter Mahan 34-36—70
Bobby Gates 34-36—70
Cory Renfrew 34-36—70
Kyle Reifers 34-36—70
Matt McQuillan 36-34—70
Will Claxton 35-35—70
Richard H. Lee 35-35—70
Scott Brown 36-34—70
Also
Chad Campbell 36-35—71
Ernie Els 35-37—72
Mike Weir 35-37—72
David Duval 34-39—73
Ben Curtis 36-37—73
Chris DiMarco 35-38—73
Rory Sabbatini 36-38—74
evian Masters
Thursday’s first-round scores
Stacy Lewis 31-32—63
Hee Young Park 32-33—65
Ilhee Lee 32-34—66
Mika Miyazato 32-35—67
Mariajo Uribe 33-34—67
Paula Creamer 34-34—68
Shanshan Feng 32-36—68
Sandra Gal 34-35—69
Natalie Gulbis 36-33—69
Hyo Joo Kim 33-36—69
I.K. Kim 33-36—69
Meena Lee 32-37—69
Lee-Anne Pace 32-37—69
Suzann Pettersen 33-36—69
Jiyai Shin 33-36—69
Momoko Ueda 36-33—69
Jodi Ewart 36-34—70
Karine Icher 33-37—70
Ha-Neul Kim 32-38—70
Becky Morgan 34-36—70
Azahara Munoz 34-36—70
Se Ri Pak 33-37—70
Karrie Webb 35-35—70
Helen Alfredsson 37-34—71
Katherine Hull 35-36—71
Juli Inkster 36-35—71
Cristie Kerr 35-36—71
Brittany Lang 35-36—71
Karen Lunn 34-37—71
Ai Miyazato 33-38—71
Gwladys Nocera 33-38—71
Inbee Park 33-38—71
Beatriz Recari 35-36—71
Hee Kyung Seo 36-35—71
Giulia Sergas 35-36—71
Cheyenne Woods 36-35—71
Lindsey Wright 36-35—71
Carly Booth 37-35—72
Hee-Won Han 35-37—72
Maria Hjorth 34-38—72
Haeji Kang 37-35—72
Jiayun Li 36-36—72
Anna Nordqvist 35-37—72
Pornanong Phatlum 38-34—72
Amy Yang 34-38—72
Ji-Na Yim 33-39—72
Caroline Afonso 39-34—73
Amanda Blumenherst 36-37—73
Chella Choi 37-36—73
Carlota Ciganda 37-36—73
Laura Davies 36-37—73
Felicity Johnson 39-34—73
Jennifer Johnson 36-37—73
Christina Kim 35-38—73
Hye-Youn Kim 38-35—73
Mirim Lee 33-40—73
Brittany Lincicome 35-38—73
Melissa Reid 36-37—73
So Yeon Ryu 38-35—73
Jade Schaeffer 37-36—73
Jenny Shin 37-36—73
Jennifer Song 36-37—73
Michelle Wie 35-38—73
Sun Young Yoo 35-38—73
Shin-Ae Ahn 37-37—74
Katie Futcher 37-37—74
Julieta Granada 38-36—74
Ran Hong 41-33—74
Amy Hung 35-39—74
Vicky Hurst 36-38—74
Jimin Kang 37-37—74
Min-Young Lee 38-36—74
Xiyu Lin 36-38—74
Pernilla Lindberg 39-35—74
Catriona Matthew 35-39—74
Kristy McPherson 37-37—74
Sharmila Nicollet 37-37—74
Kaori Ohe 39-35—74
You-Na Park 36-38—74
Lexi Thompson 37-37—74
Line Vedel 36-38—74
Christel Boeljon 37-38—75
Na Yeon Choi 36-39—75
Wendy Doolan 38-37—75
Mina Harigae 36-39—75
Eun-Hee Ji 39-36—75
Danielle Kang 32-43—75
Ryann O’Toole 36-39—75
Gerina Piller 35-40—75
Linda Wessberg 36-39—75
Mindy Kim 35-41—76
Cindy LaCrosse 40-36—76
Diana Luna 37-39—76
Anais Maggetti 36-40—76
Caroline Masson 39-37—76
Morgan Pressel 36-40—76
Miki Saiki 37-39—76
Angela Stanford 35-41—76
Yani Tseng 38-38—76
Alison Walshe 40-36—76
Sophie Giquel-Bettan 39-38—77
Trish Johnson 37-40—77
Jessica Korda 39-38—77
Candie Kung 40-37—77
Jeong-Eun Lee 39-38—77
Karin Sjodin 40-37—77
Tiffany Joh 39-39—78
Rye-Jung Lee 38-40—78
Sophie Gustafson 40-39—79
Anne-Lise Caudal 39-41—80
Karen Stupples 40-41—81
Senior british open
Thursday’s first-round scores
Bernhard Langer 32-32—64
Mark McNulty 32-33—65
Michael Allen 32-34—66
Chien Soon Lu 30-36—66
Dick Mast 32-34—66
David Frost 32-34—66
Tom Lehman 32-34—66
Jay Don Blake 32-34—66
Tony Johnstone 35-32—67
Lee Rinker 34-33—67
Barry Lane 35-32—67
Eduardo Romero 34-34—68
Lauren Roberts 35-33—68
Peter Fowler 31-37—68
Peter Senior 33-35—68
Olin Browne 35-34—69
Fred Funk 35-34—69
Tom Watson 34-35—69
Bob Tway 34-35—69
Chip Beck 37-32—69
Kouki Idoki 34-35—69
Andrew Murray 35-34—69
Anthony Gilligan 34-35—69
Jeff Hart 35-34—69
David Russell 34-35—69
Mike Goodes 34-35—69
Boonchu Ruangkit 33-36—69
Kirk Triplett 34-35—69
John Cook 36-33—69
Paul Wesselingh 35-34—69
Carl Mason 33-36—69
Joel Edwards 34-35—69
Also
Craig Stadler 35-35—70
Corey Pavin 34-36—70
Jeff Sluman 33-37—70
Larry Mize 36-35—71
Ian Woosnam 36-35—71
Roger Chapman 36-36—72
Greg Norman 37-35—72
Fred Couples 36-36—72
Mark Calcavecchia 34-38—72
Tom Kite 34-40—74
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 — Selected the contract of LHP Dana Eveland from Norfolk (IL). Optioned INF Steve Tolleson to Norfolk.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL. Transferred RHP Carl Pavano to the 60-day DL. Selected RHP Luis Perdomo from Rochester (IL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed C J.P. Arencibia on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chad Beck to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Joel Carreno and LHP Evan Crawford from Las Vegas.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned RHP Yonata Ortega to Mobile (SL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned RHP Jairo Asencio outright to Iowa (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed INF Adam Kennedy on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Shawn Tolleson from Albuquerque (PCL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated C George Kottaras for assignment. Reinstated C Jonathan Lucroy from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Jeff Bianchi to Nashville (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Jim Henderson from Nashville.
NEW YORK METS — Recalled C Rob Johnson from Buffalo (IL).
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS — Signed RHP Luis Chirinos.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Griffin Bailey. Released RHP Nick Carr.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed G Kent Bazemore.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed G Russ Hochstein.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed CB Chris Lewis-Harris.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Released FB Jason Ford and CB Desmond Morrow.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OL Tony Ugoh and DT Dontari Poe.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Agreed to terms with G Eric Steinbach on a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed OT Matt Kalil.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Ken Sternfeld director of pro player personnel and Dave Gettleman senior pro personnel analyst.
NEW YORK JETS — Activated S La Ron Landry from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Announced the resignation of assistant offensive line coach Steve Wisniewski.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed OT Cordell Bell to a three-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed S Dashon Goldson to a franchise tender. Signed G Leonard Davis to one-year contract. Waived OL David Gonzales.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Announced the retirement of DT Eric LeGrand. Traded DT Brian Brice to Chicago for an undisclosed 2013 draft pick.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed FB Dorson Boyce. Waived OL Nevin McCaskill.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with LW Eric Selleck and C Casey Wellman on one-year contracts.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed F Jakub Voracek to a multiyear contract extension.
American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed G Mike Clemente and LW Wade MacLeod to one-year contracts.
ECHL
READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with F Ethan Cox.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M Tim Cahill.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed G Scott Angevine.
TORONTO FC — Terminated the contract of D Miguel Aceval.
COLLEGE
DELAWARE — Promoted graduate assistant football coach Andy Marino to tight ends and tackles coach.
DUKE — Named Joe Cinosky men’s volunteer assistant lacrosse coach.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Ryan Garland and Loren Rich women’s assistant soccer coaches.
KANSAS STATE — Announced senior G Jeremy Jones has left the men’s basketball program. Named Lindsey Babcock associate athletics director for compliance.
MICHIGAN—Announced CB Terrence Talbott is leaving the football team.
MINOT STATE—Named Matt Murken men’s basketball coach.
MONTANA — Promoted interim football coach Mick Delaney to football coach.
N.C. STATE—Named Larry Farmer director of player development for men’s basketball.
RADFORD — Announced the resignation of softball coach Mickey Dean.
ST. ANDREWS — Named Gregory Goetz pitching coach.
STANFORD—Named Alan George assistant communications director.
UNC GREENSBORO — Named Link Jarrett baseball coach.
WILLIAM SMITH — Named Gabrielle Guynan women’s assistant basketball coach.