TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas or Chicago White Sox at Minnesota MLB
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP
2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN
OLYMPICS
1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO
3 a.m. Women’s field hockey: United States vs. Argentina MSNBC
Men’s basketball (qualifying)
Women’s soccer (qualifying)
Weightlifting (gold medal final)
Women’s table tennis (semifinals)
Men’s handball (qualifying)
Badminton (qualifying)
6 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) TELEMUNDO
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s basketball (qualifying)
Boxing
Tennis
9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (United States vs. Germany)
Men’s water polo (United States vs. Romania)
Men’s canoeing (whitewater C-1 final)
Rowing (semifinals)
11 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (team gold medal final) NBC
Swimming (Men’s 200-meter butterfly, men’s 4×200-meter
freestyle relay, women’s 200-meter freestyle, women’s
200-meter individual medley gold medal finals)
Women’s diving (platform synchronized gold medal final)
9 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (team gold medal final) TELEMUNDO
Swimming (gold medal final)
Women’s diving (platform synchronized gold medal final)
10 p.m. Women’s basketball NBCSP
Men’s soccer (qualifying)
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s field hockey (qualifying)
Women’s shooting (25-meter pistol final)
10:30 p.m. Swimming (semifinals) NBC
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
SOCCER
1 p.m. Tottenham at New York ESPN2
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m. World Series (championship game) ESPN2
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees or Chicago White Sox at Minnesota MLB
8:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN
9 a.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
1 p.m. Detroit at Boston ESPN
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP
OLYMPICS
1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO
3 a.m. Men’s soccer (qualifying) MSNBC
Women’s basketball (qualifying)
Boxing
Weightlifting (gold medal finals)
Women’s sabre (gold medal final)
Men’s table tennis (singles quarterfinals)
Women’s handball (qualifying)
Badminton (qualifying)
3 a.m. Men’s soccer (Mexico vs. Switzerland, Brazil vs. New TELEMUNDO
England, Britain vs. Uruguay)
Swimming (qualifying)
Tennis
Boxing
9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Women’s volleyball (United States vs. China)
Women’s water polo (United States vs. Spain)
Cycling (individual time trial)
Rowing (gold medal final)
Men’s canoeing (whitewater K-1final)
11 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Swimming (Men’s 200-meter breaststroke, men’s 100-meter NBC
freestyle, women’s 200-meter butterfly, women’s
4×200-meter freestyle relay)
Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)
Beach volleyball (qualifying round)
Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)
9 p.m. Swimming (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO
Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)
Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)
10 p.m. Men’s basketball NBCSP
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (qualifying)
Women’s field hockey (United States vs. Australia)
Boxing
Men’s table tennis (singles semifinals)
Men’s shooting (double trap final)
Women’s archery (individual final)
10:30 p.m. Swimming (semifinals) NBC
Women’s table tennis (singles final)
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 5 6 38 32 38
Houston 10 7 5 33 25 37
Kansas City 11 4 7 27 21 37
D.C. 10 3 7 34 27 33
Chicago 9 5 7 23 23 32
Columbus 8 4 7 20 20 28
Montreal 8 3 13 33 43 27
Philadelphia 7 2 10 22 22 23
New England 6 5 10 26 27 23
Toronto FC 5 4 12 24 38 19
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28
Real Salt Lake 13 7 3 42 35 27
Seattle 9 5 7 34 27 22
Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28
Los Angeles 10 10 3 33 39 35
Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21
Colorado 7 14 1 22 28 32
FC Dallas 5 11 7 22 25 31
Portland 5 12 4 19 19 36
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s result
Real Salt Lake 2, Vancouver 1
Saturday’s results
Houston 2, Toronto FC 0
Montreal 3, New York 1
Los Angeles 1, FC Dallas 0
Columbus 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
Seattle FC 2, Colorado 1
San Jose 1, Chicago 1, tie
Chivas USA 1, Portland 0
Sunday’s result
Philadelphia 2, New England 1
Friday, Aug. 3
New York at Houston, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 4
Columbus at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 5
FC Dallas at Portland, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
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
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,131.563. 2, Zach Johnson, 1,987.960. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,888.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,724.550. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,661.714. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,527.450. 7, Ernie Els, 1,402.242. 8, Carl Pettersson, 1,385.250. 9, Rory McIlroy, 1,381.500. 10, Webb Simpson, 1,377.900.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.90. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.07. 3, Adam Scott, 69.27. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.41. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.44. 6, Padraig Harrington, 69.45. 7, Zach Johnson, 69.48. 8, Rory McIlroy, 69.55. 9, Justin Rose, 69.57. 10, Lee Westwood, 69.58.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 313.7. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.4. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Kyle Stanley, 306.3. 7, Dustin Johnson, 305.5. 8, Graham DeLaet, 305.0. 9, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.5. 10, Jason Day, 304.4.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Graeme McDowell, 70.63%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 4, Jim Furyk, 69.64%. 5, Ben Curtis, 69.54%. 6, Tim Clark, 69.18%. 7, Mark Wilson, 69.01%. 8, Hunter Mahan, 68.74%. 9, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 10, Brian Davis, 68.60%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 71.46%. 2, Lee Westwood, 70.49%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70.43%. 4, Justin Rose, 70.05%. 5, John Senden, 69.44%. 6, Jason Dufner, 69.25%. 7, Greg Owen, 68.97%. 8, J.J. Henry, 68.67%. 9, Brendon de Jonge, 68.59%. 10, Boo Weekley, 68.56%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 54. 2, John Rollins, 69. 3, Hunter Mahan, 73. 4, Tiger Woods, 81. 5, Chris Couch, 85. 6, Brandt Jobe, 88. 7, Billy Horschel, 89. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 96. 9, Jason Dufner, 101. 10, Keegan Bradley, 102.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Zach Johnson, .823. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Brandt Snedeker, .783. 4, Luke Donald, .758. 5, Ben Curtis, .733. 6, Martin Flores, .683. 7, Bryce Molder , .681. 8, Brian Gay, .664. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Derek Lamely, .614.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.13. 2, Bubba Watson, 4.05. 3, Jason Dufner, 4.03. 4, Ben Crane, 4.00. 5, Zach Johnson, 3.98. 6, Brandt Snedeker, 3.96. 7, Keegan Bradley, 3.94. 8, Martin Laird, 3.93. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Rory McIlroy, 3.90.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 2, Gary Woodland, 86.7. 3, Bubba Watson, 88.0. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 103.5. 6, Ben Crane, 104.4. 7, Nick Watney, 104.7. 8 (tie), Charles Howell III and Rory McIlroy, 108.0. 10, James Driscoll, 109.6.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Brian Gay, 64.29%. 3, Lee Westwood, 63.79%. 4, Greg Chalmers, 63.71%. 5, Jim Furyk, 63.06%. 6, Martin Flores, 62.50%. 7, Rocco Mediate, 61.04%. 8, David Toms, 61.02%. 9, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 60.42%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 254. 2, Lee Westwood, 264. 3, Jason Dufner, 284. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 289. 5, Justin Rose, 314. 6, Zach Johnson, 326. 7, Bubba Watson, 327. 8, John Senden, 347. 9, Matt Kuchar, 350. 10, Tiger Woods, 363.
LPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, 70.34. 2, Shanshan Feng, 70.41. 3, Stacy Lewis, 70.42. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 70.61. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.69. 6, Inbee Park, 70.94. 7, Amy Yang, 70.95. 8, So Yeon Ryu, 70.96. 9, Yani Tseng, 71.02. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 71.04.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 279.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 273.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 272.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 270.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 270.0. 7, Karin Sjodin, 269.0. 8, Maria Hjorth, 268.0. 9, Michelle Wie, 267.0. 10, Sydnee Michaels, 267.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1, Sun Young Yoo, 75.90%. 2, Karin Sjodin, 74.70%. 3, Stacy Lewis, 74.10%. 4, Paula Creamer, 73.40%. 5, Suzann Pettersen, 73.10%. 6, Shanshan Feng, 72.80%. 7, Lexi Thompson, 72.80%. 8, Karrie Webb, 72.20%. 9, Azahara Munoz, 72.10%. 10, Na Yeon Choi, 72.00%.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.720. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.746. 3, Jin Young Pak, 1.747. 4, So Yeon Ryu, 1.766. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 1.770. 6, M.J. Hur, 1.772. 7, Yani Tseng, 1.772. 8, Ai Miyazato, 1.774. 9, I.K. Kim, 1.784. 10, Taylor Coutu, 1.785.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.06. 2, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 3, So Yeon Ryu, 3.90. 4, Inbee Park, 3.88. 5 (tie), Hee Young Park and Na Yeon Choi, 3.71. 7, Anna Nordqvist, 3.35. 8, Yani Tseng, 4.09. 9, Brittany Lang, 3.24. 10, Karrie Webb, 3.39.
Eagle Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 0.14. 2, Jodi Ewart, 0.16. 3 (tie), Tiffany Joh, Pornanong Phatlum, Paula Creamer and Na Yeon Choi, 0.10. 7, 11 tied with 0.09.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Leta Lindley, 61.54%. 2, Jiyai Shin, 60.87%. 3, Hee Kyung Seo, 60.53%. 4 (tie), Paula Creamer and Ai Miyazato, 60.00%. 6, Sun Young Yoo, 59.26%. 7, Morgan Pressel, 58.93%. 8, M.J. Hur, 58.82%. 9, Nicole Castrale, 58.62%. 10, Danah Bordner, 58.33%.
Rounds Under Par
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .727. 2, Jiyai Shin, .688. 3, Shanshan Feng, .674. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .648. 5, Stacy Lewis, .635. 6, Na Yeon Choi, .592. 7, So Yeon Ryu, .580. 8, Inbee Park, .563. 9, Cristie Kerr, .551. 10, Karrie Webb, .549..
transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended minor league free-agent SS Diory Paulino 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Hector Santiago to Charlotte (IL). Assigned SS Greg Paiml to Birmingham (SL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RHP Jeff Manship from Rochester (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated 1B/OF Mitch Moreland from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Leonys Martin to Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed 1B/DH Adam Lind on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled 1B David Cooper from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 2B Brian Bixler to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled 1B Brett Wallace from Oklahoma City.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Tyler Thornburg to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Mike McClendon from Nashville. Fired bullpen coach Stan Kyles. Named Lee Tunnell interim bullpen coach.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LHP Joe Thatcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled RHP Brad Boxberger from Tucson (PCL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS — Traded G Willie Green to the L.A. Clippers for the rights to F Sofoklis Schortsanitis.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Re-signed F Alan Anderson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DE Jyles Tucker on the reserve/left camp list and terminated his contract.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S Anthony Perkins.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed TE DeMarco Cosbyl.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DE Mitch King.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived CB Reggie Corner. Signed CB Trumaine McBride.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed CB Kyle McCarthy on injured reserve. Signed LB Edgar Jones. Announced the retirement of OT Tony Ugoh.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DB Chris Stroud. Waived DB Nicholas Taylor.
NEW YORK JETS — Activated G Terrance Campbell, LB Demario Davis and WR Jordan White from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed QB Kevin O’Connell.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived LB Thomas Williams.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Placed OL Andre Douglas on the 9-game injured list.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
TORONTO MARLIES — Re-signed F Mike Zigomanis, F Will Acton and D Dylan Yeo to one-year contracts.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Traded M Mehdi Ballouchy to San Jose for an international spot and 2013 conditional draft pick.
Major Indoor Soccer League
BALTIMORE BLAST — Announced G Sagu will not return next season.
COLLEGE
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Promoted women’s assistant fencing coach Christian Rivera to head coach.
HOUSTON — Announced the resignation of men’s and women’s cross-country coach Ryan Turner.
ITHACA — Named Katherine Bixby women’s assistant basketball coach.