TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
10 a.m. U.S. Pro Challenge (Stage 4) NBCSN
GOLF
3:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Johnnie Walker Championship (first round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Barclays (first round) TGC
12:30 p.m. LPGA: Canadian Women’s Open (first round) * TGC
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m. Buchtel (Calif.) at Massillon (Calif.) FOXSP2
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
10 a.m. World Series (elimination game) ESPN
2 p.m. World Series (elimination game) ESPN2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Boston or Oakland at Tampa Bay MLB
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Boston FOXSP
NFL FOOTBALL
12:30 p.m. Preseason: Green Bay at Cincinnati MNT
2 p.m. Preseason: Arizona at Tennessee ESPN
PREP FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m. Akron Buchtel (Ohio) at Massillon (Ohio) FSN
TENNIS
7 a.m. WTA, New Haven Open (quarterfinal) ESPN2
9 a.m. ATP World Tour: Winston-Salem Open (quarterfinal) ESPN2
4 p.m. ATP World Tour: Winston-Salem Open (quarterfinal) * ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
4 a.m. Nationwide Series: Final practice for Food City 250 SPEED
6 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for IRWIN Tools Night Race SPEED
8:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for IRWIN Tools Night Race SPEED
9:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Food City 250 SPEED
11 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for IRWIN Tools Night Race ESPN2
1:30 p.m. Nationwide Series: Food City 250 ESPN
CYCLING
10 a.m. U.S. Pro Challenge (Stage 5) NBCSN
GOLF
3:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Johnnie Walker Championship (second round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Barclays (second round) TGC
12:30 p.m. Champions Tour: Boeing Classic (first round) * TGC
6:30 p.m. LPGA: Canadian Women’s Open (second round) * TGC
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Good Counsel (Md.) at Bishop Gorman (Nev.) ESPN2
4:30 p.m. West Covina (Calif.) at Covina (Calif.) FOXSP
7 p.m. Mililani vs. Waianae OC16
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
1 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
8:10 a.m. Colorado at Chicago Cubs WGN
1 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati or L.A. Angels at Detroit MLB
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit FOXSP
4 p.m. Florida at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
NFL FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m. Preseason: New England at Tampa Bay MNT
2 p.m. Preseason: Chicago at N.Y. Giants CBS
5 p.m. Preseason: San Diego at Minnesota * CBS
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. MLS: Salt Lake at Philadelphia NBCSN
TENNIS
7 a.m. WTA: New Haven Open (semifinal) ESPN2
9 a.m. ATP World Tour: Winston-Salem Open (semifinal) ESPN2
1 p.m. WTA: New Haven Open (semifinal) ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 17 5 .773 —
Indiana 12 8 .600 4
Atlanta 11 11 .500 6
Chicago 8 13 .381 8½
New York 8 13 .381 8½
Washington 5 17 .227 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Minnesota 18 4 .818 —
San Antonio 16 5 .762 1½
Los Angeles 17 6 .739 1½
Seattle 10 12 .455 8
Phoenix 4 17 .190 13½
Tulsa 3 18 .143 14½
Tuesday’s results
Connecticut 82, Tulsa 80, OT
New York 77, Chicago 67
San Antonio 75, Washington 72
Minnesota 86, Seattle 73
Los Angeles 79, Indiana 69
Wednesday’s result
Atlanta 82, Chicago 71
Today’s games
New York at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Seattle, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Friday’s games
Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Tulsa, 2 p.m.
Pro football
NFL Preseason Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 1 1 0 .500 24 33
Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 43
Miami 0 2 0 .000 24 43
N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 9 43
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 46 22
Jacksonville 2 0 0 1.000 59 55
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 62 29
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 47 34
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 41 25
Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 54 27
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 43 44
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 49 48
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 49 33
Denver 1 1 0 .500 41 33
Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 44 48
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 27 34
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 51 40
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 23 28
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 57 35
Washington 1 1 0 .500 38 39
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 36 43
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 27 37
New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 47 44
Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 36 55
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 44 31
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 42 31
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 36 62
Green Bay 0 2 0 .000 23 56
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 57 27
San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 26 26
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 34 55
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 71
Today’s games
Green Bay at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1:30 p.m.
Arizona at Tennessee, 2 p.m.
Friday’s games
New England at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 1:30 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Indianapolis at Washington, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 2 p.m.
Sunday’s games
San Francisco at Denver, 10 a.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 2 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 14 7 4 46 31 22
New York 13 7 5 44 43 36
Houston 11 6 8 41 37 29
Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30
D.C. 12 8 4 40 41 32
Montreal 11 13 3 36 39 44
Columbus 9 8 6 33 25 25
Philadelphia 7 12 3 24 24 28
New England 6 13 5 23 27 31
Toronto FC 5 15 5 20 28 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 14 6 5 47 48 32
Real Salt Lake 13 10 3 42 37 32
Seattle 11 6 7 40 34 24
Los Angeles 11 11 4 37 44 40
Vancouver 10 9 7 37 28 33
FC Dallas 8 11 8 32 33 35
Chivas USA 7 9 6 27 15 26
Colorado 8 15 2 26 32 36
Portland 5 13 6 21 24 42
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
D.C. United 4, Chicago 2
Columbus 2, Toronto FC 1
Friday’s game
Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
D.C. United at Montreal, 10:30 a.m.
New England at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday’s games
FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 1 p.m.
New York at Sporting Kansas City, 3 p.m.
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
1, Tiger Woods, 2,269.242. 2, Jason Dufner, 2,110.300. 3, Rory McIlroy, 2,091.500. 4, Zach Johnson, 2,018.960. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,777.143. 6, Hunter Mahan, 1,738.550. 7, Carl Pettersson, 1,690.750. 8, Keegan Bradley, 1,669.896. 9, Matt Kuchar, 1,599.700. 10, Steve Stricker, 1,455.500.
Scoring Average
1, Tiger Woods, 68.91. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.02. 3, Matt Kuchar, 69.15. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.25. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.35. 6, Justin Rose, 69.36. 7, Adam Scott, 69.42. 8, Padraig Harrington, 69.48. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.53. 10, 2 tied with 69.62.
Driving Distance
1, Bubba Watson, 315.9. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Charlie Beljan, 311.5. 4, Robert Garrigus, 310.5. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.9. 6, Rory McIlroy, 309.2. 7, Dustin Johnson, 308.2. 8, Kyle Stanley, 307.2. 9, Jason Day, 306.6. 10, Graham DeLaet, 304.9.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Jerry Kelly, 71.82%. 2, Ben Curtis, 71.24%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.61%. 4, Tim Clark, 70.30%. 5, Jim Furyk, 70.18%. 6, Graeme McDowell, 69.64%. 7, Gary Christian, 69.13%. 8, David Toms, 69.01%. 9, John Huh, 68.99%. 10, Hunter Mahan, 68.45%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
1, Justin Rose, 70.88%. 2, Bubba Watson, 70.83%. 3, Lee Westwood, 69.88%. 4, Hunter Mahan, 69.28%. 5, John Senden, 69.27%. 6, Jason Dufner, 69.21%. 7, Greg Owen, 68.98%. 8, Brendon de Jonge, 68.41%. 9, Robert Garrigus, 68.38%. 10, Will Claxton, 68.33%.
Total Driving
1, Boo Weekley, 56. 2, John Rollins, 67. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70. 4, Tiger Woods, 74. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 79. 6, Jason Dufner, 83. 7 (tie), Brandt Jobe and Chris Couch, 89. 9, Billy Horschel, 95. 10, Keegan Bradley, 99.
Strokes Gained – Putting
1, Aaron Baddeley, .855. 2, Brandt Snedeker, .758. 3, Zach Johnson, .739. 4, Ben Curtis, .733. 5, Luke Donald, .723. 6, Derek Lamely, .673. 7, Brian Gay, .671. 8, Martin Flores, .655. 9, Bo Van Pelt, .644. 10, Bryce Molder, .627.
Birdie Average
1, Webb Simpson, 4.08. 2, Keegan Bradley, 4.04. 3, Rory McIlroy, 4.03. 4, Jason Dufner, 4.00. 5, Ben Crane, 3.97. 6 (tie), Bubba Watson and Brandt Snedeker, 3.90. 8, Jeff Overton, 3.87. 9 (tie), Peter Hanson and Zach Johnson, 3.86.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, Jonas Blixt, 80.2. 2, Bubba Watson, 85.1. 3, Gary Woodland, 88.5. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Kyle Reifers, 102.5. 6, Arjun Atwal, 106.4. 7, Scott Piercy, 106.6. 8 (tie), Charles Howell III and Ben Crane, 108.0. 10, Bobby Gates, 112.5.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Jonas Blixt, 66.33%. 2, Greg Chalmers, 64.18%. 3, Jim Furyk, 64.10%. 4, Brian Gay, 64.04%. 5, Martin Flores, 62.83%. 6, Justin Rose, 61.11%. 7, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 8, Aaron Baddeley, 60.38%. 9, Rocco Mediate, 60.00%. 10, David Toms, 59.70%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Keegan Bradley, 217. 2, Bo Van Pelt, 246. 3, Jason Dufner, 257. 4, Justin Rose, 275. 5, Bubba Watson, 345. 6, John Senden, 352. 7, Zach Johnson, 363. 8, Rory McIlroy, 372. 9, Matt Kuchar, 379. 10, Tiger Woods, 381.
transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended Oakland RHP Bartolo Colon 50 games for a violation of the Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed OF Peter Bourjos on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Garrett Richards from Salt Lake City (PCL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with C Jason Jaramillo on a minor league contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed SS Yunel Escobar on the paternity list. Recalled RHP Chad Beck from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Optioned RHP Sam Demel to Reno (PCL). Selected the contract of LHP Tyler Skaggs from Reno. Recalled OF A.J. Pollock from Reno.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Reinstated OF Carlos Gonzalez from the bereavement list. Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso to Colorado Springs (PCL). Assigned LHP Dan Merklinger to Colorado Springs.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Selected the contract of RHP Hector Ambriz from Oklahoma City (PCL). Designated RHP Armando Galarraga for assignment.
MIAMI MARLINS—Assigned SS Gil Velazquez outright to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled RHP Jacob Turner from New Orleans.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Released LHP Randy Wolf. Recalled INF Jeff Bianchi from Nashville (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Placed LHP Johan Santana on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 18.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the contract of LHP Andrew Werner from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Brad Boxberger to Tucson. Designated OF Jeremy Heredia for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS—Re-signed F Jeff Green.
DALLAS MAVERICKS—Announced the retirement of F Eduardo Najera, who was named coach of Texas (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Placed CB Cris Hill and S Josh Nesbitt on the waived-injured list.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Waived C Scott Mruczkowski.
DETROIT LIONS—Waived DT Michael Cosgrove from the reserve/injured list.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Announced the retirement of G Eric Steinbach.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Designated offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as interim head coach for the first six regular-season games, while assistant head coach Joe Vitt serves his suspension in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed DE Vernon Gholston.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived DT Shaun Smith.
Canadian Football League
CFL—Fined Montreal QB Anthony Calvillo and Toronto LB’s Brandon Isaac and Marcus Ball undisclosed amounts for their actions during last weekend’s games.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS—Agreed to terms with F Taylor Hall on a seven-year contract extension.
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR—Fined Paul Menard’s crew chief, Slugger Labbe, $100,000 and suspended him, car chief Craig Smokstad and crew member Grant Hutchens until Oct. 3 for illegal modifications found on the Chevrolet last weekend at Michigan. Docked Menard and car owner Richard Childress 25 points.
COLLEGE
BENTLEY—Named Michele Naughton women’s assistant volleyball coach and Yunqiao Liu student assistant for women’s volleyball.
BRIDGEWATER (VA.)—Named John Rogers women’s golf coach.
CLEMSON—Named Tim Hall associate head track and field coach. Named Brad Herbster associate head cross country coach. Named Shawn Cobey operations manager for track and field and cross country programs.
DREW—Named Charlotte Labate softball coach.
DUKE—Named Will Rowe assistant wrestling coach.
GARDNER-WEBB—Named Kyle Blevins graduate assistant wrestling coach.
LEES-MCRAE—Named Marcus Wilmoth men’s assistant basketball coach and Danny Ives men’s assistant lacrosse coach.
LIPSCOMB—Named Paul Phillips assistant baseball coach.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL—Named Donald Thomas men’s assistant basketball coach.
PRESBYTERIAN—Named Corey Mullins women’s assistant basketball coach.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE—Named Kara Williamson women’s basketball coach.
SPRING HILL—Named Kristin Hoskinson cheerleading and dance coach.
UMASS—Promoted assistant softball coach Mollica Goldstein to head coach.
UNC GREENSBORO—Named Alejandra Guerra women’s graduate assistant tennis coach.
WAKE FOREST—Named Timothy Sullivan and Lauren Reimer assistant track and field coaches.
WASHINGTON (MD.)—Named Dorian Long men’s assistant basketball coach.
WINSTON-SALEM—Named AG Hall women’s basketball coach.