TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
8 a.m. NASCAR Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Firecracker 250 ESPN2
10 a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Coke Zero 400 SPEED
10:30 a.m. Formula One: Practice for Grand Prix of Germany NBCSN
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Nationwide Series: Firecracker 250 ESPN
BOXING
3 p.m. Light heavyweights: Allan Green vs. Eleider Alvarez ESPN2
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France: Stage 7 NBCSN
GOLF
3 a.m. European PGA Tour: Open de France (second round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Greenbrier Classic (second round) TGC
horse racing
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs MLB
1 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees or Detroit at Cleveland MLB
4 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels FOXSP
4 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco foxsp2
SOCCER
5 p.m. United States vs. Guatemala NBCSN
TENNIS
2 a.m. Wimbledon: Men’s semifinals ESPN
Saturday’s TV Schedule
AUTO RACING
2 a.m. Formula One: Qualifying for Grand Prix of Germany NBCSN
9 a.m. American Le Mans Series: Northeast Grand Prix ESPN2
12 p.m. NHRA: Qualifying for Summit Racing Equipment Nationals ESPN2
1:30 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coke Zero 400 TNT
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France: Stage 8 NBC
GOLF
2 a.m. European PGA Tour: Open de France (third round) TGC
7 a.m. PGA Tour: The Greenbrier Classic (third round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: The Greenbrier Classic (third round) CBS
horse racing
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
Noon Trackside Live! FOXSP2
4 p.m. The Quarters from Los Alamitos FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees or Minnesota at Toronto MLB
10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN
12:30 p.m. All-Star Game Selection Show FOX
1 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee FOX
4 p.m. Colorado at Arizona or Boston at L.A. Angels MLB
4 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels FOXSP
MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE
2 p.m. Charlotte at Boston ESPN2
MOTORSPORTS
9 a.m. AMA: RedBud National NBC
10 a.m. AMA: RedBud National NBCSN
SOCCER
12:55 p.m. Messi & Friends team vs. Rest of the World team ESPN
5 p.m. MLS: Seattle at Vancouver NBCSN
TENNIS
3 a.m. Wimbledon: Women’s championship ESPN
wnba basketball
11 a.m. San Antonio at Los Angeles twcs
* Tape delayed broadcast
Tennis
Wimbledon glance
Wednesday’s results
Singles
Women
Semifinals
Roundup>Marion Bartoli (15), France, def. Kirsten Flipkens (20), Belgium, 6-1, 6-2.
Roundup>Sabine Lisicki (23), Germany, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, 6-4, 2-6, 9-7.
Doubles
Men
Semifinals
Roundup>Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (14), France, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Roundup>Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (12), Brazil, def. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (4), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Mixed
Quarterfinals
Roundup>Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, and Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Kveta Peschke (11), Czech Republic, 7-6 (10), 6-7 (6), 6-4.
Roundup>Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Kristina Mladenovic (8), France, def. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Sania Mirza (2), India, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Roundup>Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Lisa Raymond (1), United States, def. John Peers and Ashleigh Barty, Australia, -7-6 (6), 7-6 (4).
Roundup>Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Zheng Jie (7), China, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Soccer
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal 9 4 3 30 30 24
New York 8 7 4 28 25 24
Philadelphia 7 5 6 27 29 28
Kansas City 7 5 6 27 24 18
Houston 6 6 5 23 19 18
New England 5 5 6 21 19 14
Chicago 6 7 3 21 18 23
Columbus 5 8 5 20 22 23
Toronto FC 2 8 7 13 17 24
D.C. 2 13 3 9 8 29
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 10 5 4 34 29 18
FC Dallas 8 3 7 31 27 22
Portland 7 1 9 30 28 16
Los Angeles 8 7 3 27 27 22
Vancouver 7 5 5 26 27 25
Colorado 7 7 5 26 23 22
Seattle 7 5 3 24 21 17
San Jose 5 8 6 21 20 30
Chivas USA 3 10 4 13 15 31
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
Toronto FC 3, Montreal 3, tie
Chicago 3, San Jose 2
Sporting Kansas City 1, Vancouver 1, tie
Real Salt Lake 2, Philadelphia 2, tie
Seattle FC 2, D.C. United
Thursday’s results
FC Dallas 0, Chivas USA 0, tie
Colorado 2, New York 0
Los Angeles 2, Columbus 1
Saturday’s games
San Jose at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 3 p.m.
Seattle FC at Vancouver, 5 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Sporting Kansas City at Chicago, 9 a.m.
Portland at Columbus, 11 a.m.
Chivas USA at Montreal, 1 p.m.
D.C. United at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
WNBA glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 10 1 .909 —
Chicago 7 4 .636 3
New York 5 6 .455 5
Washington 5 6 .455 5
Connecticut 3 7 .300 6½
Indiana 3 7 .300 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 7 3 .700 —
Phoenix 8 4 .667 —
Los Angeles 7 4 .636 ½
Seattle 5 6 .455 2½
San Antonio 3 7 .300 4
Tulsa 3 11 .214 6
Wednesday’s results
No games scheduled
Thursday’s result
Los Angeles 97, New York 89
Today’s games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s games
San Antonio at Los Angeles, 11 a.m.
Connecticut at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Washington, 1 p.m.
Golf
Greenbrier Classic
Thursday’s first-round scores
Tommy Gainey 30-32—62
Johnson Wagner 29-33—62
Webb Simpson 31-33—64
Jin Park 31-33—64
Daniel Summerhays 31-34—65
Neal Lancaster 32-33—65
Tag Ridings 31-34—65
Steven Bowditch 30-35—65
Brendon de Jonge 31-35—66
Peter Hanson 33-33—66
David Mathis 30-36—66
James Driscoll 33-33—66
Scott Brown 32-34—66
Ben Crane 32-34—66
Jonas Blixt 34-32—66
D.H. Lee 33-33—66
Bill Lunde 31-35—66
Jason Kokrak 32-34—66
Brendan Steele 32-34—66
George McNeill 32-34—66
Brian Davis 33-34—67
Kevin Chappell 32-35—67
Louis Oosthuizen 32-35—67
Russell Henley 31-36—67
Tom Gillis 32-35—67
Jordan Spieth 34-33—67
Bob Estes 32-35—67
Michael Letzig 30-37—67
Davis Love III 35-32—67
Ben Curtis 33-34—67
Greg Owen 33-34—67
J.J. Henry 34-34—68
Justin Leonard 34-34—68
Bill Haas 35-33—68
Casey Wittenberg 34-34—68
Brad Adamonis 36-32—68
Richard H. Lee 35-33—68
Andres Romero 30-38—68
Woody Austin 35-33—68
Kenny Perry 29-39—68
Bubba Watson 34-34—68
Ryan Palmer 34-34—68
Tom Watson 32-36—68
Jeff Overton 33-35—68
Brian Harman 35-33—68
Henrik Norlander 32-36—68
Alistair Presnell 34-34—68
Brad Fritsch 32-36—68
Erik Compton 34-35—69
Chad Campbell 34-35—69
Matt Jones 31-38—69
Gary Woodland 33-36—69
Brian Gay 33-36—69
Ken Duke 35-34—69
Charles Howell III 33-36—69
Matt Every 33-36—69
William McGirt 33-36—69
Graham DeLaet 35-34—69
Troy Matteson 36-33—69
Tim Petrovic 34-35—69
Robert Streb 34-35—69
Jimmy Walker 33-36—69
Billy Horschel 35-34—69
Carl Pettersson 33-36—69
Ted Potter Jr. 33-36—69
Morgan Hoffmann 34-35—69
Jason Bohn 34-36—70
Ricky Barnes 32-38—70
Lee Janzen 33-37—70
Chez Reavie 34-36—70
Fabian Gomez 36-34—70
Rory Sabbatini 35-35—70
Stuart Appleby 36-34—70
Patrick Reed 35-35—70
Roberto Castro 34-36—70
Ben Kohles 35-35—70
Bobby Gates 33-37—70
Robert Karlsson 32-38—70
D.J. Trahan 33-37—70
Shawn Stefani 34-36—70
Michael Bradley 35-35—70
Scott Stallings 32-38—70
D.A. Points 34-36—70
Sean O’Hair 35-35—70
John Senden 34-36—70
Michael Kim 34-36—70
K.J. Choi 35-36—71
Bryce Molder 34-37—71
Vaughn Taylor 36-35—71
Billy Mayfair 36-35—71
Gary Christian 35-36—71
Ryan Blaum 34-37—71
Chris DiMarco 34-37—71
Brian Stuard 34-37—71
David Lingmerth 35-36—71
Martin Flores 35-36—71
Jeff Maggert 35-36—71
Joey Snyder III 34-37—71
Pat Perez 36-35—71
Andres Gonzales 35-36—71
Cameron Percy 35-36—71
Dan Obremski 35-36—71
Luke List 35-36—71
Si Woo Kim 35-36—71
Andrew Svoboda 36-35—71
Mark Silvers 33-38—71
James Hahn 34-38—72
Charlie Beljan 35-37—72
Nick Watney 34-38—72
Trevor Immelman 36-36—72
Mike Weir 36-36—72
Josh Teater 38-34—72
Donald Constable 33-39—72
Aaron Watkins 37-35—72
Scott Gardiner 35-37—72
Lee Williams 34-38—72
Rod Pampling 35-37—72
Jeff Gove 36-36—72
Scott Piercy 35-37—72
Lucas Glover 34-38—72
Will Claxton 35-37—72
Nicholas Thompson 37-35—72
Dicky Pride 38-34—72
Seung-Yul Noh 34-38—72
Jim Herman 36-36—72
Jason Gore 31-42—73
Cameron Tringale 36-37—73
Greg Chalmers 35-38—73
Vijay Singh 34-39—73
Charlie Wi 36-37—73
Ryo Ishikawa 38-35—73
Luke Guthrie 37-36—73
Scott Langley 35-38—73
Kevin Shields 36-37—73
Stephen Ames 37-37—74
Robert Allenby 37-37—74
Bud Cauley 35-39—74
Jesper Parnevik 36-38—74
Justin Bolli 34-40—74
Paul Haley II 38-36—74
Boo Weekley 37-37—74
Phil Mickelson 35-39—74
Doug LaBelle II 38-36—74
Ryan Zylstra 37-37—74
John Daly 39-36—75
Jonathan Byrd 38-37—75
Pat Carter 36-39—75
Wes Short Jr. 36-39—75
Eric Meierdierks 38-37—75
David Hearn 37-39—76
Colt Knost 37-39—76
Steve LeBrun 35-41—76
Darron Stiles 37-40—77
Scott Verplank 36-41—77
Aaron Baddeley 39-38—77
Kyle Stanley 40-37—77
Alstom Open de France
Thursday’s first-round scores
Anders Hansen, Denmark 35-31—66
Romain Wattel, France 33-34—67
Felipe Aguilar, Chile 34-34—68
Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 32-36—68
Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 38-30—68
Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 34-34—68
Matthew Nixon, England 34-34—68
Estanislao Goya, Argentina 35-33—68
Martin Kaymer, Germany 34-34—68
Victor Dubuisson, France 33-35—68
Richard Sterne, South Africa 34-34—68
Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark 35-34—69
Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 35-34—69
Richie Ramsay, Scotland 36-33—69
Scott Jamieson, Scotland 35-34—69
Graeme McDowell, N. Ireland 34-35—69
Gregory Bourdy, France 35-34—69
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 34-35—69
Alexander Levy, France 36-33—69
Richard Green, Australia 35-34—69
David Howell, England 35-34—69
Marc Warren, Scotland 35-34—69
James Morrison, England 34-35—69
Also
Matt Kuchar, United States 37-33—70
Luke Donald, England 34-37—71
Francesco Molinari, Italy 36-35—71
David Lynn, England 40-33—73
Matteo Manassero, Italy 34-39—73
Ian Poulter, England 33-40—73
Gonzalo Castano, Spain 38-36—74
Peter Uihlein, United States 37-38—75
Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 43-34—77
Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 37-41—78
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Assigned RHP Clayton Mortensen outright to Pawtucket (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Blake Wood to Columbus (IL) for a rehab assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Daryl Norris on a minor league contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent INF Eduardo Nunez to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Jose Mesa on a minor league contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned C Stephen Vogt to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Dan Straily from Sacramento.
TEXAS RANGERS — Sent RHP Joakim Soria to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed OF Jordan Schafer on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Joey Terdoslavich from Gwinnett (IL).
MIAMI MARLINS — Designated C Miguel Olivo for assignment. Sent 2B Chris Valaika to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment. Optioned RHP Tom Koehler to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated RHP Henderson Alvarez from the 60-day DL. Transferred OF Matt Diaz to the 60-day DL.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with LHP Clay Zavada on a minor league contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Optioned C Jhonatan Solano to Syracuse (IL). Reinstated C Wilson Ramos from the 15-day DL.
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS — Released C Tom McAlpine.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Acquired OF Rian Kiniry from Long Island (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed LHP Aaron Correa. Released RHP Luke Anderson.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Sold the contract of INF Nate Samson to the Chicago Cubs.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Mike McGuire. Acquired OF Brandon Jones from Kansas City (AA) for a player to be named.
NEWARK BEARS — Signed OF Jereme Milons and RHP Leonard Giammanco.
Frontier League
ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Sent OF Jereme Milons to Newark (Can-Am) to complete an earlier trade. Signed OF Will Howard. Released INF Ray Hernandez.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Placed INF Louis Templeton on the suspended list.
United League
ALEXANDRIA ACES — Activated RHP Ryan Waters and INF Craig Littleman from the inactive list.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS — Named Brad Stevens coach.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DALLAS STARS — Traded LW Loui Eriksson, RWs Reilly Smith and Matt Fraser and D Joe Morrow to Boston for Cs Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley and D Ryan Button.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with D Keaton Ellerby on a one-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Named Stephane Waite goaltending coach. Agreed to terms with F Danny Briere on a two-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed Fs Patrik Elias and Dainius Zubrus.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed coach Paul MacLean to a three-year contract extension.
WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with G Al Montoya.
ECHL
READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with F Yannick Tifu.