TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France: Stage 12 NBCSN
GOLF
6:30 a.m. LPGA: Manulife Financial Classic (first round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: John Deere Classic (first round) TGC
10 a.m. USGA: U.S. Senior Open Championship (first round) ESPN2
Noon Web.com Tour: Utah Championship (first round) TGC
11:30 p.m. European PGA Tour: Scottish Open (second round) TGC
Horse Racing
9:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit or Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees MLB
1 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta or Texas at Baltimore MLB
4 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers foxsp2
SOFTBALL
2 p.m. World Cup, round robin, United States vs. Canada ESPN
WNBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Los Angeles at Tulsa ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
9:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for New Hampshire 300 SPEED
10:30 a.m. IndyCar: Qualifying for Indy Toronto (same-day tape) NBCSN
BOXING
4 p.m. Junior featherweights: Drian Francisco vs. Chris Avalos ESPN2
CYCLING
2 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 13) NBCSN
GOLF
6:30 a.m. LPGA Tour: Manulife Financial Classic (second round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: John Deere Classic (second round) TGC
10 a.m. U.S. Senior Open (second round) ESPN2
Noon Web.com Tour: Utah Championship (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
9:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
10 a.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs WGN
1 p.m. Texas at Detroit or Cincinnati at Atlanta MLB
4 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle FOXSP
4 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
Noon Summer League: Atlanta vs. L.A. Clippers FOXSP2
SOCCER
2 p.m. MLS/Liga MX: Guadalajara at D.C. United ESPN2
SOFTBALL
2 p.m. World Cup: United States vs. Australia ESPN
* Tape delayed broadcast
Soccer
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal 9 4 4 31 31 25
Kansas City 8 5 6 30 26 19
New York 8 7 4 28 25 24
Philadelphia 7 6 6 27 29 29
Houston 7 6 5 26 20 18
New England 6 5 6 24 21 14
Columbus 6 8 5 23 23 23
Chicago 6 8 3 21 19 25
Toronto FC 2 8 7 13 17 24
D.C. 2 13 4 10 8 29
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 10 5 4 34 29 18
FC Dallas 8 4 7 31 27 24
Los Angeles 9 7 3 30 29 22
Portland 7 2 9 30 28 17
Vancouver 8 5 5 29 29 25
Colorado 7 7 6 27 23 22
Seattle 7 6 3 24 21 19
San Jose 5 9 6 21 20 32
Chivas USA 3 10 5 14 16 32
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s game
Chivas USA at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Montreal at New York, 1 p.m.
Houston at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Seattle FC at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Portland, 5 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Chicago at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
WNBA glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 10 2 .833 —
Chicago 9 4 .692 1½
New York 6 7 .462 4½ Washington 6 7 .462 4½
Indiana 4 7 .364 5½
Connecticut 3 8 .273 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 9 3 .750 —
Los Angeles 8 4 .667 1
Phoenix 8 6 .571 2
Seattle 5 8 .385 4½
San Antonio 4 8 .333 5
Tulsa 3 11 .214 7
Wednesday’s results
Chicago 89, Washington 85
San Antonio 88, Phoenix 80
Today’s games
Minnesota at Indiana, 6 a.m.
Los Angeles at Tulsa, 3 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Season Points
1, Tiger Woods, 2,380.000. 2, Matt Kuchar, 1,963.500. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 1,603.357. 4, Phil Mickelson, 1,517.500. 5, Billy Horschel, 1,459.289. 6, Justin Rose, 1,357.713. 7, Bill Haas, 1,320.083. 8, Kevin Streelman, 1,233.583. 9, Boo Weekley, 1,154.467. 10, Jason Day, 1,148.476.
Scoring Average
1, Tiger Woods, 69.082. 2, Justin Rose, 69.158. 3, Charl Schwartzel, 69.374. 4, Sergio Garcia, 69.545. 5, Adam Scott, 69.624. 6, Matt Kuchar, 69.652. 7, Luke Donald, 69.699. 8, Freddie Jacobson, 69.786. 9, Brandt Snedeker, 69.829. 10, Phil Mickelson, 69.877.
Driving Distance
1, Nicolas Colsaerts, 306.6. 2, Dustin Johnson, 304.9. 3, Luke List, 304.8. 4, Bubba Watson, 304.1. 5, Gary Woodland, 303.6. 6, Robert Garrigus, 303.5. 7, Jason Kokrak, 303.1. 8, Keegan Bradley, 302.6. 9, Ryan Palmer, 301.7. 10, Graham DeLaet, 301.1.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Jim Furyk, 71.21%. 2, Chez Reavie, 70.73%. 3, Tim Clark, 70.70%. 4, Ken Duke, 70.62%. 5, Jeff Maggert, 70.23%. 6, Henrik Stenson, 69.84%. 7, Mark Wilson, 69.39%. 8, Jerry Kelly, 69.30%. 9, Justin Hicks, 68.95%. 10, Jin Park, 68.53%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
1, Graham DeLaet, 72.38%. 2, Peter Tomasulo, 71.88%. 3, Henrik Stenson, 70.22%. 4, Nick Watney, 69.64%. 5, Ricky Barnes, 69.63%. 6 (tie), Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley, 69.62%. 8, Bill Haas, 69.54%. 9, Ross Fisher, 69.44%. 10, D.J. Trahan, 69.29%.
Total Driving
1, Justin Rose, 39. 2, Graham DeLaet, 46. 3, Henrik Stenson, 66. 4 (tie), Hunter Mahan and Keegan Bradley, 86. 6, D.J. Trahan, 93. 7, Billy Horschel, 94. 8, Boo Weekley, 97. 9, Kevin Chappell, 105. 10, Matt Jones, 110.
Strokes Gained – Putting
1, Greg Chalmers, .993. 2, Sergio Garcia, .989. 3, Stephen Ames, .897. 4, Tiger Woods, .833. 5, Aaron Baddeley, .780. 6, James Driscoll, .723. 7, Luke Donald, .717. 8, Peter Hanson, .702. 9, Bryce Molder, .679. 10, Russell Henley, .648.
Birdie Average
1, Phil Mickelson, 4.44. 2, Billy Horschel, 4.27. 3, Tiger Woods, 4.19. 4, Bubba Watson, 4.17. 5, Brandt Snedeker, 4.13. 6 (tie), Ryan Palmer and Charl Schwartzel, 4.08. 8, Charley Hoffman, 3.98. 9, Jimmy Walker, 3.96. 10, Justin Rose, 3.94.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, Tiger Woods, 82.3. 2, Dustin Johnson, 90.0. 3, Joe Ogilvie, 96.0. 4, Ernie Els, 102.0. 5, Michael Thompson, 103.5. 6, Jordan Spieth, 104.0. 7, Chris Kirk, 106.2. 8, Henrik Stenson, 108.0. 9, Patrick Reed, 109.8. 10, Robert Garrigus, 110.3.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Justin Rose, 70.45%. 2, K.J. Choi, 69.47%. 3, Rickie Fowler, 65.43%. 4, Stuart Appleby, 64.13%. 5, Steven Bowditch, 64.08%. 6, Matt Kuchar, 63.92%. 7, Lee Williams, 62.34%. 8, Cameron Tringale, 62.20%. 9, George Coetzee, 61.29%. 10, Casey Wittenberg, 61.11%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Tiger Woods, 182. 2, Justin Rose, 237. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 333. 4 (tie), Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy, 354. 6, Phil Mickelson, 355. 7, Charley Hoffman, 358. 8, Jordan Spieth, 365. 9, Billy Horschel, 367. 10, Russell Henley, 373.
lPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
1, Inbee Park, 69.67. 2, Stacy Lewis, 70.09. 3, Na Yeon Choi, 70.43. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 70.46. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.58. 6, I.K. Kim, 70.63. 7, So Yeon Ryu, 70.66. 8, Jessica Korda, 70.70. 9, Lizette Salas, 70.71. 10, Karrie Webb, 70.72.
Driving Distance
1, Nicole Smith, 274.9. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 271.6. 3, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 270.1. 4, Lexi Thompson, 270.0. 5, Marina Stuetz, 269.2. 6, Gerina Piller, 268.8. 7, Daniela Iacobelli, 267.6. 8, Jessica Korda, 267.4. 9, Yani Tseng, 265.7. 10, Karin Sjodin, 264.5.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, Suzann Pettersen, 74.40%. 2, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 73.80%. 3, Paula Creamer, 73.70%. 4, Chella Choi, 73.50%. 5, Stacy Lewis, 73.30%. 6, Azahara Munoz, 72.80%. 7, Jennifer Johnson, 72.80%. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 72.70%. 9, Jessica Korda, 72.60%. 10, Shanshan Feng, 72.50%.
Putting Average
1, Inbee Park, 1.702. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.749. 3, Jiyai Shin, 1.760. 4, Alison Walshe, 1.762. 5, Hee Kyung Seo, 1.764. 6, Ai Miyazato, 1.771. 7, Caroline Hedwall, 1.772. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 1.776. 9, Karrie Webb, 1.777. 10, Lizette Salas, 1.777.
Birdie Average
1, Stacy Lewis, 4.26. 2, Jessica Korda, 4.15. 3, Inbee Park, 4.12. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 3.80. 5 (tie), Karrie Webb and So Yeon Ryu, 3.72. 7, Jiyai Shin, 3.71. 8, Caroline Hedwall, 3.63. 9, Ai Miyazato, 3.58. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 3.55.
Eagle Average
1, Yani Tseng, .234. 2, Dori Carter, 222. 3 (tie), Pat Hurst and Danah Bordner, .200. 5, Wendy Ward, .192. 6, Amy Hung, .179. 7, Brittany Lincicome, .178. 8, Lauren Doughtie, .172. 9, Mi Hyang Lee, .167. 10, Lexi Thompson, .163.
Sand Save Percentage
1 (tie), Jennifer Song and Paz Echeverria, 63.64%. 3, Morgan Pressel, 61.40%. 4, Yani Tseng, 61.19%. 5, Inbee Park, 61.11%. 6, Moira Dunn, 60.87%. 7 (tie), Dewi Claire Schreefel and Danielle Kang, 60.00%. 9, Beatriz Recari, 59.57%. 10, Mo Martin, 59.52%.
Rounds Under Par
1, Inbee Park, .694. 2, Stacy Lewis, .684. 3, Jiyai Shin, .646. 4, Karrie Webb, .617. 5, Suzann Pettersen, .614. 6, Shanshan Feng, .595. 7, Paula Creamer, .592. 8, Beatriz Recari, .588. 9, Jessica Korda, .574. 10, I.K. Kim, .571.
Champions Tour Statistics
Charles Schwab Cup
1, Kenny Perry, 1,508 Points. 2, David Frost, 1,417. 3, Fred Couples, 1,301. 4, Bernhard Langer, 1,291. 5, Duffy Waldorf, 982. 6, Michael Allen, 856. 7, John Cook, 795. 8, Kohki Idoki, 756. 9, Esteban Toledo, 734. 10, Russ Cochran, 732.
Scoring Average (Actual)
1, Fred Couples, 67.65. 2, Bernhard Langer, 69.13. 3, David Frost, 69.51. 4, Kenny Perry, 69.53. 5, Tom Lehman, 69.59. 6, Duffy Waldorf, 69.94. 7, Tom Pernice Jr., 69.97. 8, Russ Cochran, 70.06. 9, Michael Allen, 70.10. 10, Jay Haas, 70.13.
Driving Distance
1, John Huston, 293.7. 2, Fred Couples, 292.1. 3, Kenny Perry, 285.0. 4 (tie), Steve Elkington and Chie-Hsiang Lin, 281.0. 6, Neal Lancaster, 280.2. 7, Duffy Waldorf, 279.7. 8, Tom Lehman, 279.4. 9, Russ Cochran, 279.3. 10, Steve Lowery, 278.9.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Jeff Hart, 85.20%. 2, Fred Funk, 81.39%. 3, Bart Bryant, 81.03%. 4, Hale Irwin, 79.31%. 5, Mark McNulty, 77.46%. 6, Corey Pavin, 77.34%. 7, Peter Jacobsen, 76.79%. 8, Wayne Levi, 76.73%. 9, Blaine McCallister, 76.34%. 10, Tom Lehman, 75.86%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
1, Tom Lehman, 77.78%. 2, Fred Couples, 77.50%. 3, Bernhard Langer, 75.08%. 4, Gene Sauers, 74.15%. 5, Bart Bryant, 73.95%. 6, David Frost, 73.49%. 7, John Cook, 73.02%. 8, Rocco Mediate, 72.22%. 9, Duffy Waldorf, 71.70%. 10, Kenny Perry, 71.58%.
Total Driving
1, Tom Lehman, 18. 2, Kenny Perry, 21. 3, Russ Cochran, 25. 4, Bernhard Langer, 27. 5, Tom Watson, 29. 6, Fred Couples, 46. 7, Mark Calcavecchia, 53. 8, Bart Bryant, 54. 9, Fred Funk, 55. 10, Steve Elkington, 58.
Putting Average
1, Fred Couples, 1.706. 2, David Frost, 1.721. 3, Tom Pernice Jr., 1.724. 4 (tie), Bernhard Langer and Kenny Perry, 1.734. 6, Michael Allen, 1.743. 7, Esteban Toledo, 1.746. 8, Corey Pavin, 1.749. 9, Chien Soon Lu, 1.758. 10, Mark O’Meara, 1.759.
Birdie Average
1, Fred Couples, 5.35. 2, David Frost, 4.51. 3, Bernhard Langer, 4.38. 4, Michael Allen, 4.23. 5, Kenny Perry, 4.17. 6, Tom Pernice Jr., 4.08. 7 (tie), Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin and Duffy Waldorf, 3.97. 10, Esteban Toledo, 3.94.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, Mark O’Meara, 63.8. 2, John Huston, 66.0. 3, Kenny Perry, 90.0. 4, Tom Watson, 102.0. 5, Russ Cochran, 122.4. 6, Craig Stadler, 139.5. 7, Bernhard Langer, 140.4. 8 (tie), Tommy Armour III and Larry Nelson, 144.0. 10, 2 tied with 153.0.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Fred Couples, 70.97%. 2, Tom Pernice Jr., 62.16%. 3, Gary Hallberg, 61.11%. 4, Gene Jones, 59.09%. 5, Michael Allen, 58.49%. 6, Corey Pavin, 58.06%. 7 (tie), Jeff Hart, Scott Hoch and Steve Jones, 57.14%. 10, Dana Quigley, 55.56%.
All-Around Ranking
1, Fred Couples, 70. 2, Bernhard Langer, 88. 3, Kenny Perry, 100. 4, David Frost, 121. 5, Russ Cochran, 133. 6, Tom Watson, 146. 7, Mark O’Meara, 163. 8, Tom Lehman, 170. 9, Duffy Waldorf, 185. 10, John Cook, 190.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated LHP Wei-Yin Chen from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Josh Stinson from Norfolk (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Selected the contract of RHP Sonny Gray from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned RHP Dan Straily to Sacramento.
National League
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned RHP Johnny Hellweg to Wisconsin (MWL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Signed INF Erich Weiss to a minor league contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Announced the resignation of executive vice president, team marketing and business operations Chris Granger, to become the president of the Sacramento Kings, effective Aug. 1. Announced the resignation executive vice president, basketball operations, Stu Jackson. Named Rod Thorn president, basketball operations.
ATLANTA HAWKS—Signed F Paul Millsap to a two-year contract.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Signed C Al Jefferson and C Cody Zeller. Waived F Tyrus Thomas.
CHICAGO BULLS—Signed G-F Mike Dunleavy, G Tony Snell and F Erik Murphy.
DETROIT PISTONS—Signed F Josh Smith to a four-year contract.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Picked up the 2014-15 option on the coach Mark Jackson.
INDIANA PACERS—Re-signed F David West. Signed G C.J. Watson.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Acquired G J.J. Redick from Milwaukee and sent G Eric Bledsoe and F Caron Butler to Phoenix. Los Angeles received F-G Jared Dudley from Phoenix and Milwaukee received two future second-round draft picks. Re-signed G Chris Paul to a five-year contract and F Matt Barnes and C Ryan Hollins.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Re-signed C Robert Sacre.
MIAMI HEAT—Re-signed C-F Chris Andersen to a one-year contract.
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS—Waived F Lance Thomas. Renounced their rights to F Lou Amundson, G Xavier Henry and G Roger Mason Jr. Signed C Greg Stiemsma.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Re-signed G Pablo Prigioni to a multiyear contract.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Acquired F Thomas Robinson from Houston for the rights to F Kostas Papnikolaou and F-C Marko Todorovic and two future second-round picks. Signed F Dorell Wright.
TORONTO RAPTORS—Traded C Andrea Bargnani to the New York for F Steve Novak, C Marcus Camby, G-F Quentin Richardson, a 2016 first-round draft pick and second-round draft picks in 2014 and 2017.
UTAH JAZZ—Acquired C Andris Biedrins, F Richard Jefferson, G Brandon Rush, 2014 and 2017 first-round draft picks and 2016 and 2017 second-round picks from Golden State and a 2018 second-round pick and cash considerations from Denver. Re-signed G Randy Foye and traded him to Denver and sent G Kevin Murphy to Golden State. Golden State received G Andre Iguodala from Denver and sent the Nuggets a 2018 second-round draft pick.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Signed G Eric Maynor. Re-signed G Garrett Temple and F Martell Webster.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DETROIT LIONS—Signed QB Matthew Stafford to a three-year contract extension to 2017.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived TE/LS Kyle Nelson.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Alex Grant to a one-year contract.
BOSTON BRUINS—Signed G Tuukka Rask to an eight-year contract.
CALGARY FLAMES—Signed C Mikael Backlund to a two-year contract.
EDMONTON OILERS—Acquired F David Perron from St. Louis for LW Magnus Paajarvi and a 2014 second-round draft pick.
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed LW Maxim Kitsyn to a three-year entry level contract and RW Brian O’Neill to a one-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed F Gabriel Dumont to a two-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Re-signed D Marek Zidlicky.
NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with D Justin Falk.
OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed D Mark Borowiecki to a two-year contract and F David Dziurzynski to a one-year contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Named Newell Brown assistant coach.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed F Matt D’Agostini to a one-year contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Named Joe Will general manager of Worcester (AHL). Promoted Jon Gustafson to vice president of business operations for Worcester. Re-signed G Alex Stalock and F Matt Pelech to a one-year contract. Signed D Rob Davison and D Adam Comrie to one-year contracts.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed D Karl Alzner to a four-year contract. Re-signed F Peter LeBlanc to a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE—Named Mark Whitworth associate commissioner for men’s basketball.
ALABAMA—Named Mike McGraw men’s assistant golf coach.
MISSISSIPPI—Suspended senior men’s basketball G Marshall Henderson indefinitely for a violation of team rules.
RUTGERS—Named Trey Miller assistant director of athletic communications.
TCU—Named of Bill Mosiello associate head baseball coach and Kirk Saarloos baseball recruiting coordinator.
TENNESSEE—Named Patrick Lawson director of softball operations.
VIRGINIA TECH—Dismissed RB Michael Holmes.