thursday’s TV SCHEDULE
thursday’s TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
Midnight Tour de France (Stage 18) NBCSN
GOLF
10 p.m. British Open (second round) ESPN
1 a.m. British Open (second round) ESPN
8 a.m. LPGA Tour: Marathon Classic (first round) TGC
10 a.m. PGA Tour: Sanderson Farms Championship (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
WNBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BOXING
4 p.m. Super middleweights: Badou Jack vs. Farah Ennis SHO
Lightweights: Mickey Bey vs. John Molina
4:30 p.m. Junior welterweights: Olusegun Ajose vs. Hank Lundy ESPN2
CYCLING
Midnight Tour de France (Stage 19) NBCSN
GOLF
1 a.m. British Open (second round) ESPN
8 a.m. LPGA Tour: Marathon Classic (second round) TGC
10 a.m. PGA Tour: Sanderson Farms Championship (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston or Tampa Bay at Toronto MLB
1 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Washington FOXSP2
4 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels FOXSP
2:30 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Colorado WGN
SOCCER
2:25 p.m. Liga MX: Morelia at Queretaro ESPN2
* Tape-delayed broadcast
Soccer
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 9 5 6 33 29 19
Montreal 9 5 4 31 31 29
New York 9 7 4 31 29 24
Philadelphia 8 6 6 30 32 30
Houston 8 6 5 29 22 19
New England 6 7 6 24 23 18
Columbus 6 8 5 23 23 23
Chicago 6 9 3 21 20 28
Toronto FC 2 10 7 13 17 28
D.C. 2 13 4 10 8 29
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 11 5 4 37 32 18
Portland 8 2 9 33 30 18
Vancouver 9 5 5 32 32 26
FC Dallas 8 5 7 31 27 27
Los Angeles 9 8 3 30 30 24
Colorado 8 7 6 30 25 23
Seattle 7 7 3 24 21 20
San Jose 6 9 6 24 21 32
Chivas USA 4 11 5 17 18 35
NOTE: Three points for victory one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
Colorado 2, New England 1
Chivas USA 1, Toronto FC 0
Saturday’s games
New York at Toronto FC, 10 a.m.
Colorado at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.
FC Dallas at Montreal, 1 p.m.
New England at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Portland at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
WNBA glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 10 4 .714 —
Chicago 10 4 .714 —
Washington 8 7 .533 2½
New York 6 8 .429 4
Indiana 5 8 .385 4½
Connecticut 4 9 .308 5½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 11 3 .786 —
Los Angeles 11 4 .733 ½
Phoenix 8 7 .533 3½
Seattle 6 9 .400 5½
San Antonio 4 11 .267 7½
Tulsa 4 13 .235 8½
Tuesday’s results
Washington 86, San Antonio 64
Wednesday’s results
Tulsa 86, Seattle 59
Los Angeles 77, Atlanta 73
Today’s games
Chicago at New York, 5 a.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Friday’s games
Washington at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 2 p.m.
Connecticut at Tulsa, 2 p.m.
golf
PGA Tour Statistics
Through July 14
c 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, 1,259.083. 9, Boo Weekley, 1,195.967. 10, Jason Day, 1,148.476.
c 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.
c Driving Distance
1, Nicolas Colsaerts, 306.6. 2 (tie), Luke List and Gary Woodland, 305.7. 4, Dustin Johnson, 304.9. 5, Bubba Watson, 304.1. 6, Robert Garrigus, 303.5. 7, Keegan Bradley, 303.3. 8, Jason Kokrak, 303.1. 9, Eric Meierdierks, 302.0. 10, Ryan Palmer, 301.7.
c Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Jim Furyk, 71.21%. 2, Chez Reavie, 71.14%. 3, Ken Duke, 70.77%. 4, Tim Clark , 70.70%. 5, Jerry Kelly, 70.43%. 6, Mark Wilson, 70.29%. 7, Jeff Maggert, 70.23%. 8, Henrik Stenson, 69.84%. 9, Justin Hicks, 69.74%. 10, Jin Park, 69.01%.
c Greens in Regulation Percentage
1, Graham DeLaet, 72.38%. 2, Peter Tomasulo, 71.88%. 3, Henrik Stenson, 70.22%. 4, Boo Weekley, 70.10%. 5, Ricky Barnes, 69.89%. 6, Bubba Watson, 69.62%. 7, Bill Haas, 69.54%. 8 (tie), Nick Watney and Ross Fisher, 69.44%. 10, Kevin Stadler, 69.31%.
c Total Driving
1, Justin Rose, 41. 2, Graham DeLaet, 49. 3, Keegan Bradley, 72. 4, Henrik Stenson, 74. 5, D.J. Trahan, 85. 6, Matt Jones, 93. 7 (tie), Hunter Mahan and Boo Weekley, 94. 9, Jordan Spieth, 97. 10, Jim Herman, 101.
c Strokes Gained – Putting
1, Sergio Garcia, .989. 2, Greg Chalmers, .938. 3, Stephen Ames, .847. 4, Tiger Woods, .833. 5, James Driscoll, .723. 6, Luke Donald, .717. 7, Aaron Baddeley, .711. 8, Bryce Molder, .709. 9, Peter Hanson, .702. 10, Russell Henley, .648.
c 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.
c Eagles (Holes per)
1, Tiger Woods, 82.3. 2, Dustin Johnson, 90.0. 3 (tie), Ernie Els and Joe Ogilvie, 102.0. 5, Michael Thompson, 103.5. 6, Patrick Reed, 106.4. 7, Henrik Stenson, 108.0. 8, Kevin Stadler, 109.8. 9, Robert Garrigus, 110.3. 10, Sergio Garcia, 111.6.
c Sand Save Percentage
1, Justin Rose, 70.45%. 2, K.J. Choi, 69.70%. 3, Rickie Fowler, 65.43%. 4, Steven Bowditch, 65.09%. 5, Stuart Appleby, 64.29%. 6, Matt Kuchar, 63.92%. 7, Cameron Tringale, 62.20%. 8, Tom Gillis, 62.16%. 9, Ben Crane, 62.00%. 10, Casey Wittenberg, 61.46%.
c All-Around Ranking
1, Tiger Woods, 194. 2, Justin Rose, 252. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 354. 4 (tie), Sergio Garcia and Rory McIlroy, 369. 6, Phil Mickelson, 371. 7, Charley Hoffman , 374. 8, Keegan Bradley, 381. 9, Billy Horschel, 385. 10, Bill
Haas, 393
LPGA TOUR STATISTICS
Through July 14
c Scoring
1, Inbee Park, 69.46. 2, Stacy Lewis, 69.84. 3, Suzann Pettersen, 70.11. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 70.12. 5, I.K. Kim, 70.38. 6 (tie), Jessica Korda and So Yeon Ryu, 70.40. 8, Lizette Salas, 70.50. 9, Karrie Webb, 70.55. 10, Paula Creamer, 70.58.
c Driving Distance
1, Nicole Smith, 274.9. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 271.6. 3, Lexi Thompson, 270.5. 4, Gerina Piller, 270.0. 5, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 269.4. 6, Daniela Iacobelli, 268.5. 7, Jessica Korda, 267.8. 8, Marina Stuetz, 266.1. 9, Yani Tseng, 265.6. 10, Alena Sharp, 265.4.
c Greens in Regulation Pct.
1, Suzann Pettersen, 75.10%. 2, Chella Choi, 74.30%. 3, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 74.30%. 4, Paula Creamer, 74.20%. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 74.10%. 6, Stacy Lewis, 73.90%. 7, Jessica Korda, 73.70%. 8, Jennifer Johnson, 73.70%. 9, So Yeon Ryu, 73.40%. 10, Gerina Piller, 72.80%.
c Putting Average
1, Inbee Park, 1.699. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.748. 3, Jiyai Shin, 1.760. 4, Hee Kyung Seo, 1.769. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 1.771. 6, Haeji Kang, 1.771. 7, Lizette Salas, 1.771. 8, Ai Miyazato, 1.771. 9, Caroline Hedwall, 1.772. 10, Yani Tseng, 1.773.
c Birdie Average
1, Stacy Lewis, 4.33. 2, Jessica Korda, 4.18. 3, Inbee Park, 4.15. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 3.91. 5, Karrie Webb, 3.82. 6, So Yeon Ryu, 3.80. 7, Jiyai Shin, 3.71. 8, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 9, Caroline Hedwall, 3.63. 10, Hee Young Park, 3.60.
c Eagle Average
1, Yani Tseng, .245. 2, Mi Hyang Lee, .235. 3, Karlin Beck, .231. 4, Pat Hurst, .222. 5, Dori Carter, .207. 6, Danah Bordner, .185. 7 (tie), Amy Hung and Wendy Ward, .179. 9, Brittany Lincicome, .178. 10, Lexi Thompson, .176.
c Sand Save Percentage
1, Paz Echeverria, 63.64%. 2, Karen Stupples, 61.54%. 3, Dewi Claire Schreefel, 61.22%. 4, Esther Choe, 61.11%. 5, Morgan Pressel, 60.66%. 6 (tie), Moira Dunn and Jennifer Song, 60.42%. 8, Brooke Pancake, 60.00%. 9, Yani Tseng, 59.72%. 10, Danielle Kang, 59.68%.
c Rounds Under Par
1, Inbee Park, .717. 2, Stacy Lewis, .705. 3 (tie), Jiyai Shin and Suzann Pettersen, .646. 5, Karrie Webb, .627. 6, Jessica Korda, .608. 7, I.K. Kim, .604. 8 (tie), Karine Icher and Lizette Salas, .600. 10,
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
TEXAS RANGERS—Announced the resignation of president of business operations Rick George to become director of athletics at Colorado.
National League
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Named Mike Dee president and chief executive officer.
South Atlantic League
KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS—Transferred C Angel Rosario to Bristol (Appalachian).
American Association
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Acquired INF Ryan Brockett from Schaumburg (FL) for future considerations.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Released INF Kody Hightower.
LAREDO LEMURS—Signed OF Daniel Poma.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Signed C Anthony Armenio.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released OF Marc Bourgeois.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed G Jordan Farmar.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Signed G-F Carlos Delfino and C Zaza Puchulia.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Bought out the contract of C Marcus Camby and place him on waivers. Announced they were using their amnesty provision on F Linas Kleiza.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DALLAS COWBOYS—Waived OT J.B. Shugarts and QB Dalton Williams.
DETROIT LIONS—Released RB Jahvid Best.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed K Lawrence Tynes.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with F Kyle Beach on a one-year contract.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Rich Clune to a two-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Traded D Brandon McDonald to Real Salt Lake for a 2014 third-round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional 2015 draft pick.
NASL
FORT LAUDERDALE STRIKERS—Named Gunter Kronsteiner coach.
COLLEGE
CASTLETON STATE—Announced the resignation of men’s ice hockey coach Alex Todd, to take an assistant coaching position at Nebraska-Omaha.
COLORADO—Named Rick George athletic director, effective Aug. 12.
JAMES MADISON—Named Rob Summers men’s basketball director of basketball operations.
MICHIGAN—Signed men’s basketball coach John Beilein to a three-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.
MINNESOTA—Announced the NCAA approved a transfer waiver for G Malik Smith, who will be able to play this season.
SETON HALL—Named Devin Jefferson women’s associate head basketball coach.
ST. JOHN’S (NY)—Named Alioune Ndiaye video coordinator.
STANFORD—Signed women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer to a contract extension.
WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH—Announced the resignation of softball coach Cindy Suess.
WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER—Named Daryl Keone Agpalsa offensive line coach.
WOFFORD—Named Darris Nichols men’s basketball assistant coach.