Scoreboard Aug. 7
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
10 a.m. Tour of Utah FOXSP
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
11 a.m. Southwest Regional semifinal ESPN2
2 p.m. Southwest Regional semifinal ESPN2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit or Texas at Boston MLB
4 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland FOXSP
OLYMPICS
3 a.m. Beach volleyball (semifinals) MSNBC
Women’s volleyball (quarterfinals)
Women’s water polo (semifinals)
Wrestling (gold medal finals)
Women’s table tennis (team final)
3 a.m. Men’s soccer (semifinals) TELEMUNDO
Men’s boxing (quarterfinals)
Track and field (qualifying)
Men’s diving (springboard semifinals)
Women’s volleyball (quarterfinals)
Synchronized swimming (duet final)
Beach volleyball (semifinals)
9 a.m. Track and field (qualifying) NBC
Beach volleyball (semifinals)
Women’s volleyball (quarterfinals)
Men’s diving (springboard semifinals)
Women’s water polo (semifinals)
Cycling (track gold medal finals)
Canoeing (sprint qualifying heats)
11 a.m. Men’s boxing (quarterfinals) CNBC
6 p.m. Gymnastics (men’s parallel bars, men’s high bar, NBC
women’s balance beam, women’s floor exercise)
Track and field (women’s 100-meter hurdles, men’s 1,500-meter
run gold medal finals)
Beach volleyball (semifinals)
Men’s weightlifting (super heavyweight gold medal final)
9 p.m. Track and field (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO
Gymnastics (individual event finals)
Men’s diving (springboard final)
10:30 p.m. Men’s diving (springboard final) NBC
Track and field (gold medal finals)
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
9 a.m. U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship (first-round matches) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
5 a.m. Great Lakes Regional semifinal ESPN2
7 a.m. Southeast Regional semifinal ESPN
8 a.m. Great Lakes Regional semifinal ESPN2
12 p.m. Southeast Regional semifinal ESPN2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9:30 a.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland FOXSP
12:30 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Diego WGN
2 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis ESPN
4 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
Olympics
12 a.m. Men’s basketball (quarterfinals) NBCSP
Women’s field hockey (semifinals)
Men’s handball (quarterfinals)
Men’s table tennis (team bronze medal match)
3 a.m. Men’s volleyball (quarterfinals) MSNBC
Men’s water polo (quarterfinals)
Women’s boxing (semifinals)
Women’s wrestling (gold medal finals)
6 a.m. Men’s basketball (quarterfinals) TELEMUNDO
Track and field (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (quarterfinals)
Women’s beach volleyball (bronze medal match)
9 a.m. Track and field (qualifying) NBC
Men’s water polo (quarterfinals)
Cycling (men’s and women’s BMX qualifying)
Women’s beach volleyball (bronze medal match)
Equestrian (individual jumping final)
Canoeing (sprint gold medal final)
11 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Track and field (women’s 200-meter dash, women’s NBC
400-meter hurdles, women’s long jump, men’s 110-meter hurdles)
Women’s diving (platform qualifying)
Women’s beach volleyball (quarterfinals)
9 p.m. Track and field (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO
Women’s diving (platform qualifying)
Women’s beach volleyball (final)
10:05 p.m. Track and field (qualifying) NBC
Men’s table tennis (team final)
SOCCER
2 p.m. World Football Challenge: Real Madrid vs. AC Milan ESPN2
SOFTBALL
10 a.m. Big League World Series (championship game) ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
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
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Houston 11 5 7 40 35 25
Kansas City 12 7 4 40 28 21
New York 11 7 5 38 38 34
D.C. 11 7 3 36 35 27
Chicago 10 7 5 35 25 24
Montreal 9 13 3 30 35 43
Columbus 8 8 4 28 20 21
Philadelphia 7 11 2 23 22 24
New England 6 11 5 23 26 28
Toronto FC 5 13 4 19 25 40
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28
Real Salt Lake 13 8 3 42 35 28
Seattle 10 5 7 37 31 22
Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28
Los Angeles 10 11 3 33 39 39
Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21
Colorado 8 14 1 25 29 32
FC Dallas 5 11 8 23 26 32
Portland 5 12 5 20 20 37
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s game
Houston at New York, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Toronto FC at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Colorado at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Seattle FC at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Montreal at New England, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 5 p.m.
Pro football
NFL Preseason Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0
New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0
San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 10
Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 17
Sunday’s result
New Orleans 17, Arizona 10
Thursday’s games
Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.
New Orleans at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Green Bay at San Diego, 2 p.m.
Denver at Chicago,2:30 p.m.
GOLF
PGA Tour stats
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,203.813. 2, Zach Johnson, 2,017.960. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,983.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,738.550. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,711.714. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,599.700. 7, Keegan Bradley, 1,522.396. 8, Rory McIlroy, 1,491.500. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,428.250. 10, Ernie Els, 1,426.242.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.85. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.02. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.24. 4, Rory McIlroy, 69.28. 5, Jason Dufner, 69.30. 6, Justin Rose, 69.39. 7, Adam Scott, 69.41. 8, Padraig Harrington, 69.45. 9, Zach Johnson, 69.51. 10, Bubba Watson, 69.52.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 316.6. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.4. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Rory McIlroy, 309.0. 7, Dustin Johnson, 308.1. 8, Kyle Stanley, 306.8. 9, Jason Day, 306.5. 10, Graham DeLaet, 305.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.87%. 4, Graeme McDowell, 69.64%. 5, Ben Curtis, 69.54%. 6, Tim Clark, 69.18%. 7, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 8, Brian Davis, 68.60%. 9, John Huh, 68.42%. 10, David Toms, 68.38%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 71.06%. 2, Justin Rose, 70.67%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 69.87%. 4, Lee Westwood, 69.60%. 5, John Senden, 69.44%. 6, Jason Dufner, 69.18%. 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, 50. 2, Hunter Mahan, 64. 3, John Rollins, 65. 4, Tiger Woods, 73. 5 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Jason Dufner, 78. 7, Brandt Jobe, 84. 8, Chris Couch, 85. 9, Billy Horschel, 90. 10, Keegan Bradley, 98.
lpga tour stats
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.
transactions
BASEBALL
MLB
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Cleveland minor league RHP Juan Nivar 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 — Reassigned OF Brandon Short from Charlotte (IL) to Winston-Salem (SAL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Claimed RHP Fabio Martinez off waivers from the L.A. Angels and optioned him to Carolina (Carolina).
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned INF Danny Worth to Toledo (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated 2B Yuniesky Betancourt for assignment. Selected the contract of 2B Tony Abreu from Omaha (PCL). Recalled LHP Francisley Bueno from Omaha.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled 2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka from Rochester (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Erasmo Ramirez to Tacoma (PCL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned INF Will Rhymes to Durham (IL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed C Henry Blanco on the 15-day DL. Claimed C Wil Nieves off waivers from Colorado.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated 3B Chris Nelson from the 15-day DL. Placed 1B Todd Helton on the 15-day DL.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Sanches on a minor league contract.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated OF Tony Gwynn Jr. for assignment. Recalled OF/1B Jerry Sands from Albuquerque (PCL). Named Janet Marie Smith senior vice president of planning and development.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled SS Jean Segura from Huntsville (TL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with 1B Jake Opitz on a minor league contract. Reinstated LHP Raul Valdes from the 15-day DL. Optioned 1B Hector Luna to Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent RHP Juan Cruz to Altoona (EL) for a rehab assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with OF Raymond Kruml on a minor league contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with OF Xavier Nady on a minor league contract. Claimed LHP Jose Mijares off waivers from Kansas City.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Assigned C Carlos Maldonado outright to Syracuse (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Ramses Rosario, OF Aldrem Corredor, OF Darryl Florentino and OF Luis Guzman on minor league contracts. Claimed SS Cesar Izturis off waivers from Milwaukee. Placed INF/OF Mark DeRosa on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 5. Designated LHP Atahualpa Severino for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed coach Keith Smart to a contract extension through the 2013-14 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed RB Richard Medlin.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Sandy Weil director of football analytics.
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Rashied Davis to a one-year contract. Placed WR Devin Thomas on the reserve/left team list.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived S Brodney Pool and CB Isaac Madison. Signed WR David Little and RB Javarris Williams.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S Jim Leonhard and LB Keith Brooking.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Agreed to terms with WR Justin Blackmon to a four-year contract.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR A.J. Love. Placed WR Greg Childs on the waived-injured list.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Waived DT Travis Ivey. Removed CB Ron Bartell from the non-football injury list.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed LB Adrian Moten. Waived WR Andrew Brewer
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived TE Chase Coffman. Signed LS Andrew DePaola.
