TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m. World Series (championship game) ESPN2
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees or Chicago White Sox at Minnesota MLB
8:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN
9 a.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
1 p.m. Detroit at Boston ESPN
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP
OLYMPICS
1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO
3 a.m. Men’s soccer (qualifying) MSNBC
Women’s basketball (qualifying)
Boxing
Weightlifting (gold medal finals)
Women’s sabre (gold medal final)
Men’s table tennis (singles quarterfinals)
Women’s handball (qualifying)
Badminton (qualifying)
3 a.m. Men’s soccer (Mexico vs. Switzerland, Brazil vs. New TELEMUNDO
Zealand, Britain vs. Uruguay)
Swimming (qualifying)
Tennis
Boxing
9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Women’s volleyball (United States vs. China)
Women’s water polo (United States vs. Spain)
Cycling (individual time trial)
Rowing (gold medal final)
Men’s canoeing (whitewater K-1 final)
11 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Swimming (Men’s 200-meter breaststroke, men’s 100-meter NBC
freestyle, women’s 200-meter butterfly, women’s
4×200-meter freestyle relay)
Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)
Beach volleyball (qualifying round)
Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)
9 p.m. Swimming (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO
Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)
Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)
10 p.m. Men’s basketball NBCSP
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (qualifying)
Women’s field hockey (United States vs. Australia)
Boxing
Men’s table tennis (singles semifinals)
Men’s shooting (double trap final)
Women’s archery (individual final)
10:30 p.m. Swimming (semifinals) NBC
Women’s table tennis (singles final)
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
5:30 a.m. Web.com Tour: Cox Classic (first round) TGC
8 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Bridgestone Invitational (first round) TGC
12:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Reno-Tahoe Open (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington or Miami at Atlanta MLB
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP
OLYMPICS
1 a.m. Tennis (singles quarters, doubles semis) BRAVO
3 a.m. Men’s basketball (qualifying) MSNBC
Men’s water polo (qualifying)
Women’s field hockey (qualifying)
Men’s handball (qualifying)
Badminton (semifinals)
Women’s judo (gold medal final)
Equestrian (dressage qualifying)
6 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) TELEMUNDO
Boxing
Men’s volleyball (qualifying)
Tennis (singles quarters, doubles semis)
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s basketball (qualifying)
9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC
Beach volleyball (qualifying)
Men’s volleyball (United States vs. Brazil)
Men’s water polo (United States vs. Britain)
Cycling (track gold medal final)
Rowing (gold medal final)
Canoeing (whitewater men’s C-2 final)
11 a.m. Boxing CNBC
6 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (all-around final) NBC
Swimming (women’s 200-meter breaststroke, women’s
100-meter freestyle, men’s 200-meter backstroke, men’s
200-meter individual medley
9 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (all-around final) TELEMUNDO
Swimming (gold medal finals)
10 p.m. Women’s basketball (qualifying) NBCSP
Women’s soccer (quarterfinals)
Beach volleyball
Women’s volleyball (qualifying)
Boxing
Men’s archery (individual final)
Men’s shooting (50-meter prone rifle final)
10:30 p.m. Women’s canoeing (whitewater K-1 final) NBC
Men’s table tennis (singles final)
SOCCER
4:30 p.m. World Football Challenge: Real Madrid at Los Angeles ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 5 6 38 32 38
Houston 10 7 5 33 25 37
Kansas City 11 4 7 27 21 37
D.C. 10 3 7 34 27 33
Chicago 9 5 7 23 23 32
Columbus 8 4 7 20 20 28
Montreal 8 3 13 33 43 27
Philadelphia 7 2 10 22 22 23
New England 6 5 10 26 27 23
Toronto FC 5 4 12 24 38 19
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28
Real Salt Lake 13 7 3 42 35 27
Seattle 9 5 7 34 27 22
Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28
Los Angeles 10 10 3 33 39 35
Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21
Colorado 7 14 1 22 28 32
FC Dallas 5 11 7 22 25 31
Portland 5 12 4 19 19 36
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s game
New York at Houston, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Columbus at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Kansas City at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s game
FC Dallas at Portland, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
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
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,131.563. 2, Zach Johnson, 1,987.960. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,888.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,724.550. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,661.714. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,527.450. 7, Ernie Els, 1,402.242. 8, Carl Pettersson, 1,385.250. 9, Rory McIlroy, 1,381.500. 10, Webb Simpson, 1,377.900.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.90. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.07. 3, Adam Scott, 69.27. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.41. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.44. 6, Padraig Harrington, 69.45. 7, Zach Johnson, 69.48. 8, Rory McIlroy, 69.55. 9, Justin Rose, 69.57. 10, Lee Westwood, 69.58.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 313.7. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.4. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Kyle Stanley, 306.3. 7, Dustin Johnson, 305.5. 8, Graham DeLaet, 305.0. 9, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.5. 10, Jason Day, 304.4.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Graeme McDowell, 70.63%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 4, Jim Furyk, 69.64%. 5, Ben Curtis, 69.54%. 6, Tim Clark, 69.18%. 7, Mark Wilson, 69.01%. 8, Hunter Mahan, 68.74%. 9, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 10, Brian Davis, 68.60%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 71.46%. 2, Lee Westwood, 70.49%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70.43%. 4, Justin Rose, 70.05%. 5, John Senden, 69.44%. 6, Jason Dufner, 69.25%. 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, 54. 2, John Rollins, 69. 3, Hunter Mahan, 73. 4, Tiger Woods, 81. 5, Chris Couch, 85. 6, Brandt Jobe, 88. 7, Billy Horschel, 89. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 96. 9, Jason Dufner, 101. 10, Keegan Bradley, 102.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Zach Johnson, .823. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Brandt Snedeker, .783. 4, Luke Donald, .758. 5, Ben Curtis, .733. 6, Martin Flores, .683. 7, Bryce Molder , .681. 8, Brian Gay, .664. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Derek Lamely, .614.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.13. 2, Bubba Watson, 4.05. 3, Jason Dufner, 4.03. 4, Ben Crane, 4.00. 5, Zach Johnson, 3.98. 6, Brandt Snedeker, 3.96. 7, Keegan Bradley, 3.94. 8, Martin Laird, 3.93. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Rory McIlroy, 3.90.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 2, Gary Woodland, 86.7. 3, Bubba Watson, 88.0. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 103.5. 6, Ben Crane, 104.4. 7, Nick Watney, 104.7. 8 (tie), Charles Howell III and Rory McIlroy, 108.0. 10, James Driscoll, 109.6.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Brian Gay, 64.29%. 3, Lee Westwood, 63.79%. 4, Greg Chalmers, 63.71%. 5, Jim Furyk, 63.06%. 6, Martin Flores, 62.50%. 7, Rocco Mediate, 61.04%. 8, David Toms, 61.02%. 9, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 60.42%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 254. 2, Lee Westwood, 264. 3, Jason Dufner, 284. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 289. 5, Justin Rose, 314. 6, Zach Johnson, 326. 7, Bubba Watson, 327. 8, John Senden, 347. 9, Matt Kuchar, 350. 10, Tiger Woods, 363.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Traded RHP Matt Albers and OF Scott Podsednik to Arizona for LHP Craig Breslow. Traded 1B/OF Lars Anderson to Cleveland for RHP Steven Wright.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Traded RHP Jonathan Broxton to Cincinnati for LHP Donnie Joseph and RHP J.C. Sulbaran.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated RHP Joba Chamberlain from the 60-day DL. Traded RHP Chad Qualls to Pittsburgh for INF Casey McGehee and cash considerations.
TEXAS RANGERS — Designated C Yorvit Torrealba for assignment.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Moises Sierra from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Evan Crawford and RHP Joel Carreno to Las Vegas.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Tommy Hanson on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Cory Gearrin from Gwinnett (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Traded C Geovany Soto and cash to Texas for RHP Jake Brigham and a player to be named or cash. Traded RHP Ryan Dempster to Texas for INF Christian Vilanueva and RHP Kyle Hendricks. Recalled INF Adrian Cardenas, C Welington Castillo and RHP Casey Coleman from Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled RHP Todd Redmond from Louisville (IL). Placed LHP Bill Bray on the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Andrew Brackman for assignment.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated INF Jonathan Herrera from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Tommy Field and 2B Charlie Culberson to Colorado Springs (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Designated LHP Michael Antonini for assignment.
MIAMI MARLINS — Traded RHP Edward Mujica to St. Louis for INF Zack Cox. Traded INF Gaby Sanchez and RHP Kyle Kaminska to Pittsburgh OF Gorkys Hernandez and a 2013 competitive balance lottery draft pick.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned 2B Edwin Maysonet to Nashville (PCL) and OF Brock Kjeldgaard to Brevard County (FSL) outright.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded OF Shane Victorino to the L.A. Dodgers for RHP Josh Lindblom, RHP Ethan Martin and player to be named or cash considerations. Traded OF Hunter Pence and cash considerations to San Francisco for OF Nate Schierholtz, C Tommy Joseph and RHP Seth Rosin. Reinstated C Brian Schneider from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Domonic Brown from Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled RHP Daniel McCutchen from Indianapolis (IL). Designated OF Drew Sutton for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed C Yasmani Grandal on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Eddy Rodriguez from Lake Elsinore (Cal). Transferred RHP Anthony Bass to the 60-day DL.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated OF Chad Tracy for the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Corey Brown to Syracuse (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS — Signed C Jason Collins, G Jamar Smith and G Dionte Christmas. Re-signed G Keyon Dooling.
CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G Nate Robinson.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Re-signed F Brandon Rush to a two-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Maalik Wayns.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended N.Y. Giants S Tyler Sash four games for violation of the league’s performance enhancing drug policy and Green Bay LB Erik Walden one game for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed coach Marvin Lewis to a two-year contract extension through the 2014 season.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived CB T.J. Heath. Signed CB Leigh Torrence.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed OT Ray Willis. Waived FB Taylor Gentry.
NEW YORK JETS — Announced T Jeff Otah failed his physical and will be returned to Carolina.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed WR Paul Cox to a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Activated G Joe Looney from the active/non-football injury list.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed WR Braylon Edwards to a one-year contract. Waived PK Carson Wiggs.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with WR Kendall Wright on a four-year contract.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed OL Jordan Black. Waived LB Jonathan Goff.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LB Dustin Doe.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Agreed to terms with RW Patrick Kaleta.
DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed F Martin Frk to a three-year, entry-level contract.
American Hockey League
PEORIA RIVERMEN — Named Scott Allen assistant coach.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
EDMONTON RUSH — Designated franchise tags on F Ryan Ward and F Aaron Wilson.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
L.A. GALAXY — Agreed to loan F Chad Barrett to Valerenga (Norwegian Premier).
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed D Babajide Ogunbiyi.
COLLEGE
NCAA — Added a one-year postseason ban and two extra years probation for UCF’s football and men’s basketball programs.
NEWBERRY — Named Matt Finley interim athletic director.
NOTRE DAME — Suspended QB Tommy Rees and LB Carlo Calabrese one game for their arrest at an off-campus party in May.
PENN STATE — Announced RB Silas Redd is transferring to Southern Cal.
SOUTH CAROLINA — Suspended QB Tanner McEvoy.
STONY BROOK — Signed baseball coach Matt Senk to a contract extension through the 2017 season.
TEXAS-TYLER — Named Chris Bertrand baseball coach.