Scoreboard Aug. 6
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit ESPN
4 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland FOXSP
4 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
OLYMPICS
3 a.m. Beach volleyball (quartefinals) MSNBC
Men’s basketball (Spain vs. Brazil)
Wrestling (Greco Roman finals)
Table tennis (team semifinals)
6 a.m. Track and field (qualifying) TELEMUNDO
Men’s volleyball (qualifying)
Synchronized swimming (duet qualifying)
Beach volleyball (quarterfinals)
9 a.m. Track and field (qualifying) NBC
Men’s volleyball (United States vs. Tunisia)
Men’s water polo (United States vs. Hungary)
Cycling (track gold medal final)
Equestrian (team jumping final)
Synchronized swimming (duet qualifying)
Canoeing (sprint qualifying)
11 a.m. Men’s boxing (quarterfinals) CNBC
6 p.m. Gymnastics (men’s still rings, men’s vault, NBC
women’s uneven bars)
Track and field (men’s 400-meter dash, men’s 400-meter
hurdles, women’s pole vault)
Beach volleyball (quarterfinals)
Men’s diving (springboard qualifying)
9 p.m. Track and field (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO
Gymnastics (individual event finals)
Men’s diving (springboard qualifying)
Men’s boxing (quarterfinals)
10 p.m. Women’s basketball (quarterfinals) NBCSP
Men’s soccer (semifinals)
Men’s triathlon
Cycling (track)
Equestrian (team dressage final)
Synchronized swimming (duet final)
Men’s field hockey (qualifying)
10:30 p.m. Track and field (gold medal finals) NBC
Cycling (track)
TUESDAY’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)
* — 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 result
Houston 2, New York 0
Saturday’s results
Sporting Kansas City 1, New England 0
D.C. United 1, Columbus 0
Montreal 2, Philadelphia 0
Chicago 2, Toronto FC 1
Colorado 1, Real Salt Lake 0
Sunday’s results
Portland 1, FC Dallas 1, tie
Seattle FC 4, Los Angeles 0
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
BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
Sunday’s final-round scores
Keegan Bradley 67-69-67-64—267
Jim Furyk 63-66-70-69—268
Steve Stricker 68-68-68-64—268
Louis Oosthuizen 67-65-68-69—269
Rory McIlroy 70-67-67-68—272
Justin Rose 70-69-66-67—272
Jason Dufner 67-66-73-68—274
Aaron Baddeley 73-66-71-66—276
K.J. Choi 71-72-67-66—276
Luke Donald 66-69-71-70—276
Matt Kuchar 70-70-70-66—276
Lee Slattery 65-71-72-68—276
David Toms 68-67-73-68—276
Bo Van Pelt 70-69-66-71—276
Tiger Woods 70-72-68-66—276
Simon Dyson 66-71-70-70—277
John Senden 66-70-69-72—277
Kyle Stanley 69-73-68-67—277
3m Championship
Sunday’s final-round scores
Bernhard Langer 67-69-62—198
David Peoples 68-62-70—200
Olin Browne 68-67-66—201
Kenny Perry 69-68-64—201
Joel Edwards 66-69-67—202
Jeff Sluman 69-69-65—203
Tom Kite 69-67-68—204
Peter Senior 65-71-68—204
Craig Stadler 69-69-66—204
Mark Calcavecchia 71-68-66—205
Gil Morgan 65-73-67—205
Mark O’Meara 68-71-66—205
Steve Pate 65-71-69—205
Eduardo Romero 68-65-72—205
Joey Sindelar 68-71-66—205
Auto Racing
NASCAR-Sprint Cup
Pennsylvania 400
Sunday’s results
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (27) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 98 laps, 110.8 rating, 47 points, $233,011.
2. (4) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 98, 122.7, 43, $162,810.
3. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 98, 101, 41, $165,474.
4. (31) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 98, 98.3, 41, $148,205.
5. (28) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 98, 88.6, 39, $155,185.
6. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 98, 102.7, 38, $136,418.
7. (17) Carl Edwards, Ford, 98, 101.9, 37, $132,226.
8. (19) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 98, 88.2, 36, $112,849.
9. (11) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 98, 82.1, 35, $110,043.
10. (5) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 98, 85.8, 34, $111,718.
11. (3) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 98, 85.3, 33, $94,760.
12. (18) Mark Martin, Toyota, 98, 88.8, 32, $79,385.
13. (14) Joey Logano, Toyota, 98, 72.9, 31, $86,135.
14. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 98, 122.5, 32, $125,246.
15. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 98, 104.5, 29, $85,435.
16. (21) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 98, 72.9, 28, $120,796.
17. (16) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 98, 76.2, 28, $106,043.
18. (13) Aric Almirola, Ford, 98, 66, 26, $111,646.
19. (25) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 98, 67.9, 0, $115,785.
20. (1) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 98, 77, 25, $118,926.
21. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 98, 60.5, 23, $89,668.
22. (23) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 98, 63.7, 22, $112,210.
23. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 98, 110.4, 22, $118,421.
24. (24) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 97, 56.7, 20, $72,785.
25. (37) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 97, 52.1, 19, $95,418.
26. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 97, 53, 18, $98,830.
27. (39) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 96, 50, 17, $91,868.
28. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 96, 52.9, 16, $81,332.
29. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 90, 82.4, 16, $113,901.
30. (6) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 84, 74.8, 15, $80,760.
31. (41) Jason White, Ford, transmission, 81, 36.8, 0, $76,610.
32. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 80, 103, 13, $76,435.
33. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 74, 55.9, 11, $115,443.
34. (36) David Stremme, Toyota, transmission, 43, 37, 10, $67,760.
35. (29) Casey Mears, Ford, brakes, 40, 40.4, 9, $67,610.
36. (38) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 37, 34.7, 0, $67,385.
37. (34) Josh Wise, Ford, brakes, 34, 39.8, 7, $68,705.
38. (42) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, fuel pump, 31, 29.4, 6, $67,053.
39. (30) Mike Bliss, Toyota, overheating, 29, 29.5, 0, $64,225.
40. (35) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 27, 32.1, 4, $64,075.
41. (43) Mike Skinner, Ford, rear gear, 26, 34.2, 3, $63,925.
42. (40) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, brakes, 10, 28.3, 0, $63,765.
43. (33) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 9, 28.4, 1, $64,148.
Race Statistics
Roundup>Average Speed of Race Winner: 139.249 mph.
Roundup>Time of Race: 1 hour, 45 minutes, 34 seconds.
Roundup>Margin of Victory: Under Caution.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Traded OF Jeremias Pineda to Minnesota for 3B Danny Valencia and optioned him to Pawtucket (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated RHP Jeremy Accardo for assignment. Selected the contract of LHP Chris Seddon from Columbus (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS — Placed OF Ryan Raburn on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 1. Recalled INF Danny Worth from Toledo (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP A.J. Griffin on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Michael Taylor to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Evan Scribner and LHP Pedro Figueroa from Sacramento.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Jesse Chavez to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Chad Jenkins from New Hampshire (EL). Agreed to terms with OF Jack Cust on a minor league contract.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Traded INF/OF Jeff Baker to Detroit for two players to be named. Selected the contract of OF Brett Jackson from Iowa (PCL). Recalled INF Josh Vitters from Iowa. Optioned OF Tony Campana to Iowa.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed LHP Jonathan Sanchez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 4. Recalled RHP Tyler Chatwood from Tulsa (TL). Agreed to terms with RHP Eric Junge on a minor league contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned RHP Chris Devenski to Lexington (SAL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with 3B Jake Fox on a minor league contract. Released 2B Mike Fontenot.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Miles Mikolas from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Cory Burns to Tucson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived RB Robbie Frey. Signed DT Conrad Obi.
CHICAGO BEARS — WR Devin Thomas announced his retirement.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB T.J. Heath. Waived DE Derrick Harvey.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Cliff Avril to a one-year contract and LB Korey Bosworth.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed LB A.J. Edds and G Ben Ijalana on injured reserve.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Waived FB Kareem Huggins.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed DE Xavier Brown. Placed WR Ron Johnson on injured reserve.
Canadian Football League
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed CB Brock Campbell, DE Bruce Davis, DT Louis Ellis and RB Brandon Rutley to the practice roster.
COLLEGE
FURMAN — Named Andrew Athens men’s assistant lacrosse coach and Jeff Hull women’s assistant golf coach.
PENN STATE — Announced WR Justin Brown has left the football team.
