Scoreboard (Aug. 16)
ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
9 a.m. PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (first round) TGC
12:30 p.m. U.S. Amateur Championship (second-round matches) * TGC
HORSE RACING
1:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
9 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
11 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN2
2 p.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Texas at N.Y. Yankees MLB
10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh FOXSP2
1 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati or Boston at Baltimore MLB
4 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels FOXSP
NFL FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m. Preseason: Cleveland at Green Bay MNT
2 p.m. Preseason: Cincinnati at Atlanta FOX
TENNIS
7 a.m. ATP World Tour: Western & Southern Open (round of 16) ESPN2
1 p.m. ATP World Tour: Western & Southern Open (round of 16) ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for Pure Michigan 400 SPEED
8 a.m. Truck Series Final practice for VFW 200 SPEED
10 a.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for Pure Michigan 400 SPEED
BOXING
4p.m. Super middleweights: Adonis Stevenson vs. Don George ESPN2
GOLF
6:30 a.m. Champions Tour: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open (first round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (second round) TGC
12:30 p.m. LPGA: Safeway Classic (first round) TGC
2:30 p.m. U.S. Amateur Championship (quarterfinal matches) * TGC
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
4 p.m. Kaimuki vs. Damien OC16
7 p.m. Mililani vs. Pac-Five OC16
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Racing Coast to Coast FOXSP2
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
9 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
11 a.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN2
2 p.m. World Series (opening round) ESPN
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees or Texas at Toronto MLB
1 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati WGN
1:30 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta FOXSP2
4 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels FOXSP
NFL FOOTBALL
2 p.m. Preseason: Detroit at Baltimore FOX
4 p.m. Preseason: Oakland at Atlanta MNT
TENNIS
5 a.m. ATP World Tour: Western & Southern Open (quarterfinals) ESPN2
1 p.m. ATP World Tour: Western & Southern Open (quarterfinals) 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
Today’s games
Washington at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Connecticut at New York, 1 p.m.
Phoenix at Seattle, 4 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 13 7 4 43 30 22
New York 12 7 5 41 40 34
Houston 11 6 7 40 35 27
Chicago 11 7 5 38 28 25
D.C. 11 8 3 36 36 29
Montreal 10 13 3 33 36 43
Columbus 8 8 5 29 21 22
Philadelphia 7 12 2 23 23 27
New England 6 12 5 23 26 29
Toronto FC 5 13 5 20 27 42
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 14 5 5 47 47 29
Real Salt Lake 13 9 3 42 36 30
Seattle 10 6 7 37 32 24
Los Angeles 11 11 4 37 44 40
Vancouver 10 8 7 37 28 31
FC Dallas 7 11 8 29 31 34
Chivas USA 7 9 5 26 14 25
Colorado 8 15 1 25 31 35
Portland 5 12 6 21 22 39
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
Columbus 1, Los Angeles 1, tie
Toronto FC 2, Portland 2, tie
FC Dallas 2, Vancouver 0
Saturday’s games
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.
Kansas City at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m.
San Jose at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Philadelphia at D.C. United, 11 a.m.
Portland at New York, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Houston, 3 p.m.
Pro football
NFL Preseason Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 6 7
Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 20
N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 6 17
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 26 13
Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 32 31
Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 38 3
Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 17 27
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 31 17
Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 19 17
Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 23 24
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 3
Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 17
San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 21 13
Oakland 0 1 0 .000 0 3
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 24 23
Washington 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 3 0
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 31 32
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 20 7
New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 23 17
Carolina 0 1 0 .000 13 26
Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 17 31
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 31
Detroit 0 1 0 .000 17 19
Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 13 21
Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 6 17
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 27 17
St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 3 38
Arizona 0 2 0 .000 27 44
Monday’s result
Dallas 3, Oakland 0
Today’s games
Cleveland at Green Bay, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Friday’s games
Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Jacksonville at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore, 2 p.m.
Miami at Carolina, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Arizona, 4 p.m.
Saturday’s games
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 2 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 3 p.m.
Seattle at Denver, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20
Philadelphia at New England, 2 p.m.
GOLF
pga statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,269.242. 2, Rory McIlroy, 2,091.500. 3, Jason Dufner, 2,025.300. 4, Zach Johnson, 2,018.960. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,777.143. 6, Hunter Mahan, 1,738.550. 7, Keegan Bradley, 1,669.896. 8, Matt Kuchar, 1,599.700. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,575.750. 10, Steve Stricker, 1,455.500.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.91. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.02. 3, Matt Kuchar, 69.15. 4, Jim Furyk, 69.35. 5 (tie), Justin Rose and Jason Dufner, 69.36. 7, Adam Scott, 69.42. 8, Padraig Harrington, 69.48. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.53. 10, Steve Stricker, 69.62.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 315.9. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.5. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Rory McIlroy, 309.2. 7, Dustin Johnson, 308.2. 8, Kyle Stanley, 307.2. 9, Jason Day, 306.6. 10, Graham DeLaet, 305.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Ben Curtis, 71.24%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 4, Jim Furyk, 70.18%. 5, Tim Clark, 70.03%. 6, Graeme McDowell, 69.64%. 7, David Toms, 69.20%. 8, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 9 (tie), Brian Davis and John Huh, 68.58%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Justin Rose, 70.88%. 2, Bubba Watson, 70.83%. 3, Lee Westwood, 69.88%. 4, Hunter Mahan, 69.28%. 5, John Senden, 69.27%. 6, Greg Owen, 68.97%. 7, Jason Dufner, 68.69%. 8, Boo Weekley, 68.56%. 9, Will Claxton, 68.49%. 10, Robert Garrigus, 68.38%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 54. 2, John Rollins, 66. 3, Hunter Mahan, 68. 4, Tiger Woods, 72. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 75. 6, Jason Dufner, 85. 7, Brandt Jobe, 86. 8, Chris Couch, 87. 9, Billy Horschel, 92. 10, Keegan Bradley, 97.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Aaron Baddeley, .855. 2, Zach Johnson, .739. 3, Ben Curtis, .733. 4, Luke Donald, .723. 5, Brandt Snedeker, .719. 6, Martin Flores, .683. 7, Bryce Molder, .681. 8, Brian Gay, .664. 9, Bo Van Pelt, .644. 10, Derek Lamely, .614.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.09. 2, Keegan Bradley, 4.04. 3, Rory McIlroy, 4.03. 4, Ben Crane, 3.97. 5, Jason Dufner, 3.95. 6, Bubba Watson, 3.90. 7 (tie), Peter Hanson, Zach Johnson and Brandt Snedeker, 3.86. 10, Robert Garrigus, 3.85.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 2, Bubba Watson, 85.1. 3, Gary Woodland, 85.5. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 106.6. 6, Ben Crane, 108.0. 7, James Driscoll, 109.6. 8, Charles Howell III, 111.0. 9 (tie), Nick Watney and Kyle Reifers, 114.5.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Brian Gay, 64.29%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 64.18%. 4, Jim Furyk, 64.10%. 5, Martin Flores, 62.50%. 6, Justin Rose, 61.11%. 7, Rocco Mediate, 61.04%. 8, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 9, Aaron Baddeley, 60.38%. 10, David Toms, 60.00%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 212. 2, Bo Van Pelt, 235. 3, Jason Dufner, 256. 4, Justin Rose, 267. 5, Bubba Watson, 337. 6, John Senden, 342. 7, Zach Johnson, 353. 8, Rory McIlroy, 363. 9, Matt Kuchar, 365. 10, Tiger Woods, 372.
lpga statistics
Scoring
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 70.32. 2 (tie), Shanshan Feng and Ai Miyazato, 70.41. 4, Jiyai Shin, 70.44. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 70.55. 6, So Yeon Ryu, 70.59. 7, Inbee Park, 70.71. 8, Amy Yang, 70.85. 9, Paula Creamer, 71.02. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 71.04.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 278.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 273.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 271.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 269.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 269.0. 7, Maria Hjorth, 268.0. 8, Michelle Wie, 267.0. 9, Karin Sjodin, 267.0. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 266.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1, Sun Young Yoo, 75.90%. 2, Karin Sjodin, 75.30%. 3, Stacy Lewis, 74.00%. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 73.10%. 5, Shanshan Feng, 72.80%. 6, Lexi Thompson, 72.80%. 7, Azahara Munoz, 72.30%. 8 (tie), Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb and Mika Miyazato, 72.20%.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.724. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.739. 3, So Yeon Ryu, 1.750. 4, I.K. Kim, 1.769. 5, Taylor Coutu, 1.769. 6, Jin Young Pak, 1.773. 7, M.J. Hur, 1.774. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 1.774. 9, Yani Tseng, 1.777. 10, Mika Miyazato, 1.781.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.11. 2, So Yeon Ryu, 4.07. 3, Inbee Park, 3.89. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 3.66. 6 (tie), Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist, 3.21. 8 (tie), Yani Tseng and Hee Young Park, 4.04. 10, Hee Kyung Seo, 3.22.
Eagle Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 0.13. 2, Jodi Ewart, 0.16. 3 (tie), Na Yeon Choi, Pornanong Phatlum, Tiffany Joh, Paula Creamer and Hee Kyung Seo, 0.10. 8, 10 tied with 0.07.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Leta Lindley, 66.67%. 2, Paula Creamer, 62.00%. 3, M.J. Hur, 61.11%. 4, Jiyai Shin, 60.87%. 5, Sun Young Yoo, 59.26%. 6, Hee Kyung Seo, 59.09%. 7, Morgan Pressel, 58.62%. 8, Ai Miyazato, 56.76%. 9, Nicole Castrale, 56.67%. 10, Jane Rah, 56.25%.
Rounds Under Par
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .696. 2, Jiyai Shin, .694. 3, Shanshan Feng, .674. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .648. 5, Stacy Lewis, .643. 6, So Yeon Ryu, .611. 7, Na Yeon Choi, .604. 8, Inbee Park, .596. 9, Cristie Kerr, .551. 10, Karrie Webb, .549.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, 777. 2, Greg Biffle, 776. 3, Matt Kenseth, 775. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 760. 5, Brad Keselowski, 733. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 728. 7, Clint Bowyer, 719. 8, Tony Stewart, 716. 9, Kevin Harvick, 710. 10, Denny Hamlin, 693.
Roundup>11, Kasey Kahne, 653. 12, Carl Edwards, 650. 13, Ryan Newman, 644. 14, Kyle Busch, 638. 15, Jeff Gordon, 634. 16, Paul Menard, 629. 17, Marcos Ambrose, 600. 18, Joey Logano, 587. 19, Jeff Burton, 541. 20, Jamie McMurray, 541.
Money
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, $5,468,080. 2, Matt Kenseth, $5,133,463. 3, Tony Stewart, $4,506,040. 4, Denny Hamlin, $4,382,137. 5, Kyle Busch, $4,201,379. 6, Greg Biffle, $3,995,613. 7, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,923,830. 8, Brad Keselowski, $3,813,520. 9, Kevin Harvick, $3,720,967. 10, Jeff Gordon, $3,616,135.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, $3,484,256. 12, Martin Truex Jr., $3,459,966. 13, Ryan Newman, $3,456,844. 14, Jeff Burton, $3,412,075. 15, Clint Bowyer, $3,374,381. 16, Marcos Ambrose, $3,164,081. 17, Kasey Kahne, $3,135,796. 18, Aric Almirola, $3,055,107. 19, Jamie McMurray, $2,948,611. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,901,362.
transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended San Francisco OF Melky Cabrera 50 games for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Assigned OF Endy Chavez outright to Norfolk (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Released 2B Yuniesky Betancourt.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Selected the contract of SS Pedro Florimon from Rochester (IL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with C Yorvit Torrealba on a minor league contract.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Fired vice president of player personnel Oneri Fleita.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled RHP Guillermo Moscoso from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated RHP Mike Ekstrom for assignment.
NEW YORK METS—Assigned LHP Garrett Olson outright to Buffalo (IL). Optioned C Rob Johnson to Buffalo.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with 1B Brock Peterson on a minor league contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed RHP Brad Penny on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Dan Otero from Fresno (PCL). Optioned RHP Dan Otero to Fresno. Assigned RHP Guillermo Mota to the AZL Giants.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Waived G Andre Ramsey. Signed RB Armond Smith.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed DT Martin Parker on the waived-injured list. Signed DT Carlton Powell and DT Oren Wilson.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed CB LeQuan Lewis.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Placed WR Duke Calhoun and LB Mario Kurn on the waived-injured list.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Re-signed F Brandon Mashinter to a one-year contract.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
MINNESOTA SWARM—Re-signed head coach Joe Sullivan, assistant coaches Aime Caines and Bobby Keast, and director of western scouting Jake Elliott to two-year contracts.
COLLEGE
CURRY—Named T.J. Manastersky men’s hockey coach and Tim Murphy men’s lacrosse coach.
DELAWARE—Named Brian Walker pitching coach.
FELICIAN—Named Aleshia Jijon women’s assistant soccer coach.
GEORGE MASON—Announced women’s basketball G Taylor Brown is transferring from Georgetown.
GEORGIA STATE—Announced the retirement of football coach Bill Curry after the 2012 season.
ILLINOIS—Announced OL Ryan Klachko has transferred from Nebraska.
JOHNSON C. SMITH—Named Shenika Worthy women’s associate head basketball coach.
SAINT AUGUSTINE—Discontinued its men’s tennis program.
VALDOSTA STATE—Announced CB Greg Reid has transferred from Florida State.
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON—Named Tracy Coyne women’s lacrosse coach.
