Scoreboard (July 31)
TOday’s TV SCHEDULE
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
LITTLE LEAGUE
12:30 p.m. Big League World Series (championship) ESPN2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh ESPN
2 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs WGN
2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP
4 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
SOCCER
6 a.m. Audi Cup semifinals: Manchester City vs. AC Milan ESPN2
8:15 a.m. Audi Cup semifinals: Sao Paulo at Bayern Munich ESPN2
3 p.m. MLS All-Star Game: MLS All-Stars vs. AS Roma ESPN2
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
EXTREME SPORTS
3 p.m. X Games ESPN
GOLF
3 a.m. Women’s British Open Championship (first round) ESPN2
5:30 a.m. Web.com Tour: Mylan Classic (first round) TGC
8 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Bridgestone Invitational (first round) TGC
1 p.m. PGA Tour: Reno-Tahoe Open (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs FOXSP2
4 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Angels FOXSP
SOCCER
6 a.m. Audi Cup (third place) ESPN2
8:15 a.m. Audi Cup (championship) ESPN2
* Tape-delayed broadcast
Soccer
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 10 6 6 36 31 21
New York 10 7 5 35 33 27
Montreal 10 5 5 35 32 29
Philadelphia 9 6 7 34 33 30
New England 8 7 6 30 27 19
Houston 8 6 6 30 23 20
Chicago 7 9 4 25 25 30
Columbus 6 10 5 23 24 27
Toronto FC 3 10 8 17 19 29
D.C. 2 15 4 10 10 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 11 7 4 37 36 24
Portland 8 3 10 34 31 20
Colorado 9 7 7 34 28 24
Los Angeles 10 9 3 33 32 27
Vancouver 9 7 5 32 33 29
FC Dallas 8 5 8 32 27 27
Seattle 8 7 4 28 24 22
San Jose 7 9 6 27 23 33
Chivas USA 4 12 5 17 19 37
NOTE: Three points for win, one for tie.
Saturday’s results
Toronto FC 2, Columbus 1
Colorado 2, Los Angeles 0
New York 4, Real Salt Lake 3
Philadelphia 1, Vancouver 0
New England 2, D.C. United 1
Montreal 1, Sporting Kansas City 0
Houston 1, Chicago 1, tie
San Jose 2, Portland 1
Sunday’s results
Seattle FC 2, Chivas USA 1
Today’s game
Roma at MLS All-Stars, 3 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
WNBA glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Chicago 12 5 .706 —
Atlanta 11 5 .688 ½
Washington 9 9 .500 3½
Indiana 8 9 .471 4
New York 7 11 .389 5½
Connecticut 4 12 .250 7½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 14 3 .824 —
Los Angeles 12 6 .667 2½
Phoenix 9 9 .500 5½
Seattle 7 10 .412 7
San Antonio 6 12 .333 8½
Tulsa 6 14 .300 9½
Saturday’s result
West 102, East 98
Today’s game
New York at Washington, 1 p.m.
Golf
pga tour statistics
Through July 28
FedExCup Season Points
c 1, Tiger Woods, 2,481.333. 2, Matt Kuchar, 2,203.250. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 2,177.857. 4, Phil Mickelson, 2,117.500. 5, Billy Horschel, 1,461.034. 6, Justin Rose, 1,357.713. 7, Bill Haas, 1,320.083. 8, Kevin Streelman, 1,259.883. 9, Boo Weekley, 1,206.467. 10, Jason Day, 1,181.976.
Scoring Average
c 1, Tiger Woods, 68.987. 2, Justin Rose, 69.317. 3, Adam Scott, 69.442. 4, Charl Schwartzel, 69.480. 5, Sergio Garcia, 69.537. 6, Matt Kuchar, 69.599. 7, Brandt Snedeker, 69.652. 8, Phil Mickelson, 69.662. 9, Freddie Jacobson, 69.820. 10, Henrik Stenson, 69.895.
Driving Distance
c 1, Luke List, 306.5. 2, Gary Woodland, 305.6. 3, Nicolas Colsaerts, 305.4. 4, Jason Kokrak, 304.2. 5, Dustin Johnson, 304.1. 6, Robert Garrigus, 303.5. 7, Bubba Watson, 303.4. 8, Keegan Bradley, 302.7. 9, Ryan Palmer, 302.4. 10, Eric Meierdierks, 301.5.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
c 1, Henrik Stenson, 70.89%. 2, Ken Duke, 70.81%. 3, Tim Clark, 70.47%. 4, Jerry Kelly, 70.43%. 5, Mark Wilson, 70.24%. 6, Justin Hicks, 69.93%. 7, Jim Furyk, 69.91%. 8, Chez Reavie, 69.80%. 9, Jeff Maggert, 69.18%. 10, Ted Potter, Jr., 68.30%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
c 1, Graham DeLaet, 71.27%. 2, Henrik Stenson, 71.11%. 3, Bubba Watson, 70.20%. 4 , Boo Weekley, 70.06%. 5, Ricky Barnes, 69.87%. 6, Ross Fisher, 69.44%. 7, Nick Watney, 69.35%. 8, Vijay Singh, 69.19%. 9, Bill Haas, 69.16%. 10, Kevin Stadler, 69.14%.
Total Driving
c 1, Justin Rose, 49. 2, Graham DeLaet, 55. 3, Henrik Stenson, 75. 4, Keegan Bradley, 79. 5, Matt Jones, 87. 6, Boo Weekley, 91. 7, D.J. Trahan, 97. 8, Hunter Mahan, 99. 9, Jim Herman, 100. 10, Brandt Jobe, 102.
Strokes Gained — Putting
c 1, Sergio Garcia, .989. 2, Greg Chalmers, .889. 3, Aaron Baddeley, .858. 4, Tiger Woods, .833. 5, Stephen Ames, .816. 6, Bryce Molder, .709. 7, Peter Hanson, .702. 8, James Driscoll, .682. 9, Sang-Moon Bae, .672. 10, Brandt Snedeker, .653.
Birdie Average
c 1, Phil Mickelson, 4.41. 2, Brandt Snedeker, 4.24. 3, Billy Horschel, 4.17. 4, Charl Schwartzel, 4.09. 5, Tiger Woods, 4.08. 6, Bubba Watson, 4.05. 7 (tie), Charley Hoffman and Ryan Palmer, 4.04. 9, Rory Sabbatini, 4.03. 10, Chris Kirk, 3.97.
Eagles (Holes per)
c 1, Dustin Johnson, 72.0. 2, Tiger Woods, 92.6. 3, Ernie Els, 94.5. 4, Robert Garrigus, 106.0. 5, Chris Kirk, 106.5. 6 (tie), Andres Gonzales and Michael Thompson, 108.0. 8, Jason Kokrak, 111.6. 9, Patrick Reed, 112.9. 10, Kevin Stadler, 113.4.
Sand Save Percentage
c 1, K.J. Choi, 70.48%. 2, Justin Rose, 67.39%. 3, Steven Bowditch, 66.07%. 4, Lee Williams, 64.29%. 5, Matt Kuchar, 64.04%. 6, Casey Wittenberg, 63.89%. 7, Rickie Fowler, 63.22%. 8, Stuart Appleby, 62.62%. 9, Tom Gillis, 62.28%. 10, Ben Crane, 62.00%.
All-Around Ranking
c 1, Tiger Woods, 186. 2, Justin Rose, 332. 3, Jordan Spieth, 358. 4, Brandt Snedeker, 363. 5, Chris Kirk, 373. 6, Charley Hoffman, 379. 7, Keegan Bradley, 384. 8, Phil Mickelson, 390. 9, Billy Horschel, 394. 10, Brendon de Jonge, 399.
Lpga tour statistics
Through July 21
Scoring
c 1, Inbee Park, 69.52. 2, Stacy Lewis, 69.77. 3, Suzann Pettersen, 70.11. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 70.13. 5, So Yeon Ryu, 70.29. 6, I.K. Kim, 70.30. 7, Paula Creamer, 70.31. 8, Jessica Korda, 70.40. 9, Beatriz Recari, 70.45. 10, Lizette Salas, 70.50.
Driving Distance
c 1, Nicole Smith, 274.9. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 271.7. 3, Lexi Thompson, 270.8. 4, Gerina Piller, 269.0. 5, Jessica Korda, 267.8. 6, Daniela Iacobelli, 267.4. 7, Alena Sharp, 266.2. 8, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 265.9. 9, Yani Tseng, 265.8. 10, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 265.5.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
c 1, Suzann Pettersen, 75.10%. 2, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 74.90%. 3, Paula Creamer, 74.80%. 4, Chella Choi, 74.50%. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 74.30%. 6, Stacy Lewis, 74.20%. 7, Jennifer Johnson, 74.20%. 8, So Yeon Ryu, 74.00%. 9, Jessica Korda, 73.70%. 10, Gerina Piller, 73.00%.
Putting Average
c 1, Inbee Park, 1.703. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.745. 3, Jiyai Shin, 1.760. 4, Haeji Kang, 1.770. 5, Ai Miyazato, 1.771. 6, Lizette Salas, 1.772. 7, Angela Stanford, 1.772. 8, Caroline Hedwall, 1.772. 9, Hee Kyung Seo, 1.774. 10, Catriona Matthew, 1.775.
Birdie Average
c 1, Stacy Lewis, 4.37. 2, Jessica Korda, 4.18. 3, Inbee Park, 4.07. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 3.83. 5, Karrie Webb, 3.82. 6, So Yeon Ryu, 3.78. 7, Jiyai Shin, 3.71. 8, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 9, I.K. Kim, 3.63. 10, Caroline Hedwall, 3.63.
Eagle Average
c 1, Yani Tseng, .235. 2, Mi Hyang Lee, .229. 3, Karlin Beck, .214. 4, Pat Hurst, .207. 5, Dori Carter, .194. 6, Lexi Thompson, .182. 7, Brittany Lincicome, .170. 8, Amy Hung, .167. 9, Danah Bordner, .161. 10, Jessica Korda, .157.
Sand Save Percentage
c 1, Frances Bondad, 66.67%. 2, Jennifer Song, 62.00%. 3, Paz Echeverria, 61.54%. 4, Morgan Pressel, 60.94%. 5, Dewi Claire Schreefel, 60.78%. 6, Paula Creamer, 60.47%. 7, Beatriz Recari, 60.42%. 8, Moira Dunn, 60.38%. 9, Yani Tseng, 60.27%. 10, Gerina Piller, 60.00%.
Rounds Under Par
c 1, Stacy Lewis, .708. 2, Inbee Park, .702. 3 (tie), Jiyai Shin and Suzann Pettersen, .646. 5, I.K. Kim, .632. 6, Karrie Webb, .627. 7, Beatriz Recari, .618. 8, Paula Creamer, .614. 9, Lizette Salas, .610. 10, Jessica Korda, .608.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Sent 1B Steve Pearce to Frederick (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.
BOSTON RED SOX—Sent RHP Alex Wilson to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Recalled RHP Andre Rienzo from Charlotte (IL). Optioned OF Blake Tekotte to Charlotte.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Traded SS Juan Herrera to St. Louis for LHP Marc Rzepczynski.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned RHP Hector Ambriz to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled OF Che-Hsuan Lin from Oklahoma City.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Designated OF Brad Hawpe for assignment. Optioned RHP Cory Rasmus to Salt Lake (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Daniel Stange from Salt Lake.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Reinstated INF Jayson Nix from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Curtis Granderson to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with RHP Brody Greer to a minor league contract.
ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed OF Reed Johnson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Selected the contract of OF Todd Cunningham from Gwinnett (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Jake Arrieta from Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS—Sent RHP Jonathan Broxton to Louisville (IL) on a rehab assignment.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Signed RHP Brian Wilson to a one-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Sent RHP Marco Estrada to the AZL Brewers for a rehab assignment. Recalled INF Scooter Gennett from Nashville (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Sent OF Lucas Duda to St. Lucie (FSL) for a rehab assignment.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Called up 3B Cody Asche from Lehigh Valley (IL). Designated OF Steve Susdorf for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP Miles Mikolas from Tucson (PCL). Placed RHP Sean O’Sullivan on paternity leave.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed 2B Tony Abreu on the 15-day DL. Optioned 2B Kensuke Tanaka to Fresno (PCL). Recalled OF Roger Kieschnick and 1B Brett Pill from Fresno. Sent RHP Ryan Vogelsong to Richmond (EL) for a rehab assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Recalled RHP Michael Blazek, RHP Keith Butler and LHP Tyler Lyons from Memphis (PCL). Optioned LHP Marc Rzepczynski and RHP Fernando Salas to Memphis.
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS—Signed OF Anthony D’Alfonso and RHP Jesse Estrada.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed LHP Rick Zagone.
LAREDO LEMURS—Signed INF Balbino Fuenmayor. Sold the contract of LHP Fabian Williamson to Cincinnati (NL).
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Signed RHP Matt Jackson.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Signed RHP Pete Budkevics. Placed OF Matt Fleishman on the inactive list.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed OF Cody Johnson.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed C Scott Dalrymple.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS—Signed SS Andrew Cohn.
United League
SAN ANGELO COLTS—Traded SS Danny Hernandez to Southern Illinois (Frontier) for a player to be named.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Re-signed G Gerald Henderson.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Signed F-G Mike Miller.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Signed G Gary Neal to a two-year contract. Signed F Giannis Antetokunbo.
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS—Signed C Jeff Withey.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LB Joe Mays.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Placed OT Brandon McKinney on injured reserve. Activated LB C.O. Prime off waivers.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived/injured LB Darius Fleming. Signed LB Travis Johnson to a three-year contract.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released TE Victor Marshall. Signed LB-TE Jameson Konz.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed WR Justin Hilton. Waived WR Travis Harvey.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CALGARY FLAMES—Signed C Josh Jooris to a two-year entry level contract.
MINNESOTA WILD—Re-signed D Tyler Cuma to a one-year contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed C Joe Pavelski to a five-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Agreed to terms with F Julien Cayer.
ECHL
FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Agreed to terms with F Brandon MacLean and F Ryan Little on one-year contracts.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
BUFFALO BANDITS—Acquired D Rory Smith and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick from Colorado for F Carter Bender and a 2014 second-round draft pick.
OLYMPICS
International Ice Hockey Federation
Suspended Sweden D Alex Edler two games during the Sochi Olympics for a dangerous hit on Canada C Eric Staal at the world championships.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLUMBUS CREW—Announced that Precourt Sports Ventures, LLC acquired the operating rights to the team.
COLLEGE
AUSTIN PEAY—Promoted defensive coordinator Granville Eastman to assistant head coach and offensive assistant Marcus Gildersleeve to offensive coordinator.
CLEMSON—Named Shawn Cobey director of operations for track and field. Retained assistant track coaches Chris Bostwick and Adrain Mann.
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY—Named Wayne Dickens interim football coach and Rocky Hager time interim assistant football coach.
DETROIT—Named Steve Payne men’s assistant basketball coach.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE—Named Robert Brickey men’s assistant basketball coach.
FLAGLER—Named Thomas Hipp director of tennis.
MANHATTAN—Named Rory Raymond academic advisor for athletics.
SAM HOUSTON STATE—Named Matt Braeuer men’s assistant basketball coach.
AUTO RACING
SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE
c Feb. 16 — x-The Sprint Unlimited (Kevin Harvick)
c Feb. 21 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Kevin Harvick)
c Feb. 21 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Kyle Busch)
c Feb. 24 — Daytona 500 (Jimmie Johnson)
c March 3 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Carl Edwards)
c March 10 — Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas (Matt Kenseth)
c March 17 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kasey Kahne)
c March 24 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Kyle Busch)
c April 7 — STP Gas Booster 500, Ridgeway, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
c April 13 — NRA 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Kyle Busch)
c April 21 — STP 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Matt Kenseth)
c April 27 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. (Kevin Harvick)
c May 5 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (David Ragan)
c May 11 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Matt Kenseth)
c May 18 — x-Sprint Showdown (Jamie McMurray)
c May 18 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Jimmie Johnson)
c May 26 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick)
c June 2 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Tony Stewart)
c June 9 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Jimmie Johnson)
c June 16 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Greg Biffle)
c June 23 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.)
c June 30 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Matt Kenseth)
c July 6 — Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jimmie Johnson)
c July 14 — Camping World RV Sales 301, Loudon, N.H. (Brian Vickers)
c July 28 — Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero’s Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis
c Aug. 4 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa.
c Aug. 11 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
c Aug. 18 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
c Aug. 24 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
c Sept. 1 — AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta, Hampton, Ga.
c Sept. 7 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va.
c Sept. 15 — GEICO 400, Joliet, Ill.
c Sept. 22 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.
c Sept. 29 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.