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Published: 6/14/2012

Scoreboard: 6-14

GOLF

US Open Tee Times

At Olympic Club (Lake Course), par 70

San Francisco

Today-Friday

First hole-Ninth hole

10:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. — Scott Langley, Manchester, Mo.; Steve Lebrun, West Palm Beach, Fla.; a-Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, Calif.

10:26 a.m.-3:41 p.m. — Jason Bohn, Acworth, Ga.; Raphael Jacquelin, France; J.B. Park, South Korea

10:37 a.m.-3:52 p.m. — Michael Thompson, Birmingham, Ala.; Colt Knost, Dallas; Steve Marino, St. Simons Island, Ga.

10:48 a.m.-4:03 p.m. — Brendan Jones, Australia; George Coetzee, South Africa; Gregory Bourdy, France

10:59 a.m.-4:14 p.m. — a-Patrick Cantlay, Los Alamitos, Calif.; Jonathan Byrd, Sea Island, Ga.; Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash.

11:10 a.m.-4:25 p.m. — Retief Goosen, South Africa; Vijay Singh, Fiji; Zach Johnson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

11:21 a.m.-4:36 p.m. — a-Andy Zhang, Reunion, Fla.; Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan; Mark Wilson, Elmhurst, Ill.

11:32 a.m.-4:47 p.m. — Adam Scott, Australia; Keegan Bradley, Jupiter, Fla.; Webb Simpson, Charlotte, N.C.

11:43 a.m.-4:58 p.m. — Tim Clark, South Africa; Toru Taniguchi, Japan; Rod Pampling, Australia

11:54 a.m.-5:09 p.m. — Francesco Molinari, Italy; Bo Van Pelt, Jenks, Okla.; Peter Hanson, Sweden

12:05 p.m.-5:20 p.m. — D.A. Points, Windermere, Fla.; Lee Dong-hwan, South Korea; Kevin Streelman, Scottsdale, Ariz.

12:16 p.m.-5:31 p.m. — Edward Loar, Dallas; Paul Claxton, Claxton, Ga.; Alistair Presnell, Australia

12:27 p.m.-5:42 p.m. — Mark McCormick, Middletown, N.J.; a-Nick Sherwood, Albany, Ore.; Cole Howard, Fort Worth, Texas

3:45 p.m.-10 a.m. — Casey Martin, Eugene, Ore.; a-Cameron Wilson, Rowayton, Conn.; Dennis Miller, Youngstown, Ohio

3:56 p.m.-10:11 a.m. — Jim Herman, Palm City, Fla.; William Lunde, Las Vegas; David Mathis, Wake Forest, N.C.

4:07 p.m.-10:22 a.m. — Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium; Charlie Wi, South Korea; Simon Dyson, England

4:18 p.m.-10:33 a.m. — Alvaro Quiros, Spain; Gary Woodland, Topeka, Kan.; John Senden, Australia

4:29 p.m.-10:44 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Luke Donald, England; Lee Westwood, England

4:40 p.m.-10:55 a.m. — Jim Furyk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Sergio Garcia, Spain; Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland

4:51 p.m.-11:06 a.m. — Stewart Cink, Duluth, Ga.; Trevor Immelman, South Africa; Lucas Glover, Sea Island, Ga.

5:02 p.m.-11:17 a.m. Ernie Els, South Africa; Geoff Ogilvy, Australia; Angel Cabrera, Argentina

5:13 p.m.-11:28 a.m. — Martin Laird, Scotland; Ben Crane, Beaverton, Ore.; Anders Hansen, Denmark

5:24 p.m.-11:39 a.m. — Matteo Manassero, Italy; Aaron Baddeley, Australia; Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain

5:35 p.m.-11:50 a.m. — Brian Harman, St. Simons Island, Ga.; Spencer Levin, Elk Grove, Calif.; Mikko Ilonen, Finland

5:46 p.m.-12:01 p.m. — Brice Garnett, Gallatin, Mo.; Justin Hicks, Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; Jesse Mueller, Mesa, Ariz.

5:57 p.m.-12:12 p.m. — Brian Rowell, Lafayette, La.; a-Alberto Sanchez, Nogales, Ariz.; Brian Gaffney, Monmouth Beach, N.J.

Today-Friday

Ninth hole-First hole

10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. — Shane Bertsch, Parker, Colo.; Martin Flores, Dallas; Tommy Biershenk, Inman, S.C.

10:11 a.m.-3:56 p.m. — Scott Piercy, Las Vegas; Matthew Baldwin, England; Matt Bettencourt, Greenville, S.C.

10:22 a.m.-4:07 p.m. — Thomas Bjorn, Denmark; Kevin Na, Las Vegas; Branden Grace, South Africa

10:33 a.m.-4:18 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; Tiger Woods, Hobe Sound, Fla.; Bubba Watson, Scottsdale, Ariz.

10:44 a.m.-4:29 p.m. — Joe Ogilvie, Austin, Texas; Stephen Ames, Canada; Tim Herron, Deephaven, Minn.

10:55 a.m.-4:40 p.m. — Davis Love III, Sea Island, Ga.; Padraig Harrington, Ireland; David Toms, Shreveport, La.

11:06 a.m.-4:51 p.m. — Carl Pettersson, Sweden; Charl Schwartzel, South Africa; Charles Howell III, Windermere, Fla.

11:17 a.m.-5:02 p.m. — Robert Karlsson, Sweden; Bob Estes, Austin, Texas; Robert Rock, England

11:28 a.m.-5:13 p.m. — K.J. Choi, South Korea; Y.E. Yang, South Korea; K.T. Kim, South Korea

11:39 a.m.-5:24 p.m. — Fredrik Jacobson, Sweden; Robert Garrigus, Phoenix; Alexander Noren, Sweden

11:50 a.m.-5:35 p.m. — Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain; Bae Sang-moon, South Korea; Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Spain

12:01 p.m.-5:46 p.m. — Marc Warren, Scotland; Anthony Summers, Australia; Michael Allen, Scottsdale, Ariz.

12:12 p.m.-5:57 p.m. — Hunter Hamrick, Montgomery, Ala.; Tim Weinhart, Alpharetta, Ga.; Scott Smith, Fallon, Nev.

3:30 p.m.-10:15 a.m. — John Peterson, Baton Rouge, La.; Morgan Hoffmann, Jupiter, Fla.; Aaron Watkins, Mesa, Ariz.

3:41 p.m.-10:26 a.m. — Jeff Curl, Birmingham, Ala.; Nicholas Thompson, Coral Springs, Fla.; Casey Wittenberg, Memphis, Tenn.

3:52 p.m.-10:37 a.m. — Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark; Chez Reavie, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Peter Lawrie, Ireland

4:03 p.m.-10:48 a.m. — Michael Campbell, New Zealand; Olin Browne, Tequesta, Fla.; Joe Durant, Pensacola, Fla.

4:14 p.m.-10:59 a.m. — Bill Haas, Greenville, S.C.; Nick Watney, Las Vegas; a-Jordan Spieth, Dallas.

4:25 p.m.-11:10 a.m. — Martin Kaymer, Germany; Hunter Mahan, Colleyville, Texas; Justin Rose, England

4:36 p.m.-11:21 a.m. — Steve Stricker, Madison, Wis.; Ian Poulter, England; Matt Kuchar, St. Simons Island, Ga.

4:47 p.m.-11:32 a.m. — Jason Day, Australia; Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa; Jason Dufner, Auburn, Ala.

4:58 p.m.-11:43 a.m. — Rickie Fowler, Murrieta, Calif.; Ryo Ishikawa, Japan; Dustin Johnson, Jupiter, Fla.

5:09 p.m.-11:54 a.m. — Hunter Haas, Fort Worth, Texas; Tadahiro Takayama, Japan; Lee Slattery, England

5:20 p.m.-12:05 p.m. — Alex Cejka, Germany; Kevin Chappell, Fresno, Calif.; Blake Adams, Eatonton, Ga.

5:31 p.m.-12:16 p.m. — James Hahn, San Bruno, Calif.; Darron Stiles, Pinehurst, N.C.; Roberto Castro, Alpharetta, Ga.

5:42 p.m.-12:27 p.m. — a-Brooks Koepka, Tallahassee, Fla.; Kyle Thompson, Greenville, S.C.; Samuel Osborne, England.


NBA

Finals

(best-of-7)

x-if necessary

Tuesday

Oklahoma City 105, Miami 94, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0

TODAy

Miami at Oklahoma City, 9

Sunday

Oklahoma City at Miami, 8

Tuesday JUNE 19

Oklahoma City at Miami, 9

Thursday JUNE 21

x-Oklahoma City at Miami, 9

Sunday JUNE 24

x-Miami at Oklahoma City, 8

Tuesday JUNE 26

x-Miami at Oklahoma City, 9

Playoff leaders

THROUGH TUESDAY

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

James, MIA 18 200 135 554 30.8

Bryant, LAL 12 132 79 360 30.0

Durant, OKC 16 153 115 453 28.3

Anthony, NYK 5 52 31 139 27.8

Nowitzki, DAL 4 34 38 107 26.8

Westbrook, OKC 9 83 44 217 24.1

Wade, MIA 11 101 55 262 23.8

Griffin, LAC 66 561 244 1368 20.7

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Howard, ORL 416 726 .573

Bynum, LAL 444 796 .558

Ibaka, OKC 70 126 .556

Stoudemire, NYK 20 36 .556

Griffin, LAC 561 1022 .549

Duncan, SAN 61 113 .540

Blair, SAN 269 504 .534

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Howard, ORL 54 200 585 785 14.5

Smith, ATL 5 10 58 68 13.6

Bynum, LAL 60 192 517 709 11.8

Hibbert, IND 11 45 78 123 11.2

Millsap, UTA 4 17 27 44 11.0

Griffin, LAC 66 218 499 717 10.9

Garnett, BOS 13 15 125 140 10.8

Gasol, LAL 65 183 495 678 10.4

Assists

G AST AVG

Rondo, BOS 12 148 12.3

Paul, LAC 60 543 9.1

Parker, SAN 60 463 7.7

Conley, MEM 7 50 7.1

Nelson, ORL 5 33 6.6


WNBA

Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Chicago 7 1 .875 –

Connecticut 6 2 .750 1

Indiana 4 2 .667 2

Atlanta 3 5 .375 4

New York 3 6 .333 4½

Washington 1 5 .167 5

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 9 0 1.000 –

Los Angeles 7 1 .875 1½

San Antonio 3 4 .429 5

Phoenix 2 5 .286 6

Seattle 1 7 .125 7½

Tulsa 0 8 .000 8½

WEDNESDAY

Chicago 74, Seattle 58

Los Angeles 87, Connecticut 81

Friday

New York at Connecticut, 7

Indiana at Washington, 7

Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:30

Seattle at Tulsa, 8

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10


COLLEGE BASEBALL

World Series

Omaha, Neb.

Double Elimination

x-if necessary

Friday

Game 1 — Stony Brook (52-13) vs. UCLA (47-14), 5 p.m.

Game 2 — Arizona (43-17) vs. Florida State (48-15), 9 p.m.

Saturday

Game 3 — Kent State (46-18) vs. Arkansas (44-20), 5 p.m.

Game 4 — South Carolina (45-17) vs. Florida (47-18), 9 p.m.

Sunday

Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5 p.m.

Game 6 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 9 p.m.


HOLES IN ONE

Dean Diciacca, No. 10 at Maple Grove, 311 yards, driver.

Deb Wiese, No. 3 at Heart of the Lakes, 100 yards, 2 iron

Todd Aunger, No. 3 at Crosswinds, 145 yards, 5 wood.


ATP AEGON

London

Singles

First Round

Tatsuma Ito, Japan, d. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-2.

Second Round

Simone Bolelli, Italy, d. Gilles Simon (4), France, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2).

Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, d. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, d. Andy Roddick (7), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, d. Ivo Karlovic (16), Croatia, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7).

Feliciano Lopez (5), Spain, d. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, d. Gilles Muller (14), Luxembourg, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Kevin Anderson (9), South Africa, d. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 3-4, retired.

Nicolas Mahut, France, d. Andy Murray (1), Britain, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (1).

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, d. Marcos Baghdatis (11), Cyprus, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, d. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (13), Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

Sam Querrey, United States, d. Denis Istomin (12), Uzbekistan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, d. Jamie Baker, Britain, 6-3, 6-2.

David Nalbandian (10), Argentina, d. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.

Julien Benneteau (8), France, d. Tatsuma, Ito, Japan, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

Janko Tipsarevic (3), Serbia, d. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, d. Go Soeda (15), Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Doubles

First Round

Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, Israel, d. Marin Cilic and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, and Frank Moser, Germany, d. Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski, Britain, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 10-4 tiebreak.

Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, Belgium, d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Gilles Simon, France, 7-5, 6-4.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Jamie Murray, Britain, d. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, and James Cerretani, United States, d. Michail Elgin, Russia, and Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6 tiebreak.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Andy Roddick, United States, d. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, and Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).

Xavier Malisse and Dick Norman, Belgium, d. David Marrero and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

WTA AEGON

Birmingham, England

Singles

First Round

Elena Baltacha (15), Britain, d. Chang Kai-chen,Taiwan, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Timea Babos (14), Hungary, d. Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2).

Alexandra Panova, Russia, d. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 7-5.

Hsieh Su-wei (13), Taiwan, d. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Second Round

Jelena Jankovic (1), Serbia, d. Melanie South, Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Ekaterina Makarova (8), Russia, d. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, d. Christina McHale (9), United States, 6-1, 1-6, 7-5.

Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, d. Mona Barthel (6), Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, d. Tara Moore, Britain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Zheng Jie, China, d. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Marina Erakovic (9), New Zealand, d. Laura Robson, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, d. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 7-5, 6-2.

Misaki Doi, Japan, d. Francesca Schiavone (1), Italy, 7-5, 6-4.

Heather Watson, Britain, d. Elena Baltacha (15), Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Melanie Oudin, United States, d. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4.

Irina Falconi, United States, d. Timea Babos (14), Hungary, 6-0, 6-4.

Urszula Radwanska, Poland, d. Sabine Lisicki (2), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Hsieh Su-wei (13), Taiwan, d. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci (4), Italy, d. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, retired.

Melinda Czink, Hungary, d. Daniela Hantuchova (3), Slovakia, 7-5, 7-6 (5).

Doubles

First Round

Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, d. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-2, 6-4.

Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, and Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, d. Sania Mirza, India, and Yaroslava Shvedova (2), Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3.

Nathalie Grandin, South Africa, and Vladimira Uhlirova (3), Czech Republic, d. Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-7 tiebreak.

Zhang Shuai and Zheng Jie, China, d. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, and Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-3, 6-4.

Gerry Weber Open

Halle, Germany

Singles

Second Round

Milos Raonic (5), Canada, d. Zhang Ze, China, 6-1, 6-1.

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (4), Ukraine, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, d. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, d. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles

First Round

Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, vs. Michael Kohlmann and Florian Mayer, Germany

Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky, United States, d. Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 10-6 tiebreak.

Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Julian Knowle (2), Austria, d. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 10-3 tiebreak.

Marcel Granollers and Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, d. Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 5-7, 6-2, 10-8 tiebreak.

Quarterfinals

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and Jean-Julien Rojer (1), Netherlands, d. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Philipp Marx, Germany, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (1), 10-7 tiebreak.

Nuernberger Gastein Ladies

Bad Gastein, Austria

Singles

First Round

Chichi Scholl, United States, d. Zuzana Ondraskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0.

Johanna Larsson (8), Sweden, d. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

Jill Craybas, United States, d. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.

Ksenia Pervak (3), Kazakhstan, d. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, d. Petra Martic (5), Croatia, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (5).

Irina-Camelia Begu (6), Romania, d. Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.

Dia Evtimova, Bulgaria, d. Barbara Haas, Austria, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3.

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, vs. Nicole Rottman, Austria, 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles

First Round

Lindsey Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy, United States, d. Yulia Beygelzimer, Ukraine, and Kathrin Woerle, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreak.

Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, and Mandy Minella (2), Luxembourg, d. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-0.

Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Katalin Marosi (5), Hungary, d. Lara Arruabarena-Vecino and Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 6-2, 6-1.

Leticia Costas-Moreira and Ines Ferrer Sanchez, Spain, d. Edina Gallovits-Hall, Romania, and Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Sandra Klemenschits, Austria, lead Maria Abramovic and Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 7-6 (5), susp., darkness.


SOCCER

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

D.C. 8 4 3 27 28 19

New York 8 3 2 26 26 18

Sporting KC 8 3 1 25 17 10

Columbus 5 4 3 18 13 13

Chicago 5 5 3 18 15 17

New England 5 7 1 16 18 18

Houston 4 4 4 16 13 15

Montreal 3 7 3 12 15 21

Philadelphia 2 7 2 8 8 14

Toronto FC 1 9 0 3 8 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Real Salt Lake 9 3 2 29 22 14

San Jose 8 3 3 27 27 17

Seattle 7 3 3 24 16 9

Vancouver 6 3 4 22 16 15

Colorado 6 6 1 19 20 18

Chivas USA 4 6 3 15 9 14

Portland 3 5 4 13 12 15

FC Dallas 3 8 4 13 15 24

Los Angeles 3 8 2 11 15 21

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday

D.C. at Philadelphia, 7

Colorado at Vancouver, 7

FC Dallas at Houston, 7:30

Seattle at Montreal, 7:30

Columbus at New England, 7:30

Toronto FC at Sporting KC, 8:30

Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30

Sunday

New York at Chicago, 5

Portland at Los Angeles, 7

Wednesday

Toronto FC at Houston, 9

Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 9

San Jose at Colorado, 9:30

Sporting KC at Seattle, 10

Montreal at Chivas USA, 10:30

New York at Vancouver, 11


GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

Major League Baseball

National League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at San Francisco -140 Houston +130

Interleague

at Cincinnati -130 Cleveland +120

at Tampa Bay -130 New York (NL) +120

Detroit -180 at Chicago (NL) +170

at Colorado -115 Oakland +105

at Baltimore -105 Pittsburgh -105

at Texas -150 Arizona +140

Milwaukee -130 at Kansas City +120

at Minnesota -130 Philadelphia +120

at St. Louis -130 Chicago (AL) +120

at Seattle -115 San Diego +105

NBA Playoffs

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG

at Oklahoma City 5 (196) Miami

Baseball

Calendar

July 10 — All-Star game, Kansas City, Mo.

July 13 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign.

July 22 — Hall of Fame induction, Cooperstown, N.Y.

July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.


TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS – Added RHP Esmil Rogers to the 25-man roster. Optioned INF/OF Matt LaPorta to Columbus (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS – Agreed to terms with OF Byron Buxton on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS – Placed OF Mike Carp and RHP Stephen Pryor on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Blake Beavan adn INF Alex Liddi to Tacoma (PCL). Activated OF Franklin Gutierrez from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Erasmo Ramirez, OF Casper Wells and RHP Steve Delabar from Tacoma. Agreed to terms with RHP Grady Wood, RHP Blake Hauser, RHP Dominic Leone, RHP Levi Dean, RHP Matt Vedo, RHP Mark Bordonaro, RHP Aaron Brooks, RHP Matt Brazis, LHP Nate Koneski, LHP Steven Ewing, LHP Scott DeCecco, LHP Blake Holovach, LHP Rusty Shellhorn, C Toby Demello, INF Joe DeCarlo, INF Patrick Kivlehan, INF Chris Taylor, INF Tim Lopes, INF Taylor Ard, INF Jamodrick McGruder, INF Kristian Brito, INF Brock Hebert, INF Gabrial Franca, INF Richard Palase, OF Michael Faulkner, OF Dario Pizzano and OF Jabari Henry on minor league contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – Placed RHP Brandon Morrow on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 12. Recalled INF Yan Gomes from Las Vegas (PCL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES – Optioned RHP Cory Gearrin to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Anthony Varvaro from Gwinnett.

American Association

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS – Signed INF Zachary Wentz.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS – Signed LHP David Quinowski.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS – Released RHP Mark Herrera and INF Mike Brownstein.

LAREDO LEMURS – Signed OF Christopher Murrill.

ST. PAUL SAINTS – Signed LHP TJ Wink.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS – Released LHP Matt Chico.

WORCESTER TORNADOES – Signed RHP Michael Dicato.

Frontier League

NORMAL CORNBELTERS – Released OF Justin Clark, INF Derek Luciano, C Trace Voshell and INF Sean Wilson.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS – Signed RHP Eric Meyerchick. Released RHP Rye Davis.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA – Fined Boston F Kevin Garnett $25,000 for failing to make himself available to the media after Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL – Suspended Detroit RB Mikel Leshoure two games plus two additional game checks for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy. Suspended Cincinnati LB Dontay Moch four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

ATLANTA FALCONS – Waived LS Corey Adams.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS – Claimed WR Derek Moye off waivers from Miami. Waived WR Malcolm Beyah.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS – Signed LB Brandon Johnson and LS Matt Katula. Placed WR Connor Dixon on waived-injured list. Released TE Wes Lyons.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

MONTREAL CANADIENS – Named Sylvain Lefebvre coach of Hamilton (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES – Named Dave Allison coach of Peoria (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS – Agreed to terms with F Jim Slater.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MLS – Suspended San Jose G Jon Busch one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for aggressively retrieving a ball in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time during the May 27 game at Sporting Kansas City.

COLLEGE

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE – Elected High Point athletic director Craig Keilitz chair of the council of athletic directors.

MARQUETTE – Named Michael Bielawski assistant golf coach.

ST. NORBERT – Named Jillian Kirchner women’s assistant hockey coach.


AUTO RACING

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through June 10

POINTS

1, Matt Kenseth, 523. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 513. 3. Greg Biffle, 507. 4. Denny Hamlin, 504. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 493. 6. Kevin Harvick, 470. 7. Martin Truex Jr., 465. 8. Tony Stewart, 448. 9. Clint Bowyer, 443. 10. Brad Keselowski, 426.

MONEY

1, Jimmie Johnson, $4,043,272. 2. Matt Kenseth, $3,907,780. 3. Denny Hamlin, $3,125,104. 4. Greg Biffle, $2,979,418. 5. Tony Stewart, $2,974,650. 6. Kyle Busch, $2,925,430. 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,904,420. 8. Kevin Harvick, $2,601,669. 9. Brad Keselowski, $2,554,850. 10. Martin Truex Jr., $2,390,494.

11. Carl Edwards, $2,375,633. 12. Ryan Newman, $2,305,035. 13. Jeff Gordon, $2,282,362. 14. Jeff Burton, $2,281,005. 15. A J Allmendinger, $2,192,535. 16. Clint Bowyer, $2,114,164. 17. Kasey Kahne, $2,051,711. 18. Aric Almirola, $2,040,909. 19. Marcos Ambrose, $2,020,532. 20. Jamie McMurray, $1,976,197.


SPORTLIGHT

June 14

1922–Gene Sarazen edges Bobby Jones and John Black to win the U.S. Open tournament.

1934–Max Baer stops Primo Carnera in 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.

1952–Julius Boros wins the U.S. Open over Ed Oliver by four strokes.

1958–Tommy Bolt beats Gary Player by four strokes to win the U.S. Open.

1958–Britain beats the United States 4-3 at Wimbledon to win the Wrightman Cup, the first win for Britain since 1930.

1981–Donna Caponi Young wins the LPGA championship by one stroke over Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers.

1987–The Los Angeles Lakers win their 10th NBA championship with a 106-93 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 at the Forum.

1990–Vinnie Johnson scores 15 points in the fourth quarter, including a 15-footer with seven-tenths of a second left, to give the Detroit Pistons a 92-90 win and the NBA title over Portland in five games.

1991–Leroy Burrell sets a world record in the U.S. Championships in New York with a 9.90-second clocking in the men’s 100-meter dash. Carl Lewis, who held the record at 9.92 since the 1988 Olympics, finishes second.

1994–The New York Rangers hold off the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7 for their first Stanley Cup in 54 years. MVP Brian Leetch, Adam Graves and Mark Messier score goals and Mike Richter makes 28 saves for New York.

1995–The Houston Rockets complete the unlikeliest of NBA championship repeats, sweeping the Orlando Magic with a 113-101 victory. MVP Hakeem Olajuwon finishes with 35 points and 15 rebounds.

1998–Michael Jordan scores 45 points, stealing the ball from Karl Malone and hitting a jumper with 5.2 seconds left to give Chicago an 87-86 win and a 4-2 series victory over Utah for a sixth NBA title.

2005–Asafa Powell breaks the world record in the 100 meters with a 9.77 clocking at Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Powell shaves one hundredth of a second off Tim Montgomery’s record of 9.78 set in Paris in 2002–a mark that would later be wiped out because of doping charges.

2005–Michelle Wie becomes the first female player to qualify for an adult male U.S. Golf Association championship, tying for first place in a 36-hole U.S. Amateur Public Links sectional qualifying tournament at Belle Vernon, Pa. Wie earns one of only two spots available in the 85-player qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Public Links on July 11-16.

2007–The San Antonio Spurs, who bounced over from the ABA in 1976, move in among the NBA’s greatest franchises with an 83-82 victory for a sweep of Cleveland. With their fourth championship since 1999–and third in five years–the Spurs join the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls as the only teams in NBA history to win four titles.

2007–Sidney Crosby skates away with the Hart Trophy, becoming the NHL’s youngest MVP since Wayne Gretzky. The 19-year-old Pittsburgh captain gets 91 first-place votes and 1,225 points in a poll of Professional Hockey Writers’ Association members.


FOOTBALL

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

San Antonio 9 3 0 .750 664 629

Chicago 7 5 0 .583 700 726

Iowa 5 8 0 .385 696 772

Kansas City 2 10 0 .167 462 630

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 10 3 0 .769 848 662

San Jose 9 4 0 .692 852 740

Utah 8 5 0 .615 830 777

Spokane 7 5 0 .583 723 703

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 10 3 0 .769 883 697

Cleveland 6 6 0 .500 569 540

Milwaukee 4 8 0 .333 703 723

Pittsburgh 3 9 0 .250 516 612

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Georgia 7 6 0 .538 595 641

Tampa Bay 6 6 0 .500 650 683

Jacksonville 6 6 0 .500 630 614

New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 656 669

Orlando 1 11 0 .083 478 637

Friday

Tampa Bay at Orlando, 8

Saturday

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 7

New Orleans at Cleveland, 7:30

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:30

Georgia at Chicago, 8

Iowa at San Antonio, 8

Utah at Spokane, 10

Sunday

San Jose at Kansas City, 3


HOLE IN ONE

JIM HUMMEL, No. 8 at Tanglewood, 97 yards, 9-iron.



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