Scoreboard: 7-25

7/25/2012

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Signed OF Henry Urrutia to a minor league contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX - Assigned LHP Matt Talley to Kannapolis (SAL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS - Traded RHP Jose De La Torre to Boston for INF/OF Brent Lillibridge.

DETROIT TIGERS - Optioned 2B Danny Worth to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Announced the retirement of C Jason Kendall.

MINNESOTA TWINS - Reinstated 1B Justin Morneau from the paternity list.

NEW YORK YANKEES - Designated OF Dewayne Wise for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS - Optioned 1B Justin Smoak and RHP D.J. Mitchell to Tacoma (PCL). Assigned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma. Recalled OF-DH Mike Carp from Tacoma.

TAMPA BAY RAYS - Reinstated OF Sam Fuld from the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Brandon Gomes to Durham (IL). Transferred 3B Evan Longoria to the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Matt Nevarez to Charlotte (FSL).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS - Reinstated INF John McDonald from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Ryan Roberts for assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS - Assigned C Jon Carnahan to the Gulf Coast Astros.

NEW YORK METS - Selected the contracts of RHP Manny Acosta and RHP Matt Harvey from Buffalo (IL). Optioned OF Lucas Duda and RHP Pedro Beato to Buffalo.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - Agreed to terms with OF Jarrad Page on a minor league contract.

International League

CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS - Added OF Jared Mitchell and C Damaso Espino from Birmingham (SL). Sent OF Justin Greene and RHP Dan Remenowsky to Birmingham.

Carolina League

WINSTON-SALEM DASH - Added RHP Jon Bachanov from Birmingham (SL). Promoted C Miguel Gonzalez to Birmingham.

American Association

AMARILLO SOX - Signed OF Derrick Pyles.

EL PASO DIABLOS - Released RHP Freddy Flores.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS - Released RHP Steve Matre.

LAREDO LEMURS - Released RHP Robert Romero.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS - Traded C Tyler Goodro to Amarillo to complete an earlier trade.

SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS - Released RHP Mike Meyer and OF Dan Barbero.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS - Signed RHP Marc Rutledge.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS - Released RHP D.J. Ponder.

FLORENCE FREEDOM - Released INF Esteban Meletiche, RHP Scott Moviel and OF Chad Sheppard. Signed LHP Brett Choban.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS - Traded INF K.C. Judge to Schaumburg for INF J.B. Brown.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS - Signed RHP Maxx Catapano.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BROOKLYN NETS - Signed F Tornike Shengelia.

CHICAGO BULLS - Signed G Marco Belinelli.

HOUSTON ROCKETS - Announced the Chicago Bulls did not match the Rockets three-year offer sheet to C Omer Asik.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS - Signed C Anthony Davis and G Austin Rivers to three-year contracts.

NEW YORK KNICKS - Signed G Pablo Prigioni.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS - Signed F-C Maurice Harkless and C Arnett Moultrie.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS - Signed G A.J. Price.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS - Signed S Adrian Wilson to a contract extension through the 2015 season.

CLEVELAND BROWNS - Signed RB Trent Richardson and QB Brandon Weeden.

DETROIT LIONS - Named Elizabeth Parkinson senior vice president of marketing and partnerships.

GREEN BAY PACKERS - Named Ed Policy vice president and general counsel.

HOUSTON TEXANS - Signed G Brandon Brooks.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Signed T Kevin Murphy. Waived T Darrion Weems.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Signed coach Mike Tomlin to a five-year contract. Signed G David DeCastro to a four-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS - Signed CB David Jones. Placed CB Chase Minnifield on the waived/injured list.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES - Signed D Jay Harrison to a three-year contract extension and F Zach Boychuk to a one-year, two-way contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - Signed D Rya Murray to a three-year, entry-level contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS - Matched Philadelphia's 14-year offer sheet to D Shea Weber.

American Hockey League

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS - Signed D Brennan Evans to a one-year contract.

ECHL

FLORIDA EVERBLADES - Agreed to terms with F Mathieu Roy.

READING ROYALS - Agreed to terms with F Chris Langkow.

COLLEGE

BETHEL (MINN.) - Named Andrew Rock men's and women's track and field coach.

HOUSTON - Named David Hyte assistant volleyball coach.

MICHIGAN - Suspended DE Frank Clark after authorities say he took a laptop from a campus dorm room.

RADFORD - Named Ryan Connolly assistant baseball coach and Matt Mack volunteer assistant baseball coach.

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

Major League Baseball

National League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

Washington -175 at New York +165

at Pittsburgh -125 Chicago +115

Atlanta -120 at Miami +110

at Philadelphia -120 Milwaukee +110

at San Fran. -175 San Diego +165

Cincinnati -145 at Houston +135

at St. Louis -145 Los Angeles +135

at Arizona -175 Colorado +165

American League

at Chicago -210 Minnesota +190

at Los Angeles -220 Kansas City +200

New York -175 at Seattle +165

Tampa Bay -130 at Baltimore +120

Detroit -135 at Cleveland +125

at Toronto -125 Oakland +115

at Texas -130 Boston +120

OLYMPICS

Men's Basketball Exhibition

USA 21 27 26 26 -- 100

Spain 23 17 20 18 -- 78

USA (100): Bryant 2-3 2-2 6, Paul 2-4 0-0 5, Chandler 1-1 0-0 2, Durant 5-8 1-2 13, James 10-15 2-2 25, Love 1-4 0-0 2, Harden 2-2 1-2 7, Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Anthony 10-15 2-2 27, Westbrook 4-12 1-1 9, Williams 1-3 2-4 4, Iguodala 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-70 11-15 100.

SPAIN (78): Ibaka 8-10 0-2 16, Gasol 6-9 6-10 19, Fernandez 2-7 3-4 8, Carlos Navarro 3-6 3-4 11, Calderon 2-6 0-0 4, Claver 3-5 0-0 7, San Emeterio 1-4 0-0 2, Llull 0-2 1-4 1, Sada 1-2 1-2 3, Reyes 2-2 3-4 7. Totals 28-53 17-30 78.

3-Point Goals_USA 13-23 (Anthony 5-8, James 3-5, Harden 2-2, Durant 2-3, Paul 1-1, Westbrook 0-1, Iguodala 0-1), Spain 5-19 (Carlos Navarro 2-3, Gasol 1-1, Claver 1-2, Fernandez 1-5, Llull 0-1, San Emeterio 0-3, Calderon 0-4). Fouled Out_Chandler. Rebounds_USA 37 (Love 10), Spain 26 (Gasol 5). Assists_USA 20 (James 7), Spain 19 (Calderon 8). Total Fouls_USA 27, Spain 15. A_16,200.

Bet-at-Home Open

Kitzbuehel, Austria

Singles

First Round

Pavol Cervenak, Slovakia, d. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Rogerio Dutra Silva, Brazil, d. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 4-1, retired.

Philipp Oswald, Austria, d. Daniel Brands, Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Ernests Gulbis (7), Latvia, d. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, d. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 7-5, 7-5.

Doubles

First Round

Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Julian Knowle (1), Austria, d. Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.

Philipp Marx, Germany, and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, d. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and David Marrero, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.

Dustin Brown, Germany, and Paul Hanley (2), Australia, d. Martin Klizan and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 tiebreak.

Mikhail Elgin, Russia, and Frank Moser (4), Germany, d. Rogerio Dutra Silva, Brazil, and Filippo Volandri, Italy, 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak.

Martin Fischer and Philipp Oswald, Austria, d. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-1.

Quarterfinals

Dick Norman, Belgium, and Alexander Waske, Germany, d. Tomasz Bednarek and Mateusz Kowalczyk, Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Baku Cup

Baku, Azerbaijan

Singles

First Round

Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, d. Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgia, 6-1, 6-1.

Olga Puchkova, Russia, d. Akgul Amanmuradova (7), Uzbekistan, 6-3, 7-6 (12).

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, d. Eva Birnerova (8), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1.

Marta Domachowska, Poland, d. Caroline Garcia, France, 1-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Julia Cohen, United States, d. Ksenia Pervak (1), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 3-6, 3-2, retired.

Alexandra Panova (2), Russia, d. Sacha Jones, Australia, 7-5, 7-6 (7).

Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, d. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thailand, 6-1, 2-0, retired.

Sandra Zaniewska, Poland, d. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

Nina Bratchikova (6), Russia, d. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-2, 6-4.

Bojana Jovanovski (5), Serbia, d. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Alberta Brianti, Italy, d. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-1.

Farmers Open

Los Angeles

Singles

First Round

Michael Russell, United States, d. Jesse Levine, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Igor Andreev, Russia, d. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

ATP Money Leaders

Through July 24

Name Money

1. Roger Federer $5,488,141

2. Novak Djokovic $5,237,265

3. Rafael Nadal $4,997,448

4. Andy Murray $2,326,160

5. David Ferrer $2,018,711

6. Juan Martin del Potro $1,403,203

7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $1,386,299

8. Tomas Berdych $1,335,062

9. Janko Tipsarevic $1,078,913

10. Nicolas Almagro $1,074,378

11. John Isner $971,419

12. Juan Monaco $908,744

13. Radek Stepanek $842,850

14. Fernando Verdasco $785,360

15. Philipp Kohlschreiber $779,716

16. Gilles Simon $755,467

17. Richard Gasquet $696,961

18. Milos Raonic $691,500

19. Mikhail Youzhny $651,101

20. Marcel Granollers $629,899

21. Marin Cilic $617,990

22. Jurgen Melzer $604,649

23. Andreas Seppi $584,286

24. Viktor Troicki $567,611

25. Florian Mayer $548,447

26. Max Mirnyi $537,197

27. Daniel Nestor $537,197

28. Stanislas Wawrinka $510,845

29. Kei Nishikori $504,352

30. Alexandr Dolgopolov $485,116

31. Denis Istomin $483,048

32. Bob Bryan $472,359

33. Mike Bryan $472,359

34. Tommy Haas $469,887

35. Pablo Andujar $456,686

36. Kevin Anderson $443,823

37. Michael Llodra $441,510

38. Lukasz Kubot $434,969

39. Leander Paes $428,482

40. Albert Ramos $425,780

41. Feliciano Lopez $412,837

42. Andy Roddick $411,016

43. Jarkko Nieminen $408,679

44. Thomaz Bellucci $402,563

45. Xavier Malisse $386,716

46. Julien Benneteau $385,414

47. Carlos Berlocq $383,301

48. Sam Querrey $377,733

49. Ryan Harrison $375,268

50. Bernard Tomic $374,292

51. Marc Lopez $357,967

52. Santiago Giraldo $356,155

53. Marcos Baghdatis $351,347

54. Robert Lindstedt $345,307

55. Horia Tecau $345,307

56. Philipp Petzschner $342,391

57. Fabio Fognini $337,949

58. Lukas Rosol $331,732

59. Robin Haase $329,846

60. Nicolas Mahut $326,352

61. Nikolay Davydenko $317,712

62. Mariusz Fyrstenberg $317,478

63. Ivan Dodig $317,157

64. Gael Monfils $315,366

65. Mardy Fish $313,455

66. Benoit Paire $313,360

67. Marcin Matkowski $312,012

68. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez $305,793

69. David Nalbandian $297,298

70. Jeremy Chardy $296,558

71. Potito Starace $295,476

72. Alex Bogomolov Jr. $294,815

73. Olivier Rochus $294,232

74. Edouard Roger-Vasselin $293,459

75. Mikhail Kukushkin $292,059

76. Juan Ignacio Chela $287,447

77. Alejandro Falla $285,454

78. Flavio Cipolla $285,429

79. Nenad Zimonjic $283,556

80. Grigor Dimitrov $278,282

81. Matthew Ebden $274,168

82. Sergiy Stakhovsky $272,826

83. Lukas Lacko $270,101

84. Filippo Volandri $252,754

85. Benjamin Becker $249,305

86. David Goffin $246,521

87. Frederik Nielsen $245,599

88. Gilles Muller $243,853

89. Ivo Karlovic $241,697

90. Igor Kunitsyn $234,079

91. Steve Darcis $232,350

92. Jonathan Marray $231,674

93. Lleyton Hewitt $227,855

94. Albert Montanes $223,012

95. Brian Baker $221,980

96. Leonardo Mayer $215,243

97. Matthias Bachinger $212,424

98. Go Soeda $208,644

99. Frederico Gil $207,763

100. Donald Young $207,207

SPORTS NOTES

BUCKEYE HEAT TRYOUT: The Buckeye Heat Toledo travel softball team will hold the following tryouts: Aug. 5 at Southview High School, 12U, 3-5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Southview, 14U-18U, 5:30 - 8 p.m.; 15U/16U, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.; Aug. 8 at Southview. 10U-14U, 5:30 - 8 p.m.; 15U/16U, 8:30-10:30 p.m.; Aug. 9 at Elmwood High School, all ages, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Aug. 11 at Southview, last chance tryout, 10U, 12U, 14U, 3-5 p.m.; 15U/16U, 18U, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

CENTRAL CREW COACH: Central Catholic is seeking candidates for assistant crew coach for both fall and spring seasons. Rowing experience a must. Contact Bill Axe, athletics director, at baxe@centralcatholic.org or call 419-255-2280.

DIAMONDHAWKS TRYOUT: The Ohio Diamondbacks 11-U baseball tryout will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Oregon Recreation. Confirm attendance with Ron Rightnowar at 419-691-1448.

SOFTBALL TRYOUTS: Lady Irish Fast Pitch Softball try-outs are scheduled for Aug. 1, Registration: 5:00 p.m. Location: Rolf Park 2115 Cass Rd. Maumee; Aug. 7; Registration: 5:00 p.m. Line Drive Sports Maumee Rec Center 2901 Key St. Maumee; Aug. 11 Registration: 8:00 a.m. 10-u, 12-u, 14-u; 11:30 am 16-u, 18-u; Rolf Park.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA New York 11 5 5 38 37 29

Sporting KC 11 6 4 37 26 19

Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25

D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27

Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22

Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19

Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42

New England 6 9 5 23 25 25

Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21

Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA San Jose 13 5 4 43 44 27

Real Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26

Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26

Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21

Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35

Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21

Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30

FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30

Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35

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

Sunday

Vancouver 2, San Jose 1

TONIGHT

Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 8:30

Friday

Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 9

Saturday

Houston at Toronto FC, 4:30

New York at Montreal, 7:30

Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 8

Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30

Seattle FC at Colorado, 9

Chicago at San Jose, 10:30

Chivas USA at Portland, 11

Sunday, July 29

New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

MLS All-Star Roster

Today

At PPL Park, Chester, Pa.

MLS All-Stars vs. Chelsea FC (England)

Goalkeepers: Dan Kennedy (Chivas USA), Jimmy Nielsen (Sporting Kansas City)

Defenders: Steven Beitashour (San Jose Earthquakes), Aurelien Collin (Sporting Kansas City), Ramiro Corrales (San Jose Earthquakes), Jay DeMerit (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Justin Morrow (San Jose Earthquakes), Heath Pearce (New York Red Bulls), Carlos Valdes (Philadelphia Union)

Midfielders: Osvaldo Alonso (Seattle Sounders FC), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), David Beckham (LA Galaxy), Dwayne De Rosario (D.C. United), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards: Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC), Chris Pontius (D.C. United), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

WNBA

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 8 1/2

Washington 4 14 .222 10 1/2

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 15 4 .789 -

San Antonio 13 5 .722 1 1/2

Los Angeles 15 6 .714 1

Seattle 9 10 .474 6

Phoenix 4 15 .211 11

Tulsa 3 15 .167 11 1/2

OLYMPIC BREAK

HOLES IN ONE

KEN KLATT, No. 4, Hidden Hills, 187 yards, driver.

TOM WALTERS, No. 18 Hidden Hills, 150 yards, 3 iron.

PAUL McELHANEY, No. 2 Eagles Landing, 155 yards, 9 iron

RON THOMAS, No. 13, White Pines, 132 yards, 6 iron

LEE KEMRITZ, No. 7 at Bedford Hills Buckeye, 165 yards, 8-iron

SPORTLIGHT

July 25

1941-Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6.

1956-Swaps sets an American record in a 1 5-8-mile race at Hollywood Park, covering the course in 2:38 1-5.

1956-Jack Burke Jr. defeats Ted Kroll 3 and 2 in the final round to win the PGA championship.

1976-In Montreal, Edwin Moses of the United States sets an Olympic record of 47.63 seconds in the 400 hurdles.

1982-Janet Anderson wins the U.S. Women's Open golf title, her first tournament victory.

1999-Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France, just three years after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that spread to his brain and lungs. Armstrong becomes the second American to win cycling's showcase race.

2004-Lance Armstrong rides into history, winning a record sixth Tour de France and cementing his place as one of the greatest athletes of all time.

2007-Michael Rasmussen, the leader of the Tour de France, is removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning the 16th stage. Rasmussen is sent home for violating (the team's) internal rules. The Danish cyclist missed random drug tests May 8 and June 28, saying he was in Mexico.

2010-Jamie McMurray's victory in the Brickyard 400 gives owner Chip Ganassi the first team triple crown in American auto racing: winning the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year. McMurray won the season-opening Daytona 500 in February, and Ganassi IndyCar series driver Dario Franchitti won the Indy 500 in May.

2011-The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps vote unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4 1/2-month lockout. The final pact is for 10 years, without an opt-out clause.

2011-Taylor Hoagland hits a two-run home run, Valerie Arioto and Megan Langenfeld have RBI singles and the United States beats rival Japan 6-4 to win its fifth straight World Cup of Softball championship.

pro football

CFL

EAST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Hamilton 2 2 0 4 127 133

Toronto 2 2 0 4 106 113

Montreal 2 2 0 4 108 139

Winnipeg 0 4 0 0 78 141

WEST DIVISION

W L T Pts PF PA

Saskatchewan 3 1 0 6 121 78

Edmonton 3 1 0 6 89 56

Calgary 2 2 0 4 147 120

B.C. 2 2 0 4 106 102

THURSDAY

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 8:30

FRIDAY

Toronto at Montreal, 7:30

SATURDAY

Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 6

B.C. at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

San Antonio 14 4 0 .778 1042 949

Chicago 10 8 0 .556 1047 1044

Iowa 7 11 0 .389 948 1032

Kansas City 3 15 0 .167 705 938

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 13 5 0 .722 1118 880

San Jose 12 6 0 .667 1143 1027

Utah 12 6 0 .667 1128 1051

Spokane 10 8 0 .556 1063 1048

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 15 3 0 .833 1228 919

Cleveland 8 10 0 .444 879 875

Milwaukee 5 13 0 .278 960 1062

Pittsburgh 5 13 0 .278 827 963

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Jacksonville 10 8 0 .556 930 884

Georgia 9 9 0 .500 812 923

New Orleans 8 10 0 .444 979 995

Tampa Bay 8 10 0 .444 1021 1108

Orlando 4 14 0 .222 770 902

Saturday

Cleveland 60, Chicago 54

Georgia 55, New Orleans 48

Iowa 66, San Antonio 63

Spokane 63, Tampa Bay 53

Arizona 47, Kansas City 22

Sunday

Orlando 49, Milwaukee 39

Philadelphia 69, Utah 34