Scoreboard: 7-31
7/31/2012NASCAR-Sprint Cup winners, schedule
Feb. 18 -- x-Budweiser Shootout (Kyle Busch)
Feb. 23 -- x-Gatorade Duel 2 (Matt Kenseth)
Feb. 23 -- x-Gatorade Duel 1 (Tony Stewart)
Feb. 27 -- Daytona 500 (Matt Kenseth)
March 4 -- Subway Fresh Fit 500 (Denny Hamlin)
March 11 -- Kobalt Tools 400 (Tony Stewart)
March 18 -- Food City 500 (Brad Keselowski)
March 25 -- Auto Club 400 (Tony Stewart)
April 1 -- Goody's Fast Relief 500 (Ryan Newman)
April 14 -- Samsung Mobile 500 (Greg Biffle)
April 22 -- STP 400 (Denny Hamlin)
April 28 -- Capital City 400 presented by Virginia is for Lovers (Kyle Busch)
May 6 -- Aaron's 499 (Brad Keselowski)
May 12 -- Bojangles' Southern 500 (Jimmie Johnson)
May 19 -- x-Sprint Showdown (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
May 19 -- x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Jimmie Johnson)
May 27 -- Coca-Cola 600 (Kasey Kahne)
June 3 -- FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (Jimmie Johnson)
June 10 -- Pocono 400 (Joey Logano)
June 17 -- Quicken Loans 400 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
June 24 -- Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Clint Bowyer)
June 30 -- Quaker State 400 (Brad Keselowski)
July 7 -- Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola (Tony Stewart)
July 15 -- Lenox Industrial Tools 301 (Kasey Kahne)
July 29 -- Crown Royal Presents The Curtiss Shaver 400 at The Brickyard (Jimmie Johnson)
Aug. 5 -- Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa.
Aug. 12 -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 19 -- Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 25 -- Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 2 -- AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga.
Sept. 8 -- Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va.
Sept. 16 -- GEICO 400, Joliet, Ill.
Sept. 23 -- Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 30 -- AAA 400, Dover, Del.
Oct. 7 -- Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 13 -- Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 21 -- Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 28 -- TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 4 -- AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas
Nov. 11 -- Phoenix 500, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 18 -- Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla.
x-non-points race
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Through July 29
POINTS
1, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 731. 2. Matt Kenseth, 717. 3. Greg Biffle, 709. 4. Jimmie Johnson, 704. 5. Denny Hamlin, 667. 6. Kevin Harvick, 653. 7. Martin Truex Jr., 653. 8. Tony Stewart, 652. 9. Brad Keselowski, 649. 10. Clint Bowyer, 643.
11. Kyle Busch, 588. 12. Carl Edwards, 582. 13. Kasey Kahne, 579. 14. Ryan Newman, 573. 15. Jeff Gordon, 564. 16. Paul Menard, 564. 17. Joey Logano, 544. 18. Marcos Ambrose, 519. 19. Jamie McMurray, 508. 20. Jeff Burton, 505.
MONEY
1, Jimmie Johnson, $5,176,013. 2. Matt Kenseth, $4,887,271. 3. Tony Stewart, $4,229,595. 4. Denny Hamlin, $4,157,735. 5. Kyle Busch, $3,944,968. 6. Greg Biffle, $3,795,568. 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,769,910. 8. Kevin Harvick, $3,480,350. 9. Brad Keselowski, $3,478,135. 10. Jeff Gordon, $3,267,403.
11. Carl Edwards, $3,235,454. 12. Ryan Newman, $3,201,983. 13. Jeff Burton, $3,191,130. 14. Martin Truex Jr., $3,181,068. 15. Clint Bowyer, $3,119,133. 16. Kasey Kahne, $2,889,051. 17. Aric Almirola, $2,834,215. 18. Marcos Ambrose, $2,792,805. 19. Jamie McMurray, $2,749,560. 20. Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,680,910.
NASCAR-Nationwide winners, schedule
Feb. 25 -- DRIVE4COPD 300 (James Buescher)
March 3 -- Bashas' Supermarkets 200 (Elliott Sadler)
March 10 -- Sam's Town 300 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
March 17 -- Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol (Elliott Sadler)
March 24 -- Royal Purple 300 (Joey Logano)
April 13 -- O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
April 27 -- Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Spring) (Kurt Busch)
May 5 -- Aaron's 312 (Joey Logano)
May 11 -- VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 (Joey Logano)
May 20 -- Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.)
May 26 -- History 300 (Brad Keselowski)
June 2 -- 5-hour ENERGY 200 (Joey Logano)
June 16 -- Alliance Truck Parts 250 (Joey Logano)
June 23 -- Sargento 200 (Nelson Piquet Jr.)
June 29 -- Feed The Children 300 (Austin Dillon)
July 6 -- Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola (Kurt Busch)
July 14 -- F.W. Webb 200 (Brad Keselowski)
July 22 -- STP 300 (Elliott Sadler)
July 28 -- Indiana 250 (Brad Keselowski)
Aug. 4 -- U.S. Cellular 250, Newton, Iowa
Aug. 11 -- Zippo 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 18 -- NAPA Auto Parts 200, Montreal
Aug. 24 -- Food City 250, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 1 -- NRA American Warrior 300, Hampton, Ga.
Sept. 7 -- Virginia 529 College Savings 250, Richmond, Va.
Sept. 15 -- Dollar General 300 powered by Coca-Cola, Joliet, Ill.
Sept. 22 -- Kentucky 300, Sparta, Ky.
Sept. 29 -- OneMain Financial 200, Dover, Del.
Oct. 12 -- Dollar General 300, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 20 -- Kansas Lottery 300, Kansas City, Kan.
Nov. 3 -- O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas
Nov. 10 -- Great Clips 200, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 17 -- Ford EcoBoost 300, Homestead, Fla.
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA New York 11 6 5 38 38 32
Houston 10 5 7 37 33 25
Sporting KC 11 7 4 37 27 21
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 5 32 23 23
Columbus 8 7 4 28 20 20
Montreal 8 13 3 27 33 43
Philadelphia 7 10 2 23 22 22
New England 6 10 5 23 26 27
Toronto FC 5 12 4 19 24 38
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28
Real Salt Lake 13 7 3 42 35 27
Seattle 9 5 7 34 27 22
Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28
Los Angeles 10 10 3 33 39 35
Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21
Colorado 7 14 1 22 28 32
FC Dallas 5 11 7 22 25 31
Portland 5 12 4 19 19 36
Friday
New York at Houston, 8
Saturday
Columbus at D.C. United, 7:30
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30
Sporting Kansas City at New England, 7:30
Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 9
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - Suspended minor league free-agent SS Diory Paulino 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX - Optioned LHP Hector Santiago to Charlotte (IL). Assigned SS Greg Paiml to Birmingham (SL).
MINNESOTA TWINS - Recalled RHP Jeff Manship from Rochester (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS - Reinstated 1B/OF Mitch Moreland from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Leonys Martin to Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Placed 1B/DH Adam Lind on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled 1B David Cooper from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS - Optioned 2B Brian Bixler to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled 1B Brett Wallace from Oklahoma City.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS - Optioned RHP Tyler Thornburg to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Mike McClendon from Nashville. Fired bullpen coach Stan Kyles. Named Lee Tunnell interim bullpen coach.
SAN DIEGO PADRES - Placed LHP Joe Thatcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled RHP Brad Boxberger from Tucson (PCL).
International League
CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS - Added SS Tyler Saladino from Birmingham (SL). Sent C Damaso Espino to Birmingham.
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS - Released LHP Taylor Wink.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES - Signed OF Adam De La Garza. Released OF Gus Milner.
SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS - Released OF Jonny Kaplan.
WICHITA WINGNUTS - Traded INF Jairo Perez to Grand Prairie for INF Greg Porter.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES - Released LHP Rich Hawkins.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS - Traded the rights to OF James McOwen to Abilene (Nor-Am) for LHP Adam Rowe.
Can-Am League
WORCESTER TORNADOES - Signed OF Matt Jacobs.
Frontier League
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS - Signed INF Aaron Klinec.
RIVER CITY RASCALS - Released RHP Blaine O'Brien.
TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS - Released LHP David Deminsky.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS - Signed RHP Willy Kesler. Released INF Greg Bachman.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS - Traded G Willie Green to the L.A. Clippers for the rights to F Sofoklis Schortsanitis.
TORONTO RAPTORS - Re-signed F Alan Anderson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS - Placed DE Jyles Tucker on the reserve/left camp list and terminated his contract.
DENVER BRONCOS - Signed S Anthony Perkins.
GREEN BAY PACKERS - Signed TE DeMarco Cosbyl.
HOUSTON TEXANS - Signed DE Mitch King.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Waived CB Reggie Corner. Signed CB Trumaine McBride.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - Placed CB Kyle McCarthy on injured reserve. Signed LB Edgar Jones. Announced the retirement of OT Tony Ugoh.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS - Signed DB Chris Stroud. Waived DB Nicholas Taylor.
NEW YORK JETS - Activated G Terrance Campbell, LB Demario Davis and WR Jordan White from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - Signed QB Kevin O'Connell.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - Waived LB Thomas Williams.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS - Placed OL Andre Douglas on the 9-game injured list.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
TORONTO MARLIES - Re-signed F Mike Zigomanis, F Will Acton and D Dylan Yeo to one-year contracts.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS - Traded M Mehdi Ballouchy to San Jose for an international spot and 2013 conditional draft pick.
Major Indoor Soccer League
BALTIMORE BLAST - Announced G Sagu will not return next season.
COLLEGE
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON - Promoted women's assistant fencing coach Christian Rivera to head coach.
HOUSTON - Announced the resignation of men's and women's cross country coach Ryan Turner.
ITHACA - Named Katherine Bixby women's assistant basketball coach.
LEBANON VALLEY - Named Jackie Dando women's lacrosse coach.
SHENANDOAH - Promoted part-time assistant football coach Kalvin Oliver to full-time.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN - Named Josh Fosdick men's golf coach.
UTAH - Suspended S Brian Blechen three games for violating undisclosed team rules.
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
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
Major League Baseball
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at Washington -145 Philadelphia +135
at Atlanta -145 Miami +135
at Cincinnati -175 San Diego +165
at Chicago -105 Pittsburgh -105
at Milwaukee -250 Houston +220
St. Louis -135 at Colorado +125
at Los Angeles -125 Arizona +115
at San Fran. -150 New York +140
American League
at New York -185 Baltimore +175
Detroit -125 at Boston +115
at Texas -105 Los Angeles -105
at Kansas City -115 Cleveland +105
Chicago -145 at Minnesota +135
at Oakland -120 Tampa Bay +110
at Seattle -120 Toronto +110
ARENA FOOTBALL
First Round
Friday, July 27
Utah 35, San Antonio 34
Saturday, July 28
Jacksonville 58, Georgia 56
Philadelphia 66, New Orleans 53
Arizona 51, San Jose 48
Conference Championships
Friday, Aug. 3 or Saturday, Aug. 4
National
Utah vs. Arizona, TBA
American
Jacksonville vs. Philadelphia, TBA
SPORTLIGHT
July 31
1934-Britain, led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, beats the United States 4-1 at Wimbledon to win the Davis Cup title.
1954-Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to give the Milwaukee Braves a 15-7 victory over Brooklyn.
1963-The Cleveland Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs and in an unlikely fashion. Number eight hitter Woody Held hits a two-out homer off Paul Foytack, pitcher Pedro Ramos follows with his second homer of the game, Tito Francona and Larry Brown's first major league homer finish the string. Foytack is the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.
1972-Dick Allen becomes the first player since 1950 to hit two inside-the-park homers in a game as the Chicago White Sox beat Minnesota 8-1.
1983-Jan Stephenson beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by one stroke to win the U.S. Women's Open.
1990-Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.
HOLES IN ONE
TOM YELLSTROM, No. 12, Sugar Creek, 110 yards, pitching wedge
TOM PAUL, No. 12, Sugar Creek, 110 yards, pitching wedge
DAN WARNS, No. 8 at Tanglewood, 106 yards, wedge.
SPORTS NOTE
The OSU Alumni Club of Lucas County has seats available on a bus trip to see the Ohio State-Michigan State game in East Lansing on Sept. 29. If interested call Don at 419-944-7009.
OHIO DIAMOND HAWKS: Tryouts will be held Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at Bowling Green's Carter Park Field 1. The Premier Ohio Diamond Hawks are expanding their organization to include a 12U team for 2013. Call (419) 352-1115 for information.
Blue Devil Travel Baseball Club will hold tryouts on Sunday August 5 from 4:00 - 6:00pm and Wednesday August 8 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Tryouts will be held at Springfield High School baseball fields at 1065 Albon Rd. For more info call Steve King 419-708-9156.
LOCAL GOLF
TDGA Stroke-Play
1. Phil Trueblood, Shawnee, 2. Mark Akers, Mohawk, 3. Rick Elrod, Highland Meadows, 4. Collin Hoops, Stone Ridge.
Senior Stroke-Play
1. DeWayne Wendt, Findlay, 2. Rick Elrod, Highland Meadows, 3. Dave Belden, CIC.
TJGA Invitational
Sylvania Country Club
Boys
1. Jack Mancinotti. 71, 2. Mitch Kontak. 74, 3. Evan Wilker. 75, 4. Brian Hoeflinger 76, T5. Dillion Booth. 78, T5. Zach Hoops. 78, T5. Patrick Sherlock. 78, T5. Denny Brown, jr. 78
Girls
1. Jaclyn Fanola. 75, 2. Kathryn Young. 85, T3. Bailey Moreland. 86, T3. Jessica Anypas. 86
LOCAL BASEBALL
American Legion
Whitehouse 100 003 110 -- 6 6 1
Wayne County 010 000 010 -- 2 6 2
WP--Mayberry. LP--Hatala. Tansel (W), 1B, 2B, 3 run
TENNIS
WTA Money Leaders
Through July 30
Name Money
1. Victoria Azarenka $5,084,143
2. Maria Sharapova $4,485,533
3. Serena Williams $3,379,458
4. Agnieszka Radwanska $2,989,241
5. Sara Errani $2,025,974
6. Angelique Kerber $1,340,048
7. Petra Kvitova $1,284,309
8. Roberta Vinci $1,051,805
9. Samantha Stosur $988,742
10. Maria Kirilenko $864,569
11. Na Li $806,791
12. Caroline Wozniacki $772,868
13. Marion Bartoli $724,138
14. Julia Goerges $711,875
15. Nadia Petrova $674,910
16. Ana Ivanovic $664,920
17. Kim Clijsters $638,231
18. Ekaterina Makarova $635,390
19. Dominika Cibulkova $630,098
20. Lucie Hradecka $605,219
21. Elena Vesnina $551,766
22. Svetlana Kuznetsova $549,968
23. Sabine Lisicki $508,440
24. Kaia Kanepi $492,489
25. Jelena Jankovic $481,784
26. Francesca Schiavone $474,621
27. Yaroslava Shvedova $466,328
28. Vera Zvonareva $458,524
29. Tamira Paszek $455,926
30. Lisa Raymond $447,896
31. Jie Zheng $435,727
32. Lucie Safarova $429,060
33. Venus Williams $425,320
34. Klara Zakopalova $403,548
35. Andrea Hlavackova $403,042
36. Liezel Huber $399,541
37. Christina McHale $388,201
38. Anabel Medina Garrigues $386,955
39. Flavia Pennetta $386,859
40. Varvara Lepchenko $381,189
41. Iveta Benesova $370,842
42. Shuai Peng $369,508
43. Yanina Wickmayer $363,408
44. Monica Niculescu $344,789
45. Sania Mirza $342,853
46. Vania King $329,813
47. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova $327,653
48. Daniela Hantuchova $322,627
49. Sorana Cirstea $307,888
50. Petra Martic $301,380
51. Petra Cetkovska $298,917
52. Sloane Stephens $297,946
53. Mona Barthel $293,945
54. Shahar Peer $282,834
55. Marina Erakovic $278,757
56. Simona Halep $276,458
57. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova $273,630
58. Galina Voskoboeva $269,972
59. Jarmila Gajdosova $259,718
60. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez $259,640
61. Sofia Arvidsson $255,388
62. Chanelle Scheepers $253,465
63. Arantxa Rus $252,382
64. Su-Wei Hsieh $251,525
65. Carla Suarez Navarro $250,831
CFL
EAST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Hamilton 3 2 0 6 162 167
Toronto 3 2 0 6 129 133
Montreal 2 3 0 4 128 162
Winnipeg 1 4 0 2 101 163
WEST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
B.C. 3 2 0 6 140 110
Edmonton 3 2 0 6 111 89
Saskatchewan 3 2 0 6 155 113
Calgary 2 3 0 4 155 154
FRIDAY
Montreal at Winnipeg, 8:30
MONDAY
B.C. at Toronto, 5 p.m.