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SPORTS ON TV WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6 p.m. ESPNU — Abilene Christian at Georgia State GOLF 4:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Italian Open, first round, part I, at Turin, Italy MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11:30 a.m. MLB — St. Louis at Pittsburgh 6 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Yankees at Detroit SOCCER 1:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Kobenhavn at Leverkusen FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Arsenal vs. Besiktas, at London TENNIS Noon ESPN — U.S. Open, men’s first and women’s second round, at New York 5 p.m. ESPN2 — U.S. Open, men’s first and women’s second round, at New York YOUTH OLYMPICS GAMES 6 p.m. NBCSN — Diving; beach volleyball, at Nanjing, China (same-day tape)
BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 75 55 .577 — New York 68 62 .523 7 Toronto 66 65 .504 9½ Tampa Bay 64 68 .485 12 Boston 57 74 .435 18½ Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 73 58 .557 — Detroit 71 59 .546 1½ Cleveland 66 63 .512 6 Chicago 59 71 .454 13½ Minnesota 58 73 .443 15 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 77 53 .592 — Oakland 77 54 .588 ½ Seattle 71 59 .546 6 Houston 56 77 .421 22½ Texas 51 79 .392 26 ___ Monday’s Games Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 1 Oakland 8, Houston 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 2, Seattle 0 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Detroit 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1 Houston 4, Oakland 2 Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, late Miami at L.A. Angels, late Texas at Seattle, late Wednesday’s Games Texas (Lewis 8-11) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-5), 3:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Smyly 8-10) at Baltimore (Gausman 7-5), 7:05 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-1) at Toronto (Stroman 7-5), 7:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Detroit (Price 12-9), 7:08 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 7-9), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 14-8) at Kansas City (Hendriks 1-0), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Pomeranz 5-4) at Houston (Peacock 3-8), 8:10 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 10:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 1:08 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS All times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Washington 75 56 .573 — Atlanta 68 64 .515 7½ Miami 65 65 .500 9½ New York 62 70 .470 13½ Philadelphia 60 72 .455 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 73 58 .557 — St. Louis 71 60 .542 2 Pittsburgh 68 64 .515 5½ Cincinnati 63 69 .477 10½
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Monday’s event, which was also attended by tight end Jason Witten and running back DeMarco Murray. “He obviously feels in the right circumstances he wants to get something done. We do, too.” Bryant’s tumultuous first two years with the Cowboys included jewelry lawsuits that were settled, a baggy pants incident at an upscale Dallas mall and a domestic disturbance charge over an incident
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I focused on a lot; just running outside routes and getting the feel for outside, because I haven’t run it in a long time. I feel like I’ve adjusted a lot better. I had the slot down pat, so I kind of steered away from it a little bit and just focused on the outside. It’s worked out.” Neal has drawn praise from the coaching staff throughout the offseason. The junior has started just two games at Oklahoma, but the coaches say he’s ready for an expanded role. “Durron is just playing with a lot of confidence,” co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach Jay Norvell said. “He’s always shown great ability to run,
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59 72 .450 14 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 74 58 .561 — San Francisco 68 62 .523 5 San Diego 60 70 .462 13 Arizona 55 76 .420 18½ Colorado 53 77 .408 20 ___ Monday’s Games St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Milwaukee 10, San Diego 1 Colorado 3, San Francisco 2 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4, Washington 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, late Miami at L.A. Angels, late Milwaukee at San Diego, late Colorado at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games St. Louis (Wainwright 15-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-3), 12:35 p.m. Washington (Fister 12-4) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 6-11), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 12-9) at N.Y. Mets (Za. Wheeler 9-8), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Ja.Turner 4-7) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-5), 9:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-3) at Arizona (Miley 7-9), 9:40 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 10:05 p.m. Colorado (F.Morales 5-7) at San Francisco (Hudson 9-9), 10:15 p.m. Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS All times EDT American North Division W L Pct. Oklahoma City 72 66 .522 Omaha (Royals) 71 65 .522 Iowa (Cubs) 69 69 .500 Colorado Springs 53 84 .387 American South Division W L Pct. Memphis (Cardinals) 75 61 .551 Nashville (Brewers) 74 62 .544 Round Rock (Rangers) 67 69 .493 New Orleans (Marlins) 67 70 .489 Pacific North Division W L Pct. Sacramento 76 61 .555 Reno (Diamondbacks) 75 62 .547 Tacoma (Mariners) 71 66 .518 Fresno (Giants) 65 72 .474 Pacific South Division W L Pct. z-Las Vegas (Mets) 78 60 .565 El Paso (Padres) 66 71 .482 Albuquerque 59 77 .434 Salt Lake (Angels) 57 80 .416
GB — — 3 18½ GB — 1 8 8½ GB — 1 5 11 GB — 11½ 18 20½
z-clinched playoff spot ___ Monday’s Games Oklahoma City 3, Albuquerque 0 Sacramento 20, Nashville 1 Memphis 1, Fresno 0 El Paso 4, Colorado Springs 3 New Orleans 6, Salt Lake 5 Iowa 8, Tacoma 0 Reno 7, Omaha 1 Las Vegas 9, Round Rock 3 Tuesday’s Games Fresno at Memphis, 8:02 p.m. Sacramento at Nashville, 8:05 p.m. Albuquerque at Oklahoma City, 8:05 p.m. El Paso at Colorado Springs, 8:35 p.m. New Orleans at Salt Lake, 9:05 p.m. Omaha at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Iowa at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m. Round Rock at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Sacramento at Nashville, 8:05 p.m. Fresno at Memphis, 8:05 p.m. Albuquerque at Oklahoma City, 8:05 p.m. El Paso at Colorado Springs, 8:35 p.m. New Orleans at Salt Lake, 9:05 p.m. Omaha at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Iowa at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m. Round Rock at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m.
FOOTBALL NFL PRESEASON STANDINGS All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Miami 2 1 0 .667 55 New England 2 1 0 .667 78 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 62 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 63 South W L T Pct PF Houston 2 1 0 .667 50 Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 68 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 47
PA 50 65 62 81 PA 56 64 43
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0 3 0 .000 53 63 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 83 50 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 56 67 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 75 79 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 49 70 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 1 0 .667 72 34 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 48 69 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 69 97 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 54 67 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 99 79 Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 52 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 94 97 Dallas 0 3 0 .000 57 89 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 80 65 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 40 66 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 53 66 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 51 50 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 0 0 1.000 70 46 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 81 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 52 51 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 68 48 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 1 0 .667 91 41 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 73 49 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 64 61 San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 24 64 ___ Thursday’s Game Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21 Friday’s Games New England 30, Carolina 7 N.Y. Giants 35, N.Y. Jets 24 Detroit 13, Jacksonville 12 Green Bay 31, Oakland 21 Seattle 34, Chicago 6 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 14 Miami 25, Dallas 20 Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17 Baltimore 23, Washington 17 Minnesota 30, Kansas City 12 New Orleans 23, Indianapolis 17 St. Louis 33, Cleveland 14 Houston 18, Denver 17 Sunday’s Games San Francisco 21, San Diego 7 Cincinnati 19, Arizona 13 Thursday, Aug. 28 Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6 p.m. Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 7 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m. Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.
SOFTBALL HIGH SCHOOL Shawnee Varsity Tournament at Firelake Ballfields Thursday, Aug. 28 7:15 p.m. Deer Creek-Sapulpa, Field 1 Stillwater-Durant, Field 2 Friday, Aug. 29 3:30 p.m. Sapulpa-Stillwater, Field 1 Coweta-Deer Creek, Field 2 Carl Albert-Collinsville, Field 3 Shawnee-Pryor, Field 4 5:30 p.m. Durant-Deer Creek, Field 1 Claremore-Sapulpa, Field 2 Collinsville-Stillwater, Field 3 7:30 p.m. Shawnee-Coweta, Field 1 Durant-Pryor, Field 2 Claremore-Carl Albert, Field 3 Saturday, Aug. 30 10 a.m. Durant-Collinsville, Field 2 Claremore-Pryor, Field 3 Carl Albert-Sapulpa, Field 4 12 p.m. Durant-Sapulpa, Field 1 Carl Albert-Coweta, Field 2 Deer Creek-Stillwater, Field 3 Shawnee-Claremore, Field 4 2 p.m. Shawnee-Stillwater, Field 1 Deer Creek-Pryor, Field 2 Coweta-Collinsville, Field 3 Asher 10, Allen 0 (4 innings) Allen (2-8) 000 0 — 0 3 7 Asher (9-3) 511 3 — 10 10 0 WP: Tarin Dubler – 4IP, 0R, 3H, BB, 2K Desaray Goodgion – 2-3, 2B, RBI Dubler – 3-3 Braxten Frazier – 3B
with his mother. He’s also created stirs with a variety of sideline antics. While the sideline shows are more recent, the brushes with the law are now at least two years old. And he says a big contract won’t change him. “I’m here to take care of my family,” says Bryant, who has two young sons. “That’s all I ever wanted to do, is take care of my family. I know how to survive with nothing.” NOTES: QB Caleb Hanie was among 11 players waived or released to
get the Cowboys to the 75player limit. S Matt Johnson, who battled chronic hamstring problems after getting drafted in the fourth round in 2012, and LB DeVonte Holloman were among the injured players waived. Doctors told Holloman last week he should quit football because of a neck condition. ... Rookie DE Ben Gardner (shoulder) was placed on season-ending injured reserve, and DT Amobi Okoye will spend the first six weeks of the season on the non-football illness list.
to run after the catch, to go deep, all of those things. But he’s just kind of tying all the loose ends of his game together and playing with a lot of confidence.” Young will step into the slot position vacated by Shepard. “He’s a playmaker,” Oklahoma quarterback Trevor Knight said. “It just seems like when he’s out there on the field, he’s making plays. Not a super flashy guy, but a guy that just consistently gets it done.” Second string receivers are Derrick Woods, Jordan Smallwood and Michiah Quick. Others who will contribute are Dannon Cavil and Austin Bennett. Quick, a true freshman, was a four-star recruit according to multiple services. “He’s quick, you know, matches his last name for
sure,” Shepard said. “He reminds me of me when I was a youngster. He’s getting all the plays down and that’s the main thing. When you get the plays down, you can play a lot faster, so he’s in the process of doing that.” Smallwood is a redshirt freshman from Jenks, Okla. Woods is a redshirt sophomore who caught two passes last season. At tight end, Bell has embraced his position switch, and the Sooners expect big things from him in the passing game. The coaches consider him a downfield threat. “He’s a key to what we want to do this year and I’m excited to see him play probably as much as anybody,” Norvell said. “He’s worked awfully hard. He has a great attitude for the game.”
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Davis homer lifts Pirates over Cardinals, 5-2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Ike Davis launched a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Seth Maness in the eighth inning Tuesday night, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over the St. Louis Cardinals 52. The Pirates won after reigning NL MVP Andrew McCutchen left in the fifth inning because of discomfort in his left ribs. Recently on the disabled list because of a rib problem, the center fielder ran into the wall earlier in the game. Davis sent a 2-2 pitch from Maness (5-3) deep over the fence in rightcenter for his ninth home run of the season and his third as a pinch-hitter. Tony Watson (9-1) couldn’t protect an early lead after six-plus dominant innings by starter Gerrit Cole, but picked up the win. Mark Melancon worked the ninth for his 23rd save. Josh Harrison homered for the Pirates. Jon Jay and Randal Grichuk picked up RBIs for the Cardinals. Lance Lynn gave up two runs over six innings in a bid to win his fourth straight start. Pittsburgh, trying desperately to stay in the hunt for a wild-card slot, appeared in danger of a second straight disheartening defeat after a brilliant effort by Cole. The 23-year-old overwhelmed the Cardinals for long stretches in his second start since returning from the disabled list with right lat soreness. St. Louis didn’t get a hit
until a two-out double just inside the first base bag by Kolten Wong in the sixth. Cole responded by fanning Matt Holliday for his ninth strikeout of the game. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle decided to send Cole back out for the seventh with a 2-0 lead even though he had thrown 102 pitches. Trouble soon followed. Matt Adams led off with a double and Jhonny Peralta followed with a single. Watson, an All-Star who has slipped a bit over the second half of the season, came on but couldn’t quell the rally. Adams scored on a sacrifice fly by Jay, and Grichuk — called up earlier in the day after outfielder Shane Robinson was placed on the disabled list with a shoulder injury — slapped a single up the middle to tie the game. Watson recovered to get out of the jam and retired the side in the eighth. Gaby Sanchez singled with one out in the Pittsburgh eighth and Starling Marte followed with his second hit of the night. The Cardinals decided to stick with Maness after a brief conference. It didn’t work. Davis, whose at-bats have dwindled with the team experimenting with Pedro Alvarez at first, hit a towering shot to boost a team that has fallen off the pace in the crowded NL playoff chase over the last three weeks. McCutchen aggravated the rib injury that sent him to the disabled list earlier this month. He slammed into the wall to take away
a hit from Matt Carpenter in the third. McCutchen remained in the game for two more plate appearances but grimaced in obvious pain after a flyout in the fifth. TRAINER’S ROOM Cardinals: St. Louis put Robinson on the 15-day disabled list with a partially dislocated left shoulder. He hurt himself while trying to steal second late in a 3-2 win over the Pirates on Monday. He went back to St. Louis for an MRI on Tuesday. Manager Mike Matheny said there is no timetable for Robinson’s return. Grichuk hit 25 home runs in Triple-A this season. Pirates: Alvarez exited in the seventh inning with left foot discomfort. Making his sixth start at first base following serious throwing issues while playing at third base, Alvarez went 0 for 3 and handled every defensive chance cleanly before giving way to Gaby Sanchez. Alvarez will be re-evalulated on Wednesday. UP NEXT Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (15-8, 2.52 ERA) goes for his major leagueleading 16th win on Wednesday. Wainwright’s nine road victories are tied for second in the majors and his 1.74 road ERA is tops among all starters. Pirates: Jeff Locke (5-3, 3.69 ERA) is 3-1 with a 3.78 ERA in eight starts at PNC Park this season. The left-hander allowed two runs in six innings in an 83 victory over Milwaukee last Friday.
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Bellis upset highlights US Open NEW YORK (AP) — While 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was in the process of stunning a Grand Slam finalist to become the youngest player to win a U.S. Open match since 1996, her father did his best to conceal his emotions courtside. Like many a teen, CiCi has strict rules for Dad in public — even if his 1,208th-ranked daughter is pulling out a back-andforth 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory Tuesday over 12th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in the first round at Flushing Meadows. “I’m told I cannot sigh and I cannot move or say anything (because) that distracts her, so I just have to sit there like a Sphinx and just smile and pray,” the elder Bellis, Gordon, explained with a deadpan delivery. “She hears me when I sigh. So I can’t sigh.” Ah, yes, the joys of raising kids. And make no mistake, Bellis is a kid. She is home-schooled and about to start 10th grade. Her first memory of the U.S. Open is watching on TV while Maria Sharapova played. She likes to hang out at the mall with friends back home in California. Asked whether she’s a fan of pop star Justin Bieber, Bellis answered, “I used to like him when I was younger, a couple years ago.” Her victory was the most surprising of the afternoon session on Day 2 of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament. Another American teen, Taylor Townsend, was set to face two-time defending champion Serena Williams at night, after Roger Federer beat Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) with Michael Jordan sitting in Federer’s guest box in Arthur Ashe Stadium. “Growing up, he was my big sporting idol,” Federer said. “Having him here is unbelievably special.” Aside from the Williams
sisters, American tennis fans have not had much reason to cheer for their own in the latter stages of major tournaments in recent years. That’s why the occasional run by a young U.S. player — think Melanie Oudin, wearing “Believe” on her sneakers in 2009 — stirs interest at Flushing Meadows. “Believing was the No. 1 thing that I had to do today,” said Bellis, whose nickname CiCi is derived from the initials of her first and middle names, Catherine Cartan. “That’s what my coach told me before the match also: Just go out there and believe that you can win.” Bellis is still young enough that she plans on playing in the junior tournament in New York. She lost in the third round of that event a year ago; she lost in the first round of the Wimbledon girls’ tournament last month. But on Tuesday, there she was in front of a supportive, overflowing crowd on Court 6 at Flushing Meadows, taking it to Cibulkova, the runner-up at the Australian Open in January. “I went into the match thinking it was going to be such a great experience,” said Bellis, whose rapid-fire sentences tend to finish with a gurgle of laughter, “but I never thought I would come out on top winning.” Neither did her parents. Her mother, Lori, didn’t attend the match because she gets too nervous watching in person, Gordon Bellis said. So Lori stayed at their hotel, getting updates via text from Gordon. “She asked how bad it was going in the first set. And so I told her (CiCi) actually won the first set. She couldn’t believe that,” Gordon said. “We were just thankful that she didn’t get doublebageled. That was the first objective.” After trailing 3-1 in the third set — “kind of
a bummer,” Bellis would say later — she came back to even things, and then broke the 25-year-old Cibulkova in the final game. When it ended, Bellis crouched at the baseline and pumped her fists, then ran over to the stands for congratulatory hugs. “I didn’t expect her to play so aggressive today. I thought she’s kind of a player who’s just putting the ball back and running around,” Cibulkova said. “That didn’t happen today. She was really aggressive on the court and that maybe surprised me in the first set.” Bellis was making her main-draw tour-level debut, having earned a wild-card invitation from the U.S. Tennis Association by winning the USTA Girls’ 18s National Championship, the youngest to do since Lindsay Davenport also won it at 15 in 1991. Not since Anna Kournikova was 15 in 1996 had someone so young won a match at the U.S. Open. And not since Mary Joe Fernandez was that age in 1986 had an American done it. “Now it’s time for her to refocus, not get too excited about this first round. Just get back to business,” said Fernandez, an ESPN analyst. Next up for Bellis is a second-round match against 48th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. And Gordon Bellis said Lori might decide to attend that one. No word on what sort of rules Mom will have to follow.
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