On deck

Friday

Volleyball: La Pine at Oakridge, 5:30 p.m.; Pacific at Trinity Lutheran, 3 p.m.; C.S. Lewis at Trinity Lutheran, 5 p.m.

Saturday

Volleyball: Sisters at Santiam Christian, 1 p.m.; Culver at Warrenton Tourney, TBD; Pacific at Gilchrist, noon

Girls soccer: Westview at Summit, noon

FOOTBALL

America’s Line

Favorite Open Current (O/U) Underdog

(Home team in caps)

Thursday

S CAROLINA 11 101/2 (59) Texas A&M

Wake Forest 31/2 PK (451/2) UL-MONROE

TULSA 4 61/2 (471/2) Tulane

Mississippi 10 101/2 (54) Boise St

VANDERBILT 161/2 14 (521/2) Temple

WASH ST 91/2 81/2 (621/2) Rutgers

Friday

Byu 17 161/2 (51) CONNECTICUT

Bowl Green 71/2 71/2 (60) W KENTUCKY

Colorado 3 3 (601/2) Colorado St

HOUSTON 13 111/2 (541/2) UT-S Antonio

ARIZONA 24 24 (60) Unlv

Saturday

C Florida PK 1 (48) Penn St

Ohio St 17 15 (551/2) NAVY

Ucla 221/2 211/2 (571/2) VIRGINIA

MICHIGAN 341/2 341/2 (531/2) App’chian St

UAB PK 2 (661/2) Troy

N’WESTERN 12 101/2 (611/2) California

NC STATE 23 211/2 (53) Ga Southern

NEBRASKA 24 22 (511/2) Fla Atlantic

Boston Coll 141/2 17 (48) U MASS

Marshall 231/2 24 (591/2) MIAMI-OHIO

NOTRE DAME 24 21 (51) Rice

Alabama 261/2 26 (551/2) W Virginia

AUBURN 211/2 211/2 (571/2) Arkansas

GEORGIA 81/2 71/2 (571/2) Clemson

KENT ST 3 3 (471/2) Ohio U

OKLAHOMA 38 38 (511/2) La Tech

PURDUE 121/2 11 (531/2) W Michigan

FLORIDA 341/2 361/2 (511/2) Idaho

USC 22 22 (58) Fresno St

MISS ST 281/2 301/2 (56) So Miss

Washington 191/2 17 (581/2) HAWAII

Florida St 17 18 (631/2) Oklahoma St

TEXAS 241/2 241/2 (52) N Texas

NEW MEXICO 71/2 71/2 (67) Utep

Lsu 41/2 5 (50) Wisconsin

Sunday, Aug. 31

TENNESSEE 61/2 61/2 (511/2) Utah St

BAYLOR 311/2 33 (73) Smu

Monday, Sept. 1

LOUISVILLE 3 31/2 (531/2) Miami-Florida

College

Pac-12 schedule

All Times PDT

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Thursday’s Games

Idaho State at Utah, 4:30 p.m.

Rutgers at Washington State, 7 p.m.

Weber State at Arizona State, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Colorado State at Colorado, 6 p.m.

UNLV at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

UCLA at Virginia, 9 a.m.

California at Northwestern, 12:30 p.m.

UC-Davis at Stanford, 1 p.m.

Portland State at Oregon State, 1 p.m.

Fresno State at Southern California, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Hawaii, 7:30 p.m.

South Dakota at Oregon, 7:30 p.m.

NFL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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PRESEASON

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 3 p.m.

Kansas City at Green Bay, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Miami, 4 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Giants, 4:30 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m.

Baltimore at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Tennessee, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 7 p.m.

REGULAR SEASON

Thursday, Sept. 4

Green Bay at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

TENNIS

U.S. Open

Tuesday

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

New York

Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

First Round

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (28), Spain, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2.

Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Noah Rubin, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0.

Sam Querrey, United States, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, retired.

Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

John Isner (13), United States, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (2).

Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Lukas Rosol (29), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 6-1, 6-2, 2-1, retired.

Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Pere Riba, Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Gilles Simon (26), France, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Sam Groth, Australia, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Roberto Bautista Agut (17), Spain, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Gael Monfils (20), France, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Women

First Round

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-1, 6-1.

Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-2, 6-2.

Wang Qiang, China, def. Paula Kania, Poland, 6-2, 6-0.

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Zhang Shuai (32), China, 6-1, 6-2.

Ana Ivanovic (8), Serbia, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Sam Stosur (24), Australia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Casey Dellacqua (29), Australia, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 7-5, 6-3.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 7-5, 6-2.

Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (20), Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-0, 7-5.

Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3.

Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (30), Czech Republic, def. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.

Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-1.

Flavia Pennetta (11), Italy, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.

Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-1, 6-0.

Christina McHale, United States, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5).

CiCi Bellis, United States, def. Dominika Cibulkova (12), Slovakia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.

Ekaterina Makarova (17), Russia, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1.

CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Madison Keys (27), United States, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-0, 6-3.

Carla Suarez Navarro (15), Spain, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Vania King, United States, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), Russia, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 6-0.

Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Katarzyna Piter, Poland, 6-4, 6-1

Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-3, 6-1.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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Today’s Game

D.C. United at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s Game

Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Colorado at Seattle FC, 1 p.m.

New England at Toronto FC, 2 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

New York at D.C. United, 11:30 a.m.

Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 5 p.m.

NWSL Playoffs

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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Championship

Sunday’s Game

FC Kansas City at Seattle, noon

BASKETBALL

WNBA Playoffs

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

(Best-of-3; x-if necessary)

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CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Tuesday’s Game

Chicago 81, Atlanta 80, Chicago wins series 2-1

CONFERENCE FINALS

Friday’s Game

Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

Phoenix at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game

Indiana at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 2

x-Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 3

x-Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Motor sports

NASCAR

Sprint Cup 2015 Schedule

(Subject to Change)

Feb. 14 — Daytona International Speedway (Sprint Unlimited)

Feb. 15 — Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying)

Feb. 19 — Daytona International Speedway (Duel)

Feb. 22 — Daytona 500

March 1 — Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 8 — Las Vegas Motor Speedway

March 15 — Phoenix International Raceway

March 22 — Auto Club Speedway

March 29 — Martinsville Speedway

April 11 — Texas Motor Speedway

April 19 — Bristol Motor Speedway

April 25 — Richmond International Raceway

May 3 — Talladega Superspeedway

May 9 — Kansas Speedway

May 16 — Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race)

May 24 — Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 31 — Dover International Speedway

June 7 — Pocono Raceway

June 14 — Michigan International Speedway

June 28 — Sonoma Raceway

July 5 — Daytona International Speedway

July 11 — Kentucky Speedway

July 19 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway

July 26 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Aug. 2 — Pocono Raceway

Aug. 9 — Watkins Glen International

Aug. 16 — Michigan International Speedway

Aug. 22 — Bristol Motor Speedway

Sept. 6 — Darlington Raceway

Sept. 12 — Richmond International Raceway

Sept. 20 — Chicagoland Speedway

Sept. 27 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Oct. 4 — Dover International Speedway

Oct. 10 — Charlotte Motor Speedway

Oct. 18 — Kansas Speedway

Oct. 25 — Talladega Superspeedway

Nov. 1 — Martinsville Speedway

Nov. 8 — Texas Motor Speedway

Nov. 15 — Phoenix International Raceway

Nov. 22 — Homestead-Miami Speedway

DEals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated OF Adam Eaton from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Jordan Danks to Charlotte (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Designated LHP Wade LeBlanc for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Yoslan Herrera from Salt Lake (PCL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed general manager Jack Zduriencik with a multiyear contract extension.

TEXAS RANGERS — Extended its player development agreement with Spokane (NWL) through the 2016 season.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled OF Kevin Pillar from Buffalo (IL). Designated OF Nolan Reimold for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated INF Starlin Castro from the bereavement list. Optioned INF Logan Watkins to Iowa (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

ATLANTA HAWKS — Re-signed F Mike Scott.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Acquired F Jared Dudley and a conditional 2017 first-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Clippers for F Carlos Delfino, C Miroslav Raduljica and a 2015 second-round draft pick. Signed F Damien Inglis to a multi-year contract.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Acquired a trade exception and a 2015 protected second round draft pick from Philadelphia for C Hasheem Thabeet and cash considerations.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Jordan Palmer. Released QB Thad Lewis. Placed LB Kiko Alonso on the reserve/non-football injury list. Claimed P Jordan Gay off waivers from Carolina.

CHICAGO BEARS — Waived G James Brown and CB Isaiah Frey.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived LB J.K. Schaffer, CB Lavelle Westbrooks, TE Kevin Brock, WR Jasper Collins, LB James Davidson and QB Matt Scott.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed OL Michael Bowie and LB Darius Eubanks on injured reserve. Placed OL Nick McDonald on the reserve/non-football injury list.

DETROIT LIONS — Claimed TE Michael Egnew off waivers from Miami and FB Emil Igwenagu off waivers from Philadelphia. Released TE Jacob Maxwell and G Bryce Quigley.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed WR Jared Abbrederis, T-G Don Barclay, RB Rajion Neal, DT B.J. Raji, LB Joe Thomas and G Andrew Tiller on injured reserve.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed RB Vick Ballard, RB Deji Karim and OL Ulrick John on injured reserve. Placed FB Stanley Havili on the PUP list.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Waived OT Ryan McKee, CB Kevin Rutland and CB Damond Smith.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Terminated the contract of QB Brady Quinn. Waived WR Armon Binns, TE Brett Brackett, CB Steven Clarke, DE Rakim Cox, DT Cory Grissom, C Tyler Larsen and WR Ryan Spadola. Placed RB Mike Gillislee, TE Arthur Lynch and DT A.J. Francis on injured reserve.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released TE Mike Higgins.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Ben Bass, DB Travis Hawkins, WR Derrick Johnson, LB Deontae Skinner, DB Jemea Thomas and WR Wilson Van Hooser. Placed RB Tyler Gaffney and LB Cameron Gordon on injured reserve.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Waived LB Victor Butler, QB Logan Kilgore, DB Rod Sweeting, LB Kevin Reddick, LB Rufus Johnson, OL Manase Foketi, DE George Uko and TE Travis Beckum.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed S Cooper Taylor and WR Marcus Harris on injured reserve. Waived/injured LB Justin Anderson and DE Emmanuel Dieke. Waived CB Charles James, CB Ross Weaver, S C.J. Barnett, S Kyle Sebetic, LB Spencer Adkins, WR Travis Harvey, TE Xavier Grimble, TE Jerome Cunningham, G John Sullen, DT Everett Dawkins and K Brandon McManus.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed TE Nick Kasa on injured reserve. Placed CB DJ Hayden on the PUP list. Released QB Trent Edwards. Waived WR Juron Criner, G Lucas Nix and K Kevin Goessling. Waived/injured S Larry Asante, WR Greg Jenkins and RB Kory Sheets. Claimed K Giorgio Tavecchio off waivers from Detroit.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Waived LB Vic So’oto, OL Chris Elkins, OL Emmanuel McCray, DL Hebron Fangupo, DL Brian Arnfelt, CB Devin Smith, CB Lewis Toler, WR C.J. Goodwin, WR Kashif Moore, RB Jordan Hall, RB Miguel Maysonet, RB Tauren Poole, TE Eric Waters, S Jordan Dangerfield and LS Luke Ingram.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived/injured DT Michael Brooks, WR David Gilreath and LB Horace Miller. Placed LB Heath Farwell, CB A.J. Jefferson and G C.J. Davison on injured reserve. Placed CB Eric Pinkins on the reserve/non-football injury list.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Acquired G Logan Mankins from New England for TE Tim Wright and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed QB Dominique Davis.

Canadian Football League

TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Released RB Jeremiah Johnson. Waived LB David Hinds and WR Isaiah Williams. Waived/injured OL Gabe Ikard. Placed LB Colin McCarthy on injured reserve.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Announced due to corporate restructuring, vice-president and chief operating officer Jim Bell will no longer serve the club.

COLLEGE

NCAA — Announced the retirement of chief operating officer Jim Isch.

BOWLING GREEN — Named Jimmy Spratt director of hockey operations.

CALDWELL — Named Dennis Gregory assistant director of athletics for operations.

CHATTANOOGA — Named Scott Altizer senior associate athletics director for internal operations.

CHOWAN — Named Emily Karpinski women’s assistant soccer and assistant lacrosse coach.

ETSU — Named Bill McCammon men’s assistant basketball coach.

HOLY CROSS — Named Bill Ball director of athletic ticket sales and procedures for the department of athletics.

NEBRASKA — Named Mike Kirby assistant baseball coach.

NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Melissa Loo women’s assistant volleyball coach.

RPI — Named Caitlin Crowley women’s tennis coach.

TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Named Mike McCarthy volunteer assistant baseball coach.

YESHIVA — Named Jacqui Dauphinais men’s volleyball coach.

Fish count

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Tuesday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 5,433 623 2,894 1,057

The Dalles 2,555 219 556 228

John Day 738 113 428 180

McNary 469 89 381 147

Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Tuesday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 338,094 57,957 201,183 92,984

The Dalles 257,467 45,095 87,406 45,856

John Day 218,403 39,398 49,276 24,560

McNary 201,457 35,360 44,649 22,170