On deck

Thursday

Volleyball: Sisters, Astoria at Santiam Christian, 1 p.m.

Friday

Volleyball: Oakridge at La Pine, 5:30 p.m.; Triangle Lake at Trinity Lutheran, 1 p.m.; Crosshill Christian at Trinity Lutheran, 4 p.m.; Mitchell/Spray at Gilchrist, noon

Saturday

Volleyball: Culver at Warrenton Tournament, 8 a.m.

BASEBALL

LLWS

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

At South Williamsport, Pa.

All Times PDT

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Monday’s Games

Santiago de los Caballero 7, Portland 3

Mexicali Baja California 14, Sydney 3, 4 innings, mercy rule, Sydney eliminated

Bowling Green, Ky. 4, Taylors, S.C. 3, Taylors eliminated

Taipei 5, Kampala 0, Kampala eliminated

Game 20 — Bonita, Calif. 10, vs. Cranston, R.I. 3, Cranston eliminated

Today’s Games

Consolation — White Rock, B.C. vs. Webb City, Mo. 10 a.m.

Game 21 — Mexicali Baja California vs. Taipei, 1 p.m.

Game 22 — Bowling Green, Ky. vs. Bonita, Calif., 5 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Game 23 — Barquisimento vs. Tokyo, 1 p.m.

Game 24 — Pearland, Texas vs. Lewisberry, Pa., 5 p.m.

FOOTBALL

NFL preseason

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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Monday’s Game

Tampa Bay 25, Cincinnati 11

Friday’s Games

New England at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 4 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 4 p.m.

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

Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Diego, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

San Francisco at Denver, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Houston at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Oakland, 5 p.m.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

D.C. United 13 9 5 44 35 31

New York 11 6 6 39 38 25

Columbus 10 8 8 38 43 43

Toronto FC 10 10 4 34 42 41

New England 9 9 7 34 34 36

Montreal 8 10 4 28 29 32

New York City FC 7 12 7 28 37 44

Orlando City 7 12 7 28 32 46

Philadelphia 7 13 6 27 33 43

Chicago 6 13 5 23 27 35

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 13 7 7 46 49 32

Vancouver 14 9 3 45 38 26

Sporting Kansas City 11 6 7 40 39 33

Portland 11 8 7 40 28 30

FC Dallas 11 8 5 38 33 30

Seattle 11 13 2 35 30 29

San Jose 10 10 5 35 31 29

Houston 8 9 8 32 32 32

Real Salt Lake 8 10 8 32 29 38

Colorado 6 9 9 27 21 25

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Wednesday’s Games

New York at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Friday’s Game

Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Columbus at New York City FC, 1 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.

New England at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Houston, 6 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Portland at Seattle, 2 p.m.

D.C. United at New York, 4 p.m.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

New York 18 8 .692 —

Indiana 17 9 .654 1

Chicago 17 11 .607 2

Washington 15 11 .577 3

Connecticut 12 14 .462 6

Atlanta 10 16 .385 8

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Minnesota 19 9 .679 —

Phoenix 16 11 .593 2½

Tulsa 13 14 .481 5½

Los Angeles 10 17 .370 8½

Seattle 7 20 .259 11½

San Antonio 7 21 .250 12

x-clinched playoff spot

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Today’s Game

Connecticut at Atlanta, 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday’s Game

Los Angeles at Indiana, 4 p.m.

TENNIS

ATP World Tour

Winston-Salem Open

Monday at Winston-Salem, N.C.

First Round

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 7-6 (1), 6-2.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-4, 6-3.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

Aljaz Bedene, Britain, def. Marco Cecchinato, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.

Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 6-3, 6-4.

Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5).

Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-3. 6-3.

Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Tommy Haas, Germany , 6-3, 6-4.

Second Round

Borna Coric (8), Croatia, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

WTA Tour

Connecticut Open

Monday at New Haven, Conn.

First Round

Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-1, 6-0.

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Sara Errani (8), Italy, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 4-6, 6-3, 4-0, retired.

Madison Keys, United States, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 4-2, retired.

Caroline Garcia, France, def. Timea Bacsinszky (6), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1.

Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1.

Alize Cornet, France, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska (7), Poland, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-0, 6-2.

Karolina Pliskova (5), Czech Republic, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

MOTOR SPORTS

NASCAR Sprint Cup

LEADERS

Wins

1 (tie), Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, 4. 3 (tie), Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, 3. 5 (tie), Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, 2. 8 (tie), Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., 1.

Points

1, Kevin Harvick, 908. 2, Joey Logano, 865. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 819. 4, Brad Keselowski, 793. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 792. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 771. 7, Matt Kenseth, 753. 8, Kurt Busch, 713. 9, Denny Hamlin, 712. 10, Jamie McMurray, 696.

11, Ryan Newman, 683. 12, Paul Menard, 674. 13, Jeff Gordon, 672. 14, Carl Edwards, 666. 15, Clint Bowyer, 655. 16, Aric Almirola, 620. 17, Kasey Kahne, 618. 18, Greg Biffle, 572. 19, Austin Dillon, 564. 20, Kyle Larson, 551. 21, Danica Patrick, 525. 22, Casey Mears, 516. 23, AJ Allmendinger, 515. 24, David Ragan, 491. 25, Sam Hornish Jr., 476. 26, Tony Stewart, 466. 27, Trevor Bayne, 443. 28, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 434. 29, Kyle Busch, 433. 30, Justin Allgaier, 409.

GOLF

Professional

WORLD GOLF RANKING

1, Jordan Spieth, United States, 12.35. 2, Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 12.30. 3, Jason Day, Australia, 9.30. 4, Bubba Watson, United States, 8.31. 5, Justin Rose, England, 7.21. 6, Jim Furyk, United States, 6.95. 7, Dustin Johnson, United States, 6.69. 8, Rickie Fowler, United States, 6.67. 9, Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 6.01. 10, Sergio Garcia, Spain, 5.48.

RODEO

Professional

LEADERS

All-Around — 1, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $178,364. 2, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, $108,912. 3, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, $93,619. 4, JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas, $92,435. 5, Rhen Richard, Roosevelt, Utah, $80,629. 6, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., $78,298. 7, Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, $76,624. 8, Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $75,872. 9, Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, $73,018. 10, Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore., $67,963.

Bareback Riding — 1, Evan Jayne, Marseille, France, $89,464. 2, Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, $80,533. 3, Bobby Mote, Stephenville, Texas, $79,440. 4, Jake Brown, Hillsboro, Texas, $76,904. 5, Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah, $73,209. 6, Clint Laye, Cadogan, Alberta, $71,283. 7, Clint Cannon, Waller, Texas, $69,430. 8, Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo., $69,344. 9, Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn., $68,674. 10, Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, $68,240.

Steer Wrestling —1, Hunter Cure, Holliday, Texas, $70,941. 2, Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., $67,570. 3, Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont., $67,146. 4, Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., $67,018. 5, Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., $65,610. 6, Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, $62,772. 7, Seth Brockman, Wheatland, Wyo., $60,707. 8, Blake Knowles, Heppner, Ore., $60,059. 9, Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, $58,789. 10, Olin Hannum, Malad, Idaho, $58,035.

Team Roping (header) — 1, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont., $85,566. 2, Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn., $80,767. 3, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $75,294. 4, Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz., $72,940. 5, Aaron Tsinigine, Tuba City, Ariz., $70,883. 6, Erich Rogers, Round Rock, Ariz., $69,913. 7, Jake Barnes, Scottsdale, Ariz., $68,987. 8, Jake Cooper, Monument, N.M., $63,472. 9, Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas, $62,977. 10, Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla., $60,178.

Team Roping (heeler) —1, Jade Corkill, Fallon, Nev., $85,566. 2, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Gardnerville, Nev., $79,500. 3, Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., $76,414. 4, Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, $75,294. 5, Cory Petska, Marana, Ariz., $69,191. 6, Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., $68,410. 7, Travis Woodard, Stockton, Calif., $64,857. 8, Ryan Motes, Weatherford, Texas, $63,053. 9, Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., $62,977. 10, Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo., $59,422.

Saddle Bronc Riding —1, Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., $113,322. 2, Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, $95,519. 3, Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M., $87,007. 4, Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas, $82,679. 5, Jacobs Crawley, Stephenville, Texas, $82,015. 6, Cort Scheer, Elsmere, Neb., $81,213. 7, Wade Sundell, Coleman, Okla., $78,381. 8, Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D., $71,768. 9, Spencer Wright, Milford, Utah, $66,496. 10, Jake Wright, Milford, Utah, $66,145.

Tie-down Roping —1, Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas, $98,005. 2, Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., $83,110. 3, Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas, $82,472. 4, Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, $79,664. 5, Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, $78,887. 6, Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, $75,916. 7, Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., $74,614. 8, Cory Solomon, Prairie View, Texas, $72,985. 9, Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, $71,772. 10, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $68,463.

Steer Roping —1, Mike Chase, McAlester, Okla., $57,840. 2, Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas, $56,415. 3, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, $53,866. 4, Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas, $49,536. 5, Jess Tierney, Hermosa, S.D., $49,199. 6, Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan., $47,230. 7, Neal Wood, Needville, Texas, $46,353. 8, Cody Lee, Gatesville, Texas, $45,547. 9, Shay Good, Midland, Texas, $38,887. 10, Troy Tillard, Douglas, Wyo., $37,155.

Bull Riding —1, Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., $113,558. 2, Brennon Eldred, Sulphur, Okla., $107,726. 3, Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah, $97,284. 4, Parker Breding, Edgar, Mont., $72,672. 5, Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn., $70,086. 6, Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., $65,154. 7, Chandler Bownds, Lubbock, Texas, $64,910. 8, Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, $64,121. 9, Aaron Pass, Dallas, $57,499. 10, Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M., $54,678.

Barrel Racing — 1, Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D., $150,969. 2, Callie Duperier, Boerne, Texas, $141,242. 3, Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga., $115,368. 4, Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $94,007. 5, Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas, $91,894. 6, Fallon Taylor, Collinsville, Texas, $86,828. 7, Nancy Hunter, Neola, Utah, $85,430. 8, Taylor Jacob, Carmine, Texas, $71,593. 9, Carley Richardson, Pampa, Texas, $68,937. 10, Cassidy Kruse, Gillette, Wyo., $61,015.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned OF David Lough outright to Norfolk (IL). Designated OF Nolan Reimold for assignment. Placed SS J.J. Hardy on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jorge Rondon from Norfolk. Reinstated 1B Steve Pearce from the 15-day DL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent RHP Cody Anderson to Lake County (MWL) for a rehab assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent OF Alex Gordon to Omaha (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent 3B Taylor Featherston and David Freese to Salt Lake (PCL) for rehab assignments.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed LHP CC Sabathia on the 15-day DL. Announced LHP Chris Capuano declined outright assignment, declared free agency and agreed to terms on a one-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP Kendall Graveman on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Max Muncy from Nashville (PCL). Fired third base coach Mike Gallego. Promoted Ron Washington to third base coach.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent LHP James Paxton to Tacoma (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Drew Stubbs and assigned him to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned 1B Matt Hague to Buffalo (IL). Recalled C Josh Thole from Buffalo.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated RHP Archie Bradley from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Reno (PCL). Released C Gerald Laird. Designated OF Danny Dorn for assignment. Optioned RHP Zack Godley to Mobile (SL). Selected the contract of RHP Jhoulys Chacin from Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Designated RHP David Aardsma for assignment. Optioned OF Eury Perez to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Sugar Ray Marimon and C Christian Bethancourt from Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS — Placed OF Jorge Soler and RHP Jason Motte on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Tommy La Stella and LHP Zac Rosscup from Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated RHP Chad Bettis from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP David Hale to Albuquerque (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Yimi Garcia to Oklahoma City (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Andre Rienzo to the GCL Marlins for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Optioned LHP Dario Alvarez to Las Vegas (PCL). Reinstated 3B David Wright from the 60-day DL. Sent LHP Steven Matz to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Josh Wall outright to Indianapolis (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL). Recalled 2B Greg Garcia from Memphis.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent OF Angel Pagan to the AZL Giants for a rehab assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

UTAH JAZZ — Signed C Jeff Withey to a multiyear contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Suspended Chicago DT Jeremiah Ratliff three games for violating the league’s policy and program for substances of abuse.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived LB Marquis Spruill. Signed WR John Harris.

CHICAGO BEARS — Waived/injured OL Jason Weaver. Signed G Lucas nix to a one-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS — OL Rob Sims announced his retirement.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed WR Arrelious Benn on injured reserve. Waived/injured OT Brennan Williams and WR Damian Copeland. Signed LB Mister Alexander, OL Will Corbin and WR Erik Lora.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived WR Michael Preston.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released LS Cullen Loeffler.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Brandon Gibson on injured reserve. Re-signed LB D.J. Lynch.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived/injured S Justin Currie and LB Tony Johnson. Signed LB Ashlee Palmer and DB C.J. Conway.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed TE Matt LaCosse. Waived-injured DL Davon Walls.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Activated OL Cody Wichmann from the PUP list.j

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released CB Jeremy Crayton. Signed WR Dashon Foxx.

TENNIS

ATP — Fined Nick Kyrgios $25,000 and suspended him 28 days for “aggravated behavior” during a match against Stan Wawrinka on Aug. 12. Both penalties are suspended and will be dismissed if Kyrgios does not incur any fines for verbal or physical abuse at any ATP sanctioned tournament, or does not accumulate fines totalling more than $5,000 for any other offences at ATP sanctioned tournaments for the next six months.

COLLEGE

ARIZONA STATE — Announced the resignation of running backs coach Bo Graham.

BUFFALO — Announced men’s basketball F Justin Moss is no longer enrolled in school.

CCSU — Named Jackie Beck women’s golf coach.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN — Promoted BJ McKie to men’s associate head basketball coach. Named Ahmad Smith men’s assistant basketball coach and Thomas Butters director of men’s basketball operations.

CLEMSON — Named David Kopp student assistant baseball coach.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE — Named Brennan Webb men’s golf coach.

OKLAHOMA STATE — Named Bill Grier men’s assistant basketball coach.

SEATTLE — Named Mike Jones men’s assistant basketball coach.

SIU EDWARDSVILLE ?? Named Alexis Lawrence women’s graduate assistant basketball coach.

FISH COUNT

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

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 4,475 395 1,591 454

The Dalles 2,001 201 2,185 736

John Day 1,537 141 1,322 480

McNary — — — —

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

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 427,626 35,109 169,714 70,051

The Dalles 345,874 30,735 64,697 31,641

John Day 293,498 24,366 29,858 15,079

McNary 262,536 18,257 23,040 11,608