FOOTBALL

NFL preseason

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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Thursday’s Games

Baltimore 31, Miami 7

Philadelphia 20, Buffalo 16

Tampa Bay 12, Jacksonville 8

Friday’s Game

Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Carolina at Tennessee, noon

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 4 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 4 p.m.

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

N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

New England at Houston, 5 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Oakland, 7 p.m.

Denver at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Atlanta at Pittsburgh,1 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Chargers, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Game

N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

America’s Line

Favorite Points Open O/U Underdog

HOME TEAM IN CAPS

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NFL PRESEASON

Friday

SEAHAWKS 3 3 40½ Vikings

Saturday

TITANS 3 3 41 Panthers

Chiefs -1½ 2 39 BENGALS

COWBOYS 5½ 5½ 39½ Colts

LIONS 5½ 5½ 38 Jets

REDSKINS 3½ 3½ 40 Packers

TEXANS 1½ 1½ 41 Patriots

49ERS 1 2½ 40 Broncos

RAIDERS 3 3 39½ Rams

CARDINALS 3½ 3 40½ Bears

Sunday

Falcons -2 2½ 39½ STEELERS

CHARGERS 3 3 42½ Saints

Monday

BROWNS 1½ PK 39 Giants

COLLEGE

Aug. 26

COLORADO ST 3½ 3½ — Oregon St

Hawaii 1 1 — UMASS

S Florida 20 20 — SAN JOSE ST

Stanford 30½ 30½ — Rice

Aug. 31

Ohio St 20½ 20½ — INDIANA

MINNESOTA 26½ 26½ — Buffalo

MEMPHIS 27 27 — UL-Monroe

ARIZONA ST 24 24 — New Mexico St

C FLORIDA 17½ 17½ — Florida Int’l

OKLAHOMA ST 17 17 — Tulsa

Sept. 1

E MICHIGAN 13½ 13½ — Charlotte

Washington 30½ 30½ — RUTGERS

Navy 12½ 12½ — FLA ATLANTIC

WISCONSIN 28½ 28½ — Utah St

Boston Coll 3 3 — NO ILLINOIS

Sept. 2

MICHIGAN ST 18½ 18½ — Bowling Green

IOWA 12½ 12½ — Wyoming

MARSHALL PK PK — Miami-Ohio

CLEMSON 38½ 38½ — Kent St

PENN ST 33 33 — Akron

Louisville 25½ 25½ — Purdue

NEBRASKA 16½ 16½ — Arkansas St

N’WESTERN 24½ 24½ — Nevada

ILLINOIS 8 8 — Ball St

OKLAHOMA 44½ 44½ — Utep

N CAROLINA 12 12 — California

MISSISSIPPI 24½ 24½ — S Alabama

USC 27½ 27½ — W Michigan

Lsu 13 13 — Byu

TEXAS 17 17 — Maryland

NOTRE DAME 15½ 15½ — Temple

AUBURN 35 35 — Ga Southern

GEORGIA 14 14 — App’chian St

Kentucky 10½ 10½ — SO MISS

Houston 13½ 13½ — UTSA

NC State 5½ 5½ — S Carolina

Michigan 3 3 — Florida

Vanderbilt 5½ 5½ — MID TENN ST

Alabama 7 7 — Florida St

BOISE ST 12½ 12½ — Troy

Sept. 3

Va Tech 4½ 4½ — W Virginia

UCLA 3½ 3½ — Texas A&M

Sept. 4

Tennessee 3½ 3½ — Ga Tech

GOLF

PGA Tour

Wyndham Championship

Thursday at Sedgefield CC Greensboro, N.C.

Yardage: 7,130; Par: 70 (35-35)

First Round Leaders

Matt Every, 29-32—61. Henrik Stenson, 31-31—62. Cameron Smith, 31-32—63. Vaughn Taylor, 30-33—63. Webb Simpson, 35-28—63. Tim Wilkinson, 32-31—63. Brian Campbell, 31-32—63. Harold Varner III, 30-33—63. Sam Saunders, 31-32—63.

Davis Love III, 32-32—64. Rick Lamb, 29-35—64. Martin Flores, 34-30—64. Lucas Glover, 33-32—65. Rory Sabbatini, 32-33—65. Mark Wilson, 31-34—65. Anirban Lahiri, 30-35—65. Hunter Mahan, 32-33—65.

Michael Kim, 32-34—66. Ryo Ishikawa, 34-32—66. Martin Laird, 33-33—66. Chez Reavie, 34-32—66. Ryan Armour, 33-33—66. Russell Knox, 31-35—66. J.J. Henry, 33-33—66. Ollie Schniederjans, 32-34—66.

Bobby Wyatt, 32-34—66. Morgan Hoffmann, 32-34—66. Andrew Loupe, 31-35—66. Dicky Pride, 32-34—66. Tag Ridings, 32-34—66. Padraig Harrington, 33-33—66. Robert Streb, 32-34—66. Jonathan Randolph, 34-32—66.

Patton Kizzire, 33-34—67. Chesson Hadley, 32-35—67. David Hearn, 33-34—67. Shane Lowry, 32-35—67. Ben Martin, 34-33—67. Ryan Moore, 33-34—67. Jason Dufner, 35-32—67. Billy Horschel, 34-33—67. Chad Campbell, 33-34—67. Ted Purdy, 32-35—67. J.T. Poston, 32-35—67. Seamus Power, 33-34—67.

Dru Love, 35-32—67. Johnson Wagner, 33-34—67. Troy Merritt, 34-33—67. Kevin Na, 35-32—67. Bud Cauley, 31-36—67. Mark Hubbard, 33-34—67. C.T. Pan, 34-33—67. Daniel Summerhays, 31-36—67. Richy Werenski, 32-35—67. Joel Dahmen, 33-34—67. Brad Fritsch, 32-35—67. Mark Anderson, 32-35—67.

Greg Owen, 32-36—68. Jason Bohn, 34-34—68. Trey Mullinax, 34-34—68. Steven Bowditch, 35-33—68. William McGirt, 33-35—68. Nick Taylor, 34-34—68. John Huh, 32-36—68. Stuart Appleby, 33-35—68. Spencer Levin, 33-35—68. Ken Duke, 37-31—68.

Ryan Brehm, 32-36—68. Harris English, 32-36—68. Jonathan Byrd, 32-36—68. Kevin Streelman, 33-35—68. Tommy Gainey, 32-36—68. Andres Romero, 34-34—68. Emiliano Grillo, 33-35—68. Keegan Bradley, 34-34—68. K.J. Choi, 35-33—68.

Jonas Blixt, 34-34—68. Camilo Villegas, 34-34—68. Tim Herron, 33-35—68. Jason Kokrak, 30-38—68. Miguel Angel Carballo, 33-35—68. Julian Etulain, 33-35—68. Steven Alker, 36-32—68. Tyler Aldridge, 34-34—68. Brett Drewitt, 33-35—68.

Solheim Cup

Fri-Sun at Des Moines (Iowa) GC

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Friday’s Pairings

Foursomes — Mel Reid/Charley Hull, Europe, vs. Cristie Kerr/Lexi Thompson, United States. Carlota Ciganda/Carolina Masson, Europe, vs. Danielle Kang/Lizette Salas, United States. Anna Nordqvist/Georgia Hall, Europe), vs. Paula Creamer/Austin Ernst, United States. Karine Icher/Catriona Matthew, Europe, vs. Stacy Lewis-Gerina Piller, United States.

TENNIS

ATP World Tour

Western & Southern Open

Thursday at Mason, Ohio

Third Round — Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, def. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 6-3, 7-5. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-3. Jared Donaldson, United States, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). David Ferrer, Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (11), Spain, 6-4, 6-4. John Isner (14), United States, def. Frances Tiafoe, United States, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Dominic Thiem (3), Austria, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

WTA Tour

Western & Southern Open

Thursday at Mason, Ohio

Third Round — Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-2, 6-4. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Anastasija Sevastova (15), Latvia, 6-4, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki (6), Denmark, def. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Madison Keys (16), United States, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3). Johanna Konta (7), Britain, def. Dominika Cibulkova (11), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL
BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Connecticut 18 9 .667 —

Washington 16 11 .593 2

New York 15 12 .556 3

Chicago 11 16 .407 7

Atlanta 10 19 .345 9

Indiana 9 19 .321 9½

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Minnesota 21 5 .808 —

x-Los Angeles 20 8 .714 2

Phoenix 14 13 .519 7½

Dallas 13 16 .448 9½

Seattle 12 16 .429 10

San Antonio 7 22 .241 15½

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Friday’s Games

New York at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

Atlanta at Dallas, 5 p.m.

MOTOR SPORTS

NASCAR Cup series

Points leaders

(x-clinched playoff spot)

1, x-Martin Truex Jr., 933. 2, x-Kyle Larson, 804. 3, x-Kyle Busch, 797. 4, x-Kevin Harvick, 787. 5, x-Brad Keselowski, 720. 6, x-Denny Hamlin, 710. 7, Chase Elliott, 685. 8, Jamie McMurray, 675. 9, Matt Kenseth, 654. 10, Clint Bowyer, 623.

11, x-Jimmie Johnson, 592. 12, x-Ryan Blaney, 592. 13, x-Joey Logano, 556. 14, x-Kurt Busch, 554. 15, x-Ryan Newman, 536. 16, Erik Jones, 524. 17, Daniel Suarez, 515. 18, x-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 505. 19, Trevor Bayne, 440. 20, x-Kasey Kahne, 438.

21, x-Austin Dillon, 436. 22, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 402. 23, Ty Dillon, 394. 24, Paul Menard, 385. 25, Chris Buescher, 377.

Schedule

Regular season — Saturday, Bristol. Sept. 3, Southern 500 (Darlington). Sept. 9, Richmond.

First playoff round — Sept. 17, Chicagoland. Sept. 24, New Hampshire. Oct. 1, Dover.

Second playoff round — Oct. 8, Charlotte. Oct. 15, Talladega. Oct. 22, Kansas. Oct. 29,

Third playoff round — Martinsville. Nov. 5, Texas. Nov. 12, Phoenix.

Final — Nov. 19, Homestead.

IndyCar

Points leaders

1, Josef Newgarden, 453. 2, Helio Castroneves, 446. 3, Scott Dixon, 445. 4, Simon Pagenaud, 436. 5, Will Power, 401. 6, Graham Rahal, 395. 7, Takuma Sato, 381. 8, Alexander Rossi, 358. 9, Tony Kanaan, 320. 10, James Hinchcliffe, 316.

SOCCER

NWSL

NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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W L T Pts GF GA

North Carolina 12 5 0 36 24 14

Portland 9 5 4 31 25 18

Chicago 8 5 5 29 24 20

Seattle 7 5 6 27 33 26

Orlando 7 6 5 26 33 24

Houston 7 9 2 23 20 27

Sky Blue FC 7 9 2 23 29 37

Kansas City 5 8 5 20 19 26

Washington 4 9 4 16 23 30

Boston 3 8 7 16 15 23

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Saturday’s Games

Washington at North Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

FC Kansas City at Chicago, 3 p.m.

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Toronto FC 13 3 8 47 46 24

New York City FC 13 7 4 43 45 33

Chicago 12 7 5 41 45 31

New York 12 9 2 38 37 30

Atlanta United FC 10 7 5 35 42 29

Columbus 11 12 2 35 37 40

Montreal 9 8 6 33 38 37

Orlando City 8 10 6 30 25 36

Philadelphia 8 11 5 29 32 31

New England 8 10 5 29 38 38

D.C. United 5 15 4 19 19 44

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 10 7 7 37 42 32

Sporting Kansas City 9 5 10 37 29 19

Seattle 10 7 7 37 37 31

FC Dallas 9 5 8 35 33 26

Portland 9 9 7 34 43 43

San Jose 9 10 5 32 26 38

Vancouver 9 9 4 31 32 32

Real Salt Lake 8 12 5 29 31 44

Los Angeles 6 12 5 23 32 42

Minnesota United 6 13 4 22 29 49

Colorado 6 12 4 22 22 31

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Friday’s Game

New York at Portland, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

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

Real Salt Lake at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Chicago, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Houston at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

New England at New York City FC, 3 p.m.

Minnesota United at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated LHP Roenis Elias from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Pawtucket (IL). Designated RHP Noe Ramirez for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated LHP Glen Perkins from the 60-day DL. Placed LHP Dietrich Enns on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Aaron Slegers from Rochester (IL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed 1B Garrett Cooper on the 10-day DL. Recalled 1B Tyler Austin from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

National League

NEW YORK METS — Placed INF Jose Reyes on the 10-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 16. Optioned RHP Kevin McGowan to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled INFs Gavin Cecchini and Matt Reynolds from Las Vegas.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed C Francisco Cervelli on the 10-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 14. Recalled INF Max Moroff from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed OF Matt Szczur on the family leave list. Recalled LHP Buddy Baumann from El Paso (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated RHP Shawn Kelley from rehab assignment. Placed RHP Ryan Madson on the 10-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 14.

CYCLING

UCI — Suspended 2008 Olympic cycling champion Samuel Sanchez after failing an out-of-competition doping test.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed LB Shayne Skov to a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Agreed to terms with C Justin Britt on a contract extension.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DB Darrius Sims. Waived/injured DE Kourtnei Brown.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES — Signed F Zemgus Girgensons to a two-year contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

D.C. UNITED — Signed G Steve Clark. United and F Sebastien Le Toux mutually terminated their contract.