WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
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 8½
Washington 4 14 .222 10½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 15 4 .789 —
San Antonio 13 5 .722 1½
Los Angeles 15 6 .714 1
Seattle 9 10 .474 6
Phoenix 4 15 .211 11
Tulsa 3 15 .167 11½
Olympic break: Plays continues Thursday, Aug. 16
Monday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigneed OF Raymond Hunnicutt to the Gulf Coast Orioles.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated RHP Gavin Floyd from the 15-day DL.
DETROIT TIGERS_Acquired RHP Anibal Sanchez, 2B Omar Infante and a competitive balance lottery draft choice between the first and second round of the 2013 amateur draft from the Miami Marlins for RHP Jacob Turner, LHP Brian Flynn, C Rob Brantly and a competitive ballance lottery draft choice between the second and third round of the 2013 amateur draft.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated RHP Dan Haren from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP David Carpenter and OF Kole Calhoun to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled SS Jean Segura from Arkansas (TL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Traded OF Ichiro Suzuki and cash considerations to the N.Y. Yankees for RHP D.J. Mitchell and RHP Danny Farquhar.
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Colby Lewis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 19. Recalled LHP Martin Perez from Round Rock (PCL).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated RHP Chad Billingsley from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Josh Wall to Albuquerque (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned SS Maxwell Moroff and RHP Hayden Hurst to the Gulf Coast Pirates.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed SS Ian Desmond on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 22. Recalled OF Corey Brown from Syracuse (IL).
American Association
AMARILLO SOX — Signed C Jerry Verastegui.
EL PASO DIABLOS — Signed RHP Ronny Morla.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released RHP Billy Spottiswood.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed RHP Matt Lyons.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP Max St. Pierre.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed OF Kyle Bluestein. Released RHP Maxx Catapano.
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS — Released LHP Josh Rickards.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Released RHP Shane Prance.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed C Ryan Eigsti.
North American League
SAN ANGELO COLTS — Released LHP Ryan Riddle and RHP Gorman Romero.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BROOKLYN NETS — Signed G C.J. Watson.
CHICAGO BULLS — Signed G Kirk Hinrich.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed LB Mike Peterson.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Traded OT Jeff Otah to the N.Y. Jets for an undisclosed conditional draft choice.
DETROIT LIONS — Terminated the contract of CB Aaron Berry. Signed OT Riley Reiff.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed WR DeVier Posey.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL Kyle Love.
NEW YORK JETS_Acquired T Jeff Otah from the Carolina Panthers for an undisclosed conditional draft choice. Placed S LaRon Landry, LB Demario Davis, WR Jordan White and G Terrence Campbell on the physically unable to perform list.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Traded WR Louis Murphy to Carolina for an undisclosed conditional draft choice
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed OT Bridger Buche to a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Darcel McBath to a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS — Signed coach Claude Julien to a multi-year contract extension.
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed LW Drayson Bowman to a two-year, two-way contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Extended their affiliation agreement with Toledo (ECHL) through the 2013-14 season.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded F Rick Nash, D Steven Delisle and a 2013 conditional third-round draft pick to the N.Y. Rangers for C Brandon Dubinsky, C Artem Anisimov, D Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round draft pick.
EDMONTON OILERS — Signed RW Nail Yakupov to a three-year, entry-level contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with RW Kris Versteeg on a four-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed F Alex Galchenyuk to a three-year, entry-level contract.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Jack Maclellan to a one-year, two-way contract. Agreed to terms with F Sergei Kostitsyn on a two-year contract.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed F Kaspars Daugavins to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Named Tim Hunter assistant coach.
WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Maxime Macenauer. Extended their affiliation agreement with St. John’s (AHL) through the 2014-15 season.
American Hockey League
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to terms with G Kenny Reiter on a one-year, two-way contract.
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Named Jared Bednar assistant coach.
ECHL
ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed F Chaz Johnson and D Matt Campanale to one-year contracts.
SOCCER
North American Soccer League
SAN ANTONIO SCORPIONS — Signed F Jeff Cunningham.
COLLEGE
CLEMSON—Named Paul Hogan assistant strength training director.
COASTAL CAROLINA — Named Kristin Erb assistant softball coach and Jessica Forrester director of softball operations.
COLGATE — Announced the resignation of athletic director David Roach, effective July 31.
CULVER-STOCKTON — Named Iain Bradbury men’s volleyball coach.
HOUSTON — Named David Bassity assistant assistant athletics director for communications.
LEHIGH — Promoted director of women’s basketball operations Caitlin Gillard to assistant coach. Named Laura Kurz women’s assistant basketball coach and Katie Kuester director of women’s basketball operations.
MINNESOTA — Agreed to terms with men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith on a contract extension through the 2016-17 season.
MOUNT ST. VINCENT (N.Y.) — Promoted men’s assistant volleyball coach Patrick Dietz to head coach.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL — Reinstated football coach Henry Frazier.
PFEIFFER — Named Shawn McCullion men’s assistant basketball coach.
QUINNIPIAC — Signed women’s basketball coach Tricia Fabbri to a contract extension through the 2016-17 season.
ST. ANDREWS — Named Bill Cason men’s and women’s cross country coach.
SUSQUEHANNA — Named Alan Zemaitis assistant football coach.
SYRACUSE — Named Christopher James compliance coordinator.
TENNESSEE — Named Brian Bruce, Betsy Devine, Mary-Carter Kniffen and Stephen K. Lee assistant directors for media relations and Nate Bain and Cassandra Novy graduate assistants for media relations.
TENNIS
ATP World Tour Farmers Classic
A U.S. Open Series event
Monday
At Los Angeles Tennis Stadium at UCLA
Los Angeles
Purse: $638,050 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Paul Capdeville, Chile, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Flavio Cipolla, Italy, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Tobias Kamke and Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Colin Ebelthite, Australia, and Jonathan Marray (2), Britain, 6-2, 1-6, 11-9.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 5 5 38 37 29
Sporting KC 11 6 4 37 26 19
Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22
Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19
Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42
New Eng. 6 9 5 23 25 25
Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21
Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 4 43 44 27
R-Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26
Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35
Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21
Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30
FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30
Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s Game
Vancouver 2, San Jose 1
Wednesday’s Game
Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 2:30 p.m.
Friday’s Game
Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Houston at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m.
New York at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Sporting Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Portland, 5 p.m.
