Scoreboard
NFL
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National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 1 2 0 .333 52 63
Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 27 81
Miami 0 3 0 .000 30 66
N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 21 60
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 1 0 .667 73 56
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 76 103
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 79 61
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 79 59
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 61
Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 54 52
Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 64 54
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 87 55
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 3 0 0 1.000 61 43
Denver 1 2 0 .333 65 62
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 58 92
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 58 54
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 78 50
Dallas 2 1 0 .667 43 47
Washington 2 1 0 .667 68 56
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 74 55
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 53 55
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 57 65
New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 81 71
Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 59 61
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 1 0 .667 56 79
Detroit 1 2 0 .333 64 62
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 69
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 52 43
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 101 41
San Fran. 2 1 0 .667 55 50
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 53 75
Arizona 1 3 0 .250 85 103
Thursday’s Games
Green Bay 27, Cincinnati 13
Baltimore 48, Jacksonville 17
Tennessee 32, Arizona 27
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 30, New England 28
Philadelphia 27, Cleveland 10
Atlanta 23, Miami 6
San Diego 12, Minnesota 10
Seattle 44, Kansas City 14
Chicago 20, N.Y. Giants 17
Saturday’s Games
Washington 30, Indianapolis 17
Oakland 31, Detroit 20
Pittsburgh 38, Buffalo 7
New Orleans 34, Houston 27
Dallas 20, St. Louis 19
Sunday’s Games
San Francisco 29, Denver 24
Carolina 17, N.Y. Jets 12
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Miami at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 30
Atlanta at Jacksonville, 12:30 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 4 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
Denver at Arizona, 5 p.m.
WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 17 6 .739 —
Indiana 14 8 .636 2½
Atlanta 12 12 .500 5½
Chicago 9 14 .391 8
New York 9 15 .375 8½
Washington 5 18 .217 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Minnesota 19 4 .826 —
x-Los Angeles 19 6 .760 1
San Antonio 17 6 .739 2
Seattle 11 13 .458 8½
Phoenix 4 19 .174 15
Tulsa 4 19 .174 15
x-clinched playoff spot
Sunday’s Games
Chicago 82, Connecticut 70
Seattle 84, New York 66
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
Tulsa at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Washington at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Connecticut at Chicago, 2 p.m.
San Antonio at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting KC 14 7 5 47 32 23
New York 13 7 6 45 44 37
Houston 11 6 9 42 38 30
Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30
D.C. 12 9 4 40 41 35
Montreal 12 13 3 39 42 44
Columbus 10 8 6 36 29 28
Philadelphia 7 12 4 25 24 28
New Eng. 6 14 5 23 30 35
Toronto FC 5 15 6 21 29 46
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 15 6 5 50 52 33
R-Salt Lake 13 10 4 43 37 32
Seattle 12 6 7 43 40 26
Los Angeles 12 11 4 40 46 40
Vancouver 10 10 7 37 29 35
FC Dallas 8 12 8 32 33 37
Chivas USA 7 10 6 27 17 32
Colorado 8 16 2 26 33 40
Portland 6 13 6 24 26 43
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s Games
Los Angeles 2, FC Dallas 0
Sporting Kansas City 1, New York 1, tie
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Columbus at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Chivas USA at New England, 2 p.m.
New York at D.C. United, 2 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 31
Colorado at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1
Montreal at Columbus, 7:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 a.m.
Toronto FC at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 q.m.
D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 9 a.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 a.m.
Monday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Placed DH David Ortiz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 25. Recalled OF Ryan Kalish from Pawtucket (IL). Activated RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Pedro Beato to Pawtucket.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS—Acquired C Anthony Recker from Oakland for C-1B Blake Lalli and assigned Recker to Iowa (PCL). Designated LHP Scott Maine for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the contract of RHP Casey Kelly from Tucson (PCL). Activated RHP Dale Thayer from the paternity list. Optioned LHP Josh Spence and RHP Brad Boxberger to Tucson.
American Association
KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Traded INF Lee Cruz to Long Island for a player to be named.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Placed LB Stevie Baggs, LB Darryl Blackstock, S Emanuel Cook and DT Ryan McBean on injured reserve. Placed WR David Reed and LB Terrel Suggs on reserve/physically unable to perform list.
BUFFALO BILLS—Acquired QB Tarvaris Jackson from Seattle for an undisclosed draft choice. Released QB Vince Young.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Terminated the contracts of P Nick Harris and K Olindo Mare. Waived WR Darvin Adams, G Roger Allen, WR Michael Avila, WR Brenton Bersin, G Will Blackwell, RB Lyndon Rowells, TE Greg Smith and RB Josh Vaughan. Waived/injured WR Rico Wallace. Placed CB Brandon Hogan on injured reserve and WR David Gettis on the physically unable to perform list.
CHICAGO BEARS—Waived RB Harvey Unga.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived WR Kashif Moore.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Claimed DL Ernest Owusu off waivers from Minnesota. Waived/injured DL Marcus Benard, DL Auston English and DB Antwuan Reed. Placed LB Emmanuel Acho and LB Chris Gocong on injured reserve. Placed DL Phil Taylor on the reserve-physically unable to perform list.
DALLAS COWBOYS—Waived WR Raymond Radway, OT Levy Adcock, OT Tyrone Novikoff, WR David Little, TE Harry Flaherty, RB Javarris Williams, LS Charley Hughlett, CB C.J. Wilson and P Delbert Alvarado. Waived/injured WR Donovon Kemp and LB Caleb McSurdy. Placed C-G Kevin Kowalski on the physically unable to perform list.
DENVER BRONCOS—Waived LS Lonie Paxton, WR Mark Dell, WR Cameron Kenney, TE Anthony Miller, RB Xavier Omon, FB Austin Sylvester, OT Mike Remmers, G Austin Wuebbels, LB Eliot Coffey, DE Cyril Obiozor, S Anthony Perkins and CB Ramzee Robinson. Placed DE Jason Hunter on injured reserve.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Placed C John Estes, G Drew Nowak, G Jason Spitz and TE Matt Veldman on injured reserve. Waived/injured FB Brock Bolen. Placed DE John Chick and LB Clint Session on the reserve physically unable to perform list.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Waived WR Julius Pruitt. Placed S Kelcie McCray on injured reserve.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Aaron Hernandez to a five-year contract through 2018.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Waived QB Luke McCown, DT Remi Ayodele, WR Marques Clark, LB Aaron Tevis, TE Jake Byrne, WR Derek Moye, WR Kevin Hardy, OL Brian Folkerts, OL Paul Fenaroli, OL Hutch Eckerson, DL Donavan Robinson, DL Swanson Miller, DB Kamaal McIlwain, DB Cord Parks and DB Johnny Thomas.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed DT Chris Canty and TE Travis Beckum on the reserve-physically unable to perform list. Terminated the contract of CB Antwaun Molden. Placed OL Brandon Mosley on injured reserve. waived TE Ryan Purvis, TE Christian Hopkins, DT Carlton Powell, DT Oren Wilson, DB Chris Horton, DB Brandon Bing, DB Jojo Nicolas, WR Julian Talley, WR Brandon Collins, RB Joe Martinek and OT Joel Reinders.
NEW YORK JETS—Released K Josh Brown. Waived/injured FB-TE Josh Baker. Waived LB Damario Ambrose, WR Stanley Arukwe, WR Wes Kemp and RB Jeremy Stewart.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Waived FB Manase Tonga, QB Kyle Newhall-Caballero, LB Korey Bosworth, DE Mason Brodine, DE Wayne Dorsey, S Aaron Henry, CB Terrail Lambert, WR Thomas Mayo, WR DeAundre Muhammad and S Chaz Powell. Waived/injured FB Rashawn Jackson and OL Ed Wang.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Placed OT Jason Peters on the reserve/non-football injury list. Placed DT Mike Patterson on the reserve/non-football illness list. Placed G Mike Gibson on injured reserve. Waived WR Jamel Hamler.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Released LB Ryan Baker, DT Mike Blanc, WR Paul Cox, CB Andre Freeman, K Daniel Hrapmann, OL Kyle Jolly, LS Matt Katula, TE Jamie McCoy, CB Walter McFadden, TE Justin Peelle, S Myron Rolle, WR Juamorris Stewart, DT Kade Weston and WR Jimmy Young. Waived/injured LB Mortty Ivy. Claimed RB DuJuan Harris off waivers from Jacksonville.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Waived/injured WR Danario Alexander. Placed DT Trevor Laws on injured reserve. Waived FB Todd Anderson, TE Brody Eldridge, WR Charles Gilbert, DT John Gill, WR Brandyn Harvey, LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis, OT Kevin Hughes, LB Noah Keller, K Garrett Lindholm, OT Ryan McKee, RB Calvin Middleton, RB Nick Schweiger and LS Travis Tripucka.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Released WR-KR Roscoe Parrish and OT Michael Toudouze. Waived WR Jason Barnes, WR Taylor Embree, WR Phillip Payne, DT Eddie Brown, LS Nick Guess, RB Michael Hayes, TE Brad Taylor and OT Phil Trautwein. Waived/injured DT Garrett Brown. Placed G Johnnie Troutman on the eserve-non-football injury list and G Brandyn Dombrowski on the reserve-non-football illness list.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived C Jason Slowey, FB Cameron Bell, LB Kourtnei Brown, DT Patrick Butrym, DT Matthew Masifilo, WR Ben Hannula, WR Joe Hastings, WR Brian Tyms, CB Cory Nelms, CB Deante’ Purvis, TE Joe Sawyer and K Giorgio Tavecchio. Placed RB Jewel Hampton on the reserve/non-football injury list and LB Darius Fleming on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Waived K Neil Rackers.
COLLEGE
ALBANY (NY)—Named Chad O’Donnell men’s associate head basketball coach.
CLEMSON—Named Jonah Baize men’s graduate manager for basketball.
FELICIAN—Named Erik Kotynski and Paul Reece men’s assistant soccer coaches.
ILLINOIS—Named Paul Schmidt director of sports medicine.
KANSAS STATE—Announced freshman QB Tavarius Bender has left the football team.
NEW MEXICO—Suspended sophomore DB Devonta Tabannah for a violation of team rules.
SAINT JOSEPH’S—Named Liz Martin, Kelly Barnes and Jebb Chagan women’s assistant lacrosse coaches. Named Steve Grossi men’s assistant lacrosse coach.
SHENANDOAH—Named CK Calhoun women’s basketball coach.
UNC GREENSBORO—Named Jade Leitao director of women’s basketball operations and Brett Bernstein men’s assistant tennis coach.
Golf
World Golf Ranking
Through Aug. 26
1. Rory McIlroy NIR 10.14
2. Luke Donald ENG 9.40
3. Tiger Woods USA 8.61
4. Lee Westwood ENG 7.26
5. Webb Simpson USA 6.12
6. Bubba Watson USA 6.09
7. Jason Dufner USA 6.05
8. Justin Rose ENG 6.01
9. Adam Scott AUS 5.95
10. Steve Stricker USA 5.64
11. Matt Kuchar USA 5.52
12. Keegan Bradley USA 5.49
13. Graeme McDowell NIR 5.15
14. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.08
15. Zach Johnson USA 5.04
16. Dustin Johnson USA 4.96
17. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.94
18. Hunter Mahan USA 4.89
19. Nick Watney USA 4.72
20. Brandt Snedeker USA 4.71
21. Ernie Els SAF 4.65
22. Phil Mickelson USA 4.21
23. Rickie Fowler USA 4.16
24. Charl Schwartzel SAF 4.09
25. Francesco Molinari ITA 4.06
26. Ian Poulter ENG 4.02
27. Martin Kaymer GER 4.01
28. Bo Van Pelt USA 3.95
29. Jason Day AUS 3.93
30. Paul Lawrie SCO 3.86
31. Jim Furyk USA 3.81
32. Carl Pettersson SWE 3.72
33. Bill Haas USA 3.70
34. Peter Hanson SWE 3.69
35. Nicolas Colsaerts BEL 3.43
36. John Senden AUS 3.29
37. David Toms USA 3.18
38. K.J. Choi KOR 3.11
39. David Lynn ENG 2.93
40. Martin Laird SCO 2.87
41. Thomas Bjorn DEN 2.83
42. Geoff Ogilvy AUS 2.70
43. G. Fernandez-Castano ESP 2.66
44. Fredrik Jacobson SWE 2.66
45. Rafael Cabrera-Bello ESP 2.66
46. Simon Dyson ENG 2.57
47. Sang-Moon Bae KOR 2.56
48. Aaron Baddeley AUS 2.56
49. Mark Wilson USA 2.46
50. Alvaro Quiros ESP 2.45
