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TheAssociatedPress SAO PAULO Luis Suarez scored twice to give Uru- guay a 2-1 victory over Eng- land at the World Cup on Thursday, making an in- stant impact on his return from injury to revive his team's Group D campaign. The Liverpool striker, who hadn't played since undergoing surgery on his left knee last month, lashed in the winner in the 85th minute, after seeing his first-half opener can- celed out by Wayne Rooney. After surprisingly los- ing its Group D opener to Costa Rica, Uruguay's qualifying chances have now been given a major lift, while England's hopes of advancing to the round of 16 are in real jeopardy after its worst World Cup start in more than half a century. By taking his World Cup tally to five goals, Suarez ensured that Rooney's first- ever goal in 10 matches on football's biggest stage was in vain at his third tourna- ment. COLOMBIA 2, IVORY COAST 1 Colombia qualified for the World Cup's knockout stage, beating Ivory Coast after scoring twice in a 6-minute spell in the sec- ond half. Driven on by a partisan pro-Colombian crowd in- side the Estadio Nacional, the South Americans went ahead through James Ro- driguez's powerful header from a corner in the 64th minute before substitute Juan Quintero added a sec- ond on a break following a defensive error. Colombia held on to its lead, despite a bril- liant 73rd-minute goal by Gervinho, for a second straight win in Group C. JAPAN 0, GREECE 0 Re- duced to 10 men after cap- tain Costas Katsouranis was sent off in the 38th minute with his second booking, Greece held on for a draw with Japan that kept both alive in Group C and sent rival Colombia through to the knockout round of the World Cup. WORLD CUP ROUNDUP Uruguay's Suarez scores two Strikerhadn'tplayed since knee surgery, helps beat England COLLEGEBASEBALL World Series, game 11, Vanderbilt vs. Texas:noon, ESPNU. World Series, game 12, Vir- ginia vs. Mississippi: 5p.m., ESPN. MLB BASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks: 6:30 p.m., (21, 31). Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. GOLF European PGA Tour, Irish Open, Second Round: 7a.m., GOLF. Champions Tour, Encompass Championship, First Round: 9:30a.m., GOLF. U.S. Women's Open Champi- onship, Second Round: noon, ESPN2. PGA Tour, Travelers Champi- onship, Second Round: noon, GOLF. SOCCER FIFA World Cup Group D, Italy vs. Costa Rica: 8:30a.m., ESPN. FIFA World Cup Group E, Switzerland vs. France: 11:30 a.m., ESPN. FIFA World Cup Group E, Honduras vs. Ecuador: 2:30 p.m., ESPN. ON THE AIR the World Cup, trying to educate his adopted coun- try with the knowledge gained as a star forward over nearly two decades. He turns 50 on July 30 and has spent nearly one-third of his life living in Amer- ica. When his playing career ended in 1998, Klinsmann moved to Orange County with his wife, the former model Debbie Chin. He became the U.S. coach-in- waiting until finally suc- ceeding Bob Bradley in July 2011, after the Ameri- cans struggled in the CON- CACAF Gold Cup. Even while coaching Germany's national team from 2004 through the 2006 World Cup, Klins- mann commuted nine time zones to work. He did re- locate for 1 years while coaching Bayern Munich from 2008 to 2009. During the 2006 World Cup, media crowded into his family's bakery to ask questions of his relatives. That's not the existence Klinsmann wanted. "If he would live in Ger- many, he would not have the same privacy like he has here in the States, and I think it's very impor- tant for him to have, let's say, a normal life with his family," said U.S. assistant coach Andi Herzog. In the U.S., Klinsmann is looked at as a German by some. In Germany, he's viewed as an American. As a player, he drove a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle con- vertible with a sticker of Snoopy in a rowboat with the words: "Ist es noch weit bis Amerika? (Is it much farther to America?)" "He's more American than a German," said Berti Vogts, former coach of Die Mannschaft and now a U.S. team special adviser. "Jurgen is always positive. That's an American way of life." At Bayern, Klinsmann was criticized by team president Uli Hoeness for purchasing computers to develop PowerPoint pre- sentations. He brought in an Arizona company to modernize conditioning. He hired non-German as- sistants and appointed Dutch midfielder Mark van Bommel as Bayern's first non-German captain. Former U.S. coach Bruce Arena called him "a mod- ern thinker ... not willing to accept what's been done in the past." Sitting outside the U.S. locker room at Stanford, California, on a crystal- clear afternoon last month, Klinsmann thought back to his playing stints out- side Germany with Inter Milan (1984-89), AS Mo- naco (1992-94), Totten- ham (1994-95 and 1997- 98) and Sampdoria (1997). His ears and eyes opened as he learned the cultural difference. "You start to listen to their shouts and their words," he said. "Then you watch them, how they live their life, what they eat, what they drink, what they do and how it functions and how the traffic goes in Milano, instead of the very nice organized way in Ger- many." For instance, time doesn't have the same meaning in Italy as it does in Germany. "The favorite was, oh, I'm coming in two min- utes — due minuti," he said. "That could be a good half an hour." Throughout, Klins- mann was always affir- mative, exhorting play- ers in training and dur- ing matches. Having lived in the U.S. for so long, he comes across to American players as one of them, not in the exotic foreigner role Bora Milutinovic played from 1991-95. "I think it's a natural process that everyone of us goes through when he lives over a longer period of time in a different coun- try," he said. "You kind of melt more and more into that lifestyle, the approach. You understand a lot more behind the scene and un- derneath kind of the sur- face. I think the longer you are in a place, the deeper you are able to dig in with people, with topics, with whatever methods." When Klinsmann took over, he jettisoned play- ers' regular uniform num- bers, going to the old sys- tem where starters were assigned Nos. 1-11 based on position. The message: No starting job was perma- nent. And having observed U.S. soccer for so long, Klinsmann also knows soc- cer's struggles to compete with American football, basketball and baseball for top athletes. Because of its lack of prominence in the U.S., Klinsmann says American players lack "a higher demand of account- ability," that daily pressure to perform from fans and media. Klinsmann thinks the timing is right, especially after the advances the na- tional team made under Arena and Bob Bradley over the past dozen years. A decade ago, American soccer might not have been ready for him. A decade from now, a foreign coach might not be wanted. "You have quality now available that is ready to compete on the next stage," he said. "We are ready to go eye to eye with the bigger ones. And that's what the fascinating side is." AP Sports Writer Janie McCauley contributed to this report. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 for Burris this season as Sio Moore was expected to move to weakside line- backer after a strong rookie campaign on the strong side. Oakland also had re- turning starter Kevin Bur- nett at the position, leav- ing little opportunity for Burris. But with Burnett nurs- ing an ankle injury and missing some of the vol- untary offseason work- outs and Burris stepping up his game, he is getting a chance to show what he can do with the first team. "Everything we've seen so far out of Miles this off- season has indicated that he's healthy and ready to go," coach Dennis Al- len said. "He had a really good year for us two years ago. Unfortunately, last year he was injured most of the season and we really didn't have the Miles Bur- ris we think he's capable of being. He's had a good off- season and he's put himself in the mix." Allen said it was too early to read anything into possible starters for the regular season but added that there is more compe- tition at all positions this offseason as the Raiders have added needed depth to the roster. That is especially true at linebacker where there is a fierce competition to get the spot alongside Mack and middle linebacker Nick Roach. Moore was expected to take that spot after start- ing 11 games and recording 4 sacks and nine quar- terback hurries last season. But he has taken a bit of time to adjust to the move to the weakside. "Right now, my goal is not to be just a line- backer, it's to be the best linebacker there is," Moore said. "The more that I can do, the more that I can learn and the faster that I can learn it and the faster that I can produce and be a part of something, then we have a situation." Burris has gotten time this spring at all three line- backer spots in case he's needed as a reserve instead of a starter. The coaching staff places a premium on versatility and Burris is happy to do that, saying he has no preference for where he plays. "I feel most comfortable playing football on the field," he said. That attitude and Bur- ris' ability not to make the same mistakes over and over again have made him a favorite of the coaching staff. "Miles tries to be exactly right and Miles tries to be physical, and he is both of those things," defensive coordinator Jason Tarver said. "He played well as a rookie and we would have loved to obviously have him last year, but we're ex- cited about where he is and where he's going." Burris FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB SanFrancisco 43 29 .597 _ Los Angeles 40 34 .541 4 Colorado 34 38 .472 9 San Diego 31 42 .425 121/2 Arizona 31 45 .408 14 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 44 30 .595 _ St. Louis 39 34 .534 41/2 Cincinnati 35 36 .493 71/2 Pittsburgh 35 37 .486 8 Chicago 30 40 .429 12 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 37 34 .521 _ Atlanta 37 35 .514 1/2 Miami 36 36 .500 11/2 Philadelphia 33 38 .465 4 New York 33 40 .452 5 Wednesday's games Philadelphia 10, Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 6, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Chicago White Sox 7, San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 11, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 6, Houston 5 Arizona 4, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 0 San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Thursday's games Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Milwaukee 4, Arizona 1 San Diego 4, Seattle 1 Atlanta 3, Washington 0 N.Y. Mets 1, Miami 0 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1 Friday's games Pittsburgh (Morton 4-7) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 4-7), 1:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Washington (Strasburg 6-5), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 3-0) at Miami (H.Alvarez 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 6-5) at Cincinnati (Latos 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (A.Burnett 4-6) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-0), 5:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 5-4) at Colorado (Bergman 0-1), 5:40 p.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 5-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 4-4), 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 7-4) at San Diego (Kennedy 5-8), 7:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 44 28 .611 _ Los Angeles 38 33 .535 51/2 Seattle 37 36 .507 71/2 Texas 35 37 .486 9 Houston 32 42 .432 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 39 33 .542 _ Detroit 37 32 .536 1/2 Cleveland 37 36 .507 21/2 Chicago 35 37 .486 4 Minnesota 32 38 .457 6 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 41 33 .554 _ New York 38 33 .535 11/2 Baltimore 37 34 .521 21/2 Boston 34 38 .472 6 Tampa Bay 29 45 .392 12 Wednesday's games Kansas City 2, Detroit 1 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 0 Boston 2, Minnesota 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 7, San Francisco 6 Oakland 4, Texas 2 Washington 6, Houston 5 N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 3 L.A. Angels at Cleveland, ppd., rain San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Thursday's games Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 San Diego 4, Seattle 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0 Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, (n) Boston at Oakland, (n) Friday's games Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-8) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Kuroda 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 8-4) at Cleveland (Kluber 6-4), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Cosart 6-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 5-6), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 6-5) at Cincinnati (Latos 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Noesi 2-5) at Min- nesota (Nolasco 4-5), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 5-3) at Kansas City (Shields 8-3), 5:10 p.m. Boston (Doubront 2-4) at Oakland (Mills 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Texas (J.Saunders 0-2) at L.A. Angels (Richards 6-2), 7:05 p.m. Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Tulowitzki, Colorado, .356; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .341; Puig, Los Angeles, .325; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .317; CGomez, Milwaukee, .312; McGehee, Miami, .311; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .308. Runs Tulowitzki, Colorado, 56; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 55; Pence, San Francisco, 53; Stanton, Miami, 51; MCarpenter, St. Lou- is, 46; FFreeman, Atlanta, 46; CGomez, Milwaukee, 46; Rizzo, Chicago, 46. RBI Stanton, Miami, 57; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 52; Howard, Philadelphia, 50; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 45; Blackmon, Colorado, 44; Desmond, Washington, 44; McGehee, Miami, 44; Morneau, Colo- rado, 44; Morse, San Francisco, 44. Home runs Stanton, Miami, 20; Tulowitzki, Colo- rado, 18; Frazier, Cincinnati, 16; Gattis, Atlanta, 16; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15; Howard, Philadelphia, 14; Rizzo, Chi- cago, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 14. Pitching Simon, Cincinnati, 10-3; Greinke, Los Angeles, 9-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 9-3; Lohse, Milwaukee, 8-2; Ryu, Los Angeles, 8-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 8-4; 10 tied at 7. ERA Cueto, Cincinnati, 1.92; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.15; Teheran, Atlanta, 2.31; Cashner, San Diego, 2.36; Hudson, San Francisco, 2.39; Beckett, Los Angeles, 2.49; HAlvarez, Miami, 2.56. Strikeouts Strasburg, Washington, 113; Cueto, Cin- cinnati, 111; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 104; Kennedy, San Diego, 98; Greinke, Los Angeles, 97; Miley, Arizona, 93; Wainwright, St. Louis, 91. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting Cano, Seattle, .333; Altuve, Houston, .331; VMartinez, Detroit, .328; Brantley, Cleveland, .323; MiCabrera, Detroit, .319; Rios, Texas, .319; Trout, Los Angeles, .311. Runs Dozier, Minnesota, 55; Donaldson, Oak- land, 54; Bautista, Toronto, 52; Brantley, Cleveland, 49; Trout, Los Angeles, 48; Encarnacion, Toronto, 47; Kinsler, Detroit, 46. RBI NCruz, Baltimore, 58; MiCabrera, Detroit, 57; Encarnacion, Toronto, 56; Moss, Oakland, 55; Trout, Los Angeles, 54; JAbreu, Chicago, 53; Donaldson, Oakland, 52. Home runs NCruz, Baltimore, 22; Encarnacion, Toronto, 21; JAbreu, Chicago, 20; Don- aldson, Oakland, 17; VMartinez, Detroit, 17; Moss, Oakland, 17; Ortiz, Boston, 16; Pujols, Los Angeles, 16; Trout, Los Angeles, 16. Pitching Tanaka, New York, 11-1; Buehrle, Toronto, 10-4; Kazmir, Oakland, 8-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-2; Shields, Kansas City, 8-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 8-3; Porcello, Detroit, 8-4; Lackey, Boston, 8-4; Keuchel, Houston, 8-4; Lester, Boston, 8-7. ERA Tanaka, New York, 1.99; Kazmir, Oak- land, 2.05; FHernandez, Seattle, 2.22; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.32; ASanchez, De- troit, 2.33; Darvish, Texas, 2.39; Keuchel, Houston, 2.63. Strikeouts FHernandez, Seattle, 122; Price, Tampa Bay, 121; Tanaka, New York, 113; Scher- zer, Detroit, 111; Darvish, Texas, 109; Kluber, Cleveland, 108; Lester, Boston, 105. College Baseball NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GLANCE At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary Saturday, June 14 UC Irvine 3, Texas 1 Vanderbilt 5, Louisville 3 Sunday, June 15 TCU 3, Texas Tech 2 Virginia 2, Mississippi 1 Monday, June 16 Texas 4, Louisville 1, Louisville elimi- nated Vanderbilt 6, UC Irvine 4 Tuesday, June 17 Mississippi 2, Texas Tech 1, Texas Tech eliminated Virginia 3, TCU 2, 15 innings Wednesday, June 18 Texas 1, UC Irvine 0, UC Irvine eliminated Thursday, June 19 Mississippi 6, TCU 4, TCU eliminated Friday, June 20 Game 11 — Vanderbilt (48-19) vs. Texas (45-20), noon Game 12 — Virginia (51-14) vs. Missis- sippi (48-20), 5 p.m. Saturday, June 21 x-Game 13 — Vanderbilt vs. Texas, noon x-Game 14 — Virginia vs. Mississippi, 5 p.m. If only one game is necessary, it will start at 5:30 p.m. Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 23: Pairings TBA, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 24: Pairings TBA, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 25: Pairings TBA, 5 p.m. Golf PGA-TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday At TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 6,854; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round B. Steele.........................................30-32—62 B. Cauley........................................32-31—63 R. Moore ........................................32-31—63 C. Campbell...................................31-33—64 J. Durant.........................................33-31—64 J. Maggert .....................................32-32—64 S. Langley......................................33-31—64 E. Axley ..........................................33-31—64 D. LaBelle II ...................................33-32—65 K.J. Choi.........................................33-32—65 K. Duke...........................................33-32—65 S. Garcia ....................................... 35-30—65 B. Snedeker...................................34-31—65 B. Koepka.......................................34-31—65 B. Fritsch........................................32-33—65 J. Hicks...........................................35-31—66 H. Slocum ......................................33-33—66 K. Bradley......................................32-34—66 K. Chappell....................................32-34—66 R. Knox...........................................33-33—66 T. Wilkinson...................................34-32—66 S. Marino .......................................34-32—66 H. Swafford...................................32-34—66 M. Kuchar ......................................34-32—66 D. Johnson .....................................31-35—66 H. English.......................................33-33—66 P. Rodgers .....................................33-33—66 B. Garnett......................................35-32—67 C. Hoffman................................... 34-33—67 B. Watson ..................................... 33-34—67 J. Merrick.......................................36-31—67 C. Stroud....................................... 33-34—67 V. Taylor.........................................32-35—67 A. Baddeley...................................31-36—67 M. Putnam.....................................32-35—67 Sang-Moon Bae............................32-35—67 A. Svoboda ................................... 33-34—67 C. Wi .............................................. 33-34—67 B. Mayfair..................................... 33-34—67 C. Beckman.................................. 34-34—68 G. Fdez-Castano.......................... 35-33—68 T. Immelman ................................ 36-32—68 A. Cabrera.................................... 33-35—68 C. Pettersson............................... 34-34—68 J.J. Henry ...................................... 33-35—68 Seung-Yul Noh............................. 32-36—68 H. Mahan ...................................... 34-34—68 J. Wagner...................................... 36-32—68 R. Goosen ..................................... 34-34—68 M. Hoffmann................................ 34-34—68 D. Duval......................................... 36-32—68 W. Roach........................................37-31—68 J. Lovemark.................................. 33-35—68 V. Singh......................................... 36-32—68 A. Romero..................................... 34-34—68 T. Herron....................................... 35-33—68 B. Harman..................................... 32-36—68 T. Van Aswegen........................... 34-34—68 M. Angel Carballo ....................... 34-34—68 J. Herman...................................... 34-34—68 C. Collins....................................... 34-35—69 K. Streelman ................................ 34-35—69 B. Crane ........................................ 33-36—69 M. Jones........................................ 34-35—69 K. Blanks....................................... 34-35—69 F. Jacobson................................... 35-34—69 B. Davis ......................................... 35-34—69 J. Hahn........................................... 35-34—69 J. Renner....................................... 34-35—69 T. Potter, Jr. .................................. 33-36—69 J. Vegas......................................... 33-36—69 S. Appleby .................................... 35-34—69 B. Van Pelt.................................... 36-33—69 T. Olesen....................................... 36-33—69 W. Wilcox...................................... 35-34—69 USGA-WOMEN'S OPEN Thursday At Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, No. 2 Course Pinehurst, N.C. Purse: $4 million Yardage: 6,649; Par: 70 (35-35) Partial First Round a-denotes amateur S. Lewis......................................... 34-33—67 M. Wie ........................................... 36-32—68 K. Kirk............................................ 34-35—69 S. Yeon Ryu................................... 34-35—69 a-M. Lee........................................ 34-35—69 K. Webb..........................................36-34—70 P. Creamer..................................... 33-37—70 I.K. Kim...........................................36-35—71 L. Thompson .................................37-34—71 E. Hee Ji..........................................34-37—71 P. Phatlum .....................................35-36—71 J. Inkster........................................36-35—71 a-B. Mackenzie Henderson ........33-38—71 S. Kim .............................................34-37—71 C. Boeljon ......................................36-35—71 A. Yang...........................................35-36—71 N. Yeon Choi..................................36-35—71 A. Stanford....................................37-34—71 S. Young Kim.................................35-37—72 P. Lindberg ....................................35-37—72 M. Jutanugarn ..............................37-35—72 M. Lee.............................................34-38—72 G. Piller ..........................................38-34—72 D. Claire Schreefel.......................35-37—72 D. Carter ........................................38-34—72 C. Masson......................................37-35—72 Soccer 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts Brazil 1 0 1 3 1 4 Mexico 1 0 1 1 0 4 Croatia 1 1 0 5 3 3 Cameroon 0 2 0 0 5 0 GROUP B W L T GF GA Pts x-Netherlands 2 0 0 8 3 6 x-Chile 2 0 0 5 1 6 Australia 0 2 0 3 6 0 Spain 0 2 0 1 7 0 GROUP C W L T GF GA Pts x-Colombia 2 0 0 5 1 6 Ivory Coast 1 1 0 3 3 3 Japan 0 1 1 1 2 1 Greece 0 1 1 0 3 1 GROUP D W L T GF GA Pts Costa Rica 1 0 0 3 1 3 Italy 1 0 0 2 1 3 Uruguay 1 1 0 3 4 3 England 0 2 0 2 4 0 GROUP E W L T GF GA Pts France 1 0 0 3 0 3 Switzerland 1 0 0 2 1 3 Ecuador 0 1 0 1 2 0 Honduras 0 1 0 0 3 0 GROUP F W L T GF GA Pts Argentina 1 0 0 2 1 3 Iran 0 0 1 0 0 1 Nigeria 0 0 1 0 0 1 Bosnia-Herz. 0 1 0 1 2 0 GROUP G W L T GF GA Pts Germany 1 0 0 4 0 3 United States 1 0 0 2 1 3 Ghana 0 1 0 1 2 0 Portugal 0 1 0 0 4 0 GROUP H W L T GF GA Pts Belgium 1 0 0 2 1 3 Russia 0 0 1 1 1 1 South Korea 0 0 1 1 1 1 Algeria 0 1 0 1 2 0 Results Group C Colombia 2, Ivory Coast 1 Greece 0, Japan 0 Group D Uruguay 2, England 1 Today's Games Italy vs. Costa Rica, 9 a.m. Switzerland vs. France, 12 p.m. Honduras vs. Ecuador, 3 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 8 3 .727 — Minnesota 9 4 .692 — San Antonio 5 6 .455 3 Tulsa 4 5 .444 3 Seattle 5 8 .385 4 Sparks 3 7 .300 41/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 8 3 .727 — Chicago 6 5 .545 2 Connecticut 7 6 .538 2 Indiana 5 5 .500 21/2 Washington 5 7 .417 31/2 New York 3 9 .250 51/2 Wednesday's games Atlanta 83, Washington 73 Chicago 105, New York 100, OT Phoenix 92, Minnesota 79 Thursday's games San Antonio at Seattle, (n) Tulsa at Sparks, (n) Friday's games New York at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Tulsa at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Pittsburgh -115/+105 at Chicago at Washington -160/+150 Atlanta at Miami -150/+140 New York at St. Louis -155/+145 Philadelphia Milwaukee -115/+105 at Colorado at Arizona -115/+105 San Francisco at San Diego -115/+105 Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE at New York -130/+120 Baltimore at Cleveland -135/+125 Detroit at Tampa Bay -185/+175 Houston at Kansas City -145/+135 Seattle at Minnesota -120/+110 Chicago at Oakland -125/+115 Boston at Los Angeles -160/+150 Texas INTERLEAGUE at Cincinnati -145/+135 Toronto Soccer World Cup Brazil TODAY At Recife Favorite Line Underdog Italy -600/+400 Costa Rica Over 21/2;+100 / Under 21/2;-120 At Salvador France -330/+260 Switzerland Over 21/2;+105 / Under 21/2;-125 At Curitiba Ecuador -450/+325 Honduras Over 21/2;-115 / Under 21/2;-105 TOMORROW At Belo Horizonte Argentina -10000/+2000 Iran Over 3;-120 / Under 3;+100 At Fortaleza Germany -1400/+800 Ghana Over 3;-110 / Under 3;-110 At Cuiaba Bosnia-Herzeg. -280/+220 Nigeria Over 21/2;-105 / Under 21/2;-115 Transactions BASEBALL American League Minnesota Twins: Selected the contract of RHP Yohan Pino from Rochester (IL). Placed INF Eduardo Nunez on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 15. Transferred RHP Mike Pelfrey to the 60-day DL. Toronto Blue Jays: Placed LHP Brett Cecil on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Steve Delabar from Buffalo (IL). National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Selected the contract of RHP Matt Stites from Rena (PCL). Optioned OF Tony Campana to Reno. Transferred RH Daniel Hudson to the 60-day DL. Chicago Cubs: Agreed to terms with LHPs Justin Steele and Carson Sands and RHPs James Norwood and Jake Stinnett. San Diego Padres: Placed 1B Yonder Alonso on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 17. Selected OF Jake Goebbert from El Paso (PCL). FOOTBALL National Football League Chicago Bears: Signed DE Jamil Merrell and LB Conor O'neill. Waived S Sean Cat- touse, QB Jerrod Johnson and TE Fendi Onobun. Terminated the contract of DL Israel Idonije. Indianapolis Colts: Signed NT Brandon McKinney. Jacksonville Jaguars: Released DE Jason Babin. Signed K Kasey Redfern, WR Na- than Slaughter and C Charley Hughlett. Waived Wrs Kevin Smith and Brandon Wimberly. New England Patriots: Released WR Reggie Dunn. New York Jets: Signed K Andrew Furney and P Jacob Schum. Released TE Ter- rence Miller. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Signed TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins and WR David Gettis. Tennessee Titans: Agreed to terms with TE Dorin Dickerson. Waived TE David Wright. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 2 B