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MLBBASEBALL New York Yankees at Texas Rangers:5p.m., FS1 Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros: 5p.m., CSN. Pittsburgh Pirates at San Francisco Giants: 7 p.m. CSNBA. Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers: 7p.m., MLB. WNBA BASKETBALL Chicago Sky at San Antonio Stars: 5p.m., ESPN2. Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury: 7 p.m., ESPN2. SOCCER International Champions Cup, Manchester United vs. Inter Milan: 4p.m., NBCSN. ONTHEAIR the Hendrick Motorsports shop as the new kid on the block. Gordon hasn't won a title since, while Johnson has won five. Now, 13 years after Gor- don launched "The Drive for 5," Gordon is on track to collect that elusive fifth title. The Sprint Cup points leader won Sunday's Brick- yard 400, a race that of- ten gives a preview of the championship. Nine times in 21 years, the winner at Indianapolis Motor Speed- way went on to hoist the Cup at the end of the year. "If you can do it here, you can do it anywhere," Gordon said after his NAS- CAR-record fifth win at Indy. Gordon, a week shy of his 43rd birthday and often fighting an aching back, won on the 20th anniver- sary celebration of his first Brickyard victory. It came on the day the Mayor of In- dianapolis proclaimed "Jeff Gordon Day" and showed Gordon is trying to make 2014 his year. Although he talked in January of retirement con- siderations, Gordon is rein- vigorated and deeply com- mitted to winning a title with his No. 24 team. "You feel like you've kind of won all that you could win, you've won four cham- pionships, then a guy like Jimmie Johnson comes along and starts dominat- ing, you kind of lose the motivation," Gordon said. But he is inspired by the work ethic and dedi- cation of crew chief Alan Gustafson, and fears be- ing "the weak link" of the race team. He also is mo- tivated to share his suc- cess with wife, Ingrid, and their two young chil- dren. Gordon married In- grid in 2006 and the couple quickly added a boy and a girl to the family. "It's pushed me to give more, do more, work harder," he said. "Ingrid has never experienced a championship. I told her 'Hey, I know you want to know what it's like to win a championship. Well, there's a big commitment that it takes.' She's like 'Whatever it takes.' "That's the kind of year that we're having. We're just putting everything we possibly can into it." It's going take everything Gordon has to win this Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, the first un- der a winner-take-all, elim- ination round format. A model of consistency all season long with 14 top- 10 finishes in 20 races, the slate will be wiped clean come September. Gordon will have to be aggressive and out front to make it through the three elimina- tion rounds. If he is one of the four drivers to advance all the way to the Home- stead finale, the title will go to the best driver in the fastest car on one day only. That could be Gordon, if he drives anything like he did at Indy. Although he's struggled with restarts for several years, and did most of Sun- day, he finally nailed one when he needed it most. A late caution gave him one shot at taking the lead away from team- mate Kasey Kahne, and he figured a perfect strat- egy as they headed toward the green flag. Kahne had given Gordon the outside lane, and he knew if he was alongside Kahne in the corner, he'd be able to hold him down and loosen Kahne's car. "I treated him like a competitor at that point, he might not have liked it," Gordon said. "When it comes down to the end of a race, we're here to win." The victory was the 90th of Gordon's career, and he's just the third driver to hit that mark. Although it was once believed he might chase Richard Petty's re- cord of 200 wins, David Pearson's 105 is suddenly in reach depending on how long Gordon wants to stay in his Chevrolet. Pearson's total is a long way away for Gordon, but the championship is sud- denly very near. His win in May at Kansas was moti- vating for driver and crew, but the win at Indy on Sun- day convinced them all the title is a very real possibil- ity. "It's certainly a huge confidence boost for this team. We recognize the sig- nificance of this," he said. "I don't know if we believed we were capable of win- ning this championship this year, truly believed it. We do now." NASCAR FROM PAGE 1 The Raiders saw enough potential to draft Watson 42nd overall and still be- lieve he can reach that level. "You don't see men of his size with the kind of feet that he has," offensive co- ordinator Greg Olson said. "We've seen growth from him. We'll know more when we get into live situations, but we've got high expec- tations and he has high ex- pectations as well." Watson did well on the second day of padded prac- tice Monday, more than holding his own against veterans like Justin Tuck and LaMarr Woodley dur- ing pass rushing drills. He is penciled in as the starting right tackle on a re- vamped offensive line that has only one starter back at his position from last sea- son in center Stefen Wis- niewski. The Raiders have enough confidence in Watson that they moved free-agent ad- dition Austin Howard from right tackle to guard — a position he has never played before in the NFL. Watson is completely fo- cused on securing that job and has shied away from most interviews this off- season. "Ever since after the sea- son was over and that last game I had a mission in mind, which was to get my body back to where it needs to be," Watson said. "It's just the beginning. I guess it's part of the reason why I really haven't talked with the media because it's re- ally been about action and not about talking anymore. ... Coming up nobody knew who I was and back then it was all about action. Just trying to get back to that." Watson is especially ex- cited for this season be- cause the Raiders will be playing a game in his home country of England on Sept. 28. Watson, who grew up in Manchester, went to Lon- don this offseason to pro- mote the game against Mi- ami and could sense the ex- citement back home for the Raiders' first game ever in England. He said he saw plenty of people back home in Raid- ers gear and gets lots of en- couragement from friends who want to see him suc- ceed in the NFL. "I can't imagine when it's game day," he said. "It's going to be mental. There are a lot of Raiders fans out there too. There are a cou- ple of Miami fans but there will be a lot of Raider fans too. It's going to be a great atmosphere. I can't imagine what it will be like on game day running out there with that flag." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 "It was disappointing news,'' Melvin said. "We know it's going to be two weeks, and hopefully that's it. It's a blow, but we're go- ing to have to get past it. We're optimistic that's it, but you never really know." Chavez had only al- lowed two homers twice this season, and he hadn't done it at all since May 18. But former A's slugger Chris Carter crushed him with a three-run homer in the third inning to wipe out an early 2-0 Oakland lead. "With Carter I thought the height of the pitch was OK," Melvin said. "He's a pretty good low-ball hit- ter. He followed it up there and put a good swing on it. That was obviously a big hit in the game." The A's came back to tie the game at 3-all on Yoenis Cespedes's sacrifice fly in the fifth. But Oakland's mo- mentum was gone. That's where things stood when Chavez walked Carter with one out in the sixth. Jason Castro unloaded with his 10thhomer, and the local fans had scarcely gotten back into their seats after celebrating a 5-3 lead when Marc Krauss homered, too. Chavez was done, but the Astros were not. With Dan Otero in to try and close out the inning, Matt Dominguez hit the third Houston homer of the in- ning. Oakland started the scoring in the second in- ning on a Josh Donaldson double and an RBI single from Derek Norris. An in- ning later, Stephen Vogt went deep to right for his fifth homer, giving Chavez a 2-0 lead. It would not prove to be enough. With the Angels off, Oak- land's lead in the Amer- ican League West fell to 1½ games, exactly the lead the 65-40 A's had at the All- Star break. • Burns got to the park in the third inning and, after hitting .250 for Mid- land, debuted as a pinch- hitter in the ninth inning, flying out. • Stephen Vogt homered and doubled and is hitting .393 (33-for-84) over his last 23 games. • To make room on the 40-man roster for Burns, the A's designated for as- signment Triple-A out- fielder Kenny Wilson. A's FROM PAGE 1 DAVID J. PHILLIP – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland starting pitcher Jesse Chavez, le , waits for a new ball a er giving up a three-run home run to Houston Astros' Chris Carter, right, during the third inning. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 59 47 .557 _ San Francisco 57 48 .543 1 ½ San Diego 46 59 .438 12 ½ Arizona 46 60 .434 13 Colorado 43 62 .410 15 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 59 48 .551 _ St. Louis 56 48 .538 1 ½ Pittsburgh 55 49 .529 2 ½ Cincinnati 52 53 .495 6 Chicago 43 61 .413 14 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 57 46 .553 _ Atlanta 58 48 .547 ½ Miami 52 53 .495 6 New York 51 55 .481 7 ½ Philadelphia 46 60 .434 12 ½ Sunday'sgames Washington 4, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2 Miami 4, Houston 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 5 Atlanta 8, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3 Monday'sgames Atlanta 2, San Diego 0 Arizona 2, Cincinnati 1, 15 innings Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 1 Miami 7, Washington 6 Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 1 Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Arizona (Cahill 1-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-6), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-3), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 7-8) at Miami (H.Alvarez 7-5), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-6) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 5-11), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Harang 9-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 6-5), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 11-7) at San Diego (T.Ross 9-10), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-7) at San Francisco (Hudson 8-7), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 9:10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 9:10 a.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Washington at Miami, 9:40 a.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 65 40 .619 _ Los Angeles 63 41 .606 1 ½ Seattle 54 51 .514 11 Houston 43 63 .406 22 ½ Texas 42 64 .396 23 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 57 45 .559 _ Kansas City 53 51 .510 5 Cleveland 52 53 .495 6 ½ Chicago 51 55 .481 8 Minnesota 47 57 .452 11 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 58 46 .558 _ Toronto 57 50 .533 2 ½ New York 54 51 .514 4 ½ Tampa Bay 52 54 .491 7 Boston 48 58 .453 11 Sunday'sgames Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 Miami 4, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1 Baltimore 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings Oakland 9, Texas 3 Monday'sgames Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 14, Boston 1 Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 7, Oakland 3 Tuesday'sgames L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-5), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 8-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-7) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-4), 4:08 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-6), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 6-2) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 3-3), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 2-0) at Texas (N.Martinez 1-6), 5:05 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 8-8) at Kansas City (Shields 9-5), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Samardzija 2-1) at Houston (Feldman 4-8), 5:10 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 9:10 a.m. Oakland at Houston, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Astros7,Athletics3 Oakland Houston AB R H B AB R H B Lowrie ss 4 1 2 0 Altuve 2b 4 1 1 0 Vogt 1b 5 1 2 1 MGnzlz ss 4 0 1 0 Cespds cf 3 0 0 1 Carter dh 3 2 1 3 Dnldsn 3b 4 1 2 0 JCastro c 4 1 1 2 DNorrs c 4 0 1 1 Krauss lf 3 1 1 1 Moss lf 3 0 0 0 Hoes ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Callasp dh 4 0 1 0 Singltn 1b 3 0 0 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 MDmn 3b 3 1 1 1 BBurns ph 1 0 0 0 Grssmn rf 3 0 0 0 Punto 2b 3 0 1 0 KHrndz cf 2 1 1 0 Totals 34 3 9 3 30 7 7 7 Oakland 011 010 000 — 3 Houston 003 004 00x — 7 DP: Oakland 1, Houston 1;LOB: Oakland 8, Houston 2;2B: Vogt (8), Donaldson (1 6); 3 B: L ow ri e ( 1) ; H R: V og t ( 5) , Carter (21), J.Castro (10), Krauss (5), M.Dominguez (13);SF: Cespedes. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Chavez L,8-7 51/3 5 6 6 3 5 Otero 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 Scribner 1 1 0 0 0 0 Abad 1 0 0 0 0 3 Houston Ohtzer W,3-7 62/3 8 3 3 1 2 Fields 1 1 0 0 0 0 Sipp 11/3 0 0 0 2 1 Umpires: Home, Marvin Hudson, First, Doug Eddings. Second, Cory Blaser. Third, Jim Joyce. T: 2:51;A: 18,259 (42,060). Football AFLPLAYOFFS AllTimesEDT FirstRound Saturday,Aug.2 NationalConference Spokane at San Jose, 4 p.m. AmericanConference Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Sunday,Aug.3 NationalConference Portland at Arizona, 3 p.m. AmericanConference Pittsburgh at Orlando, 11 a.m. ConferenceChampionships Aug.9or10 NationalConference Portland-Arizona winner vs. Spokane- San Jose winner AmericanConference Philadelphia-Cleveland winner vs. Pittsburgh-Orlando winner ArenaBowl AtOrlando,Fla. Saturday,Aug.23 American champion vs. National cham- pion, 5 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughJuly27 1. Jeff Gordon, 717. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 693. 3. Brad Keselowski, 666. 4. Matt Kenseth, 661. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 628. 6. Kyle Busch, 609. 7. Ryan Newman, 606. 8. Carl Edwards, 603. 9. Joey Logano, 591. 10. Clint Bowyer, 577. 11. Denny Hamlin, 572. 12. Kevin Harvick, 565. 13. Kyle Larson, 562. 14. Austin Dillon, 559. 15. Kasey Kahne, 555. 16. Paul Menard, 551. 17. Greg Biffle, 550. 18. Brian Vickers, 532. 19. Tony Stewart, 529. 20. Marcos Ambrose, 511. 21. Jamie McMurray, 499. 22. A ri c A lm ir ol a, 4 96 . 23. AJ Allmendinger, 466. 24. Martin Truex Jr., 465. 25. Kurt Busch, 456. 26. Casey Mears, 455. 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 397. 28. Danica Patrick, 382. 29. Justin Allgaier, 343. 30. Michael Annett, 325. 31. David Gilliland, 284. 32. Cole Whitt, 282. 33. David Ragan, 262. 34. Reed Sorenson, 245. 35. Alex Bowman, 244. 36. Josh Wise, 239. 37. Ryan Truex, 145. 38. Michael McDowell, 138. 39. Travis Kvapil, 113. 40. Terry Labonte, 77. 41. Bobby Labonte, 54. 42. Parker Kligerman, 54. 43. Jeff Burton, 51. 44. Michael Waltrip, 48. 45. Juan Pablo Montoya, 47. 46. David Stremme, 43. 47. David Reutimann, 37. 48. Brett Moffitt, 32. 49. Timmy Hill, 22. 50. Dave Blaney, 16. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 21 3 .875 — x-Minnesota 20 6 .769 2 San Antonio 12 14 .462 10 Sparks 11 14 .440 10½ Tulsa 9 17 .346 13 Seattle 9 18 .333 13½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 15 9 .625 — Washington 13 13 .500 3 Indiana 12 13 .480 3½ New York 10 14 .417 5 Chicago 10 15 .400 5½ Connecticut 10 16 .385 6 x-clinched playoff spot Sunday'sgames Minnesota 76, Connecticut 65 Washington 77, Atlanta 67 Tulsa 79, Chicago 69 Monday'sgames Indiana at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Connecticut at Atlanta, 9 a.m. Washington at New York, 4 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Seattle at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Sparks at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Tennis CITIOPENRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Washington Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women,$250,000(Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Ale- jandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-2. Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 6-3, 6-0. Benoit Paire, France, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-4, 6-0. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Sergiy Stak- hovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-3, 6-2. Donald Young, United States, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-5. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Filip Peliwo, Canada, 7-5, 6-3. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Francis Tiafoe, United States, 6-4. 6-4. WOMEN FirstRound Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2. Vania King, United States, def. Francoise Abanda, Canada, 6-2, 6-0. Hiroko Kuwata, Japan, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-0, 7-5. Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Alize Cornet (3), France, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Tornado Alicia Black, United States, 6-4, 6-0. Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Madison Keys (7), United States, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles WOMEN FirstRound Arina Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska (4), Australia, def. Louisa Chirico and Sanaz Marand, United States, 5-7, 6-1, 13-11. Tennis WTABANKOFTHEWEST CLASSICRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At The Taube Family Tennis Center Stanford, Calif. Purse: $710,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-1, 6-3. Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Sacha Vickery, United States, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-1, 6-2. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-4, 6-3. Andrea Petkovic (8), Germany, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles FirstRound Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (3), Spain, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, and Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, 6-4, 6-2. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, and Karo- lina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Megan Moulton- Levy, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anasta- sia Rodionova (2), Australia, def. Paula Ormaechea, Argentina, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, walkover. Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Placed LHP T.J. McFarland on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Norfolk (IL). HoustonAstros: Optioned RHP Brad Peacock to Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed RHP Josh Zeid on the 15-day Dl, retroac- tive to July 25. Reinstated RHP Collin McHugh from the 15-day DL. LosAngelesAngels: Sent LHP C.J. Wilson to Arkansas (TL) for a rehab assignment. NewYorkYankees: Assigned RHP Chris Leroux outright to Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). Designated LHP Jeff Francis for assignment. Recalled OF Zoilo Al m on te f ro m S cr ant on /W il ke s- Ba rr e. OaklandAthletics: Placed OF Craig Gentry on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Billy Burns from Midland (TL). TampaBayRays: Designated LHP Erik Bedard for assignment. Reinstated RHP Joel Peralta from the 15-day DL. TorontoBlueJays: Acquired INF Danny Valencia from Kansas City for RHP Liam Hendriks and C Erik Kratz. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Placed INF Nick Evans on unconditional release waivers. Reinstated INF Jordan Pacheco from the 15-day DL. ChicagoCubs: Traded 2B Darwin Barney to the L.A. Dodgers for a player to be named. ColoradoRockies: Sent LHP Boone Lo- gan and 1B Justin Morneau to Colorado Springs (PCL) for rehab assignments. LosAngelesDodgers: Agreed to terms with RHP Barry Enright on a minor league contract. MiamiMarlins: Optioned C J.T. Realmuto to Jacksonville (SL). Recalled OF Jake Marisnick from New Orleans (PCL). PittsburghPirates: Sent RHP Gerrit Cole to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment. St.LouisCardinals: Agreed to terms with SS Christian Muscarello on a minor league contract. SanDiegoPadres: Placed OF Carlos Quentin on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to July 27. Optioned 3B Brooks Conrad to El Paso (PCL). Recalled LHP Jason Lane and 2B Jedd Gyorko from El Paso. Sent LHP Robbie Erlin to the AZL Padres for a rehab assignment. SanFranciscoGiants: Optioned RHP George Kontos to Fresno (PCL). AmericanAssociation St.PaulSaints: Released RHP Robert Coe. WinnipegGoldeyes: Released RHP Cephas Howard. Can-AmLeague Trois-RivieresAigles: Released C Joey Side. FrontierLeague EvansvilleOtters: Signed RHP Mike DeLong. FrontierGreys: Placed 3B Greg Bachman on the retired list. SouthernIllinoisMiners: Released RHP Tyler Lavigne. TraverseCityBeachBums: Signed RHP Eric Eck. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ClevelandBrowns: Released OL Chris Faulk and Pk/P Jake Rogers. Activated TE Gary Barnidge and LB Tank Carder. Signed WR Marlon Moore. DetroitLions: Activated WR Golden Tate from PUP-active list. Released DE Kalonji Kashama. IndianapolisColts: Released RB Chris Rainey. NewEnglandPatriots: Claimed RB Tyler Gaffney off waivers from Carolina. Released LB Josh Hull. OaklandRaiders: Signed S Jeremy Deering. TampaBayBuccaneers: Released RB Brendan Bigelow and WR Quinton Payton. Signed DT Jibreel Black and CB Anthony Gaitor. WashingtonRedskins: Signed LB Ever- ette Brown. CanadianFootballLeague CalgaryStampeders: Signed RB Hugh Charles to the practice roster. HamiltonTiger-Cats: Placed QB Zach Collaros on the 6-game injured list. Added DB Harold Mutobola and DE Kiante Tripp to the practice roster. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague DetroitRedWings: Agreed to terms with LW Tomas Tatar on a three-year contract. AmericanHockeyLeague HamiltonBulldogs: Signed F Jake Dowell to a one-year contract. TorontoMapleLeafs: Signed F Daniel Winnik to a one-year contract. ECHL IdahoSteelheads: Agreed to terms with F Gaelan Patterson. UtahGrizzlies: Signed F H.T. Lenz. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer NewYorkRedBulls: Loaned D Connor Lade to the New York Cosmos (NASL). Signed D Damien Perrinelle. COLLEGE CharlestonSouthern: Signed softball coach Shane Winkler to a four-year contract extension. LaSalle: Promoted associate academic director Christine Cahill to director of academic support. Lees-Mcrae: Named Karrie Miller women's assistant soccer coach. Loyola(NO): Announced the retirement of director of athletics and wellness and men's basketball coach Dr. Michael Giorlando. Promoted associate athletic director Brett Simpson to director of athletics and wellness and men's as- sistant basketball coach Stacy Hollowell to head coach. UncWilmington: Named Jason Memont swimming and diving coach. Unlv: Named Andy Pringle and Em- ily Grant women's assistant soccer coaches, Courtney Irwin director of women's soccer operations and Erica Meier undergraduate assistant coach. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For July 29 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati -140/+130 Arizona Washington -145/+135 at Miami Philadelphia -115/+105 at New York at Chicago -115/+105 Colorado at San Diego -115/+105 St. Louis at Los Angeles -140/+130 Atlanta at SF -135/+125 Pittsburgh AMERICANLEAGUE Los Angeles -115/+105 at Baltimore Seattle -115/+105 at Cleveland at Detroit -165/+155 Chicago at Boston -125/+115 Toronto New York -140/+130 at Texas at Kansas City -180/+170 Minnesota Oakland -210/+190 at Houston INTERLEAGUE at Tampa Bay -145/+135 Milwaukee NFL SUNDAY HallofFameGame AtCanton,Ohio Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Buffalo 2 (32½) N.Y. Giants AUG.7 at N.Y. Jets 1 (35½) Indianapolis at Washington 2 (36½) New England at Baltimore 1 (35) San Francisco at Kansas City 2 (33½) Cincinnati at Denver 1½ (36½) Seattle at San Diego 2½ (35½) Dallas | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2014 2 B