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Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 39 33 .542 _ Giants 38 33 .535 1/2 Arizona 34 35 .493 31/2 San Diego 34 38 .472 5 Colorado 30 39 .435 71/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 46 24 .657 _ Pittsburgh 40 30 .571 6 Chicago 39 30 .565 61/2 Cincinnati 32 37 .464 131/2 Mi lw au ke e 26 4 6 .3 61 21 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 37 33 .529 _ New York 36 36 .500 2 Atlanta 35 35 .500 2 Miami 30 42 .417 8 Philadelphia 25 47 .347 13 Monday's games Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8 Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 6 Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis 4, Miami 3 Chicago Cubs 1, L.A. Dodgers 0, 10 innings Milwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Arizona at Colorado, (n.) Gi ant s, ( n. ) Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, (n.) Wednesday's games Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Nova 0-0), 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (S.Miller 5-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-5), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 4-4) at Pittsburgh (G.Cole 11-2), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 2-3) at Miami (Latos 2-4), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 4-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-3), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-5) at Milwaukee (Nelson 3-8), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Webster 1-1) at Colorado (Hale 2-2), 5:40 p.m. Giants (Vogelsong 5-5), 7:15 p.m. Thursday's games N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Arizona at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. Giants, 12:45 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 4:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 41 31 .569 _ Texas 37 34 .521 31/2 Los Angeles 36 35 .507 41/2 Seattle 32 39 .451 81/2 A's 32 41 .438 91/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 40 27 .597 _ Minnesota 38 33 .535 4 Detroit 37 34 .521 5 Cleveland 32 38 .457 91/2 Chicago 31 39 .443 101/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 41 32 .562 _ New York 38 32 .543 11/2 Baltimore 37 33 .529 21/2 Toronto 38 35 .521 3 Boston 31 41 .431 91/2 Monday's games Philadelphia 11, N.Y. Yankees 8 Detroit 8, Cleveland 5 Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5 Minnesota 13, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Angels 4, Houston 3 Kansas City 4, Seattle 1 Tuesday's games Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore 6, Boston 4 Detroit 7, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 A's 8, Texas 6 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2 Houston at L.A. Angels, (n.) Kansas City at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday's games Detroit (Farmer 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 8-6), 9:10 a.m. Toronto (Estrada 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Karns 4-3), 9:10 a.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Nova 0-0), 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-3) at Min- nesota (P.Hughes 5-6), 10:10 a.m. Houston (McCullers 3-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-5), 12:35 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 2-5) at Boston (Buchholz 4-6), 4:10 p.m. A's (Graveman 3-4) at Texas (W.Rodriguez 4-2), 5:05 p.m. Kansas City (D.Duffy 2-3) at Seattle (Elias 4-4), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Baltimore at Boston, 10:35 a.m. A's at Texas, 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Athletics 8, Rangers 6 Oakland Texas AB R H B AB R H B Burns cf 5 0 1 0 Odor 2b 4 1 3 2 Sogard 2b 4 1 1 1 Gallo lf 5 1 1 0 Zobrist lf 4 2 2 2 Fielder dh 4 1 1 0 Fuld lf 0 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 1 1 1 Reddck rf 5 0 1 0 Morlnd 1b 5 0 1 0 BButler dh 3 1 0 0 Andrus ss 5 1 3 2 I.Davis 1b 4 1 1 1 LMartn cf 4 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 4 0 0 0 Rua rf 4 0 0 0 Phegly c 4 2 2 3 Chirins c 2 1 1 0 Semien ss 4 1 3 1 Totals 37 8 11 8 37 6 11 5 Oakland 001 014 200 — 8 Texas 010 040 100 — 6 E: Lawrie (13); DP: Oakland 1; LOB: Oak- land 5, Texas 9; 2B: I.Davis (10), Phegley (8), Semien (14), Odor (4), Gallo (2), Fielder (16), Andrus 2 (11); HR: Zobrist (5), Phegley (4), Odor (2); SF: Beltre. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Chavez W,4-6 5 8 5 5 2 3 Scribner 1 0 0 0 0 0 O'Flaherty 2/3 1 1 0 0 1 FRodriguez 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 Pmrnz S,1-1 12/3 1 0 0 1 2 Texas Gnzlz L,2-2 52/3 8 6 6 1 1 Kela 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 S.Freeman 1 1 0 0 0 1 Bass 1 0 0 0 0 2 Claudio 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kela pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP: by Ch.Gonzalez (B.Butler); PB: Phegley. Umpires: Home, Lance Barrett, First, Dan Iassogna. Second, Gabe Morales. Third, Dale Scott. T: 3:17; A: 35,889 (48,114). Baseball NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GLANCE Championship Series (Best-of-3; x-if necessary) Vanderbilt 1, Virginia 0 Monday, June 22: Vanderbilt 5, Virginia 1 Tuesday, June 23: Virginia 3, Vanderbilt 0 Wednesday, June 24: Vanderbilt vs. Virginia, 5 p.m. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR AEGON INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Tuesday At Nottingham Tennis Center Nottingham, England Purse: $670,000 (WT250) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles First Round Tim Smyczek, United States, def. James Ward, Britain, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Sam Groth, Australia, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3). Ye n- hs un L u, T ai wa n, d ef . R ub en B em el - mans, Belgium, 6-4, 6-4. Taylor Harry Fritz, United States, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-1, 6-4. Second Round Adrian Mannarino (8), France, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. David Ferrer (1), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Martin Klizan (10), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Thomaz Bellucci (13), Brazil, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-5, 6-4. Sam Querrey (12), United States, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Jiri Vesely (16), Czech Republic, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-1, 6-3. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Viktor Troicki (6), Serbia, 6-4, 6-2. Leonardo Mayer (4), Argentina, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 6-3, 6-1. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Juan Monaco (9), Argentina, 6-1, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez (3), Spain, def. Taylor Harry Fritz, United States, 6-3, 6-3. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Andreas Seppi (15), Italy, 6-4, 6-3. Dominic Thiem (7), Austria, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-1. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Pablo Andujar (11), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4. Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0). Joao Sousa (15), Portugal, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (3). Doubles First Round Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8. Ken and Neal Skupski, Britain, def. Guillermo Duran and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4. Eric Butorac, United States, and Colin Fleming, Britain, def. Mariusz Fyrsten- berg, Poland, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, 6-3, 6-2. Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, def. Juan Monaco and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. Dominic Inglot and Jamie Murray (4), Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (2), Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, and Oliver Marach, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. WTA AEGON INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Tuesday At Devonshire Park Eastbourne, England Purse: $731,000 (Premier) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Second Round Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Ekaterina Makarova (4), Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-2, 6-4. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, def. Alison Riske, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (5), Spain, 6-1, 7-5. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Madi- son Keys (12), United States, 6-2, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Sam Stosur (16), Australia, 7-5, 7-6 (0). Sara Errani (13), Italy, def. Barbora Stry- cova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7). Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, 7-6 (7), 6-4. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta (15), Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Heather Watson, Britain, def. Elina Svito- lina (11), Ukraine, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Doubles First Round Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie, China, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-4. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-2. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Tulsa 6 1 .857 — Minnesota 5 2 .714 1 Phoenix 3 3 .500 21/2 Seattle 2 4 .333 31/2 Sparks 0 5 .000 5 San Antonio 0 6 .000 51/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 6 1 .857 — Washington 5 2 .714 1 New York 4 3 .571 2 Chicago 3 3 .500 21/2 Atlanta 3 5 .375 31/2 Indiana 3 5 .375 31/2 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games Washington 84, Sparks 80 Wednesday's games Atlanta at Chicago, 9:30 a.m. Thursday's games Phoenix at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 9 5 2 29 23 13 Vancouver 9 6 2 29 20 16 Portland 7 5 4 25 17 14 Los Angeles 6 5 7 25 21 20 Kansas City 6 3 6 24 23 17 FC Dallas 6 5 5 23 19 23 San Jose 6 5 4 22 16 15 Salt Lake 5 5 6 21 15 19 Houston 5 6 5 20 21 21 Colorado 2 4 9 15 12 13 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 9 5 4 31 22 17 New England 6 5 6 24 23 22 Orlando City 5 6 5 20 20 21 Toronto FC 6 6 1 19 19 18 Montreal 5 5 2 17 16 18 Columbus 4 6 5 17 21 22 New York 4 5 5 17 18 19 N.Y. City FC 4 7 5 17 17 19 Philadelphia 4 10 3 15 19 30 Chicago 4 8 2 14 17 22 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday's games Colorado 1, FC Dallas 1, tie Saturday's games San Jose 2, Seattle 0 N.Y. City FC 2, Toronto FC 0 Vancouver 2, New York 1 Montreal 2, Orlando City 0 Portland 2, Houston 0 Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 1 Sunday's games D.C. United 2, New England 1 Salt Lake 2, Kansas City 1 Wednesday, June 24 Seattle at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Salt Lake at New York, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Toronto FC, 5 p.m. D.C. United at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Knockout Stage Sunday, June 21 Brazil 0, Australia 1 France 3, South Korea 0 Canada 1, Switzerland 0 Monday, June 22 England 2, Norway 1 United States 2, Colombia 0 Tuesday, June 23 Japan 2, Netherlands 1 Friday, June 26 Germany vs. France, 1 p.m. China vs. United States, 4:30 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR XFINITY POINTS LEADERS Through June 21 1. Chris Buescher, 528. 2. Ty Dillon, 499. 3. Chase Elliott, 485. 4. Regan Smith, 466. 5. Darrell Wallace Jr., 462. 6. Elliott Sadler, 447. 7. Brian Scott, 430. 8. Brendan Gaughan, 419. 9. Ryan Reed, 410. 10. Daniel Suarez, 407. 11. Jeremy Clements, 366. 12. David Starr, 342. 13. J.J. Yeley, 320. 14. Dakoda Armstrong, 319. 15. Ross Chastain, 313. 16. Ryan Sieg, 308. 17. Landon Cassill, 279. 18. Blake Koch, 261. 19. Cale Conley, 254. 20. Eric McClure, 237. 21. Joey Gase, 233. 22. Brennan Poole, 230. 23. Harrison Rhodes, 205. 24. Ryan Blaney, 170. 25. Peyton Sellers, 160. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For June 24 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -170/+160 Cincinnati at Washington -155/+145 Atlanta St. Louis -120/+110 at Miami Los Angeles -115/+105 at Chicago at Milwaukee -125/+115 New York at Colorado -115/+105 Arizona at Giants -125/+115 San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE at Cleveland -140/+130 Detroit at Tampa Bay -110/+100 Toronto Chicago -130/+120 at Minnesota at Los Angeles -105/-105 Houston at Boston -145/+135 Baltimore at Texas -120/+110 Oakland at Seattle -110/+100 Kansas City INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia -110/+100 at Yankees Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Optioned OF Rusney Castillo and RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated RHP Justin Masterson from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Zandona on a minor league contract. Sent C Ryan Hanigan to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. Chicago White Sox: Sent LHP Dan Jennings to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment. Cleveland Indians: Designated RHP Scott Atchison for assignment. Recalled RHP Austin Adams from Columbus (IL). Houston Astros: Agreed to terms with 2B Ford Stainback on a minor league contract. Los Angeles Angels: Sent RHP Mike Morin to Salt Lake (PCL) for a rehab assignment. New York Yankees: Placed INF Stephen Drew on paternity leave. Optioned OF Ramon Flores to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell and INF Jose Pirela from Scranton/Wilkes- Barre. Seattle Mariners: Released OF Rickie Weeks. Tampa Bay Rays: Optioned LHP Enny Romero to Durham (IL). Recalled RHP Kirby Yates from Durham. Agreed to terms with OF Grady Sizemore on a minor league contract. Sent 2B Tim Beckham to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab assignment. Texas Rangers: Optioned RHP Jon Ed- wards to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated 3B Adrian Beltre from gthe 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with INF Jhonniel Alvarez and OF Connor McKay on minor league contracts. Sent LHPs Matt Har- rison and Martin Perez to Frisco (TL) for rehab assignments. Toronto Blue Jays: Announced LHP Phil Coke declined optional assignment and elected free agency. Recalled LHP Rob Rasmussen from Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Todd Redmond from Buffalo. Reinstated RHP R.A. Dickey from the bereavement list. National League Atlanta Braves: Placed 1B Freddie Free- man on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Thursday. Recalled OF Joey Terdoslavich from Gwinnett (IL). Agreed to terms with C Trey Keegan, 2B Kurt Hoekstra, 3B Jacob Lanning, LHPs Ryan Lawlor, Chase Mullins and Trevor Belicek, and RHPs Matthew Withrow, Patrick Weigel, Evan Phillips, Stephen Moore, Sean McLaugh- lin, Grayson Jones, Joshua Graham and Ryan Clark on minor league contracts. Los Angeles Dodgers: Recalled LHP Ian Thomas from Oklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms with 3B Brendon Davis on a minor league contract. Miami Marlins: Assigned C Jhonatan Solano outright to New Orleans (PCL). Sent RHP Bryan Morris and 3B Don Kelly to Jupiter (FSL) for rehab assignments. New York Mets: Assigned RHP Dillon Gee outright to Las Vegas (PCL). Placed C Travis d'arnaud on the 15-day Dl, ret- roactive to Monday. Recalled C Johnny Monell from Las Vegas (PCL). San Diego Padres: Sent LHP Cory Luebke to San Antonio (TL) for a rehab assign- ment. Washington Nationals: Optioned RHP Joe Ross to Syracuse (IL). Reinstated RHP Stephen Strasburg from the 15-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Cleveland Cavaliers: Exercised the option on C Timofey Mozgov for next season. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Released DE Bryan Johnson. HOCKEY National Hockey League Detroit Red Wings: Named Tony Granato, Chris Chelios and Pat Ferschweiler as- sistant coaches and Dave Noel-Bernier video coach. SOCCER National Women's Soccer League Washington Spirit: Signed F Ngozi Okobi. Traded 2016 second- and third-round draft picks to Chicago for 2015 and 2016 international roster spots. COLLEGE Manhattan: Named Samera Marsh and Brandon Gade women's assistant basketball coaches. Oklahoma City: Named Bo Overton women's basketball coach. ment at our facilities na- tionwide. ISC will continue our long-standing practice to prohibit the sale of Con- federate flag material on our property." Saunders declined a re- quest by The Associated Press for further comment. Other tracks did not re- spond to requests for com- ment. Nine people were slain last week at the Emanuel African Methodist Epis- copal Church, and Dylann Storm Roof, 21, is charged with murder. The white man appeared in photos holding Confederate flags and burning or desecrating U.S. flags, and purportedly wrote of fomenting racial violence. Big retailers like Wal- Mart, Amazon, Sears, eBay and Etsy all said they would remove Confeder- ate merchandise from their stores or websites and pol- iticians across the South called for various steps to move away from the sym- bol that many associate with racism. NASCAR has faced criti- cism over the years for var- ious issues, often involv- ing sponsors. A decade ago, there were questions when hard liquor compa- nies emerged as potential sponsors for a sport built around fast cars and a se- ries whose founding in 1948 gave ex-moonshiners a place to race. More re- cently, the National Rifle Association drew attention when it struck a sponsor- ship deal with Texas Mo- tor Speedway not long after the Sandy Hook Elemen- tary School mass shooting in Connecticut. Confederate flags have been flown by fans at NAS- CAR races for years. For NASCAR's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, a two-and-a-half-hour drive north of Charleston, a Con- federate flag theme was part of poster merchan- dise from the 1950s into the late '70s. Tracks have long and detailed rules for fans, but none involving the content of flags. Although NASCAR has eliminated the use of Confederate flags in any of- ficial capacity, it could take things a step further and include language in sanc- tioning agreements that would ban them altogether at tracks. But that would be dif- ficult to enforce at tracks with hundreds of acres of infield space and some- times more than 100,000 fans. "There's only so much that you can do with an is- sue like this if you're NAS- CAR," said Brad Daugh- erty, a former NBA star and current co-owner of JTG Daugherty Racing. NASCAR FROM PAGE 1 While Goodell was hear- ing a myriad of testimo- nies, Brady supporters were outside, some wear- ing "Free Brady" T-shirts. At least until the rains came, that is. Somereportersjokedthat the meeting lasted so long because a summer storm was hitting the city and no one wanted to leave the building in such weather. But just past 8:30 p.m. EDT, the principles headed out. The NFL Players Associ- ation had asked Goodell to recuse himself from hear- ing the appeal because he could not be impartial and might be called as a witness. But Goodell said it was his responsibility to oversee the hearing to protect the integrity of the league. Based on the league- sanctioned Wells report, Brady was suspended and the Patriots were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks. Among the key elements of Brady's appeal: who or- dered his four-game sus- pension and whether sci- ence supports the league's findings about deflated footballs. The NFL says Goodell authorized the disci- pline that was imposed by league executive Troy Vin- cent, who signed the letters sent to Brady and the Patri- ots informing them of the penalties. The NFLPA chal- lenged Vincent's power to issue punishment, citing Article 46 of the league's collective bargaining agreement. Goodell dismissed the union's claim. "I did not delegate my disciplinary authority to Mr. Vincent; I concurred in his recommendation and authorized him to com- municate to Mr. Brady the discipline imposed under my authority as Commis- sioner," Goodell said in his letter to the union on June 2. "The identity of the per- son who signed the disci- plinary letter is irrelevant." The penalties were an- nounced after investigator Ted Wells found that the Super Bowl champions il- legally used under-inflated footballs in the AFC title game. Vincent has issued sev- eral fines and penalties for various infractions since replacing Ray Anderson as the NFL's executive vice president of football oper- ations in March 2014. NFL FROM PAGE 1 positioned to either select a blue-chip prospect, or parlay that pick into more immediate help if Wilson finds a willing trade part- ner. For more than a year, Wilson has pointed to the 2015 draft as key to pre- paring the Sharks for a fu- ture that does not rely as heavily on the talent and leadership of veterans such as Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. Wilson made it clear at the March trade deadline, for exam- ple, that the pick wasn't available in exchange for a short-term fix. But lately, the Sharks have been at the center of serious trade speculation. And with San Jose look- ing to improve its goal- tending, blue line and for- ward depth, the general manager isn't ruling out anything. "You sit on the draft floor, sometimes things get offered that come out of left field," Wilson said. "You want the phones ring- ing and people calling and offering you things. That's the position that we're in. So, get on the draft floor and you never know." Wilson doesn't discuss specifics, but the Sharks are reportedly among the teams interested in New York Rangers back-up net- minder Cam Talbot. Other teams are too, and, if Wil- son is determined to make Talbot his goalie of the fu- ture, it might take that ninth overall pick as part of a bigger package. If Wilson holds onto the No. 9 pick, he says he isn't counting on that player jumping straight to the NHL. "We would never say that even if we could," Wilson said. "They've got to come in and earn their spot with the team and with the coaches. We would never ordain a guy." Wilson does have a his- tory of major draft-day trades involving first- round picks. In 2007, San Jose engi- neered deals with both the Toronto Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues to move up and grab Logan Couture as the ninth pick overall; in 2011, the Sharks acquired Brent Burns from the Min- nesota Wild in exchange for Devin Setoguchi, Char- lie Coyle and the 28th over- all pick later that day. The Sharks are also well positioned for a big trade because the team has am- ple cap space at a time when other teams are try- ing to shed salary. Wilson said owner Hasso Plattner has given the green light to spend to the $71.4 mil- lion limit. And by stockpiling extra draft picks in deals that have sent veterans else- where over the past three seasons, Wilson says his team has the "currency" to work trade opportuni- ties with other organiza- tions. After the first two picks Friday night — Connor McDavid to Edmonton, Jack Eichel to Buffalo — things are less predictable. NHL FROM PAGE 1 By Anne M. Peterson The Associated Press EDMONTON,ALBERTA The United States has made it through to the quarterfi- nals at the Women's World Cup but not unscathed. The Americans will have to face China without two key contributors. Midfielders Lauren Hol- iday and Megan Rapinoe won't be able to play be- cause of accumulated yel- low cards. Both received their second yellows in Monday night's 2-0 vic- tory over upstart Colom- bia in the round of 16. It's a blow to the United States, which has strug- gled to find its offense dur- ing the tournament. Rap- inoe has been one of the most creative and danger- ous players for the Amer- icans, while Holiday has been steady and depend- able. "Obviously we've got some decisions to make but I think we've invested in players significantly over the past six months and we've dealt with injuries," coach Jill Ellis said. "So I feel very confident in the players we have to be able to come in and contribute. And I know they're going to be confident to be able to step up and help us ad- vance." Rapinoe said she felt her caution in the 41st came as the result of a series of calls. Holiday was carded in the 17th minute. "I guess you could say I accumulated all those fouls so that's worth the yellow card. But (Holiday) got the yellow card on her very first foul of the game so I didn't think that was that fair," Rapinoe said. WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Rapinoe, Holiday out for US in World Cup quarterfinals JASONFRANSON—THECANADIANPRESS The United States has made it to the quarterfinals but will have to face China on Friday without two key players. Midfielders Lauren Holiday (12) and Megan Rapinoe (not pictured) are out because of accumulated yellow cards. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2015 2 B