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ByPaulNewberry The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO Michael Phelps already has far more medals than any Olympic athlete. There is no longer any reason to doubt he'll have another massive haul in Rio. Not after an astound- ing weekend in sweltering San Antonio, where Phelps turned in a performance at the U.S. national champi- onships that re-established his place as the world's dom- inant swimmer. He churned through the water, his body as ripped and fit as ever, producing times that haven't been seen since the days of the high- tech bodysuits. When ri- val swimmer Chad le Clos trash-talked from afar, it only made Phelps go faster. "I did what I came here to do," he said Monday. Phelps was barred from the world championships after his second drunken- driving arrest, so he turned the national championships into his biggest meet of the year. Never mind that this was essentially a junior-varsity event, largely made up of promising youngsters, a few late bloomers and a smat- tering of big-name swim- mers who failed to qualify for worlds. Hardly the sort of com- petition that Phelps is used to facing, but he wasn't con- cerned about the guy in the next lane. His attention was focused on Kazan, Rus- sia — specifically, the win- ning times at worlds in the 100-meter butterfly, the 200 fly, and the 200 individual medley. Phelps was determined to beat them all, to prove to everyone he was the real champion. Mission accomplished. Phelps' times in the fly harkened back to 2009, when rubberized suits made a mockery of the clock. His performance in the 200 IM was faster than anyone has gone since he won gold at the 2012 Olympics. "I prepared myself for the best and the worst," he said. "I thought that was some- thing that really made an impact on me being so re- laxed. I was ready for any- thing. That's something I got back to, something I haven't done in a while." SWIMMING Ph el ps ba ck o n to p as f oc us turns to 2016 Rio Olympics ERICGAY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Michael Phelps prepares to compete in the preliminary round of the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the the U.S. swimming nationals, Monday in San Antonio. Such irregularities were "part of the game," the PGA said, "and no free re- lief will be available from these conditions." The rules will again be posted in the locker room and other pieces of litera- ture for players, said Dirk Willis, Director of Golf Operations at Whistling Straits. Every group will be ac- companied by a rules offi- cial, and players can con- sult that official should a question arise about the estimated 1,000 bunkers. There will be no ques- tion this time around about the bunker that doomed Johnson on 18. It was so far right off the target line that the spot is now covered over by a view- ing area. There was no in- tent to hide the spot, orga- nizers said, but it was sim- ply part of a broader plan to bring corporate hospi- tality on to the course. If the last two champi- onships at the course are any indication, spectators should be in for a treat. Martin Kaymer won in 2010, beating Bubba Wat- son in the playoff. Vijay Singh won in 2004, beating Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard in another playoff. Wisconsin native Steve Stricker called the Pete Dye course "visually intimidat- ing." "You just have to pay attention to your lines," Stricker said. "At times, (Dye) makes it seem like there's not any room to hit it ... Once you get it, it's very playable." Golf FROM PAGE 1 whether he told doctors in 1996 he was using a host of performance-enhanc- ing drugs and later sought to bury any evidence of the conversation through law- suits, threats and charita- ble donations. Armstrong's efforts to "blunt this allegation ... were critical to hiding the truth of his doping from, among others, the United States Postal Service," the government said in docu- ments filed last week in a Washington, D.C., court. Armstrong's lawyers have asked Judge Christo- pher Cooper to dismiss a subpoena for records, call- ing it "harassment" and an invasion of privacy be- cause Armstrong admits to doping to win the Tour de France seven times. Cooper could rule on the records this week. In its arguments to get the hospital records, the government questions whether they could con- tradict a 2005 sworn state- ment from Dr. Craig Nich- ols, one of Armstrong's phy- sicians, who said there was no record of performance- enhancing drug use. The government notes the doctor's affidavit con- tradicts sworn statements from Armstrong's former teammate, Frankie An- dreu, and his wife, Betsy Andreu, who said they were in Armstrong's hos- pital room and heard him admit drug use. The doctor's statement said he monitored Arm- strong's blood levels from 1997 to 2001 and found "nothing irregular," specif- ically no use of the blood booster EPO. As an expert in using EPO to treat can- cer patients, Nichols said he would likely have no- ticed it in his system. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 tional championships as it celebrates the 100-year an- niversary of its official for- mation this fall. Andersen couldn't resist the chance to move back out West, even though he'll have to compete with the archrival Oregon Ducks, who reached the national title game last season be- hind Heisman Trophy-win- ning quarterback Marcus Mariota. But almost nobody gets an easy ride these days in the Pac-12, which has a wealth of amazing players and no clear-cut title fa- vorite. While comparisons among leagues are inexact at best, every coach is pub- licly confident the Pac-12 is the equal of the SEC and anybody else. "A lot of the talent that's been out West that maybe had left the western part of the country, going some- where else, is now staying out here," Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said. "We're one of them, but the other schools in our divi- sion and in our league are doing it. So I think the Pac- 12 South is probably going to be better this year than it's ever been. The Pac- 12 will be better than it's ever been, and I think it's going to stay that way into the future." Pac-12 FROM PAGE 1 ues, including the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake, where the rowing competition took place. U.S. coach Susan Fran- cia, a two-time Olympic gold-medal rower, said in an interview with the AP that 13 athletes and four staff members — includ- ing herself — suffered var- ious gastrointestinal symp- toms during the team's two weeks of training in Rio. Dr. Kathryn Ackerman, the U.S. team physician, said athletes from sev- eral other countries stayed in the same hotel as the Americans, but did not seem to get as sick as her rowers. "I don't know if it was the water bottles in the boats, or hygiene precau- tions that some athletes are really good about and oth- ers weren't," she said. Officials did not rule out that the Americans could have gotten ill from food or drinking water. "We're not really sure. My personal feeling is, I think it's from the lake," Ackerman said. Francia said she lacked the data and information to directly blame the illness on the venue, but added: "It just doesn't seem normal." She warned athletes coming for the Olympics that "you should know when you're coming next year that you have to be smart about how you are preparing." Francia said the U.S. team had taken precau- tions about competing in the polluted lake beneath Rio's picturesque Christ the Redeemer statue, "but maybe we were not as strict in enforcing them as we should have been from the beginning." Olympics FROM PAGE 1 LIONEL CIRONNEAU — THE ASSOCIATED PRES FILE The federal government wants to see Lance Armstrong's medical records from his treatments for cancer. The federal government has sued Armstrong to recover millions of dollars in sponsorship money the U.S. Postal Service paid to his teams. Scoreboard NFL AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 3 14 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Francisco0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 1 0 01.000 14 3 Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Sunday'sgame Minnesota 14, Pittsburgh 3 Thursday,Aug.13 New Orleans at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 7 p.m. Friday,Aug.14 Carolina at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 7 p.m. Saturday,Aug.15 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m. Sunday,Aug.16 Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 62 49 .559 _ Giants 59 52 .532 3 Arizona 54 56 .491 7 ½ San Diego 52 60 .464 10 ½ Colorado 47 63 .427 14 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 71 40 .640 _ Pittsburgh 65 44 .596 5 Chicago 62 48 .564 8 ½ Cincinnati 49 60 .450 21 Milwaukee 48 65 .425 24 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 60 52 .536 _ Washington 57 53 .518 2 Atlanta 51 61 .455 9 Philadelphia 45 67 .402 15 Miami 44 68 .393 16 Sunday'sgames Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Colorado 6, Washington 4 Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 2, Giants 0 Arizona 4, Cincinnati 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 5, San Diego 3 Miami 4, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 13, L.A. Dodgers 6 Monday'sgames N.Y. Mets 4, Colorado 2 Philadelphia at Arizona, (n.) Cincinnati at San Diego, (n.) Washington at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Tuesday'sgames Atlanta (W.Perez 4-2) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4), 4:10 p.m. Boston (S.Wright 5-4) at Miami (Nicolino 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Rusin 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Har- vey 10-7), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Jungmann 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Haren 7-7), 5:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 6-6) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 11-4), 5:15 p.m. Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-6) at Ari- zona (Hellickson 7-8), 6:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-7) at San Diego (Rea 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Washington (J.Ross 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-2), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Kazmir 6-6) at Giants (Bumgarner 12-6), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Cincinnati at San Diego, 12:40 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 12:40 p.m. Houston at Giants, 12:45 p.m. Boston at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. NATIONALLEAGUELEADERS Batting Goldschmidt, Arizona, .337; Harper, Washington, .335; Posey, San Francisco, .332; GParra, Milwaukee, .328; DGordon, Miami, .326; LeMahieu, Colorado, .317; Panik, San Francisco, .309. Runs Harper, Washington, 76; Pollock, Arizona, 71; Fowler, Chicago, 70; Gold- schmidt, Arizona, 70; Braun, Milwaukee, 66; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 66; Blackmon, Colorado, 65. RBI Arenado, Colorado, 81; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 79; Posey, San Francisco, 75; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 74; BCrawford, San Francisco, 71; Harper, Washington, 69; Frazier, Cincinnati, 68; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 68. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 61 52 .540 _ Los Angeles 59 52 .532 1 Texas 55 55 .500 4 ½ Seattle 52 60 .464 8 ½ A's 51 62 .451 10 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 67 44 .604 _ Minnesota 55 56 .495 12 Detroit 54 58 .482 13 ½ Chicago 52 58 .473 14 ½ Cleveland 51 59 .464 15 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 61 49 .555 _ Toronto 61 52 .540 1 ½ Baltimore 56 54 .509 5 Tampa Bay 56 56 .500 6 Boston 50 62 .446 12 Sunday'sgames Toronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Boston 7, Detroit 2 Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4 L.A. Angels 5, Baltimore 4, 11 innings A's 5, Houston 4 Seattle 4, Texas 2 Monday'sgames Kansas City 4, Detroit 0 Chicago White Sox 8, L.A. Angels 2 Baltimore at Seattle, (n.) Tuesday'sgames A's (Graveman 6-7) at Toronto (Hutchi- son 10-2), 4:07 p.m. Atlanta (W.Perez 4-2) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4), 4:10 p.m. Bo st on ( S. Wr ig ht 5 -4 ) a t M ia mi ( Ni co li no 1-1), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Severino 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 11-8), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-9) at Kansas City (Ventura 6-7), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-4), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Gallardo 8-9) at Minnesota (Gib- son 8-9), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 8-7) at Seattle (T.Walker 8-7), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Kazmir 6-6) at Giants (Bumgarner 12-6), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Baltimore at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. Houston at Giants, 12:45 p.m. Boston at Miami, 1:10 p.m. A's at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUELEADERS Batting Kipnis, Cleveland, .326; Fielder, Texas, .325; NCruz, Seattle, .325; Hosmer, Kan- sas City, .318; Brantley, Cleveland, .313; Bogaerts, Boston, .311; LCain, Kansas City, .309. Runs Donaldson, Toronto, 82; Dozier, Minneso- ta, 78; Trout, Los Angeles, 78; Bautista, Toronto, 73; Gardner, New York, 73; LCain, Kansas City, 71; MMachado, Baltimore, 71. RBI Donaldson, Toronto, 83; KMorales, Kansas City, 81; CDavis, Baltimore, 80; Bautista, Toronto, 78; Teixeira, New York, 77; JMartinez, Detroit, 74; NCruz, Seattle, 69; Trout, Los Angeles, 69. Tennis WTAROGERSCUPRESULTS EDS:Updateswithlastmatch AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At Rexall Centre Toronto Purse: $2.38 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, 6-4, 6-1. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Venus Wil- liams (14), United States, 6-0, 6-3. ATPWORLDTOURCOUPE ROGERSRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At Uniprix Stadium Montreal Purse: $3.59 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles FirstRound Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Filip Peliwo, Canada, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Pablo Cue- vas, Uruguay, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (4). Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Jerzy Janow- icz, Poland, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 6-3, 6-4. Be rn ar d T om ic , A us tr al ia , d ef . J oa o Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-3. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 13 8 3 42 34 22 Los Angeles 11 7 7 40 42 30 FC Dallas 11 6 5 38 32 27 Kansas City 10 4 7 37 33 22 Portland 10 8 6 36 25 28 Seattle 10 12 2 32 26 27 Houston 8 8 7 31 30 28 Salt Lake 7 9 8 29 27 37 San Jose 7 10 5 26 23 29 Colorado 5 8 9 24 20 24 EAS TE RN C ONF ER ENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 7 5 44 34 26 New York 10 6 6 36 35 25 Columbus 9 8 7 34 38 39 Toronto FC 9 9 4 31 37 38 New England 8 9 7 31 32 36 Montreal 8 9 4 28 29 31 Orlando City 7 10 7 28 32 37 N.Y. City FC 6 11 6 24 31 36 Philadelphia 6 13 5 23 29 40 Chicago 6 12 4 22 24 31 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Montreal 1, New York 1, tie Toronto FC 4, Orlando City 1 Friday'sgames Portland 1, Chicago 0 Saturday'sgames Kansas City 3, Toronto FC 1 Orlando City 0, Philadelphia 0, tie D.C. United 1, Montreal 0 Columbus 2, Colorado 1 Houston 2, San Jose 1 Vancouver 4, Salt Lake 0 Sunday'sgames Los Angeles 3, Seattle 1 New York 2, N.Y. City FC 0 Thursday,Aug.13 D.C. United at N.Y. City FC, 7 p.m. Friday,Aug.14 Colorado at San Jose, 11 p.m. Saturday,Aug.15 Toronto FC at New York, 7 p.m. Houston at New England, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Vancouver at Kansas City, 9 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Sunday,Aug.16 Orlando City at Seattle, 5 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 16 6 .727 — Phoenix 14 8 .636 2 Tulsa 10 13 .435 6½ Sparks 7 15 .318 9 San Antonio 7 16 .304 9½ Seattle 5 17 .227 11 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 14 6 .700 — Washington 13 8 .619 1½ Chicago 14 9 .609 1½ Indiana 12 9 .571 2½ Connecticut 11 10 .524 3½ Atlanta 8 14 .364 7 Sunday'sgames Chicago 74, Phoenix 64 Washington 84, Connecticut 73 Atlanta 98, Tulsa 90 Minnesota 72, Sparks 64 Monday'sgames No games scheduled Tuesday'sgames Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Seattle at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Tulsa at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughAug.9 1. Kevin Harvick, 823. 2. Joey Logano, 781. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 750. 4. Jimmie Johnson, 747. 5. Brad Keselowski, 719. 6. Martin Truex Jr., 714. 7. Matt Kenseth, 703. 8. Kurt Busch, 659. 9. Jamie McMurray, 635. 10. Denny Hamlin, 631. 11. Paul Menard, 622. 12. Jeff Gordon, 620. 13. Ryan Newman, 613. 14. Clint Bowyer, 612. 15. Carl Edwards, 589. 16. Aric Almirola, 562. 17. Kasey Kahne, 561. 18. Greg Biffle, 532. 19. Kyle Larson, 517. 20. Casey Mears, 493. 21. Austin Dillon, 492. 22. Danica Patrick, 489. 23. AJ Allmendinger, 481. 24. David Ragan, 461. 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 425. 26. Tony Stewart, 418. 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 393. 28. Trevor Bayne, 392. 29. Justin Allgaier, 362. 30. Kyle Busch, 361. Golf WORLDGOLFRANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.55 2. Jordan Spieth USA 11.48 3. Bubba Watson USA 8.42 4. Jim Furyk USA 7.08 5. Jason Day AUS 7.01 6. Justin Rose ENG 6.83 7. Rickie Fowler USA 6.77 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.48 9. Henrik Stenson SWE 6.18 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.56 11. Adam Scott AUS 5.12 12. Zach Johnson USA 4.96 13. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.85 14. Jimmy Walker USA 4.71 15. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.28 16. Matt Kuchar USA 4.21 17. J.B. Holmes USA 4.08 18. Patrick Reed USA 4.07 19. Shane Lowry IRL 3.89 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.85 21. Martin Kaymer GER 3.79 22. Billy Horschel USA 3.71 23. Phil Mickelson USA 3.68 24. Chris Kirk USA 3.63 25. Danny Willett ENG 3.62 26. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.33 27. Paul Casey ENG 3.25 28. Branden Grace SAF 3.22 29. Bill Haas USA 3.20 30. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.12 31. Marc Leishman AUS 3.12 32. Kevin Na USA 3.05 33. Ian Poulter ENG 2.99 34. Ryan Palmer USA 2.92 35. Kevin Kisner USA 2.87 36. Lee Westwood ENG 2.86 37. Gary Woodland USA 2.81 38. Jamie Donaldson WAL 2.75 39. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.75 40. Robert Streb USA 2.71 41. Ryan Moore USA 2.66 42. Charley Hoffman USA 2.59 43. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.58 44. Keegan Bradley USA 2.56 45. David Lingmerth SWE 2.53 46. Francesco Molinari ITA 2.53 47. Webb Simpson USA 2.52 48. Brendon Todd USA 2.50 49. Hunter Mahan USA 2.49 50. Victor Dubuisson FRA 2.49 Odds PREGAME.COMLINE Tuesday MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at New York -240/+215 Colorado at Chicago -150/+140 Milwaukee at St. Louis -155/+145 Pittsburgh at Arizona -160/+150 Philadelphia at Los Angeles -176/+163 Washington at San Diego -115/+105 Cincinnati AMERICANLEAGUE at Toronto -198/+178 Oakland at Cleveland -115/+105 New York Los Angeles -125/+115 at Chicago at Kansas City -145/+135 Detroit at Minnesota -105/-105 Texas at Seattle -105/-105 Baltimore INTERLEAGUE Boston -110/+100 at Miami at Tampa Bay -174/+162 Atlanta at San Francisco -135/+125 Houston Thursday NFLPreseason Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Baltimore 3 38 New Orleans at Detroit 3 36½ NY Jets at New England 3 37½ Green Bay at Cleveland 2 36½ Washington at Chicago PK 37 Miami at San Diego 3½ 38 Dallas Friday at Atlanta 2½ 37 Tennessee at Buffalo 3 35½ Carolina at Cincinnati 3 37 NY Giants at Jacksonville PK 36½ Pittsburgh at Oakland PK 36 St. Louis at S ea tt le 4½ 3 7 De nve r Saturday at Minnesota 3½ 36 Tampa Bay at Houston 3 35½ San Francisco at Arizona 2½ 36 Kansas City Sunday at Philadelphia 4 42 Indianapolis Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague DetroitTigers: Optioned LHP Ian Krol to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Kyle Ryan from Toledo. LosAngelesAngels: Optioned RHP Cam Bedrosian to Salt Lake (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jered Weaver from the 15-day DL. MinnesotaTwins: Optioned OF Byron Buxton to Rochester (IL). TexasRangers: Traded INF Tyler Pastor- nicky to Philadelphia for cash. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Sent 3B Phil Gosselin to the AZL Diamondbacks for a rehab assignment. NewYorkMets: Optioned 3B Eric Campbell to Las Vegas (PCL). Reinstated OF Michael Cuddyer from the 15-day DL. Sent 3B David Wright to St. Lucie (FSL) for a rehab assignment. AmericanAssociation AmarilloThunderheads: Traded LHP Leyson Septimo to Joplin for future considerations. GarySouthshoreRailcats: Released RHP Travis Connolly. GrandPrairieAirhogs: Signed RHP Jeff Neptune. JoplinBlasters: Signed LHP Chris Cum- mins. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015 2 B