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AUTORACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, Practice:7a.m.,NBCSN. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, Final Practice: 10a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series, Virginia 529College Savings 250, Qualifying: 12:30p.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, Qualifying: 2:30p.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series, Virginia 529College Savings 250: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. MLB BASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers: 5p.m., CSN. San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., CSNBA. BOXING Boxing Card TBA: 7p.m., TRUTV. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Miami at Florida Atlantic: 5 p.m., FS1. Utah State at Utah: 6p.m., ESPN2. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Brownsburg vs. Avon: 5p.m., ESPNU. St. John Bosco vs. Central Catholic: 8p.m., ESPNU. GOLF LPGA, The Evian Champion- ship, Round 2: 6:30a.m., GOLF. Web.com, Hotel Fitness Championship, Round 2: noon, GOLF. LPGA, The Evian Champion- ship, Round 3: 3:30a.m., GOLF. SOCCER DFL, Hamburg at M'Gladbach: 11:30a.m., FS1. NCAA Women, UC Riverside vs. California: 2p.m., PAC12BA. NCAA, UC Davis vs. California: 4:30p.m., PAC12BA. NCAA Women, Penn State vs. Stanford: 8p.m., PAC12BA. EPL, Chelsea at Everton: 4:45 a.m., NBCSN. TENNIS ITF, U.S. Open, Women's and Men's Semifinals: 8a.m., ESPN. Ontheair andexecute." So far, such strides have only shown up in practice — those zippy passes with a little more pepper, preci- sion in his delivery and de- cision-making. San Fran- cisco's offense failed to score a touchdown on eight preseason possessions. "Colin just needs to be Colin," coach Jim Tomsula said. "I don't know if you can meet a more driven person. I don't know if you'll ever meet a more driven person than Colin Kaepernick." Kaepernick has been im- pressive in prime time, go- ing 4-0 playing on Monday night with nine touchdown passes and no intercep- tions. Not that he's keeping track. "I love playing under the lights, since high school. It just kind of takes you back to the old days of being under the lights," he said. "It's a different vibe than when you're playing a day game. Everyone likes that feeling." Kaepernick completed 289 of 478 passes for a ca- reer-best 3,369 yards and 19 touchdowns last sea- son while throwing 10 in- terceptions and taking a career-high 52 sacks — second most in the NFL behind the 55 on Jackson- ville's Blake Bortles. Now, he's playing behind a largely new offensive line already facing its share of scrutiny after the Niners had repeated clock prob- lems last season. He has a fresh target in Torrey Smith, though they only connected on one 5-yard completion during the ex- hibition schedule. "We've hit on a lot more as of late in practice," Smith said. "I've been catching them for years, he's been throwing them for years. We've just got to make it happen at the right time, during the game." In Arizona with War- ner, Kaepernick spent one day a week in a classroom setting, and applied those concepts from chalkboard study on the field as he worked on his mental ap- proach. Kaepernick has regu- larly been a dual threat with his strong arm and speedy legs, allowing him to break long gains in the open field. He'd like to be that guy again. "I'm really not wor- ried about what people say about me as a quarter- back," he said. "I'm worried about what my teammates think and what my coaches think about me as a quar- terback. That's ultimately who I give that ability to judge to." Warner said he worked with Kaepernick on be- coming more comfortable in the pocket so he sticks with his progressions to complete more short passes. "You've got to be able to make the layups, we say, the ones that you have to be able to read it, and the easy throws," Warner said. "You just can't live in that outside-the-box type world where you're al- ways trying to create, be- cause these guys are just too good." Second-year Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridge- water also leaned on War- ner for advice after he fin- ished his college career at Louisville. Warner's message? "Be yourself," Bridgewa- ter said. "His words meant a lot to me at that time." Former 49ers coach and NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci has seen enough of Kaepernick to make comparisons with some 49ers greats: Hall of Fame quarterbacks Joe Montana and Steve Young. "Colin Kaepernick's arm is the strongest arm the 49er quarterbacks have ever had," Mariucci said. "Stronger than Joe's and Steve's and Jeff Garcia's. ... But I saw a better pres- ence in the pocket. I saw a better touch on some short passes, short, intermedi- ate passes that required him taking some velocity off. I saw a little bit of con- fidence. Now it's only one practice in training camp, but I think adding a Tor- rey Smith and with the new play callers, I think he's go- ing to have a heck of a year. I really do." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 JOE MAHONEY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) is playing behind a largely new offensive line already facing its share of scrutiny a er the Niners had repeated clock problems last season. By Barry Wilner The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, MASS. It was as if Tom Brady never was away. Of course, he never re- ally was, and with "Deflat- egate" behind him and the Patriots, the star quarter- back was back to his un- stoppable self. Brady threw for four touchdowns, three to favor- ite target Rob Gronkowski, and Super Bowl champion New England beat under- manned and generally inef- fective Pittsburgh 28-21 in the NFL's season opener Thursday night. His four-game league suspension overturned by a federal judge one week ago, the three-time Super Bowl MVP was in midseason — or postseason — form. He led drives of 90 and 64 yards for scores on passes to Gronkowski. The All-Pro tightendscoredfromthe16, 6 and 1. He also recovered a fumble by running back Dion Lewis at the Pitts- burgh 1 before his final TD. Showing some love for his other tight end, new- comer Scott Chandler, Brady hit him for a 1-yard score to cap an 80-yard march with the second- half kickoff. Brady has 161 victories, tops for a start- ing quarterback with one franchise in NFL history; he set a team-record with 19 straight completions; and he had his 23rd game with four or more touch- down passes, third all-time along with Brett Favre. The outcome added to a festive mood at Gillette Stadium, despite persistent rain showers that didn't bother the home team. Before kickoff, the Patri- ots unveiled their fourth championship banner as owner Robert Kraft and three former players car- ried out the most coveted prizes in the trophy case: New England's four Lom- bardis. Fourth-quarter crowd chants of "Where is Roger?" mocked Commis- sioner Roger Goodell over "Deflategate." Goodell did not attend. Neither, it seemed, did the Steel Curtain. Only occasionally did it come close to clamping down on Brady, yielding 361 yards. Third-string running back Dion Lewis rushed for 69 yards, and leading re- ceiver Julian Edelman had 11 catches for 97 yards. Gronkowski had 94 yards. Minus two All-Pros on offense — running back Le'Veon Bell (suspended) and center Maurkice Pouncey (injured) — and without suspended re- ceiver Martavis Bryant, Pittsburgh moved the ball decently. NFL Brady throws four TDs to tight ends in 28-21 win Gronkowski scores 3 times against Steelers CHARLES KRUPA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, le , passes against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first half Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 80 59 .576 _ Giants 72 68 .514 81/2 Arizona 67 73 .479 131/2 San Diego 67 74 .475 14 Colorado 58 82 .414 221/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 88 52 .629 _ Pittsburgh 83 55 .601 4 Chicago 80 58 .580 7 Milwaukee 61 78 .439 261/2 Cincinnati 58 81 .417 291/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 78 61 .561 _ Washington 71 68 .511 7 Miami 59 81 .421 191/2 Atlanta 56 84 .400 221/2 Philadelphia 54 86 .386 241/2 Wednesday's games St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 3 Miami 5, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 11, Colorado 4 Arizona 2, Giants 1 L.A. Angels 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday's games Colorado 4, San Diego 3 Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Cincinnati 11, St. Louis 0 Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, (n.) N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, (n.) Friday's games Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-6) at Phila- delphia (Asher 0-2), 2:05 p.m., 1st game Milwaukee (Nelson 11-11) at Pittsburgh (Morton 8-7), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 11-9) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 4-8), 4:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 10-7) at Miami (Cosart 1-4), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 2-0) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-6), 4:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Undecided) at Philadel- phia (Undecided), 5:35 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 10-9) at Arizona (Ray 3-11), 6:40 p.m. Colorado (Bettis 6-5) at Seattle (Iwa- kuma 7-3), 7:10 p.m. Giants (Peavy 5-6), 7:15 p.m. NL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 83 55 .601 +3 Chicago 80 58 .580 — Giants 72 68 .514 9 Washington 71 68 .511 9.5 AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 76 64 .543 _ Texas 73 66 .525 21/2 Los Angeles 70 69 .504 51/2 Seattle 68 73 .482 81/2 A's 60 80 .429 16 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 83 56 .597 _ Minnesota 72 67 .518 11 Cleveland 69 70 .496 14 Chicago 66 72 .478 161/2 Detroit 64 76 .457 191/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 79 60 .568 _ New York 77 61 .558 11/2 Tampa Bay 68 71 .489 11 Baltimore 67 72 .482 12 Boston 66 73 .475 13 Wednesday's games Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 8, Detroit 0 Boston 10, Toronto 4 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 2, 12 innings Houston 11, A's 5 L.A. Angels 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Seattle 6, Texas 0 Thursday's games Seattle 5, Texas 0 Toronto at New York, ppd., rain Cleveland 7, Detroit 5 Friday's games Kansas City (D.Duffy 7-7) at Baltimore (M.Wright 2-4), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Price 14-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Miley 11-10) at Tampa Bay (Archer 12-11), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 3-7) at Cleveland (Co. Anderson 3-3), 4:10 p.m. A's (Chavez 7-14) at Texas (Lewis 14-8), 5:05 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 17-6) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-10), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (Bettis 6-5) at Seattle (Iwa- kuma 7-3), 7:10 p.m. AL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L PCT GB New York 77 61 .558 +4.5 Texas 73 66 .525 — Minnesota 72 67 .518 1 Los Angeles 70 69 .504 3 Tampa Bay 68 71 .489 5 Cleveland 69 70 .496 4 Baltimore 67 72 .482 6 Seattle 68 73 .482 6 Chicago 66 72 .478 6.5 Boston 66 73 .475 7 Detroit 64 76 .457 9.5 Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION 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 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 1 0 0 1.000 28 21 Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 SOUTH DIVISION 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 NORTH DIVISION 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 21 28 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION 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 EAST DIVISION 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 SOUTH DIVISION 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 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Thursday's game New England 28, Pittsburgh 21 Sunday's games Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Houston, 10 a.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Miami at Washington, 10 a.m. Carolina at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Baltimore at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. THE AP TOP 25 POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 1 2. Alabama 1-0 1,420 3 3. TCU 1-0 1,365 2 4. Baylor 1-0 1,252 4 5. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 5 6. Auburn 1-0 1,166 6 7 . Or ego n 1- 0 1, 08 1 7 8. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 8 9. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 11 10. Georgia 1-0 981 9 11. Florida St. 1-0 942 10 12. Clemson 1-0 862 12 13. UCLA 1-0 833 13 14. LSU 0-0 653 14 15. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 16 16. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR 17. Mississippi 1-0 600 17 18. Arkansas 1-0 480 18 19. Oklahoma 1-0 469 19 20. Boise St. 1-0 279 23 21. Missouri 1-0 274 24 22. Arizona 1-0 259 22 23. Tennessee 1-0 169 25 24. Utah 1-0 137 NR 25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NR Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23, Flori- da 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1. Golf LPGA THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday At Evian Resort Golf Club Evian-les-Bains, France Purse: $3.25 million Yardage: 6,470; Par: 71 (35-36) Frist Round a-amateur Mi Hyang Lee ........................... 32-34—66 -5 Lexi Thompson........................ 35-31—66 -5 Gerina Piller ............................. 32-35—67 -4 Eun-Hee Ji................................. 30-37—67 -4 Pornanong Phatlum................ 32-35—67 -4 Min Lee ..................................... 33-35—68 -3 Shanshan Feng........................34-34—68 -3 Sei Young Kim.......................... 32-36—68 -3 Beth Allen.................................34-34—68 -3 Nicole Broch Larsen ............... 32-36—68 -3 Minjee Lee................................33-35—68 -3 Jin Young Ko............................. 35-34—69 -2 Morgan Pressel....................... 33-36—69 -2 Caroline Hedwall .................... 33-36—69 -2 Lydia Ko .................................... 34-35—69 -2 Jenny Shin ................................ 35-34—69 -2 Haru Nomura ............................32-38—70 -1 Jennifer Song............................35-35—70 -1 Charley Hull ..............................35-35—70 -1 Alison Lee..................................34-36—70 -1 Brooke M. Henderson .............36-34—70 -1 Mariajo Uribe............................35-35—70 -1 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ..................34-36—70 -1 Pernilla Lindberg......................35-35—70 -1 Brittany Lincicome..................31-39—70 -1 Lee-Anne Pace...........................35-36—71 E Karrie Webb...............................36-35—71 E Brittany Lang.............................35-36—71 E Meena Lee..................................35-36—71 E Alison Walshe............................36-35—71 E Mina Harigae .............................35-36—71 E Karine Icher ...............................34-37—71 E I.K. Kim........................................34-37—71 E Candie Kung...............................35-36—71 E Mirim Lee....................................33-38—71 E Sandra Gal..................................35-36—71 E Ilhee Lee .....................................37-34—71 E Xi Yu Lin ......................................34-37—71 E Jacqui Concolino.......................37-34—71 E Gwladys Nocera..................... 36-36—72 +1 So Yeon Ryu .............................35-37—72 +1 Chella Choi.............................. 34-38—72 +1 Julieta Granada...................... 34-38—72 +1 Sadena A Parks ...................... 34-38—72 +1 Catriona Matthew.................. 38-34—72 +1 Anna Nordqvist ...................... 32-40—72 +1 Austin Ernst .............................37-35—72 +1 Inbee Park............................... 36-36—72 +1 Amy Yang ................................ 36-36—72 +1 Rebecca Artis ..........................37-35—72 +1 Jaye Marie Green ................... 36-36—72 +1 a-Leona Maguire.....................35-37—72 +1 Ryann O'Toole......................... 34-38—72 +1 Amy Anderson........................ 36-36—72 +1 Su-Hyun Oh..............................35-37—72 +1 Carlota Ciganda......................37-36—73 +2 Hyo Joo Kim..............................37-36—73 +2 Mo Martin.................................37-36—73 +2 Christina Kim.......................... 35-38—73 +2 a-Mathilda Cappeliez............ 35-38—73 +2 Marina Alex............................. 38-35—73 +2 Ariya Jutanugarn ....................36-37—73 +2 PGA TOUR STATISTICS Through Sept. 7 Scoring Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.95. 2, Jason Day, 69.30. 3, Bubba Watson, 69.33. 4, Henrik Stenson, 69.42. 5, Dustin Johnson, 69.63. 6, Brooks Koepka, 69.67. 7, Will Wilcox, 69.76. 8, Zach Johnson, 69.77. 9, Justin Rose, 69.84. 10, 2 tied with 69.85. Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 319.0. 2, Bubba Watson, 318.1. 3, Jason Day, 314.6. 4, Adam Scott, 311.6. 5, J.B. Holmes, 310.5. 6, Charlie Beljan, 309.8. 7, Tony Finau, 309.2. 8, Brooks Koepka, 309.1. 9, Patrick Rodgers, 307.7. 10, Keegan Bradley, 306.0. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Francesco Molinari, 76.88%. 2, David Toms, 74.50%. 3, Chez Reavie, 71.89%. 4, Justin Leonard, 71.70%. 5, Jason Bohn, 71.67%. 6, Zach Johnson, 71.54%. 7, Steve Alker, 71.41%. 8, Colt Knost, 71.24%. 9, Brendon Todd, 70.42%. 10, Jerry Kelly, 70.02%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Henrik Stenson, 74.25%. 2, Jim Her- man, 73.23%. 3, Stewart Cink, 72.94%. 4, Will Wilcox, 72.53%. 5, Paul Casey, 72.22%. 6, Russell Knox, 71.14%. 7, Fran- cesco Molinari, 71.07%. 8, Jason Day, 70.92%. 9, Justin Rose, 70.50%. 10, Lucas Glover, 70.46%. Total Driving 1, Henrik Stenson, 45. 2, Will Wilcox, 62. 3, Keegan Bradley, 65. 4, Justin Rose, 71. 5, Graham DeLaet, 85. 6, Charlie Beljan, 93. 7, Russell Henley, 97. 8, Hideki Matsuyama, 101. 9, Jim Herman, 102. 10, 2 tied with 108. Putting Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 1.700. 2, Jason Day, 1.717. 3, Jason Bohn, 1.721. 4, Dustin Johnson, 1.722. 5, Patrick Reed, 1.726. 6 (tie), Daniel Summerhays and Morgan Hoffmann, 1.729. 8, Matt Jones, 1.730. 9, Danny Lee, 1.732. 10, Phil Mickelson, 1.734. Birdie Average 1, Jason Day, 4.70. 2, Jordan Spieth, 4.54. 3, Vaughn Taylor, 4.43. 4, Justin Rose, 4.40. 5, Bubba Watson, 4.27. 6, Dustin Johnson, 4.14. 7, Tony Finau, 4.13. 8, Justin Thomas, 4.10. 9, Jimmy Walker, 4.09. 10, 2 tied with 4.02. Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Thursday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Doubles MEN Semifinals Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (12), France, def. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, 7-5, 6-2. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (8 ), A us tr al ia , d ef . S te ve J oh nso n a nd Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (7). WOMEN Semifinals Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, lead Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, 4-3, susp., rain. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Minnesota 22 11 .667 — x-Phoenix 19 13 .594 21/2 x-Tulsa 17 15 .531 41/2 x-Sparks 14 18 .438 71/2 Seattle 9 23 .281 121/2 San Antonio 7 26 .212 15 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-New York 23 9 .719 — x-Chicago 20 12 .625 3 x-Indiana 18 14 .563 5 x-Washington 17 15 .531 6 Connecticut 14 19 .424 91/2 Atlanta 13 18 .419 91/2 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Thursday's games No games scheduled Friday's games Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m. Tulsa at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sparks at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 15 10 3 48 40 28 Los Angeles 13 8 7 46 49 33 FC Dallas 13 8 5 44 38 30 Seattle 13 13 2 41 34 31 Kansas City 11 7 8 41 40 35 Portland 11 9 8 41 29 32 San Jose 11 11 5 38 33 31 Houston 9 10 8 35 35 34 Colorado 8 10 9 33 25 29 Salt Lake 8 11 8 32 29 40 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 10 5 44 35 34 New York 12 7 6 42 43 28 Columbus 11 9 8 41 45 47 New England11 9 7 40 38 36 Toronto FC 11 11 4 37 45 44 Montreal 9 11 4 31 34 37 Philadelphia 8 14 6 30 35 45 Orlando City 7 13 8 29 33 50 N.Y. City FC 7 13 7 28 38 46 Chicago 7 14 6 27 34 42 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Vancouver 2, Colorado 0 Portland 0, Kansas City 0, tie Friday's games Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. Saturday's games Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. N.Y. City FC at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Houston, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at Colorado, 6 p.m. Seattle at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games New England at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Kansas City at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through Sep. 6 1. Kevin Harvick, 948. 2. Joey Logano, 906. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 855. 4. Brad Keselowski, 837. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 817. 6. Martin Truex Jr., 806. 7. Matt Kenseth, 776. 8. Denny Hamlin, 754. 9. Kurt Busch, 752. 10. Jamie McMurray, 726. 11. Ryan Newman, 714. 12. Carl Edwards, 713. 13. Jeff Gordon, 700. 14. Paul Menard, 692. 15. Clint Bowyer, 682. 16. Aric Almirola, 653. 17. Kasey Kahne, 651. 18. Greg Biffle, 598. 19. Kyle Larson, 586. 20. Austin Dillon, 586. 21. AJ Allmendinger, 536. 22. Casey Mears, 531. 23. Danica Patrick, 527. 24. Tony Stewart, 496. 25. David Ragan, 495. 26. Sam Hornish Jr., 492. 27. Kyle Busch, 471. 28. Trevor Bayne, 452. 29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 440. 30. Justin Allgaier, 420. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Friday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -160/+150 Milwaukee Chicago -205/+185 at Phillies St. Louis -145/+135 at Cincinnati Washington -130/+120 at Miami at Atlanta OFF New York Los Angeles -128/+118 at Arizona at Giants -130/+120 San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City -112/+102 at Baltimore Toronto -117/+107 at New York at Tampa Bay -155/+145 Boston at Cleveland -110/+100 Detroit at Texas -158/+148 Oakland at Chicago -110/+100 Minnesota Houston -125/+115at Los Angeles INTERLEAGUE at Seattle -165/+155 Colorado College Football Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Miami 18 (551/2) at Fau at Utah 12 (44) Utah St Saturday at Florida St 281/2 (54) South Florida W. Michigan 4 (541/2) at Ga. Southern at Penn St 19 (511/2) Buffalo at UConn 71/2 (47) Army at Florida 201/2 (531/2)East Carolina at Louisville 13 (54) Houston at Mississippi 30 (55) Fresno St at Cincinnati 61/2 (55) Temple LSU 5 (501/2) at Mississippi St at Wisconsin 32 (52) Miami | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 2 B