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AUTORACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Se- ries, Quaker State 400, Practice:CSNBA,8a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Se- ries, Quaker State 400, Practice: NBCSN, 9a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Se- ries, Quaker State 400, Final Practice: NBCSN, 10:30a.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series, Alsco 300, Qualifying: NBCSN, 1:30p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Se- ries, Quaker State 400, Qualifying: CSNBA, 3:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity Series, Alsco 300: NBCSN, 5:30 p.m. F1, British Grand Prix, Qualifying: NBCSN, 5a.m. MLB Chicago Cubs at Pitts- burgh Pirates or Wash- ington Nationals at New York Mets: MLB, 4p.m. Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros: CSN, 5 p.m. Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants: CSNBA, 7p.m. BASKETBALL NBA Summer League, Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets: ESPN, 5:30p.m. NBA Summer League, Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans: ESPN 7:30p.m. CYCLING UCI, Tour de France, Stage 8, Pau to Bag- nères-de-Luchon: (3, 24), 5a.m. FOOTBALL CFL, Saskatchewan Rough Riders at Edmon- ton Eskimos: ESPN2, 7 p.m. GOLF Web.com, Health Chal- lenge, Round 2: GOLF, 10:30a.m. USGA, U.S. Women's Open, Round 2: FS1, noon. PGA Tour Champions, Dick's Sporting Goods Open, Round 1: GOLF, 1 p.m. RADIO Great West League, Chico Heat at Marysville Gold Sox: 101.7FM, 6:45 p.m. Ontheair "That call to Oklahoma City was the hardest thing I've had to do in my life. Tears were shed. I trusted my gut," he said. "We live in this superhero comic book world where either you're a villain or you're a super- hero if you're in this posi- tion, and I know that, and I know I haven't changed as a person. I don't treat peo- ple any differently because I made the decision to play basketball in another city. I understand the fans in Oklahoma City and basket- ball fans around the world are, I guess, upset. But like I said, I made the decision based upon what I wanted to do and how I felt, and it's the best decision for me, so I can't really control how you feel." Ultimately for Durant, having fun for however many years he has left play- ing basketball is the plan. "I just want to enjoy ev- ery single day of it." Durant FROM PAGE 1 "I know," Kerber said, "she will go out and try ev- erything to beat me right now." That Australian Open victory gave Kerber her first Grand Slam title in her first Grand Slam final. She insisted Thursday she's more relaxed and more confident on court thanks to that big moment. Didn't necessarily look that way at the out- set against Venus, who at 36 was the oldest major semifinalist since Martina Navratilova was 37 at the All England Club in 1994. Venus is a five-time Wimbledon champion but hadn't been to the semi- finals since she was the runner-up to Serena seven years ago. "Steps away from mak- ing it to the end," Venus said. "That's the position I want to be in, is playing in the semifinals, playing for a space in the final." But against Kerber, Ve- nus was broken the first four times she served. She never recovered. "A very shaky match from her. She was fight- ing hard, but she was frus- trated. I could tell," said Venus' coach, David Witt. "Her concentration was up- and-down. The focus was up-and-down. That made her game up-and-down." Perhaps the accumu- lated court time during this fortnight simply took a toll on Venus, who revealed in 2011 that she had Sjon- gren's syndrome, which can cause fatigue and joint pain. She was a half-step slow to some balls, was breath- ing heavily after longer points, and wound up with 21 unforced errors, 10 more than Kerber. "I was trying to (move) her, as well," the fourth- seeded Kerber said. "That was the plan." After a running cross- court forehand winner capped the 19-stroke ex- change that ended her vic- tory, Kerber tossed aside her racket and dropped to her knees at the baseline. That match managed to be more competitive than what transpired earlier, which more closely resem- bled a training session for the No. 1-ranked Serena — except she probably gets more of a workout when she practices. "I couldn't do anything today," Vesnina said. Serena's serve was in fine form, reaching 123 mph and producing 11 aces against the 50th-ranked Vesnina, who was making her major semifinal debut. Serena won 28 of 31 points she served, including the last 17. "An almost perfect match," said Serena's coach, Patrick Mourato- glou. Serena had Vesnina looking defeated after all of 12 points. That's when, after sprinting for a fore- hand that landed in the net, the Russian leaned over, sighed and slumped her shoulders. There would be plenty more of that sort of body language from Vesnina, a two-time Wimbledon run- ner-up in doubles who later Thursday went out in the quarterfinals of that event and lost to Serena a second time. The Williams-Williams pairing beat Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2. That means Venus still has a chance to leave Wim- bledon with a trophy, just like her sister. FreelancewriterSandra Harwitt contributed. Tennis FROM PAGE 1 overtaking him in the fi- nal 200 meters. Cavendish passed five-time Tour win- ner Bernard Hinault to be alone in second on the all- time list of stage winners. Eddy Merckx holds the re- cord with 34 to Cavendish's 29. "We were a little too far back, (teammate Bernhard Eisel) Bernie and I, going into that," Cavendish said, revealing the details of his sprint masterclass. "I wanted Kittel's wheel and I was fighting for it. I knew it would be the right thing to go early because it was slightly downhill, I put the bigger gear on again but I maxed out and should have put a bigger gear on. I held on and held Kittel off, did to him what he's done to me over the last three years." While Cavendish bene- fited from the great work of his teammates in his two previous stage wins, he was left by himself in the southwestern town of Montauban after his lead- out riders fell away. "He sprinted very well today," Cavendish' Dimen- sion Data teammate Mark Renshaw said. "Today we have been catastrophic, we were stuck on the left side of the road, it was impossi- ble to get back to the front. I believe the track training he did made the big differ- ence, he prevailed with his speed." Cavendish, who will be seeking the gold medal in the omnium discipline at the Rio Olympics, has been combining training both on the road and track this season. It clearly helped him recover the burst of speed that had abandoned him over the past two seasons, defeat- ing Kittel after a final ki- lometer covered at the av- erage speed of 62.6 kilo- meters per hour. "I knew if I got a good slingshot I could be going 3-4km/h faster than (Kit- tel) before he had time to react, so that's what I did and I was happy to hang on for the win," Cavendish said. The stage took the pelo- ton from Arpajon-sur- Cere to Montauban in southwestern France on a 190.5-kilometer ride. Greg van Avermaet finished safely in the main pack and kept the yellow jersey going into Friday's first stage in the Pyrenees. On a very hot day, Yukiya Arashiro and Jan Barta at- tacked from the off. The peloton did not chase and they built a comfortable lead of 4 minutes. With temperatures as high as 98 degrees, the breakaway riders' lead started to decrease af- ter the first intermediate sprint when Frenchman Bryan Coquard topped ri- vals Michael Matthews, Peter Sagan and Kittel in their battle for the best sprinter's green jersey. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 ters around who will serve as the anchor on uneven bars. The top choices are the fluidly elegant Locklear — who helped the U.S. to team gold in the 2014 world championships — and the precise Kocian — who won gold on her favorite event at the 2015 world champi- onships. Both provide compelling arguments. Locklear's cu- mulative uneven bars score during the two preliminary meets leading up to Olym- pic Trials was 0.3 better than Kocian's total. Yet Ko- cian provides Karolyi with flexibility in the all-around, heady territory considering she broke the tibia in her left leg just above the an- kle at the end of February. "I didn't really think it was going to be fractured or anything," Kocian said. "I went to the doctor, he told me it was fractured. I melted down. I broke into tears. I didn't know what that meant for me." What it meant for the 18-year-old Texan was two weeks in a cast, another two on crutches while wearing a protective boot and six-plus weeks of lim- ited training while most of the crowded elite field — really, if the U.S. were allowed to field two five- woman teams it would turn the race for gold into an intramural — kept pressing forward. "I drove myself crazy in the beginning," Kocian said. "It was really hard. I had to stay off bars 3-4 weeks, I'd never stayed off that long." In a way, it may have been a blessing. Sure, sit- ting for the better part of two months was difficult. It also gave her a chance to recharge mentally, no small thing in a world where the relentless grind of train- ing can occasionally wear down bodies and motiva- tion in equal measure. Kocian believes she's "more focused than ever," buoyed by her strong per- formance at the U.S. cham- pionships two weeks ago, where she finished fifth in the all-around. Gymnasts FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Giants 54 33 .621 _ Los Angeles 48 39 .552 6 Colorado 39 46 .459 14 Arizona 38 49 .437 16 San Diego 37 48 .435 16 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 52 32 .619 _ St. Louis 44 41 .518 81/2 Pittsburgh 44 42 .512 9 Milwaukee 37 47 .440 15 Cincinnati 32 54 .372 21 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 51 36 .586 _ New York 47 38 .553 3 Miami 44 41 .518 6 Philadelphia 40 46 .465 101/2 Atlanta 28 57 .329 22 Wednesday's games Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2 Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Baltimore 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 14 innings Washington 7, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 5 San Diego 13, Arizona 6 Giants 5, Colorado 1 Thursday's games St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 7 Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, (n.) Philadelphia at Colorado, (n.) San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Friday's games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-3) at Pitts- burgh (Liriano 5-8), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Straily 4-5) at Miami (Fernan- dez 10-4), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 11-0) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-3), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 3-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-2), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 7-2) at Colorado (Gray 5-4), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 5-7) at Milwaukee (Nelson 5-7), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 3-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 7-3), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 4-6) at Giants (Sa- mardzija 8-5), 7:15 p.m. Saturday's games Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Arizona at Giants, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 4:15 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 53 33 .616 _ Houston 46 40 .535 7 Seattle 43 43 .500 10 A's 37 49 .430 16 Los Angeles 36 50 .419 17 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 51 34 .600 _ Detroit 45 41 .523 61/2 Kansas City 44 41 .518 7 Chicago 44 41 .518 7 Minnesota 29 55 .345 211/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 49 35 .583 _ Toronto 49 39 .557 2 Boston 46 38 .548 3 New York 42 43 .494 71/2 Tampa Bay 34 51 .400 151/2 Wednesday's games Detroit 12, Cleveland 2 Minnesota 4, A's 0 Baltimore 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 14 innings Toronto 4, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 7, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 11, Texas 6 Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 0 Houston 9, Seattle 8 Thursday's games L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 5, Detroit 4 N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota at Texas, (n.) A's 3, Houston 1 Kansas City 4, Seattle 3 Friday's games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-9) at Balti- more (Jimenez 5-8), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Pelfrey 2-7) at Toronto (Happ 11-3), 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Green 1-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-8), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 4-11) at Boston (O'Sullivan 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 9-2), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 3-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-2), 5:10 p.m. A's (Mengden 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 5-6), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 8-6) at Kansas City (Ventura 6-6), 5:15 p.m. Saturday's games Detroit at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Atlanta at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m. A's at Houston, 1:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 6:05 p.m. Athletics 3, Astros 1 Oakland Houston AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 Sprnger rf 3 1 1 0 B.Burns cf 0 0 0 0 Ma.Gnzl lf 4 0 0 1 Lowrie 2b 4 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 Reddick rf 4 1 0 0 Correa ss 3 0 0 0 Vlencia 3b 4 1 1 0 C.Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 4 1 1 0 Vlbuena 3b3 0 1 0 Vogt c 2 0 0 0 Gattis dh 3 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 0 0 0 Mrsnick lf 2 0 1 0 Alonso 1b 4 0 2 2 A..Reed 1b 1 0 0 0 Smlnski lf 3 0 0 0 J.Cstro c 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 4 2 30 1 3 1 Oakland 020 000 001 — 3 Houston 100 000 000 — 1 E: Correa (8); DP: Houston 1; LOB: Oakland 6, Houston 4; 2B: Alonso (14); 3B: Springer (3). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Hill W,9-3 6 3 1 1 2 10 Axford 1 0 0 0 0 2 Dull 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mdon S,17-20 1 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Fister L,8-6 8 3 2 2 3 2 Sipp 0 0 1 0 0 0 Neshek 1 1 0 0 2 0 Sipp pitched to 1 batter in the 9th T: 2:32; A: 20,933 (42,060). NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS Batting Murphy, Washington, .346; Ramos, Washington, .333; LeMahieu, Colorado, .331; Braun, Milwaukee, .322; Realmuto, Miami, .320; Gonzalez, Colorado, .319; Diaz, St. Louis, .319; Marte, Pittsburgh, .318; Segura, Arizona, .317; Prado, Miami, .314. Runs Bryant, Chicago, 68; Myers, San Diego, 61; Arenado, Colorado, 59; Seager, Los Angeles, 59; Carpenter, St. Louis, 56; Zobrist, Chicago, 56; Diaz, St. Louis, 55; Rendon, Washington, 54; Gonzalez, Colorado, 54; Ozuna, Miami, 52. RBI Arenado, Colorado, 69; Bryant, Chicago, 64; Bruce, Cincinnati, 62; Rizzo, Chicago, 61; Lamb, Arizona, 61; Duvall, Cincinnati, 59; Murphy, Washington, 59; Myers, San Diego, 59; Kemp, San Diego, 58; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 58. Home runs Bryant, Chicago, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 23; Duvall, Cincinnati, 22; Cespedes, New York, 21; Lamb, Arizona, 20; Rizzo, Chi- cago, 20; Carter, Milwaukee, 20; Myers, San Diego, 19; Harper, Washington, 19; Stanton, Miami, 19; Story, Colorado, 19. Stolen bases Villar, Milwaukee, 28; Marte, Pittsburgh, 25; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 22; Upton Jr., San Diego, 19; Segura, Arizona, 15; My- ers, San Diego, 14; Harrison, Pittsburgh, 14; Smith, Atlanta, 14; Jankowski, San Diego, 13; Herrera, Philadelphia, 12. Pi t chin g Cueto, San Francisco, 13-1; Arrieta, Chi- cago, 12-3; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2; Strasburg, Washington, 11-0; Fernandez, Miami, 10-4; Greinke, Arizona, 10-3; Syndergaard, New York, 9-3; Scherzer, Washington, 9-6; Bumgarner, San Fran- cisco, 9-4; Lester, Chicago, 9-4. ERA Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.79; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.09; Arrieta, Chicago, 2.33; Syndergaard, New York, 2.41; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.47; Hendricks, Chicago, 2.61; deGrom, New York, 2.61; Pomeranz, San Diego, 2.65; Lester, Chi- cago, 2.67; Fernandez, Miami, 2.69. Strikeouts Scherzer, Washington, 155; Fernandez, Miami, 146; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 145; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 132; Synder- gaard, New York, 123; Strasburg, Wash- ington, 123; Cueto, San Francisco, 115; Arrieta, Chicago, 115; Lackey, Chicago, 111; Pomeranz, San Diego, 109. Saves Familia, New York, 31; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 26; Jansen, Los Angeles, 25; Ramos, Miami, 25; Gomez, Philadelphia, 23; Jeffress, Milwaukee, 23; Casilla, San Francisco, 20; Ziegler, Arizona, 18; Papelbon, Washington, 17; Rodney, Miami, 17.. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS Batting Altuve, Houston, .346; Ortiz, Boston, .337; Bogaerts, Boston, .332; Escobar, Anaheim, .327; Trout, Anaheim, .321; Machado, Baltimore, .321; Desmond, Texas, .320; Nunez, Minnesota, .316; Martinez, Detroit, .313; Cano, Seattle, .311. Runs Donaldson, Toronto, 79; Betts, Boston, 72; Kinsler, Detroit, 71; Altuve, Houston, 64; Bogaerts, Boston, 64; Trout, Ana- heim, 64; Desmond, Texas, 63; Springer, Houston, 62; Davis, Baltimore, 62; Cano, Seattle, 60; Machado, Baltimore, 60. RBI Encarnacion, Toronto, 77; Ortiz, Boston, 69; Trumbo, Baltimore, 64; Donaldson, Toronto, 60; Cruz, Seattle, 58; Betts, Boston, 58; Pujols, Anaheim, 58; Napoli, Cleveland, 57; Seager, Seattle, 56; Trout, Anaheim, 56; Davis, Baltimore, 56; Cano, Seattle, 56. Home runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 26; Cruz, Seattle, 23; Frazier, Chicago, 23; Encarnacion, Toronto, 22; Donaldson, Toronto, 22; Davis, Baltimore, 21; Cano, Seattle, 20; Ortiz, Boston, 20; Machado, Baltimore, 19; Davis, Oakland, 19; Santana, Cleve- land, 19; Springer, Houston, 19; Beltran, New York, 19. Stolen bases Davis, Cleveland, 22; Altuve, Houston, 22; Nunez, Minnesota, 20; Ellsbury, New York, 16; Trout, Anaheim, 15; Desmond, Texas, 15; Burns, Oakland, 14; Betts, Boston, 13; Lindor, Cleveland, 13; Gard- ner, New York, 12; Andrus, Texas, 12; Dyson, Kansas City, 12. Pitching Sale, Chicago, 14-2; Happ, Toronto, 11-3; Tillman, Baltimore, 11-2; Porcello, Boston, 10-2; Salazar, Cleveland, 10-3; Wright, Boston, 10-5; Hill, Oakland, 9-3; Zimmermann, Detroit, 9-4; Sanchez, Toronto, 9-1; Tomlin, Cleveland, 9-2; Hamels, Texas, 9-2; Fulmer, Detroit, 9-2. ERA Salazar, Cleveland, 2.36; Wright, Boston, 2.68; Estrada, Toronto, 2.93; Sale, Chi- cago, 2.93; Hamels, Texas, 2.93; Sanchez, Toronto, 2.94; Quintana, Chicago, 3.06; Tanaka, New York, 3.12; Lewis, Texas, 3.21; Bauer, Cleveland, 3.30. Strikeouts Price, Boston, 130; Archer, Tampa Bay, 127; Verlander, Detroit, 120; Sale, Chica- go, 118; Kluber, Cleveland, 114; Salazar, Cleveland, 113; Pineda, New York, 113; Smyly, Tampa Bay, 108; Hamels, Texas, 105; Kennedy, Kansas City, 103. Saves Britton, Baltimore, 25; Rodriguez, De- troit, 23; Robertson, Chicago, 23; Cishek, Seattle, 20; Colome, Tampa Bay, 19; Davis, Kansas City, 19; Osuna, Toronto, 18; Allen, Cleveland, 18; Dyson, Texas, 17; Madson, Oakland, 17; Chapman, New York, 17; Kimbrel, Boston, 17. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 10 5 4 34 30 24 Colorado 9 2 6 33 19 11 Salt Lake 8 5 4 28 28 27 Los Angeles 6 3 8 26 30 18 Kansas City 7 8 4 25 21 22 Vancouver 7 8 3 24 27 31 Portland 6 6 6 24 28 29 San Jose 5 5 7 22 19 20 Seattle 5 9 2 17 14 20 Houston 4 8 5 17 23 25 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA N.Y. City FC 8 5 6 30 30 31 Philadelphia 7 6 5 26 29 26 Montr eal 6 4 6 2 4 27 2 4 New York 7 9 2 23 28 25 D.C. United 5 6 6 21 17 17 Toronto FC 5 6 5 20 18 19 Orlando City 4 4 8 20 28 29 New England 4 7 7 19 23 32 Columbus 3 6 7 16 21 25 Chicago 3 7 5 14 15 20 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games N.Y. City FC 1, New England 0 Friday, July 8 Houston at Orlando City, 8 p.m. FC Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9 Los Angeles at Seattle, 3 p.m. D.C. United at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Chicago at Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at New England, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Montreal at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Sunday, July 10 Portland at New York, 6 p.m. N.Y. City FC at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 Toronto FC at Columbus, 7 p.m. Orlando City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Montreal at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 Houston at Los Angeles, 11 p.m. Saturday, July 16 D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Kansas City at Colorado, 9 p.m. New England at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Orlando City at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Toronto FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Sparks 17 1 .944 — Minnesota 15 4 .789 21/2 Dallas 9 10 .474 81/2 Phoenix 8 11 .421 91/2 Seattle 6 12 .333 11 San Antonio 5 13 .278 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 13 6 .684 — Atlanta 9 9 .500 31/2 Washington 9 10 .474 4 Chicago 7 10 .412 5 Indiana 7 11 .389 51/2 Connecticut 5 13 .278 71/2 Wednesday's games New York 78, Seattle 74 San Antonio 77, Washington 70 Sparks 94, Indiana 88 Thursday's games Connecticut 93, Minnesota 89, OT Friday's games Dallas at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. New York at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Saturday's games Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Tennis WIMBLEDON RESULTS Thursday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $38.4 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles WOMEN Semifinals Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-2, 6-0. Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def. Ve- nus Williams (8), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Cycling TOUR DE FRANCE RESULTS Thursday At Montauban, France Sixth Stage 1. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Dimension Data, 4 hours, 43 minutes, 48 seconds. 2. Marcel Kittel, Germany, Etixx-Quick- Step, same time. 3. Daniel Mclay, Britain, Fortuneo-Vital Concept, same time. 4. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Team Katusha, same time. 5. Christophe Laporte, France, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, same time. OVERALL STANDINGS (After six stages) 1. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, 30:18:38. 2. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Etixx- QuickStep, 5:11. 3. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 5:13. 4. Joaqim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 5:15. 5. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 5:17. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Friday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -175/+163 at Pittsburgh at Miami -260/+230 Cincinnati Washington -110/+100 at New York at Colorado -128/+118 Philadelphia St. Louis -130/+120 at Milwaukee at Los Angeles -180/+165 San Diego at SFrancisco -150/+140 Arizona AMERICAN LEAGUE at Baltimore OFF Los Angeles at Toronto -170/+158 Detroit at Boston -110/+100 Tampa Bay at Cleveland -180/+165 New York at Texas -220/+200 Minnesota at Houston -140/+130 Oakland at Kansas City -108/-102 Seattle INTERLEAGUE at Chicago WS -290/+260 Atlanta Transactions BASEBALL Amer ic an L ea gu e Boston Red Sox: Signed SS Santiago Espinal and C Alberto Schmidt to minor league contracts and assigned them to the Gulf Coast League. Signed CF Chad Hardy to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Dominican Summer League. National League Atlanta Braves: Activated INF Gordon Beckham from the 15-day DL.. Designat- ed UTL Emilio Bonifacio for assignment. Pittsburgh Pirates: Recalled RHP Tyler Glasnow from Indianapolis (IL). Op- tioned LHP Kyle Lobstein to Indianapolis. St. Louis Cardinals: Placed 2B Matt Carpenter on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Michael McKenry from Memphis (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Atlanta Hawks: Acquired the draft rights to F Taurean Prince from Utah. The Hawks sent G Jeff Teague to Indiana and the Pacers sent G George Hill to Utah. Re-signed F Kent Bazemore to a four- year contract. Brooklyn Nets: Acquired the draft rights to G Caris LeVert and a future second round pick from Indiana for F Thaddeus Young. Charlotte Hornets: Re-signed G-F Nicolas Batum on a five-year contract. Signed G Ramon Sessions to a two-year contract and C Roy Hibbert to a one-year contract. Acquired G-F Marco Belinelli from Sacramento for the draft rights to G Malachi Richardson. Chicago Bulls: Signed G Rajon Rondo to a two-year contract. Dallas Mavericks: Acquired the rights to C Stanko Barac from Indiana for F Jeremy Evans, the rights to G-F Emir Preldzic and cash. Signed G Harrison Barnes to a four-year contract. Golden State Warriors: Signed F Kevin Durant on a two-year contract. Traded C Andrew Bogut and future second-round draft pick to Dallas for future second- round draft pick. Minnesota Timberwolves: Signed G Kris Dunn. Orlando Magic: Agreed to terms with G Evan Fournier on a five-year contract, G D.J. Augustin and C Bismack Biyombo to four-year contracts and F Jeff Green to a one-year contract. Signed C Stephen Zimmerman. Traded G Shabazz Napier to Portland for cash considerations. Portland Trail Blazers: Signed F Jake Layman. Washington Wizards: Signed C Ian Mahinmi, F Andrew Nicholson and F-C Jason Smith. Acquired G Trey Burke from Utah for a 2021 second-round draft pick. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL: Named Jocelyn Moore senior vice president of public policy and govern- ment affairs. HOCKEY National Hockey League Calgary Flames: Signed LW Matthew Tkachuk to a three-year, entry-level contract. Chicago Blackhawks: Named Derek King assistant coach for Rockford (AHL). New Jersey Devils: Re-signed RW Kyle Palmieri to a five-year million contract. New York Islanders: Announced the retirement of D Matt Carkner. Winnipeg Jets: Agreed to terms with F Mathieu Perreault on a four-year contract extension. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. United: Acquired F Lloyd Sam from the New York Red Bulls for general al- location money. Sky Blue FC: Placed F Kim DeCesare on the 45-day DL. Activated F Danielle Schulmann from the 45-day DL. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 2 B