TV SportsWatch
Friday, Sept. 14
AUTO RACING
1 p.m., ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for GEICO 400, at Joliet, Ill.
2:30 p.m., ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill.
4 p.m., ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for GEICO 400, at Joliet, Ill.
5:30 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill.
7:30 p.m., NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, qualifying for MAVTV 500, at Fontana, Calif.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
9 p.m., ESPN — Washington St. at UNLV
GOLF
8:30 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Italian Open, second round, at Turin, Italy
9 a.m., ESPN2 — Women’s British Open, second round, at Hoylake, England
5 p.m., TGC — Web.com Tour, Boise Open, second round, at Boise, Idaho
7:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, first round, at Kapolei, Hawaii
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2:10 p.m., WGN — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs
7:30 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Washington at Atlanta or Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees (7 p.m. start)
PREP FOOTBALL
8 p.m., ESPN2 — Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
10 p.m., FSN — Bergen Catholic (N.J.) at Bishop Gorman (Nev.)
SOCCER
8:30 p.m., NBCSN — MLS, Houston at Kansas City
Saturday, Sept. 15
AUTO RACING
Noon, SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill.
1:30 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for GEICO 400, at Joliet, Ill.
3:30 p.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Dollar General 300, at Joliet, Ill.
6:30 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for American Ethanol 200, at Newton, Iowa (same-day tape)
7:30 p.m., NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, MAVTV 500, at Fontana, Calif.
8:30 p.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Truck Series, American Ethanol 200, at Newton, Iowa
BOXING
9 p.m., SHO — Champion Leo Santa Cruz(20-0-1) vs. Eric Morel (46-3-0), for IBF bantamweight title; welterweights, Marcos Maidana (31-3-0) vs. Jesus Soto Karass (26-7-3); champion Jhonny Gonzalez (52-7-0) vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon (43-4-0), for WBC featherweight title; champion Canelo Alvarez (40-0-1) vs. Josesito Lopez (30-4-0), for WBC super welterweight title, at Las Vegas
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon, ABC — National coverage, California at Ohio St.
Noon, ESPN — Wake Forest at Florida St.
Noon, ESPN2 — Arkansas St. at Nebraska
Noon, FSN — La.-Lafayette at Oklahoma St.
Noon, FX — TCU at Kansas
Noon, NBCSN — William and Mary at Towson
3:30 p.m., ABC — Regional coverage, North Carolina at Louisville or Navy at Penn St.
3:30 p.m., CBS — National coverage, Alabama at Arkansas
3:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Regional coverage, North Carolina at Louisville or Navy at Penn St.
3:30 p.m., FSN — Texas A&M at SMU
4 p.m., FX — Portland St. at Washington (CenturyLink Field)
4 p.m., NBCSN — Miami (Ohio) at Boise St.
6 p.m., ESPN — Florida at Tennessee
7 p.m., ESPN2 — Arizona St. at Missouri
7 p.m., FSN — North Texas at Kansas St.
7:30 p.m., FOX — Southern Cal at Stanford
8:07 p.m., ABC — Notre Dame at Michigan St.
9:15 p.m., ESPN — Texas at Mississippi
10 p.m., ESPN2 — BYU at Utah
GOLF
7 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Italian Open, third round, at Turin, Italy
9 a.m., ESPN2 — Women’s British Open, third round, at Hoylake, England
5 p.m., TGC — Web.com Tour, Boise Open, third round, at Boise, Idaho
7:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, second round, at Kapolei, Hawaii
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m., WGN — Chicago White Sox at Minnesota
4 p.m., FOX — Regional coverage, Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, Detroit at Cleveland, or Colorado at San Diego
9 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers or Baltimore at Oakland
SOCCER
3:30 p.m., NBC — MLS, Seattle at Portland
TENNIS
12:30 p.m., NBCSN — World Team Tennis, playoffs, conference final, New York vs. Washington, at Charleston, S.C.
ON TAP
Friday, Sept. 14
FOOTBALL
Walker Valley at Cleveland, 7:30
Sweetwater at Polk County, 7:30
McMinn County at Ooltewah, 7:30
Soddy-Daisy at Rhea County, 7:30
Meigs County at McMinn Central, 7:30
Cumberland County at Sequoyah, 7:30
Bradley Central has a bye
SOCCER
Cleveland Classic
at Greater Clevleand Soccer Complex
Oakland at Cleveland, 4:30
Signal Mountain vs. Ooltewah (Lower Field), 4:30
Blackman vs. Notre Dame, 6:30
Sullivan South vs. Soddy-Daisy, 8:30
SOFTBALL
McMinn at Ocoee Middle, 5:30
VOLLEYBALL
Cleveland Christian at Polk County, 1:30
University of Mobile at Lee, 4
Bradley Central, Cleveland, Walker Valley at Tennessee Tandem, Chattanooga
Saturday, Sept. 15
FOOTBALL
Cleveland Middle at Ocoee Middle (6th), 10 a.m.
SOCCER
Cleveland Classic
at Greater Clevleand Soccer Complex
Oakland vs. Notre Dame, 9:30 a.m.
Soddy-Daisy vs. Blackman, 11:30 a.m.
Sullivan South vs. Ooltewah, 1
Blackman vs. Signal Mountain, 4
Sullivan South vs. Cleveland, 6
Soddy-Daisy vs. Oakland, 8
Lady Flame Classic
Vanguard (Calif.) vs. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 6
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) vs. Lee, 7:30
VOLLEYBALL
Spring Hill College at Lee, 1
Bradley Central, Cleveland, Walker Valley at Tennessee Tandem, Chattanooga
baseball
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 89 54 .622 —
Atlanta 81 63 .563 8½
Philadelphia 72 72 .500 17½
New York 65 78 .455 24
Miami 63 81 .438 26½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 87 57 .604 —
St. Louis 76 68 .528 11
Pittsburgh 72 70 .507 14
Milwaukee 72 71 .503 14½
Chicago 56 87 .392 30½
Houston 46 98 .319 41
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 81 62 .566 —
Los Angeles 74 70 .514 7½
Arizona 71 72 .497 10
San Diego 69 75 .479 12½
Colorado 57 85 .401 23½
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 3, Miami 1
San Diego 3, St. Louis 2
Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1
Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 0
Chicago Cubs 5, Houston 1
Milwaukee 8, Atlanta 2
San Francisco 8, Colorado 3
Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Thursday’s Games
Houston 6, Philadelphia 4
St. Louis 2, L.A. Dodgers 1
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 12-7) at Chicago Cubs (Rusin 0-2), 2:20
Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-7) at Miami (Ja.Turner 0-2), 7:10
Washington (Detwiler 9-6) at Atlanta (Medlen 8-1), 7:35
Philadelphia (Hamels 14-6) at Houston (E.Gonzalez 2-0), 8:05
N.Y. Mets (Niese 10-9) at Milwaukee (Fiers 9-7), 8:10
San Francisco (M.Cain 13-5) at Arizona (Skaggs 1-1), 9:40
Colorado (Chatwood 4-4) at San Diego (Cashner 3-3), 10:05
St. Louis (J.Kelly 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 11-10), 10:10
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 10-13) at Chicago Cubs (Berken 0-0), 1:05
Washington (E.Jackson 9-10) at Atlanta (Hanson 12-8), 4:05
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-10) at Houston (Keuchel 1-7), 7:05
Cincinnati (Cueto 17-8) at Miami (Buehrle 12-12), 7:10
N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-0) at Milwaukee (Marcum 5-4), 7:10
San Francisco (Zito 11-8) at Arizona (Miley 15-9), 8:10
Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-8) at San Diego (C.Kelly 1-1), 8:35
St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Blanton 9-13), 9:10
Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati (Latos 12-4) at Miami (Nolasco 12-12), 1:10
Philadelphia (Halladay 10-7) at Houston (Lyles 4-11), 2:05
N.Y. Mets (C.Young 4-7) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 1-0), 2:10
Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 3-10), 2:20
Colorado (White 2-8) at San Diego (Werner 2-1), 4:05
San Francisco (Vogelsong 12-8) at Arizona (Corbin 5-7), 4:10
St. Louis (Wainwright 13-13) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-9), 4:10
Washington (G.Gonzalez 19-7) at Atlanta (Minor 8-10), 8:05
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Baltimore 81 62 .566 —
New York 81 62 .566 —
Tampa Bay 77 66 .538 4
Toronto 65 77 .458 15½
Boston 64 80 .444 17½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 76 66 .535 —
Detroit 75 67 .528 1
Kansas City 65 78 .455 11½
Cleveland 60 84 .417 17
Minnesota 60 84 .417 17
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 85 58 .594 —
Oakland 82 61 .573 3
Los Angeles 78 66 .542 7½
Seattle 69 75 .479 16½
Wednesday’s Games
Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2
Seattle 3, Toronto 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 4
Texas 5, Cleveland 2
Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 6
Kansas City 10, Minnesota 5
Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 1
Thursday’s Games
Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 2, 14 innings
L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 0
Toronto 8, Seattle 3
N.Y. Yankees 2, Boston 0
Cleveland 5, Texas 4
Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3, 10 innings
Detroit at Chicago, ppd., rain
Friday’s Games
Detroit (Verlander 13-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-3), 7:05
Tampa Bay (Price 17-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 13-5), 7:05
Boston (Matsuzaka 1-5) at Toronto (Laffey 3-5), 7:07
Seattle (Iwakuma 6-4) at Texas (Darvish 14-9), 8:05
Chicago White Sox (Sale 16-6) at Minnesota (Vasquez 0-1), 8:10
L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 12-9) at Kansas City (B.Chen 10-12), 8:10
Baltimore (J.Saunders 2-1) at Oakland (Milone 12-10), 10:05
Saturday’s Games
Boston (Buchholz 11-6) at Toronto (Villanueva 7-5), 1:07
Chicago White Sox (Liriano 5-11) at Minnesota (Deduno 6-3), 1:10
Detroit (A.Sanchez 2-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 11-13), 4:05
Tampa Bay (Shields 14-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-7), 4:05
L.A. Angels (Greinke 5-2) at Kansas City (Guthrie 4-3), 7:10
Seattle (Vargas 14-10) at Texas (Feldman 6-11), 8:05
Baltimore (Britton 5-2) at Oakland (J.Parker 10-8), 9:05
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay (M.Moore 10-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 13-10), 1:05
Boston (Lester 9-11) at Toronto (Morrow 8-6), 1:07
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-4) at Minnesota (Diamond 11-7), 2:10
L.A. Angels (Haren 10-11) at Kansas City (W.Smith 5-7), 2:10
Detroit (Porcello 9-12) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 9-16), 3:05
Seattle (Beavan 9-9) at Texas (M.Harrison 16-9), 3:05
Baltimore (Hammel 8-6) at Oakland (Straily 2-0), 4:05
football
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 48 28
New England 1 0 0 1.000 34 13
Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 30
Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 28 48
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 30 10
Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 23 26
Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 21 41
Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 13 34
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 44 13
Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 16 17
Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 19 31
Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 13 44
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 22 14
Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 19
Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 40
Oakland 0 1 0 .000 14 22
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 17
Washington 1 0 0 1.000 40 32
Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 17 16
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 24
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 16 10
Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 40 24
New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 32 40
Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 16
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 23
Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 26 23
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 40
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 51 44
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 20 16
San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 30 22
St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 23 27
Seattle 0 1 0 .000 16 20
Thursday’s Game
Green Bay 23, Chicago 10
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Arizona at New England, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Baltimore at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Miami, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.
Tennessee at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.
Detroit at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Denver at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sep. 20
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Sep. 23
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Houston at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
New England at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Sep. 24
Green Bay at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.
Top 25 Schedule
Saturday
No. 1 Alabama at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m.
No. 2 Southern Cal at No. 21 Stanford, 7:30 p.m.
No. 3 LSU vs. Idaho, 8 p.m.
No. 4 Oregon vs. Tennessee Tech, 3 p.m.
No. 5 Florida State vs. Wake Forest, Noon
No. 7 Georgia vs. Florida Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
No. 8 South Carolina vs. UAB, 7 p.m.
No. 9 West Virginia vs. James Madison at Landover, Md., 4:30 p.m.
No. 10 Michigan State vs. No. 22 Notre Dame, 8 p.m.
No. 11 Clemson vs. Furman, 3 p.m.
No. 12 Ohio State vs. California, Noon
No. 13 Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, Noon
No. 14 Texas at Mississippi, 9:15 p.m.
No. 15 Kansas State vs. North Texas, 7 p.m.
No. 16 TCU vs. Kansas, Noon
No. 17 Michigan vs. UMass, 3:30 p.m.
No. 18 Florida at No. 23 Tennessee, 6 p.m.
No. 19 Louisville vs. North Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
No. 22 UCLA vs. Houston, 10:30 p.m.
No. 24 Arizona vs. South Carolina State, 10:30 p.m.
No. 25 BYU at Utah, 10 p.m.
transactions
Thursday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS-Placed 2B Ryan Raburn on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 11.
MINNESOTA TWINS-Reinstated OF Denard Span from the 15-day DL.
National League
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Extended their player development contract with Huntsville (SL) through the 2014 season.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BROOKLYN NETS-Signed F Josh Childress.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Released G Josh Beekman.
OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed CB Coye Francis to the practice squad. Released WR Brandon Carswell, LB Nate Stupar and DT Vaughn Meatoga from the practice squad.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES-Signed WR Jeremy Ebert to the practice squad. Released C Chase Beeler from the practice squad.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Released G Rishaw Johnson and LB Korey Toomer from the practice squad. Signed LB Allen Bradford and T Mike Person to the practice squad.
ST. LOUIS RAMS-Re-signed QB Kellen Clemens. Released DT Darell Scott. Signed G Quinn Ojinnaka.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Assigned D Ryan Murray to Everett (WHL) and C Boone Jenner to Oshawa (OHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS-Assigned D Michael Caruso, F Andre Deveaux, G Dov Grumet-Morris, F Jean Francois Jacques, F Greg Rallo, F Casey Wellman, F James Wright and D Nolan Yonkman to San Antonio (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Signed D Jonathon Blum to a one-year, two-way contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE-Loaned F Orr Barouch to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (Israel).
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES-Won the rights to F Marcus Tracy.
COLLEGE
AUSTIN PEAY-Named Jerome Jackson women’s assistant basketball coach.
CLEMSON-Named Ryan Moehnke assistant diving coach.
EAST TENNESSEE STATE-Named David Johnston and Daniel Goetz assistant track and field/cross country coaches.
FELICIAN-Named Arlan Freeman and Mickey Zudonyi assistant baseball coaches.
PEPPERDINE-Signed baseball coach Steve Rodriguez to a contract extension through the 2016 season.
PFEIFFER-Named Chris Vullo softball coach.
SHENANDOAH-Named Kevin Kline and Samantha Robson part-time athletic communications assistants.
UCONN-Announced the retirement of men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun. Promoted men’s assistant basketball coach Kevin Ollie to head coach and signed him through the 2012-13 season.
UNLV-Named Kalee Whipple women’s assistant basketball coach.
WAYNE STATE (MICH.)-Promoted associate athletic director Jason Clark to senior associate athletic director and assistant to the athletic director Lisa Seymour to assistant athletic director.
WEST ALABAMA-Named Adam Buie men’s and women’s golf coach.
