B4 The BulleTin • Friday, July 23, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
FRIDAY
GOLF
Evian Championship
Senior Open Championship
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Evian Championship
HORSE RACING
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MLB, Arizona at Chicago Cubs
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BASKETBALL
The Basketball Tournament,
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TOKYO OLYMPICS
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Archery; 3x3 Basketball
Beach volleyball
Women’s soccer, Sweden vs. Australia
Swimming
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BOXING
ShoBox: The New Generation
TENNIS
ATP, Mifel Open semifinals
ATP, Swiss Open Gstaad semifinal
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FOOTBALL
AFL Premiership, Carlton vs. North Melbourne
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SATURDAY
GOLF
Evian Championship
Senior Open Championship
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Evian Championship
TOKYO OLYMPICS
Beach volleyball
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Skateboarding
Softball, U.S. vs. Australia
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Diving
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Men’s soccer, Brazil vs. Cote d’Ivoire
Beach volleyball
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MOTOR SPORTS
Formula E, London E-Prix
NHRA, Sonoma qualifying
TENNIS
ATP, Umag; WTA, Palermo, semifinals
ATP, Mifel Open, singles final
ATP, Swiss Open Gstaad, singles final
BASKETBALL
The Basketball Tournament,
Force of Seoul vs. Boeheim’s Army
BIG3, Week 3
The Basketball Tournament,
Jackson TN Underdawgs vs. House of ’Paign
The Basketball Tournament,
The Nerd Team vs. Blue Collar U
The Basketball Tournament,
Ohio 1804 vs. Zip Em Up
LACROSSE
Athletes Unlimited,
Team O’Donnell (Purple) vs. Team Ohlmiller (Gold)
SOCCER
Friendly, Real Betis vs. Wolverhampton
MLS, Columbus at Atlanta United
CONCACAF Gold Cup, Mexico vs. Honduras
BASEBALL
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MLB, Tampa Bay at Cleveland
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FOOTBALL
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BASEBALL
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
58
38
.604
—
Tampa Bay
58
39
.598
½
new york
50
44
.532
7
Toronto
48
44
.522
8
Baltimore
31
64
.326
26½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
58
38
.604
—
Cleveland
48
46
.511
9
detroit
47
51
.480
12
Minnesota
41
56
.423
17½
Kansas City
39
55
.415
18
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
houston
58
39
.598
—
Oakland
55
42
.567
3
Seattle
51
45
.531
6½
los angeles
47
48
.495
10
Texas
35
62
.361
23
Wednesday’s Late Games
Cleveland 5, houston 4
n.y. yankees 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings
Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 2
Thursday’s Games
detroit 7, Texas 5
l.a. angels 3, Minnesota 2
Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 4, 10 innings
n.y. yankees at Boston, late
Oakland at Seattle, late
Friday’s Games
Washington (Corbin 6-8) at Baltimore (lópez 2-12),
4:05 p.m.
n.y. yankees (Cole 10-4) at Boston (rodríguez 7-5),
4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (hill 6-4) at Cleveland (Plesac 5-3), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Matz 8-4) at n.y. Mets (Megill 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 8-6) at Milwaukee (Peralta
7-3), 5:10 p.m.
detroit (Peralta 3-1) at Kansas City (Bubic 2-4), 5:10 p.m.
l.a. angels (Cobb 7-3) at Minnesota (happ 5-5), 5:10 p.m.
Texas (allard 2-7) at houston (Odorizzi 3-5), 5:10 p.m.
Oakland (Montas 8-8) at Seattle (Kikuchi 6-5), 7:10 p.m.
new york
atlanta
Philadelphia
Washington
Miami
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
los angeles
San diego
Colorado
arizona
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
50
43
47
48
47
48
45
50
41
56
Central Division
W
L
56
41
49
47
49
48
47
50
36
60
West Division
W
L
60
35
59
38
57
42
42
54
30
68
Pct
.538
.495
.495
.474
.423
GB
—
4
4
6
11
Pct
.577
.510
.505
.485
.375
GB
—
6½
7
9
19½
Pct
.632
.608
.576
.438
.306
GB
—
2
5
18½
31½
Wednesday’s Late Games
n.y. yankees 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings
St. louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 innings
San Francisco 4, l.a. dodgers 2
Thursday’s Games
St. louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2
atlanta 7, Philadelphia 2
San diego 3, Miami 2
San Francisco at l.a. dodgers, late
Friday’s Games
arizona (Gallen 1-4) at Chicago Cubs (davies 5-6),
11:20 a.m.
atlanta (Fried 7-5) at Philadelphia (Wheeler 7-5), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Corbin 6-8) at Baltimore (lópez 2-12),
4:05 p.m.
San diego (Musgrove 5-7) at Miami (Thompson 2-2),
4:10 p.m.
St. louis (leBlanc 0-2) at Cincinnati (Mahle 7-3), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Matz 8-4) at n.y. Mets (Megill 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 8-6) at Milwaukee (Peralta
7-3), 5:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-5) at San Francisco (Cueto 6-5), 6:45 p.m.
Colorado (González 3-6) at l.a. dodgers (Price 4-0),
7:10 p.m.
GOLF
Evian Championship
Thursday in Evian-les-Bains, France
Purse: $4.5 million
Yardage: 6,527; Par: 71; (a)-amateur
First Round
yealimi noh
32-33—65
Pajaree anannarukarn
32-33—65
ayaka Furue
32-34—66
atthaya Thitikul
33-33—66
Jeongeun lee6
34-32—66
emily Kristine Pedersen
31-35—66
lauren Stephenson
33-33—66
Sarah Kemp
32-35—67
hyo Joo Kim
32-35—67
ariya Jutanugarn
31-36—67
Tsubasa Kajitani (a), 34-34—68. Moriya Jutanugarn, 32-
36—68. Minjee lee, 33-35—68. in Gee Chun, 34-34—68.
Pia Babnik, 32-36—68. Paula reto, 31-37—68. lindsey
Weaver, 34-34—68. P. roussin-Bouchard (a), 35-33—68.
Matilda Castren, 34-34—68. lydia Ko, 34-34—68. Maria
Fassi, 33-35—68. Celine herbin, 32-36—68.
lucie Malchirand, 33-36—69. So yeon ryu, 34-35—69.
alena Sharp, 33-36—69. Madelene Sagstrom, 33-36—69.
ashleigh Buhai, 36-33—69. Georgia hall, 35-34—69. So-
phia Popov, 33-36—69. Cheyenne Knight, 35-34—69.
Mina harigae, 34-35—69. Brittany lang, 35-34—69. Celine
Boutier, 34-35—69. leona Maguire, 34-35—69. austin
ernst, 36-33—69. Brooke M. henderson, 33-36—69. Muni
he, 38-31—69. Kristen Gillman, 32-37—69.
elizabeth Szokol, 34-36—70. anne van dam, 37-33—
70. Jenny Shin, 36-34—70. Charley hull, 33-37—70. Chella
Choi, 33-37—70. eun-hee Ji, 34-36—70. esther henseleit,
36-34—70. Bronte law, 37-33—70. Pornanong Phat-
lum, 35-35—70.
Cydney Clanton, 33-37—70. Jeongeun lee, 35-35—70.
Wichanee Meechai, 34-36—70. hee young Park, 34-36—
70. Marina alex, 36-34—70. angela Stanford, 33-37—70.
alison lee, 35-35—70. Jennifer Song, 34-36—70.
dottie ardina, 34-37—71. Brooke Matthews (a), 36-
35—71. Jennifer Chang, 34-37—71. ryann O’Toole,
35-36—71. Pernilla lindberg, 34-37—71. amy Olson,
36-35—71. Brittany altomare, 34-37—71. inbee Park,
34-37—71. Sei young Kim, 37-34—71. Jasmine Suwan-
napura, 35-36—71.
Gerina Piller, 35-36—71. Olivia Cowan, 35-36—71.
aline Krauter (a), 34-37—71. Christina Kim, 37-34—71.
azahara Munoz, 37-34—71. anna nordqvist, 34-37—71.
amy yang, 33-38—71. haeji Kang, 35-36—71. lindy dun-
can, 34-37—71. Stephanie Meadow, 35-36—71.
Giulia Molinaro, 36-36—72. lee-anne Pace, 37-35—72.
rose Zhang (a), 36-36—72. ana Belac, 36-36—72. Mirim
lee, 36-36—72. a lim Kim, 35-37—72. Christine Wolf, 34-
38—72. Jin young Ko, 35-37—72. emma Talley, 34-38—72.
Jodi ewart Shadoff, 35-37—72. alice hewson, 36-36—72.
Jaye Marie Green, 34-38—72.
Su Oh, 38-35—73. lizette Salas, 35-38—73. Jessica
Korda, 36-37—73. Stephanie Kyriacou, 34-39—73. Car-
oline Masson, 35-38—73. Perrine delacour, 35-38—73.
Morgane Metraux, 37-36—73. Jennifer Kupcho, 37-36—
73. angel yin, 36-37—73. Katherine Kirk, 36-37—73. na-
talie Gulbis, 35-38—73.
nanna Koerstz Madsen, 38-36—74. Wei-ling hsu,
36-38—74. Sung hyun Park, 36-38—74. Megan Khang,
35-39—74. Carlota Ciganda, 37-37—74. Min lee, 37-
37—74. nelly Korda, 37-37—74. Mi Jung hur, 35-39—74. .
Marissa Steen, 36-39—75. aditi ashok, 39-36—75.
Jenny Coleman, 36-39—75. Sanna nuutinen, 38-37—75.
Paula Creamer, 35-40—75. dani holmqvist, 38-37—75.
Carly Booth, 36-39—75. leonie harm, 36-39—75. Mi
hyang lee, 35-40—75.
Sarah Schmelzel, 39-37—76. ally ewing, 38-38—76.
yu liu, 38-38—76. Brittany lincicome, 38-38—76. dana
Finkelstein, 38-38—76. albane Valenzuela, 39-38—77. na-
talie Srinivasan, 38-39—77. Ssu-Chia Cheng, 37-40—77.
nicole Broch larsen, 41-37—78. luna Sobron Galmes,
38-41—79. Jing yan, 45-39—84.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
new england
9 3 3 30 28 18
Orlando City
7 3 4 25 23 14
Phila.
6 4 5 23 19 15
nashville
5 1 8 23 21 14
CF Montréal
6 4 4 22 19 16
Columbus
5 3 6 21 15 12
ny City FC
6 5 2 20 21 15
new york
5 5 3 18 18 16
d.C. united
5 7 2 17 20 18
atlanta
2 4 8 14 14 17
Cincinnati
3 6 4 13 17 26
Chicago
3 8 3 12 16 25
Toronto FC
2 8 4 10 18 31
inter Miami CF
2 8 2
8
9 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle
8 1 5 29 23
9
Sporting KC
8 3 3 27 25 16
la Galaxy
8 5 1 25 23 22
Colorado
7 3 3 24 21 13
la FC
6 5 3 21 18 15
Portland
6 6 1 19 17 20
Minnesota united 5 5 3 18 13 16
real Sl
4 4 5 17 21 16
houston
3 4 7 16 16 19
austin FC
3 6 4 13 10 14
San Jose
3 7 4 13 16 24
Vancouver
3 7 4 13 14 23
FC dallas
2 7 5 11 14 23
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s Late Games
la Galaxy 2, real Sl 2, tie
Portland 2, la FC 1
Basketball
Continued from B3
The coach is Oregon director
of basketball operations Josh Ja-
mieson. Former Oregon man-
ager Robbie Ellis is the general
manager and current manager
Brian O’Reilly is the assistant
general manager. Oregon as-
sistant Mike Mennenga is also
coaching and was instrumen-
tal in getting the team off the
ground.
“We tried to find a team that
was balanced and we definitely
didn’t want too many players at
each position,” Jamieson said.
“We had a few guys that we
missed on because of profes-
sional commitments or other-
wise, but we’re really happy with
how it came together.”
The team gathered at Mat-
thew Knight Arena Monday for
their first workout.
Leunen, Porter and Taylor
are the only players who never
suited up for Oregon coach
Dana Altman.
All three have had long and
successful professional careers
playing overseas.
For Leunen, that career was
supposed to have ended this
past season as he officially re-
tired and was settling into his
new life back home in Red-
mond with his wife and four
kids. Then he got a call from
Ellis.
“The thought of reconnect-
ing with everybody, connecting
with Dana and his program and
his players, and then Bryce and
Tajuan were playing so I was
like, ‘OK, I’ll get off the couch
and come see what I can do,’”
said Leunen, 35, whose sons
spent Tuesday shagging balls
and shooting 3-pointers before
practice.
Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin file photo
Maarty Leunen, a longtime professional basketball player in Italy, is pic-
tured back home in Redmond last year.
Leunen, a 6-foot-9-inch for-
ward, led Redmond High to the
2003 big-school state champi-
onship and took the Panthers
back to the title game in 2004.
At Oregon he played on two
NCAA Tournament teams, in-
cluding that Duck squad that
advanced to the Elite Eight in
2007. He received Pac-10 post-
season honors in his junior and
senior seasons and was drafted
54th overall by the NBA’s Hous-
ton Rockets in 2008, but went
on to a long professional career
overseas, mostly in Italy.
Porter, who also had a long
career playing overseas, said he
also jumped at the chance when
Ellis reached out to him.
“It was a no-brainer,” said
Porter, 33, the Ducks’ re-
cord-holder with 345 career
3-pointers. “Of course I want
to be part of it. Even though
me, Maarty and Bryce is the old
Thursday’s Games
Orlando City 2, Phila. 1
Seattle at austin FC, late
Saturday’s Games
Columbus at atlanta, 12:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Portland at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
la Galaxy at FC dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at nashville, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at real Sl, 7 p.m.
houston at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at la FC, 7:30 p.m.
NWSL
W L T Pts GF
Portland
6 3 1
19 16
Chicago
5 4 2
17 11
north Carolina
5 4 1
16 15
Gotham FC
4 1 4
16 10
houston
5 4 1
16 13
Orlando
4 3 4
16 14
Washington
4 3 3
15 12
louisville
3 4 2
11
7
reign FC
3 6 1
10
8
Kansas City
0 7 3
3
5
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s Game
north Carolina at Kansas City, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
reign FC at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Portland at houston, 5:30 p.m.
GA
7
15
8
5
11
13
11
13
13
15
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
SeaTTle MarinerS — recalled inF donovan Wal-
ton from Tacoma (Triple-a West). Optioned rhP yohan
ramirez to Tacoma.
National League
lOS anGeleS dOdGerS — Optioned rF Zach reks to
Oklahoma City (Triple-a West). Placed lF Billy McKinney
on the active roster.
San FranCiSCO GianTS — Sent rhP reyes Moronta
to Sacramento (Triple-a West) for a rehab assignment.
Sent 2B Tommy la Stella to Sacramento (Triple-a West)
on a rehab assignment.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna CardinalS — Placed lB dennis Gardeck on
the active/physically unable to perform (PuP) list. Claimed
C lamont Gaillard off waivers from St. louis.
JaCKSOnVille JaGuarS — Placed QB Jake luton on
the reserve/COVid-19 list.
neW yOrK GianTS — Placed Wr Kadarius Toney on
the reserve/COVid-19 list. Signed rB Mike Weber and dB
Jordyn Peters. Placed rB Saquon Barkley, C Jonotthan har-
rison, T Matt Peart, Te Kyle rudolph, lB Oshane Ximines
and CB aaron robinson on the active/physically unable
to perform (PuP) list.
PiTTSBurGh STeelerS — re-signed OlB Calvin
Bundage.
TaMPa Bay BuCCaneerS — Waived S Curtis riley.
Placed Wr John Franklin and CB Chris Wilcox on the ac-
tive/physically unable to perform (PuP) list.
TenneSSee TiTanS — Signed third-round pick CB
elijah Molden.
guys, to be back and be involved
is truly fun. It’s gonna be a great
experience.”
Porter, who played in the
first TBT in 2014, has been im-
pressed with how the team has
come together in such a short
amount of time.
“We all know how to play
basketball so it’s an easy adjust-
ment,” he said. “Just have to get
familiar with what guys like to
do. We have everything. We’re
balanced at every position, we’re
athletic, we can all shoot the ball
and we’re all mobile and quick,
so it’s going to be exciting.”
For the nine alums who
played under Altman, the sys-
tem is going to feel very famil-
iar, Benjamin said.
“Oregon style. Fast. We’re
gonna play how we played ev-
ery time, how everyone here
wants to play,” he said. “Get up
and down, get some turnovers,
get some easy baskets, shoot
some 3s, old Oregon style of
basketball.”
Former Oregon players Elgin
Cook and Jamil Wilson are on a
team associated with Marquette
named the Golden Eagles. They
won the TBT title in 2020 and
are the No. 1 seed in the Illinois
regional.
Two teams from each of the
four regionals advance to cham-
pionship weekend in Dayton,
Ohio, July 31-Aug. 3.
“I’ve watched (the tourna-
ment) and have a general idea
what it’s like but I think it’s like
most things, until you’re there
you won’t really know what
it feels like,” Jamieson said.
“Much like the NCAA tourna-
ment, we’re going to travel to
Peoria, Illinois, and if we don’t
bring our ‘A’ game on Sunday
we might be traveling back on
Monday.”
SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
Oregon extends men’s coach Dana Altman’s contract
Pelicans hire Suns assistant Willie Green as coach — The
Jets assistant Knapp dies from bike accident injuries —
New York Jets assistant coach Greg Knapp died Thursday of inju-
ries suffered in a bicycle accident near his home in California last
Saturday. He was 58. Knapp’s family released a statement through
the team that the longtime NFL assistant coach died at 2:32 p.m.
EDT. The family said in the statement that Knapp was struck by
a car while riding his bicycle in San Ramon in the San Francisco
Bay Area and never regained consciousness. He was surrounded
by his mother, wife, three daughters and his brother when he died.
Knapp was hired by the Jets in January as part of new coach Rob-
ert Saleh’s staff, serving as the passing game specialist.
New Orleans Pelicans have hired Phoenix Suns assistant Willie
Green as their new head coach. Green, a former NBA player, is
a first-time head coach after serving as an NBA assistant coach
the past five years — first with Golden State and then with Phoe-
nix. He arrives in New Orleans at a time when pressure is rising
to give young star Zion Williamson faith that he can find long-
term satisfaction with the club that drafted him first overall two
years ago.
NFL issues vaccination memo — The NFL has informed
teams they could potentially forfeit a game due to a COVID-19
outbreak among non-vaccinated players, and players on both
teams wouldn’t get paid that week. “As we learned last year, we
can play a full season if we maintain a firm commitment to ad-
hering to our health and safety protocols and to making needed
adjustments in response to changing conditions,” Commissioner
— Oregon has extended the contract of men’s basketball coach
Dana Altman through 2026-27. The one-year extension of Al-
tman, who just completed the fifth year of a deal that had been
extended twice previously, is for $4 million in 2026-27. It doesn’t
change his salary before then, which is $3.525 million in 2021-22
and $3.775 million annually from 2022-23 to 2025-26. The ex-
tended contract, signed by Altman and UO athletic director Rob
Mullens on April 22 but released by the university on Thursday.
Roger Goodell said Thursday in a memo. Goodell says the league
does not anticipate adding a 19th week to accommodate games
that can’t be rescheduled within 18-week regular season. For pur-
poses of playoff seeding, the forfeiting team will be credited with
a loss and the other team will be credited with a win.
BASEBALL
Rays acquire slugger Nelson Cruz from Twins — The
Tampa Bay Rays acquired Nelson Cruz in a four-player trade
with the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. Moments be-
fore opening a four-game series at Cleveland, the Rays, who en-
tered the night just one game behind first-place Boston in the
AL East, announced they got Cruz and minor leaguer Calvin
Faucher from Minnesota in exchange for minor league right-
handers Joe Ryan and Drew Strotman. The 41-year-old Cruz will
has 436 career homers and 1,202 RBIs. He’ll bring some needed
pop to Tampa Bay’s lineup and should help the Rays against left-
handers. They’re hitting .226 versus lefties. Cruz is batting .294
with 19 homers and 50 RBIs this season.
— Bulletin wire reports