A6 The BulleTin • Thursday, July 21, 2022
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
THURSDAY
CYCLING
Tour de France, stage 18
BASKETBALL
WnBa, new york at Washington
WnBa, atlanta at los angeles
WnBa, indiana at las Vegas
BASEBALL
MlB, n.y. yankees at houston
MlB, detroit at Oakland
MlB, regional coverage
MlB, san Francisco at l.a. dodgers
HORSE RACING
saratoga live
GOLF
PGa Tour, 3M Open
evian Championship
senior Open Championship
SOCCER
ueFa Women’s euro 2022 quarterfinal,
Germany vs. austria
Women’s Copa américa, Brazil vs. Peru
Women’s Copa américa, Venezuela vs. argentina
TRACK AND FIELD
World athletics Championships
LACROSSE
athletes unlimited, Team Glynn vs. Team apuzzo
athletes unlimited, Team Waters vs. Team read
FOOTBALL
aFl Premiership, richmond vs. Fremantle
Time
5 a.m.
TV
usa
8:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
nBaTV
nBaTV
nBaTV
Local sports
THURSDAY
West Coast League baseball: Ridgefield Raptors at
Bend Elks, 6:35 p.m.
FRIDAY
West Coast League baseball: Northwest Star
Academy at Bend Elks, 6:35 p.m.
SATURDAY
West Coast League baseball: Northwest Star
Academy at Bend Elks, 6:35 p.m.
SUNDAY
West Coast League baseball: Northwest Star
Academy at Bend Elks, 5:05 p.m.
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
MlB
MlB
MlB
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Fs2
BASEBALL
11 a.m.
2 a.m. (Fri)
4 a.m. (Fri)
Golf
Golf
Golf
MLB
11:30 a.m.
4:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
esPn2
Fs1
Fs2
5 p.m.
usa
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6 p.m.
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esPn2
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Fs2
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FRIDAY
CYCLING
Tour de France, stage 19
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, French Grand Prix practice
Formula 1, French Grand Prix practice
W series, le Castellet (France) qualifying
nasCar Truck series, Pocono qualifying
arCa, Pocono
Formula 1, French Grand Prix practice
HORSE RACING
saratoga live
GOLF
PGa Tour, 3M Open
u.s. Girls’ Junior Championship semifinals
evian Championship
SOCCER
ueFa Women’s euro 2022 quarterfinal,
sweden vs. Belgium
soccer Champions Tour, Juventus vs. Guadalajara
Club friendly, Paris saint-Germain vs. urawa
ACTION SPORTS
Cornhole, aCl Pro shootout semifinal
BASKETBALL
The Basketball Tournament,
india rising vs. Boeheim’s army
WnBa, dallas at Chicago
WnBa, Connecticut at Minnesota
The Basketball Tournament,
We are d3 vs. aftershocks
WnBa, seattle at Phoenix
TRACK AND FIELD
World athletics Championships
FOOTBALL
CFl, Winnipeg at edmonton
aFl Premiership, Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne
aFl Premiership, Brisbane vs. Gold Coast
BASEBALL
MlB, regional coverage
MlB, houston at seattle
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Bellator 283, douglas lima vs. Jason Jackson
ON DECK
5 a.m.
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7:55 a.m.
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10:15 a.m.
esPnu
1:30 p.m.
Fs1
3:30 p.m.
Fs1
3:55 a.m. (sat) esPn2
10 a.m.
Fs2
11 a.m.
3 p.m.
2:30 a.m. (sat)
Golf
Golf
Golf
11:30 a.m.
7:55 p.m.
3 a.m. (sat)
esPn2
Fs2
CBssn
3 p.m.
CBssn
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
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CBssn
nBaTV
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
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nBaTV
5:30 p.m.
usa
6 p.m.
2 a.m. (sat)
2 a.m. (sat)
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Fs1
Fs2
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
MlB
root/root+
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Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
64
28
.696
—
Tampa Bay
51
41
.554
13
Toronto
50
43
.538
14½
Boston
48
45
.516
16½
Baltimore
46
46
.500
18
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
50
44
.532
—
Cleveland
46
44
.511
2
Chicago
46
46
.500
3
Detroit
37
55
.402
12
Kansas City
36
56
.391
13
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
59
32
.648
—
Seattle
51
42
.548
9
Texas
41
49
.456
17½
Los Angeles
39
53
.424
20½
Oakland
32
61
.344
28
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Houston (TBD), 10:10 a.m., 1st game
Texas (Gray 6-4) at Miami (López 6-4), 10:10 a.m.
Detroit (Skubal 6-8) at Oakland (Logue 3-4), 12:37 p.m.,
1st game
N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Houston (TBD), 3:40 p.m., 2nd game
Detroit (Hill 1-1) at Oakland (Montas 3-9), 4:07 p.m., 2nd
game
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.
Texas at Oakland, 6:40 p.m.
Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
58
35
.624
—
Atlanta
56
38
.596
2½
Philadelphia
49
43
.533
8½
Miami
43
48
.473
14
Washington
31
63
.330
27½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Milwaukee
50
43
.538
—
St. Louis
50
44
.532
½
Pittsburgh
39
54
.419
11
Chicago
35
57
.380
14½
Cincinnati
34
57
.374
15
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
60
30
.667
—
San Diego
52
42
.553
10
San Francisco
48
43
.527
12½
Colorado
43
50
.462
18½
Arizona
40
52
.435
21
Thursday’s Games
Texas (Gray 6-4) at Miami (López 6-4), 10:10 a.m.
San Francisco (TBD) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 7:09 p.m.
Friday’s Games
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.
Miami at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m.
Colorado at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.
Washington at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.
San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Chicago
20
6
.769
Connecticut
17
9
.654
Washington
16
11
.593
Atlanta
12
14
.462
New York
9
16
.360
Indiana
5
23
.179
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Las Vegas
18
8
.692
Seattle
17
9
.654
Los Angeles
11
14
.440
Dallas
11
14
.440
Phoenix
11
16
.407
Minnesota
10
17
.370
Tuesday’s Late Games
Atlanta 92, Las Vegas 76
Los Angeles 86, Indiana 79
Wednesday’s Game
Chicago 78, Seattle 74
GB
—
3
4½
8
10½
16
GB
—
1
6½
6½
7½
8½
Thursday’s Games
New York at Washington, 8:30 a.m.
Atlanta at Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m.
Indiana at Las Vegas, 7 p.m.
NWSL
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L T Pts GF GA
Phila.
10
2 9 39 33 15
NY City FC
11
4 5 38 39 21
New York
9
6 6 33 30 22
CF Montréal
10
8 2 32 34 35
Orlando City
8
7 6 30 26 30
Columbus
7
5 8 29 27 22
Cincinnati
7
8 6 27 32 37
Charlotte FC
8 11 2 26 25 27
Inter Miami CF
7
9 4 25 22 31
New England
6
7 7 25 32 34
Atlanta
6
8 6 24 29 31
Chicago
6 10 5 23 21 27
Toronto FC
5 12 4 19 26 39
D.C. United
5 11 3 18 25 41
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L T Pts GF GA
LA FC
13
4 3 42 40 22
Austin FC
12
4 5 41 42 24
Real SL
9
6 6 33 28 26
Minnesota United 9
8 4 31 29 25
Nashville
8
7 6 30 27 27
FC Dallas
7
6 8 29 31 25
LA Galaxy
8
9 3 27 28 27
Portland
6
6 9 27 33 30
Seattle
8 10 2 26 26 24
Vancouver
7
9 5 26 23 34
Houston
7 10 4 25 27 29
Colorado
6
8 6 24 24 27
San Jose
5
8 7 22 33 41
Sporting KC
5 12 5 20 19 38
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
Miami at NY City FC, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.
New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Phila. at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte FC at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.
CF Montréal at D.C. United, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
LA FC at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Real SL, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
New York at Austin FC, 5 p.m.
Atlanta at LA Galaxy, 6:30 p.m.
Mariners
Continued from A5
For sentimentalists on Tues-
day, there were the final All-
Star Game appearances of Al-
bert Pujols (21 years and nine
days after his first one, a walk
off the Mariners’ Jeff Nelson)
and Miguel Cabrera. For tech-
no-nerds, there was Toronto
pitcher Alek Manoah mic’d up
on the mound while pitching
in the All-Star Game. I haven’t
done all the research, but I’m
pretty sure Bob Feller never
did that. As an added bonus,
Hall of Famer John Smoltz
was feeding him advice on
pitch selection — appar-
ently to good effect, because
Manoah struck out the side
around a hit batsman.
Later in the game, Hendriks
was also mic’d up and had a
humorous exchange with Ro-
driguez, who caught the third
out in center and feigned toss-
ing the ball into the stands.
Hendriks screamed at him not
to do so because he wanted
the ball as a souvenir, which
the laughing Rodriguez even-
tually tossed it Hendriks’ way.
“I was just messing with
him,” said Rodriguez, who
heard Hendriks’ pleas only be-
cause he, too, was mic’d up.
abbie Parr/aP
American League’s Corey Seager, of the Texas Rangers, left, and Julio
Rodriguez, of the Seattle Mariners, celebrate after defeating the Na-
tional League in the MLB All-Star game Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Entering the game in the
fifth inning in place of start-
ing center fielder Byron Bux-
ton, Rodriguez had two at-
bats, both of which were as
non-eventful as Monday’s
were filled with electricity. He
grounded out to second and
flied out routinely to right —
yet still left for Seattle as the
breakout star of baseball. He
is not only winning over fans,
but peers such as Buxton, who
delivered what turned out to
be the game-winning hit, a
fourth-inning homer that im-
mediately followed Stanton’s.
“Everything. Everything,”
said Buxton, when asked what
stood out to him about Rodri-
guez. “I told him earlier, I like
to watch you all the time. He’s
my favorite player now. Every-
thing he does is so easy. He’s
so much fun to watch. Simple
as that. He’s going to be here
for a long time — as long as
he wants to be. I’m hoping I’m
W L T Pts GF
San Diego Wave FC
6 3 4 22 19
Portland
5 1 6 21 29
Chicago
5 2 5 20 20
Houston
5 4 3 18 20
Kansas City
5 4 3 18 12
OL Reign
4 3 5 17 11
Angel City FC
5 4 2 17 10
Orlando
3 5 4 13 12
Gotham FC
4 6 0 12
7
Louisville
2 5 5 11 13
Washington
1 5 7 10 11
North Carolina
2 5 2
8 14
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday, July 29
Washington at North Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
Portland at Louisville, 5 p.m.
GA
11
10
16
14
14
9
11
26
18
18
15
16
CYCLING
Tour de France
Wednesday’s 17th Stage
80-miles from Saint Gaudens to Peyragudes
1, Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates, 3:25:51.
2, Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Jumbo-Visma, same time.
3, Brandon McNulty, United States, UAE Team Emirates,
:54 behind. 4, Geraint Thomas, Great Britain, Ineos Gren-
adiers, 2:07. 5, Alexey Lutsenko, Russia, Astana-Qazaqstan
Team, 2:34.
6, Romain Bardet, France, Team DSM, 2:38. 7, David
Gaudu, France, Groupama-FDJ, 3:27. 8, Aleksandr Vlasov,
Russia, Bora-Hansgrohe, 3:32. 9, Louis Meintjes, South Af-
rica, Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux, same time. 10,
Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Team Arkea-Sasmic, same time.
U.S. Riders
22, Neilson Powless, EF Education-EasyPost, 8:59
behind. 25, Sepp Kuss, Jumbo-Visma, 9:24. 42, Matteo
Jorgenson, Movistar Team, 19:00. 45, Quinn Simmons,
Trek Segafredo, 20:09. 51, Joe Dombrowski, Astana-Qa-
zaqstan, 21:38.
Overall Standings
1, Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Jumbo-Visma, 67:53:54.
2, Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates, 2:18 be-
hind. 3, Geraint Thomas, Great Britain, Ineos Grenadiers,
4:56. 4, Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Team Arkea-Sasmic,
7:53. 5, David Gaudu, France, Groupama-FDJ, 7:57.
6, Romain Bardet, France, Team DSM, 9:21. 7, Louis
Meintjes, South Africa, Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Ma-
teriaux, 9:24. 8, Aleksandr Vlasov, Russia, Bora-Hansgrohe,
9:56. 9, Adam Yates, Great Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, 14:33.
10, Enric Mas, Spain, MovieStar Team, 16:35.
U.S. Riders
12, Neilson Powless, EF Education-EasyPost, 27:07
behind. 19, Sepp Kuss, Jumbo-Visma, 54:22. 21, Bran-
don McNulty, UAE Team Emirates, 1:00:39. 23, Matteo
Jorgenson, Movistar Team, 1:15:28. 51, Joe Dombrowski,
Astana-Qazaqstan, 2:08:27. 65, Quinn Simmons, Trek Se-
gafredo, 2:40:25.
here with him.”
Now that Rodriguez has
been stamped as an emerging
superstar, it was pointed out
to him, the expectations have
been raised commensurately.
Not a problem, he replied.
“I don’t worry about expec-
tations. No matter how high
the expectations go, they’ll
never be higher than my own.”
France, meanwhile, had
to wait almost the entirety of
the game before stepping up
to the plate in the eighth as
a pinch-hitter. He flailed at a
nasty slider from the Cardi-
nals’ Ryan Helsley, who also
pumped up a couple pitches at
103 mph.
Yet that didn’t dampen
France’s upbeat mood as he
channeled the “good vibes
only” philosophy of Mariners
teammate Eugenio Suarez.
“It was an incredible experi-
ence, and I’m very grateful to
be here,” said France. “I didn’t
really know what to expect
coming in. It happened so fast
— and it ended really quick,
too.”
The silver lining? Now the
Mariners can try for consecu-
tive win No. 15. And for their
two All-Stars, it was just an-
other in a long line of victo-
ries.
FOOTBALL
49ers clear QB Garoppolo to practice and to seek
trade, per report — Jimmy Garoppolo can officially re-
turn to the practice field — and start searching for his next
home. The 49ers have now given their quarterback and his
agents permission to seek a trade, ESPN’s Adam Schefter re-
ported Wednesday afternoon, adding that Garoppolo has
also been cleared for practice after March shoulder surgery.
Of course, this is no surprise. The team has signaled its desire
for a trade since Garoppolo’s season-ending press conference
in which he said goodbye to the Bay Area media members
who had covered him since midway through the 2017 season.
The 49ers plan to go ahead with 2021 No. 3 overall pick Trey
Lance under center, clearing the way to move on from Garop-
polo and his cap hit of nearly $27 million.
GOLF
Stenson joins Saudi tour, removed as Ryder Cup cap-
tain — The Ryder Cup captaincy of Henrik Stenson lasted
all of four months. Ryder Cup Europe removed Stenson as
captain for the 2023 matches — still 14 months away from
being played in Italy — when the Swede decided to choose
the guaranteed money of the Saudi-funded rival league over
the Ryder Cup. The European tour and PGA Tour have sus-
pended players who signed up for LIV Golf, which is hand-
ing out massive signing bonuses to go along with its $25 mil-
lion prize fund in eight tournaments that feature 54 holes
and no cut. The third LIV Golf event is next week at Trump
National in New Jersey. Sky Sports was among the first to
report Stenson is leaving the European tour for the rival
league, a move he confirmed on Wednesday.
— Bulletin wire reports
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
10 20 23 49 65 22
Oregon
Lottery
results
as listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are:
2
Pac-12
Continued from A5
2. The exposure factor
The Pac-12 desperately
needs SDSU in order to main-
tain a presence in the greater
Southern California region,
both for media exposure and a
recruiting foothold.
Put another way: Without
the Aztecs, the conference
won’t have a campus within
300 miles of the talent pool
that fuels its roster building —
all while the Big Ten will have
greater access once USC and
UCLA begin play in 2024.
In that case, the Pac-12
might as well be the Big 12.
But there’s a second piece to
consider: Home to 3.3 million
people, San Diego County it-
self is a vital recruiting zone for
the conference.
The area has produced some
of the greatest players in Pac-12
history, including Marcus Al-
len, Reggie Bush, Junior Seau
and Lincoln Kennedy, plus
John Lynch and Eric Allen.
The list of San Diego pros-
pects who didn’t play in the
Pac-12 includes Terrell Davis,
Alex Smith, Ricky Williams
and Rashaan Salaam.
Not only would mem-
bership boost SDSU’s local
recruiting efforts, it would
strengthen the Pac-12’s con-
nection to the area.
11 22 32 33 43
The estimated jackpot is now $3.7 million.
San Diego
State’s
Caden
McDonald
during
a game
against
Fresno
State in
October
in Carson,
California.
3. The valuation factor
The process by which ESPN,
Jae C. hong/
aP file
Fox and other media compa-
nies value football programs
has changed since the Pac-12
expanded in 2011.
Back then, the number of
cable homes in a given school’s
region (Salt Lake City and
Denver, for example) was the
prime driver of revenue.
Now, brand value — the
ability to generate big ratings,
especially on broadcast net-
works — is critical.
But market size still matters.
Without the Los Angeles
schools, the Pac-12 is down 5.7
million homes in its footprint.
Adding SDSU mitigates the
loss. The Aztecs wouldn’t sub-
stantially increase revenue for
the 10 existing schools, but
they would provide enough
media valuation to justify
membership. San Diego has
1.1 million TV homes and is
the No. 27 market in the coun-
try, larger than the likes of
Kansas City, Cincinnati and
Oklahoma City, according to
Nielsen DMA data for 2021.
In fact, San Diego has more
TV homes than all but three
markets in the Big 12’s future
footprint (Dallas, Houston and
Orlando).
4. The resource factor
This fall, the Aztecs will
open Snapdragon Stadium,
a $310 million facility in the
Mission Valley district, which
is a few trolly stops from the
main campus.
The stadium seats 35,000
but was built to accommodate
an NFL team and can expand
to 55,000. It’s the only large
outdoor stadium in San Diego
County and will host a slew of
entertainment and sporting
events.
Those events will generate
a seven-figure annual revenue
stream for the athletic depart-
ment — revenue which can
be reinvested in football infra-
structure to allow the Aztecs
to quickly close ground with
Pac-12 schools. The stadium is
part of SDSU’s Mission Valley
development, a 1.6 million-
square-foot complex featur-
ing residential and retail space
that’s modeled on Arizona
State’s stadium district.
5. The academic factor
SDSU is not a member of
the prestigious Association
of American Universities, but
neither are Arizona State, Ore-
gon State or Washington State.
SDSU is 148th in the latest
U.S. News and World Report
rankings of national universi-
ties — higher than both OSU
and WSU.
It’s not an R1 research insti-
tution but believes that status
could come in the next year
based on research funding.
(The chief obstacle to SDSU
raising its academic profile
is a 60-year-old state law that
prevents California State Uni-
versity campuses from award-
ing doctorates. The Aztecs are
hoping to get that changed.)
Bottom line: College foot-
ball is transforming at warp
speed. Are the Pac-12 presi-
dents and chancellors smart
enough to accept the new real-
ity and reconsider longstand-
ing biases?
They have never deemed
schools in the CSU system
worthy of membership.
To that line of thinking, we
say: Evolve, or die.
Run the numbers and sketch
the future however you want.
In the aftermath of the L.A.
thunderbolt, the Pac-12 needs
San Diego State.