Advertisement

Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2:15 PM ET on Friday, July 8

July 8 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:15 p.m. ET on Friday: - - - - For any coverage questions, please contact us.general-news@thomsonreuters.com - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Nets flash cash in Crabbe trap The Brooklyn Nets flashed the cash again on Thursday, handing a four-year, $75 million offer sheet to restricted free agent forward Allen Crabbe. The Portland Trail Blazers have three days to match the deal or allow Crabbe to leave for Brooklyn. (BKN-NETS-BLAZERS-CRABBE, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words, will be led) C Ezeli agrees to deal with Trail Blazers Festus Ezeli has agreed to a two-year, $15.2 million deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, multiple outlets reported Thursday. (BKN-BLAZERS-EZELI-NEWS, The Sports Xchange, moved, 325 words) Arrest made in hit-and-run of Simmons' cousin An arrest has been made in the hit-and-run that killed the cousin of Ben Simmons, the No. 1 overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in this year's NBA Draft. (BKN-76ERS-SIMMONSCOUSIN-NEWS, The Sports Xchange, moved, 300 words) Bogut, Barnes land in Dallas Former Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut and Harrison Barnes landed with the Dallas Mavericks. (BKN-MAVERICKS-WARRIORS-BOGUT-BARNES-NEWS, The Sports Xchange, moved, 420 words) NBA notebook News and notes from around the NBA. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7 p.m., The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - - - TENNIS Raonic ends Federer's run to reach first final LONDON - Milos Raonic made Roger Federer feel his age on Friday as the Canadian sharp-shooter bombarded Centre Court with a succession of 140 mph missiles to flatten the seven-times champion and reach his first grand slam final in five gripping sets. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/RAONIC (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Pritha Sarkar, 621 words) Murray outclasses Berdych to reach Wimbledon final LONDON - Britain's Andy Murray tormented Tomas Berdych to claim a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory and reach his third Wimbledon final on Friday, setting up a weekend showdown with Canadian Milos Raonic. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/MURRAY, moved, 179 words) - - - - NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AHL cracks down on fighting, will NHL drop the gloves? The American Hockey League's Board of Governors meeting in Hilton Head Island, S.C., concluded on Thursday with some interesting rule changes to affect the top minor-league affiliate of all 31 NHL clubs. (HKN-AHL-RULES-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) Ducks acquire G Bernier from Maple Leafs The Anaheim Ducks acquired goaltender Jonathan Bernier from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday in exchange for a conditional draft choice. (HKN-DUCKS-MAPLELEAFS-BERNIER-TRADE-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) NHL notebook News and notes from around the league. (HKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - GOLF LPGA: U.S. Women's Open, San Martin, California (to 10) Korean Lee sets pace with a sizzling 64 at CordeValle South Korea's Lee Mi-rim seized the spotlight in the opening round at CordeValle Golf Club, firing an eight-under-par 64 to match the second-best score ever recorded in the third of the year's five women's major championships. (GOLF-LPGA/OPEN, expect by 6 p.m., 300 words) South African golfer skipping majors for Olympics While several of the world's top-ranked golfers have cited the Zika virus in withdrawing from the Olympics, South African Jaco van Zyl is skipping two majors to make sure he is fresh for the Rio Games. (GLF-EUROPEAN-OLYMPICS-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Rubin: Midseason honors have Chicago flavor TSX baseball columnist Roger Rubin picks Matt Bryant as National League MVP and goes across town for his American League Cy Young winner. (BBO-AWARDS-COLUMN, moved, The Sports Xchange, by Roger Rubin, 919 words) Mets' Harvey to undergo season-ending surgery New York Mets right-handed starting pitcher Matt Harvey has elected to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. Harvey will have surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome in his right shoulder, and was told by surgeons he should be ready for the 2017 season. (BBO-METS-HARVEY-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 335 words) MLB notebook News and notes from spring training. (BBO-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) MLB roundup Capsule recaps of all games on today's schedule. Will move as updated throughout the evening. (BBO-ROUNDUP, expect first version by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) The Sports Xchange covers all MLB games (all times ET) Chi. Cubs at Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Baltimore 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Toronto 7:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland 7:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Texas 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee 8:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston 8:10 p.m. Atlanta at Chi. White Sox 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City 8:15 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers 10:10 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco 10:15 p.m. - - - - FIGHTING Silva replaces Jones as Cormier's UFC 200 opponent Daniel Cormier has a new opponent for UFC 200, as Anderson Silva will take the place of Jon Jones in a non-title light heavyweight fight. (MMA-SILVA-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - AUTO RACING Andretti Autosport aims to continue IndyCar success in Iowa NEWTON, Iowa - The IndyCar Series rolls into corn country this weekend with the very strong likelihood of Andretti Autosport being fed a lot of success. At least that's the team's history at Iowa Speedway, a short track 40 minutes east of Des Moines. IndyCar staged nine races here, with Michael Andretti's team winning seven, including the past six. (CAR-IRL-PREVIEW, moved, The Sports Xchange, 615 words) Kentucky notebook SPARTA, Ky. - Heavy storms on Friday washed out qualifying for Saturday's Sprint Cup race, putting Kevin Harvick on the pole. (CAR-SPRINT-XFINITY-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7 p.m., The Sports Xchange, special from NASCAR Wire Service, 500 words) - - - - SOCCER European Championship, France (to 10) Buildup begins to France v Portugal final We begin our buildup to the Euro 2016 final after hosts France joined Portugal in the showpiece by beating Germany 2-0 on Thursday. (SOCCER-EURO/ expect throughout) - - - - ATHLETICS U.S. Olympic trials (to 10) Women's hurdles showdown highlights U.S. trials EUGENE, Oregon - The five fastest 100 metre hurdlers in the world this year vie for three Olympic spots at the American trials. Allyson Felix begins competition in the 200m with semi-finals set in the men's 200 and qualifying in the 110 hurdles. Other finals include the men's steeplechase and discus. (ATHLETICS-OLYMPICS-USA/, expect by 11 p.m., by Gene Cherry, 400 words) - - - - GYMNASTICS U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials (to 10th) Biles, Douglas in spotlight as Olympic trials begin SAN JOSE - An all-star cast including world all-around champion Simone Biles and Olympic champion Gabby Douglas look to confirm their places on the U.S. Olympic team headed for Rio when 14 women begin two days of competition for five coveted spots. (GYMNASTICS-OLYMPICS-USA/, expect by 12:30 a.m., by Steve Keating, 400 words)