MLB-SCHEDULE
Angels and Orioles open series
UNDATED (AP) β After a weekend that featured several matchups of division leaders squaring off, the new week in baseball starts with little drama. The lone game tonight that features two top teams has Baltimore playing in Anaheim against the Angels. In the American League East, the Orioles are first by three games over the Yankees while in the AL West, the Angels are 1 Β½ games back of first-place Oakland.
Three pitchers tonight are looking for their 11th win of the season. In Pittsburgh Hyun-Jin Ryu (hee-YUHN’-jihn YOO) of the Dodgers starts the night with a mark of 10-5 while in Milwaukee Wily Peralta (WIH’-lee peh-RAHL’-tah) of the Brewers takes a 10-6 record against the Reds. In the lone American League game with a 10-game winner on the mound, John Lackey of the Red Sox is facing the Blue Jays in Toronto.
Tampa Bay starts the day with the longest current winning streak at five in a row, while two teams, the Rockies and Cubs, have each lost five in a row.
TOUR DE FRANCE
Day of rest
UNDATED (AP) β The world’s best cyclists are taking the day off. The 15th stage of the Tour de France took place yesterday with Alexander Kristoff of Norway winning. In the overall standings the leader remains Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali.
The race to Paris continues on Tuesday with the 16th stage and ends this Sunday when the competitors race down the Champs-Elysees (shamz ay-lee-ZAY’).
GOLF-MCILROY
What’s next for Rory
UNDATED (AP) β At the age of 25, Rory McIlroy is now among golfing royalty. Along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, he is the only 25 year old to have won three major tournaments. On Sunday he won the British Open to go along with his wins in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
He has moved to No. 2 in the world behind Adam Scott and even though the PGA Championship is three weeks away, his eyes already are looking ahead to Augusta National in April. A win would make him just the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam.
NBA-CLIPPERS
Future of team remains uncertain
LOS ANGELES (AP) β The soap opera known as “Who will own the Clippers” is set to resume in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Testimony continues today in a probate trial over whether a deal negotiated by Donald Sterling’s estranged wife to sell the team for $2 billion is authorized under a Sterling family trust. Sterling, the volatile owner of the team, agreed to the sale but then tried to revoke consent in spite of a signed letter instructing his wife Shelly Sterling to sell for the highest price she could get.
A probate trial to resolve the matter has been underway since last month but was in recess for a week. With three days of hearings ahead, Donald Sterling’s lawyers suggested they would call the battling couple back to the witness stand separately to address unanswered questions.
