US Open Day 7 TV Schedule

Arthur Ashe Stadium (11:15 AM ET, CBS)
Ladies' Singles Round of 16: (13)Errani/Lucic-Baroni
Ladies' Singles Round of 16: (5)Sharapova/(10)Wozniacki
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: Granollers/(2)Federer

Louis Armstrong Stadium (11:15 AM ET, CBS Sports Network)
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (26)Simon/(4)Ferrer
Ladies' Doubles 3rd Round: V. Williams/S. Williams//(12)Muguruza/Suarez Navarro
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (6)Berdych/Gabashvili
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (20)Monfils/(12)Gasquet

Grandstand (12:15 ET, CBS Sports Network)
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (14)Cilic/(18)Anderson
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (19)Lopez/Thiem
Ladies' Singles Round of 16: (14)Safarova/Peng

Court 17 (2:15 ET, CBS Sports Network)
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: Mannarino/(17)Bautista Agut

Arthur Ashe Stadium (7:15 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Ladies' Singles Round of 16: Bencic/(9)Jankovic
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (7)Dimitrov/Goffin

US Open Day 6 TV Schedule

3rd Round Coverage (11:15 AM ET, CBS, 11:15 AM ET, CBS Sports Network, 3:30 ET, CBS Sports Network)
Gentlemen's Singles 3rd Round: (1)Djokovic/Querrey (1:15 ET, CBS)
Primetime at the US Open, feat. (7)Bouchard and Kyrgios (7:15 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)

US Open Day 5 TV Schedule

2nd and 3rd Round Coverage

Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (9)Jankovic (11:15 AM ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)

Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (19)V. Williams and (4)Ferrer (1:15 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)

Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, and outer courts, feat. (7)Dimitrov, (20)Monfils, and others (1 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)

Primetime at the US Open, presented by IBM, feat. (2)Federer (7:15 ET, ESPN2, ESPN3)

Match of the night: (5)Sharapova/(26)Lisicki approx. 10 ET (ESPN2, ESPN3)

US Open Day 4 TV Schedule

2nd Round Coverage feat. (16)Azarenka (11:15 AM ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (1)S. Williams and (1)Djokovic (1:15 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)
Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, and outer courts, feat. (13)Isner, (27)Keys, and Bellis (1 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Primetime at the US Open, presented by IBM, feat. (8)Murray and (7)Bouchard (6 ET, ESPN2, ESPN3)

UPSET ALERT

(5)Sharapova lost the first set 4-6 to Dulgheru.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Sloane Stephens was a set and 3-love up before she lost the match and was upset.

US Open Day 3 TV Schedule

1st and 2nd Round Coverage
2nd Round feat. (21)Stephens (11:15 AM ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (6)Berdych and (5)Sharapova (1:15 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)
Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, and outer courts, feat. (4)Halep, (2)Radwanska, and others (1 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Primetime at the US Open, presented by IBM, feat. (19)V. Williams and (3)Wawrinka (6 ET, ESPN2, ESPN3)

UPSET COMPLETE

15-year-old Catherine Bellis just upset Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova.

UPSET ALERT

Azarenka lost first set to Doi 6-7 (ESPN, ESPN3)

US Open Day 2 TV Schedule

1st Round Coverage feat. Riske (11:15 AM ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (13)Isner and (3)Kvitova (1 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)
Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, and outer courts, feat. Querrey, (7)Bouchard, (4)Ferrer, (27)Keys, and others (1 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)
Primetime at the US Open, presented by IBM, feat. (2)Federer and (1)S. Williams (6 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)
I'm going to post this video every day just because it's so epic, and we won't be able to see it on air after this year.

US Open Day 1 TV Schedule

1st Round Coverage feat. (2)Halep (11 AM ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)

Arthur Ashe Stadium feat. (19)V. Williams and (3)Wawrinka (1 ET, ESPN, ESPN3)

Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, and outer courts, feat. (8)Murray, (21)Stephens, and others (1 ET, Tennis Channel, TC+)

Primetime at the US Open feat. (5)Sharapova and (1)Djokovic (6 ET, ESPN2, ESPN3)
It's too bad this is the last year of this amazing theme:

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Takuma Takahashi, little league pitcher for Japan, pitched an 11-K CG and also hit a HR himself!

Bud Selig's replacement expected to be announced today

Things Bud Selig did for baseball (likelihood new commissioner will change them back):

-Introduced interleague play (unlikely)
-Stated Pete Rose might play role at 2015 All-Star Game (likely)
-Introduced PED testing (unlikely)
-Interleague play every day (unlikely)
-New playoff format with wild cards (unlikely)
-Beginning in 2011, commitment to ending postseason in October (possible)
-World Series homefield advantage is determined by All-Star Game (very likely)
-Starting regular season overseas (possible)

Streak watch (potential 9th win tonight)

The Royals are on an eight-game winning streak, and they've used it to take over first place. After confusion in Pittsburgh last night in which Justin Verlander pitched 40 pitches in the first followed by not knowing whether he (or Scherzer or Porcello, who also put on helmets) was going to bat in the second, the disarray in Detroit has led them to now be a ½-game behind the Royals in the AL Central.

Next Royals game: at home vs. Athletics (7:10 CT)
Only on local TV: In KC, Fox Sports Kansas City; In OAK, CSN California
Pitching matchup: Jeremy Guthrie (8-9) vs. Jon Lester (12-7)

New tee times

2:40, 2:49, 2:58, 3:07, 3:16, 3:25, 3:34, 3:43, 3:52, 4:01, 4:10, 4:19

They should still finish before the 8:43 sunset.

Play suspended at Valhalla

Due to severe rain. There are 13 pairings who have yet to tee off, and sunset in Louisville tonight is at 8:43.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

CHC rookie SS Javier Baez is the only player this century to hit 3 HR in his first 3 career games.

Television schedule for the three remaining rounds of the PGA Championship

2nd Round Coverage (1 ET, TNT)
3rd Round Coverage (11 AM ET, TNT, 2 ET, CBS)
Final Round Coverage (11 AM ET, TNT, 2 ET, CBS)

PGA Championship Day 1 TV Schedule

1st Round Coverage (1 ET, TNT)

STAT OF THE NIGHT: the AL West

The two best teams in baseball are the A's (69-44) and the Angels (67-46), but it's not only in wins that they lead both leagues! The A's have a leagues-leading team run differential of +164, an astounding 74 runs better than the second-best Angels at +90. Credit goes to reader Cordelia Tuan of Piedmont, CA.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Before Brett Anderson was injured in the Rockies' 6-5 loss to the Cubs Tuesday night (F/12), he was the Rockies' 20th straight lefthanded starter, tying a Major League record set by the 1982 Kansas City Royals.

The streak will end with rightie Jordan Lyles scheduled to pitch Wednesday.

Using East Coast media bias to turn a non-story into a story

Blog post here: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys/post/_/id/4731167/why-the-cowboys-pushed-back-practice?ex_cid=espnapi_public

The Cowboys practice on the West Coast in Oxnard, CA, making it not at all strange for them to start practice at "8:15 p.m. ET." Note that not once in the post is it mentioned (for the casual fan's sake) that the Cowboys practice on the West Coast where it was a perfectly reasonable time of 5:15 at practice's start. Sunset in Oxnard tonight was at 7:55 (10:55 p.m. ET). The post seems overly intent in acting shocked at the "late" start time, and I'm surprised Garrett even answered such questions or was even asked them about a 5:15 practice.

The article also assumes the reader is in the Eastern Time Zone (or perhaps the Central) when starting "By the time you read this, you probably have had dinner, watched the nightly news and are settling in for your favorite TV show, especially if you are a multi-tasker. " which was posted at 7:45/6:45c. By then continuing into "The Cowboys have yet to start their practice. " the post tries to draw a connection between the reader's dinnertime and the Cowboys' practice time, where there isn't one, especially because the (assumed) location of the reader and the location of the practice are 3 time zones apart. Even if the events were happening the same time zone, it is a non-issue for practice time to be happening after dinnertime. The two are completely unconnected, and this article only serves to continue to show the media's bias towards the East Coast, solely for the purpose of writing a blog post about nothing.

I understand that by this post, I may also be accused of turning a non-issue into an issue for the sake of a post, but I do think this is an issue. East Coast media bias needs to stop.

STAT OF THE NIGHT

Following last Thursday's trade deadline, the Tigers now have all the last 3 AL Cy Young Award winners.
(2013: Max Scherzer, 2012: David Price, 2011: Justin Verlander).

highlight of the night

from yesterday

down 6 with 25 to go

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