MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, the Blue Jays remain atop the AL East with a 1 ½ game lead over New York after the Yankees beat Boston 3-1, Toronto topped Cleveland 5-3 in 10 innings, Tampa Bay crushed Baltimore 11-2, Minnesota beat the White Sox 8-6, Detroit edged Kansas City 6-5, Seattle bested Houston 7-5, and it was the Angels over Oakland 6-2.
In the National League, Philadelphia topped the Mets 14-8 but it didn’t affect their standing in the NL East maintaining their 6 ½ game lead over the Nationals, St. Louis trumped Washington 8-5, the Cubs slid past Cincinnati 5-4, Milwaukee won against Pittsburgh 7-4, and it was the Dodgers over San Francisco 2-1.
In interleague play, Texas beat San Diego 8-6.
NFL:
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is praising Albany native Dion Lewis. Lewis is a running back currently in his fourth year at the University of Pittsburgh and scored two touchdowns in past two preseason games.
The New York Giants have place starting left tackle Will Beatty on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, in reducing their roster to 74 players. The team has also placed safeties Bennett Jackson and Josh Gordy on injured reserve and waived 11 other players.
The New York Jets have placed second-year tight end Jace Amaro on season-ending injured reserve with a shoulder injury. Amaro has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. The injury occurred in the Jets' preseason opener at Detroit and was initially thought to be a sprain.
The New England Patriots have acquired wide receiver Jalen Saunders in a trade with the New Orleans Saints in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick. Saunders saw his first NFL action with the New York Jets and Saints last season.
A New York judge has reiterated that he'll rule by Friday whether New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game suspension for "Deflategate."
Judge Richard Berman issued a one-sentence order Tuesday saying he planned to rule by Friday whether the NFL properly followed its collective bargaining agreement with players when it suspended Brady for his role in using underinflated footballs in a playoff game. He said at a hearing Monday attended by Brady and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he hoped to rule Tuesday or Wednesday, but would decide by Friday for sure.
His order Tuesday came out after an apparently new and bogus Twitter account with his photograph claimed he would rule by 4 p.m. Tuesday. The tweet did not come from his chambers. The NFL wants Brady's suspension upheld. The NFL Players Association wants it struck down.
NBA:
Former Georgetown basketball player Patrick Ewing Jr. has returned as director of basketball operations.
Coach John Thompson III made the announcement Tuesday. Ewing Jr. is the son of former Georgetown All-American and NBA Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing.
Thompson says he's glad to have the younger Ewing "back home," and as a player he "saw the game through the eyes of a coach."
After graduating in 2008, he was a second-round pick by the Sacramento Kings. He also played for the Rockets, Knicks and Hornets, appearing in seven games for New Orleans in 2010-11. He also played overseas in Germany, Spain, Greece and Qatar.
Tennis:
The U.S. Open is the only Grand Slam tournament where Petra Kvitova has never reached the semifinals. She has never even been to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows. Says she's not a big fan of all the hustle and bustle of the place.
That might be so, but the two-time Wimbledon champion had zero problems in the first round Tuesday night, needing about an hour for a 6-1, 6-1 victory over 126th-ranked Laura Siegemund, a qualifier from Germany.
Kvitova, seeded fifth, arrived in New York coming off a hard-court tuneup title in New Haven, Connecticut, and looked good in the final match of the U.S. Open's first round.
Second seeds Roger Federer and Simona Halep were among the first-round winners at the U.S. Open this afternoon.
Federer dropped just five games in his straight-sets victory. Halep was leading 6-2, 3-0 when Marina Erakovic retired.
Other winners on the men's side include third seed Andy Murray, fifth seed Stan Wawrinka, sixth seed Tomas Berdych and No. 12 Richard Gasquet. Eleventh seed Gilles Simon was beaten by American Donald Young, who rallied from a two-sets-to-love deficit.
Fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki advanced on the women's side, as did fifth seed Petra Kvitova, No. 9 Garbine Muguruza, No. 11 Angelique Kerber and No. 16 Sara Errani. Women's sixth seed Lucie Safarova was knocked out in straight sets.
Horse Racing:
Experts on thoroughbred racing and retired horses say the last few years have seen progress but more funding and homes are needed to save many aging racehorses from eventual neglect or slaughter.
The New York State Gaming Commission is reviewing measures available for horses that can live for 30 years after careers lasting only three or four years. The review follows 2011 task force recommendations to do a better job tracking retired horses and to dedicate 0.5 percent of New York purses to retirement.
The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, established three years ago, last year accredited 42 aftercare organizations and granted $2.4 million from funds collected industry participants. Among charitable groups, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation cares for more than 900 horses at 24 farms in 13 states.
-Ratings:
The second-place finish of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at the Travers Stakes was watched by 3.4 million viewers on NBC.
The network announced the numbers Tuesday. American Pharoah was beaten by 16-1 long shot Keen Ice by three-quarters of a length on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
It was the most-watched Travers Stakes in the last 20 years, with 2.0 million viewers during the full telecast. It had 3.4 million viewers on ABC when Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner Thunder Gulch won the event on Aug. 19, 1995.
WNBA:
In the WNBA playoffs, New York beat Atlanta 80-75 in overtime and it was Indiana over Connecticut 81-51.
Wrestling:
Former professional wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka has been charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend in eastern Pennsylvania more than three decades ago.
Prosecutors on Tuesday announced the results of a grand jury investigation of Snuka in the death of 23-year-old Nancy Argentino of Brooklyn, New York.
Argentino was pronounced dead after authorities were called to a hotel room near Allentown in May 1983.
Seventy-two-year-old Snuka, now living in Waterford Township, New Jersey, wrote in his 2012 autobiography that he was innocent in her death, which he said ruined his life. He said he never hit or threatened her.
Court records indicate that Snuka was arraigned Tuesday afternoon and sent to Lehigh County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Olympics:
Los Angeles is hoping to host the Summer Olympics for the third time.
Mayor Eric Garcetti says his city is "the world's greatest stage" as it prepares to win the 2024 Summer Olympics, calling it "a quest that Los Angeles was made for." The U.S. Olympic Committee announced that L.A. will be its bid city in an attempt to secure the Summer Games for the first time since it was in Atlanta 19 years ago. The International Olympic Committee will pick the host city in 2017.
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun announced the selection of L.A. replacing Boston, which pulled out of contention last month amid serious concerns of cost overruns and a groundswell of citizens against the proposal. L.A. is up against Rome, Paris, Hamburg, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary, for the right to host the Games. L.A. hosted the Summer Games in 1932 and 1984.
It took 11 years, but Australian cyclist Michael Rogers has his bronze medal. Rogers finished fourth in the 2004 Games in Athens but since then, Tyler Hamilton of the United States has been stripped of the gold medal for doping. The new standings show Rogers in third and with a bronze.
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