MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, Seattle beat Boston 5-4, the Angels edged Oakland 5-4, Toronto slid past Houston 2-1, Kansas City won against Tampa Bay 3-2, Minnesota beat Cleveland 10-6, Detroit bested the White Sox 11-6, and it was Baltimore over Texas 5-1.
In National League, Philadelphia topped San Francisco 13-8, Cincinnati defeated St. Louis 7-5, Pittsburgh bested Atlanta 5-3, the Cubs edged Miami 3-2, Colorado beat the Dodgers 7-3, Washington won against Arizona 10-4, and it was Milwaukee over San Diego 3-2.
In interleague play, the Mets topped the Yankees 7-1.
Don't look for Alex Rodriguez to get many at-bats as the Yankees focus on rebuilding their lineup, and A-Rod told reporters Tuesday that he's "at peace" with whatever the team does. Rodriguez has been largely limited to the DH position since last year and lost that job last month. He's had just six at-bats since July 22 and is batting .205.
Tennis:
Tennis legend Billie Jean King and her World Team Tennis league are back at Forest Hills, the same venue where King won four U.S. Open singles titles. The New York Empire is one of six teams in the league playing co-ed pro matches through August 13.
The USTA has unveiled the new retractable roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium, with officials saying it will be ready when the U.S. Open begins late this month. The roof is built to either close or open in less than 7 minutes. Plans for the roof were made after repeated rain delays in recent years for tournament matches.
NFL:
The New York Jets activated left guard James Carpenter yesterday after he had missed the first four days of training camp with a hamstring injury. Carpenter started every game for the Jets last season.
Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall punted a football over the bleachers in frustration at the end of what coach Todd Bowles calls a "sluggish" practice. After a teammate dropped a pass Tuesday, Marshall picked up the ball and booted it, just clearing the stands where campers and parents were sitting.
He jokes that he "almost got sued" because of the short punt, but says that type of emotion is OK to show people that subpar practice performances are not acceptable. Tuesday's session marked the fifth practice of training camp for the Jets. Bowles says Marshall's punt was no big deal. Marshall adds that he kicks balls every "five or six weeks."
In 2009, Marshall threw a well-publicized practice tantrum that got him suspended a week while with Denver, when he also punted a football, walked while the rest of the team ran during warmups and swatted away a pass thrown to him.
Olympics:
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have no plans to attend the Olympics. The White House says U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will lead the American delegation to the games. He'll be the highest-level U.S. official attending. The U.S. contingent will also include nine-time gold medal-winning swimmer Mark Spitz.
In other Olympic news:
— Fourth-ranked Stan Wawrinka is withdrawing from the men's tennis draw because of an undisclosed injury, leaving the Rio Games without half of the ATP's top 10. The two-time major champion joins Swiss teammate Roger Federer in skipping the Olympics. They won a doubles gold medal together at Beijing in 2008.
— The Court of Arbitration for Sport is expected to have decisions over the next few days on the appeals by some Russian athletes of their Olympics ban for doping. Three swimmers have had their cases adjourned until Tuesday, and a decision on the Russian Weightlifting Federation's case is likely tomorrow.
Sen. Charles Schumer, on the eve of the Summer Olympics, is calling on the House to follow his chamber's lead and make the cash prizes won by U.S. medalists tax-exempt in future games. The New York Democrat was heading Tuesday to the Winter Olympics training facility in Lake Placid to say the IRS shouldn't impose a victory tax on athletes who work hard training year-round.
The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent in July before the current recess began. The House is scheduled to return Sept. 6, after the summer games in Brazil are over. The U.S. Olympic Committee pays $25,000 to gold medal winners, $15,000 for silver medalists and $10,000 for bronze. The bill would also exempt prizes for Paralympic athletes. The exemption would not apply to commercial endorsements.
Junior Olympics:
They still have races left to run, but things are looking brighter for three homeless girls from New York City competing this week at the Junior Olympics in Houston. When Tai, Rainn and Brooke Sheppard left their shelter in Brooklyn this past weekend for their track club's trip to Texas, their mother couldn't afford to make the trip herself.
But as 10-year-old Rainn was being interviewed by media on Monday, Tonia Handy surprised her daughter with a giant hug. After The Associated Press wrote Friday about the family's challenges, a New York philanthropist had contacted Handy and bought her a plane ticket. Rainn won a gold medal in her first event Monday.
World Classic:
The Tokyo Dome will host first- and second-round games of next year's World Baseball Classic, and Seoul, South Korea, will also be a first-round site. Games in Group A of the first round and Group E of the second round will be played at the Tokyo Dome from March 7-16, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association said Tuesday. Group A includes Australia, China, Cuba and Japan.
Seoul will host Group B from March 7-11, which includes the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan and the winner of a qualifying group that includes Brazil, Britain, Israel and Pakistan, who play in New York at the Brooklyn Cyclones' ballpark from Sept. 22-25.
NASCAR:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss at least two more races while he recovers from a concussion. Earnhardt skipped the last three races and will continue to be replaced by four-time series champion Jeff Gordon behind the wheel in the No. 88 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. Earnhardt said on his weekly podcast that he continues to experience issues with balance and gaze stabilization.
NHL:
The Las Vegas expansion NHL team has hired Kelly McCrimmon as its assistant general manager under GM George McPhee. The 55-year-old led the Wheat Kings to the WHL title this past season after turning down a job in the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office last summer. He is a three time WHL executive of the year and was the Canadian Hockey League's executive of the year in 2009-10.
A 21-year-old Buffalo woman has sued Sabres forward Evander Kane, saying he seriously injured her in the hotel room where he lives. Documents filed July 1 in Erie County State Supreme on behalf of Rachel Kuechle Court say Kane met her in a bar, invited her to what he said was a party and then attacked her, causing cuts and bleeding that required multiple surgeries. Kane had been cleared in March of any criminal charges after authorities investigated the Dec. 27 encounter initially described as a possible sexual assault. His lawyer didn't immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday but has denied any wrongdoing by his client. Kane pleaded not guilty Monday to non-criminal harassment, disorderly conduct and trespass stemming from an unrelated incident at a bar in June.
NCAA:
The Ohio State Buckeyes top the first all-time Top 100 college football programs based on The Associated Press 80-year old college football rankings. The Buckeyes got the 1,112 points based on a formula that gives one point for each top 25 appearance, one point for a No. 1 ranking and 10 points for an AP championship. Ohio State has appeared in 852 of the 1103 polls since the inception of the AP ranking, good for a 77.2 percent showing. That was the best of all schools. Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Alabama and Southern California round out the top five and are followed by Nebraska, Michigan, Texas, Florida State and Florida.
North Carolina is holding off on self-imposed penalties while it challenges the NCAA's jurisdiction to pursue charges in the school's long-running academic fraud scandal. The school has publicly released its response to five potentially top-level NCAA charges, which include lack of institutional control. UNC is acknowledging problems tied to irregular courses in a department available to all students and popular with athletes. However, it argues that disciplinary action should be handled its own selected accreditation agency, not the NCAA.
Houston is the media's pick to repeat as American Athletic Conference champs, while USF is favored to win the conference's eastern division. Houston is coming off a 13-1 season. UConn was picked to finish fourth in the East.
NBA:
Glens Falls native and free agent, Jimmer Fredette is considering a move to a basketball team in China. The Post-Star reports that the 27-year-old point guard has an offer from a team owned by Yao Ming's former team. Fredette is still in talks with NBA teams so the deal is not yet set in stone.
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