Baseball

• Padres-L-Dodgers (2-1)..Clayton Kershaw brilliant 11K-3hit performance..Adrian Gonzalez Sac Fly-broke up pitching duel OD Despaigne-allowed 7H…Kershaw shutout string ends at 41.2 innings-Chase Headley HR…Padres commit 4-errors…dropped 5-of-6.

• Angels-Trash-Texas (15-6)..Halos score 13-runs in first 3-innings against Colby Lewis..Mike Trout 3RHR-trigger onslaught

• Cubs-W-Cinn..Luis Valbuena 2R-Triple in 12th..Cubs snap 6-game losing streak-end Reds 5-game win string
• Phillies-Paste-Milwaukee..Phils score 7R-in-8th..sweep series
• A’s-Grind Up-Giants..Scott Kazmir 9K-7 shutout innings..A’s won 11-of-15..Giants lost 15-of-19
• Braves-Beat-Mets..Atlanta won 10-of-14
• Boston-Edges-White Sox..David Ortiz 2R-Double
• Baltimore-Wins-Washington..Steve Pearce HR..O’s won 8-of-10
• Indians-Dump-Yankees..Asdrubal Cabrera 3R-Triple
• Detroit-Drills-KCity..Tori Hunter HR-RBI-single

• Phillies-Cole Hamels-gives team list of 9-he would accept deal to..Dodgers-Gaints-Padres-Yankees-Red Sox-Cardinals-Braves-owed 100M
• Dodgers-Talk-Red Sox-deal John Lackey-P….Talk-Mets-Bartolo Colon-P…Talk-Texas-Joakim Soria-P
• Giants-White Sox-Talk-Dayan Viciedo-OF…Chicago wants pitching in return
• Yankees-Phillies-Talk-Cliff Lee-P…Yankees would have to take on 60M-left contract
• Mets-Cubs-Talk-Starlin Castro-SS-trade…Cubs want young pitching

• Yankees-MRI-Masahiro Tanaka-P-Elbow damage-Partial tear ligament-try to rehab 6W..likely surgery coming
• Yankees-DL-Carlos Beltran-Broken nose batting practice
• Cardinals-Yadier Molina-C-12W-Torn Thumb ligmanets
• Reds-Surgery-Brandon Phillips-2B-Torn Thumb ligament
• Royals-Surgery-Jason Vargas-P-4W-Appendectomy

• All Star Game…Chris Sale-White Sox..Anthon Rizzo-Cubs-voted as extra player by fans…Rizzo (8.8M)-Sale (6.7M) votes
• White Sox-Sign-lst round draft pick Carlos Rodon-P-North Carolina State..given 6.5M-deal-far above slot number
• Cubs-give Jason McLeod-2Y-Contract Extension…had been candidate for Padres GM-job

Basketball

• NBA-Free Agency-Held Hostage by LeBron James-waiting decision on where he signs
• LeBron James flies from Las Vegas to Miami..but then heads to Brazil for World Cup finals
• Lakers-Late pitch Carmelo Anthony-tried to impress his wife with officials from Time Warner Cable-Warner Brothers taking part in meetings to discuss possible TV-shows-movies for his wife-actress LaLa.
• Portland-FA-Sign-Steve Blake-G-Golden State
• Clippers-Hire-Mike Woodson-as lead assistant Doc Rivers-was ex-Knicks head coach.
• LA judge recess Donald Sterling trial 2-weeks..Shelly Sterling testify husband mentally unstable-violent mood swings, angry-constantly changing his mind…says banks are calling in loans from Sterling trust-need to sell the club.

Football

• NEngland-Refuse turn over 317-page report on mental-physical evaluations of TE-Aaron Hernandez…Prosecution wanted information to determine his background-mental state prior to the draft…facing 3-murder charges in Boston.

• NFL-Camps-Open in 2-weeks…3-high picks still unsigned…Browns-LB-Justin Gilbert…Tenn-OT-Taylor Lewan…Jacksonville-WR-Marquise Lee.

 Hockey

• Bryan Berrard-former 1st round draft pick-career ended by eye injury-suing insurance company for 18M-refusal to pay for career ending eye injury…Insurance carrier said he returned from injury to play with Rangers-Islanders..was not incapacitated.

General

• FIFA-rejects-Luis Suarez-Uruguay appeal of 9G-4 month-suspension for biting incident in World Cup.
• Brazil Soccer Federation-President Jose Marin-“We will all go to hell over horrid loss in World Cup”…enormous criticisim that Federation  more interested in making money-taking trips-gifts…accused of selling off best young players to European team.
• Brazil-Agent for superstar Neymar-rips coach Luis Scolari-non intelligent-non caring leader..been fired in Portugal..chelsea..Palmiras clubs…what makes him eligible to coach Brazil World Cup side.
• World Cup-Finals-Sunday..Germany goes after 4th Cup-vs-Argentina..great matchups goalies Memo Neurer and Sergio Romero…and goal scoring stars Thomas Muller-vs-Lionel Messi.

• NASCAR-New Hampshire 400-Sunday

• Indy Car-Iowa 300-Sunday

• Formula 1-has weekend off

•  Tour-de-France..Defending champ Chris Froome quits after 3-crashes in 3-days..Angry over race course run on cobblestone roads on French-Belgium border…suffered wrist-knee-back injuries.

• Golf-Paul Azinger-criticizes Tiger Woods…hiring 3-different swing coaches…none of whom ever played high level in golf..ruined his shotmaking ability.

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