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TIME EVENT ON THE AIR

AUTO RACING

6 a.m. Formula One, Italian Grand Prix TV:ESPN2

7:30 a.m. NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Big Machine Vodka

400 at the Brickyard, qualifying

TV:NBCSN

11 a.m. NASCAR Monster Energy Series, Big Machine Vodka

400 at the Brickyard

TV: 4

BASEBALL

10 a.m. Philadelphia at New York Mets TV:TBS

11 a.m. Angels at Chicago White Sox TV:FSW R: 830

1 p.m. San Francisco at Dodgers TV:SNLA

R:570, 1020

1 p.m. Detroit at Oakland TV:MLB

5 p.m. New York Yankees at Boston TV:ESPN, ESPND

BASKETBALL

1 p.m. WNBA, Minnesota at Sparks TV:ESPN2

COLLEGE SOCCER

5 p.m. Women, Oklahoma at Arizona State TV:Pac-12

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Noon Women, Texas at Stanford TV:Pac-12

GOLF

3:30 a.m. PGA Tour, Porsche European Open, final round TV:Golf

HORSE RACING

10 a.m. Belmont Park Live TV:FS2

Noon America’s Day at the Races TV:Prime

1 p.m. Trackside Live! Los Alamitos TV:TVG

6 p.m. The Quarters featuring Los Alamitos TV:TVG

MOTORCYCLE RACING

6 a.m. Superbike, FIM World Championship, race 2 TV:beIN1

7 a.m. Superbike, FIM World Supersport (300) TV:beIN1

PRO FOOTBALL

10 a.m. Rams at Carolina TV: 11 R:710,

93.1, 1330

1 p.m. Indianapolis at Chargers TV: 2 R:640, 980

1:15 p.m. New York at Dallas TV: 11

5:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at New England TV: 4

SOCCER

6 a.m. UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Armenia vs. Bosnia and

Herzegovina

TV:UDN

7 a.m. Spain, Girona vs. Vallecano TV:beINES

9 a.m. Spain, Mirandes vs. Oviedo TV:beIN1, beINES

9 a.m. UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Georgia vs. Denmark TV:UDN

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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Spain vs. Faroe Islands TV:KFTR, UDN,

Unimas

11:30

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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Sweden vs. Norway TV:ESPNews

4 p.m. International Friendly, America vs. Chivas TV:UDN

6 p.m. CONCACAF League of Nations, Panama vs. Bermuda TV:UDN

TENNIS

10 a.m. U.S. Open, women’s doubles final TV:ESPN

1 p.m. U.S. Open, men’s final TV:ESPN, ESPND

8 p.m. WTA Hiroshima, Zhengzhou, Nanchang, early rounds TV:Tennis

TODAY ON THE AIR

Dwyane Wade

laughs as he

talks about

adjusting to

retired life in

the San Fer-

nando Valley.

“You can

definitely call me a local

because I have to pay taxes

here,” Wade said. “My family

is here, so most of my time

will be spent here now sup-

porting my family, but I also

have a family in the Miami

Heat that I’m going to go

back and show love to.”

Wade and his wife, Ga-

brielle Union, purchased

their 8,650-square-foot

Sherman Oaks home last

year for just under $6 million

with their sights set on

settling there after Wade

finished his 17th and final

NBA season with the Heat

in April. As Wade gets used

to rush-hour traffic in L.A.,

his oldest son, Zaire, is

getting acclimated to

playing high school basket-

ball with LeBron James Jr.,

who goes by Bronny, at

Sierra Canyon in

Chatsworth.

LeBron James and Wade

have been close friends

since they were selected in

the 2003 NBA draft and

were teammates from 2010

to 2014 with the Heat; going

to four straight NBA Finals

and winning back-to-back

titles. They never thought

they would be reunited on

the sidelines of a high school

gym in Southern California,

watching their sons play.

“It’s crazy,” Wade said.

“It’s something we never

even talked about. Even

when we were together in

Miami, they didn’t go to the

same school. At this time in

both of their high school

lives, to be able to put them

together to hopefully do

something special this year

at Sierra Canyon is great.

They also have two other

great young players in Ziaire

Williams and Brandon

Boston. We’re really excited

about this season. It’s going

to be fun.”

The wheels on this one-

year pairing — Zaire Wade

will be a senior while Bronny

James will be a freshman —

were set in motion last year

when James signed a four-

year, $154-million contract

with the Lakers and Wade

closed on his current home.

When Wade asked James

about possible schools for

his kids to attend, the idea

of their sons going to the

same school made sense.

“It really boiled down to

being in the same city,”

Wade said. “LeBron knew

we were going to move here

when I was done playing,

and he obviously moved

here a year before us when

he decided to come to the

Lakers. So we went through

the same decisions they had

gone through. What school

was the best school for our

kids? Bronny was at Cross-

roads, and we definitely

thought about Crossroads

as well, but Sierra Canyon is

obviously a powerhouse

school after winning the last

two state championships.

So for us, it was a great

basketball school as well as

a great school for academ-

ics. That was the best school

for both of them.”

Although Wade retired

last season, he is on the

cover of the “Legend Edi-

tion” of the “NBA 2K20”

video game, with Lakers

forward Anthony Davis on

the cover of the standard

edition of the game, which

was released Friday. Is there

any chance Wade could be

inspired to play one more

season with James after

watching their sons team up

for one season?

“I’m done, but my trainer

is going to keep me in shape

just in case something hap-

pens,” Wade said, smiling.

“I’m going to stay in shape

because you never know.

Never say never.”

Staying in shape for

Wade might actually include

him working out with James

before games at the Lakers’

training facility in El Se-

gundo and at Staples Cen-

ter, which will undoubtedly

lead to rumors of a potential

reunion this season.

“You’re definitely going

to see me out there,” Wade

said. “I’ll be there early to

work out with LeBron be-

fore the game starts. I just

want to stay around it and

be as involved as I can.”

If Wade doesn’t return to

the NBA as a player, don’t

look for him to sign with a

team in an official capacity

just yet. He’s enjoying retire-

ment life as a father, mentor

and occasional workout

partner and isn’t looking to

be tied down to one organi-

zation.

“The cool thing is I have a

great relationship with all

the players,” Wade said. “It’s

already something I do. I’ve

been working out in the gym

with guys like Ben Simmons

and Josh Hart this summer

in L.A. I’m able to pass my

knowledge down to them, so

it’s not necessary for me to

have an official role with a

team to do that. I love the

game of basketball, and any

time I can get in the gym

with one of these younger

players, I’m going to do it no

matter what.”

Wade’s rationale sounds

similar to the reasoning

Magic Johnson gave when

he surprisingly stepped

down as the Lakers’ presi-

dent of basketball

operations before the final

game of the regular season.

During his impromptu news

conference that day, John-

son said he thought about

Wade and his inability to

tweet at him or be at his

final game because of his

job.

“I was shocked when he

mentioned me when he

resigned,” Wade said. “Mag-

ic lives an amazing life. I just

got done seeing him in

Saint-Tropez, as he’s cele-

brating his 60th birthday.

He wanted to get back to

that life. I was just apprecia-

tive that I was someone that

he thought of and how he

wanted to get a chance to

see me play or to reach out

before my last game. I wish

he could have been there,

but it was cool that he said

that.”

No matter what Wade

decides to do in the future,

he anticipates spending

much of his time this year

around basketball, both at

Sierra Canyon as he

watches his son and James’

son on the court together,

and at Staples Center as he

watches James try to lead

the Lakers back to the NBA

Finals.

“I think L.A. sports is in

an amazing place right now

with football, basketball,

baseball and even high

school sports, and I look

forward to being a fan and

rooting all these teams on,”

Wade said. “Obviously with

LeBron being on the Lakers,

I have a dog in the fight, but

you have the Lakers and

Clippers, two of the best

teams in the league and the

hottest tickets in town.

People want to go watch

both of these teams because

they’re both in the running

to come out of the West and

play in the Finals. They

could play each other in the

Western Conference finals,

which would be great. Gold-

en State still has the heart of

a champion with everyone

they have coming back, but

I think L.A. is going to win

the championship.”

NOW RETIRED, former NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade, left, says he’s looking forward to watching his son,

Zaire, play ball for Sierra Canyon. Zaire is a senior while Bronny James, son of LeBron James, is a freshman.

Cassy AthenaGetty Images

Wade enjoying life just

being a basketball father

ARASH MARKAZI

Major League Baseball
National League
Favorite Underdog
at Cincinnati -122 Arizona +112
at New York -163 Philadelphia +153
Washington -122 at Atlanta +112
at Pittsburgh OFF St. Louis OFF
at Milwaukee -105 Chicago -105
at DODGERS -230 San Francisco +210
at San Diego -160 Colorado +150
American League
Favorite Underdog
Texas -138 at Baltimore +128
at Tampa Bay -200 Toronto +180
ANGELS -121 at Chicago +111
at Minnesota OFF Cleveland OFF
at Houston -430 Seattle +400
at Oakland -265 Detroit +235
New York -115 at Boston +105
Interleague
Favorite Underdog
at Miami -107 Kansas City -103

NFL

Sunday

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

at Minnesota 31 ⁄ 2 (47) Atlanta

at Philadelphia 101 ⁄ 2 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) Washington

at N.Y. Jets 21 ⁄ 2 (40^1 ⁄ 2 ) Buffalo

Baltimore 7 (40) at Miami

at Tampa Bay 1 (50^1 ⁄ 2 ) San Francisco

Kansas City 31 ⁄ 2 (51) at Jacksonville

at Cleveland 51 ⁄ 2 (45) Tennessee

RAMS 1 (50) at Carolina

Detroit 21 ⁄ 2 (46) at Arizona

at Seattle 91 ⁄ 2 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) Cincinnati

at CHARGERS 61 ⁄ 2 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) Indianapolis

at Dallas 7 (45^1 ⁄ 2 ) N.Y. Giants

at New England 51 ⁄ 2 (49) Pittsburgh

Monday

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

at New Orleans 7 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) Houston

Denver 2 (42^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Oakland

Updated odds at Pregame.com

ODDS

The MVP was good. The

USA was better.

And the Antetokounmpo

getting talked about most by

the Americans when this

much-anticipated World

Cup matchup was over

wasn’t Giannis — but rather

Thanasis, the younger

brother, who sent U.S. for-

ward Harrison Barnes

sprawling with an ill-advised

foul from behind on a fast

break in the final moments.

Barnes avoided injury,

and the U.S. avoided defeat.

Kemba Walker scored 15

points and handed out six

assists, Donovan Mitchell

scored 10 points on his 23rd

birthday and the U.S. beat

Greece 69-53 to move on the

cusp of qualifying for the

quarterfinals.

“We played well,” Walker

said. “We had a great game

plan and we stuck to it and

we were able to come out

with a big win.”

Giannis Antetokoun-

mpo, the NBA’s MVP from

the Milwaukee Bucks,

scored 15 points but sat out

the fourth quarter in a move

Greek officials said was

made to rest him for the

team’s last-ditch effort to

make the quarterfinals on

Monday. He didn’t make

himself available for

postgame comment, telling

officials that he was too up-

set.

The U.S. national team

has won 57 consecutive

games in international tour-

naments with NBA players,

starting with the 2006 world

championships bronze-

medal game and continuing

through every FIBA Ameri-

cas, world championships,

World Cup and Olympic

event since.

NFL

Falcons give

Jones extension

One day before the sea-

son opener, Atlanta Falcons

receiverJulio Jones got his

long-awaited contract ex-

tension , agreeing to a three-

year, $66-million deal.

The extension is nearly

fully guaranteed when he

signs. It locks in Jones

through the 2023 season and

removes a potentially major

headache for the Falcons be-

fore Sunday’s game at Min-

nesota. The deal was an-

nounced as the team was de-

parting for Minneapolis.

The Seattle Seahawks

signed Cardale Jones to

their practice squad, ac-

cording to the NFL Network.

Jones spent the preseason

with the Chargers. ... The

Dallas Cowboys released

running back Alfred Morris

to make room on the roster

for Ezekiel Elliott for Sun-

day’s season opener against

the New York Giants.... The

Cleveland Browns unveiled

a bronze statue of Otto Gra-

ham outside FirstEnergy

Stadium for the late Hall of

Fame quarterback.

ETC.

Kings re-sign

Campbell

The Kings re-signed goal-

ie Jack Campbell to a two-

year contract extension

worth $1.65 million annually,

the team announced. The

contract goes into effect

next season and ensures

he’ll be with the Kings

through the 2021-22 season.

Campbell finished third

in the NHL with a .928 save

percentage and fifth with a

2.30 goals-against average in

31 games last season as a

backup to Jonathan Quick.

The former first-round draft

pick by the Dallas Stars has

revived his career since he

was acquired by the Kings in

2 016.

Kyle Busch held off

Justin Allgaier for the final

four laps to win the

NASCAR Xfinity race at In-

dianapolis by 0.132 seconds.

The victory was the 96th of

Busch’s career, the most by

any driver in series history.

Khabib Nurmagomedov

(28-0) preserved his un-

beaten streak with a third-

round submission win over

interim titleholder Dustin

Poirier in a unification bout

at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi.

Duke says an investiga-

tion has found no evidence

that former basketball star

Zion Williamson received

improper benefits. The in-

vestigation came after law-

yer Michael Avenatti ac-

cused Nike of paying

Williamson’s mother to per-

suade him to attend a Nike-

affiliated school.

THE DAY IN SPORTS

U.S. passes MVP test in World Cup

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