Los Angeles Times - 07.08.2019

D2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

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Major League Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Favorite Underdog
at DODGERS -140 St. Louis +130
at NEW YORK -195 Miami +180
Washington -108 at SAN FRANCISCO -102
at PITTSBURGH No line Milwaukee No line
at ARIZONA -147 Philadelphia +137
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Favorite Underdog
at TAMPA BAY No line Toronto No line
at CLEVELAND -165 Texas +155
Chicago -110 at DETROIT +100
New York -200 at BALTIMORE +180
at BOSTON -270 Kansas City +240
INTERLEAGUE
Favorite Underdog
at MINNESOTA -120 Atlanta +110
at HOUSTON -315 Colorado +285
at CHICAGO CUBS -145 Oakland +135
San Diego -145 at SEATTLE +135

NFL

THURSDAY

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

at ARIZONA 2 (36) CHARGERS

N.Y. Jets 11 ⁄ 2 (33) at N.Y. GIANTS

Indianapolis 21 ⁄ 2 (34^1 ⁄ 2 ) at BUFFALO

New England 11 ⁄ 2 (36) at DETROIT

Washington 1 (35) at CLEVELAND

at MIAMI 31 ⁄ 2 (35^1 ⁄ 2 ) Atlanta

at PHILADELPHIA 31 ⁄ 2 (37) Tennessee

at BALTIMORE 4 (31^1 ⁄ 2 ) Jacksonville

at GREEN BAY 2 (35^1 ⁄ 2 ) Houston

at CHICAGO 3 (36) Carolina

at SEATTLE 1 (36) Denver

FRIDAY

at PITTSBURGH 21 ⁄ 2 (37) Tampa Bay

at NEW ORLEANS 21 ⁄ 2 (37) Minnesota

SATURDAY

at OAKLAND 51 ⁄ 2 (36) RAMS

at KANSAS CITY 31 ⁄ 2 (37) Cincinnati

at SAN FRANCISCO 4 (36) Dallas

ODDS

TIME EVENT ON THE AIR

BASEBALL

10 a.m. Atlanta at Minnesota TV:MLB

Noon St. Louis at Dodgers R:570, 1020

12:45 p.m. Washington at San Francisco TV:MLB

4 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh TV:ESPN

6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona TV:MLB

BASKETBALL

3 p.m. Junior NBA Global Championship, International

Boys, Canada vs. China

TV:FS2

4:30 p.m. Junior NBA Global Championship, U.S. Girls,

West vs. Central

TV:FS1

6 p.m. Junior NBA Global Championship, U.S. Boys,

South vs. Mid-Atlantic

TV:FS1

GOLF

1 p.m. U.S. Women’s Amateur, round of 64 TV:FS1

HORSE RACING

10 a.m. Saratoga Live TV:FS2

Noon Saratoga Live TV:Prime

1 p.m. Trackside Live! Del Mar TV:TVG

6 p.m. Race Night featuring Evangeline Downs TV:TVG

LITTLE LEAGUE

10 a.m. Southwest Regional, Louisiana vs. Texas West TV:ESPN

Noon Southeast Regional, Virginia vs. TBA TV:ESPN

PAN AMERICAN GAMES

6 a.m. Archery, swimming, track and field TV:ESPNU

7:45 a.m. Men’s soccer TV:ESPND

4 p.m. Women’s basketball, United States vs. U.S. Virgin

Islands

TV:ESPNU

SOCCER

6 a.m. CONCACAF U-15, United States vs. Suriname TV:UDN

8 a.m. CONCACAF U-15, Mexico vs. Curacao TV:UDN

10 a.m. Salzburg vs. Madrid TV:ESPND

5 p.m. Mexico, Guadalajara vs. Santos Laguna TV:UDN

7 p.m. CONCACAF, Saprissa vs. Belmopan TV:UDN

8 p.m. USL, Las Vegas at Sacramento TV:ESPNews

TENNIS

8 a.m. ATP/WTA, Rogers Cup, early rounds TV:Tennis

TODAY ON THE AIR

PRO CALENDAR

WED. THU. FRI. SAT. SUN.

7 8 9 10 11

DODGERS

ST. LOUIS

Noon

YouTube

ARIZONA

7

SNLA

ARIZONA

6

SNLA

ARIZONA

1

SNLA

ANGELS

at Boston

4

FSW

at Boston

4

FSW

at Boston

1

FSW

at Boston

10 a.m.

FSW, TBS

GALAXY

at D.C.

4:30

FS1

LAFC

NEW YORK

RED BULLS

7

FS1

SPARKS

PHOENIX

7

ESPN2

CHICAGO

2

SpecSN

Shade denotes home game

CHARGERS:Thursday at Arizona (exhibition), 7 p.m., Ch. 7
RAMS:Saturday at Oakland (exhibition), 5 p.m., Ch. 2, Ch. 5

You might be looking all
over the paper this morning
for the entries for Wednes-
day’s races at Del Mar.
Unfortunately, you won’t
find them in the paper. You
can get them only if you
subscribe (it’s free) to our
email horse racing newslet-
ter. Why? Sports editor
Angel Rodriguez answered
a few questions from horse
racing newsletter writer
John Cherwa to explain.
Cherwa: The Times has
tried to eliminate the en-
tries and results on a couple
of occasions and always
brought them back. Why try
this experiment yet again
when it has failed in the
past?

Rodriguez: It is true we

have had stops and starts

on the entries and results in

the past. I think we finally

have our online operation to

the point where we feel more

confident sending our read-

ers to our digital products.

The horse racing newsletter

was developed after the last

time the decision was made

to drop entries and results.

It is now up to speed with a

large number of subscribers

and much more complete

information.

Cherwa: So, if the horse

racing public starts inun-

dating you with complaints,

will you reconsider?

Rodriguez: We obviously

take reader feedback seri-

ously, but we want to pro-

vide our readers with the

best possible journalism on

all our platforms — print,

digital and social. Space in

our print product is at a

premium, and as we’ve

added more reporters in the

last year, we have to make

decisions on what we feel is

the best use of that space.

Now that we have entries

and results in the newslet-

ter, we can use that space in

print for more stories. And

hopefully Mel Brooks

doesn’t storm our El Se-

gundo offices.

Cherwa: Is it just horse

racing that is being picked

on, or are you eliminating

other sports? And what

sports are you keeping

statistical matter on and

why?

Rodriguez: As some of

our readers have surely

noticed by now, we have also

eliminated the majority of

what we call agate — the

scoreboards and standings

that would appear in most

newspapers. It doesn’t

make sense to us to contin-

ue filling the paper with this

type of information, espe-

cially when we have any

number of stories we can

use in the print section that

are of interest to more read-

ers.

Cherwa: Is this a ruse to

send everyone to the news-

letter, where suddenly you

will start charging for it?

Rodriguez: We have no

plans on charging for the

newsletter. I don’t want to

go all George H.W. Bush

with his “read my lips, no

new taxes” line, but there

has been zero discussion on

charging people for the

newsletter.

Cherwa: Will this mean

that horse racing story

coverage in the print edition

will also be on its way out?

Rodriguez: This would

be a really horrible way to let

you know we don’t need you

anymore, wouldn’t it? We

have seen this year how

important horse racing is to

our audience. I know the

focus on horse deaths is

probably not something

fans of the sport or the

industry want to see, but it

is important that the L.A.

Times has been leading the

way on this coverage. We will

not back away from cov-

ering all aspects of horse

racing.

You can subscribe to our

horse racing newsletter by

going to latimes.com/

horseracing. It’s free, and

the entries and results plus

daily coverage from Del Mar

will be emailed directly to

your inbox.

Ask Hershiser

Dodgers legend Orel

Hershiser has agreed to

answer a few reader ques-

tions. You can email me

your question at hous-

[email protected]

and he will answer selected

ones in a future Morning

Briefing. This is a rare op-

portunity to connect with

one of the best Dodgers of

all time. My advice: Try to

come up with a unique

question. You don’t want to

be the 112th person to ask,

“What was it like to break

the scoreless -innings

streak?”

MORNING BRIEFING

Explaining our coverage of horse racing

By Houston Mitchell

The Washington Red-

skins will become the first

NFL team to have a gam-

bling-focused telecast of

their games, offering cash

prizes to viewers who cor-

rectly predict in-game out-

comes during the preseason.

The telecasts on the re-

gional cable network NBC

Sports Washington will fol-

low a formula established by

the Redskins’ NBA neigh-

bors, the Washington Wiz-

ards. The Wizards, however,

offered the free-to-play con-

tests during the regular sea-

son, while the Redskins will

have them only during the

four preseason games, when

NBC Sports Washington

has TV rights.

The network will contin-

ue to offer a traditional tele-

cast on its main channel,

while the gambling-focused

telecast will air simulta-

neously on its secondary

channel, NBC Sports Wash-

ington Plus. The Wizards of-

fered the alternate telecast

on eight games this season,

and they had increased rat-

ings and fan engagement,

said Damon Phillips, the

network’s general manager.

Starting the interactive

telecasts now allows the net-

work to be ready when legal

online or mobile sports bet-

ting becomes available in its

viewing area, Phillips said.

For now, the games are free

to play and the network will

give away $1,000 in cash to

one winner per quarter of

each game.

The Los Angeles Sta-

dium at Hollywood Park

doesn’t have a naming rights

deal yet, but its plaza, for-

merly known as Champions

Plaza, was unveiled as

American Airlines Plaza on

Tuesday. Rams Chief Op-

erating Officer Kevin De-

moff and Chargers Presi-

dent of Business Operations

A.G. Spanosspoke at a news

conference for the plaza’s

unveiling. The 70,000-seat

stadium is more than 70%

complete and on track to

open next summer.

— Arash Markazi

Dallas defensive end

Robert Quinn fractured his

left hand in practice and is

expected to miss the rest of

the preseason. ... Carolina

coach Ron Rivera said

quarterback Cam Newton

and linebacker Luke

Kuechly won’t play in

Thursday night’s preseason

opener at Chicago. Newton

is working his way back into

form after offseason shoul-

der surgery, while Kuechly

missed time last week after

he got “rolled up on” in prac-

tice. ... San Francisco run-

ning back Jerick McKinnon

returned to the practice field

nearly a year after he suf-

fered a torn anterior cruciate

ligament.

PRO BASKETBALL

Simmons says he

felt ‘singled out’

Philadelphia 76ers All-

Star guard Ben Simmons

explained a social media

post that seemed to imply he

had been racially profiled by

security staff at a Mel-

bourne, Australia, casino by

saying he and his friends felt

“singled out.”

Simmons posted a video

on Instagram in which he

questioned why he and two

black friends were asked for

identification but another

person in their group who is

white was not. He deleted

the post Tuesday morning,

when it started making news

and after the casino issued a

statement saying its securi-

ty staff routinely performs

ID checks on anyone who

appears younger than 25.

Simmons, 23, apparently

wasn’t recognized by securi-

ty at one of the casino’s entry

points Monday night, but he

was allowed in at a second

entry point after providing

identification.

Later Tuesday, Simmons

posted on Twitter to explain

his earlier video.

“Last night at Crown ...

my friends and I felt person-

ally singled out, no one likes

to feel like this,” the Mel-

bourne-born Simmons

wrote. “I am very passionate

about equality and I will al-

ways speak up.”

Simmons, whose father is

African American, did not

explain why he deleted the

Instagram post.

Udonis Haslem,39, an-

nounced he is returning for a

17th season with the Miami

Heat. ... Turner Sports an-

nounced that former star

guard Steve Nash will take

on an expanded role in his

second year with the net-

work, contributing to TNT’s

NBA coverage. He also is re-

turning to Champions

League soccer broadcasts. ...

The Connecticut Sun traded

rookie center Kristine

Anigweto the Dallas Wings

for veteran forward-center

Theresa Plaisance. The Sun

have the WNBA’s best

record at 16-6.

ETC.

Galaxy move

Boateng to D.C.

The Galaxy sent mid-

fielder Ema Boateng to D.C.

United in exchange for

$250,000 in target-allocation

money and obtained

$200,000 in TAM from Or-

lando in a cash swap, moves

the team made in hopes of

funding the acquisition of

wingerCristian Pavon from

Argentine club Boca

Juniors.

The Galaxy must com-

plete the Pavon deal

Wednesday before the MLS

transfer window closes. The

team also has to clear an in-

ternational roster spot for

Pavon, something it could

do through another trade or

by demoting a player to its

USL affiliate.

Boateng, 25, a speedy fan

favorite from Ghana, scored

nine goals and had 13 assists

in 108 games in four seasons

with the Galaxy. Pavon, 23, is

expected to sign with the

Galaxy on a short-term loan

with a pricey option to buy.

— Kevin Baxter

Wayne Rooney will be

leaving MLS after less than

two seasons to return to play

in England and be closer to

his family. The former Eng-

land captain, 33, will remain

with D.C. United until the

end of the season before join-

ing second-tier Champi-

onship team Derby County

as player-coach.

UCLA senior linebacker

Tyree Thompson tweeted

that he underwent surgery

for an undisclosed injury, po-

tentially depriving the Bru-

ins of a projected starter.

The severity of Thompson’s

injury and a timetable for his

return were not immediately

known. Thompson’s tweet

included a picture of him in a

hospital bed with his lower

left leg and foot heavily

bandaged.

— Ben Bolch

Ashleigh Barty lost 6-7

(5), 6-3, 6-4 to American

Sofia Kenin in second-

round play at the Rogers

Cup in Toronto, putting the

Australian’s No. 1 ranking in

peril. World No. 2Naomi

Osaka of Japan would over-

take Barty for the top rank-

ing by winning her first Rog-

ers Cup match Wednesday

when she faces Germany’s

Tatjana Maria. Americans

Sloane Stephens and Venus

Williamsalso lost.

St. Louis Blues defense-

man Joel Edmundsonwas

awarded a one-year, $3.1-mil-

lion contract in arbitration.

... The Nashville Predators

signed forward Rocco

Grimaldito a one-year deal

worth $1 million.

The PGA European

Tour suspended Thorbjorn

Olesen pending the investi-

gation into the Danish golf-

er’s arrest July 29 in London

on charges of being drunk on

an aircraft and assaulting a

female passenger while she

slept.

Two-time Indianapolis

500 winner Al Unser Jr.

pleaded guilty to operating a

vehicle while intoxicated

May 20 in Avon, Ind., but will

spend no time in jail. Unser,

57, received a 363-day sus-

pended sentence and 363

days of probation.

THE DAY IN SPORTS

Redskins offer gambling telecast

staff and wire reports

WRAPPING IT UP IN FOIL

Rebecca BlackwellAssociated Press

Gerek Meinhardt of the United States and Gustavo Alarcon of Chile square off in the final of the men’s

individual foil competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Meinhardt won the gold 15-11.