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chance points and once com- manded a 23-point lead, winning the board battle, knocking down long jumpers and swiftly moving the ball inside and out. On one sequence, Delle Donne established position near the paint, with her back to the basket. She faked left, spun around and knocked down a 10-footer. Then she drilled a straightaway three- pointer. And then another. The crowd roared, and she had pushed the Mystics’ lead to 19. When Delle Donne left the floor for a break, guard Kristi Toliver (25 points) stepped in with a nifty drive to the rim. From beyond the arc, midrange jumpers, layups — they were all working for the Mystics. Despite a late scare that brought Phoenix (10-9) within a possession late, the Mystics held on. With under a minute left, there was Delle Donne, getting a key block to seal the victory. “This is kind of the same thing that happened last year,” said Cloud, who finished with 12 points, “going into [the] all-star [break] and just coming back a different team.” Aside from getting to the glass, Washington’s game plan hinged on an accepted fact: Phoenix star Brittney Griner, a 6-foot-9 center, would dominate. She had 30 points and nine rebounds, putting on a clinic of inside moves and short jumpers. For the Mystics, wherever else they could mini- mize Phoenix would be a much more pressing matter. For the most part, especially late, they limited second chances and con- tested shots. Moments after the game, with many of the 3,819 fans headed for the exits, Delle Donne huddled the Mystics together near midcourt. Teammates saw a drive in her eyes. It was the same steely look she had given them for much of the night. “We were focused. We had fight,” she told them. “When we have a lead like that, we have to lock in. It was huge for us to pull together, finish off a win.” Minutes later, back in the locker room, Delle Donne and Cloud had another exchange. Not about the mask. “The best power forward in the world,” Cloud said. “Period.” “Thanks, buddy,” Delle Donne said. [email protected]

BY MATTHEW GUTIERREZ

The mask could stay. Elena
Delle Donne might not have a
choice. She may keep sporting her
protective mask, the device that
distributes impact away from her
nose. She has rocked it for four
straight games, all Washington
Mystics wins, and she is averaging
25 points in that span.
“I don’t know, maybe,” Delle
Donne said when asked after the
Mystics’ 99-93 win Tuesday over
the Phoenix Mercury whether she
will keep wearing the mask.
Then a voice came from the
other side of the Mystics’ locker
room at Entertainment and
Sports Arena.
“Mask on,” guard Natasha
Cloud said. “Mask on.”
Delle Donne’s broken nose
forced her to miss most of three
games earlier this month. The
Mystics lost all three and fell out of
first place. But Tuesday night the
six-time WNBA all-star — face
mask and all — scored 33 points to
go with six rebounds to lead the
Mystics to their fourth straight
win.
Perhaps most promising: The
Mystics (13-6) are tied for second
place in the league, just a half-
game behind first-place Connecti-
cut. And they have been led, once
more, by Delle Donne, who is put-
ting up MVP-caliber numbers.
They knew they needed to attack
the glass against Phoenix. And
crashing the boards with multiple
players on both the offensive and
defensive ends helped them out-
rebound the Mercury 33-26.
“You can’t play great defense,”
Delle Donne said, “without attack-
ing the boards.”
In the teams’ previous meeting
on July 10, the Mercury won in a
91-68 rout. Since then, Mystics
Coach and General Manager Mike
Thibault has prioritized rebound-
ing. Washington entered the night
with the fewest defensive re-
bounds in the league and third-
fewest offensive rebounds.
From the beginning of the
night, defensive pressure was
there. Washington led 21-13 at the
end of the first quarter and en-
tered halftime up 10. In the second
half, the Mystics limited second-

a big-time criminal investigation.” It is Exhibit A of the USOPC board’s moral deafness that as recently as February, it gave former USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun a despicable severance payment of $2.4 million. That’s more than almost any of Nassar’s victims have received to date, and it was approved despite the clear evidence he covered up for a child molester and has been referred by Moran and Blumenthal for criminal charges for lying to Congress. “It’s inexplicable and inexcusable,” Blumenthal said. “Blackmun is in effect one of the poster boys for what went wrong.” There may be a way, Blumenthal said, “to claw back that money.” It’s also cause for firing this board, immediately on the passage of the new bill. “They should be gone, yesterday,” Manly said. Because the USOPC so clearly can’t be trusted to run itself as a

steering wheel out of the hands of
the crested blazers who have so
defiled the Olympic movement in
this country. Moran and
Blumenthal, who expect the bill
to pass swiftly, have decided
current Olympic leaders are
incapable of self-governance or
curing their own corporate
sickness, so they are
emasculating the board and
exposing it to massive liability.
“Organizations didn’t respond
the way they should have legally
and morally,” Moran said in a
conference call Monday evening.
John Manly, attorney for more
than 200 of Nassar’s victims, said,
“I don’t know of another piece of
legislation like that, where you
have a finding so damning.” He
added, “The biggest finding is
that the USOC and USA
Gymnastics knowingly concealed
— the message that sends. I hope
the Attorney General is reading
this bill because there needs to be

JENKINS FROM D1 proper nonprofit, the new bill
contains a number of nursemaid
provisions that should embarrass
everyone involved in the Olympic
movement. The board is subject
to total dissolution by Congress if
it acts negligently. It must pony
up $20 million a year, no strings
attached and without
interference, to the Center for
SafeSport to police abuse, “so that
the USOC can’t play games with
it,” as Blumenthal says. It must
submit yearly reports with audits
of its finances to congressional
oversight bodies, in hopes of
curbing exorbitant executive
spending while athletes have to
practically panhandle. And it
mandatorily increases athlete
representation on the board from
one-fifth to one-third of the
members, so that athlete issues
and complaints can’t be just
summarily ignored.
In other words, the USOPC no
longer runs itself. It will be
regulated by congressional
committee and subcommittees.

“This takes the country club types out of the loop,” Manly says. “If they don’t do their job, Congress can.” The bill is by no means perfect. But it’s not nothing either, and Moran and Blumenthal and their staffs should be congratulated. Their work is a cure for creeping cynicism about the uselessness of your elected officials. Moran was clearly pained when he talked about a gymnast-victim who asked him “why there was more than one of us who encountered Larry Nassar.” Why were there hundreds? “Congress has a lot of faults, but I sat through these hearings and they get it and I believe they really care,” Manly said. The bill isn’t the end all of things; it’s merely a good start. Legislation is messy. Federal investigations rightfully remain open into Blackmun, and the interactions of Olympic authorities with FBI agents who failed to investigate multiple

claims of abuse. Athlete advocates hope Moran and Blumenthal will work with Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), who have proposed House legislation that would form a 16- member commission to look at an entire restructuring of the USOPC, which frankly is needed. Athletes want — and deserve — a 50 percent stake in decision- making. And most critically, Olympic finances are a wonderland of obfuscation and shell games that won’t be pierced by yearly reports to a senate subcommittee. What’s really needed are investigative audits of individual expense accounts in the executive suites, and subpoenaed records. Without real, ongoing regulation from the congressional committees, the bill will be toothless, just as so many other legislative efforts to reform the Olympic movement have been in scandal after scandal. Athlete

abuse has been a rolling 40-year issue, ever since Congress chartered the old USOC and then left it in the hands of a nonprofit board of men in boat shoes. After the bribery around the 2002 Salt Lake Games, the late senator John McCain described it as “a culture of corruption, with lavish travel and gift-giving” that violated the public trust. His reform bill passed the Senate in 2003, but hearings were still held in 2005 on the same old issues, excessive spending while inadequately caring for the athletes. Blumenthal says the USOPC’s response to the new bill “will be a test of their commitment.” But it also will be a test of congressional commitment to really clean up this mess. Otherwise, we will be right back here in a few short years. [email protected]

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SALLY JENKINS

Proposed legislation is only a beginning, but it goes a long way to rein in USOPC

SCOREBOARD
Delle Donne scores 33

for fourth straight win

MYSTICS 99, MERCURY 93

SOCCER BASKETBALL

ARENA FOOTBALL

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Arena Football League W L T PctPFPA x-Albany ..........................10 2 0 833 620 474 x-Washington....................7 5 0 .583 538 552 x-Philadelphia....................7 5 0 .583 523 530 x-Baltimore .......................7 5 0 .583 500 439 Atlantic City ......................4 8 0 .333 518 550 Columbus ...........................1 11 0 .083 394 548 x-Clinched playoff spot PLAYOFFS WEEK 1 SATURDAY’S RESULT at Albany 61, Baltimore 26 SUNDAY’S RESULT Philadelphia 69, at Washington 33 WEEK 2 SATURDAY’S GAME Albany at Baltimore, 7 SUNDAY’S GAME Washington at Philadelphia, 4 ARENABOWL 32 SUNDAY, AUG. 11 Baltimore-Albany winner vs. Washington-Philadelphia, 8

WNBA EAST W L PCT GB Connecticut .................................14 6 .700 — Washington.................................13 6 .684^1 / 2 Chicago ........................................11 9 .550 3 New York .......................................8 11 .421 51 / 2 Indiana...........................................6 15 .286 81 / 2 Atlanta ..........................................5 15 .250 9 WEST W L PCT GB x-Las Vegas .................................13 6 .684 — Los Angeles .................................11 8 .579 2 Seattle.........................................12 9 .571 2 Phoenix ........................................10 9 .526 3 Minnesota ...................................10 10 .500 31 / 2 x-Dallas .........................................5 14 .263 8 x-Late game MONDAY’S RESULTS No games scheduled TUESDAY’S RESULTS at Washington 99, Phoenix 93 at Connecticut 100, Chicago 94 Dallas at Las Vegas, Late WEDNESDAY’S GAME Atlanta at Indiana, 7 THURSDAY’S GAMES Phoenix at Connecticut, 7 New York at Dallas, 8 Las Vegas at Los Angeles, 10

MLS EASTERN W L T PtsGFGA Philadelphia......................11 7 6 39 41 36 Atlanta .............................11 9 3 36 38 29 D.C. United .........................9 6 9 36 31 26 New York City FC................9 3 8 35 36 24 New York ..........................10 9 4 34 39 34 Montreal...........................10 11 3 33 31 38 New England ......................9 8 6 33 34 39 Toronto FC ..........................9 9 5 32 38 38 Orlando City........................7 11 5 26 30 33 Columbus............................7 14 3 24 24 36 Chicago ...............................5 10 9 24 34 35 FC Cincinnati ......................5 16 2 17 22 53 WESTERN W L T PtsGFGA Los Angeles FC .................15 3 4 49 59 23 Seattle..............................11 6 5 38 33 28 L.A. Galaxy .......................12 9 1 37 30 31 San Jose ...........................11 7 4 37 39 33 Minnesota United ............10 7 5 35 38 30 FC Dallas.............................9 8 6 33 31 26 Portland..............................9 8 4 31 35 32 Real Salt Lake ....................9 9 4 31 30 30 Houston ..............................9 10 3 30 32 35 Sporting K.C. ......................6 9 7 25 33 39 Vancouver...........................4 11 9 21 23 41 Colorado..............................5 12 5 20 33 45 FRIDAY’S RESULTS at New York City FC 3, Sporting K.C. 1 at Los Angeles FC 4, Atlanta 3 SATURDAY’S RESULTS D.C. United 0, at Chicago 0 at New England 4, Orlando City 1 Columbus 3, at New York 2 at Montreal 4, Philadelphia 0 Real Salt Lake 0, at FC Dallas 0 Seattle 1, at Houston 0 at Toronto FC 2, FC Cincinnati 1 Vancouver 0, at Minnesota United 0 at San Jose 3, Colorado 1 at Portland 4, L.A. Galaxy 0 SATURDAY’S MATCHES L.A. Galaxy at Atlanta, 5 Toronto FC at New York, 6 FC Dallas at Orlando City, 7:30 Los Angeles FC at New England, 7:30 Vancouver at FC Cincinnati, 8 Chicago at Houston, 9 Montreal at Colorado, 9 Columbus at San Jose, 10 New York City FC at Real Salt Lake, 10 SUNDAY’S MATCHES Philadelphia at D.C. United, 7:30 Portland at Minnesota United, 4 Sporting K.C. at Seattle, 10

NWSL W L T PtsGFGA Portland..............................7 2 5 26 30 18 North Carolina ....................7 3 4 25 29 15 Chicago ...............................7 5 2 23 24 19 Washington........................6 4 3 21 19 13 Reign FC..............................5 3 5 20 12 15 Houston ..............................5 6 4 19 16 25 Utah ....................................5 5 3 18 11 12 Orlando ...............................3 9 2 11 16 31 Sky Blue FC.........................2 10 2 8 9 18 SATURDAY’S RESULT North Carolina 2, at Utah 1 SUNDAY’S RESULTS Chicago 4, at Reign FC 0 at Houston 1, Sky Blue FC 0 WEDNESDAY’S MATCHES Sky Blue FC at Utah, 10 Portland at Reign FC, 10 SATURDAY’S MATCHES Chicago at Washington, 7 Houston at Orlando, 7:30 SUNDAY’S MATCHES North Carolina at Portland, 3 Utah at Reign FC, 4

World Team Tennis W L Pct. GB Philadelphia ......................... 11 2 .846 — x-San Diego ........................... 7 5 .583 31 / 2 Springfield ............................. 8 6 .571 31 / 2 New York ............................... 7 6 .538 4 Orange County....................... 6 7 .462 5 x-Vegas.................................. 5 7 .417 51 / 2 x-Orlando ............................... 4 8 .333 61 / 2 x-Washington........................ 2 10 .182 81 / 2 x-Late match SUNDAY'S RESULTS Philadelphia 22, Springfield 20 San Diego 23, at Vegas 18 MONDAY'S RESULTS Orange County 25, at Washington 11 at Vegas 21, Washington 10 at New York 22, Springfield 19 at Orange County 19, Orlando 18 TUESDAY'S RESULTS Washington at San Diego, Late Philadelphia 24, at New York 13 at Springfield 22, Orange County 16 Orlando at Vegas, Late WEDNESDAY'S MATCHES Washington at Orange County, 9 New York at Philadelphia, 7 Vegas at Springfield, 8 Orlando at San Diego, 10

ATP/WTA CITI OPEN At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center In Washington, D.C. Purse: ATP, $1,895,290 (WT500) Surface: Hard-Outdoor MEN’S SINGLES — FIRST ROUND Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Dan Evans, Britain, 6-4, 6-1; Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, def. Alexei Popyrin, Australia, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; Reilly Opelka, United States, def. Christopher Eubanks, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Jack Sock, United States, 7-5, 6-3; Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 7-6 (7-2); Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, United States, 7-5, 6-4. MEN’S SINGLES — SECOND ROUND Frances Tiafoe (16), United States, def. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 6-1 7-6 (7-5); Kyle Edmund (13), Britain, def. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, 6-1, 6-4; Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, 6-3, 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. Karen Khachanov (2), Russia, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). WOMEN’S SINGLES — FIRST ROUND Monica Puig (8), Puerto Rico, def. Allie Kiick, United States, 6-4, 6-2; Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Sloane Stephens (1), United States, 6-2, 7-5; Kristina Mladen- ovic, France, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-4, 6-4; Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Cori Gauff, United States, 6-4, 6-2; Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-2, 7-5; Hailey Baptiste, United States, def. Madison Keys (2), United States, 7-6 (7-4) 6-2; Cather- ine McNally, United States, def. Zhu Lin, China, 6-4, 6-2; Hsieh Su-wei (4), Taiwan, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Bel- gium, 6-4, 6-3. MEN’S DOUBLES — FIRST ROUND Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Nicholas Monroe, United States, def. Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor, Croatia, 2-6, 6-3, 13-11; Alex de Minaur and John Peers, Australia, def. Leander Paes, India, and Jack Sock, United States, 7-5, 6-2. WOMEN’S DOUBLES — FIRST ROUND Hsieh Yu-chieh, Taiwan, and You Xiaodi, China, def. Anna Blinkova, Russia, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8; Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, and Miyu Kato (3), Japan, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Sofia Kenin, United States, 6-0, 6-2; Jessica Pegula and Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Elena Bogdan, Romania, and Rosalie van der Hoek, Nether- lands, 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.

ATP AUSTRIAN OPEN KITZBUHEL At Mercedes-Benz Sproportpark Kitzbuehel In Kitzbuehel, Austria Purse: $654,000 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor SINGLES — FIRST ROUND Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Leonardo Mayer (6), Argenti- na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 6-1; Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-7 (7-1), 6-2, 6-3; Casper Ruud, Norway, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (8), Spain, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-3, 6-2; Sebastian Ofner, Austria, def. Lucas Miedler, Austria, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5); Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Marton Fucsovics (5), Hungary, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4, 6-4. DOUBLES — FIRST ROUND Hugo Dellien, Bolivia, and David Vega Hernandez, Spain, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, and Moritz Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 6-2; Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, and Hans Podlipnik- Castillo, Chile, def. Simone Bolelli and Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-5; Oliver Marach and Jurgen Melzer (1), Austria, def. Leonardo Mayer and Andres Molteni, Argentina, 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 10-3; Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, Belgium, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-7; Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Filip Polasek (2), Slovakia, def. Roberto Carballes Baena and Jaume Munar, Spain, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5; Frederik Nielson, Denmark, and Tim Puetz, Germany, def. Hsieh Cheng-peng, Taiwan, and Christo- pher Rungkat, Indonesia, 6-7 (7-3), 6-2, 15-13.

LOS CABOS OPEN At Cabo del Mar; In Los Cabos, Mexico Purse: $858,565 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES — FIRST ROUND Juan Ignacio Londero, Argentina, def. Cristian Garin (6), Chile, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Radu Albot (7), Moldova, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-0; Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-2, 6-0; Kwon Soonwoo, South Korea, def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, 6-2, 6-1. DOUBLES — FIRST ROUND Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman (2), Argentina, def. Gerardo Lopez Villasenor, Mexico, and Cameron Norrie, Britain, 6-1, 4-6, 10-6; Gregoire Barrere and Lucas Pouille, France, def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja, India, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC At SJSU Tennis Center; In San Jose Purse: $876,183 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES — FIRST ROUND Donna Vekic (5), Croatia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Zheng Saisai, China, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-2, 6-4; Danielle Collins (8), United States, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Harmony Tan, France, 6-2, 6-4. DOUBLES — FIRST ROUND Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara, Japan, def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, and Alja Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.

World Golf Ranking Through Sunday

Brooks Koepka ........................... USA 12.68

Dustin Johnson .......................... USA 9.43

Rory McIlroy.................................NIR 8.48

Justin Rose .................................ENG 8.08

Tiger Woods............................... USA 6.93

Francesco Molinari ...................... ITA 6.44

Jon Rahm .................................... ESP 6.42

Bryson DeChambeau ................. USA 6.37

Justin Thomas ........................... USA 6.10

Patrick Cantlay ........................ USA 6.07

Xander Schauffele ................... USA 5.94

Tommy Fleetwood ....................ENG 5.58

Tony Finau ............................... USA 5.47

Gary Woodland ........................ USA 5.26

Matt Kuchar ............................. USA 5.21

Rickie Fowler ........................... USA 5.20

Webb Simpson......................... USA 5.09

Shane Lowry .............................. IRL 4.94

Paul Casey.................................ENG 4.82

Adam Scott .............................. AUS 4.78

Jason Day................................. AUS 4.20

Marc Leishman ........................ AUS 4.03

Bubba Watson ......................... USA 3.79

Patrick Reed............................. USA 3.85

Louis Oosthuizen ...................... SAF 3.77

Matt Wallace ............................ENG 3.72

Matthew Fitzpatrick.................ENG 3.54

Chez Reavie.............................. USA 3.49

Kevin Kisner............................. USA 3.41

Keegan Bradley ........................ USA 3.14

Hideki Matsuyama.................... JPN 3.14

Phil Mickelson.......................... USA 3.11

Kevin Na................................... USA 3.11

Ian Poulter ................................ENG 3.09

Rafa Cabrera Bello .................... ESP 3.07

Henrik Stenson ........................SWE 3.03

Jordan Spieth........................... USA 3.02

Eddie Pepperell .........................ENG 2.99

Sergio Garcia............................. ESP 2.96

Tyrrell Hatton ...........................ENG 2.95

Billy Horschel........................... USA 2.94

Bernd Wiesberger.....................AUT 2.91

Cameron Smith ........................ AUS 2.87

Alex Noren ...............................SWE 2.79

Andrew Putnam....................... USA 2.70

Haotong Li................................ CHN 2.68

Jim Furyk ................................. USA 2.59

Brandt Snedeker ...................... USA 2.57

Lucas Bjerregaard .....................DEN 2.52

C.T. Pan ..................................... TPE 2.46

BASEBALL TRANSACTIONS

NBA Atlanta Hawks: Promoted Tori Miller to assistant general manager of College Park (NBAGL). Milwaukee Bucks: Signed F Dragan Bender. NFL Arizona Cardinals: Signed LB Andre Branch to a one-year contract. Removed LB Dante Booker from the PUP list. Chicago Bears: Removed DB Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and OL T.J. Clemmings from the PUP list. Indianapolis Colts: Waived LB Drew Lewis and G William Poehls. Signed WR Roger Lewis and G Ian Silberman. New England Patriots: Signed OL Martez Ivey. Released OL Cole Croston. New Orleans Saints: Waived/injured DB Chris Campbell. Placed RB Javorius Allen on IR. Oakland Raiders: Waived DT Ronald Ollie and TE Erik Swoope. Signed DT Ethan Westbrooks. NHL Chicago Blackhawks: Announced the retirement of F Chris Kunitz, who will remain with the club as player development adviser. Minnesota Wild: Fired general manager Paul Fenton. Named assistant general manager Tom Kurvers acting general manager.

MLB calendar July 31: Last day during the season to trade a player. Aug. 18: Pittsburgh vs. Chicago Cubs at Williamsport, Pa. Aug. 31: Last day to be contracted to an organization and be eligible for postseason roster. Sept. 1: Active rosters expand to 40 players. Oct. 1-2: Wild-card games. Oct. 22: World Series starts. October TBA: Trading resumes, day after World Series. November TBA: Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fifth day after World Series. November TBA: Deadline for free agents to accept qualifying offers, 15th day after World Series. Nov. 11-14: General managers’ meetings, Scottsdale, Ariz. Nov. 19-21: Owners meetings, Arlington, Tex. Dec. 2: Last day for teams to offer 2020 contracts to unsigned players on their 40-man rosters. Dec. 8: Hall of Fame Modern Baseball committee vote announced, San Diego. Dec. 9-12: Winter meetings, San Diego. 2020 Jan. 10: Salary arbitration figures exchanged. Feb. 3-21: Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.

JEFFERSON Lawrence Roffenbender won Division 1 with a net score of 28. Jerry Svat won Division 2 with a net score of 30. Chris Thayer was closest to the pin on Hole No. 3 and Fred Fulton was closest to the pin on Hole No. 7. Dave Sullivan got an eagle on Hole No. 9. Jim Jacobs had the lowest gross score with 36. MANOR Andrew and Connor Woodruff won the father-son flight of the Parent-Child tournament. Joanna and Carrington Faulkner won the mother-daughter flight. James and Madison Smith won the father-daughter flight. The team of Suzanne Morrissette, Amy Hammer, Yukie Evans and Kathy Issac won the 2019 MVMTA tournament. Kim Perini, Cynthia Gamble, Lynda Carpenter and Sande Leffew finished second. MONTGOMERY Sam Silverman won low gross during the MGA Stable- ford. Rusty Davis won low net. PAINT BRANCH The team of John Lann, James Stith, Richard Frazier and Wilbert Carroll won first-place net during the Senior Men’s League shamble. Ronald Lucas, James Moore, Dennis Harrison and Ulysses Keyes finished second. Roger Leak was closest to the pin on hole No. 3. Jack Dunn was closest to the pin on hole No. 8.

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Mystics 99, Mercury 93 Phoenix ............................... 13 25 23 32 — 93 Washington ........................ 21 27 30 21 — 99 PHOENIX MIN FG FTO-T A PF PTS. Bonner 37:31 6-16 12-130-56 1 25 Cunningham 10:53 0-3 0-00-21 3 0 Griner 38:00 14-18 2-20-95 1 30 January 23:23 0-5 0-01-12 5 0 Mitchell 37:23 10-15 0-00-38 3 28 Y.Turner 26:33 1-6 0-00-24 0 2 B.Turner 18:19 3-4 0-02-43 3 6 Little 4:04 0-0 0-00-00 0 0 Smith 3:54 1-1 0-00-00 1 2 TOTALS 200 35-68 14-15 3-26 29 17 93 Percentages: FG .515, FT .933. 3-Point Goals: 9-23, .391 (Mitchell 8-12, Bonner 1-5, Griner 0-1, January 0-1, Cunningham 0-2, Y.Turner 0-2). Blocked Shots: 3 (B.Tur- ner 2, Cunningham). Turnovers: 10 (Griner 3, January 3, Mitchell 2, Bonner, Cunningham). Steals: 4 (Bonner 2, Mitchell, Y.Turner). Technical Fouls: None. WASHINGTON MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS. Atkins 16:04 1-50-01-2 1 2 2 Delle Donne 31:12 14-200-01-6 2 0 33 Sanders 20:26 0-40-04-7 2 1 0 Cloud 34:25 4-83-40-2 6 3 12 Toliver 34:129-174-40-1 4 1 25 Powers 24:48 5-81-23-8 2 3 13 Meesseman 19:34 3-60-01-5 2 2 6 Walker-Kimbrough 10:31 2-40-00-0 1 0 4 Hawkins 8:48 2-30-00-2 1 1 4 TOTALS 200 40-75 8-10 10-33 21 13 99 Percentages: FG .533, FT .800. 3-Point Goals: 11-28, .393 (Delle Donne 5-7, Toliver 3-9, Powers 2-5, Cloud 1-1, Hawkins 0-1, Meesseman 0-1, Walker-Kimbrough 0-1, Atkins 0-3). Blocked Shots: 4 (Delle Donne 3, Sanders). Turnovers: 8 (Delle Donne 2, Sanders 2, Cloud, Hawkins, Meesseman, Powers). Steals: 6 (Sanders 2, Atkins, Delle Donne, Powers, Toliver). Technical Fouls: None. A: 3,819 (4,200).

Sun 100, Sky 94 Chicago ............................... 26 17 20 31 — 94 Connecticut ........................ 28 29 25 18 — 100 CHICAGO MIN FG FTO-T A PF PTS. DeShields 28:43 3-11 3-40-32 4 10 Lavender 32:07 4-10 1-13-70 2 9 Dolson 21:47 3-6 2-2 1-104 5 8 Quigley 27:25 7-14 6-70-21 0 24 Vandersloot 29:08 9-12 2-30-2 11 3 22 Copper 15:33 2-8 0-02-23 1 5 Parker 12:46 1-4 0-00-10 2 2 Faulkner 10:52 0-0 0-01-25 2 0 Ndour 10:13 3-6 0-00-00 0 7 Samuelson 8:19 1-2 3-40-00 1 6 Jackson 3:07 0-0 1-21-20 0 1 TOTALS 200 33-73 18-23 8-31 26 20 94 Percentages: FG .452, FT .783. 3-Point Goals: 10-29, .345 (Quigley 4-8, Vandersloot 2-4, Copper 1-2, Ndour 1-2, Samuelson 1-2, DeShields 1-7, Dolson 0-2, Lavender 0-2). Blocked Shots: 3 (Dolson, Ndour, Vandersloot). Turnovers: 14 (Copper 4, DeShields 4, Vandersloot 2, Dolson, Ndour, Parker, Quigley). Steals: 6 (DeShields 3, Lavender, Parker, Vandersloot). Technical Fouls: coach James Wade, 4:59 third. CONNECTICUT MIN FG FTO-T A PF PTS. Stricklen 23:03 1-5 2-30-56 3 4 A.Thomas 29:34 6-11 0-13-94 4 12 J.Jones 30:44 9-16 6-6 5-113 4 27 J.Thomas 31:31 7-8 1-20-28 4 18 C.Williams 27:49 3-7 5-61-44 0 12 Holmes 16:57 4-8 2-20-11 3 11 Banham 12:11 1-5 0-00-00 2 3 Tuck 10:26 2-5 0-11-32 1 4 Hiedeman 8:29 2-6 0-00-01 1 5 B.Jones 6:38 2-3 0-00-20 0 4 Anigwe 2:38 0-0 0-00-00 0 0 TOTALS 200 37-74 16-21 10-37 29 22 100 Percentages: FG .500, FT .762. 3-Point Goals: 10-25, .400 (J.Thomas 3-4, J.Jones 3-7, C.Williams 1-1, Banham 1-2, Hiedeman 1-3, Holmes 1-3, Tuck 0-2, Stricklen 0-3). Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Jones 2, A.Thomas, Hiedeman). Turnovers: 16 (J.Thomas 5, A.Thomas 4, J.Jones 2, Banham, C.Williams, Holmes, Stricklen, Tuck). Steals: 6 (A.Thomas 2, C.Wil- liams, Holmes, J.Thomas, Stricklen). Technical Fouls: A.Thomas, 1:37 fourth. A: 6,358 (9,323). T: 1:56.

CITI OPEN WEDNESDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY STADIUM 2 p.m. start ATP Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs.John Isner (USA) Not before 4:30 pm ATP: Andy Murray (GBR), Jamie Murray (GBR) vs. Nicolas Mahut (FRA), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) Not before 7:00 pm ATP: Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) vs. Tommy Paul (USA) Not before 9:00 pm WTA: Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA) OR Madison Keys (USA) JOHN HARRIS COURT 1 p.m. start ATP: Kevin Anderson (RSA) vs. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) Followed by ATP: Reilly Opelka (USA) vs. vs.Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) Followed by ATP: Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. Tim Smyczek (USA) Followed by ATP: Gilles Simon (FRA) vs.Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) OR Nick Kyrgios (AUS) Followed by ATP: Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs.Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) GRANDSTAND 1 p.m. start WTA: Jessica Pegula (USA) vs. Iga Swiatek (POL) Followed by WTA: Lauren Davis (USA) vs. Sofia Kenin (USA) Followed by WTA: Monica Puig (PUR) vs.Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) Followed by WTA: Yu-Chieh Hsieh (TPE), Xiaodi You (CHN) vs. Cori Gauff (USA), Catherine Mcnally (USA) Followed by ATP: Bob Bryan (USA), Mike Bryan (USA) vs.Treat Huey (PHI), Denis Kudla (USA) COURT 4 1 p.m. start ATP: Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) vs. Pierre-Hugues Her- bert (FRA) Followed by ATP: Benoit Paire (FRA) vs. Marc Polmans (AUS) Followed by ATP: Andrey Rublev (RUS) OR Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs. Alex de Minaur (AUS) Followed by ATP: Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs. David Goffin (BEL) Followed by WTA: Alison Bai (AUS), Elixane Lechemia (FRA) vs. Yafan Wang (CHN), Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) COURT 5 1 p.m. start ATP: Mate Pavic (CRO), Bruno Soares (BRA) vs. Jean- Julien Rojer (NED), Horia Tecau (ROU) Followed by WTA: Naomi Broady (GBR), Sharon Fichman (CAN) vs. Beatrice Gumulya (INA), Jessy Rompies (INA) Followed by WTA: Quinn Gleason (USA), Ingrid Neel (USA) vs. Maria Sanchez (USA), Fanny Stollar (HUN) Followed by ATP: Kevin Krawietz (GER), Andreas Mies (GER) vs. Raven Klaasen (RSA), Michael Venus (NZL) Followed by ATP: Matthew Ebden (AUS), Nicholas Monroe (USA) vs. Lukasz Kubot (POL), Marcelo Melo (BRA)

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