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Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM EST on Sunday, June 7

June 7 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Sunday: - - - - The duty editor is Steve Ginsburg, 202-898-8427 - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Romo gives up offseason golf to focus just on football Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has given up offseason golf to keep his back healthy and focus just on football. (FBN-COWBOYS-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 545 words) - - NFL roundup News and notes from around the league. (FBN-NOTEBOOK/, expect by 7:45 PM ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Today's NBA schedule at a glance Cavaliers try to bounce back against Warriors The injury-plagued Cleveland Cavaliers try to avoid a second consecutive loss to the Golden State Warriors when they meet in California in Game Two of the best-of-seven NBA Finals. (NBA-FINALS/ (PIX), expect by 11 PM ET, 400 words) - - NBA Finals: Cleveland at Golden State OAKLAND, Calif. - Down 1-0 in the series and minus injured point guard Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers attempt to regroup and steal home-court advantage away in Game 2 against the Warriors. (BKN-CAVALIERS-WARRIORS-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect ASAP after 8 p.m. ET game, The Sports Xchange, by Dave Del Grande, running bulletins by quarter beginning at halftime, 400-word lede, 700-word writethru) - - - - GOLF Rose holds big lead at Memorial England's Justin Rose holds a three-shot lead over a leaderboard dominated by international players at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. (GLF-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Tiger closes out career-worst showing Tiger Woods finished the Memorial at 14-over on Sunday, the worst four-round performance of his PGA career, but he remains confident he is on the right track with the U.S. Open his next start. (GLF-NEWS, expect by 12:30 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - Pettersen holds one-shot lead in Canada Suzann Petterson enters Sunday with a one-shot lead over Mariajo Uribe at the Manulife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Ontario. (GLF-LPGA-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - PGA Tour: Memorial Tournament (to 7) Dublin, Ohio England's Rose three clear at Muirfield Village DUBLIN, Ohio - England's Justin Rose takes a three-shot lead into the final round at Muirfield Village after firing a six-under-par 66 on Saturday. Former world number one Tiger Woods, 27 shots off the pace, looks to rebound from a career worst round of 85. (GOLF-PGA/ (PIX), expect by 7 PM ET, by Ben Everill, 400 words) - - LPGA Tour: Manulife LPGA Classic, Cambridge, Ontario (to 7) Pettersen leads Uribe by one stroke at LPGA Classic Norway's Suzann Pettersen leads Colombian Mariajo Uribe by one stroke heading into the final round at Whistle Bear Golf Club, while American Cristie Kerr is two back on a course yielding plenty of birdies. (GOLF-LPGA/ (PIX), expect end-of-day lead by 7:30 PM ET, 300 words) - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - - Today's MLB schedule at a glance White Sox place LHP Jennings on DL The Chicago White Sox placed left-handed relief pitcher Dan Jennings on the 15-day disabled list Sunday with inflammation on the left side of his neck. (BBO-WHITESOX-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 142 words) - - Reds demote RHP Diaz, promote Adcock The Cincinnati Reds promoted right-handed pitcher Nate Adcock from Triple-A Louisville and optioned right-hander Jumbo Diaz. (BBO-REDS-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 163 words) - - MLB game roundup Capsule recaps of all MLB games on the schedule Sunday. (BBO-NEWS, expect multiple versions throughout the day, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - TSX covers all games. Saturday's schedule: Angels at Yankees 1:05 p.m. ET Astros at Blue Jays 1:05 p.m. ET Orioles at Indians 1:10 p.m. ET Padres at Reds 1:10 p.m. ET Athletics at Red Sox 1:35 p.m. ET Pirates at Braves 1:35 p.m. ET Giants at Phillies 1:35 p.m. ET Tigers at White Sox 2:10 p.m. ET Brewers at Twins 2:10 p.m. ET Rangers at Royals 2:10 p.m. ET Cubs at Nationals 4:05 p.m. ET Marlins at Rockies 4:10 p.m. ET Mets at D-backs 4:10 p.m. ET Rays at Mariners 4:10 p.m. ET Cardinals at Dodgers 8:08 p.m. ET - - Sabathia seeks to rebound as Yankees face Angels The New York Yankees seek to hold on to first place in the American League East when they send a struggling CC Sabathia to the mound against the Los Angeles Angels in one of the 15 games on the Major League Baseball schedule. (BASEBALL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) - - MLB Roundup Running capsule recaps of all the games on the MLB schedule. (MLB-ROUNDUP/, expect first version ASAP after conclusion of the first game of the day, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - SOCCER Women's World Cup Recap of Sunday's games between Norway-Thailand and Germany-Cote D'Ivoire in Ottawa. (SOCCER-ROUNDUP, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - Women's World Cup Group of Death survival begins for U.S. with Australia test WINNIPEG - The United States are one of the hot favourites to win the Women's World Cup but to reach the final in Vancouver next month the Americans must first escape the infamous 'Group of Death' which begins with a tricky test against Australia. (SOCCER-WOMEN/US (PIX, TV), expect by 7 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 450 words) - - - - AUTO RACING Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400 LONG POND, Pa. - Kurt Busch sits on the pole at Pocono, where the bumps within Turn 2 have been a major cause for concern among drivers this week. (CAR-SPRINTCUP-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect by 1 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, by Amanda Vincent, 400-word first lede, 750-word writethru) - - Pocono Notebook LONG POND, Pa. - Notebook from the Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400. (CAR-SPRINTCUP-NOTEBOOK, expect by 6 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, by Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service, special to The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - HORSE RACING American Pharoah, thoroughbred racing's newest rock star NEW YORK - Bob Baffert, the trainer of new Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, discusses how the colt came out of his eyebrow-raising triumph in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. (HORSERACING-BELMONT/PHAROAH, expect by 4 PM ET, by Steve Ginsburg, 400 words) - - - - OTHER NCAA Super Regionals Recap of Sunday's action of the NCAA baseball Super Regionals. Games include rubber games between Cal State Fullerton and Louisville and Missouri State and Arkansas and Game 2 between TCU and Texas A&M. (MSC-ROUNDUP, expect running copy throughout the day following results, The Sports Xchange, 500 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (Expect by 8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - -