Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2 PM ET on SATURDAY, JULY 2
July 2 (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2 PM ET on Saturday: - - - - For any coverage questions, please contact us.general-news@thomsonreuters.com - - - - MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL News and notes from spring training. (BBO-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) MLB Roundup Capsule recaps of all games on today's schedule. Will move as updated throughout the evening. (BBO-ROUNDUP, expect first version by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) The Sports Xchange covers all MLB games (all times ET) Cleveland at Toronto 1:07 pm Texas at Minnesota 2:10 pm Milwaukee at St. Louis 2:15 pm Detroit at Tampa Bay 4:10 pm Miami at Atlanta 4:10 pm Chi. White Sox at Houston 4:10 pm Kansas City at Philadelphia 5:50 pm Chi. Cubs at N.Y. Mets 7:15 pm Cincinnati at Washington 7:15 pm L.A. Angels at Boston 7:15 pm Pittsburgh at Oakland 10:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at San Diego 10:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona 10:10 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers 10:10 p.m. Baltimore at Seattle 10:10 p.m. - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE News and notes from around the league. (FBN-ROUNDUP, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 350 words) - - - - GOLF PGA Tour: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio (to 3) Day one ahead at Firestone, Spieth three back Australian world number one Jason Day takes a one-stroke lead over Swede David Lingmerth into the third round at Firestone Country Club after posting a four-under total of 136. Second-ranked American Jordan Spieth is three shots off the pace. (GOLF-PGA/, expect end-of-day lead by 6 PM ET, 400 words) LPGA: Cambia Portland Classic, Portland, Oregon Henderson, Pettersen lead at halfway mark Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada, and Suzann Pettersen of Norway, at 11-under 133, share the lead heading into the third round of the LPGA event at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. (GOLF-LPGA/, expect by 11 PM ET, 250 words) Day takes lead at Bridgestone Invitational Despite recording a bogey on the final hole, Jason Day shot a 1-under-par 69 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over David Lingmerth after two rounds of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio. (GLF-PGA-WGC-RECAP, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Pettersen, Henderson share LPGA lead PORTLAND, Ore. -- Norway's Suzann Pettersen caught first-round leader Brooke Henderson of Canada in the second round of the Cambia Portland Classic on Friday, and the two share the lead at the midway point of the LPGA event in Portland, Ore. (GLF-LPGA-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect by 9 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, by Kerry Eggers, 400 words, will be led) - - - - NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Deng agrees to four-year, $72M deal with Lakers Free agent forward Luol Deng agreed to a four-year, $72 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. (BKN-LAKERS-DENG-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) Bazemore stays in Atlanta, to sign four-year deal The Atlanta Hawks late Friday agreed to terms with their own free agents, forward Kent Bazemore. According to reports, the deal that keeps Bazemore in Atlanta is for four years and $70 million. (BKN-RAPORTS-BAZEMORE-NEWS, The Sports Xchange, 276 words) NBA notebook News and notes from around the league. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 6 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - NHL Jets re-sign D Melchiori The Winnipeg Jets re-signed restricted free agent defenseman Julian Melchiori to a two-year, two-way contract Saturday with an average annual value of $625,000 in the NHL. (HKN-SABRES-HELM-NEWS, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) Free agency roundup News and notes from the second day of NHL free agency. (HKN-ROUNDUP, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) NHL notebook News and notes from around the league. (HKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) roundup - - - - SOCCER European Championship, France (to 10) Quarter-final Germany v Italy (1900) We will bring you all the latest developments, including news conferences and injury updates as well as coverage of the third quarter-final between world champions Germany and Italy. (SOCCER-EURO-COUNTRY/ (PIX), expect throughout) - - - - AUTO RACING Austrian Formula One Grand Prix Rosberg favourite for pole in Austria SPIELBERG, Austria - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and overall leader Nico Rosberg set to start seventh after a grid penalty. (MOTOR-F1-AUSTRIA/, moved, 500 words) We will also have stories from around the paddock. Daytona nights: Coke Zero 400 DAYTONA, Fla. -- The Sprint Cup Series returns for its annual July 4th weekend race at the 2.5-mile, high-banked Daytona International Speedway. (CAR-SPRINT-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, expect ASAP after 7:45 p.m. ET scheduled green flag, The Sports Xchange, by Amanda Vincent, 400 words, will be led) Daytona notebook DAYTONA, Fla. - News and notes from around the track at Daytona International Speedway. (CAR-SPRINT-NOTEBOOK, expect by 9:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, special from NASCAR Wire Service, 500 words) - - - - TENNIS Wimbledon championships (to 10) Tennis-Djokovic shows rare fallibility in shock loss to Querrey LONDON - Novak Djokovic is fallible after all, as American powerhouse Sam Querrey proved in stunning fashion to stop the Serb's seemingly unstoppable charge towards a calendar year grand slam at a rain-hit Wimbledon on Saturday. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON/, (UPDATE 2), moved, by Martyn Herman) Querrey ousts Djokovic in shocker at Wimbeldon Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 seed in the men's draw at Wimbledon, lost Saturday to snap a 30-match winning streak in Grand Slam events. (TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-ROUNDUP, The Sports Xchange, expect by 4 p.m. ET, 350 words) - - - - CYCLING Tour de France Contador crashes in Tour de France first stage UTAH BEACH, France - Alberto Contador's Tour de France chances suffered an early blow on Saturday when the Spaniard crashed with about 80 km left in the first stage. (CYCLING-TOUR/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Julien Pretot, 303 words) - - - - OLYMPICS U.S. Olympic swim trials (to 3) Ledecky ready to go the distance at Olympic trials OMAHA, Nebraska - Distance queen Katie Ledecky takes the spotlight has she lineups for the final in her signature event the 800 metres freestyle. The world record will be on the line when the Olympic and world champion steps onto the starting blocks poised to add the 800 free to her growing Rio Olympic dance card that already includes the 200 and 400 free.(SWIMMING-OLYMPICS/USA, expect by 9 PM ET, by Steve Keating, 400 words) U.S. Olympic athletics trials (to 10) Sprinters begin chase for Rio at U.S. Olympic trials EUGENE, Oregon - Top sprinters Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Tori Bowie and English Gardner begin competition in the men's and women's 100 metres with world champion Allyson Felix pacing the semi-finals of the women's 400 metres and world record holder Ashton Eaton starting the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials at the University of Oregon. (ATHLETICS-OLYMPICS-USA/, expect by 7:45 p.m. ET, by Gene Cherry, 400 words) OMAHA - U.S. Olympic swim trials resume at CenturyLink Center including the short free. Women's 200 Back - FINAL Men's 100 Fly - FINAL Women's 800 Free - FINAL Men's 50 Free - FINAL (MSC-USA-SWIMMING-NEWS, The Sports Xchange, expect by 9:15 p.m. ET, by Steven Beideck, 600 words)
