2D / TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM SPORTS SUNDAY, July 19, 2020

ON TV Today Harvick, Hamlin favorites at Texas Auto Racing 11 a.m. — NHRA: Indianapolis Drag Race II, Lucas Oil Raceway, FOX 2 p.m. — NASCAR Cup Series: The O'Reilly By STEPHEN HAWKINS Sports analyst Jeff Burton said. the compound was reapplied last week tol on Wednesday for NASCAR’s All- Auto Parts 500, Texas Motor Speedway, NBC ASSOCIATED PRESS Sports; MotoGP: The Spanish Grand Prix, Cir- “That’s right what they’re so good at, at Kentucky, which like Texas, is a Star race. cuito de Jerez, De La Fontera, Spain (taped), so I expect they’ll both run very well.” 1½-mile track owned by Speedway Harvick, who has an 88-point lead NBC FORT WORTH — Kevin Harvick Burton, who won the inaugural Motorsports. over Brad Keselowski this season, Golf Noon — PGA Tour Golf: The Memorial Tour- and Denny Hamlin can easily be con- Texas race in 1997 and became the “I think you have to be concerned paced a 1-2-3 finish for Stewart-Haas nament, Final Round, GOLF sidered favorites for the first summer- first two-time winner at the track in with it going to Texas because it hasn’t Racing at Texas last November. The 2:30 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf: The Memorial Tournament, Final Round, CBS time race at Texas, even in this 2007, said the fascinating part about been the same as what it was last team had all four of its cars in the top MLB unpredictable and unprecedented this season is the unpredictability of year,” said Harvick, who has 11 con- eight in March 2019. 6 p.m. — Summer Camp: Mets at Yankees, NASCAR Cup season. what’s going to happen without prac- secutive top-10 finishes in Texas. When Harvick takes the green flag MLB Network 7 p.m. — Summer Camp: White Sox at Cubs, While there have been no practice tice and the application of traction TMS president Eddie Gossage said today, he will become the 18th driver ESPN sessions or qualifying laps since rac- compound on tracks. he has long wanted a NASCAR race to make his 700th career Cup Series Men’s Soccer 8 a.m. — Premier League: Southampton at ing resumed two months ago, Harvick There are no rules changes from last in the real Texas heat. The track’s start. The active leader for completed Bournemouth, NB Sports and Hamlin are both three-time win- year for the aerodynamic or engine usual schedule is an early spring race laps is 222 short of 200,000. 10 a.m. — Serie A: Sampdoria at Parma, ners at Texas, and combined to win packages used at Texas, where Hamlin and then a fall race in late October or Aric Almirola, the teammate who ESPN2 12:30 p.m. — Serie A: Torino at Fiorentina, four of the last five races there. They won in the spring before Harvick won early November. was the runner-up to Harvick last fall, ESPN are tied with a Cup-best four wins his third consecutive fall race there. “Drivers always talk about how they will start on the pole at Texas by the 7 p.m. — MLS is Back tournament: Chicago vs. San Jose, FS1 apiece this season, and all but one of “We’re going to use some notes from like a hot, greasy, slick track. Well, random draw, alongside Ryan Blaney 8 p.m. — USL: Reno 1868 FC at Sacramento those have come since mid-May. the previous races there last year. … they’re going to get it Sunday. It’s on the first row. The Busch brothers, Republic FC, ESPN2 The 1½-mile track could get slick on We will take into account weather and going to be plenty hot,” Gossage said. Kurt and Kyle, start together on the 9:30 p.m. — MLS is Back tournament: Seat- tle vs. Vancouver, FS1 what is to be predicted as a scorching all that stuff to figure out what kind of “It’s surely going to have an impact on second row, ahead of Harvick and Ke- Women’s Soccer afternoon today, with temperatures car we need to take to that race track the race. They say they can race more, selowski. Hamlin starts seventh, on 8:30 p.m. — NWSL Challenge Cup: OL Reign vs. Chicago, CBS Sports forecast in the upper 90s and the heat to be successful,” said Hamlin, who race harder, race better.” the same row with Chase Elliott, who index into the 100s. It will be about 30 won both Texas races in 2010. “Hope- The steamy weather and concerns is coming off a $1 million win in the degrees warmer than on March 29, the fully, we guess right.” about the coronavirus will keep the All-Star race. IN BRIEF day the race was originally scheduled As for the traction compound, ap- crowd much smaller than the allowed Stewart-Haas driver Cole Custer MLB before the coronavirus pandemic. plied in corners to create more passing 50 percent capacity at the track, which won last week at Kentucky, becoming Blue Jays barred from playing “You’d be hard to bet against those opportunities, Hamlin described a has about 135,000 seats. It will be the the first rookie winner in the Cup Se- games in Toronto two. This track, with (the first and sec- “50-50 crapshoot” whether it’s “going first major sporting event in Texas in ries in nearly four years, and the first TORONTO (AP) — The Blue Jays won’t play their home games in Toronto this year be- ond turns) being so flat and having so to be the same and in the same line.” more than four months to allow spec- since 2009 to win a race not shortened cause Canada’s government doesn’t think little grip, that’s right up Denny Ham- Hamlin and points leader Harvick tators, and likely will have a crowd by weather. The 22-year-old Californ- it’s safe for players to travel back and forth lin and Kevin Harvick’s alley,” NBC both expressed concerns about how similar to the 20,000 or so fans at Bris- ian makes his 21st career start today. from the United States, one of the coun- tries hit hardest by the coronavirus pan- demic. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino Matthew Wolff 77-68-70 — 215 -1 said Saturday the federal government de- double bogey on the 17th that. Woods said he felt better Rahm has had a mathemati- Xinjun Zhang 72-73-70 — 215 -1 nied the Blue Jays’ request to play at Golf hole after an awkward lie in and played better, posting a cal chance to reach No. 1 ever Dylan Frittelli 73-68-74 — 215 -1 Rogers Centre. Matthew Fitzpatrick 75-66-74 — 215 -1 the rough. 71. He still was 14 shots be- since golf resumed six weeks Lucas Glover 69-72-74 — 215 -1 The team had been given clearance by Continued from 1D Bubba Watson 78-68-70 — 216 E city and provincial governments to play in “It was good, and then it hind. ago. He missed the cut at Carlos Ortiz 74-72-70 — 216 E its home stadium and was awaiting ap- Adam Hadwin 76-70-70 — 216 E He was 12 under as he goes wasn’t good,” Finau said. That’s what made Rahm’s Colonial and finished out of Si Woo Kim 73-73-70 — 216 E proval from Canada’s federal government. Justin Thomas 74-67-75 — 216 E The other 29 Major League Baseball teams for his fourth PGA Tour vic- “Man, this golf course can get round so special. The ball the top 25 in the other three Patrick Reed 71-76-70 — 217 +1 plan to play in their home ballparks, with- Billy Horschel 76-71-70 — 217 +1 tory and 10th worldwide. you in a heartbeat. You just kept rolling on the greens, events he played. Tyler Duncan 75-71-71 — 217 +1 out spectators, when the pandemic-short- Finau and Palmer, each with try to put your best foot for- and the Spaniard realized it Now it’s right there in front Sebastian Munoz 75-70-72 — 217 +1 ened 60-game season begins next week. Harris English 70-73-74 — 217 +1 a 73, were three behind. For- ward every hole, every shot was happening to everybody. of him — along with a Muir- Viktor Hovland 74-66-77 — 217 +1 Mendicino said frequent travel to the Steve Stricker 73-67-77 — 217 +1 U.S., where COVID-19 cases are surging, mer Masters champion and try to play as well as you His only dropped shot was on field Village course that Luke List 70-68-79 — 217 +1 was the biggest issue. Tiger Woods 71-76-71 — 218 +2 Danny Willett (70) was next can. The greens are firm. the par-3 eighth. won’t be getting any easier. Marc Leishman 72-75-71 — 218 +2 in line six shots back. They’re fast. I’m a little dis- And his finish was simply “Whatever happens tomor- William McGirt 76-69-73 — 218 +2 NBA Keith Mitchell 74-71-73 — 218 +2 Finau was bogey-free on the appointed in my finish but sublime. row happens, but it’ll be a Louis Oosthuizen 72-73-73 — 218 +2 NBA going with shorter games Sergio Garcia 72-73-73 — 218 +2 for Disney exhibition openers front nine, poured in a 50- I’m in a good position going He hammered his tee shot great test for me to learn for Jason Dufner 72-73-73 — 218 +2 Erik van Rooyen 76-69-73 — 218 +2 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The first foot birdie putt and then eas- into tomorrow, and it’s going 360 yards over the bunker the future for major champi- Abraham Ancer 72-75-72 — 219 +3 exhibition games of the NBA restart will go Xander Schauffele 78-69-72 — 219 +3 ily reached the green on the to be tough tomorrow.” that set up a wedge to 12 feet onships,” Rahm said. “This is Corey Conners 73-74-72 — 219 +3 a little more quickly than usual. Charles Howell III 69-77-73 — 219 +3 The NBA is tweaking the rules for those par-5 11th for a two-putt Muirfield Village will re- for birdie on the 13th. He going to be the closest thing Collin Morikawa 76-70-73 — 219 +3 initial matchups, going with 10-minute birdie to reach 12 under. build all the greens starting wisely laid up on the 14th, we get to a major champi- Phil Mickelson 72-74-73 — 219 +3 quarters instead of the usual 12 minutes. Bud Cauley 75-71-73 — 219 +3 One swing changed every- Monday, and tournament of- with the tees moved forward onship without being one.” Matt Kuchar 76-67-76 — 219 +3 The change is for several reasons — among Scott Harrington 74-69-76 — 219 +3 PGA Tour Memorial them, not wanting to overly tax players’ thing. ficials are not afraid to let the to play at 322 yards, and hit C. Bezuidenhout 72-69-78 — 219 +3 Saturday’s third-round scores Jim Furyk 72-68-79 — 219 +3 bodies after they went more than four Finau’s tee shot in a course go to the very edge for wedge to 5 feet for birdie. from Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio Brooks Koepka 72-75-73 — 220 +4 months without games, and because some swirling wind on the par-3 the strongest field of the year. Right of the green on the Jon Rahm 69-67-68 — 204 -12 Ryan Moore 70-75-75 — 220 +4 teams do not have their full rosters at Walt Ryan Palmer 67-68-73 — 208 -8 Stewart Cink 73-74-74 — 221 +5 12th sailed 15 yards over the It wasn’t easy to get shots par-5 15th in two, with the Tony Finau 66-69-73 — 208 -8 C.T. Pan 72-74-75 — 221 +5 Disney World yet because of coronavirus Danny Willett 74-66-70 — 210 -6 Zach Johnson 76-70-75 — 221 +5 and other issues. green, leaving a downhill close. It wasn’t easy to hole green running fast and away Henrik Norlander 74-66-71 — 211 -5 Lanto Griffin 72-73-76 — 221 +5 Exhibitions start with a four-game slate Jason Day 73-66-72 — 211 -5 Bo Hoag 75-67-79 — 221 +5 chip from thick rough to a putts. It wasn’t easy to do from him, he hit a flop-and- Matt Wallace 72-70-70 — 212 -4 Cameron Smith 74-72-76 — 222 +6 Wednesday and continue through July 28. Chez Reavie 71-67-74 — 212 -4 Mark Hubbard 70-76-76 — 222 +6 Each team will play three exhibitions, and green that was yellow and ran anything. run to 3 feet for a third Patrick Rodgers 70-72-71 — 213 -3 Denny McCarthy 75-71-76 — 222 +6 Patrick Cantlay 70-70-73 — 213 -3 Scott Piercy 72-73-77 — 222 +6 the last two for each club will have the tra- toward the water. His first It was the highest average straight birdie. And then he Mackenzie Hughes 74-66-73 — 213 -3 Keegan Bradley 73-73-77 — 223 +7 ditional 12-minute quarters. Plans call for chip didn’t reach the green, score for the third round at capped it off with a 25-foot Scottie Scheffler 71-73-70 — 214 -2 Vijay Singh 71-74-78 — 223 +7 all 33 exhibitions to be televised by some Brendan Steele 68-75-71 — 214 -2 Carl Pettersson 72-72-79 — 223 +7 his second ran through the the Memorial since 2012, the birdie putt on the 16th. Kevin Na 74-69-71 — 214 -2 Jimmy Walker 70-72-81 — 223 +7 combination of local TV, national TV, NBA Rory McIlroy 70-72-72 — 214 -2 Kevin Streelman 75-71-78 — 224 +8 TV or NBA League Pass. putting surface and he made last year Tiger Woods won. Just like that, he had the Jordan Spieth 70-70-74 — 214 -2 Sung Kang 74-72-78 — 224 +8 Gary Woodland 68-70-76 — 214 -2 Sepp Straka 73-72-79 — 224 +8 double bogey. He had another There won’t be a repeat of lead and was in control. Brendon Todd 75-72-68 — 215 -1 Joel Dahmen 75-72-78 — 225 +9 NFL League tells teams training camps will open on time NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has informed way that we wouldn’t want our play- of the clubs and the players.” got to make a decision of, ‘Do I go teams their training camps will open on NFL time. ers unfairly punished because of test- Tampa Bay Buccaneers left tackle drive the bus and potentially risk my League executive Troy Vincent sent a Continued from 1D ing positive. Donovan Smith posted recently on own health and my family’s health in memo to general managers and head “If that was your son, what options social media that playing this season order to pay the rent?’” agent Blake coaches Saturday informing them that rookies can report by Tuesday, quarter- One potential point of lingering would you want him to have as he during the pandemic “does not seem Baratz said. “I’m not comparing $18 backs and injured players by Thursday and contention between the league and made a decision about engaging in like a risk worth taking” for him and per hour to $610,000 a year. But the all other players can arrive by July 28. the NFL Players Association is this work? I know it sounds a little the health of his family. guy making $610,000, the seventh- Rookies for Houston and Kansas City are set to report Monday. whether COVID-19 will be catego- utterly altruistic. It is. That’s how we New York Giants left tackle Nate round rookie, hasn’t made the team The league and the NFL Players Associa- rized as a “non-football injury.” try to make these decisions.” Solder was more blunt last week. yet. He doesn’t have any money.” tion are still discussing testing for the coro- Players on the reserve non-football The NFL declined to make chief “If the NFL doesn’t do their part to In this age of heightened awareness navirus and other health and safety medical officer Dr. Allen Sills avail- keep players healthy, there is no foot- of head injuries and greater player protocols. Union leadership expressed sev- injury list are not required to be paid. eral concerns in a 90-minute conference In baseball, high-risk individuals able for an interview this week or ball in 2020. It’s that simple,” he said. empowerment across the league, call with reporters Friday. were allowed to opt out with pay. For comment on the opt-out issues, citing The culture of the sport, from the there’s clearly more support for tak- However, under the collective bargaining the sensitivity of the active negotia- natural aggression that unfolds on the ing care of off-the-field matters and agreement, the NFL can impose report an NFL player who makes a similar dates. decision, the NFLPA will push for at tions with the union. field to the short careers made more less peer pressure to avoid letting the The NFLPA could file a grievance to argue least service time accrual and bene- “We will continue to implement the urgent by the lack of guaranteed con- team down than in past eras. the league isn’t providing a safe work envi- fits eligibility, even if salary is with- health and safety protocols developed tracts, could prompt a fringe player to “Anybody that’s played any sport at ronment under the labor deal. The players’ union wants players tested held. jointly with the NFLPA and based on ignore a heightened personal or fam- most levels, the camaraderie and the daily for the virus. A joint committee of doc- The NFLPA on Friday said no play- the advice of leading medical experts, ily risk out of fear of losing his spot understanding that you have with you tors, trainers and strength coaches formed ers have formally decided to skip the including review by the CDC,” the on the roster or his place in the and your teammates and friends is by the NFL and NFLPA recommended test- ing every other day. 2020 season out of virus concern. league said in a statement Friday. league. Unlike baseball, pro football very important. I think no matter “Are there some things that are in- “We will address additional issues in has fewer players secure enough to what anybody chooses to do, it’ll be AUTO RACING credibly important to our players a cooperative way. All decisions will skip a season without worrying about understood by the other players and Busch disqualified after Xfinity win, about being able to opt out? Yes,” be made in an effort to put us in posi- the ramifications. coaches in the locker room,” Min- Cindric wins third straight FORT WORTH — Kyle Busch celebrated union executive director DeMaurice tion to play a full regular season and “You’re putting them in a really dif- nesota Vikings tight end Tyler Con- his 10th NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Smith said. “We don’t want players postseason culminating with the ficult position, not that much differ- klin said. “At the end of the day, Texas, and then had it taken away. unfairly punished by it, in the same Super Bowl which is the shared goal ent than the essential worker that’s people do have families.” Busch failed a postrace tech inspection Saturday after finishing ahead of Austin Cindric, who was declared the winner for the third victory in a row after winning both Oakland manager Bob Melvin re- cisco’s rotation, manager Gabe see bullpen arms pitching in situa- Xfinity races at Kentucky. Pitchers NASCAR said the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Rac- mains hopeful of getting 65 pitches Kapler must take into account the tions earlier than maybe they other- ing Toyota was disqualified for failing from starters in their first outings, fact that both faced injury challenges wise have been accustomed to. But heights. Continued from 1D It would have been the 98th career win about an inning less than usual. in recent seasons. we’re going to use it with the mind- for Busch in the series. Instead, Cindric got Relievers for many teams might be “We’ll see a lot of starters other “We just know that it’s not going to set that every out counts — not just his fifth in 83 career starts despite crossing relied upon to work longer. For a 60- places cut short early on,” he said. look like your traditional five-man every inning.” the finish line 0.95 seconds behind Busch. After coming back through the field three game season, there are different pat- “We’re trying to look at all the an- rotation to start the season,” Kapler Milwaukee right-hander Corbin times in the race, including an early speed- terns of thought on how rotations gles at this point.” said. Burnes is vying for a spot in the ro- ing penalty on pit road, Busch built a 3.3- may shape up and how pitching Teams have no certainty about how Mets general manager Brodie Van tation to be a full-time starter for the second lead before a final caution flag when Joe Graf Jr. made contact with the staffs could be constructed. prepared their starters really might Wagenen realizes how key the early first time. wall. Busch led only 15 of the 201 laps. Teams are allowed 30-man rosters be with only a few weeks of prepa- innings will be in this unique sce- He plans to approach the abbrevi- Justin Allgaier regained the lead from Cin- for the first two weeks, up from the ration following the long layoff. nario. ated season much like a September dric when both pitted on lap 159, but All- That’s why many clubs will experi- “There’s no question that the short playoff push: gaier was penalized for a blend line penalty usual 25, and are loading up with when getting back on the track. 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