SPORTS Assignment editor: Dan Ruthemeyer 360-416-2143 / [email protected]

On TV Former Anacortes hoop coach remembered Today Time TV By TREVOR PYLE Yelm, but much of his success came in Ana- second shots. It wasn’t luck, or the fact the Major League @Sports_SVH cortes, where over 12 years his Seahawks Seahawks overwhelmed with talent. It was Atlanta at Philadelphia 10 a.m. TBS teams won nine conference titles — includ- preparation. Colorado at Seattle 1 p.m. ROOT As a basketball player, Loren Anderson ing a run of eight in a row — and six dis- “In both cases they were set plays we’d Chicago Cubs at St. Louis 4 p.m. ESPN was a 5-foot-9 spark plug who hustled his trict titles, and made four state appearances, practiced for three years. You think about National Basketball Association way into becoming the all-time leading finishing as high as fourth. how that transfers to life ... preparing for San Antonio vs. New Orleans noon KOMO 4 scorer at Seattle Pacific University. As a Former players remember a detail-ori- situations in life, (getting ready) mentally so baseball player, he was a high-average dyna- ented coach who stressed preparation and a you’re prepared,” he said. Women’s National Basketball Association mo who drew interest from Major League mastery of fundamentals. Ken Welk played point guard for Ana- Minnesota vs. Los Angeles noon ESPN Baseball organizations. “Whenever a situation came up, like cortes in the late 1970s. He later served as Washington vs. Indiana 4 p.m. ESPN2 This week, people in Skagit County and we were down two with 20 seconds to go, an assistant to Anderson and became his beyond are remembering Anderson for everyone on the team knew what we were son-in-law. National Hockey League another role: successful boys’ basketball going to do,” former Seahawk player Charles Welk, who also coached the Anacortes Washington at Boston 9 a.m. NBCSN coach at Anacortes High School, where in Nelson said. “We’d practice and practice and girls’ team for a number of years, said he St. Louis at Dallas noon NBC the late 1960s and the 1970s he guided the practice those things. (Coach Anderson) employed several of Anderson’s coaching Toronto at Columbus 5 p.m. NBCSN Seahawks to state tournament appearances instilled a discipline of preparation. An philosophies into his own coaching career and taught lessons that lingered long after understanding of that carried into my pro- and would often talk to him after games, Golf the games had ended. fessional career and life.” seeking tips or advice. But his former coach PGA Championship 9 a.m. ESPN Anderson, 84, died Aug. 2 in Anacortes. Gregg Kingma also played for Anderson and father-in-law, Welk noted, had a per- U.S Women’s Amateur 10 a.m. Golf Born in North Dakota, Anderson moved and went on to his own stellar career at sonality that was all his own. PGA Championship noon KIRO 7 to the Pacific Northwest early in his child- SPU. He was a potent scorer for the Fal- “If you turned the ball over, he’d say ‘If LPGA Marathon Classic 1 p.m. Golf hood and starred in several sports at cons, although he couldn’t catch his former you turn it over, throw it into the stands — Auburn High School. coach’s career total — a fact, Kingma noted don’t let other team get it!’ Obviously he Tennis He went on to a college career at Seattle in good humor, that Anderson mentioned a didn’t want you to throw ball away. But he WTA Palermo 10:30 a.m. Tennis Pacific University, which at that time was few times in conversation. had a sense of humor,” Welk said. Auto Racing known as Seattle Pacific College, and “From a business standpoint, from a fam- Anderson retired in 1991 after a stint Formula One race 6 a.m. ESPN became the school’s all-time basketball ily standpoint ... so much goes back to my coaching in Ferndale. NHRA race 10 a.m. KCPQ 13 career scoring leader with 1,955 points. His basketball days of preparation, confidence, His former players say his lessons will NASCAR Cup Series race 1:30 p.m. NBCSN No. 5 jersey was retired by the Falcons. positive attitude,” Kingma said. “It wasn’t live on. Although he had the opportunity to try just instilled by my family but by Loren. He “His philosophy was that basketball was Monday his hand at pro baseball, Anderson instead impacted so many lives.” for the development of the person, it wasn’t Time TV pursued teaching and coaching. Kingma said several games his senior just about becoming a complete basketball He coached at Rainier High School and year at Anacortes were won on last- player,” Welk said. Atlanta at Philadelphia 3 p.m. FS1 San Francisco at Houston 6 p.m. ESPN Seattle at Texas 6 p.m. ROOT

National Basketball Association Pac-12 player group Toronto at Milwaukee 3:45 p.m. ESPN ‘disappointed’ after Denver at L.A. Lakers 6 p.m. TNT Women’s National Basketball Association Phoenix vs. Dallas 4 p.m. ESPN2 commissioner call Chicago vs. Seattle 6 p.m. ESPN2

By RALPH D. RUSSO National Hockey League AP College Football Writer TBD TBD TBD

The Pac-12 players of the “WeAre Tennis United” movement said they were WTA Prague 3:30 a.m. Tennis “disappointed and deeply concerned” WTA Prague, Lexington 8:30 a.m. Tennis after a recent meeting with the confer- ence’s commissioner. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The players sent an email to Pac-12 American League Commissioner Larry Scott late Friday East Division W L Pct GB accusing him of not taking the issues New York 10 5 .667 — they have raised seriously enough. The Baltimore 7 7 .500 2½ email was also shared with members JEFF CHIU / AP Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 3 Toronto 5 7 .417 3½ of the media. watches his tee shot on the 12th hole during the third round of the Boston 5 9 .357 4½ The group’s correspondence came PGA Championship on Saturday at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Central Division after Scott followed their Thursday W L Pct GB Minnesota 10 5 .667 — call with an email to the players that Detroit 7 5 .583 1½ struck a very different tone, thanking Cleveland 9 7 .563 1½ Chicago 8 7 .533 2 them for the “passion and honesty Kansas City 6 10 .375 4½ with which you spoke yesterday eve- Johnson emerges from pack West Division n i n g .” W L Pct GB Oakland 11 4 .733 — The group is pushing the confer- Houston 6 8 .429 4½ ence to address their concerns about Texas 5 8 .385 5 to lead PGA Championship Los Angeles 5 10 .333 6 COVID-19 protocols, racial injustice Seattle 5 11 .313 6½ in college sports and economic rights Saturday’s Games for college athletes. Players threatened By DOUG FERGUSON shot behind with Cameron Champ (67). Colorado 5, Seattle 0 AP Golf Writer Johnson was at 9-under 201 as he goes N.Y. Yankees 8-3, Tampa Bay 4-5 opting out of practices and games if Cleveland 7, 1 their demands aren’t addressed. Lead- for his second major title. For all the chanc- Oakland 3, Houston 1 ers of the group have said their move- SAN FRANCISCO — Dustin Johnson es he has had, this is just the second time he Detroit 11, Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 0 ment has more than 400 players from lost his yardage book and still found his has led going into the final round. Baltimore 5, Washington 3 around the conference supporting it. way through an enormous crowd of con- “I’m going to have to play good golf if Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 1 In their email to the commissioner, tenders Saturday, making eight birdies at I want to win. It’s simple,” Johnson said. N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 4 Texas 2, L.A. Angels 0 the players said they were unsatisfied Harding Park for a 5-under 65 and a one- “I’ve got to hit a lot of fairways and a lot of Toronto 2, Boston 1 with Scott’s answers to question about shot lead in the PGA Championship. greens. If I can do that tomorrow, I’m going Kansas City 9, Minnesota 6 Nothing ever comes easily for Johnson to have a good chance coming down the Arizona 3, San Diego 2 increasing the frequency of COVID- San Francisco 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 19 testing done on athletes and the in the majors. In this case, his brother had stretch. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, ppd. mandating of best practices across the a spare yardage book. Even that might not Among the cast of contenders are major Sunday’s Games Baltimore (Wojciechowski 0-2) at Washing- conference. have stopped Johnson from making his champions like Koepka, Jason Day and ton (Strasburg 0-0), 9:35 a.m. “Without a discernible plan and most birdies in any round of a major. , and fresh faces like Scheffler, Atlanta (TBD) at Philadelphia (Howard 0-0), mandates to ensure the health and Johnson was among eight players who Champ and Collin Morikawa. Also right 10:05 a.m., 1st game Miami (López 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 1-0), safety of student-athletes, it is absurd, had at least a share of the lead at some there was Bryson DeChambeau, thanks to a 10:10 a.m. offensive, and deadly to expect a sea- point Saturday, a wild third round of low 95-foot putt for birdie on his last hole. N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Mor- scores, long putts and endless possibilities. Missing from all this action is Tiger ton 1-1), 10:10 a.m. son to proceed,” they said. Detroit (Turnbull 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Brault When the players went public with One possibility is Brooks Koepka hoist- Woods, who didn’t make a birdie until 0-0), 10:35 a.m. their demands last week, they reached ing the Wanamaker Trophy for the third the 16th hole and is out of the mix for the Toronto (Shoemaker 0-1) at Boston (Eovaldi 1-1), 10:35 a.m. out to the Pac-12 and requested daily straight year, which hasn’t happened since fourth straight major since his emotional Minnesota (Berríos 1-1) at Kansas City (Sing- meetings with conference officials. Walter Hagen won four in a row in the Masters victory last year. A dozen players er 0-1), 11:05 a.m. Instead, they got one call last week 1920s when it was match play. Koepka was were separated by three shots. Cincinnati (Gray 3-0) at Milwaukee (Wood- ruff 1-1), 11:10 a.m. and a pledge from the conference for one shot behind when he made a few care- Haotong, the first player from China L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Texas (Lynn 1-0), continued communication. less mistakes, ran off three straight bogeys to lead after any round at a major, was 11:35 a.m. and had to birdie the 18th for a 69 to stay leading through 12 holes until his tee shot Arizona (Bumgarner 0-2) at San Diego (Lamet 1-0), 1:10 p.m. within two shots. didn’t come down from a tree. He made Colorado (Márquez 2-1) at Seattle (Sheffield PGA Tour rookie Scottie Scheffler double bogey, dropped two more shots and 0-2), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Gausman 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers Loyd-led Storm victorious bogeyed his last hole for a 65 and was one finished four shots out of the lead. (Buehler 0-0), 1:10 p.m. Houston (Javier 1-0) at Oakland (Luzardo BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Jew- 0-0), 1:10 p.m. ell Loyd scored 20 points, Breanna Atlanta (Fried 2-0) at Philadelphia (TBD), 1:35 p.m., 2nd game Stewart added 15 and Seattle used the Cleveland (Bieber 3-0) at Chicago White Sox second quarter to take control in a 74- M’s manage just one hit against Rockies, drop fourth straight (Giolito 1-1), 4:08 p.m. 68 win over Phoenix on Saturday. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, ppd. Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi left the SEATTLE (AP) — before Yency Almonte pitched a perfect game with 5:18 to go with what ap- added three more hits to his major league- eighth and Phillip Diehl closed out the NBA peared to be ankle injury. She walked leading total and drove in three runs, and ninth. Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 122, Portland 117 off the court to the locker room with- four pitchers combined Blackmon doubled twice, the second Denver 134, Utah 132, 2OT out assistance. to one-hit the Seattle Mariners in a 5-0 win hitting the top of the wall in right field and Indiana 116, L.A. Lakers 111 On a drive to the basket, Stewart cut on Saturday night. barely missing a grand slam. Blackmon Phoenix 119, Miami 112 Dallas 136, Milwaukee 132, OT off Taurasi, who then threw a behind- The Mariners (5-11) lost their fourth in settled for a bases-clearing double to give Sunday’s Games the-back pass to Brittney Griner for a a row and fell for the seventh time in eight Colorado a 3-0 lead. Blackmon has 25 hits Washington at Oklahoma City, 9:30 a.m. games. Colorado (11-3) won for the sev- in 14 games and raised his batting average Memphis at Toronto, 11 a.m. layup. Phoenix trailed 64-49 after the San Antonio at New Orleans, noon bucket. enth time in eight games. to .446. Orlando at Boston, 2 p.m. The 38-year-old Taurasi underwent Rockies starter Ryan Castellani, making Nick Margevicius threw 3 1/3 scoreless Philadelphia at Portland, 3:30 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 5 p.m. back surgery before the 2019 season, his major league debut, began with four innings in his first start since sliding into Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 6 p.m. and hamstring problems limited her to perfect innings. He was pulled after a hit the Mariners rotation. six games last year. batter and walk to open the fifth. Castellani NHL Phoenix (4-3) put up a fight and struck out three and threw 60 pitches. UP NEXT Saturday’s Games drew within 70-66 on a pair of Sophie Reliever Jeff Hoffman kept the no-hitter Rockies RHP German Marquez (2-1, Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 1 Cunningham free throws with 26 going until J.P. Crawford lined a single 1.54) makes his fourth start today. Seattle Las Vegas 4, Colorado 3, OT to center field with two outs in the sixth LHP Justus Sheffield (0-2, 9.39) makes Sunday’s Games seconds left before the Western-leading Washington vs. Boston, 9 a.m. Storm (6-1) sealed it at the foul line. inning for the Mariners’ lone hit. his third start. Sheffield has not made it St. Louis vs. Dallas, noon Griner led Phoenix with 20 points. Hoffman (2-0) threw three innings through five innings in either of his starts. Toronto vs. Columbus, 5 p.m.