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Astana easily won the teamtime trial, but if it had beenslightly faster, LanceArmstrong would havetaken the yellow jersey atthe Tour de France. 3C

NFL

For starters, Packershave kept it togetherGreen Bay had the league’syoungest roster lastseason, and it lost oneprimary starter, so anotheryear may help it grow into acontender, NFL columnistRick Gosselin writes. 6C

METRO

Suit doesn’t appearto include CowboysNo signs have been foundthat the Cowboys will bepart of the lawsuitassociated with thecollapse of their indoorpractice facility. 1B

MAVERICKS

Stackhouse knows hewill change teamsWhether it’s the ShawnMarion trade or some otherdeal, Jerry Stackhouse hasrealized his days with theMavs are numbered. 3C

CHAT LIVE with Maverickswriter Eddie Sefko at 11:30a.m. today on theMavericks blog.dallasnews.com/sports

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Police still looking formotive in McNair case, 6C

Joe Sakic to retire, 6C

Soccer Report, 2C

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One stepcloser forArmstrong

AutomotiveClassified, 8-11C

T here are things I loveand things I loatheabout Major League

Baseball’s All-Star Game.That, in itself, sets it apartfrom its All-Star Game rivalsbecause I don’t care to watchthe others, and TV ratingssuggest that most fans agree

with me.The baseball game, by its

nature, comes at the righttime. The sports scene in Julyis pretty dead in the United

States. If we’re tuned in totennis in England and cyclingin France, no matter howgreat those events, it means

it’s a slow month over here.So I think it’s the “nothing

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Josh Hamilton injected life into last year’s All-Star HomeRun Derby, but he won’t participate this year.

Fans wantHam? FineMisguided critics tagRangers slugger as‘most undeserving’

TIM COWLISHAWwtcowlishaw@dallasnews.com

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — TheRangers believe Derek Hol-land’s future is as a startingpitcher, even though he wasbrought up in April to work outof the bullpen as well as startwhen needed.

Because of injuries, his lastfive appearances have been as astarter. But the left-hander isn’tlikely to start again before theAll-Star break, though theRangers have yet to announce

Holland’s homestill in bullpen

RANGERS BRIEFS

Rookie is seen as astarter long term, butprobably no time soon

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“Looking out at the lake,there was no way to differenti-ate between the able bodiedand the disabled heroes — a

veterans Robert Aiken andRoger Preston listened to abrief orientation from HOW’snational coordinator, Jim Do-lan, before launching into a 10-acre private lake.

HOW schedules as manyoutings as possible on privatewaters. There’s a safety aspectof not sharing the water withpower boats, and game fish aregenerally easier to catch on pri-vate lakes.

terlude in quiet surroundingssometimes results in a thera-peutic breakthrough, an unex-pected bonus for veterans andfor the HOW volunteers.

At a June fishing trip nearFarmersville, about 45 milesnortheast of Dallas, Marine

(HOW) is a Texas-based vol-unteer organization that takeswounded veterans on kayakfishing trips. In their sleek, lowprofile boats, kayakers feel apart of nature. A pleasant in-

huge therapeutic moment forthe parent of a wounded war-rior,” Babin said.

Heroes on the Water

HEROES ON THE WATER

BEN TORRES/Special Contributor

Medically retired Marine Brandon Blackstone of Arlington catches a fish during a Heroes on the Water outing at a private lake in the Wills Point area.

Volunteer group shows wounded veterans the healing power of kayak fishing

Ripple effectR osalinda Babin of Round Rock has spent six

years helping her son, Alan Babin Jr., overcomegunshot wounds suffered during an 82nd Air-

borne Division battle in the Middle East.When they attended a Heroes on the Water event,

Rosalinda was moved by the poignant image of emptywheelchairs lining the launch site, abandoned in favorof kayaks.

RAY SASSERrsasser@dallasnews.com

OUTDOORS On the webFor additional informationabout Heroes on the Water, goto www.HeroesontheWater.orgor www.KayakAnglersSA.org.

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J oe Nieuwendyk is findingout why so many generalmanagers have gray hair

— or none at all.The former Stars center re-

turned to Dallas like a con-quering hero a month ago atthe tender age of 42. Just acouple of years removed fromplaying, he was hand-picked

Toronto Maple Leafs over theStars on Tuesday, leavingNieuwendyk to search for abackup goalie, the shine wasoff the apple for many Starsfans, who littered messageboards with doubts aboutwhere Nieuwendyk is steeringthis ship.

It’s probably foolish tojump to such conclusions thisearly in the new administra-tion. But criticism is part of the

by owner Tom Hicks to be theteam’s new GM and lead acharge into a new generationof hockey.

But after free agent goalieJonas Gustavsson chose the LOUIS DeLUCA/Staff Photographer

Starsfirst-year GMJoeNieuwendyk(right)gambledand lost inwaiting forfree-agentgoalie JonasGustavsson’sdecision.

Swedish snub stings Stars

MIKE HEIKAmheika@dallasnews.com

STARS INSIDERFree-agent goaltenderchooses Leafs; Dallasleft with few options

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Though they had the run of10 acres, Aiken and Prestonfished side by side. It’s a pat-tern Dolan has witnessed re-peatedly.

Aiken, who’s starting a na-tionwide U.S. Marine CorpsChamber of Commerce, saidthat having an organized ac-tivity involving other veteransis a good transitional activityfor men and women recon-necting with society.

“During service, and par-ticularly on deployment, mili-tary personnel operate as ateam,” he said. “Transition isreverse culture shock. Mostveterans groups focus their at-tention inward or to the past.HOW focuses on an activity,and most young warriorswould rather do somethingother than swapping war sto-ries around a bar. With HOW,we’re swapping stories acrossa pond, without the hang-over.”

Personal touchHOW was formed in 2007

and has served about 130 vet-erans. HOW went national inJune, with events in Georgia,Virginia and Washingtonstate, said Dolan, a commer-cial airline pilot who lives inAllen. The Air Force veterangot involved in kayakingthrough his love of coastalfishing.

“Fishing from a power boatis like driving a car throughYellowstone National Park,”he said. “Fishing from a kayakis like riding a bike throughYellowstone. The kayak expe-rience is much more person-al.”

Military doctors are reluc-tant to discuss recovering vet-erans, but HOW volunteershave been told that kayak fish-ing may have the same impacton wounded warriors suffer-ing traumatic brain injury as

horseback riding has on autis-tic children.

“I will never forget one ofthe kids we took fishing on thecoast,” Dolan said. “He was to-tally lost in whatever had hap-pened to him in the MiddleEast and, when he respondedto our questions, his respons-es usually consisted of oneword.

“The first fish that hecaught resulted in a big grin.Forty-eight hours and severalfish later, he was looking us inthe eye and speaking in three-or four-word sentences. Wedidn’t cure that kid, but weput a crack in the shell wherehe was able to see somethingother than his own problems.”

Heather Gardner is a rec-reational therapist at the Cen-ter for the Intrepid at BrookeArmy Medical Center. Herspecialty is adaptive sportswith ties to the U.S. Paralym-pics. Gardner defines recre-ational therapy as a way of dis-tracting one’s mind from thetoll the body may be taking onand diverting it to somethingthat is pleasing to the mind,body, soul, or a combinationof those aspects.

Gardner is not surprised attherapeutic breakthroughsrelated to kayak fishing. She

has led several groups onHOW outings. The first in-volved wounded warriors whowere missing both legs abovethe knees. The majority ofthose participants said theywanted to fish but not kayak.A few wanted to kayak but notfish.

Within 20 minutes, withno encouragement from any-one, said Gardner, every oneof them was in a kayak with afishing rod in their hands.How does Gardner assess thetherapeutic value of that expe-rience?

“I’m sure it was differentfor each participant,” she said.“Getting away from the hospi-

tal and a daily routine can betherapeutic. Putting them in aboat where they are the solecontroller can be therapeutic.Doing an activity that is notphysically challenging and en-tirely in their control can betherapeutic.

“The HOW program is ab-solutely wonderful,” Gardnersaid. “Their hard work anddedication to our warriors istruly inspirational and doesnot go unnoticed.”

Lending a handA $50,000 Texas Parks

and Wildlife Departmentgrant, the cost of a single high-

end bass boat, enabled HOWto buy 40 kayaks, paddles, lifejackets and other necessaryfishing gear. Volunteers forHOW events mostly comefrom TexasKayakFishermen-.com, an online forum with12,000 members, about2,000 of them very active.

Dolan said HOW needs ac-cess to more private lakes inall Texas regions, as veteransare spread throughout thestate. Some landowners havegone beyond merely grantingaccess to their lakes. They hostthe events, providing food foreveryone who shows up. Mostoutings are small, with 10 orfewer veterans.

Dolan said the initial pur-pose of HOW was to give asmany veterans as possible achance to enjoy kayak fishing,but it has grown into a muchbigger project, not that heminds.

“The biggest compliment Ican get is to have one of theseguys call me up and say, ‘HeyJim, let’s go fishing.’ I’ve cometo realize that they’re helpingme a lot more than I’m help-ing them. If they can over-come the problems they have,it makes my problems seemnonexistent by comparison.”

Veterans find calming watersRAY SASSER

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Photos by BEN TORRES/Special Contributor

Jim Dolan, national coordinator for Heroes on the Water, pulls Brandon Blackstone (right) to shallow water.

Brandon Blackstone (left) receives some pointers fromJim Dolan during a kayak fishing trip.

BASEBALL

PACIFIC COASTLEAGUE

American South Div. W L Pct. GBAlbuquerque ............... 43 41 .512 —Oklahoma City .......... 41 43 .488 2New Orleans ............... 38 45 .458 41⁄2

Round Rock ................. 37 48 .435 61⁄2

American North Div. W L Pct. GBNashville .................... 48 37 .565 —Iowa .......................... 44 41 .518 4Memphis .................... 41 43 .488 61⁄2

Omaha ....................... 34 50 .405 131⁄2

Pacific South Div. W L Pct. GBSacramento ................ 53 31 .631 —Reno .......................... 43 42 .506 101⁄2

Fresno ........................ 42 42 .500 11Las Vegas ................... 39 46 .459 141⁄2

Pacific North Div. W L Pct. GBColorado Springs ......... 49 36 .576 —Salt Lake .................... 44 41 .518 5Portland ..................... 41 45 .477 81⁄2

Tacoma ...................... 39 45 .464 91⁄2

TUESDAY’S RESULTSat Okla. City ......12 Omaha............. 2at New Orleans 4 Iowa ............... 1at Portland ......7 Colo. Springs.... 3at Nashville .....5 Albuquerque .... 4at Memphis .....3 Round Rock...... 1Tacoma ........... at Salt Lake .....Las Vegas ........ at Fresno .........Sacramento ..... at Reno ...........

TODAY’S GAMESOmaha at New Orleans 7:00Round Rock at Nashville 7:00Albuquerque at Memphis 7:05Colorado Springs at Salt Lake 8:05Portland at Tacoma 9:00Las Vegas at Reno 9:05Sacramento at Fresno 9:05

TUESDAY’S LINESCOREOmaha............ 010 010 000 — 2 6 1Okla. City ........ 060 140 10x — 12 16 1

Duckworth, Hughes, Waechter, Hamu-lack, Atencio, Yabuta and House. Ramirez,Hernandez, Murray, Feliz and Frostad. W—Ramirez (5-7). L—Duckworth (2-3). 2B—OMA: Thorman, Ka’aihue; OKC: Davis. 3B—OKC: Davis. HR—OMA: Thorman (16), Met-calf (8).

TEXAS LEAGUESECOND HALF

South Div. W L Pct. GBFrisco ..................... 7 5 .583 —Midland ........................6 6 .500 1x-San Antonio ...............6 6 .500 1Corpus Christi ...............5 7 .417 2North Div. W L Pct. GBNW Arkansas ................8 3 .727 —x-Springfield .................7 5 .583 11⁄2

Tulsa ............................5 6 .455 3Arkansas ......................3 9 .250 51⁄2

x-First-half winner

TUESDAY’S RESULTSFrisco ..............8 at Arkansas ...... 2NW Arkansas...9 at Corp. Christi . 2at San Antonio .7 Tulsa .............. 1at Springfield ...8 Midland........... 3

TODAY’S GAMESNo games scheduled

AMERICANASSOCIATION

SECOND HALFSouth Div. W L Pct. GBGrand Prairie .................1 1 .500 —Shreve-Bossier .............1 1 .500 1Fort Worth* ..................0 0 .000 1⁄2

Pensacola .....................0 0 .000 1⁄2

El Paso .........................0 0 .000 1⁄2

North Div. W L Pct. GBSt. Paul ........................1 1 .500 —Wichita* ......................1 1 .500 1Lincoln .........................0 0 .000 1⁄2

Sioux City .....................0 0 .000 1⁄2

Sioux Falls ....................0 0 .000 1⁄2

*First-half winnerTUESDAY’S RESULTS

Shr.-Bossier .....10 at Grand Prairie . 5Fort Worth at Sioux Falls .................ppd., rainEl Paso ............ at Pensacola ....Lincoln ............ at Sioux City ....at Wichita .......8 St. Paul ........... 7

TODAY’S GAMESShr.-Bossier at Grand Prairie 11:05 a.m.Fort Worth at Sioux Falls 7:05El Paso at Pensacola 6:35 Lincoln at Sioux City 7:05St. Paul at Wichita 7:05

TEXAS COLLEGIATELEAGUE

W L Pct. GBVictoria ................... 16 8 .667 —East Texas ............... 14 9 .609 11⁄2

Brazos Valley ........... 13 10 .565 21⁄2

Coppell ......................8 15 .348 71/2McKinney ..................7 16 .304 81⁄2

TUESDAY’S RESULTSNo games scheduled

TODAY’S GAMESEast Texas at Coppell 7:05

Victoria at McKinney 7:05

CYCLINGTOUR DE FRANCE

(at Montpellier, France)TUESDAY’S RESULTS

Fourth Stage24.2-mile team time trial in Montpellier

1. Astana, 46 minutes, 29 seconds.2. Garmin-Slipstream, 18 seconds behind.3. Team Saxo Bank, :40.4. Liquigas, :58.5. Team Columbia-High Road, :59.6. Team Katusha, 1:23.7. Caisse d’Epargne, 1:29.8. Cervelo Test Team, 1:37.9. AG2R La Mondiale, 1:48.10. Euskaltel-Euskadi, 2:09.11. Rabobank, 2:20.12. Quick Step, 2:26.13. Silence-Lotto, 2:35.14. FranEcaise des Jeux, 2:46.15. Team Milram, 2:48.16. Cofidis, 2:58.17. Lampre-NGC, 3:24.18. Agritubel, 4:17.19. BBOX Bouygues Telecom, 4:41.20. Skil-Shimano, 5:23.

OVERALL STANDINGS(After four stages)

1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team SaxoBank, 10:38:07.

2. Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana,same time.

3. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, :19.4. Andreas Klöden, Germany, Astana, :23.5. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Astana, :31.6. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Garmin-Slip-

stream, :38.7. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Astana, :51.8. Tony Martin, Germany, Team Columbia-

High Road, :52.9. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Slip-

stream, 1:06.10. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Slipstream,

1:07.11. Sergio Paulinho, Portugal, Astana, 1:16.12. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Gar-

min-Slipstream, same time.

13. Gustav Larsson, Sweden, Team SaxoBank, 1:22.

14. Maxime Montfort, Belgium, Team Colum-bia-High Road, 1:29.

15. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liqui-gas, 1:31.

16. Michael Rogers, Australia, Team Colum-bia-High Road, 1:32.

17. George Hincapie, United States, Team Co-lumbia-High Road, 1:36.

18. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, same time.19. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas, same

time.20. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo

Bank, 1:41.Also

125. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Slip-stream, 5:57.

167. Danny Pate, United States, Garmin-Slip-stream, 9:19.

BASKETBALL

WNBAWESTERN CONF. W L Pct. GBMinnesota ....................8 4 .667 —Phoenix ........................8 4 .667 —Seattle.........................7 4 .636 1⁄2

San Antonio..................4 5 .444 21⁄2

Los Angeles ..................3 6 .333 31⁄2

Sacramento ..................2 8 .200 5EASTERN CONF. W L Pct. GBIndiana.........................8 2 .800 —Chicago ........................6 4 .600 2Connecticut ..................5 5 .500 3Washington..................5 5 .500 3Atlanta ........................6 7 .462 31⁄2

New York......................3 6 .333 41⁄2

Detroit .........................2 7 .222 51⁄2

TUESDAY’S RESULTSat Seattle......66 San Antonio .. 53at Atlanta .....72 Connecticut ... 67at Minnesota .95 Washington... 94 (OT)Chicago ......... at Sacramento .

TODAY’S GAMEChicago at Phoenix 9:00

NBA

MAVERICKS SUMMER LEAGUEROSTER

Player Pos. Ht. YearsAaron Miles G 6-1 1Rodrigue Beaubois G 6-2 RQuinton Hosley F 6-6 RK.C. Rivers G/F 6-5 RCurtis Jerrells G 6-1 RDamjan Rudez F 6-10 RLuke Jackson F 6-7 4Henry Dugat G 6-0 RNick Calathes G 6-6 RMickael Gelabale F 6-7 2Herbert Hill F 6-8 RShan Foster G 6-6 RAhmad Nivins F 6-9 RTrent Strickland F 6-5 RAndre Brown F 6-9 4Alfred Aboya F 6-9 RMoussa Seck C 7-4 RBryson McKenzie F 6-10 R

Head coach: Monte MathisAssistant coach: Darrell ArmstrongNote: Not all players will travel to Las Vegas.

SOCCER

MLSWEST W L T Pts GF GAHouston..............9 3 4 31 21 10Chivas USA .........8 4 3 27 19 12Seattle ...............6 3 7 25 24 15Colorado .............5 4 6 21 22 20Los Angeles.........4 3 9 21 18 18Real Salt Lake......5 6 5 20 23 18FC Dallas.............4 7 5 17 20 25San Jose .............3 8 4 13 18 28

EAST W L T Pts GF GAD.C. ....................5 3 9 24 26 25Chicago...............6 3 6 24 23 20Columbus............5 3 8 23 22 21Toronto FC ..........6 6 4 22 21 25Kansas City .........5 6 4 19 19 18New England .......4 5 4 16 15 21New York ............2 13 4 10 15 30NOTE: Three points for victory, one point fortie.

SATURDAY’S GAMESFC Dallas at Colorado 8:30Houston at Seattle 3:00Kansas City at New England 3:00Columbus at Chicago 7:00Toronto FC at San Jose 9:30Los Angeles at Chivas USA 10:00

CONCACAFGOLD CUP

FIRST ROUNDNote: Top two in each group and two bestthird-place teams advance to quarterfinalsGROUP A W L T Pts GF GACanada ...............2 0 0 6 2 0Costa Rica ...........1 1 0 3 2 2El Salvador..........1 1 0 3 2 2Jamaica ..............0 2 0 0 0 2

TUESDAY’S RESULTS(at Columbus, Ohio)

Costa Rica .....1 Jamaica............... 0Canada..........1 El Salvador .......... 0

GROUP B W L T Pts GF GAUnited States ......1 0 0 3 4 0Honduras ............1 0 0 3 1 0Haiti...................0 1 0 0 0 0Grenada 0 1 0 0 0 4

TODAY’S GAMES(at Washington)

Honduras vs. United States 8:00Haiti vs. Grenada 6:00

GROUP C W L T Pts GF GAGuadeloupe .........1 0 0 3 2 1Mexico................1 0 0 3 2 0Nicaragua ...........0 1 0 0 0 2Panama ..............0 1 0 0 1 2

THURSDAY’S GAMES(at Houston)

Guadeloupe vs. Nicaragua 7:00Mexico vs. Panama 9:00

TENNISATP CAMPBELL’S HALL OF FAME

CHAMPIONSHIPS(At Newport, R.I.)

TUESDAY’S RESULTSGrass-outdoor tournament ends Sunday

FIRST-ROUND SINGLESSebastien Grosjean, France, leads Kevin Kim

(7), United States, 6-4, 0-0 (40-40), susp.,rain.

Philipp Petzschner (6), Germany, leads Hora-cio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-4, 3-4, susp.,rain.

Sam Groth, Australia, leads Ricardo Mello,Brazil, 7-5, 0-3, susp., rain.

WTA COLLECTOR SWEDISH OPEN(At Bastad, Sweden)TUESDAY’S RESULTS

Clay-outdoor tournament ends SundayFIRST-ROUND SINGLES

Flavia Pennetta (3), Italy, d. Francesca Schia-vone, Italy, 6-2, 7-5.

Maria Kirilenko, Russia, d. Irina Buryachok,Ukraine, 6-0, 6-4.

Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, d. Ayumi Mori-ta, Japan, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Dominika Cibulkova (2), Slovakia, d. SandraRoma, Sweden, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Ellen Allgurin, Sweden, d. Ksenia Palkina,Kyrgyzstan, 6-4, 6-0.

Angelique Kerber, Germany, d. Barbora Zah-lavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, d. KaiaKanepi (4), Estonia, 6-1, 7-6 (1).

Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, d. Sofia Ar-vidsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-3.

Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, d. Julia Vaku-lenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 4-1, retired.

Masa Zec Peskiric, Slovenia, d. Michaela Jo-hansson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-0.

WTA GAZ DE FRANCE GRAND PRIX(At Budapest, Hungary)TUESDAY’S RESULTS

Clay-outdoor tournament ends SundayFIRST-ROUND SINGLES

Alisa Kleybanova (5), Russia, d. Monica Nicu-lescu, Romania, 6-0, 6-3.

Sybille Bammer (3), Austria, d. Klara Zakopa-lova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

Alize Cornet (2), France, d. Galina Voskoboe-va, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-1.

Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, d. Anna Lapush-chenkova, Russia 6-4, 6-2.

Petra Martic, Croatia, d. Lucie Safarova (8),Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-0.

Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, d. Sara Errani(7), Italy, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0.

Agnes Szavay (4), Hungary, d. Katalin Marosi,Hungary, 6-1, 6-1.

Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, d. Lenka Juri-kova, Slovakia, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

Shahar Peer, Israel, d. Irina Begu, Romania,6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, d. Greta Arn,Hungary, 6-2, 6-2.

Tathiana Garbin, Italy, d. Sharon Fichman,Canada, 6-1, 6-4.

Patrica Mayr, Austria, d. Margalita Chakh-nashvili, Georgia, 6-0, 7-5.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated RHP Dustin Nip-pert from the 60-DL. Optioned OF Julio Bor-bon to Oklahoma City (PCL). TransferredRHP Brandon McCarthy to the 60-day DL.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Acquired RHP Tony Pe-na from the Arizona Diamondbacks for INFBrandon Allen.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed LHP Mike Teje-ra and INF Justin Toole to a minor leaguecontracts and assigned Tejera to Akron (EL)and Toole to Mahoning Valley (NYP).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Designated INF LuisHernandez for assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Released INF AngelBerroa.

CHICAGO CUBS—Placed RHP Ryan Dempsteron the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 3. Re-called RHP Kevin Hart from Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Recalled RHP Robert Ma-nuel from Louisville (IL). Optioned INF DrewSutton to Louisville.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms withLHP Rex Brothers, 3B Nolan Arenado and 1BBen Paulsen.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Recalled INF BrianBarden and OF Nick Stavinoha from Mem-phis (PCL). Placed INF-OF Mark DeRosa onthe 15-day DL, retroactive to July 1.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Purchased the contractsof INF Craig Stansberry from Portland (PCL).Designated RHP Walter Silva for assign-ment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Announced thatRHP Jesus Colome has rejected his outrightassignment and is now a free agent.

FORT WORTH CATS (American Association)—Signed RHP Scott VanderWeg.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS (American Associa-tion)—Announced RHP Luke Prihoda hasbeen purchased by the New York Yankeesand assigned to Charleston (SAL). ReleasedINF Cody Merrell.

BASKETBALLDALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed G Rodrigue

Beaubois.FOOTBALL

NFL—Suspended New York Giants LB MichaelBoley for the first game of the regular sea-son for violating the league’s personal con-duct policy.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed G/T T.J. Lang.SAN FRACISCO 49ERS—Claimed FB Brit Miller

off waivers from the Carolina Panthers.HOCKEY

DALLAS STARS—Signed D Jeff Woywitka to atwo-year contract.

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS—Signed C ToddMarchant to a two-year contract.

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Re-signed F JoeyCrabb and D Nathan Oystrick.

CALGARY FLAMES—Re-signed C Jamie Lund-mark. Signed F Jason Jaffray.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to termswith D Cam Barker on a three-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Agreed to termswith D Chris Pronger on a multiyear contractextension.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed LW StephaneVeilleux.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Signed G Jonas Gus-tavsson to a one-year contract.

HORSE RACINGKENTUCKY HORSE RACING COMMISSION—

Suspended trainer Rick Dutrow 30 days forviolating doping rules.

SOCCERFIFA—Suspended United States MF Michael

Bradley for three international matches forhis confrontation with Uruguayan refereeJorge Larrionda during the ConfederationsCup. Bradley will be eligible to return forthe Aug. 12 World Cup qualifier at Mexico.

FOOTBALLNFL TRAINING CAMPS

Rookie and veteran reporting dates(Dates subject to change)

NFCDALLAS COWBOYS—Alamodome, San Antonio,

both July 29.ARIZONA CARDINALS—Northern Arizona U.,

Flagstaff, Ariz., both July 29.ATLANTA FALCONS—Falcons Training Facili-

ty, Flowery Branch, Ga., both July 31.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Wofford College,Spartanburg, S.C., both Aug 2.

CHICAGO BEARS—Olivet Nazarene, Bourbon-nais, Ill., both July 31.

DETROIT LIONS—Lions Training Facility, AllenPark, Mich., both July 31.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—St. Norbert College, DePere, Wis., both July 31.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Minnesota State-Mankato, both July 30.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—New Orleans SaintsTraining Facility, Metairie, La., both July30.

NEW YORK GIANTS—U. of Albany, N.Y., bothAug. 3.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Lehigh U., Bethle-hem, Pa., July 26; July 29.

ST. LOUIS RAMS—Russell Training Center,Earth City, Mo., July 30; July 31.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Marie P. DeBartoloSports Center, Santa Clara, Calif., July 28;July 30.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Virginia Mason Ath-letic Center, Renton, Wash., July 30; July31.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—One BuccaneerPlace, Tampa, Fla., both July 31.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Redskins Park,Ashburn, Va., both July 29.

AFCHOUSTON TEXANS—Methodist Training Cen-

ter, Houston, July 26; July 31.BALTIMORE RAVENS—McDaniel College,

Westminster, Md., July 27; July 29.BUFFALO BILLS—St. John Fisher College,

Pittsford, N.Y., both July 25.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Georgetown College,

Georgetown, Ky., both July 30.CLEVELAND BROWNS—Browns Training Facil-

ity, Berea, Ohio, July 24; July 31.DENVER BRONCOS—Paul D. Bowlen Memorial

Centre, Englewood, Colo., both July 30.INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Rose-Hulman Insti-

tute, Terre Haute, Ind., both Aug. 2.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Municipal Stadi-

um, Jacksonville, Fla., both Aug. 2.KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Wisconsin-River Falls,

River Falls, Wis., both July 31.MIAMI DOLPHINS—Dolphins Training Center,

Davie, Fla., both Aug. 1.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Gillette Stadium,

Foxborough, Mass., July 26; July 29.NEW YORK JETS—Cortland State, Cortland,

N.Y., July 27; July 30.OAKLAND RAIDERS—Napa Valley Marriott,

Napa, Calif., both July 29.PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Saint Vincent Col-

lege, Latrobe, Pa., both July 31.SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Chargers Park, San

Diego, July 26; July 31.TENNESSEE TITANS—Baptist Sports Park,

Nashville, Tenn., both July 30.

NFL KEY DATESJULY 22 — Signing period ends at 3 p.m. for

unrestricted free agents who received June1 tender.

AUG. 9 — Pro Football Hall of Fame Game,Canton, Ohio.

AUG. 13-17 — First preseason weekend.SEPT. 1 — Roster cutdown to maximum of 75

players.SEPT. 5 — Roster cutdown to maximum of 53

players.SEPT. 10 — Season opener.OCT. 12-13 — Fall owners meeting, Boston.OCT. 20 — Trading deadline.JAN. 9-10, 2010 — Wild card playoffs.JAN. 16-17 — Divisional playoffs.JAN. 24 — Conference championships.JAN. 31 — Pro Bowl, Miami.FEB. 7 — Super Bowl, Miami.FEB. 24-MARCH 2 — NFL combine, Indianapo-

lis.MARCH 5 — Free agency begins.MARCH 21-24 — Annual owners meeting, Or-

lando, Fla.

INDIANAPOLIS — RyanLochte held off hard-chargingTyler Clary to win the 400-me-ter individual medley at theU.S. national championshipsTuesday, leading a parade ofOlympians who qualified forthe world meet later thismonth.

Lochte and Clary raced tothe wall, with Lochte touchingfirst in 4 minutes, 6.40 sec-onds. Clary, who swims atMichigan, finished in 4:06.96.

Christine Magnuson, a sil-ver medalist at the BeijingOlympics, won the 100 butter-fly, touching first in 57.15 sec-onds, just ahead of Granbury’sDana Vollmer, who put herselfin line for a trip to Rome.

Katie Hoff supplied the onlysurprise on opening night ofthe five-day meet at the Indi-ana University Natatorium.The Olympic silver medalistfaded to sixth in the 400 free-style, her latest disappointingresult since the Beijing Games.

Except for Hoff, Olympiansdominated with the worldchampionships looming.

Michael Phelps had thenight off before swimming hisfirst two events today.

Peter Vanderkaay, JuliaSmit, Mark Gangloff and Alli-son Schmitt also earned trips toRome by winning titles. Smitand Gangloff set U.S. records.

Smit set the mark in the 200individual medley, winning in2:09.34. She lowered the markof 2:09.71 set by Hoff at lastyear’s U.S. Olympic trials.

Gangloff and fellow Olym-pian Eric Shanteau dueled inthe 100 breaststroke. Gangloffflirted with the world mark be-fore winning in an American-record time of 59.01, fastest inthe world this year.

The Associated Press

SWIMMING

Olympiansmake a bignight of itLochte leads way, wins400 IM at U.S. meet

SWIMMINGU.S. NATIONALS

(At Indianapolis)TUESDAY’S FINALS

MEN100 BREASTSTROKE— 1. Mark Gangloff,

Stow, Ohio, 59.01 seconds (American re-cord; old record was 59.13 by Brendan Han-sen, Longhorn Aq., Aug. 1, 2006). 2. EricShanteau, Lilburn, Ga., 59.45. 3. Marcus Ti-tus, Tucson, Ariz., 1:00.00.

400 FREESTYLE—1. Peter Vanderkaay, Roch-ester, Mich., 3:45.17. 2. Daniel Madwed,Baltimore, 3:47.24. 3. Michael Klueh, Ev-ansville, Ind., 3:50.98.

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY—1. Ryan Lochte,Daytona Beach, Fla., 4:06.40. 2. Tyler Clary,Riverside, Calif., 4:06.96. 3. Jack Brown, At-lanta, 4:13.71.

WOMEN100 BUTTERFLY—1. Christine Magnuson, Tin-

ley Park, Ill., 57.15. 2. Dana Vollmer, Granbu-ry, 57.32. 3. Elaine Breeden, Lexington, Ky.,57.46.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY—1. Julia Smit, Mt.Sinai, N.Y., 2:09.34 (American record; oldrecord was 2:09.71 by Katie Hoff, NorthBaltimore, July 2, 2008). 2. Elizabeth Pel-ton, Baltimore, 2:11.03. 3. Ariana Kukors,Auburn, Wash. 2:11.07.

400 FREESTYLE—1. Allison Schmitt, Canton,Mich., 4:06.77. 2. Chloe Sutton, MissionViejo, Calif., 4:07.20. 3. Caroline Burckle,Louisville, Ky., 4:09.61.