NFL, local golf, baseball, WNBA

8/1/2007

PRO FOOTBALL

CFL

East Division

W L T Pts PF PA

Winnipeg 3 1 1 7 142 117

Montreal 2 3 0 4 103 101

Toronto 2 3 0 4 123 103

Hamilton 0 5 0 0 70 154

Western Division

W L T Pts PF PA

British Col. 5 0 0 10 149 88

Sask. 3 2 0 6 151 92

Edmonton 2 2 1 5 102 157

Calgary 2 3 0 4 120 148

Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

TOMORROW

Toronto at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Saskatchewan at British Columbia, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Winnipeg at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

LOCAL GOLF

Toledo Golf Club Championships

at Ottawa Park

Championship- 1. Joyce Walters; 2. Diane Rich.

First Flight- 1. Barb Gail; 2. Doris Holliger.

Second Flight- 1. Sandy Fritch; 2. Jill Avery.

Senior Low Gross- 1. Fran Krompak; 2. Nan Reno.

Senior Low Net- 1. Jan Burchfield; 2. Jo Daniels.

double eagle

KEN SWARTZ, No. 6 at Valleywood GC, 465 yards, Driver and 3-wood.

WNBA

Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Detroit 21 6 .778

Indiana 17 10 .630 4

Connecticut 15 12 .556 6

Chicago 12 15 .444 9

New York 10 15 .400 10

Washington 10 15 .400 10

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 16 9 .640

Phoenix 17 10 .630

Sacramento 14 10 .583 11/2

Seattle 13 13 .500 31/2

Los Angeles 9 16 .360 7

Houston 8 18 .308 81/2

Minnesota 7 20 .259 10

YESTERDAY

Connecticut 74, Chicago 56

Indiana 66, Washington 57

Los Angeles 73, New York 63

Detroit 84, San Antonio 79

Phoenix 76, Houston 74

Sacramento at Seattle, late

TOMORROW

Minnesota at New York, 7:30

Phoenix at San Antonio, 8

latest line

Baseball

National League

St. Louis Even-6 PITTSBURGH

Cincinnati Even-6 WASHINGTON

FLORIDA Even-6 Colorado

ATLANTA 6-7 Houston

NY Mets Even-6 MILWAUKEE

CHICAGO CUBS 6-7 Philadelphia

SAN DIEGO 51/2 -61/2 Arizona

LA DODGERS Even-6 San Francisco

American League

Toronto 51/2 -61/2 TAMPA BAY

Detroit P OAKLAND

BOSTON 8-9 Baltimore

NY YANKEES 10-12 Chi White Sox

CLEVELAND 8-9 Texas

MINNESOTA 51/2 -61/2 Kansas City

SEATTLE 51/2 -61/2 LA Angels

NFL Preseason

Sunday, August 5th.

Hall of Fame Game-Canton, Ohio.

Pittsburgh 21/2 New Orleans

(Thursday)

Week One

DETROIT 2 Cincinnati

DALLAS 41/2 Indianapolis

(Friday)

NY JETS 31/2 Atlanta

TAMPA BAY 1 New England

NEW ORLEANS 41/2 Buffalo

MINNESOTA 2 St. Louis

(Saturday)

PITTSBURGH 5 Green Bay

MIAMI 11/2 Jacksonville

CLEVELAND 3 Kansas City

TENNESSEE 3 Washington

NY GIANTS 1 Carolina

Chicago 1 HOUSTON

OAKLAND 2 Arizona

Home Team in CAPS

soccer

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

New England 8 3 6 30 31 21

New York 8 7 3 27 26 23

Kansas City 8 5 5 28 32 26

Columbus 6 5 7 25 23 23

D.C. United 7 6 3 24 26 22

Chicago 5 8 4 19 16 26

Toronto FC 5 9 4 19 18 29

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 10 5 4 34 28 13

FC Dallas 9 6 3 30 24 24

CD Chivas USA 8 6 3 27 24 19

Colorado 4 8 6 18 16 24

Los Angeles 3 5 4 13 17 18

Real Salt Lake 1 9 6 9 13 26

Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

TOMORROW

Kansas City at New England, 7

SATURDAY

Columbus at Chicago, 8:30

Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 9

SUNDAY

D.C. United at New England, 4

Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 7:30

Sportlight

Aug. 1

1936 The Olympic Games open in Berlin. The opening ceremonies is presided over by Adolph Hitler.

1945 New York s Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714 and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more.

1972 Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves 9-0 and 11-7.

1987 Mike Tyson wins the undisputed heavyweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker in Las Vegas.

1990 Arkansas jumps to the Southeastern Conference, severing its 76-year tie to the troubled Southwest Conference.

1992 Eric Griffin, a two-time world champion at 106 pounds, loses to Rafael Lozano of Spain under the new electronic scoring system used at the Summer Olympics, even though all five judges credit him with more blows than his opponent as did five jury members used as a backup in case the computer failed.

1994 Baltimore s Cal Ripken becomes the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games as the Orioles beat Minnesota 1-0.

1996 Michael Johnson wins Olympic gold in the 200 meters in a record 19.32 seconds, becoming the first male Olympian to win the 200 and 400 in a single games. Dan O Brien wins gold in the decathlon, four years after failing to make the U.S. Olympic team.

TENNIS

Nordic Light Open

At Stockholm, Sweden

Singles

First Round

Youlia Fedossova d. Kaia Kanepi (4), Estonia, 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3.

Julia Goerges d. Maria Elena Camerin (9) 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Dominika Cibulkova d. Ksenia Milevskaya 5-7, 6-0, 6-3.

Anabel Medina Garrigues (1) d. Sandra Kloesel 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Emma Laine d. Eva Birnerova 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1.

Marta Domachowska d. Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld d. Iveta Benesova 6-0, 6-2.

Stephanie Cohen-Aloro d. Yvonne Meusburger 6-2, 6-4.

Virginia Ruano Pascual d. Chan Chin-wei 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Caroline Wozniacki d. Lina Stanciute, Lithuania, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Elena Vesnina (6) d. Sofia Arvidsson 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles

First Round

Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit (3) d. Debbrich Feys and Aleksandra Srndovic 6-1, 6-3.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Tatjana Malek (4) d. Yvonne Meusburger and Lina Stanciute, Lithuania, 6-2, 6-2.

Marta Domachowska and Emma Laine d. Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska 6-2, 6-4.

Orange Prokom Open

At Sopot, Poland

Singles

First Round

Sergio Roitman d. Juan Ignacio Chela (3) 6-1, 6-2.

Florian Mayer (7) d. Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6-3, 6-3.

Stefan Koubek d. Agustin Calleri (5) 0-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.

Martin Vassallo Arguello d. Maximo Gonzalez 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Olivier Patience d. Dawid Olejniczak 7-6 (0), 6-4.

Kristof Vliegen d. Luis Horna, Peru, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3.

Igor Andreev d. Nicolas Lapentti 6-0, 6-4.

Steve Darcis d. Nicolas Massu 6-7 (8), 7-6 (0), 6-4.

Tommy Robredo (2) d. Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.

Boris Pashanski, Serbia, d. Potito Starace (8) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 3-1, retired.

Gilles Simon d. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-0, 7-6 (6).

Nikolay Davydenko (1) d. Andrei Pavel 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

First Round

Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto (2) d. Diego Junquiera and Mariano Zabaleta 6-2, 6-1.

Tomasz Bednarek and David Skoch d. Juan Pablo Brzezecki and Agustin Calleri 6-2, 7-5.

Jean-Claude Scherrer and Lovro Zovko d. Maximo Gonzalez and Albert Montanes 3-6, 6-1, 10-4 tiebreak.

Acura Classic

At Carlsbad, Calif.

Singles

First Round

Meghann Shaughnessy d. Olga Poutchkova 6-3, 6-1.

Lucie Safarova (16) d. Meilen Tu 6-4, 6-3.

Sybille Bammer (15) d. Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Victoria Azarenka d. Yung-Jan Chan, Chinese Taipei, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Sania Mirza d. Shahar Peer (12) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Ai Sugiyama d. Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-2.

Virginie Razzano d. Yaroslavia Shvedova 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Katarina Srebotknik d. Nicole Pratt 6-1, 6-4.

Second Round

Nadia Petrova (4) d. Elena Bovina 6-3, 7-5.

Legg Mason Classic

At Washington

Singles

First Round

John Isner d. Tim Henman 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Wesley Moodie d. Ryan Sweeting 6-3, 6-4.

Wesley Whitehouse d. Jiri Vanek 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Michael Berrer d. George Bastl 6-3, 6-2.

Paul Goldstein d. Somdev Dev Varman 6-4, 6-2.

Wayne Odesnik d. Adrian Garcia 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Kei Nishikori d. Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Second Round

Lee Hyung-taik (5) d. Igor Kunitsyn 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-1.

Andy Roddick (1) d. Tomas Zib 6-4, 6-2.

Gael Monfils (9) d. Martin Klizan 7-6 (5), 6-4.

notes

The Rossford American Legion is holding a MEN S CLASS D softball tournament August 8-12 at Rossford s Vet Park. Contact Rich DeVaul at 419-661-0583 for details.

The BULLDOG BASEBALL TEAM will be holding TRYOUTS for it s U12 team for the 2008 season . Contact Kevin Ohrt at 419-351-1908 or Mike Kohlhofer at 419-304-4474 for details.

The Northwest Ohio Pirates 13U TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM has a TRYOUT August 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Perrysburg Junior High School on the varsity softball field. For more information contact Jeff Westfall at 419-265-9131.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES Named Dave Trembley manager through the end of the 2007 season.

BOSTON RED SOX Traded RHP Joel Pineiro and cash to St. Louis for a player to be named. Traded LHP Kason Gabbard, OF David Murphy and OF Engel Beltre to Texas for RHP Eric Gagne and cash.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Activated OF Darin Erstad from the 15-day DL. Traded OF-INF Rob Mackowiak to San Diego for RHP Jon Link.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Traded RHP Octavio Dotel to Atlanta for RHP Kyle Davies.

NEW YORK YANKEES Traded RHP Scott Proctor to the Los Angeles Dodgers for INF Wilson Betemit.

OAKLAND ATHELTICS Released OF Bobby Kielty.

TEXAS RANGERS Traded 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay to Atlanta for C-1B Jarrod Saltalamacchia, SS Elvis Andrus, LHP Matt Harrison, LHP Beau Jones and RHP Neftali Feliz. Activated 2B Ian Kinslker form the 15-day DL. Recallled LHP A.J. Murray from Oklahoma (PCL). Designated INF Desi Relaford for assignment.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES Assigned LHP Royce Ring to Richmond (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS Activated SS Alex Gonzalez from the restricted list. Placed INF Juan Castro on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 29. Recalled RHP Elizardo Ramirez from Louisville (IL). Selected INF Mark Bellhorn from Louisville. Sent C Chad Moeller outright to Louisville.

HOUSTON ASTROS Traded INF Morgan Ensberg and cash to San Diego for a player to be named or cash.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Traded INF Jesus Merchan to Seattle for RHP Julio Mateo. Assigned Mateo to Ottawa (IL). Placed OF Shane Victorino and OF Michael Bourn on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Chris Roberson from Ottawa.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Acquired RHP Wilfredo Ledezma and LHP Will Startup from Atlanta for LHP Royce Ring. Fired Merv Rettenmund, hitting coach. Named Wally Joyner hitting coach.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Traded RHP Matt Morris to Pittsburgh for CF Rajai Davis and a player to be named.

Frontier League

SLIPPERY ROCK SLIDERS Signed RHP John Bachman and SS Robbie Hine. Announced the retirement of LHP Derek Griffith. Suspended SS Gary Arndt. Released RHP Jon Oliver and RHP Rhett Parker.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS Signed RHP Matt Dillard. Announced the retirement of RHP Robbie McClellan.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS Acquired F Kevin Garnett from Minnesota for F Al Jefferson, F Ryan Gomes, F Gerald Green, G Sebastian Telfair, C Theo Ratliff and two first-round draft picks.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

GREEN BAY PACKERS Signed TE Joe Werner.

NEW YORK JETS Released RB Tony Fisher.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Signed DE Tim Jones.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Released QB Justin Holland.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES Agreed to terms with D Nathan Paetsch on a three-year contract.

DALLAS STARS Named Brett Hull special advisor to hockey operations.

OTTAWA SENATORS Re-signed C Chris Kelly to a one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Named Derek Clancey professional scout and David McNamara amateur scout.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR Fined Tony Stewart $25,000 and docked 25 points for cursing during his television interview after his win on July 29. Fined Stewart s car owner Joe Gibbs 25 points.

COLLEGE

BALL STATE Named Karin Lee associate athletic director and senior women s administrator, effective Aug. 20.

CONNECTICUT Names Becky Irvine women s assistant ice hockey coach.

DAYTON Named Linda O Keefe women s tennis coach.

DUKE Named Ryan Ressa men s assistant golf coach.

PITTSBURGH Suspended football DB Elijah Fields for the 2007 season for an unspecified violation of team rules.

RUTGERS Named Scott Goodale wrestling coach.

SYRACUSE Named Tim Cupello men s assistant soccer coach.

holes in one

MIKE CONWAY, No. 16 at Heather Downs CC, 131 yards, 9-iron.

ALICE M. HOFFMAN, No. 17 at Lake Erie GC, 148 yards, driver.

BILL MAXWELL JR., No. 15 at Highland Meadows, 172 yards, 7-iron.

amateur baseball

Federation

All American Coach 002 022 1- 7 14 1

Warriors 000 230 0- 5 7 1

WP- J. McClellan. LP- Martin. Rockwell (AAC) 3-4, RBI.

Warriors 002 300 0- 5 6 3

All American Coach 210 002 1- 6 8 1

WP- Moulton. LP- Przynski. McIlhargey (AAC) 1-3, GW RBI.