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.