Golf, NFL, amateur baseball, WNBA, soccer
7/18/2008
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GOLF
British Open
Southport, England, par 70
Rocco Mediate 36-33-69
Graeme McDowell 35-34-69
Robert Allenby 37-32-69
Greg Norman 34-36-70
Adam Scott 33-37-70
Bart Bryant 35-35-70
Retief Goosen 35-36-71
Mike Weir 36-35-71
Jim Furyk 37-34-71
Gregory Havret 36-35-71
Fredrik Jacobson 36-35-71
Peter Hanson 33-38-71
Simon Wakefield 36-35-71
Anthony Wall 35-36-71
KJ Choi 34-38-72
Ian Poulter 35-37-72
Kevin Stadler 36-36-72
Jeff Overton 35-37-72
Anthony Kim 35-37-72
Miguel Angel Jimenez 37-35-72
Sergio Garcia 36-36-72
Stuart Appleby 36-36-72
Brandt Snedeker 39-33-72
Ross Fisher 35-37-72
Alexander Noren 36-36-72
Chih-Bing Lam 35-37-72
Colin Montgomerie 36-37-73
Heath Slocum 35-38-73
David Duval 36-37-73
Jean Van de Velde 34-39-73
Paul Waring 36-37-73
Zach Johnson 35-38-73
Stephen Ames 36-37-73
Jay Williamson 37-36-73
John Rollins 37-36-73
Hiroshi Iwata 35-38-73
Jose-Filipe Lima 36-37-73
Brendan Jones 37-37-74
Justin Rose 38-36-74
Tom Watson 36-38-74
Padraig Harrington 35-39-74
Nick O Hern 37-37-74
Tom Gillis 39-35-74
David Horsey 37-37-74
Mark O Meara 38-36-74
Todd Hamilton 37-37-74
Trevor Immelman 36-38-74
Azuma Yano 36-38-74
Tom Lehman 34-40-74
Gregory Bourdy 37-37-74
Peter Appleyard 36-38-74
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 36-39-75
Aaron Baddeley 36-39-75
Davis Love III 38-37-75
Martin Kaymer 36-39-75
Lee Westwood 40-35-75
Richard Finch 39-36-75
David Frost 37-38-75
Phillip Archer 37-38-75
Thomas Aiken 40-35-75
Michael Campbell 37-38-75
Nick Dougherty 38-37-75
Robert Karlsson 35-40-75
Pablo Larrazabal 37-38-75
Stewart Cink 36-39-75
Soren Hansen 36-39-75
Sean O Hair 37-38-75
a-Chris Wood 37-38-75
Scott McCarron 36-39-75
Peter Baker 37-38-75
Martin Wiegele 35-40-75
Jonathan Lomas 37-38-75
Yoshinobu Tsukada 38-37-75
Graeme Storm 36-40-76
Mark Calcavecchia 38-38-76
Richard Green 39-37-76
Henrik Stenson 37-39-76
David Howell 41-35-76
Hideto Tanihara 40-36-76
Pelle Edberg 38-38-76
Barry Hume 39-37-76
David Smail 38-38-76
Camilo Villegas 38-38-76
Woody Austin 36-40-76
Tim Clark 36-40-76
Charles Howell III 37-39-76
Danny Chia 36-40-76
Ewan Porter 37-39-76
Alex Cejka 36-40-76
Angelo Que 39-37-76
Craig Parry 37-40-77
Geoff Ogilvy 37-40-77
Oliver Wilson 39-38-77
Justin Leonard 37-40-77
Scott Verplank 39-38-77
Andres Romero 37-40-77
Paul Goydos 41-36-77
Simon Khan 39-38-77
a-Thomas Sherreard 37-40-77
Gary Boyd 36-41-77
Philip Walton 38-39-77
Paul Lawrie 37-40-77
Angel Cabrera 36-41-77
Steve Stricker 38-39-77
Wen Chong Liang 37-40-77
Rod Pampling 38-39-77
Ryuji Imada 36-41-77
James Kingston 38-39-77
Prayad Marksaeng 37-40-77
Lucas Glover 37-41-78
Anders Hansen 37-41-78
Richard Sterne 40-38-78
Ben Curtis 41-37-78
Paul Casey 40-38-78
Ariel Canete 41-37-78
Jamie Elson 40-38-78
a-Rohan Blizard 38-40-78
Jon Bevan 40-38-78
Andrew Tampion 38-40-78
Michael Letzig 37-41-78
Johan Edfors 37-41-78
Doug Labelle II 38-40-78
Matt Kuchar 37-42-79
Damien McGrane 39-40-79
Jeff Quinney 40-39-79
JB Holmes 39-40-79
Phil Mickelson 41-38-79
Craig Barlow 36-43-79
Joshua Cunliffe 38-41-79
Steve Webster 39-40-79
Hennie Otto 38-41-79
Niclas Fasth 36-43-79
Rory Sabbatini 40-39-79
a-Benjamin Hebert 39-40-79
Douglas McGuigan 38-41-79
Hunter Mahan 40-40-80
Vijay Singh 42-38-80
a-Reinier Saxton 40-40-80
Ernie Els 35-45-80
Boo Weekley 39-41-80
John Daly 37-43-80
Shintaro Kai 37-43-80
Soren Kjeldsen 40-41-81
Adam Blyth 41-40-81
U.S. Bank Championship PGA
Milwaukee, par 70
Richard S. Johnson 32-31 63
Deane Pappas 31-33 64
Brenden Pappas 31-33 64
Robert Garrigus 32-33 65
Dean Wilson 31-34 65
Patrick Sheehan 33-32 65
Cliff Kresge 32-34 66
Marco Dawson 33-33 66
Steve Marino 31-35 66
Kent Jones 33-33 66
Steve Flesch 32-34 66
Joe Ogilvie 33-33 66
Frank Lickliter II 32-34 66
Jesper Parnevik 32-34 66
Jim McGovern 30-36 66
Kevin Streelman 32-34 66
Mathias Gronberg 34-33 67
Shigeki Maruyama 33-34 67
Bob Tway 33-34 67
Tom Pernice, Jr. 33-34 67
Jim Gallagher, Jr. 32-35 67
Jason Gore 34-33 67
Kenny Perry 33-34 67
Chad Campbell 34-33 67
Troy Matteson 32-35 67
Bill Haas 30-37 67
Ken Duke 32-35 67
David Lutterus 32-35 67
Kris Cox 34-33 67
Peter Lonard 34-33 67
Briny Baird 33-34 67
Corey Pavin 34-33 67
George McNeill 33-34 67
Eric Axley 33-34 67
Billy Andrade 33-34 67
Bo Van Pelt 33-34 67
Tommy Armour III 34-33 67
James Driscoll 32-35 67
Nick Flanagan 34-33 67
John Mallinger 31-37 68
Brad Elder 34-34 68
Dicky Pride 32-36 68
Robert Damron 34-34 68
Parker McLachlin 35-33 68
Nathan Green 36-32 68
Alejandro Canizares 32-36 68
Jon Mills 34-34 68
Chez Reavie 33-35 68
Paul Claxton 33-35 68
Harrison Frazar 34-34 68
Brian Davis 36-32 68
Chris Riley 33-35 68
Brandt Jobe 32-36 68
Joe Durant 32-36 68
Glen Day 34-34 68
Ryan Palmer 33-36 69
Omar Uresti 35-34 69
Greg Kraft 34-35 69
Tim Herron 34-35 69
Lee Janzen 36-33 69
John Merrick 34-35 69
Gavin Coles 34-35 69
Jimmy Walker 34-35 69
Marc Turnesa 35-34 69
Dustin Johnson 31-38 69
Brett Rumford 34-35 69
Tom Byrum 34-35 69
Kevin Na 33-36 69
Charlie Wi 35-34 69
Mark Wilson 35-34 69
D.J. Trahan 37-32 69
Richard Johnson 32-37 69
Bob Sowards 33-36 69
Chad Collins 36-33 69
Paul Stankowski 32-38 70
Tim Wilkinson 33-37 70
Mark Brooks 34-36 70
Kirk Triplett 33-37 70
Will MacKenzie 34-36 70
Carlos Franco 34-36 70
Ryan Armour 36-34 70
Brett Quigley 33-37 70
Jin Park 34-36 70
Scott Sterling 34-36 70
Martin Laird 34-36 70
Y.E. Yang 37-33 70
Cameron Beckman 35-35 70
Michael Bradley 32-38 70
Jeff Maggert 34-36 70
Brad Adamonis 34-36 70
Jason Allred 33-37 70
Todd Demsey 34-36 70
Jason Dufner 35-35 70
Kenneth Ferrie 34-36 70
State Farm Classic
LPGA
Springfield, Ill., par 72
Christina Kim 33-30 63
Sun Young Yoo 36-28 64
Jee Young Lee 31-34 65
Kristy McPherson 32-33 65
Anja Monke 34-32 66
Audra Burks 33-33 66
Ji Young Oh 32-34 66
Yani Tseng 30-36 66
Sherri Turner 34-32 66
Michelle Wie 34-33 67
Jimin Kang 36-31 67
Na Yeon Choi 34-33 67
Kris Tamulis 34-33 67
Ai Miyazato 36-31 67
Marisa Baena 35-32 67
Wendy Doolan 33-34 67
Ashli Bunch 34-34 68
Jennifer Rosales 32-36 68
Lisa Strom 34-34 68
Eva Dahllof 35-33 68
Young-A Yang 35-33 68
Katherine Hull 36-32 68
Alena Sharp 33-35 68
Jill McGill 32-36 68
Kyeong Bae 32-36 68
Michelle McGann 35-33 68
Marcy Hart 35-33 68
Allison Hanna-Williams 35-34 69
Angela Jerman 36-33 69
Sarah Lynn Sargent 34-35 69
Hee-Won Han 34-35 69
Pat Hurst 33-36 69
Stacy Prammanasudh 34-35 69
Diana D Alessio 35-34 69
Russy Gulyanamitta 35-34 69
Sandra Gal 36-33 69
Karine Icher 35-34 69
Meredith Duncan 33-36 69
Jin Joo Hong 35-34 69
Gloria Park 36-33 69
Anna Grzebien 37-32 69
Ashleigh Simon 37-32 69
Beth Allen 33-36 69
Kim Hall 36-33 69
Cindy Pasechnik 35-35 70
Sarah Kemp 35-35 70
Carri Wood 35-35 70
Seo-Jae Lee 37-33 70
Chris Brady 32-38 70
Jane Park 35-35 70
H.J. Choi 34-36 70
Shanshan Feng 34-36 70
Brandie Burton 35-35 70
Becky Morgan 37-33 70
Katie Futcher 34-36 70
Angela Stanford 36-34 70
Heather Young 35-35 70
Sarah Jane Kenyon 36-34 70
Tracy Hanson 37-33 70
Erica Blasberg 35-35 70
Becky Lucidi 35-35 70
Beth Bader 33-37 70
Charlotte Mayorkas 36-34 70
Onnarin Sattayabanphot 36-34 70
Anna Rawson 34-36 70
Birdie Kim 37-33 70
Nicole Hage 36-35 71
Yu Ping Lin 35-36 71
Candy Hannemann 35-36 71
Mhairi McKay 36-35 71
Michele Redman 38-33 71
Brittany Lang 36-35 71
Christa Johnson 37-34 71
Moira Dunn 33-38 71
Kim Williams 35-36 71
Kate Golden 35-36 71
Eunjung Yi 35-36 71
Laurie Brower 38-33 71
Hannah Jun 34-37 71
Hana Kim 35-36 71
A.J. Eathorne 37-35 72
Sarah Oh 35-37 72
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 35-37 72
Nancy Scranton 38-34 72
Kristen Samp 38-34 72
Leta Lindley 34-38 72
Angela Park 32-40 72
Lorie Kane 36-36 72
Carolina Llano 35-37 72
Hee Young Park 35-37 72
Soo-Yun Kang 35-37 72
Dina Ammaccapane 37-35 72
Allison Fouch 36-36 72
Irene Cho 39-33 72
Kris Tschetter 35-37 72
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 34-38 72
Vicky Hurst 35-37 72
Simi Mehra 35-37 72
Stephanie Louden 35-37 72
Liz Janangelo 37-35 72
Su A Kim 38-35 73
Emily Bastel 35-38 73
Michelle Ellis 37-36 73
Seol-An Jeon 38-35 73
Jennifer Gleason 36-37 73
Shi Hyun Ahn 36-37 73
Johanna Head 36-37 73
Il Mi Chung 37-36 73
Dorothy Delasin 38-35 73
Sung Ah Yim 38-35 73
Wendy Ward 34-39 73
Jackie Gallagher-Smith 38-35 73
Mikaela Parmlid 37-36 73
Danielle Downey 36-37 73
Ohio Amateur
Findlay CC, par 71
Kyle Coconis, Zanesville 69-69-69 207
Ethan Tracy, Hilliard 67-69-72 208
Alex Martin, Middletown 67-72-72 211
Matthew Stauch, Dublin 69-71-72 212
Vaughn Snyder, Massillon 71-71-70 212
Blake Furgerson, Concord 73-70-70 213
S. Anderson, Hobe Sound, Fla. 69-74-71 214
Kyle Cobb, Strongsville 67-77-71 215
Bo Hoag, Columbus 69-74-73 216
Brad Wright, Cambridge 76-72-68 216
David Becher, Dublin 71-73-72 216
Michael Drobnick, Hilliard 70-71-75 216
Tyler Riley, Findlay 70-72-75 217
Dan Rush, Avon 75-69-74 218
Jeff Mallette, N. Canton 71-76-71 218
John Furlong, Medina 72-72-74 218
John Powers, Bowling Green 70-73-75 218
K. Grabeman, Springboro 74-71-73 218
Kevin Kornowa, Sylvania 67-74-77 218
Jonathan Bowers, Columbus 74-71-74 219
Peter Samborsky, Dayton 76-72-71 219
Tim Gusweiler, Loveland 73-74-72 219
Andy Schillig, Pataskala 71-75-75 221
Ben Cavey, Wadsworth 74-75-72 221
Joe Kastelic, Cincinnati 74-68-79 221
Ross Beal, Uniontown 79-68-74 221
Alan Fadel, Toledo 73-74-75 222
A. Montooth, Columbus 74-70-78 222
J. Yarbrough, Powell 73-75-74 222
R. Gerwin II, Cincinnati 74-74-74 222
Sean Keating, Cincinnati 74-74-74 222
Aaron Crist, Miamisburg 74-76-73 223
Alec Tahy, Dayton 75-73-75 223
Ben Boyer, Dayton 75-76-72 223
Jeff Nieman, Maineville 75-72-76 223
K. Tournoux, Lakewood 73-74-76 223
Rob Chappell, Cincinnati 77-75-71 223
Steve Paramore, Ashland 77-75-71 223
Steven Drake, Findlay 72-76-75 223
C, Burger, Cincinnati 76-70-78 224
David Haley, Hilliard 77-75-72 224
M. McLaughlin, S. Heights 72-74-78 224
Vincent Cahill, Hilliard 78-74-72 224
Z. Glassman, Highland Heights 72-74-78 224
Missed Cut (local)
Brian Gerken, Waterville 77-72-80 229
Craig Soule, Port Clinton 78-74-79 231
TWDGA
Match Play Championship,|Round 3
At Heather Downs CC
Championship flight: P. Hopple d. H. Bennett 1 up; S. Robinson d. R. Latta 5 & 3.
Championship flight consolation: D. Rich d. N. Reno 21 holes; J. Moon d. K. Williams 3 & 2.
First flight final: M. Cowan d. C. Greebe 6 & 5.
Second flight final: D. Cantello d. L. Cadden 6 & 5.
cycling
Tour de France
Thursday
At Narbonne, France
12th Stage
A 104.7-mile flat stage from Lavelanet to Narbonne
1. Mark Cavendish, Britain, Team Columbia, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 52 seconds. 2. Sebastien Chavanel, France, Francaise des Jeux, same time. 3. Gert Steegmans, Belgium, Quick Step, same time. 4. Erik Zabel, Germany, Team Milram, same time. 5. Oscar Freire, Spain, Rabobank, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 12 stages)
1. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, 50 hours, 23 minutes, 05 seconds. 2. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, :01. 3. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Garmin Chipotle, :38. 4. Bernhard Kohl, Austria, Gerolsteiner, :46. 5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, :57.
WNBA
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Detroit 15 7 .682
Connecticut 13 9 .591 2
New York 12 9 .571 21/2
Indiana 10 10 .500 4
Washington 8 13 .381 61/2
Chicago 6 14 .300 8
Atlanta 3 19 .136 12
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 16 7 .696
Seattle 14 7 .667 1
Los Angeles 13 8 .619 2
Minnesota 10 11 .476 5
Sacramento 10 11 .476 5
Houston 10 12 .455 51/2
Phoenix 9 12 .429 6
LAST NIGHT
Houston 96, Minnesota 88
New York 77, Washington 56
Los Angeles at Phoenix, late
WEDNESDAY
Detroit 66, Chicago 63
Atlanta 81, Indiana 77
TONIGHT
Seattle at Indiana, 7
Detroit at Washington, 7
Connecticut at Chicago, 8:30
Atlanta at Sacramento, 10
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
LAST NIGHT
Kansas City 3, Columbus 3, tie
TOMORROW
San Jose at Toronto FC, 3
Los Angeles at New York, 6:30
Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30
Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30
TUESDAY, JULY 22
Houston at D.C. United, 7:30
THURSDAY, JULY 24
MLS All-Star Game at Toronto, 7
PRO FOOTBALL
CFL
Eastern Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 2 1 0 4 90 57
Hamilton 1 2 0 2 70 79
Toronto 1 2 0 2 64 95
Winnipeg 0 3 0 0 64 103
Western Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Sask. 3 0 0 6 93 57
Calgary 2 1 0 4 82 71
Edmonton 2 1 0 4 94 93
British Col. 1 2 0 2 76 78
Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.
LAST NIGHT
Hamilton at Calgary
TONIGHT
Winnipeg at British Columbia
TOMORROW
Montreal at Saskatchewan
SUNDAY
Edmonton at Toronto
Thursday, July 24
Calgary at Winnipeg
Friday, July 25
Edmonton at Hamilton
Montreal at British Columbia
hole in one
DOUG BURGOON, No. 5 at Spuyten Duyval (Soith), 125 yards, 9-iron.
CHAD CULPERT, No. 7 at Heather Downs CC, 173 yards, hybrid-3.
GARY STASIAK, No. 18 at Chippewa, 178 yards.
DOUBLE EAGLE
AL NEMECEK, No. 5 at Eagles Landing, 525 yards, driver, 4-iron.
BOB SWICZKOSKI, No. 4 Spuyten Duyval East, driver, 3-wood, 450 yards.
sports note
BASEBALL TRYOUTS: 12U GT mustangs will have tryouts Tuesday, July 22 at 6 p.m. at Bowman Park. Information: Tom Huff 419-917-1014 or thomas_huff@earthlink.net or www.gtmustangs.net.
Owens Baseball Alumni game: Former Owens CC baseball players that would like to participate in an alumni game in August should call the baseball office at 567 661-7936 and leave name and phone number.
LATEST LINE
Baseball
National League
NY Mets Even-6 CINCINNATI
FLORIDA Even-6 Philadelphia
ATLANTA 8-9 Washington
Chicago Cubs Even-6 HOUSTON
ST. LOUIS 51/2 -61/2 San Diego
COLORADO Even-6 Pittsburgh
ARIZONA Even-6 LA Dodgers
Milwaukee 51/2 -61/2 SAN FRANCISCO
American League
NY YANKEES 71/2 -81/2 Oakland
BALTIMORE Even-6 Detroit
TAMPA BAY 6-7 Toronto
MINNESOTA 51/2 -61/2 Texas
CHI WHITE SOX 61/2 -71/2 Kansas City
LA ANGELS 61/2 -71/2 Boston
SEATTLE 6-7 Cleveland
Home Team in CAPS
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX Agreed to terms with SS Derrik Gibson and SS Casey Kelly.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX Optioned RHP D.J. Carrasco to Charlotte (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS Sent INF Jorge Velandia outright to Buffalo (IL).
National League
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with OF Destin Hood.
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Re-signed F Craig Smith.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS Agreed to terms with QB Joe Flacco on a five-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed TE Matt Sherry and DE Angelo Craig to four-year contracts.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed CB Trae Williams to a four-year contract.
TENNESSEE TITANS Waived CB Shirdonya Mitchell and TE Leonard Stephens.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Acquired C Tim Brent from Pittsburgh for D Danny Richmond.
COLLEGE
LSU Dismissed OL Jarvis Jones from the football team for violating team rules.
AMATEUR BASEBALL
Fed
Dan Rodgers 000 000 - 0 2 3
All-American Coach 410 203 - 10 13 1
WP-Stewart. LP-Hill. Smith (A), 3-3, 3B, 2B.
Legion
Ottawa Post 63 040 000 000 - 4 3 2
Toledo Post 335 000 100 000 - 1 3 5
WP-Shoemaker. LP-Parker. Bilius (T), 2-4.
Toledo Post 335 301 020 050 - 11 11 0
Napoleon 000 320 032 - 10 12 1
WP-Kritof. LP-Reese. Kuebler (T), 3-5, 3B, RBI.
Ottawa 000 120 020 - 5 11 1
Whitehouse 001 033 10x - 8 11 0
WP-Garcia. LP-Rahrig. Grogg (AW), 3-4, 3 RBI.
TENNIS
Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, Calif.
Singles, second round
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Sybille Bammer 6-4, 7-5; Patty Schnyder (5) d. Alisa Kleybanova 7-6 (8), 6-4; Marion Bartoli (6) d. Anne Keothavong, Britian, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
IndianapolisChampionships
Singles, second round
Bobby Reynolds d. Alejandro Falla 6-1, 6-1; Yen-hsun Lu d. Rajeev Ram 6-1, 7-6 (1); James Blake (1) d. Jun Woong-sun 6-3, 7-5; Sam Querrey (4) d. Vince Spadea 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
sportlight
July 18
1970 San Francisco s Willie Mays gets career hit number 3,000 off Montreal s Mike Wegener in the second inning.
1987 New York s Don Mattingly ties Dale Long s 31-year-old major league record when he homers for the eighth consecutive game in the Yankees 7-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
1993 Greg Norman shoots a 64 on the final day to set a record with a 13-under 267 and wins the British Open. Norman wins by two strokes over defending champion Nick Faldo.
1995 Britain s Jonathan Edwards breaks the 10-year-old world triple jump record, leaping 59 feet in the Salamanca Provincial meet. Edwards tops the previous mark of 58-111/2 set in 1985 by Willie Banks of the United States.
1996 Shaquille O Neal signs a seven-year, $121 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers ticket price for the cheapest seats is increased from $9.50 to $21.
1999 Jean Van de Velde s triple bogey on the 72nd hole sets the stage for Paul Lawrie to become the first Scotsman to win the British Open in his native land since Tommy Armour in 1931. Lawrie, 10 strokes behind when the final round began, wins the four-hole playoff over Van de Velde and Justin Leonard, making birdies on the last two holes to complete the biggest comeback in a major.
1999 David Cone dazzles the Montreal Expos, throwing the 14th perfect game in modern history to lead the New York Yankees to a 6-0 victory.
2005 In Oklahoma City, the United States softball team loses a tournament title game for the first time since 1997, falling 3-1 to Japan in the championship of the inaugural World Cup of Softball. The Americans, winners of the gold medal at three straight Olympics, suffer their first loss since the title game of the 1997 Superball in Ohio, 1-0 to Australia.