SPORTS NOTE
YOUTH BASEBALL: The NWO Bulldogs U-11 baseball team will hold tryouts at 10 a.m. August 9 and 10 at Beech Street Park in Rossford. Tryout is open to everyone. Player cannot be 12 before May 1, 2009. Information: Justin Reitz at 419-481-1266 or email at jtrbowler300@yahoo.com. or www.leaguelineup.com/nwobulldogs
YOUTH BASEBALL: The Toledo Thunder baseball team will hold tryouts for U-13 players for the spring 2009 season on Aug. 10 at Bowman Park from noon to 2 p.m. Information: Rick Howell 419-461-1587,
BETTSVILLE ATHLETICS: Bettsville has an opening for a junior varsity volleyball coach. Information Athletic Director Michelle Dantuono 419-986-5166 or msantuono@bettsville.k12.oh.us. OHSAA required parent-athlete meeting is scheduled for fall sports on August 5 at 7:30 p.m.; varsity volleyball team/parent-August 5 at 7 p.m.; high school cross country-August 4, 6 p.m. middle school cross country-August 4, 6:30 p.m.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 10 4 3 33 25 19
Columbus 9 5 4 31 29 25
Chicago 7 5 5 26 24 14
Kansas City 5 5 7 22 17 21
D.C. United 7 8 1 22 28 28
New York 5 6 7 22 19 27
Toronto FC 6 7 4 22 20 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 7 6 6 27 22 20
Houston 5 4 8 23 19 19
Los Angeles 6 7 5 23 36 37
FC Dallas 5 6 7 22 25 24
CD Chivas USA 6 6 4 22 22 21
Colorado 6 9 3 21 27 25
San Jose 3 9 6 15 12 23
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
MONDAY
Real Salt Lake 2, Toronto FC 1
SATURDAY
Kansas City at D.C. United, 7:30
Columbus at Houston, 8:30
CD Chivas USA at Chicago, 8:30
WNBA
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 16 10 .615
New York 15 10 .600 1/2
Detroit 16 11 .593 1/2
Indiana 12 14 .462 4
Washington 10 16 .385 6
Chicago 8 17 .320 71/2
Atlanta 3 24 .111 131/2
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 18 9 .667
Seattle 17 9 .654 1/2
Los Angeles 15 12 .556 3
Sacramento 15 12 .556 3
Houston 14 12 .538 31/2
Minnesota 13 13 .500 41/2
Phoenix 12 15 .444 6
LAST NIGHT
No games scheduled, Olympic break
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS Acquired 1B Mark Teixeira from Atlanta for 1B Casey Kotchman and RHP Steve Marek.
MINNESOTA TWINS Designated SS Adam Everett for assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS Placed 3B Hank Blalock on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Ryan Roberts from Oklahoma (PCL). Transferred RHP Jason Jennings from the 15-day to the 60-day DL.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Optioned RHP Micah Owings to Tucson (PCL). Recalled RHP Jailen Peguero from Tucson.
CINCINNATI REDS Optioned INF Jerry Hairston, Jr. to Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES Placed OF Scott Podsednik on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Cory Sullivan from Colorado Springs (PCL).
NEW YORK METS Activated RHP Pedro Martinez from the bereavement list. Optioned LHP Willie Collazo to New Orleans (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Placed 3B Pedro Feliz on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Mike Cervanek and LHP J.A. Happ from Lehigh Valley (IL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Placed 1B Adam LaRoche on the 15-day DL. Called up INF Brian Bixler from Indianapolis (IL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA Promoted Chris Granger to senior vice president, team marketing and business operations.
ATLANTA HAWKS Signed G Maurice Evans to a multiyear contract.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS Agreed to terms with F-C Emeka Okafor on a six-year contract.
NEW YORK KNICKS Waived G Taurean Green and F Bobby Jones.
ORLANDO MAGIC Waived F James Augustine.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Signed G Kareem Rush.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS Signed TE Brent Miller. Waived TE Troy Bienemann.
ATLANTA FALCONS Placed CB Von Hutchins on injured reserve. Re-signed DB Glenn Sharpe. Released DL David Patterson.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Activated WR Reggie Williams from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Activated S Rodney Harrison from physically-unable-to-perform list.
NEW YORK JETS Signed WR Rudy Burgess, S Ron Girault, LB Jerry Mackey and LB Brandon Renkart. Waived S Darnell Bing and P Joe Smith. Released CB Andre Woolfolk. Placed RB Danny Woodhead on injured reserve.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Waived WR Robert Jordan. Signed WR Robert Ortiz.
ST. LOUIS RAMS Signed DT Henry Smith. Waived-injured DT Josh Thompson.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Waived DT Zarnell Fitch. Signed DT Babatunde Oshinowo.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
OTTAWA SENATORS Signed C Josh Hennessy to a two-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Re-signed C Dave Gove. Signed D Danny Richmond to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Signed C Steven Stamkos to a three-year contract.
American Hockey League
MANITOBA MOOSE Acquired D Matt Stephenson from Iowa.
NORFOLK ADMIRALS Signed D Justin Fletcher.
COLLEGE
CENTRAL ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE Announced the addition of women s lacrosse and men s tennis as sponsored sports for 2008-09.
ARKANSAS Suspended LB Freddy Burton and WR Marques Wade for the first two games after arrests on drunken driving charges. Named Joe Sheehan coordinator of athletic training and sports medicine.
BENTLEY Named Gary Crompton men s soccer coach.
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE Named Sam Anno linebackers and special teams coach.
COLGATE Named Matt Tyler men s and women s assistant tennis coach and Leslie Jee Cowan assistant trainer.
MUHLENBERG Named Corey Goff associate athletic director, Jacole Fletcher cheerleading coach, James Lastowski assistant football coach, Briana Banks assistant field hockey coach, Cara Keating women s assistant lacrosse coach, and Kelley Freund assistant sports information director.
PITTSBURGH Named Keith Gavin assistant wrestling coach.
SAMFORD Named Andrea Ward and Shondra Johnson women s assistant basketball coaches.
STANFORD Named Jason Dunn cross country coach.
TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Named Virginia Coindreau assistant track and cross country coach.
UAB Named Ron Polk volunteer assistant baseball coach.
VIRGINIA Named Gabe Bernstein academic coordinator.
VMI Named Tim Vaught assistant track and field coach.
FOOTBALL
CFL
Eastern Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 2 3 0 4 157 134
Toronto 2 3 0 4 121 154
Hamilton 1 4 0 2 99 141
Winnipeg 1 4 0 2 114 158
Western Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Sask. 5 0 0 10 162 112
British Col. 3 2 0 6 139 130
Calgary 3 2 0 6 153 119
Edmonton 3 2 0 6 144 141
SUNDAY
Saskatchewan 28, Toronto 22
THURSDAY
Hamilton at Montreal
British Columbia at Edmonton
SPORTLIGHT
July 30
1870 Monmouth Park opens with a five-day race meet.
1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer s first World Cup in Montevideo.
1932 The 10th modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles.
1961 Jerry Barber edges Don January by one stroke in a playoff to win the PGA title.
1968 Washington s Ron Hansen pulls off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still win 10-1.
1971 In the NFL Chicago All Star game, the Baltimore Colts beat the All-Stars 24-17.
1976 Bruce Jenner sets the world record in the Olympic decathlon with 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov s mark by 164 points.
1980 Houston pitcher J.R. Richard suffers a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome.
1984 Michael Gross of West Germany sets a world record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.44 at a meet in Munich.
1996 The American softball team wins the gold medal, beating China 3-1 behind a controversial two-run homer from Dot Richardson in the first Olympic competition in that sport.
2004 At the London Grand Prix meet, Russia s Yelena Isinbayeva breaks the pole vault world record for the third time in five weeks, clearing 16 feet, 3/4 inch at Crystal Palace.
LATEST LINE
Baseball
National League
Colorado 6-7 PITTSBURGH
Philadelphia 51/2 -61/2 WASHINGTON
ATLANTA 51/2 -61/2 St. Louis
NY Mets 51/2 -61/2 FLORIDA
MILWAUKEE Even-6 Chicago Cubs
HOUSTON Even-6 Cincinnati
Arizona 6-7 SAN DIEGO
LA DODGERS 8-9 San Francisco
American League
TORONTO Even-6 Tampa Bay
NY YANKEES 10-12 Baltimore
OAKLAND 51/2 -61/2 Kansas City
BOSTON 71/2 -81/2 LA Angels
CLEVELAND 7-8 Detroit
TEXAS 71/2 -81/2 Seattle
MINNESOTA Even-6 Chi White Sox
NFL Preseason
Sunday
Hall of Fame Game
Canton
Washington 6 Indianapolis
(Thursday Aug. 7)
DETROIT 3 NY Giants
CLEVELAND 31/2 NY Jets
NEW ENGLAND 51/2 Baltimore
CHICAGO 31/2 Kansas City
ARIZONA 3 New Orleans
Home Team in CAPS
TENNIS
Cincinnati Masters
Mason, Ohio
Singles
First Round
Richard Gasquet (11) d. Michael Llodra 3-6, 6-1, 1-0, retired.
John Isner d. Andrea Stoppini 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Arnaud Clement d. Thomas Johansson 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3.
Florent Serra d. Benjamin Becker 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Carlos Moya d. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Chris Guccione d. Jesse Levine 6-3, 6-4.
Nicolas Lapentti d. Marin Cilic 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Fernando Verdasco (10) d. Victor Estrella, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 7-5.
Gilles Simon d. Rajeev Ram 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Simone Bolelli d. Kevin Anderson 6-3, 7-6 (1).
Second Round
Robin Soderling d. Tommy Robredo (12) 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Roger Federer (1) d. Robby Ginepri 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-0.
Ivo Karlovic (16) d. Jose Acasuso 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Doubles
First Round
Todd Widom and Michael Yani d. James Blake and Sam Querrey 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-7 tiebreak.
Second Round
Simon Aspelin and Jamie Murray d. Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner (7) 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Rogers Cup
Montreal
Singles
First Round
Victoria Azarenka (11) d. Jamea Jackson 6-1, 6-1.
Ai Sugiyama d. Nicole Vaidisova (16) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (13) d. Anne Keothavong 6-1, 7-5.
Alisa Kleybanova d. Ahsha Rolle 6-4, 6-2.
Marta Domachowska d. Bethanie Mattek 7-5, 6-2.
Nadia Petrova (12) d. Marie-Eve Pelletier 6-0, 6-1.
Jill Craybas d. Sharon Fichman 6-4, 6-3.
Melinda Czink d. Julie Ditty 7-6 (4), 6-0.
Sybille Bammer d. Monique Adamczak 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2.
Flavia Pennetta d. Olga Savchuk 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Chan Yung-jan 6-2, 1-6, 7-5.
Second Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) d. Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 1-0, retired.
Virginie Razzano d. Vera Zvonareva (8) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2).
Doubles
First Round
Stephanie Dubois and Sabine Lisicki d. Sesil Karatantcheva and Neha Uberoi 6-4, 6-3.
Anne Keothavong and Alexandra Stevenson d. Katie O Brien, Ireland, and Chanelle Scheepers 1-6, 7-5, 10-8 tiebreak.
Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova (5) d. Alisa Kleybanova and Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-0.
Nordea Nordic Light Open
Stockholm, Sweden
Singles
First Round
Katarina Srebotnik (3) d. Anna Lapushchenkova 6-2, 6-1.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova d. Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova d. Ekaterina Bychkova 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (5) d. Sandra Roma 6-3, 6-1.
Maria Elena Camerin d. Marina Erakovic (8) 6-3, 6-4.
Mariya Koryttseva d. Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-4.
Agnieszka Radwanska (1) d. Nathalie Dechy 6-2, 6-3.
Johanna Larsson d. Julia Goerges 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Virginia Ruano Pascual d. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Vera Dushevina d. Lucie Safarova 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Caroline Wozniacki (4) d. Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4.
ATP Money Leaders
Through Sunday
1. Rafael Nadal $5,908,074
2. Novak Djokovic $3,301,382
3. Roger Federer $3,035,141
4. Nikolay Davydenko $1,424,356
5. David Ferrer $1,032,018
6. Andy Murray $907,465
7. Andy Roddick $841,062
8. Stanislas Wawrinka $838,781
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $797,506
10. Nicolas Almagro $777,107
11. James Blake $776,131
12. Mikhail Youzhny $750,697
13. Michael Llodra $744,445
14. Robin Soderling $712,751
15. Fernando Verdasco $689,275
16. Daniel Nestor $683,458
17. Nenad Zimonjic $681,575
18. Igor Andreev $675,404
19. Tommy Robredo $650,765
20. Dmitry Tursunov $640,363
21. Gilles Simon $632,386
22. Rainer Schuettler $592,779
23. Feliciano Lopez $590,893
24. Richard Gasquet $590,292
25. Marat Safin $589,772
26. Tomas Berdych $581,503
27. Fernando Gonzalez $580,876
28. Gael Monfils $568,979
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber $556,699
30. Mardy Fish $555,577
31. J. Martin del Potro $552,283
32. Mario Ancic $536,300
33. Radek Stepanek $536,158
34. Nicolas Kiefer $531,458
35. Luis Horna $529,375
36. David Nalbandian $511,810
37. Paul-Henri Mathieu $500,423
38. Simone Bolelli $497,642
39. Andreas Seppi $496,194
40. Jarkko Nieminen $484,579
41. Ivo Karlovic $471,529
42. Janko Tipsarevic $469,965
43. Bob Bryan $467,112
43. Mike Bryan $467,112
45. Ivan Ljubicic $466,592
46. Marin Cilic $453,902
47. Albert Montanes $452,823
48. Jurgen Melzer $440,405
49. Arnaud Clement $436,937
50. Thomas Johansson $431,032
WTA Money Leaders
Through Sunday
1. Ana Ivanovic $2,521,156
2. Serena Williams $2,165,612
3. Venus Williams $2,114,697
4. Maria Sharapova $1,924,879
5. Jelena Jankovic $1,570,142
6. Dinara Safina $1,383,169
7. Elena Dementieva $1,161,538
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova $1,088,787
9. Agnieszka Radwanska $835,377
10. Vera Zvonareva $773,646
11. Zheng Jie $653,578
12. A. Medina Garrigues $603,605
13. Victoria Azarenka $592,487
14. Katarina Srebotnik $540,180
15. Ai Sugiyama $499,326
16. Alona Bondarenko $478,756
17. Shahar Peer $475,264
18. Daniela Hantuchova $470,125
19. Nadia Petrova $465,133
20. Justine Henin $458,470
21. Anna Chakvetadze $457,023
22. K. Bondarenko $455,675
23. Patty Schnyder $447,813
24. V. Ruano Pascual $426,734
25. F. Schiavone $409,206
26. Casey Dellacqua $408,125
27. Agnes Szavay $404,788
28. Liezel Huber $393,938
29. Nicole Vaidisova $386,288
30. Caroline Wozniacki $378,945
31. Cara Black $377,801
32. Flavia Pennetta $377,213
33. Alize Cornet $370,949
34. Samantha Stosur $359,207
35. Tamarine Tanasugarn $343,807
36. Kaia Kanepi $332,875
37. Maria Kirilenko $309,502
38. Marion Bartoli $306,575
39. Bethanie Mattek $306,468
40. Dominika Cibulkova $297,600