Local golf, NFL, CFL, tennis
8/13/2008
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB Suspended RHP Victor Jorge, 1B Ramon Mariano (Kansas City) and P Winfild De La Rosa (Arizona) for 50 games each after testing positive for banned substances.
BOSTON RED SOX Acquired RHP Paul Byrd from Cleveland for a player to be named or cash. Placed RHP Tim Wakefield on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Charlie Zink from Pawtucket (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS Agreed to terms with RHP Freddy Garcia on a minor league contract. Promoted LHP Dontrelle Willis from Lakeland (FSL) to Toledo (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS Purchased the contract of INF Cliff Pennington from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned LHP Lenny DiNardo to Sacramento. Designated INF Brooks Conrad for assignment.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS Recalled OF Chris Dickerson from Louisville (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES Placed RHP Bryan Corey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 10. Purchased the contract of INF Sean Kazmar from San Antonio (Texas). Extended their player development contract with Fort Wayne (MWL) for two years.
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS Signed RHP Matt Hammons.
ST. PAUL SAINTS Signed LHP Luis Villarreal.
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS Signed RHP Steve Russell.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS Signed G Thomas Gardner and F Othello Hunter.
Women s National Basketball Association
DETROIT SHOCK Acquired F Taj McWilliams-Franklin from Washington for F Tasha Humphrey, F Shay Murphy and a 2009 second-round draft pick.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS Signed CB Wale Dada. Waived CB Lamont Reid.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Signed RB Clifton Dawson. Waived-injured LB Dedrick Harrington. Placed DB Michael Coe on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS Released PK Jay Feely.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Signed WR Jason Armstead.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
SAN JOSE SHARKS Re-signed F Lukas Kaspar. Signed RW Ryan Vesce.
American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS Signed F Marc-Andre Bernier, F Cory Urquhart, F Luke Lynes, F Ryan Huddy and D Ryan Constant.
COLLEGE
NCAA Named Jacki Silar chairwoman of the Division I women s basketball committee, effective Sept. 1
.
CUNY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Named Tom Emberley assistant director and director of media relations.
SWAC Named Eunice Elliott director of branding/external operations.
AUGUSTANA, ILL. Named Steve Hennings women s assistant volleyball coach.
BUCKNELL Named Maren Ford assistant field hockey coach.
COLGATE Named Russell Peterson women s assistant track and field and cross country coach.
DAVIDSON Named Matt McKillop men s assistant basketball coach and Terrell Ivory director of basketball operations.
DREW Named Jason Fein director of athletics.
HOLY CROSS Named Samantha Boudreau assistant athletic trainer.
LOUISIANA-MONROE Named William Rogers cross country coach.
LOYOLA, MD. Named Tom Gizzi women s assistant basketball coach.
MERCY Named Pat Kennedy director of athletics.
MOUNT ST. VINCENT Named Nichole Kieltyka assistant athletic trainer.
NEWBERRY Named Vern Robateau women s assistant basketball coach.
NEW MEXICO Named Lisa Beauchene women s assistant volleyball coach and Jordie Hadfield women s volleyball director of operations.
SOUTH ALABAMA Named Randall Flach and Tim Goldsack assistant track and field/cross country coaches.
STATEN ISLAND Named Krista Huffman assistant to the director for marketing and operations.
TEMPLE Named Herman Frazier associated athletic director for sports administration.
WIDENER Named Charlie Evans equipment manager, Keith Moodie assistant equipment manager and Bridget Wiseley assistant athletic trainer.
SPORTS NOTE
YOUTH BASEBALL: Toledo Sports Group 11U Baseball will hold tryouts for the 2009 season on Aug. 16 and Aug. 23 from 3-5 p.m. at Southview High School. Information: Kevin Stout 419-843-5894 or kstout@bex.net.
BOWLING: The Sport Future Stars Jr. Bowling camp for junior Bowlers ages 7-18 will be held this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jug s Bowling Center, Jackman Road. Information: 419-666-2323.
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 24 20
Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 14 17
Miami 0 1 0 .000 6 17
New England 0 1 0 .000 15 16
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 19 16
Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 20 17
Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 34 13
Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 36 53
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 16 15
Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 20 17
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 16 10
Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 20 24
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 24 20
Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 18 6
San Diego 1 0 0 .000 31 17
Denver 0 1 0 .000 16 19
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 2 0 0 1.000 47 30
Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 31
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 10 13
Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 10 16
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 23 20
New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 24 10
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 17 20
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 13 10
Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 24
Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 17 20
Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 17 34
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 34 17
Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 24
St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 13 34
San Francisco 0 1 0 .000 6 18
SUNDAY
Washington 30, Indianapolis 16
MONDAY
Cincinnati 20, Green Bay 17
TOMORROW
Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30
Carolina at Philadelphia, 8
FRIDAY
Oakland at Tennessee, 8
SATURDAY
Washington at New York Jets, 7
Miami at Jacksonville, 7:30
Indianapolis at Atlanta, 7:30
Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:30
San Diego at St. Louis, 8
Houston at New Orleans, 8
Arizona at Kansas City, 8
Chicago at Seattle, 9
Dallas at Denver, 9
Green Bay at San Francisco, 9
SUNDAY
Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:35
New England at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, Aug. 18
Cleveland at New York Giants, 8
CFL
Eastern Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 4 3 0 8 236 178
Toronto 3 4 0 6 161 210
Hamilton 2 5 0 4 177 202
Winnipeg 1 6 0 2 136 216
Western Division
W L T Pts PF PA
Sask. 6 1 0 12 209 163
British Col. 4 3 0 8 203 199
Calgary 4 3 0 8 204 166
Edmonton 4 3 0 8 213 205
Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.
TOMORROW
Hamilton at Winnipeg
FRIDAY
Montreal at Toronto
SPORTLIGHT
Aug. 13
1919 Upset scores a win against Man o War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red s only loss in 21 starts.
1920 England s Ted Ray wins the U.S. Men s Open golf title.
1933 Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin, 5 and 4 in the final round.
1935 The first roller derby begins in Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.
1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women s long jump with a 24-51/2 leap in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. The record was set in 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.
1995 Cuba s Ana Quirot, severely burned in a 1993 kitchen accident, wins the 800 meters at the World Track & Field Championships.
1995 Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies the first sudden-death playoff hole to take the PGA Championship from Colin Montgomerie. Elkington s 64 is the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner.
1997 Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe s 16-year-old record in the 800 meters with a time of 1 minute, 41.24 seconds at the Weltklasse Grand Prix in Zurich, Switzerland. Haile Gebrselassie completes one of the greatest nights in track and field in recent memory by pulverizing his own 5,000 record with a time of 12 minutes, 41.86 seconds, improving on his 1995 mark of 12:44.39.
2002 Natalie Coughlin shatters the 100-meter backstroke world record, finishing in 59.58 seconds at the U.S. National Swimming Championships. Coughlin breaks the previous record of 1:00.16 set by Chihong He of China in 1994 and is the first American to hold the world record since Catherine Ferguson in 1966.
2005 Hasim Rahman unanimously outpoints friend Monte Barrett on at the United Center in Chicago to win the WBC interim heavyweight championship.
HOLE IN ONE
BUD WILKINSON, No. 12 at Sugar Creek, 138 yards, 9-iron.
TENNIS
Cincinnati Women s Open
Mason, Ohio
Singles
First Round
Nadia Petrova (2) d. Galina Voskoboeva 6-3, 6-0; Julia Vakulenko d. Monica Niculescu 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Vania King d. Tathiana Garbin 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Yanina Wickmayer d. Vasilisa Bardina 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Aleksandra Wozniak (6) d. Aiko Nakamura 6-3, 6-2; Amelie Mauresmo (5) d. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8), 6-1.
Legg Mason Classic
Washington
Singles
First Round
Alejandro Falla d. Mardy Fish (5) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Viktor Troicki, Serbia, d. Denis Gremelmayr 6-4, 6-2; Igor Kunitsyn d. Mischa Zverev 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2; Robert Kendrick d. Feliciano Lopez (3) 6-3, 7-5; Fabio Fognini d. Marat Safin (6) 7-5, retired.
GOLF
World Rankings
Through Sunday
1. Tiger Woods USA 18.36
2. Phil Mickelson USA 9.87
3. Padraig Harrington Irl 7.85
4. Sergio Garcia Esp 6.13
5. Vijay Singh Fji 5.63
6. Henrik Stenson Swe 5.31
7. Ernie Els SAf 5.24
8. Stewart Cink USA 5.13
9. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 5.12
10. Steve Stricker USA 5.07
11. Adam Scott Aus 5.01
12. Justin Rose Eng 4.84
13. Jim Furyk USA 4.73
14. Lee Westwood Eng 4.70
15. Anthony Kim USA 4.60
16. K.J. Choi Kor 4.59
17. Kenny Perry USA 4.34
18. Trevor Immelman SAf 4.08
19. Rory Sabbatini SAf 3.99
20. Miguel Angel Jimenez Esp 3.97
21. Robert Karlsson Swe 3.79
22. Luke Donald Eng 3.70
23. Ian Poulter Eng 3.55
24. Aaron Baddeley Aus 3.55
25. Andres Romero Arg 3.49
LATEST LINE
NFL Preseason
Thursday
x-Buffalo 11/2 Pittsburgh
PHILADELPHIA 3 Carolina
Friday
TENNESSEE 4 Oakland
Saturday
NY JETS 3 Washington
BALTIMORE 21/2 Minnesota
JACKSONVILLE 4 Miami
ATLANTA 3 Indianapolis
ST. LOUIS 3 San Diego
NEW ORLEANS 31/2 Houston
KANSAS CITY 3 Arizona
SAN FRANCISCO 3 Green Bay
DENVER 2 Dallas
SEATTLE 21/2 Chicago
Sunday
CINCINNATI 31/2 Detroit
TAMPA BAY 11/2 New England
Monday
NY GIANTS 21/2 Cleveland
x-at Toronto, Canada.
Baseball
National League
PITTSBURGH 61/2 -71/2 Cincinnati
ATLANTA 51/2 -61/2 Chicago Cubs
NY Mets 6-7 WASHINGTON
FLORIDA 51/2 -61/2 St. Louis
HOUSTON 61/2 -71/2 San Francisco
COLORADO 51/2 -61/2 Arizona
Milwaukee 81/2 -91/2 SAN DIEGO
LA DODGERS Even-6 Philadelphia
American League
MINNESOTA Even-6 NY Yankees
DETROIT 6-7 Toronto
Baltimore Even-6 CLEVELAND
BOSTON 10-11 Texas
CHI WHITE SOX 81/2 -91/2 Kansas City
OAKLAND 6-7 Tampa Bay
LA ANGELS 61/2 -71/2 Seattle
Home Team in CAPS
BASEBALL
Little League
World Series
Friday
Rapid City, S.D. vs. Tampa, Fla., 2 p.m.
White Rock, British Columbia vs. Maricaibo, Venezuela, 4 p.m.
Shelton, Conn. vs. Waipahu, Hawaii, 6 p.m.
Hagerstown, Md. vs. Jeffersonville, Ind., 8 p.m.
Saturday
Willemstad, Curacao vs. Matamoros, Tamaulipas, 11 a.m.
Emilia, Italy vs. Yona, Guam, 1 p.m.
Rapid City, S.D. vs. Shelton, Conn., 3:30 p.m.
Tokyo vs. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 6 p.m.
Lake Charles, La. vs. Mill Creek, Wash., 8 p.m.
PREP TENNIS
SPRINGFIELD 5, LIBBEY 0: Donaldson d. S. Davis, 6-0, 6-0; T. Smith d. Kelley, 6-2, 6-1; Takats d. T. Davis, 6-0, 6-0; Tran-Breedlove d. Frazier-Gonzalas, 6-0, 6-1; Bauer-Houser d. Caliepietro-Kelley, 6-0, 6-2.
soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 10 5 3 33 26 21
Chicago 9 5 5 32 27 15
Columbus 9 6 4 31 29 27
D.C. United 8 9 1 25 31 32
Toronto FC 7 8 4 25 21 24
Kansas City 6 6 7 25 20 25
New York 6 6 7 25 23 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 7 6 6 27 22 20
Houston 6 4 8 26 21 19
FC Dallas 6 6 7 25 27 24
Los Angeles 6 8 5 23 38 40
CD Chivas USA 6 8 4 22 24 25
Colorado 6 10 3 21 27 26
San Jose 4 9 6 18 15 25
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
THURSDAY
Los Angeles at CD Chivas USA, 11
SATURDAY
FC Dallas at Columbus, 7:30
D.C. United at Chicago, 8:30
Real Salt Lake at Houston, 8:30
Kansas City at Colorado, 9:30
New England at San Jose, 10
SUNDAY
Toronto FC at New York, 5
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20
D.C. United at New England, 7:30
CD Chivas USA at Houston, 9
THURSDAY, AUG. 21
Chicago at Los Angeles, 10
SATURDAY, AUG. 23
Colorado at D.C. United, 7:30
New England at Toronto FC, 7:30
Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 7:30
FC Dallas at Kansas City, 8
San Jose at CD Chivas USA, 10:30
SUNDAY, AUG. 24
Houston at New York, 3