COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conference
THURSDAY
Troy at Bowling Green, 7
Coastal Carolina at Kent St., 7
North Texas at Ball St., 7:30
SATURDAY
Toledo at Purdue, Noon
Akron at Penn St., Noon
Kentucky vs. Miami at Cincinnati, Noon
W. Michigan at Michigan, 3:30
N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 7
Army at E. Michigan, 7
Connecticut at Ohio, 7
Cent. Michigan at Arizona, 10
Big Ten
SATURDAY
BIG TEN
Toledo at Purdue, Noon
Navy at Ohio St., Noon
Akron at Penn St., Noon
Minnesota at Syracuse, Noon
Montana St. at Michigan St., Noon
Towson at Northwestern, Noon
N. Iowa at Iowa, 12:05
W. Michigan at Michigan, 3:30
N. Illinois at Wisconsin, 7
National
THURSDAY
EAST
St. Cloud St. at Maine, 7
Villanova at Temple, 7
SOUTH
Glenville St. at Chattanooga, 7
South Carolina at N.C. State, 7
Iowa Wesleyan at Tenn.-Martin, 7
Kentucky Wesleyan at Murray St., 8
MIDWEST
Quincy at SE Missouri, 7
Illinois St. at E. Illinois, 8
E. Kentucky at Indiana, 8
N. Dakota St. at Iowa St., 8
William Penn at South Dakota, 8
SOUTHWEST
W. Illinois at Sam Houston St., 7
FAR WEST
Dixie St. at S. Utah, 8
Utah St. at Utah, 9
Oregon at Boise St., 10:15
FRIDAY
EAST
West Chester at Delaware, 7
SOUTH
Tulsa at Tulane, 8
FAR WEST
Cent. Arkansas at Hawaii, 1:05 a.m.
SATURDAY
EAST
St. Francis, Pa. at New Hampshire, Noon
Liberty at West Virginia, Noon
Cent. Connecticut St. at Lehigh, 12:30
Georgetown, D.C. at Holy Cross, 1
Youngstown St. at Pittsburgh, 1
Fordham at Rhode Island, 1
Stonehill at Wagner, 1
Northeastern at Boston College, 2
S. Connecticut at Bryant, 3
Monmouth, N.J. at Colgate, 6
Bucknell at Duquesne, 6
Marist at Sacred Heart, 6
Stony Brook at Hofstra, 7
SOUTH
Appalachian St. at East Carolina, Noon
W. Kentucky at Tennessee, Noon
Methodist at Campbell, 1
Jacksonville St. at Georgia Tech, 1
Robert Morris at VMI, 1:30
Jackson St. at Mississippi St., 3:30
Baylor at Wake Forest, 3:30
Shaw at Bethune-Cookman, 4
Rice at UAB, 4
S. Illinois at Marshall, 4:30
Presbyterian at Furman, 5
Jacksonville at Webber International, 5
Middle Tennessee at Clemson, 6
Delaware St. at Florida A&M, 6
Mars Hill at Gardner-Webb, 6
Albany, N.Y. at Georgia Southern, 6
N.C. Central at Hampton, 6
Savannah St. at Livingstone, 6
Virginia St. at Norfolk St., 6
The Citadel at North Carolina, 6
Chowan at Old Dominion, 6
William & Mary at Virginia, 6
N. Carolina A&T at Winston-Salem, 6
Louisiana Tech at Auburn, 7
Newberry at Austin Peay, 7
Richmond at Duke, 7
Davidson at Elon, 7
Charleston Southern at Florida, 7
Southern U. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 7
S. Virginia at Morehead St., 7
Texas A&M Commerce at SE Louisiana, 7
Wofford at South Florida, 7
Alcorn St. at Southern Miss., 7
Alabama A&M at Tennessee St., 7
Indiana St. at Louisville, 7:30
Samford at UCF, 7:30
W. Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7:30
Concordia, Ala. at Alabama St., 8
Henderson St. at McNeese St., 8
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, 8
MIDWEST
Albion at Butler, 1
Valparaiso at St. Joseph s, Ind., 1
Nevada at Notre Dame, 3:30
Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, 3:40
Grand View at Drake, 7
N. Colorado at Kansas, 7
Florida Atlantic at Nebraska, 7
Massachusetts at Kansas St., 7:10
SOUTHWEST
Georgia at Oklahoma St., 3:30
Ark.-Monticello at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 5
Northwestern St. at Houston, 5
Missouri St. vs. Arkansas at Little Rock, Ark., 7
BYU vs. Oklahoma at Arlington, Texas, 7
Louisiana-Monroe at Texas, 7
New Mexico at Texas A&M, 7
Angelo St. at Texas St., 7
North Dakota at Texas Tech, 7
MVSU at Arkansas St., 7:05
Stephen F.Austin at SMU, 8
Prairie View vs. Texas Southern at Houston, 8
Buffalo at UTEP, 9
FAR WEST
Nicholls St. at Air Force, 2
Portland St. at Oregon St., 2:30
Western St.,Colo. at Montana, 3
Weber St. at Wyoming, 3
W. Oregon at E. Washington, 3:05
San Jose St. at Southern Cal, 3:30
San Diego St. at UCLA, 7:30
Idaho at New Mexico St., 8
Stanford at Washington St., 8
San Diego at Azusa Pacific, 9:30
Idaho St. at Arizona St., 10
Maryland at California, 10
UC Davis at Fresno St., 10
Sacramento St. at UNLV, 10
LSU at Washington, 10:30
HOLE IN ONE
DOUG DIPPMAN, No. 17 at Eagles Landing, 115 yards, pitching wedge.
WILLIAM KRATT, No. 17 at White Pines, 165 yards, 6-iron.
TENNIS
U.S. Open
New York
Singles
Men
First Round
Marco Chiudinelli d. Potito Starace 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-0.
Mikhail Youzhny d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (26) 2-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2.
Robin Soderling (12) d. Albert Montanes 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Nikolay Davydenko (8) d. Dieter Kindlmann 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Marcel Granollers d. Mischa Zverev 2-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Jan Hernych d. Rainer Schuettler 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez d. Peter Polansky 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-1.
Roger Federer (1) d. Devin Britton 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.
Simon Greul d. Giovanni Lapentti 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (9).
John Isner d. Victor Hanescu (28) 6-1, 7-6 (14), 7-6 (5).
Tommy Robredo (14) d. Donald Young 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, d. Christophe Rochus 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Somdev Devvarman d. Frederico Gil 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Robert Kendrick d. Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Olivier Rochus d. Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.
Tommy Haas (20) d. Alejandro Falla 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
James Blake (21) d. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.
Lleyton Hewitt (31) d. Thiago Alves 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Venus Williams (3) d. Vera Dushevina, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3.
Vania King d. Anastasiya Yakimova 2-1, retired.
Agnieszka Radwanska (12) d. Patricia Mayr 6-1, 6-2.
Victoria Azarenka (8) d. Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1, 6-1.
Kim Clijsters d. Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, 6-1.
Maria Kirilenko d. Mariya Koryttseva 6-2, 6-1.
Francesca Schiavone (26) d. Yvonne Meusburger 6-1, 6-2.
Stefanie Voegele d. Alberta Brianti 6-7 (10), 6-1, 6-3.
Samantha Stosur (15) d. Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Aleksandra Wozniak d. Laura Granville 6-1, 7-6 (7).
Marion Bartoli (14) d. Rossana de Los Rios 6-1, 6-0.
Flavia Pennetta (10) d. Edina Gallovits 6-0, 6-4.
Chang Kai-chen d. Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2.
Magdalena Rybarikova d. Valerie Tetreault 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Melinda Czink d. Maria Elena Camerin 6-3, 6-4.
Serena Williams (2) d. Alexa Glatch 6-4, 6-1.
Amelie Mauresmo (17) d. Tatjana Malek 6-3, 6-4.
Vera Zvonareva (7) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-0, 6-4.
Jill Craybas d. Carly Gullickson 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Sania Mirza d. Olga Govortsova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova d. Marta Domachowska 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (20) d. Gail Brodsky 6-4, 6-4.
Anna Chakvetadze d. Erika Sema 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands d. Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-4.
Timea Bacsinszky d. Vesna Manasieva 6-3, 6-4.
Angelique Kerber d. Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
Michelle Larcher de Brito d. Mathilde Johansson 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.
LATEST LINE
College Football
(Thursday)
N. CAROLINA ST 41/2 South Carolina
UTAH 20 Utah State
BOISE STATE 4 Oregon
Troy 7 BOWLING GREEN
BALL STATE 16 North Texas
(Friday)
Tulsa 131/2 TULANE
(Saturday)
OHIO STATE 21 Navy
PENN STATE 271/2 Akron
MICHIGAN 13 Western Michigan
Connecticut 4 OHIO
NOTRE DAME 15 Nevada
OKLA. STATE 51/2 Georgia
a-Kentucky 15 Miami-Ohio
b-Oklahoma 211/2 Byu
c-Illinois 7 Missouri
ALA-BIRMINGHAM 51/2 Rice
WAKE FOREST 2 Baylor
Minnesota 7 SYRACUSE
EASTERN MICH. 41/2 Army
WISCONSIN 161/2 Northern Illinois
PURDUE 11 Toledo
Stanford 161/2 WASHINGTON ST
AUBURN 13 Louisiana Tech
TEXAS A&M 14 New Mexico
d-Alabama 7 Virginia Tech
NEW MEXICO ST 3 Idaho
TEXAS EL PASO 8 Buffalo
CALIFORNIA 211/2 Maryland
SOUTHERN CAL 34 San Jose St
ARIZONA 14 Central Michigan
UCLA 19 San Diego St
Lsu 171/2 WASHINGTON
NEBRASKA 221/2 Florida Atlantic
CLEMSON 191/2 Middle Tenn St
TEXAS 41 Louisiana-Monroe
TENNESSEE 291/2 Western Kentucky
a-at Cincinnati, OH.
b-at Arlington, TX.
c-at St. Louis, MO.
d-at Georgia Dome
Baseball
National League
PHILADELPHIA 9-10 San Francisco
Atlanta Even-6 FLORIDA
CINCINNATI Even-6 Pittsburgh
CHICAGO CUBS 71/2 -81/2 Houston
ST. LOUIS 81/2 -91/2 Milwaukee
COLORADO 11-12 NY Mets
SAN DIEGO 61/2 -71/2 Washington
LA DODGERS 8-9 Arizona
American League
TEXAS (1) 6-7 Toronto
TEXAS (2) 7-8 Toronto
DETROIT 91/2 -101/2 Cleveland
NY Yankees 81/2 -91/2 BALTIMORE
Boston 71/2 -81/2 TAMPA BAY
Chi White Sox 6-7 MINNESOTA
OAKLAND 51/2 -61/2 Kansas City
LA Angels 6-7 SEATTLE
Home Team in CAPS
PRO FOOTBALL
NFL preseason
LAST NIGHT
Minnesota 17, Houston 10
SUNDAY
Chicago 27, Denver 17
THURSDAY
Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7
Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30
N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30
Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30
Cleveland at Chicago, 8
Green Bay at Tennessee, 8
Kansas City at St. Louis, 8
Miami at New Orleans, 8
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8
Arizona at Denver, 9
Oakland at Seattle, 10
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS Extended the contract of general manager Dayton Moore through the 2014 season.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS Activated RHP Johnny Cueto from the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Kevin Barker and RHP Ramon Ramirez from Louisville (IL). Placed OF Laynce Nix on the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Matt Maloney to Carolina (SL) and RHP Carlos Fisher to Sarasota (FSL).
NEW YORK METS Recalled C Josh Thole from Binghamton (EL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Purchased the contract of RHP John Ennis from Lehigh Valley (IL). Designated INF Brad Harman for assignment.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Purchased the contract of RHP Daniel McCutchen from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned INF Brian Bixler to Indianapolis. Designated RHP John Meloan for assignment.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS Released S Keith Lewis and OT Brandon Pearce. Waived WR Michael Ray Garvin and LB Pago Togafau. Placed LB Cody Brown on injured reserve.
BALTIMORE RAVENS Placed CB Samari Rolle on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
CAROLINA PANTHERS Released PR Ryne Robinson. Waived DT Lorenzo Williams and T Gerald Cadogan. Placed G C.J. Davis on injured reserve.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Released DB Rod Hood and TE Nate Jackson. Waived LB Robert McCune. Signed OL Brandon Braxton.
CINCINNATI BENGALS Placed TE Ben Utecht on injured reserve. Waived TE Matt Sherry.
DALLAS COWBOYS Released T Andre Douglas.
DETROIT LIONS Released WR Delmir Boldin, LB Robert Francois, S LaMarcus Hicks and DE Ryan Kees. Placed CB Dexter Wynn on injured reserve.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Placed DB Michael Coe, DE Rudolph Hardie and DE Curtis Johnson on the waived-injured list. Waived TE Colin Cloherty.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey and announced coach Todd Haley will assume the role.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Announced the retirement of LB Tedy Bruschi. Released QB Kevin O Connell and C Nathan Hodel.
NEW YORK GIANTS Activated LB Michael Boley from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Released CB Stoney Woodson, WR Taye Biddle and OL Terrance Pennington.
OAKLAND RAIDERS Released OL Jonathan Compass, OL Marcus Johnson, WR Shawn Bayes, WR Will Franklin and DT Joe Cohen.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS Signed DE Brett Keisel to a five-year contract. Placed G Darnell Stapleton on injured reserve. Released WR Martin Nance, WR Steven Black, S Derrick Richardson and C Alex Stepanovich.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Released WR Dexter Jackson.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES Acquired C Rob Hennigar from the N.Y. Islanders for C Bobby Hughes.
WNBA
TONIGHT
Seattle at New York, 7:30
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8
Connecticut at Sacramento, 10
Atlanta at Los Angeles, 10:30
PREP GOLF
Boys
STRITCH 179, TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 212: S--Pinciotti 42, Linser 44, Merren 45, Crawford 48. TC--Whitlow 47, Gibson 53, Fowler 55, Smith 57. At Eagles Landing.
NORTHWOOD 165, MAUMEE VALLEY 176
N: Fahrbach 36, Bloomfield 38, Langenderfer 44, Frank 47. MV: Deichert 43, Li 43, Frasco 43, Patel 47. At Bedford Hills.
ARCHBOLD 162, MONTPELIER 186
A: Grosjean 38, Nafziger 40, Yoder 41, Short 43. M: Thorp 44, Yoselski 47, Rings 47, Waldron 48. At Ironwood.
DELTA 165, SWANTON 172: D--Green 39, Turner 41, Bailey 42, Abbott 43. S--Zedlitz, Kilgour 42, Onweller 44, Heenan 47. at White Pines.
ARCHBOLD 162, MONTPELIER 186: A--Grosjean 40, Natziger 40, Yoder 41, Short 43. M--Thorp 44, Yagelski 47, Rings 47, Waldrno 48. At Ironwood.
EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 177, DANBURY 191: EC--McDonald 40, Dunnett 43, Henning 46, Lindhorst 48. D--Stayancho 44, Manuella 46, Burke 46, Sean 55. At The Islander.
Girls
ST URSULA JV 217, WAITE 258, BOWSHER no score: top individuals: Stookey (Bow) 43, Blosser (SU) 52, Hart (SU) 52, Yarad (SU) 56, Myers (SU) 57. At Detwiler.
NOTRE DAME 178, WHITMER 181, CLAY 199, CENTRAL 221, START 253: Sterling (ND) 35, McBride (W) 42, Krum (W) 44, Trowbridge (ND), Sharer (C) 45. At Detwiler.
SOUTHVIEW 192, ANTHONY WAYNE 207
S: Moreland 44, Breyfogle 46, Ruffin 49, Hehl 53. AW: Dennis 50, Levison 51, Campbell 53, Underwood 53. At Spuyten Duyval.
NORTHVIEW 163, SPRINGFIELD 187: N--Darah 39, O Hare 39, DeBelly 41, Silver 44. S--Adams 40, Szalkowski 48, Zaborski 49, Bockert 50. At Whiteford Valley.
PREP TENNIS
NOTRE DAME 3, SOUTHVIEW 2
M. McNamara (ND) d. Kammeny, 6-3, 6-0; Haider (S) d. K. McNamara, 6-4, 6-0; Naik (S) d. Stansfield, 6-2, 6-3; Stearns/St. John (ND) d. Vyaf/Chrysathoos, 7-5, 6-3; Genzman/Smietanski (ND) d. Gilbert/Carroll, 7-5, 6-3.
ST, URSULA 4, NORTHVIEW 1: Coyle (N) d. Lankard, 7-5, 6-1; Gum (SU) d. Leizerman, 6-2, 6-2; Nahhas (SU) d. Forrester, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Jaffe-Ridenour (SU) d. Rentner-Mathiot, 6-1, 6-0; Koepfer-Fisher (SU) d. Mills-Hawley, 6-0, 6-1.
PREP SOCCER
Girls
LAKE 4, ROSSFORD 0: Cox, Antonacci 2, Plummer.
ANTHONY WAYNE 3, NOTRE DAME 3: AW--Coffman 2, Perry. ND--Kirk, Scott, Bishop.
WHITMER 5, START 0: Gwin 2, Young, Boyd, Campell.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Notre Dame d. Waite, 25-10, 25-4, 25-6
Clay d. Start, 25-15, 25-23, 25-16
Swanton d. Fayette, 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21
Evergreen d. Lake, 25-13, 25-20, 25-17
Pettisville d. Wauseon, 25-15, 25-21, 25-20
Stritch d. Gibsonburg, 25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8
Bowsher d. Scott, 25-5, 25-4, 25-9
PREP FIELD HOCKEY
OTTAWA HILLS 8, GREENHILLS 0: Jamieson 3, Martinez 2, Lemieux, Arnos, Fenton.