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Scoreboard: 07-28
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - Suspended N.Y. Mets manager Jerry Manuel one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his inappropriate conduct during Friday's game against Chicago. Suspended minor leaguers RHP Jose Acosta (Pittsburgh), 1B Jorge Castillo (free agent), SS Pedro Lopez (Washington) and 1B Cesar Nicolas (Detroit) 50 games after each tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS - Selected the contract of RHP Josh Tomlin from Columbus (IL). Optioned OF Michael Brantley to Columbus. Designated INF Wes Hodges for assignment.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES - Optioned OF Nate McLouth to Gwinnett (IL). Activated OF Brent Clevlen from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with C David Ross on a two-year contract extension through the 2012 season.
COLORADO ROCKIES - Reinstated INF Troy Tulowitzki from the 15-day DL. Designed INF Brad Eldred for assignment.
Can-Am League
BROCKTON ROX - Signed INF Shawn Williams.
QUEBEC CAPITALES - Signed RHP Brendon Malkowski. Released INF Pat Deschenes.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MIAMI HEAT - Re-signed F Shavlik Randolph.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS - Named Bernie Bickerstaff, Bob Ociepka and Buck Williams assistant coaches.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS - Placed DT Terrence Cody on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
DENVER BRONCOS - Signed WR Eric Decker. Released LB Bruce Davis and OL Chris Marinelli.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Placed WR Wes Welker, LB Shawn Crable and DL Kade Weston on the active/physically-unable-to-perform list. Signed LB Brandon Spikes.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS - Re-signed C Gilbert Brule to a two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS - Signed LW Alexei Ponikarovsky to a one-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS - Named Ryan Jankowski and Serge Boisvert amateur scouts, Christer Rockstrom European leagues scout, Vaughn Karpan professional scout, Pierre Allard strength and conditioning coach and Ken Morin director of hockey information.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS - Agreed to terms with LW Matt Moulson on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS - Agreed to terms with F Alexander Frolov.
PHOENIX COYOTES - Re-signed LW Alexandre Picard to a one-year contract. Signed C Bracken Kearns to a one-year contract.
American Hockey League
WORCESTER SHARKS - Re-signed F Dan DaSilva to a one-year contract.
ECHL
ELMIRA JACKALS - Announced an affiliation agreement with the Anaheim Ducks and Syracuse Crunch (AHL). Re-signed D Brennan Turner and D R.J. Anderson. Signed D Joey Ryan and C Brock McBride.
READING ROYALS - Signed D Rob Kwiet.
VICTORIA SALMON KINGS - Signed F Milan Gajic.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED - Waived F Thabiso "Boyzzz" Khumalo.
Women's Professional Soccer
CHICAGO RED STARS - Added M Sophie Reiser as a developmental player. Released M Jackie Santacaterina.
COLLEGE
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE - Named Sherika McLean compliance-administration assistant, Deandra Danch public relations assistant and John Brown marketing assistant.
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF - Announced the resignation of baseball coach Michael Bumpers.
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE - Named Alan Segal assistant director of athletics for marketing and promotions and men's cross country coach.
FLORIDA - Named Caitlyn McFadden assistant lacrosse coach.
NORTH DAKOTA - Announced the retirement of men's track and field and cross country coach Mike Grandall.
PFEIFFER - Named Michael Gilroy women's assistant basketball coach.
QUINNIPIAC - Signed men's ice hockey coach Rand Pecknold to a contract extension through the 2014-15 season.
ROANOKE - Named Carl Blickle and Patrick McFadden men's and women's assistant track and field and cross country coaches.
WASHINGTON, MD. - Named Robert Hughes men's assistant basketball coach.
WRIGHT STATE - Named Trevor Gorman men's assistant soccer coach.
LATEST LINE
MLB
National League
Chicago Cubs 6-7 HOUSTON
Cincinnati 51/2 -61/2 MILWAUKEE
Atlanta 6-7 WASHINGTON
SAN FRANCISCO 6-7 Florida
PHILADELPHIA 12-14 Arizona
NY METS Even-6 St. Louis
COLORADO 10-11 Pittsburgh
SAN DIEGO Even-6 LA Dodgers
American League
Minnesota 51/2 -61/2 KANSAS CITY
LA ANGELS Even-6 Boston
NY Yankees 61/2 -71/2 CLEVELAND
TORONTO 81/2 -91/2 Baltimore
TAMPA BAY 10-11 Detroit
TEXAS 7-8 Oakland
CHI WHITE SOX 7-8 Seattle
Home Team in CAPS
Bank of the West Classic
Stanford, Calif.
Singles
First Round
Marion Bartoli (4) d. Ashley Harkleroad 6-1, 6-4.
Shahar Peer (6) d. Daniela Hantuchova 0-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Christina McHale d. Chang Kai-chen 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Victoria Azarenka (8) d. Ayumi Morita 6-0, 6-2.
Olga Savchuk d. Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-3.
Yanina Wickmayer (7) d. Chan Yung-jan 6-3, 6-1.
Maria Kirilenko d. Mirjana Lucic 6-1, 6-4.
Farmers Classic
Los Angeles
Singles
First Round
Kevin Anderson d. Illya Marchenko 6-3, 6-2.
Ryan Sweeting d. Kristof Vliegen 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Somdev Devvarman d. Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4.
Robby Ginepri d. Ilya Bozoljac, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4.
James Blake d. Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-4.
Swiss Open
Singles
First Round
Andreas Beck d. Agustin Velotti 6-3, 6-1.
Daniel Gimeno-Traver d. Victor Hanescu (6) 6-4, 6-4.
Nicolas Almagro (2) d. Marcel Granollers 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3.
Mikhail Youzhny (1) d. Marc Gicquel 6-2, 6-2.
Jeremy Chardy d. Paul-Henri Mathieu (8) 6-1, 6-3.
Yuri Schukin, Kazakhstan, d. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3.
Jarkko Nieminen d. Thiago Alves 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Marco Chiudinelli d. Thomaz Bellucci (3) 7-6 (6), 0-6, 6-4.
Doubles
First Round
Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (2) d. Andreas Beck and Philipp Oswald 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Frederico Gil and Florent Serra d. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, and Denis Istomin 6-3, 6-4.
Jeremy Chardy and Paul-Henri Mathieu d. Nicolas Almagro and Pere Riba 6-3, 6-1.
Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman (1) d. Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Yves Allegro and Christopher Kas d. Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley (3) 5-7, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak.
Croatia Open
Umag, Croatia
Singles
First Round
Stephane Robert d. Olivier Patience 6-3, 6-2.
Jan Hajek d. Gerald Melzer 6-4, 6-3.
Olivier Rochus d. Philipp Petzschner (5) 6-2, 6-3.
Pablo Cuevas d. Simone Vagnozzi 6-4, 6-1.
Andreas Seppi d. Maximo Gonzalez 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Simone Bolelli d. Antonio Veic 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Potito Starace d. Sergiy Stakhovsky (7) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-0.
Ivan Dodig d. Ivan Navarro 6-3, 6-4.
Bjorn Phau d. Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles
First Round
Jeff Coetzee and Jamie Murray d. Aleksandr Dolgopolov and Stephane Robert 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Juan Ignacio Chela and Pablo Cuevas (3) d. Franco Skugor and Ivan Zovko 6-3, 6-2.
Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak (2) d. Andreas Seppi and Simone Vagnozzi 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 tiebreak.
WNBA
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Indiana 16 7 .696 -
Atlanta 16 9 .640 1
Washington 13 9 .591 21/2
Connecticut 13 10 .565 3
New York 12 11 .522 4
Chicago 12 13 .480 5
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
x-Seattle 20 2 .909 -
Phoenix 10 12 .455 10
San Antonio 8 15 .348 121/2
Los Angeles 8 16 .333 13
Minnesota 7 15 .318 13
Tulsa 4 20 .167 17
x-clinched playoff spot
LAST NIGHT
Atlanta 105, Tulsa 89
Indiana 78, Chicago 74
Connecticut 88, Washington 78
New York 77, San Antonio 72
Los Angeles 71, Minnesota 58
Phoenix at Seattle, late
TONIGHT
No games scheduled
THURSDAY
San Antonio at Washington, 7
Minnesota at Phoenix, 10
LOCAL GOLF
HEATHER DOWNS COUNTRY CLUB: club championship--men--Mark Holzemer, 154; senior men--Larry Hudson, 157.
FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Milwaukee 10 5 0 .667 989 856
x-Chicago 10 6 0 .625 906 873
Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 891 852
Iowa 6 9 0 .400 762 786
West Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Spokane 13 2 0 .867 939 779
x-Arizona 10 5 0 .667 910 818
Utah 2 13 0 .133 678 972
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Tulsa 9 6 0 .600 920 838
Oklahoma City 6 9 0 .400 772 796
Bossier-Shreveport 3 12 0 .200 743 968
Dallas 2 13 0 .133 738 864
South Division
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Jacksonville 11 4 0 .733 829 757
x-Tampa Bay 11 4 0 .733 866 737
x-Orlando 7 8 0 .467 790 785
Alabama 6 9 0 .400 744 796
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
FRIDAY
Spokane at Jacksonville, 7:35 p.m.
Tulsa at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
SATURDAY
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Bossier-Shreveport, 8:05 p.m.
Utah at Alabama, 8:30 p.m.
Iowa at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus 10 3 4 34 25 13
New York 8 6 2 26 18 19
Toronto FC 6 5 5 23 19 18
Chicago 4 5 5 17 18 19
Kansas City 4 8 4 16 13 20
Philadelphia 4 8 2 14 18 26
New England 4 9 2 14 15 26
D.C. 3 11 3 12 12 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 12 2 4 40 29 10
Real Salt Lake 9 4 4 31 29 14
FC Dallas 6 2 8 26 20 14
San Jose 6 4 5 23 20 18
Colorado 6 5 5 23 18 16
Seattle 6 8 4 22 20 25
Houston 5 8 4 19 21 25
Chivas USA 4 9 3 15 18 22
TONIGHT
Manchester United at MLS All-Stars, 8:30
SPORTLIGHT
July 28
1972-The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.
1984-The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.
1991-Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game as the Montreal Expos beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
1994-On the night baseball players set an Aug. 12 strike date, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitches a perfect game for a 4-0 victory over California.
2000-Blaine Wilson, America's pre-eminent gymnast, wins his fifth straight championship in St. Louis. He becomes the first gymnast to win five straight national titles since George Wheeler did it from 1937-41.
2002-Lance Armstrong wins his fourth straight Tour de France. His final winning margin over second-place Joseba Beloki of Spain is 7 minutes, 17 seconds, making it Armstrong's second-biggest victory.
2005-In Montreal at the World Swimming Championships, Poland's Otylia Jedrzejczak breaks her own world record in the 200 butterfly. Jedrzejczak's time of 2:05.61 lowers her own mark of 2:05.78 set in Berlin on Aug. 4, 2002.
2009-Germany's Paul Biedermann hands Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in four years, setting a world record in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Rome. Biedermann touches in 1:42.00, beating Phelps' record of 1:42.96 set at last year's Beijing Olympics. Phelps, a body length behind, suffers his first loss in a major international meet since Ian Crocker beat him in the final of the 100 butterfly at the 2005 world championships.
SPORTS NOTES
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY is accepting applications for a head varsity volleyball coach position. Deadline is Friday. Send resume to Gary Snyder, Notre Dame AD, 3635 Sylvania Ave., Toledo, OH, 43623 or email gsnyder@nda.org.
ROSSFORD AMERICAN LEGION V-J Day softball tournament, USSSA Mens Class D national qualifier Aug. 6-8 at Rossford's Vet Park. Contact Rich DeVaul at 419-661-0583.
Maumee Ohio Starz will be holding a open tryout for next year's 12-under baseball team. Tryouts will be held on Aug. 1 from noon to 4 p.m. Contact Jason Heard at 419-508-3808. Cut-off date for eligibility is May 1.
ST. FRANCIS GOLF TEAM will hold its information meeting for parents and players tomorrow (July 29) at the school's multipurpose room. Team tryouts begin at 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2 at Ottawa Park. For more info contact the school at (419) 531-1618.
DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL will hold an OHSAA required meeting for parents and athletes in grades 9-12 who will participate in a fall sport on Tuesday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. For more info contact Danbury AD Drew Davie at (419) 366-0912.
Bowling Green Youth Hockey Association has begun registration for the 2010-2011 season. Go to www.bgyouthhockey.org and click on the register tab for complete details and instructions.
HOLE IN ONE
SUKI DELPH, No. 10 at Tanglewood, 117 yards, A26 hybrid.
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