baseball

American League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 77 45 .631 -

Boston 69 52 .570 71/2

Tampa Bay 66 55 .545 101/2

Toronto 56 64 .467 20

Baltimore 50 72 .410 27

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 65 56 .537 -

Chicago 62 60 .508 31/2

Minnesota 59 63 .484 61/2

Cleveland 52 69 .430 13

Kansas City 47 74 .388 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 47 .608 -

Texas 68 53 .562 51/2

Seattle 63 59 .516 11

Oakland 53 68 .438 201/2

Friday's Games

Seattle 9, Cleveland 4

Toronto 5, L.A. Angels 4

N.Y. Yankees 20, Boston 11

Tampa Bay 5, Texas 3

Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 1

Detroit 3, Oakland 2

Today's Games

L.A. Angels (E.Santana 6-6) at Toronto (Richmond 6-6), 10:07 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 10-6) at Boston (Tazawa 1-2), 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 10-8), 4:05 p.m.

Seattle (Fister 1-0) at Cleveland (Laffey 7-3), 4:05 p.m.

Texas (Tom.Hunter 6-2) at Tampa Bay (Garza 7-8), 4:08 p.m.

Minnesota (Duensing 0-1) at Kansas City (Davies 4-8), 4:10 p.m.

Detroit (Galarraga 6-10) at Oakland (Cahill 6-12), 6:05 p.m.

National League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 69 50 .580 -

Florida 65 57 .533 51/2

Atlanta 64 58 .525 61/2

New York 57 65 .467 131/2

Washington 43 79 .352 271/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 70 54 .565 -

Chicago 61 59 .508 7

Houston 60 62 .492 9

Milwaukee 59 62 .488 91/2

Cincinnati 51 70 .421 171/2

Pittsburgh 50 70 .417 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 50 .593 -

Colorado 68 54 .557 41/2

San Francisco 67 55 .549 51/2

Arizona 54 69 .439 19

San Diego 52 72 .419 211/2

Friday's Games

Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 2

Milwaukee 7, Washington 3

N.Y. Mets 4, Philadelphia 2

Florida 5, Atlanta 3

Houston 1, Arizona 0

San Francisco 6, Colorado 3

San Diego 4, St. Louis 0

L.A. Dodgers 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Today's Games

Chicago Cubs (Lilly 9-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-1), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Scherzer 7-7) at Houston (Moehler 7-9), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Lehr 2-0) at Pittsburgh (Duke 9-11), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Burns 3-4) at Washington (Lannan 8-9), 4:05 p.m.

Florida (Volstad 9-9) at Atlanta (Hanson 8-2), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Happ 9-2) at N.Y. Mets (Redding 1-4), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Martinez 3-1) at Colorado (De La Rosa 11-8), 5:10 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 13-3) at San Diego (Correia 8-9), 7:05 p.m.

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

At South Williamsport, Pa.

All Times EDT

UNITED STATES

POOL A - MID-ATLANTIC, Staten Island, N.Y.; NORTHWEST, Mercer Island, Wash.; SOUTHEAST, Warner Robins, Ga.; MIDWEST, Urbandale, Iowa.

POOL B - NEW ENGLAND, Peabody, Mass.; WEST, Chula Vista, Calif.; SOUTWEST, San Antonio; GREAT LAKES, Russellville, Ky.

INTERNATIONAL

POOL C - CARIBBEAN, Willemstad, Curacao; JAPAN, Chiba City; MEA, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; LATIN AMERICA, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

POOL D- EUROPE, Ramstein AFB, Germany; MEXICO, Reynosa; CANADA, Vancouver, British Columbia; ASIA-PACIFIC, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Friday, Aug. 21

Staten Island, N.Y. 10, Mercer Island, Wash. 2

Taoyuan, Taiwan 16, Ramstein AFB, Germany 0, 4 innings

Warner Robins, Ga., 11, Urbandale, Iowa 3

San Antonio 10, Peabody, Mass. 1

Saturday, Aug. 22

Vancouver, British Columbia vs. Reynosa, Mexico, 7 a.m.

Willemstad, Curacao, vs. Maracaibo, Venezuela, 7 a.m.

Warner Robins, Ga., vs. Staten Island, N.Y., 9 a.m.

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia vs. Chiba City, Japan, 11 a.m.

Russellville, Ky., vs. Chula Vista, Calif., 2 p.m.

SOFTBALL

LEWISTON PARKS AND RECREATION

Coed - Names and Numbers 21, Pals 4; Dutch Brothers Coffee 8, Names and Numbers 7.

football

NFL PRESEASON

All Times Pacific

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Miami 1 0 0 1.000 12 9

Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 41

New England 1 1 0 .500 33 32

N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 20 23

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 1 0 0 1.000 16 10

Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 58 68

Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 26 28

Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 12

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 0

Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 20 10

Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 14 23

Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 0 17

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 31 10

Denver 0 1 0 .000 16 17

San Diego 0 1 0 .000 14 20

Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 23 33

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 24 17

Dallas 1 1 0 .500 40 41

Washington 0 1 0 .000 0 23

Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 40 50

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 7

Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 46 40

Carolina 0 1 0 .000 17 24

Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 27

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 30 16

Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 26

Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 0

Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 27

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 16

Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 20 14

St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 36 40

Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 20

Friday's Games

Dallas 30, Tennessee 10

Atlanta 20, St. Louis 13

Minnesota 17, Kansas City 13

Today's Games

Carolina at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 5:15 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

golf

PGA-Wyndham Championship

Second-round play was suspended due to darkness.

At Sedgefield Country Club Course

Greensboro, N.C.

Purse: $5.1 million

Yardage: 7,117 Par: 70

Partial Second Round

Chris Riley 66-63 - 129

Sergio Garcia 67-64 - 131

Bill Haas 62-69 - 131

Chez Reavie 64-67 - 131

Kevin Stadler 69-63 - 132

Boo Weekley 65-67 - 132

Marc Leishman 67-65 - 132

Johnson Wagner 66-66 - 132

Fred Couples 66-66 - 132

Jeev M. Singh 69-64 - 133

John Senden 69-64 - 133

Michael Allen 68-65 - 133

Ken Duke 66-67 - 133

Justin Rose 65-68 - 133

Glen Day 69-64 - 133

Alex Cejka 67-66 - 133

J.J. Henry 69-64 - 133

Brandt Snedeker 64-69 - 133

Kevin Streelman 65-68 - 133

Patrick Sheehan 67-67 - 134

Lucas Glover 66-68 - 134

Fernando Mechereffe 69-65 - 134

Matt Weibring 68-66 - 134

Rich Beem 67-67 - 134

Rod Pampling 69-65 - 134

Joe Ogilvie 67-67 - 134

Robert Garrigus 68-67 - 135

Charles Howell III 68-67 - 135

Bo Van Pelt 66-69 - 135

Brian Davis 70-65 - 135

Nick O'Hern 69-66 - 135

Matt Bettencourt 69-66 - 135

Steve Marino 67-68 - 135

Tim Herron 68-67 - 135

Carl Pettersson 70-65 - 135

Mark Wilson 70-65 - 135

Scott McCarron 66-69 - 135

Martin Laird 67-68 - 135

Bryce Molder 68-68 - 136

Matt Jones 67-69 - 136

Kent Jones 68-68 - 136

Kevin Sutherland 71-65 - 136

Brad Faxon 68-68 - 136

Kris Blanks 74-62 - 136

Darron Stiles 70-66 - 136

Rocco Mediate 67-69 - 136

Fredrik Jacobson 68-68 - 136

Jonathan Byrd 66-70 - 136

Daniel Chopra 67-69 - 136

Jeff Quinney 70-67 - 137

Jeff Klauk 69-68 - 137

Jimmy Walker 70-67 - 137

Justin Thomas 65-72 - 137

Corey Pavin 69-68 - 137

Jay Williamson 67-70 - 137

Cliff Kresge 68-69 - 137

Steve Lowery 69-68 - 137

D.J. Trahan 67-70 - 137

David Toms 69-68 - 137

Vaughn Taylor 67-70 - 137

Troy Matteson 68-70 - 138

Davis Love III 71-67 - 138

Charley Hoffman 68-70 - 138

J.P. Hayes 70-68 - 138

Brett Quigley 69-69 - 138

Harrison Frazar 71-67 - 138

Tommy Gainey 72-66 - 138

David Mathis 70-68 - 138

Greg Owen 68-70 - 138

James Driscoll 70-68 - 138

Billy Mayfair 69-69 - 138

Bob Heintz 70-68 - 138

Todd Hamilton 67-71 - 138

Richard S. Johnson 68-70 - 138

Joe Durant 69-70 - 139

Heath Slocum 73-66 - 139

Charles Warren 67-72 - 139

Kirk Triplett 69-70 - 139

Michael Bradley 71-68 - 139

Chris Stroud 72-67 - 139

Ricky Barnes 70-69 - 139

Tyler Aldridge 71-68 - 139

Troy Kelly 69-70 - 139

Ryan Blaum 67-72 - 139

Parker McLachlin 68-71 - 139

Steve Elkington 65-75 - 140

Scott Piercy 73-67 - 140

Ted Purdy 71-69 - 140

Lee Janzen 69-71 - 140

Bubba Watson 71-69 - 140

Brian Vranesh 70-70 - 140

Peter Tomasulo 72-68 - 140

Arjun Atwal 73-67 - 140

Peter Lonard 68-72 - 140

Chris DiMarco 69-71 - 140

James Nitties 73-68 - 141

Mathias Gronberg 72-69 - 141

Will MacKenzie 70-71 - 141

Adam Scott 66-75 - 141

K.J. Choi 67-74 - 141

Tag Ridings 68-73 - 141

Jason Dufner 68-73 - 141

Roland Thatcher 73-68 - 141

Marc Turnesa 70-72 - 142

Brian Bateman 71-71 - 142

Brendon de Jonge 71-71 - 142

Rick Price 73-69 - 142

Brendon Todd 69-73 - 142

Derek Fathauer 69-73 - 142

Webb Simpson 72-71 - 143

Stuart Appleby 71-72 - 143

Spencer Levin 70-73 - 143

Billy Andrade 73-70 - 143

David Duval 74-70 - 144

George McNeill 74-70 - 144

David Robinson 71-73 - 144

Mark Calcavecchia 70-74 - 144

Nicholas Thompson 74-71 - 145

Simon McGreal 75-71 - 146

Frank Lickliter II 73-73 - 146

Steve Allan 72-75 - 147

Jason Gore 78-70 - 148

Eric Axley 75-74 - 149

Champions-JELD-WEN Tradition

At Crosswater Club at Sunriver Course

Sunriver, Ore.

Purse: $2.6 million

Yardage: 7,533 Par: 72

Second Round

Brad Bryant 62-72 - 134

Fred Funk 68-67 - 135

Loren Roberts 65-71 - 136

John Cook 69-67 - 136

Larry Mize 69-67 - 136

Eduardo Romero 69-68 - 137

Lonnie Nielsen 70-67 - 137

Mike Reid 70-67 - 137

Tom Lehman 67-71 - 138

Bruce Fleisher 69-69 - 138

Craig Stadler 71-67 - 138

R.W. Eaks 68-71 - 139

Gene Jones 74-65 - 139

Keith Fergus 70-69 - 139

Jim Thorpe 68-72 - 140

Tom Kite 70-70 - 140

Mark O'Meara 69-71 - 140

Hal Sutton 69-71 - 140

Mark McNulty 69-71 - 140

Ben Crenshaw 72-68 - 140

Bruce Vaughan 71-70 - 141

Bernhard Langer 71-70 - 141

Gil Morgan 70-71 - 141

Hale Irwin 68-73 - 141

Tom Watson 67-74 - 141

Andy Bean 69-73 - 142

Bob Tway 72-70 - 142

Mike McCullough 69-73 - 142

Larry Nelson 69-73 - 142

Allen Doyle 70-72 - 142

Morris Hatalsky 71-71 - 142

Jeff Sluman 71-72 - 143

David Eger 71-72 - 143

Don Pooley 72-71 - 143

Mike Goodes 70-73 - 143

Tom Purtzer 72-72 - 144

Dan Forsman 73-71 - 144

Mark Wiebe 72-72 - 144

James Mason 73-71 - 144

Tim Simpson 73-71 - 144

Mark James 70-75 - 145

Jay Haas 73-72 - 145

Russ Cochran 72-73 - 145

Bruce Lietzke 75-70 - 145

tennis

ROGERS CUP

At Rexall Centre

Toronto

Purse: $2 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Quarterfinals

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3.

Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Jelena Jankovic (5), Serbia, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 6-2.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

ATP World Tour Western & Southern Financial Group Masters

At The Lindner Family Tennis Center

Mason, Ohio

Purse: $3 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Quarterfinals

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Gilles Simon (9), France, 6-4, 7-5.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.

track

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Olympic Stadium

Berlin

Men

400

1, LaShawn Merritt, United States, 44.06 seconds. 2, Jeremy Wariner, United States, 44.60. 3, Renny Quow, Trinidad and Tobago, 45.02.

50Km Walk

1, Sergey Kirdyapkin, Russia, 3:38:35. 2, Trond Nymark, Norway, 3:41:16. 3, Jesus Angel Garcia, Spain, 3:41:37.

High Jump

1, Yaroslav Rybakov, Russia, 7-71/8. 2, Kyriakos Ioannou, Cyprus, 7-71/8. 3 (tie), Sylwester Bednarek, Poland, and Raul Spank, Germany, 7-71/8.

Women

200

1, Allyson Felix, United States, 22.02. 2. Veronica Campbell-Brown. Jamaica, 22.35. 3, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamas, 22.41.

Discus

1, Dani Samuels, Australia, 214-8. 2, Yarelis Barrios, Cuba, 214-3. 3, Nicoleta Grasu, Romania, 213-11.

basketball

WNBA

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Indiana 19 6 .760 -

Atlanta 14 11 .560 5

Connecticut 13 12 .520 6

Chicago 13 13 .500 61/2

Washington 13 13 .500 61/2

Detroit 9 14 .391 9

New York 10 16 .385 91/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Phoenix 18 9 .667 -

Seattle 14 11 .560 3

Los Angeles 12 13 .480 5

Minnesota 11 14 .440 6

San Antonio 11 15 .423 61/2

Sacramento 8 18 .308 91/2

Friday's Games

New York 85, Connecticut 83, OT

Los Angeles 67, San Antonio 66, OT

Washington 91, Phoenix 81

Today's Games

Minnesota at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Washington at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Sharpie 500

After Friday qualifying; race Saturday

At Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 124.484.

2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 124.307.

3. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 124.146.

4. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 123.97.

5. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 123.897.

6. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 123.889.

7. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 123.754.

8. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 123.706.

9. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 123.642.

10. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 123.61.

11. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 123.586.

12. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 123.586.

13. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 123.539.

14. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 123.451.

15. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 123.435.

16. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 123.34.

17. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 123.245.

18. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 123.126.

19. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 123.103.

20. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 123.047.

21. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 122.984.

22. (08) Terry Labonte, Toyota, 122.843.

23. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 122.787.

24. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 122.756.

25. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 122.67.

NASCAR Nationwide-Food City 250

At Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (9) David Ragan, Ford, 254 laps, 125.8 rating, 190 points, $50,545.

2. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 254, 131.1, 175, $37,350.

3. (1) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 254, 119, 170, $40,293.

4. (11) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 254, 130, 170, $28,775.

5. (4) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 254, 96.5, 155, $24,650.

6. (26) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 254, 96.3, 150, $32,018.

7. (3) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 254, 109.5, 146, $24,110.

8. (13) Michael Annett, Toyota, 254, 71.5, 142, $30,238.

9. (43) Paul Menard, Ford, 254, 85, 138, $22,150.

10. (19) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 254, 71.7, 134, $29,143.

11. (41) David Reutimann, Toyota, 254, 78.9, 130, $21,700.

12. (25) Matthew Carter, Ford, 254, 77.7, 127, $30,168.

13. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 254, 100.1, 124, $21,900.

14. (30) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 253, 70.6, 121, $27,903.

15. (37) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 253, 69, 118, $28,608.

16. (17) Jason Keller, Ford, 253, 81.4, 115, $27,823.

17. (8) Steve Wallace, Chevrolet, 253, 76.9, 112, $27,778.

18. (33) Benny Gordon, Ford, 252, 53.5, 109, $21,565.

19. (20) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 252, 90, 111, $30,198.

20. (40) Sean Murphy, Dodge, 252, 54.4, 103, $28,158.

21. (22) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 251, 74, 100, $27,593.

22. (38) Ken Butler, Chevrolet, 251, 45.6, 97, $27,548.

23. (42) Tony Raines, Dodge, 250, 44.6, 94, $28,238.

24. (5) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 250, 74.9, 91, $27,453.

25. (39) Eric McClure, Ford, 249, 40.1, 88, $27,543.

26. (32) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 236, 44.8, 85, $20,860.

27. (6) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 226, 98.7, 87, $27,268.

28. (15) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 195, 65.4, 84, $20,755.

29. (7) Brad Coleman, Toyota, 177, 83.2, 76, $27,188.

30. (16) Brian Scott, Toyota, accident, 162, 71.6, 73, $27,443.

31. (18) Peyton Sellers, Chevrolet, accident, 161, 53.7, 70, $20,635.

32. (23) Danny O'Quinn Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 137, 60.5, 67, $27,058.

33. (21) John Wes Townley, Ford, suspension, 133, 49.1, 64, $27,038.

34. (36) Brad Teague, Chevrolet, ignition, 79, 36.7, 61, $20,550.

35. (12) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, accident, 52, 66.6, 58, $20,535.

36. (27) Chase Austin, Chevrolet, accident, 51, 43.9, 55, $26,983.

37. (14) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, overheating, 30, 63.6, 52, $20,495.

38. (29) Mark Green, Chevrolet, brakes, 25, 31.7, 49, $26,923.

39. (28) Coleman Pressley, Toyota, overheating, 23, 36, 46, $26,898.

40. (31) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, ignition, 13, 35, 43, $20,405.

41. (24) Casey Atwood, Chevrolet, transmission, 12, 32.9, 40, $26,848.

42. (34) Terry Cook, Chevrolet, brakes, 3, 30.4, 37, $20,355.

43. (35) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, ignition, 2, 28.8, 34, $20,314.

SOCCER

COLLEGE WOMEN

At Pullman

Idaho 0 0-0

Washington State 3 0-3

WSU - Vega (Fox), 17:15

WSU - Dallstream, 30:00

WSU - Pittman (Van Leer), 32L27

Shots - Idaho 4, WSU 21

Saves - Idaho 7, WSU 1

Records - Idaho 0-1-0, WSU 1-0-0

transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended N.Y. Mets RHP Santiago Valdez (Gulf Coast) for 50 games testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX-Recalled RHP Michael Bowden from Pawtucket (IL). Activated OF Rocco Baldelli from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Brian Anderson to Pawtucket. Designated RHP Fernando Cabrera for assignment.

National League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Placed RHP Jesus Colome on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 18. Purchased the contract of LHP Chris Narveson from Nashville (PCL). Designated C Carlos Corporan for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Activated LHP Phil Dumatrait from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Jeff Karstens on the bereavement list. Transferred RHP Evan Meek to the 60-day DL.

NBA

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS-Signed F Dante Cunningham to a multiyear contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL-Fined Carolina RB Mike Goodson $7,500 for making a throat slash gesture after scoring a touchdown in an Aug. 17 game against the New York Giants.

BUFFALO BILLS-Signed DE Aaron Maybin to a five-year contract.

NEW YORK JETS-Re-signed QB Chris Pizzotti.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Signed F Marcel Goc to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

EMPIRE 8 ATHLETIC CONFERENCE-Announced Susquehanna, Moravian and Scranton will join the conference as associate members in men's golf, beginning this fall.

GANNON-Named Dave Patronik men's golf coach and Jason Willow women's golf coach.

JACKSONVILLE STATE-Suspended QB Ryan Perrilloux for one game.

for violating team rules.

SHENANDOAH-Named Renee Summerson and Emily Wheelock women