SportsAugust 21, 2009

baseball

American League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 76 45 .628 -

Boston 69 51 .575 61/2

Tampa Bay 65 55 .542 101/2

Toronto 55 64 .462 20

Baltimore 49 72 .405 27

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 64 56 .533 -

Chicago 62 59 .512 21/2

Minnesota 58 63 .479 61/2

Cleveland 52 68 .433 12

Kansas City 47 73 .392 17

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 46 .613 -

Texas 68 52 .567 51/2

Seattle 62 59 .512 12

Oakland 53 67 .442 201/2

Thursday's Games

Detroit 7, Seattle 6

Cleveland 11, L.A. Angels 3

Boston 8, Toronto 1

Baltimore 8, Tampa Bay 7

Texas 11, Minnesota 1

Today's Games

Seattle (French 2-3) at Cleveland (D.Huff 7-6), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (O'Sullivan 3-1) at Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-3), 4:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-6) at Boston (Penny 7-7), 4:10 p.m.

Texas (Nippert 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 7-7), 4:38 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 8-8) at Kansas City (Hochevar 6-6), 5:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Guthrie 7-12) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 10-7), 5:11 p.m.

Detroit (E.Jackson 9-5) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 4-3), 7:05 p.m.

National League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 69 49 .585 -

Atlanta 64 57 .529 61/2

Florida 64 57 .529 61/2

New York 56 65 .463 141/2

Washington 43 78 .355 271/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 70 53 .569 -

Chicago 61 58 .513 7

Houston 59 62 .488 10

Milwaukee 58 62 .483 101/2

Cincinnati 51 69 .425 171/2

Pittsburgh 49 70 .412 19

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 72 50 .590 -

Colorado 68 53 .562 31/2

San Francisco 66 55 .545 51/2

Arizona 54 68 .443 18

San Diego 51 72 .415 211/2

Thursday's Games

Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1, 10 innings

Philadelphia 12, Arizona 3

Colorado 4, Washington 1

Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2

Houston 4, Florida 1

St. Louis 5, San Diego 1

L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 2

Today's Games

Cincinnati (Owings 6-11) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-6), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Looper 10-6) at Washington (J.Martin 2-2), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 8-8), 4:10 p.m.

Florida (A.Sanchez 1-4) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 10-8), 4:35 p.m.

Arizona (Y.Petit 2-7) at Houston (Oswalt 6-4), 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 5-10) at Colorado (Cook 10-5), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 5-7) at San Diego (Richard 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 9-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 7-6), 7:10 p.m.

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

Tennessee 2 0 0 1.000 48 38

Houston 1 0 0 1.000 16 10

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

Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 16

San Diego 0 1 0 .000 14 20

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 24 17

Dallas 0 1 0 .000 10 31

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 0 1 0 .000 26 27

Carolina 0 1 0 .000 17 24

Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 27

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 26

Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 0

Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 13 3

Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 27

West

W L T Pct PF PA

St. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 23 20

San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 16

Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 20 14

Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10 20

Friday's Games

Tennessee at Dallas, 2 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 2 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Today's Games

Carolina at Miami, 1:30 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 1:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 1:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Green Bay, 2 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 2 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 2:15 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 4 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 4:30 p.m.

GOLF

PGA Wyndham Championship

Play was suspended by rain.

At Sedgefield Country Club

Greensboro, N.C.

Purse: $5.1 million

Partial First Round

Chez Reavie 31-33 - 64

Brandt Snedeker 33-31 - 64

Ryan Moore 32-32 - 64

Justin Rose 34-31 - 65

Kevin Streelman 30-35 - 65

Colt Knost 30-35 - 65

Ken Duke 33-33 - 66

Johnson Wagner 32-34 - 66

Jonathan Byrd 32-34 - 66

Fred Couples 32-34 - 66

Scott McCarron 34-32 - 66

Jeff Maggert 31-35 - 66

John Daly 33-33 - 66

Tim Petrovic 33-33 - 66

Rich Beem 36-31 - 67

Marc Leishman 33-34 - 67

Rocco Mediate 33-34 - 67

Alex Cejka 34-33 - 67

Jay Williamson 33-34 - 67

Todd Hamilton 32-35 - 67

D.J. Trahan 35-32 - 67

Daniel Chopra 35-32 - 67

Joe Ogilvie 33-34 - 67

Martin Laird 31-36 - 67

Vaughn Taylor 33-34 - 67

Scott Sterling 35-32 - 67

Aron Price 35-32 - 67

Tim Herron 34-34 - 68

Greg Owen 36-32 - 68

Peter Lonard 33-35 - 68

Fredrik Jacobson 34-34 - 68

Cliff Kresge 34-34 - 68

Parker McLachlin 33-35 - 68

Richard S. Johnson 33-35 - 68

Tom Pernice, Jr. 35-33 - 68

Jason Bohn 31-37 - 68

Aaron Watkins 35-33 - 68

Danny Lee 33-35 - 68

Billy Mayfair 33-36 - 69

Glen Day 34-35 - 69

Corey Pavin 33-36 - 69

Rod Pampling 34-35 - 69

J.J. Henry 32-37 - 69

Steve Lowery 31-38 - 69

Chris DiMarco 35-34 - 69

David Toms 33-36 - 69

Brad Adamonis 34-35 - 69

Tommy Armour III 34-35 - 69

James Oh 32-37 - 69

Matthew Borchert 34-35 - 69

James Driscoll 33-37 - 70

Darron Stiles 35-35 - 70

Bob Heintz 36-34 - 70

Carl Pettersson 35-35 - 70

Mark Calcavecchia 35-35 - 70

Mark Wilson 37-33 - 70

Greg Chalmers 34-36 - 70

D.A. Points 32-38 - 70

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Bill Lunde 36-35 - 71

Scott Gutschewski 35-36 - 71

Briny Baird 34-38 - 72

Kyle Stanley 36-36 - 72

Jamie Lovemark 36-36 - 72

Casey Wittenberg 33-39 - 72

Billy Andrade 36-37 - 73

Arjun Atwal 35-38 - 73

Roland Thatcher 36-37 - 73

Frank Lickliter II 36-37 - 73

Michael Letzig 35-38 - 73

Brent Geiberger 36-37 - 73

Leif Olson 36-37 - 73

Andrew McLardy 36-37 - 73

Wil Collins 34-39 - 73

Billy Anderson 38-36 - 74

Jonathan Kaye 39-36 - 75

Jason Gore 40-38 - 78

Champions-JELD-WEN Tradition

At Crosswater Club at Sunriver Course

Sunriver, Ore.

Purse: $2.6 million

Yardage: 7,533 Par: 72 (36-36)

First Round

Brad Bryant 29-33 - 62

Loren Roberts 31-34 - 65

Tom Watson 35-32 - 67

Tom Lehman 34-33 - 67

Fred Funk 34-34 - 68

Hale Irwin 33-35 - 68

R.W. Eaks 33-35 - 68

Jim Thorpe 35-33 - 68

Bruce Fleisher 34-35 - 69

Mike McCullough 34-35 - 69

Hal Sutton 34-35 - 69

Larry Nelson 35-34 - 69

Mark McNulty 35-34 - 69

Eduardo Romero 33-36 - 69

Andy Bean 35-34 - 69

John Cook 35-34 - 69

Mark O'Meara 34-35 - 69

Larry Mize 34-35 - 69

Gil Morgan 36-34 - 70

Keith Fergus 35-35 - 70

Lonnie Nielsen 36-34 - 70

Allen Doyle 33-37 - 70

Mike Reid 33-37 - 70

Mike Goodes 34-36 - 70

Mark James 36-34 - 70

Tom Kite 35-35 - 70

Craig Stadler 38-33 - 71

Morris Hatalsky 36-35 - 71

Bruce Vaughan 36-35 - 71

Jeff Sluman 36-35 - 71

Bernhard Langer 36-35 - 71

David Eger 33-38 - 71

Don Pooley 33-39 - 72

Bob Tway 36-36 - 72

Ben Crenshaw 34-38 - 72

Tom Purtzer 35-37 - 72

Mark Wiebe 36-36 - 72

Russ Cochran 35-37 - 72

Fulton Allem 37-36 - 73

Tim Simpson 36-37 - 73

John Harris 35-38 - 73

Jerry Pate 35-38 - 73

Bob Gilder 35-38 - 73

Denis Watson 37-36 - 73

Dan Forsman 37-36 - 73

Jay Haas 36-37 - 73

James Mason 38-35 - 73

Joey Sindelar 38-36 - 74

Lanny Wadkins 37-37 - 74

Graham Marsh 36-38 - 74

Gene Jones 37-37 - 74

Bruce Lietzke 35-40 - 75

Sandy Lyle 39-36 - 75

Tom Jenkins 37-38 - 75

Tom Wargo 38-37 - 75

Vicente Fernandez 37-38 - 75

Olin Browne 37-39 - 76

Dave Eichelberger 37-39 - 76

Scott Simpson 35-41 - 76

Joe Ozaki 37-39 - 76

Peter Jacobsen 37-40 - 77

Isao Aoki 37-40 - 77

Bobby Wadkins 37-40 - 77

Dana Quigley 37-40 - 77

Ronnie Black 39-38 - 77

Gary Player 42-36 - 78

Bruce Summerhays 39-41 - 80

Fuzzy Zoeller 38-42 - 80

Greg Norman WD

LEWISTON GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Ladies Day Results

Division A - Gross: Rhonda Everett, 90; Net: Bonnie Coles, 77

Division B - Gross: Joan Hogan, 88; Net: Shirley Canner, 77

Division C - Gross: Ladean Copeland, 107; Net: Evelyn Zielinski, 85

Division D - Gross: Loretta Lee, 115; Net: Helen Huntley

TENNIS

toronto

A U.S. Open Series Event

At Rexall Centre

Purse: $2 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Third Round

Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 6-1.

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4.

Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4.

Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-3.

Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Zheng Jie, China, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Jelena Jankovic (5), Serbia, def. Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.

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

Third Round

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. David Ferrer, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-5, 6-3.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Nikolay Davydenko (8), Russia, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 7-5, 6-2.

Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 6-4, 6-3.

basketball

WNBA

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Indiana 19 6 .760 -

Atlanta 14 11 .560 5

Connecticut 13 11 .542 51/2

Chicago 13 13 .500 61/2

Washington 12 13 .480 7

Detroit 9 14 .391 9

New York 9 16 .360 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Phoenix 18 8 .692 -

Seattle 14 11 .560 31/2

Los Angeles 11 13 .458 6

Minnesota 11 14 .440 61/2

San Antonio 11 14 .440 61/2

Sacramento 8 18 .308 10

Thursday's Games

Atlanta 93, San Antonio 87

Sacramento 67, Indiana 62

Today's Games

Connecticut at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

TRACK

World Championships

At Olympic Stadium

Berlin

Men

200

1, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 19.19 seconds (World record. Old record: 19.30, Aug. 20, 2008, Beijing). 2, Alonso Edward, Panama, 19.81. 3, Wallace Spearmon, United States, 19.85.

110 Hurdles

1, Ryan Brathwaite, Barbados, 13.14. 2, Terrence Trammell, United States, 13.15. 3, David Payne, United States, 13.15.

Decathlon

1, Trey Hardee, United States, 8,790 points. 2, Leonel Suarez, Cuba, 8,640. 3, Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russia, 8,528.

Women

400 Hurdles

1, Melaine Walker, Jamaica, 52.42. 2, Lashinda Demus, United States, 52.96. 3, Josanne Lucas, Trinidad and Tobago, 53.20.

High Jump

1, Blanka Vlasic, Croatia, 6-81/8. 2, Anna Chicherova, Russia, 6-71/2. 3, Ariane Friedrich, Germany, 6-71/2.

softball

LEWISTON PARKS AND RECREATION

Coed

Debco 16, Riverside Recovery 3; Rosauers 14, Lapwai Locals 13; Mr. Windshield 14, Crea Construction 4; Institute of Physical Therapy 14, Owl Pharmacy 13; Nezperce Construction 14, Turnpoint 9.

transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended New York Yankees RHP Nestor de Leon and RHP Ramon Rodriguez (Dominican Summer League) 50 games apiece after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Claimed RHP Chris Lambert off waivers from Detroit and optioned him to Norfolk (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS-Activated 3B Bill Hall. Sent LHP Garrett Olson to Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS-Sent INF Jose Vallejo to Houston to complete an earlier trade. Activated OF Nelson Cruz from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso to Oklahoma City (PCL).

National League

CINCINNATI REDS-Placed RHP Johnny Cueto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 16. Activated RHP Micah Owings from the 15-day DL. Sent 3B Scott Rolen to Louisville (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS-Assigned INF Jose Vallejo to Round Rock (PCL).

NEW YORK METS-Released RHP Livan Hernandez. Activated LHP Billy Wagner from the 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Promoted Mike Rizzo to senior vice president and general manager.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW YORK JETS-Waived G Dennis Conley.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS-Re-signed D Brett Festerling to a two-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES-Signed LW Jeff Cowan to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Agreed to terms with G Nathan Lawson.

OTTAWA SENATORS-Signed G Andy Chiodo to a one-year contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

HOUSTON DYNAMO-Signed F Luis Angel.

COLLEGE

NCAA-Stripped Memphis men's basketball program of 38 wins in 2007-08 for using an ineligible player.

DUKE-Named Tom Coffman senior associate director of athletics/development and planning.

GEORGE WASHINGTON-Named Andrea Moss assistant softball coach.

JAMES MADISON-Signed men's soccer coach Tom Martin to a three-year contract extension through 2012. Signed women's golf coach Paul Gooden, men's golf coach Jeff Forbes, men's tennis coach Steve Secord, women's tennis coach Maria Malerba and women

PENN-Named Greg Myhr men's heavyweight crew coach.

PEPPERDINE-Named Kevin Wright athletic trainer.

ST. ROSE-Named Sarah Mayer women's tennis coach.

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