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BOWLING

BILL WHITE'S AKRON LANES—J.D. By Rider Friday Nite Mixed: Todd Younkins 258-735; Jeff Flory 243-690; John Haynes 236-686; Curtis Brady 274-655; Tim Bixler 246-641; Kevin Gierke 229-637; Tom Schlupe 245-630; Durby Wood 255-623; Barry Sano 222; Jike Stahleker 214; Forrest Yerian 212; Bob Crum 211; Chris Caton 207; Mike Schlagenhauser 204; Dick Weston 200; Jeremy Speegle 199; Carol Berger 214; Theresa Georgee 213; Theresa Flory 212; Bobbi Jo Hall 186; Denise Johnson 176; Myra Caton 168; Kathy Mullins 167.

BILL WHITE'S AKRON LANES—Goodyear Office League: Larry Boggs 243, "5" Cent Nicols 236, Ray Moats 231, Bill Rankine 223, Glenn Huryn 217, Jerry Lewis 217, Adam Hale 212, Herman Smith 210, Terry Crowder 209, Paul Cunningham 207, John Claes 205, Tom Schrock 203, Mike Fuller 201, Bob White 201. High Series: John Montis 259-752; Chuck Ball 266-694; Jim Aronhalt Jr. 236-694; Denny Willgues 253-666; John Brown 233-666; Tom Carney 246-662; Joe Brubach 235-661; Len Sikora 238-661; Steve DeWitt 242-658; Hedge Virden 223-640; Ken Kot 265-630; Bob Nunnelley Jr. 227-629; Buzz Rankine 245-614; Larry Smith 223-609; Bob Schilling 225-607.

NORTH LANES—Don Sitts Auto Mens Bowling League: Chuck Lewis 267-726; Mike Powell 268-718; Richard Esterle 265-702; Russ Bowers 238-689; Dan Arthur 245-686; Gary Cole 265-683; Brian Hogsett 258-682; Mark Harper Jr 256-681; Randy Andrews 276-680; Tim Bullock 244-662; John Streets 228-660; Bob Narwid 256-645; Joe Manijak 233-640.

STONEHEDGE—M&M Electric: Dean Llewellyn 278-705; Jeri Edwards 245-676; Emily Westfall 300-682; Rick Whilan 266-680; Sean Carney 236-649; Bobby Moyers 224-656; Jerry Dabies 259-670; Les Mann 249-696; Terry Weaver 258-635; Brian Lowery 225-628; Todd Smith 216-625; Darnell Hubbard 265-646; Bernard Lewis 224-644; Judy King 234-645.

STONEHEDGE—Friday Night Mixed: Diane Miller 212-541; Willie Jackson 224-560; Randy Shanafelt 204-548; Clyde Ramsey 213-582; Bill Dancy 207-561; Cleve Wright 257-598.

STONEHEDGE—Holland Oil Mixed: David Lanni 238-657; Erika Heller 221-596; Bill Boyle 226-616; Debbie Finch 185-511; Yvonne Meredith 209-580; Jason Frase 225-609; Fred Rose 248-658; Geneie Chafe 259-642; John Chafe 212-601; Dale Pettitt 242-643; Earnest McCalister 224-620.

STONEHEDGE-Pat's League: Gary Kiss 233-648; Mike Squires 258-707; Tina Bennett 212-564; Dave Bennett 228-647; Bob Cameron 233-627; Barb Vimont 194-549; Donnie Brunecz; 246-600; Mike Vimont 235-681; Rich Moore 266-646; Mike Rojak 237-650; Rodney Newell 248-667; Robert Flenn 246-665; Judy King 224-579; Joe Lewandowski 228-612; Mike Musick 236-620; Jeff Clark 238-626. Barnes Center Men: Ed Speedy 225-657; Rick Clawson 229-631; Mike Doherty 241-692; Tom Ballway 230-618; Tom Stock 235-644; Kevin Ziler 226-605; Bob Humenansky 254-695; Ray Cook 235-645; Steve Fairhurst 216-633; Nick Sipe 269-675; Perry Sipe 223-643; Keith Tatton 227-618; Mike MacDonald 252-602. Eagles Saturday Night Mixed: Scott Miller 234-631; Tabitha Gitters 212-570; Randy Lawrence 207-607; Rob Shaffer 225-642; Dave Domillera 229-672; Arch Mcilrrs 235-610; Tony Reiner 243-636. First Energy Mixed: Dave McFahn 278-691; Joe Zuschak 245-644; Jamie Radeff 237-658; Gregory Walker 256-740.

AMF RIVIERA LANES-Akron Strokers: Tony Woods 289, Paul Mitchem 280, Larry Reamey 279, Gary Green 266, Greg Latson 265, Ray Holyfield 264, Jamie Cleveland 259, Bernard Lewis Tony Woods 813, Larry Reamey 779, Paul Mitchem 741, Chris McCalis 696, Emac McCalis 685, Joe Chancell 685, Hulon Legrai 685, Bill Ligotti 684.

G.A.B.P.A. Traveling Seniors—Tallmadge Lanes: Mike Bean 278-669; Bob Kight 236-630; Barry Gowan 269-627; Doug Gurmley 231-618; Gene Bond 227-610; Ben Snowberger 230-604.

ODDS

Standings

Today's Games
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINEUNDERDOG

at Ohio 3Akron
at Kent St. 6Miami (Ohio)
at Toledo 2E. Michigan
at Virginia Tech 4Wake Forest
at Buffalo 3Bowling Green
W. Michigan 21/2at Cent. Michigan
at Ball St. 6N. Illinois
at Texas 121/2Nebraska
at Southern Miss. 3UTEP
at North Carolina 181/2Florida St.
at Utah 171/2Colorado St.
at New Mexico 6UNLV
at Mississippi 21/2Arkansas
at Kansas St. 161/2Colorado
at Portland St. 131/2E. Washington
at Ohio St. 11/2Purdue
at Northwestern PkIowa
Horizon League
First Round

at Wright St. 12Detroit
at Valparaiso 81/2Wis.-Green Bay
at Ill.-Chicago 9Youngstown St.
at Wis.-Milwaukee 41/2Loyola of Chicago
Ohio Valley Conference
First Round

at Morehead St. 21/2Tennessee St.
at Austin Peay 81/2E. Kentucky
at Tenn.-Martin 8Samford
at Murray St. 6Tennessee Tech
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NBA
FAVORITE LINEUNDERDOG

Golden State 2at Atlanta
at Orlando 8Toronto
at Detroit 15Seattle
at Minnesota 51/2Charlotte
at Chicago 91/2Memphis
at San Antonio 12New Jersey
Phoenix 31/2at Portland
L.A. Lakers 61/2at Sacramento
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NHL
FAVORITE LINEUNDERDOGLINE

at Boston -155Florida+135
at N.Y. Rangers -200N.Y. Islanders+170
at Philadelphia -130Buffalo+110
Pittsburgh -120at Tampa Bay+100
New Jersey -135at Toronto+115
at Minnesota -200Chicago+170
at St. Louis -155Los Angeles+135
at Calgary -180Columbus+160
at Edmonton -115Nashville-105
at Colorado -155Vancouver+135

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
American League•  NEW YORK YANKEES—Assigned INF Marcos Vechionacci to their minor league camp.
•  SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Felix Hernandez, RHP Sean White, OF Mike Morse and OF Jeremy Reed on one-year contracts.
National League•  LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP James McDonald on a one-year contract.
•  SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with RHP Heath Bell, RHP Kevin Cameron, RHP Ernesto Frieri, RHP Mike Gardner, RHP Justin Germano, RHP Carlos Guevara, RHP Clay Hensley, RHP Wilton Lopez, RHP Cla Meredith, RHP Tim Stauffer, RHP Jared Wells, RHP Mauro Zarate, LHP Justin Hampson, LHP Joe Thatcher, C Colt Morton, INF Callix Crabbe, INF Chase Headley, INF Kevin Kouzmanoff, INF Paul McAnulty, INF Brian Myrow, INF Oscar Robles, INF Luis Rodriguez, INF Craig Stansberry and OF Scott Hairston on one-year contracts.
FOOTBALL
National Football League•  DETROIT LIONS—Signed TE Michael Gaines. Resigned TE John Owens to a one-year contract.
•  HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LB Kevin Bentley.
•  KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed LB Demorrio Williams to a five-year contract.
•  MIAMI DOLPHINS—Re-signed S Yeremiah Bell.
•  PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed QB Ben Roethlisberger to an eight-year contract and RB Mewelde Moore to a three-year contract.
•  TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Acquired QB Brian Griese from Chicago for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick.
•  TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with TE Alge Crumpler on a two-year contract.

FOOTBALL

AFL

Standings

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
WLTPctPFPA
Dallas 1001.0005141
Philadelphia 1001.0007756

Cleveland 1001.0006148

New York 010.0004861
Columbus 010.0004750
Southern Division
WLTPctPFPA
Tampa Bay 1001.0005149
Georgia 010.0004151
New Orleans 010.0004259
Orlando 010.0005677
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
WLTPctPFPA
Colorado 1001.0005047
Chicago 000.00000
Grand Rapids 000.00000
Kansas City 010.0004951
Western Division
WLTPctPFPA
Arizona 1001.0006362
Los Angeles 1001.0005942
San Jose 000.00000
Utah 010.0006263
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Sunday's GameColorado 50, Columbus 47
Monday's GamesCleveland 61, New York 48
San Jose at Chicago, late

BASEBALL

MLB

Spring Training Standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE
WLPct

Tampa Bay 401.000
New York 201.000
Texas 41.800
Baltimore 31.750
Los Angeles 31.750
Detroit 32.600
Oakland 32.600
Boston 22.500

Cleveland 22.500

Seattle 22.500
Chicago 34.429
Kansas City 23.400
Minnesota 23.400
Toronto 23.400
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
WLPct

Florida 51.833
Atlanta 32.600
Colorado 32.600
Philadelphia 32.600
New York 33.500
San Diego 22.500
Arizona 23.400
Chicago 23.400
Milwaukee 23.400
St. Louis 23.400
Washington 23.400
Cincinnati 24.333
San Francisco 24.333
Los Angeles 13.250
Pittsburgh 14.200
Houston 15.167

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
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Monday's ResultsFlorida 3, Boston 2
Toronto 6, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 4, L.A. Dodgers 4, tie, 10 innings
Tampa Bay 10, Detroit 9
Minnesota 8, Cincinnati 6, 10 innings
N.Y. Yankees 7, Houston 6
Washington 3, St. Louis 2
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 1
N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2, 10 innings
Texas 8, San Francisco 6, 10 innings
Chicago Cubs 6, Seattle 5
Colorado 7, Arizona 5
L.A. Angels 6, Oakland 1
San Diego 12, Milwaukee 4
Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Today's GamesSt. Louis vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Washington (ss) at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pitt. vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Angels vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Seattle vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
Washington (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Vero Beach, Fla., 7:05 p.m.Box Score

BLUE JAYS 6, INDIANS 1

Cleveland abrhbi Toronto abrhbi
Barfield 4000  Stewart 3000
Carroll 3000  Watson 1000
Herr 1000  Patterson 1110
Dellucci 3111  Scutaro 3120
Snyder 1000  McDonald 2100
Garko 2010  Rios 3121
Mills 1000  Lydon 2011
Francisco 3010  Overbay 1000
Gonzalez 1000  Thigpen 1001
Marte 2000  Barajas 2000
Brown 1000  RDiaz 1000
Sandoval 4000  Jeroloman 1000
Crowe 4010  Snider 3110
Haad 1010  Coats 1011
Wallace 0000  Lind 2111
  Santos 3011
  Inglett 3000
  Adams 1000
Totals 31151  Totals 346106
Cleveland 000 100 000 —1
Toronto 200 020 02X —6

E—Herr, Sandoval, McDonald. DP—Cleveland 1, Toronto 1. LOB—Cleveland 7, Toronto 12. 2B—Scutaro, Rios, Patterson, Lydon. 3B—Lind. HR—Dellucci. SB—Rios. CS—Snider. SF—Thigpen.

Cleveland iphrerbbso

Carmona, L 12/352211
Stevens 1/300010
Perez 110010
Fultz 621221
Mastny 210013
Santos 122102

Toronto iphrerbbso

Marcum, W 210002
Parrish 12/331120
Tallet 11/310003
Accardo 100001
League 100020
Wolfe 12/300001
Davis 1/300000

HBP—by Carmona (Barajas). WP—Mastny. PB—Haad, RDiaz.

T—2:47. A—3,602.
COLLEGE

Box ScoresGame OneMALONE 21, UNIVERSITY OF MARY 2

Malone 22(10) 313 0 — 21 27 1
Univ. of Mary 00  0  020 0 — 2 5 0

Batteries—Boudler, Carter and Varson ; Ecrement, Vukovich (3), Dunkin (5) and Busso. W—Boudler, 1-0. L—Eckerment, 0-2.

Records: Malone (2-1); Univ. of Mary 4-2.

Notes: Malone: Mandeville 2 singles, 2 doubles, triple, 4 RBI; Lutton 3 singles, 1 triple, 3 RBI.
Game TwoMALONE 1, MADONNA UNIVERSITY 0

Madonna 000 000 0 — 0 3 3
Malone 000 050 0 — 1 5 1

Batteries—Roberts and Hoffman; Winkhart and Lutton. W—Winkhart, 1-0. L—Roberts, 1-1. Save—none. HR—none.

Records: Madonna 1-2; Malone 3-1.

Notes: Lutton GW single, Tozzi GW run.

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE MEN

Schedule

Today's Games
EASTBowling Green at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
SOUTHWake Forest at Virginia Tech, 7 p.m.
Florida St. at North Carolina, 8 p.m.
UTEP at Southern Miss., 8 p.m.
Arkansas at Mississippi, 9 p.m.
MIDWESTMiami (Ohio) at Kent State, 7 p.m.
Akron at Ohio, 7 p.m.
Purdue at Ohio State, 7 p.m.
N. Illinois at Ball State, 7 p.m.
W. Michigan at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m.
E. Michigan at Toledo, 7 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Marquette, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas St., 9 p.m.
Iowa at Northwestern, 9:05 p.m.
SOUTHWESTNebraska at Texas, 7:30 p.m.
FAR WESTUNLV at New Mexico, 9 p.m.
Colorado St. at Utah, 9 p.m.
TOURNAMENTS
Big South Conference
First RoundCoastal Carolina at Liberty, 7 p.m.
VMI at High Point, 7 p.m.
Charleston Southern at UNC-Asheville, 7 p.m.
Horizon League
First RoundDetroit at Wright St., 7 p.m.
Wis.-Green Bay at Valparaiso, 8 p.m.
Youngstown St. at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m.
Ohio Valley Conference
First RoundTennessee St. at Morehead St., 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky at Austin Peay, 8 p.m.
Samford at Tenn.-Martin, 8 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Murray St., 8:30 p.m.
AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina (38) 27-2 1,745 3
2. Memphis (21) 28-1 1,706 2
3. UCLA (12) 26-3 1,664 4
4. Tennessee (1) 26-3 1,625 1
5. Kansas 26-3 1,459 6
6. Duke 25-3 1,403 7
7. Stanford 24-4 1,317 8
8. Xavier 25-4 1,232 9
9. Texas 24-5 1,227 5
10. Wisconsin 24-4 1,199 10
11. Georgetown 24-4 1,147 11
12. Louisville 24-6 1,010 13
13. Connecticut 23-6  848 15
14. Butler 27-3  813 14
15. Purdue 23-6  779 16
16. Vanderbilt 24-5  658 18
17. Michigan St. 23-6  657 19
18. Indiana 24-5  646 12
19. Notre Dame 22-6  578 17
20. Drake 25-4  346 20
21. Marquette 21-7  334 21
22. Gonzaga 23-6  323 24
23. Washington St. 22-7  245 22
24. Clemson 21-7  124  —
25. Davidson 23-6   74  —

Others receiving votes: BYU 63, Mississippi St. 34, South Alabama 27, Pittsburgh 25, Saint Mary's, Calif. 22, Kent State 19, Miami 13, Baylor 7, Southern Cal 7, UAB 7, Arizona St. 4, Texas A&M 3, Va. Commonwealth 3, W. Kentucky 3, Cornell 2, Robert Morris 1, Stephen F.Austin 1.
USA Today/ESPN
Top 25 Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina (19) 27-2 763 2
2. UCLA (6) 26-3 718 4
3. Memphis (6) 28-1 717 3
4. Tennessee 26-3 695 1
5. Duke 25-3 621 6
6. Kansas 26-3 618 7
7. Stanford 24-4 572 8
8. Wisconsin 24-4 535 9
9. Texas 24-5 533 5
10. Georgetown 24-4 521 10
11. Xavier 25-4 492 11
12. Butler 27-3 393 13
13. Louisville 24-6 368 18
14. Connecticut 23-6 356 16
15. Purdue 23-6 314 19
16. Vanderbilt 24-5 305 14
17. Indiana 24-5 297 12
18. Michigan State 23-6 283 15
19. Notre Dame 22-6 246 17
20. Marquette 21-7 141 21
21. Drake 25-4 116 20
22. Washington State 22-7 102 22
23. Gonzaga 23-6 99 NR
24. Brigham Young 23-6 94 25
25. Mississippi State 20-8 44 NR

Others receiving votes: Clemson 43; Saint Mary's 29; Davidson 27; Pittsburgh 7; Southern California 6; UNLV 6; Baylor 5; Kentucky 4; South Alabama 3; Arizona State 1; Western Kentucky 1.
COLLEGE WOMEN

Schedule

Today's Games
SOUTHCoastal Carolina at Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.
FAR WESTNew Mexico at UNLV, 11 p.m.
TOURNAMENT
Ohio Valley Tournament
Wednesday's Games
EASTKent State at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Albany, N.Y. at Binghamton, 7 p.m.
Stony Brook at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Boston U. at UMBC, 7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Maine, 7:30 p.m.
SOUTHUNC-Asheville at Winthrop, 7 p.m.
MIDWESTBowling Green at Akron, 7 p.m.
Ohio at Miami (Ohio), Noon
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Western Michigan, 7 p.m.
N. Illinois at Ball State, 7 p.m.
Kansas State at Kansas, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWESTAir Force at TCU, 7:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m.
FAR WESTBYU at Wyoming, 8 p.m.
Utah at Colorado St., 9 p.m.
Missouri at Colorado, 9 p.m.
AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Connecticut (40) 28-1 1,235 1
2. North Carolina (2) 27-2 1,172 2
3. Tennessee 27-2 1,120 3
4. Rutgers (8) 24-4 1,103 4
5. Maryland 29-2 1,073 5
6. Stanford 27-3 1,010 7
7. LSU 25-4  987 6
8. Baylor 24-4  839 8
9. Notre Dame 23-6  753 14
10. California 24-5  720 9
11. Oklahoma 21-6  709 10
12. Duke 21-8  601 12
13. George Washington 24-5  595 15
14. West Virginia 23-5  589 13
15. Utah 25-3  583 16
16. Old Dominion 25-4  572 11
17. Texas A&M 22-7  539 20
18. UTEP 25-2  367 19
19. Kansas State 20-8  363 21
20. Oklahoma State 22-6  270 17
21. Vanderbilt 22-7  247 23
22. Ohio State 22-7  224 18
23. Georgia 21-8  160 22
24. Marist 28-2  128 25
25. Virginia 22-8  117  —

Others receiving votes: Wyoming 53, Louisville 24, Pittsburgh 18, Arizona St. 15, Hartford 12, Syracuse 9, DePaul 8, Liberty 8, Chattanooga 7, Iowa 7, Gonzaga 3, Michigan St. 3, Boise St. 2, Georgia Tech 2, Evansville 1, Illinois St. 1, Montana 1.