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More on Varejao
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Quick thought on Browns rookies
Tribe Matters:
Wedge challenges relievers
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Stallworth test showed marijuana
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Men's Basketball Scheduling update
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Andy’s Signed According to ESPN
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Does Medicare Have Lower Administrative Costs ?
Blog of Mass Destruction:
CIA Did Mislead Congress
Akron Law Café:
Breaking Story: CIA Lied to Congress about Secret Program
Varsity Letters:
East basketball update
See Jane Style:
Oh Baby!
Car Chase:
Where do We Go from Here?
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Closings….Not the Good Kind!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Margy inquires-when is a Taste of Hudson?
Sound Check:
LeVert II live performance Saturday night — "Dedication" album due July 13,
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Akron Gamer:
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Published on Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008
ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line
Today's Games
Major League Baseball
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at San Diego -110 Florida +100
Houston -110 at Pittsburgh +100
at Philadelphia -130 St. Louis +120
at New York -180 San Francisco +170
Arizona -110 at Washington +100
at Chicago -175 Cincinnati +165
at Milwaukee -220 Colorado +200
at Los Angeles -125 Atlanta +115
American League
at New York -115 Tampa Bay +105
at Boston -230 Minnesota +210
at Detroit -145 Cleveland +135
at Toronto -175 Baltimore +165
Los Angeles -140 at Texas +130
Chicago -120 at Kansas City +110
at Oakland -155 Seattle +145
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League• BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed LHP Adam Loewen on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP Alberto Castillo from Norfolk (IL).
• BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with C Tim Federowicz and assigned him to Lowell (NYP).
• CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated 1B Paul Konerko from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Pablo Ozuna for assignment.
• OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with 2B Jemile Weeks on a minor league contract and OF Tyreace House.
• TEXAS RANGERS—Placed RHP Eric Hurley on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Matt Harrison from Oklahoma (PCL).
National League• ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with RHP Julian Tavarez on a one-year contract.
• CHICAGO CUBS—Acquired RHP Rich Harden and RHP Chad Gaudin from Oakland for RHP Sean Gallagher, OF Matt Murton, OF Eric Patterson, and C Josh Donaldson.
• MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Signed RHP Seth Lintz.
• WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed OF Elijah Dukes on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 6. Recalled OF Kory Casto from Columbus (IL).
American Association• EL PASO DIABLOS—Released OF Brandon McConnell.
• GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Released LHP Julian Williams.
• ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released INF Andrew Bennett.
Atlantic League• LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Signed OF Richard Hidalgo.
Can-Am League• OTTAWA RAPIDZ—Released INF Felix Escalona.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association• CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Signed G D.J. Augustin and F Alexis Ajinca.
• SACRAMENTO KINGS—Signed F-C Jason Thompson.
American Basketball Association• ABA—Granted an expansion team to Anchorage, Alaska to begin play in the 2008-09 season. Announced the team will be known as the Alaska Dream.
• FRESNO LEGENDS—Named Eric Yates director of player personnel.
FOOTBALL
National Football League• NFL—Named Jeffrey Miller director of strategic security, effective Aug. 18.
• BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR Steve Johnson.
Arena Football League• GEORGIA FORCE—Released DB William Fields, OL Steve Franklin, WR Vernon Huger and WR Kendall Newson from practice squad.
• GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE—Signed WR Nick Body to the practice squad.
• SAN JOSE SABERCATS—Signed OL Sean Estrada to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League• ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed C Brendan Morrison to a one-year contract.
• MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed G Jaroslav Halak to a two-year contract.
• NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Signed D Joe Callahan to a one-year contract.
• NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with D Paul Mara. Named Mike Barnett director of U.S. amateur scouting and senior adviser to the president and general manager.
• OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Jason Smith to a two-year contract.
• PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed Grant Fuhr, goaltending coach, to a contract extension. Named Gord Pell amateur scout and Robert Nordmark European scout.
• PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed LW Adam Henrich and D T.J. Kemp.
• TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Re-signed RW Evgeny Artyukhin to a multiyear contract. Signed RW Mark Recchi to a one-year contract and RW Brandon Bochenski to a two-year contract.
MOTORSPORTS• NASCAR—Penalized the Dale Earnhardt Inc. team 150 points for bringing an illegal car to Daytona. Suspended Kevin Manion, Dale Earnhardt Inc. crew chief, and Gary Putnam, Dale Earnhardt Inc. car chief, for the next six races and placed them on probation until the end of the year and fined Manion $100,000.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer• LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Agreed to terms with D Eduardo Dominguez.
COLLEGE• OHIO STATE—Named Brandon Miller men's assistant basketball coach and Jess Book assistant swimming coach.
BASEBALL
MINOR LEAGUE
Eastern League (AA)
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Trenton (Yankees) 55 35 .607 —
Portland (Red Sox) 49 38 .563 4
Binghamton (Mets) 49 42 .539 6
Connecticut (Giants) 46 45 .506 9
New Britain (Twins) 37 52 .409 171/2
New Hamp. (B. Jays) 33 56 .371 21
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Akron (Indians) 56 33 .629 —
Bowie (Orioles) 52 38 .578 41/2
Harrisburg (Ntnls) 49 40 .557 61/2
Altoona (Pirates) 37 52 .420 181/2
Erie (Tigers) 37 54 .411 191/2
Reading (Phillies) 37 52 .409 191/2
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Tuesday's ResultsTrenton 8, Altoona 0
Connecticut 4, Binghamton 1, Game 1
Binghamton 1, Connecticut 0, Game 2
Reading 6, Erie 3
New Britain 4, Harrisburg 2
New Hampshire at Portland, late
Bowie at Akron, ppd.
Today's GamesAltoona at Trenton
Binghamton at Connecticut
Bowie at Akron
Erie at Reading
New Britain at Harrisburg
New Hampshire at Portland
AUTO RACING
SPRINT CUP
Leaders
Through July 5
Points
1, Kyle Busch, 2,686. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,504. 3, Jeff Burton, 2,484. 4, Carl Edwards, 2,437. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 2,319. 6, Jeff Gordon, 2,249. 7, Denny Hamlin, 2,240. 8, Kasey Kahne, 2,177. 9, Matt Kenseth, 2,166. 10, Clint Bowyer, 2,159. 11, Greg Biffle, 2,153. 12, Tony Stewart, 2,145. 13, Kevin Harvick, 2,143. 14, Martin Truex Jr., 2,057. 15, David Ragan, 2,043. 16, Brian Vickers, 2,033. 17, Ryan Newman, 1,960. 18, Kurt Busch, 1,954. 19, Bobby Labonte, 1,829. 20, Travis Kvapil, 1,801.
Money
1, Kyle Busch, $4,145,588. 2, Carl Edwards, $4,014,425. 3, Kasey Kahne, $4,009,621. 4, Ryan Newman, $3,901,483. 5, Tony Stewart, $3,454,734. 6, Jimmie Johnson, $3,352,543. 7, Jeff Gordon, $3,027,227. 8, Matt Kenseth, $2,928,176. 9, Jeff Burton, $2,898,632. 10, Denny Hamlin, $2,883,896. 11, Kurt Busch, $2,780,755. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,777,070. 13, Kevin Harvick, $2,732,856. 14, Greg Biffle, $2,545,864. 15, Sam Hornish Jr., $2,536,439. 16, Bobby Labonte, $2,488,898. 17, Martin Truex Jr., $2,480,732. 18, Clint Bowyer, $2,438,970. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,392,054. 20, Reed Sorenson, $2,372,676.
TENNIS
WTA
Internazionali
Femminili di Palermo
Tuesday's Results
(At ASD Country Time Club
Palermo, Sicily
Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor)
Singles
First Round
Rossana de Los Rios, Paraguay, def. Aravane Rezai (3), France, 6-4, 6-1.
Han Xinyun, China, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 6-4, 6-0.
Margalita Chaknashvili, Georgia, def. Yanina Wickmayer (6), Belgium, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, def. Katie O'Brien, Britain, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0.
Mariya Koryttseva (7), Ukraine, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Olivia Sanchez, France, def. Ekaterina Bychkova, Russia, 7-6 (1), 4-0, retired.
Corinna Dentoni, Italy, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0, retired.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles
First Round
Sara Errani, Italy, and Nuria Llagostera Vives (3), Spain, vs. Kelly Anderson, South Africa, and Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 13-11 tiebreak.
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Aravane Rezai, France, and Marina Shamayko, Russia, 6-0, 6-3.
Han Xinyun and Xu Yi-Fan, China, def. Margalita Chaknashvili, Georgia, and Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-1, 6-1.
ATP
Catella Swedish Open
Tuesday's Results
(At Bastad Tennis Stadiun
Bastad, Sweden
Purse: $511,960 (Intl. Series)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor)
Singles
First Round
Jarkko Nieminen (7), Finland, def. Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2.
Michael Ryderstedt, Sweden, def. Tim Goransson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2.
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-3, 6-4.
Thomas Johansson, Sweden, def. Filip Prpic, Sweden, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Potito Starace, Italy, def. Carlos Moya (5), Spain, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Steve Darcis, Belgium def. Daniel Koellerer, Austria, 7-6 (4), 6-0.
Marat Safin, Russia, def. Marc Lopez, Spain, 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Ervin Eleskovic, Sweden, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-4, 6-4.
Robin Soderling (8), Sweden, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-1 6-7 (4), 7-5.
Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Tommy Robredo and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Filip Prpic and Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.
Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson (2), Sweden, def. Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Daniel Koellerer, Austria, and Frank Moser, Germany, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, and Marat Safin, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.
ATP MERCEDES CUP
Stuttgart Results
Tuesday's Results
(At TC Weissenhof
Stuttgart, Germany
Purse: $892,000 (Intl. Gold)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor)
Singles
First Round
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Martin Fischer, Austria, 6-2, 6-4.
Yuri Schukin, Kazakhstan, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Agustin Calleri (6), Argentina, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Eduardo Schwank (8), Argentina, def. Guillermo Coria, Argentina, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Mischa Zverev, Germany, vs. Simone Bolelli (5), Italy, 7-6 (6), 4-6, susp., darkness.
Brian Dabul, Argentina, leads Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-3, 5-5, susp., darkness.
Doubles
First Round
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (1), Poland, def. Matthias Bachinger and Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.
Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber (4), Germany, def. Nicolas Almagro and Oscar Hernandez, Spain, walkover.
Juan Martin del Potro and Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Michal Mertinak (3), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4.
ODDS
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