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Silverdome Potentially SOLD!

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George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.

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Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go

Facts & Figures

ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

Today's Games
Major League Baseball
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at St. Louis -150 San Diego +140
at Florida -110 Philadelphia +100
Milwaukee -135 at San Fran. +125
Chicago -130 at Houston +120
at Atlanta -185 Washington +175
New York -125 at Cincinnati +115
at Colorado -150 Pittsburgh +140
at Arizona -120 Los Angeles +110
American League

at New York -145 Oakland +135
at Seattle -130 Cleveland +120
Boston -120 at Los Angeles +110
Toronto -120 at Tampa Bay +110
at Baltimore -110 Detroit +100
at Chicago -135 Kansas City +125
at Minnesota -135 Texas +125
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
American League
• CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled INF Asdrubal Cabrera from Buffalo (IL).
• CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated RHP Bobby Jenks from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP D.J. Carassco to Charlotte (IL).
• NEW YORK YANKEES—Signed 1B Richie Sexson.
• SEATTLE MARINERS
—Recalled INF Bryan LaHair from Tacoma (PCL). Optioned INF Tug Hulett to Tacoma. Agreed to terms with OF Julio Morban and RHP Francisco Valdivia.
• TAMPA BAY RAYS
—Activated RHP Al Reyes from the 15-day DL. National League• CHICAGO CUBS—Placed RHP Jon Lieber on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Micah Hoffpauir from Iowa (PCL).
• FLORIDA MARLINS—Recalled RHP Jesus Delgado from Carolina (SL). Placed LHP Andrew Miller on the 15-day DL.
• ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Activated LHP Randy Flores from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Kelvin Jimenez from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Chris Perez and OF Joe Mather to Memphis.
• SAN DIEGO PADRES—Recalled RHP Clay Hensley from Portland (PCL).
• WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed OF Wily Mo Pena on the 15-day DL. Activated C Johnny Estrada from the 15-day DL.
Atlantic League• NEWARK BEARS—Signed OF Ruben Mateo and OF Raul Gonzalez. Can-Am League• OTTAWA RAPIDZ—Released C Jose A. Salas and RHP Daniel Desclouds. Signed C Mike Muscato.
Golden Baseball League
• ST. GEORGE ROADRUNNERS—Released RHP Aaron Wilson.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
• PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed F Marreese Speights.
• UTAH JAZZ
—Signed G Deron Williams to a contract extension through the 2011-12 season.
American Basketball Association• ABA—Granted an expansion team to Bluefield, W.V. to begin play in the 2008-09 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
• ATLANTA FALCONS—Released WR Tony Gonzalez.
• KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
—Agreed to terms with S DaJuan Morgan on a three-year contract.
• NEW YORK JETS—Signed TE Dustin Keller to a multiyear contract. Waived CB Jonathan Zenon.
• TENNESSEE TITANS
—Agreed to terms with CB Cary Williams on a multiyear contract.
• WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed WR Devin Thomas to a four-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
• ATLANTA THRASHERS—Agreed to terms with F Angelo Esposito on a multiyear contract.
• BUFFALO SABRES—Signed G Ryan Miller to a five-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season.
• CALGARY FLAMES—Signed D Adam Pardy.
• CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
—Agreed to terms with Michel Dumas, chief amateur scout, on a multiyear contract extension.
• COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Re-signed D Aaron Rome to a one year contract.
• EDMONTON OILERS—Signed G Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers to a two-year contract.
• LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to terms with F David Meckler on a three-year contract.
• NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with D Brian Fahey.
• PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
—Agreed to terms with Michel Therrien, coach, on a three-year contract through the 2010-11 season. ECHL• JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS—Signed F Ryan Del Monte to a one-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
• COLUMBUS CREW—Acquired a 2009 first-round supplemental draft pick from FC Dallas for an international roster spot for the remainder of the 2008 season.
• KANSAS CITY WIZARDS—Traded an international roster spot to FC Dallas for a 2009 fourth-round selection in the 2009 SuperDraft.
• LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Added D Eduardo Dominguez to roster. Waived D Abel Xavier.
• SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
—Signed M Francisco Lima. Waived G Dan Benton.
COLLEGE
• ARKANSAS—Named Eduardo Rincon men's assistant tennis coach.
• CORTLAND STATE—Named Kathy Taylor women's lacrosse coach and Steve Patrick men's and women's cross country coach.
• GEORGE MASON—Announced the contract of Angie Taylor, women's track and field coach, will not be renewed.
• GRAMBLING—Announced the resignation of Troy Mathieu, athletic director, effective July 31.
• LYON—Named Ray Green women's volleyball coach.
• MASSACHUSETTS—Agreed to terms with Jim Rudya, women's soccer coach, on a two-year contract extension through 2010.
• OREGON—Agreed to terms with Ernie Kent, men's basketball coach, on a contract extension through the 2012-13 season.
• SETON HALL—Announced senior basketball C Augustine Okosun has decided to leave the team to transfer to another school.
• SOUTHERN UTAH—Announced the resignation of Jodi Hermanek, softball coach, to take the same position at Ohio.
• WAKE FOREST—Named Katy Hamlett and Chad Crunk assistant directors of media relations and Gary Petit media relations assistant.
GOLF
ROYAL & ANCIENT

British Open

Friday's Results
(At Royal Birkdale Golf Club Course
Southport, England
Purse: $8.24 million
Yardage: 7,173; Par: 70)
Second Round
a-amateur
KJ Choi 72-67—139
Greg Norman 70-70—140
Camilo Villegas 76-65—141
Rocco Mediate 69-73—142
Graeme McDowell 69-73—142
Jim Furyk 71-71—142
Robert Allenby 69-73—142
Alexander Noren 72-70—142
Padraig Harrington 74-68—142
David Duval 73-69—142
Fredrik Jacobson 71-72—143
Stephen Ames 73-70—143
Peter Hanson 71-72—143
Stuart Appleby 72-71—143
Ian Poulter 72-71—143
Jean Van de Velde 73-71—144
Adam Scott 70-74—144
Soren Hansen 75-69—144
Anthony Wall 71-73—144
Scott Verplank 77-67—144
David Horsey 74-70—144
Zach Johnson 73-72—145
Sergio Garcia 72-73—145
Simon Wakefield 71-74—145
Jay Williamson 73-72—145
a-Chris Wood 75-70—145
Nick Dougherty 75-71—146
Gregory Havret 71-75—146
Anthony Kim 72-74—146
Ross Fisher 72-74—146
Graeme Storm 76-70—146
Anders Hansen 78-68—146
Justin Rose 74-72—146
Retief Goosen 71-75—146
a-Thomas Sherreard 77-69—146
Tom Gillis 74-72—146
Thomas Aiken 75-71—146
Paul Waring 73-74—147
Kevin Stadler 72-75—147
Jeff Overton 72-75—147
Tom Lehman 74-73—147
Chih-Bing Lam 72-75—147
Craig Parry 77-70—147
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet 75-72—147
Brendan Jones 74-73—147
Justin Leonard 77-70—147
Martin Kaymer 75-72—147
David Howell 76-71—147
Ben Curtis 78-69—147
Phil Mickelson 79-68—147
Mike Weir 71-76—147
Todd Hamilton 74-74—148
Robert Karlsson 75-73—148
Woody Austin 76-72—148
Steve Stricker 77-71—148
Wen Chong Liang 77-71—148
Trevor Immelman 74-74—148
Bart Bryant 70-78—148
Sean O'Hair 75-73—148
Gregory Bourdy 74-74—148
John Rollins 73-75—148
Doug Labelle II 78-70—148
Jonathan Lomas 75-73—148
Richard Green 76-72—148
Henrik Stenson 76-72—148
Colin Montgomerie 73-75—148
Richard Finch 75-73—148
David Frost 75-73—148
Michael Campbell 75-74—149
Pablo Larrazabal 75-74—149
Jose-Filipe Lima 73-76—149
Martin Wiegele 75-74—149
Lucas Glover 78-71—149
Davis Love III 75-74—149
Ernie Els 80-69—149
Andres Romero 77-72—149
Lee Westwood 75-74—149
Nick O'Hern 74-75—149
Paul Casey 78-71—149
Heath Slocum 73-76—149
Simon Khan 77-72—149
Ariel Canete 78-71—149
Phillip Archer 75-74—149
Did not qualify
Paul Lawrie 77-73—150
Stewart Cink 75-75—150
Azuma Yano 74-76—150
James Kingston 77-73—150
Prayad Marksaeng 77-73—150
Scott McCarron 75-75—150
Peter Baker 75-75—150
Alex Cejka 76-74—150
Yoshinobu Tsukada 75-75—150
Peter Appleyard 74-76—150
Pat Perez 82-68—150
Damien McGrane 79-71—150
Tom Watson 74-76—150
Aaron Baddeley 75-75—150
Richard Sterne 78-72—150
Pelle Edberg 76-74—150
Jon Bevan 78-72—150
Joshua Cunliffe 79-71—150
Andrew Tampion 78-73—151
Mark O'Meara 74-77—151
Charles Howell III 76-75—151
Ryuji Imada 77-74—151
Brandt Snedeker 72-79—151
Soren Kjeldsen 81-70—151
Mark Calcavecchia 76-75—151
Geoff Ogilvy 77-74—151
Oliver Wilson 77-74—151
Vijay Singh 80-71—151
Hideto Tanihara 76-75—151
Craig Barlow 79-72—151
David Smail 76-76—152
Michael Letzig 78-74—152
Niclas Fasth 79-73—152
a-Benjamin Hebert 79-73—152
Johan Edfors 78-74—152
Simon Dyson 82-70—152
Matt Kuchar 79-73—152
Hunter Mahan 80-72—152
Paul Goydos 77-75—152
Barry Hume 76-76—152
Tim Clark 76-77—153
Boo Weekley 80-73—153
Gary Boyd 77-76—153
Angel Cabrera 77-77—154
Rory Sabbatini 79-75—154
Miguel Angel Jimenez 72-82—154
Rod Pampling 77-77—154
Angelo Que 76-78—154
Douglas McGuigan 79-75—154
Jeff Quinney 79-75—154
Ewan Porter 76-79—155
a-Rohan Blizard 78-77—155
Hennie Otto 79-77—156
Scott Strange 84-72—156
JB Holmes 79-77—156
Jamie Elson 78-78—156
Hiroshi Iwata 73-84—157
a-Reinier Saxton 80-77—157
Michio Matsumura 82-76—158
Tim Petrovic 82-76—158
Adam Blyth 81-77—158
Steve Webster 79-80—159
Philip Walton 77-82—159
Bradley Lamb 85-74—159
Darren Fichardt 82-78—160
Jerry Kelly 83-77—160
Shintaro Kai 80-81—161
Danny Chia 76-87—163
Peter Fowler 82-82—164
LPGA TOUR

State Farm Classic

Friday's Results
(At Panther Creek Country Club
Springfield, Ill.
Purse: $1.7 million
Yardage: 6,608; Par: 72)
Second Round
a-amateur
Christina Kim 63-68—131
Michelle Wie 67-65—132
Ji Young Oh 66-66—132
Yani Tseng 66-66—132
Sherri Turner 66-66—132
Sun Young Yoo 64-69—133
Katie Futcher 70-64—134
Na Yeon Choi 67-67—134
Stacy Prammanasudh 69-66—135
Eva Dahllof 68-67—135
Kyeong Bae 68-67—135
Wendy Doolan 67-68—135
Jee Young Lee 65-70—135
Carri Wood 70-66—136
Jane Park 70-66—136
Erica Blasberg 70-66—136
Beth Bader 70-66—136
Kris Tamulis 67-69—136
Marisa Baena 67-69—136
Kristy McPherson 65-71—136
Charlotte Mayorkas 70-67—137
Sandra Gal 69-68—137
Jin Joo Hong 69-68—137
Gloria Park 69-68—137
Young-A Yang 68-69—137
Jimin Kang 67-70—137
Anja Monke 66-71—137
Hee Young Park 72-66—138
Seo-Jae Lee 70-68—138
H.J. Choi 70-68—138
Angela Stanford 70-68—138
Tracy Hanson 70-68—138
Russy Gulyanamitta 69-69—138
Kim Hall 69-69—138
Katherine Hull 68-70—138
Alena Sharp 68-70—138
Jill McGill 68-70—138
Michelle Ellis 73-66—139
Wendy Ward 73-66—139
Mikaela Parmlid 73-66—139
Moira Dunn 71-68—139
Becky Morgan 70-69—139
Heather Young 70-69—139
Birdie Kim 70-69—139
Diana D'Alessio 69-70—139
Anna Grzebien 69-70—139
Lisa Strom 68-71—139
Marcy Hart 68-71—139
Ai Miyazato 67-72—139
Audra Burks 66-73—139
Virada Nirapathpongporn 74-66—140
Na Ri Kim 74-66—140
Angela Park 72-68—140
Lorie Kane 72-68—140
Dina Ammaccapane 72-68—140
Michele Redman 71-69—140
Shanshan Feng 70-70—140
Hee-Won Han 69-71—140
Karine Icher 69-71—140
Ashli Bunch 68-72—140
Paige Mackenzie 74-67—141
Na On Min 74-67—141
Il Mi Chung 73-68—141
Leta Lindley 72-69—141
Soo-Yun Kang 72-69—141
Candy Hannemann 71-70—141
Brittany Lang 71-70—141
Hannah Jun 71-70—141
Sarah Kemp 70-71—141
Chris Brady 70-71—141
Anna Rawson 70-71—141
Sarah Lynn Sargent 69-72—141
Meredith Duncan 69-72—141
Jennifer Rosales 68-73—141
Failed to Qualify
Julieta Granada 76-66—142
Jimin Jeong 74-68—142
Jennifer Gleason 73-69—142
Danielle Downey 73-69—142
Sarah Oh 72-70—142
Allison Fouch 72-70—142
Irene Cho 72-70—142
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 72-70—142
Vicky Hurst 72-70—142
Simi Mehra 72-70—142
Liz Janangelo 72-70—142
Nicole Hage 71-71—142
Kim Williams 71-71—142
Eunjung Yi 71-71—142
Sarah Jane Kenyon 70-72—142
Angela Jerman 69-73—142
Pat Hurst 69-73—142
Ashleigh Simon 69-73—142
Beth Allen 69-73—142
Emily Bastel 73-70—143
Yu Ping Lin 71-72—143
Mhairi McKay 71-72—143
Laurie Brower 71-72—143
Brandie Burton 70-73—143
Michelle McGann 68-75—143
Mollie Fankhauser 75-69—144
Reilley Rankin 75-69—144
Johanna Head 73-71—144
Stephanie Louden 72-72—144
Allison Hanna-Williams 69-75—144
Jamie Hullett 76-69—145
Heather Daly-Donofrio 74-71—145
Karin Sjodin 74-71—145
A.J. Eathorne 72-73—145
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 72-73—145
Kate Golden 71-74—145
Cindy Pasechnik 70-75—145
Becky Lucidi 70-75—145
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper 76-70—146
Sherri Steinhauer 75-71—146
Allison Finney 74-72—146
Seol-An Jeon 73-73—146
Sung Ah Yim 73-73—146
Carolina Llano 72-74—146
Hana Kim 71-75—146
Onnarin Sattayabanphot 70-76—146
Jennifer Greggain 77-70—147
Kelli Kuehne 74-73—147
Kris Tschetter 72-75—147
Becky Iverson 76-72—148
Charlotta Sorenstam 75-73—148
Siew-Ai Lim 74-74—148
Nancy Scranton 72-76—148
Christa Johnson 71-77—148
Young Jo 79-70—149
Taylor Leon 75-74—149
Barb Mucha 74-75—149
Su A Kim 73-76—149
Shi Hyun Ahn 73-76—149
Jackie Gallagher-Smith 73-76—149
a-Hilary Anderson 75-75—150
Kristen Samp 72-78—150
Dorothy Delasin 73-79—152
Hwanhee Lee 75-78—153
Nancy Lopez 76-78—154
Danielle Ammaccapane 79-76—155
Jean Bartholomew 81-75—156
Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 76-82—158
Amie Cochran 79-80—159
Violeta Retamoza 81-82—163
CHAMPIONS TOUR

3M Championship

Friday's Results
(At Blaine, Minn.
TPC of Twin Cities
Purse: $1.75 million
Yardage: 7,100; Par 72 (36-36))
First Round
Dana Quigley 33-29—62
Gene Jones 33-31—64
R.W. Eaks 31-34—65
Jeff Sluman 33-32—65
Gary Hallberg 34-32—66
Ed Dougherty 32-34—66
Loren Roberts 34-32—66
John Harris 31-35—66
David Ogrin 33-34—67
Peter Jacobsen 34-33—67
Bernhard Langer 32-35—67
Rick Karbowski 33-35—68
Bruce Vaughan 36-32—68
Mike McCullough 34-34—68
Fulton Allem 33-35—68
Phil Blackmar 34-34—68
Joey Sindelar 34-34—68
Don Pooley 34-34—68
Dave Stockton 35-33—68
Lonnie Nielsen 33-35—68
D.A. Weibring 33-35—68
John Cook 33-35—68
Keith Fergus 35-33—68
Hale Irwin 34-34—68
Curtis Strange 33-35—68
Tom Kite 34-34—68
Tom Purtzer 33-35—68
Mike Goodes 35-34—69
Steve Thomas 35-34—69
Tim Conley 36-33—69
Mike Hulbert 33-36—69
Joe Inman 36-33—69
Fuzzy Zoeller 34-35—69
Gary Koch 33-36—69
Tim Simpson 34-35—69
David Edwards 35-34—69
Bob Gilder 32-37—69
Scott Hoch 35-34—69
Mike Reid 34-35—69
Massy Kuramoto 35-35—70
Tom McKnight 36-34—70
Ronnie Black 36-34—70
Donnie Hammond 34-36—70
Joe Ozaki 36-34—70
Andy Bean 35-35—70
Gil Morgan 34-36—70
Ron Streck 34-36—70
Rod Spittle 36-35—71
Boonchu Ruangkit 37-34—71
Jim Colbert 37-34—71
Hugh Baiocchi 35-36—71
Jim Thorpe 35-36—71
Bobby Wadkins 38-33—71
Scott Simpson 34-37—71
Tom Herzan 35-37—72
Dave Eichelberger 37-35—72
Bruce Summerhays 37-35—72
Graham Marsh 36-36—72
Wayne Levi 34-38—72
Dan Forsman 36-36—72
Mark McNulty 37-35—72
Tom Jenkins 37-35—72
David Eger 33-39—72
Morris Hatalsky 36-36—72
Danny Edwards 36-36—72
Lance Ten Broeck 36-37—73
Bruce Fleisher 38-35—73
Joe Stansberry 40-34—74
Vicente Fernandez 35-39—74
J.C. Snead 38-36—74
Chip Beck 38-36—74
Gary McCord 39-35—74
Jim Dent 37-37—74

ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

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