ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

Today's Games
Major League Baseball
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at Chicago -250 Philadelphia +220

Milwaukee -165 at Pittsburgh +155

at Cincinnati -165 San Francisco +155

New York -120 at Florida +110

Atlanta -160 at Washington +150

St. Louis -130 at Houston +120

Los Angeles -110 at Arizona +100

Colorado -155 at San Diego +145
American League
Seattle -115 at Cleveland +105

Toronto -120 at New York +110

at Detroit -185 Kansas City +175

at Boston -165 Chicago +155

at Tampa Bay -180 Baltimore +170

Minnesota -160 at Oakland +150

at Los Angeles -250 Texas +220

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NCAA Football
Tonight's Games

FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG
Temple 2 7 (41) at Army

at Rice 3 31/2 (691/2) SMU
Saturday's Games
at Michigan 51/2 3 (401/2) Utah

at Northwest. 121/2 111/2 (561/2) Syracuse

at Mississippi 111/2 71/2 (54) Memphis

at Wyoming 9 11 (491/2) Ohio

at Wisconsin 28 261/2 (511/2) Akron

at Nebraska 131/2 141/2 (58) W. Michigan

at Oregon 14 131/2 (62) Washington

Tulsa 14 13 (671/2) at UAB

TCU 51/2 61/2 (411/2) at New Mex.

Miss. St. 91/2 8 (45) at Louis. Tech

Boston Col.-x 101/2 91/2 (481/2) Kent St.

Okla. St.-y 5 7 (66) Wash. St.

at Minnesota 10 81/2 (581/2) N. Illinois

at Pittsburgh 121/2 13 (541/2) Bowling Grn

at Florida 28 341/2 (68) Hawaii

Virgin. Tech-z 101/2 91/2 (45) East Carolina

Missouri-xx 8 9 (591/2) Illinois

at California 51/2 41/2 (561/2) Michigan St.

Southern Cal 17 191/2 (43) at Virginia

Clemson-yy 7 41/2 (46) Alabama

at Arizona 28 27 (621/2) Idaho

at UNLV 121/2 121/2 (48) Utah St.

at Indiana 22 201/2 (551/2) W. Kentucky

at Auburn 281/2 26 (49) Louis.-Mon.

at S. Miss. 131/2 101/2 (52) La.-Lafayette

at Texas 26 24 (651/2) Fla. Atlantic

at Kansas 41 36 (57) Fla. Inter.

at Texas A&M 201/2 19 (53) Arkansas St.

at Kansas St. 261/2 26 (671/2) North Texas
x-at Cleveland
y-at Seattle
z-at Charlotte, N.C.
xx-at St. Louis
yy-at Atlanta
Sunday's Games

at Louisville 51/2 31/2 (561/2) Kentucky
Colorado-x 121/2 11 (58) Colorado St.

x-at Denver
Monday

at Rutgers 51/2 5 (591/2) Fresno St.
Tennessee 7 71/2 (461/2) at UCLA

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Preseason NFL

FAV. OPN TDAYO/U UNDERDOG
at San Fran. 1 21/2 (36) San Diego

at Seattle 41/2 3 (351/2) Oakland

at Arizona 3 3 (37) Denver
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
American League• KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Extended their affiliation agreement with Omaha (PCL) through the 2010 season.
• NEW YORK YANKEES—Purchased the contract of RHP Alfredo Aceves from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP David Robertson to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
National League• PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Called up LHP Fabio Castro from Lehigh Valley (IL). Assigned RHP Andrew Carpenter to Reading (EL).
American Association• LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Traded RHP Matt Clayman and OF Deacon Burns to Shreveport to complete the Aug. 2 and 4 trades between the teams.
• ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released OF Pichi Balet, INF Steve Butler, C Zach Goldberg and RHP Josh Regits.
• WICHITA WINGNUTS—Traded INF Michael Thompson to Camden (Atlantic) for future considerations.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association• NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Signed F-C Sean Marks.
FOOTBALL
National Football League• NFL—Reinstated CB-KR Adam Jones.
• DENVER BRONCOS—Traded G Montrae Holland to Dallas for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League• BOSTON BRUINS—Signed D Mike Egener and D Ryan Stokes.
• CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS—Signed C Tim Brent.
• DALLAS STARS—Announced C Stu Barnes has retired and agreed to a two year contract to be an assistant coach. Agreed to terms with Rick Wilson, associate coach, and Mark Lamb, assistant coach, on two-year contract extensions through the 2010-11 season.
American Hockey League• HARTFORD WOLF PACK—Signed G Mike Brodeur.
• MANITOBA MOOSE—Signed G Todd Ford.
• WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS—Signed F Bryan Ewing, D Brock Sheahan and D Elgin Reid.
ECHL• READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with D Patrick Wellar and D Tyson Marsh.
COLLEGE• DUKE—Named Carrie DeMange director of volleyball operations.
• GEORGETOWN—Signed Terri Williams-Flournoy, women's basketball coach, to a contract extension through the 2011-12 season.
• LIVINGSTONE—Named Angelyne E. Brown women's basketball coach.
• NOTRE DAME—Announced sophomore basketball G Ty Proffitt has withdrawn from school and plans to transfer.
• RIDER—Named Karin Torchia associate director of athletics for external operations and development/senior woman administrator and Greg Busch associate director of athletics for internal operations and compliance.
• ST. JOHN'S, N.Y.—Named Corey Aronstam associate athletics director for external affairs.
• SAN JOSE STATE—Named Johnny Bega women's associate head water polo coach.
• SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT—Named Christopher Lynn assistant director of athletics/equipment manager.
• YALE—Named Mark Gilbride men's assistant basketball coach.
SOCCER
MLS

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus 11 6 4 37 34 28

New England 11 6 4 37 29 27
Chicago 10 6 5 35 28 16
D.C. United 10 10 1 31 36 34
New York 8 6 7 31 28 28
Toronto FC 7 9 5 26 22 27
Kansas City 6 7 8 26 22 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 8 5 8 32 28 25
Real Salt Lake 7 8 6 27 25 27
FC Dallas 6 7 8 26 29 27
Los Angeles 6 9 6 24 40 43
Colorado 7 11 3 24 29 30
CD Chivas USA 6 9 6 24 26 30
San Jose 5 9 7 22 19 25

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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TODAY'S GAME
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
Los Angeles at New England, 7:30 p.m.
New York at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.
Kansas City at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Toronto FC at CD Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
NFL

Preseason Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 58 45
Miami 2 1 0 .667 49 31
N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 44 40
New England 0 3 0 .000 42 70
South
W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 2 1 0 .667 72 66
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 57 53
Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 54 46
Indianapolis 1 3 0 .250 59 82
North
W L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 49 44
Baltimore 1 2 0 .333 41 62
Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 30 57
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 60 87
West
W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 2 1 0 .667 55 41
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 41 71
Denver 1 2 0 .333 63 59
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 34 47
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 3 1 0 .750 63 87
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 61 46
Dallas 1 2 0 .333 53 76
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 54 57
South
W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 2 1 0 .667 83 47
New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 64 41
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 61 39
Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 43 39
North
W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 3 0 0 1.000 66 26
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 78
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 50 61
Chicago 0 3 0 .000 76 90
West
W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 2 1 0 .667 61 41
St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 44 50
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 77 54
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 80 61

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THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.
New York Jets at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.
New England at New York Giants, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville at Washington 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Baltimore, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Kansas City, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston, 8 p.m.
Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
TODAY'S GAMES
Denver at Arizona, 10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m.
End Preseason
Scoring SummaryBEARS 16, BROWNS 10

Chicago 0 10 3 3 — 16
Cleveland 10 0 0 0 — 10


Cle—FG Dawson 26, 9:59, Q1.
Cle—Harrison 1 run (Dawson kick), :52,Q1.
Chi—Rideau 19 pass from Grossman (Gould kick), 3:04, Q2.
Chi—FG Gould 48, :00, Q2.
Chi—FG Gould 29, 7:57, Q3.
Chi—FG Gould 46, :30 Q4.
A—70,880.
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Chi Cle
First downs 16 19
Total Net Yards 342 311
Rushes-yards 29-117 32-161
Passing 225 150
Punt Returns 1-5 4-16
Kickoff Returns 3-88 3-59
Interceptions Ret. 1-4 2-34
Comp-Att-Int 21-31-2 17-29-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 1-7
Punts 5-37.2 5-42.8
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 10-95 5-45
Time of Possession 29:34 30:26
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Chicago, Peterson 6-36, Pope 8-34, Wolfe 8-24, Hanie 1-15, Forte 2-8, Jones 2-3, Polite 1-2, Orton 1-(minus 5). Cleveland, T.Thomas 11-70, J.Wright 9-41, Harrison 7-35, Hubbard 1-7, Ali 2-5, Vickers 2-3.

PASSING—Chicago, Hanie 12-17-1-115, Grossman 5-7-0-59, Orton 4-7-1-51. Cleveland, Dorsey 10-20-1-92, Quinn 7-9-0-65.

RECEIVING—Chicago, Bradley 5-42, Rideau 3-63, Wolfe 3-22, Bennett 2-21, Lloyd 2-13, Polite 2-8, Olsen 1-21, Forte 1-17, Booker 1-11, Peterson 1-7. Cleveland, Wilson 6-57, Dinkins 3-33, Sanders 2-23, Harrison 2-22, J.Wright 2-13, Hubbard 1-5, Hill 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cleveland, Reda 47 (WR).
BASEBALL
MINOR LEAGUE

Eastern League (AA)Box Score

Game OneAEROS 3, CURVE 0

Altoona ab r h bi Akron ab r h bi

Dorta ss 2 0 0 0 Rodrigz 2b 3 0 0 0
Tabata cf 3 0 0 0 Sardinha lf 3 0 0 0
Ford 2b 2 0 1 0 Hodges 3b 3 1 1 0
Romak 1b 3 0 0 0 LaPorta dh 2 1 1 0
Pacheco lf 2 0 0 0 Whitney 1b 3 0 2 2
Corley dh 3 0 0 0 Toregas c 3 1 1 1
Boone rf 3 0 0 0 Goleski rf 3 0 0 0
Bowers 3b 3 0 1 0 Panther cf 2 0 0 0
Reyes c 2 0 1 0 Chaves ss 1 0 0 0

Tot. 23 0 3 0 Tot. 23 3 5 3
Altoona 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
Akron 000 012 X — 3 5 0

LOB—Altoona 5, Akron 4. 2B—Bowers (20), Ford (22); Hodges (26). 3B—Whitney (2). HR—Toregas (12). S—Dorta.

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Bloom L, 5-8 6 5 3 3 2 5

Akron ip h r er bb so

Edell W, 7-8 52/3 3 0 0 1 7
Roehl S, 7 11/3 0 0 0 1 1

IBB—LaPorta (by Blooom). Inherited runners scored—Roehl 2-0.

Umpires—Home, Purdom; First, Francis; Third, White.

T—1:57.

Game TwoCURVE 1, AEROS 0

Akron ab r h bi Altoona ab r h bi

Rodrigz 2b 3 0 0 0 Dorta ss 2 0 0 0
Sardinha lf 3 0 0 0 Tabata cf 3 0 1 1
Hodges 3b 3 0 1 0 Ford 2b 3 0 0 0
Whitney 1b 3 0 1 0 Romak 1b 2 0 0 0
Goleski rf 2 0 1 0 Pacheco lf 3 0 2 0
Panther cf 2 0 0 0 Corley rf 2 0 0 0
Pnckny dh 3 0 0 0 Boone dh 3 0 0 0
Espino c 3 0 0 0 Bowers 3b 3 1 0 0
Chaves ss 2 0 1 0 Perez c 2 0 0 0

Tot. 25 0 4 0 Tot. 23 0 4 1
Altoona 001 000 002 — 1 4 0
Akron 000 000 000 — 0 4 1

LOB—Akron 5, Altoona 4. 2B—Tabata (14), Pacheco (14).

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Lofgren 2 1 0 0 1 1
Wagner 2 2 1 1 0 1
Santos 2 0 0 0 0 1

Altoona ip h r er bb so

Castorri 3 2 0 0 1 1
Mateo 3 1 0 0 0 3
Belisario 1 1 0 0 0 1

WP—Mateo (7-1).
T—1:52. Att—9,110.
BASKETBALL
WNBA

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

Connecticut 16 10 .615 —
New York 15 10 .600 1/2
Detroit 16 11 .593 1/2
Indiana 12 14 .462 4
Washington 10 16 .385 6
Chicago 8 17 .320 71/2
Atlanta 3 24 .111 131/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 18 9 .667 —
Seattle 17 9 .654 1/2
Los Angeles 15 12 .556 3
Sacramento 15 12 .556 3
Houston 14 12 .538 31/2
Minnesota 13 13 .500 41/2
Phoenix 12 15 .444 6

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THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Connecticut at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Seattle, 10 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Sacramento at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
TODAY'S GAMES
Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.
Connecticut at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
TENNIS
MLS

U.S. Open Results

Thursday's Results
(At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York
Purse: $20.657 million
Surface: Hard-Outdoor)
Singles
Men
Second RoundJurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.
Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Roko Karanusic, Croatia, 6-1, 7-5, retired.
Stanislas Wawrinka (10), Switzerland, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
James Blake (9), United States, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0, retired.
Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Michael Llodra, France, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7).
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (24), France, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Flavio Cipolla, Italy, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Gilles Simon (16), France, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
David Nalbandian (7), Argentina, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
Women
Second RoundNadia Petrova (19), Russia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2.
Severine Bremond, France, def. Nicole Vaidisova (20), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Mariana Duque Marino, Colombia, 6-0, 7-6 (3).
Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2.
Dinara Safina (6), Russia, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-4, 6-3.
Dominika Cibulkova (18), Slovakia, def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-2, 6-2.
Alona Bondarenko (27), Ukraine, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.
Alize Cornet (17), France, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Venus Williams (7), United States, def. Rossana de Los Rios, Paraguay, 6-0, 6-3.
Tathiana Garbin, Italy, def. Agnes Szavay (13), Hungary, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Flavia Pennetta (16), Italy, def. Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-1.
Ai Sugiyama (30), Japan, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, def. Jessica Moore, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.
Amelie Mauresmo (32), France, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Julie Coin, France, def. Ana Ivanovic (1), Serbia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Doubles
Men
First RoundTommy Robredo, Spain, and Sergio Roitman, Argentina, def. Chase Buchanan and Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-2, 6-2.
Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Julian Knowle (6), Austria, def. Michael Kohlmann, Germany, and Alexander Peya, Austria, 7-5, 6-1.
Marc Gicquel and Sebastien Grosjean, France, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 7-5, 6-3.
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (3), Israel, def. Robert Kendrick and Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-4, 6-3.
Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut (16), France, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, and Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, def. Johan Brunstrom and Thomas Johansson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.
Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Jesse Levine and Donald Young, United States, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.
Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Nicolas Almagro and Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.
Women
First RoundLisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (10), Australia, def. Emilie Loit and Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-4, 6-1.
Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Christina Fusano and Shenay Perry, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Marta Domachowska, Poland, and Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, and Martina Muller, Germany, 6-1, 6-4.
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie (8), China, def. Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Nadia Petrova, Russia, and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Shahar Peer (6), Israel, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Lindsay Davenport, United States, and Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (1).
Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, and Galina Voskoboeva (12), Russia, def. Petra Kvitova and Gabriela Navratilova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Peng Shuai (11), China, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, and Selima Sfar, Tunisia, 6-4, 6-1.
Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Jamie Hampton and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, and Mara Santangelo, Italy, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Mixed
First RoundCasey Dellacqua and Jordan Kerr, Australia, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Julian Knowle (4), Austria, 6-3, 6-1.
Kveta Peschke and Pavel Vizner (6), Czech