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FOOTBALL

Suburban Youth Football

Aug. 30 results, standings
Varsity scores:
Barberton 13, Springfield 6; Copley 18, Stow 12; Cuyahoga Falls 24, Field 0; Kent 21, Ravenna 0; Mogadore 15, Green 12.

Varsity standings: Copley 2-0, Cuyahoga Falls 2-0, Kent 2-0; Mogadore 2-0, Barberton 1-1, Stow 1-1, Field 0-2, Green 0-2, Ravenna 0-2, Springfield 0-2.
Junior Varsity scores: Barberton 41, Springfield 6; Copley 48, Stow 12; Field 13, Cuyahoga Falls 0; Green 12, Mogadore 7; Ravenna 6, Kent 0.
Junior Varsity standings: Barberton 2-0, Copley 2-0, Field 2-0, Cuyahoga Falls 1-1, Green 1-1, Mogadore 1-1, Ravenna 1-1, Kent 0-2, Springfield 0-2, Stow 0-2.
BASKETBALL

National Christian
Basketball Association

2008 ALL-STAR GAME
East (84):
Futch 8, Simmons 12, Hopson 31, Williams 10, Ruffin 4, Hicks 4, Brown 15.
West (86): Milan 22, Thomas 35, Powers 8, Arnold 2, Cooper 5, Ewing 14.
MVP: McNeal Thomas, 35 points.

Note: Registrations for new teams in Akron to start in May 2009. Information: 330-762-7875.
ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

Major League Baseball
Today's Games
American League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at Baltimore -110 Oakland +100
at Toronto -190 Tampa Bay +180
Boston -135 at Texas +125
at Minnesota -150 Detroit +140
Cleveland -140 at Kansas City +130
at Chicago -160 Los Angeles +150
New York -170 at Seattle +160
National League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at New York -130 Philadelphia +120
Chicago -150 at Cincinnati +140
at Atlanta -150 Washington +140
at Milwaukee -400 San Diego +320
at St. Louis -120 Florida +110
at Colorado -170 Houston +160
at Los Angeles -125 Arizona +115
at San Francisco -125 Pittsburgh +115
———

NCAA Football
Today's Game
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

at Ball St. 7 7 (60) Navy
Saturday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

at Michigan St. 24 21 (58) E. Michigan
at Syracuse 6 41/2 (431/2) Akron
at Michigan 151/2 141/2 (40) Miami (Ohio)
Northwestern 6 61/2 (441/2) at Duke
at Boston Coll. 7 7 (371/2) Georgia Tech
West Virginia 8 71/2 (50) at East Carolina
at Bwlng Green 51/2 51/2 (551/2) Minnesota
at Auburn 20 171/2 (43) Southern Miss.
at Alabama 281/2 30 (44) Tulane
at Nebraska 281/2 261/2 (57) San Jose St.
at Oregon 371/2 36 (501/2) Utah St.
at Oklahoma 191/2 211/2 (531/2) Cincinnati
at Ohio St. 37 34 (451/2) Ohio
at Wisconsin 211/2 201/2 (51) Marshall
at Florida 24 211/2 (51) Miami
Texas Tech 91/2 101/2 (67) at Nevada
at Georgia 24 231/2 (561/2) Cent. Michigan
at Penn St. 13 161/2 (46) Oregon St.
at Wyoming 1 3 (421/2) Air Force
BYU 91/2 9 (541/2) at Washington
at Notre Dame 20 22 (421/2) San Diego St.
Texas A&M 11/2 21/2 (38) at New Mexico
at Pittsburgh 111/2 131/2 (441/2) Buffalo
at Oklhma St. 121/2 16 (58) Houston
at Iowa St. 7 7 (42) Kent St.
at Wake Forest 10 8 (461/2) Mississippi
California 11 131/2 (511/2) at Wash. St.
at W. Michigan 6 6 (53) N. Illinois
South Florida 131/2 14 (511/2) at UCF
Connecticut 7 7 (38) at Temple
at Kansas 211/2 201/2 (511/2) Louisiana Tech
at Memphis 3 31/2 (651/2) Rice
at Utah 231/2 211/2 (421/2) UNLV
at Arizona 22 23 (59) Toledo
at Arizona St. 141/2 14 (521/2) Stanford
Texas 26 261/2 (58) at UTEP
at Iowa 26 27 (41) Fla. Inter.
at Arkansas-x 141/2 13 (47) Lsiana-Mnroe
Tulsa 18 211/2 (611/2) at North Texas
at Fla. Atlantic 141/2 13 (561/2) UAB
Maryland 14 13 (43) at Middle Tenn.

x-at Little Rock, Ark.

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NFL
Sunday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

Cincinnati +1 11/2 (381/2) at Baltimore
N.Y. Jets 21/2 3 (36) at Miami
at New England 141/2 151/2 (44) Kansas City
at Pittsburgh 7 61/2 (43) Houston
Jacksonville 3 3 (361/2) at Tennessee
Detroit 1 3 (41) at Atlanta
at Buffalo Pk 1 (381/2) Seattle
at New Orleans 3 3 (421/2) Tampa Bay
at Philadelphia 7 71/2 (44) St. Louis
Dallas 3 51/2 (49) at Cleveland
at San Diego 91/2 9 (411/2) Carolina
Arizona 21/2 21/2 (42) at San Fran.
at Indianapolis 91/2 91/2 (44) Chicago
Monday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

at Green Bay 3 21/2 (38) Minnesota
Denver 1 3 (41) at Oakland
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Steve Smith, Philadelphia third-base coach, for two games for an argument with umpires during a game on Aug. 29.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—QB Daunte Culpepper announced his retirement.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed LB Antwan Peek on injured reserve. Signed LB Shantee Orr.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Placed T Richard Collier on the reserve/non-football injury list. Signed OT Charles Spencer.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed DT Remi Ayodele and FB Olaniyi Sobomehin to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed F Brad Isbister to a one-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Signed M Michael Ghebru and F Davide Somma.
FOOTBALL
NFL

Schedule

Thursday's ResultN.Y. Giants 16, Washington 7
Sunday's GamesDetroit at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at New England, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Houston at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Dallas at Cleveland, 4:15 p.m.
Carolina at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.
Chicago at Indianapolis, 8:15 p.m.
Monday's GamesMinnesota at Green Bay, 7 p.m.
Denver at Oakland, 10:15 p.m.
Scoring Summary
GIANTS 16, REDSKINS 7

Washington 0 7 0 0— 7
N.Y. Giants 10
6 0 0— 16


NYG—Manning 1 run (Carney kick), 9:54-1Q.
NYG—FG Carney 24, 2:53-1Q.
NYG—FG Carney 25, 10:59-2Q.
NYG—FG Carney 47, 2:00-2Q.
Was—Moss 12 pass from J.Campbell (Suisham kick), :13-2Q.
Att—79,742.
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Was NYG
First downs 11 21
Total Net Yards 209 354
Rushes-yards 24-84 32-154
Passing 125 200
Punt Returns 1-(-2) 4-21
Kickoff Returns 5-145 2-19
Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 15-27-0 19-35-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 2-16
Punts 7-37.9 4-36.3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-35 7-70
Time of Possession 24:17 35:43

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Washington, Portis 23-84, Betts 1-0. N.Y. Giants, Jacobs 21-116, Ward 9-39, Manning 2-(minus 1).

PASSING—Washington, J.Campbell 15-27-0-133. N.Y. Giants, Manning 19-35-1-216.

RECEIVING—Washington, Randle El 7-73, Moss 5-37, Betts 1-11, Cooley 1-7, D.Thomas 1-5. N.Y. Giants, Burress 10-133, Ward 2-21, Smith 2-15, Toomer 2-12, Moss 1-23, Jacobs 1-8, Hedgecock 1-4.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.
COLLEGE

Schedule

Thursday's ResultVanderbilt 24, South Carolina 17
Today's Games
MIDWEST
Navy (1-0) at Ball St. (1-0), 7 p.m.
Saturday's Games
EAST
Georgia Tech (1-0) at Boston College (1-0), Noon
Akron (0-1) at Syracuse (0-1), 3:30 p.m.
Buffalo (1-0) at Pittsburgh (0-1), 6 p.m.
SOUTHSouthern Miss. (1-0) at Auburn (1-0), 12:30 p.m.
Furman (1-0) at Virginia Tech (0-1), 1:30 p.m.
The Citadel (1-0) at Clemson (0-1), 3:30 p.m.
Cent. Michigan (1-0) at Georgia (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
Mississippi (1-0) at Wake Forest (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
West Virginia (1-0) at East Carolina (1-0), 4:30 p.m.
W. Carolina (1-0) at Florida St. (0-0), 6 p.m.
Norfolk St. (1-0) at Kentucky (1-0), 6 p.m.
Tulane (0-0) at Alabama (1-0), 7 p.m.
South Florida (1-0) at UCF (1-0), 7 p.m.
Miami (1-0) at Florida (1-0), 8 p.m.
Troy (1-0) at LSU (1-0), ppd., weather
MIDWESTFla. International (0-1) at Iowa (1-0), Noon
Miami (Ohio) (0-1) at Michigan (0-1), Noon
E. Michigan (1-0) at Michigan St. (0-1), Noon
Ohio (0-1) at Ohio St. (1-0), Noon
N. Colorado (0-0) at Purdue (0-0), Noon
Marshall (1-0) at Wisconsin (1-0), Noon
San Diego St. (0-1) at Notre Dame (0-0), 3:30 p.m.
Murray St. (1-0) at Indiana (1-0), 7 p.m.
Kent St. (0-1) at Iowa St. (1-0), 7 p.m.
Youngstown St. (0-1) at S. Dakota St. (0-1), 7 p.m.
Minnesota (1-0) at Bowling Green (1-0), 7:30 p.m.
SOUTHWESTCincinnati (1-0) at Oklahoma (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
Texas (1-0) at UTEP (0-1), 10:15 p.m.
FAR WESTUtah St. (0-1) at Oregon (1-0), 3:30 p.m.
California (1-0) at Washington St. (0-1), 6:30 p.m.
Texas Tech (1-0) at Nevada (1-0), 9:05 p.m.
Toledo (0-0) at Arizona (1-0), 10 p.m.
Stanford (1-0) at Arizona St. (1-0), 10 p.m.
GOLF
EUROPEAN PGA

Omega European
Masters

(At Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club Course
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
Purse: $2.9 million
Yardage: 6,857; Par: 71)
First Round, Leading Scores
(x-amateur)
First Round
Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 32-31—63
Garry Houston, Wales 33-33—66
Kyron Sullivan, Wales 34-32—66
Julio Zapata, Argentina 35-31—66
Mikko Ilonen, Finland 35-32—67
Francois Delamontagne, France 34-33—67
Emanuele Canonica, Italy 34-33—67
Gary Orr, Scotland 33-34—67
Ross McGowan, England 33-34—67
Brett Rumford, Australia 32-35—67
Peter Lawrie, Ireland 34-33—67
Alejandro Canizares, Spain 33-34—67
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain 33-35—68
Martin Erlandsson, Sweden 35-33—68
Christian Cevaer, France 34-34—68
x-Ken Benz, Switzerland 36-32—68
Niclas Fasth, Sweden 34-34—68
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain 33-35—68
Juan Abbate, Argentina 33-35—68
Jean-Francois Lucquin, France 34-34—68
Anton Haig, South Africa 34-35—69
Shiv Kapur, India 34-35—69
Patrik Sjoland, Sweden 35-34—69
Fredrik Andersson Hed, Sweden 35-34—69
Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 36-33—69
Hennie Otto, South Africa 33-36—69
Bradley Dredge, Wales 35-34—69
Michael Campbell, New Zealand 35-34—69
Simon Dyson, England 36-33—69
Rafa Echenique, Argentina 34-35—69
Ariel Canete, Argentina 34-35—69
Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands 34-35—69
Julien Clement, Switzerland 33-36—69
Francesco Molinari, Italy 35-34—69
Chao Li, China 34-35—69
Scott Barr, Australia 35-34—69
Also
Jean Van de Velde, France 35-35—70
Zhang Lian-Wei, China 37-34—71
Mardan Mamat, Singapore 37-35—72
Gaurav Ghei, India 37-36—73
Tadd Fujikawa, United States 39-34—73
TENNIS
U.S. Open

(At The USTA Billie Jean King
National Tennis Center, New York
Purse: $20.657 million
Surface: Hard-Outdoor)
Singles
Men
Quarterfinals

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Andy Roddick (8), United States, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Doubles
Women
Semifinals

Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (10), Australia, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Ai Sugiyama (4), Japan, 7-5, 6-1.
Mixed
Championship

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Leander Paes (5), India, def. Liezel Huber, United States, and Jamie Murray, Britain, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Champions Invitational
Round Robin
Men's Singles

Todd Martin, United States, def. Michael Chang, United States, 8-4.
Mixed Doubles
Group A

Robin White and Luke Jensen, United States, def. Mary Joe Fernandez and Mal Washington, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

BASEBALL
MINOR LEAGUE

Eastern League (AA)
Playoff Glance

Division Playoffs
(Best-of-5)
North Division
Trenton vs. Portland
Wednesday's Result: Trenton 2, Portland 1
Thursday's Result: Trenton 4, Portland 3, Trenton leads series 2-0
Today's Game: Trenton at Portland
Saturday's Game: Trenton at Portland, if necessary
Sunday's Game: Portland at Trenton, if necessary
———
South Division
Bowie vs. Akron
Wednesday's Result: Akron 6, Bowie 5, 12 innings
Thursday's Result: Bowie 11, Akron 3, series tied 1-1
Today's Game: Bowie at Akron
Saturday's Game: Bowie at Akron
Sunday's Game: Akron at Bowie, if necessary
Box Score



BAYSOX 11, AEROS 3



Akron ab r h bi Bowie ab r h bi

Rodrigz 2b 4 2 2 0 Tucker lf 3 2 1 0
Sardinha rf 4 0 0 2 Rojas 2b 3 2 1 1
Hodges 3b 4 0 1 0 Reimold rf 5 3 4 8
LaPorta lf 3 0 0 0 Wieters c 5 1 1 0
Goleski ph 1 0 0 0 Nettles 3b 3 0 3 1
Head 1b 4 0 1 0 Finan 1b 3 0 0 0
Whitney dh 3 1 1 1 Torrealba dh 4 1 1 1
Panther cf 3 0 0 0 Boucher cf 4 1 0 0
Toregas c 3 0 0 0 Davis ss 3 1 1 0
Chaves ss 2 0 0 0

Tot. 31 3 5 3 Tot. 33 11 12 11
Akron 100 001 100 — 3 5 3
Bowie 310 101 14x — 11 12 1

E—Martin (1), Sardinha (1), Rodriguez (1); Rojas (1). LOB—Akron 2, Bowie 8. 2B—Hodges (1). 3B—Rodriguez (1). HR—Reimold 3 (4), Torrealba (1). S—Tucker. SF—Rojas

DP—Akron 2 (Burton-Chaves-Head, Hodges-Head); Bowie 1 (Davis-Rojas-Finan).

Akron ip h r er bb so

Martin L, 0-1 5 7 5 3 3 3
Burton 12/3 3 2 2 0 0
Lofgren 11/3 2 4 4 4 1

Bowie ip h r er bb so

Beresen W, 1-0 8 4 3 2 1 6
Manon 1 1 0 0 0 2

HBP—Nettles (by Burton).

T—2:32. Att—1,840.
SOCCER
MLS

Schedule

Thursday's ResultColorado 1, FC Dallas 0
Saturday's GamesCD Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
New England at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
D.C. United at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA

Schedule

Thursday's ResultSeattle 70, Chicago 62
Today's GamesChicago at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Saturday's GamesDetroit at Washington, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SOCCER
10p

KENT ROOSEVELT 0, RAVENNA 0

Shots on goal: Ken., 5-1. Corner kicks: Rav., 4-1. Saves: Bradford (K) 9; Depew (R) 8.

Records: Kent Roosevelt 2-1-1.
10p CHIPPEWA 3, HILLSDALE 0

Halftime: Chi., 1-0. Goals: Yoho (C) 2, Steele (C). Assists: Yoho (C), Butcher (C), H. Shipley (C). Shots on goal: Chi., 9-5. Corner kicks: Chi., 6-2. Saves: Eick (H) 6;

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