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Major League Baseball
Today's GamesNational League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at Philadelphia -250 Washington +220
at New York -180 Florida +170
at Houston -110 Atlanta +100
at Milwaukee -120 Chicago +110
at St. Louis -120 Cincinnati +110
at Arizona -170 Colorado +160
at San Diego -125 Pittsburgh +115
Los Angeles -110 at San Francisco +100
American League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE
at Boston -200 New York +185
at Baltimore -105 Toronto -105
Tampa Bay -140 at Detroit +130
at Minnesota -230 Kansas City +210
at Chicago -190 Cleveland +180
at Los Angeles -165 Texas +155
at Seattle -115 Oakland +105
NCAA FootballTonight's Game
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Louisville 11/2 31/2 (50) Connecticut
Saturday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Wake Forest 141/2 16 (531/2) Navy
W. Michigan 3 4 (47) at Temple
at West Virginia 17 14 (511/2) Marshall
Pittsburgh 161/2 15 (461/2) at Syracuse
Michigan State 81/2 8 (51) at Indiana
at Iowa 8 81/2 (43) Northwestern
at Duke 51/2 7 (44) Virginia
at Miami 7 71/2 (45) North Carolina
at Florida 24 221/2 (50) Mississippi
at LSU 231/2 24 (39) Mississippi State
N. Illinois 6 61/2 (531/2) at E. Michigan
at C. Michigan 7 7 (63) Buffalo
Cincinnati 91/2 101/2 (581/2) at Akron
at East Carolina 101/2 101/2 (59) Houston
at Notre Dame 3 1 (46) Purdue
at Ohio State 17 18 (47) Minnesota
at Nebraska 61/2 7 (46) Virginia Tech
at Washington 5 31/2 (521/2) Stanford
at California 251/2 261/2 (59) Colorado State
at Georgia 71/2 61/2 (45) Alabama
at Auburn 61/2 61/2 (40) Tennessee
Wisconsin 3 6 (42) at Michigan
at Clemson 101/2 11 (481/2) Maryland
Fresno State 31/2 7 (47) at UCLA
Bowling Green 3 3 (44) at Wyoming
Oregon 191/2 21 (57) at Wash. State
at Oklahoma 181/2 181/2 (55) TCU
at S. Carolina 261/2 25 (48) UAB
at Texas A&M 29 28 (42) Army
at Ball State 18 18 (591/2) Kent State
South Florida 91/2 81/2 (44) at N.C. State
Florida State-x 6 51/2 (41) Colorado
UCF 41/2 41/2 (51) at UTEP
at Penn State 161/2 141/2 (56) Illinois
New Mexico 4 3 (53) at NMSU
at San Diego St. 9 11 (531/2) Idaho
at UNLV 3 4 (561/2) Nevada
at Hawaii 3 3 (49) San Jose State
at Kentucky 221/2 201/2 (441/2) W. Kentucky
Arkansas State Pk 2 (561/2) at Memphis
at Oklahoma St. 17 17 (60) Troy
at Toledo 17 20 (541/2) Florida Int.
at Kansas State 20 201/2 (63) La.-Lafayette
at Rice 171/2 171/2 (691/2) North Texas
at Texas 261/2 271/2 (59) Arkansas
x-at Jacksonville, Fla.
NFLSunday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG
Denver 91/2 9 (461/2) at Kansas City
at Cincinnati 3 31/2 (441/2) Cleveland
at Jacksonville 7 7 (42) Houston
at N.Y. Jets 11/2 11/2 (45) Arizona
at New Orleans 6 5 (48) San Francisco
at Carolina 71/2 7 (39) Atlanta
at Tennessee 3 3 (36) Minnesota
at Tampa Bay 11/2 1 (43) Green Bay
Buffalo 91/2 8 (42) at St. Louis
San Diego 7 71/2 (451/2) at Oakland
at Dallas 101/2 11 (46) Washington
Philadelphia 2 3 (401/2) at Chicago
Monday's Game
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Pittsburgh 7 51/2 (341/2) Baltimore
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League• TORONTO BLUE JAYSAgreed to terms with Cito Gaston, manager, on a contract extension through the 2010 season.
BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association• HOUSTON ROCKETSMatched Charlotte's three-year offer sheet for F Carl Landry.
• NEW YORK KNICKSSigned G Allan Houston.
• PHILADELPHIA 76ERSSigned G Andre Emmett, F Justin Reed, C Jared Reiner, G Maureece Rice and F Antywane Robinson.
FOOTBALLNational Football League• NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSAnnounced the retirement of WR Troy Brown.
• NEW YORK JETSSigned CB Hank Poteat. Waived OL Will Montgomery.
HOCKEYNational Hockey League• COLORADO AVALANCHEAssigned C Philippe Dupuis, D Kevin Montgomery and D Michael Vernace to Lake Erie (AHL).
• COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETSAssigned F Brian McGuirk, F Petr Pohl, F Kirill Starkov, F John Vigilante, D Trevor Hendrikx, D Jon Landry and D Dan Smith to Syracuse (AHL). Released F Erik Felde, F Ryan Garlock, F John Hughes, F Shane Willis and G Ryan Mior.• MINNESOTA WILDReassigned C Cody Almond to Kelowna (WHL) and RW Carson McMillan to Calgary (WHL). Released C Justin Hodgman, D Frederic St. Denis and D Tyler Schmidt.
• MONTREAL CANADIENSSigned G Robert Mayer to a three-year contract.
• SAN JOSE SHARKSAssigned RW Rick Cleaver, LW P.J. Fenton, C Matt Fornataro, C T.J. Fox, RW Matt Jones, LW Frazer McLaren, RW Ashton Rome and D Brett Westgarth to Worcester (AHL); D Julien Demers to Ottawa (OHL); D Samuel Groulx to Quebec (QMJHL); G Timo Pielmeier to Shawinnigan (QMJHL); and G Tyson Sexsmith to Vancouver (WHL). Released LW Jonathan Bonneau, D Adam Leblanc-Bourque, RW Zach Harnden, RW Matthew Pistilli, RW Tyler Shattock and C Mathieu Tousignant.
• ST. LOUIS BLUESSigned D Mark Cundari.
COLLEGE• ARMYNamed Jason Marshall women's assistant basketball coach.
• MANHATTANNamed Guy Ngarndi coordinator of basketball operations.
• NYUAnnounced Janice Quinn will retire as women's basketball coach, but remain senior associate director for athletics.
• SOUTH ALABAMANamed John Singletary assistant athletic director for equipment.
• VILLANOVANamed Patrick Chambers men's associate head basketball coach, Jason Donnelly men's assistant basketball coach, Keith Urgo manager of basketball operations and Kyle Neptune video coordinator.
GOLF
PGA TOUR
PGA Tour Championship
(At East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta; Purse: $7 million; Yardage: 7,304; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
Anthony Kim 32-3264 -6
Ernie Els 35-3368 -2
Trevor Immelman 34-3468 -2
Phil Mickelson 31-3768 -2
K.J. Choi 33-3669 -1
Mike Weir 33-3770 E
Sergio Garcia 37-3370 E
Bubba Watson 37-3471 +1
D.J. Trahan 35-3671 +1
Kevin Sutherland 36-3571 +1
Ben Curtis 36-3571 +1
Chad Campbell 38-3472 +2
Billy Mayfair 34-3872 +2
Stuart Appleby 37-3572 +2
Jim Furyk 33-3972 +2
Camilo Villegas 37-3572 +2
Andres Romero 37-3673 +3
Dudley Hart 35-3873 +3
Justin Leonard 34-3973 +3
Vijay Singh 39-3473 +3
Briny Baird 37-3774 +4
Hunter Mahan 37-3774 +4
Steve Stricker 35-3974 +4
Ryuji Imada 39-3675 +5
Robert Allenby 39-3675 +5
Stewart Cink 36-3975 +5
Carl Pettersson 38-3876 +6
Kenny Perry 37-3976 +6
Ken Duke 39-3877 +7
Tim Clark 41-3778 +8
EUROPEAN TOUR
British Masters
(At The Belfry, Brabazon Course, Sutton Coldfield, England; Purse: $3.34 million; Yardage: 7,230; Par: 72)
First Round, Leading Scores
Marcus Fraser, Australia 31-3667
Mikael Lungberg, Sweden 33-3467
Rafa Echenique, Argentina 36-3268
Anders Hansen, Denmark 35-3368
Lee Westwood, England 35-3368
Sam Walker, England 33-3568
Marc Warren, Scotland 32-3668
Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 35-3469
Jeev Milka Singh, India 36-3369
Mikko Ilonen, Finland 35-3469
Greg Owen, England 33-3669
Michael Campbell, New Zealand 36-3369
David Dixon, England 35-3469
Paul Lawrie, Scotland 34-3569
Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands 35-3570
Paul Broadhurst, England 35-3570
Michael Jonzon, Sweden 34-3670
Fredrik Andersson Hed, Sweden 34-3670
Nick Dougherty, England 36-3470
Simon Wakefield, England 36-3470
Graeme Storm, England 35-3570
Miles Tunnicliff, England 35-3570
Also
Ross Fisher, England 36-3571
David Howell, England 36-3571
Jean Van de Velde, France 36-3672
Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 34-3872
Niclas Fasth, Sweden 35-3772
Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland 36-3672
Shiv Kapur, India 35-3772
Edoardo Molinari, Italy 38-3573
Paul McGinley, Ireland 35-3873
Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 41-3980
Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 38-4381
LPGA TOUR
Navistar LPGA Classic
(At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, Senator Course, Prattville, Ala.; Purse: $1.4 million; Yardage: 6,571; Par: 72 (36-36)
First Round
Jill McGill 32-3365 -7
Jane Park 31-3465 -7
Jeong Jang 33-3265 -7
Janice Moodie 33-3366 -6
Cristie Kerr 34-3266 -6
Sandra Gal 33-3467 -5
Katie Futcher 35-3267 -5
Ji Young Oh 32-3567 -5
Louise Friberg 32-3567 -5
Lorena Ochoa 30-3767 -5
Wendy Doolan 34-3468 -4
Song-Hee Kim 33-3568 -4
Shanshan Feng 35-3368 -4
Liz Janangelo 32-3668 -4
Sherri Turner 35-3469 -3
Taylor Leon 34-3569 -3
Kim Hall 34-3569 -3
Candie Kung 35-3469 -3
Mi Hyun Kim 36-3369 -3
Mikaela Parmlid 34-3569 -3
Michelle McGann 34-3569 -3
Jackie Gallagher-Smith 37-3370 -2
Sarah Lee 35-3570 -2
Mollie Fankhauser 34-3670 -2
Karine Icher 32-3870 -2
Michele Redman 34-3670 -2
Christina Kim 35-3570 -2
Rachel Hetherington 37-3370 -2
Katherine Hull 36-3470 -2
Karen Stupples 36-3470 -2
Teresa Lu 35-3570 -2
Kim Welch 35-3570 -2
Gloria Park 36-3470 -2
Sarah Jane Kenyon 35-3570 -2
Nicole Hage 36-3470 -2
Lisa Strom 34-3670 -2
Charlotte Mayorkas 35-3570 -2
Soo-Yun Kang 34-3670 -2
Dorothy Delasin 38-3371 -1
Irene Cho 37-3471 -1
Eunjung Yi 34-3771 -1
Kristen Samp 36-3571 -1
Eun-Hee Ji 37-3471 -1
Joo Mi Kim 36-3571 -1
Yani Tseng 35-3671 -1
Angela Park 36-3571 -1
Becky Morgan 36-3571 -1
Michelle Ellis 38-3371 -1
Karin Sjodin 36-3571 -1
Meredith Duncan 34-3771 -1
Na On Min 35-3671 -1
Paige Mackenzie 35-3671 -1
Angela Jerman 34-3872 E
Stacy Lewis 35-3772 E
Allison Hanna-Williams 36-3672 E
Kate Golden 35-3772 E
Beth Allen 37-3572 E
In-Kyung Kim 37-3572 E
Karrie Webb 35-3772 E
Hee-Won Han 37-3572 E
Hee Young Park 38-3472 E
Giulia Sergas 36-3672 E
Amy Hung 36-3672 E
Sarah Kemp 34-3872 E
Reilley Rankin 37-3572 E
Heather Daly-Donofrio 34-3872 E
Il Mi Chung 40-3373 +1
Hannah Jun 38-3573 +1
Carri Wood 36-3773 +1
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 36-3773 +1
Leah Wigger 39-3473 +1
Meena Lee 37-3673 +1
Allison Fouch 37-3673 +1
Shi Hyun Ahn 35-3873 +1
Stacy Prammanasudh 38-3573 +1
Julieta Granada 38-3573 +1
Becky Lucidi 35-3873 +1
Cindy Pasechnik 36-3773 +1
Marisa Baena 36-3773 +1
Danielle Downey 37-3673 +1
Su A Kim 36-3773 +1
Young-A Yang 38-3573 +1
Candy Hannemann 35-3873 +1
Anna Grzebien 37-3673 +1
Jamie Hullett 34-3973 +1
Seo-Jae Lee 37-3774 +2
Virada Nirapathpongporn 37-3774 +2
Kelli Kuehne 36-3874 +2
Yu Ping Lin 36-3874 +2
Meaghan Francella 40-3474 +2
Laura Diaz 38-3674 +2
Jee Young Lee 36-3874 +2
Jimin Kang 37-3774 +2
Minea Blomqvist 37-3774 +2
H.J. Choi 35-3974 +2
Alena Sharp 38-3674 +2
Heather Young 39-3574 +2
Kris Tamulis 38-3674 +2
Nancy Scranton 36-3874 +2
Carolina Llano 37-3774 +2
Maggie Will 37-3875 +3
Lee Ann Walker-Cooper 40-3575 +3
Beth Bader 37-3875 +3
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 37-3875 +3
Jimin Jeong 38-3775 +3
Tracy Hanson 37-3875 +3
Ashleigh Simon 40-3575 +3
Dina Ammaccapane 37-3875 +3
Diana D'Alessio 38-3775 +3
Se Ri Pak 35-4075 +3
Wendy Ward 40-3575 +3
Lorie Kane 37-3875 +3
Sung Ah Yim 37-3875 +3
Sophie Gustafson 34-4175 +3
Johanna Head 37-3976 +4
Simi Mehra 36-4076 +4
Brandie Burton 36-4076 +4
Silvia Cavalleri 40-3676 +4
Brittany Lang 37-3976 +4
Seon Hwa Lee 38-3876 +4
Maria Hjorth 41-3576 +4
Na Ri Kim 39-3776 +4
Mhairi McKay 39-3776 +4
Eva Dahllof 36-4076 +4
Anna Rawson 38-3876 +4
Emily Bastel 36-4177 +5
Christa Johnson 42-3577 +5
Sun Young Yoo 37-4077 +5
Young Kim 38-3977 +5
Kristy McPherson 40-3777 +5
Violeta Retamoza 37-4077 +5
Siew-Ai Lim 39-3877 +5
Onnarin Sattayabanphot 41-3778 +6
Moira Dunn 38-4078 +6
Erica Blasberg 38-4078 +6
Jeanne Cho-Hunicke 36-4278 +6
Lindsey Wright 37-4178 +6
Kyeong Bae 39-3978 +6
Morgan Pressel 38-4078 +6
Nicole Castrale 42-3678 +6
Becky Iverson 37-4178 +6
Marcy Hart 38-4078 +6
Ashli Bunch 41-4081 +9
Audra Burks 39-4483 +11
Birdie Kim DNS
Angela Stanford DNS
FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 78 49
New England 2 1 0 .667 49 58
N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 59 81
Miami 1 2 0 .333 62 64
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 72 29
Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 49 58
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 52 67
Houston 0 2 0 .000 29 69
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 45 20
Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 54 38
Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 40 67
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 26 66
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 3 0 0 1.000 114 84
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 60 73
San Diego 1 2 0 .333 110 94
Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 32 78
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 3 0 0 1.000 96 63
N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 83 43
Washington 2 1 0 .667 60 57
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 90 50
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 71 57
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 81 59
Carolina 2 1 0 .667 56 61
New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 80 83
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 88 71
Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 54 52
Chicago 1 2 0 .333 70 60
Detroit 0 3 0 .000 59 113
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 2 1 0 .667 71 47
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 77 66
Seattle 1 2 0 .333 77 80
St. Louis 0 3 0 .000 29 116
Sunday's GamesCleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:15 p.m.
Open: Indianapolis, Miami, New England, Seattle, N.Y. Giants, Detroit
Monday's GameBaltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
COLLEGE
Scoreboard
Thursday's ResultsSOUTHSMU (1-3) at Tulane (1-2), late
FAR WESTSouthern Cal (2-0) at Oregon St. (1-2), late
Schedule
Today's GameSOUTHConnecticut (4-0) at Louisville (2-1), 8 p.m.
Saturday's GamesEASTPittsburgh (2-1) at Syracuse (1-3), Noon
Rhode Island (1-3) at Boston College (2-1), 1 p.m.
W. Michigan (3-1) at Temple (1-3), 2 p.m.
Morgan St. (2-1) at Rutgers (0-3), 3:30 p.m.
Marshall (3-1) at West Virginia (1-2), 3:30 p.m.
Illinois (2-1) at Penn St. (4-0), 8 p.m.
SOUTHMaryland (3-1) at Clemson (3-1), Noon
Virginia (1-2) at Duke (2-1), Noon
North Carolina (2-1) at Miami (2-1), Noon
Mississippi (2-2) at Florida (3-0), 12:30 p.m.
Arkansas St. (3-1) at Memphis (1-3), 2 p.m.
Tennessee (1-2) at Auburn (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Houston (1-3) at East Carolina (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Colorado (3-0) vs. Florida St. (2-1) at Jacksonville, Fla., 3:30 p.m.
Navy (2-2) at Wake Forest (3-0), 3:45 p.m.
W. Kentucky (2-2) at Kentucky (3-0), 7 p.m.
UAB (1-3) at South Carolina (2-2), 7 p.m.
Mississippi St. (1-3) at LSU (3-0), 7:30 p.m.
South Florida (4-0) at N.C. State (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
Alabama (4-0) at Georgia (4-0), 7:45 p.m.
MIDWESTKent State (1-3) at Ball State (4-0), NoonN. Illinois (1-2) at E. Michigan (1-3), Noon
Michigan St. (3-1) at Indiana (2-1), Noon
Minnesota (4-0) at Ohio State (3-1), NoonNorthwestern (4-0) at Iowa (3-1), 12:05 p.m.
VMI (2-1) at Ohio (0-4), 2 p.m.
Cincinnati (2-1) at Akron (2-2), 3:30 p.m.Wisconsin (3-0) at Michigan (1-2), 3:30 p.m.
Purdue (2-1) at Notre Dame (2-1), 3:30 p.m.
La.-Lafayette (1-2) at Kansas St. (2-1), 3:35 p.m.
Buffalo (2-2) at Cent. Michigan (2-2), 4 p.m.
Fla. International (0-3) at Toledo (1-2), 7 p.m.
Virginia Tech (3-1) at Nebraska (3-0), 8 p.m.
SOUTHWESTArmy (0-3) at Texas A&M (1-2), 12:30 p.m.
Arkansas (2-1) at Texas (3-0), 3:30 p.m.
North Texas (0-3) at Rice (2-2), 5 p.m.
TCU (4-0) at Oklahoma (3-0), 7 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas (4-0) at Tulsa (3-0), 7 p.m.
Troy (2-1) at Oklahoma St. (3-0), 7:05 p.m.
UCF (1-2) at UTEP (0-3), 8 p.m.
FAR WESTFresno St. (2-1) at UCLA (1-2), 3:30 p.m.
Bowling Green (1-2) at Wyoming (2-2), 4 p.m.
Colorado St. (2-1) at California (2-1), 6 p.m.
Oregon (3-1) at Washington St. (1-3), 6:15 p.m.
New Mexico (1-3) at New Mexico St. (1-1), 8 p.m.
Idaho (1-3) at San Diego St. (0-3), 8 p.m.
Weber St. (3-1) at Utah (4-0), 8 p.m.
Nevada (1-2) at UNLV (3-1), 10 p.m.
Stanford (2-2) at Washington (0-3), 10 p.m.
San Jose St. (2-2) at Hawaii (1-2), 12:05 a.m.
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