Events Calendar
In This Section
Most Read Stories
Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
NFL star Chris Spielman's wife loses cancer battle
Browns' roster nearly devoid of consistent players
College student mistaken for deer, shot to death
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
For your Saturday entertainment …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Holmgren expresses interest in Browns position
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
Headed For Disaster
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Colloquium at University of Akron
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Friday, Aug 31, 2007
ODDS Glantz-Culver Line
Major League BaseballToday's GameAmerican LeagueFAVORITE LINEUNDERDOGLINE at Minn. (G1) -185Kansas City+175 at Boston -230Baltimore+210 at Cleveland -180Chicago+170 at New York -250Tampa Bay+220 at Toronto -125Seattle+115 at Minn. (G2) -140K.C.+130 at Oakland -125Detroit+115 at Los Angeles -190Texas+180 National LeagueFAVORITE LINEUNDERDOGLINE at Chicago -160Houston+150 at Washington -130San Fran.+120 Philadelphia -125at Florida+115 at Atlanta -155New York+145 at Milwaukee -165Pittsburgh+155 at St. Louis -165Cincinnati+155 at Arizona -125Colorado+115 at San Diego -120Los Angeles+110 NCAA FootballToday's Games
FAV. OPNTDAYO/UDOG Navy 211/220(511/2)at Temple Washington 331/2(451/2)at Syracuse
GOLF EUROPEAN TOUR
Johnnie WalkerChampionship
(At Centenary Course, Gleneagles, Scotland. Purse: $2.8 million; Yardage: 7,320; Par: 73)First Round Leading ScoresMarc Warren, Scotland 32-3365Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 32-3466Jeev Milka Singh, India 35-3267Miles Tunnicliff, England 34-3367Zane Scotland, England 34-3468Phillip Price, Wales 35-3368Phillip Archer, England 34-3468Joost Luiten, Netherlands 34-3468Shiv Kapur, India 36-3268Mark Pilkington, Wales 33-3568James Hepworth, England 33-3568Simon Wakefield, England 32-3668Emanuele Canonica, Italy 36-3369Terry Pilkadaris, Australia 33-3669Marcus Higley, England 34-3569Dean Robertson, Scotland 33-3669Thomas Levet, France 36-3369Alastair Forsyth, Scotland 37-3269Richard Bland, England 36-3369Soren Hansen, Denmark 35-3469Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 34-3569Paul Lawrie, Scotland 35-3469Greig Hutcheon, Scotland 34-3569Gregory Bourdy, France 37-3269Tom Whitehouse, England 36-3369AlsoPaul Casey, England 36-3571Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 34-3973Taichi Teshima, Japan 37-3673Gregory Havret, France 38-3674Lee Westwood, England 38-3674Graeme McDowell, N. Ireland 38-3977Yong-eun Yang, South Korea 40-3878Sandy Lyle, Scotland 38-4078Mardan Mamat, Singapore 38-4179
BASEBALL MINOR LEAGUE
Eastern League (AA)
North Division WLPct.GB Trenton (Yankees) 8058.580 Portland (Red Sox) 7067.51191/2 New Hampshire (Jays) 6969.50011 New Britain (Twins) 6472.47115 Binghamton (Mets) 6077.43891/2 Connecticut (Giants) 6077.438191/2 South DivisionWLPct.GB Erie (Tigers) 7955.590 Akron (Indians) 7660.5594 Bowie (Orioles) 7165.229 Altoona (Pirates) 6966.511101/2 Reading (Phillies) 6968.504111/2 Harrisburg (Nats) 5285.380281/2 Thursday's ResultsAkron 4, Bowie 3 Erie 7, Harrisburg 2 New Britain 7, Binghamton 6 Connecticut 8, New Hampshire 1 Reading 6, Altoona 2 Portland 7, Trenton 6 Today's GamesAkron at Binghamton Altoona at Erie Connecticut at Bowie Portland at New Britain Reading at Harrisburg Trenton at New Hampshire Box Score
AEROS 4, BAYSOX 3
Bowie abrhbiAkron abrhbi Mntnz cf 4120Crowe cf 5011 Frentno ph 1000Pnckny ss 4100 Hrnndz 2b 5010Brown dh 2100 Jimnez dh 5022Aubrey 1b 3110 Salazar ss 4000Goleski lf 3000 Reimold rf 3011Chy Fo 3b 4010 Cpicky 1b 4000Head rf 4023 Clndnin c 4000Toregas c 4010 Bass 3b 4110Reyes 2b 2120 Yan lf 3120 Totals 37393Totals 31484 Bowie 100 020 000 3 9 1Akron 001 100 20x 4 8 1
EBass (22); Pinckney (10). LOBBowie 9; Akron 10. 2BYan (14), Jimenez (16); Choy Foo (13), Aubrey (11). SBYan (10); Reyes (25). CSMontanez (2), Crowe (9). POCrowe. Bowie iphrerbbso Roman 552115 Romero L, 2-6 11/312241 Lewis BS, 3 12/320001 Akron iphrerbbso Nottingham 62/363226 Rundles W, 2-0 11/310003 Warden S, 5 120000
T2:47. Att8,742.
BASKETBALL WNBA
Playoff Glance
CONFERENCE FINALS(Best-of-three)Thursday's ResultPhoenix 102, San Antonio 100, Phoenix leads series 1-0 Today's GameDetroit at Indiana, 8 p.m.
TENNIS USTA
U.S. Open
(At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York. Purse: $19.653 million (Grand Slam); Surface: Hard-Outdoor)Thursday's ResultsSinglesMenSecond Round
Donald Young, United States, def. Richard Gasquet (13), France, walkover.
Tomas Berdych (9), Czech Republic, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.
Andy Murray (19), Britain, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
Andy Roddick (5), United States, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, retired.
Nicolas Almagro (28), Spain, def. Luis Horna, Peru, 6-4, 6-2, 2-1, retired.
Tommy Haas (10), Germany, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5.
Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, def. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. WomenSecond Round
Shahar Peer (18), Israel, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Anna Chakvetadze (6), Russia, def. Nicole Pratt, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.
Sania Mirza (26), India, def. Laura Granville, United States, 6-3, 7-5.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Russia, def. Camille Pin, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.
Patty Schnyder (11), Switzerland, def. Severine Bremond, France, 6-3, 6-0.
Martina Hingis (16), Switzerland, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-2, 7-5.
Nadia Petrova (7), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 7-5, 6-1.
Nicole Vaidisova (13), Czech Republic, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (0).
Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-1, 6-0. DoublesMenFirst Round
Andrei Pavel, Romania, and Alexander Waske (11), Germany, def. Diego Hartfield, Argentina, and Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (4), India, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4.
Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Nenad Zimonjic (6), Serbia, def. Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (8), Israel, def. Ashley Fisher, Australia, and Bobby Reynolds, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Eric Butorac, United States, and Jamie Murray (16), Britain, def. Tomas Behrend and Florian Mayer, Germany, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Bob and Mike Bryan (1), U.S., def. John Isner and Scott Oudsema, U.S., 6-4, 6-3. WomenFirst Round
Corina Morariu and Meghann Shaughnessy (13), U.S., def. Martina Muller, Germ., and Gabriela Navratilova, Czech Rep., 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Vania King, United States, and Emilie Loit (15), France, def. Angela Haynes and Ahsha Rolle, United States, 6-4, 6-1.
Nathalie Dechy, France, and Dinara Safina (7), Russia, def. Karin Knapp and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-4, 6-1.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (6), Australia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, and Olga Poutchkova, Russia, 6-4, 6-2.
Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Sania Mirza (16), India, def. Severine Bremond, France, and Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-1.
FOOTBALL NFL
Preseason
Thursday's ResultsBuffalo 16, Detroit 13 Jacksonville 31, Washington 14 New Orleans 7, Miami 0 New York Jets 13, Philadelphia 11 New England 27, New York Giants 20 Cleveland 19, Chicago 9 St. Louis 10, Kansas City 3 Green Bay at Tennessee, late Dallas at Minnesota, late Houston at Tampa Bay, late Pittsburgh at Carolina, late Arizona at Denver, late Oakland at Seattle, late San Francisco at San Diego, late Today's GamesIndianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. End PreseasonScoring SummaryBROWNS 19, BEARS 9 Cleveland 5 14 0 019Chicago 0 3 6 0 9 CleFG Dawson 24, :10-1Q. CleSafety, Manning fumbled out of bounds in end zone, :02-1Q. CleCribs 70 punt return (Dawson kick), 11:48-2Q. CleHarrison 1 run (Dawson kick), 2:21-2Q. ChiFG Gould :00-2Q. ChiHass 9 pass from Leak (pass failed), 5:54-3Q. Att61,917. Cle ChiFirst downs 15 20Total Net Yards 228 257Rushes-yards 22-95 28-74Passing 133 183Punt Returns 4-111 0-0Kickoff Returns 3-72 4-82Interceptions Ret. 2-19 1-22Comp-Att-Int 17-28-1 25-39-2Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 3-19Punts 6-39.5 5-46.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 6-57 4-36Time of Possession 27:06 32:54INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGCleveland, Barclay 5-34, Harrison 8-31, Wright 3-15, Lewis 4-13, Ali 1-4, Dorsey 1-(minus 2). Chicago, Peterson, Allen 13-43, Wolfe 11-20, Peterson 3-9, Benson 1-2.
PASSINGCleveland, Frye 2-5-0-19, Anderson 6-9-0-53, Quinn 9-14-1-64, Dorsey 0-0-0-0. Chicago, Grossman 1-1-0-0, Griese 1-3-0-12, Orton 12-19-1-102, Leak 11-16-1-88.
RECEIVINGCleveland, Wilson 4-34, Krause 3-21, Edwards 2-22, Harrison 2-17, Dinkins 2-10, Winslow 2-8, Cribbs 1-21, Barclay 1-3. Chicago, Wolfe 6-53, Ball 4-40, Davis 3-33, Olsen 3-7, James 2-21, Allen 2-11, Ayanbadejo 1-12, Gilmore 1-9, Hass 1-9, Mines 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALChicago, Gould 53 (SH). COLLEGE
Scoreboard
Thursday's ResultsEASTRutgers 38, Buffalo 3 Sacred Heart 41, Assumption 20 Slippery Rock 51, Seton Hill 24 Towson 20, Cent. Connecticut St. 10 Ursinus 28, La Salle 0 SOUTHCarson-Newman 29, Chattanooga 17 Louisville 73, Murray State 10 LSU 45, Mississippi State 0 Morgan State 47, Savannah State 7 Tulsa 35, Louisiana-Monroe 17 MIDWESTCincinnati 59, SE Missouri 3 Drake 27, Illinois St. 24 E. Illinois 45, Tennessee Tech 24 Kent State 23, Iowa State 14 Miami (Ohio) 14, Ball State 13 N. Iowa 41, Minn. St., Mankato 14 S. Illinois 59, Quincy 14 St. Cloud St. 17, Northern St., S.D. 7 W. Illinois 29, S. Dakota St. 26 (4OT) SOUTHWESTSam Houston St. 17, Angelo State 13 UNLV 23, Utah St. 16 Schedule
Today's GamesWagner at W. Connecticut, 7 p.m. Navy at Temple, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Syracuse, 8 p.m. FAR WESTMontana-Western at E. Washington, 10p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Schedule
Week TwoToday's Games(All games 7:30 p.m., unless noted)Cuyahoga Falls at Wadsworth, 7 p.m. Fairview Park at Cloverleaf, 7 p.m. Garfield at Copley, 7 p.m. Mogadore at New Mid. Springfield, 7 p.m. Mount Vernon at Wooster, 7 p.m. Springfield at Green, 7 p.m. Tallmadge at Ellet, 7 p.m. Barberton at Medina Brecksville at GlenOak Brush at Brunswick Buchtel at Steubenville Canton South at Canfield Canton Timken at Garaway Carrollton at New Philadelphia Champion at Garrettsville Chippewa at Columbia Clear Fork at St. Vincent-St. Mary Crestwood at Aurora Dalton at Tuslaw Firelands at Smithville Firestone at Northwest Harrison Central at Rootstown Highland at Buckeye Kenmore at Norton Lake at Louisville McDonald at Windham Manchester at Field Marlington at Columbiana Crestview Newark Licking Valley at North Canton Hoover Nordonia at Jackson North at Coventry Norwayne at Fairless Orrville at Triway Perry at Canton Central Catholic Revere at North Royalton Rittman at New London St. Thomas Aquinas at Minerva Solon at Massillon Southeast at Newton Falls Stow at Kent Roosevelt Streetsboro at Ravenna
ODDS Glantz-Culver Line
Get the full article here.
