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Published: December 28, 2008
Baseball
PROFESSIONAL
Major-league schedule
Important dates
Jan. 12 -- Hall of Fame BBWAA voting announced.
Jan. 13-15 -- Owners meeting, Phoenix.
Jan. 20 -- Exchange of salary arbitration figures.
Feb. 1-21 -- Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.
Feb. 14 -- Mandatory reporting date for players on World Baseball Classic rosters of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan unless they have reported directly to their national teams; mandatory reporting date for pitchers and catchers on provisional rosters of other WBC teams; voluntary reporting date for non-WBC pitchers, catchers and injured players.
Feb. 17 -- Mandatory reporting date for remaining position players on WBC rosters; voluntary reporting date for non-WBC position players.
Feb. 22 -- Mandatory reporting date for non-WBC players.
March 2-11 -- Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.
March 5-23 -- World Baseball Classic.
March 18-- Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.
April 1 -- Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2008 salary.
April 5 -- Opening day, active rosters reduced to 25 players.
June 9-10 -- Amateur draft.
July 14 -- All-Star game, St. Louis.
July 26 -- Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y.
July 31 -- Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.
Aug. 15 -- Last day to sign selections from 2009 amateur draft who have not exhausted college eligibility.
Sept. 1 -- Active rosters expand to 40 players.
Dec. 7-10 -- Winter meetings, Indianapolis.
Tennis
PROFESSIONAL
ATP
Final Money
1, Rafael Nadal, $6,773,773. 2, Roger Federer, $5,886,879. 3, Novak Djokovic, $5,689,077. 4, Andy Murray, $3,705,648. 5, Nikolay Davydenko, $2,317,082. 6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, $1,695,138. 7, Gilles Simon, $1,425,489. 8, Andy Roddick, $1,337,888. 9, Juan Martin del Potro, $1,322,497. 10, David Ferrer, $1,170,008.
Race
1, Rafael Nadal, 1,335. 2, Roger Federer, 1,061. 3, Novak Djokovic, 1,059. 4, Andy Murray, 744. 5, Nikolay Davydenko, 543. 6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 410. 7, Gilles Simon, 396. 8, Andy Roddick, 394. 9, Juan Martin del Potro, 389. 10, James Blake, 355.
Rankings
1, Rafael Nadal, 6,675. 2, Roger Federer, 5,305. 3, Novak Djokovic, 4,295. 4, Andy Murray, 3,720. 5, Nikolay Davydenko, 2,715. 6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 2,050. 7, Gilles Simon, 1,980. 8, Andy Roddick, 1,970. 9, Juan Martin del Potro, 1,945. 10, James Blake, 1,775.
WTA
Money
1, Serena Williams, $3,852,173. 2, Venus Williams, $3,747,565. 3, Jelena Jankovic, $3,064,465. 3, Ana Ivanovic, $2,838,390. 4, Dinara Safina, $2,515,020. 6, Maria Sharapova, $1,937,879. 7, Elena Dementieva, $1,920,679. 8, Vera Zvonareva, $1,773,175. 9, Svetlana Kuznetsova, $1,452,369. 10, Agnieszka Radwanska, $1,164,072.
Rankings
1, Jelena Jankovic, 4710. 2, Serena Williams, 3866. 3, Dinara Safina, 3817. 4, Elena Dementieva, 3663. 5, Ana Ivanovic, 3457. 6, Venus Williams, 3272. 7, Vera Zvonareva, 2952. 8, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 2726. 9, Maria Sharapova, 2515. 10, Agnieszka Radwanska, 2286.
Auto racing
PROFESSIONAL
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Final Points
1, Jimmie Johnson, 6,684. 2, Carl Edwards, 6,615. 3, Greg Biffle, 6,467. 4, Kevin Harvick, 6,408. 5, Clint Bowyer, 6,381. 6, Jeff Burton, 6,335. 7, Jeff Gordon, 6,316. 8, Denny Hamlin, 6,214. 9, Tony Stewart, 6,202. 10, Kyle Busch, 6,186.
Money
1, Carl Edwards, $8,101,000. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $7,354,861. 3, Kyle Busch, $6,617,595. 4, Kasey Kahne, $6,272,459. 5, Tony Stewart, $6,268,432. 6, Ryan Newman, $6,179,561. 7, Jeff Gordon, $5,944,145. 8, Kevin Harvick, $5,597,854. 9, Jeff Burton, $5,542,181. 10, Matt Kenseth, $5,526,944.
IndyCar
Points
1, Scott Dixon, 646. 2, Helio Castroneves, 629. 3, Tony Kanaan, 513. 4, Dan Wheldon, 492. 5, Ryan Briscoe, 447. 6, Danica Patrick, 379. 7, Marco Andretti, 363. 8, Ryan Hunter-Reay, 360. 9, Oriol Servia, 358. 10, Hideki Mutoh, 346.
Ice hockey
COLLEGE
Yesterday's scores
TOURNAMENTS
Badger Showdown
First Round
Lake Superior State 6, Harvard 2
Florida College Classic
First Round
Colgate 3, Maine 2
Great Lakes Invitational
First Round
Michigan 5, Michigan Tech 0
Michigan State 2, North Dakota 1
Salem State Classic
First Round
Bowdoin 5, Salve Regina 1
Transactions
BASEBALL
National League
CINCINNATI REDS--Agreed to terms with OF Willy Taveras on a two-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
HOUSTON ROCKETS--Assigned F Joey Dorsey to Rio Grand Valley (NBADL).
PHOENIX SUNS--Assigned F Alando Tucker to Iowa (NBADL).
SAN ANTONIO SPURS--Assigned G Malik Hairston to Austin (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS--Placed WR James Hardy on injured reserve. Signed RB Bruce Hall from the practice squad.
CLEVELAND BROWNS--Signed P Mike Dragosavich to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES--Placed C Paul Gaustad on injured reserve. Recalled LW Tim Kennedy from Portland (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Announced an affiliation agreement with Gwinnett (ECHL). Activated D Aaron Johnson from injured reserve.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Recalled F Craig MacDonald from Syracuse (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS--Recalled F Kyle Chipchura and F Max Pacioretty from Hamilton (AHL). Reassigned G Loic Lacasse from Hamilton to Cincinnati (ECHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS--Recalled C Jeremy Colliton and G Yann Danis from from Bridgeport (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS--Recalled D Corey Potter from Hartford (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS--Recalled D Brian Lee from Binghamton (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Recalled F Tim Wallace from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Recalled D Matt Smaby from Norfolk (AHL). Assigned F Chris Lawrence, D Scott Jackson and F-D Brent Henley from Norfolk to Mississippi (ECHL).
American Hockey League
ALBANY RIVER RATS--Recalled F Yannick Tifu from loan to Florida (ECHL).
QUAD CITY FLAMES--Recalled C Hugo Carpentier from Las Vegas (ECHL). Signed D Brad Brown.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH--Recalled C Ryan Garlock and LW Blair Yaworski from Johnstown
COLLEGE
MIAMI--Named Steve Addazio offensive coordinator, effective for the 2009 season.
TOWSON--Named Rob Ambrose football coach and signed him to a five-year contract.
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