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Published: July 2, 2008
WNBA
EASTERN W L Pct GB
Connecticut 13 5 .722 --
Detroit 12 6 .667 1
New York 8 7 .533 3½
Indiana 7 8 .467 4½
Washington 6 9 .400 5½
Chicago 5 9 .357 6
Atlanta 0 16 .000 12
WESTERN W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 10 5 .667 --
San Antonio 10 6 .625 ½
Seattle 9 7 .563 1½
Phoenix 8 7 .533 2
Minnesota 8 8 .500 2½
Sacramento 7 8 .467 3
Houston 7 9 .438 3½
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
New York 89, Los Angeles 78
Phoenix 97, Atlanta 79
Connecticut 78, Houston 68
Chicago 73, Minnesota 71
Detroit at San Antonio, late
Washington at Sacramento, late
Wednesday's Game
Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Golf AMATEUR
Holes-in-one
July 1 -- JOE MABE at Maple Leaf GC. HOLE: No. 6, 115 yards; CLUB: 15-wood. PLAYING PARTNERS: Drew Pleasants, Deane Pleasants.
July 1 -- DICK ROZA at Tanglewood Reynolds Course. HOLE: No. 8, 140 yards; CLUB: 5-wood. PLAYING PARTNER: Paul Matthews.
Soccer PROFESSIONAL
Major League Soccer
EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA
New England 9 4 3 30 23 18
Columbus 8 4 2 26 22 18
D.C. United 7 7 1 22 28 26
Toronto FC 6 5 3 21 18 18
Chicago 6 5 2 20 20 11
New York 5 4 5 20 15 18
Kansas City 4 5 4 16 11 16
WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 6 5 3 21 32 28
Real Salt Lake 5 6 4 19 18 19
Houston 4 4 7 19 17 19
CD Chivas USA 5 6 3 18 20 20
FC Dallas 4 6 5 17 18 21
Colorado 5 8 1 16 20 20
San Jose 3 8 3 12 10 20
NOTE: Three points for a victory, one point for a tie.
Thursday's Game
Houston at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Kansas City at FC Dallas, 7 p.m.
New York at Colorado, 9:30
New England at Los Angeles, 10:30
Saturday's Games
Chicago at Columbus, 8 p.m.
San Jose at CD Chivas USA, 10:30
Tennis PROFESSIONAL
Wimbledon
(In Wimbledon, England)
Women's singles, quarterfinals
Venus Williams (7), U.S., def. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-4, 6-3. Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, def. Nadia Petrova (21), Russia, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Serena Williams (6), U.S., def. Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, 6-4, 6-0. Zheng Jie, China, def. Nicole Vaidisova (18), Czech Republic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Men's doubles, quarterfinals
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, def. Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (3), Israel, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-0. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Kevin Ullyett (8), Zimbabwe, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya, Austria, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2.
Mixed doubles, second round
Paul Hanley, Australia, and Cara Black (4), Zimbabwe, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 6-4, 6-4.
Mixed doubles, third round
Jamie Murray, Britain, and Liezel Huber (12), United States, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, and Chan Yung-jan (6), Taiwan, 6-4, 6-3. Andy Ram, Israel, and Nathalie Dechy (9), France, def. Scott Lipsky, United States, and Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-3, 7-5. Igor Andreev and Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Lukas Dlouhy and Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, walkover. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Chuang Chia-jung (2), Taiwan, def. Max Mirnyi and Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Put SS Alex Cintron on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of SS Freddie Bynum from Norfolk (IL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Put OF Eric Byrnes on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Connor Robertson from Tucson (PCL).
COLORADO ROCKIES--Optioned RHP Ryan Speier to Colorado Springs (PCL). Purchased the contract of LHP Cedrick Bowers from Colorado Springs.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS--Agreed to terms with RHP Rob Wooten, LHP Lucas Luetge and C Mike Roberts.
NEW YORK METS--Sent RHP Claudio Vargas outright to New Orleans (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Optioned RHP Brett Myers to Lehigh Valley (IL). Agreed to terms with SS Anthony Hewitt and assigned him to Clearwater (FSL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Colla.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Agreed to terms with 3B Brett Wallace and assigned him to Quad Cities (MWL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES--Recalled RHP Clay Hensley from Portland (PCL). Optioned INF Craig Stansberry to Portland.
SAN FRANSICO GIANTS--Recalled C Eliezer Alfonzo from Fresno (PCL). Optioned C Steve Holm to Fresno.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA--Named General Ronald L. Johnson senior vice president, referee operations.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS--Declined to pick up their option on the contract of F Othella Harrington.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS--Named John Nash pro personnel scout.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS--Agreed to terms with G Rudy Fernandez.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS--Announced G Brent Barry declined to exercise the option on his contract and is a free agent.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS--Signed OL Demetrius Bell. Released FB Mike Viti.
CHICAGO BEARS--Signed DT Marcus Harrison to a four-year contract. Agreed to terms with WR Earl Bennett and CB Zack Bowman on four-year contracts.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Released DB Willie Andrews. Signed LB Bo Ruud.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS--Signed C Rob Hunt and G Isaiah Ross. Released OL Carnell Stewart.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Waived G John Booker and LB Shaun Richardson.
TENNESSEE TITANS--Promoted Jenneen Kaufman to vice president and controller.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS--Signed F Corey Perry to a five-year contract extension.
BOSTON BRUINS--Signed F Blake Wheeler.
BUFFALO SABRES--Signed G Patrick Lalime to a two-year contract.
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Traded F Erik Cole to Edmonton for D Joni Pitkanen. Agreed to terms with D Anton Babchuk on a one-year contract. Signed F Ryan Bayda, F Wade Brookbank and D Tim Conboy.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed D Brian Campbell to an eight-year contract and G Cristobal Huet to a four-year contract. Traded F Rene Bourque to Calgary for a conditional second-round draft pick.
COLORADO AVALANCHE--Signed F Darcy Tucker to two-year contract and G Andrew Raycroft abd F Per Ledin to one-year contracts.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Acquired F Raffi Torres from Edmonton for C Gilbert Brule. Signed D Mike Commodore to a five-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed D Brad Stuart to a four-year contract.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Signed F Cory Stillman to a three-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD--Acquired D Marek Zidlicky from Nashville for F Ryan Jones and a 2009 second-round draft pick. Signed F Andrew Brunette to a three-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS--Agreed to terms with F Andrei Kostitsyn on a three-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Re-signed F Jay Pandolfo to a three-year contract, F David Clarkson to a two-year contract, D Bryce Salvador to a four-year contract and F Barry Tallackson. Signed LW Brian Rolston, RW Matt Halischuk and RW Vladimir Zharkov. Released F Sergei Brylin and F Arron Asham.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Agreed to terms with D Wade Redden, F Aaron Voros, F Patrick Rissmiller and F Andreas J--Jamtin. Signed G Matt Zaba to a contract extension.
OTTAWA SENATORS--Signed G Alex Auld to a two-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS--Acquired D Patrik Hersley and LW Ned Lukacevic from Los Angeles for D Denis Gauthier and a 2010 second-round draft pick. Signed F Glen Metropolit and D Sean Curry to two-year contracts and D Ossi Vaananen and F Nate Raduns to one-year contracts.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed D Kurt Sauer to a four-year contract, and LW Todd Fedoruk, RW Mikkel Boedker and RW Viktor Tikhonov to three-year contracts. Named Brad Treliving general manager of San Antonio (AHL) along with his duties as assistant general manager of the Coyotes.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed F Pascal Dupuis to a three-year contract. Agreed to terms with F Eric Godard on a three-year contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES--Matched Vancouver's three-year offer sheet to F David Backes.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Signed RW Adam Hall to a three-year contract and G Olaf Kolzig to a one-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS--Signed D Jeff Finger to a four-year contract and G Curtis Joseph to a one-year contract.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Agreed to terms with F Darcy Hordichuk on a two-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Re-signed D Mike Green to a four-year contract. Signed G Jose Theodore to a two-year contract and RW Radim Vrbata to a three-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS--Signed F Josh Wolff.
COLLEGE
BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE--Announced Gardner-Webb has been promoted from associate football member to full member.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE--Announced Samford has joined the conference.
ALASKA--Named Darryl Smith women's basketball coach.
ARKANSAS STATE--Named Tommy Raffo baseball coach.
DUQUESNE--Signed Greg Amodio, athletics director, to a five-year contract extension through the 2013-14 school year.
HEIDELBERG--Named Anthony T. Gholson men's basketball coach.
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO--Agreed to terms with Jimmy Collins, men's basketball coach, on 3-year contract extension, through 2011-12 season.
PFEIFFER--Named Ray Harrington pitching coach for softball.
PRESBYTERIAN--Named Mark Berger men's assistant basketball coach.
QUEENS, N.C.-- Named Angela McGuire women's volleyball coach.
ST. FRANCIS, PA.--Named Chuck Mullen women's volleyball coach.
SAM HOUSTON STATE--Named Ronnie Choate men's and women's golf coach.
TEMPLE--Named Tonya Cardoza women's basketball coach.
TEXAS TECH--Named Ed Gustafson assistant baseball coach.
UCLA--Agreed to terms with Ben Howland, men's basketball coach, on a seven-year contract.
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