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Published: July 4, 2008
Basketball
PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 13 5 .722 --
Detroit 12 6 .667 1
New York 8 7 .533 31/2
Indiana 8 8 .500 4
Washington 6 10 .375 6
Chicago 5 10 .333 61/2
Atlanta 0 17 .000 121/2
WESTERN
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 10 5 .667 --
San Antonio 11 6 .625 --
Seattle 9 7 .563 11/2
Phoenix 8 7 .533 2
Minnesota 8 8 .500 21/2
Sacramento 8 9 .438 3
Houston 8 9 .438 3
Tuesday's Games
New York 89, Los Angeles 78
Phoenix 97, Atlanta 79
Connecticut 78, Houston 68
Chicago 73, Minnesota 71
San Antonio 79, Detroit 72 (OT)
Sacramento 87, Washington 81
Wednesday's Game
Indiana 74, Chicago 67
Thursday's Games
Houston 72, Atlanta 65
New York 68, Sacramento 67
New York at Seattle, late
Minnesota at Los Angeles, late
Friday's Games
No games scheduled
Saturday's Games
Sacramento at Houston, 3 p.m.
Connecticut at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.
New York at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
San Antonio at Washington, 1 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Soccer
PROFESSIONAL
Major Soccer League
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 victory, one point for 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 p.m.
New England at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Chicago at Columbus, 8 p.m.
San Jose at CD Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 10
New York at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
CD Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.
Saturday, July 12
Colorado at San Jose, 4 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Tennis
PROFESSIONAL
WIMBLEDON
(In Wimbledon, England)
Men's singles quarterfinals
Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 8-6.
Women's singles semifinals
Venus Williams (7), United States, def. Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Serena Williams (6), United States, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Men's doubles semifinals
Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Kevin Ullyett (8), Zimbabwe, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9). Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, lead Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1, 3-3, susp., darkness.
Mixed doubles quarterfinials
Igor Andreev and Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Pavel Vizner and Kveta Peschke (3), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. Bob Bryan, United States, and Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Andy Ram, Israel, and Nathalie Dechy (9), France, 6-4, 6-2. Mike Bryan, United States, and Katarina Srebotnik (1), Slovenia, def. Kevin Ullyett, Zimbabwe, and Ai Sugiyama (5), Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Named J.J. Picollo assistant general manager/scouting and player development.
TAMPA BAY RAYS--Placed SS Jason Bartlett on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Ben Zobrist from Durham (IL). Purchased the contract of SS Reid Brignac from Durham. Optioned RHP Mitch Talbot to Durham.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Activated OF Reed Johnson from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Eric Patterson to Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS--Claimed INF Andy Phillips off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.
NEW YORK METS--Placed 2B Luis Castillo on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Chris Aguila from New Orleans (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Activated OF Chris Duffy from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Altoona (EL). Designated RHP Bryan Bullington for assignment.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Activated RF Austin Kearns from the 15-Day DL. Optioned INF-OF Kory Casto to Columbus (IL).
Midwest League
QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS--Added OF Aaron Luna to the roster.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS--Named Del Harris, Bernie Bickerstaff and Bob Ociepka assistant coaches.
DALLAS MAVERICKS--Signed F Gerald Green to a one-year contract.
ORLANDO MAGIC--Signed G Courtney Lee.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Signed F Dwight Helminen to a one-year contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed F Kristian Huselius to a four-year contract. Named Chris MacFarland assistant general manager, Mike Vogt athletic trainer and Josh Flynn manager of hockey administration.
DALLAS STARS--Signed RW Landon Wilson to a one-year contract and D Maxime Fortunus, LW Francis Wathier and D Garrett Stafford to two-year contracts.
MONTREAL CANADIENS--Signed D Alex Henry to a one-year contract, G Cedrick Desjardins to a two-year contract and F Georges Laraque to a three-year contract. Traded F Mikhail Grabovski to Toronto for D Greg Pateryn and a 2010 second-round draft pick.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS--Signed C Mike Iggulden, D Brett Skinner, C Kurtis McLean, D Chris Lee, F Mitch Fritz and G Peter Mannino to one-year contracts.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Signed LW Markus Naslund.
PHOENIX COYOTES--Signed D David Hale to a two-year contract, RW Derek Nesbitt and D Drew Fata. Extended their affiliation agreement with San Antonio (AHL) for two years through the 2010-11 season.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS--Signed G Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Signed LW David Koci and C Wyatt Smith to one-year contracts.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Signed C Keith Aucoin to a two-year contract.
American Hockey League
MANITOBA MOOSE--Extended their affiliation agreement with Victoria (ECHL) for one year. Signed G Karl Goehring and F Scott Howes.
ECHL
PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS--Made qualifying offers to F Matt Carter, F Gino Guyer, F Mathieu Melanson, F Sean O'Connor; D Rob Dmytruk, D Bryan Nathe, D Tom Sawatske and G Dave McKee.
Eastern Professional Hockey League
NEW HAMPSHIRE--Announced the teams nickname will be Freeze.
OLYMPICS
U.S.A. BASEBALL--Named Davidson baseball coach Dick Cooke as an auxiliary coach for the 2008 Olympic team.
COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON--Named Monte Lee baseball coach.
MINNESOTA STATE--Named Adam Christ assistant baseball coach.
NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE--Named Paul Vazquez women's soccer coach.
OBERLIN--Named Brian Irwin women's assistant soccer coach.
ROBERT MORRIS--Signed Nate Handrahan, women's ice hockey coach, to a two-year contract, through the 2010-2011 season.
SAN JOSE STATE--Named Dan Benton volunteer men's assistant soccer coach.
UNC WILMINGTON--Named Matt Clark men's golf coach.
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