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Published: June 17, 2008
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Through June 15
1, Kyle Busch, 2,213. 2, Jeff Burton, 2,181. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,129. 4, Carl Edwards, 2,007. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 1,959. 6, Denny Hamlin, 1,926. 7, Kasey Kahne, 1,889. 8, Greg Biffle, 1,884. 9, Jeff Gordon, 1,876. 10, Kevin Harvick, 1,817. 11, Tony Stewart, 1,774. 12, Clint Bowyer, 1,764.
Basketball PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN W L Pct GB
Connecticut 8 2 .800 --
Detroit 8 3 .727 ½
Indiana 5 4 .556 2½
New York 5 4 .556 2½
Chicago 3 5 .375 4
Washington 3 7 .300 5
Atlanta 0 9 .000 7½
WESTERN W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 7 2 .778 --
Minnesota 6 4 .600 1½
San Antonio 6 4 .600 1½
Seattle 7 5 .583 1½
Sacramento 5 5 .500 2½
Phoenix 2 6 .250 4½
Houston 2 7 .222 5
Sunday's Game
San Antonio 70, Indiana 60
Monday's Games
Atlanta at Houston, late
Connecticut at Seattle, late
Tuesday's Games
No games scheduled
Wednesday's Games
New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Washington at Houston, 8:30
Connecticut at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:30
Golf AMATEUR
Holes in one
JUNE 14 -- STEVE MCCANN, at Wilshire GC. HOLE: No. 6, 140-yard par-3. CLUB: 8-iron. PLAYING PARTNERS: Jerry Smith, Ashley Bell, Wayne Clemmons.
JUNE 15 -- TERRY SKINNER, at Winston Lake. HOLE: No. 12, par-3. CLUB: 9-wood. PLAYING PARTNERS: Conrad Lipe, Mack Eller, Garland Ladd.
Soccer PROFESSIONAL
European Championship
(All times EDT; x-clinched quarterfinal berth)
Group A
GP W D L GF GA Pt
x-Portugal 3 2 0 1 5 3 6
x-Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 5 6
Switzerland 3 1 0 2 3 3 3
Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 6 3
Sunday's Games
Switzerland 2, Portugal 0
Turkey 3, Czech Republic 2
Group B
GP W D L GF GA Pts
x-Croatia 3 3 0 0 4 1 9
x-Germany 3 2 0 1 4 2 6
Austria 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
Poland 3 0 1 2 1 4 1
Monday's Games
Germany 1, Austria 0
Croatia 1, Poland 0
Group C
(In Zurich and Bern, Switzerland)
GP W D L GF GA Pts
x-Netherlands 2 2 0 0 7 1 6
Romania 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
France 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
Italy 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
Tuesday's Games
France vs. Italy, 2:45 (ESPN)
Netherlands vs. Romania, 2:45 (ESPNCL)
Group D
(In Salzburg and Innsbruck, Austria)
GP W D L GF GA Pts
x-Spain 2 2 0 0 6 2 6
Sweden 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
Russia 2 1 0 1 2 4 3
Greece 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
Wednesday's Games
Greece vs. Spain, 2:45 (ESPN2)
Russia vs. Sweden, 2:45 (ESPN)
Quarterfinals
Thursday (in Basel, Switzerland)
Game 25: Portugal vs. Germany, 2:45 (ESPN)
Friday (in Vienna, Austria)
Game 26: Croatia vs. Turkey, 2:45 (ESPN)
Saturday (in Basel, Switzerland)
Game 27: Netherlands vs. Group D second place, 2:45 (ABC)
Sunday (in Vienna, Austria)
Game 28: Spain vs. Group C second place, 2:45 (ESPN)
Softball RECREATION
Carolina League
Corbin's vs. Noland
Allied vs. Coliseum Crush
Corning vs. ReTrans
Christian League
1st Presbyterian 17, OLM 2
Calvary Moravian 19, Advent Moravian 11
St. John's Lutheran 16, Highland Pres. 14
Calvary Moravian 7, OLM 0
Fellowship League
Mt. Tabor UMC 9, Ard. Bapt. White 5
Ard. Bapt. Red 19, Ard. Bapt. Green 7
Burkhead UMC 11, Trinity Moravian 6
Trinity Moravian 11, Ard. Bapt. Red 8
Mount Tabor UMC wins championship
Monday Coed League
Kilpatrick Stockton 14, The M.P.s 13
Hit & Run 13, Dunn Dental 6
Novant Health 10, Triad Guaranty 9
Salem Coed League
PMRA 9, Screamin' Nite Hog 8
Flow BMW 17, EMS Billing 3
Tee Time 10, Vance Plumbing 7
Vance Plumbing 15, Flow BMW 12
Uptown League
Misfits 10, National Quarry 9
Colts 15, Burke St. Pub 13
Stafford & Reader 19, Prof. Carpet 12
National Quarry 14, Burke St. Pub 13
Forsyth American League
Landlords 20, Pereira HVAC 7
Softball Xpress 7, GMAC 0
Dease Plumbing 7, GMAC 0
Tennis PROFESSIONAL
Slazenger Open
(In Nottingham, England)
Singles, first round
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-1, 6-4. Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (2), France, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Ivo Karlovic (4), Croatia, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4. Dmitry Tursunov (6), Russia, def. Lu Yen-hsun, Taiwan, 7-5, 6-4.
ATP-WTA Ordina Open
(In Den Bosch, Netherlands)
Men's singles, first round
Richard Gasquet (2), France, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Marc Gicquel, France, def. Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-1. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 6-0, 1-0, retired. Arnaud Clement, France, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Massimo Dell'acqua, Italy, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-3, 7-5. Ivan Ljubicic (4), Croatia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Rohan Bopanna, India, def. Martin Verkerk, Netherlands, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (2), 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Fabrice Santoro (8), France, 6-3, 6-1. Guillermo Canas (7), Argentina, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3.
Women's singles, first round
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Angelique Kerber, Germany, def. Klara Zakapalova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (7). Sania Mirza, India, def. Flavia Pennetta (8), Italy, 6-4, 6-3. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Alexis Gordon, United States, 6-1, 6-1. Dinara Safina (3), Russia, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-4, 6-1. Alona Bondarenko (8), Ukraine, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Katarina Srebotnik (7), Slovenia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Ashley Harkleroad, United States, def. Francesca Schiavone (4), Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
WTA International Women's Open
(In Eastbourne, England)
Singles, first round
Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Alize Cornet (6), France, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. Li Na, China, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Nadia Petrova (8), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-2. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Aravane Rezai, France, def. Victoria Azarenka (5), Belarus, 6-2, retired.
Wimbledon Qualifying
(In Roehampton, England)
Singles, first round
Wesley Moodie, South Africa, def. Sebastien de Chaunac, France, 6-4, 7-5. Hugo Armando, United States, def. Mikhail Ledovskikh (30), Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Robert Kendrick (5), United States, def. Peter Polansky, Canada, 6-4, 6-2. Jesse Levine (18), United States, def. Irakli Labadze, Georgia, 6-2, 6-3. Alexander Peya, Austria, def. Sam Warburg (11), United States, 6-2, 6-4. Alberto Francis, United States, def. Filip Prpic, Sweden, 6-3, 6-3. Thomas Oger, France, def. Alun Jones (20), Australia, 6-0, 6-0. Bjorn Rehnquist, Sweden, def. Ivan Navarro (12), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Danai Udomchoke, Thailand, 6-3, 6-4. Chen TI, Taiwan, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Jan Hernych (17), Czech Republic, def. Andrew Coelho, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Noam Okun, Israel, def. Kenneth Skupski, Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Joshua Goodall, Britain, def. Ivo Klec, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-3. Richard Bloomfield, Britain, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 6-3, 7-5. Frederico Gil (3), Portugal, def. Dominik Meffert, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Pavel Chekhov, Russia, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 3-6, 3-2, retired. Jaroslav Pospisil, Czech Republic, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Brendan Evans, United States, def. Marc Fornell, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Andreas Beck (19), Germany, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Ricardo Mello, Brazil, def. Adrian Menendez, Spain, 6-2, 6-0. Martin Fischer, Austria, def. Conor Niland, Ireland, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4. Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Cristian Villagran, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Alex Bogomolov Jr., United States, def. Joseph Sirianni (29), Australia, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3). Paul Capdeville (8), Chile, def. Francesco Piccari, Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. Alexandre Kudryavtsev, Russia, def. Marc Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-4. Jan Minar, Czech Republic, def. KJ Hippensteel, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, def. Michael Lammer, Switzerland, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Olivier Patience (26), France, def. Jesse Witten, United States, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 13-11. Gilles Muller (1), Luxembourg, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4. Philipp Petzschner (4), Germany, def. Morgan Phillips, Britain, 6-2, 4-2, retired. Chris Eaton, Britain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin (15), Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Kevin Kim, United States, def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, 6-4, 7-5. Martin Slanar, Austria, def. Juan-Martin Aranguren, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2. Adrian Cruciat (24), Romania, def. Gabriel Trujillo-Soler, Spain, 6-1, 2-1, retired. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (23), France, def. Augustin Gensse, France, 6-2, 6-0. Pavel Snobel, Czech Republic, def. Dusan Vemic (28), Serbia, 7-5, 4-6, 10-8. Robert Smeets, Australia, def. Amer Delic (10), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Ilia Bozoljac, Serbia, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Sergiy Stakhovsky (13), Ukraine, def. Todd Widom, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Ryan Sweeting, United States, def. Scoville Jenkins, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Rik de Voest (16), South Africa, def. Dick Norman, Belgium, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Prakash Amritraj, India, def. Jean-Rene Lisnard, Monaco, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Jan Vacek, Czech Republic, def. Colin Ebelthite, Australia, 6-4, 6-4. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7). Louk Sorensen, Ireland, def. Edward Seator, Britain, 6-2, 6-1. Go Soeda (6), Japan, def. Francesco Aldi, Italy, 6-4, 6-4. Christophe Rochus (2), Belgium, def. Michail Elgin, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Antony Dupuis, France, def. Adam Feeney, Australia, 6-2, 7-5. Izak Van der Merwe, South Africa, def. Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen, Spain, 6-3, 6-1. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, def. Jun Woong-sun, South Korea, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Frederic Niemeyer, Canada, def. Harel Levy (27), Israel, 6-2, 7-5. Flavio Cipolla (9), Italy, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 6-3, 6-0. Stefano Galvani, Italy, def. Wang Yeu-tzuoo, Taiwan, 6-1, 6-2. Andrey Golubev (21), Russia, def. Jean-Christophe Faurel, France, 7-6 (5), 6-4. David Marrero, Spain, def. Tomas Zib, Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Leonardo Mayer (25), Argentina, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Stephane Bohli (14), Switzerland, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-4, 6-0. Nicolas Todero, Argentina, def. George Bastl, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4. Simon Stadler (32), Germany, def. Daniel Cox, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (22), Pakistan, def. Josselin Ouanna, France, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Kristian Pless (7), Denmark, vs. Gary Lugassy, France, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3. Rainer Eitzinger, Austria, def. Jan Mertl, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Dawid Olejniczak, Poland, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Track and field YOUTH
Capital City Striders Invitational
(June 13-14, in Charleston, W.Va.)
W-S Track and Field Club results
Bantam girls (age 8): Jiyah McKissick (1st long jump, 10-10; 2nd high jump, 3-4; 3rd 200); Aeisha McDowell (5th 200)
Primary boys (age 7): Ashanti McDowell (2nd shot put, 13-8; 4th 50)
Men's masters (ages 50-55): Jay Carlton (1st discus, 94-3, meet record; 2nd shot put); Buddy Hayes (1st, shot put 38-3; 3rd discus; 3rd high jump)
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX--Assigned RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka to Pawtucket (IL) on a rehab assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS--Activated RHP Fernando Rodney from the 15-day DL.
SEATTLE MARINERS--Fired Bill Bavasi, general manager. Named Lee Pelekoudas general manager.
TEXAS RANGERS--Waived RHP Sidney Ponson. Activated RHP Thomas Diamond from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Frisco (Texas).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL--Named Ernie Accorsi consultant and announced he will co-chair the general managers advisory committee.
HOUSTON TEXANS--Signed LB Rosevelt Colvin
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS--Terminated the contract of P Chad Stanley. Waived RB Justise Hairston, DT Dan Davis, C Pat Ross and PK Shane Andrus.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS--Waived OT Ryan Gibbons, C Brett Goode, DE Brian Smith, TE Isaac Smolko and WR Craphonso Thorpe.
ICE HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Named Peter DeBoer coach.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS--Signed D Ryan Suter to a four-year contract.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS--Named Al Coates director of player personnel.
HORSE RACING
KENTUCKY HORSE RACING AUTHORITY--Fined Churchill Downs Inc. $15,000 for a rules violation at the starting gate of this year's Kentucky Derby.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS--Named Schellas Hyndman coach.
COLLEGE
CLEMSON--Named Josh Postorino men's assistant basketball coach.
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY--Named Gail Striegler women's basketball coach.
STANFORD--Named Dick Davey men's assistant basketball coach.
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