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Friday, July 25, 2008








SCOREBOARD
Area events

Friday

NORTHWOODS LEAGUE BASEBALL

Brainerd Blue Thunder at St. Cloud, 7:05 p.m.

LEGION BASEBALL

North Subdistrict 6 Division II tournament

Championship: Pierz vs. Crosslake-Fifty Lakes-Pequot Lakes at Crosslake, 6 p.m.

TV-Radio

Radio guide

WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KFGI-FM (101.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)

WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), KVKK-AM (1070), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430).

Friday

AUTO RACING

1 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Allstate 400

2:30 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Allstate 400

4 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, pole qualifying for Power Stroke Diesel 200

7 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Power Stroke Diesel 200

BASKETBALL

7 p.m., ESPN: Men's national teams, U.S. vs. Canada

BOXING

8 p.m., ESPN2: Middleweights, Raymond Joval vs. James McGirt Jr.

CYCLING

7:30 a.m., VERSUS: Tour de France, stage 19, Roanne to Montiucon, France

GOLF

7 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Russian Open Championship, second round

11 a.m., TNT: Senior British Open Championship, second round

Noon, TGC: Nationwide Tour, Children's Invitational, second round

2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Canadian Open, second round

5:30 p.m., TGC: LPGA, Evian Masters, second round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:10 p.m., WGN: Florida at Chicago Cubs

6 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Cleveland

TENNIS

Noon, ESPN2: ATP, Rogers Cup, quarterfinal

6 p.m., ESPN2: ATP, Rogers Cup, quarterfinal

10 p.m., ESPN2: WTA Tour, East West Bank Classic, quarterfinal, at Carson, Calif.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 59 42 .584 -

Boston 60 43 .583 -

New York 56 45 .554 3

Toronto 51 51 .500 8 1/2

Baltimore 48 53 .475 11

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 57 43 .570 -

Minnesota 55 46 .545 2 1/2

Detroit 52 49 .515 5 1/2

Kansas City 46 57 .447 12 1/2

Cleveland 44 56 .440 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 62 39 .614 -

Oakland 52 49 .515 10

Texas 52 50 .510 10 1/2

Seattle 38 63 .376 24

Wednesday's Games

Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3

N.Y. Yankees 5, Minnesota 1

Chicago White Sox 10, Texas 8

Detroit 7, Kansas City 1

L.A. Angels 14, Cleveland 11

Boston 6, Seattle 3, 12 innings

Toronto 2, Baltimore 1, 5 innings, susp., rain

Thursday's Games

Toronto 5, Baltimore 1, comp. of susp. game

Toronto 7, Baltimore 1

Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 2

Friday's Games

N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 2-3) at Boston (Beckett 9-6), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Hernandez 10-6) at Cleveland (Lee 13-2), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 10-6) at Detroit (Robertson 6-8),6:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Saunders 12-5) at Baltimore (Burres 7-6), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Batista 4-11) at Toronto (Parrish 1-0), 6:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Jackson 5-7) at Kansas City (Bannister 7-8), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Padilla 11-5) at Oakland (Gallagher 1-0), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 55 47 .539 -

Philadelphia 54 48 .529 1

Florida 53 49 .520 2

Atlanta 48 53 .475 6 1/2

Washington 38 64 .373 17

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 60 42 .588 -

Milwaukee 59 43 .578 1

St. Louis 57 47 .548 4

Cincinnati 50 53 .485 10 1/2

Pittsburgh 48 54 .471 12

Houston 46 55 .455 13 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 50 51 .495 -

Los Angeles 49 52 .485 1

Colorado 45 58 .437 6

San Francisco 43 58 .426 7

San Diego 38 65 .369 13

Wednesday's Games

Cincinnati 9, San Diego 5

Pittsburgh 8, Houston 7

Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 3

Atlanta 9, Florida 4

N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 3

Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 0

Chicago Cubs 10, Arizona 6

San Francisco 6, Washington 4

Thursday's Games

N.Y. Mets 3, Philadelphia 1

San Francisco 1, Washington 0

Pittsburgh 9, San Diego 1

Chicago Cubs 6, Florida 3

Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3

Friday's Games

Florida (J.Johnson 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 11-4), 1:20 p.m.

San Diego (Baek 2-4) at Pittsburgh (Duke 4-7), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-5) at Philadelphia (Kendrick 8-4), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Cook 12-6) at Cincinnati (Volquez 12-3), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Boggs 3-1 or Thompson 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 8-6), 6:10 p.m.

Houston (Rodriguez 5-3) at Milwaukee (Parra 9-2), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Haren 9-5) at San Francisco (Sanchez 8-5), 9:15 p.m.

Washington (Lannan 6-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-9), 9:40 p.m.

Northwoods League

Second half

Through Wednesday

North Division W L GB

Thunder Bay 11 5 -

*Mankato 8 7 2.5

Alexandria 9 8 2.5

St. Cloud 8 8 3

Rochester 8 8 3

Brainerd 7 10 4.5

Duluth 6 9 4.5

South Division W L GB

Wisconsin 9 6 -

Eau Claire 8 6 .5

Green Bay 8 8 1.5

Battle Creek 8 8 1.5

LaCrosse 7 9 2.5

Waterloo 6 8 2.5

*Madison 7 10 3

* First-half champion

Region 8C tournament

At Pierz Legion Park

Saturday's games

Upsala vs. Lastrup, 11 a.m.

Buckman vs. Sobieski, 1:30 p.m.

Avon vs. Fort Ripley, 5 p.m.

Brainerd Braves vs. St. Stephen, 7:30 p.m.

Basketball

WNBA

Thursday's Games

San Antonio 78, Chicago 67

Sacramento 83, Phoenix 74

Minnesota 84, Indiana 80, OT

Connecticut 87, Los Angeles 61

Detroit at Houston

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX-Optioned OF Brandon Moss to Pawtucket (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Placed OF Joey Gathright on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Mitch Maier from Omaha (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Extended their player development contract with Stockton (Cal) through the 2012 season.

TAMPA BAY RAYS-Activated SS Jason Bartlett from the 15-day DL.

National League

WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Activated OF Lastings Milledge from the 15-day DL. Designated C Johnny Estrada for assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DENVER NUGGETS-Signed F-C Chris Andersen.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Signed F Richard Hendrix. Matched the Los Angeles Clippers' three-year contract offer for G Kelenna Azubuike.

NEW YORK KNICKS-Signed G Anthony Roberson.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS-Signed DE Chris Ellis and RB Xavier Omon to four-year contracts.

CINCINNATI BENGALS-Released CB Blue Adams.

DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed TE Martellus Bennett, RB Tashard Choice and LB Erik Walden.

DENVER BRONCOS-Announced the retirement of WR Rod Smith.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Signed OT Branden Albert.

NEW YORK JETS-Waived DB Etienne Boulay.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ATLANTA THRASHERS-Named Randy Cunneyworth and Todd Nelson assistant coaches.

BUFFALO SABRES-Signed LW Mathieu Darche to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Acquired C Pascal Pelletier from Boston for C Martin St. Pierre.

PHOENIX COYOTES-Named Jason Serbus athletic trainer.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Agreed to a one-year affiliation agreement with Augusta (ECHL).

COLLEGE

ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE-Named Charlene Curtis coordinator of women's basketball officials.

VIRGINIA-Announced the resignation of Randy Bungard, director of track & field and cross country and men's and women's track & field coach.












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