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Friday, August 29, 2008








Area events
Friday
High school football

Brainerd at St. Cloud Tech, 7 p.m.

Crosby-Ironton at Duluth Marshall, 7 p.m.

Little Falls at Sartell, 7 p.m.

Pequot Lakes vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton at Glyndon, 7 p.m.

Pierz at Rice Lake, Wis., 7 p.m.

Verndale vs. Brandon-Evansville at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Wadena-Deer Creek at Park Rapids, 7 p.m.

College football

Central Lakes vs. Fond Du Lac at St. Cloud State University, 11 a.m.

College volleyball

Central Lakes at Iowa Lakes tournament

High school volleyball

Crosby-Ironton at Pillager, 5:30 p.m.

DRAG RACING

Coca Cola Muscle Car Shootout, Brainerd International Raceway

Girls tennis

Pequot Lakes at Staples-Motley, 9 a.m.

Saturday

STOCK CAR RACING

North Central Speedway, Barrows

Mighty Axe Nationals, 4:45 p.m.

College volleyball

Central Lakes at Iowa Lakes tournament

DRAG RACING

Coca Cola Muscle Car Shootout, Brainerd International Raceway

TV and 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

2 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Pepsi 500

4 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Camping World RV Service 300

5:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Pepsi 500

7:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Camping World RV Service 300

BOXING

8 p.m., ESPN2: Champion Matt Godfrey vs. Emmanuel Nwodo for NABF cruiserweight title

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

6 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: Temple at Army

7 p.m., ESPN: SMU at Rice

GOLF

9 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, second round

2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank Championship, first round

5:30 p.m., TGC: Champions Tour, First Tee Open, first round

TENNIS

10 a.m., USA: U.S. Open, men's second and women's third round

6 p.m., USA: U.S. Open, men's second and women's third round

TRACK & FIELD

3 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: IAAF, AF Golden League, Weltklasse Zurich

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

9 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Oakland

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

7 p.m., KLIZ: Brainerd at St. Cloud Tech

7 p.m., KVKK: Verndale at Brandon-Evansville

Saturday

AUTO RACING

1:30 p.m., SPEED: American Le Mans Series, Detroit Sports Car Challenge

4:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Camping World RV Service 300

6 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Pepsi 500

7 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Pepsi 500

9 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Camping World RV Service 300

11:30 p.m., ESPN2: NHRA, qualifying for U.S. Nationals, at Indianapolis

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11 a.m., ESPN: Virginia Tech vs. East Carolina

11 a.m., ESPN2: Syracuse at Northwestern

2:30 p.m., ABC: Southern Cal at Virginia or Utah at Michigan

2:30 p.,m., ESPN2: Southern Cal at Virginia or Utah at Michigan

2:30 p.m., FSN: Oklahoma St. vs. Washington St.

4 p.m., ESPN: Appalachian St. at LSU

5 p.m., VERSUS: TCU at New Mexico

5:45 p.m., ESPN2: Mississippi St. at Louisiana Tech

6 p.m., BTN, KKIN-FM, KBLB-FM, KLTF-AM, KVKK-AM: Northern Illinois at Minnesota

7 p.m., ABC: Alabama at Clemson or Michigan St.

7:30 p.m., ESPN: Illinois vs. Missouri, at St. Louis

9 p.m., FSN: Washington at Oregon

GOLF

8 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, third round

2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank Championship, second round

5:30 p.m., TGC: Champions Tour, First Tee Open, second round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2:30 p.m., FOX: Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs or Baltimore at Tampa Bay

6 p.m., WGN: Chicago White Sox at Boston

8 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins at Oakland

PREP FOOTBALL

2 p.m., VERSUS: Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, Lone Star Classic

TENNIS

10 a.m., CBS: U.S. Open, men's and women's third round

6 p.m., USA: U.S. Open, men's and women's third round

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 81 51 .614 -

Boston 77 56 .579 4 1/2

New York 71 62 .534 10 1/2

Toronto 68 65 .511 13 1/2

Baltimore 63 70 .474 18 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 76 57 .571 -

Minnesota 75 59 .560 1 1/2

Cleveland 65 67 .492 10 1/2

Detroit 64 69 .481 12

Kansas City 56 77 .421 20

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 81 52 .609 -

Texas 66 69 .489 16

Oakland 62 72 .463 19 1/2

Seattle 50 83 .376 31

Wednesday's Games

Minnesota 6, Seattle 5

Boston 11, N.Y. Yankees 3

Cleveland 9, Detroit 7

Baltimore 11, Chicago White Sox 3

Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0

Texas 3, Kansas City 2

Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 5

Thursday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2

Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2

Oakland 3, Minnesota 2

L.A. Angels 7, Texas 5

Friday's Games

Toronto (Burnett 16-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Pavano 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (K.Davies 5-5) at Detroit (Miner 7-4), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 10-11) at Boston (Matsuzaka 15-2), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-8 or Washburn 5-14) at Cleveland (Sowers 2-6), 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Guthrie 10-10) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 9-6), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Slowey 10-8) at Oakland (Meyer 0-2), 9:05 p.m.

Texas (Nippert 1-3) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 13-5), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 2:55 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 2:55 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Boston, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Oakland, 8:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 74 60 .552 -

Philadelphia 73 61 .545 1

Florida 68 66 .507 6

Atlanta 59 75 .440 15

Washington 49 85 .366 25

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 84 50 .627 -

Milwaukee 77 56 .579 6 1/2

St. Louis 74 60 .552 10

Houston 68 66 .507 16

Cincinnati 58 76 .433 26

Pittsburgh 57 76 .429 26 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 68 65 .511 -

Los Angeles 65 69 .485 3 1/2

Colorado 63 72 .467 6

San Francisco 59 74 .444 9

San Diego 51 82 .383 17

Wednesday's Games

Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 0

San Diego 5, Arizona 4

N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 3

Florida 4, Atlanta 1

Washington 5, L.A. Dodgers 4

Houston 4, Cincinnati 1

St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 3

San Francisco 4, Colorado 1

Thursday's Games

Houston 3, Cincinnati 2

Atlanta 4, Florida 2

Washington 11, L.A. Dodgers 2

Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 4

Friday's Games

Philadelphia (Blanton 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 4-1), 1:20 p.m.

Milwaukee (Bush 8-9) at Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 6-8), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Ol.Perez 9-7) at Florida (Volstad 4-3), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 8-15) at Cincinnati (Volquez 15-5), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Campillo 7-6) at Washington (Od.Perez 5-10), 6:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 13-6) at Houston (Wolf 8-11), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-9) at Arizona (Davis 5-8), 8:40 p.m.

Colorado (Cook 15-8) at San Diego (D.Hayhurst 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 2:55 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Houston, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Florida, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

Football

NFL preseason

Thursday's Games

Detroit 14, Buffalo 6

New York Jets 27, Philadelphia 20

New York Giants 19, New England 14

Jacksonville 24, Washington 3

Cincinnati 27, Indianapolis 7

Pittsburgh 19, Carolina 16

Atlanta 10, Baltimore 9

Tennessee 23, Green Bay 21

Chicago 16, Cleveland 10

Miami 14, New Orleans 10

Dallas 16, Minnesota 10

Tampa Bay 16, Houston 6

Kansas City 21, St. Louis 17

College

Top 25 Fared

Thursday

No. 23 Wake Forest (1-0) beat Baylor 41-13. Next: vs. Mississippi, Saturday.

High school

Thursday's Scores

Albert Lea 6, Waseca 0, OT

AlBrook 27, Cook 6

Andover 48, Park Center 0

Anoka 19, Centennial 14

Austin 27, Red Wing 8

Bethlehem Academy 53, New Life Academy 6

Bigfork 60, Mesabi Academy 0

Blaine 14, Osseo 7

BOLD 41, Melrose 13

Cherry 42, Tower-Soudan 14

Clearbrook-Gonvick 32, Ulen-Hitterdal 6

Coon Rapids 29, Champlin Park 20

Grand Meadow 41, LeRoy-Ostrander 13

Hills-Beaver Creek/Ellsworth 38, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 8

Lake Park-Audubon 34, Barnesville/Rothsay 7

Lyle/Austin Pacelli 50, Glenville-Emmons 14

MACCRAY 28, Adrian 21

Minneapolis Southwest 48, Minneapolis Roosevelt 0

Minneota 42, Fulda 14

Mora 49, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 0

Northland 22, Cromwell 0

Norwood-Young America 27, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 14

Orr 36, Cotton 0

Ottertail Central 20, Osakis 6

St. Paul Johnson 30, St. Paul Arlington 8

Staples-Motley 16, East Grand Forks 8

Stephen-Argyle 41, Ada-Borup 8

Triton 20, Byron 0

Win-E-Mac 40, Climax/Fisher 20

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Extended their affiliation agreement with Omaha (PCL) through the 2010 season.

NEW YORK YANKEES-Purchased the contract of RHP Alfredo Aceves from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP David Robertson to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Activated OF Ryan Sweeney from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Carlos Gonzalez to Sacramento (PCL).

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Activated RHP Cory Wade from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Tanyon Sturtze for assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Called up LHP Fabio Castro from Lehigh Valley (IL). Assigned RHP Andrew Carpenter to Reading (EL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Extended their player development contract with Portland (PCL) for two years, through the 2010 season.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS-Signed F-C Sean Marks.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL-Reinstated CB-KR Adam Jones.

DALLAS COWBOYS-Released CB Tyler Everett.

DENVER BRONCOS-Traded G Montrae Holland to Dallas for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick. Announced the NFL suspension of WR Brandon Marshall for personal conduct violations has been reduced from three games to one.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Added DE Derrick Harvey to the active roster. Placed TE George Wrighster on the physically unable-to-perform list.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS-Signed D Mike Egener and D Ryan Stokes.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed C Tim Brent.

DALLAS STARS-Announced C Stu Barnes has retired and agreed to a two year contract to be an assistant coach. Agreed to terms with Rick Wilson, associate coach, and Mark Lamb, assistant coach, on two-year contract extensions through the 2010-11 season.

LOS ANGELES KINGS-Agreed to terms with D Colten Teubert on a three-year contract.












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