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Area sports events
Friday
High school football
St. Cloud Apollo at Brainerd, 7 p.m.
Little Falls at St. Cloud Tech, 7 p.m.
Aitkin at Pequot Lakes, 7 p.m.
Crosby-Ironton at Wadena-Deer Creek, 7 p.m.
Maple Lake at Pierz, 7 p.m.
New York Mills at Pillager, 7 p.m.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley at Pine River-Backus, 7 p.m.
Albany at Staples-Motley, 7 p.m.
Verndale at Wheaton, 7:30 p.m.
High school volleyball
Lake Region Christian vs. First Baptist at Rosemount
Boys soccer
St. Cloud Cathedral vs. Little Falls at Belle Prairie, 5 p.m.
Lake Region Christian vs. First Baptist at Rosemount
College golf
Central Lakes in Ridgewater tournament at Eagle Creek Golf Club, Willmar, 11 a.m.
College volleyball
Rainy River at Central Lakes, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
High school volleyball
Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton at Pierz tournament, 9 a.m.
Lake Region Christian vs. Owatonna at Rosemount, 10 a.m.
Pillager in Walker-Hackensack-Akeley tournament at Walker, 10 a.m.
Verndale, Wadena-Deer Creek in Bertha-Hewitt tournament at Bertha, 9:30 a.m.
Girls tennis
Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton at Wadena-Deer Creek Lions tournament, 9 a.m.
Girls soccer
Brainerd at Moorhead, 1:30 p.m.
Boys soccer
Brainerd at Detroit Lakes, 1 p.m.
Lake Region Christian vs. Owatonna at Rosemount, 10 a.m.
Girls swimming and diving
Staples-Motley at Bagley-Fosston Invitational, noon
Cross country running
Pillager, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Swain Invitational at Duluth, 10 a.m.
College football
Ridgewater at Central Lakes, 1:30 p.m.
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), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), KFGI-FM (101.5)
WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)
Friday
Auto racing
3:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Banquet 400
1 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, qualifying for Grand Prix of China
College football
7 p.m., ESPN2: Rutgers at South Florida
Golf
7:30 a.m., ESPN: PGA Tour/WGC, American Express Championship, second round
1:30 p.m., TGC: Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, first round
Major League Baseball
1:10 p.m., WGN: Colorado at Chicago Cubs
6 p.m., ESPN: Philadelphia at Florida
7 p.m., ESPN, FSN, KKIN-FM, 3WI, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Twins vs. White Sox
Prep football
7 p.m., KLIZ: St. Cloud Apollo at Brainerd
7 p.m., KFML: Pierz vs. Maple Lake
7 p.m., KLTF: Little Falls at St. Cloud Tech
7 p.m., KLKS: Pequot Lakes vs. Aitkin
Saturday
Auto racing
10:30 a.m., SPEED: American Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans, start of race
Noon, SPEED: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Banquet 400
2 p.m., SPEED: American Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans, finish of race
2 p.m., TNT: NASCAR, Busch Series, Yellow Transportation 300
12:30 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, Grand Prix of China
College football
11 a.m., ESPN: Tennessee at Memphis
11 a.m., ESPN2: Wisconsin at Indiana
11:30 p.m., FSN: Colorado at Missouri
1:30 p.m., NBC: Purdue at Notre Dame
2:30 p.m., ABC: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech, Northwestern at Penn St., Texas Tech at Texas A&M, or Oregon at Arizona St.
2:30 p.m., CBS: National coverage, Alabama at Florida
5 p.m., ESPN2: Houston at Miami
6 p.m., FSN: Kansas at Nebraska
6 p.m., TBS: Southern Cal at Washington St.
7 p.m., ABC: National coverage, Ohio St. at Iowa
7 p.m., ESPN, KKIN-AM, KBLB, WYRQ: Michigan at Minnesota
8 p.m., ESPN2: Georgia at Mississippi
9:15 p.m., FSN: Stanford at UCLA
Golf
Noon, ABC: PGA Tour/WGC, American Express Championship, third round
1:30 p.m., TGC: Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, second round
Horse racing
3 p.m., ESPN: NTRA, Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap; Kentucky Cup Classic; Yellow Ribbon Stakes and Clement Hirsch Turf Championship
Major League Baseball
11 a.m., KKIN-FM, 3WI, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: White Sox at Twins
3 p.m., WGN: Colorado at Chicago Cubs
Time TBA, FOX: Teams TBA
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 96 63 .604 -
Toronto 85 74 .535 11
Boston 84 75 .528 12
Baltimore 69 90 .434 27
Tampa Bay 61 98 .384 35
Central Division
W L Pct GB
y-Detroit 95 64 .597 -
y-Minnesota 95 64 .597 -
Chicago 88 71 .553 7
Cleveland 75 84 .472 20
Kansas City 59 100 .371 36
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-Oakland 92 66 .582 -
Los Angeles 86 72 .544 6
Texas 79 80 .497 13 1/2
Seattle 76 83 .478 16 1/2
x-clinched division
y-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday's Games
Tampa Bay 11, Boston 0
Toronto 7, Detroit 4
N.Y. Yankees 16, Baltimore 5
Chicago White Sox 2, Cleveland 1, 7 innings,
Kansas City 6, Minnesota 4
Oakland 7, Seattle 6, 10 innings
L.A. Angels 6, Texas 5
Thursday's Games
Toronto 8, Detroit 6
Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 1
Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 4
Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1, 10 innings
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Friday's Games
Baltimore (Bedard 15-10) at Boston (Tavarez 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
Toronto (Chacin 9-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 14-7), 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Stokes 1-0) at Cleveland (Slocum 0-0), 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City (R.Hernandez 6-10) at Detroit (Ledezma 3-3), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garcia 16-9) at Minnesota (Bonser 7-5), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 14-10) at Seattle (Feierabend 0-1), 9:05 p.m.
Oakland (Loaiza 11-8) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 15-8), 9:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.
Texas at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 3:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston, 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
x-New York 94 65 .591 -
Philadelphia 83 75 .525 10 1/2
Atlanta 77 82 .484 17
Florida 77 82 .484 17
Washington 70 88 .443 23 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 81 77 .513 -
Houston 81 78 .509 1/2
Cincinnati 79 80 .497 2 1/2
Milwaukee 74 85 .465 7 1/2
Chicago 65 94 .409 16 1/2
Pittsburgh 65 94 .409 16 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Diego 85 73 .538 -
Los Angeles 85 74 .535 1/2
San Francisco 76 82 .481 9
Arizona 75 83 .475 10
Colorado 74 85 .465 11 1/2
x-clinched division
Wednesday's Games
Arizona 6, San Francisco 3
Houston 7, Pittsburgh 6, 15 innings
Florida 7, Cincinnati 2
Philadelphia 8, Washington 7, 14 innings
Atlanta 13, N.Y. Mets 1
Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 2
St. Louis 4, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 4
Thursday's Games
Houston 3, Pittsburgh 0
L.A. Dodgers 19, Colorado 11
Cincinnati 5, Florida 1
N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 4
Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 4
Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Friday's Games
Colorado (Fogg 10-9) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 16-6), 1:20 p.m.
Houston (Clemens 7-5) at Atlanta (James 10-4), 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14), 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 10-14) at Florida (Moehler 7-10), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 6-5) at Washington (Armas 9-12), 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Capuano 11-11) at St. Louis (Weaver 7-14), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Hensley 11-11) at Arizona (L.Hernandez 12-13), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuo 1-5) at San Francisco (Lowry 7-10), 9:15 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Philadelphia at Florida, 12:20 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis, 12:20 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Houston at Atlanta, 12:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Florida, 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 12:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
Milwaukee at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.
Thursday linescores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 210 400 010 - 8 12 2
Detroit 000 102 300 - 6 8 2
Burnett, Frasor (7), Downs (7), League (7), BRyan (9) and Zaun; Rogers, Durbin (4), Maroth (7), Rodney (8) and IRodriguez, VWilson (5). W-Burnett 10-8. L-Rogers 17-7. Sv-BRyan (37). HR-Detroit, Casey (5).
Tampa Bay 301 000 000 - 4 11 0
Cleveland 000 020 30x - 5 9 0
Howell, Camp (6), Switzer (7), RLugo (7) and Paul; Byrd, Miller (8), RBetancourt (9) and VMartinez. W-Byrd 10-9. L-RLugo 2-4. Sv-RBetancourt (3). HRs-Tampa Bay, Norton (16). Cleveland, Sizemore (28), Marte (5).
Baltimore 203 000 002 - 7 14 3
New York 000 000 100 - 1 1 0
DCabrera and RaHernandez; Rasner, Henn (3), Veras (7), Dotel (9) and Posada. W-DCabrera 9-10. L-Rasner 3-1. HRs-Baltimore, RaHernandez 2 (23).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Houston 000 030 000 - 3 3 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 - 0 5 0
Oswalt, TreMiller (8), Qualls (8), Lidge (9) and Ausmus; Gorzelanny, Perez (8), Sharpless (9) and Maldonado. W-Oswalt 15-8. L-Gorzelanny 2-5. Sv-Lidge (32).
Los Angeles 044 027 020 - 19 17 1
Colorado 300 701 000 - 11 16 1
Penny, Billingsley (2), Beimel (4), Sele (4), Hendrickson (5), Tomko (7), Stults (9) and Martin; BKim, Hampson (3), TMartin (4), RRamirez (5), Venafro (5), King (6), Mesa (6), Affeldt (6), Bautista (8) and Iannetta. W-Hendrickson 2-7. L-King 1-4. HRs-Los Angeles, Lofton (3), MarAnderson (12), Loney 2 (3). Colorado, Holliday (33).
Cincinnati 200 003 000 - 5 7 0
Florida 100 000 000 - 1 4 1
Lohse, Bray (7), Weathers (8), Schoeneweis (9) and Valentin; Nolasco, Garcia (7), Messenger (9) and Treanor, Olivo (1). W-Lohse 3-5. L-Nolasco 11-11.
New York 310 111 000 - 7 10 2
Atlanta 000 011 101 - 4 10 1
OHernandez, RoHernandez (6), Bradford (7), Heilman (8), BWagner (9) and Lo Duca; Davies, Devine (4), Moylan (5), Ray (7), WFranklin (9) and McCann, BPena (3). W-OHernandez 11-11. L-Davies 3-7. HRs-New York, Beltran (41). Atlanta, AJones (41).
Milwaukee 224 100 000 - 9 10 0
St. Louis 001 000 030 - 4 6 1
DDavis, Spurling (7), BShouse (8), Capellan (8) and Rivera; Marquis, Hancock (3), Narveson (4), JoSosa (4), Thompson (7), Kinney (9) and GBennett, YMolina (9). W-DDavis 11-11. L-Marquis 14-16. HRs-Milwaukee, BHall (34). St. Louis, PrWilson (16), Rolen (22).
Football
NFL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 86 64
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 44 34
N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 81 92
Washington 1 2 0 .333 57 61
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 76 44
Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 37 32
Carolina 1 2 0 .333 45 60
Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 27 67
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 3 0 0 1.000 79 23
Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 51 48
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 58 84
Detroit 0 3 0 .000 37 74
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 72 46
St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 47 44
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 64
San Francisco 1 2 0 .333 71 85
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 2 1 0 .667 50 51
N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 68 60
Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 53 53
Miami 1 2 0 .333 36 54
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 3 0 0 1.000 90 59
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 47 38
Houston 0 3 0 .000 49 98
Tennessee 0 3 0 .000 33 76
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 70 20
Cincinnati 3 0 0 1.000 85 47
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 48 54
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 45 68
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 67 7
Denver 2 1 0 .667 36 31
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 16 32
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 6 55
Sunday, Oct. 1
Dallas at Tennessee, noon
Miami at Houston, noon
Arizona at Atlanta, noon
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, noon
Minnesota at Buffalo, noon
San Diego at Baltimore, noon
San Francisco at Kansas City, noon
New Orleans at Carolina, noon
Detroit at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Washington, 3:15 p.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago, 7:15 p.m.
Open: Pittsburgh, Denver, N.Y. Giants, Tampa Bay
Monday, Oct. 2
Green Bay at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
College
Thursday's scores
SOUTH
Auburn 24, South Carolina 17
SOUTHWEST
BYU 31, TCU 17
FAR WEST
Weber St. 26, N. Colorado 21
Golf
Southern Farm
Bureau Classic
Scores
Thursday
At Annandale Golf Club
Madison, Miss.
Purse: $3 million
Yardage: 7,199; Par: 72 (36-36)
First Round
D.J. Trahan 34-31 - 65
Glen Day 35-32 - 67
Gabriel Hjertstedt 35-32 - 67
Nick Watney 33-34 - 67
Ted Purdy 33-35 - 68
Skip Kendall 33-35 - 68
Brad Faxon 33-35 - 68
Jason Gore 31-37 - 68
Mathias Gronberg 34-34 - 68
Henrik Bjornstad 32-36 - 68
Bo Van Pelt 34-35 - 69
Fred Funk 34-35 - 69
Arjun Atwal 34-35 - 69
Robert Damron 34-35 - 69
Shigeki Maruyama 34-35 - 69
John Huston 36-33 - 69
WGC-American
Express
Scores
Thursday
At The Grove
Chandler's Cross, England
Purse: $7.5 million
Yardage: 7,125; Par: 71 (35-36)
First Round
Tiger Woods 29-34 - 63
Padraig Harrington 30-34 - 64
Ian Poulter 30-34 - 64
Stewart Cink 31-34 - 65
Ernie Els 31-34 - 65
David Howell 33-33 - 66
Jyoti Randhawa 32-34 - 66
Nick O'Hern 34-33 - 67
Adam Scott 33-34 - 67
Jim Furyk 34-33 - 67
Robert Karlsson 34-33 - 67
Chad Campbell 33-34 - 67
Simon Dyson 33-34 - 67
Tim Clark 33-35 - 68
Luke Donald 32-36 - 68
Trevor Immelman 36-32 - 68
Henrik Stenson 34-34 - 68
Darren Clarke 33-35 - 68
Michael Campbell 36-33 - 69
Arron Oberholser 33-36 - 69
Sergio Garcia 34-35 - 69
Chris DiMarco 35-34 - 69
Robert Allenby 33-36 - 69
Lucas Glover 33-36 - 69
Tom Pernice, Jr. 33-36 - 69
Carl Pettersson 36-33 - 69
Hockey
NHL preseason
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston 0
Detroit 5, Minnesota 3
Ottawa 5, Toronto 3
Florida 2, Atlanta 0
Chicago 3, St. Louis 2
Colorado 5, Dallas 3
Edmonton 5, Vancouver 4
San Jose 6, Calgary 3
Anaheim 3, Phoenix 2
Thursday's Games
Ottawa 5, Montreal 2
Florida 6, Chicago 3
Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 1
New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 4, SO
Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2
Edmonton at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Friday's Games
Columbus at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Nashville at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday's Games
N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 6 p.m.
New Jersey vs. N.Y. Islanders at Bridgeport, Conn., 6 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Carolina at Washington, noon
Detroit at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
End of Preseason
Volleyball
High school
Thursday's scores
Bertha-Hewitt def. Menahga, 25-23, 25-8, 25-16
Bigfork def. Northland, 25-23, 25-18, 25-17
Browerville def. Swanville, 25-11, 25-20, 25-15
Detroit Lakes def. Crosby-Ironton, 25-17, 26-24, 23-25, 26-24
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton def. Perham, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22
Duluth Central def. Proctor, 21-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-9
Duluth Denfeld def. Cloquet, 17-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-19
East Grand Forks def. Lake of the Woods, 22-25, 25-21, 27-25, 17-25, 15-8
Esko def. Moose Lake/Willow River, 25-22, 25-10, 25-13
Eveleth-Gilbert def. International Falls, 25-23, 25-23, 22-25, 25-23
Hermantown def. Ashland, Wis., 25-18, 25-18, 25-20
Hibbing def. Duluth East, 25-12, 25-13, 25-17
Hill City def. Deer River, 18-25, 25-22, 25-22, 24-26, 15-9
Holdingford def. Rockford, 25-16, 25-23, 25-18
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted def. Kimball, 25-13, 23-25, 25-19, 25-9
Littlefork-Big Falls def. Kelliher/Northome, 25-11, 25-18, 25-13
Maple Lake def. Pierz, 25-22, 25-13, 25-22
Melrose def. Paynesville, 25-19, 25-17, 25-8
Monticello def. Big Lake, 25-16, 25-23, 25-12
Moorhead def. Bemidji, 25-19, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19
Nevis def. Blackduck, 25-10, 24-26, 25-12, 25-10
New York Mills def. Pillager, 25-12, 25-18, 25-21
Ogilvie def. Braham, 25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 25-15
Onamia def. Hinckley-Finlayson, 25-20, 25-14, 25-11
Osakis def. Royalton, 25-10, 25-10, 25-14
Parkers Prairie def. Underwood, 25-23, 16-25, 25-20, 25-21
Sartell def. Brainerd, 25-12, 25-5, 25-10
Sauk Centre def. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, 25-5, 25-9, 25-9
St. Cloud Apollo def. Fergus Falls, 25-16, 25-22, 25-23
St. Cloud Cathedral def. Minnewaska, 25-16, 25-15, 25-8
St. Cloud Tech def. Willmar, 15-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-21, 15-13
Two Harbors def. McGregor, 19-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-14
Ulen-Hitterdal def. Frazee, 25-20, 25-16, 25-22
Upsala def. Eagle Valley, 25-6, 25-16, 25-8
Verndale def. Sebeka, 19-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-21
Wadena-Deer Creek def. Pine River-Backus, 25-16, 25-11, 25-22
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley def. Staples-Motley, 25-15, 25-19, 25-16
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Named Scott Sharp assistant director of player development.
SEATTLE MARINERS-Agreed to a two-year player development contract with West Tenn of the Southern League.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS-Agreed to a player development contract with Vero Beach of the Florida State League
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Agreed to a player development contract with Mobile of the Southern League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Agreed to two-year player development contracts with Inland Empire of the California League and Great Lakes of the Midwest League.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Announced Butch Wynegar, batting coach, and Dave Nelson, first base coach, will not be offered contracts for the 2007 season.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Agreed to a two-year player development contract with San Antonio of the Texas League.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Agreed to a two-year extension of their player development contract with Vermont of the New York-Penn League.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW JERSEY NETS-Signed G Jay Williams.
NEW YORK KNICKS-Named Glen Grunwald senior vice president of basketball operations.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Named Jim Lynam and Moses Malone assistant basketball coaches.
PHOENIX SUNS-Signed G Davin White.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NEW YORK JETS-Waived WR Sloan Thomas. Signed OL Norm Katnik to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Signed RW Nikolai Zherdev to a three-year contract. Assigned D Kris Russell to Medicine Hat of the WHL.
MONTREAL CANADIENS-Claimed D Patrick Traverse off waivers from San Jose.
NEW YORK RANGERS-Reassigned D Daniel Girardi and F Greg Moore to Hartford of the AHL. Recalled F Francis Lessard from Hartford.
OTTAWA SENATORS-Named Anders Hedberg North American-European hockey coordinator.
SAN JOSE SHARKS-Assigned D Mathieu Biron, C Tomas Plihal, RW Graham Mink and C Craig Valette to Worcester of the AHL.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Assigned D Mike Egener to Springfield of the AHL. Named Dave Andreychuk community representative.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Assigned to F Tyler Bouck, F Lee Goren, F Brandon Reid, Mike Brown, F Jesse Schultz, D Yannick Tremblay, D Alexander Edler, D Nathan McIver and G Drew MacIntyre to Manitoba of the AHL. Returned RW Michael Grabner to his junior team.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Assigned LW Tomas Fleischmann and D Jeff Schultz to Hershey of the AHL.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA-Dismissed TB Max Martin from the football team for a violation of team rules.
ARKANSAS STATE-Named Al Grushkin men's assistant basketball coach.
BUTLER-Named Joe Gentry director of sports marketing.
COLGATE-Named Ryan Stone women's assistant ice hockey coach.
INDIANA-PURDUE-INDIANAPOLIS-Named Bill Potter sports information director.
LOUISIANA-MONROE-Suspended senior WR Joe Merritt for violation of team rules.
LOUISIANA TECH-Named Quintin Yray women's tennis coach.
PENN STATE-Named Jon Larson men's and women's assistant swimming coach and Fritz Spence men's and women's assistant track and field coach.
SAN DIEGO STATE-Signed Steve Fisher, men's basketball coach, to a new five-year contract through the 2010-11 season.
Fishing
Minnesota Report
BRAINERD/NISSWA AREA
Lindy Rigs and redtails are producing walleyes early and late in the day in 20 to 28 feet of water on Gull Lake, North Long Lake and Pelican Lake. Panfish reports have been limited, but North Long has provided the area's most steady northern pike action. The bigger fish are hitting large redtail minnows along the 20- foot weedlines.
CROSBY AREA
The Portsmouth Pit is producing good-sized northern pike. Large minnows have worked best close to shore. Crappies and sunfish continue to hit in 12 to 16 feet of water on Little Rabbit Lake, Black Hoof Lake and Serpent Lake. Serpent Lake is providing the area's best walleye bite in 16 feet of water with redtails and jigs. Rabbit Lake is producing some walleyes during the evening hours in slightly deeper water.
CROSS LAKE AREA
Redtail minnows are producing walleyes in 12 to 28 feet of water on Whitefish Lake, Crosslake and Pelican Lake. These fish can be found near weedlines. Some anglers are finding success with crankbaits on the shoreline breaks as well. Northern pike are hitting sucker minnows on the weedlines and most small lakes have provided steady bass action. Crappies and sunfish are suspended off the 12- to 20-foot points and submerged islands.
HACKENSACK AREA
Look to the weedlines of Portage Lake with sucker minnows and spinners for northern pike. Lindsey Lake is kicking out crappies in 10 to 15 feet. Walleye action has picked up on Ten Mile Lake. Trolling Rapalas over 20 feet of water has worked best. There's a jig and minnow bite on Ten Mile over 27 feet as well. Bass fishing remains consistent on most lakes, but muskie reports have been limited.
LAKE MILLE LACS
EAST - Numbers of jumbo perch are being caught on jigs and minnows in Isle Bay and near Malone Island in six feet of water. Walleyes continue to hit at night on the eight- to 12-foot rocks. Trolling crankbaits has worked best on Hawkbill Reef, around Hennepin Island, or any of the rock reefs south of Big Point. Muskie and northern pike reports have been limited.
WEST - Slip bobber and leech combinations are producing walleyes at night. The best reports continue to come off the flats in 32 to 34 feet of water. The midday bite has been tough, although trolling crankbaits over deep water, between 34 to 36 feet, off the flats does produce fish. Look to Sherman's Flat, Seguchie's Flat and the Seven Mile as primary targets. Muskie anglers are finding success in the weedy bays and sand areas on the north shore.
LEECH LAKE AREA
Walleyes are hitting a jig and minnow in six to 12 feet of water off Pine Point and in 15 to 20 feet of water on the humps in Walker Bay. Trolling crankbaits has been turning walleyes on the West Goose Flats during the evening hours. Muskie reports have been limited and they seem to be scattered on the rocks, weeds, and along the pencil reed areas. The perch bite has been excellent in six to eight feet of water in the Walker Narrows.
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