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Friday, September 5, 2008








Area events
Friday
High school football

Bemidji at Brainerd, 7 p.m.

Greenway at Aitkin, 7 p.m.

Deer River at Crosby-Ironton, 7 p.m.

Rocori at Little Falls, 7 p.m.

Pelican Rapids at Pequot Lakes, 7 p.m.

Pierz at Kimball, 7 p.m.

Pillager at New York Mills, 7 p.m.

Pine River-Backus at Bagley, 7 p.m.

West Central at Staples-Motley, 7 p.m.

Verndale at Underwood, 7 p.m.

Warroad at Wadena-Deer Creek, 7 p.m.

Boys soccer

Little Falls vs. St. John's Prep at Collegeville, 5 p.m.

Saturday

College football

Central Lakes vs. Northland at Thief River Falls, 1:30 p.m.

College GOLF

Central Lakes in Century Invite at Oak Marsh Golf Club, Oakdale, 11 a.m.

High school volleyball

Aitkin, Pierz at Ogilvie tournament, 9 a.m.

Crosby-Ironton, Pine River-Backus, Staples-Motley in Pine Lakes tournament at Pequot Lakes, 9 a.m.

Verndale at New York Mills tournament, 9 a.m.

Girls tennis

Aitkin, Crosby-Ironton, Pequot Lakes, Pierz at Pine City tournament, 9 a.m.

Staples-Motley at St. Cloud Apollo Invite, 9 a.m.

Cross country running

Jerry Riewer Invite at Staples-Motley, noon

Girls swimming and diving

Staples-Motley at Big Lake Relays, 10 a.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), 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

7 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, practice for Belgian Grand Prix

9 a.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for Emerson Radio 250

10 a.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Chevy Rock & Roll 400

3 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Emerson Radio 250

5 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Chevy Rock & Roll 400

7 p.m., ESPN2: NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Emerson Radio 250

BASKETBALL

6:30 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony

BOXING

9:30 p.m., ESPN2: Light middleweights, James Kirkland vs. Ricardo Cortes

10 p.m., SHO: Lightweights, Antonio DeMarco vs. Jose Reyes; bantamweights, Yonnhy Perez vs. Tomas Rojas

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

6 p.m., ESPN: Navy at Ball St.

GOLF

8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, European Masters, second round

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

5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, Utah Championship, second round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m., FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Detroit at Twins

9 p.m., ESPN: Arizona at L.A. Dodgers

TENNIS

11:30 a.m., CBS: U.S. Open, men's doubles championship match and women's semifinals

TRACK & FIELD

10 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: IAAF, AF Golden League, Memorial Van Damme

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

7 p.m., KLIZ: Bemidji at Brainerd

7 p.m., KSKK: West Central at Staples-Motley

7 p.m., KVKK: Verndale at Underwood

AUTO RACING

7 a.m., SPEED: Formula One, qualifying for Belgian Grand Prix

10 a.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, pole qualifying for Camping World 200

1:30 p.m., SPEED: NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Camping World 200

6:30 p.m., ABC: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Chevy Rock & Roll 400

BOXING

9:15 p.m., HBO: Juan Diaz vs. Michael Katsidis for vacant IBO lightweight title; junior lightweights, Rocky Juarez vs. Jorge Barrios

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11 a.m., ESPN: Teams TBA

11 a.m., ESPN2: Teams TBA

Noon, ESPN CLASSIC: New Hampshire at Army

2 p.m., FSN: BYU at Washington

2:30 p.m., ABC: Mississippi at Wake Forest, Oregon St. at Penn St., or Cincinnati at Oklahoma

2;30 p.m., ESPN2: Mississippi at Wake Forest or Oregon St. at Penn St.

2:30 p.m., NBC: San Diego St. at Notre Dame

3:30 p.m., ESPN: West Virginia at East Carolina

4 p.m., VERSUS: Texas A&M at New Mexico

6 p.m., ESPN2: South Florida at UCF

6 p.m., ESN: Louisiana Tech at Kansas

6:30 p.m., ESPNU, KKIN-FM, KBLB-FM, KLTF-AM, KVKK-AM: Minnesota at Bowling Green

7 p.m., ESPN: Miami at Florida

9 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: NCAA, FCS, Alcorn St. at Grambling St.

9:15 p.m., ESPN2: Texas at UTEP

GOLF

7 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, European Masters, third round

11 a.m., NBC: PGA Tour, BMW Championship, third round

5:30 p.m., TGC: Nationwide Tour, Utah Championship, third round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2:30 p.m., FOX: Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, Detroit at Minnesota, or Arizona at L.A. Dodgers

3 p.m., FOX, FSN, KKIN-FM, KLIZ, WYRQ, KNSP, KWAD: Detroit at Twins

6 p.m., WGN: L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox

SOCCER

7 p.m., ESPN CLASSIC: Men's national teams, World Cup qualifier, U.S. vs. Cuba

TENNIS

10 a.m., CBS: U.S. Open, men's semifinals

7 p.m., CBS: U.S. Open, women's championship match

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 85 53 .616 -

Boston 82 57 .590 3 1/2

New York 75 65 .536 11

Toronto 73 66 .525 12 1/2

Baltimore 63 76 .453 22 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 78 61 .561 -

Minnesota 77 63 .550 1 1/2

Cleveland 67 71 .486 10 1/2

Detroit 67 73 .479 11 1/2

Kansas City 60 79 .432 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 85 54 .612 -

Texas 69 72 .489 17

Oakland 63 77 .450 22 1/2

Seattle 54 85 .388 31

Wednesday's Games

Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland 2

Boston 5, Baltimore 4

Texas 1, Seattle 0

Detroit 9, L.A. Angels 6

Toronto 5, Minnesota 4, 11 innings

N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4

Oakland at Kansas City, ppd., rain

Thursday's Games

L.A. Angels 7, Detroit 1

Kansas City 5, Oakland 4, 10 innings, 1st game

Kansas City 9, Oakland 6, 2nd game

Toronto 9, Minnesota 0

Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 5

Friday's Games

Oakland (Braden 4-3) at Baltimore (Waters 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 13-6) at Toronto (Halladay 17-9), 6:07 p.m.

Boston (Beckett 11-9) at Texas (Millwood 9-7), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Galarraga 12-4) at Minnesota (Liriano 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (A.Reyes 2-1) at Kansas City (Duckworth 2-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Moseley 1-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 11-11), 77:11 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 13-11) at Seattle (Morrow 1-2), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Oakland at Baltimore, 12:05 p.m., 1st game

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 2:55 p.m.

Oakland at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m., 2nd game

L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 79 61 .564 -

Philadelphia 76 64 .543 3

Florida 71 69 .507 8

Atlanta 61 80 .433 18 1/2

Washington 54 87 .383 25 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 85 55 .607 -

Milwaukee 80 60 .571 5

St. Louis 75 65 .536 10

Houston 74 66 .529 11

Cincinnati 62 78 .443 23

Pittsburgh 59 80 .424 25 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 71 68 .511 -

Los Angeles 70 70 .500 1 1/2

Colorado 66 75 .468 6

San Francisco 60 79 .432 11

San Diego 54 86 .386 17 1/2

Wednesday's Games

Florida 5, Atlanta 3

N.Y. Mets 9, Milwaukee 2

San Francisco 9, Colorado 2

Arizona 4, St. Louis 3

Washington 9, Philadelphia 7

Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 5

Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 0

L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 4

Thursday's Games

Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 6

Atlanta 2, Washington 0

San Diego 5, Milwaukee 2

Friday's Games

Philadelphia (Myers 8-10) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 13-8), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lilly 13-8) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 13-10), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Bergmann 2-10) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 11-9), 6:35 p.m.

San Diego (Geer 1-0) at Milwaukee (Sabathia 9-0), 7:05 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 13-7) at St. Louis (Looper 12-11), 7:15 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 10-5) at Colorado (Jimenez 9-12), 8:05 p.m.

Arizona (Haren 14-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 11-11), 9:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Duke 4-13) at San Francisco (Correia 3-7), 9:15 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 2:55 p.m.

Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 2:55 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

Florida at St. Louis, 6:15 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

Wild card

American League

W L Pct GB

Boston 82 57 .590 -

Minnesota 77 63 .550 5 1/2

New York 75 65 .536 7 1/2

National League

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 80 60 .571 -

Philadelphia 76 64 .543 4

St. Louis 75 65 .536 5

Houston 74 66 .529 6

Football

NFL

Thursday's Game

N.Y. Giants 16, Washington 7

Sunday's Games

Detroit at Atlanta, noon

Cincinnati at Baltimore, noon

Seattle at Buffalo, noon

N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon

Kansas City at New England, noon

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon

St. Louis at Philadelphia, noon

Houston at Pittsburgh, noon

Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon

Dallas at Cleveland, 3:15 p.m.

Carolina at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.

Chicago at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m.

Monday's Games

Minnesota at Green Bay, 6 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 9:15 p.m.

NFL Injury Report

SUNDAY

ARIZONA CARDINALS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - CARDINALS: DNP: DT Alan Branch (ankle), C Al Johnson (knee), DT Gabe Watson (knee). LIMITED: TE Ben Patrick (ankle). 49ERS: Practice not complete.

CAROLINA PANTHERS at SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - PANTHERS: DNP: WR Ryne Robinson (knee). LIMITED: QB Matt Moore (shin). FULL: RB Nick Goings (hand), WR D.J. Hackett (toe), G Geoff Hangartner (ankle). CHARGERS: Practice not complete.

CHICAGO BEARS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS - BEARS: OUT: T Chris Williams (back). LIMITED: DE Mark Anderson (thumb), DT Tommie Harris (knee). FULL: S Mike Brown (knee), TE Desmond Clark (knee), DT Dusty Dvoracek (calf), C Patrick Mannelly (neck), S Brandon McGowan (knee), G Terrence Metcalf (knee). COLTS: DNP: G Mike Pollak (knee), C Jeff Saturday (knee). LIMITED: WR Pierre Garcon (shoulder). FULL: QB Peyton Manning (knee).

CINCINNATI BENGALS at BALTIMORE RAVENS - BENGALS: OUT: RB Jeremi Johnson (knee), S Nedu Ndukwe (knee), DT Pat Sims (toe). DNP: DE Jonathan Fanene (illness). LIMITED: WR Andre Caldwell (toe), LB Brandon Johnson (hamstring). FULL: WR Chad Johnson (shoulder), QB Carson Palmer (nose). RAVENS: DNP: DT Kelly Gregg (knee), QB Troy Smith (illness). LIMITED: TE Todd Heap (knee), RB Willis McGahee (knee), S Ed Reed (neck).

DALLAS COWBOYS at CLEVELAND BROWNS - COWBOYS: DNP: WR Miles Austin (knee), WR Sam Hurd (ankle), G Kyle Kosier (foot), LB Anthony Spencer (knee). FULL: CB Terence Newman (groin), WR Isaiah Stanback (shoulder). BROWNS: DNP: LB Kris Griffin (elbow), G Rex Hadnot (knee), TE Martin Rucker (knee). LIMITED: LB Beau Bell (knee), WR Joshua Cribbs (ankle), S Sean Jones (knee), RB Jamal Lewis (hamstring), LB Antwan Peek (knee), S Brodney Pool (concussion), G Ryan Tucker (hip). FULL: QB Derek Anderson (concussion), TE Darnell Dinkins (hip), WR Braylon Edwards (ankle), TE Steve Heiden (back), LB Willie McGinest (groin), WR Syndric Steptoe (shoulder), LB Leon Williams (neck).

DETROIT LIONS at ATLANTA FALCONS - LIONS: LIMITED: TE Dan Campbell (hamstring), QB Drew Stanton (right thumb). FALCONS: DNP: C Alex Stepanovich (back), LB Coy Wire (ankle). LIMITED: S Thomas DeCoud (ankle).

HOUSTON TEXANS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS - TEXANS: DNP: LB Xavier Adibi (Achilles). LIMITED: T Rashad Butler (shoulder), T Ephraim Salaam (knee). FULL: DE Earl Cochran (back). STEELERS: DNP: TE Sean McHugh (ankle). LIMITED: LB James Harrison (not injury related).

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at TENNESSEE TITANS - JAGUARS: OUT: T Richard Collier (other), C Brad Meester (biceps). DNP: DT Derek Landri (quadricep), WR Reggie Williams (hamstring). LIMITED: TE Greg Estandia (knee). FULL: WR Jerry Porter (hamstring), CB Scott Starks (pectoral), T Maurice Williams (knee). TITANS: LIMITED: DT Jason Jones (elbow), WR Justin McCareins (illness).

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - CHIEFS: DNP: WR Maurice Price (thigh). LIMITED: WR William Franklin (knee). PATRIOTS: DNP: WR Sam Aiken (knee), C Dan Connolly (knee), DT Le Kevin Smith (knee), TE Benjamin Watson (knee). LIMITED: G Russ Hochstein (groin). FULL: QB Tom Brady (right shoulder, foot).

NEW YORK JETS at MIAMI DOLPHINS - JETS: OUT: WR David Clowney (shoulder). LIMITED: CB David Barrett (shoulder), WR Laveranues Coles (thigh), DE Shaun Ellis (hand), WR Marcus Henry (calf), CB Justin Miller (foot), G Damien Woody (shoulder). DOLPHINS: No injuries to report.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at BUFFALO BILLS - SEAHAWKS: Practice not complete. BILLS: OUT: TE Derek Fine (hand), TE Matt Murphy (shoulder).

ST. LOUIS RAMS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES - RAMS: DNP: WR Donnie Avery (knee). LIMITED: C Brett Romberg (hand). FULL: CB Fakhir Brown (shoulder), RB Brian Leonard (shoulder). EAGLES: OUT: DE Victor Abiamiri (wrist), WR Kevin Curtis (hernia). LIMITED: WR Reggie Brown (hamstring). FULL: RB Lorenzo Booker (hip), DE Chris Clemons (calf), S Sean Considine (hand), S Brian Dawkins (ankle), G Max Jean-Gilles (knee).

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - BUCCANEERS: DNP: G Davin Joseph (foot). LIMITED: RB B.J. Askew (foot), WR Antonio Bryant (knee), WR Michael Clayton (chest), WR Joey Galloway (groin), DT Jovan Haye (groin), C Sean Mahan (not injury related), LB Matt McCoy (groin), S Sabby Piscitelli (knee), DT Ryan Sims (thigh). FULL: QB Jeff Garcia (calf), TE Ben Troupe (foot). SAINTS : DNP: LB Troy Evans (ankle), DT Hollis Thomas (triceps). LIMITED: LB Mark Simoneau (back). FULL: RB Deuce McAllister (knee), CB Mike McKenzie (knee), DT Brian Young (foot).

Monday

DENVER BRONCOS at OAKLAND RAIDERS - BRONCOS: Practice not complete. RAIDERS: LIMITED: DE Kalimba Edwards (groin), WR Javon Walker (hamstring).

MINNESOTA VIKINGS at GREEN BAY PACKERS - VIKINGS: (Team Did Not Practice on Wednesday): WR Robert Ferguson (ankle), RB Maurice Hicks (foot), QB Tarvaris Jackson (knee), S Madieu Williams (neck). PACKERS: (Team Did Not Practice on Wednesday): S Atari Bigby (ankle), T Chad Clifton (knees, chest), DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (knee), RB Ryan Grant (hamstring), LB A.J. Hawk (chest), WR James Jones (knee), S Charlie Peprah (hamstring), G Josh Sitton (knee), DE Jeremy Thompson (groin), C Scott Wells (back), LB Tracy White (ankle).

College

Thursday's Scores

Vanderbilt 24, South Carolina 17

High school

Thursday's Scores

Minneapolis South 34, Mpls. Roosevelt 0

Basketball

WNBA

Wednesday's Games

Phoenix 103, Minnesota 96

Thursday's Games

Seattle 70, Chicago 62

Friday's Games

Chicago at Connecticut, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Detroit at Washington, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Tennis

U.S. Open

Results Thursday

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York

Purse: $20.657 million

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles Men Quarterfinals

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Andy Roddick (8), United States, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB-Suspended Steve Smith, Philadelphia third-base coach, for two games for an argument with umpires during a game on Aug. 29.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL-QB Daunte Culpepper announced his retirement.

CLEVELAND BROWNS-Placed LB Antwan Peek on injured reserve. Signed LB Shantee Orr.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Placed T Richard Collier on the reserve/non-football injury list. Signed OT Charles Spencer.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Signed DT Remi Ayodele and FB Olaniyi Sobomehin to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

OTTAWA SENATORS-Signed F Brad Isbister to a one-year contract.













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