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Baseball

MLB playoffs

All Times PDT

WORLD SERIES

Saturday, Oct. 23

Boston 11, St. Louis 9

Sunday, Oct. 24

Boston 6, St. Louis 2, Boston leads series 2-0

Tuesday, Oct. 26

Boston (Martinez 16-9) at St. Louis (Suppan 16-9), 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 27

Boston (Lowe 14-12) at St. Louis (Marquis 15-7), 5:25 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 28

Boston at St. Louis, 5:25 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, Oct. 30

St. Louis at Boston, 4:55 p.m., if necessary

Sunday, Oct. 31

St. Louis at Boston, 4:55 p.m. EST, if necessary

Basketball

NBA preseason

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Southeast Division

Central Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

Northwest Division

Pacific Division

Monday’s Games

Cleveland 95, Boston 88

Chicago 100, Washington 95

Golden State 87, Portland 84

L.A. Lakers 117, Seattle 91

Tuesday’s Games

Miami at Charlotte, 8 a.m.

Utah at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Memphis at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Denver, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Lakers 117, SuperSonics 91

SEATTLE (91) — Collison 6-10 2-2 14, Radmanovic 4-9 4-6 13, James 2-2 0-0 4, Daniels 3-5 1-3 7, Ridnour 3-10 0-0 7, Swift 1-2 2-2 4, Wilkens 2-8 7-8 11, Fortson 1-3 8-10 10, Kutluay 4-7 0-0 8, G.Young 3-5 0-0 6, Cleaves 2-2 3-4 7. Totals 31-63 27-35 91.

L.A. LAKERS (117 ) — Butler 3-4 11-12 18, Odom 1-1 0-0 3, Mihm 3-3 0-0 6, Atkins 0-2 0-0 0, Bryant 1-3 0-0 2, Rush 3-10 2-2 10, Grant 3-5 1-3 7, Brown 3-6 8-9 14, Cook 2-3 1-2 6, Jones 5-8 3-4 15, Vujacic 0-5 2-2 2, Walton 3-6 2-2 10, Bobbitt 6-9 2-3 14, Nwankwo 2-5 0-2 4, Johnson 2-3 1-2 6. Totals 37-73 33-43 117.

3-Point Goals—Seattle 2-9 (Ridnour 1-2, Radmanovic 1-3, Daniels 0-1, Kutluay 0-1, Wilkens 0-2), L.A. Lakers 10-17 (Walton 2-2, Jones 2-2, Rush 2-4, Cook 1-1, Butler 1-1, Johnson 1-1, Odom 1-1, Atkins 0-1, Vujacic 0-4). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Seattle 45 (Collison 9), L.A. Lakers 41 (Jones 6). Assists—Seattle 22 (Ridnour 5), L.A. Lakers 30 (Vujacic 8). Total fouls—Seattle 34, L.A. Lakers 29. A—13,642 (18,997).

Football

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

South

North

West

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

South

North

West

Monday’s Game

Cincinnati 23, Denver 10

Sunday, Oct. 31

Detroit at Dallas, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Washington, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Baltimore at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 1:15 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Tampa Bay, St. Louis, New Orleans, Cleveland

Monday, Nov. 1

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 6 p.m.

Bengals 23, Broncos 10

First Quarter

Cin—C.Johnson 50 pass from Palmer (Graham kick)

Second Quarter

Cin—FG Graham 53

Den—R.Smith 3 pass from Plummer (Elam kick)

Cin—FG Graham 34

Third Quarter

Den—FG Elam 29

Cin—Ru.Johnson 36 run (Graham kick)

Fourth Quarter

Cin—FG Graham 35

A—65,806.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Denver, Droughns 24-110, Watts 1-10, Plummer 1-3. Cincinnati, Ru.Johnson 24-119, Watson 4-22, Palmer 4-0, Russell 1-(minus 8).

PASSING—Denver, Plummer 23-40-2-221. Cincinnati, Palmer 12-21-1-198.

RECEIVING—Denver, Lelie 6-82, Smith 5-50, Watts 4-36, N.Jackson 4-33, Droughns 4-20. Cincinnati, C.Johnson 7-149, Watson 2-6, Washington 1-16, Kelly 1-14, Houshmandzadeh 1-13.

MISSED FIELD GOAL—Denver, Elam 49 (WL).

CFL

All Times PDT

East Division

West Division

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Thursday, Oct. 28

Montreal at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 29

Calgary at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 30

Hamilton at Ottawa, noon

Saskatchewan at British Columbia, 7 p.m.

END REGULAR SEASON

College

Division I-AA Poll

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 24 and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: Alabama State 115, Southern 115, South Carolina State 95, Tennessee Tech 84, Northern Arizona 78, UC Davis 49, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 36, Coastal Carolina 33, Lafayette 28, Southeastern Louisiana 26, Northern Iowa 13, Nicholls State 10, Dayton 9, Samford 8, Princeton 7, McNeese State 7.

Hockey

WHL

Eastern Conference

East Division

Central Division

Western Conference

B.C. Division

U.S. Division

Note: A team scoring a goal in overtime is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team giving up a goal in overtime gets one point and the game is counted in the OTL (Overtime Loss) column.

Monday’s Games

No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s Games

Kootenay at Moose Jaw

Swift Current at Regina (rescheduled from Oct. 13)

Wednesday’s Games

Kamloops at Everett

Kootenay at Prince Albert

Brandon at Prince George

Thursday’s Games

No games scheduled

Friday’s Games

Prince George at Kelowna

Swift Current at Lethbridge

Calgary at Medicine Hat

Kamloops at Portland (MC)

Moose Jaw at Red Deer

Prince Albert at Regina

Kootenay at Saskatoon

Seattle at Spokane

Everett at Tri-City

Brandon at Vancouver

WHL leaders

SCORING

GOALTENDERS

Minimum 240 minutes played

Auto racing

NASCAR Nextel Cup leaders

Through Oct. 24

Points

1, Kurt Busch, 6015. 2, Jeff Gordon, 5919. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 5890. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 5808. 5, Mark Martin, 5791. 6, Tony Stewart, 5769. 7, Elliott Sadler, 5760. 8, Matt Kenseth, 5755. 9, Ryan Newman, 5749. 10, Jeremy Mayfield, 5651.

11, Jamie McMurray, 4053. 12, Dale Jarrett, 3856. 13, Kevin Harvick, 3809. 14, Bobby Labonte, 3761. 15, Kasey Kahne, 3755. 16, Michael Waltrip, 3464. 17, Jeff Burton, 3443. 18, Rusty Wallace, 3428. 19, Sterling Marlin, 3416. 20, Greg Biffle, 3358.

Money

1, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $6,517,818. 2, Matt Kenseth, $5,788,505. 3, Jeff Gordon, $5,759,823. 4, Tony Stewart, $5,642,938. 5, Jimmie Johnson, $4,796,769. 6, Elliott Sadler, $4,635,905. 7, Ryan Newman, $4,623,973. 8, Kevin Harvick, $4,292,140. 9, Kasey Kahne, $4,285,847. 10, Dale Jarrett, $4,168,116.

11, Bobby Labonte, $4,122,138. 12, Rusty Wallace, $3,990,370. 13, Michael Waltrip, $3,799,964. 14, Kurt Busch, $3,717,317. 15, Sterling Marlin, $3,663,928. 16, Jeremy Mayfield, $3,564,859. 17, Robby Gordon, $3,561,457. 18, Joe Nemechek, $3,463,165. 19, Scott Wimmer, $3,431,804. 20, Terry Labonte, $3,407,142.

GOLF

College men

NWC Fall Classic

At Aspen Lakes GC, Sisters, Ore.

Par 72

TEAM SCORING—1, Whitworth 306-299–605. 2(t), Willamette 303-312–615. 2(t), Puget Sound 306-309–615. 4, Pacific 307-310–617. 5, Linfield 315-304–619. 6, Pacific Lutheran 326-318–644. 7, Whitman 326-332–658. 8, Lewis & Clark 347-322–669.

INDIVIDUALS—1, Andrew Parrott (Whw) 75-73–148. 2, Brian Misterek (PLU) 72-77–149. 3, Joe Finley (Whw) 74-76–150. 4, Chris Hunt (Will) 72-80–150. 5, Ian Courtnage (UPS) 78-73–151. 6 (t), Jordan Carter (Whw) 77-75–152, Noah Horstman (Pac) 75-77–152, Drew Bashor (Pac) 74-78–152, Kris Hunt (Will) 72-80–152. Other Whitworth: T.J. Bennyhoff 85-75–160, Sean Thompson 80-85–165, Ben Armstrong 86-89–175.

Tennis

St. Petersburg Open

ATP TOUR

At Petersburgsky SCC

St. Petersburg, Russia

Purse: $1 million (Intl. Series)

Surface: Carpet-Indoor

Singles

First Round

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. David Ferrer (6), Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Cyril Saulnier, France, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-0, 6-1.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4.

Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4.

Mardy Fish (3), United States, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.

if… Stockholm Open

ATP TOUR

At Kungl. Tennishallen

Stockholm, Sweden

Purse: $816,600 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles

First Round

Jan-Michael Gambill, United States, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2.

Andrei Pavel (3), Romania, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, def. Ervin Eleskovic, Sweden, 6-0, 6-1.

Thomas Johansson, Sweden, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1).

Fernando Verdasco (8), Spain, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-2, 2-1, retired.

Generali Ladies Linz

WTA TOUR

At Intersport Arena Linz

Linz, Austria

Purse: $585,500 (Tier II)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles

First Round

Marion Bartoli, France, def. Tatiana Panova, Russia, 7-5, 6-1.

Elena Bovina (9), Russia, def. Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2.

Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-3, 6-1.

SEAT Open Luxembourg

WTA TOUR

At CK Sportcenter Kockelsheuer

Luxembourg

Purse: $225,500 (Tier III)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles

First Round

Dally Randriantefy, Madagascar, def. Mashona Washington, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Silvia Farina Elia (3), Italy, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, 6-3, 6-2.

Ana Ivanovic, Serbia-Montenegro, def. Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-1.

Today’s odds

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NFL board, the Vikings-Giants circle is for Minnesota WR Randy Moss (questionable). On the college football board, the Penn State-Ohio State circle is for Penn State QB Zach Mills (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, there is no line on the Packers-Redskins game due to Green Bay qB Brett Favre (questionable); there is no line on the Chiefs-Colts game due to Kansas City RB Priest Holmes (questionable). All other no line games are for teams that played last tonight.

NFL

Bye week: Browns, Saints, Rams, Bucs.

College football

j-Jacksonville, Fla.

Home team in capital letters

Soccer

MLS playoffs

All Times PST

Conference Semifinals

(Two-leg Aggregate Score Series)

Eastern Conference

Columbus vs. New England

Sunday, Oct. 31

New England at Columbus, 2 p.m. New England leads series 1-0

D.C. United vs. MetroStars

Saturday, Oct. 30

MetroStars at D.C United, 4 p.m. D.C. United leads series 2-0

Western Conference

Kansas City vs. San Jose

Saturday, Oct. 30

San Jose at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. San Jose leads series 2-0

Los Angeles vs. Colorado

Saturday, Oct. 30

Colorado at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Colorado leads series 1-0

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

DETROIT TIGERS—Sent LHP Rob Henkel outright to Toledo of the IL.

National League

NEW YORK METS—Activated RHP Victor Zambrano and RHP Mike DeJean from the 15-day DL. Announced LHP Vic Darensbourg, INF Wilson Delgado and OF Gerald Williams elected free agency.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Signed INF Tomas Perez to a two-year contract.

Pacific Coast League

OKLAHOMA REDHAWKS—Named Paul Carey coach.

Texas League

FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS—Named Darryl Kennedy manager and Ronnie Ortegon coach.

California League

BAKERSFIELD BLAZE—Named Arnie Beyeler manager, Dave Chavarria pitching coach and Mike Boulanger coach.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed RHP Fabricio Benitez, LHP Craig Breslow, LHP Evan Neiser and LHP Brad Whitworth.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS—Waived C Ernest Brown.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Waived G Omar Cook.

MIAMI HEAT—Waived F Tang Hamilton.

NEW JERSEY NETS—Waived G Alex Scales.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Waived G Andre Barrett and C Mengke Bateer.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Waived F Kirk Haston.

American Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES STARS—Signed F Cedric Ceballos.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS—Waived CB Mike Schols. Signed S Etric Pruitt from the practice squad. Added RB Jason Wright to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS—Claimed TE John Owens off waivers from Detroit. Waived DE Alain Kashama.

Arena Football League

ORLANDO PREDATORS—Signed L Derrick Crawford, L Charles Hill, L Thomas Pittman and L David Upchurch.

PHILADELPHIA SOUL—Signed K J.R. Jenkins, K Derek Schorejs, L Cory Stone and DS Arkee Thompson. Released L Lance Clelland, WR-DB DaShane Dennis, WR-DB Derin Graham, K Ken Hinsley, WR-DB J’Sharlon Jones, WR-DB Ricky Ross, DS Travis Seaton and WR-LB Thomie Venisee.

HOCKEY

USA HOCKEY—Named Dave Fischer director of media and public relations.

ECHL

ECHL—Suspended Alaska D Louis Mass two games for his actions in an Oct. 22 game at Idaho.

ALASKA ACES—Signed C Scott Gomez.

TOLEDO STORM—Promoted Gregg Boeke to director of marketing.

COLLEGE

FLORIDA—Fired Ron Zook, football coach, effective at the end of the season.

NOTRE DAME—Agreed to terms with Mike Brey, men’s basketball coach, on a two-year contract extension through the 2010-11 season.

SOUTHERN MAINE—Named Christina Cracolici sports information assistant.

WISCONSIN—Announced men’s junior basketball G Boo Wade has taken an indefinite leave of absence.