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BASKETBALL

WNBA Playoffs

All Times PDT

FIRST ROUND

(Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Connecticut vs. Washington

Monday, Sept. 27

Connecticut 80, Washington 70, series tied 1-1

Wednesday, Sept. 29

Washington at Connecticut, 8 p.m.

New York vs. Detroit

Tuesday, Sept. 28

New York 66, Detroit 64, New York wins series 2-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Los Angeles vs. Sacramento

Tuesday, Sept. 28

Sacramento 73, Los Angeles 58, Sacramento wins series 2-1

Seattle vs. Minnesota

Monday, Sept. 27

Seattle 64, Minnesota 54, Seattle wins series 2-0

Liberty 66, Shock 64

DETROIT (64)

Nolan 4-18 6-6 16, Powell 3-5 4-9 10, Ford 4-8 5-8 13, Farris 2-7 0-0 4, Riley 3-6 2-5 8, M.Jones 6-15 1-1 13, Tillis 0-0 0-0 0, Walker 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-59 18-29 64.

NEW YORK (66)

Hammon 8-17 0-2 20, Johnson 2-4 1-2 6, Robinson 6-13 1-2 17, Baranova 3-10 1-2 8, Donaphin 3-6 0-1 6, Frett 3-9 0-0 6, Christon 0-3 3-4 3, Sharp 0-0 0-0 0, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-62 6-13 66.

3-Point Goals—Detroit 2-8 (Nolan 2-8), New York 10-29 (Hammon 4-11, Robinson 4-11, Johnson 1-2, Baranova 1-4, Christon 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Detroit 55 (Ford 9), New York 37 (Baranova 6). Assists—Detroit 14 (Powell 9), New York 14 (Johnson 5). Total fouls—Detroit 15, New York 23. A—9,785 (19,763).

Monarchs 73, Sparks 58

SACRAMENTO (73)

Walker 7-11 3-4 17, Smith 7-14 3-3 17, Griffith 4-9 6-7 14, Penicheiro 0-4 2-4 2, Campbell 1-3 0-0 2, Maiga 1-3 0-0 2, Lawson 5-9 5-5 17, Brunson 1-3 0-1 2, Bolton 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 19-24 73.

LOS ANGELES (58)

Mabika 5-14 7-8 19, Thomas 1-5 0-0 2, Leslie 5-8 1-3 11, Dixon 2-9 2-2 6, Teasley 4-6 4-4 16, Whitmore 1-1 0-0 2, Hodges 0-1 0-0 0, Macchi 1-6 0-0 2, Masciadri 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 14-17 58.

3-Point Goals—Sacramento 2-10 (Lawson 2-3, Bolton 0-2, Campbell 0-2, Penicheiro 0-3), Los Angeles 6-14 (Teasley 4-6, Mabika 2-7, Macchi 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Sacramento 31 (Griffith 8), Los Angeles 40 (Leslie 12). Assists—Sacramento 20 (Penicheiro 8), Los Angeles 15 (Teasley 6). Total fouls—Sacramento 18, Los Angeles 25. Technicals—Mabika, Dixon. A—7,008 (13,142).

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Sunday, Oct. 3

Oakland at Houston, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1:15 p.m.

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

Denver at Tampa Bay, 1:15 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Seattle, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota

Monday, Oct. 4

Kansas City at Baltimore, 6 p.m.

AFC Individual Leaders

Week 3

Quarterbacks

Rushers

Receivers

Punters

Punt Returners

Kickoff Returners

Scoring

Touchdowns

Kicking

NFC Individual Leaders

Week 3

Quarterbacks

Rushers

Receivers

Punters

Punt Returners

Kickoff Returners

Scoring

Touchdowns

Kicking

NFL Team Stax

Week 3

TOTAL YARDAGE

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

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.

Tuesday’s game

Kootenay 2, Vancouver 0

Wednesday’s games

Kootenay at Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

WHL Leaders

SCORING

GOALTENDERS

Minimum 60 minutes played

WHL poll

This week’s WHL writers’ poll, showing previous ranking, first-place votes and total points:

GOLF

College men

Opus NW Invitational

At Olympic Course at Gold Mountain, Bremerton, Par 72

TEAM SCORING–USC 356-359-370-1085, BYU 371-363-358-1092, Washington 367-370-357-1094, Minnesota 366-371-370-1107, Coastal Carolina 370-365-372-1107, UC Irvine 368-368-383-1119, UC Davis 373-371-377-1121, Oregon State 381-377-381-1139, Washington State 376-393-375-1144, San Diego State 389-382-378-1149

INDIVIDUALS–1. Ben Hayes, USC 69-71-72-212. 2. Oscar Alvarez, BYU 73-68-72-213. 3. Greg Machtaler, BYU 70-72-72-214. 3. Josh Persons, Minnesota 71-71-72-214. 3. Alex Prugh, Washington 75-71-68-214. 6. Aaron Choi, San Diego State 74-70-71-215. 6. Dustin Johnson, Coastal Carolina 73-70-72-215. 6. Bronson LaCassie, Minnesota 71-72-72-215. 6. Erik Olson, Washington 66-79-70-215. 10. Taylor Wood, USC 68-71-70-215.

Also: T23. David Fern, WSU 74-74-75-223. T28. Jordan Mason, WSU 74-82-69-225. T45. Chris Collins, WSU 72-83-77-232. 51. Ryan Witz, WSU 80-79-77-236. T52. Jordan Madison, WSU 81-79-77-237. 57. Ben Bryson, WSU 76-79-85-240.

College women

Inland Empire Intercollegiate

At The Highlands GC, Post Falls, Par 72

TEAM SCORES–UC-Riverside 606, Idaho 614, Eastern Washington 622, Wyoming 631, Montana 631, Cal Poly 635, Gonzaga 635, British Columbia 637, Montana State 640, Portland 646, Idaho State 646.

INDIVIDUALS– 1, Lindsay Snowden (UCR) 70-74–144. 2, Carlie Allen (EWU) 75 70 145. 3, Renee Skidmore (UI) 70 76 146. 7, Mary Kate Morgan (GU) 74 76 150. 7, Sheena Prante (EWU) 70 80 150. 13, Cassie Castleman (UI) 79 75 154. 14, Jenna Huff (UI) 76 79 155. 20, Jennifer Tucker (UI) 73 84 157. 20, Kelly Nakashima (UI) 77 80 157. 24, Chelsey Lollar (EWU) 78 80 158. 27, Carlee Hanson (UI) 78 81 159. 27, Lacey Jo Manwaring (GU) 81 78 159. 31, Katie Kofmehl (EWU) 78 82 160. 31, Sarah Sheffield (GU) 83 77 160. 33, Jill Phillips (UI) 78 83 161. 39, Brooke Henderson (EWU) 82 81 163. 44, Jennifer Swanson (GU) 83 83 166. 46, Andrea Folk (EWU) 89 78 167. 55, Libby Campbell (GU) 83 89 172. 58, Ashley Shearer (GU) 87 91 178. 62, Sarah Clarke (GU) 93 89 182.

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

x-clinched playoff spot

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s Games

Chicago at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at MetroStars, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at Colorado, 6 p.m

Kansas City at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

High school boys

Inland Empire League

Sandpoint 6, Lake City 0

First half — 1, San, Brewer (Hepperly), 5:00. 2, San, Sorentino (Hepperly), 20:00. 3, San, Hepperly, 21:00.

Second half — 4, San, Eddy (Hepperly), 45:00. 5, San, Eddy (Lowther), 69:00. 6, San, Sorentino (Dixon), 79:00.

Shots on goal — Lake City 1, Sandpoint 18.Saves — Lake City, Cook 9, Klein 3. Sandpoint, Baker 1.

Moscow 2, Lakeland 0

First half — 1, Mos, Dudley (Rust), 3:00. 2, Mos, Johnson, 60:00.

Second half —

Shots on goal — Moscow 21, Lakeland 4.Saves — Moscow, Beard 1, Folk 2. Lakeland, Ward 6.

Coeur d’Alene 3, Post Falls 1

First half — 1, CdA, Leonard (Honsaker), 33:00.

Second half — 2, CdA, Lowell (Vredenburg), 52:00. 3, CdA, Lowell (Hathaway), 55:00. 4, PF, Mueller, 75:00.

Shots on goal — Post Falls 4, Coeur d’Alene 14.Saves — Coeur d’Alene, Olmstead 2. Post Falls, Parker 4.

High school girls

Inland Empire League

Sandpoint 5, Lake City 0

First half — 1, San, Adams (Jensen), 31:00.

Second half — 2, San, France, 63:00. 3, San, Stone (Gillis), 66:00. 4, San, Jensen, 70:00. 5, San, Stone (Menghini), 72:00.

Shots on goal — Sandpoint 15, Lake City 6.Saves — Sandpoint, Krabacher 4, Allmaras 0. Lake City, Allen 10.

Moscow 3, Lakeland 1

First half — 1, Mos, JByrne (MTibbals), 5:00.

Second half — 2, Mos, JTibbals (JByrne), 50:00. 3, Lak, Stiegemeier, 66:00. 4, Mos, Gardner (MTibbals), 79:00.

Shots on goal — Lakeland 15, Moscow 12.Saves — Lakeland 7, Moscow 14.

TENNIS

Thailand Open

At Impact Arena

Bangkok, Thailand

Purse: $525,000 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Taylor Dent (5), United States, def. Justin Gimelstob, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Paul Baccanello, Australia, def. Marc Rosset, Switzerland, 7-6(2), 1-6, 7-6 (4).

Alex Bogomolov Jr., United States, def. Jaymon Crabb, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Jeff Morrison, United States, def. Michael Kohlmann, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

Dennis van Scheppingen, Netherlands, def. Novak Djokovic, Serbia-Montenegro, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Nicolas Thomann, France, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Ivo Heuberger, Switzerland, def. Attila Savolt, Hungary, 6-4, 6-1.

Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia

At Country Time Club

Palermo, Sicily

Purse: $461,000 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Galo Blanco, Spain, def. Alessio Di Mauro, Italy, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 3-6, 6-4, retired.

Alex Calatrava, Spain, def. Daniel Elsner, Germany, 6-1, 6-0.

David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal (6), Spain, def. Nestor Almagro, Spain, 6-1, 7-5.

Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Arnaud Di Pasquale, France, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4.

Marc Lopez, Spain, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, def. Mariano Puerta, Argentina, 6-1, 6-2.

Filippo Volandri (5), Italy, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.

Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-2, 7-5.

Potito Starace, Italy, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-1.

Heineken Open Shanghai

At Xian Xia Tennis Stadium

Shanghai, China

Purse: $380,000 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, def. Zeng Shaoxuan, China, 6-3, 6-4.

Kristian Pless, Denmark, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Zhu Benqiang, China, def. Tomas Zib, Czech Republic, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Nathan Healey, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4.

Melle van Gemerden, Netherlands, def. Jan Vacek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.

Glenn Weiner, United States, def. Mark Philippoussis (4), Australia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Jan-Michael Gambill (8), United States, def. Ivo Klec, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

Gaz de France Stars

At Ethias Arena

Hasselt, Belgium

Purse: $170,000 (Tier III)

Surface: Hard-Indoor

Singles

First Round

Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-2, 6-0.

Silvia Farina Elia (6), Italy, def. Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, Spain, def. Claudine Schaul, Luxembourg, 6-3, 6-0.

Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Angelika Bachmann, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, def. Capucine Rousseau, France, 6-2, 6-0.

Magdalena Maleeva (7), Bulgaria, def. Lindsay Lee-Waters, United States, 6-3, 6-3.

Vanessa Henke, Germany, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

Michaela Pastikova, Czech Republic, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Els Callens, Belgium, def. Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

VOLLEYBALL

High school

Inland Empire League

Lake City def. Post Falls 25-22, 25-13, 25-11. Complete statistics not reported.

Lewiston def. Moscow 18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 15-12. Complete statistics not reported.

Coeur d’Alene def. Lakeland 25-20, 12-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-9. Kills-Griffitts (CdA) 20, Duncan (Lak) 13, Beck (Lak) 13. Assists-Davidson (CdA) 29, Meyer (Lak) 25. Aces-Griffitts (CdA) 2, Duncan (Lak) 4. Digs-Helmhout (CdA) 34, Beck (Lak) 16 Blocks-Griffitts (CdA) 6, Boucher (Lak) 5.

Central Idaho League

Wallace def. Lakeside (ID) 25-22, 25-11, 25-14. Kills-Hendrickx (Lak) 3, Maravilla (Wal) 8. Assists-Wild (Wal) 18. Aces-Heinig (Wal) 3. Digs-Hendrickx (Lak) 4, Heinig (Wal) 9. Blocks-Gauthier (Lak) 4, Williams (Wal) 1.

North Star League

Post Falls Christian def. Coeur d’Alene Charter 25-18, 25-13, 25-15. Complete statistics not reported.

Kootenai def. Clark Fork 25-17, 25-23, 25-19. Complete statistics not reported.

Wallace def. Lakeside (ID) 25-22, 25-11, 25-14. Kills-Hendrickx (Lak) 3, Maravilla (Wal) 8. Assists-Wild (Wal) 18. Aces-Heinig (Wal) 3. Digs-Hendrickx (Lak) 4, Heinig (Wal) 9. Blocks-Gauthier (Lak) 4, Williams (Wal) 1.

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Steelhead, and Shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Monday.

MOVES

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended San Francisco RHP Dustin Hermanson three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for intentionally hitting Houston’s Jeff Kent in a Sept. 23 game. Suspended Boston RHP Pedro Astacio and New York Yankees LHP Brad Halsey three games each and fined them an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at batters in a Sept. 26 game.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Placed INF Ramon Martinez on the 15-day DL.

Central League

EDINBURG ROADRUNNERS—Released INF Aldo Alonzo.

FORT WORTH CATS—Acquired OF Carlos Adolfo from Atlantic City of the Atlantic League and RHP Dave Stevens from Nashua of the Atlantic League to complete earlier trades.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Signed F-C Scott Williams to a one-year contract.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Signed C Theo Ratliff to a five-year contract extension.

American Basketball Association

ABA—Announced Pittsburgh Hardhats will now be known as Pennsylvania Pit Bulls.

FRESNO HEATWAVE—Signed F Larry Abney, G Myron Allen, F Mark Alvarado, G Virgil Cobbins, G Richard Gonder, F-G Eric Meche, F Terri Miller and G Demetrius Porter.

ORANGE COUNTY CRUSH—Signed F Juaquin Hawkins.

PENNSYLVANIA PIT BULLS—Named Freddie Lewis coach-general manager.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CHICAGO BEARS—Signed QB Chad Hutchinson to a two-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed RB Dee Brown. Placed LB Ben Taylor on injured reserve.

DETROIT LIONS—Placed CB Rod Babers on injured reserve. Signed FB Stephen Trejo.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Released DB Deandre Eiland and TE J.P. Foschi from the practice squad. Signed DB Rhett Nelson and LB Max Yates to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League

B.C. LIONS—Signed RB Darren Joseph to the practice roster.

Arena Football League

CHICAGO RUSH—Traded L James Baron to Nashville for first, second and third-round picks in the AFL expansion draft and future considerations.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

CINCINNATI MIGHTY DUCKS—Signed G Frederic Cassivi and D Andrew Canzanello, D Ian Forbes and D Kurtis Foster to one-year contracts.

HERSHEY BEARS—Signed D Darrel Scoville, C Andre Savage and F Dennis Bonvie.

ECHL

AUGUSTA LYNX—Signed D John Cronin.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Re-signed F Reggie Berg.

LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS—Signed LW Dana Lattery.

Central Hockey League

OKLAHOMA BLAZERS—Signed D Cameron Breitkreuz, F Justin Kol and F Dan Buccella.

TOPEKA TARANTULAS—Signed D Tyler Hanchuck.

United Hockey League

ADIRONDACK FROSTBITE—Announced a working agreement with Springfield of the AHL.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS—Acquired the rights to RW-D Brad Essex from Kansas City for cash.

COLLEGE

CAL STATE-LOS ANGELES—Named Dve Taylor baseball coach.

CONNECTICUT—Named Patrick Sellers director of men’s basketball operations.

OREGON—Dismissed sophomore WR Jordan Carey from the football team for violations of team rules.

WASHINGTON—Announced junior basketball C Anthony Washington left the team and will transfer.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NFL board, the Packers - Giants circle is for Green Bay QB Brett Favre (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, there is no line on the Titans - Chargers game due to Tennessee QB Steve McNair (questionable).

On the college football board, there is no line on the Penn State - Minnesota game due to Penn State QB’s Zack Mills (questionable) and Michael Robinson (questionable).

NFL

Bye week: Cowboys, Lions, Vikings, Seahawks.

College Football

Home teams in capital letters. Note: Open is the opening line, current is the up to date line, and O/U is the over/under point total for each game.