Basketball

NBA

All Times PST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Boston	38	32	.543	—
Philadelphia	35	34	.507	2 1/2
New Jersey	32	38	.457	6
New York	29	39	.426	8
Toronto	29	40	.420	8 1/2

Southeast Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
y-Miami	53	18	.746	—
Washington	38	30	.559	13 1/2
Orlando	32	37	.464	20
Charlotte	15	53	.221	36 1/2
Atlanta	11	58	.159	41

Central Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	43	26	.623	—
Chicago	37	31	.544	5 1/2
Cleveland	35	32	.522	7
Indiana	35	34	.507	8
Milwaukee	27	42	.391	16

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
x-San Antonio	52	18	.743	—
Dallas	46	23	.667	5 1/2
Houston	42	28	.600	10
Memphis	39	29	.574	12
New Orleans	16	53	.232	35 1/2

Northwest Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
Seattle	48	21	.696	—
Denver	38	30	.559	9 1/2
Minnesota	37	34	.521	12
Portland	24	44	.353	23 1/2
Utah	22	47	.319	26

Pacific Division

	W	L	Pct	GB
x-Phoenix	52	17	.754	—
Sacramento	43	28	.606	10
L.A. Lakers	32	37	.464	20
L.A. Clippers	32	38	.457	20 1/2
Golden State	24	45	.348	28

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Sunday’s Games

San Antonio 83, Houston 70

Minnesota 89, L.A. Clippers 85

Philadelphia 96, L.A. Lakers 89

Washington 95, Seattle 94

Monday’s Games

Atlanta at Orlando, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 6 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 7 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle at Memphis, 5 p.m.

New York at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Spurs 83, Rockets 70

Houston (70)–McGrady 11-25 4-4 26, Weatherspoon 2-4 0-0 4, Yao 6-14 6-6 18, Sura 4-6 0-0 8, Wesley 1-4 0-0 2, Padgett 2-4 1-2 5, Mutombo 0-0 0-0 0, James 2-7 0-0 5, J.Barry 1-4 0-0 2, R.Bowen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-68 11-12 70.

San Antonio (83)–B.Bowen 3-7 2-2 11, Horry 4-14 3-3 12, Nesterovic 5-10 0-0 10, Parker 5-13 1-2 11, Ginobili 5-14 8-9 18, Marks 0-4 2-2 2, B.Barry 6-11 2-2 17, Mohammed 1-3 0-2 2, Udrih 0-3 0-0 0, Wilks 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-80 18-22 83.

Houston	17	19	20	14	—	70
San Antonio	24	15	16	28	—	83

3-Point Goals—Houston 1-8 (James 1-2, Padgett 0-1, J.Barry 0-1, Wesley 0-2, McGrady 0-2), San Antonio 7-20 (B.Bowen 3-5, B.Barry 3-5, Horry 1-4, Parker 0-1, Udrih 0-2, Ginobili 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 44 (Sura 8), San Antonio 51 (Parker 8). Assists—Houston 13 (McGrady 4), San Antonio 20 (Parker 6). Total Fouls—Houston 22, San Antonio 18. A—18,797 (18,500).

Timberwolves 89, Clippers 85

L.A. Clippers (85)–Simmons 4-8 2-2 11, Brand 9-14 7-9 25, Kaman 3-7 1-2 7, Maggette 4-18 6-8 14, Livingston 2-5 3-3 7, Rebraca 6-9 0-0 12, Jaric 2-5 0-0 4, Ross 1-6 0-0 2, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Brunson 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 32-74 19-24 85.

Minnesota (89)–Sprewell 3-6 0-0 6, Garnett 8-24 4-8 20, Olowokandi 1-8 0-0 2, Hassell 2-5 1-2 5, Hudson 5-11 0-0 11, Cassell 6-10 3-4 16, Griffin 5-7 0-0 11, Szczerbiak 4-7 2-2 12, Thomas 0-2 2-2 2, Hoiberg 0-1 4-7 4. Totals 34-81 16-25 89.

L.A. Clippers	20	16	28	21	—	85
Minnesota	18	27	20	24	—	89

3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 2-11 (Brunson 1-1, Simmons 1-3, Jaric 0-3, Maggette 0-4), Minnesota 5-14 (Szczerbiak 2-3, Cassell 1-2, Griffin 1-2, Hudson 1-6, Hoiberg 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 54 (Maggette 13), Minnesota 49 (Garnett 13). Assists—L.A. Clippers 22 (Maggette, Livingston 5), Minnesota 19 (Cassell 5). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 19, Minnesota 24. Technicals—L.A. Clippers Delay Of Game. A—14,007. (19,006).

76ers 96, Lakers 89

Philadelphia (96)–Korver 2-9 1-1 7, Webber 7-20 0-0 14, Dalembert 4-8 3-4 11, Iverson 5-28 10-14 20, Iguodala 8-13 1-2 18, Jackson 5-6 4-4 14, McKie 3-5 0-0 7, Salmons 2-2 0-0 5. Totals 36-91 19-25 96.

L.A. Lakers (89)–Butler 4-11 5-5 13, Grant 3-5 0-0 6, Mihm 6-11 5-8 17, Bryant 10-22 8-8 34, Atkins 4-14 0-0 10, T.Brown 1-4 0-0 2, Medvedenko 1-3 0-0 2, Walton 1-2 1-1 3, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, George 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 31-73 19-24 89.

Philadelphia	18	25	21	32	—	96
L.A. Lakers	20	20	23	26	—	89

3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 5-22 (Korver 2-8, Salmons 1-1, McKie 1-3, Iguodala 1-3, Webber 0-1, Iverson 0-6), L.A. Lakers 8-20 (Bryant 6-13, Atkins 2-6, Walton 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Philadelphia 51 (Webber 14), L.A. Lakers 57 (Mihm 11). Assists—Philadelphia 27 (Iverson 15), L.A. Lakers 16 (Bryant 5). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 22, L.A. Lakers 22. Technicals—Philadelphia Defensive Three Second, L.A. Lakers Defensive Three Second, Bryant. A—18,347. (18,997).

NBA leaders

Through March 26

Scoring

	G	FG	FT	PTS	AVG
Iverson, Phil.	62	627	557	1894	30.5
Bryant, LAL	54	473	463	1512	28.0
Nowitzki, Dall.	66	573	526	1752	26.5
James, Clev.	65	624	376	1696	26.1
Stoudemire, Phoe.	69	652	490	1795	26.0
Arenas, Wash.	65	533	430	1661	25.6
McGrady, Hou.	66	590	359	1659	25.1
Wade, Mia.	67	545	507	1605	24.0
Allen, Sea.	65	523	338	1549	23.8
Redd, Mil.	66	560	309	1522	23.1
Carter, N.J.	65	545	312	1493	23.0
O’Neal, Mia.	67	599	327	1525	22.8
Richardson, G.S.	59	520	180	1325	22.5
Garnett, Minn.	70	591	377	1565	22.4
Maggette, LAC	59	382	494	1301	22.1
Pierce, Bos.	70	475	472	1506	21.5
Francis, Orl.	66	473	429	1406	21.3
Marbury, N.Y.	68	497	376	1448	21.3
Duncan, S.A.	62	500	291	1294	20.9
Lewis, Sea.	66	504	205	1374	20.8

FG Percentage

	FG	FGA	PCT
O’Neal, Mia.	599	1005	.596
Stoudemire, Phoe.	652	1162	.561
Yao, Hou.	453	830	.546
Curry, Chi.	383	711	.539
Haslem, Mia.	298	561	.531
Blount, Bos.	290	546	.531
Miller, Sac.	319	609	.524
Boozer, Utah	361	693	.521
Smith, Mil.	280	543	.516
McDyess, Det.	252	490	.514

Rebounds

	G	OFF	DEF	TOT	AVG
Garnett, Minn.	70	208	756	964	13.8
B. Wallace, Det.	61	232	499	731	12.0
Duncan, S.A.	62	195	510	705	11.4
Marion, Phoe.	68	201	565	766	11.3
Okafor, Char.	60	226	413	639	10.7
O’Neal, Mia.	67	238	465	703	10.5
K. Thomas, N.Y.	66	131	545	676	10.2
Odom, LAL	64	134	519	653	10.2
Nowitzki, Dall.	66	82	583	665	10.1
Howard, Orl.	69	246	448	694	10.1

Assists

	G	AST	AVG
Nash, Phoe.	63	725	11.5
Knight, Char.	53	468	8.8
Marbury, N.Y.	68	553	8.1
Kidd, N.J.	54	430	8.0
Iverson, Phil.	62	478	7.7
James, Clev.	65	477	7.3
Francis, Orl.	66	459	7.0
Wade, Mia.	67	463	6.9
Alston, Tor.	67	450	6.7
Hinrich, Chi.	65	435	6.7

College men

NCAA Tournament

All Times PST

SYRACUSE REGIONAL

Championship

Sunday, March 27

At The Carrier Dome

Syracuse, N.Y.

North Carolina 88, Wisconsin 82

AUSTIN REGIONAL

Championship

Sunday, March 27

At The Frank Erwin Center

Austin, Texas

Michigan State 94, Kentucky 88, 2OT

FINAL FOUR

At Edward Jones Dome

St. Louis

National Semifinals

Saturday, April 2

Illinois (36-1) vs. Louisville (33-4), 3:07 p.m.

North Carolina (31-4) vs. Michigan State (26-6), 5:47 p.m.

College women

NCAA Tournament

All Times PST

PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL

Semifinals

At The Liacouras Center

Philadelphia

Sunday, March 27

Tennessee 75, Texas Tech 59

Rutgers 64, Ohio State 58

Championship

At The Liacouras Center

Philadelphia

Tuesday, March 29

Tennessee (29-4) vs. Rutgers (28-6), TBA

CHATTANOOGA REGIONAL

Championship

At McKenzie Arena

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Monday, March 28

LSU (32-2) vs. Duke (31-4), 6 p.m.

KANSAS CITY REGIONAL

Semifinals

At Municipal Auditorium

Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday, March 27

Michigan State 76, Vanderbilt 64

Stanford 76, Connecticut 59

Championship

At Municipal Auditorium

Kansas City, Mo.

Tuesday, March 29

Michigan State (31-3) vs. Stanford (32-2), TBA

TEMPE REGIONAL

Championship

At Wells Fargo Arena

Tempe, Ariz.

Monday, March 28

Baylor (30-3) vs. North Carolina (30-3), 4 p.m.

Hockey

College men

NCAA Tournament

All Times PST

THE FROZEN FOUR

At The Schottenstein Center

Columbus, Ohio

Semifinals

Thursday, April 7

Denver (30-9-2) vs. Colorado College (31-8-3), 11 a.m.

North Dakota (24-14-5) vs. Minnesota (28-14-1), 4 p.m.

College women

NCAA Tournament

Frozen Four

At Whittemore Center Arena

Durham, N.H.

Sunday, March 27

Championship

Minnesota 4, Harvard 3

Third Place

St. Lawrence 5, Dartmouth 1

WHL playoffs

First Round

(Best-of-7)

Saturday, March 26

Calgary 3, Lethbridge 2; series tied 1-1

Kootenay 3, Kamloops 2, OT; series tied 1-1

Kelowna 4, Vancouver 3, OT; series tied 1-1

Seattle 3, Tri-City 2, 2OT; Seattle leads series 1-0

Prince Albert 3, Saskatoon 0; Prince Albert leads series 2-0

Medicine Hat 3, Red Deer 2

Sunday, March 27

Brandon 5, Moose Jaw 1; Brandon leads series 2-0

Everett 2, Portland 1; series tied 1-1

Red Deer 3, Medicine Hat 2; series tied 1-1

Monday, March 28

Prince Albert at Saskatoon

Tri-City at Seattle

Tuesday, March 29

Medicine Hat at Red Deer

Lethbridge at Calgary

Kootenay at Kamloops

Kelowna at Vancouver

Portland at Everett

Wednesday, March 30

Brandon at Moose Jaw

Medicine Hat at Red Deer

Lethbridge at Calgary

Kootenay at Kamloops

Kelowna at Vancouver

Seattle at Tri-City

Portland at Everett

Saskatoon at Prince Albert

Thursday, March 31

No games scheduled

Football

AFL

All Times PST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Central Division

	W	L	Pct	PF	PA
Colorado	6	2	.750	448	383
Chicago	4	4	.500	372	384
Grand Rapids	1	7	.125	428	491
Nashville	1	7	.125	318	393

Western Division

	W	L	Pct	PF	PA
Las Vegas	5	3	.625	341	349
Los Angeles	5	3	.625	400	394
San Jose	4	3	.571	410	339
Arizona	2	7	.222	447	478

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Eastern Division

	W	L	Pct	PF	PA
New York	6	2	.750	432	389
Dallas	6	3	.667	493	419
Philadelphia	4	5	.444	469	484
Columbus	1	7	.125	352	413

Southern Division

	W	L	Pct	PF	PA
Georgia	7	2	.778	450	401
New Orleans	6	3	.667	465	427
Orlando	6	3	.667	426	378
Tampa Bay	4	4	.500	433	421
Austin	4	5	.444	415	510

Monday’s Game

San Jose at Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 1

New Orleans at Austin, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 2

Chicago at New York, 4 p.m.

Georgia at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 3

Los Angeles at Orlando, 9 a.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 9 a.m.

Nashville at Grand Rapids, 11:30 a.m.

Las Vegas at Colorado, noon

Arizona at San Jose, 6 p.m.

Baseball

MLB Spring Training

All Times PT

AMERICAN LEAGUE

	W	L	Pct
Toronto	14	7	.667
Los Angeles	16	9	.640
Cleveland	14	10	.583
Baltimore	11	10	.524
Tampa Bay	12	11	.522
Minnesota	12	12	.500
New York	12	12	.500
Detroit	11	11	.500
Oakland	12	15	.444
Seattle	10	13	.435
Chicago	11	15	.423
Boston	9	13	.409
Texas	10	15	.400
Kansas City	9	14	.391

NATIONAL LEAGUE

	W	L	Pct
New York	13	8	.619
San Francisco	15	10	.600
St. Louis	13	9	.591
Arizona	15	11	.577
Colorado	15	11	.577
Cincinnati	14	12	.539
San Diego	14	12	.539
Milwaukee	13	13	.500
Houston	10	11	.476
Los Angeles	10	11	.476
Washington	10	11	.476
Chicago	12	14	.461
Atlanta	10	12	.454
Philadelphia	11	14	.440
Pittsburgh	10	13	.435
Florida	8	17	.320

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Sunday’s Games

Toronto 4, Detroit 0

St. Louis 7, Florida 3

Boston 8, Pittsburgh 7

L.A. Dodgers 11, Atlanta 6

Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 3

Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 0

N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 4

N.Y. Yankees 7, Houston 4

Minnesota 11, Baltimore 3

Oakland 7, Colorado 3

San Diego 9, Chicago Cubs 5

Arizona 13, Kansas City 5

Seattle 15, Chicago White Sox 9

L.A. Angels 8, San Francisco 5

Texas 10, Milwaukee 6

Monday’s Games

Houston vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Florida vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Cincinnati vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Arizona vs. Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, Ariz., 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. L.A. Dodgers at Vero Beach, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 6:05 p.m.

Mariners 15, White Sox 9

CHICAGO (A)					SEATTLE
	ab	r	h	bi		ab	r	h	bi
Davis c	3	2	1	0	Suzuki rf	5	2	2	3
Burke c	0	0	0	0	Winn lf	4	2	2	0
Iguchi 2b	3	0	1	3	Dobbs lf	2	0	0	0
Valdez 2b	1	0	0	0	Bltre 3b	2	1	1	1
Rowand dh	4	1	2	2	Gil 3b	1	1	0	0
Gonzalz ph	1	0	0	0	Sxsn 1b	3	2	1	0
Konerko 1b	4	1	2	2	Spzo 1b	1	0	0	0
Molina c	1	0	0	0	Bne 2b	1	1	1	2
Dye rf	3	1	0	0	Gtrrz 2b	1	2	1	0
Blakely rf	1	1	1	1	Ibanz dh	5	0	2	4
Borchard cf	5	0	1	0	Wilson c	1	2	0	1
Uribe ss	4	0	1	1	Moon c	1	0	0	0
Martinez ss	0	0	0	0	Bmqt cf	4	0	1	2
Ozuna 3b	4	1	2	0	Bohn cf	0	0	0	0
Perez lf	3	1	2	0	Rese ss	1	0	0	0
Owens lf	1	1	0	0	Sntgo ss	3	2	2	2
Totals	38	9	13	9	Totals	35	15	13	15

Chicago (A)	006	101	001	—	9
Seattle	104	323	20x	—	15

E—Iguchi, Reese. DP—Seattle 1. LOB—Chicago 6, Seattle 9. 2B—Rowand, Davis, Winn 2, Suzuki, Gutierrez. 3B—Santiago. HR—Konerko, Blakely. SB—Dye, Iguchi, Owens, Suzuki. CS—Rowand, Boone. SF—Iguchi.

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Chicago
Contreras L,0-2	4 1/3	7	9	6	5	4
Politte	1 1/3	3	4	4	3	1
Yotsu	1	3	2	2	2	2
Smith	1 1/3	0	0	0	0	0

Seattle
Hernandez	2 2/3	8	6	5	0	2
Thornton W,1-0	2 1/3	3	1	1	0	3
Trolia	1	1	1	1	0	0
Bland	1	0	0	0	1	1
Buglovsky	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimenez	1	1	1	1	0	0

HBP—by Hernandez (Davis), Buglovsky (Burke), Contreras (Suzuki), Contreras (Wilson), Smith (Santiago) .WP—Yotsu 2, Thornton. T—3:13. A—9,158.

Red Sox 8, Pirates 7

Pittsburgh	000	001	321	—	7	12	1
Boston	002	500	01x	—	8	14	0

M.Redman, White (5), Mesa (6), Corey (7), McDade (8) and Santiago, Doumit (7); Wakefield, Foulke (7), Mantei (8), Kim (9) and Mirabelli, Concepcion (9). W—Wakefield, 2-1. L—M.Redman, 1-3. Sv—Kim (1). HRs—Pittsburgh, Sanchez. Boston, Bellhorn.

Indians 6, Devil Rays 3

Tampa Bay	000	010	200	—	3	7	2
Cleveland	111	100	02x	—	6	14	0

Hendrickson, Brock (5), Colome (7) and Hall, Isenia (6); Millwood, Rhodes (6), Miller (7), Howry (8), Bartosh (9) and V.Martinez. W—Millwood, 1-1. L—Hendrickson, 1-3. Sv—Bartosh (3). HR—Tampa Bay, Crawford.

Blue Jays 4, Tigers 0

Detroit	000	000	000	—	0	1	2
Toronto	000	013	00x	—	4	6	0

Bonderman, Ennis (7), Farnsworth (8) and Wilson, S.Martinez (7); Walker, League (5), Glynn (7), Downs (8), Whiteside (9) and Myers, Huckaby (8). W—League, 1-0. L—Bonderman, 3-1.

Dodgers 11, Braves 6

Atlanta	001	005	000	—	6	10	2
Los Angeles (N)	200	240	21x	—	11	11	2

Hudson, White (5), Martin (7), Childress (8) and Estrada, Boscan (6); Lowe, Venafro (6), Rupe (7), Wunsch (8), Carlyle (9) and Phillips, Bako (7). W—Lowe, 2-1. L—Hudson, 1-1. HRs—Atlanta, Green, A.Jones (8), LaRoche. Los Angeles, Kent (2).

Phillies 5, Reds 0

Cincinnati	000	000	000	—	0	4	0
Philadelphia	010	030	01x	—	5	11	1

Milton, Valentine (5), Weber (7), R.Wagner (8) and Valentin, Estalella (6); Wolf, Adams (6), Liriano (7), Madsen (8), B.Wagner (9) and Lieberthal, Hinch (7). W—Wolf, 1-2. L—Milton, 1-1. HRs—Philadelphia, Burrell 2 (6), Utley (4).

Cardinals 7, Marlins 3

Florida	000	020	001	—	3	3	1
St. Louis	006	001	00x	—	7	10	1

Leiter, Walrond (6), Jones (7), Perisho (8) and Lo Duca, Willingham; Marquis, Pulsipher (7), Reyes (7), Tavarez (8), Isringhausen (9) and Molina. W—Marquis, 3-2. L—Leiter, 1-2. HR—Florida, Gonzalez.

Mets 9, Nationals 4

Washington	010	000	111	—	4	4	1
New York (N)	030	114	00x	—	9	15	1

Armas, Patterson (2), Rauch (5), Horgan (6), Bowie (7) and Schneider, Bennett (6); Santiago, Aybar (3), Fortunato (5), Matthews (7), Bell (8) and Piazza, Hietpas (6). W—Santiago, 1-0. L—Patterson, 0-2. HRs—Washington, Guillen (3), Wilkerson (3). New York, Piazza (2).

Yankees 7, Astros 4

Houston	210	001	000	—	4	11	0
New York (A)	002	002	03x	—	7	10	1

Pettitte, Lidge (5), Wheeler (6), Qualls (7), Gallo (8) and Chavez, Norris; Brown, Rivera (7), Quantrill (8), Sturtze (9) and Posada, Flaherty. W—Quantrill, 1-0. L—Gallo, 0-1. Sv—Sturtze (1). HRs—New York, A.Rodriguez (2), Sierra (2).

Twins 11, Orioles 3

Minnesota	700	300	100	—	11	17	0
Baltimore	021	000	000	—	3	8	3

Baker, Romero (5), Eyre (6), Guerrier (7), Bonilla (8), Sawataski (9) and LeCroy, Miller; DuBose, Williams (5), Kline (6), Reed (8), Ryan (9) and Lopez, Gil. W—Baker, 1-0. L—DuBose, 1-1. HRs—Minnesota, Cuddyer (4), Restovich (2). Baltimore, Bigbie (3), Sosa (3).

Padres 9, Cubs 5

San Diego	120	203	001	—	9	11	0
Chicago (N)	012	200	000	—	5	8	1

Germano, Reyes (5), Seanez (6), Linebrink (8), Williams (9) and R.Hernandez, M.Hernandez; Dempster, Oropesa (4), Ohman (6), Randolph (6), Wuertz (8), Hawkins (9) and Bako. W—Reyes, 1-0. L—Ohman, 0-1. HR—Chicago, Kelton.

Athletics 7, Rockies 3

Colorado	100	000	002	—	3	6	0
Oakland	301	002	10x	—	7	11	0

Jennings, Lopez (6), Fuentes (7), Gaillard (8) and Johnson, Matos; Harden, Calero (6), Dotel (7), Rincon (8), Street (9) and Kendall. W—Harden, 3-1. L—Jennings, 2-1. HR—Colorado, Barmes (3).

Diamondbacks 13, Royals 5

Kansas City	000	100	040	—	5	9	1
Arizona	003	203	32x	—	13	12	1

Wood, Affeldt (5), Tankersley (6), Embry (6), Camp (7) and Buck, Phillips; Gosling, Aquino (5), Tolar (6), Slaten (6), Cormier (8), Lyon (9) and Hill, Avlas. W—Gosling, 3-1. L—Wood, 0-1. HR—Arizona, Clark.

Angels 8, Giants 5

Los Angeles (A)	001	030	004	—	8	15	0
San Francisco	000	010	031	—	5	9	1

Washburn, Bootcheck (8), Rodriguez (8) and Molina, Paul; Tomko, Benitez (7), Fassero (8), Brower (9), Munter (9) and Matheny, Haad. W—Rodriguez, 2-0. L—Brower, 0-1. HRs—San Francisco, Niekro, Alou.

Rangers 10, Brewers 6

Milwaukee	000	000	060	—	6	10	0
Texas	100	110	16x	—	10	19	1

Davis, Lohr (6), Santana (7), Adams (8), Phelps (8) and Miller, Moeller; Rogers, Montero (5), Bukvich (6), Feldman (7), Dickey (8), Brocail (9) and Alomar, Laird. W—Dickey, 2-1. L—Adams, 0-1. HRs—Texas, Young.

Golf

Players Championship

PGA TOUR

At TPC at Sawgrass

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Purse: $8 million

Yardage: 7,093; Par: 72

Complete Second Round

No players completed the third round due to rain

Lee Westwood	65-69—134
Joe Durant	69-65—134
Luke Donald	66-68—134
Tim Herron	68-66—134
Zach Johnson	65-70—135
Kirk Triplett	70-66—136
Fred Funk	65-72—137
Adam Scott	69-68—137
Vaughn Taylor	70-67—137
Graeme McDowell	71-66—137
Dudley Hart	70-67—137
Davis Love III	72-66—138
Bob Tway	67-71—138
Craig Parry	68-70—138
Scott Verplank	71-67—138
Stewart Cink	70-68—138
Steve Elkington	72-66—138
Shigeki Maruyama	70-68—138
Phil Mickelson	70-68—138
Jay Haas	69-69—138
Jeff Sluman	71-67—138
Daniel Chopra	68-70—138
Joe Ogilvie	72-67—139
Brent Geiberger	69-70—139
Retief Goosen	69-70—139
Miguel A. Jimenez	70-69—139
Jesper Parnevik	69-71—140
Tom Lehman	71-69—140
Pat Perez	70-70—140
Alex Cejka	70-70—140
Brett Quigley	67-73—140
Jay Williamson	72-68—140
Padraig Harrington	67-73—140
Rod Pampling	70-70—140
Bob Estes	67-73—140
Nick O’Hern	76-65—141
Arron Oberholser	73-68—141
Brad Faxon	72-69—141
Sergio Garcia	66-75—141
Jonathan Kaye	72-69—141
Vijay Singh	67-74—141
David Toms	70-71—141
Jonathan Byrd	73-68—141
Jeff Maggert	70-71—141
Duffy Waldorf	72-69—141
Joey Sindelar	70-71—141
Mark Calcavecchia	71-70—141
Steve Jones	64-77—141
Nick Price	71-70—141
Briny Baird	68-73—141
Nick Faldo	71-70—141
Brian Bateman	71-71—142
Ernie Els	71-71—142
Lee Janzen	73-69—142
Heath Slocum	70-72—142
Mike Weir	74-68—142
Aaron Baddeley	73-69—142
Michael Allen	71-71—142
Kent Jones	74-68—142
Tim Petrovic	71-71—142
Shaun Micheel	68-74—142
Mark Hensby	72-70—142
Kevin Sutherland	72-70—142
Brian Gay	71-72—143
Len Mattiace	72-71—143
Steve Flesch	72-71—143
Darren Clarke	73-70—143
J.L. Lewis	66-77—143
Frank Lickliter II	72-71—143
Richard Green	75-68—143
Craig Barlow	73-70—143
Thomas Bjorn	69-74—143
Steve Lowery	69-74—143
Robert Gamez	68-75—143
Cameron Beckman	74-69—143
Robert Damron	72-71—143
Tommy Armour III	70-73—143
Tiger Woods	70-73—143
Hunter Mahan	68-75—143
Tag Ridings	72-71—143
Ted Purdy	69-74—143
Jose Coceres	73-70—143
Tom Byrum	72-71—143
John Senden	74-69—143

Nabisco Championship

LPGA TOUR

At Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Course

Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Purse: $1.8 million

Yardage: 6,535; Par: 72

Final Round

a-amateur

Annika Sorenstam, $270,000	70-69-66-68—273
Rosie Jones, $166,003	69-70-71-71—281
Laura Diaz, $106,791	75-69-71-68—283
Cristie Kerr, $106,791	72-70-70-71—283
Grace Park, $68,165	73-68-76-67—284
Mi Hyun Kim, $68,165	69-71-72-72—284
Juli Inkster, $51,350	70-74-72-69—285
Lorie Kane, $44,988	71-76-69-70—286
Candie Kung, $34,591	72-73-71-71—287
Wendy Doolan, $34,591	74-69-73-71—287
Dorothy Delasin, $34,591	71-72-73-71—287
Beth Daniel, $34,591	74-72-69-72—287
Reilley Rankin, $34,591	73-68-74-72—287
a-Michelle Wie	70-74-73-71—288
Kim Saiki, $27,175	74-71-70-73—288
Brandie Burton, $27,175	72-71-72-73—288
Hee-Won Han, $24,267	76-71-69-73—289
Natalie Gulbis, $24,267	73-71-72-73—289
Shi Hyun Ahn, $21,692	77-76-71-66—290
Paula Creamer, $21,692	74-72-72-72—290
Young Kim, $21,692	76-70-70-74—290
a-Morgan Pressel	70-73-72-75—290
Karen Stupples, $19,086	69-80-70-73—292
Pat Hurst, $19,086	71-74-74-73—292
Sherri Steinhauer, $19,086	71-72-75-74—292
Laura Davies, $19,086	73-71-71-77—292
Jeong Jang, $16,723	77-74-71-71—293
Dawn Coe-Jones, $16,723	74-73-74-72—293
Se Ri Pak, $16,723	77-70-70-76—293
Stacy Prammanasudh, $14,565	75-74-74-71—294
Jill McGill, $14,565	73-72-77-72—294
Michelle Estill, $14,565	71-79-71-73—294
Carin Koch, $14,565	70-73-75-76—294
a-Julieta Granada	75-71-70-78—294
Lorena Ochoa, $12,383	76-75-73-71—295
Leta Lindley, $12,383	74-77-73-71—295
Jennifer Rosales, $12,383	71-79-74-71—295
Helen Alfredsson, $12,383	76-72-74-73—295
Janice Moodie, $10,288	74-77-74-71—296
Yuri Fudoh, $10,288	75-75-75-71—296
Rachel Hetherington, $10,288	77-73-72-74—296
Tina Barrett, $10,288	73-77-71-75—296
Christina Kim, $10,288	76-71-73-76—296
Ai Miyazato, $8,225	75-76-74-72—297
Joo Mi Kim, $8,225	76-74-75-72—297
Catriona Matthew, $8,225	77-76-71-73—297
Karrie Webb, $8,225	74-71-79-73—297
Gloria Park, $8,225	78-71-74-74—297
Charlotta Sorenstam, $8,225	75-74-74-74—297
Tina Fischer, $6,771	76-73-78-71—298
a-Jane Park	78-75-71-74—298
Wendy Ward, $6,771	72-74-78-74—298
Heather Bowie, $6,771	74-76-73-75—298
Meg Mallon, $6,771	74-76-73-75—298
Bo Bae Song, $5,998	78-72-74-75—299
Giulia Sergas, $5,998	72-77-73-77—299
Liselotte Neumann, $5,998	71-72-78-78—299
Kelli Kuehne, $5,362	77-74-75-74—300
Angela Stanford, $5,362	77-73-76-74—300
Michele Redman, $5,362	76-77-71-76—300
Katherine Hull, $5,362	75-73-75-77—300
Betsy King, $4,817	77-75-75-74—301
Donna Andrews, $4,817	71-81-73-76—301
Aree Song, $4,499	77-76-72-77—302
Trish Johnson, $4,499	75-73-76-78—302
Sophie Gustafson, $4,318	71-80-76-76—303
Emilee Klein, $4,318	75-76-71-81—303
Hilary Lunke, $4,136	76-73-80-75—304
Stephanie Arricau, $4,136	72-75-79-78—304
Candy Hannemann, $3,954	74-76-77-78—305
Heather Daly-Donofrio, $3,954	75-75-76-79—305
Nancy Scranton, $3,817	77-73-80-76—306
Catrin Nilsmark, $3,726	73-79-76-82—310
Jamie Hullett, $3,635	76-76-78-81—311
Laurel Kean, $3,590	76-77-81-82—316

College women

Mountain Vew Collegiate

At Mountain View GC, Tucson, Ariz., Par 72

TEAM SCORING–Northwestern 870, Idaho 880, Missouri 881, Colorado State 882, Iowa State 884, Colorado 888, Nebraska 888, San Jose State 891, Kansas 892, Kansas State 896, Boise State 897, Louisville 897, Northern Arizona 910, Portland State 915, Denver 931.

INDIVIDUALS–1, Meghan Little (Louisville) 209. 2, Cassie Castleman (UI) 211. Also: 4, Renee Skidmore (UI) 212. 15, Kelly Nakashima (UI) 220. 70, Jennifer Tucker (UI) 237. 80, Jenna Huff (UI) 250.

Soccer

World Cup qualifier

Mexico 2, United States 1

First half—1, Mexico, Jared Borgetti (Jaime Lozano), 30th minute; 2, Mexico, Antonio Naelson (Jared Borgetti), 33rd minute. Second half—3, United States, Lewis (Landon Donovan), 59th minute.

Yellow Cards—Blanco, Mex, 28th; Beasley, US, 37th; Berhalter, US, 51st. Red Cards—None.

A—110,000 (est).

Tennis

Nasdaq-100 Open

ATP-WTA TOUR

At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park

Key Biscayne, Fla.

Purse: Men, $3.45 million (Masters); Women: $3.115 million (Tier I)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Third Round

Ivan Ljubicic (13), Croatia, def. Vince Spadea (21), United States, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3).

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominik Hrbaty (26), Slovakia, def. Marat Safin (3), Russia, 7-6 (6), 6-1.

Gael Monfils, France, def. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (1).

Rafael Nadal (29), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

David Ferrer, Spain, def. David Nalbandian (8), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-1.

Thomas Johansson (25), Sweden, def. Carlos Moya (5), Spain, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2.

Women

Third Round

Justine Henin-Hardenne (19), Belgium, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Alicia Molik (7), Australia, def. Gisela Dulko (29) , Argentina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Karolina Sprem (16), Croatia, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-2, 6-2.

Catalina Castano, Colombia, def. Patty Schnyder (11), Switzerland, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Tatiana Golovin (22), France, def. Elena Bovina (13), Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Shinobu Asagoe (23), Japan, def. Francesca Schiavone (14), Italy, 6-0, 6-3.

Ana Ivanovic, Serbia-Montenegro, def. Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (4).

Amelie Mauresmo (1), France, def. Anna Smashnova (30), Israel, 6-2, 6-1.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Dally Randriantefy, Madagascar, 6-1, 6-3.

Elena Likhovtseva (15), Russia, def. Ai Sugiyama (21), Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Magdalena Maleeva (27), Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Marissa Irvin, United States, 6-2, 6-0.

Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Nathalie Dechy (12), France, 6-0, 6-2.

Serena Williams (3), United States, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 6-3.

Venus Williams (8), United States, def. Fabiola Zuluaga (25), Colombia, 6-2, 6-0.

Anastasia Myskina (5), Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, 6-4, 6-0.

Track and field

Area college leaders

Inland Northwest college and open outdoor track and field leaders, through meets of March 26 (c-converted from hand time, w-wind-aided):

MEN

100 meters–McSwain (WSU) 10.53, Boston (WSU) 10.88, Robertson (WSU) 10.88w, Ray (I) 11.03, Nelson (WSU) 11.09. Non-D-I: Kragt (CCS) 11.21.

200–McSwain (WSU) 21.60, Ray (I) 21.68, Robertson (WSU) 21.91, Nelson (WSU) 22.37, Nembhard (I) 23.25. Non-D-I: Ragsdale (CCS) 23.31. Open: Suzuki (Leo TC) 22.37.

400–Cassleman (WSU) 48.06, Giuffre (I) 49.00, Nygard (WSU) 49.37, Erickson (I) 49.49, Ragsdale (CCS) 49.76. Open: Suzuki (Leo TC) 48.31, Moon (unat) 48.92.

800–Ireland (WSU) 1:53.09, Chambers (WSU) 1:54.17, Manthey (WSU) 1:55.16, Kellogg (EWU) 1:55.88, Helgath (CCS) 1:55.94c.

1,500–Ireland (WSU) 3:48.09, B. Fuller (EWU) 3:55.57, Conrick (EWU) 3:56.66, Miller (GU) 3:58.95, Siebert (CCS) 4:00.29.

3,000 steeplechase–Concha (WSU) 9:38.21, Hinrichs (WSU) 9:44.21, K. Anderson (CCS) 10:00.87, Williams (WSU) 10:04.68, Thompson (I) 10:06.29. Open: A. Fuller (unat) 9:45.77, Tschida (unat) 10:05.24.

5,000–Jones (WSU) 14:22.84, Grant (WSU) 14:26.55, B. Fuller (EWU) 14:38.06, Williams (WSU) 14:48.92, Timeus (EWU) 14:56.04. Non-D-I: K. Anderson (CCS) 15:53.00. Open: A. Fuller (unat) 15:45.75.

10,000–Heidt (WSU) 30:55.67, Blackburn (Whit) 31:25.00, Deitz (Whit) 33:15.83, Coe (Whit) 33:18.23, Foster (Whit) 34:28.92.

110 hurdles–Brownell (WSU) 15.38w, Richardson (I) 15.39, Bjerkestrand (WSU) 15.59, Spaun (Whit) 15.68, Thomas (WSU) 15.71. Open: Mapp (unat) 15.69.

400 hurdles–Cassleman (WSU) 52.31, Guggenheimer (I) 53.53, Nygard (WSU) 53.62, Leyk (WSU) 54.69, Fischback (WSU) 55.60. Non-D-I: Spaun (Whit) 56.70.

4x100 relay–Washington State 40.42, CC Spokane 43.38, Whitworth 45.04.

4x400 relay–Idaho 3:14.78, Washington State 3:17.97, CC Spokane 3:26.47, Whitworth 3:27.09.

High jump–Thomas (WSU) and Eaton (WSU) 6-63/4, Richardson (I) 6-43/4, Ludwigson (EWU) 6-41/4, Clemmens (EWU) 6-2. Non-D-I: Kragt (CCS) 5-8. Open: Stewart (unat) 6-2, Williams (unat) 6-0.

Pole vault–Nicoletti (WSU) 16-63/4, Erickson (EWU) 14-9, J. Powell (CCS) and Taylor (CCS) 14-33/4, Omlin (Whit) and DePell (Whit) 13-91/4. Open: Uhlenkott (unat) 14-31/4.

Long jump–Sargent (EWU) 23-13/4, Brownell (WSU) 22-1/4, Thomas (WSU) 21-91/2, Penrod (EWU) 21-4, McSwain (WSU) 21-31/2. Non-D-I: Hinton (Whit) 20-51/4. Open: Stewart (unat) 21-23/4.

Triple jump–Smith (WSU) 49-21/2, Kapofu (I) 48-111/2, Hampton (WSU) 47-101/2, Hinton (Whit) 42-2, Penrod (EWU) 41-73/4.

Shot put–Winger (I) 57-2, Wauters (I) 53-7, Ulrick (WSU) 53-31/2, Paul (EWU) 51-101/2, Richard (Whit) 48-11/4.

Discus–Dixon (CCS) 174-0, Ulrick (WSU) 172-4, Winger (I) 169-3, Lehosky (EWU) 161-0, Powell (WSU) 153-10.

Hammer–Quinn (EWU) 176-0, Mattox (I) 175-3, Dewindt (Whit) 174-8, Wauters (I) 174-3, Shanklin (CCS) 172-9. Open: Linerud (unat) 176-9.

Javelin–Murray (CCS) 214-0, Guydish (EWU) 206-2, Powell (WSU) 195-5, Jeffreys (WSU) 195-5, Torgison (I) 195-2. Open: Weidman (unat) 217-4.

Decathlon—Sargent (EWU) 6,454, Ludwigson (EWU) 5,890, Kragt (CCS) 5,810, Thomas (WSU) 5,660. Open: Stewart (unat) 5,209.

WOMEN

100 meters–Hatcher (WSU) 12.32, Porter (WSU) 12.68, Burt (CCS) 12.86, Garcia (I) 12.87, Fordjour (CCS) 12.89.

200–Hatcher (WSU) 25.15, Porter (WSU) 25.36, Probasco-Canda (WSU) 25.62, Wilson (WSU) 25.84, Burt (CCS) 26.23.

400–Probasco-Canda (WSU) 56.45, Patten (I) 57.25, Galaviz (WSU) 58.62, Hodges (I) 59.21, Wilson (WSU) 59.25. Non-D-I: Heinemann (Whit) 1:02.34.

800–Kamau (I) 2:09.57, Paul (WSU) 2:12.42, Bull (WSU) 2:16.68, Friedges (WSU) 2:17.63, Heinemann (Whit) 2:20.54c. Open: C. Prunty (uant) 2:12.46.

1,500–Paul (WSU) 4:26.00, Bull (WSU) 4:40.76, Semenza (GU) 4:48.89, Heinemann (Whit) 4:49.67, Gonzalez (WSU) 4:51.03. Open: C. Prunty (unat) 4:31.08.

3,000–Gibb (EWU) 10:32.95, Evans (EWU) 10:46.98, Hermens (GU) 12:45.48. Open: C. Prunty (unat) 10:28.57.

3,000 steeplechase–Leonard (WSU) 10:59.89, Peterson (WSU) 11:04.41, Vander Meulen (I) 11:07.25, Lawrence (WSU) 11:21.30, Friend (I) 11:43.93. Non-D-I: Thurston (Whit) 12:52.54.

5,000–Lawrence (WSU) 17:33.55, Ramirez (WSU) 17:45.29, Gonzalez (WSU) 17:50.22, Smith (WSU) 17:56.67, Semenza (GU) 18:07.50. Non-D-I: Lauterbach (Whit) 18:39.43.

10,000–Dickey (Whit) 38:54.56, Laurterbach (Whit) 38:59.14c, Jamieson (Whit) 40:52.24, Becker (CCS) 41:49.55, A. Anderson (Whit) 48:09.97.

100 hurdles–D. Pickler (WSU) 13.76, J. Pickler (WSU) 14.37, Miller (WSU) 14.56, Burt (CCS) 14.74c, Nash 15.54c.

400 hurdles–Galaviz (WSU) 1:07.02, Nash (CCS) 1:07.23, Hinson (Whit) 1:12.23, Morehouse (Whit) 1:13.58, Funrue (Whit) 1:15.05.

4x100 relay–Whitworth 50.87, CC Spokane 52.32, Idaho 55.84.

4x400 relay–Washington State 3:56.11, Whitworth 4:20.23.

High jump–Mikesh (WSU) 5-73/4, D. Pickler (WSU) and J. Pickler (WSU) 5-53/4, Fouts (EWU) 5-41/4, Hanson (WSU) and Souhrada (I) 5-33/4. Non-D-I: Viducich (Whit) and Green (CCS) 5-21/4.

Pole vault–Diles (WSU) 13-51/4, Reynolds (CCS) 10-6, Fuller (CCS) 10-0, Lane (Whit) 9-1/4, Funrue (Whit) 8-61/4.

Long jump–D. Pickler (WSU) 19-41/4w, J. Pickler (WSU) 18-103/4w, Kramer (EWU) 17-11, Miller (WSU) 17-103/4, Waterhouse (EWU) 17-51/4. Non-D-I: Marken (Whit) 16-91/4.

Triple jump–Gardner (WSU) 38-111/2, Waterhouse (EWU) 36-101/4, Kling (I) 36-11/2, Dormaier (Whit) 34-41/4, Sampson (CCS) 32-51/2.

Shot put–Burgess (WSU) 44-4, Zita (WSU) 42-11, Woelk (EWU) 40-101/2, Faire (EWU) 40-31/2, Demme (I) 37-33/4. Non-D-I: Coleman (CCS) 35-4.

Discus–Burgess (WSU) 152-4, Demme (I) 143-7, Zita (WSU) 138-1, Geaudreau (EWU) 132-1, Kirley (EWU) 130-6. Non-D-I: Murillo (Whit) 111-6. Open: Thornton (uant) 156-3, Bertsch (unat) 124-0.

Hammer–Broncheau (I) 170-9, Burgess (WSU) 160-6, Geaudreau (EWU) 154-5, Kirley (EWU) 141-9, Woelk (EWU) 141-0. Non-D-I: Coleman (CCS) 124-4. Open: Thornton (unat) 191-5, Reardon (unat) 136-2.

Javelin–Dean (WSU) 169-7, Graeme (EWU) 159-2, Bertholf (WSU) 153-3, Geaudreau (EWU) 151-5, J. Pickler (WSU) 128-8. Non-D-I: Neuman (CCS) 127-11.

Heptathlon–Miller (WSU) 4,865, Burt (CCS) 4,427, Marken (Whit) 4,118, Perkins (CCS) 3,843, Wonsick (CCS) 3,662.

Moves

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Reassigned RHP Jack Cressend, RHP Jeremi Gonzalez, OF George Lombard, OF Bill McMillon, INF Roberto Petagine and C Shawn Wooten to their minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned OF Grady Sizemore to Buffalo of the IL.

DETROIT TIGERS—Reassigned C Michael Rivera, INF Tony Giarratano, INF Mike Hessman and INF Kevin Hooper to their minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Optioned RHP Ambiorix Burgos to Wichita of the Texas League. Reassigned RHP Santiago Ramirez, INF Luis Ugueto, OF Matt Diaz, C Matt Tupman, RHP Ryan Jensen and RHP Justin Huisman to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Reassigned RHP Scott Dunn and INF Zach Sorensen to their minor league camp.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed RHP Grant Balfour on the 15-day DL and OF Jason Kubel on the 60-day DL. Returned LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith to Seattle. Optioned OF Michael Ryan to Rochester of the International League. Reassigned OF Armando Rios to their minor league camp. Released INF Andy Fox and INF Eric Munson.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Reassigned INF Robinson Cano and C David Parrish to their minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Reassigned C Kurt Suzuki and INF Bobby Smith to their minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Optioned RHP Cha Seung Baek, INF Jose Lopez and OF Jamal Strong to Tacoma of the PCL. Reassigned C Ryan Christianson to their minor league camp. Signed LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith as a non-roster camp invitee. Sold INF Mickey Lopez to the San Francisco Giants.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Reassigned C Brayan Pena to their minor league camp.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Reassigned OF Reggie Taylor to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Reassigned OF Henri Stanley to their minor league camp.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Traded C Mark Johnson to the Chicago Cubs for OF Travis Ezi. Optioned RHP Jose Capellan, RHP Ben Hendrickson and Jeff Bennett to Nashville of the PCL.

NEW YORK METS—Optioned INF Jeff Keppinger and RHP Jae Seo to Norfolk of the International League. Reassigned LHP Scott Stewart, RHP Scott Strickland and RHP Orber Moreno to minor league camp.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Reassigned LHP Mike Bacsik, INF Anthony Medrano and C Trent Pratt to their minor league camp.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Reassigned LHP Zach Duke, 1B Graham Koonce and INF Edwards Guzman to their minor league camp.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Optioned INF Bo Hart, INF Scott Seabol, OF John Gall and C Mike Mahoney to Memphis of the PCL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Suspended F Danny Fortson for one game.

UTAH JAZZ—Placed F Andrei Kirilenko on the injured list. Activated C Jarron Collins from the injured list.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS—Re-signed S Keion Carpenter to a one-year contract.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

NORFOLK ADMIRALS—Recalled G Mike Brodeur and D Vladimir Gusev from Greenville of the ECHL.

UTAH GRIZZLIES—Recalled LW Frantisek Lukes from Idaho of the ECHL.

ECHL

FRESNO FALCONS—Signed F Brett Hammond.

GREENVILLE GRRROWL—Announced F Sam Paolini has been returned from Cleveland of the AHL.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS—Announced F Rich Peverley has been recalled by Portland of the AHL.

TRENTON TITANS—Released D Blake Pickett.

COLLEGE

FAYETTEVILLE STATE—Named Major Boyd athletic director.

Today’s odds

America’s Line

NO LINE REPORT: On the NBA board, there is no line on the Bobcats-Nets game due to Charlotte forward Emeka Okafor (questionable); there is no line on the Bulls-Grizzlies game due to Chicago guard Kirk Hinrich (questionable); there is no line on the Nuggets-Suns game due to Denver forwards Kenyon Martin (questionable) and Marcus Camby (questionable).

NBA

Favorite	Points	Underdog
Nets	NL	BOBCATS
MAGIC	8.5	Hawks
PISTONS	3	Mavericks
BUCKS	3.5	Pacers
Cavaliers	3	HORNETS
BULLS	NL	Grizzlies
SUNS	NL	Nuggets
Rockets	4	JAZZ
BLAZERS	2	Wizards
KINGS	4.5	76ers
WARRIORS	4.5	Knicks

College Basketball

NCAA Tournament

Saturday

Final Four

(St. Louis, MO)

Favorite	Points (O/U)	Underdog
Illinois	2.5 (146)	Louisville
N Carolina	5 (158)	Michigan St

NIT

(Madison Square Garden, New York City)

Tuesday

Memphis	2.5 (125)	St. Joseph’s
Maryland	4.5 (151)	S Carolina

Home teams in capital letters