Sports results
TENNIS
French Open qualifying
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Men singles qualifying round
Marcos Daniel, Brazil, def. Matias Boeker, United States, 7-5, 6-0.
Jarkko Nieminen (4), Finland, def. Juan Pablo Brzezicki (27), Argentina, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, def. Marc Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Sasa Tuksar, Croatia, def. Noam Okun (32), Israel, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (15), Serbia-Montenegro, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Stanislas Wawrinka (2), Switzerland, def. Nicolas Devilder, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Tomas Behrend (3), Germany, def. Hugo Armando (28), United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Ramon Delgado, Paraguay, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Singles Women qualifying round
Meilen Tu, United States, def. Maria Fernanda Alves, Brazil, 6-3, 6-1.
Yvonne Meusburger (24), Austria, def. Alice Canepa, Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Galina Voskoboeva (17), Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, def. Sun Tian Tian, China, 6-4, 6-1.
Sandra Kloesel, Germany, def. Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina, def. Emma Laine, Finland, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Fish counts
The upstream movement of chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Steelhead, and Shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 5/19/2005.
Chin | Coho | Sock | Steel | Shad | |
Bonneville | 557 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 4931 |
The Dalles | 1482 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11,905 |
John Day | 1282 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
McNary | 874 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 |
Ice Harbor | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Lower Monumental | 349 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Little Goose | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lower Granite | 274 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MOVES
BASEBALL
MLB—Suspended Los Angeles Dodgers minor league RHP Heath Totten and RHP Tom Farmer and Arizona minor league RHP Chad Scarbery for 15 games for violating the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Placed C Doug Mirabelli on 15-day DL. Purchased contract of C Shawn Wooten from Pawtucket of the IL. Moved OF Adam Stern from 15-day DL to 60-day DL.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned RHP Jason Davis to Buffalo of the IL. Recalled RHP Matt Miller from Buffalo.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed RHP Octavio Dotel on the 15-day DL. Purchased contract of 2B-OF Jermaine Clark from Sacramento of the PCL.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Optioned C Rene Rivera to San Antonio of the Texas League. Transferred LHP Pitcher Bobby Madritsch from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Pat Borders from Tacoma of the PCL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed C Eddie Perez on 15-day DL. Purchased contract of C Brayan Pena from Richmond of the IL. Outrighted INF Jason Bourgeois to Richmond.
CHICAGO CUBS—Activated RHP Joe Borowski from the 15-day DL. Sent INF Michael Fontenot to Iowa of the PCL.
CINCINNATI REDS—Designated 2B D’Angelo Jimenez for assignment. Called up INF Luis Lopez from Louisville of the IL.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated OF Kenny Lofton from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Jose Offerman for assignment.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Moved OF Barry Bonds from the 15 to the 60-day DL. Placed OF Marquis Grissom on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Brian Dallimore from Fresno of the PCL.
Atlantic League
CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS—Signed RHP Jered Weaver.
Southern League
MISSISSIPPI BRAVES—Announced RHP Glenn Tucker was assigned to Myrtle Beach of the Carolina League and C Ray Serrano was promoted from Myrtle Beach. Announced C Iker Franco has been promoted to Richmond of the IL.
Can-Am League
NORTH SHORE SPIRIT—Released LHP Matt Haverly.
GRAYS—Released OF Steven Parrish. Signed RHP Jose Guerrero and INF Alex Garcia.
NEW HAVEN CUTTERS—Signed OF Bill Peavey.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Released INF-OF Dennis Bailey.
WORCESTER TORNADOES—Released RHP Travis Teeter.
Central League
JACKSON SENATORS—Signed RHP Bo Edmiston.
EDINBURG ROADRUNNERS—Released RHP Luis E. Ramirez and INF Mike Aguirre.
Frontier League
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Traded P Jaime Saldana and P Cooper Eddy to Mid-Missouri for INF Tom Syska.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BOSTON CELTICS—Agreed to terms with Danny Ainge, basketball operations director, on a three-year contract extension, through the 2008-09 season.
Women’s National Basketball Association
CONNECTICUT SUN—Placed C Laura Summerton on the injured list.
INDIANA FEVER—Waived F Astou Ndiaye-Diatta. Placed G Coretta Brown on the injured list.
MINNESOTA LYNX—Placed G Susan King Borchardt and G Nuria Martinez on the injured list.
PHOENIX MERCURY—Signed F Lisa Harrison.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived FB Rich Demers.
Canadian Football League
TORONTO ARGONAUTS—Signed DE Philippe Audet, OT Tye Smith, RB Bryan Crawford, WR Ian Forde and OT Jeff Keeping.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed OL Jean-Francoise Ostiguy. Acquired CB Omar Evans from Calgary for future considerations.
COLLEGE
AUGUSTANA, S.D.—Named Chris Hill offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, and Casey Meile recruiting coordinator and running backs coach.
AZUSA PACIFIC—Announced the resignation of Sharon Lehman, softball coach.
CHARLOTTE—Named Jon Lipsitz women’s soccer coach.
CINCINNATI—Announced the resignation of Bruce Ivory, associate athletic director.
LIBERTY—Named Alexis Sherard men’s assistant basketball coach.
MISSISSIPPI STATE—Named Joe Galbraith assistant director of athletic media relations.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN—Announced the resignation of Mike Geary, women’s basketball coach effective May 31.
SAINT LOUIS—Announced the resignation of Mike Uhrich, cross country coach.
UC SAN DIEGO—Named Fentriss Winn women’s basketball coach.
YALE—Named Jim McCarthy men’s assistant basketball coach.
TODAY’S ODDS
America’s Line
CIRCULAR REPORT: The Heat - Pistons circle * is for Miami center Shaquille O’Neal (questionable).
NBA
Favorite | Pts | O/U | Underdog | |
Monday | ||||
HEAT | 4* | 181 | Pistons |
Odds to win the 2005 NBA Championship
Team | Open | Current | ||
Spurs | 7-2 | even | ||
Heat | 8-1 | 2-1 | ||
Pistons | 4-1 | 5-2 | ||
Suns | 40-1 | 3-1 | ||
Mavericks | 8-1 | 25-1 |
Home teams in capital letters. Open is the opening line, current is the up to date line, and O/U is the over/under point total for each game.