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AL Rankings List

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2004-05 American League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs. The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position:

DHs, First Basemen, Outfielders

A Players

Catchers

A Players

Second, Third Basemen, Shortstops

A Players

Starting Pitchers

A Players

Relief Pitchers

A Players

NL Baseball Rankings List

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2004-05 National League rankings, compiled by the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine what draft choices are used as compensation for free agents under the 1981, 1985 and 1996 strike settlements between the Major League Baseball Players Association and the major league clubs. The rankings also are used to compare players. They combine statistics such as batting average, plate appearances, home runs and runs batted in for hitters, and starts, innings, earned-run average, saves and strikeouts for pitchers. The statistics used vary from position to position:

DHs, First Basemen, Outfielders

A Players

Catchers

A Players

Second, Third Basemen, Shortstops

A Players

Starting Pitchers

A Players

Relief Pitchers

A Players

BASKETBALL

NBA

All Times Pacific

Today’s Games

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Seattle, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

College women

Exhibition

Washington State 73, Baden Sports 58

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times Pacific

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monday’s Result

Pittsburgh 20, Baltimore 19

Sunday, Nov. 6

Atlanta at Miami, 10 a.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Chicago vs. New Orleans at Baton Rouge, La., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 1:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Bye: Buffalo, Denver, Dallas, St. Louis

Monday, Nov. 7

Indianapolis at New England, 6 p.m.

Steelers 20, Ravens 19

First Quarter

Pit—Miller 4 pass from Roethlisberger (J.Reed kick), 6:03.

Bal—C.Taylor 13 pass from Wright (Stover kick), 1:54.

Second Quarter

Pit—FG J.Reed 42, 13:21.

Bal—FG Stover 22, 5:03.

Third Quarter

Pit—Miller 8 pass from Roethlisberger (J.Reed kick), 7:47.

Fourth Quarter

Bal—FG Stover 40, 13:56.

Bal—FG Stover 49, 8:40.

Bal—FG Stover 47, 3:21.

Pit—FG J.Reed 37, 1:36.

A—64,178.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Baltimore, J.Lewis 17-61, C.Taylor 8-9, Wright 2-2. Pittsburgh, Parker 14-63, Bettis 8-22, Haynes 1-7, Randle El 1-5, Roethlisberger 4-4.

PASSING—Baltimore, Wright 25-44-2-252. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 18-30-1-177, Gardocki 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Baltimore, Mason 7-91, C.Taylor 5-55, Heap 5-38, Wilcox 3-17, Hymes 1-21, P.Johnson 1-12, Dinkins 1-11, J.Green 1-7, J.Lewis 1-0. Pittsburgh, H.Ward 8-75, Randle El 3-31, Miller 3-18, Morgan 2-35, Parker 2-18.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Baltimore, Stover 43 (WR).

CFL

x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division.

Friday’s Game

Montreal at Hamilton

Saturday’s Games

Toronto at Ottawa

Saskatchewan at British Columbia

Sunday’s Game

Edmonton at Calgary

END OF REGULAR SEASON

HOCKEY

NHL

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Two points for a win, one for overtime or shootout loss.

Monday’s Results

Montreal 4, N.Y. Rangers 1

Toronto 2, Florida 1

Today’s Games

Chicago at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.

Canadiens 4, Rangers 1

First Period—None. Second Period—None. Third Period—1, Montreal, Koivu 5 (Rivet, Begin), :47 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Jagr 12 (Straka, Moore), 9:40 (pp). 3, Montreal, Begin 4 (Sundstrom), 10:54 (sh). 4, Montreal, Kovalev 4 (Koivu), 16:14. 5, Montreal, Sundstrom 2 (Bulis, Begin), 19:23 (en).

Shots on goal—Montreal 7-15-9—31. N.Y. Rangers 9-8-7—24. Power-play Opportunities—Montreal 1 of 9; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 6. Goalies—Montreal, Theodore 7-3-1 (24 shots-23 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 5-2-2 (30-27). A—17,697 (18,200).

Maple Leafs 2, Panthers 1

First Period—1, Florida, Roberts 1 (Hill), :26. 2, Toronto, Tucker 5 (Wellwood, Allison), 5:04 (pp). Second Period—None. Third Period—3, Toronto, Ponikarovsky 3 (Lindros, O’Neill), 9:43.

Shots on goal—Florida 11-6-15—32. Toronto 7-8-9—24. Power-play Opportunities—Florida 0 of 3; Toronto 1 of 4. Goalies—Florida, McLennan 0-1-0 (24 shots-22 saves). Toronto, Belfour 5-3-2 (32-31). A—19,143 (18,819).

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for an overtime or shootout loss.

Monday Games

No games scheduled.

Tuesday Games

No games scheduled.

Wednesday Games

Everett at Spokane

Calgary at Kamloops

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert

Kootenay at Prince George

Medicine Hat at Regina

Saskatoon at Swift Current

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders

Through Oct. 30

POINTS

1, Tony Stewart, 6100. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 6057. 3, Greg Biffle, 6025. 4, Carl Edwards, 5993. 5, Ryan Newman, 5993. 6, Mark Martin, 5957. 7, Matt Kenseth, 5945. 8, Rusty Wallace, 5843. 9, Kurt Busch, 5840. 10, Jeremy Mayfield, 5790.

11, Jamie McMurray, 3782. 12, Jeff Gordon, 3740. 13, Elliott Sadler, 3722. 14, Kevin Harvick, 3711. 15, Joe Nemechek, 3693. 16, Brian Vickers, 3617. 17, Dale Jarrett, 3583. 18, Jeff Burton, 3524. 19, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 3489. 20, Kyle Busch, 3485.

MONEY

1, Tony Stewart, $6,530,292. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,426,961. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $6,361,191. 4, Kurt Busch, $6,353,318. 5, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $5,370,708. 6, Mark Martin, $5,339,828. 7, Matt Kenseth, $5,191,941. 8, Ryan Newman, $5,177,291. 9, Greg Biffle, $5,126,653. 10, Elliott Sadler, $4,656,271.

11, Kevin Harvick, $4,595,666. 12, Kasey Kahne, $4,559,453. 13, Rusty Wallace, $4,538,902. 14, Dale Jarrett, $4,354,112. 15, Jeremy Mayfield, $4,259,428. 16, Bobby Labonte, $4,258,829. 17, Carl Edwards, $4,180,143. 18, Michael Waltrip, $4,080,561. 19, Ricky Rudd, $3,989,270. 20, Jeff Burton, $3,959,381.

GOLF

Hole-in-one

FAIRWAYS–Steven Mingus, No. 4, 137 yards, 9-iron.

SOCCER

MLS playoffs

All Times Pacific

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Eastern: New England vs. Chicago

Sunday, Nov. 6

Chicago at New England, noon

Western: Los Angeles vs. Colorado

Saturday, Nov. 5

Los Angeles at Colorado, 2 p.m.

College men

West Coast Conference

Gonzaga 3, San Diego 2

First half–1, USD, Martin (Hiroto), 19:18. Second half–2, USD, Meissner (Guerrero), 64:41. 3, GU, Josten (Westermann), 68:57. 4, GU, Josten (Meslin, Stock), 78:41. 5, GU, Hoyd (Peterson), 86:55.

Shots on goal–Gonzaga 10, San Diego 20. Saves–Gonzaga, Smith 4. San Diego, Friesz 2.

TENNIS

Paris Masters

ATP TOUR

At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Purse: $2.51 million (Masters)

SINGLES

First Round

Greg Rusedski, Britain, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Florent Serra, France, 6,3, 6-4.

Novak Djokovic, Serbia-Montenegro, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 4-1, retired.

Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Andrei Pavel, Romania, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 6-1, 6-2.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Davide Sanguinetti, Italy, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

James Blake, United States, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-4, 6-3.

VOLLEYBALL

High school

Whitman County Tournament

Colton def. St. John-Endicott 25-21, 14-25, 25-10, 25-11.

Rosalia def. Colton 25-9, 25-17, 25-22.

Rosalia def. Asotin 25-9, 25-17, 25-22.

LaCrosse-Washtucna def. Tekoa-Oakesdale 25-23, 23-25, 25-20, 25-6.

Championship

Garfield-Palouse def. LaCrosse-Washtucna 25-27, 29-27, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11.

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

ANAHEIM ANGELS—Declined their 2006 contract option on LHP Jason Christiansen.

BOSTON RED SOX—Announced the resignation of Theo Epstein, general manager.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Exercised their 2006 contract option on RHP Cliff Politte. Declined their 2006 contract option on DH Carl Everett. Announced 1B-DH Frank Thomas exercised his 2006 contract option.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Exercised their 2006 contract options on RHP Danys Baez and SS Julio Lugo.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with LHP Glendon Rusch on a two-year contract.

CINCINNATI REDS—Activated RHP Ryan Wagner from the 15-day DL and INF Luis Lopez from the 60-day DL.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Signed Phil Garner, manager, to a contract extension through 2007.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Exercised their 2006-07 contract option on G-F Sasha Pavlovic.

DETROIT PISTONS—Signed F Tayshaun Prince to a five-year contract extension. Traded F Ronald Dupree to Minnesota for a future second-round draft pick.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed F Mike Dunleavy to a five-year contract extension.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Signed Jerry West, president of basketball operations, to a two-year contract extension through the 2008 season.

MIAMI HEAT—Waived F Darius Rice, G Andre Emmett and G Gerald Fitch. Placed C Michael Doleac, F Shandon Anderson and G-F James Posey on the inactive list.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Waived F Ndudi Ebi.

NEW JERSEY NETS—Announced the resignation of Gordon Chiesa, assistant coach. Exercised their 2006-07 contract option on G Zoran Planinic.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Exercised their 2006-07 contract option on F David West.

ORLANDO MAGIC—Waived C Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje and C Ken Johnson. Placed G Stacey Augmon, F Grant Hill and C Mario Kasun on the inactive list.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Placed F Michael Bradley, F Jamaal Mashburn and F Shavlik Randolph on the inactive list.

PHOENIX SUNS—Placed F-C Amare Stoudemire, C Jared Reiner and F Lucas Tischer on the inactive list.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Signed G-F Caron Butler to a five-year contract extension.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed S Madieu Williams on injured reserve. Activated G Steven Vieira from the physically-unable-to-perform list.

NEW YORK JETS—Placed LB Eric Barton, C Kevin Mawae and QB Chad Pennington on injured reserve. Signed OL Steve Morley to a contract extension. Signed LB T.J. Hollowell and G Doug Nienius.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Recalled RW Scott Barney from Chicago of the AHL.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Recalled F Scottie Upshall from Milwaukee of the AHL.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Recalled G Wade Dubielewicz from Bridgeport of the AHL.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Assigned RW Brandon Bochenski to Binghamton of the AHL.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Peter Sejna and F Lee Stempniak from Peoria of the AHL. Assigned F Colin Hemingway, D Andy Roach and G Curtis Sanford to Peoria.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NFL board, the 49ers - Giants circle is for San Francisco QB’s Ken Dorsey and Alex Smith (questionable). NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, all other no line games are for teams that played late last night. INJURY REPORT: On the NFL board, Minnesota QB Daunte Culpepper is out for the season; New York Jets QB Vinny Testaverde has been upgraded from questionable to probable.

BASKETBALL

NBA

FOOTBALL

NFL

COLLEGE

o-Oklahoma City, OK; b- Baton Rouge, LA; d- Detroit, MI. Note: The Saints - Bears game has been moved to a 1:05 Pacific start. Note: The (C) after the opening line denotes that California opened as a favorite. 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.