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BASEBALL

MLB playoffs

All Times PDT

DIVISION SERIES

American League

Chicago vs. Boston

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Boston (Clement 13-6) at Chicago (Contreras 15-7), 1:09 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Boston (Wells 15-7) at Chicago (Buehrle 16-8), 4:09 p.m. (ESPN)

Los Angeles vs. New York

Tuesday, Oct. 4

New York (Mussina 13-8) at Los Angeles (Colon 21-8), 5:19 p.m. (FOX)

Wednesday, Oct. 5

New York (Chacon 7-3) at Los Angeles (Lackey 14-5), 7:09 p.m. (ESPN)

National League

St. Louis vs. San Diego

Tuesday, Oct. 4

San Diego (Peavy 13-7) at St. Louis (Carpenter 21-5), 10:09 a.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 6

San Diego (Astacio 4-2) at St. Louis (Mulder 16-8), 1:09 p.m. (ESPN2)

Atlanta vs. Houston

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Houston (Pettitte 17-9) at Atlanta (Smoltz 14-7), 1:09 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Oct. 6

Houston (Clemens 13-8) at Atlanta (Hudson 14-9), 5:19 p.m. (FOX)

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monday’s Game

Carolina 32, Green Bay 29

Sunday, Oct. 9

Baltimore at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

New England at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 1:15 p.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 1:15 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 1:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Kansas City, Oakland, N.Y. Giants, Minnesota

Monday, Oct. 10

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 6 p.m.

Panthers 32, Packers 29

First Quarter

Car—Mangum 2 pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick)

GB—Martin 21 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)

Second Quarter

Car—FG Kasay 32

Car—Gaines 19 pass from Delhomme (kick failed)

Car—S.Davis 11 run (Kasay kick)

Third Quarter

Car—FG Kasay 38

GB—Driver 26 pass from Favre (pass failed)

Fourth Quarter

Car—S.Davis 1 run (pass failed)

GB—Lee 16 pass from Favre (Martin pass from Favre)

GB—Chatman 4 pass from Favre (Ferguson pass from Favre)

A—73,657.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Green Bay, Green 14-36, Favre 1-12, Davenport 4-10. Carolina, S.Davis 19-51, Foster 9-38, Hoover 2-4, Goings 1-0, Delhomme 2-(minus 3).

PASSING—Green Bay, Favre 28-47-1-303. Carolina, Delhomme 17-24-0-206.

RECEIVING—Green Bay, Driver 6-92, Martin 5-53, Green 4-23, Chatman 3-36, Ferguson 3-24, Henderson 2-42, Murphy 2-13, Lee 1-16, Leach 1-3, Davenport 1-1. Carolina, Colbert 4-52, Foster 3-55, Hoover 3-20, Gaines 2-42, S.Smith 2-12, Mangum 2-4, S.Davis 1-21.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

CFL

Friday, Oct. 7

Hamilton at Ottawa

College standings

Atlantic 10 Conference

South

Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Division

Coastal Division

Big 12 Conference

South

Big East Conference

Big Sky Conference

Big South Conference

Big Ten Conference

Conference USA

East Division

West Division

Gateway Athletic Conference

Great West Conference

Ivy League

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Mid-American Conference

East

West

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Mountain West Conference

Northeast Conference

Ohio Valley Conference

Pacific-10 Conference

Patriot League

Pioneer League

North

South

Southeastern Conference

West

Southern Conference

Southland Conference

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Eastern

Western

Sun Belt Conference

Western Athletic Conference

Independents

Division III

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. 2 and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: McNeese St. 233, UC Davis 217, Stephen F. Austin 178, Western Carolina 172, Grambling St. 131, Hofstra 111, Portland St. 91, Alabama St. 77, Penn 75, Lafayette 59, Wofford 55, Brown 49, Bethune-Cookman 45, Princeton 42, Sam Houston St. 42, Towson 23, Illinois St. 18, Eastern Kentucky 18, Chattanooga 12, Nicholls St. 9, Villanova 7.

High school Washington Prep Poll

Others receiving 6 or more points: Gonzaga Prep 10. Gig Harbor. Tahoma 6.

Others receiving 6 or more points: Shorecrest 13.

Others receiving 6 or more points: Sprague-Harrington 18, Wishkah Valley 6.

HOCKEY

NHL

Wednesday’s Games

Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m.

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

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Florida, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m.

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

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

St. Louis at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

East Division

Central Division

WESTERN CONFERENCE

B.C. Division

U.S. Division

Note: Two points awarded for a win shootout loss.

Monday Games

No games scheduled.

Tuesday Games

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Wednesday Games

Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Prince Albert at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Thursday Games

No games scheduled.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup leaders

Through Oct. 2

Points

1, Tony Stewart, 5519. 2, Ryan Newman, 5515. 3, Rusty Wallace, 5443. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 5437. 5, Greg Biffle, 5421. 6, Carl Edwards, 5419. 7, Matt Kenseth, 5408. 8, Jeremy Mayfield, 5407. 9, Mark Martin, 5381. 10, Kurt Busch, 5339.

11, Kevin Harvick, 3321. 12, Jamie McMurray, 3307. 13, Elliott Sadler, 3288. 14, Dale Jarrett, 3270. 15, Joe Nemechek, 3222. 16, Jeff Gordon, 3202. 17, Brian Vickers, 3187. 18, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 3112. 19, Kyle Busch, 3064. 20, Jeff Burton, 3022.

Money

1, Tony Stewart, $5,887,933. 2, Jeff Gordon, $5,739,892. 3, Kurt Busch, $5,738,668. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $5,673,602. 5, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $4,815,176. 6, Ryan Newman, $4,653,402. 7, Matt Kenseth, $4,626,322. 8, Mark Martin, $4,615,628. 9, Greg Biffle, $4,557,153. 10, Kasey Kahne, $4,122,328.

11, Kevin Harvick, $4,110,492. 12, Elliott Sadler, $4,099,322. 13, Rusty Wallace, $4,083,940. 14, Dale Jarrett, $3,917,380. 15, Jeremy Mayfield, $3,838,833. 16, Bobby Labonte, $3,800,829. 17, Michael Waltrip, $3,664,845. 18, Ricky Rudd, $3,531,114. 19, Carl Edwards, $3,505,893. 20, Jeff Burton, $3,504,501.

GOLF

Office Depot Championship

LPGA TOUR

At Trump National Golf Club

Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Purse: $1.3 million

Yardage: 6,017; Par: 71

College Northwest Conference Washington Tournament

At Lake Spanaway, par 71

MEN

TEAM SCORES—1, Whitworth 293-310—603. 2, Puget Sound318-304—306, Pacific Lutherthern 316-306—622. 4, Whitman 345-336—681.

TOP INDIVIDUALS—1, Bobby Elder (Whit) 71-77-148. 2, Jason Casey (PLU) 80-69—149. 3, Collin Fling (Whit) 74-76—150. 4, Jordan Carter (Whit) 75-77—152; Brian Misterak (PLU) 78-74—152. Also: 6, Chris Contino (Whit) 73-81—154. Andrew Parrott 78-80—158. Sean Thompson 88-81—169.

WOMEN

TEAM SCORES—1, Pacific Lutheran 359-352—711. 2, Puget Sound 382-395—777. Whitman and Whitworth incomplete.

TOP INDIVIDUAL—1, Emily Lau (UPS) 84-84—168. 2, Adrianne Parrish (UPS) 87-85—172. 3, Amber Grossklaus 88-86—174. 4, Ashley Woare (PLU) 89-87—176; Lindy Ramstead (PLU) 88-88—176. Also: Kelli Parker (Whi) 97-90—187.

Hole-in-one

DEER PARK—Jerry Terhaar, No. 4, 150 yards, 6-iron.

HORSE RACING

Emerald Downs

Emerald Downs results, as provided by track officials, for Monday, Oct. 3: POST TIME: 5 p.m.

FIRST— Purse $7,300, Claiming $5,000-$4,000, 3 yo’s & up, Six And A Half Furlongs . 5-Lady Latifa (Mangalee N). $11.40 $5.00 $3.40 1-Amarukontherocks (Mawing L). $5.60 $4.40 2-Wilmaglen (Krigger K). $3.00 Also Ran: Misyodl, Run Irene Run, Yougottabe the One Late Scratches: Cortina, Race Time: 1:16.60 Exacta (5-1) $29.70; Superfecta (5-1-2-7) $320.20; Trifecta (5-1-2) $108.30

SECOND—Purse $7,300, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 4-Rambling Free (Hoonan D). $4.00 $3.00 $2.40 6-Allegheny Sunrise (Mawing L). $4.60 $3.80 3-Chuckalee (Wales T). $4.20 Also Ran: Moolah Basket, Free Kin Passion, Snowy River Slew, Rolls of Money Race Time: 1:09.20 Daily Double (5-4) $17.60; Exacta (4-6) $10.20; Superfecta (4-6-3-2) $102.10; Trifecta (4-6-3) $50.90

THIRD— Purse $6,600, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile 3-Impressionable One (Mangalee N). $41.60 $18.60 $10.20 6-Tewkin (Jones C). $5.00 $3.80 1-Be Still My Heart (Krigger K). $4.40 Also Ran: Comstock Glory, Baby Let’s Groove, Echo Weaver, Rainbow Sand, Treink Race Time: 1:38.20 Exacta (3-6) $135.00; Superfecta (3-6-1-ALL) $1,610.30; Trifecta (3-6-1) $1,052.80; Pic 3 (5-4-3) $238.10

FOURTH— Purse $12,760, Maiden Claiming $20,000, 2 yo, Five And A Half Furlongs . 2-Family Voyage (Mangalee N). $23.20 $12.80 $6.80 5-Kat’s Kin (Wales T). $7.80 $4.00 3-Forty Colors (Hoonan D). $2.60 Also Ran: Charismas Fire, Liberty Way, Irish Ferry, Breakfast At Deb’s, Private Defense, Rhythmic Stitches Late Scratches: Lauren Knows, Shesdanjurous, Race Time: 1:04 Exacta (2-5) $83.30; Superfecta (2-5-3-1) $2,412.20; Trifecta (2-5-3) $343.40; Pic 3 (4-3-2) $956.40

FIFTH— Purse $5,400, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs 3-Personal Plan (Mawing L). $10.60 $3.60 $2.80 7-Make the Deal (Mangalee N). $3.00 $2.20 6-Glo’s Moe (Hoonan D). $3.60 Also Ran: Mr. Deep Pockets, Doomsday D., Persian Reign, Winterstarr Race Time: 1:03.40 Exacta (3-7) $12.30; Superfecta (3-7-6-2) $360.50; Trifecta (3-7-6) $49.50; Pic 3 (3-2-3) $1,397.80; Pic 4 (4-3-2-3) $76.50

SIXTH— Purse $7,300, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs. 6-Snowbound Angel (Krigger K). $5.20 $3.20 $2.60 4-Gana Hawk (Zunino J). $3.60 $3.00 2-D J Whitney (Mangalee N). $2.60 Also Ran: Angus Reef, Designed for Gold, Jade Angel, Blacklacestockings Race Time: 1:03.80 Exacta (6-4) $12.20; Superfecta (6-4-2-5) $155.80; Trifecta (6-4-2) $28.30; Pic 3 (2-3-6) $254.70

SEVENTH— Purse $6,000, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile. 8-B. Z. Jones (Mawing L). $6.00 $3.20 $2.40 5-Forrester Found (Whitaker J). $4.40 $2.60 3-Sanzibar (Hoonan D). $3.40 Also Ran: Renton Benny, Mr. Melcap, Top Pop, Once It Happens Late Scratches: Dustinsdestiny, Gold Crusader, Race Time: 1:37.20 Exacta (8-5) $16.20; Superfecta (8-5-3-6) $273.80; Trifecta (8-5-3) $62.00; (2 VS 9 (WINNER 2 )) $2.60; Pic 3 (3-6-8) $46.90

EIGHTH— Purse $5,100, Maiden Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs. 7-Lil Celeste (Mangalee N). $6.80 $3.20 $2.20 1-Kendra’s Undone (Rochabrun J). $3.40 $2.10 8-Mary a Millionaire (Mawing L). $2.40 Also Ran: Twining Gold, Latin Flyer, Bid the Moon, Sheeza Stud Muffin Late Scratches: Rio Picky, Felony Red, Race Time: 1:04 Daily Double (8-7) $29.00; Exacta (7-1) $8.80; Superfecta (7-1-8-5) $55.30; Trifecta (7-1-8) $16.70; Pic 3 (6-8-7) $57.70; Pic 4 (3-6-1/4/8-7) $221.90 Attendance: NA. Handle: NA.

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Columbus at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

MetroStars at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

CD Chivas USA at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m.

High school Greater Spokane League Shadle Park 7, Clarkston 0

First half — SP - 3:00 Margitich (Dezellem), SP - 36:00 Bellefeuille (Ervin), SP - 38:00 Fenter (Fritts).

Second half — SP - 46:00 Fenter (Stewart), SP - 53:00 Fenter (Stewart), SP- 73:00 Ervin (Yob), SP - 77:00 Becker (Lawrie).

Shots on goal: Shadle Park 19, Clarkston 4. Saves: Clarkston, Mackay 12 Shadle Park, Schwartz 4.

SOFTBALL

High school District 81 Slowpitch

Rogers 13, North Central 2

Shelton and Destreich; Sanders and Hank. W—Shelton. L—Destreich.

HITS: Rogers–Muhammad (2), Knight, Carlon (4), Whitehead, Gracier, Shelton (2), Jones, Scott, Durant, Destreich. North Central—Destefano, Hank, Davies, Sanders (2). 2B—Carlon (2), Durant. 3B—Knight, Carlon.

Shadle Park 4, Lewis and Clark 1

Moravec and Horton; Hart and Davis. W—Hart. L—Moravec.

HITS: Lewis and Clark—Beemis (3), Urgeleit, Ormsby (3). Shadle Park—Bokma, Zappone (2), Jackson, Lynn (2), Stuart, Shook, Troxel, Armendariz. 2B—Urgeleit, Zappone.

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Sunday and year-to-date totals:

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

DETROIT TIGERS—Fired Alan Trammell, manager.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Announced Dave Hudgens, hitting coach, will not return.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Announced the resignations of Don Baylor, hitting coach, and Bryan Price, pitching coach. Announced Jeff Newman, third base coach, will not return.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Announced INF Aaron Holbert refused an outright assignment to the minor leagues to become a free agent.

FLORIDA MARLINS—Released RHP John Riedling, RHP Tim Spooneybarger and INF Derek Wathan.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Announced Jim Tracy, manager, will not return next season.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Announced Rich Dauer, bench coach, and Rich Donnelly, third-base coach, will not return next season. Retained Bill Castro, bullpen coach, Mike Maddux, pitching coach, Dave Nelson, first-base coach, and Butch Wynegar, batting coach.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Fired Spin Williams, pitching coach. Announced Gerald Perry, hitting coach, Rusty Kuntz, first base coach and Alvaro Espinoza, infield instructor, will be offered minor league jobs for 2006.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Activated RHP Antonio Osuna from the 60-day DL. Released Osuna, LHP John Halama and C Keith Osik unconditionally. Purchased the contracts of INF Kory Casto, OF Frank Diaz, RHP Armando Galarraga from New Orleans of the PCL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Announced it will not match the Miami Heat’s offer sheet for F Jason Kapono.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed C Mamadou N’diaye.

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed G-F Dion Glover, F Chuck Hayes and G Keith Langford.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed F Corie Blount to a one-year contract.

MIAMI HEAT—Signed F Darius Rice and G Kevin Braswell.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed F Ryan Humphrey, G John Lucas and G Marlon Parmer. Named Rex Chapman scout.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed G Steven Barber and F Otis George.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed F Lee Nailon, C Steve Castleberry, G Olu Famutimi, F Herve Lamizama, F James Thomas and G-F Ime Udoka.

PHOENIX SUNS—Signed F-C Amare Stoudemire to a five-year contract extension.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Signed F Awvee Storey and G Billy Thomas.

FOOTBALL

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed LB Joseph Tuipala.

Arena Football League

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS—Signed QB John Kaleo.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Named Terry Gregson senior officiating manager.

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS—Traded RW Craig Adams to Carolina for D Bruno St. Jacques.

BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned C Ben Walter and G Tim Thomas to Providence of the AHL.

BUFFALO SABRES—Placed F Adam Mair and F Andrew Peters on the injured list. Assigned F Derek Roy, F Milan Bartovic and D Doug Janik to Rochester of the AHL.

CALGARY FLAMES—Assigned F Lynn Loyns, F Brantt Myhres, F Eric Nystrom, D Richie Regehr, D Mark Girdano and G Brent Krahn to Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben of the AHL.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Announced the retirement of D Curtis Leschyshyn. Reassigned G Vitaly Kolesnik Lowell of the AHL. Released C Jason Krog. Placed C Brett McLean on waivers.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed C Gilbert Brule to a three-year contract. Placed D Rostislav Klesla on injured reserve. Sent RW Joe Motzko, D Aaron Johnson, D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and C Mark Hartigan to Syracuse of the AHL. Announced that G Tomas Popperle has returned to Sparta Praha of the Czech Elite League.

DALLAS STARS—Assigned C Yared Hagos, RW Junior Lessard and LW Vojtech Polak to Iowa of the AHL. Placed LW Mathias Tjarnqvist on injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Released F Rem Murray, F Dan LaCouture and F Blake Sloan.

EDMONTON OILERS—Assigned C Rob Schremp to London of the OHL and D Danny Syvret to Hamilton of the AHL.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Assigned LW Jeff Giuliano to Manchester of the AHL.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned D Ron Hainsey and F Peter Vandermeer to Hamilton of the AHL.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Yanic Perreault. Reassigned F Randy Robitaille, F Jerred Smithson, F Scottie Upshall and D Greg Zanon to Milwaukee of the AHL.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned F Sean Bergenheim to Bridgeport of the AHL.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned D Joe Rullier and F Jarkko Immonen to Hartford of the AHL. Signed F Bruce Graham.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Assigned F Denis Hamel to Binghamton of the AHL.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Matt Jones to San Antonio of the AHL. Placed D Brad Ference and D-LW Chris McAllister on waivers.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed D Andy Rogers to a three-year contract and assigned him to Prince George of the WHL.

TOTONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Assigned D Carlo Colaiacovo and D Swede Staphan Kronvall to Toronto of the AHL.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the NFL board, the Bucs - Jets circle ( ) is for Tampa Bay RB Carnell Williams (questionable); the Falcons - Patriots for Atlanta QB Michael Vick (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: Both no line games are for teams that played late last night.

NFL

College football

d- Dallas, TX. l-Little Rock, Arkansas.

Note: Op is the opening line, Cur is the up to date line, and O/U is the over/under point total for each game.

Home team in capital letters.