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Basketball

WNBA playoffs

All Times PDT

FINALS

(Best-of-5)

Connecticut vs. Sacramento

Sunday, Sept. 18

Sacramento 66, Connecticut 55, Sacramento leads series 2-1

Tuesday, Sept. 20

Connecticut at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 22

Sacramento at Connecticut, 4:30 p.m., if necessary

NBA Development League affiliations

ALBUQUERQUE THUNDERBIRDS — Phoenix, Sacramento, Seattle and Utah

ARKANSAS RIMROCKERS — Atlanta, Cleveland, Memphis and Toronto

AUSTIN TOROS — Denver, Houston, L.A. Clippers and San Antonio

FAYETTEVILLE PATRIOTS — Charlotte, Detroit and New York

FLORIDA FLAME — Boston, Miami, Minnesota and Orlando

FORT WORTH FLYERS — Dallas, Golden State, L.A. Lakers and Portland

ROANOKE DAZZLE — New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington

TULSA 66ERS — Chicago, Indiana, Milwaukee and New Orleans

Football

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monday’s Results

N.Y. Giants 27, New Orleans 10

Washington 14, Dallas 13

Sunday, Sept. 25

Carolina at Miami, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

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

New England at Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 5:30 p.m.

BYES: Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Washington

Monday, Sept. 26

Kansas City at Denver, 6 p.m.

Giants 27, Saints 10

First Quarter

NY—Jacobs 1 run (Feely kick)

NY—Barber 6 pass from Manning (Feely kick)

Second Quarter

NO—Horn 21 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)

NY—Barber 12 run (Feely kick)

NO—FG Carney

Third Quarter

NY—FG Feely 39

Fourth Quarter

NY—FG Feely 30

A—68,031.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New York, Barber 22-83, Jacobs 3-5, Ponder 1-4, Manning 3-0. New Orleans, McAllister 15-47, A.Smith 4-15, Brooks 3-10.

PASSING—New York, Manning 13-24-0-165. New Orleans, Brooks 27-45-3-375.

RECEIVING—New York, Burress 5-64, Shockey 5-64, Toomer 2-31, Barber 1-6. New Orleans, Horn 9-143, Stallworth 8-141, McAllister 6-44, Henderson 3-42, Karney 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOAL—New Orleans, Carney 29 (WL).

Redskins 14, Cowboys 13

Second Quarter

Dal—FG Cortez 33

Third Quarter

Dal—T.Glenn 70 pass from Bledsoe (Cortez kick)

Fourth Quarter

Dal—FG Cortez 41

Was—Moss 39 pass from Brunell (Novak kick)

Was—Moss 70 pass from Brunell (Novak kick)

A—65,207.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Washington, Portis 17-52, Brunell 4-35, Betts 4-17. Dallas, J.Jones 22-81, Bledsoe 2-5, Thompson 3-4, A.Thomas 2-0.

PASSING—Washington, Brunell 20-34-1-291. Dallas, Bledsoe 21-36-0-261.

RECEIVING—Washington, Moss 5-159, Portis 4-25, Thrash 3-42, Royal 3-19, Cooley 2-20, Patten 1-12, Jacobs 1-9, Betts 1-5. Dallas, T.Glenn 6-157, Witten 4-35, J.Jones 4-24, K.Johnson 2-26, A.Thomas 2-5, Pierce 1-10, Crayton 1-5, Price 1-(minus 1).

MISSED FIELD GOAL—Dallas, Cortez 41 (WL).

CFL

Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Thursday, Sept. 22

Ottawa at Calgary

College

Sports Network Division I-AA poll

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 18 and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: McNeese State 447, Georgia Southern 393, Coastal Carolina 302, Portland State 230, Youngstown State 202, UC Davis 114, Idaho State 113, Sam Houston State 108, Illinois State 83, Grambling State 73, Penn 72, Jacksonville State 39, Northern Arizona 35, Chattanooga 34, Alabama State 33, Nicholls State 27, Stephen F. Austin 27, Villanova 27, Gardner-Webb 26, Lafayette 23, South Dakota State 20, Brown 17, Princeton 13, Bethune-Cookman 9.

High school Washington AP Poll

SEATTLE (AP) — Here’s how a state panel of sports writers rates Washington high school football teams in the first Associated Press poll of 2005, by WIAA divisions, with won-lost record and total points (first-place votes in parentheses):

Others receiving 6 or more points: Selkirk 8.

Others receiving 6 or more points: Sprague-Harrington 7. Tri-Cities Prep 6. Jubilee Christian 6.

Hockey

NHL preseason

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Two points for a win, one point for an overtime loss.

Monday’s Results

Columbus 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO

Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 3

Today’s Games

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

Boston vs. Toronto at Hamilton, Ontario, 4:30 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Auto racing

NASCAR Nextel Cup leaders

Through Sept. 18

Points

1, Tony Stewart, 5,230. 2, Greg Biffle, 5,210. 3 (tie) Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace, 5,190. 5, Matt Kenseth, 5,180. 6, Jimmie Johnson, 5,177. 7, Mark Martin, 5,176. 8, Jeremy Mayfield, 5,135. 9, Carl Edwards, 5,121. 10, Kurt Busch, 5,088.

11, Jamie McMurray, 3,099.12, Jeff Gordon, 3,098. 13, Kevin Harvick, 3,076. 14, Elliott Sadler, 3,067. 15, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 2,999. 16 (tie) Joe Nemechek and Dale Jarrett, 2,967. 18, Brian Vickers, 2,936. 19, Jeff Burton, 2,834. 20, Kyle Busch, 2,830.

Money

1, Tony Stewart, $5,561,436. 2, Jeff Gordon, $5,507,670. 3, Kurt Busch, $5,466,968. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $5,255,595. 5, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $4,585,010. 6, Mark Martin, $4,399,643. 7, Greg Biffle, $4,377,328. 8, Matt Kenseth, $4,335,825. 9, Ryan Newman, $4,325,745. 10, Kasey Kahne, $3,892,003.

11, Kevin Harvick, $3,860,770. 12, Elliott Sadler, $3,845,865. 13, Rusty Wallace, $3,818,649. 14, Jeremy Mayfield, $3,616,818. 15, Bobby Labonte, $3,581,779. 16, Dale Jarrett, $3,571,964. 17, Michael Waltrip, $3,471,557. 18, Ricky Rudd, $3,312,811. 19, Jeff Burton, $3,303,011. 20, Carl Edwards, $3,283,568.

GOLF

Hole-in-one

ODESSA GC—Brit Costanzo, No. 13, 196 yards, 6-iron.

HORSE RACING

Emerald Downs

Emerald Downs results, as provided by track officials, for Monday Sept. 19, 2005. POST TIME: 5 p.m.

FIRST—Purse $5,940, Maiden Claiming $6,250, 3 yo, Six And A Half Furlongs . 1A-Jaswinder (Zunino J). $69.40 $27.20 $19.00 4-Beyond Thunder (Krigger K). $8.40 $7.20 2-Bacara Resort (Hoonan D). $7.80 Also Ran: Kendra’s Undone, Anenchantedmoment, Mary a Millionaire, Vickis Runin Shoes, Slew of Nines, Vaudeville Gypsy Late Scratches: Dashing Mariah, Race Time: 1:18.60 Exacta (1-4) $218.50; Superfecta (1-4-2-3) $3,852.10; Trifecta (1-4-2) $1,312.30

SECOND— Purse $12,600, Claiming $15,000-$12,500, 3 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs . 4-Zairsaplan (Frazier R). $5.40 $3.20 $2.10 8-Sin City Slew (Hoonan D). $4.40 $2.80 3-Waverly Girl (Mitchell G). $2.60 Also Ran: Breakin My Heart, Slew’s Temptation, Time for Magic Late Scratches: Rhapsodic Gold, Seize the Moment, Race Time: 1:03.40 Daily Double (1-4) $179.80; Exacta (4-8) $10.70; Superfecta (4-8-3-7) $82.00; Trifecta (4-8-3) $47.50

THIRD—Purse $8,580, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, Five Furlongs . 7-Sowhatsyourpoint (Krigger K). $7.80 $3.60 $3.20 9-(dh)Snort’s Sport (Wales T). $7.00 $9.80 5-(dh)Tapantears (Mitchell G). $2.80 $2.40 Also Ran: Travertine, Twistedervish, Fast N Foremost, Slowwaterrunsdeep, Late Knight Train, Tipsoo Lake, Flash Theodore Race Time: :57.40 Exacta (7-5) $7.80; Exacta (7-9) $40.60; Superfecta (7-5-9-10) $1,191.90; Superfecta (7-9-5-10) $4,765.60; Trifecta (7-5-9) $121.60; Trifecta (7-9-5) $189.20; Pic 3 (1-4-7) $1,137.00

FOURTH—Purse $12,760, Maiden Claiming $20,000, 2 yo, Five And A Half Furlongs . 9-Plain James (Mitchell G). $6.20 $3.20 $2.20 5-Walkin Money (Krigger K). $4.00 $2.60 3-Stormy At Last (Gutierrez J). $3.20 Also Ran: Petes Takeout, Riley Beaver, Two Fourteen, City Cop, Soft Seventeen, Fantastic Play Late Scratches: Delineatorsvictory, Race Time: 1:04.40 Exacta (9-5) $10.60; Superfecta (9-5-3-6) $132.30; Trifecta (9-5-3) $29.00; Pic 3 (4/5-7-9/10) $44.30

FIFTH—Purse $6,000, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile . 7-Forrester Found (Whitaker J). $10.80 $4.40 $3.20 3-Standard Setter (Frazier R). $2.40 $2.10 5-Top Pop (Herrera J). $3.20 Also Ran: Jojustice, Sanzibar, Gold Crusader, Stregawood Late Scratches: Renton Benny, Race Time: 1:37.80 Exacta (7-3) $13.10; Superfecta (7-3-5-4) $393.50; Trifecta (7-3-5) $58.50; Pic 3 (7-9/10-7) $115.10; Pic 4 (4/5/6-7-9/10-7) $340.90

SIXTH—Purse $5,940, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs . 7-Delirious Laughter (Zunino J). $33.80 $11.60 $7.40 6-Make the Deal (Mangalee N). $3.40 $3.60 1-Persian Reign (Whitaker J). $8.80 Also Ran: Glo’s Moe, Majestic Willie, Mr. Deep Pockets, Winterstarr, Afta David, J J’s Son Race Time: 1:10.80 Exacta (7-6) $45.60; Superfecta (7-6-1-3) $4,389.80; Trifecta (7-6-1) $634.90; Pic 3 (9-7-7) $265.40

SEVENTH—Purse $11,000, Claiming $15,000-$12,500, 3 yo, Five And A Half Furlongs . 2-Lucky Style (Ortega J). $21.60 $9.60 $3.80 5-Tops Echo (Mangalee N). $10.80 $5.00 3-Oh Yes I Am (Mawing L). $2.20 Also Ran: Don’t Ignore Me, Rbeei, Enoughisnotenough Race Time: 1:03.60 Exacta (2-5) $89.70; Superfecta (2-5-3-4) $2,201.40; Trifecta (2-5-3) $304.20; (1 VS. 2 (WINNER 2)) $14.40; Pic 3 (7-7-2) $489.90

EIGHTH— Purse $8,030, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile . 1-Get Connected (Mitchell G). $11.80 $5.60 $6.20 2-The Fuzz (Gutierrez J). $3.40 $3.20 5-Seatac’s in Charge (Hoonan D). $4.20 Also Ran: Rubiano Ridge, Kittys Katalist, Free Blast, Real Brave, Air Molecule Race Time: 1:37.60 Daily Double (2-1) $184.40; Exacta (1-2) $18.00; Superfecta (1-2-5-6) $489.20; Trifecta (1-2-5) $104.00; Pic 3 (7-2-1) $4,662.40; Pic 4 (7-7-2-1) $7,496.00

Soccer

MLS

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

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

x-clinched playoff spot

Wednesday’s Games

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

Chicago at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

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

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

High school boys Non-league

Bonners Ferry 4, Lake City JV 2

First half — 1, LC Gordon (Elmer) 10:00. 2, BF, M.Mendez (Hall) 19:00. 3, BF, M.Mendez (Henslee) 24:00. 4, BF, Henslee (M.Mendez) 26:00. 5, M.Mendez (Pauls) 44:00.

Second half — 6, LC, Gordon (Toretta) 79:00.

Shots on goal — Lake City 11, Bonners Ferry 16. Saves — Lake City, Morena 12, Bonners Ferry, Steinhorst 6, Krejci 3.

High school girls Non-league

Central Valley 1, Sandpoint 1

First half — 1, San, Smith (Vogel) 14:00.

Second half — 2, CV, Pavlischak (McKinsey) 47:00.

Shots on goal — Central Valley 16, Sandpoint 8.Saves — Central Valley, Flesher 4. Sandpoint, Krabacher 11.

Track and field

Yokohama Super

At Yokohama, Japan

Men

100 — 1, Justin Gatlin, United States, 10.04. 2, Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria, 10.13. 3, Christopher Williams, Jamaica, 10.13.

400 — 1, Yuzo Kanemaru, Japan, 45.47. 2, Daniel Dabrowksi, Poland, 45.62. 3, Leonard Byrd, United States, 45.86.

1,500 — 1, Murigi Mwangi, Kenya, 3:37.09. 2, Suleiman Kipses Simotwo, Kenya, 3:37.42. 3, Yuichiro Ueno, Japan, 3:42.53.

110 Hurdles — 1, Liu Xiang, China, 13.08. 2, Maurice Wignall, Jamaica, 13.46. 3, Sergey Demidyuk, Ukraine, 13.52.

400 Hurdles — 1. Bershawn Jackson, United States, 48.24. 2, Kenji Narisako, Japan, 48.40. 3, Musahira Yoshikata, Japan, 48.66.

High Jump — 1, Ivan Ukhov, Russia, 7-3 3/4 . 2, Naoyuki Daigo, Japan, 7-2 1/2 . 3, Satoru Kubota, 7-0 1/2 .

Long Jump — 1, Dwight Phillips, United States, 26-5 1/2 . 2, Daisuke Arakawa, Japan, 24-11 3/4 . 3, Shinishi Terano, Japan, 24-7 1/2 .

Hammer — 1, Ivan Tikhon, Belarus, 266-2. 2, Vadim Devyatovskiy, Belarus, 261-5. 3, Libor Charfrietag, Slovakia, 251-1.

Women

100 — 1, Allyson Felix, United States, 11.05. 2, Me’Lisa Barber, United States, 11.08. 3, Julia Chermoshanskaiya, Russia, 11.67.

400 — 1, Dee Dee Trotter, United States, 50.03. 2, Christine Amertil Bahamas, 50.09. 3, Ilona Usovich, Belarus, 51.45.

1,500 — 1, Mestawat Tadesse, Ethiopia, 4:08.52. 2, Yulia Chizhenko, Russia, 4:10.55. 3, Miho Sugimori, Japan, 4:10.78.

Pole Vault — 1, Tatiana Grigorieva, Australia, 13-5 1/4 . 2, Jillian Schwartz, United States, 13-5 1/4 . 3, Ikuo Nishikori, Japan, 13-1 1/2 .

Long Jump — 1, Kumiko Ikeda, Japan, 21-10. 2, Rose Richmond, United States, 20-11 1/4 . 3, Denisa Scerbova, Czech Republic, 20-10 3/4 .

Shot Put — 1, Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Belarus, 66-0 1/4 . 2, Valeria Vili, New Zealand, 62-1 3/4 . 3, Yoko Toyonaga, Japan, 54-11 1/4 .

Hammer — 1, Olga Kuzenkova, Russia, 235-6. 2, Tatyana Lysenko, Russia, 225-10. 3, Chisato Ohashi, Japan, 193-1.

VOLLEYBALL

High school

North Star League

Kootenai def. Coeur d’Alene Charter 25-6, 20-26, 26-24, 29-27. Kills-Scheffelmaier (K) 7, Baker (C) 12. Assists-Scheffelmaier (K) 17, McHugh (C) 11. Aces-Dahlkey (K) 5, Lovelyn (C) 7. Digs-Nyrop (K) 12, Helgeson (C) 30. Blocks-Wilms (K) 2, Baker, McHugh (C) 1.

Non-league

Asotin def. Logos (ID) 22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-14, 15-13. Kills-McGarry (L) 8, Parks (A) 5. Assists-Phares (A) 7 Aces-Blakey (L) 7, Parks, Ambroson (A) 5. Digs-McGarry (L) 12, Heitstuman (A) 4. Blocks-Parks (A) 3.

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

BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled RHP Craig Hansen and INF Hanley Ramirez from Portland of the EL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Activated SS Bobby Crosby from the 15-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Announced an affiliation and assignment system with the NBA Development League.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed G Will Conroy.

MIAMI HEAT—Re-signed G-F Shandon Anderson.

American Basketball Association

NIAGARA DAREDEVILS—Signed G DeShawn Bowman, F Joe Buck, G-F LeRoy Hickerson, G-F Jamal Ward and F Reggie Warren.

ST. LOUIS FLIGHT—Named Cliff Levingston coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DETROIT LIONS—Released K Remy Hamilton. Signed G David Loverne.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Fired Chris Palmer, offensive coordinator. Promoted Joe Pendry from offensive line coach to offensive coordinator.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released WR Chad Owens.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed OT Anthony Clement. Waived S Dwaine Carpenter.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS—Sent RW Shane Hynes, RW Joel Perrault, C Igor Pohanka, C Joel Stepp and G Nathan Marsters to Portland of the AHL. Returned LW Bobby Bolt to Kingston of the OHL, G Gabriel Bouthillette to Acadie-Bathurst of QMJHL and D Brendan Mikkelson to Portland of WHL.

BUFFALO SABRES—Assigned C Marek Zagrapan to Chicoutimi of the QMJHL, RW Patrick Kaleta to Peterborough of the OHL, D Marc-Andre Gragnani to Prince Edward Island of the QMJHL, D Michael Funk to Portland of the WHL, D Andrej Sekera to Owen Sound of the OHL, and D Mike Card to Kelowna of the WHL.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed RW Adam Pineault.

DALLAS STARS—Released C Rob Hisey. Assigned F Richard Clune, F John Lammers, F Fredrik Naslund and F James Neal to their junior teams. Assigned G Steve Silverthorn to Iowa of the AHL.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Assigned C Greg Hogeboom, G Ryan Munce, D Stuart Kerr, D Tyler Hanchuck, D Marty Wilford, C Shay Stephenson, LW Eric Neilson, D Brad Fast, D Chris Barr, D Eric Werner and D Doug Nolan to Manchester of the AHL, LW Ned Lukacevic to Spokane of the WHL, LW John Seymour to Brampton of the OHL, G Daniel Taylor to Kingston of the OHL, D Ryan McGinnis to Plymouth of the OHL, and LW Andrew Desjardins to Sault Ste. Marie of the OHL. Released LW Shawn LeGault.

MINNESOTA WILD—Assigned LW Adam Courchaine, G Miroslav Kopriva, D Curtis Murphy, LW Mark Rooneem and D Ryan Stokes to Houston of the AHL, RW Riley Emmerson to Tri-City of the WHL, and LW Matt Kassian to Kamloops of the WHL.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned F Jimmy Bonneau, F Maxim Lapierre, F Francis Lemieux, F Duncan Milroy, F Cory Urquhart, D Jeff Paul, D James Sanford and G Jaroslav Halak to Hamilton of the AHL.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Sent D Rick Berry, C Mike Bishai, D Joe Callahan, RW Randall Gelech, RW Sheldon Keefe, D Igor Knyazev, C Kiel McLeod, RW Lance Monych and LW Martin Sonnenberg to San Antonio of the AHL.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed LW Lukas Kaspar and D Brad Staubitz to three-year contracts. Assigned RW Riley Armstrong, D Ray DiLauro, RW Shane Joseph and RW Mike Iggulden to Cleveland of the AHL. Assigned D Evan Haw to Saskatoon of the WHL. Assigned D Michael Vernace to Brampton of the OHL.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned G Maxime Daigneault to Hershey of the AHL.

COLLEGE

IOWA STATE—Named Jamie Pollard athletic director, effective Oct. 1.

ST. PETER’S—Named Dan Drutz assistant director of athletics/sports information.

ST. BONAVENTURE—Named Jesse Fleming women’s assistant basketball coach.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, there is no line on the Eagles - Raiders game due to Philadelphia WR Terrell Owens (questionable); the Jaguars - Jets game due to Jacksonville QB Byron Leftwich (questionable); the Falcons - Bills game due to Atlanta QB Michael Vick (questionable). All other no line games are for teams that played late last night.

INJURY REPORT: On the college football board, Georgia Tech QB Reggie Ball is questionable/doubtful; Boston College QB Quinton Porter is questionable; Arkansas QB Robert Johnson is questionable; Marshall QB Bernard Morris is questionable; Mississippi QB Michael Spurlock is questionable.

NFL

College football