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Tuesday’s Results

Eugene at Vancouver, (n)

Salem-Keizer 9, Everett 0

Boise 6, Spokane 0

Tri-City 4, Yakima 3

Today’s Games

Eugene at Vancouver

Salem-Keizer at Everett

Spokane at Boise

Yakima at Tri-City

Thursday’s Games

Eugene at Vancouver

Salem-Keizer at Everett

Spokane at Boise

Yakima at Tri-City

Hawks 6, Indians 0

LOB—Spokane 5, Boise 5. 2B—Lopez (2), Canzler (14). HR—Canzler (9), off Donovan. RBIs—Colvin (27), Lansford (24), Canepa (7), Canzler 2 (37), Puello (13). SB—Marquardt (1), Colvin (9), Matulia 2 (8), Camp 2 (12). SF—Colvin, Lansford. GIDP—Berkery, Lopez 2, Canepa. Runners left in scoring position—Spokane 2 (Napoli, Heafner); Boise 2 (Joseph 2). DP—Spokane 3 (Marquardt, Berkery and Davis), (Berkery, Heafner and Davis), (Davis and Berkery); Boise 2 (Lopez, Matulia and Canzler), (Lansford and Canzler).

HBP—Gentry by (Jimenez Angulo). T—2:16. A—2,756.

WCCBL Playoffs

AppleSox 4, RiverHawks 3

Best of 3, AppleSox lead series 1-0

Hefner, Ort (8) and Gizynski; Hardy, Kramer (7), Haughian (9) and Crowder. W—Kramer. L—Hefner. Sv—Haughian.

HITS: Spokane RiverHawks—Martin 2, Uhl, Powell 2, Mertens, Gizynski, Biagi 2. Wenatchee AppleSox—Wyatt, McKimmey, Gebbers, Roehl, Colclough, Whitehall, Malone, Crowder 2. 2B—Colclough, Martin, Powell. 3B—Martin.

Basketball

USA Men’s Senior National Team

China Basketball Challenge

Tuesday’s Result

United States 90, Brazil 86

Brazil (86) - Giovannoni 4-7 3-4 12, Splitter 1-5 5-6 7, Varejao 3-6 4-5 11, Machado 2-11 4-5 9, Barbosa 4-10 6-6 14, Garcia 7-12 0-3 14, dos Santos 4-7 4-4 13, Becker 0-0 0-0 0, Estevan 1-1 1-2 4, Huertas 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 27-60 28-37 86.

United States (90) - Anthony 6-11 2-2 16, James 3-8 4-4 11, Howard 1-3 2-6 4, Paul 3-7 1-4 9, Wade 1-4 2-2 4, Arenas 1-4 0-2 2, Miller 1-2 2-2 4, Brand 3-7 1-4 7, Bosh 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 3-10 4-6 12, Hinrich 2-5 8-8 14, Jamison 2-3 0-1 5, Battier 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 26-41 90.

3-Point Goals—Brazil 4-14 (Giovannoni 1-2, Varejao 1-2, dos Santos 1-2, Machado 1-7, Barbosa 0-1), United States 10-29 (Hinrich 2-4, Anthony 2-5, Paul 2-5, Johnson 2-5, Jamison 1-1, James 1-5, Battier 0-1, Arenas 0-3). Fouled Out—Splitter. Rebounds—Brazil 41 (Varejao 16), United States 25 (Howard 5). Assists—Brazil 8 (Varejoa, dos Santon 2), United States 12 (Paul 4). Total Fouls—Brazil 33, United States 28. Technicals—Splitter, Varejoa, Wade. A—NA.

Monday’s Result United States 119, China 73

United States (119) - James 9-13 2-2 22, Howard 2-3 1-2 5, Arenas 1-6 0-0 2, Johnson 3-6 0-0 7, Battier 3-4 0-0 7, Bowen 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 5-5 1-1 14, Brand 5-7 3-3 13, Anthony 7-12 1-2 18, Bosh 4-5 1-2 10, Paul 0-1 1-2 1, Hinrich 0-1 0-0 0, Jamison 2-5 2-2 7, Wade 3-6 6-6 13. Totals 44-75 18-22 119.

China (73) - Jianlian 5-8 4-5 14, Ke 0-1 1-4 1, Wei 4-10 0-0 9, Shipeng 3-6 0-0 8, Yu 2-5 4-4 10, Songlin 0-3 0-0 0, Feng 7-10 0-0 18, Songtao 1-1 2-2 4, Jianhua 2-7 2-2 6, Libin 1-1 0-0 3, Yue 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 13-17 73.

3-Point Goals—United States 13-28 (Miller 3-3, Anthony 3-4, James 2-5, Battier 1-1, Bosh 1-2, Wade 1-2, Jamison 1-3, Johnson 1-4, Arenas 0-1, Bowen 0-1, Paul 0-1, Hinrich 0-1), China 10-26 (Feng 4-7, Shipeng 2-4, Yu 2-5, Libin 1-1, Wei 1-4, Ke 0-1, Songlin 0-2, Yue 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—United States 30 (Brand, Wade 6), China 22 (Jianlian 9). Assists—United States 22 (Wade 6), China 14 (Yue 6). Total Fouls—United States 21, China 21. A—NA.

WNBA

All Times PDT

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched conference

Tuesday’s Results

Charlotte 68, Houston 57

Washington 91, San Antonio 79

Connecticut 85, Chicago 59

Indiana 77, New York 44

Seattle 81, Detroit 79

Phoenix 99, Minnesota 68

Today’s Games

Sacramento at Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m.

Connecticut at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Chicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Storm 81, Shock 79

Seattle (81) - Castro Marques 3-5 1-2 9, Jackson 7-12 4-5 18, Burse 2-12 1-2 5, Lennox 4-9 2-2 12, Bird 7-15 4-5 24, Turner 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 2-6 2-2 6, Wright 2-3 1-1 5, Lawson 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 15-19 81.

Detroit (79) - Cash 1-8 1-2 3, Ford 3-7 6-8 12, Riley 0-4 0-0 0, Smith 8-14 6-7 25, Nolan 8-19 4-4 22, Braxton 3-10 6-8 12, Holland-Corn 0-2 0-0 0, Powell 0-0 0-0 0, Pierson 1-3 3-5 5. Totals 24-67 26-34 79.

3-Point Goals—Seattle 10-23 (Bird 6-10, Castro Marques 2-4, Lennox 2-6, Lawson 0-1, Jackson 0-2), Detroit 5-15 (Smith 3-7, Nolan 2-7, Holland-Corn 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Seattle 37 (Bird, Burse, Johnson 5), Detroit 54 (Ford 17). Assists—Seattle 16 (Lennox 5), Detroit 12 (Cash 6). Total Fouls—Seattle 23, Detroit 22. Technicals—Turner, Detroit coach Bill.Laimbeer. Flagrant fouls—Ford. A—9,783. (11,268).

Fever 77, Liberty 44

Indiana (77) - Catchings 5-9 2-3 12, Whitmore 6-12 2-2 14, Hoffman 0-1 0-0 0, Bevilaqua 3-5 2-2 9, DeForge 5-9 2-4 13, White 2-6 4-5 8, Scott-Richardson 3-5 1-1 7, Atkinson 4-5 0-0 9, Smith-Taylor 1-1 0-0 2, Sharp 0-2 0-0 0, Frohlich 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 30-58 13-17 77.

New York (44) - Christon 0-7 0-0 0, Kraayeveld 4-8 4-4 13, Farris 2-5 1-2 5, Baker 0-3 0-0 0, Thorn 0-1 2-2 2, Moore 1-3 0-0 3, Hammon 3-4 0-0 7, Battle 4-10 0-0 10, Tillis 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, N’Garsanet 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 16-47 7-8 44.

3-Point Goals—Indiana 4-9 (Atkinson 1-1, Frohlich 1-1, Bevilaqua 1-2, DeForge 1-2, Catchings 0-1, Sharp 0-1, White 0-1), New York 5-16 (Battle 2-3, Hammon 1-1, Moore 1-1, Kraayeveld 1-4, Baker 0-1, Thorn 0-1, Tillis 0-1, Christon 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Indiana 37 (DeForge 8), New York 28 (Farris 5). Assists—Indiana 6 (Smith-Taylor 3), New York 5 (Farris 2). Total Fouls—Indiana 18, New York 15. A—9,043. (19,763).

Mercury 99, Lynx 68

Minnesota (68) - Mann 1-9 0-0 3, T.Williams 1-7 0-0 2, Ohlde 1-6 5-8 7, Jacobs 5-8 1-2 14, Augustus 9-16 0-0 19, Abrosimova 1-11 4-5 6, Duffy 2-5 0-0 5, A.Williams 3-8 4-6 10, Hayden 1-4 0-4 2, Lewis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-76 14-25 68.

Phoenix (99) - Pondexter 10-17 0-0 23, Rasmussen 3-3 0-0 6, Vodichkova 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 4-7 0-0 10, Taurasi 6-10 7-8 21, Taylor 8-15 7-8 24, Lacy 4-9 0-0 8, Derevjanik 1-2 0-0 2, Snell 1-8 2-2 5, Christensen 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 37-76 16-18 99.

3-Point Goals—Minnesota 6-22 (Jacobs 3-5, Augustus 1-3, Duffy 1-4, Mann 1-6, Abrosimova 0-4), Phoenix 9-28 (Pondexter 3-4, Miller 2-3, Taurasi 2-6, Taylor 1-5, Snell 1-8, Vodichkova 0-1, Lacy 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 55 (Ohlde, A.Williams 8), Phoenix 49 (Taylor 9). Assists—Minnesota 7 (Mann 4), Phoenix 28 (Taylor 7). Total Fouls—Minnesota 17, Phoenix 17. A—8,240. (10,746).

Mystics 91, Silver Stars 79

San Antonio (79) - Bibrzycka 4-10 2-3 12, Young 5-13 10-10 20, Feenstra 5-9 2-3 12, V.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Kingi-Cross 1-5 1-2 3, Thomas 3-6 1-2 7, Zolman 4-8 2-3 12, Ely 4-8 1-2 9, Wecker 1-4 2-2 4, Ivanyi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-65 21-27 79.

Washington (91) - Miller 4-6 0-0 10, Milton-Jones 5-13 0-0 12, Melvin 6-7 6-7 18, Beard 9-17 1-2 22, Teasley 5-7 2-3 14, Sanford 2-3 0-0 4, Blue 0-1 4-4 4, Teilane 0-2 0-0 0, Koehn 1-1 0-0 3, James 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 34-59 13-16 91.

3-Point Goals—San Antonio 4-14 (Zolman 2-5, Bibrzycka 2-6, Young 0-1, Kingi-Cross 0-2), Washington 10-17 (Beard 3-4, Miller 2-3, Milton-Jones 2-4, Teasley 2-4, Koehn 1-1, Blue 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 37 (Feenstra 7), Washington 35 (Melvin 11). Assists—San Antonio 15 (Ely, Thomas 3), Washington 25 (Teasley 11). Total Fouls—San Antonio 14, Washington 20. A—7,089. (20,173).

Sting 68, Comets 57

Houston (57) - Swoopes 2-15 5-8 9, Snow 7-14 4-6 18, Hodges 6-12 1-2 15, Staley 0-7 0-0 0, Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 3-4 0-1 6, Lyttle 2-4 1-2 5, Kostaki 0-2 2-3 2. Totals 21-60 13-22 57.

Charlotte (68) - Sam 6-13 1-3 13, Smith 4-16 2-2 12, McCarville 3-7 1-2 7, Currie 4-10 0-0 8, Darling 3-5 0-2 7, Mazzante 3-8 0-1 8, Fluker 0-2 0-0 0, Leuchanka 1-2 0-0 2, Bond 0-1 1-2 1, Feaster 1-2 0-0 2, Walker 3-5 2-2 8. Totals 28-71 7-14 68.

3-Point Goals—Houston 2-12 (Hodges 2-5, Kostaki 0-2, Staley 0-2, Swoopes 0-3), Charlotte 5-17 (Mazzante 2-4, Smith 2-5, Darling 1-2, Feaster 0-1, Currie 0-2, Sam 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 57 (Snow 14), Charlotte 41 (Sam 11). Assists—Houston 12 (Staley 4), Charlotte 19 (Darling 8). Total Fouls—Houston 16, Charlotte 19. A—5,949. (8,506).

Sun 85, Sky 59

Connecticut (85) - McWilliams-Franklin 4-8 3-4 11, Douglas 7-14 1-2 19, Dydek 0-7 1-2 1, Whalen 3-6 4-4 10, Phillips 4-8 0-0 11, Sales 3-8 2-2 8, Jones 1-6 0-0 2, Carey 5-6 0-0 13, Willingham 0-0 6-8 6, Mahoney 0-1 0-0 0, Summerton 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 28-65 19-24 85.

Chicago (59) - Dupree 3-12 2-2 8, Lassiter 1-5 0-0 3, Lovelace-Tolbert 4-12 1-2 9, Dales-Schuman 3-11 1-2 7, Brown 3-9 0-0 7, Newton 2-2 4-4 9, Ngoyisa 4-5 3-4 11, Cronin 1-8 0-0 3, Shimek 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 22-66 11-16 59.

3-Point Goals—Connecticut 10-19 (Douglas 4-5, Carey 3-4, Phillips 3-7, Sales 0-1, Whalen 0-2), Chicago 4-21 (Newton 1-1, Lassiter 1-2, Cronin 1-4, Brown 1-5, Shimek 0-1, Lovelace-Tolbert 0-3, Dales-Schuman 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Connecticut 51 (McWilliams-Franklin 12), Chicago 40 (Dupree 10). Assists—Connecticut 21 (Jones, Whalen 5), Chicago 14 (Dales-Schuman, Brown 4). Total Fouls—Connecticut 17, Chicago 19. A—3,520 (6,500).

Football

NFL Preseason

All Times PDT

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Denver at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.

New England at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 5 p.m.

Chicago at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

CFL

Thursday’s Game

British Columbia at Winnipeg

Af2 Playoffs

National Conference semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Arkansas at Tulsa

Bakersfield at Spokane

American Conference semifinals

Friday’s Game

Memphis at Green Bay

Saturday’s Game

Manchester at Florida

Golf

U.S. Women’s Amateur

USGA

At Pumpkin Ridge GC, North Plains, Ore.

Yardage: 6,380; Par: 71

SECOND ROUND

x-qualified on playoff

Paige Mackenzie, Yakima, Wash., 69-70—139

In Kyung Kim, South Korea, 70-71—141

Tiffany Joh, San Diego, 73-68—141

Ayaka Kaneko, Honolulu, 71-71—142

Jane Park, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 72-70—142

Mi Jung Hur, South Korea, 69-73—142

Ashley Knoll, The Woodlands, Texas, 71-72—143

Katharina Schallenberg, Germany, 72-71—143

Alison Whitaker, Australia, 72-72—144

Isabelle Lendl, Bradenton, Fla., 73-71—144

Lindy Duncan, Plantation, Fla., 75-69—144

Alison Walshe, Westford, Mass., 71-74—145

Amanda Blumenherst, Scottsdale, Ariz., 73-72—145

Candace Schepperle, Birmingham, Ala., 74-71—145

Carlota Ciganda, Spain, 74-71—145

Irene Cho, La Habra, Calif., 74-71—145

Jenny Suh, Fairfax, Va., 75-70—145

Lauren Mielbrecht, Gulf Stream, Fla., 71-74—145

Martina Gillen, Ireland, 73-72—145

Christine Song, Fullerton, Calif., 74-72—146

Hana Jang, South Korea, 74-72—146

Jane Rah, Torrance, Calif., 73-73—146

Jennifer Osborn, Huntington Beach, Calif., 75-71—146

Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawaii, 70-76—146

Kiran Matharu, England, 73-73—146

Melissa Reid, England, 73-73—146

Pei-Lin Yu, Chinese Taiwan, 72-74—146

Seo-Jae Lee, South Korea, 76-70—146

Taylore Karle, Scottsdale, Ariz., 73-73—146

Ya-Ni Tseng, Chinese Taiwan, 70-76—146

Eileen Vargas, Colombia, 75-72—147

Jennie Arseneault, Grinnell, Iowa, 75-72—147

Jennie Lee, Huntington Beach, Calif., 72-75—147

Joanne Lee, San Carlos, Calif., 72-75—147

Laura Luethke, Fresno, Calif., 78-69—147

Maria Jose Uribe, Colombia, 76-71—147

Megan Grehan, Mamaroneck, N.Y., 73-74—147

Stephanie Kono, Honolulu, 75-72—147

Dewi Claire Schreefel, Netherlands, 74-74—148

Esther Choe, Scottsdale, Ariz., 72-76—148

Hannah Jun, San Diego, 75-73—148

Jessie Vincent, Burlington, N.C., 76-72—148

Margaret Shirley, Roswell, Ga., 69-79—148

Stacey Kim, Columbus, Ga., 71-77—148

Stacy Lewis, The Woodlands, Texas, 77-71—148

Vicky Hurst, Melbourne, Fla., 78-70—148

Hunter Ross, Manakin Sabot, Va., 73-76—149

Kristen Svicarovich, Hillsboro, Ore., 76-73—149

Kristina Wong, Bradenton, Fla., 75-74—149

Mari Chun, Pearl City, Hawaii, 70-79—149

Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif., 75-74—149

Naomi Edwards, England, 75-74—149

Sydnee Michaels, Temecula, Calif., 73-76—149

Taylor Leon, Dallas, 75-74—149

Cydney Clanton, Concord, N.C., 75-75—150

Kristie Smith, Australia, 76-74—150

Lauren Espinosa, Hickory Creek, Texas, 75-75—150

Lauren Johnson, The Woodlands, Texas, 71-79—150

Maggie Simons, Raleigh, N.C., 74-76—150

x-Lara Tennant, Portland, Ore., 75-76—151

x-Jenna Pearson, Wheaton, Ill., 77-74—151

x-Theresa Paik, Silver Spring, Md., 77-74—151

x-Alice Kim, Los Angeles, 78-73—151

x-Leah Wigger, Louisville, Ky., 72-79—151

PNW Assistants Championship

At Tumwater Valley GC, Wash.

Yardage: 6,827; Par: 72

FINAL RESULTS

Holes-in-one

CIRCLING RAVEN—Dr. Glen Ruark, No. 16, 176 yards, 5-iron.

INDIAN CANYON—Mike Poindexter, No. 11, 121 yards, sand wedge.

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 8/7 and year-to-date totals:

Tennis

Rogers Masters

ATP TOUR: A U.S. Open Series Event

At The Rexall Centre, Toronto

Purse: $2.45 million (Masters)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SINGLES

First Round

Tommy Haas (16), Germany, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.

Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belarus, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Paul Goldstein, United States, 7-5, 6-2.

Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-3, 6-3.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Nicolas Massu, Chile, 6-3, 6-2.

Kevin Kim, United States, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Tommy Robredo (7), Spain, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Daniele Bracciali, Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Arnaud Clement, France, def. Alberto Martin, Spain, 6-2, 6-1.

Jarkko Nieminen (14), Finland, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-4, 7-5.

Andy Murray, Britain, def. David Ferrer (12), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Lleyton Hewitt (11), Australia, def. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

DOUBLES

First Round

Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, and Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych and Jaroslav Levinsky, Czech Republic, def. Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Julian Knowle, Austria, 6-4, 6-0.

Wayne Arthurs, Australia, and Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, def. Jose Acasuso, Spain, and David Nalbandian, Argentina, 6-1, 4-6, 10-1 tiebreak.

Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Todd Perry, Australia, def. Philip Bester and Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-2, 6-4.

Gaston Gaudio and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, def. Mahesh Bhuphathi, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 5-7, 10-4 tiebreak.

Feliciano Lopez and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Leos Friedl and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. James Blake and Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

JPMorgan Chase Open

WTA TOUR

At The Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif.

Purse: $600,000 (Tier II)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SINGLES

First Round

Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, def. Nathalie Dechy (17), France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Hana Sromova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 7-5.

Lisa Raymond, United States, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-4, 6-2.

Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Alexandra Stevenson, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Laura Granville, United States, def. Ai Sugiyama (9), Japan, 7-5, 6-2.

Marion Bartoli (15), France, def. Angela Haynes, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Anna Chadvetadze, Russia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (13), Spain, 6-4, 6-3.

Ana Ivanovic (10), Serbia, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Shahar Peer (14), Israel, def. Peng Shuai, Japan, 6-1, 6-0.

Serena Williams, United States, def. Maria Kirilenko (11), Russia, 6-2, 6-1.

Second Round

Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, def. Nadia Petrova (2), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

Elena Dementieva (3), Russia, def. Julia Schruff, Germany, 6-2, 7-5.

Dinara Safina (5), Russia, def. Vania King, United States, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Bethanie Mattek, United States, def. Flavia Pennetta (8), Italy, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.

Nordic Light Open

WTA TOUR

At Stockholms Stadion, Sweden

Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

SINGLES

First Round

Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-1, 6-4.

Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, def. Katerina Bohmova, Czech Republic, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Ekaterina Bychkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-2.

Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

Yulia Beygelzimer, Ukraine, def. Martina Muller, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, def. Anastasiya Yakimova (6), Belarus, 6-2, 6-3.

Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Kristina Barrois, Germany, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, def. Sandra Kloesel, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.

Zheng Jie (3), China, def. Yan Zi, China, 7-5, 6-0.

Anastasia Myskina (1), Russia, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Sofia Arvidsson (4), Sweden, def. Emma Laine, Finland, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.

Soccer

MLS

All Times PDT

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

Today’s Games

Kansas City at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Houston, 5 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games

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

CD Chivas USA at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, August 16

D.C. United at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Saturday, August 19

Colorado at D.C. United, 1 p.m.

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

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m.

Kansas City at CD Chivas USA, 7 p.m.

Moves

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended RHP Daniel McCutchen (N.Y. Yankees) 50 games for testing positive for a performance enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Assigned C Ken Huckaby outright to Pawtucket of the IL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with LHP Cliff Lee on a three-year contract extension. Placed OF-INF Casey Blake on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Ryan Garko from Buffalo of the IL.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Activated 1B Mike Sweeney from the 60-day DL. Optioned INF Andres Blanco and RHP Leo Nunez to Omaha of the PCL. Transferred RHP Scott Elarton from the 15-day to the 60-day DL.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Purchased the contract of RHP Matt Garza from Rochester of the IL. Optioned RHP Mike Smith to Rochester.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated 2B Robinson Cano from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Miguel Cairo on the 15-day DL.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Activated LHP Scott Kazmir from the 15-day DL.

National League

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Purchased the contract of RHP Chris Schroder from New Orleans of the PCL.

Can-Am League

BROCKTON ROX—Released RHP Santos Gonzalez.

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released LHP Marc-Andre Major.

SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Released RHP Jake Brooks.

Frontier League

CHILLICOTHE PAINTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Dave Lipson. Released INF-OF D.J. Dixon.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS—Agreed to terms with RHP Buddy Klovstad. Released OF Chris Draska.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed F Jared Jeffries to a five-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL—Named Roger Goodell commissioner.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Acquired OL Ross Tucker from the New Engand Patriots for an undisclosed draft pick.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed DB Jason Allen to a six-year contract. Waived CB Will Poole.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed WR Eddie Berlin.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed RB Mike Jemison.

NEW YORK JETS—Waived WR Deqawn Mobley.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed WR Justin Surrency. Released K Ryan Killeen.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S Ben Emanuel. Waived S Dennard Wilson.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released CB William Fields.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRES—Rejected F J.P. Dumont’s one-year salary arbitration award, making him an unrestricted free agent.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed G Sebastien Caron to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Signed D Michael Sauer.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Announced a one-year affiliation agreement with Phoenix of the ECHL.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed G Manny Legace to a one-year contract.

American Hockey League

IOWA STARS—Signed G Steve Silverthorn.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE—Announced a one-year affiliation agreement with Phoenix of the ECHL and Laredo of the CHL.

ECHL

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Agreed to terms with LW Dusty Jamieson.

IDAHO STEELHEADS—Signed RW Ryan Smyth, LW Jon Smyth and G Steve Silverthron.

LONG BEACH ICE DOGS—Acquired F Brandon Schwartz from South Carolina for cash.

READING ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RW John Snowden.

VICTORIA SALMON KINGS—Agreed to terms with D Pat Sutton.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

MINNESOTA SWARM—Traded D Nolan Heavenor to Calgary for 2006 second- and third-round draft picks.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLORADO RAPIDS—Transferred MF Dedi Ben-Dayan to Israeli Premier League Club Maccabi Netanya FC

LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Acquired F Santino Quaranta from D.C. United for a partial allocation and a conditional 2008 MLS superdraft pick.

Major Indoor Soccer League

DETROIT IGNITION—Agreed to terms with MF Ricardinho and D Matt Johnson.

USL First Division

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS—Announced the resignation of John Rocha, president.

COLLEGE

NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE—Named Debbie Primeaux Williamson secretary-rules editor.

ARKANSAS TECH—Announced the resignation of David Steed, graduate assistant baseball coach, to become assistant baseball coach at West Alabama.

BRADLEY—Named Ryan O’Hara sports information intern.

COLUMBIA—Named Dan Perkins assistant heavyweight crew coach.

EASTERN MICHIGAN—Named Brad Holdren women’s rowing interim head coach.

FLORIDA—Named Pete Knox assistant swimming coach.

GRAMBLING—Named Barret L. Rey baseball coach.

GUILFORD—Named Kate Kaczmarek women’s assistant basketball coach.

HAMILTON—Named Joe Wojtylko and Greg Snyder men’s assistant basketball coaches, Stephanie Karl men’s and women’s assistant swim coach, and Amy Wiesenfeld men’s and women’s assistant rowing coach.

ILLINOIS STATE—Named John Marczak director of men’s basketball operations. Announced the resignation of Heather Freehill, assistant athletics media relations director. Named Jeff Salmon assistant athletics media relations director.

JOHNSON C. SMITH—Named Layla McCall athletic trainer, Anthony Buchanan defensive line coach and director of football operations, Jonathan Brewer wide receivers coach, Quentarus Brown running backs coach, Clement Gibbs strength and conditioning coach, Jonathan Kelly special teams and assistant defensive backs coach, Jason Mai quarterbacks coach, and Antonio Mauney defensive backs coach. Promoted Eric Puryear to defensive coordinator. Named Stephen Joyner Jr. women’s assistant basketball coach.

LOUISIANA-MONROE—Named Brandy Bradley as assistant volleyball coach.

MINNESOTA—Named Abby Kalland director of basketball operations.

MONTANA—Named Steve Axman quarterbacks coach.

NEBRASKA—Named Doc Sadler men’s basketball coach.

NORTHWESTERN STATE—Announced the resignation of Dave Simmons, men’s assistant basketball coach, to become men’s basketball coach at McNeese State.

QUINNIPIAC—Named Andrew Castagnola assistant athletic director of operations.

RHODE ISLAND—Named Jeff Verklan athletic marketing and development intern.

SCRANTON—Named Elizabeth K. Steege women’s tennis coach.

TRINITY, CONN.—Named Bill Iannone, Shane Fogarty and Bradley Soules assistant football coaches.

WAYNE, MICH.—Named Max Glowacki offensive line coach.

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