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BASEBALL

NWL

EastWLGB
Spokane (Rangers)77
Yakima (Diamondbacks)592
Tri-City (Rockies)4103
Boise (Cubs)2125
WestWLGB
Salem-Keizer (Giants)113
Eugene (Padres)952
Everett (Mariners)952
Vancouver (Athletics)952

Monday’s Results

Spokane 5, Vancouver 4

Everett 11, Boise 3

Salem-Keizer 4, Tri-City 1

Eugene 3, Yakima 2

Today’s Games

Everett at Boise

Tri-City at Salem-Keizer

Vancouver at Spokane

Yakima at Eugene

Indians 5, Canadians 4

VancouverABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Richard ss512001.222
Pruitt dh300011.233
Sulentic rf400000.244
Hamblin 1b412101.255
Brown cf310011.200
Frash 3b403200.214
Arrieche 2b300001.167
Napoleon c302001.333
Doolittle ph100001.283
Keough lf310013.129
Totals 33493310.234
SpokaneABRHBIBBSOAvg.
James ss402101.206
Osuna 2b511101.319
Barrios rf402110.226
Greene dh501002.294
Gac 1b311111.255
Smith 3b401000.300
Marquardt lf422001.214
Gradoville c201010.278
Salas pr010000.200
Killian c000000.231
Anderson cf301001.154
Totals 34512437.251
Vancouver000310000—492
Spokane01000103x—5120

E—Frash (2), Arrieche (3). DP—Vancouver 1, Spokane 1. LOB—Vancouver 6, Spokane 11. 2B—Hamblin (5), Frash (1), Barrios (2). HR—Gac (4). SB—Richard (2), Brown (1), Keough (4), Osuna (2), Smith (2), Barrios (3). CS—Frash (1), Napoleon (1). S—Anderson. SF—James.

VancouverIPHRERBBSOERA
Figueroa 3511344.09
Kerfoot2.2310011.17
Friend BS,1; L,0-124330213.50
Walters0.1000003.18
SpokaneIPHRERBBSOERA
Tatusko3.2322022.61
Hoben1.1322308.31
Nelo2200050.00
Maxwell W,1-01100010.00
Dennis S,41000021.13

HBP—Gradoville (by Kerfoot), Arrieche (by Nelo). WP—Tatusko, Hoben 2. T—3:13. A—3,653.

Senior American Legion

Today’s Games

Blue Devils at Kennewick (DH), 3 p.m.

Bandits at Pullman (DH), 5:30

Junior American Legion

Monday’s Results

Newport 13, Mt. Spokane 2

Gonzaga Prep 15, Rogers 4

Colville 9, Chewelah 3

Mead 13, Lakeside 0

Central Valley 11-3, Cheney 1-11

Shadle Park 7-7, West Valley 6-6

Medical Lake 10, Lewis and Clark 8

Pullman defeated Ferris by forfeit

Today’s Games

North

University at Chewelah, 5:30 p.m.

Mead at Colville, 5:30

Mt. Spokane at Newport, 5:30

Rogers at Gonzaga Prep, 5:30

South

Freeman vs. L.C. at Hart Field, 5:30 p.m.

AA North

Colville 9, Chewelah 3

Chewelah1002000-360
Colville303030x-9134

Sulgrove, Nicholas (6), and Lainson; Pinkham and Fowler, White (5). W-Pinkham. L-Sulgrove.

HITS: Chewelah-Burgess, Lainson 2, Christian 2, Woods. Colville-Fox, Fowler 3, Sager 2, Sprague 2, Ross, Pinkham 2, Peterson. 2B-Lainson, Sager, Pinkham.

Gonzaga Prep 15, Rogers 4

Gonzaga Prep00010032-1572
Rogers0004000-41010

Doff and Page; Kelly, Harris (3), Trotchie (4), Como (6) and Camp, Kelly (6). W-Doff. L-Trotchie.

HITS: Gonzaga Prep-Murphy, Via, Page 2, Hertz, Ulrich, Schmidlekofer. Rogers-Kelly 2, Campbell 2, Como, Orlowski, Erdman, Harris 2. 2B-Murphy, Page. 3B-Campbell.

Mead 13, Lakeside 0

Lakeside00000-023
Mead3550x-13130

Smith, Karas (3), Lazott (4) and Dunn; Kosoff and Bond. W-Kosoff. L-Smith.

HITS: Lakeside-LaBelle, Flemming. Mead-Johns 2, Bond 2, Peterson 4, Woodard 2, Kembel, Murphy, Guzman. 2B-Peterson. 3B-Johns.

Newport 13, Mt. Spokane 2

Newport030163-13123
Mt. Spokane002000-225

Nelson and Hargrove; Leonard, E.Poynor (5), Propp (6) and Pignataro. W-Nelson. L-Leonard.

HITS: Newport-Ca.McNair 4, Reed, Weidemier, Cu.McNair, Hargrove, Nelson 2, Hooper, Vantyul. Mt. Spokane-E.Poynor, Pignataro. 2B-Nelson 2, E.Poynor.

AA South

Central Valley 11-3, Cheney 1-11

Central Valley033302-11201
Cheney100000-151

Arlt, Schmidt (6) and Cooley, Richard (6); Heuschkel, Letsch (5) and Hennessy. W-Arlt. L-Heuschkel.

HITS: Central Valley-Bergmann 2, Fisher, Mack 2, Pan, Arlt 2, Cooley 3, Butler 3, LaFranchise 2, Goehri 2, Berg 2. Cheney-Hennessy 2, Bafus, Armstrong, Pilialioha. 2B-Bergmann, Arlt, Cooley 2, Butler 2.

Cheney2003303-11134
Central Valley0002100-383

France and Ableman; Beach, LaFranchise (4), Bolton (5) and Richards. W-France. L-LaFranchise.

HITS: Cheney-Hennessy 2, Christianson 3, Bavus 3, France 3, Heuschkel, Letsch. Central Valley-Borgman, Mack, Arlt, Richards 2, Goehri 3. 2B-Hennessy, Christianson.

Medical Lake 10, Lewis and Clark 8

Lewis and Clark0100016-883
Medical Lake007021x-10151

Reed and Santos; Worl, Gover (7) and T.Owens. W-Worl. L-Reed.

HITS: Lewis and Clark-Poland 2, Santos, Altberg 2, Martin 2, Baird. Medical Lake-Constantine 3, T.Owens 2, Culnane 2, Pacheco, Wagner 2, Gover 2, Thomas, Vela, Harbolt. 2B-Altberg, Constantine, T.Owens, Culnane. HR-Baird.

Shadle Park 7-7, West Valley 6-6

Shadle Park0102022-761
West Valley0020112-690

Turner and Ennis; Salazar and Foster. W-Turner. L-Salazar.

HITS: Shadle Park-Carlson 2, Raynor 2, Thomas 2. West Valley-Clausen 3, Peckham 2, Funk, Yount, L.Peterson, Salazar.

West Valley3000300-693
Shadle Park200131x-771

Bieber and Peckham; Florez and Ennis. W-Florez. L-Bieber.

HITS: West Valley-Clausen 2, Role 2, Peckham, Salazar 2, Cahalan, Yount. Shadle Park-Carlson 2, McCannon 2, Turner 2, Seedall. HR-McCannon.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

All Times PDT

EasternWLGB
Detroit114
Indiana114
Chicago883 1/2
New York883 1/2
Connecticut6105 1/2
Washington5116 1/2
WesternWLGB
Sacramento116
San Antonio961
Phoenix971 1/2
Seattle872
Los Angeles783
Minnesota5115 1/2
Houston4126 1/2

Monday’s Results

No games scheduled

Today’s Games

San Antonio at Washington, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

HOOPFEST

Bracket 39, Ronald McDonald Charities #2: Dam Deeres, Coulee Dam, WA; Krammer Carlson, Ty Egbert, Lindsay Loe, Makoti Fox.

FOOTBALL

CFL

All Times PDT

EastWLTPtsPFPA
Winnipeg00113939
Hamilton0100937
Montreal0100716
Toronto01002224
WestWLTPtsPFPA
British Columbia10022422
Calgary1002379
Saskatchewan1002167
Edmonton00113939

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

Thursday’s Game

Montreal at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Game

Edmonton at British Columbia, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

Toronto at Hamilton, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

Calgary at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.

AFL playoffs

All Times PDT

WILD CARD

National Conference

Friday, June 29: Philadelphia 41, Orlando 26

Saturday, June 30: Columbus 56, Tampa Bay 55

American Conference

Saturday, June 30: Colorado 49, Kansas City 42

Monday, July 2: Los Angeles 64, Utah 42

DIVISIONAL ROUND

National Conference

Eastern Division

Saturday, July 7: Columbus at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Southern Division

Sunday, July 8: Philadelphia at Georgia, 4 p.m.

American Conference

Central Division

Monday, July 9: Los Angeles at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Western Division

Saturday, July 7: Colorado at San Jose, noon

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastWLPct.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton1201.000
Manchester66.500
Mahoning Valley57.417
Albany57.417
MidwestWLPct.
Quad City85.615
Louisville66.500
Green Bay66.500
Fort Wayne58.385
Cincinnati111.083
WestWLPct.
Spokane94.692
Tri-Cities75.583
Central Valley75.583
Stockton66.500
Bakersfield57.417
Boise48.333
Everett39.250

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

CentralWLPct.
Tulsa102.833
Arkansas93.750
Oklahoma City66.500
Lubbock66.500
Amarillo39.250
SouthwestWLPct.
Rio Grande Valley111.917
Bossier-Shreveport93.750
Texas210.167
Corpus Christi210.167
Laredo111.083
SouthWLPct.
Florida103.769
South Georgia84.667
Tennessee Valley57.417
Alabama57.417

Friday’s Game

Albany at Green Bay

Saturday’s Games

Alabama at Oklahoma City

Arkansas at Bossier-Shreveport

Bakersfield at Boise

Mahoning Valley at Louisville

Manchester at Cincinnati

Rio Grande Valley at Laredo

South Georgia at Florida

Stockton at Central Valley

Tennessee Valley at Everett

Texas at Corpus Christi

Tulsa at Lubbock

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Fort Wayne

Monday, July 9

Amarillo at Tri-Cities

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders

Through July 1

Points

1, Jeff Gordon, 2,613. 2, Denny Hamlin, 2,457. 3, Matt Kenseth, 2,248. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 2,232. 5, Jeff Burton, 2,230. 6, Tony Stewart, 2,185. 7, Carl Edwards, 2,148. 8, Kevin Harvick, 2,106. 9, Kyle Busch, 2,040. 10, Martin Truex Jr., 2,033.

11, Clint Bowyer, 1,986. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,985. 13, Ryan Newman, 1,858. 14, Jamie McMurray, 1,801. 15, Kurt Busch, 1,749. 16, J.J. Yeley, 1,701. 17, Greg Biffle, 1,686. 18, Bobby Labonte, 1,680. 19, Juan Montoya, 1,662. 20, Mark Martin, 1,662.

Money

1, Kevin Harvick, $4,834,030. 2, Jeff Gordon, $3,837,960. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,670,740. 4, Jeff Burton, $3,472,190. 5, Matt Kenseth, $3,207,390. 6, Tony Stewart, $3,020,120. 7, Mark Martin, $2,797,690. 8, Denny Hamlin, $2,687,140. 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,570,950. 10, Martin Truex Jr., $2,564,420.

11, Ryan Newman, $2,549,840. 12, Kurt Busch, $2,462,420. 13, Juan Montoya, $2,398,350. 14, Bobby Labonte, $2,292,340. 15, David Gilliland, $2,264,260. 16, Kyle Busch, $2,228,790. 17, J.J. Yeley, $2,212,310. 18, Casey Mears, $2,120,520. 19, Ricky Rudd, $2,086,570. 20, Carl Edwards, $2,046,330.

GOLF

Idaho Golf Association Juniors State Qualifier 3

At Clarkston Country Club

BOYS16-18-year-olds: Eric Henderson 72, Tanner Robb 74, Andy Hasenoehrl 75, Dillon Williams 77, Tyler Johnson 78, Chad Smith 79. 15: Justin Haase 73, Brandon Koehler 79. 13-14: Garrett Adair 82, Robbie McKee 83.

GIRLS14-18-year-olds: Megan Haase 80, Alyssa Nilsson 81

Hole-in-one

MEADOWWOOD—Scott McEuin, No. 11, 176 yards, 5-iron.

BLACK ROCK—Nathan Finlay, No. 14, 148 yards, 8-iron.

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

EasternWLTPts
New England63422
Kansas City64321
New York64321
D.C. United64220
Columbus44618
Chicago46315
Toronto FC47214
WesternWLTPts
FC Dallas86226
Houston75223
CD Chivas USA64220
Colorado47416
Los Angeles2539
Real Salt Lake1569

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

Wednesday’s Games

D.C. United at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

CD Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

2007 U.S. Soccer Schedule

All Times PDT

(Won 10, Lost 2, Tied 1)

b-Monday, July 2 — Paraguay 3, United States 1

b-Thursday, July 5 — vs. Colombia at Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 22 — vs. Sweden at Goteborg, Sweden, 11:30 a.m.

Sunday, Oct. 14 — vs. Catalonia at Barcelona, Spain, TBA

Wednesday, Oct. 17 — at Switzerland, 11:30 a.m.

a-CONCACAF Gold Cup

b-Copa America

Paraguay 3, United States 1

At Barinas, Venezuela

United States101
Paraguay123

First half—1, Paraguay, Barreto 1 (Cardozo), 30:00. 2, United States, Clark 1 (Twellman), 40:00. Second half—3, Paraguay, Cardozo 1, 56th minute. 4, Paraguay, Cabanas, 90:00.

TENNIS

Wimbledon

Monday

At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club

Wimbledon, England

Purse: $22.56 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Grass-Outdoor

Singles

Men Third Round

Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3).

Marcos Baghdatis (10), Cyprus, def. David Nalbandian (23), Argentina, 6-2, 7-5, 6-0.

Mikhail Youzhny (14), Russia, def. Jarkko Nieminen (18), Finland, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Jonas Bjorkman (19), Sweden, def. Wayne Arthurs, Australia, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, leads Robin Soderling (28), Sweden, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 4-6, 2-0 (30-30), susp., rain.

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, leads Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-5 (30-40), susp., rain.

Nikolay Davydenko (6), Russia, leads Gael Monfils, France, 6-3, 7-5, 3-0, susp., rain.

Lleyton Hewitt (16), Australia, leads Guillermo Canas (22), Argentina, 6-4, 3-6, 3-1 (30-40), susp., rain.

Women Third Round

Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Akiko Morigami, Japan, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.

Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Elena Dementieva (12), Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, def. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6-2, 6-3.

Ana Ivanovic (6), Serbia, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-3, 6-2.

Nicole Vaidisova (14), Czech Republic, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-4, 6-2.

Nadia Petrova (11), Russia, def. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Women Fourth Round

Justine Henin (1), Belgium, def. Patty Schnyder (15), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-2.

Serena Williams (7), United States, def. Daniela Hantuchova (10), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

Michaella Kracijek (31), Netherlands, def. Laura Granville, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles

Men Fird Round

Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, vs. Joshua Goodall and Ross Hutchins, Britain, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Men Second Round

Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra (10), France, def. Amer Delic and Bobby Reynolds, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 14-12.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Olivier Rochus and Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 6-0, 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Jaroslav Levinsky and David Skoch (13), Czech Republic, def. Kevin Kim, United States, and Robert Smeets, Australia, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8).

Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Todd Perry, Australia, def. Tomas Behrend and Florian Mayer, Germany, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

Richard Bloomfield and Jonathan Marray, Britain, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Lukasz Kubot (16), Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, def. Michael Berrer and Michael Kohlmann, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9).

Harel Levy, Israel, and Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Martin Garcia and Sebastien Prieto (15), Argentina, 7-6 (0), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 10-8.

Paul Hanley, Australia, and Kevin Ullyett (6), Zimbabwe, lead Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa, Brazil, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-7 (7), 8-7, susp., rain.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor (3), Canada, lead Marc Gicquel and Florent Serra, France, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 3-2 (0-30), susp., rain.

Women First Round

Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Ai Sugiyama (4), Japan, def. Andreea Ehritt-Vanc, Romania, and Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women Second Round

Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, and Sun Tiantian (10), China, def. Aiko Nakamura, Japan, and Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-4, 0-6, 9-7.

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (2), South Africa, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Bryanne Stewart, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.

Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (6), Italy, def. Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-0.

Sania Mirza, India, and Shahar Peer (16), Israel, lead Agnes Szavay, Hungary, and Vladimira Uhlirova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-3 (40-40), susp., rain.

Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Meghann Shaughnessy (7), United States, lead Jarmila Gajdosova, Slovakia, and Akiko Morigami, Japan, 7-5, 3-4 (30-40), susp., rain.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova, Russia, lead Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Tatjana Malek, Germany, 6-2, 2-0 (15-30), susp., rain.

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 7/1/2007 and year-to-date totals:

SiteChinookSteelheadShad
Bonneville84969021,125
Year totals98,75812,6672,480,456
The Dalles92035922,758
Year totals78,8205,9453,448,642
John Day307169NA
Year totals65,3688,836NA
McNary68612820,794
Year totals57,8515,054766,557
Priest RapidsNCNCNC
Year totals14,76885163
WellsNCNCNC
Year totals2,19961NA
Ice Harbor137505,424
Year totals33,7584,363149,952
L.Monumental246660
Year totals33,8703,2974
Little Goose28128NA
Year totals28,3402,668NA
Lower Granite14935586
Year totals26,70010,8886,176

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Announced a four-year extension of their player development contract with Portland (EL) through the 2012 season.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed C Mike Napoli and INF Erick Aybar on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Nick Gorneault to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled C Jeff Mathis from Salt Lake. Activated OF Garret Anderson and INF Maicer Izturis from the 15-day DL.

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated RHP Brandon McCarthy from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Ian Kinsler on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 29.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Named Pete Mackanin interim manager.

FLORIDA MARLINS—Optioned OF Brett Carroll to Albuquerque (PCL). Selected LHP Erasmo Ramirez from Albuquerque. Transferred RHP Ricky Nolasco from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

NEW YORK METS—Placed LHP Oliver Perez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 27. Recalled LHP Jason Vargas from New Orleans (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed LHP Micah Bowie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 28. Purchased the contract of RHP Tim Redding from Columbus (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Named Paul Pressey assistant coach.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Signed C Greg Oden, F Josh McRoberts and G Taurean Green.

UTAH JAZZ—Released G Derek Fisher.

Woman’s National Basketball Association

SEATTLE STORM—Waived C Tye’sha Fluker.

American Basketball Association

ABA—Granted an expansion team to Philadelphia to begin play in the 2008-09 season.

PHILADELPHIA—Announced team nickname will be Sounds.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed P Brian Moorman to a three-year contract extension through 2012.

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed OL Emmanuel Akah, CB Bill Alford, CB Kevin House and OT Cliff Washburn.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed TE Tyler Ecker.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed RW Todd Bertuzzi to a two-year contract.

ATLANTA THRASHERS—Agreed to terms with D Ken Klee.

CALGARY FLAMES—Signed RW Owen Nolan to a one-year contract.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Named Tony MacDonald director of amateur scouting.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed Dale Tallon, general manager, to a two-year contract extension. Signed C Robert Lang to a two-year contract.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Signed LW Ryan Smyth to a five-year contract and D Scott Hannan to a four-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Agreed to terms with D Sheldon Brookbank on a one-year contract. Re-signed D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and C Alexander Svitov to two-year contracts.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed C Michal Handzus and D Tom Preissing to four-year contracts, F Kyle Calder to a two-year contract and F Ladislav Nagy to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD—Signed C Steve Kelly to a one-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Roman Hamrlik to a four-year contract and C Bryan Smolinski to a two-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed F Jed Ortmeyer to a two-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Re-signed D Jason Strudwick.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Bought out the remaining two years on the contract of C Dave Scatchard.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Agreed to terms with D Ryan Whitney on a six-year contract, and F Petr Sykora and D Darryl Sydor on two-year contracts. Signed G Dany Sabourin. Re-signed D Rob Scuderi.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed LW Paul Kariya to a three-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed LW Craig MacDonald and LW Mathieu Darche to one-year contracts.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Re-signed F Bates Battaglia to a two-year contract.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Re-signed D Lukas Krajicek to a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed C Michael Nylander to a four-year contract and F Viktor Kozlov to a two-year contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

D.C. UNITED—Released MF Kasali Yinka Casal.