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BASEBALL

MLB playoffs

All Times PDT

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

American League

Today’s Game

Detroit (Robertson 13-13) at Oakland (Zito 16-10), 5:19 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 11

Detroit (Verlander 17-9) at Oakland (Loaiza 11-9), 5:19 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 13

Oakland (Haren 14-13) at Detroit (Rogers 17-8), 5:19 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14

Oakland (Harden 4-0) at Detroit (Bonderman 14-8), TBA

Sunday, Oct. 15

Oakland at Detroit, TBA, if necessary

Tuesday, Oct. 17

Detroit at Oakland, TBA, if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 18

Detroit at Oakland, TBA, if necessary

National League

Wednesday, Oct. 11

St. Louis (Weaver 5-4) at New York (Glavine 15-7), 5:19 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 12

St. Louis (Suppan 12-7) at New York (Maine 6-5), 5:19 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14

New York (Traschel 15-8) at St. Louis (Carpenter 15-8), TBA

Sunday, Oct. 15

New York (Perez 3-13) at St. Louis (Undecided), TBA

Monday, Oct. 16

New York at St. Louis, TBA, if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 18

St. Louis at New York, TBA, if necessary

Thursday, Oct. 19

St. Louis at New York, TBA, if necessary

WORLD SERIES

Saturday, Oct. 21

National League at American League, (n)

Sunday, Oct. 22

NL at AL, (n)

Tuesday, Oct. 24

AL at NL, (n)

Wednesday, Oct. 25

AL at NL, (n)

Thursday, Oct. 26

AL at NL, if necessary, (n)

Saturday, Oct. 28

NL at AL, if necessary, (n)

Sunday, Oct. 29

NL at AL, if necessary, (n)

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastWLTPctPFPA
New England410.80010874
N.Y. Jets230.40096132
Buffalo230.40077105
Miami140.2006191
SouthWLTPctPFPA
Indianapolis5001.000135100
Jacksonville320.60011874
Houston130.25066113
Tennessee050.00060135
NorthWLTPctPFPA
Baltimore410.8008946
Cincinnati310.7509885
Pittsburgh130.2506177
Cleveland140.20081109
WestWLTPctPFPA
Denver310.7504934
San Diego310.75010336
Kansas City220.5008052
Oakland040.00047113

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EastWLTPctPFPA
Philadelphia410.80015597
N.Y. Giants220.50010095
Dallas220.50011386
Washington230.40096110
SouthWLTPctPFPA
New Orleans410.80011886
Atlanta310.7506942
Carolina320.6008690
Tampa Bay040.0004891
NorthWLTPctPFPA
Chicago5001.00015636
Minnesota320.6008982
Green Bay140.20087138
Detroit050.00088141
WestWLTPctPFPA
St. Louis410.80011198
Seattle310.7507883
San Francisco230.400105146
Arizona140.20088119

Monday’s Result

Denver 13, Baltimore 3

Sunday’s Games

Buffalo at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Houston at Dallas, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Washington, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 1:15 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 5:15 p.m.

Open: Indianapolis, New England, Green Bay, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Cleveland

Monday’s Game

Chicago at Arizona, 5:30 p.m.

CFL

EastWLTPtsPFPA
x-Montreal96018381354
x-Toronto96018302281
Winnipeg78014289347
Hamilton41208253443
WestWLTPtsPFPA
y-British Columbia114022481290
x-Calgary97018432373
Saskatchewan78014407379
Edmonton510010324402

y-clinched division

x-clinched playoff spot

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

Monday’s Results

Montreal 35, Saskatchewan 8

Toronto 28, Edmonton 23

Friday, Oct. 13

Montreal at Saskatchewan

Saturday, Oct. 14

Toronto at Edmonton

Sunday, Oct. 15

Winnipeg at Hamilton

British Columbia 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 Oct. 7 and previous ranking:

RecordPtsPvs
1. New Hamp. (88) 5-02,7041
2. Appalchn. St.(21) 5-12,6222
3. Montana 4-12,4014
4. Cal Poly 5-12,3255
5. Illinois State 4-12,2266
6. Youngstown St. 5-12,0768
7. Southern Illinois 5-02,0229
8. Massachusetts 4-11,89310
9. North Dakota St. 5-01,85911
10. Richmond 4-11,7037
11. Furman 4-21,6633
12. Hampton 6-01,64212
13. James Madison 4-11,46613
14. Northern Iowa 3-21,36214
15. Harvard 4-01,01119
16. E.Illinois 3-385120
17. Tenn-Martin 5-181922
18. UC Davis 2-358316
19. C.Connecticut 5-155523
20. Alabama A&M 4-154824
21. San Diego 5-045725
22. Towson 4-141717
23. Maine 3-2400
24. Princeton 4-0382
25. Portland State 3-334015

How Dave Trimmer of The Spokesman Review voted: 1. Appalachian State 2. New Hampshire 3. Cal Poly 4. Illinois State 5. Montana 6. Southern Illinois 7. North Dakota 8. UMass 9. Youngstown State 10. Hampton 11. Richmond 12. James Madison 13. Furman 14. Northern Iowa 15. Harvard 16. Tennessee-Martin 17. UC Davis 18. Alabama A&M 19. Eastern Illinois 20. Central Connecticut 21. Townson 22. Maine 23. Delaware 24. San Diego 25. Princeton

BASKETBALL

NBA preseason

Monday’s Result

Toronto 93, Washington 88

Tuesday’s Games

Phoenix vs. Philadelphia at Kolnarena, Cologne, Germany, noon.

Boston at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Dallas vs. New Orleans at the Ford Center, Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Detroit vs. Miami at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Efes Pilsen (Turkey) at Denver, 6 p.m.

Utah vs. L.A. Lakers at, Fresno, Calif., 7 p.m.

HOCKEY

NHL

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
N.Y. Rangers2004106
New Jersey110253
Pittsburgh110242
Philadelphia011149
N.Y. Islanders020038

Northeast Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
Buffalo3006129
Toronto2115118
Montreal101377
Boston1102610
Ottawa1202711

Southeast Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
Atlanta201593
Florida1113911
Washington110277
Tampa Bay120256
Carolina0211412

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
Columbus2015128
Chicago11021211
Detroit110233
St. Louis0211511
Nashville02001114

Northwest Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
Minnesota200497
Vancouver210486
Colorado102478
Edmonton110243
Calgary120248

Pacific Division

WLOTPtsGFGA
Anaheim300684
San Jose3006115
Dallas200463
Los Angeles110275
Phoenix1202810

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

Monday’s Results

Columbus 5, Phoenix 1

Toronto 2, Florida 1, SO

Atlanta 1, Tampa Bay 0

San Jose 4, Calgary 1

Anaheim 2, St. Louis 0

Today’s Games

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

Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Blue Jackets 5, Coyotes 1

Phoenix1001
Columbus1225

First Period—1, Columbus, Zherdev 1 (Nash, Eriksson), 1:01 (pp). 2, Phoenix, Jovanovski 1 (Doan), 9:21. Second Period—3, Columbus, Nash 3 (Vyborny, Westcott), 11:08 (pp). 4, Columbus, Zherdev 2 (Nash, Vyborny), 12:48. Third Period—5, Columbus, Carter 1 (Malhotra, Westcott), 1:27. 6, Columbus, Westcott 2 (Vyborny, Hartigan), 10:26 (pp).

Thrashers 1, Lightning 0

Atlanta1001
Tampa Bay0000

First Period—1, Atlanta, Kozlov 2, 12:26. Penalties—Havelid, Atl (hooking), 6:00. Second Period—None. Third Period—None.

Maple Leafs 2, Panthers 1 (SO)

Florida00101
Toronto00102

Toronto won shootout 2-0

First Period—None. Second Period—None. Third Period—1, Florida, Weiss 1 (Roberts, Bertuzzi), 3:56 (pp). 2, Toronto, Wellwood 1 (Tucker, Kubina), 11:17. Overtime—None. Shootout—Florida 0 (Horton NG, Bertuzzi NG); Toronto 2 (O’Neill NG, Sundin G, Tucker G).

Sharks 4, Flames 1

San Jose1214
Calgary0011

First Period—1, San Jose, Ehrhoff 2 (Thornton, Marleau), 19:45 (pp). Second Period—2, San Jose, Bernier 1 (Marleau), 1:21. 3, San Jose, Michalek 3 (Marleau, McLaren), 19:23. Third Period—4, San Jose, Smith 1 (Hannan, Cheechoo), 9:00 (pp). 5, Calgary, Tanguay 1 (Iginla, Phaneuf), 17:00 (pp).

Ducks 2, Blues 0

St. Louis0000
Anaheim1012

First Period—1, Anaheim, Kunitz 2 (Selanne, Pronger), 16:42 (pp). Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Anaheim, Kunitz 3 (McDonald, Selanne), 0:35 (pp).

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EastWLOTSOPtsGFGA
Brandon440082729
Regina430082117
Swift Current440081518
Prince Albert331072224
Saskatoon230041314
Moose Jaw240041520
CentralWLOTSOPtsGFGA
Medicine Hat6200123121
Lethbridge4311103326
Red Deer4211102422
Calgary430082125
Kootenay430083129

WESTERN CONFERENCE

B.C.WLOTSOPtsGFGA
Vancouver9000185115
Kamloops321162121
Prince George230151624
Kelowna160131129
Chilliwack170021532
U.S.WLOTSOPtsGFGA
Everett500111187
Tri-City5100102618
Spokane221051619
Portland220041119
Seattle120241216

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

Monday’s Results

Brandon 6, Lethbridge 5

Kamloops 5, Swift Current 2

Regina 2, Prince Albert 0

Vancouver 5, Chilliwack 4

Today’s Games

Prince Albert at Moose Jaw

Swift Current at Prince George

Portland at Spokane, 7 p.m.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup leaders

Through Oct. 8

Points

1, Jeff Burton, 5598. 2, Matt Kenseth, 5592. 3, Mark Martin, 5588. 4, Kevin Harvick, 5565. 5, Denny Hamlin, 5547. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 5492. 7, Jeff Gordon, 5451. 8, Jimmie Johnson, 5442. 9, Kasey Kahne, 5413. 10, Kyle Busch, 5413.

11, Tony Stewart, 3824. 12, Carl Edwards, 3588. 13, Greg Biffle, 3497. 14, Kurt Busch, 3352. 15, Casey Mears, 3260. 16, Brian Vickers, 3237. 17, Ryan Newman, 3196. 18, Clint Bowyer, 3194. 19, Martin Truex Jr., 3073. 20, Elliott Sadler, 3033.

Money

1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,547,630. 2, Tony Stewart, $5,883,190. 3, Matt Kenseth, $5,781,970. 4, Kasey Kahne, $5,231,310. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,201,440. 6, Jeff Gordon, $5,112,960. 7, Casey Mears, $4,702,090. 8, Ryan Newman, $4,658,850. 9, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,$4,575,210. 10, Jamie McMurray, $4,305,980.

11, Kurt Busch, $4,299,010. 12, Jeff Burton, $4,295,480. 13, Kyle Busch, $4,162,390. 14, Elliott Sadler, $4,028,420. 15, Carl Edwards, $3,922,680. 16, Bobby Labonte, $3,889,580. 17, Dale Jarrett, $3,835,960. 18, Greg Biffle, $3,782,090. 19, Mark Martin, $3,720,100. 20, J.J. Yeley, $3,668,620.

GOLF

College NWC-Washington Tournament

At Spokane CC; Par 72

MEN: TEAM RESULTS—Whitworth 604, Puget Sound 621, Pacific Lutheran 627, Whitman 660. TOP INDIVIDUALS—1, Andrew Parrott (Whtw) 72-74 146; 2, Chris Packard (PLU) 70-78 148; 3, Marc Phillips (UPS) 75-75 150; 4, Tim Bartz (UPS) 78-74 152; 5, Jordan Carter (Whtw) 74-79 153.

WOMEN: TEAM RESULTS—Puget Sound 677, Whitworth 714, Pacific Lutheran 724. TOP INDIVIDUALS—1, Emily Lau (UPS) 77-84 161; 2, Adrienne Parrish (UPS) 82-87 169; 3, Lindy Ramstad (PLU) 84-87 171; 4, Alicia Bratlien (Whtw) 85-88 173; 4, Kristal Pitkonen (Whtw) 87-86 173.

SOCCER

High school girls Idaho 5A Region I Tournament Coeur d’Alene 7, Post Falls 0

(LOSER OUT)

First half — 1, CdA, Poorboy (penalty kick), 9:00. 2, CdA, Smith, 31:00.

Second half — 3, CdA, Brown-Dymkoski (Poorboy), 48:00. 4, CdA, Naegle (Bjorn), 69:00. 5, CdA, Smith (Naegle), 73:00. 6, CdA, Meyers, 79:00. 7, CdA, Bjorn, 79:00.

Shots on goal — Post Falls 2, Coeur d’Alene 29. Saves — Post Falls, not available 12. Coeur d’Alene, Wemple 2.

Lake City 4, Lewiston 0

(LOSER OUT)

First half 1, LC, Kremer (Clark) 4:00. 2, LC, Lieggi, 18:00. 3, LC, Hawn, (Bagan) 23:00. 4, LC, Elmer (Bagan) 25:00.

Second half – none. Shots on goal — Lewiston 2, Lake City 16. Saves – Lewiston, (Name unavailable) 11; Lake City, Fraser 1.

Non-league

North Central 4, Rogers 0

First half 1, NC, Kahler (Wordell), 5:00. 2, NC, Michelson (Emoto) 20:00.

Second half 3, NC, Keller 53:00. 4, NC, Fletcher, (Keller) 61:00. Shots on goal — Rogers 5, North Central 14.Saves — Rogers, Root 7; North Central, Keller, Michelson, 3.

SOFTBALL

High school slowpitch Greater Spokane League

Rogers 13, Central Valley 3

Central Valley00111-3101
Rogers70231-13192

White and Saxby; Shelton and Turley. W-Shelton (9-3). L-White (8-4).

HITS: Central Valley-Anderson 2, Buechler 2, Saxby, Nelson, Pena, Mandler, Lloyd 2. Rogers-Whitehead, Knight 2, Carlon, Shelton 3, Clark 3, Turley 2, Durant, Jones 2, Crossley 3, Rupert. 2B-Jones, Crossley. 3B-Lloyd. HR-Shelton (2).

East Valley 8, North Central 4

East Valley0001052-8123
North Central1021000-4103

Cat.Huston and Michener; Sanders and Rockford. W-Cat.Huston. L-Sanders.

HITS: East Valley-Scully 4, D.Hanley, Cat.Huston 3, Mauro 2, Lucas 2. North Central-Bower 2, Darcy, Degon 2, Rockford, Destefano, Skillingstad, Davies 2. 2B-Cat.Huston 2. 3B-Skully.

University 14, Ferris 4

Ferris020020-476
University250052-14155

Camp and Sullivan; Fargher, Squires (4) and Trotter. W-Squires (2-0). L-Camp.HITS: Ferris-Tangvald 2, Hill, Krahn 2, Perry, Thompson. University-Schiermeister 2, Hawley 3, Fargher 2, Warren, Griffith, Obenchain, Trotter, Squires 2, Marvel 2.2B-Hawley, Warren. HR-Schiermeister (5), Fargher (5).

Shadle Park 11, Lewis And Clark 1

Lewis And Clark00100-123
Shadle Park13304-11113

Horton and Anderson; Hart and Armendairz. W-Hart (7-4) L-Horton.

HITS: LC-Swinson, White. Home-Armendairz 2, Lynn 2, Jackson 2, Zappone, Faggiano 2, Bokma, Johnson. 2B-White. HR-Lynn (2), Jackson (2), Faggiano (1).

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Sunday, 10/8 and year-to-date totals:

SiteChinookStlheadShad
Bonneville1,6744150
Year totals476,875324,7343,965,254
The Dalles8651,8170
Year totals302,264220,3934,611,581
John Day5801,296N/A
Year totals250,047189,648N/A
McNary1,2922,240NC
Year totals186,471153,3201,204,783
Priest RapidsNCNCNC
Year totals80,1899,765281
WellsNCNCNC
Year totals32,1195,718N/A
Ice HarborNCNCNC
Year totals43,10992,597215,445
L.MonumentalNCNCN/C
Year totals43,31789,729N/A
Little Goose562,292NC
Year totals37,63893,368N/A
Lower Granite1274,1380
Year totals38,36591,7448,290

Today’s odds

America’s Line

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

INJURY REPORT: On the NFL board, Seattle RB Shaun Alexander is questionable; Miami QB Daunte Culpepper is questionable; Kansas City RB Larry Johnson is questionable.

NFL

FavoriteOpCurO/UUnderdog
Sunday
Bengals6640.5BUCS
REDSKINS9.59.543Titans
COWBOYS131343Texans
LIONS1PK39Bills
Seahawks3.5345RAMS
FALCONS3342.5Giants
Eagles3346SAINTS
RAVENSNLNLNLPanthers
JETS3336.5Dolphins
Chargers101042.549ERS
STEELERS6.56.536.5Chiefs
BRONCOSNLNLNLRaiders
Monday
Bears10.510.537.5CARDS

Bye week: Browns, Packers, Colts, Jaguars, Vikings, Patriots.

College Football

FavoriteOpCurUnderdog
Thursday
c-Clemson43.544Temples
Va Tech2.52.5BOSTON COLL
AIR FORCE55Colorado St
Friday
Pittsburgh10.510C FLORIDA
Saturday
W VIRGINA2525Syracuse
Purdue77.5N’WESTERN
WISCONSIN10.59.5Minnesota
Iowa17.517.5INDIANA
NC STATE5.54.5Wake Forest
Maryland45VIRGINIA
S Florida32.5N CAROLINA
Miami-Ohio9.59.5BUFFALO
C MICHIGAN99Ball St
CONNECTICUT5.56Army
NAVY21.5Rutgers
Missouri1.52.5TEXAS A&M
Nebraska11.511.5KANSAS ST
No Illinois33W MICHIGAN
ALABAMA1414.5Mississippi
Utah44WYOMING
Tulsa2.52E CAROLINA
SMU5.55Marshall
AUBURN22.5Florida
California87.5WASH ST
GEORGIA1313.5Vanderbilt
Ohio St1615MICHIGAN ST
Florida St22.522.5DUKE
WASHINGTON1110Oregon St
OREGON10.510.5Ucla
KENT ST88Toledo
BOWLGREEN1110.5E Michigan
OKLAHOMA19.519.5Iowa St
Hawaii5.55.5FRESNO ST
Arizona44STANFORD
SAN JOSE ST13.514Utah St
Ala-Birm45RICE
ILLINOIS6.56.5Ohio U
LOUISVILLE2726.5Cincinnati
SO MISS32Houston
KANSAS33.5Oklahoma St
Texas Tech88COLORADO
TEXAS28.529Baylor
LA TECH22Idaho
LSU26.526.5Kentucky
USC 1919Arizona St
Michigan76 .5PENN ST
TEX-EL PASO13.513Tulane
New Mexico33UNLV
MIAMI-FLA28.528.5Florida Int’l
MEMPHIS12.512Arkansas St
TROY99UL-Monroe

c- Charlotte, NC. Home team in capital letters.

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Named Willie Jenks visiting clubhouse manager, Billy Ryan area scouting supervisor for Georgia, South Carolina and North Florida, and Greg Smith Northwest area supervisor and Canadian crosschecker. Promoted Scott Barnsby to South East crosschecker.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Activated OF Shannon Stewart from the 60-day DL. Sent LHP Dave Gassner, LHP Justin Jones and INF Terry Tiffee outright to Rochester of the IL.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Promoted Tom Harris to executive vice president and chief financial officer and Tom Garfinkel to executive vice president of business operations.

CINCINNATI REDS—Announced OF Andy Abad, RHP Sun-Woo Kim, RHP Joe Mays, LHP Chris Michalak, C Dane Sardinha and OF Dewayne Wise have been declared free agents.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Joe Valentine and RHP Corey Thurman on minor league contracts. Announced INF Zach Sorenson and RHP Jared Fernandez have been declared free agents.

Can-Am League

NASHUA PRIDE—Released LHP Geoff Goetz.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Waived F Noel Felix.

Continental Basketball Association

MINOT—Signed F Dayshawn Wright.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed FB Vonta Leach. Signed G Cody Douglas and G Atlas Herrion to the practice squad. Released G Mike Brisiel and G Doug Neinhuis.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed WR Jabar Gaffney. Released DT Johnathan Sullivan and CB Hank Poteat.