Friday's scoreboard

March 8, 2008 at 6:12AM

AUTO RACING

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

KOBALT TOOLS 500 LINEUP

Sunday • Hampton, Ga.

At Atlanta Motor Speedway

Lap length: 1.54 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, 185.251 mph.

2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevy, 184.862.

3. (1) Martin Truex Jr, Chevy, 183.807.

4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 183.297.

5. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 183.248.

6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 182.910.

7. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevy, 182.753.

8. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, 182.627.

9. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 182.344.

10. (8) Mark Martin, Chevy, 182.332.

11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 182.207.

12. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 182.135.

13. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 181.920.

14. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 181.866.

15. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevy, 181.824.

16. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 181.776.

17. (78) Joe Nemechek, Chevy, 181.747.

18. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 181.735.

19. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 181.515.

20. (15) Paul Menard, Chevy, 181.455.

21. (10) Patrick Carpentier, Dodge, 181.331.

22. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.307.

23. (40) Dario Franchitti, Dodge, 181.283.

24. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 181.011.

25. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 180.964.

26. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 180.875.

27. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 180.592.

28. (66) Scott Riggs, Chevy, 180.528.

29. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 180.516.

30. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 180.398.

31. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 180.363.

32. (20) Tony Stewart, Toyota, 180.228.

33. (77) Sam Hornish Jr, Dodge, 180.047.

34. (84) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 180.047.

35. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 179.977.

36. (70) Jeremy Mayfield, Chevy, 179.720.

37. (96) JJ Yeley, Toyota, 179.516.

38. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 179.359.

39. (5) Casey Mears, Chevy, 178.677.

40. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, owner points.

41. (01) Regan Smith, Chevy, points.

42. (28) Travis Kvapil, Ford, points.

43. (44) Dale Jarrett, Toyota, past champion.

Failed to qualify

44. (49) Ken Schrader, Dodge, 179.778.

45. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 179.737.

46. (27) Johnny Benson, Toyota, 179.412.

47. (08) Burney Lamar, Dodge, 176.420.

48. (34) John Andretti, Chevy, 176.173.

BASEBALL

COLLEGE

METRODOME TOURNAMENT

• Gophers 7, New Mexico 3

• California 11, Northern Iowa 3

Gophers linescore:

New Mexico 000 102 000 3 7 0 Gophers 002 400 10x 7 13 0 • LaFromboise, Kerr (6) and McDonald; Buske, Matyas (7) and Knudson. W: Buske (1-0). L: LaFromboise (2-1). Save: Matyas (1). T: 2:36. A: 512.

UPPER MIDWEST

• St. Cloud State 10-3, Malone 3-4

• St. Scholastica 2-4, Lebanon Valley 0-0

• Wis.-Oshkosh 4-3, Bethel 0-2

BASKETBALL

TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS

(Through Thursday) Player G Min Pts Reb Ast Jefferson 60 36.1 21.3 11.7 1.5 McCants 53 27.2 14.7 2.9 2.2 Gomes 60 28.6 11.5 5.5 1.5 Foye 17 28.6 10.9 2.7 2.6 Smith 59 20.8 9.7 4.8 0.6 Telfair 59 32.5 9.4 2.3 5.9 Walker 46 19.4 8.0 3.7 1.0 Jaric 53 28.1 7.8 3.0 4.0 Brewer 57 22.8 5.5 3.8 1.4 Snyder 14 15.5 4.9 2.1 1.4 Buckner 29 16.7 3.8 2.1 1.2 Doleac 19 10.8 2.3 2.0 0.2 Richard 30 9.0 1.3 2.0 0.3 Madsen 15 8.7 0.3 2.0 0.2 Team 60 240.4 93.3 41.6 19.4 Opponents 60 240.4 101.1 41.8 23.2 L.A. CLIPPERS STATISTICS

(Through Thursday) Player G Min Pts Reb Ast Maggette 50 36.1 22.0 5.9 2.8 Kaman 50 38.3 16.0 13.1 1.9 Thomas 48 32.0 13.3 5.3 3.0 Mobley 56 34.9 12.5 3.3 2.9 Thornton 56 24.1 11.7 4.1 1.0 Patterson 20 16.4 5.1 3.2 0.9 Dickau 46 14.5 4.7 1.3 2.2 Frahm 10 16.3 4.7 1.4 0.8 Knight 56 22.4 4.6 1.8 4.3 Powell 41 15.6 4.3 3.9 0.7 Ross 58 19.8 4.2 2.4 1.2 Davis 22 8.8 2.5 2.1 0.5 A. Williams 30 9.9 2.3 2.0 0.3 Diaz 6 3.0 0.8 0.3 0.2 Fazekas 6 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 Barrett 2 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 Team 59 241.7 94.0 40.2 21.5 Opponents 59 241.7 99.3 43.7 22.4 HOCKEY

WILD STATISTICS

(Through Thursday) SCORING GP G A PTS +/- PIM Gaborik 63 34 34 68 14 50 Bouchard 68 12 43 55 7 20 Rolston 67 24 22 46 -5 45 Demitra 55 15 28 43 5 20 Belanger 68 13 23 36 -3 24 Burns 68 11 23 34 8 46 Koivu 43 10 19 29 10 34 Parrish 57 15 13 28 5 14 Johnsson 66 2 21 23 -9 38 Foster 50 6 11 17 -2 35 Sheppard 66 4 13 17 -2 23 Veilleux 66 8 6 14 -12 59 Voros 49 7 7 14 -7 137 Schultz 68 1 11 12 4 42 Radivojevic 59 4 7 11 -16 46 Fedoruk 55 3 7 10 2 110 Skoula 66 3 7 10 -15 24 Foy 26 4 4 8 1 28 Nummelin 26 2 6 8 -3 2 Carney 48 0 7 7 9 32 Simon 32 1 2 3 -3 45 Hill 26 0 3 3 -13 22 Totals 68 180 319 499 -9 900 Opponents 68 181 310 491 9 952 GOALIES W L OL Sh Sv% GAA Backstrom 26 13 4 2 .914 2.49 Harding 11 13 1 1 .910 2.85 Totals 37 26 5 3 .912 2.63 Opponents 31 29 8 4 .901 2.62 COLLEGE • MEN

CHA

Robert Morris 5, Alabama-Huntsville 3

Wayne State 3, Niagara 2

Hockey East

Boston U. 2, Providence 0

Maine 4, Mass.-Lowell 1

Massachusetts 5, Merrimack 2

New Hampshire 3, Vermont 1

Northeastern 3, Boston College 2, OT

CCHA Tournament

Bowling Green 4, Lake Superior 3

Ferris State 4, Western Michigan 3, OT

Ohio State 4, Northern Michigan 3

ECAC Tournament

Cornell 3, Dartmouth 2

St. Lawrence 5, Colgate 2

Quinnipiac 7, Brown 6, OT

Yale 3, Rensselaer 2, 3 OT

American Hockey Tournament

Air Force 9, Bentley 2

Army 4, American International 0

Mercyhurst 4, Canisius 1

Sacred Heart 6, Connecticut 5

RIT 5, Holy Cross 4, OT

LACROSSE

NLL

EAST W L .Pct GB GF GA Philadelphia 6 1 .857 -- 109 93 Swarm 6 2 .750 1/2 112 104 Toronto 5 3 .625 1 1/2 83 82 Buffalo 6 4 .600 1 1/2 138 113 Rochester 4 4 .500 2 1/2 107 94 New York 4 5 .444 3 103 115 Chicago 1 6 .143 5 73 103 WEST W L .Pct GB GF GA Colorado 5 2 .714 -- 84 76 San Jose 4 3 .571 1 84 79 Calgary 3 6 .333 3 99 105 Portland 3 6 .333 3 98 104 Edmonton 1 6 .143 4 66 88 GAMES TODAY

Swarm at Buffalo, 6:30 pm

Toronto at Philadelphia, noon

San Jose at Colorado, 8 pm

Portland at Calgary, 8:30 pm

SOFTBALL

COLLEGE

AUGSBURG TOURNAMENT

• Wis.-River Falls 14-18, Concordia (Moorhead) 0-3

• Wis.-Stevens Point 1-6, Augsburg 0-4

UPPER MIDWEST

• MSU Moorhead 4, Ashland 1

• MSU Moorhead 1, Northwood 0

• North Dakota St. 3, Texas Tech 0

• Stanford 7, North Dakota St. 0

• St. Anselm 4, St. Cloud State 3

• St. Thomas 9-9, Buena Vista 0-1

TENNIS

COLLEGE • MEN

UPPER MIDWEST

• Wis.-Whitewater 5, Luther 4

COLLEGE • WOMEN

MIAC

• Gustavus 9, Macalester 0

Pro • men

DUBAI CHAMPIONSHIPS

Semifinals • Dubai, U.A.E.

• Feliciano Lopez def.

Nikolay Davydenko (5), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

• Andy Roddick (6) def.

Novak Djokovic (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3.

PRO • WOMEN

CANARA BANK BANGALORE OPEN

Quarterfinals • Bangalore, India

• Venus Williams (2) def.

Vera Zvonareva (7), 6-4, 6-3.

• Patty Schnyder (4) def.

Akgul Amanmuradova, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1).

• Serena Williams (3) def.

Anastasia Rodionova, 6-1, 6-4.

• Yan Zi def.

Jelena Jankovic (1), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

WRESTLING

COLLEGE

NCAA III CHAMPIONSHIPS

First day • Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Wartburg 77 1/2, Wis.-La Crosse 55 1/2, Augsburg 45, Coe and Delaware Valley 44, Cornell (Iowa) 30 1/2, Luther 28, Elmhurst 26 1/2, North Central (Ill.) 26, Wis.-Stevens Point 20. Others: 29. St. John's 7 1/2; 36. (tie) Concordia (Moorhead) 4 1/2.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland: Agreed to terms with OF Shin-Soo Choo, OF Ben Francisco, LHP Juan Lara, RHP Jensen Lewis, RHP Tom Mastny and C Kelly Shoppach on one-year contracts.

Los Angeles: Reassigned C Hank Conger, C Anel De Los Santos and INF Ryan Mount to their minor league camp.

Oakland: Optioned OF Javier Herrera and OF Richie Robnett to AAA Sacramento (PCL). Assigned OF Danny Putnam to their minor league camp.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago: Assigned RHP Esmailin Caridad, RHP Jose Ceda, LHP Geoff Jones, OF Tyler Colvin, OF Andres Torres, INF Bobby Scales, C Welington Castillo and C Josh Donaldson to their minor league camp. Optioned EHP Billy Petrick to AAA Iowa (PCL).

New York: Optioned LHP Adam Bostick to AAA New Orleans (PCL). Assigned RHP Robert Parnell, RHP Eddie Kunz, RHP Juan Padilla, RHP Andy Cavazos, RHP Brant Rustich, RHP Ivan Maldonado, LHP Jonathan Niese, LHP Ryan Cullen, C Salomon Manriquez, C Mike Nickeas, INF Anderson Machado and OF Ben Johnson to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Suspended Miami's Alexander Johnson one game for throwing his body into Toronto's Andrea Bargnani in mid-air and knocking him to the ground during a March 5 game.

Houston: Signed G Shannon Johnson.

Indiana: Suspended C David Harrison for one game for conduct detrimental to the team.

WNBA

Lynx: Signed G Caroline Williams.

Connecticut: Signed C Sandrine Gruda to three-year contract.

FOOTBALL

NFL

Atlanta: Signed DT Kindal Moorehead, DT Rashad Moore and DE Simon Fraser.

Buffalo: Re-signed OL Jason Whittle.

Carolina: Agreed to terms with LB Landon Johnson on a three-year contract.

Chicago: Signed WR Brandon Lloyd to a one-year contract.

Detroit: Signed DT Chuck Darby to a three-year contract.

Green Bay: Named Joe Whitt, Jr. defensive quality control coach and Mondray Gee strength and conditioning coach.

New Orleans: Signed LB Dan Morgan.

Pittsburgh: Signed LB Andre Frazier to a one-year contract.

Tennessee: Waived CB Kelly Herndon.

Washington: Agreed to terms with KR Rock Cartwright on a three-year contract.

HOCKEY

NHL

Columbus: Re-signed F Andrew Murray Diaz to a three-year contract.

Detroit: Recalled RW Darren McCarty from Grand Rapids (AHL).

Tampa Bay: Recalled LW Karl Stewart from Norfolk (AHL).

COLLEGE

Rutgers: Suspended DT Justin Francis indefinitely after being arrested.

UNLV: Named Andre Patterson defensive line coach.

Utah State: Named Scott Barnes athletics director.

Youngstown State: Announced the resignation of Tisha Hill, women's basketball coach, effective at the end of the 2007-08 season.

LATEST LINE

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAY ILLINOIS 4 Gophers

GEORGETOWN 3 1/2 Louisville

West Virginia 8 1/2 ST. JOHN'S

FLORIDA ST. 2 Miami

WAKE FOREST 6 1/2 N.C. State

MEMPHIS 15 1/2 UAB

FORDHAM 12 St. Bonaventure

TEXAS TECH 3 Baylor

DAYTON 1 Saint Joseph's

SYRACUSE pick Marquette

San Diego St. 1 AIR FORCE

RICE 3 Smu

ARKANSAS 13 1/2 Auburn

OKLAHOMA 5 1/2 Missouri

OREGON 2 1/2 Arizona

BOSTON COLLEGE 1 Georgia Tech

DUQUESNE 8 Saint Louis

Kansas St. 4 1/2 IOWA ST.

CONNECTICUT 12 Cincinnati

Temple 2 LA SALLE

GEORGIA pick Mississippi

Kansas 5 TEXAS A&M

UNLV 5 1/2 Utah

Wisconsin 13 NORTHWESTERN

MISSISSIPPI ST. 10 1/2 Lsu

New Mexico 13 1/2 COLORADO ST.

Arizona St. 9 1/2p OREGON ST.

Brown 7 DARTMOUTH

HARVARD pick Yale

RHODE ISLAND 5 1/2 Charlotte

UC Santa Barbara 9 1/2 LONG BEACH ST.

MARSHALL 2 1/2 Southern Miss.

XAVIER 17 Richmond

PENN pick Columbia

Notre Dame 5 SOUTH FLORIDA

ALABAMA 1 1/2 Vanderbilt

PROVIDENCE 1 Villanova

Cornell 6 PRINCETON

Massachusetts 3 1/2 GEORGE WASH.

Byu 8 TCU

TULSA 4 1/2 Cent. Florida

San Jose St. 3 1/2 LOUISIANA TECH

TULANE 9 1/2 East Carolina

DUKE 4 North Carolina

UTEP 1 Houston

NEW MEXICO ST. 15 1/2 Hawaii

UC IRVINE pick Fullerton St.

CS NORTHRIDGE 11 1/2 Cal Poly

UCLA 16 1/2 California

Nevada 4 FRESNO ST.

SOUTHERN CAL pick Stanford

UC RIVERSIDE 6 UC Davis

WASHINGTON ST. 9 Washington

Utah St. 7 IDAHO

Colonial Athletic Association

Quarterfinals • At Richmond, Va.

Va. Commonwealth 16 Towson

Old Dominion 6 1/2 William & Mary

UNC Wilmington 2 1/2 Delaware

George Mason 7 Northeastern

Missouri Valley Conference

Semifinals • At St. Louis

Drake 1 Creighton

Illinois St. 3 N. Iowa

Horizon League

Semifinals • At Indianapolis

Cleveland St. 1 Valparaiso

BUTLER 12 Ill.-Chicago

West Coast Conference

Second round • At San Diego

Santa Clara 6 San Francisco

at San Diego 13 Pepperdine

Southern Conference

Quarterfinals • At Charleston, S.C.

Davidson 15 1/2 Wofford

UNC Greensboro 3 1/2 Appalachian St.

Chattanooga 5 Elon

Georgia Southern 2 Coll. of Charleston

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Quarterfinals • At Albany, N.Y.

Loyola, Md. 3 Fairfield

Siena 8 Manhattan

Rider 14 Canisius

Niagara 1 Marist

Ohio Valley Conference

Championship • At Nashville, Tenn.

Austin Peay 2 Tennessee St.

Big Sky Conference

Quarterfinals

WEBER ST. 6 Montana St.

Montana 3 1/2 IDAHO ST.

NBA

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAY L.A. CLIPPERS 4 Timberwolves

CLEVELAND 9 Indiana

ATLANTA 6 Miami

ORLANDO 6 1/2 Golden State

WASHINGTON 6 1/2 Charlotte

Portland 3 NEW YORK

Boston 10 1/2 MEMPHIS

HOUSTON 6 New Orleans

DALLAS 11 New Jersey

UTAH 5 Denver

NHL

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAY BOSTON -125/+105 Washington COLORADO -135/+115 Dallas Montreal -145/+125 LOS ANGELES PHILADELPHIA -155/+135 N.Y. Islanders CAROLINA -135/+115 Buffalo TORONTO -110/-110 New Jersey FLORIDA -180/+160 Atlanta PHOENIX -110/-110 Ottawa VANCOUVER -165/+145 St. Louis Key: O/U-Total points over or under. Home team in capital letters.

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