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FOOTBALL

NFL STANDINGS

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 72 44 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 46 33 Vikings 0 2 0 .000 34 42 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 46 82 East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 0 0 1.000 69 47 N.Y. Giants 2 0 0 1.000 57 20 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 75 44 Washington 1 1 0 .500 36 40 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 46 41 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 48 49 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 44 33 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 43 45 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 54 23 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 46 53 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 40 67 St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 16 79 AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 20 Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 54 26 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 30 33 Miami 0 2 0 .000 24 51 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 2 0 0 1.000 41 17 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 31 44 Houston 0 1 0 .000 17 38 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 26 37 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 48 23 Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 17 10 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 17 41 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 38 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 0 0 1.000 80 52 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 37 49 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 18 40 San Diego 0 2 0 .000 62 65 RESULTS MONDAY

Dallas 41, Philadelphia 37

Baltimore at Houston, ppd., hurricane

Indianapolis 18, Vikings 15

Arizona 31, Miami 10

Buffalo 20, Jacksonville 16

Carolina 20, Chicago 17

Denver 39, San Diego 38

New England 19, N.Y. Jets 10

N.Y. Giants 41, St. Louis 13

Oakland 23, Kansas City 8

Pittsburgh 10, Cleveland 6

San Francisco 33, Seattle 30, OT

Tennessee 24, Cincinnati 7

Washington 29, New Orleans 24

GAMES THIS SUNDAY

Carolina at Vikings, noon

Arizona at Washington, noon

Houston at Tennessee, noon

Kansas City at Atlanta, noon

Miami at New England, noon

Oakland at Buffalo, noon

Tampa Bay at Chicago, noon

New Orleans at Denver, 3:05 pm

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:05 pm

Cleveland at Baltimore, 3:15 pm

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 3:15 pm

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3:15 pm

GAME THIS MONDAY

N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 7:30 pm

COLLEGE

BIG TEN Conf. Overall

W L W L

Nonconference

Florida Atlantic at Gophers, 11 am

C. Michigan at Purdue, 11 am

Iowa at Pittsburgh, 11 am

Ohio at Northwestern, 11 am

Troy at Ohio State, 11 am

Notre Dame at Michigan St., 2:30 pm

Ball State at Indiana, 6 pm

UPCOMING NATIONAL SCHEDULE

GAME WEDNESDAY

Kansas St. at Louisville, 7 pm

GAMES THURSDAY

Upper Midwest

North Dakota at Idaho St., 7:35 pm

South

West

West Virginia at Colorado, 7:30 pm

North Dakota at Idaho St., 7:30 pm

GAMES FRIDAY

East

Wagner at Marist, 6 pm

Baylor at Connecticut, 7 pm

CFL

EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF PA Montreal 7 4 0 14 373 277

Toronto 4 7 0 8 237 357 Winnipeg 3 8 0 6 249 302 Hamilton 2 9 0 4 277 346 WEST DIVISION W L T Pts PF PA Saskatchewan 8 3 0 16 295 255

RESULTS SATURDAY

Edmonton 38, Hamilton 33

British Columbia 28, Saskatchewan 16

GAME FRIDAY

Winnipeg at Hamilton

Toronto at Calgary

British Columbia at Saskatchewan

GAME SUNDAY

Edmonton at Montreal

BASKETBALL

WESTERN W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 24 10 .706 -- x-Seattle 22 12 .647 2 x-Los Angeles 20 14 .588 4 x-Sacramento 18 16 .529 6 Houston 17 17 .500 7 Lynx 16 18 .471 8 Phoenix 16 18 .471 8 EASTERN W L Pct GB y-Detroit 22 12 .647 -- x-Connecticut 21 13 .618 1 x-New York 19 15 .559 3 x-Indiana 17 17 .500 5 Chicago 12 22 .353 10 Washington 10 24 .294 12 Atlanta 4 30 .118 18 x-clinched playoff spot;

y-clinched conference

RESULT MONDAY

Houston 90, Sacramento 81

End of regular season

Note: *-if necessary.

San Antonio vs. Sacramento (Best-of-3)

Thursday: at Sacramento, 8 pm

Saturday: at San Antonio, 8 pm

Monday, Sept. 22: at San Antonio, TBA*

Friday: at Los Angeles, 9:30 pm

Sunday: at Seattle, 4 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 23: at Seattle, 8 pm*

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Note: *-if necessary.

Thursday: at New York, 6 pm

Saturday: at Connecticut, 6 pm

Monday, Sept. 22: at Connecticut, 6 pm*

Detroit at Indiana (Best-of-3)

Friday: at Indiana, 6 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 23: at Detroit, TBA*

GOLF

LOCAL

MGA SENIOR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

First round • Town and Country Club

SOCCER

USL • FIRST DIVISION

TEAM W L T Pts GF GA x-Puerto Rico 15 6 7 52 42 22

x-Vancouver 14 7 8 50 31 26 x-Montreal 12 11 5 41 32 25

x-Rochester 11 9 9 41 35 32 x-Charleston 11 11 7 40 33 34

Atlanta 8 11 9 33 36 48 Carolina 7 11 10 31 31 42

Portland 7 12 10 31 26 32 Miami FC 6 12 10 28 26 34

Note: x-clinched playoff spot. GAME WEDNESDAY Rochester at Miami FC GAMES FRIDAY Atlanta at Puerto Rico Carolina at Charleston GAMES SATURDAY Montreal at Thunder Portland at Carolina Vancouver at Seattle GAMES SUNDAY Atlanta at Miami FC Puerto Rico at Montreal End of regular season MLS

EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA Columbus 13 6 5 44 41 30 New England 12 7 5 41 35 33 Chicago 11 8 5 38 30 20 New York 9 7 8 35 30 30 D.C. United 10 11 3 33 39 38 Kansas City 7 9 8 29 26 33 Toronto FC 7 11 6 27 25 33 WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA Houston 10 5 9 39 34 28 Real Salt Lake 8 9 7 31 30 31 CD Chivas USA 8 10 6 30 31 36 Colorado 9 12 3 30 32 32 San Jose 7 9 8 29 24 28 FC Dallas 6 9 9 27 32 32 Los Angeles 6 10 8 26 44 49 Note: Three points for victory, one for a tie. GAME THURSDAY

New York at Columbus, 7 pm

Toronto FC at Kansas City, 8 pm

San Jose at Houston, 8:30 pm

CD Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, 9 pm

New England at Colorado, 9 pm

D.C. United at Los Angeles, 11 pm

FC Dallas at Chicago, 3 pm

VOLLEYBALL

COLLEGE

BIG TEN Conf. Overall

W L W L

Oakland (Mich.) at Michigan St., 5:30 pm

Illinois at Illinois St., 7 pm

GAMES FRIDAY

TCU at Gophers, 7:30 pm

George Mason at Indiana, 11:30 am

Ohio State vs. Duquesne, 1 pm

Ohio State vs. Chicago St., 3:30 pm

Purdue at Dayton, 6 pm

Yale at Penn State, 6 pm

Ball State at Indiana, 6:30 pm

Portland at Iowa, 7 pm

SIU-Edwardsville at Illinois, 7 pm

Virginia at Northwestern, 7 pm

BOWLING

LOCAL

Sunday • At New Hope Bowl

• Classic: 1. John Trombley, Hopkins, $3,000; 2. Paul Brekke, Janesville, $250; 3. Henry Trutwin, Little Falls, $175; 4. Orville Prochnow, Menomonie, Wis., $150; 5. Ed Faustino, Minnetonka, $125. Stepladder finals--Prochnow def. Faustino 261-213; Trombley def. Prochnow 218-192; Trombley def. Trutwin 265-209; Trombley def. Brekke 306-243.

• Masters: 1. Jim Vescera Jr., St. Louis Park, $225; 2. Ken Hanson, Andover, $310; 3. Scott Moshier, Inver Grove Heights, $245; 4. Shawn Mason, Menomonie, Wis., $125; 5. Harry Evjen, Menomonie, Wis., $109. Stepladder finals--Vescera def. Moshier 228-204; Vescera def. Hanson 274-239.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baltimore: Placed RHP Jeremy Guthrie on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 6

Cleveland: Signed a new lease with the Gateway Economic Development Corp. that will keep the Indians in Cleveland through 2023.

New York: Recalled RHP Humbero Sanchez from Class AA Trenton and C Francisco Cervelli from Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NORTHERN LEAGUE

Fargo-Moorhead: Sold the contract of RHP Donnie Smith to the San Francisco Giants.

BASKETBALL

NBA

Denver: Signed G Sonny Weems.

NFL: Fined San Diego LB Shawne Merriman $7,500 for a hit on Carolina QB Jake Delhomme in a Sept. 7 game.

New England: Re-signed FB Kyle Eckel. Released TE Stephen Spach. Re-signed DB Mark Dillard to the practice squad. Released P Tom Malone from the practice squad.

N.Y. Jets: Signed LB Kenwin Cummings and OL Stanley Daniels to the practice squad. Released OL Matt McChesney and LB Brandon Renkart from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

NHL

Los Angeles: Signed C Brad Richardson to a two-year contract and C Jarret Stoll to a four-year contract.

Phoenix: Traded LW Kevin Cormier to New Jersey for D Sean Zimmerman.

AWARDS

MIAC: Named the following football players of the week: Augsburg WR Royce Winsford (offensive), Gustavus LB Paul Stommes (defensive) and St. Olaf P Matt Nelson (special teams). Named the following volleyball players of the week: Hamline OH Emily Amici (hitter), Hamline setter Jackie Kelly and Concordia libero Anna Tinkham (co-setter/libero). Named Bethel's Dan Greeno and Augsburg's Brent Haglund co-men's cross-country runner of the week. Named Bethel's Marie Borner women's cross-country runner of the week.

NSIC: Named the following football players of the week: Upper Iowa RB Sam Epsteen (offensive), Concordia (St. Paul) S Joey Lehman (defensive) and Winona State K Cullen Fahey (special teams). Named the following volleyball players of the week: Southwest Minnesota State MB Kasey Loeslie (offensive), MSU Moorhead libero Calla Oftedahl (defensive) and Concordia (St. Paul)'s Maggie McNamara (setter).

MLB

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAY American League

Twins -170/+160 CLEVELAN NEW YORK -140/+130 Chicago TORONTO -170/+160 Baltimore Boston -140/+130 TAMPA BAY TEXAS -140/+130 Detroit KANSAS CITY -115/+105 Seattle Los Angeles -145/+135 OAKLAND National League Los Angeles -180/+170 PITTSBURGH Philadelphia -120/+110 ATLANTA New York -170/+160 WASHINGTON CINCINNATI -130/+120 St. Louis Houston -160/+150 FLORIDA Milwaukee -125/+115 CHICAGO COLORADO -170/+160 San Diego ARIZONA -165/+155 San Francisco NFL

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG SUNDAY

VIKINGS 3 37 Carolina ATLANTA 4 1/2 35 1/2 Kansas City BUFFALO 8 1/2 36 1/2 Oakland TENNESSEE 5 38 Houston N.Y. GIANTS 13 42 Cincinnati WASHINGTON 3 42 Arizona NEW ENGLAND 12 1/2 34 1/2 Miami CHICAGO 3 35 1/2 Tampa Bay SEATTLE 10 44 St. Louis SAN FRANCISCO 4 44 1/2 Detroit DENVER 5 1/2 51 New Orleans PHILADELPHIA OFF OFF Pittsburgh INDIANAPOLIS 5 42 Jacksonville BALTIMORE 2 39 Cleveland GREEN BAY OFF OFF Dallas MONDAY SAN DIEGO 9 43 N.Y. Jets NCAA FOOTBALL