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 79AMERICAN 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 65RESULTS MONDAY
Dallas 41, Philadelphia 37
Baltimore at Houston, ppd., hurricane
RESULTS SUNDAY
Indianapolis 18, Vikings 15
Arizona 31, Miami 10
Buffalo 20, Jacksonville 16
Carolina 20, Chicago 17
Denver 39, San Diego 38
Green Bay 48, Detroit 25
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
Tampa Bay 24, Atlanta 9
Tennessee 24, Cincinnati 7
Washington 29, New Orleans 24
GAMES THIS SUNDAY
Carolina at Vikings, noon
Arizona at Washington, noon
Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, noon
Houston at Tennessee, noon
Kansas City at Atlanta, noon
Miami at New England, noon
Oakland at Buffalo, noon
Tampa Bay at Chicago, noon
Detroit at San Francisco, 3:05 pm
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
Dallas at Green Bay, 7:15 pm
GAME THIS MONDAY
N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 7:30 pm
COLLEGE
BIG TEN Conf. Overall
W L W L
Gophers 0 0 3 0 Iowa 0 0 3 0 Northwestern 0 0 3 0 Penn State 0 0 3 0 Wisconsin 0 0 3 0 Indiana 0 0 2 0 Illinois 0 0 2 1 Michigan State 0 0 2 1 Ohio State 0 0 2 1 Purdue 0 0 1 1 Michigan 0 0 1 2GAMES SATURDAY
Nonconference
Florida Atlantic at Gophers, 11 am
C. Michigan at Purdue, 11 am
Iowa at Pittsburgh, 11 am
Ohio at Northwestern, 11 am
Temple at Penn State, 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
South
Kansas St. at Louisville, 7 pm
GAMES THURSDAY
Upper Midwest
North Dakota at Idaho St., 7:35 pm
South
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Alcorn St., 6:30 pm
West
West Virginia at Colorado, 7:30 pm
North Dakota at Idaho St., 7:30 pm
GAMES FRIDAY
East
Holy Cross at Harvard, 6 pm
Wagner at Marist, 6 pm
Baylor at Connecticut, 7 pm
CFL
EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF PAMontreal 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 PASaskatchewan 8 3 0 16 295 255
Calgary 7 4 0 14 335 295 Edmonton 7 4 0 14 348 302 British Columbia 6 5 0 12 320 300Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime victory and one point for a tie.
RESULTS SATURDAY
Edmonton 38, Hamilton 33
British Columbia 28, Saskatchewan 16
GAME FRIDAY
Winnipeg at Hamilton
GAMES SATURDAY
Toronto at Calgary
British Columbia at Saskatchewan
GAME SUNDAY
Edmonton at Montreal
BASKETBALL
WNBA • FINAL STANDINGS
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 18x-clinched playoff spot;
y-clinched conference
RESULT MONDAY
Houston 90, Sacramento 81
End of regular season
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
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*
Seattle at Los Angeles (Best-of-3)
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.
Connecticut vs. New York (Best-of-3)
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
Sunday: at Detroit, 2 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 23: at Detroit, TBA*
GOLF
LOCAL
MGA SENIOR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
First round • Town and Country Club
• Top three and ties: 1. Robert Leaf/Jerry Guidl, 68; 2. Dennis Kowalski/Gene Parr 69; 3. (tie) Bill Anderson/Robert Anderson, Dave Battey/Stu Thompson, Randy Garber/Patrick Vincelli, Jeff Evenson/Brian Love, Tim Gonsior/Bill Homeyer, George Cliff/Roger Landwehr, Marshall Nowlin/Tom Ryan and Gary Jacobson/Bill Riddering, 71.
SOCCER
USL • FIRST DIVISION
TEAM W L T Pts GF GAx-Puerto Rico 15 6 7 52 42 22
x-Vancouver 14 7 8 50 31 26x-Montreal 12 11 5 41 32 25
x-Rochester 11 9 9 41 35 32x-Charleston 11 11 7 40 33 34
x-Seattle 10 9 10 40 35 33Thunder 9 11 9 36 37 37
Atlanta 8 11 9 33 36 48Carolina 7 11 10 31 31 42
Portland 7 12 10 31 26 32Miami 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 seasonMLS
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
GAMES SATURDAY
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
GAME SUNDAY
FC Dallas at Chicago, 3 pm
VOLLEYBALL
COLLEGE
BIG TEN Conf. Overall
W L W L
Michigan 0 0 9 0 Penn State 0 0 9 0 Gophers 0 0 8 1 Purdue 0 0 8 1 Wisconsin 0 0 8 1 Illinois 0 0 7 2 Indiana 0 0 6 3 Michigan State 0 0 6 3 Ohio State 0 0 6 3 Iowa 0 0 5 4 Northwestern 0 0 4 4GAMES TODAY
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
Georgetown at Northwestern, 12:30 pm
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
W. Kentucky at Michigan, 6:30 pm
Portland at Iowa, 7 pm
SIU-Edwardsville at Illinois, 7 pm
Virginia at Northwestern, 7 pm
BOWLING
LOCAL
AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR
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
MLB: Announced the suspension of New York Yankees RHP Edwar Ramirez has been reduced from three games to two.
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
Milwaukee: Fired Ned Yost, manager. Named Dale Sveum interim manager.
NORTHERN LEAGUE
Fargo-Moorhead: Sold the contract of RHP Donnie Smith to the San Francisco Giants.
BASKETBALL
NBA
Denver: Signed G Sonny Weems.
FOOTBALL
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
Carolina: Signed LW Matt Murley to a one-year contract.
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).
LATEST LINE
MLB
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAYAmerican 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 FranciscoNFL
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOGSUNDAY
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. JetsNCAA FOOTBALL
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOGWEDNESDAY
Kansas St. 3 1/2 LOUISVILLE THURSDAY West Virginia 2 1/2 COLORADO FRIDAY CONNECTICUT 14 Baylor SATURDAY GOPHERS 6 1/2 Fla. Atlantic PENN STATE 28 Temple BOSTON COLLEGE 10 1/2 C. Florida NORTHWESTERN 10 1/2 Ohio CINCINNATI 11 1/2 Miami (Ohio) MISSISSIPPI 6 1/2 Vanderbilt GEORGIA TECH 7 1/2 Mississippi St. BYU 27 1/2 Wyoming LSU 3 AUBURN Alabama 9 1/2 ARKANSAS S. MISSISSIPPI. 9 1/2 Marshall Houston 6 COLORADO ST. Rutgers 4 1/2 NAVY NORTH CAROLINA 1 1/2 Virginia Tech PITTSBURGH 1 1/2 Iowa FLORIDA ST. . 4 Wake Forest MICHIGAN ST. 8 1/2 Notre Dame OREGON 12 Boise St. Utah 7 1/2 AIR FORCE TULSA 10 1/2 New Mexico INDIANA 3 1/2 Ball State PURDUE 10 1/2 C. Michigan Akron 7 1/2 ARMY MARYLAND 21 1/2 E. Michigan Miami 4 TEXAS A&M E. Carolina 7 1/2 N.C. STATE MISSOURI 33 1/2 Buffalo Fresno St. 6 1/2 TOLEDO TEXAS 30 1/2 Rice UTAH STATE 4 1/2 Idaho Texas Christian 24 S. METHODIST Florida 7 1/2 TENNESSEE Georgia 6 1/2 ARIZONA ST. UNLV 3 Iowa State STANFORD 9 1/2 San Jose St. UTEP 6 1/2 New Mexico St. Arizona 1 UCLA OHIO STATE 21 Troy ARKANSAS ST. 5 M. Tennessee TULANE 6 La.-Monroe S. Florida 28 FLORIDA INT'L LA.-LAFAYETTE 2 1/2 Kent State Key: Home teams in capital letters.