4B VICTORIA ADVOCATE, Wednesday, March 29, 2006 www.VictoriaAdvocate.com Closer Look National Basketball Association Standings Brother Derek holds onto No. 1 spot Top 10 contenders for the May 6 Kentucky Derby: I Jcits io clay HORSE TV. 1. Brother Derek D. TRAINER Hendricks Working wen for final prep; 2-for-2 this year with wins in Santa Catalina and San Rafael B.
Holthus No sigrj of let up despite 10 races in past (AJ evenh are ta untoee, crfterwtee noted) 2. Lawyer Ron Pistons 97, Mavs 90 DALLAS (00) Marshall 0-0 0-0 0. Nowitzki 9-23 7-7 25, Diop 1-20-0 2, Stackhouse 11-18 2-2 25. Terry 5-14 0-0 11. Van Horn 7-9 1- 2 18, Dampier 1-1 5-5 7, Daniels 1-2 0-0 2, Armstrong 0-2 0-00.
Totals 35-71 15-16 90. DETROIT (87) Pnnce 2-8 3-4 7, R.Wallaee 8-16 2-2 21. Wallace 4-9 0-4 8, Hamilton 6-14 1-3 14. Billups 8-14 11-12 31. McDyesS 3-8 1-2 7.
Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Detfino 1-2 0-0 2. Hunter 0-2 0-0 0, Delk 3-6 0-0 Evans 0-0 0-00 Totals 35-80 18-27 97. 'Dates 24 28 19 21- 90 Detroit 23 29 20 25- 87 3-Point Goals Dallas 5-15 (Van Horn 3-5. Stackhouse 1-2. Terry 1-5.
Armstrong 0-1. Nowitzki 0-2). Detroit 9-12 (Billups 4-4. Wallace 3-4. Delk 1-2, Hamilton 1-2).
Fouled Out Daniels Re- 1 bounds Dallas 46 (Nowitzki 11). Detroit 45 IB Wallace 11). Assists Dallas 17 (Terry 7), Detroit 22 (Billups 11). Total Fouls- Dallas 21, Detroit 15. Technicals-Dallas Defensive Three Second 2, Detroit Defensive Three Second, Billups.
A 22.076. College baseball 11 Ail ESPN2 Tanr Masta. Series Hasdaq-100 Open Quarterfinals. NOON ESPN MLB Battel Spring Training PftlsburBh Pirates vs. Boston Red Sox.
2Pil ESPN21 Soccar UEFA Champions League Ouartertlnals Inter Milan vs. VUJar-reai. (Same-day Tape) '6PJYL 6 12 months; he is 6-for-6 on dirt tracks 3. First Samurai F. Brothers Fountain of Youth winner worked five furlongs in 1:02.20 at Churchill Downs 4.
Keyed Entry T. Pletcher Learned to rate off the pace in runner-up finish in Gotham 5. Barbara ESPNz) Tent Masters Series Nasdaq-100 Open Quarterfinals. FSSWj NBA Dallas Mavericks at Cleveland Cavaliers. (Subject to Blackout) M.
Matz Unbeaten colt worked five furlongs in 1 :01 .60 at Palm Meadows last Monday J. Shirreffs San Felipe winner has won three of seven starts for owner Stan Fulton 6. A.P. Warrior 630PJUL (ESPN) NBA Detroit Pistons at Philadelphia 76ers. 9 P.M.
jISPN)Hgh School Basketbai McDonald's High School American Game. IESPN21 NBA Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets. Tuesday's Scores 7. Like Now K. McLaughlin Gotham win at 36-1 odds was gelding's third straight victory IccnU'ah School Schsdute" Pletcher Lost shoe in Tampa Bay Derby may explain 8.
Bluegrass Cat colt's runner-up finish 9. Point Determined B. Baffert San Felipe runner-up by a half-length was an impressive effort 1 0. Deputy Glitters t. Albertrani Tampa Bay Derby winner needs another wrt big effort to prove he's for real Keep an eye on: TODAY SOFTBALL Memorial at Corpus Chrtsti Miller, 5 p.m.
THURSDAY BASEBALL San Antonio Antonian at St Joseph, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL Sacred Heart at SL Joseph, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY BASEBALL Memorial at Corpus Christj Miller, 6 p.m. SOFTBALL Corpus Christi Carroll at Memorial, 7 p.m. BOYS TRACK AND FIELD: Memorial at Rosenberg Terry Ranger Relays.
SATURDAY BASEBALL St. Joseph at Corpus Christi Incarnate Word, 3:30 p.m.; Faith Academy at Round Rock Christian, 1 p.m. SOFTBALL Corpus Christi Incarnate Word at SL Joseph, 1 m. GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Memorial at Calhoun Sandcrab Relays. Bob and John Cause to Believe Sharp Humor Vvl 3r Flashy Bull i 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE SouffwMDivMon Wr Pd GB X-Si Antonio S4 16 .771 a-Ctaha 54 17 .761 Mentha 41 30 .577 13 NewOrtem 32 37 .464 21'.
Houston 30 40 .428 24 NoflhwMt DMiion Pot GB Danvw 40 31 .563 Uu 33 37 .471 6V4 MimtMOta 29 41 -414 1 0 Eaffl 29 41 .414 10 Portland 20 50 .286 19 PKMcDKMon Pot GB i-Phoenix 47 23 .671 lACIippmS 41 28 .594 5 LA Lakers 38 34 .528 10 Sacramento 35 35 .500 12 GoWen State 30 39 435 1 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE AtlantcDMMon Pet GB Naw Jersey 41 28 .594 Philadalprw 32 37 .464 9 Boston 29 42 .408 13 Toronto 26 44 .371 15 Naw York 19 50 .275 22 Southeast DMaton Pot GB -Miami 47 23 .671 Washington 36 33 .522 10 Orlando 28 43 .394 1 9 Atlanta 21 48 .304 2 5 Charlotte 20 52 .278 28 Central Division Pol GB icy-Detroit 56 14 .800 Cleveland 41 29 .586 15 Mawaufcee 36' 35 .507 2 0 Indana 35 34 .507 2 0 Chicago 31 40 .437 2 5 K-eSnched playoff spot y-cHnched division Mondays Lata Game Utah 104. New Orleans 80 Washington 1 1 6, Golden State 98 Tuesday's Games Detroit 97, Dallas 90 Charlotte 125. Atlanta 117 Milwaukee 132. Phoenix 110 Seattle 98. Memphis 97 Orlando 97.
Chicago 93 Washington at Sacramento (n) San Antonio at LA. Clippers (n) Today's Games Indiana at Atlanta. 6 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 6 p.m. Dallas at Cleveland, 6 pm.
Boston at New York. 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Memphis at New Jersey. 6:30 m.
Orlando at Minnesota 7 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 7:30 m. Utah at Denver, 9 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Thursdays Games Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m. San Antonio at LA. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Bobcats 125, Hawks 117 ATLANTA (117) J.Smith 7-15 6-7 20, Harrington 7-15 2-6 16. Pachulia 1-3 8-8 10.
Ivey 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 15-24 1-1 35, Childress 3-8 10-10 16. Williams 6-10 2-2 14, Batista 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 42-81 29-34 1 1 7. CHARLOTTE (125) Wallace 17-22 7-11 41, Jones 0-0 11, Voskuhl 5-8 4-5 14, Knight 5-11 4-6 14, Felton 11-19 2-2 28, Ely 2-2 0-0 4, Rush 0-1 0-0 0, Robinson 2-9 2-2 6, Carroll 2-6 1-2 5, Baxter 1-10-0 2. Totals 50-88 20-28125.
Atlanta 31 29 33 24- 117 Charlotte 36 30 28 32- 125 3-Point Goals Atlanta 4-1 7 (Johnson 4-8, Childress 0-1, Williams 0-2, Harrington 0-3, J.Smith 0-3), Charlotte 5-10 (Felton 4-5, Jones 1-2. Wallace 0-1, Carroll 0-2). Fouled Out None. Rebounds Atlanta 46 (J.Smith 14), Charlotte 44 (Jones 9). Assists Atlanta 22 (J.Smith 8), Charlotte 30 (Knight 12).
Total Fouls- Atlanta 24, Charlotte 23. Flagrant louls Pachulia. A Bucks 132, Suns 110 PHOENIX (110) Jones 5-8 0-012, Marion 6-13 2-3 14, Diaw 2-10 4-4 8, R.Bell 5-12 1-2 12. Nash 9-10 2-2 23. Barbosa 3-8 4-4 10.
T.Thomas 4-12 0-1 10, House 7-10 2-2 19, Grant 0-0 0-0 0, Burke 0-1 0-0 0, Tskitishvili 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 42-85 15-19 110. MILWAUKEE (132) Mi AP MLB College basketball Miscellaneous EAST American international 1 2. Bridgeport 0 Boston College 3. Hartford 2,10 innings Delaware 8.
UMBC 2 Havertord 4. Washington. Md. 1 Hoflsra 8. Fairteigh Dickinson 1 Lehigh 7.
Temple 4 LeMoyne 2-7, Bucknell 0-4 Long Island U. 7. St. Peter's 3 Marist 5, Northeastern 2 Ouirmipiac 8. Vermont 6 Rutgers 5, Rider 3 Sacred Heart 6, Massachusetts 1 St.
John's 10. Columbia 2 Siena 13, Holy Cross 10 SOUTH Columbus St 8. Vaktosta St. 1 Florida St. 14, North Florida 8 Georgetown 11, Mount St.
Mary's, Md. 2 High Point 2, Brown 1 Longwood 8, Campbell 7 Maryland 13, Duquesne 1 1 Navy 1 1 George Mason 9, 1 0 innings North Carolina 3, Charlotte 1 North Greenville 7-C, Milligan 3-7 LSU 6, New Orleans 5, 1 1 innings South Carolina 13, Wofford 1 Towson 12, George Washington 9 Troy 12, Auburn 7 Virginia 12. Coppin St. 1 Virginia Tech 9, Richmond 6 Wake Forest 14, Davidson 6 MIDWEST Ball St. 2, Wright St.
1 10 innings Michigan 3-4, Wayne, Mich. 2-3 Kent St. 13. Cleveland St. 1 Michigan 7, Bowling Green 4 N.
Illinois 3-5, Bradley 2-3 Notre Dame 12. Valparaiso 0 Saint Louis 7, E. Illinois 2 Xavier 5, Miami (Ohio) 3 SOUTHWEST Rock 8. MVSU 3 Baylor 1 0, Texas Southern 4 Harding 16-5, Wil'iams Baptist 3-2' Howard Payne 8, Dallas 4 Jarvis Christian 6-1 Austin 3-3 NW Oklahoma 14, St. Gregory's 8 Oklahoma Baptist 9, Bacone 8 Oral Roberts 13, Texas-Arlington 1 Ouachita Baptist 5-4, Augustana 0-12 Prairie View at Houston, rain Rice at Texas State, rain S.
Arkansas 3-5. Houston Baptist 0-3 Stephen F. Austin at Texas Christi, rain FAR WEST California at Sacremanto rain Cal at Loyola Manmount, rain Gonzaga 6, Whitworth 1 Nevada at UC Davis, rain Pepperdine at Southern Cal, rain Portland 8, Washington 5 Utah Valley St. 9-3, NW Nazarene 6-6 TOURNAMENT Liberty Be Claaeic Lafayette 3, Saint Joseph's 0 Villanova15, Penn6 NCAA Women's tournament CLEVELAND REGIONAL Championship Tuesdays Game At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland North Carolina 75, Tennessee 63 ALBUQUERQUE REGIONAL Transactions BASEBALL American egii I BALTIMORE ORIOLES Purchased the contract of RHP Jim Brower from Ottawa of the IL. Assigned OF Napoleon Calzado, INF-OF Howie Clark, LHP Vic Darens- bourg INF Eddy Garabito, RHP Andy Mitchell, 3B Fernando Tatis and OF Esix Snead to their minor league camp.
BOSTON RED SOX Optioned RHP Manny Delcarmen and RHP Craig Hansen to Pawtucket of the IL. CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with LHP Felix Heredia on a minor league contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Claimed INF Tony Graffanino off waivers from Boston and RHP Steve Andrade off waivers from San Diego. Designated OF Chip Ambres for assignment. Placed LHP Bobby Championship Monday, March 27 Pit aittwp AJbuaueraue.
N.M. Maontscn on me bu-oay ul. LOS ANGELES ANGELS Assigned RHP Jason Bulger and RHP Scott Dunn to their minor league camp. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Assigned RHP James Baldwin to their minor league camp. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Assigned BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL ChafTwnshtp Tuesday's Game At Bridgeport Arena atHartw Yard Bridgeport Com.
Duke vs. Connecticut (n) SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL Chafnpcrshp i Monday, March 27 At Center San Antonio LSU 62, Stanford 59 THE FINAL FOUR At TD Banknorth Garden Boston SenvftneJs Sunday, April 2 North Carolina (33-1) vs. Maryland (32-4), 6 or 8:30 p.m. Bridgeport champion vs. LSU (31-3), 6 or 8:30 p.m.
At TD Banknorth Garden Boston -Oiamptonshto Tuesday, April 4 Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m. Women's Nit NHL MEMORIAL CHEERLEADERS: Thursday, April 6, 5:30 p.m., MHS senior campus Viper room (enter main door, go up staircase, turn right). This meeting is mandatory for students and parents in order to participate in tryouts. For in-tormation, call Denise Neel at 361-575-7451. MEMORIAL GIRLS POWERUFTING BOOSTER CLUB: Thursday, April 6, 6:30 p.m., MHS senior camplis library.
For information, contact Dora Padiema at VICTORIA GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m,, Victoria Electric Coop, located at 102 S. Ben Jordan. All members, parents, coaches and anyone involved with the league are'urged to attend. New board members wiH be elected and candy sales winners will be announced. For information, call Jay Kasper at 361-572-3588.
Upcoming Events NORTHWEST LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING CEROMONIES: Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m., Santteben Field. SOUTHEAST LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING CEREMONIES: Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m Hernandez Field. INDUSTRIAL LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING CEREMONIES: Saturday, April 1, 9 am, Little League complex, Inez. MILLER LITE SOFTBALL BLAST: Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2, City ot Victoria Softball Complex. Divisions are men's 4-HR rule and men's 1-HR rule.
Entry fee is $100 and the deadline is March 30. For information, call Gary Moses at 361-573-2853, or Robert Mendieta 361-573-5248 or361-649-9922 or 361-575-1341. ART FACTORY SKATE SHOP SKATE JAM: Saturday, April 1, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., basketball pavillion across from the Gary T. Moses Muncipal pool. Free skating and hot dogs.
Contests and giveaways. All ages welcome. For information, call Mike at 361-649-5051 or 361-576-4323 or stop by Art Factory Skate Shop at 705 Gardenia. CROSSROADS CLASSIC KARATE TOURNAMENT: Saturday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., Furst United Methodist Church, 407 N. Bridge St Registration begins at 8 a.m.
Demonstrations begin at 9 a.m. For information, call Dawn Kabela at 361-570-5424. CUERO WELLNESS CENTER 7TH ANNUAL WILDFLOWER 5K WALK OR RUN: Saturday, April 1, 9 a.m., Cuero Municipal Park. Raceway registration 8 a.m., Lion's Pavillion. Entry fees $15 for adults and $10 for students under 18.
For information, call 361-275-2112 or 361-275-9355. TEXANA RACEWAY: Saturday, April 1. Located 2 miles southeast of Edna, on Hwy 111. Gates open at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens, and $5 for children ages 6-12.
For information, call Texana Raceway at 361-781-0411. THE TEXAS EXES VICTORIA AREA CHAPTER: Thursday, April 6, 6:30 p.m., Victoria Country Club. "Celebration of Texas Just a Little Late." Guest speaker will be Dusty Mangum, former Longhom kicker. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members and available at Bumgardner, Morrison L.L.P., 1501 E. Mockingbird, Suite 300, or Cullen, Carsner, Seerden Cullen, L.L.P., 119 S.
Main St. Proceeds benefit the chapter's scholarship fund. RSVP by Friday, March 31. For information, call LaaYie Mayer at 361-935-1009. PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING SHOW: Sunday, April 9, 3 p.m., Country Inn.
Doors open 2:30 p.rri. Tickets $8 for adults, $5 for children. For more information, call Marty Gonzales at 361-655-9854 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853. VICTORIA PITCH, HIT RUN COMPETITION: Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m., Riverside Stadium. For ages 7 to 14.
Registration 9 a.m. For information, call Victoria Parks and Recreation Department at 361-485-3200 or go to www.victc-riatx.orgparksrecreationdivision.htm. TEXAS FOUR SEASONS KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Saturday, April 22, K.C. Hall, 3610 N. Ben Wilson, Victoria.
Registration 8-11 a.m. Competition 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee $30 for up to two events, $10 for each additional event. For information, call Ralph Jaschke at 361-575-2467 or Gary Moses at 361-573-2853. SHENANDOAH POOL'S 2006 SEASON: Pool opens May 26 and closes September 30.
Cost is $275 per family. For information, call 361-574-9442. CALHOUN COUNTY YMCA BASKETBALL REGISTRATION: For ladies 18-and-over and men's 30-andover leagues. Play starts the week of April 17. Entry fees $250 per team and each team must have own shirts with numbers.
For information or to get a registration form e-mailed or faxed, call Rob Suarez at i LHP Randy Choate to their minor league CHICAGO CUBS Acquired RHP Lincoln HokJzkom and LHP Zach McCormack from Florida for RHP Todd Wellemeyer. An-! nounced the retirement of OF Marquis Grissom. I COLORADO ROCKIES Optioned j.D: Closser and OF Jeff Baker to their minor league camp. Assigned RHP Jose Aceve-I do, RHP Miguel Asencio, 4NF Carlos Rivera and INF Ian Stewart to their minor leaguecamp. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Optioned OF Ryan Church.
RHP Jason Bergmann and INF Brendan Harris to New Orleans of the PCL. Assigned LHP Bill Bray to their minor league camp. FOOTBALL National Football League 1 BUFFALO BILLS Signed WR Sam Aiken to a two-year contract. CAROLINA PANTHERS Re-signed Jason Baker to a two-year contract. Signed CB Reggie Howard to a one-year 1 contract.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Signed CB Roderick Hood to a two-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Re-signed TE Terry Jones. HOCKEY National Hockey League i PHOENIX COYOTES Recalled Matthew Spiller from San Antonio of the AHL. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Recalled Timo Helbling from Springfield of the AHL. MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR Fined Jeff Gordon, driver, $10,000 and placed him on probation until Aug.
30 for shoving Matt Kenseth following a race at Bristol Motorspeedway on March 26. Fined Stewart Cooper, crew chief for David Green, $2,000 and Ronnie Griffin, crew chief for Chris Wimmer, $1 ,000 for using unapproved parts. SOCCER Major League Soccer I COLUMBUS CREW Traded Edson Scores Monday's Late Games Detroit 4, St. Louis 1 Vancouver 7, Los Angeles 4 1 Tuesday's Games Columbus 4, San Jose 1 Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 Naw Jersey 3, Ottawa 2. SO Montreal 2, Y.
Islanders 0 Minnesota at Edmonton (n) Nashville at Phoenix (n) Anaheim at Colorado (n) Today's Games Boston at -Buffalo, 6 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p'm.
Florida at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago. 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Semifinals Monday, March 27 Marquette 77, Pittsburgh 64 Tuesday's Game Kansas State 57, Western Kentucky 56, 0T (lamptonship Friday, March 31 Marquette (22-10) vs Kansas State (23-10), TBA Final Four At The RCA Dome Indianapolis National Sernrftnate Saturday, April 1 George Mason (27-7) vs. Florida (31-6), 5:07 p.m. LSU (27-8) vs.
UCLA (31 -6), 7:47 p.m. Championship Monday, April3 Semifinal winners NIT SemifVnaia Tuesday's Games At Madison Square Garden New York Michigan 66, Old Dominion 43 Louisville vs. South Carolina (n) Championship Thursday, March 30 Michigan (22-10) vs. Louisville-South Carolina winner, 6 p.m. Exhibition Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Pot Cleveland 18 10 .643 Kansas City 15 9 .625 Los Angeles 15 10 .600 Detroit 17 12 .586 Minnesota -15 13 .536 New York 13 1 15 .464 Oakland 13 15 .464 Tampa Bay 11 14 .440 TEXAS 10 14 .417 Baltimore 10 16 .385 Seattle 10 17 .370 Toronto 10 18 .357 Boston 8 17 .320 Chicago 7 19 .269 NATIONAL LEAGUE Pet Florida ,18 6 .750 Philadelphia 17 9 .654 Arizona 18 11 .621 Cincinnati 18 11 .621 LosAngeles 14 10 .583 San Diego 14 10 .583 Chicago 14 11 .560 St Louis 14 11 .560 Colorado 14 12 .539 New York 14 12 .539 Pittsburgh 15 13 .536 Milwaukee 13 12 .520 San Francisco 11 14 440 Atlanta 9 16 .360 HOUSTON 9 17 .346 Washington .919.
.321 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Monday's Late Games Colorado 8, Milwaukee 6 Seattle 10, Texas 9 A. Angels 15. San Diego 2 Tuesday's Games Florida 12, N.Y. Mets 7 Atlanta 5, Houston 4 Minnesota 8, Toronto6 A.
Dodgers 4, Detroit 2" Pittsburgh 7. Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 3. St. Louis 2 Oakland 8. Texas 3 Chicago Cubs 4, Seattle 3 San Diego 7, L.A.
Angels 6 San Francisco 6, Colorado 6, tie, 10 innings Arizona 3. Chicago White Sox 1 Cincinnati 1 0, Boston 5 Washington 8, Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Milwaukee vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz, (n) Today's Games N.Y. Mets vs.
Atlanta at Kissimmee, 12:05 pm. Florida vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, 1 2:05 p.m. N.Y.
Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla, 12:05 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, 12:05 p.m. Baltimore vs.
Minnesota at Fort Myers. Fla, 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, 12:05 p.m. Houston vs.
Cleveland at Winter Haven, 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, Fla, 12:05 p.m. Washington vs. L.A.
Dodgers at Vero Beach, 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Texas at Surprise, 2:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 2:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Colorado at Tucson, 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels at Temps, p.m.
Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, 2:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, 2:05 p.m. Thursday's Games Baltimore vs.
Florida at Jupiter, 12:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Washington at Viera. 12:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs.
Boston at Fort Myers, 12:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven, 12:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, 12:05 p.m.
Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, 12:05 pm. L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee.
12:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St.
Lucie, Fla, 12:10 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla, 12:15 p.m. Arizona vs.
Chicago Cubs at Mesa, 1 05 p.m. Texas vs. Kansas City at Surprise, 1 05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. San Diego at Peoria, 1 :05p.m.
Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson. 1 :05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. LA.
Angels (ss) at Tempe, 2:05 p.m. Oakland at Sacramento (AAA). 8:30 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. L.A.
Dodgers (ss) at Las Vegas. 9:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at San Francisco, 9:1 5 p.m. Bogut 6-9 2-2 14, Simmons 7-13 0-0 15, Magloire 2-3 1-2 5, C.Bell 7-12 0-0 19, Redd 9-1 5 4-7 28, Williams 6-11 1-1 15, Kukoc 6-10 1-1 17, Gadzuric 8-10 1-2 17, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Welsch 1-2 0-0 2.
Totals 52-86 10-15 132. Phoenix 23 39 26 22- 110 Milwaukee 25 33 46 28- 132 3-Point Goals Phoenix 11-28 (Nash 3-. 3, House 3-5, Jones 2-4, T.Thomas 2-5, R.Bell 1-5, Burke 0-1. Diaw 0-1, Marion 0-1, Barbosa 0-3), Milwaukee 18-32 (Redd 6-11, C.Bell 5-8, Kukoc 4-5, Williams 2-3, Simmons 1-4, Jackson 0-1). Fouled Out None.
Rebounds -Phoenix 33 (Marion 9), Milwaukee 53 (C.Bell 10). Assists Phoenix 31 (Diaw 9), Milwaukee 36 (C.Bell 13) Total Fouls -Phoenix 22, Milwaukee 17, Technicals A 15,573. Sonics 98, Grizzlies 97 SEATTLE (98) Ras.Lewis 6-12 1-2 14, Wilcox 5-7 1-2 11, Petro6-9 3-4 15, Allen 8-17 1-1 20, Ridnour 4-110-011, Moore 4-6 2-4 10, Watson 4-9 2-2 13, Swift 0-5 0-2 0, Wilklns 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 39-79 10-17 98. MEMPHIS (97) Battier 2-8 1-2 5, Gasol 17-28 10-12 44, Wright 3-6 1-2 7, E.Jones 6-7 2-2 16, Atkins 3-11 0-0 7, Cardinal 0-2 0-0 0.
Jackson 2-5 0-0 5, Miller 5-9 0-0 11, D.Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Warrick 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-77 14-1897. Local sports VYSO Following are Saturday results from the Victoria Youth Soccer Organization: U-6 Tigers-Strikers. Goals: Chase Ruiz 8 Rubin Leon 4, Michael Newman, Blake Schmidt 5, Adrian Vasquez, Luck) Ramirez 3, Nathan Leal. Tigers-Rangers.
Goats: Blake Schmidt 3, Adria Vasquez, Lucio Ramirez, Kaitlyn Herman, Nico Green. Tiny Titans-Ninjas. Goals: Haile Lidiak, Talia Vasquez 2. Darby Voss 3, Jackson Jones, Kris Albright, Marc Obre. Rangers-Kick Kats.
Goals: Bradon Parsons 4, Nico Green 2, Jordan Pratt 3, Cait-lyn Lassman 4, James Janecka. Flames-Bulldogs. Goals: Kaci Hotz 2, Baylie Welch 2, Deven Lopez, Zane Mangum, Austin Allen 10, Elisa Woffinder. Raiders-Ninjas. Goals: Zach Marsh, Dylan Slough 18, Braydon Martinez 3, Zen McKenzie 3.
Eagles-Rug Rats. Goals: Kaleb Kelltng 3, Blake Seekamp 2, Gabby Valenzuela, Tennis 28 31 17 22-98 27 22 31 17- 87 3-Point Goal6 Seattle 10-19 (Ridnour Buddie to the MetroStars for Eddie Gaven and the rights to Chris Leitch. TRACK FIELD IAAF Named Pierre Weiss acting general secretary. COLLEGE CENTRAL METHODIST Named Andrea L. Brooks women's basketball coach.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Named John Shingler defensive assistant coach. GUILFORD Named Jeff Bateson men's soccer coach. HAWAII Named Carl Clapp associate athletic director. HOFSTRA Signed Tom Pecora. men's basketball coach, to a five-year contract extension through the 2010-1 1 season.
VIRGINIA Announced senior LB Ahmad Brooks, senior Tony Franklin and junior DE Vince Redd are no longer members of the football team. YOUNGSTOWN STATE Named An-toine Smith defensive line coach. Soiunar Tables 3-4, Watson 3-5, Allen 3-8, Ras.Lewis 1-2), Memphis 5-15 (E.Jones 2-2, Jackson 1-3, Miller 1-3. Atkins 1-5, Battier 0-2). Fouled Out None.
Rebounds Seattle 50 (Ras.Lewis, Moore, Swift 7), Memphis 39 (Wright 14). Assists Seattle 25 (Ridnour 7), Memphis 20 (Atkins 9). Total Fouls -Seattle 17, Memphis 15. A- 14.691. MARCH 1 Noah Garza 6, Abraham saiazar b.
Team No 4-Team No. 5. Aaron Barrios 3, I Joseph Perkison, Kenzi Valadez, Connor Late boxes P.M. Minor Major 5:20 ,11:35 6:15 12:05 7:15 1:00 Nasdaq-1000pen Tuesday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Fla. Purae: Men, $3.45 million (Masters); Women, $3.45 million (Tier I) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Ivan Ljubicic (6).
Croatia, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium. 6-3. 6-1 Mario Ancic 22), Croatia, def. Nikolay Davydenko (5).
Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, def. Nicolas Kieter (16), Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Andy Roddick (4), United States, def. Simon Greul.
Germany. 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Dmitry Tursunov. Russia, 6-3, 6-3.
David Ferrer (11), Spain, def. Olivier Rochus (29), Belgium, 6-7 (5). 7-6 (2). 7-5. James Blake (9).
United States, del Juan Ignacio Chela (32), Argentina, 4-6, 6-1 6- 0. Minor 5:00 5:50 6:45 Major 11:10 0 12:35 Today Thursday Friday Weempe Hailey Lioiak. Team No. 6-Team No. 7.
Goals: Hayden Wuensche, Jordan Allan 2, Tate Weston, I Alison Barnett 4, John Mendoza, Ashley Caines 3, Bnana Falcon. I Sidekicks-Vipers. Goals: Cotton Stevens 2, Cameron Hicks, Dade Mcintosh 2, Dylan I Franz 3, Garet Gomez. Tournaments U-8 Tigers-Cheetas. Goals: Andres Bazar 3, Andres Hernandez.
Strikeouts-Sharks. Goals: Braden Speer, -Mia Kretiq, Carson Thar p. Quarterfinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (12). Russia, def. Ai Sugiyama (21), Japan, 6-0, 7-6 (4).
Amelie Mauresmo (1), France, def. Nadia Petrova (5). Russia. 6-3. 6-1 Feedback If you have a question or suggestion, Advocate sports department employees can be reached at the following phone numbers and e-mail addresses: Coy Slav, Sports Editor PaiJEhner, Assistant Sports Editor BilHatch, Sports Writer Mike Ftinnaa Sports Writer BmyMau, Sports Witter Linda McAdams, Sports Agate Clerk To report meetings, events and registrations, e-mal the Advocate sports de-partment at BASKETBALL VICTORIA YMCA 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Saturday.
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Salt Lake City. Antonio Mesquita. Las Vegas, vs. Santos Pakau. New Zealand.
12. for the vacant Utah light welterweight title; Chauncy Welliver, Spokane. vs. Cliff Couser, St. Louis, 10, heavyweights.
Jazz 104, Hornets 80 NEW ORLEANS (80) Butler 7-12 1-1 15. A.Williams 1-4 0-0 2, P.Brown 5-8 0-4 10, Paul 3-7 5-6 11. Snyder 3-8 2-4 10, Claxton 3-8 6-9 13. Jackson 3-7 1-2 7, Johnson 4-9 0-0 10, Smith 1-6 0-0 2, Macijauskas 0-2 0-0 0, Norns 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 30-73 1 5-26 80.
UTAH (104) Harpring 5-10 5-8 15, Okur 6-14 5-7 18, Boozer 8-16 57 21 D.Williams 8-9 3-5 20, Kirilenko 5-7 3-613, D.Brown 1-33-5 6, Palacio 1-1 0-0 2, Collins 1-2 2-2 4, McLeod 1-2 0-0 3, Humphries 1-10-0 2, Miles 0-1 0-0 0, Ostertag 0-0 0-O0. Totals 37-66 26-40 Orleans 31 21 16 12-80 Utah 27 28 29 20- 104 3-Point Goals New Orleans 5-15 (Johnson 2-3, Snyder 2-3, Claxton 1 -3, Butler 0-1, Norns 0-1 Paul 0-2, Smith 0-2), Utah 4-11 (D.Williams 1-1, D.Brown 1-2, McLeod 1-2. Okur 1-5, Kirilenko 0-1). Fouled Out Jackson. Rebounds New Orleans 38 (P.Brown 8).
Ulah 59 (Harpring 11). Assists New Orleans 17 (Paul 7), Utah 22 (Kirilenko 8). Total Fouls New Orleans 31 Utah 25. technicals New Orleans Defensive Three Second. New Orleans coach Scott, Utah Defensive Three Second.
A Wizards 1 16, Warriors 98 WASHINGTON (116) Jamison 11-23 7-7 31. Butler 5-13 0-0 1 1, E.Thomas 2-3 0-2 4, Arenas 12-22 9-g 40, Jeffries 5-9 0-2 11, Daniels 5-112-812, Haywood 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor 0-1 0-0 0, B.Thomas 1-3 0-0 3. Rutfin 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 42-87 20-24 11 6. GOLDEN STATE (98) Murphy 2-9 1-2 6.
Dunleavy 4-12 2-4 11, Foyle 3-4 0-0 6. Richardson 8-21 O-e 18, Fisher 6-13 0-0 16, Biedrins 6-6 0-6 12, Pietrus 5-10 1-3 13, Ellis 5-7 4-4 16, Otogu 0-2 0-0 0, Bynum 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-86 8-21 98. Washington 27 28 25 36- 116 Gotten SUM 20 19 30 29- 98 3-Point Goals Washington 12-26 (Arenas 7-13, Jamison 2-5, Butler 1-1, Jeffries 1-2, Thomas 1-3, Daniels 0-2), Golden State 12-28 (Fisher 4-7, Ellis 2-2, Pietrus 2-4, Richardson 2-8, Murphy 1-1, Dunleavy 1-5, Bynum 0-1). Fouled Out -None.
Rebounds Washington 51 (Jamison 14), Golden State 58 (Murphy 16). Assists Washington 26 (Arenas 10), Golden State 25 (Fisher 10). Total Fouls Washington 22, Golden State 23. A- 17.158. i Hurricanes-Scorpions.
Goals: Jacquelyn Perez, Ciro Lambaria, Chloe Davanti, Kyren Williams 2, Ashley Trujillo, Samuel Thompson, Kaleb Vendel. i Wolverines-Red Raiders. Goals: John Oloh 2, Jocelyn Rodriguez, William Proc-i tor. Dallas Ponton. Raptors-Team Kaos.
Goals: Zac Wallace 2, Hunter Krause, Parker Tadlock. I Ravens-Fireants. Goals; Tarynn Fossati 2, Eric Luck, Nadia Pena 2, Davis Brychta. Sharks-Cneetas. Goals: Mia Kretiq.
Car-: son Tharp, Andres Bazar 3, Gabriel Tunebeg, Sydney Barker. Raptors-Hurricanes. Goals: Lacie Linam 2, Adrian Garcia, Zac Wallace, Ciro Lambaria. Tigers-Red Raiders. Goals: Dallas Pon-, ton 5, Kaylie Rainwater 2, Danielle Riehs, Gustavo Garza 2, Alyssa Flowers.
U-IOGWs Little Rattlers 5, Shooting Stars 1. Goals i (S) Kyra Johnson; (L) Natalie DeLaGarza 4, Daniela Camacho. U-10 Storm 3. Blue Thunder 1. Goals: (S) -Rachel Mansker 2, Tom Followwill; (B) Dylan Sanchez.
Assists: (S Aaron Saiazar; (B) Nathan Hermes. Defensive standouts: (B) Braydon Frazer, Brandon i 1 Martinez, Pierce' Breech, Shaughnessy i Hall; (S Ryan Caraway, Followwill, Collin i Janecka. Spurs 6, Team No.1 1 Goals: (S) Barclay i Proctor 4, Tyler Salter (T) Joseph Flow- ers. Storm 2, Longhorns 2. Goals: (S') Tom Followwill (L) Will Kaisahis, Andrew Huston.
Assists; (S) Rachel Mansker. De- tensive standouts: (S) Ryan Caraway, Aaron Saiazar; (L) Douglas Wall, Storm Ruiz, i I Team No. 2 9, Team No. 1 4. Goals: (T1) Brendon Spaikman, Brenden Pupi (T2) Jarret Howell 4, Jonas Trial 3.
Tajah Gal- loway Blue Thunder 5. Titans 4. Goals: (BT) Braydon Frazer 4, Dylan Sanchez: (T) Edward Rodriguez 2. Wyatt Rmble 2. Assists: (BT) Gunnar Trampota, Sanchez.
Qefen- 1 sive standouts: (BT) Brandon Martinez. LPGA Continued from Page IB won twice as a rookie and starred in the Solheim Cup; Morgan Pressel, the unlucky runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open with a big heart and a sharp tongue; and Natalie Gulbis, who has a reality show, a calendar, but still no trophy. And there is Christina Kim, who speaks her mind, and sometimes she makes sense. Sometimes she doesn't Asked about the world ranking in women's golf, which has been lampooned since the day it was published, Kim thought it should be based on more than performance.
"I think there should be opinion put into that," she said. "I think there should be other factors, not necessarily popularity, but if people, you know it's hard to describe. I think you have to have your heart and opinion put down on paper. And for that an all-time high, but she must not be reading Golf World magazine. One of the top golf magazines, it did not have any coverage of the LPGA -words or photos for the first four tournaments, until announcing Tuesday that the LPGA eliminated requirements that kept it away.
Bivens is trying to protect the LPGA brand, but why she waited until the first tournament of the year instead of working with top media outlets during the three-month offseason remains a mystery. Instead of embracing media coverage, her arrogance and stubborn attitude has created a frosty Ultimately, that won't matter. She is not what drives the LPGA Tour. It's the players. And if the LPGA Tour is one of the hottest properties in sports, people won't be able to take their eyes off them.
week. If the LPGA Tour is truly a hot property, sponsors will recognize thai prize money will soar and Sorenstam won't have to spend two days in a pro-am before a major. If the LPGA is a hot property, fans will flock to watch them. As it is, the only major that draws major crowds is the U.S. Women's Open, the biggest event in women's golf and one not conducted by the LPGA Tour.
And if the LPGA is a hot property, more women will get endorsem*nt deals from big corporations. It starts with good coverage, and that goes beyond CBS Sports taking over for ABC in its final-round cover-' age. The Associated Press, the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin refused to cover the first round of the Fields Open the 2006 debut of Wie because of media regulations they found unreasonable. Inkster said media coverage was at reason, I don't think it's ever going to be a truly successful means of ranking." What did make sense was when Kim talked about this being a big week. The Kraft Nabisco is a week later than usual, meaning it does not have to compete against The Players Championship or the NCAA regional finals in basketball.
Whether it gets more coverage than Phil Mickelson defending his title in Atlanta at the BellSouth Classic will be an important test of the LPGA's value. It probably doesn't help that the LPGA Tour has Wie and Ai Miyazato, the teenage sensation from Japan, playing in the tjnal pairing Friday and finishing the second round about 8p.m. The total purse for the Kraft Nabisco is $1.8 million, which is only $360,000 more than Stephen Ames won for his victory at Sawgrass last i Local sports Shaughnessy Hall, Pierce Breech, Nathan Hermes. 1 Spurs 7, Team No. 2 5.
Goals: (S) Barclay Proctor 4, Tyler Salter (T2) Tajah Galloway 2, Jarrett Howell, Jonas Trial, Keil Hoffman. Longhorns 6, Titans 1. Goals: (T) Wyatt Fimbie; (L) Jordan Lopez, Will Kaisahis 2, Douglas Wall, Andrew Huston, Tyler En-gtebart. U-12SupwDivtsk)nll Georgetown Force 2, Victoria Hot Shots 0. U-14DMsionil Georgetown United 2, Victoria Bum 0 Austin Caprtats 3, Victoria Bum 0.
Sub-Varsity Baseball C.C. Carrol 10, Memorial A froah 4 CORPUS CHRISTI The Memorial A freshmen Vipers suffered a lost to Corpus Christ Carroll. C.C. Carrol 3, Memorial froeh 0 CORPUS CHRISTI The Memorial freshmen Vipers tost their fourth consecutive District 28-5A game. Jordan Hobbs worked siV innings, allowed three runs and (truck out sis while Eric Bucholtz was 1-tor-3 for the Vipers, now 0-4 In district and 4-10 overall..
