basketball
National Basketball Association
All Times Pacific
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 49 29 .628 -
Toronto 38 40 .487 11
New York 28 50 .359 21
Philadelphia 26 52 .333 23
New Jersey 11 67 .141 38
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
y-Orlando 55 23 .705 -
x-Atlanta 49 29 .628 6
x-Miami 44 34 .564 11
x-Charlotte 42 36 .538 13
Washington 24 54 .308 31
Central Division
W L Pct GB
z-Cleveland 61 17 .782 -
x-Milwaukee 44 34 .564 17
Chicago 37 40 .481 231/2
Indiana 30 48 .385 31
Detroit 25 53 .321 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
x-Dallas 51 27 .654 -
x-San Antonio 48 30 .615 3
Houston 40 38 .513 11
Memphis 39 39 .500 12
New Orleans 35 44 .443 161/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
x-Denver 51 27 .654 -
x-Utah 51 28 .646 1/2
x-Oklahoma City 48 30 .615 3
x-Portland 48 30 .615 3
Minnesota 15 63 .192 36
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
y-L.A. Lakers 55 22 .714 -
x-Phoenix 51 27 .654 41/2
L.A. Clippers 27 51 .346 281/2
Golden State 24 54 .308 311/2
Sacramento 24 54 .308 311/2
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Wednesday's Games
Indiana 113, New York 105
Boston 115, Toronto 104
Orlando 121, Washington 94
Detroit 90, Atlanta 88
Miami 99, Philadelphia 95
Houston 113, Utah 96
Milwaukee 108, New Jersey 89
Golden State 116, Minnesota 107
Charlotte 104, New Orleans 103
Denver 98, Oklahoma City 94
Dallas 110, Memphis 84
Portland 93, L.A. Clippers 85
Phoenix 112, San Antonio 101
Today's Games
Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE
East
Chestnut Hill 6-6, Sciences, Pa. 5-4, 1st game, 10 innings
Farmingdale St. 6, Oneonta St. 2
Haverford 10, Rutgers-Camden 9
Long Island U. 3, St. Peters 2
Manhattan 9, Albany, N.Y. 8
Messiah 14, Susquehanna 12
N.Y. Tech 9, Fordham 8
Rider 19, N.J. Tech 3
Washington & Lee 11, E. Mennonite 2
South
Bethany, W.Va. 9, Thiel 8
Brescia at Mid-Continent, ppd., rain
Campbellsville 5, Cumberland, Tenn. 4
Catawba 20, Barton 8
Charleston Southern 9, Furman 8
E. Kentucky 7, ETSU 6
George Mason 20, George Washington 6
Lambuth 7-7, Shepard 0-0, forfeit
Lincoln Memorial 18-17, Kentucky St. 3-5
Louisiana-Monroe at Memphis, ppd. due to rain.
McNeese St. 13, Prairie View A&M 4
N. Carolina St. 18, Coppin St. 1
Newberry 12, Gardner-Webb 11
Pfeiffer 6, Lander 4
Presbyterian 3, S.C.-Upstate 1
Rhodes 5, Christian Brothers 4
S.C.-Aiken 20, St. Andrews 4
Tennessee Tech 12, Lipscomb 8
Tusculum 9, Stillman 6
UNC Pembroke 13, Lenoir-Rhyne 9, 10 innings
Wake Forest 8, High Point 7
W. Carolina 14, Tennessee 9
W. Kentucky 3, Belmont 2
Midwest
Jamestown 14, Minot St. 0
Southwest
Angelo St. 5, St. Edward's 1
Baylor 15, Northwestern St. 3
Houston Baptist 12, Lamar 4
Stephen F. Austin 10-3, Texas-Pan American 4-1, 2nd game, 5 innings
Texas 6, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2
TCU 5, UC Irvine 2
Far West
St. Mary's, Calif. 7, Stanford 3
San Francisco 5, Sacramento St. 4, 11 innings
baseball
American League
All Times Pacific
East Division
W L Pct GB
Tampa Bay 2 0 1.000 -
New York 2 1 .667 1/2
Toronto 1 1 .500 1
Boston 1 2 .333 11/2
Baltimore 0 2 .000 2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 2 1 .667 -
Chicago 1 1 .500 1/2
Cleveland 1 1 .500 1/2
Detroit 1 1 .500 1/2
Kansas City 1 1 .500 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 2 1 .667 -
Texas 1 1 .500 1/2
Los Angeles 1 2 .333 1
Seattle 1 2 .333 1
Wednesday's Games
Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3
N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1, 10 innings
Toronto 7, Texas 4
Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3
Kansas City 3, Detroit 2, 11 innings
Minnesota 4, L.A. Angels 2
Oakland 6, Seattle 5
Today's Games
Toronto (Romero 0-0) at Texas (C.Wilson 0-0), 11:05 a.m.
Detroit (Willis 0-0) at Kansas City (Bannister 0-0), 11:10 a.m.
Seattle (Fister 0-0) at Oakland (Anderson 0-0), 12:35 p.m.
Baltimore (Matusz 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-0), 5:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Slowey 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
National League
All Times Pacific
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 2 0 1.000 -
Philadelphia 2 0 1.000 -
Florida 1 1 .500 1
New York 1 1 .500 1
Washington 0 2 .000 2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 2 0 1.000 -
St. Louis 2 0 1.000 -
Milwaukee 2 1 .667 1/2
Chicago 0 2 .000 2
Cincinnati 0 2 .000 2
Houston 0 3 .000 21/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 3 0 1.000 -
Arizona 2 1 .667 1
Colorado 1 2 .333 2
San Diego 1 2 .333 2
Los Angeles 0 2 .000 21/2
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee 5, Colorado 4
San Francisco 10, Houston 4
Pittsburgh 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10 innings
Philadelphia 8, Washington 4
Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 6, 10 innings
St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3
Arizona 5, San Diego 3
Today's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 0-0), 12:35 p.m.
St. Louis (Penny 0-0) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0), 12:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Kendrick 0-0) at Washington (Stammen 0-0), 4:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Wells 0-0) at Atlanta (Hanson 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Florida (Robertson 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
golf
QUAIL RIDGE
Ladies' least putts
A: Gross - Jan Sullivan 84. Net - Colleen Fritch 73.
B: Gross - Holly Munn 90. Net - Barb Brown 68.
C: Gross - Vicki Scherette 102. Net - Carolyn Bloom 63.
CLARKSTON COUNTRY CLUB
Ladies' day
Scramble - Sharon Vahlkamp/Sidne Walton/Rae Alisch 74, Karen Rosenquist/Donna Harris/Carol Servatius 81, Alison Spellman/Marge Freeberg/Linda Ruthruff 82, Toni Mason/Sirley Applegate/Phyllis Himmelright 82.
9 holes: Gross - Vivian Bacharach 58. Net - Joy Zipse 43.
LEWISTON COUNTRY CLUB
Best Side
Gross - Kevin Krack 36.
Net - Bob Grossklaus 35, Phil Waggoner 35.
tennis
WTA Tour The MPS Group Championships
Wednesday
At Sawgrass Country Club
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Green Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Aleksandra Wozniak (6), Canada, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (5), Russia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2.
Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.
Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Yan Zi (1), China, def. Nathalie Grandin, South Africa, and Abigail Spears, United States, 7-5, 6-2.
Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Julie Ditty and Carly Gullickson, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 10-7.
Quarterfinals
Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Belarus, and Marie-Eve Pelletier, Canada, 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 tiebreak.
ATP World Tour U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
At River Oaks Country Club
Houston
Purse: $607,200 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, def. Eduardo Schwank (7), Argentina, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1.
Nicolas Massu, Chile, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Doubles
First Round
Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, and Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Scott Lipsky and Travis Rettenmaier, United States, 7-5, 6-4.
Quarterfinals
Stephan Huss, Australia, and Wesley Moodie (3), South Africa, def. Ryan Harrison and Donald Young, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 10-8.
Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-3.
hockey
National Hockey League
All Times Pacific
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-New Jersey 79 46 26 7 99 211 186
x-Pittsburgh 79 45 27 7 97 244 228
Philadelphia 80 40 34 6 86 231 220
N.Y. Rangers 80 37 33 10 84 217 213
N.Y. Islanders 79 34 35 10 78 213 244
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Buffalo 79 44 25 10 98 228 200
x-Ottawa 80 44 31 5 93 220 229
Montreal 80 39 32 9 87 212 214
Boston 79 36 30 13 85 195 194
Toronto 81 29 38 14 72 210 264
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
z-Washington 80 53 15 12 118 310 227
Atlanta 80 34 33 13 81 231 251
Carolina 80 34 36 10 78 223 250
Florida 79 31 36 12 74 201 235
Tampa Bay 79 31 36 12 74 206 253
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Chicago 80 51 22 7 109 264 204
x-Detroit 80 42 24 14 98 225 214
x-Nashville 81 46 29 6 98 223 224
St. Louis 80 39 32 9 87 218 218
Columbus 81 32 35 14 78 216 258
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Vancouver 80 48 27 5 101 263 215
x-Colorado 80 43 29 8 94 241 226
Calgary 80 40 31 9 89 200 201
Minnesota 80 37 36 7 81 214 241
Edmonton 80 26 46 8 60 208 274
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
y-San Jose 80 49 20 11 109 257 211
x-Phoenix 80 49 25 6 104 220 197
x-Los Angeles 79 45 27 7 97 234 211
Anaheim 79 38 31 10 86 226 240
Dallas 80 35 31 14 84 230 249
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 1
Detroit 4, Columbus 3
Chicago 6, St. Louis 5
Edmonton 5, Colorado 4, OT
Phoenix 5, Nashville 2
Today's Games
Buffalo at Boston, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Florida, 4:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALITMORE ORIOLES-Announced that INF Robert Andino cleared waivers and was sent outright Norfolk (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Announced RHP Anthony Lerew cleared waivers and was outrighted to Omaha (PCL).
NEW YORK YANKEES-Claimed OF Chad Huffman off waivers from San Diego and assigned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Claimed RHP Nelson Figueroa off waivers from New York (NL).
American Association
FORT WORTH CATS-Signed RHP Jason Fernandez, RHP Brian Cloud and RHP Scott Migl.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS-Signed RHP Luke Prihoda.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS-Signed OF Rafael Alvarez, OF Argelis Nunez and LHP Nolan Chestnut.
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS-Traded OF Jose G. Torres and INF Isa Garcia to San Angelo (United) for future considerations.
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS-Signed OF Jon Owings.
SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS-Signed LHP Peter VandenBout.
WICHITA WINGNUTS-Signed RHP Adam Cowart, INF Josh Horn, INF Mike L. Thompson and LHP Justin Dowdy.
Atlantic League
CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS-Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan McKeller, RHP Ryan Muldowney and OF Chris Walker.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS-Signed LHP AJ Wideman.
SUSSEX SKYHAWKS-Signed RHP Mike McGuire.
Frontier League
OAKLAND COUNTY CRUISERS-Signed RHP Brad Reid.
TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS-Signed C Tommy Johnson.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS-Signed OF Jacob Dempsey and LHP Jason Neitz to contract extensions.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS-Signed RHP Nick Hall and LHP Matt Jernstad.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER-Assigned F D.J. White to Tulsa of the NBA Development League.
Women's National Basketball Association
WASHINGTON MYSTICS-Signed F Kristen Mann.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS-Signed RB Walter Mendenhall.
CINCINNATI BENGALS-Re-signed C Kyle Cook.
DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed LB Pat McQuistan to a tender offer.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Agreed to terms with DE Alex Brown on a two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS RAMS-Signed LB Na'il Diggs.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS-Recalled D Brendan Mikkelson from Toronto (AHL). Assigned G Joey MacDonald to Toronto.
ATLANTA THRASHERS-Reassigned D Chris Chelios and RW Tim Stapleton to Chicago (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Recalled LW Bryan Bickell from Rockford (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Assigned D Karl Alzner and F Jay Beagle to Hershey (AHL).
American Hockey League
MANITOBA MOOSE-Released D Ryan McGinnis.
SYRACUSE CRUNCH-Announced LW Tom Sestito has been recalled by the Columbus Blue Jackets.
ECHL
ECHL-Suspended Toledo F Akim Aliu one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in an April 6 game against Charlotte.
VICTORIA SALMON KINGS-Named Ron Eberle business development manager.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
TORONTO FC-Announced the retirement of D Jim Brennan and named him assistant general manager.
COLLEGE
CHOWAN-Named Dan DeRose men's basketball coach.
CINCINNATI-Announced freshman G Lance Stephenson will enter the NBA draft.
DAYTON-Announced junior F Chris Wright will enter the NBA draft.
INDIANA STATE-Named Teri Moren women's basketball coach.
KANSAS-Announced freshman G Xavier Henry will enter the NBA draft.
KENT STATE-Named Thomas Kleinlein executive associate athletic director.
OHIO STATE-Announced junior G Evan Turner will enter the NBA draft.
PRESBYTERIAN-Named Brian Reese athletic director.
ROCHESTER-Announced the retirement of men's basketball coach Mike Neer, effective at the end of the academic year.
SAMFORD-Announced resignation of softball coach Beanie Ketcham, effective at the end of the season.
SAN JOSE STATE-Named Tim Landis offensive coordinator and John DeFilippo quarterbacks coach.
ST. FRANCIS, N.Y.-Announced the resignation of men's basketball coach Brian Nash.
TRINITY, TEXAS-Named Caroline Keener coordinator of intramural and club sports.
UNLV-Named Rick Ryerson men's soccer coach.
UTAH-Announced freshman G guard Marshall Henderson is leaving the men's basketball team.
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH-Dismissed sophomore F Terrance Saintil from the men's basketball team.
WAKE FOREST-Fired men's basketball coach Dino Gaudio.
XAVIER-Announced sophomore G Jordan Crawford is entering the NBA draft.
