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BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Gutierrez, RHP Devon Lowery, C Max Ramirez, INF Matt Fields and OF Nick Van Stratten on minor league contracts.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Announced RHP Jeremy Accardo has cleared waivers outright and elected free agency rather than accept a club assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed RHP Tyson Brummett off waivers from Philadelphia.

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Named Gerry Hunsicker senior advisor, baseball operations.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Sent C Steven Lerud and OF Pete Orr outright to Lehigh Valley (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS—Waived C Kyrylo Fesenko.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Waived C Dan Gadzuric.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DETROIT LIONS—Signed CB Alphonso Smith. Released RB Keiland Williams.

MINNOESOTA VIKINGS—Signed G Tyler Holmes to the practice squad. Waived DE Ernest Owusu from the practice squad.

Basketball

nba

pre-seasonscores, schedule

Thursday's games

Atlanta 97, New Orleans 68

Miami 105, Detroit 78

Memphis 97, Milwaukee 94

Boston at Brooklyn (n)

Friday's games

New York vs. Toronto at Montreal, Quebec, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix vs. Oklahoma City at Tulsa, Okla., 8 p.m.

Sacramento vs. L.A. Lakers at Las Vegas, Nevada, 10 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m.

Field hockey

college

At Lexington

Wittenberg 3, Transylvania 2

Goals—W: McKenna 2; T: Clark.

Goalkeepers—W: Marousek; T: Aschbacher.

Records—Wittenberg 4-11, Transylvania 1-12.

Football

nfl

Monday, Oct. 15

Denver 35, San Diego 24

Thursday's game

Seattle at San Francisco (n)

Sunday's games

Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 1 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:20 p.m.

Bye: Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego

Monday, Oct. 22

Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

college

thursday's scores

TOP 25

No. 2 Oregon Arizona St. (n)

NATION

Hampton N.C. Central (n)

Houston SMU (n)

weekend schedule

(All times p.m., unless noted)

Friday's game

Connecticut (3-4) at Syracuse (2-4), 8

Saturday's games

SEC—No. 6 Louisiana St. (6-1) at No. 20 Texas A&M (5-1), noon; Auburn (1-5) at Vanderbilt (2-4), 12:21; No. 9 South Carolina (6-1) at No. 3 Florida (6-0), 3:30; No. 1 Alabama (6-0) at Tennessee (3-3), 7; No. 13 Georgia (5-1) at Kentucky (1-6), 7; Middle Tennessee (4-2) at No. 15 Mississippi St. (6-0), 7OVC—Tennessee St. (7-0) at Jacksonville St. (3-3), noon; Tenn.-Martin (5-2) at SE Missouri (2-4), 2; Eastern Ky. (5-2) at Tennessee Tech (2-4), 8

MID-SOUTH—Georgetown (7-0) at Pikeville (3-4), 1:30; Union (3-4) at Ky. Christian (4-3), 1:30; Virginia-Wise (2-6) at Cumberlands (6-1), 1:30; Belhaven (3-4) at Lindsey Wilson (2-5), 2:30; Faulkner (5-2) at Bethel (4-3), 6; Campbellsville (2-5) at Cumberland, Tenn. (5-2), 7

STATE—Indianapolis (5-2) at Ky. Wesleyan (2-5), 1; Kentucky St. (1-5) at Tuskegee (5-1), 1; Thomas More (3-3) at Grove City (3-3), 1:30; Trinity (4-2) at Centre (4-2), 2:30; South Florida (2-4) at No. 16 Louisville (6-0), 3:30; Louisiana-Monroe (4-2) at Western Ky. (5-1), 4; Morehead St. (1-5) at Butler (5-2), 6

TOP 25—No. 4 Kansas St. (6-0) at No. 17 West Virginia (5-1), 7; BYU (4-3) at No. 5 Notre Dame (6-0), 3:30; Purdue (3-3) at No. 7 Ohio St. (7-0), noon; Utah (2-4) at No. 8 Oregon St. (5-0), 10:30; Kansas (1-5) at No. 10 Oklahoma (4-1), 7; Colorado (1-5) at No. 11 Southern Cal (5-1), 6; No. 12 Florida St. (6-1) at Miami (4-3), 8; Virginia Tech (4-3) at No. 14 Clemson (5-1), noon; No. 18 Texas Tech (5-1) at TCU (5-1), 3:30; No. 19 Rutgers (6-0) at Temple (3-2), noon; No. 21 Cincinnati (5-0) at Toledo (6-1), 7; No. 22 Stanford (4-2) at California (3-4), 3; Michigan St. (4-3) at No. 23 Michigan (4-2), 3:30; UNLV (1-6) at No. 24 Boise St. (5-1), 3:30

Golf

professional

pga: mcgladrey classic

At St. Simons Island, Ga.

7,005-yd., par-70 (35-35)

Sea Island Resort, Seaside Course

Bud Cauley 33-29—62-8

Marco Dawson 32-30—62-8

Greg Owen 31-33—64-6

Boo Weekley 32-32—64-6

Rod Pampling 34-30—64-6

Zach Johnson 31-34—65-5

Davis Love III 35-30—65-5

David Toms 32-33—65-5

Danny Lee 30-35—65-5

Joe Durant 33-32—65-5

Michael Thompson 33-32—65-5

Brian Gay 33-32—65-5

Camilo Villegas 32-33—65-5

Martin Flores 32-33—65-5

Others

Ben Crane 34-34—68-2

Angel Cabrera 34-34—68-2

Justin Leonard 34-34—68-2

Stuart Appleby 34-35—69-1

John Daly 35-35—70 E

Daniel Summerhays 36-35—71 +1

Miguel Angel Carballo 34-40—74 +4

Patrick Sheehan 40-37—77 +7

Pga europe/Australasia perth international

At Perth, Australia

7,143-yd., par-72

Lake Karrinyup Country Club

Michael Hendry 34-31—65-7

Alejandro Canizares 32-33—65-7

Emiliano Grillo 33-33—66-6

Andrew Johnston 35-32—67-5

Paul Casey 34-33—67-5

Ashley Hall 34-34—68-4

Max McCardle 36-32—68-4

Jason Scrivener 35-33—68-4

Rhys Davies 32-36—68-4

Greg Chalmers 34-34—68-4

Andrew Dodt 35-33—68-4

Others

Jason Dufner 36-35—71-1

Web.com Tour-Jacksonville Open

At Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

6,864-yd., par-70 (35-35)

TPC Sawgrass, Dye's Valley Course

Partial First Round

Note: Play was suspended because of darkness

Doug LaBelle II 33-32—65-5

Camilo Benedetti 34-32—66-4

Josh Persons 33-33—66-4

Russell Henley 33-33—66-4

Troy Merritt 34-33—67-3

Bryan DeCorso 32-35—67-3

Woody Austin 36-31—67-3

Hudson Swafford 30-37—67-3

Kevin Foley 34-33—67-3

Blayne Barber 33-34—67-3

Steve LeBrun 33-34—67-3

Ben Kohles 33-34—67-3

Ben Martin 32-35—67-3

Andy Winings 34-33—67-3

Others

Robert Damron 35-34—69-1

Nick Flanagan 35-37—72 +2

Derek Fathauer 38-35—73 +3

Tag Ridings 37-36—73 +3

Adam Hadwin 37-37—74 +4

Oscar Serna 39-37—76 +2

Soccer

college men

At Berea

Asbury 3, Berea 0high school boys

region tournaments

(All times p.m. and local)

10th at Harrison Co.

Thursday's semifinals

Montgomery Co. 3 Scott 1

Harrison Co. 3 Bishop Brossart 2

Saturday's finals

Montgomery Co. vs. Harrison Co., 7

11th at henry clay

Thursday's semifinals

Woodford Co. 2 Lexington Catholic 1

Paul Dunbar 1 Franklin Co. 0

Goal—Jones.

Goalkeepers—PD: Ortiz; FC: Kling.

Records—Paul Dunbar 21-3, Franklin Co. 13-7-2.

12th at Mercer Co.

Finals

Mercer Co. 2 West Jessamine 0

Goals—Angel 2.

Goalkeepers—MC: Ransdell; WJ: Holifield.

Records—Mercer Co. 21-3-1, West Jessamine 14-11-1.

high school girls

region tournaments

(All times p.m. and local)

11th at Woodford Co.

Semifinals

Tates Creek 3, Woodford Co. 0

Goals—Graves, Williams, Aa.Lankster.

Goalkeepers—TC: Ar.Lankster; WC: Adams.

Records—Tates Creek 18-1-4, Woodford Co. 12-5-4.

Lexington Catholic 3, Henry Clay 0

Goals—M.Gorham, S.Gorham, Johnson.

Goalkeepers—LC: Youkilis; HC: Barfield.

Records—Lexington Catholic 16-7-2, Henry Clay 8-7-3.

12th at Boyle Co.

Thursday's semifinals

East Jessamine Lincoln Co. (n)

West Jessamine Boyle Co. (n)

Volleyball

college

At Crestview Hills

Thomas More 3, Grove City 0

At Dayton, Tenn.

Bryan 3, Union 1

high school

region tournaments

(All matches finals, unless noted)

1st at Lone Oak

Lone Oak 3 Ballard Memorial 0

2nd at Caldwell Co.

Thursday's semifinals

Henderson Co. Caldwell Co. (n)

Christian Co. Hopkins Co. Central (n)

Saturday's finals

Semifinals winners, 7

3rd at Daviess Co.

Owensboro Catholic 3 Apollo 1

4th at Metcalfe Co.

Greenwood 3 Bowling Green 2

5th at Marion Co.

Central Hardin 3 Green Co. 0

6th at valley

Mercy 3 Whitfield Academy 0

7th at valley

Assumption 3 Sacred Heart 0

8th at shelby Co.

North Oldham 3 Simon Kenton 1

9th at St. Henry

Thursday's semifinals

Notre Dame 3 Ryle 0

St. Henry 3 Cooper 0

Saturday's finals

Notre Dame vs. St. Henry, 7

10th at Bracken Co.

Campbell Co. 3 Scott 1

11th at Madison Southern

Henry Clay 3 Tates Creek 2

12th at Mercer Co.

Southwestern 3 Pulaski Co. 0

13th at Lynn Camp

Corbin 3 South Laurel 2

14th at Breathitt Co.

Letcher Co. Central Hazard (n)

15th at Pike Co. Central

Allen Central 3 East Ridge 2

16th at West Carter

Russell 3 Rowan Co. 1

state tournament

At Valley

Friday, Oct. 26 — First round

Corbin vs. Lone Oak, 10 a.m.

Assumption vs. Region 2, 11:30 a.m.

Russell vs. Henry Clay, 1 p.m.

Allen Central vs. Greenwood, 2:30 p.m.

Central Hardin vs. N. Oldham, 4 p.m.

Owensboro Catholic vs. Campbell Co., 5:30 p.m.

Region 14 vs. Notre Dame, 8:30 p.m.Odds

glantz-culver line

major league baseball

PLAYOFFS

National League Championship Series

Favorite Line Underdog Line

at St. Louis-160 San Francisco +150

NCAA Football

Favorite Open Thurs. Underdog

at Syracuse 4 4 Connecticut

SATURDAY

Georgia 27 27½ at Kentucky

Cincinnati 8 6½ at Toledo

Rutgers 5 5 at Temple

at Clemson 9½ 8 Virginia Tech

at Boise St. 28 28 UNLV

at Notre Dame 13½ 13½ BYU

Alabama 20 20 at Tennessee

Stanford 2½ 2½ at California

at Ohio St. 16½ 18½ Purdue

at Michigan 11½ 9½ Michigan St.

Texas Tech 2½ 1½ at TCU

at Southern Cal 41 40½ Colorado

Florida St. 17½ 21 at Miami

at Oregon St. 10½ 10 Utah

at West Virginia 4 3 Kansas St.

LSU 2 3½ at Texas A&M

at Florida 3 3½ South Carolina

at Vanderbilt 7 7 Auburn

at Louisville 8 6½ South Florida

at Oklahoma 35 35 Kansas

at Western Ky. 1½ 3½ La.-Monroe

at Mississippi St. 20½ 19 Middle Tenn.

NFL

Sunday

Favorite Open Thurs. Underdog

at Buffalo 3½ 3½ Tennessee

at Minnesota 4 6 Arizona

at Indianapolis 3 2½ Cleveland

at Houston 4½ 6½ Baltimore

Green Bay 4 5½ at St. Louis

Dallas 2 2 at Carolina

at N.Y. Giants 6½ 5½ Washington

New Orleans 3 2 at Tampa Bay

at New England 11 10½ N.Y. Jets

at Oakland 5 4 Jacksonville

Pittsburgh 1½ 1½ at Cincinnati

Monday

at Chicago 6 6½ Detroit