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Show DAILY Tuesday, June 3, 2008 HERALD C7 Level of injury disclosure discussed by NHL GMs Stewart can't seem to shake his hard luck Jenna Fryer "Every guy on my team, everybody at the shop wants to know who is what and where, and what's going on," Zipadelli said. "Everybody in the media wants to know what's going on. It doesn't matter where you go or what you do, somebody wants to ask you something about it. "As tough as you think you are, as cool as you think you can be, when it gets brought up every day, it's a distraction." Zipadelli knows how tough it is to beat the best in the business, and right now the top competition is under the same JGR roof. Kyle Busch on Sunday won for the a series best fourth time this season and Denny Hamlin has been to Victory . Lane once already . To win their third title together, Stewart must settle his team and help put the focus back on winning. "I can't control this," Zipadelli said. "I didn't start it, but it's certainly a little bit of a distraction and that's just the way it is. The teams that don't have distractions and are focused 1 10 percent, those are the teams that are tough to beat." In fairness to Stewart, there's little he can do to control this rash of bad luck. It won't matter if he signs a contract extension with Gibbs tomorrow or announces his intention to leave the team. If he's in the wrong place at the wrong time, he's going to crash. But it's also not a reach to wonder if this sudden slide is at all related to his k negotiating. Team president J.D. Gibbs doesn't think so, noting that Stewart and the No. 20 team usually perform at their highest when the chaos around them is greatest. Yet Gibbs admits the waiting game can be agonizing. "There's something sitting there. How long is it going to sit there? That's frustrating and those guys want direction for the future," Gibbs said. So Stewart needs to get through his event at Eldora, where he hopes to raise $ 1 million to give to Kyle Petty toward construction on a new camp in Kansas City for chronically ill children. Then he needs to sort out his plans because dragging this out much longer might certainly sink his season. the associated press CHARLOTTE, N.G. The Q - Boy, could Tony Stewart use a little fun right now. NASCAR champion was caught in an accident at Dover International Raceway on Sunday, ruining his race after 17 laps. He finished 41st for his fourth poor finish in five races. Now he's perilously close to the Chase cutoff point. Some relief comes Wednesday night two-tim- e - r"""r' v'- j -0 when Stewart swings open the gates at Eldora Speedway for his annual charity event at his Ohio dirt track. "You get to da something different that's no stress and it's all about having fun," he said, referring to the Prelude to the Dream race. Stewart is 1 1th in the standings, just 35 points from slipping out of championship contention. He's been there once before, in 2006 when he failed to qualify for the Chase and was ineligible to defend his Cup 1 title. Press RUSS HAMILTONAssociated It's far too early to predict the same thing will happen to Stewart this year. But ; if his luck doesn't change soon, Stewart and his No. 20 team will be in for a long Tony Stewart climbs into his car before practicing for the Best Buy 400 on Friday at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del summer. Of course, the summer is usually when Stewart heats up. In his nine previous sea- again was involved in an accident with Sadler just 17 laps into Sunday's race at sons, he's scored his first victory before the 14th race of the year only four times. Dover. In 2003, his first win of the year came in "I take 100 percent responsibility. It's the 14th event, at Pocono Raceway, where my fault for being even anywhere close Stewart heads this weekend. to Elliott," a sarcastic Stewart offered. "If He'll go there trying to shake the hex I'm within a half a lap of him, I expect that he's seemingly been under since Tallato happen." But staying away from Sadler might dega, where he revealed he's exploring not be the solution Stewart needs to save opportunities away from Joe Gibbs Racfinish at his season. ing. Since then, a fourth-plac- e Richmond in early May is about the only Rather, Stewart needs to shore up his future plans so everyone around him can thing that's gone right for Stewart. He led 61 laps at Talladega, only to be focus on finally getting into Victory Lane this season. caught in a wreck 14 laps from the finish and wound up 38th. Two races later, he Crew chief Greg Zipadelli has acknowlwaswrecked by Elliott Sadler two laps edged that Stewart's situation is a disinto the Darlington event and finished traction based on the daily questions he ,21St. receives about the team's future. The core V; A flat tire with three laps to go and group that started that team in 1999 is still the lead snatched the Coca-Col- a 600 intact, and when the driver is considering win away from him at Charlotte, and he leaving, everyone gets a little unsettled. IraPodell ASSOCIATED THE PRESS DETROIT The biggest topic during the NHL gen-- , eral managers meeting at the Stanley Cup finals on Monday was how much information h p teams should be required to release about injured players. For years, the customary dis- closure of injuries especially around playoff time was either upper or lower-bodinjury. The thinking was that if the extent or the location of an injury was revealed, then that player would be at risk once he returned to the ice. "Come on, we're all big boys, we all know exactly what happens out there,". New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said. "You're going to play, and you play to win. Not play to hurt, but play to win." Lamoriello said every GM was in support of limiting the flow of information about injuries, and said protection of players is the sole reason. In the salary cap world, y there is then he needs to know that." V Other issues debated hours before the Detroit Red Wings hosted the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of the finals included icing and the fight instigator rule. icSwitching from touch-uing, in which a defensive player must retreat to his zone to touch the puck before icing is whistled, might cut down on the rare injury caused by an onrushing forward but would likely create a greater number of infractions. "You are going to have more and more icings," Lamoriello said. "If you look at the amount of injuries that have occurred, even though one is too many, it's part of the game." Although it is often on the agenda, not much changes in even more concern about long-terinjuries. It is not easy to replace a player lost to injury, because of the limited financial space under which each club operates. The only true argument in favor of announcing specific injuries was the right of fans and media to be told exactly what is wrong with a player. "We're trying to determine what really is the need to know the specificity of an injury either to the place on the body or the severity," Montreal Canadiens GM Bob Gainey said. "Fans want to know if a player won't be available, and if he's not available to play m , regard to the instigator rule. Fewer penalties were handed out for it this season, yet fighting was up. "Those things continue to be there because there is not one view or a strong view," Gainey said. "We've had some different views so those continue to be on the agenda and debated." Cliff Fletcher, the Toronto Maple Leafs' interim GM, indicated the club was close to hiring a new coach to replace the fired Paul Maurice. Early buzz suggested the team was in contact with recently deposed San Jose Sharks coach Ron Wilson. "We're in negotiations right now with a coach," Fletcher said as he hustled out of the hotel. "Hopefully we will get it resolved in the near future." Tampa Bay Lightning GM Jay Feast er said the sale of the team is expected to be up for approval at the next NHL board of governors meeting on June 18. FASTFACT IGOREBOARD the first major leaguer On this date in 1932, Lou Gehrig became a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-1- 3 to hit four consecutive home runs in win over the Philadelphia A's. Gehrig's feat, however, was overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants for 30 years. Source: AP Monday's result Tennis New York at Colorado, French Open Chicago New Orleans at New York. 5 Georgia at Columbus, 5 p.m. Orlando at Tampa Bay, 5:30 Monday Stade Roland Garros Parti Purse: $2453 million (Grand Slam) Surface Singles Men Round (24), Chile, def. Robby Ginepri. United States. (4). Roger Federer (1 ), Switzerland, det. Julien Benneteau, France, Gael Monfils, France, dsf. Ivan Ljubidc (28), Fourth def. Radek (5). leads Victoria susp., Men Third Round Tlpsarevic and Viktor Troickl. Serbia, def. Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Julian Knowle (5), Austria, (3), (4), Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tuisunov, Russia, def. Stephen Huss, Australia, and Ross Janko Ullyett (8). Zimbabwe, Tacoma (Mariners) Col. Springs (Rockies) 27 (4), and Suzanne Lenglen Dmitry Tursunov, vs. Russia Standings Grand Rapida Kansas City 10 0 .231 621 W L T Pet PF PA 8 8 8 6 5 5 8 0 0 0 0 .615 .615 752 723 769 690 699 640 778 695 7 6 6 683 .769 800 .538 728 .500 612 0 0 0 .846 0 7 Arizona LosAngeles Utah PA 0 .769 760 587 0 .333 604 670 4 3 10 0 .231 719 773 3 10 0 .231 643 748 Western DMilon T Pot PF PA W 5 0 .643 804 743 7 6 0 .538 669 749 4 9 0 .308 693 819 4 10 0 .288 114 BW 3 8 I SenJost PA 603 655 754 593 720 2 3 .571 462 Bay AMERICAN CONFERENCE Division Central Pet PF W L T Colorado division ' 83, Columbus 56 56 46 51 HollldayCol LudwickStL Church NYM UOeyPhl MorneauMIn Sunday's mult 10 ft 11 Yt MLS GB .500 7 Vi 8 .491 .362 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF 6 6 6 5 3 2 20 15 2 1 19 3 3 1 19 17 19 14 15 Vi 3 3 3 3 2 Chicago Columbus Toronto FC NewVork Kansas City D.C. united 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 Colorado LosAngeles COChivasUSA Houston FC Dallas Real Salt Lake " i, , SanJose NOTE: Three tor be. Colorado 40 B3 57 80 37 75 64 .407 .385 .366 .340 .323 .322 218 30 Home Runs 60 68 62 60 .321 .321 .321 52 54 72 .320 .320 .303 66 Hamilton. Texas, 65; Ouentln, Chicago, 48; Ortiz, Boston, 43; Morneau. Minnesota. 42; MRamirez, Boston. 39: JGuillen. Kansas City, 38; DaMurphy. Texas. 37; Ordonez. Detroit, 37; EBrown, Oakland. 37; Ibanez. Seattle, 37. Pitching Mstsuzaka. Cleveland. Boston. Oechtlons) 1.000; Clee. Lltsih. Toronto. (8 .889; .800: .875; Saunders. Los Ange.es, .778; Pedllla. ESantana, Los Angeles, New York. Texas. .778; Wang. .750; ' .750. Minnesota, UHemandez, I Detroit 5 5 1 4 6 6 11 10 5 4 2 6 10 10 12 15 22 14 13 13 11 15 17 13 12 12 15 7 13 GA 12 9 17 1 15 17 17 14 for victory, one point 2, FC Dallas Wednesday's game Houston at D.C. United. 5:30 p.m. Thursday's game CD Chivas USA at New York. 5:30 p.m. Friday's game FC Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m. Saturday s games San Jose at Columbus, 5.30 p.m. D C. United at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m, Colorado at Los Angeles. 8:30 p.m. Sunday s game Toronto FC at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Golf .833 .833 PGA FedExCup Leaders Through June Rank Name 1 1. Tiger Woods 2. Phil Mlckelson 3Ryullmada 4. Kenny Perry 5. Stewart Cink 8. Geoff Ogilvy 7. Anthony Kim 8. ViaySlngh 9. BooWeekley 10. K.J. Choi 11. J.B.Holmes 12. 13. ' Justin Leonard Jenuulnney 14. Adam Scott 15. SeanO'Halr 16. Steve Strieker 17. Bart Bryant 18. Sergio Garcia 19. JlmFuryk 20. Luke Donald 21. Andres Romero 22. Robert Allenby 23 0 J.Trahan 24. Steve Lowery 25. Stephen Ames 26. Trevor Immelman 27. Ernie Els 28. Daniel Chopra 29. Jerry Kelly 30. Johnson Wagner 31. Stuart Appleby 32. RorySabbatlnl 33. Chad Campbell 34. Aaron Baddeley 35. Rod Pampllng 36. Briny Balrd 37. BrtanGy 43. Pat Perez 44. Mathew Goggln GB ' 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71 Peter Lonard JohnMallinger Ben Curtis Charles Howell Fred Couples John Merrick Hunter Mahan Relief Goosen Tim Dark 45. Padraig Harrington 46. Paul Goydos 47. Nicholas Thompson Points YT0 Money 17,745 14,425,000 15.617 $3,872,270 10,531 $2,336,647 10,442 $2,437,655 10.058 $2,516,512 9.973 $2,584,685 8,868 $2,115370 8.652 $2,182,017 8,084 $1,879,780 7.934 $1,815,256 7,463 $1,909,295 7.292 $1,817,948 7.106 $1,916,623 6.B47 $1,740,924 6.754 $1,497,810 6.677 $1,518,039 6.403 $1,514,827 6.391 $2,073,690 6,332 $1,601,030 6.001 $1,456,650 5.877 $1,523,528 5.844 $1,401,668 5,777 $1,248,280 5,774 $1,378,544 5,637 $1,469,565 5.574 $1,552,810 5.526 $1,373,563 5.463 $1,378,558 5.448 $1,329,342 5,268 $1,203,974 5.173 $1,279,485 5.138 $1,171,050 5.108 $1,239,386 4.935 $1,115,155 4,931 $1,161,539 4,899 $1,336,074 4,690 $1,232,813 4,600 $1,179,822 4,568 $1,153,709 4.495 $1,081,011 4.485 $1,107,895 4.465 $1,146,594 4.413 $1,064,035 4.404 $1,026,856 4.287 $1,105,897 4,241 $1,355,467 4,167 $1,034,163 III 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. Ranking 1, Adam Scott, 240. 2. Phil Mlckelson, 267. 3. Pat Perez, 287. 4, Stewart Cink, 315. 5, Ben Crane, 335. 6, Mathew Goggln, 340. 7, tamilo Vlllegas, 342. 8, Justin Leonard, 359. 9, Robert Allenby, 367. 10, Anthony ',' Kim, 369. PGA Tour Ofnclaf Money Leadera Tiger Woods (5), $4,425,000. 2, Phil Mlckelson (1 3), $3,872,270. 3, Geoff Ogilvy (13), $2,584,685. 4, Stewart Cink (13), $2,516,512. 5, Kenny Perry (15), $2,437,655. 6, Ryuji Imada (14). $2,336.647. 7. Vijay Singh (12), $2,182,017. 8, Anthony Kim (12). $2,115,370. 9, Sergio Garcia (10), $2,073,690. 10, Jet! oulnney (16), $1,916,623. $956,651 $850,803 $858,993 $870,239 $813,894 $959,761 $869,219 $866,786 $891,466 $828,733 $894,101 $829,101 $818,623 $820,801 1.662 $820,766 $863,058 $760,850 $919,879 $764,810 $702,093 $727,193 $654,991 $675,223 $631,241 $688,269 $704,670 $621,456 $592,952 $540,680 $512,881 $537,124 $607,758 $545,598 $513,580 $556,580 $551,665 $479,534 $509,942 $472,254 $487,249 $472,078 $468,670 $475,848 $544,517 $567,368 $458,346 $491,721 $484,364 $432,754 $478,959 $445,212 $409,036 $368,319 $375,596 $432,224 $360,527 $396,235 $426,414 $467,439 1 scoring Average 69.48. 2, Luke Donald, 1, Phil Mlckelson, 69.64. 3, Ben Crane. 69.66. 4. Adam 5, Bart Bryant, 69.72. 6 (tie!, Kenny Perry and Anthony Kim, 69.84. 8, Stewart Cink, 69.95. 9, Sergio Garcia, 69.96. 10, 2 bed 70.02. Driving Distance 1, Bubba Watson. 312.3. 2, J.B. Holmes. 308.2. 3, Dustin Johnson. 307.1. 4, Robert Garrigus. 306.3. 5, Brett Wetterich, 304.1. 8, Tag Ridings, 300.8. 7, Anthony Kim, 3O0.5. 8, Adam Scott, 299.8. 9, Jason Gore, 298.9. 10, Harrison Frazar, 298.8. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Olln Browne, 78.71V 2, Mark Brooks, 78.40. 3, Fred Funk, 75.32. 4, Scott Verplank, 75.15. 5, Zach Johnson, 74.56. 6, Bart Bryant, 74.27. 7, Heath Slocum, 73.68. 8. Billy Mayfalr, 73.37. 9, Joe Durant, 73.30. 10. Paul Goydos. 72.85. Greens In Recitation Pet 1, Wlay Singh. 70.00. 2, Justin Leonard, 69.83. 3, Robert Allenby, 69.70. 4 Briny Balrd, 68 5. Stewart Cink, 68.89. 99. 68.80. 6. Joe Durant, 68.52. 8. Kevin Bubba Watson, 7, Hunter Mahan, Sutherland. 68.19. Valhalla GC, Louisville, Ky. Sept. 1 Through June 1 United States 1. Tiger Woods 8,665 627 2. Phil Mickelson 4.244.570 3. Stewart Cink 3,581.747 4. JlmFuiyk 3,117.386 5. Kenny Perry 2,488.655 6. BooWeekley 2,232 791 7. Anthony Kim 2,216.806 8. Zach Johnson 2,046.291 9. Steve Strieker 1,991.118 10. J.B. Holmes 1,964.139 11. Jeff Qulrmey 1,916.623 12. Justin Leonard 1,902.248 13.SeanO'Hair 1,758.918 14. Brandt Snedeker 1,735.099 15. Woody Austin 1,715.761 Europe World Points LLeeWestwood 176.12 2. Justin Rose 165.25 3. Henrik Stenson 158.22 1 56.86 4. Miguel Angel Jimenez 5. bergio barcia 147.10 6. Robert Karisson 142.93 7. Luke Donald 134.66 8. Padraig Harrington 122.35 9. Daniel Chopra 117.90 10. Martin Kaymer 116.45 European Points Miguel Angel Jimenez ,640,753.62 2. Lee Westwood 1,618,065.62 .. , 3. Robert Karisson 1,616,636.40 4. Henrik Stenson 1,241,701.70 ' 5. Justin Rose 1,239,606.30 6. Oliver Wilson 1,229,157.87 7. 68.27. 9, 10, Sergio Garcia, 67.81. Total Driving Jason Bonn, 84. 2, Joe.Durant, 87. 3, JJ. Henry. 91. 4. Mathew Goggln. 92. 5. Jason Gore. 101 6. Ben Crane. 102. 7, John Merrick, 103. 8, Michael Allen, 105. 9. Nicholas Thompson, 107. 10, Rich Beam, 108. 1, Purring Average 1 Aaron Baddeley, 1 .722. 2, Padrakj Harrington, 1.725. 3, Jeff Oulnney, 1.726. 4. Nathan Green, 1.729. 5, Daniel Chopra, 1.731. 6, RyutJ Imada, 1.738. 7 (tie), Marco Dawson and John Malllnger, 1.737. 9, Luke Donald, 1.738. 10, Justin Leonard. 1.744. Dh ues Average Padraig Harrington, 4.32. 2, PM Mlckelson, Adam 4.02. 3, Scott, 4.00. 4. Camilo Vlllegae, Jonathan Byrd and Anthony Kim, Eagles (Holes per) 1, Adam Scott, 93 8. 2, Mathlas Gronberg, 95.1. 3, Nick Watney, 108.0. 4. Stewart Cink, 115.7. 5. Justin Rose, 121.5. 6, Charles Warren, 129 8. 7, Sean O'Hak. 132.0. 6. Matt Jones, 133.7. Kevin Stadler, 9. Rory Sabbatlnl, 136.8. 10, 138 0. Sand Save Peroentaoa 2 (tie). Craig 1. Corey Pavin, 69 Barlow and Ted Purdy. 66 4. Brian Mike Gay, 65 22 Weir, 84.88. 6, f, Phil Mlckelson, 63.38. 7, Dudley Hart, 62.86. 8, Rod Pampllng, 62.79. 8, 57. 67. a 8. Martin 9. Graeme Kaymer 10. Soren Hansen 959.244.45 948.542.73 909,277.97 McDowell Champions Tour money leaders June 1 Through 1. Jay Haas 2. Bernhard Tm 11 11 13 langer 3,ScottHoch 4. Denis Watson 5. Loren Roberts 6. Tom Watson 7. John Cook 14 13 6 13 14 8. Mark Wlebe 9. Nick Price 10 10. Andy Bean 11. Brad Bryant 12. Fred Funk 10 13.JetfSluman 12 14. Lonnle Nielsen 15. Scott Simpson 13 13 16. Craig Stadler 17. Tim Simpson 11 18, Jerry rate 19. Tom Jenkins 20. Tom Kite to 21. Keith 14 22. 23. 24. 13 7 12 8 12 14 14 Fergus lorn Purtzer Joey Slndelaf Vicente Fernandez 28. 10 12 Joe0zak) 14 29. Bob Gilder 30. 31. DA Jim 10 13 13 25. Allen Doyle 26. David Eger 27. EduardO Romero 13 Weibring Thorpe 13 32. Don Pootey 33. Ben Crenshaw 12 10 34. Bobby Wadklne 35. Fulton Ahem 13 36. Morris Hatalsky 37. RW.EakS 38 Mark McNutty 13 13 8 11 39. Andy North 40. GeneJones 2 8 41. Morgan 42 David Edwards 43. Bruce Uetzke 12 12 0'Maara 45RonS1reck 46. Curbs Strange 8' Gil 12 44, Mark 47. Wayns Grady 48. MikeGoodes 49. Ian Woosnam 5 10 ' LPGA Through June 10 8 7 7 50. Sandy Lyle 3.93. 5. J.B. Holmes. 3.89. 8, Justin Leonard, 3.82. 7, Stewart Cink. 3.78. 8 (tie), Aaron Baddeley, 3.76. motuQitt--.x&swm.- $386,301 statistics Though June - $693,091 PGA Tour 0, 2008 Ryder Cup points At $666,938 $663,096 $658,107 $694,683 $695,434 $673,428 $620,544 Jesper Parnevlk David Toms Ian Poutter Taylor 61 Scott, 61,22. $951,173 1,639 1,630 1.628 1,583 1,544 Vaughn Justin Rose, Adam $985,5B3 3,251 Brian Davis Paul Casey .54. $949,809 $956,018 3,223 3,210 3,175 Greg Kraft 3,157 Heath Slocum 3,148 3,133 Billy Mayfair 72. Justin Rose 3.066 73. Troy Matteson 3,036 74. Kevin Na 2,904 75. Parker McLachlln 2,887 76. George McNeill 2,839 77. Tim Wilkinson 2,806 78. NIckO'Hem 2,798 79. Mark Calcavecchia 2,767 80. Tom Pernice, Jr. 2,763 81. Mark Wilson 2,758 82. Nick Watney 2.719 ' 83. Charley Hoffman 2,716 84. Steve Flesch 2,708 85. Brett Ouigley 2,604 86. Charlie Wi 2,568 87. Corey Pavln 2,473 88. James Driscoll 2,333 89. Dustin Johnson 2.291 90. Bubba Watson 2.290 91. Dean Wilson 2,269 92. Zach Johnson 2,258 93. Bill Haas 2,236 94. Tommy Armour III 2,196 95. Joe Ogitvle 2,174 96. Matt Jones 2,170 97. Charles Warren 2,145 98. Shane Bertsch 2,095 99. John Rollins 2.066 100. Joe Dura nt 2,062 101. Lucas Glover 2,044 102. Alex Cejka 2,043 103 Tim Petrovlc 2,005 104. Tom Lehman 2,001 105. Jason Day 1,966 106. Scott Verplank 1,865 107. Bo Van Pelt 1,833 108. Fredrlk Jacobson 1,810 109. Angel Cabrera 1,804 110. Roland Thatcher 1,777 111. Frank Uckliter 1,775 112. Michael Letzig 1,746 113. Chez Reavle 1,708 with 40. Steve Marino 41. Ryan Moore 42. Brandt Snedeker standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W Pet Connecticut 3 38. MUu We 39 Ben Crane Basketball WNBA 1 12 13 GA Saturday's results Toronto FC 2, Los Angeles 0 Houston 1, New York o Reel Salt Lake S, San Jose 1 CD Chivas USA 2. Columbus 0 Sunday's result Pet 47 169 35 59 225 48 Home Runs points 2 CONFERENCE L T Pts GF 5 0 15 16 4 22 2 4 4 2 14 17 j.. . H 28 33 34 57 4 7 3 WESTERN W 25 20 2 214 4 4 V4 Standings New England .632 32 .500 .400 .000 .000 1 Soccer a Hamilton, Texas, 16; Ouentln, Chicago, 14; Beitre. Seattle. 13; Ortiz. Boston. 13; MRamirez, Boston. 12; Slzemore, Cleveland. 11; Peralta, Cleveland, 11; Giambi. New York, 11, Runs Batted In Saturday's results Cleveland 52 UttheondReptdeS 88 186 211 193 187 162 1 2 3 4 5 56. Nathan Green 57. Woody Austin 58. Jonathan Byrd 59. Jason Bonn at Detroit, GB 52; AdGonzalez. San Diego, Utley. Philadelphia. 50; Berkman, Houston, 47; CaLee, Houston, 46; Nady, Pittsburgh, 45; Howard, Philadelphia, 43; 5 are bed with 42. Pitching (8 Decisions) Ltncecum. San Francisco, .675; Zambrano. Chicago. .875; Webb. Arizona, .833; Volquez. Cincinnati, .778; .778; Cook, Colorado, Dempster, Chicago, Florida, .700; .700; Hendrickson, .700. JSantana. New York, AMERICAN LEAGUE H R Pet 8 AB Hamilton Tex 58 239 42 79 .331 34 56 Det Ordonez 210 69 .329 31 54 198 HMatsul NYY 65 .328 MauerMin 51 185 .319 35 59 51 183 33 58 .317 Bradley Tex 24 54 200 KotchmanlAA 63 .315 56 239 KlnslerTex 305 48 73 55 197 32 60 .305 Upton TB 37 VoukltlsBos 64 .305 55 210 61 DaHtt 66, Georgia 56, Tampa Bay 55 Arizona 80. Orlando 53 47 Chicago 52. Kansas City San Jose 66, Los Angeles 56 53 49 NadyPIt Martin LAD Seattle 6 Pet L 21 28 29 37 .750 GB at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday's game 5:30 p.m. Washington 3 3 29 54 204 57 208 58 205 BMollnaSF Friday'! result New Orteera .534 .483 .482 . NATIONAL CONFERENCE Eastern Division PF Pert W L T 10 27 30 29 33 leaders MLB 53. John Senden 54. Camilo Vlllegas 55. Carl Pettersson Minnesota at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Seattle at New York, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago. 6 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Rune Batted hi Football Tampa Pet a a sir .482 W 36 28 28 21 1 4,143 4,100 4,017 4,016 3,957 3,746 3,667 3,644 3,618 3,617 3,614 3,582 3,573 3,565 3,487 3,407 3,362 Elkington Sutherland 50. Dudley Hart 51. Cliff Kresge 52. Matt Kuchar Monday's results games scheduled Today's games 21; Berkman, Houston, 17; Utley, Philadelphia, Uggla, Florida, 16; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 16; Braun. Milwaukee, 15; Howard, Philadelphia, 15; Dunn, Cincinnati. 15. Ernests GulbK, Latvia, vs. Novak Diokovlc (3) Serbia Carta Snare; Navarro, Spain, vs. Jelena Jankovtc (3), Serbia Janko Tlpsarevic and Viktor Troickl, Serbia, Orlando 6 GB Lake at Tacoma Tucson at Fresno PuolsStL RowandSF (2) Spain Chan and Chuang Taiwan, vs. Anabel Medina Garrlgues Virginia Ruano Pascual (10), Spain Yi Salt BericmanHou Patty Schnyder (10), Switzerland, vs. Ana Ivanovo (2. Serbia Nicolas Almagro (1 9), Spain, vs. Rafael Nads) 1 Yi .421 NATIONAL LEAGUE R 8 AB it GB L ' CJonesAd Georgia New Orleans .526 .500 .500 Iowa at Nashville Las Vegas at Portland Memphis at Albuquerque New Orleans at Round Rock Omaha at Oklahoma Sacramento at Colorado Springs Today At Stade Roland Garros, Parte Play begins on Chatrier and Lenglen 6 l.m. MOT; H other courts begin it 3 l.m. MOT Court Philippe Cha trier Columbus Southern Division 27 29 28 33 at Albuquerque Sacramento at Colorado Springs Salt Lake at Tacoma, late lucson at Fresno Today's games.-.';- Show Court schedules 6 3 Pel Memphis (2), Philadelphia Cleveland NewVork L Monday s results Omaha 5 Zheng Jle, China, and Mabesh BhupatM, India, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Paul Hanley 11 10 0 0 18 .673 7, Nashville 5, Iowa 2 New Orleans 12, Round Rock Las Vegas at Portland Alona and Kateryna Bonoarenko (7), Ukraine, det. Dlnara Safina, Russia, and Agnes Szavay (5). (9), Hungary, Mixed Second Round Dallas 28 37 Oklahoma Women Third Round Anabel Medina Garrlgues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (10), Spain, det. Van ZJ and Zheng Jle (8), China, g Chan and Chuang (4), Taiwan, def. Natalie Grandln, South Africa, and United States, Raquel Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Francesca Schlavbne, Italy, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, - 5. AFL W 31 (Athletics) Fresno (Giants) Las Vegas (Dodgers) Tucson (Diamondbacks) . (1). Bruno Scares, Brazil, and Dusan Vemic, Serbia, del. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Kevin and 28 24 Sacramento 6- - 3,5-7- Igor Kunitsyn 2 2 Phoenix Houston 1 1.000 .833 0 3 Sacramento No 26 30 .464 Southern Division Hutchlns, Britain, Quarterfinals Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Luis Homa, Peru, del. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, Court W 30 29 Salt Lake (Angels) romano (faores) 49. Kevin 3 3 4 Sunday's results 73 27 (Martins) Albuquerque .431 Round Rock (Astros) 25 PACIFIC CONFERENCE Northern Division L W Pet Doubles 48. 2 )4 .250 .250 .000 Connecticut 75, Chicago Seattle 64, Houston 63 Standings Oklahoma (Rangers) New Orleans (Mets) Petra Kvrtova, Czech Republic, vs. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, susp., darkness. 1 V, .400 3 CONFERENCE L Pet W 4 5 Southern Division darkness. (6), Australia, WESTERN Northern Division (61, Sharapova (1), Russia, Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Russia, Azarenka (16), Belarus, 0 Minnesota Seattle Los Angeles San Antonio AMERICAN CONFERENCE Iowa (Cubs) Memphis (Cardinals) Omaha (Royals) Nashville (Brewers) .600 3 3 4 1 Steve 2 p.m. Dallas, PCL Stepanek Elena Dementieva (7), Russia, del. Vera Zvonareva (11), Russia, Oinara Safina (1 3), Russia, def. Maria ' p.m. Baseball Women Fourth Round 3 2 Washington Chicago New York Atlanta p.m. 6 p.m. Sunday's game Arizona at Kansas City, noon Monday, June 9 Los Angeles at Utah, 6 p.m. at Philadelphia Gonzalez Croatia, (1), David Fener (5). Spain, (21), Czech Republic. at Grand Rapids, 5 at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Colorado At Fernando Indiana late Saturday's games - Money $1,346,280 $1,251,128 $1,060,687 $782,965 $765,893 $689,875 $671,753 $625,730 $619,164 $594,506 $591,719 $568,683 $540,305 $524,434 $518,408 $511,055 $504,399 $481,879 $423,132 $369,439 $363,325 $362,iib $361,751 $350,672 $348,246 $322,115 $307,927 $302,422 $285,396 $281,004 $280,737 $274,392 $269,557 $268,362 $254,448 $251,661 $246,238 $236,358 $230,780 $218,217 $208,979 $205,191 $204,735' $177,111 $176,374 $172,292 $169,423 $168,539 $161,918 $157,285 money leaders 1 LorenaOchoa Sorenstam 3. Paula Creamer 4SeonHwaLee 5. JeongJang 1 2. Annlka 6. Yarn Tseng e 7. Kim 8. Kame Webb Tni 9 10 11 13 12 10 10 8 9 9. Suzaim Petteraen 10. Na Yeon Choi 12 11. Keren 10 Stupples 12.lnbeePark 13 Money $1,838,616 $1,295,585 $891,804 $656,313 $642,320 $535,241 $509,000 $490,971 $472,777 $442,780 $373,466 $361,219 13. 14. 15. 16. .11 Christina Kim Jee Young Lee Sophie Gustafson Angela Stanford Jane Park 12 9 12 11 11 17. 18. Leta Lindley 19. Teresa Lu 20. Brittany Lang 21. 22. 23. 12 12 Sun Young Yoo Minea Blomqvist Juli Inkster 12 11 8 24. Laura Diaz 25. Llndsey Wright 26. Han 12 10 12 Candie Kung 28. Louise Friberg 29. Maria Hjorth 30. Stacy Prammanasudh 31. Morgan Pressel 32. Allison Fouch 33. Cristie Kerr 34. Young Kim 27. 35. Momoko 36. 37. Catriona Matthew JiminKang 10 11 11 13 11 38. Carin Koch 39. Mi Hyun Kim 40. Jl Young Oh 41. Angela Park 42. MeenaLee e 45. 46. Natalie 47. Diana 10 11 11 ,11 9 Ueda 43. Hee Young 44. Pal Hurst 12 10 .913 ' 11 13 13 Park 12 11 11 Jl Gulbis DAIessio 12 Katherine Hull 49 Russy Gulyanamltta 50. Nicole Castrale 12 8 11 48. $356,421 $353,766 $348,466 $334,491 $333,672 $332,814 $330,769 $328,595 $317,568 $290,929 $288,035 $285,843 $269,859 $260,285 $253,302 $251,329 $242,266 $236,269 $232,828 $221,987 $219,518 $203,179 $202,177 $200,699 $195,868 $195,576 $193,560 $187,504 $184,626 $166,303 $165,541 $159,350 $156,517 $147,174 $141,327 $140,810 $135,729 $134,672 Nationwide Tour money leaders Through June 1 Mm 1. David Mathrs 2. Jetf Klauk 3. Darron Shies 12 12 12 Chalmers Blanks 6. Jarrod Lyle 7. Greg Owen 8 Bryan DeCorso 9. Ewan Porter 10. Aran Price n.ColtKnost 12. Casey Wittenberg 13. Roger Tambemnl 14. Scott Dunlap 15. Brendon De Jonge 16 ArjunAtwal 17. Jeff Brehaut 12 12 4. Greg 5. Kris 11 7 12 10 12 6 13- 11 11 12 8 11 6 18. Matt Weibring 19. TeeMcCabe 20. Matt Every 21. Robert Damron 11 11 5 11 22. Ricky Barnes 23. BUI Lunde 24. O.J. Brigman .12 10 25. Gavin Coles 26. Bob May 27. Henrik Bjornstad 28. J.J. Kllleen 3 9 10 Daniel Summertiays OA Points 31.8ryceMolder 32. Bubba Dlckerson 33. Tom Johnson 34. Peter Tomasuk) 35. Scott Gutschewsk) 36. Joe Daley 37. Rick Price 38. Chris Smith 39. Vance Veazey 40. Scott Parol 41. Kyle Thompson 42. Fran Oulnn 43. Chris Nallen 44. Jason Schuttj. 45. Dicky Pride 46. Fabian Gomez 47. Marc Lelshman 48. David Lutterus 49. Gary Christian ' 50. Matt Hansen 29. 30. 13 12 11 12 11 9 12 11 12 12 10 10 11 2 8 12 12 8 11 9 5 10 11 Money $235,763 $224,615 " $219,216 $210,721 $205,505 $191,939 $154,812 $153,935 $153,634 $143,473... $140,315 $137,856 $135,188 $123,506 $111,177 $111,118 $109,147 $108,767 $102,389 $102,271 $101,505 $99,093 $97,844 $95,791 $94,500 $91,030 $86,400 $86,827 $82,450 $81,297 $80,921 $80,534 $79,150 $77,621 $76,735 $70,544 $69,283 $68,284 $59,061 $56,919 $56,700 $54,969 $53,718 $52,987 $51,310 $50,013 $46,270 $47,233 $47,196 $46,951 Auto Racing NASCAR Sprint Cup leaders Through June SportlightAssociated Press Hockey Stanley Delrott Points Busch. 2,050. 2, Jeff Burton, 1.908. Earnhardt Jr., 1,779. 4, Carl Edwards, 1,713. 5, Greg Blffle, 1,658. 6, Jetf Gordon, I. 646. 7, Jimmie Johnson, 1.644. 8, Clint Bowyer, 1.633. 9. Denny Hamlin, 1,630. 10, Kevin Harvlck, 1,566. II, Tony Stewart, 1,551. 12, Kasey Kahne, 1,524. 13, David Ragan, 1,516. 14, Ryan Newman. 1,495. 15. Martin Truex Jr., 1.441. 16. Matt Kenseth, 1,42 9. 17, Juan Pablo Montoya. 1,390. 18. Travis Kvapll. 1,370. 19, Brian Victors, 1 ,327. 20, Bobby Labonte, 1, Kyle 3, Dale 1,325. Money Newman, $3,294,163. 2, Carl $3,258,600. 3. Kyle Busch, $3,245,614. 4. Kasey Kahne. $3,223,071. 5, Tony Stewart, $2,804,929. 8. Jimmie Johnson, $2.630,863. 7, Jetl Gordon, $2,330,547. 8, Jeff Burton, $2,250.817. 9, Denny Hamlin, $2,248,116. 10, Kurt Busch, $2,191,525. II, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $2,178,045. 12. Matt Kenseth, $2,168,971. 13, Greg Blffle. $2,103,402. 14. Kevin Harvlck, $2,094,426. 16. Reed 15, Sam Homtsh Jr., $1.943,459. Soreneon. $1 .936.970. 7, Clint Bowyer, $1,909.670. 18, Bobby Labonte, $1,883,018. 19. Martin Truex Jr., $1.879,367. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,857,099, I, Ryan Edwards. 4. June Wednesday, 6 4: Detroit at Pittsburgh, p.m.. necessary Satiday,Juri7:rwiuat)etrrA6pm.1il Transactions Baseball American League CLEVELAND INDIANS Recalled RHP Tom Mastny from Buffalo (II). Optioned INF Michael Aubrey to Buffalo. TEXAS RANGERS Recalled LHP A.J. Murray from Oklahoma (Pa). Placed RHP Vicente Paoilla on the bereavement list. National League Activated RHP John DL. Opboned RHP Phil Stockman to Richmond (ID. FLORIDA MARLINS Extended the contract of Stan Meek, scouting director, through 201 1 NEW YORK METS Agreed to terms with OF Raul Gonzalez on a minor league contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES Activated LHP Justin DL. Sent LHP Sean Hampson from the Henn outright to Portland (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Activated LHP DL and desigErick Threets from the nated him for assignment. ATLANTA BRAVES Smoltz tram the Atlantic League Signed LHP Franklin NEWARK BEARS Gracesqul. United League EDINBURG COYOTES Traded Mlllade Venas to San Angelo for future considerations. Signed RHP Clint Smith. HARLINGEN WHITEWINGS Signed INF LAREDO WlftSmmi BRONCOSr-Nam- ed prtchlngjoach.- ,- Basketball . ... NBA , Signed Otis Smith, general manager, and. Dave Twardzlk, assistant general manager, to contract extensions. ORLANDO MAGIC Football NFL NFL Dallas Announced CB Adam "Pacman" Jones may participate in workouts, training camps ana exniDmon games. CHICAGO BEARS Signed S Craig Steltz to a contract. Released RB Travis Henry. BRONCOS JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed WR Craphonso Thorpe. Waived WR Oerrek Richards. DENVER ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed 0L Oliver Ross. NEW YORK GIANTS Signed DE Renaldo Wynn. Placed LB Keith 0 Neil on the reserve- NEW retired list. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Heuber. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed 0T Signed S Alan Stuart Schwelgert. Arena Football League LOS ANGELES AVENGERS Signed r Keller to a contract. 0B Sam Canadian Footoati League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Signed WR Franklin to a contract extension. Ariel Hockey NHL ISLANDERS Signed RW Tim contract. Jackman to a NEW VORK RANGERS Agreed to terms with F Tomas Zaborsky OTTAWA SENATORS Signed C Peter Regln to a multiyear contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Recalled 0 Alex (AHL). Gollgoski trom NEW YORK TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Mexandre Plcard to a multiyear D contract. to a multiyear contract. American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS Named Sean Wnght vice president of corporate sales, Kevtn Huisman ticket operations manager, Nate Meganck databasegroup services manager and Pete Austgen group sales account executive. Signed 1 Cup Finals vs. Pittsburgh May 24; Detroit 4. Pittsburgh 0 Monrtay, May 26: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 0 Wedriesday, May 28: Pittsburgh 3. Detroit 2 Saturday, May 31 : Detroit 2, FWstxjrgh 1, Detroit leads series Monday, June 2: Pittsburoh 3. Detroit 3, Hed after two overtimes, going into a third at presstjme Saturday, D Kevin Quick Soccer Ma)or League Soccer Suspended Houston D Eddie Robinson one game and fined him $500 for retaliatory actions against FC Dallas MF Andre Rocha In a May 29 game. UbLv lsw4Adfl nrrar nn MLS f MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Announced the league has ceased operations, effective May 31. College ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE Named Bemedette McGtade commissioner. SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Named Kentucky president Dr. Lee Todd. Jr., president of the executive committee: Florida president Dr. J. Bernard Macheft vice president; Aikansas faculty rep Howard Brill secretary: and Mississippi chancellor Dr. Robert Khayat, Alabama athletic director Mai Moore. South Carolina faculty rep Dr. Bill Bearden and Georgia senior woman administrator Carta Williams committee members. SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC |