Scoreboard

track and field

Pierz in Central Minnesota Conference indoor meet at St. Cloud State University, 6 p.m.

girls golf

Pierz at Kimball Invitational, 4:15 a.m.

TV-Radio

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), KBKK-FM (95.9), KDKK-FM (97.5), KTCF-FM (101.5), WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KTLF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380)

Thursday

BOXING

10 p.m.

SHO -- Champion Michael Jennings vs. Brett James, for WBU International welterweight championship; Martin Power vs. Anytei Laryea, for vacant British Southern Area bantamweight championship

8 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Algarve Open de Portugal, first round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, BellSouth Classic, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

ESPN2 -- Houston vs. Atlanta

WYRQ -- Twins vs. Boston

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m.

ESPN -- NIT, championship game

8 p.m.

ESPN -- Exhibition, slam dunk and 3-point contest

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

TNT -- Sacramento at Dallas

9:30 p.m.

TNT -- Houston at L.A. Lakers

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Detroit at St. Louis

TENNIS

ESPN -- ATP-WTA Tour, NASDAQ-100 Open, women's semifinal and men's quarterfinal

10 p.m.

ESPN2 -- ATP-WTA Tour, NASDAQ-100 Open, women's semifinal

Friday

AUTO RACING

5 a.m.

SPEED -- Formula One, practice for Grand Prix of Bahrain

2 p.m.

SPEED -- NASCAR, Busch Series, practice for O'Reilly 300

3 p.m.

SPEED -- NASCAR, Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Samsung/Radio Shack 500

8 p.m.

SPEED -- IROC Series

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Alex Trujillo vs. Emmanuel Augustus, for vacant IBA junior welterweight championship

8 a.m.

TGC -- European PGA Tour, Algarve Open de Portugal, second round

2 p.m.

ESPN2 -- LPGA, The Office Depot Championship, first round

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, BellSouth Classic, second round

NBA BASKETBALL

6:30 p.m.

FSN/KLTF -- Timberwolves vs. Washington

7 p.m.

ESPN -- New York at New Jersey

NHL HOCKEY

6:45 p.m.

KMSP/KFML -- Wild vs. Dallas

TENNIS

ESPN2 -- ATP-WTA Tour, NASDAQ-100 Open, men's semifinal

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 1 1 .500 --

Tampa Bay 1 1 .500 --

Baltimore 0 0 .000 --

Boston 0 0 .000 --

Toronto 0 0 .000 --

Tuesday's Game

Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 3

Wednesday's Game

N.Y. Yankees 12, Tampa Bay 1

Thursday's Games

No games scheduled

Friday's Games

No games scheduled

Spring training

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Minnesota 19 9 .679

Seattle 15 10 .600

New York 13 9 .591

Boston 15 11 .577

Anaheim 16 12 .571

Oakland 17 13 .567

Tampa Bay 10 8 .556

Kansas City 14 12 .539

Chicago 15 13 .536

Cleveland 14 14 .500

Detroit 14 15 .483

Toronto 12 14 .461

Baltimore 11 15 .423

Texas 11 17 .393

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

Montreal 17 11 .607

Milwaukee 17 12 .586

Florida 15 11 .577

St. Louis 16 12 .571

Houston 14 11 .560

Cincinnati 16 16 .500

Arizona 14 15 .483

Chicago 14 15 .483

Colorado 13 14 .481

Atlanta 12 16 .429

New York 12 17 .414

Los Angeles 12 18 .400

San Diego 11 17 .393

Pittsburgh 11 18 .379

San Francisco 10 17 .370

Philadelphia 10 18 .357

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Wednesday's Games

Detroit 6, Atlanta 3

Toronto 5, Cincinnati 1

Pittsburgh 8, Boston 8, tie

Houston 3, Cleveland 2

Florida 9, Baltimore 6

Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 2

St. Louis 2, Montreal 1

Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee 4

Seattle 10, Oakland 5

Anaheim 9, Colorado 5

Arizona 8, Texas 1

Chicago White Sox 15, San Diego 11

San Francisco 6, Kansas City 5

Los Angeles 11, N.Y. Mets 5

Thursday's Games

Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. Montreal at Viera, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Cleveland at Winter Haven, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) at Midland (AA), 12:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Anaheim at Tempe, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 2:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 6:10 p.m.

Texas at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Friday's Games

Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Tucson, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Atlanta at Atlanta, 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Memphis (AAA), 6:05 p.m.

Florida vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 8:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Texas at Las Vegas, 9:05 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Basketball

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

x-Sacramento 52 22 .703 --

x-L.A. Lakers 51 23 .689 1

x-Minnesota 52 24 .684 1

x-San Antonio 50 25 .667 2 1/2

x-Memphis 48 26 .649 4

x-Dallas 46 28 .622 6

Houston 42 31 .575 9 1/2

Utah 39 36 .520 13 1/2

Portland 38 36 .514 14

Denver 39 37 .513 14

Seattle 34 41 .453 18 1/2

Golden State 33 41 .446 19

L.A. Clippers 27 49 .355 26

Phoenix 26 49 .347 26 1/2

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB

y-Indiana 55 20 .733 --

x-Detroit 48 27 .640 7

x-New Jersey 43 31 .581 11 1/2

Miami 37 38 .493 18

Milwaukee 37 38 .493 18

New Orleans 37 38 .493 18

New York 35 40 .467 20

Boston 34 41 .453 21

Cleveland 32 42 .432 22 1/2

Philadelphia 32 43 .427 23

Toronto 30 44 .405 24 1/2

Atlanta 24 51 .320 31

Washington 23 52 .307 32

Chicago 21 54 .280 34

Orlando 19 57 .250 36 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Wednesday's Games

Chicago 109, Orlando 91

Portland 105, Boston 98

Indiana 111, Milwaukee 78

New Jersey 103, Washington 99, OT

Miami 100, Atlanta 97

Golden State 85, Toronto 78

Detroit 108, L.A. Clippers 99

Minnesota 90, Seattle 83

San Antonio 107, Sacramento 89

Utah 89, New Orleans 76

Thursday's Games

Portland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Friday's Games

Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

Golden State at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

New York at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Utah, 8 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

NBA leaders

Through March 30

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

McGrady, Orl. 67 653 398 1878 28.0

Stojakovic, Sac. 72 598 363 1779 24.7

Garnett, Minn. 75 744 325 1824 24.3

Bryant, LAL 57 445 393 1343 23.6

Davis, N.O. 65 539 233 1492 23.0

Pierce, Bos. 74 559 472 1698 22.9

Carter, Tor. 64 532 301 1447 22.6

Duncan, S.A. 61 534 308 1378 22.6

Redd, Mil. 74 575 349 1619 21.9

Nowitzki, Dall. 69 547 326 1509 21.9

O'Neal, LAL 59 482 314 1278 21.7

James, Clev. 71 565 299 1487 20.9

Anthony, Den. 76 578 369 1590 20.9

Marbury, N.Y. 74 561 340 1542 20.8

Maggette, LAC 69 432 487 1421 20.6

O'Neal, Ind. 70 553 316 1424 20.3

Randolph, Port. 72 587 279 1453 20.2

Cassell, Minn. 74 566 264 1464 19.8

Marion, Phoe. 73 546 212 1383 18.9

Finley, Dall. 66 470 156 1230 18.6

College men

FINAL FOUR

At The Alamodome

San Antonio

Semifinals

Saturday, April 3

Oklahoma State (31-3) vs. Georgia Tech (27-9), 5:07 p.m.

Duke (31-5) vs. Connecticut (31-6), 7:47 p.m.

Championship

Monday, April 5

Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament

Championship

Thursday, April 1

Rutgers (20-12) vs. Michigan (22-11), 6 p.m.

Hockey

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T OL Pts GF GA

z-Detroit 47 20 11 2 107 251 183

y-San Jose 42 20 12 6 102 214 176

x-Vancouver 41 24 10 5 97 226 191

x-Colorado 39 22 13 6 97 231 194

x-Dallas 40 25 13 2 95 187 169

x-Calgary 41 29 7 3 92 196 172

St. Louis 38 28 11 2 89 185 191

Edmonton 36 28 12 5 89 219 203

Nashville 36 28 11 4 87 210 211

Los Angeles 28 28 16 8 80 200 210

Minnesota 28 29 20 3 79 181 181

Anaheim 28 35 10 8 74 182 212

Phoenix 21 36 18 6 66 186 244

Columbus 24 44 8 4 60 171 233

Chicago 20 41 11 7 58 184 249

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T OL Pts GF GA

y-Tampa Bay 45 21 8 6 104 240 187

x-Boston 40 18 14 7 101 201 179

x-New Jersey 42 24 12 2 98 207 159

x-Ottawa 42 22 10 6 100 259 182

x-Toronto 43 24 10 3 99 234 204

x-Philadelphia 39 20 14 6 98 223 180

x-Montreal 40 29 7 4 91 202 187

N.Y. Islanders 37 29 10 4 88 228 203

Buffalo 37 32 7 4 85 217 213

Atlanta 32 36 8 4 76 210 239

Carolina 28 33 13 6 75 162 197

Florida 28 34 14 4 74 179 211

N.Y. Rangers 26 40 7 8 67 203 248

Washington 23 45 9 2 57 178 243

Pittsburgh 21 47 8 4 54 183 298

Two points for a win, one point for a tie and overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Wednesday's Games

Detroit 3, Columbus 2

N.Y. Islanders 5, Montreal 1

Ottawa 5, Florida 4

Buffalo 4, N.Y. Rangers 3

Edmonton 3, Dallas 1

Minnesota 5, Colorado 4, OT

Calgary 1, Phoenix 0

San Jose 3, Los Angeles 0

Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1

Thursday's Games

Florida at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Friday's Games

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

NHL leaders

Through March 30

GP G A PTS

St. Louis, TB 80 35 56 91

Kovalchuk, Atl 79 39 46 85

Sakic, Col 78 32 53 85

Naslund, Van 75 33 48 81

Alfredsson, Ott 74 32 48 80

Hossa, Ott 78 35 44 79

Tanguay, Col 69 25 54 79

Elias, NJ 80 37 41 78

Lang, Det 67 29 49 78

Stillman, TB 79 25 52 77

Richards, TB 80 25 51 76

Hejduk, Col 79 35 39 74

Jagr, NYR 76 31 43 74

Sundin, Tor 79 30 44 74

Recchi, Phi 79 26 48 74

Thornton, Bos 76 23 49 72

Iginla, Cal 78 39 32 71

Tkachuk, StL 73 33 38 71

Sullivan, Nas 77 23 48 71

College men

THE FROZEN FOUR

At Fleet Center

Boston

Semifinals

Thursday, April 8

Denver (25-12-5) vs. Minnesota-Duluth (28-12-4), 11 a.m.

Boston College (29-8-4) vs. Maine (32-7-3), 5 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, April 10

TBA, 6 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Optioned C Geronimo Gil to Ottawa of the IL. Reassigned INF Eddy Garabito and LHP Rob Ramsay to their minor league camp.

BOSTON RED SOX--Placed SS Nomar Garciaparra, RF Trot Nixon, RHP Byung-Hyun Kim and RHP Reynaldo Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Released INF Terry Shumpert.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Acquired LHP Jeriome Robertson from the Houston Astros for OF Luke Scott and the rights to OF Willy Taveras.

DETROIT TIGERS--Assigned LHP Eric Eckenstahler to Toledo of the IL. Reassigned INF Jason Smith and OF Andres Torres to their minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Optioned LHP Greg Swindell, RHP Kris Wilson, LHP Chris George, LHP Jaime Cerda, RHP Joe Dawley, RHP Ryan Bukvich and OF David DeJesus to Omaha of the PCL. Placed RHP Mike MacDougal, RHP Miguel Asencio, RHP Runelvys Hernandez, RHP Kyle Snyder and RHP Kevin Appier on the 15-day DL. Assigned RHP Zack Greinke and RHP Rudy Seanez to their minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS--Optioned RHP J.J. Putz to Tacoma of the PCL. Assigned C Pat Borders, INF Mickey Lopez, INF Jose Lopez and OF Hiram Bocachica to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS--Announced LHP Glendon Rusch exercised his option to become a free agent. Assigned RHP Todd Williams to their minor league camp.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS--Claimed RHP Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Placed RHP Bob File on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES--Released OF Gary Matthews Jr.

CINCINNATI REDS--Optioned LHP Jung Keun Bong and INF Tim Hummel to Louisville of the IL. Assigned LHP Mike Matthews, OF McKay Christensen, UT Jermaine Clark and OF Jacob Cruz to their minor league camp.

COLORADO ROCKIES--Released INF Benji Gil.

FLORIDA MARLINS--Released OF Brian Banks.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Released OF Bubba Trammell.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Released LHP Joe Beimel.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS--Placed RHP Jesse Foppert on the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Ryan Jensen for assignment. Claimed LHP Kevin Walker off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA--Fined Denver G Jon Barry $7,500 for verbally abusing game officials in a March 27 game. Named Scott O'Neil senior vice president of marketing and team business operations.

MIAMI HEAT--Activated C Loren Woods from the injured list. Placed C Wang Zhi-Zhi on the injured list.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES--Signed G Darrick Martin. Placed G Troy Hudson on the injured list.

TORONTO RAPTORS--Activated F Robert Archibald from the injured list. Placed F Jerome Moiso on the injured list.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS--Activated F Lonny Baxter from the injured list. Placed F Christian Laettner on the injured list.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS--Signed CB Aaron Beasley.

DETROIT LIONS--Re-signed QB Mike McMahon to a one-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS--Signed DT Keith Traylor.

NEW YORK GIANTS--Signed WR Amani Toomer to a five-year contract.

NEW YORK JETS--Signed P Toby Gowin.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Signed C Brock Gutierrez to a one-year contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Signed LB Devin Lemons.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES--Assigned F Tomas Kurka to Lowell of the AHL.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed D Nick Kuiper.

COLORADO AVALANCHE--Reassigned D Brett Clark to Hershey of the AHL.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Recalled RW Tim Jackman from Syracuse of the AHL.

FLORIDA PANTHERS--Recalled C Kamil Piros from San Antonio of the AHL.

LOS ANGELES KINGS--Assigned RW Scott Barney and D Tim Gleason to Manchester of the AHL.

NEW YORK RANGERS--Assigned G Steve Valiquette to Hartford of the AHL.

COLLEGE

BOSTON UNIVERSITY--Named Michael Lynch athletic director.

PENNSYLVANIA--Named Brett Sawyer tight ends coach.

SAM HOUSTON STATE--Named Mike Hudson defensive coordinator.

UCLA--Announced the resignation of Betsy Stephenson, associate athletics director, to take position of director of athletics and recreation at Emory.