Scoreboard

Track and Field

Pequot Lakes, Pillager, Pine River-Backus in Crosby-Ironton Ranger indoor meet, St. Cloud State, 6 p.m.

high school softball

Pillager at Sebeka, 4:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus vs. Bertha-Hewitt at Bertha, 4:30 p.m.

high school baseball

Verndale at Pine River-Backus, 4:30 p.m.

Friday

college softball

Central Lakes vs. Riverland (2), at Austin, 3:30 p.m.

high school softball

Brainerd at Moorhead (2) 4 p.m.

Swanville at Pierz, 4:30 p.m.

track and field

Aitkin in Great River Conference meet at Onamia, 2:30 p.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), KTIG-FM (102.7), WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KTLF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KAAK-AM (1570)

Thursday

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, BellSouth Classic, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Detroit

ESPN -- Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets

WGN -- Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN2 -- NIT, championship game

9 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Exhibition, slam dunk and 3-point contest

NBA BASKETBALL

6 p.m.

TNT -- Washington at Atlanta

8:30 p.m.

TNT -- L.A. Lakers at Dallas

NHL HOCKEY

6:30 p.m.

KMSP/KFML -- Wild at Toronto

7 p.m.

ESPN -- N.Y. Islanders at Detroit

Friday

AUTO RACING

11 a.m.

SPEED -- Formula One, qualifying for Brazilian Grand Prix

2 p.m.

SPEED -- NASCAR, Busch Series, qualifying for Aaron's 312

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Heavyweights, Ray Mercer vs. Robert Wiggins

2 p.m.

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

3 p.m.

USA -- PGA Tour, BellSouth Classic, second round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

6 p.m.

WGN -- Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati

6:30 p.m.

TBS -- Florida at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

ABC/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Toronto at Twins

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN -- Sacramento at Boston

9:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Portland at Golden State

Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB--Suspended Philadelphia manager Larry Bowa one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for inciting a bench-clearing incident in a spring training game March 26 against Toronto.

American League

ANAHEIM ANGELS--Claimed RHP Elli Serrano off waivers from Philadelphia. Designated LHP Mark Lucasiewicz for assignment.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS--Signed 2B Damion Easley. Optioned 2B Brent Abernathy to Durham of the IL. Sent OF George Lombard outright to Durham and LHP Hans Smith outright to Orlando of the Southern League. Designated OF Jason Tyner for assignment. Returned INF Hector Luna to Cleveland for $25,000. Signed RHP Alan Levine to a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

ATLANTA HAWKS--Fired Pete Babcock, general manager. Named Billy Knight interim general manager.

DENVER NUGGETS--Activated G Vincent Yarbrough from the injured list. Signed G Jeff Trepagnier to a second 10-day contract. Signed G Adam Harrington for the remainder of the season and placed him on the injured list.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS--Released C Mike Gruttadauria.

DENVER BRONCOS--Agreed to terms with S Nick Ferguson and LB Quincy Stewart.

DETROIT LIONS--Released WR Jacquez Green and QB Jonathan Beasley.

GREEN BAY PACKERS--Signed DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila to a multiyear contract.

HOUSTON TEXANS--Re-signed CB Kenny Wright. Signed LB Charlie Clemons.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Agreed to terms with TE Hunter Goodwin on a two-year contract. Renegotiated the contract of WR Derrick Alexander.

TENNESSEE TITANS--Re-signed C Tom Ackerman and DE Juqua Thomas. Rescinded a tender offer to RB Mike Green. Waived TE Nate Bandy and C Matt Anderson.

COLLEGE

CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE--Named Geoff VanDeusen women's soccer coach.

CLEMSON--Named Phil Grayson associate athletic director for student development.

NEBRASKA--Named Carl Pelini graduate assistant football coach.

PENN STATE--Named Ed DeChellis men's basketball coach.

TENNESSEE--Announced sophomore men's basketball F Derek Stribling will transfer.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

x-New Jersey 46 29 .613 --

x-Philadelphia 45 29 .608 1/2

Boston 41 34 .547 5

Orlando 39 36 .520 7

Washington 34 40 .459 11 1/2

New York 33 42 .440 13

Miami 23 53 .303 23 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Detroit 47 27 .635 --

x-Indiana 44 31 .587 3 1/2

x-New Orleans 42 34 .553 6

Milwaukee 37 39 .487 11

Atlanta 29 45 .392 18

Chicago 26 50 .342 22

Toronto 24 50 .324 23

Cleveland 14 60 .189 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Midwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Dallas 56 18 .757 --

x-San Antonio 55 20 .733 1 1/2

x-Minnesota 47 29 .618 10

Utah 44 30 .595 12

Houston 38 37 .507 18 1/2

Memphis 26 49 .347 30 1/2

Denver 17 59 .224 40

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

x-Sacramento 54 22 .711 --

x-Portland 46 27 .630 6 1/2

L.A. Lakers 43 31 .581 10

Phoenix 39 35 .527 14

Seattle 36 38 .486 17

Golden State 36 39 .480 17 1/2

L.A. Clippers 23 51 .311 30

x-clinched playoff spot

Wednesday's Games

Boston 90, Miami 62

Indiana 103, Cleveland 82

Philadelphia 108, Chicago 101

Toronto 89, Detroit 78

Milwaukee 106, Houston 99

San Antonio 105, Memphis 87

Sacramento 105, Washington 99

Minnesota 91, Seattle 86

New Orleans 106, New Jersey 97

New York 83, Denver 75

Thursday's Games

Washington at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 9 p.m.

Friday's Games

San Antonio at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Miami at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Boston, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Utah, 8 p.m.

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

Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

x-New Jersey 45 20 8 6 104 211 162

x-Philadelphia 43 20 13 4 103 201 163

N.Y. Islanders 34 32 11 2 81 218 222

N.Y. Rangers 32 34 10 4 78 205 224

Pittsburgh 27 43 6 5 65 186 250

Northeast Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

y-Ottawa 50 21 8 1 109 255 180

x-Toronto 43 27 7 3 96 233 204

x-Boston 35 31 10 4 84 236 231

Montreal 29 35 8 9 75 201 230

Buffalo 27 36 9 8 71 183 209

Southeast Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

x-Tampa Bay 36 23 16 5 93 216 200

x-Washington 38 28 8 6 90 218 212

Atlanta 29 39 7 5 70 217 280

Florida 23 35 13 9 68 170 230

Carolina 22 41 11 6 61 169 234

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

y-Detroit 47 20 9 3 106 256 192

x-St. Louis 41 22 10 6 98 245 209

Chicago 28 33 12 6 74 195 217

Nashville 27 33 13 7 74 183 203

Columbus 29 41 7 3 68 205 254

Northwest Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

x-Vancouver 45 22 13 1 104 264 206

x-Colorado 40 19 13 8 101 242 189

x-Minnesota 41 28 10 1 93 193 173

x-Edmonton 36 25 10 9 91 227 223

Calgary 27 36 13 4 71 180 226

Pacific Division

W L T OL Pts GF GA

y-Dallas 45 17 15 4 109 243 169

x-Anaheim 40 27 9 5 94 200 189

Los Angeles 32 37 6 5 75 200 219

Phoenix 30 35 10 5 75 200 227

San Jose 28 37 7 8 71 208 233

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

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Wednesday's Games

Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1

Columbus 3, Minnesota 0

Buffalo 4, Atlanta 3

Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2

Dallas 2, Anaheim 1

San Jose 2, Calgary 2, tie

Vancouver 3, Phoenix 3, tie

Los Angeles 5, Colorado 3

Thursday's Games

Ottawa at Washington, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Friday's Games

Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 3 0 1.000 --

Boston 2 1 .667 1

Baltimore 1 1 .500 1 1/2

Tampa Bay 1 2 .333 2

Toronto 0 3 .000 3

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Kansas City 2 0 1.000 --

Minnesota 2 0 1.000 --

Cleveland 1 1 .500 1

Chicago 0 2 .000 2

Detroit 0 2 .000 2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 2 0 1.000 --

Anaheim 2 1 .667 1/2

Texas 1 2 .333 1 1/2

Seattle 0 2 .000 2

Wednesday's Games

Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Anaheim 11, Texas 5

N.Y. Yankees 9, Toronto 7

Minnesota 8, Detroit 1

Cleveland 4, Baltimore 2

Boston 7, Tampa Bay 5

Oakland 8, Seattle 3

Thursday's Games

Minnesota (Lohse 13-8) at Detroit (Bernero 4-7), 12:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Garland 12-12) at Kansas City (Asencio 4-7), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Fossum 5-4) at Tampa Bay (Bierbrodt 0-0), 1:15 p.m.

Seattle (Pineiro 14-7) at Oakland (Mulder 19-7), 2:35 p.m.

Cleveland (B.Anderson 6-11) at Baltimore (Helling 10-12), 6:05 p.m.

Friday's Games

Seattle (Franklin 7-5) at Texas (Valdes 1-0), 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (Cornejo 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Loaiza 9-10), 3:05 p.m.

Boston (Burkett 13-8) at Baltimore (Ponson 7-9), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Wells 19-7) at Tampa Bay (Parris 5-5), 6:15 p.m.

Toronto (Sturtze 4-18) at Minnesota (Reed 15-7), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Davis 1-0) at Kansas City (George 0-4), 7:05 p.m.

Anaheim (Appier 14-12) at Oakland (Lilly 5-7), 9:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Montreal 2 0 1.000 --

Philadelphia 2 0 1.000 --

New York 1 1 .500 1

Atlanta 0 2 .000 2

Florida 0 2 .000 2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 2 0 1.000 --

Pittsburgh 2 0 1.000 --

St. Louis 2 0 1.000 --

Chicago 1 1 .500 1

Cincinnati 0 2 .000 2

Milwaukee 0 2 .000 2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 3 0 1.000 --

Los Angeles 2 1 .667 1

Arizona 1 2 .333 2

Colorado 0 2 .000 2 1/2

San Diego 0 3 .000 3

Wednesday's Games

Montreal 3, Atlanta 0

Philadelphia 8, Florida 2

N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 4

Houston 8, Colorado 7

St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 0

Los Angeles 5, Arizona 0

San Francisco 5, San Diego 3

Thursday's Games

Pittsburgh (Fogg 12-12) at Cincinnati (Ji.Anderson 8-13), 11:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Prior 6-6) at N.Y. Mets (Trachsel 11-11), 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Kinney 2-7) at St. Louis (Stephenson 2-5), 12:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Padilla 14-11) at Florida (Redman 8-15), 12:35 p.m.

Colorado (Cruz 2-6) at Houston (Robertson 0-2), 1:05 p.m.

Los Angeles (Ishii 14-10) at San Diego (Peavy 6-7), 4:05 p.m.

Montreal (Vazquez 10-13) at Atlanta (Ortiz 14-10), 6:35 p.m.

Friday's Games

Pittsburgh (Suppan 9-16) at Philadelphia (Roa 4-4), 12:30 p.m.

San Francisco (Ainsworth 1-2) at Milwaukee (Ritchie 5-15),1:05 p.m.

Arizona (Kim 8-3) at Colorado (Chacon 5-11), 3:05 p.m.

Montreal (Ohka 13-8) at N.Y. Mets (Cone 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Estes 5-12) at Cincinnati (Graves 7-3), 6:10 p.m.

Florida (Penny 8-7) at Atlanta (Marquis 8-9), 6:35 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 3-5) at St. Louis (Tomko 10-10), 7:10 p.m.

Los Angeles (Dreifort 0-0) at San Diego (Condrey 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago 002 000 110 -- 4 10 1

Kansas City 002 010 20x -- 5 6 1

Colon, RiWhite (7), Marte (7), Koch (8) and SAlomar, Olivo (7), Paul (8); Affeldt, Grimsley (6), ALopez (7), Carrasco (8), MacDougal (9) and Mayne. W--ALopez 1-0. L--RiWhite 0-1. Sv--MacDougal (2). HR--Kansas City, Randa (1).

Texas 001 030 010 -- 5 10 1

Anaheim 010 431 20x -- 11 14 2

Thomson, Fultz (5), Garcia (6), JPowell (7), FCordero (8) and Greene; ROrtiz, Donnelly (6), FRodriguez (7), Percival (9) and BMolina. W--ROrtiz 1-0. L--Thomson 0-1. HRs--Texas, Glanville (1), ARodriguez (2), RPalmeiro (1). Anaheim, Erstad (1), Fullmer (2), Glaus (1).

Cleveland 011 000 200 -- 4 9 0

Baltimore 010 000 010 -- 2 5 1

Ric.Rodriguez, JSantiago (8), CSadler (8), DBaez (9) and Bard; Daal, WRoberts (7), BRyan (7), Bauer (8) and GGil. W--Ric.Rodriguez 1-0. L--Daal 0-1. Sv--DBaez (1). HRs--Baltimore, TBatista (1), DCruz (1).

Boston 013 030 000 -- 7 8 1

Tampa Bay 300 020 000 -- 5 7 2

DLowe, Timlin (7), CFox (9) and Varitek; Parque, Harper (6) and Valentin. W--DLowe 1-0. L--Parque 0-1. Sv--CFox (1). HRs--Boston, Varitek (1). Tampa Bay, Huff (1).

New York 162 000 000 -- 9 17 0

Toronto 010 210 300 -- 7 11 1

Mussina, Contreras (7), CHammond (7), JuAcevedo (9) and Posada; Hendrickson, PWalker (2), TMiller (5), Lopez (6), Creek (7), Tam (8), Politte (9) and TWilson. W--Mussina 1-0. L--Hendrickson 0-1. Sv--JuAcevedo (1). HRs--New York, Zeile (1), Almonte (1). Toronto, CDelgado (1).

Seattle 100 000 002 -- 3 6 1

Oakland 004 220 00x -- 8 9 0

Moyer, JMateo (5), Rhodes (8), Nelson (8) and BDavis, Borders (8); Zito, Fikac (7), Bradford (9) and RaHernandez. W--Zito 1-0. L--Moyer 0-1. HRs--Oakland, Tejada (1), EChavez (1).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Montreal 200 000 001 -- 3 9 2

Atlanta 000 000 000 -- 0 3 1

Day, Eischen (8), Ayala (8), Biddle (9) and Barrett; HRamirez, King (8), Gryboski (8), Holmes (9) and JLopez. W--Day 1-0. L--HRamirez 0-1. Sv--Biddle (1). HR--Montreal, Vidro (1).

Pittsburgh 300 000 040 -- 7 10 1

Cincinnati 201 001 000 -- 4 9 2

Wells, STorres (7), Sauerbeck (8), Boehringer (8), MiWilliams (9) and Kendall; Dempster, GWhite (7), JManzanillo (8), Mercker (8), Riedling (9) and LaRue. W--STorres 1-0. L--JManzanillo 0-1. Sv--MiWilliams (1). HRs--Pittsburgh, Kendall (2), Simon (1), KYoung (1). Cincinnati, Griffey Jr. (1), Kearns (1).

Chicago 100 000 000 -- 1 6 2

New York 310 000 00x -- 4 6 0

Clement, Guthrie (4), Borowski (5), Farnsworth (8) and DMiller; Leiter, Weathers (7), Stanton (8), Benitez (9) and VWilson. W--Leiter 1-0. L--Clement 0-1. Sv--Benitez (1). HRs--New York, Cedeno (1), Floyd (1).

Philadelphia 000 023 030 -- 8 12 0

Florida 000 000 110 -- 2 5 0

Wolf, CSilva (7), Plesac (7), Adams (7), Mercado (8) and Lieberthal; Pavano, Spooneybarger (7), Neal (8), Phelps (9) and IRodriguez. W--Wolf 1-0. L--Pavano 0-1.

Milwaukee 000 000 000 -- 0 5 0

St. Louis 100 330 00x -- 7 13 1

Rusch, JFoster (6), Ford (8) and Osik; WWilliams, Painter (7), Calero (8), Fassero (8), Hermanson (9) and Matheny. W--WWilliams 1-0. L--Rusch 0-1.

Los Angeles 101 110 001 -- 5 12 1

Arizona 000 000 000 -- 0 3 0

KBrown, TMartin (7), Shuey (8), Gagne (9) and Lo Duca; Dessens, Villarreal (6), Randolph (7), MBatista (9) and Barajas. W--KBrown 1-0. L--Dessens 0-1. HRs--Los Angeles, ShGreen (1), BJordan (2).

Colorado 030 310 000 -- 7 13 1

Houston 020 100 005 -- 8 15 1

Cook, Speier (5), SReed (7), TJones (8), JJimenez (9) and CJohnson; WMiller, PMunro (4), Stone (6), Lidge (8), Wagner (9) and Ausmus. W--Wagner 1-0. L--JJimenez 0-1.

San Francisco 005 000 000 -- 5 5 1

San Diego 001 200 000 -- 3 6 1

Moss, Nathan (6), Eyre (6), FRodriguez (8), Worrell (9) and BSantiago; OlPerez, MMatthews (5), Orosco (7), JSWright (8), Hackman (9) and WGonzalez. W--Moss 1-0. L--OlPerez 0-1. Sv--Worrell (2). HR--San Diego, Nady (1).