Scoreboard

College Volleyball

Central Lakes at College of DuPage, Ill.

High School Volleyball

Pierz, Staples-Motley at Albany tournament 6 p.m.

Girls Tennis

Brainerd Quadrangular 9 a.m.

Crosby-Ironton, Pierz at Aitkin quadrangular 9 a.m.

Pequot Lakes at Swanville 10 a.m.

Staples-Motley triangular 10 a.m.

Wadena-DC at New York Mills 1 p.m.

Saturday

College Football

Central Lakes vs. Mesabi Range at Minnesota-Duluth 7 p.m.

Stock Car Racing

North Central Motor Speedway, Barrows, 7:30 p.m.

College Volleyball

Central Lakes at College of DuPage, Ill.

Boys Soccer

Minneapolis Washburn at Little Falls 1 p.m.

Girls Tennis

Staples-Motley at Crookston 9 a.m.

Radio-TV

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), 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), KLLZ-AM (1600)

Friday

AUTO RACING

4 p.m.

ESPN2 -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, qualifying for goracing.com 500

6 p.m.

ESPN -- NASCAR, Busch Series, Food City 250

BASEBALL

5 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Little League, World Series, Home Run Derby

6 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Little League, World Series, All-Star Game

BOXING

8 p.m.

ESPN -- Junior middleweights, Juan Carlos Candelo vs. Michael Lerma

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

11:30 a.m.

ESPN2 -- Women's, State Farm tournament, Penn St. vs. UCLA

10 a.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, BankBoston Classic, first round

1 p.m.

USA -- World Golf Championships, NEC Invitational, second round

2 p.m.

ESPN -- USGA, U.S. Amateur Championship, quarterfinals

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:20 p.m.

WGN -- Doubleheader, Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs

6:35 p.m.

TBS -- St. Louis at Atlanta

7:05 p.m.

MSC/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Detroit

MISCELLANEOUS

8 p.m.

ESPN -- X-Games, day 7

12 a.m.

ESPN -- X-Games, day 7

TENNIS

12 p.m.

ESPN -- USTA, Women's, Pilot Pen International

10:30 p.m.

ESPN2 -- USTA, Women's, Pilot Pen International

Saturday

AUTO RACING

4 p.m.

ESPN2 -- IRL, qualifying for Indy 300

6:30 p.m.

ESPN -- NASCAR, Winston Cup, goracing.com 500

BASEBALL

3:30 p.m.

ABC -- Little League, World Series, championship game

BASKETBALL

10 p.m.

ESPN2 -- Women's, Team USA vs. Canada

BOXING

9:30 p.m.

HBO -- Champion Fernando Vargas vs. Ross Thompson, for IBF junior middleweight championship; Vernon Forrest vs. Raul Frank, for vacant IBF world welterweight championship

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

FOXSN -- Eddie Robinson Classic, Kansas St. vs. Iowa

7 p.m.

ABC -- Pigskin Classic, BYU vs. Florida St.

2 p.m.

CBS -- World Golf Championships, NEC Invitational

3 p.m.

NBC -- USGA, U.S. Amateur Championship

4:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, BankBoston Classic, second round

HORSE RACING

3 p.m.

ESPN -- Thoroughbreds, "NTRA Racing to the Breeders' Cup," Travers Stakes and King's Bishop Stakes

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

12 p.m.

FOX -- Colorado at Pittsburgh or Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs

3 p.m.

FOX -- N.Y. Yankees at Oakland or San Francisco at Philadelphia

6:05 p.m.

MSC/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins vs. Detroit

8 p.m.

WGN -- Chicago White Sox at Seattle

MISCELLANEOUS

12 a.m.

ESPN -- X-Games, day 8

SOCCER

6 p.m.

ESPN2 -- MLS, Columbus at New England

TENNIS

12 p.m.

CBS -- USTA, Women's, Pilot Pen International, championship match

5 p.m.

FOXSN -- ATP, Hamlet Cup

7 p.m.

FOXSN -- ATP, Hamlet Cup

WNBA BASKETBALL

Time TBA

NBC -- Playoffs, championship

Sunday

AUTO RACING

9 a.m.

FOXSN/MSC -- Formula One, Belgian Grand Prix,

11:30 a.m.

ESPN -- NASCAR, Craftsman Truck Series, Chicago 175

1:30 p.m.

ESPN -- IRL, Northern Light Series, Indy 300

2 p.m.

TNN -- ASA, Time Warner Cable 200

BASEBALL

4 p.m.

FOXSN -- Cal Ripken League, World Series, championship game

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

1:30 p.m.

ABC -- Kickoff Classic, Penn St. vs. Southern Ca

7 p.m.

ESPN2 -- BCA Classic, Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech

1 p.m.

CBS -- World Golf Championships, NEC Invitational, final round

3 p.m.

NBC -- USGA, U.S. Amateur Championship, final round

4:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Senior PGA, BankBoston Classic, final round

HORSE RACING

3:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Thoroughbreds, "NTRA Racing to the Breeders' Cup," Iselin Handicap

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

12:05 p.m.

TBS -- St. Louis at Atlanta

1:05 p.m.

MSC/WWWI/WYRQ/KNSP/ KWAD -- Twins vs. Detroit

1:20 p.m.

WGN -- Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs

7 p.m.

ESPN -- Cleveland at Anaheim

TENNIS

1 p.m.

FOXSN -- ATP, Hamlet Cup, championship match

WNBA BASKETBALL

12:30 p.m.

NBC -- championship, game 3, New York at Houston

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

New York 70 54 .564 --

Boston 67 57 .540 3

Toronto 66 61 .520 5 1/2

Baltimore 56 70 .444 15

Tampa Bay 55 70 .440 15 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

Chicago 75 52 .590 --

Cleveland 66 57 .537 7

Detroit 63 63 .500 11 1/2

Kansas City 58 69 .457 17

Minnesota 57 71 .445 18 1/2

West Division

W L Pct. GB

Seattle 70 57 .551 --

Oakland 67 59 .532 2 1/2

Anaheim 65 62 .512 5

Texas 57 69 .452 12 1/2

Thursday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 8, Texas 7

Detroit 10, Seattle 3

Baltimore 8, Chicago White Sox 5

Oakland 11, Cleveland 7

Boston 9, Kansas City 7, 10 innings

Only games scheduled

Friday's Games

Tampa Bay (Lopez 10-9) at Baltimore (Rapp 6-10), 6:35 p.m.

Toronto (Wells 18-5) at Texas (Davis 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Fassero 8-7) at Kansas City (Suppan 6-7), 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Blair 9-3) at Minnesota (Radke 9-13), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cone 3-10) at Oakland (Appier 11-9), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sirotka 11-10) at Seattle (Sele 13-8), 9:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Burba 11-5) at Anaheim (Wise 2-1), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Tampa Bay (Sturtze 5-2) at Baltimore (Ponson 7-8), 12:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (O.Herandez 9-10) at Oakland (Mulder 7-9), 3:05 p.m.

Detroit (Sparks 4-2) at Minnesota (Milton 12-6), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Eiland 1-1) at Baltimore (Mussina 8-13), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hamilton 0-0) at Texas (Sikorski 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Arrojo 2-1) at Kansas City (Meadows 2-1), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Biddle 1-1) at Seattle (Halama 10-6), 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Bere 3-2) at Anaheim (Schoeneweis 6-6), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.

Boston at Kansas City, 1:05 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 3:35 p.m.

Cleveland at Anaheim, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct. GB

Atlanta 77 50 .606 --

New York 75 52 .591 2

Florida 62 64 .492 14 1/2

Montreal 53 71 .427 22 1/2

Philadelphia 53 73 .421 23 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct. GB

St. Louis 71 56 .560 --

Cincinnati 62 64 .492 8 1/2

Chicago 55 70 .440 15

Milwaukee 55 71 .437 15 1/2

Pittsburgh 52 73 .416 18

Houston 52 75 .409 19

West Division

W L Pct. GB

San Francisco 72 53 .576 --

Arizona 70 56 .556 2 1/2

Los Angeles 65 61 .516 7 1/2

Colorado 63 64 .496 10

San Diego 61 66 .480 12

Thursday's Games

Cincinnati 8, Philadelphia 3

Los Angeles 7, Montreal 0

St. Louis 12, Atlanta 5

Only games scheduled

Friday's Games

Los Angeles (Dreifort 10-7 and Perez 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (Lieber 11-6 and Garibay 2-5), 2, 1:05 p.m.

Houston (Holt 5-12) at Montreal (Lira 3-3), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Dessens 5-4) at Florida (Cornelius 3-6), 6:05 p.m.

Colorado (Tavarez 8-2) at Pittsburgh (Anderson 4-6), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Johnson 16-4) at N.Y. Mets (Reed 7-4), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Ortiz 9-10) at Philadelphia (Bottenfield 1-1), 6:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Reames 0-1) at Atlanta (Glavine 16-6), 6:40 p.m.

San Diego (Tollberg 2-2) at Milwaukee (Wright 6-6), 7:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Colorado (Astacio 10-8) at Pittsburgh (Silva 8-7), 12:15 p.m.

Los Angeles (Herges 8-3) at Chicago Cubs (Tapani 8-10), 12:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Rueter 8-8) at Philadelphia (Wolf 9-7), 3:05 p.m.

Houston (Lima 5-14) at Montreal (Hermanson 9-11), 6:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Harnisch 5-6) at Florida (Sanchez 8-9), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Anderson 10-5) at N.Y. Mets (B.J. Jones 8-5), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Stephenson 14-7) at Atlanta (Millwood 8-8), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Witasick 1-1) at Milwaukee (Rigdon 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m.

Houston at Montreal, 12:35 p.m.

San Francisco at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 1:05 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago Cubs, 21:20 p.m.

Cincinnati at Florida, 3:05 p.m.

Linescores

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Texas 202 100 200 -- 7 11 1

New York 015 200 00x -- 8 12 2

Perisho, FCordero (4), Crabtree (8), Venafro (8) and Waszgis Jr., Haselman (8); Pettitte, Grimsley (7), MRivera (9) and Turner, Posada (9). W--Pettitte 16-6. L--Perisho 2-7. Sv--MRivera (27). HR--New York, GHill (12).

Seattle 200 000 010 -- 3 8 3

Detroit 300 010 15x -- 10 12 0

Moyer, Tomko (7), Mesa (8) and JOliver; Moehler, MJAnderson (6), DPatterson (8), Nitkowski (8), Bernero (9) and Ausmus, Cardona (9). W--Moehler 11-7. L--Moyer 11-8. HRs--Seattle, EMartinez (31). Detroit, JEncarnacion (13), Palmer (25).

Baltimore 024 000 011 -- 8 10 3

Chicago 000 001 211 -- 5 9 0

Mercedes, Groom (7), Trombley (8), Kohlmeier (9) and Fordyce; KHill, Buehrle (3), Simas (8), Foulke (9) and MLJohnson, CJohnson (8). W--Mercedes 9-5. L--KHill 5-8.

Oakland 053 021 000 -- 11 12 3

Cleveland 200 000 203 -- 7 11 1

Zito, Tam (7), Isringhausen (9), Mecir (9) and Fasano; Woodard, Brewington (3), SReed (6), Speier (8), Rincon (9) and SAlomar. W--Zito 2-2. L--Woodard 0-2. Sv--Mecir (2). HR--Oakland, Long (14).

Boston 013 200 000 3 -- 9 12 0

Kansas City 510 000 000 1 -- 7 11 1

(10 innings)

PMartinez, Pichardo (9), DLowe (10) and Varitek; Suzuki, Spradlin (4), Wilson (7), ALarkin (10) and Zaun. W--Pichardo 5-2. L--ALarkin 0-3. Sv--DLowe (30). HRs--Boston, Daubach (18). Kansas City, MJSweeney (22).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia 200 000 010 -- 3 11 1

Cincinnati 002 120 12x -- 8 11 0

Daal, Gomes (7), Boyd (8) and Prince; Parris, DReyes (7), Luebbers (8), Wohlers (9) and BSantiago. W--Parris 8-14. L--Daal 3-15. HR--Cincinnati, Casey (10).

Montreal 000 000 000 -- 0 5 2

Los Angeles 001 420 00x -- 7 11 0

Vazquez, JSantana (5), Kline (8) and Barrett; Park, Olson (8) and Kreuter. W--Park 13-8. L--Vazquez 8-6. HRs--Los Angeles, Green (23), Park (1).

St. Louis 200 103 141 -- 12 13 3

Atlanta 001 000 004 -- 5 9 4

Hentgen, MMorris (7), Stechschulte (8), MJames (9) and Matheny; Ashby, Mulholland (6), GMolina (8), Belinda (9) and JLopez, Bako (8). W--Hentgen 13-9. L--Ashby 8-11. HRs--St. Louis, Edmonds 2 (36), Lankford (19), Renteria (15). Atlanta, JLopez (21).

Class B state tournament

Losers' Bracket

At Fairfax

Rochester 8, Duluth Express 4

St. Michael vs. Bemidji, 7:30 p.m.

At Sleepy Eye

Shakopee 4, Dundas 3

Class C state tournament

Saturday, Aug. 26

At Sleepy Eye

Game 17: Granite Falls vs. Princeton 11 a.m.

Game 19: Milroy vs. Litchfield 1:30 p.m.

Game 21: Melrose vs. Elko 5 p.m.

Game 23: Watkins vs. Union Hill 7:30 p.m.

At Fairfax

Game 18: Waterville vs. Fairfax 11 a.m.

Game 20: Brainerd Braves vs. Minnesota Lake 1:30 p.m.

Game 22: New Ulm Brewers vs. Jackson 5 p.m.

Game 24: Perham vs. Luverne 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 27

At Fairfax

Game 25: 11 a.m.

Game 26: 1:30 p.m.

Game 27: 5 p.m.

Game 28: 7:30 p.m.

Tr ansactions

BASEBALL

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Purchased the contract of RHP Ken Hill from Charlotte of the International League. Optioned RHP Kevin Beirne to Charlotte.

CLEVELAND INDIANS--Recalled INF John McDonald from Buffalo of the International League. Optioned INF-OF Chan Perry to Buffalo. Signed INF Sean Berry to a minor league contract and assigned him to Buffalo.

DETROIT TIGERS--Signed C Brad Wise to a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS--Sent RHP Ryan Glynn to Oklahoma of the PCL on a rehabilitation assignment.

National League

LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Placed OF F.P. Santangelo on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of INF Jeff Branson from Albuquerque of the PCL. Designated RHP Apostol Garcia for assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS--Named John Hammond, Dennis Johnson and Rex Kalamian assistant coaches.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL--Reduced the suspension of New York Jets OT Jumbo Elliott from two games to one for his part in a bar fight in July 1999.

ARIZONA CARDINALS--Released RB Mario Bates, WR Andy McCullough, TE Derek Brown, DT Mike Moten and DT Angel Rubio.

DALLAS COWBOYS--Reached injury settlement with QB Paul Justin. Claimed TE Chris Fontenot off waivers from the Oakland Raiders.

NEW YORK GIANTS--Announced the resignation of Jim Skipper, assistant coach, to become coach of Memphis of the XFL. Promoted quality control coach Mike Gillhammer to running backs coach.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES--Agreed to terms with S Tim Hauck on a one-year contract.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Signed D Kevin Dahl, D Mike Gaul and LW Mike Maneluk to free-agent contracts.

DALLAS STARS--Named Craig Ludwig assistant coach for Utah of the IHL.

MINNESOTA WILD--Named Dr. Sheldon Burns medical director, Dr. Joel Boyd orthopedic surgeon, Don Fuller athletic therapist, George Kinnear strength and conditioning coach, Tony DaCosta equipment manager and Rick Szuber and Brent Proulx assistant equipment managers.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Announced Tampa Bay and the Detroit Vipers of the IHL have entered into a one-year affiliation agreement with Johnstown of the ECHL.