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BASEBALL

MLB American League leaders

BATTING—Mauer, Minnesota, .349; Jeter, New York, .340; Tejada, Baltimore, .332; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .327; Johnson, Toronto, .324; Morneau, Minnesota, .324; ISuzuki, Seattle, .320.

RUNS—Sizemore, Cleveland, 132; Damon, New York, 113; Jeter, New York, 113; DOrtiz, Boston, 111; ARodriguez, New York, 108; Thome, Chicago, 108; ISuzuki, Seattle, 105.

RBI—DOrtiz, Boston, 134; Morneau, Minnesota, 129; Ibanez, Seattle, 121; Dye, Chicago, 119; Hafner, Cleveland, 117; ARodriguez, New York, 117; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 116.

HITS—ISuzuki, Seattle, 217; MYoung, Texas, 209; Tejada, Baltimore, 208; Jeter, New York, 205; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 197; Matthews, Texas, 191; Sizemore, Cleveland, 185.

DOUBLES—Sizemore, Cleveland, 52; MYoung, Texas, 50; Overbay, Toronto, 46; Lowell, Boston, 46; Teixeira, Texas, 44; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 44; Matthews, Texas, 43.

TRIPLES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 15; Sizemore, Cleveland, 11; Granderson, Detroit, 8; JoLopez, Seattle, 8; Figgins, Los Angeles, 8; Teahen, Kansas City, 7; Punto, Minnesota, 7; ISuzuki, Seattle, 7.

HOME RUNS—DOrtiz, Boston, 53; Dye, Chicago, 43; Hafner, Cleveland, 42; Thome, Chicago, 42; Thomas, Oakland, 38; Glaus, Toronto, 36; Giambi, New York, 36.

STOLEN BASES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 56; Figgins, Los Angeles, 51; ISuzuki, Seattle, 44; CPatterson, Baltimore, 44; Podsednik, Chicago, 40; BRoberts, Baltimore, 36; Jeter, New York, 32.

National League leaders

BATTING—FSanchez, Pittsburgh, .342; MiCabrera, Florida, .336; Holliday, Colorado, .332; Pujols, St. Louis, .328; Atkins, Colorado, .321; Howard, Philadelphia, .316; Berkman, Houston, .316.

RUNS—Utley, Philadelphia, 127; Rollins, Philadelphia, 124; Beltran, New York, 121; Reyes, New York, 120; ASoriano, Washington, 117; HaRamirez, Florida, 115; Pujols, St. Louis, 113.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 145; Pujols, St. Louis, 130; Berkman, Houston, 130; AJones, Atlanta, 124; Atkins, Colorado, 114; Beltran, New York, 114; ARamirez, Chicago, 114.

HITS—Pierre, Chicago, 196; Utley, Philadelphia, 194; Holliday, Colorado, 192; Reyes, New York, 191; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 190; Furcal, Los Angeles, 190; MiCabrera, Florida, 187.

DOUBLES—LGonzalez, Arizona, 52; MiCabrera, Florida, 50; FSanchez, Pittsburgh, 50; Atkins, Colorado, 47; Zimmerman, Washington, 46; NJohnson, Washington, 46; Rolen, St. Louis, 46.

TRIPLES—Reyes, New York, 17; Pierre, Chicago, 13; DRoberts, San Diego, 13; SFinley, San Francisco, 12; HaRamirez, Florida, 10; Sullivan, Colorado, 10; Lofton, Los Angeles, 10; Vizquel, San Francisco, 10.

HOME RUNS—Howard, Philadelphia, 58; Pujols, St. Louis, 46; ASoriano, Washington, 46; Berkman, Houston, 43; Dunn, Cincinnati, 40; Beltran, New York, 40; AJones, Atlanta, 39.

STOLEN BASES—Reyes, New York, 62; Pierre, Chicago, 56; HaRamirez, Florida, 51; DRoberts, San Diego, 45; FLopez, Washington, 41; ASoriano, Washington, 41; Freel, Cincinnati, 37.

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monday’s Result

New Orleans 23, Atlanta 3

Sunday’s Games

Dallas at Tennessee, 10 a.m.

Miami at Houston, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at Washington, 1:15 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.

New England at Cincinnati, 1:15 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 5:15 p.m.

Open: Pittsburgh, Denver, N.Y. Giants, Tampa Bay

Monday, Oct. 2

Green Bay at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Saints 23, Falcons 3

First Quarter

NO—Deloatch recovered blocked punt in end zone (Carney kick), 13:30.

Atl—FG Andersen 26, 9:41.

NO—Henderson 11 run (Carney kick), 2:54.

Second Quarter

NO—FG Carney 37, 6:44.

NO—FG Carney 51, :00.

Third Quarter

NO—FG Carney 20, 7:14.

A—70,003.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Atlanta, Vick 6-57, Dunn 13-44, Griffith 3-16, Norwood 1-0. New Orleans, McAllister 19-81, Bush 13-53, Henderson 1-11, Brees 1-1.

PASSING—Atlanta, Vick 12-31-0-137. New Orleans, Brees 20-28-0-191.

RECEIVING—Atlanta, Crumpler 5-49, Jenkins 2-23, Griffith 2-15, Dunn 2-2, Lelie 1-48. New Orleans, Colston 7-97, Bush 4-19, McAllister 4-13, Horn 3-47, Henderson 2-15.

MISSED FIELD GOAL—Atlanta, Andersen 25 (BK).

CFL

NOTE: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Friday’s Game

Montreal at Winnipeg

Saturday’s Games

British Columbia at Hamilton

Calgary at Toronto

Edmonton at Saskatchewan

College Sports Network Division I-AA poll

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 24 and previous ranking:

How Dave Trimmer of The Spokesman-Review voted: 1. Appalachian State. 2. New Hampshire 3. Cal Poly 4. Illinois State 5. Furman 6. Montana 7. Richmond 8. Portland State 9. Southern Illinois 10. North Dakota State 11. UMass 12. Youngstown State 13. Hampton 14. James Madison 15. Northern Iowa 16. UC Davis 17. Towson 18. Delaware 19. Eastern Illinois 20. Harvard 21. Western Illinois 22. Albany 23. Tennessee-Martin 24. Central Connecticut 25. Southern Utah

HOCKEY

NHL preseason

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Monday’s Results

Montreal 7, Ottawa 3

N.Y. Islanders 5, N.Y. Rangers 2

Colorado 5, Detroit 4, SO

Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 4

Today’s Games

Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Monday’s Results

No Games Scheduled

Today’s Games

Moose Jaw at Saskatoon

Spokane at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

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AUTO RACING

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NASCAR Nextel Cup leaders

Through Sept. 24

Points

1, Jeff Burton, 5351. 2, Jeff Gordon, 5345. 3, Matt Kenseth, 5333. 4, Denny Hamlin, 5333. 5, Kevin Harvick, 5297. 6, Mark Martin, 5276. 7, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., 5249. 8, Jimmie Johnson, 5215. 9, Kasey Kahne, 5169. 10, Kyle Busch, 5127.

11, Tony Stewart, 3537. 12, Greg Biffle, 3320. 13, Carl Edwards, 3295. 14, Kurt Busch, 3094. 15, Casey Mears, 3012. 16, Clint Bowyer, 2988. 17, Ryan Newman, 2976. 18, Jamie McMurray, 2910. 19, Brian Vickers, 2910. 20, Elliott Sadler, 2909.

Money

1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,286,055. 2, Matt Kenseth, $5,485,241. 3, Tony Stewart, $5,411,193. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,935,265. 5, Kasey Kahne, $4,905,835. 6, Jeff Gordon, $4,869,960. 7, Ryan Newman, $4,436,758. 8, Casey Mears, $4,357,374. 9, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., $4,323,601. 10, Jamie McMurray, $4,056,978.

11, Jeff Burton, $4,040,037. 12, Kurt Busch, $4,007,765. 13, Kyle Busch, $3,937,293. 14, Elliott Sadler, $3,818,911. 15, Carl Edwards, $3,696,301. 16, Bobby Labonte, $3,632,982. 17, Greg Biffle, $3,580,956. 18, Dale Jarrett, $3,538,314. 19, Denny Hamlin, $3,491,797. 20, J.J, Yeley, $3,453,172.

GOLF

College Inland Empire Intercollegiate

At Hangman Valley Golf Course, Par 72

WOMEN

Second round

TEAM SCORING—Idaho 600, Eastern Washington 602, Gonzaga 604, Montana 613. UC-Riverside 614. North Dakota State 630. British Columbia 631. Montana State 631. Portland 637.

TOP INDIVIDUALS—1, Marli Mikulecky (EWU) 142. 2, Amanda Jacobs (UI) 144. 3, Krista Swanson (UM) 147. T4 Kelly Nakashima (UI) 144; Mary Kate Morgan (GU) 148. 6, Sheena Prante (EWU) 140; Sarah Sheffield (GU) 149. 8, Jill Walker (UM) 150. 9, Kelly Gillum (MSU) 151. T10, Lacey Jo Manwaring (GU) 152; Kelly Weisgarber (NDSU) 152.

Vandal Fall Classic At University of Idaho, Par 72

MEN

Second round

TEAM SCORING—British Columbia 565, Idaho 570, Portland 574, Utah Valley State 575, Boise State 575, Weber State 576, Gonzaga 579, Utah State 586, Idaho State 590, Dixie State CC 596, Whitworth 597, Columbia Basin CC 625.

TOP INDIVIDUALS—T1, Cory Renfrew (BC) 137; Brett Jessen (WS) 137; Nic Van Vuuren (UV); Trevor Loe (GU) 137. 5, Nick Travers (BSU) 138. T6, Colter Kautzmann (UI) 140; Preston Otte (US) 140. 8, Joel Johnson (Por) 141. T9, Nathan Ward (BC) 142; Thomas Robertson (Por) 142.

Skagit Valley Invitational

At Avalon GC, Mt. Vernon, Wash., Par 72

MEN

TEAM SCORING—CC Spokane 616, Walla Walla 627, Bellevue 632, Olympic 638, Tacoma 638, Skagit Valley 640, Douglas 668, Grays Harbor 692.

TOP INDIVIDUALS—1, Adam Alldredge (WWCC) 149. 5, Jason Azzarito (CCS) 153. 5, Nick Cuchessi (CCS) 153. 7, Zack Boughton (CCS) 156. 7, Ryan Pitkonen (CCS) 156. 11, Tyler Morris (CCS) 157.

WOMEN

TEAM SCORING—CC Spokane 542, Skagit Valley 548, Olympic 685.

INDIVIDUALS—1, Kaitlin Parker (SVCC) 161. 2, Sarah Villalovoz (CCS) 171. Also: 6, Ashley Filliol (CCS) 185. 7, Sadie Green (CCS) 189. 8, Kristine Samsel (CCS) 191. 9, Kara Winey (CCS) 192.

SOFTBALL

High school slowpitch Greater Spokane League

University 27, East Valley 3

Cat.Huston and Purcell; Fargher, Panther (4) and Trotter. W-Fargher. L-Huston.

HITS: East Valley-Mecklenberg, Scully 2, Cat.Huston, Cal.Huston 2, Hanley. University-Schiermeister 3, Hawley 3, Fargher 3, Warren 3, Griffith 2, Trotter 2, Hickman 3, Obenchain, Squires 2, Marvel 2, Haskew, Palmer, Brown. 2B-Cat.Huston, Warren, Squires, Marvel 3B-Fargher.

Central Valley 11, Shadle Park 3

Ford and Sayby; Hart and Armendariz. W-Ford (5-1). L-Hart (3-3).

HITS: Central Valley-Anderson 2, Siddoway, Buechler 3, Sayby, Snow 3, Nelson. Shadle Park-Linn, Jackson 2, Faggiano, Zappone 2, Bokma 2, Armendariz. 2B-Faggiano. 3B-Buechler.

Ferris 4, North Central 3

Camp and Croucher; Sanders and Rockford. W-Camp (1-5). L-Sanders (2-4).

HITS: Ferris-Lytle, 2, Ellis, Tangvald 2, Lax, Perry. North Central-Sanders 2, Kahler, Destefano 2, Culnane, Degon 2, Skillingstad, Rockford. 2B-Tangvald. 3B-Tangvald.

Rogers 8, Lewis And Clark 7

Horton and Swenson; Shelton and Turley. W-Shelton (4-2). L-Horton (3-3).

HITS: Lewis and Clark-Bemis, Schuller 3, Pazey, Eldore 3, Horton, Mackin, Jenkins 2, Swenson 3, Binger 2, Modica. Rogers-Whitehead 2, Knight 2, Carlon 2, Shelton, Clark 4, Jones, Durant 2, Rupert, Degenstein 3. 2B-Binger, Horton, Carlon, Knight. 3B-Jones.

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

x-clinched playoff spot

Saturday’s Games

Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Colorado at New England, 4:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

CD Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

High school boys Non-league St. Maries 3, Lakeland 0

First half — none. Second half — 1, SM, Thurston 45:00. 2, SM, Dickman 54:00. 3, Dickman 70:00.

Shots on goal — Lakeland 7, St. Maries 10. Saves — Lakeland, Schnetter 4. St. Maries, Buell 7.

High school girls Non-league

Post Falls JV 1, St. Maries 1

First half — 1, PF JV, Mouchett 12:00.

Second half — 2, SM, Connerley 77:00.

Shots on goal — Post Falls JV 2, St. Maries 8.Saves — Post Falls JV, Leupold 2. St. Maries, Krebs 0.

VOLLEYBALL

High school North Star League

Wallace def. Mullan 25-8, 25-17, 25-13. Kills-Story (Mul) 4, Carver (Wal) 18. Assists-Tumova (Mul) 4,Hayman (Wal) 37. Aces-Ovnicek (Mul) 1,Carver (Wal) 7. Digs-Walsh (Mul) 3, Carver (Wal) 5, Hayman (Wal) 5. Blocks-Story (Mul) 3,Moore (Wal) 1, Williams (Wal) 1.

Non-league

Genessee def. Garfield-Palouse 25-17, 25-18, 25-19. Kills-Bower (GP) 3. Assists-Landle (GP) 34. Aces-Bower (GP) 2. Digs-Shoemaker (GP) 22. Blocks-Shoemaker, Wolter (GP) 6.

Sandpoint def. Kellogg 20-25, 25-23, 25-27, 25-16, 16-14.

Sandpoint def. Timberlake 25-16, 25-20, 25-20. Kills-Tymesen (T) 10. Assists-Foster (T) 17. Aces- Digs-Tymesen (T) 8. Blocks-Tymesen (T) 4.

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Sunday, 9/24 and year-to-date totals:

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

SEATTLE MARINERS—Purchased the contract of RHP Jorge Campillo from Tacoma of the PCL. Placed RHP Cha Seung Baek on the 60-day DL.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with INF Juan Castro on a two-year contract extension.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Announced an affiliation agreement with State College of the New York-Penn League through 2010.

International League

NORFOLK TIDES—Agreed to a four-year player development contract through 2010 with the Baltimore Orioles.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Named Seth Burton assistant director of communications.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Signed K Nate Kaeding to a six-year contract through 2012.

USA FOOTBALL—Named John Mackovic coach of the U.S. National team for the 2007 World Championship of American Football.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Martins Karsums, F David Krejci, F Pascal Pelletier, F Tyler Redenbach, F Nate Thompson, F Kris Versteeg, F Ben Walter, D Bobby Allen, D Matt Lashoff, D Jay Leach, D Jonathan Sigalet and G Brian Finley to Providence of the AHL.

CALGARY FLAMES—Assigned G Curtis McElhinney to Omaha of the AHL.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Released D Cale Hulse.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed F Chris Durno.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Reassignd C Phillipe Dupuis, LW Andrew Murray, LW Darcy Verot, RW Adam Pineault, D Marc Methot, D Andy Canzanello, D Kyle Wharton and G Tomas Popperle to Syracuse of the AHL and C Derick Brassard to Drummondville of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

DETROIT RED WINGS—Named Steve Yzerman vice president.

EDMONTON OILERS—Assigned RW Troy Bodie to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

MINNESOTA WILD—Assigned C Jason Morgan, LW Peter Olvecky, LW Benoit Pouliot, D Erik Reitz and RW Roman Voloshenko to Houston of the AHL.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Reassigned G Chris Holt, G Alex Westlund, D Ryan Constant, D Marvin Degon, D Mike Gabinet, D Bryce Lampman, D David Liffiton, D Hannu Pikkarainen, D Corey Potter, D Dale Purinton, D Jake Taylor, F Zdenek Bahensky, F Dane Byers, F Ryan Callahan, F Bruce Graham, F Mike Hoffman, F Hugh Jessiman, F Rick Kozak, F Francis Lessard, F Jakub Petruzalek and F Craig Weller to Hartford of the AHL.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Assigned F Frederick Cabana, F Daniel Corso, F Riley Cote, F Ben Eager, F Matt Ellison, F Triston Grant, F Eric Meloche, F Gino Pisellini, F Ryan Potulny, F Stefan Ruzicka, F Denis Tolpeko, D Martin Grenier, D Nate Guenin, D Alexandre Picard, D David Printz, D Rosario Ruggeri, D Jussi Timonen, G Rejean Beauchemin, G Martin Houle and G Scott Munroe to Philadelphia of the AHL. Sent F Steve Downie to Peterborough of the Ontario Hockey League. Sent D Oskars Bartulis to Cape Breton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Joe Callahan, D Bryan Helmer, C Yanick Lehoux, C Don MacLean and C Jeff Taffe to San Antonio of the AHL.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Reassigned F Erik Christensen, F Stephen Dixon, F Jonathan Filewich, F Connor James, F Tyler Kennedy, D Matt Carkner, D Micki DuPont and D Alain Nasreddine to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Assigned C Joe Pavelski, D Garrett Stafford, D Dan Spang, LW Mathieu Darche, D Scott Ferguson, C Michal Macho and D Brad Staubitz to Worcester of the AHL.

Today’s odds

America’s Line

NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, both no line games are for teams that played last night.

INJURY REPORT: On the NFL board, Seattle RB Shaun Alexander is out.

NFL

Bye week: Broncos, NY Giants, Steelers, Bucs.

College Football

Home team in capital letters.