D10 NFLNOTEBOOK Chargers’ McNeill
ends his holdout Left tackle signs his contract tender, but
mustmiss next 3 games ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chargers left tackle Marcus
McNeill ended his holdout Sat- urday when he signed his one- year contract tender as a re- stricted free agent. However, he must sit out the
next three games because he and wide receiver Vincent Jack- son were placed on the roster exempt list by GeneralManager A.J. Smith on Aug. 20. McNeill will be eligible to play Oct. 17 at St. Louis. McNeill said on his Twitter
account, “great to be back to- day.. GO BOLTS.” He signed in time to travel with the Chargers (1-1) to Seattle for their game on Sunday. NeitherMcNeill nor his agent
responded to requests for com- ment. With his pay severely slashed by the Chargers, there’s a possibility McNeill decided to come in believing that a long- termdeal could be worked out. “It’s great,” left guard Kris
Dielman said in a text message to the Associated Press. “Our teamgot better today and in the future with him signing today. It’s awesome.”
McNeill’s return came three
days after the Chargers failed to trade Jackson by a deadline agreed to by the NFL and the players’ union. Jackson has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games because of his second DUI since 2006. If Jackson does sign, he also would have to serve a three- game suspension on the roster exempt list. Jackson’s agent, Neil Schwartz, said Wednesday that it’s doubtful Jackson will report this year. McNeill’s original four-year
contract expired at the end of last season. But because this is an uncapped year, he would have needed six seasons to be- come an unrestricted free agent. When McNeill hadn’t signed
his $3.168 million tender as a restricted free agent by June 15, the Chargers were entitled to reduce the tender to 110 percent of his 2009 salary, or $630,000. That will be further reduced by each game he doesn’t play. McNeill played in the Pro
Bowl following the 2006 and 2007 seasons. The roster exempt list is a
hardball tactic used before by Smith. In 2005, he placed tight end Antonio Gates on the list in an attempt to break an impasse. Gatesmissed the opener, a close loss to Dallas that contributed to the Chargers missing the
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San Diego’sMarcusMcNeill turned down a $3.168 million contract tender in mid-June.
playoffs that year. l PACKERS: Green Bay list-
ed left tackle Chad Clifton and left guard Daryn Colledge as probable for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. Both practiced Saturday as
the Packers finalized plans be- fore the matchup of unbeaten NFC North leaders. Packers Coach Mike McCa-
rthy said Clifton is the team’s starting left tackle. Clifton has sore knees, and McCarthy said the 11-year pro’s playing status won’t be determined until just before the game. l BEARS: Chicago has ruled
out starting left tackle Chris Williams and backup safetyMa- jor Wright for their game against Green Bay because of hamstring injuries. Both were hurt in the first
quarter last week against Dal- las.
EZ SU PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
PROFOOTBALL NFLINJURYREPORT
SUNDAY’S GAMES WASHINGTON REDSKINS AT ST. LOUIS RAMS, 4:05
Redskins: OUT: DT Anthony Bryant (head). QUESTION- ABLE: WR Anthony Armstrong (groin), DT Albert Haynesworth (groin), S Chris Horton (ankle), S LaRon Landry (wrist), S Kareem Moore (knee), RB Clinton Portis (wrist), T Trent Williams (knee, toe). Rams: OUT: TE Billy Bajema (knee), LB Chris Chamberlain (toe), TE MichaelHoomanawanui(ankle),DTDarell Scott (ankle). DOUBTFUL: S Craig Dahl (head), WR Laurent Robinson (foot), DT Clifton Ryan (migraine). PROBABLE: S Oshio- mogho Atogwe (thigh), CB Kevin Dockery (hamstring), TE Daniel Fells (knee), RB Steven Jackson (knee), T Rodger Saffold (back).
CLEVELAND BROWNS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS , 1
Browns: OUT: T Shawn Lauvao (ankle). DOUBTFUL: QB Jake Delhomme (ankle), LB D’Qwell Jackson (chest), WR Brian Robiskie (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: LB Marcus Benard (ankle),RBJerome Harrison (thigh),WR Carlton Mitchell (head), DT Shaun Rogers (ankle, hip), RB Lawrence Vickers (illness). PROBABLE: LB Eric Barton (hip), WR Joshua Cribbs (ankle), TE Evan Moore (head), CB Derrick Roberson (hip), LB Matt Roth (foot), DT Brian Schaefering (wrist), DE Robaire Smith (ankle), T John St. Clair (foot), T Joe Thomas (elbow), G Floyd Womack(knee). Ravens:OUT:TJared Gaither (back),LB Tavares Gooden (shoulder), WR Donte’ Stallworth (foot). PROBABLE: LB Dannell Ellerbe (knee), TE Todd Heap (shoulder), LB Jarret Johnson (back), WR Derrick Mason (knee), LB Jameel McClain (knee), RB Le’Ron McClain (shoulder), DT Haloti Ngata (back), RB Ray Rice (ankle), LB Terrell Suggs (ankle).
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS, 1
Bengals: OUT: DE Jonathan Fanene (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: CB Adam Jones (shoulder). QUESTION- ABLE: DE Antwan Odom (wrist), DE Frostee Rucker (toe). PROBABLE: DT Tank Johnson (toe), RB Brian Leonard (foot), WR Terrell Owens (back), LB Keith Rivers (foot). Panthers: DOUBTFUL: T Jeff Otah (knee). QUESTIONABLE:DECharles Johnson (calf). PROBABLE: TE Gary Barnidge (ribs), DE Tyler Brayton (ankle), WR Brandon LaFell (hamstring), DT Louis Leonard (elbow), LB Jordan Senn (ankle),WRSteve Smith (thigh).
BUFFALO BILLS ATNEWENGLAND PATRIOTS, 1
Bills: OUT: LB Paul Posluszny (knee). PROBABLE: LB Keith Ellison (knee), S Cary Harris (hamstring), G Andy Levitre (neck). Patriots: OUT: T Nick Kaczur (back), CB Terrence Wheatley (foot). QUESTIONABLE: WR Taylor Price (ankle). PROBABLE: QB Tom Brady (right shoul- der), RB Fred Taylor (toe).
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, 1
49ers: OUT: C Eric Heitmann (fibula). DOUBTFUL: WR Ted Ginn Jr. (knee), CB William James (ankle). QUES- TIONABLE: LB Takeo Spikes (knee). PROBABLE: RB Anthony Dixon (back). Chiefs: DOUBTFUL: DE Tyson Jackson (knee), T Ryan O’Callaghan (groin). QUESTION- ABLE: S Reshard Langford (ankle). PROBABLE: DE Wallace Gilberry (back), LB Tamba Hali (foot), S Jon McGraw (hamstring).
TENNESSEE TITANS ATNEWYORK GIANTS, 1
Titans: OUT: DE Jacob Ford (knee), T Mike Otto (knee). QUESTIONABLE: DT Tony Brown (knee). PROBABLE: DE Jason Babin (elbow), CB Cortland Finnegan (thigh). Giants: OUT: T William Beatty (foot), LB Phillip Dillard (hamstring), S Michael Johnson (back). DOUBTFUL: C Shaun O’Hara (ankle, Achilles). QUESTIONABLE: LB Chase Blackburn (knee), DE Justin Tuck (shoulder). PROBABLE: TE Kevin Boss (concussion), WR Mario Manningham (illness), CB Aaron Ross (foot).
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT TAMP BAY BUCCANEERS, 1
Steelers: OUT: QB Dennis Dixon (knee), G Trai Essex (ankle). PROBABLE: NT Casey Hampton (hamstring), G Chris Kemoeatu (knee), T Max Starks (ankle),WRHines Ward (calf). Buccaneers: QUESTIONABLE: C Jeff Faine (calf), RB Kareem Huggins (groin), LB Niko Koutouvides (ankle), CB Myron Lewis (knee). PROBABLE: QB Josh Freeman (right thumb), RB Carnell Williams (ham- string), TE Kellen Winslow (knee).
ATLANTA FALCONS ATNEWORLEANS SAINTS, 1
Falcons: QUESTIONABLE: S Erik Coleman (knee), WR Michael Jenkins (shoulder). PROBABLE: RB Michael Turner (groin). Saints: OUT: RB Reggie Bush (leg), CB Randall Gay (concussion), LB Anthony Waters (ham- string). QUESTIONABLE: S Usama Young (quadricep). PROBABLE: RB Christopher Ivory (knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (quadricep), T Zach Strief (knee).
DETROIT LIONS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS, 1
Lions: OUT: WR Nate Burleson (ankle), LB Zack Follett (concussion), QB Matthew Stafford (right shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: DE Cliff Avril (knee, finger), LB Landon Johnson (neck), LB DeAndre Levy (groin), G Stephen Peterman (foot). PROBABLE: S C.C. Brown (forearm), S Louis Delmas (groin, biceps, calf), LB Ashlee Palmer (ankle). Vikings: QUESTIONABLE: CB Chris Cook (knee), CB Cedric Griffin (knee), DT Jimmy Kennedy (knee). PROBABLE:WRBernard Berrian (knee), QB Brett Favre (ankle, right elbow), WR Percy Harvin (hip), LB Ben Leber (back),TBryant McKinnie (finger),CJohn Sullivan (calf).
DALLAS COWBOYS AT HOUSTON TEXANS, 1
ERIC MILLER/REUTERS Brett Favre has struggled after missing offseason workouts, training camp and part of the preseason. Vikings, Cowboys start off cold nfl from D1
with Super Bowl dreams. There wasn’t much Super
Bowl talk entering this season about the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers or Chi- cago Bears. But they’re among the league’s eight 2-0 teams.The Bears, at least, are only four seasons removed fromreaching a Super Bowl and had a compar- atively decent record of 7-9 last season. The Chiefs and Bucca- neers totaled only seven wins last season under a pair of rookie head coaches, Kansas City’s Todd Haley and Tampa’s RaheemMorris. “Both of those teams made
changes,” Reeves said. “They’re both in sort of rebuildingmode, and their young players are really coming through.”
The story of the season But the bigger early-season
focus has been the so-far-disap- pointing teams. The Vikings beat the Cowboys soundly in a conference semifinal last sea- son before losing at New Or- leans in overtime in the NFC championship game. Favre has called last seasonhis best by far, as he had 33 touchdown passes and only seven interceptions and finished fourth in the leaguemost valuable player bal- loting. Favre underwent offseason
ankle surgery and again flirted with retirement, finally joining the Vikings in mid-August for his 20th NFL season. Favre turns 41 in October. He’s a grandfather. He missed offsea- son workouts, training camp and part of the preseason. But he’d followed a similar
script when readying for last season and he still had thrived, so there were reasons for Favre and the Vikings to believe that things might go just as smooth- ly this time around. Thus far, that hasn’t happened. Favre has one touchdown
pass and four interceptions in the season’s first two games. He
also has lost a fumble, and the Minnesota offense has sput- tered badly in losses to the Saints andMiamiDolphins.The Vikingshave totaled 19 points in two games and have desperately missed wide receiver Sidney Rice, who is expected to be sidelined for at least half the season after undergoing hip surgery. Favre’s slow start has pro-
ducedwhispers that the Vikings might have to turn to backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. Five quarterbacks league-wide were benched during last week- end’s games and former Wash- ington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann said, “There should have been onemore and that would have been Minneso- ta.”
Theismann said he reached
that conclusion after watching Favremisfire on a deep pass late in theMiami game. “It’s not going to work,” The-
ismann said. “He lost Sidney Rice. With all the time he missed in training camp, that’s showing up. Minnesota, for the good of the franchise, is going to have tomake a decision.” Vikings wide receivers have
struggled without Rice. Wide- outs Percy Harvin and Bernard Berrian have combined for only nine catches for 71 yards, and Favre’s top target has been tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. But Favre and the wide
receivers haven’t been the Vi- kings’ only problems. Tailback Adrian Peterson has run for 232 yards in two games but couldn’t get the ball into the end zone on four rushing plays, the first of which started at the Miami 10-yard line, late in the fourth quarter last Sunday with the Vikings trailing by four points. The Dolphins stopped Peterson on a fourth-down attempt from the 1-yard line.
A lot on the line Now the Vikings just might
be playing for their season Sun- day.
“They know the gravity of an
0-3 start,” Vikings Coach Brad Childress said of his players at a midweek news conference. “I think it’s about finding yourself as a football teamhere.” Cowboys Coach Wade Phil-
lips is saying similar things about his players needing to be resolute to find a way through their early difficulties. “It’s tough right now,” Phillips
said at a news conference. “It’s tough for them. We didn’t ex- pect to do this. But this is what happened. This iswherewe are. We can’t change that. But we can do something about it to get better.” Things might be even tough-
er for theCowboys,whomust go on the road to face a Texans team that’s playing well and coming off wins over the India- napolis Colts and the Redskins. The Cowboys have been un-
done by their own gaffes, partic- ularly during their opening loss to Washington. They handed the Redskins a touchdown with no time remaining on the clock in the first halfwith a fumble on an ill-conceived short pass to running back Tashard Choice, and had a would-be winning touchdown pass from quarter- back Tony Romo to wide receiv- er Roy Williams in the final seconds of the game wiped out by a holding penalty on fill-in right tackle Alex Barron. New place kicker David Bue-
hler has missed a field goal attempt in each game and the Cowboys abandoned the run early in last Sunday’s loss to the Bears, managing only 36 rush- ing yards. “With Dallas, it’s all the mis-
takes,” Reeves said. “They’re re- ally beating themselves. They very easily could have won both of their games. But Dallas is only one game back in the division. ... Certainly you can’t be excited about being 0-2. The only good thing is it’s still so early in the year. There’s still a long way to go.”
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Cowboys: OUT: RB Deon Anderson (knee). QUESTION- ABLE: LB Sean Lee (hamstring), T Sam Young (knee). PROBABLE: WR Dez Bryant (ribs), CB Mike Jenkins (knee), TE Jason Witten (head). Texans: QUESTION- ABLE:WRAndre Johnson (ankle).PROBABLE:TEJames Casey (ankle), TE Owen Daniels (knee), TE Joel Drees- sen (hip), RB Vonta Leach (knee), CB Antwaun Molden (ankle), DT Amobi Okoye (ankle), DE Mario Williams (groin).
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, 4:05
Eagles: PROBABLE: LB Stewart Bradley (concussion), TE Brent Celek (chest), G Nick Cole (knee), DE Brandon Graham (shoulder), G Todd Herremans (ankle), T Austin Howard (back), QB Kevin Kolb (concussion), DT Trevor Laws (oblique). Jaguars: OUT: DT Landon Cohen (knee), LB Justin Durant (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: RB Deji Karim (thumb), S Anthony Smith (foot). PROBABLE: RB Maurice Jones-Drew (ankle), G Uche Nwaneri (foot), G Justin Smiley (ankle), LB Daryl Smith (thigh).
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT DENVER BRONCOS, 4:15
Colts: OUT: WR Anthony Gonzalez (ankle), LB Ramon Humber (hand), S Bob Sanders (biceps). QUESTION- ABLE: RB Joseph Addai (knee), DT Eric Foster (knee), WRPierre Garcon (hamstring), T Charlie Johnson (foot), CB Brandon King (hamstring), LB Clint Session (ham- string). PROBABLE: LB Gary Brackett (back), CB Jerraud Powers (foot), C Jeff Saturday (knee). Broncos: OUT: T Ryan Harris (ankle), RB Knowshon Moreno (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: CB Champ Bailey (ankle), CB Andre’ Goodman (thigh), G Chris Kuper (knee), LB Wesley Woodyard (hamstring). PROBABLE: RB Laurence Ma- roney (thigh), S Darcel McBath (forearm).
OAKLAND RAIDERS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS, 4:15
Raiders: OUT: G Robert Gallery (hamstring), LB Travis Goethel (back), WR Chaz Schilens (knee). QUESTION- ABLE: S Hiram Eugene (hamstring), DT John Henderson (foot), CB Chris Johnson (neck, ankle), CB Walter McFadden (hamstring). PROBABLE: LB Ricky Brown (hamstring), RB Michael Bush (thumb), DE Richard Seymour (hamstring). Cardinals: OUT:WREarly Doucet (groin). QUESTIONABLE:WRSteve Breaston (knee), LB Will Davis (head), G Alan Faneca (back), RB Beanie Wells (knee). PROBABLE: S Hamza Abdullah (ham- string), LB Clark Haggans (heel), DE Kenny Iwebema (knee).
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, 4:15
Chargers: DOUBTFUL:RBRyan Mathews (ankle). QUES- TIONABLE: LB Stephen Cooper (knee), LB Larry English (foot), LB Jyles Tucker (not injury related). PROBABLE: WR Malcom Floyd (leg), CB Quentin Jammer (foot). Seahawks: OUT: LB Leroy Hill (calf, Achilles), T Russell Okung (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DE E.J. Wilson (knee). PROBABLE:RBQuinton Ganther (knee),GBen Hamilton (knee), T Sean Locklear (knee), LB Matt McCoy (quadri- cep), G Chester Pitts (knee).
NEWYORK JETS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS, 8:20
Jets: OUT: TWayneHunter (shin), LB Calvin Pace (foot), CB Darrelle Revis (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: C Nick Mangold (shoulder), LB Jason Taylor (elbow). Dolphins: OUT: DT Jared Odrick (ankle). DOUBTFUL: G John Jerry (illness).QUESTIONABLE:LBChanningCrowder(groin).
MONDAY’S GAME
GREEN BAY PACKERS AT CHICAGO BEARS, 8:30
Packers: DNP:GDaryn Colledge (knee), TETomCrabtree (arch), RB Korey Hall (hip), DE Mike Neal (side, rib), S Charlie Peprah (quadricep). LIMITED: LB Brad Jones (knee), DE Ryan Pickett (hamstring), LB Brady Poppinga (knee), CB Charles Woodson (toe). FULL: LB Desmond Bishop (hamstring), T Chad Clifton (knee), DE Cullen Jenkins (hand), S Derrick Martin (ankle), LB Clay Matthews (hamstring), CB Brandon Underwood (shoul- der). Bears: DNP: T Chris Williams (hamstring), S Major Wright (hamstring). LIMITED: LB Lance Briggs (ankle), DTIsrael Idonije (foot),LBBrian Iwuh (quadricep). FULL: LB Nick Roach (hamstring).
KLMNO SCOREBOARD
AUTORACING NASCAR
NATIONWIDE-DOVER 200 RESULTS At Dover International Speedway; In Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles; (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200 laps, 150 rating, 195 points, $46,320 2. (1) Joey Logano, Toyota, 200, 121, 175, $33,400 3. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, 200, 124.4, 165, $26,225 4. (6) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 200, 113.2, 160, $30,318 5. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 111.7, 155, $20,700 6. (8) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 200, 102.6, 150, $26,368 7. (5) Paul Menard, Ford, 200, 104.8, 146, $18,510 8. (12) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 200, 96.5, 142, $24,238 9. (7) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 200, 88.8, 138, $24,293 10. (13) R. Newman, Chevrolet, 200, 94.5, 139, $18,675 11. (15) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 200, 90, 130, $24,243 12. (10) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 200, 95.5, 127, $23,118 13. (23) Brian Scott, Toyota, 200, 83.8, 124, $25,618 14. (36) Erik Darnell, Ford, 200, 78.6, 121, $22,893 15. (11) Michael Annett, Toyota, 200, 85.2, 118, $23,668 16. (20) B. Gaughan, Toyota, 200, 80.7, 115, $22,743 17. (4) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 200, 95.8, 112, $16,400 18. (17) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 200, 76.5, 109, $22,618 19. (25) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 199, 69.4, 106, $22,568 20. (26) Willie Allen, Chevrolet, 198, 70.4, 103, $23,668 21. (27) Kelly Bires, Ford, 197, 63.8, 100, $22,468 22. (41) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 197, 42.5, 97, $22,368 23. (30) Marc Davis, Chevrolet, 197, 55.4, 94, $22,693 24. (40) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 196, 59.2, 91, $22,243 25. (32) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 196, 59.1, 88, $22,643 26. (34) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 196, 44, 85, $22,143 27. (33) Jason Keller, Chevrolet, 196, 54.1, 82, $22,493 28. (43) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 194, 40.6, 79, $22,043 29. (19) Eric McClure, Ford, 194, 37.6, 76, $21,968 30. (37) M. Shepherd, Chev., susp., 140, 46, 73, $22,218 31. (16) El. Sadler, Chev., accident, 132, 67.9, 70, $15,395 32. (21) D. Herring, Ford, accident, 131, 51.5, 67, $21,803 33. (38) J. Clements, Chev., ignit., 122, 46.4, 64, $15,275 34. (35) D. Cope, Dodge, accident, 108, 43.3, 61, $15,240 35. (42) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 106, 38.7, 58, $21,678 36. (24) T. Andrews, Ford, transm., 77, 53.7, 55, $15,185 37.(22)D. O’Quinn Jr., Chv., brakes, 21, 36.2, 52, $15,165 38. (14) D. Gilliland, Chev., transm., 20, 50.5, 49, $15,100 39. (29) J. Wise, Toyota, transm., 17, 40.6, 46, $15,075 40. (31) J. Chapman, Chev., brakes, 4, 34.5, 43, $15,020 41.(39)B.Keselowski,Ddge,oil press., 3, 32.4, 40, $14,995 42. (18) D. Setzer, Dodge, handling, 2, 32.4, 37, $14,955 43. (28) J. Green, Chevrolet, brakes, 1, 30.8, 34, $14,898 Average Speed of Race Winner: 117.379 mph. Time of Race: 1 hour 42 minutes 14 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.400 seconds; Caution Flags: 4 for 19 laps. Lead Changes: 3 among 3 drivers Top 10 in Points: 1. Bra.Keselowski, 4,414; 2. C.Edwards, 4,094; 3. K.Busch, 3,914; 4. J.Allgaier, 3,650; 5. P.Me- nard, 3,597; 6. K.Harvick, 3,423; 7. T.Bayne, 3,261; 8. S.Wallace, 3,157; 9. J.Leffler, 3,129; 10. J.Logano, 3,047
SOCCER
MAJORLEAGUESOCCER EASTERN CONF. W L T
Columbus .................. 13 7 6 New York .................. 13 8 5 Kansas City ................ 9 10 6 Toronto FC .................. 8 11 7 Philadelphia ................ 7 12 6 Chicago ....................... 6 10 8 New England .............. 7 14 5 D.C. ............................. 5 18 3
WESTERN CONF. W L T yLos Angeles ............ 15 6 5 xReal Salt Lake ........ 13 4 8 Dallas ........................ 11 2 13 San Jose ................... 11 7 6 Seattle ...................... 11 9 6 xColorado .................. 10 7 7 Houston ...................... 7 14 5 Chivas USA ................. 7 14 4
SATURDAY'S RESULTS Houston 3, at D.C. United 1 San Jose 3, at Toronto FC 2 at Philadelphia 3, Chivas USA 0 Columbus 2, at New England 2 (Tie) Dallas 3, at Kansas City 1 Seattle FC 1, at Chicago 0 Colorado at Real Salt Lake, Late
HOUSTON3, D.C.UNITED1 HOUSTON
D.C. UNITED
0 1
3 0
— 3 — 1
First half: 1, D.C. United, Najar 5 (Quaranta), 29th minute. Second half: 2, Houston, McTavish (own goal), 66th. 3, Houston, Cameron 2 (Davis), 70th. 4, Houston, Oduro 4 (Ching, Palmer), 90th+. Yellow Cards: Cochrane, Houston, 30th; Najar, D.C. United, 69th; Zayner, D.C. United, 79th; Davis, Houston, 82nd; James, D.C. United, 89th; Cameron, Houston, 90th+. Houston: Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney (Danny Cruz, 69th), Ryan Cochrane (Eddie Robinson, 63rd), Andrew Hainault, Adrian Serioux, Geoff Cameron, Corey Ashe, Lovel Palmer, Brad Davis, Joseph Ngwenya (Dominic Oduro, 59th), Brian Ching. D.C. United: Troy Perkins, Dejan Jakovic, Jed Zayner, Devon McTavish (Junior Carriero, 83rd), Julius James, Branko Boskovic, Andy Najar, Kurt Morsink, Danny Allsopp (Carlos Varela, 74th), Santino Quaranta, Pablo Hernandez.
WOMEN'SPROFESSIONAL SOCCER
CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY’S GAME Philadelphia at FC Gold Pride, 2:30
BASKETBALL FIBA
WOMEN’SWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRELIMINARY ROUND
SATURDAY’S RESULTS United States 81, France 60 Greece 83, Senegal 68 Australia 91, China 68 Belarus 61, Canada 49 South Korea 68, Mali 66 Spain 69, Brazil 57 Russia 77, Argentina 59 Czech Republic 66, Japan 60
USA81,FRANCE60
FRANCE (60) Miyem 7-13 0-0 15, Beikes 2-4 0-0 4, Dumerc 3-12 0-0 7, Ndongue 0-0 0-0 0, Jannault 2-8 0-0 6, Lardy 2-4 0-0 4, Lepron 1-1 7-10 9, Amant 2-2 0-0 4, Digbeu 2-9 2-2 7, Gomis 0-1 0-0 0, Laborde 0-4 0-0 0, Godin 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 22-61 11-14 60.
UNITED STATES (81)
Bird 4-4 0-0 9, Catchings 2-4 2-2 6, Cash 1-2 3-4 5, Taurasi 5-11 4-4 15, Fowles 2-3 2-5 6, Whalen 1-4 0-0 2, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Dupree 3-3 4-4 10, McCoughtry 4-7 1-1 9, Appel 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 4-9 0-0 9, Charles 4-5 2-4 10. Totals 30-54 18-24 81.
France .................................... 10 19 19 12 — 60 United States ......................... 13 23 25 20 — 81
Three-point goals: France 5-18 (Jannault 2-4, Miyem 1-1, Digbeu 1-3, Dumerc 1-6, Laborde 0-2, Lardy 0-2), United States 3-7 (Bird 1-1, Taurasi 1-2, Moore 1-4). Fouled out: Amant. Rebounds: France 25 (Miyem, Biekes 4), United States 41 (Dupree, Taurasi 6). Assists: France 8 (Dumerc, Lardy 2), United States 9 (Charles 3). Total fouls: France 21, United States 15. A: 4,710.
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Pts GF GA 45 44 33 31 27 26 26 18
29 27 30 31 39 32 45 42
Pts GF GA 50 47 46 39 39 37 26 25
21 16 22 25 29 24 45 34
x-Lategame;y-clinched playoffberth NASCAR
SPRINT CUP AAA 400 LINEUP After Friday’s qualifying; Sunday’s race At Dover International Speedway; In Dover, Del. Lap length: 1.0 miles; (Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 155.736 mph 2. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 155.642 3. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 155.353 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 155.32 5. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 155.052 6. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 155.032 7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 155.032 8. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 154.825 9. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 154.765 10. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 154.699 11. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 154.619 12. (83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 154.619 13. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 154.593 14. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 154.533 15. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 154.52 16. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 154.414 17. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 154.367 18. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 154.347 19. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 154.228 20. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 154.123 21. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 154.083 22. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 154.037 23. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 154.017 24. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 153.998 25. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 153.741 26. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 153.721 27. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 153.682 28. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 153.662 29. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 153.656 30. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 153.322 31. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 153.302 32. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 153.211 33. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 153.048 34. (09) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 152.99 35. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 152.957 36. (81) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 152.944 37. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 152.562 38. (55) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 152.433 39. (71) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 152.355 40. (7) Kevin Conway, Toyota, owner points 41. (37) Tony Raines, Ford, owner points 42. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, owner points 43. (46) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 151.796.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
TENNIS ATP
OPEN DEMOSELLE At Les Arenes de Metz; In Metz, France Purse: $587,500 (WT250); Surface: Hard-Indoor
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS Gilles Simon (8), France, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (6), Germany, 6-3, 6-2; Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Rich- ard Gasquet (4), France, walkover.
BCR OPEN ROMANIA
At Progresul BNR Arenas; In Bucharest, Romania Purse: $548,600 (WT250); Surface: Clay-Outdoor
SINGLES—SEMIFINALS Juan Ignacio Chela (4), Argentina, def. Albert Montanes (1), Spain, 6-1, 6-3; Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4.
WTA
TASHKENT OPEN At Dynamo Tennis Club; In Tashkent, Uzbekistan Purse: $220,000 (Intl.); Surface: Hard-Outdoor
FRIDAY’S SINGLES— SEMIFINALS Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Monica Niculescu (5), Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Alla Kudryavtseva (7), Russia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
HANSOL KOREA OPEN
At Olympic Park; In Seoul, South Korea Purse: $220,000 (Intl.); Surface: Hard-Outdoor
SINGLES— SEMIFINALS ,Alisa Kleybanova (5), Russia, def. Agnes Szavay (8), Hungary, 6-3, 6-2; Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Nadia Petrova (1), Russia, 5-4, retired.
GOLF PGA
TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP At East Lake Golf Club; In Atlanta Purse: $7.5 million; Yardage: 7,319; Par: 70
THIRD ROUND Jim Furyk ............................... 67 65 70 — 202
Retief Goosen ........................ 71 66 66 — 203 Luke Donald ........................... 66 66 71 — 203 Geoff Ogilvy ........................... 66 67 72 — 205 Paul Casey ............................. 66 71 69 — 206 Kevin Na ................................. 69 68 69 — 206 Charley Hoffman ................... 71 67 69 — 207 Nick Watney .......................... 71 74 63 — 208 Phil Mickelson ....................... 69 72 68 — 209 Kevin Streelman .................... 70 70 69 — 209 Jason Day ............................... 69 69 71 — 209 Ryan Moore ............................ 70 72 68 — 210 Camilo Villegas ...................... 73 69 68 — 210 Steve Stricker ........................ 74 68 68 — 210 K.J. Choi ................................. 68 68 74 — 210 Bubba Watson ....................... 75 69 67 — 211 Zach Johnson ......................... 74 72 66 — 212 Bo Van Pelt ............................ 74 69 69 — 212 Robert Allenby ....................... 71 70 71 — 212 Tim Clark ................................ 70 73 70 — 213 Ernie Els ................................. 71 71 71 — 213 Hunter Mahan ........................ 69 71 73 — 213 Adam Scott ............................ 74 71 69 — 214 Matt Kuchar ........................... 72 70 72 — 214 Justin Rose ............................ 74 68 72 — 214 Ben Crane ............................... 71 69 76 — 216 Dustin Johnson ...................... 73 71 73 — 217 Jeff Overton .......................... 75 70 73 — 218 Ryan Palmer .......................... 74 72 73 — 219 Martin Laird ........................... 75 73 74 — 222
CHAMPIONS
SAS CHAMPIONSHIP At Prestonwood Country Club; In Cary, N.C. Purse: $2.1 million; Yardage: 7,212; Par: 72
SECOND ROUND, LEADING SCORES Russ Cochran .............................. 64 67 — 131
Ted Schulz ................................... 67 68 — 135 John Cook .................................... 72 64 — 136 Nick Price .................................... 67 69 — 136 Tom Pernice, Jr. .......................... 65 71 — 136 Dan Forsman ............................... 69 68 — 137 Bob Gilder ................................... 66 71 — 137
PGAEUROPEAN
VIVENDI CUP At Golf de Joyenval; In Chambourcy, France Marly Course: 6,729 yards; Retz Course: 6,811 yards Both Courses Par: 72; Purse: $1.5 million
THIRD ROUND, LEADING SCORES
John Parry, England ......................... 66-64-70 — 201 Mark Haastrup, Denmark................. 66-70-66 — 202 Johan Edfors, Sweden...................... 61-74-67 — 202 Francois Delamontagne, France....... 66-69-68 — 203 Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherl. .......... 66-69-68 — 203 Richard Green, Australia.................. 68-66-69 — 203 Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden.................. 65-66-72 — 203
LOCALGOLF
MSGAMATCHES Congressional 7, Beaver Creek 5
HOCKEY
NHLPRESEASON SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Washington at Nashville, Late Carolina 1, at Atlanta 0 at Pittsburgh 3, Columbus 1 Florida 3, at Boston 2 (Shootout) Montreal at Ottawa, Late N.Y. Rangers 5, at New Jersey 4 (OT) at Buffalo 3, Toronto 1 Detroit at Chicago, Late Philadelphia at Minnesota, Late St. Louis at Dallas, Late Tampa Bay at Calgary, Late Anaheim at Vancouver, Late San Jose (ss) at Phoenix (ss), Late Phoenix (ss) at San Jose (ss), Late
SUNDAY’S GAMES N.Y. Rangers at Detroit, 5 Minnesota at Montreal, 7 Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 St. Louis at Colorado, 9
COLLEGES FIELD HOCKEY
American 4, Temple 2 Appalachian State 1, Georgetown 0 Maryland 5, Wake Forest
MEN’S SOCCER
American 3, Bucknell 1 James Madison 3, Towson 2 (OT) Montogmery College 10, Cicel College 0 Prince George’s CC 1, Potomac State 0 UDC 1, George Washington 0 Virginia 1, Clemson 0 Wells 3, Gallaudet 0 York (Pa.) 3, St. Mary’s (Md.) 0
MEN’S TENNIS Catholic 7, St. Mary’s (Md.) 2
COLUMBIA In the Thomas Lamont cup, Columbia defeated Chevy Chase, 17.5 to 15.5. In the senior division, Chevy Chase won, 15.5 to 14.5
HERNDON
Ron Takashima won the club championship with 63. Susan Cooper won the ladies’ division with 78.
INTERNATIONAL In the three-ball tournament, James Hathway, Dan Keene, Brian Kelly and Steve St. Louis won low net. Matt Bancroft, Steve Bancroft, Bob Digby and Tom Follain won low gross.
KENWOOD
In the niners stroke play championship, Paula Ott won low gross. Theresa McVirry won low net.
LOUDOUN In the superintendent’s revenge event, Jeff Jall won low gross with 74. Tony Aydelotte won low net with 74. In the ladies’ division, Anita Baarns won low gross with 95. Young Mi Lee won low net with 72.
TRUMP NATIONAL
In the senior women club championship, Kathy Ken- well won low net. Chris Libonati and Liz Corwin won low gross.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Gallaudet 4, Wells 2 Montgomery College 1, Nassau College 0 Salisbury 1, St. Mary’s (Md.) 0
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Catholic 8, St. Mary’s (Md.) 1 Queens 8, UDC 1
VOLLEYBALL American def. Colgate 25-20, 25-16, 14-25, 25-19 Gallaudet def. Penn St.-Berks 25-10, 33-31, 25-12 Gallaudet def. St. Elizabeth 25-4, 25-9, 25-19 GeorgeMasondef.JamesMadison 27-25, 25-20, 25-17 GeorgeWashingtondef. Charlotte 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-16, 15-6
LOCALRUNNING
COLLEGE PARK CARES 5K In College Park,MD
MEN
1 John Biddle College Park MD 15 minutes 38.5 seconds ;2 Daniel Frankenfield Silver Spring MD 16:21.1 ; 3 Mark Manz Baltimore MD 17:35.7 ; 4 Kevin Joseph Breslin FrederickMD18:03.8 ; 5 Benjamin Otte College ParkMD18:14.1
WOMEN
1 Jessica Varney Baltimore MD 20 minutes 58.6 seconds ; 2 Emily Castelli Cheverly MD 23:09.1 ; 3 Annie Metz Odenton MD 23:40.8 ; 4 Veronica Leach Bowie MD 24:46.0 ; 5 Rasa Rasa College Park MD 25:54.9
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