Moves
Baseball
ASTROS: Agreed to one-year contract extension with IF Jose Vizcaino worth $2.0 million.
BRAVES: Named Dayton Moore director of player personnel.
BREWERS: Announced that former Oriole IF Manny Alexander signed with Triple-A Indianapolis.
CUBS: Placed former Orioles IF Delino DeShields on waivers for purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Purchased contract of P Will Cunnane from Triple-A Iowa.
ORIOLES: Placed P Sidney Ponson on 15-day DL with right shoulder tendinitis. Activated P Jason Johnson.
MARINERS: Placed IF Luis Urguetto on 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 8, with sprained left wrist. Activated IF Jose Offerman.
METS: Announced OF Mark Little has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Norfolk.
REDS: Activated IF Sean Casey from 15-day DL. Optioned OF Brady Clark to Triple-A Louisville.
Basketball
CELTICS: Re-signed F Walter McCarty.
KINGS: Signed Corsley Edwards, second-round draft pick.
MAGIC: Signed F Ryan Humphrey, first-round draft pick.
SHOCK (WNBA): Activated C Jill Chapman. Placed G Stacy Clinesmith on IL.
Colleges
INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL ALLIANCE: Added Oklahoma Panhandle State.
HOLIDAY BOWL: Announced four-year exclusive partnership with Pacific Life Insurance Company.
CALIFORNIA, PA.: Named Ray Kuhles men's and women's track and field and cross country coach.
COLORADO: Signed football coach Gary Barnett to five-year contract extension.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC: Named Omar Cooper men's assistant basketball coach.
MARYLAND: Named former Terps OF Michelle Burrell assistant softball coach.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN: Named Carol Russell women's basketball coach.
UMES: Announced that junior basketball G Tee Trotter was named to The National Dean's List, award given to one-half of 1 percent of all college students.
Football
BEARS: Signed DT Reggie Grimes to two-year contract.
DOLPHINS: Waived K Vitaly Pisetsky.
PACKERS: Re-signed P-PK Louie Aguiar. Waived OT Kevin Jordan.
Hockey
BLUES: Signed free-agent D Aris Brimanis.
CANADIENS: Re-signed C Doug Gilmour.
FLAMES: Re-signed C Steve Begin.
HURRICANES: Signed F Mike Watt.
SHARKS: Signed restricted free-agent D Marcus Ragnarsson to contract worth $2.3 million.
THRASHERS: Agreed to terms with restricted free-agent F Mark Hartigan.
Soccer
U.S. SOCCER FEDERATION: Announced that Bob Contiguglia was re-elected as president to second four-year term.
BRAZIL: Luiz Felipe Scolari resigned as coach of national team.
Soccer
MLS standings
W L T Pts GF GA
N.Y./N.J. 9 10 2 29 35 34
Chicago 8 8 4 28 30 25
Columbus 8 9 4 28 30 33
New Eng. 7 12 1 22 35 42
D.C. 6 11 3 21 19 27
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 12 7 2 38 34 20
Dallas 8 5 7 31 28 27
K. C. 8 6 7 31 31 30
L. A. 9 7 3 30 27 26
Colorado 9 9 3 30 31 36
Note: 3 points for win, 1 for tie.
Today's games
Chicago at Dallas, 4 p.m. K.C. at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m. New England at L.A., 10 p.m.
WUSA standings
W L T Pts GF GA
x-Carolina 12 5 3 39 39 29
x-Phila. 11 3 6 39 36 20
x-Wash. 10 5 5 35 36 27
Atlanta 10 8 1 31 30 26
San Jose 8 7 5 29 34 29
Boston 5 8 7 22 35 35
San Diego 5 11 4 19 27 41
New York 3 16 1 10 29 58
Note: 3 points for win, 1 for tie. x-clinched playoff berth
Today's games
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Washington at New York, 7 p.m. San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m.
Tomorrow's game
Carolina at San Diego, 8 p.m. End of regular season Lacrosse
MLL standings
Nationals Division
W L Pct. GF GA
x-Bayhawks 9 4 .692 192 155
N.J. 6 5 .545 153 159
Rochester 5 7 .417 141 148
Americans Division
W L Pct. GF GA
x-L. Island 8 3 .727 183 149
Boston 5 7 .417 183 194
Bridgeport 3 10 .231 170 217 x-clinched division title y-clinched playoff berth
Yesterday's result
Boston 17, Bridgeport 15
Today's games
N.J. at Long Island, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Rochester, 7:35 p.m.
Auto racing
NASCAR
Lineup
Sirius Satellite Radio
At Watkins Glen, N.Y. Lap length: 2.45 miles 1. (28) R. Rudd, Ford, 122.696 mph.
2. (15) M. Waltrip, Chevy, 122.635.
3. (20) T. Stewart, Pontiac, 122.485.
4. (9) B. Elliott, Dodge, 122.425.
5. (12) R. Newman, Ford, 122.401.
6. (29) K. Harvick, Chevy, 122.308.
7. (31) R. Gordon, Chevy, 122.249.
8. (17) M. Kenseth, Ford, 122.140.
9. (97) K. Busch, Ford, 122.066.
10. (2) R. Wallace, Ford, 121.988.
11. (55) B. Hamilton, Chevy, 121.965.
12. (48) J. Johnson, Chevy, 121.943.
13. (26) T. Bodine, Ford, 121.897.
14. (14) P. Jones, Pontiac, 121.766.
15. (6) M. Martin, Ford, 121.731.
16. (30) J. Green, Chevy, 121.633.
17. (88) D. Jarrett, Ford, 121.617.
18. (22) W. Burton, Dodge, 121.469.
19. (41) S. Pruett, Dodge, 121.468.
20. (77) D. Blaney, Ford, 121.397.
21. (8) D. Ernhrdt Jr, Chevy, 121.391.
22. (4) M. Skinner, Chevy, 121.381.
23. (24) J. Gordon, Chevy, 121.259.
24. (18) B. Labonte, Pontiac, 121.047.
25. (99) J. Burton, Ford, 120.973.
26. (7) C. Atwood, Dodge, 120.910.
27. (43) J. Andretti, Dodge, 120.860.
28. (40) S. Marlin, Dodge, 120.850.
29. (67) B. Said, Ford, 120.840.
30. (19) J. Mayfield, Dodge, 120.838.
31. (11) B. Bodine, Ford, 120.766.
32. (21) E. Sadler, Ford, 120.724.
33. (25) J. Nemechek, Chevy, 120.660.
34. (45) K. Petty, Dodge, 120.576.
35. (44) J. Nadeau, Dodge, 120.188.
36. (1) S. Park, Chevy, 120.123.
37. (32) R. Craven, Ford, prov.ka0
38. (5) T. Labonte, Chevy, prov.
39. (10) J. Benson, Pontiac, provi.
40. (23) T. Hubert, Dodge, provi.
41. (36) K. Schrader, Pontiac, provi.
42. (98) K. Wallace, Chevy, prov.
43. (74) J. Varde, Chevy, prov.
Failed to qualify 44. (62) A. Cameron, Chevy, 118.999.
45. (09) S. Lewis, Ford, 118.587.
46. (46) J. Bell, Ford, 116.267.
47. (42) J. Spencer, Dodge, 115.654.
Locally
Baseball
Boys in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades looking to attend and play for private schools in the MIAA Conference are invited to showcase their talents for coaches of the MIAA at the Inaugural Baseball Prospect Showcase, sponsored by Diamond Recruiting. The cost is $100 per prospect. The showcases will be held at Gambrills Athletic Complex on Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and at a soon-to-be mentioned Baltimore County high school on Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Lou Holcomb at 410-529-7774.
Soccer
The Pikesville Soccer Club will conduct tryouts for the fall 2002 season. Girls double-age teams in the 10, 12 and 14-and-under age groups are being formed, with boys single-age teams in the 8 through 14-and-under age groups. For girls tryout information, call Larry and Brian Stahl at 410-486-7036 for 10s and 12s; and Josh Fidler for 14s at 410-654-9650. For boys tryout information, call 410-637-7374.
The Central Maryland Soccer Association is accepting fall team registrations for the CMSA Saturday League, the Baltimore Metro Boys Sunday League, and the Baltimore Metro Sunday Girls League. All leagues will offer competition in the ages groups of 8 to 18. Games will be scheduled from September to November. Registration forms and coordinator meeting dates will be posted under the CMSA icon at the www.usamateursports.com Web site. Call Steve (for boys) at 410-276-8466 or Skip (for girls) at 410-363-8610.
The BOLA League is seeking teams or individual players for an outdoor soccer league. There will be both competitive and recreational competition, and all games will be played on Saturday afternoons at the Sen. Joseph Bonvegna Field (next to the Du Burns facility). League play will start Sept. 7. Call Terry McDonald at 410-866-8911 or Jill Neal at 410-825-1183, or log onto www.bolasoccer.com.