Moves
Baseball
BREWERS: Claimed OF Scott Podsednik off waivers from Mariners. Designated P Jose Mieses for assignment.
EXPOS: GM Omar Minaya turned down chance to be interviewed for Red Sox's GM job.
METS: Sent IF-OF Jorge Toca outright to Triple-A Norfolk.
PADRES: Declined to exercise OF Ray Lankford's $7.5 million option for 2003, choosing instead to pay $1 million buyout.
PHILLIES: Named Joe Kerrigan pitching coach and gave him two-year contract.
RANGERS: Named Buck Showalter manager and Jamie Reed medical director and head major league trainer; Reed is a former Orioles assistant trainer who has been head trainer for Devil Rays since their inception.
TIGERS: Claimed LHP Pedro Feliciano off waivers from Mets.
Basketball
HAWKS: Released C Mario Bennett.
MAGIC: Waived G Omar Cook.
76ERS: Waived G William Avery and C Alvin Jones.
WIZARDS: Waived G Rod Grizzard.
College
SEC: Reprimanded Mississippi State football coach Jackie Sherrill for publicly criticizing officials.
BOWIE STATE: Announced that AD Charles Davis resigned, effective immediately, to take over as AD at North Carolina A&T.;
COPPIN STATE: Dismissed senior Roy Mack (Franklin) from tennis team for violating team rules.
GARDNER-WEBB: President Christopher White resigned after students and alumni protested his ordering that an F on a basketball player's record be left out in calculating his grade-point average two years ago.
GEORGIA: Announced that senior G Mike Patrick has left men's basketball team.
KANSAS: Men's basketball coach Roy Williams will receive John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching award April 13.
KEUKA: Named Jason Baribeau men's assistant basketball coach.
KINGS POINT: Named Doug Carter women's assistant basketball coach.
MASSACHUSETTS: Dismissed F Stephen Briggs from men's basketball team for violation of team rules.
McDANIEL: Football team suspended QB John Luster indefinitely for violating team policy.
NAVY: Joe Donahue (Annapolis) was named Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Player of the Week. ... J.D. Walker was named American Collegiate Hockey Association's Star of the Week.
Football
PANTHERS: Released WR Anthony Bright. Signed WR Nathan Black from practice squad.
Hockey
CANUCKS: Signed C Jason King.
MIGHTY DUCKS: Claimed F Mike Brown off waivers from Canucks.
PANTHERS: Acquired RW Juraj Kolnik and 2003 ninth-round draft pick from Islanders for D Sven Butenschon. Assigned Kolnik to AHL San Antonio.
SHARKS: Assigned C Ryan Kraft to Cleveland of the AHL.
WILD: Activated D Willie Mitchell.
Colleges
Men's soccer
Mount St. Mary's 1, St. Francis 0 Towson 2, Hofstra 1 UMBC 2, Robert Morris 0
Women's soccer
Cent. Conn. St. 3, UMBC 1 George Mason 1, Towson 0 Maryland 2, Virginia 0 Navy 7, Albany 2 Quinnipiac 7, Mount St. Mary's 0
Volleyball
Gallaudet def. Johns Hopkins, 30-25, 30-25, 26-30, 16-30, 17-15 Johns Hopkins def. Mt. Aloysius, 30-25, 27-30, 30-13, 30-23 Morgan St. def. UMES, 30-25, 30-25, 30-17 Navy def. Lafayette, 26-30, 30-20, 30-20,30-20
Pro basketball
NBA preseason
Yesterday's results
Minnesota 90, Miami 85 New Jersey 97, Phoenix 93 Chicago 87, Toronto 79 Milwaukee 84, Dallas 77 L.A. Lakers 95, Memphis 87 Portland 103, Golden State 88 L.A. Clippers 119, Seattle 116, 2OT
Today's games
Orlando vs. Miami at Estero, Fla., 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at New York, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 8 p.m. Denver vs. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio vs. New Orleans at Biloxi, Miss., 8:30 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Soccer
MISL standings
W L Pct. GB
Blast 1 0 1.000 -
Harrisburg 1 1 .500 1/2
Philadelphia 1 1 .500 1/2
Cleveland 0 1 .000 1
W L Pct. GB
Milwaukee 2 0 1.000 -
Dallas 1 1 .500 1
San Diego 1 2 .333 1 1/2
Kansas City 0 1 .000 1 1/2
Yesterday's result
Harrisburg 13, San Diego 7
Today's games
Blast at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Harrisburg at Dallas, 8:05 p.m. Milwaukee at K.C., 9:05 p.m.
MLS playoffs
Semifinals
(First to five points; three points for win, one for tie)
Colorado vs. Los Angeles
(Los Angeles wins series, 6-0) Game 1: Los Angeles, 4-0 Game 2: Los Angeles, 1-0
Columbus vs. New England
(New England leads 4-1) Game 1: Tie, 0-0 Game 2: New England, 1-0 Today: At New Eng., 4 p.m.
Auto racing
Lineup
UAW-GM 500
Tomorrow at Concord, N.C. Qualifying rained out; lineup set by owner's points 1. (20) Tony Stewart, Pontiac
2. (6) Mark Martin, Ford
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
4. (12) Ryan Newman, Ford
5. (40) Jamie McMurray, Dodge
6. (2) Rusty Wallace, Ford
7. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford
8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet
9. (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge
10. (28) Ricky Rudd, Ford
11. (97) Kurt Busch, Ford
12. (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford
13. (8) DEarnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
14. (99) Jeff Burton, Ford
15. (15) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet
16. (32) Ricky Craven, Ford
17. (30) Jeff Green, Chevrolet
18. (18) Bobby Labonte, Pontiac
19. (31) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet
20. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
21. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford
22. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge
23. (41) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge
24. (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet
25. (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge
26. (10) Johnny Benson, Pontiac
27. (22) Ward Burton, Dodge
28. (21) Elliott Sadler, Ford
29. (55) Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet
30. (43) John Andretti, Dodge
31. (23) Kenny Wallace, Dodge
32. (36) Ken Schrader, Pontiac
33. (26) Todd Bodine, Ford
34. (1) Steve Park, Chevrolet
35. (25) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet
36. (4) Mike Skinner, Chevrolet
37. (14) Mike Wallace, Pontiac
38. (7) Casey Atwood, Dodge
39. (44) Jerry Nadeau, Dodge
40. (11) Brett Bodine, Ford
41. (90) Jason Hedlesky, Ford
42. (49) Stacy Compton, Dodge
43. (02) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet Failed to qualify 44. (27) Scott Wimmer, Dodge
45. (83) Kerry Earnhardt, Chevrolet
46. (54) Ron Hornaday, Chevrolet
47. (60) Jack Sprague, Chevrolet
48. (59) Carl Long, Dodge
49. (72) Kirk Shelmerdine, Ford
Sailing
America's Cup
Louis Vuitton Cup
Off Auckland, New Zealand
Today
Mascalzone Latino, Italy def. Le Defi, France by 5 minutes, 19 seconds. OneWorld, Seattle def. Prada, Italy by 1 minute, 11 seconds. Alinghi, Switzerland def. Victory Challenge, Sweden by 25 seconds. GBR Challenge, Britain def Oracle, San Francisco by 36 seconds. Bye: Stars & Stripes