Moves
Baseball
PADRES: Agreed to two-year, $2.75 million contract with P Jay Witasick (C. Milton Wright, UMBC). Designated P Jeremy Fikac and IF Kevin Eberwein for assignment.
RED SOX: Signed former Orioles P Mike Timlin and P Chad Fox to one-year contracts.
REDS: Signed former Orioles P Pete Harnisch, P Osvaldo Fernandez, P Jose Rijo, IF Wilton Guerrero, P Travis Miller, P Scott Randall, C Mike Stefanski and IF Juan Thomas to minor-league contracts.
YANKEES: Agreed to four-year contract with P Jose Contreras.
LINCOLN (INDEPENDENT): Named former Blue Jays manager Tim Johnson manager.
Basketball
HAWKS: Placed G Emanual Davis on injured list. Signed G Mike Wilks.
Football
CARDINALS: Signed RB Marcel Shipp to four-year contract extension and DT Barron Tanner to three-year extension. Placed G-T Leonard Davis and T John Fina on IR. Signed DT Nate Dwyer and T Kendrick Rogers from practice squad.
EAGLES: Signed TE Kori Dickerson to practice squad.
JAGUARS: Waived OT Roger Chanoine. Signed T Dave Kadela.
PATRIOTS: Placed TE Daniel Graham on IR. Signed WR Fred Coleman, TE Fred Baxter and OL Matt Knutson.
TEXANS: Placed S Ramon Walker on IR. Signed OL Barry Hall to active roster from practice squad.
Pro soccer
MISL standings
Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 14 3 .824 -
Cleveland 8 6 .571 4 1/2
Harrisburg 7 9 .438 6 1/2
Blast 5 11 .313 8 1/2
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 11 4 .733 -
Kansas City 5 8 .385 5
San Diego 7 11 .389 5 1/2
Dallas 6 11 .353 6
Tomorrow's game
K.C. at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Next for Blast
Sunday, at Harrisburg, 6:05 p.m.
Golf
PGA
Partial field Players eligible for the 2003 Masters, to be played April 10-13 at Augusta National Golf Club. The rest of the field will be determined after The Players Championship the last week in March. Players listed in only one category. Masters champions: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O'Meara, Nick Faldo, Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller, Gary Player, Raymond Floyd, Tommy Aaron, Charles Coody.
U.S. Open champions (last five years): Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen.
British Open champions (last five years): Ernie Els, David Duval, Paul Lawrie.
PGA champions (last five years): Rich Beem, David Toms.
Players Championship (last three years): Craig Perks.
U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up: Ricky Barnes, Hunter Mahan.
British Amateur champion: Alejandro Larrazabal.
U.S. Amateur Public Links champion: Ryan Moore.
U.S. Mid-Amateur champion: George Zahringer.
Top 16 players and ties from 2002 Masters: Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Adam Scott, Angel Cabrera, Chris DiMarco, Brad Faxon, Davis Love III, Shigeki Maruyama, Colin Montgomerie.
Top eight players and ties from 2002 U.S. Open: Jeff Maggert, Scott Hoch, Billy Mayfair, Nick Price, Tom Byrum.
Top four players and ties from 2002 British Open: Thomas Levet, Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington.
Top four players and ties from 2002 PGA Championship: Chris Riley, Fred Funk, Justin Leonard.
Top 40 players from the 2002 PGA Tour money list: Jerry Kelly, Charles Howell III, Jim Furyk, Jeff Sluman, K.J. Choi, Len Mattiace, Robert Allenby, Rocco Mediate, John Rollins, Bob Estes, Kenny Perry, Loren Roberts, Scott McCarron, Steve Lowery, Phil Tataurangi, John Cook, Kevin Sutherland, Craig Parry, Jonathan Byrd, Pat Perez.
Top 10 players from the 2003 PGA Tour money list after The Players Championship: TBD.
Top 50 players from the final 2002 world ranking: Michael Campbell, Darren Clarke, Eduardo Romero, Scott Verplank, Thomas Bjorn, Niclas Fasth, Justin Rose, Mike Weir, Peter Lonard, Shingo Katayama, Toru Taniguchi, Toshi Izawa.
Sailing
America's Cup
Louis Vuitton Cup
Jan. 11-25 (winner advances to Cup final against Team New Zealand, loser eliminated) Saturday, Jan. 11 Oracle vs. Alinghi Sunday, Jan. 12 Oracle vs. Alinghi Monday, Jan. 13 Oracle vs. Alinghi Tuesday, Jan. 14 Oracle vs. Alinghi Wednesday, Jan. 15 Lay day. Thursday, Jan. 16 Oracle vs. Alinghi Friday, Jan. 17 Oracle vs. Alinghi Saturday, Jan. 18 Oracle vs. Alinghi, if necessary Sunday, Jan. 19 Lay day. Monday, Jan. 20 Oracle vs. Alinghi, if necessary Tuesday, Jan. 21 Oracle vs. Alinghi, if necessary Wednesday, Jan. 22 Oracle vs. Alinghi, if necessary Thursday, Jan. 23 Lay day. Friday, Jan. 24 Reserve day.
Football
NFL
Monday's late game
Steelers 17, Buccaneers 7
Pittsburgh 17 0 0 0 - 17
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 7 - 7
First quarter Pit-Randle El 11 pass from Maddox (Reed kick), 12:01. Pit-Scott 30 interception return (Reed kick), 11:10. Pit-FG Reed 26, 4:24. Fourth quarter TB-K.Johnson 18 pass from R.Johnson (Gramatica kick), 1:14. A-65,684.
Pit TB
First downs 19 18
Rushes-yards 35-94 14-74
Passing 233 203
Punt Returns 3-33 2-16
Kickoff Returns 1-21 4-81
Interceptions Ret. 1-30 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 18-24-0 21-44-1
Sacked-Yards 2-11 6-29
Punts 5-45.0 7-41.1
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-Yards 5-45 5-39
Time of Poss. 34:20 25:40
Rushing-Pittsburgh, Bettis 26-66, Zereoue 5-23, Randle El 1-4, Kreider 1-3, Maddox 2-(minus 2). Tampa Bay, Alstott 5-28, King 3-23, Pittman 4-20, R.Johnson 1-5, Stecker 1-(minus 2). Passing-Pittsburgh, Maddox 17-23-0-236, Randle El 1-1-0-8. Tampa Bay, King 9-26-1-73, R.Johnson 12-18-0-159. Receiving-Pittsburgh, Ward 6-78, Burress 5-127, Zereoue 3-18, Randle El 1-11, Kreider 1-8, Cushing 1-4, Bettis 1-(minus 2). Tampa Bay, K.Johnson 8-132, McCardell 6-45, Jurevicius 2-28, Dudley 2-8, Dilger 1-11, Alstott 1-4, Pittman 1-4. Missed field goals-None.
Colleges
Basketball schedule
Friday
(All times p.m. unless noted) State men Morgan St. at Texas A&M; CC, 8 Porreco Cup: Bowie State vs. Edinboro at Gannon Univ., 6 Top 25 men No. 22 North Carolina vs. Iona at Madison Sq. Gar., 6:30 East Binghamton at Villanova, 7:30 South Colorado vs. La-Lafayette, 1:30 at Charlotte, N.C., 1:30 Loyola (Chi.) at Charlotte, 4 Miami at UCF, 7:30 Kennesaw at M. Tennessee, 8 West Prairie View at Colorado St., 9 Sacramento St. at Idaho, 10 Tournaments ASU/azcentral.com Hoops Classic At Tempe, Ariz. First round Nebraska vs. UC SB, 7:30 Bucknell at Arizona St., 9:30 Cable Car Classic At Santa Clara, Calif. First round MVSU at Santa Clara, 9 Texas A&M; vs. Princeton, 11 FIU Holiday Classic At Miami First round Duquesne vs. Radford, 6 St. Francis, N.Y. at Fla. International, 8 Flint Hills Resources Islander Classic At Corpus Christi, Texas First round Texas S'rn vs. Oakland, Mich., 6 Foot Locker/MSG Holiday Festival At New York First round St. John's vs. Manhattan, 8:30 Gossner Foods Classic At Logan, Utah First round Mo.-K.C. vs. Idaho St., 7:30 Arkansas St. at Utah St., 10 Oneida Bingo & Casino Classic At Green Bay, Wis. First round E. Washington vs. Delaware, 6 Austin Peay at Wis.-GB, 8:30 Outrigger Rainbow Classic At Honolulu First round Tennessee T. vs. Alcorn St., 10 Bradley at Hawaii, 12:30 a.m. Sierra Providence SunClassic At El Paso, Texas First round Columbia at UTEP, 9 Air Force vs. UAB, 11 Top 25 women No. 1 Duke vs. Detroit, 8 No. 6 Stanford vs. Ariz. St., 10 No. 18 S. Carolina at Temple, 7 No. 21 Arizona at California, 10 No. 24 Georgia at Ga. Tech, 3
Saturday
State men Eastern Michigan at Navy, 3:30 Hartford at UMES, 4 Coppin St. at Oregon St., 7:05 Porreco Cup: Bowie State/Edinboro vs. Gannon/West Liberty State at Gannon Univ., 6/8 Texas A&M; Corpus Christi Tournament: Morgan St. vs. Texas A&M;, 7 Top 25 men No. 2 Pitt vs. George Mason, 4 No. 4 Arizona vs. Davidson, 6 No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 16 Mississippi St. at New Orleans, 1 No. 6 Uconn vs. Cent. Conn. St. at Hartford, noon No. 7 Illinois at Memphis, 6 No. 10 Indiana at Temple, 4 No. 11 Oregon vs. UC Rivrsde, 5:30 No. 12 Florida vs. Bethune-Ckmn, 1 No. 13 Marquette vs. Grambling St., 2 No. 14 Kentucky at Louisville, noon No. 15 Michigan State vs. Jacksonville State, 7 No. 19 Kansas vs. California at Oakland Arena, 3:30 No. 20 Tulsa vs. Iowa, 3 No. 21 Xavier vs. E'rn Ky., 7:30 No. 22 UNC vs. Manhattan or St. John's at Madison Sq. Garden, 3/5 No. 24 LSU vs. Tulane at New Orleans, 3:30 No. 25 Wake Forest vs. N.C. A&T;, 2 State women Towson at Albany, 11 Mt. St. Mary's at Radford, 7 Best Western Holiday Classic: Bowie State vs. Cheyney, 8 Gatorade Classic: William & Mary vs. Maryland, 5 St. Joseph's Tournament: UMBC vs. St. Joseph's, 2 Virginia Tech Tournament: Loyola vs. Duquense, 1 Top 25 women No. 2 LSU vs. No. 15 Texas, 3 No. 3 UConn at S. Florida, 7 No. 4 Kansas State at N'rn Illinois, 8 No. 5 Tenn. vs. No. 12 Notre Dame at Indianapolis, 1 No. 8 Texas Tech at S'rn Miss., 4 No. 9 Vanderbilt at TCU, 8 No. 10 Arkansas vs. W. Kentucky, 3 No. 11 Minnesota at Wright State, 1 No. 14 Mississippi State vs. Utah at Missoula, Mont., 8 No. 15 Texas at LSU, 3 No. 17 Penn State vs. Kent State at San Diego, 9 No. 19 Okla. vs. SE Missouri St., 4 No. 20 Boston C. vs. SMU at New Orleans, 3:30 No. 22 UC SB vs. Richmond at Ft. Collins, Colo., 9 No. 25 Michigan vs. Virginia, 5
Quiz answer
Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, Dusty Baker and Johnny Oates.