Moves
Baseball
CARDINALS: Announced that P Lance Painter will be activated from 15-day DL tomorrow.
ORIOLES: Added Scott McGregor to coaching staff.
REDS: Recalled P Matt Belisle from Triple-A Louisville.
TWINS: Activated P Rick Reed from 15-day DL.
College
OHIO NORTHERN: Named former NFL DB Stacey Hairston interim football coach.
Football
BILLS: Announced that radio play-by-play man Van Miller will retire after this season, his 37th with team.
LIONS: Placed CB Chris Watson on IR.
TEXANS: Signed LS Bryan Pittman from practice squad. Waived LB Chance Pearce.
Horse racing
MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB: Announced that stakes coordinator David Rollinson will leave at end of month to concentrate on blood-stock business that specializes in acquiring and managing European thoroughbreds for American racing.
Pro basketball
WNBA playoffs
Conference finals
(Best of three; *-if necessary)
Detroit vs. Connecticut
(Detroit wins series 2-0) Game 1: Detroit 73, Conn. 63 Yesterday: Detroit 79, Conn. 73
Los Angeles vs. Sacramento
(Series tied 1-1) Game 1: Sacramento 77, L.A. 69 Yesterday: L.A. 79, Sacramento 54 Today: at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Pro soccer
MLS standings
Eastern Division
W L T P GF GA
Chicago 11 5 7 40 40 31
MetroStars 9 6 7 34 32 28
D.C. United 8 8 6 30 29 27
Columbus 7 9 7 28 29 31
New Eng. 6 9 8 26 38 40
Western Division
W L T P GF GA
x-San Jose 12 4 7 43 34 24
Colorado 10 9 4 34 30 32
Kansas City 7 8 8 29 37 34
Los Angeles 7 8 8 29 28 26
Dallas 4 15 4 16 24 48
Note: 3 points for win, 1 for tie. x-clinched playoff spot
Yesterday's game
San Jose 2, New England 1
Saturday's games
Dallas at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. New England at MetroStars, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at Colorado, 9 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Auto racing
IRL
Delphi Indy 300
At Joliet, Ill. (Pole position in parentheses)
1. (8) Sam Hornish Jr., Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, $113,400
2. (5) Scott Dixon, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 200, $91,150
3. (7) Bryan Herta, Dallara-Honda, 200, $94,600
4. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, $66,500
5. (2) Tomas Scheckter, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 200, $62,100
6. (14) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, $45,600
7. (13) Alex Barron, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, $45,400
8. (18) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, 200, $43,300
9. (11) Tora Takagi, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 200, $45,300
10. (6) Robbie Buhl, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, $42,500
11. (20) Scott Sharp, Dallara-Toyota, 200, $42,300
12. (12) Gil de Ferran, Dallara-Toyota, 200, $39,600
13. (16) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, $39,000
14. (1) Richie Hearn, Dallara-Chevrolet, 199, $49,600
15. (3) Felipe Giaffone, Panoz G Force-Toyota, 199, $36,000
16. (19) Buddy Lazier, Dallara-Chevrolet, 199, $34,900
17. (21) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Toyota, 199, $34,100
18. (15) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Chevrolet, 198, $33,600
19. (17) Al Unser Jr., Dallara-Toyota, 198, $32,400
20. (9) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Toyota, 183, gearbox, $31,300
21. (4) Kenny Brack, Dallara-Honda, 119, accident, $31,300
22. Greg Ray, Panoz G Force-Honda, 0, DNS, $31,300 Winner's average speed: 184.294 mph. Time of race: 01:38:58.3310. Margin of victory: 0.0099. Cautions: 3 for 22 laps. Lead changes: 20 among 8. Lap leaders: Hearn 1-37, Scheckter 38-51, Hornish 52-54, Giaffone 55, Wheldon 56-58, Dixon 59, Hornish 60-75, Lazier 76-79, Wheldon 80-94, Scheckter 95-97, Wheldon 98-104, Scheckter 105-106, Wheldon 107-112, Scheckter 112-113, Wheldon 114-115, Scheckter 116-122, Hornish 123-136, Scheckter 137-184, Hornish 185-189, Herta 190-198, Hornish 199-200.
Point standings: Castroneves 439, Dixon 427, Kanaan 425, de Ferran 422, Hornish 398, Unser 330, Brack 318, Scheckter 309, Sharp 299, Takagi 279.
Colleges
Men's soccer
Essex CC 2, Lewisburg CC (N.C.)2 Greensboro 3, Salisbury 0 Johns Hopkins 2, SCAD 0 Maryland 2, American 1 Ursinus 1, Villa Julie 0 Washington Coll. 0, Catholic 0
Battle of Baltimore
At Towson
Championship
Loyola 1 0 - 1
UMBC 2 0 - 2
Goals: L-Nash; UMBC-McElligott, Joseph. Assist: L-Coleman; UMBC-Mongello, McElligott. Saves: L-Peters 4; UMBC-Marchica 1.
Consolation
Navy 0 1 - 1
Towson 0 0 - 0
Goal: N-Knieriem. Assist: N-Silva. Saves: N-DiFilippo 3; T-Thompson 0.
Women's soccer
Goucher 1, Western New England 0 LSU 2, Loyola 0 Lycoming 2, CND 1 Penn State 3, Maryland 0 Salisbury 1, Stevens Tech 0 UTEP 3, Mount St. Mary's 0 Washington Coll. 2, Villa Julie 0
Field hockey
Kent State 3, Towson 2 Salisbury 4, St. Mary's 0 York 2, Frostburg St. 0
Water polo
Johns Hopkins 11, Fordham 3 Long Beach St. 15, Johns Hopkins 5
Tennis
U.S. Open
Men's champions
(since 1980) 2003 - Andy Roddick
2002 - Pete Sampras
2001 - Lleyton Hewitt
2000 - Marat Safin
1999 - Andre Agassi
1998 - Patrick Rafter
1997 - Patrick Rafter
1996 - Pete Sampras
1995 - Pete Sampras
1994 - Andre Agassi
1993 - Pete Sampras
1992 - Stefan Edberg
1991 - Stefan Edberg
1990 - Pete Sampras
1989 - Boris Becker
1988 - Mats Wilander
1987 - Ivan Lendl
1986 - Ivan Lendl
1985 - Ivan Lendl
1984 - John McEnroe
1983 - Jimmy Connors
1982 - Jimmy Connors
1981 - John McEnroe
1980 - John McEnroe
Women's champions
(since 1980) 2003 - Justine Henin-Hardenne
2002 - Serena Williams
2001 - Venus Williams
2000 - Venus Williams
1999 - Serena Williams
1998 - Lindsay Davenport
1997 - Martina Hingis
1996 - Steffi Graf
1995 - Steffi Graf
1994 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
1993 - Steffi Graf
1992 - Monica Seles
1991 - Monica Seles
1990 - Gabriela Sabatini
1989 - Steffi Graf
1988 - Steffi Graf
1987 - Martina Navratilova
1986 - Martina Navratilova
1985 - Hana Mandlikova
1984 - Martina Navratilova
1983 - Martina Navratilova
1982 - Chris Evert Lloyd
1981 - Tracy Austin
1980 - Chris Evert Lloyd