Auto racing
CART
U.S. Grand Prix
At Miami Lap length: 1.15 miles Starting position in parentheses
1. (8) Mario Dominguez, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 135.
2. (7) Roberto Moreno, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 135.
3. (15) Mika Salo, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 135.
4. (11) Jimmy Vasser, Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 135.
5. (13) Mario Haberfeld, Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 135.
6. (18) Patrick Carpentier, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 135.
7. (6) Michel Jourdain Jr., Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 135.
8. (1) Adrian Fernandez, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 134.
9. (2) Bruno Junqueira, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 131.
10. (17) Geoff Boss, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 129.
11. (12) Darren Manning, Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 123, mechanical.
12. (14) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 114, contact.
13. (10) Alex Tagliani, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 101, contact.
14. (19) Alex Sperafico, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 98, contact.
15. (9) Tiago Monteiro Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 91, contact.
16. (5) Paul Tracy, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 69, contact.
17. (4) Sebastien Bourdais, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 69, contact.
18. (16) Rodolfo Lavin, Ford-Cosworth/Reynard, 56, contact.
19. (3) Oriol Servia, Ford-Cosworth/Lola, 43, contact.
Race statistics Time of race: 2:03:19.401. Margin of victory: 5.241 seconds. Winner's average speed: 75.533 mph. Caution flags: 6 for 36 laps. Lead changes: 5 between 6 drivers.
Lap leaders: Junqueira, 1-1; Fernandez 2-89; Salo, 90-95; Jourdain, 96-103; Manning, 104-107; Dominguez, 108-135.
Series points leaders: 1, Tracy, 204; 2, Junqueira, 191; 3, Jourdain, 171; 4, Bourdais, 142; 5, Carpentier, 136; 6, Servia, 108; 7, Dominguez, 101; 8, Fernandez, 99; 9, Tagliani, 91; 10, Manning, 83.
Moves
Baseball
MARLINS: Activated 3B Mike Lowell from 15-day DL.
REDS: Re-signed SS Barry Larkin to one-year contract.
Basketball
CLIPPERS: Acquired C Predrag Drobnjak from SuperSonics for second-round pick. Waived F Fadi El Khatib.
College
ARIZONA: Fired football coach John Mackovic. Named defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz interim coach.
Hockey
BLUES: Assigned D Tom Koivisto, D Mike Stuart, G Reinhard Divis, G Curtis Sanford and LW Igor Valeev to AHL Worcester. Assigned LW D.J. King to WHL Lethbridge. Released RW Rastislav Pavlikovski.
CANUCKS: Assigned C Nathan Smith, G Alex Auld, G Tyler Moss, D Martin Grenier, D Kiril Koltsov and D Tomas Mojzis to AHL Manitoba.
KINGS: Assigned LW Noah Clarke, C Steve Kelly, C Chris Schmidt, RW John Tripp, D Joe Rullier and D Richard Seeley to AHL Manchester.
PANTHERS: Assigned LW Eric Beaudoin and D Kyle Rossiter to AHL San Antonio. Recalled D Jeff Paul from San Antonio.
STARS: Assigned LW Steve Gainey, RW Rob Valicevic, RW Mathias Tjarnqvist and G Dan Ellis to AHL Utah.
THRASHERS: Assigned D Kurtis Foster, D Kirill Safronov and C Brian Swanson to AHL Chicago.
WILD: Assigned C Dan Cavanaugh, C Rickard Wallin, LW Mika Hannula, RW Kyle Wanvig, D Zbynek Michalek and G Johan Holmqvist to AHL Houston.
Soccer
MLS standings
Eastern Division
W L T Pts GF GA
Chicago 12 6 7 43 42 33
MetroStars 10 8 7 37 34 32
D.C. United 10 9 6 36 33 29
Columbus 8 10 7 31 32 34
N. England 7 9 9 30 40 41
Western Division
W L T Pts GF GA
x-San Jose 13 5 7 46 39 27
x-Colorado 11 9 5 38 31 32
Los Angeles 8 9 8 32 29 28
Kansas City 7 10 8 29 38 39
Dallas 5 16 4 19 28 51
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x-clinched playoff spot
Yesterday's results
MetroStars 1, D.C. United 1, New England 3, Columbus 2, OT
Wednesday's game
Chicago at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New England at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL preseason
Yesterday's results
N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 3, Fla. 2, OT Columbus 5, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 5, Buffalo 4 San Jose 4, Vancouver 1
Today's game
Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Colleges
Men's soccer
C. Conn. St. 3, Mt. St. Mary's 2, OT UMBC 2, Northeastern 2
Women's soccer
C. Notre Dame 4, Wells 1 Franklin & Marshall 4, Villa Julie 0 Hofstra 2, Towson 1 Long Island 1, Mt. St. Mary's 0, 2OT Navy 1, Colgate 0
Field hockey
C. Notre Dame 3, Wells 0 Wake Forest 3, Maryland 1
Volleyball
UMES def. Sacred Heart, 30-14, 30-21, 30-20
Water polo
Princeton 8, Navy 6 Navy 10, St. Francis (N.Y.) 5
Baseball
Postseason
Division Series
See Page 4D
League Championship Series
(Best-of-7)
Oct. 8-Oakland-Boston winner at New York OR Minnesota at Oakland OR Boston at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 9-Oakland-Boston winner at New York OR Minnesota at Oakland OR Boston at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 11-New York at Oakland-Boston winner OR Oakland at Minnesota OR Minnesota at Boston, 4:20 p.m. Oct. 12-New York at Oakland-Boston winner OR Oakland at Minnesota OR Minnesota at Boston, 7:50 p.m. Oct. 13-New York at Oakland-Boston winner OR Oakland at Minnesota OR Minnesota at Boston, 8:20 p.m.* Oct. 15-Oakland-Boston winner at New York OR Minnesota at Oakland OR Boston at Minnesota, 4:20 p.m.* Oct. 16-Oakland-Boston winner at New York OR Minnesota at Oakland OR Boston at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m.*
Oct. 7-San Fran-Fla. winner at Atlanta OR Chicago at San Francisco OR Fla. at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 8-San Fran-Fla. winner at Atlanta OR Chicago at San Francisco OR Fla. at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. Oct. 10-Atlanta at San Fran-Fla. winner OR San Fran at Chicago OR Chicago at Fla., 8:20 p.m. Oct. 11-Atlanta at San Fran-Fla. winner OR San Fran at Chicago OR Chicago at Fla., 7:50 p.m. Oct. 12-Atlanta at San Fran-Fla. winner OR San Fran at Chicago OR Chicago at Fla., 4:20 p.m.* Oct. 14-San Fran-Fla. winner at Atlanta OR Chicago at San Francisco OR Fla. at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.* Oct. 15-San Fran-Fla. winner at Atlanta OR Chicago at San Francisco OR Fla. at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.*
World Series
Oct. 18-National League at American League, 8:05 p.m. Oct. 19-NL at AL, 8:05 p.m. Oct. 21-AL at NL, 8:25 p.m. Oct. 22-AL at NL, 8:25 p.m. Oct. 23-AL at NL, 8:25 p.m.* Oct. 25-NL at AL, 8 p.m.* Oct. 26-NL at AL, 8 p.m.* *-if necessary