On deck

Today

Baseball: Tacoma Cardinals at Central Oregon Bucks, 6 p.m.

Sunday

Baseball: Tacoma Cardinals at Central Oregon Bucks, 1 p.m.

BASEBALL

WCCBL

WEST COAST COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Elks linescore

Fridays Game

Bend Elks 000 000 012 3 5 1

Bellingham Bells 010 230 10X 7 10 6

Knigge, Kirko (5) and Butler. Poggemeyer, Handy (9) and Chiarelli. WPoggemeyer. LKnigge. 2BBend: Bentrott. Bellingham: Hennigs, Boe. 3BBellingham: Boe. HRBellingham: Halton.

GOLF

Oregon PGA

2008 Crooked River Realty Top Gun Open,

July 24-25

at Crooked River Ranch

Yardage: 5,818; Par 71

Final Round Money Winners

Professional Division

Place, player, prize money Two-day total

1, Birk Nelson ($3,500) 129 2, Bob Rannow ($1,500) 130 3, Guy Puddefoot ($1,000) 133 4, Brian Nosler ($800) 134 5, Jerry Johnson ($500) 136 5, Scott Krieger ($500) 136 5, Chuck Milne ($500) 136

Senior Professional Division

1, Louie Runge ($1,000) 136 2, Jeff Marsh ($500) 141 3, Mark Payne ($166) 146 3, Bob Garza ($166) 146 3, Pat Huffer ($166) 146

Mens Amateur Gross Division

1, Scott Barton ($500) 129 2, Casey King ($300) 135 3, Bruce Neelands ($200) 138 4, Austin Smith ($150) 139 5, Colin Tucker ($125) 140 6, Harry Paik ($87) 141 6, Kim Schwencke ($87) 141 8, Jeff Brown ($50) 148

Mens Amateur Net Division

1, Kyle Davis ($500) 126 2, Herb Parker ($300) 133 3, Douglas Walters ($200) 134 4, Dave Renwald ($137) 135 4, Phil Dodd ($137) 135 6, Jerry Langbraaten ($100) 136 7, John Smallwood ($62) 137 7, Chris Halpin ($62) 137

Womens Amateur Gross Division

1, Rosie Cook ($500) 141 2, Carmen Akins ($300) 157 2, Connie Martin ($300) 157 4, Anita Britton ($100) 161

Womens Amateur Net Division

1, Kim Calderon ($500) 131 2, Karyl Johnson ($300) 137 3, Cindy Obrist ($200) 138

4, Mary Lou Milne ($50) 139

4, Nancy McCarthy ($50) 139

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMENS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

Fridays Games

Washington 81, Atlanta 75

New York 69, Los Angeles 68

Minnesota 78, San Antonio 68

Phoenix 91, Seattle 79

Todays Games

Chicago at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

Sundays Games

New York at San Jose , noon

Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

Cycling

Tour de France

Friday

At Montlucon, France

19th Stage

A 102.8-mile plain stage from Roanne to Montlucon

1. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Cofidis, 3 hours, 37 minutes, 9 seconds.

2. Jeremy Roy, France, Francaise des Jeux, same time.

3. Gerald Ciolek, Germany, Team Columbia, 1 minute, 13 seconds behind.

4. Erik Zabel, Germany, Team Milram, same time.

5. Heinrich Haussler, Gerolsteiner, same time.

6. Leonardo Duque, Colombia, Cofidis, same time.

7. Filippo Pozzato, Italy, Liquigas, same time.

8. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, same time.

9. Robert Foerster, Germany, Gerolsteiner, same time.

10. Julian Dean, New Zealand, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

11. Oscar Freire, Spain, same time.

12. Geoffroy Lequatre, France, Agritubel, same time.

13. Christophe Riblon, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

14. Martijn Maaskent, Netherlands, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

15. Alessandro Ballan, Italy, Lampre, same time.

16. Sebastian Lang, Germany, Gerolsteiner, same time.

17. Matteo Tosatto, Italy, Quick Step, same time.

18. Arnaud Coyot, France, Caisse dEpargne, same time.

19. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Silence-Lotto, same time.

20. David Millar, Britain, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

Also

22. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, same time.

26. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

32. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, same time.

38. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC Saxo Bank, same time.

46. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, same time.

48. Bernhard Kohl, Austria, Gerolsteiner, same time.

52. George Hincapie, United States, Team Columbia, same time.

114. William Frischkorn, United States, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

116. Danny Pate, United States, Garmin Chipotle, same time.

Overall Standings

(After 19 stages)

1. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 82 hours, 54 minutes, 36 seconds.

2. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 1:24 behind.

3. Bernhard Kohl, Austria, Gerolsteiner, 1:33.

4. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, 1:34.

5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 2:39.

6. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 4:41.

7. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Spain, Caisse dEpargne, 5:35.

8. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 5:52.

9. Tadej Valjavec, Slovenia, AG2R-La Mondiale, 8:10.

10. Vladimir Efimkin, Russia, AG2R-La Mondiale, 8:24.

11. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, Team Columbia, 8:35.

12. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 10:04.

13. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas, 12:02.

14. Sandy Casar, France, Francaise des Jeux, 17:08.

15. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 20:07.

16. Alexandre Botcharov, Russia, Credit Agricole, 22:59.

17. Amael Moinard, France, Cofidis, 23:01.

18, Konstantsin Siutsou, Belarus, 24:29.

19. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas, 25:39.

20. Dmitriy Fofonov, Kazakhstan, Credit Agricole, 25:49.

Also

36. George Hincapie, United States, Team Columbia, 1:08:28.

97. Danny Pate, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 2:35:59.

132. William Frischkorn, United States, Garmin Chipotle, 3:24:44.

AUTO RACING

IRL

Grand Prix of Edmonton Lineup

Fridays qualifying; race today

At JAGflo Speedway at City Center Airport

Temporary street course, 1.973 miles, 14 turns

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 116.955 mph.

2. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 116.753.

3. (5) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 116.710.

4. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 116.710.

5. (8) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 116.410.

6. (02) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, no speed.

7. (18) Bruno Junqueira, Dallara-Honda, 115.871.

8. (06) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 115.573.

9. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 115.183.

10. (19) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 115.015.

11. (36) Enrique Bernoldi, Dallara-Honda, 114.519.

12. (11) x-Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, no speed.

13. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 114.011.

14. (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 114.370.

15. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 113.796.

16. (22) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 114.122.

17. (4) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 113.662.

18. (2) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda, 112.502.

19. (14) Darren Manning, Dallara-Honda, 113.347.

20. (96) Mario Dominguez, Dallara-Honda, 112.500.

21. (33) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 112.879.

22. (27) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 111.312.

23. (15) Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, 111.983.

24. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 111.185.

25. (23) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, 111.610.

26. (25) Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, 102.865.

27. (34) Jaime Camara, Dallara-Honda, 111.229.

x-Will start at back of the field due to post-qualifying engine change.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLBAnnounced Pittsburgh minor league RHP Roman Carrasco and RHP Luis Figueroa were each suspended 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance under baseballs minor league drug program.

American League

BOSTON RED SOXActivated DH David Ortiz from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Brandon Moss to Pawtucket (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOXPlaced 3B Joe Crede on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 22. Recalled 3B Josh Fields from Charlotte (IL). Activated RHP Esteban Loaiza from the 15-day DL and requested waivers for the purpose of granting him his unconditional release.

National League

CHICAGO CUBSCalled up RHP Jeff Samardzija from Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Kerry Wood on the 15-day DL.

LOS ANGELES DODGERSActivated OF Juan Pierre from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Delwyn Young on the 15-day DL.

NEW YORK METSPlaced RHP Pedro Martines on bereavement list. Purchased the contract of RHP Brandon Knight.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES LAKERSAgreed to terms with G Sasha Vujacic on a multiyear contract.

MIAMI HEATPromoted Chad Kammerer to assistant coach.

SACRAMENTO KINGSSigned G Bobby Brown.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALSAgreed to terms with CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, on a six-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALSWaived RB Kenny Irons.

DENVER BRONCOSSigned OT Ryan Clady.

HOUSTON TEXANSSigned OL Duane Brown.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSSigned DE Quentin Groves to a four-year contract.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTSSigned CB Tracy Porter to a four-year contract. Released TE Eric Johnson.

NEW YORK JETSSigned DE-LB Vernon Gholston to a five-year contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERSReleased RB LaMont Jordan.

PITTSBURGH STEELERSSigned RB Rashard Mendenhall to a five-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKSSigned DE Lawrence Jackson, DT Red Bryant and FB Owen Schmitt to multiyear contracts. Signed WR Bryan Gilmore.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLORADO AVALANCHESigned F Marek Svatos to a two-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETSSigned LW Mike York to a one-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENSSigned F Yanick Lehoux to a one-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORSSigned C Rich Peverley to a two-year contract and G Pekka Rinne to a one-year contract extension through 2009-10.

COLLEGE

BUTLERNamed Beth Goetz assistant athletic director.

NORTH CAROLINASigned Sylvia Hatchell, womens basketball coach, to a four-year contract extension through 2015.

SAINT JOSEPHSNamed Geoff Arnold mens assistant basketball coach.

WAKE FORESTNamed Megan Jessee womens assistant soccer coach.

Fish Report

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams on Thursday:

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 408 45 3,831 1,423

The Dalles 257 24 3,072 1,155

Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams through Thursday:

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 201,519 28,791 102,560 42,809

The Dalles 157,838 27,407 59,143 26,788

John Day 142,470 27,834 40,663 16,997

McNary 118,819 22,716 17,968 6,271