ON DECK

Local

Thursday, Aug. 30

Football: Bend at Thurston, 7 p.m.

Volleyball: Redmond, Bend, Crook County, Mountain View at Summit Jamboree, 1 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Redmond, Bend, Summit at Sheldon/South Eugene Jamboree, 9 a.m. Mountain View at Willamette Jamboree, 10 a.m.

Girls Soccer: Redmond, Bend, Summit at Sheldon/South Eugene Jamboree, 9 a.m. Mountain View at North Eugene Jamboree, TBA.

Friday, Aug. 31

Football: Grants Pass at Redmond, 7 p.m. Eagle Point at Madras, 7 p.m. Mountain View at McKay, 7 p.m. Summit vs. Mazama at Mountain View, 7 p.m. Burns at La Pine, 7 p.m. Sisters at Sweet Home, 7 p.m. Culver at Lost River, 7 p.m. Crook County at North Eugene Jamboree, 7 p.m.

Volleyball: La Pine, Sisters at Sky-Em League Jamboree, Cottage Grove, 2 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Sisters at Philomath Jamboree, 9 a.m.

Girls Soccer: Sisters at Philomath Jamboree, 9 a.m.

Cross Country: Redmond at Wilsonville XC Summit, 6 p.m.

PREPS

FALL SPORTS

The Bulletin welcomes submissions to its listing of fall high school sports meetings, camps and practice schedules. Information can be sent to The Bulletin via fax (385-0831), e-mail (sports@bendbulletin.com), or regular mail (P.O. Box 6020, Bend, OR 97708).

Meetings

CENTRAL OREGON VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION Sunday, Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m., Elton Gregory Middle School, 1220 S.W. Upas Ave., Redmond. Training for past officials and those interested in becoming an official. Contact: Gail Dubisar, 546-4981.

CENTRAL OREGON FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION Monday, Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Christian Life Center, 21720 U.S. Highway 20, Bend. For past officials as well as those interested in becoming a local football official. Contact: Tim Huntley, COFOA commissioner, 447-3219; Dave Place, COFOA president, 318-5456.

Soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times EDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

New England 11 5 6 39 35 27

D.C. United 11 6 3 36 35 23

New York 10 8 3 33 35 30

Kansas City 9 7 5 32 35 31

Columbus 6 7 8 26 25 28

Chicago 6 9 5 23 20 29

Toronto FC 5 11 5 20 18 34

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 11 7 4 37 29 15

FC Dallas 11 7 3 36 28 27

CD Chivas USA 10 6 3 33 29 19

Colorado 6 9 6 24 20 25

Los Angeles 3 9 5 14 21 28

Real Salt Lake 2 10 6 12 14 28

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Todays Games

New York at New England, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Columbus at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Sundays Games

Los Angeles at Colorado, 4 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at CD Chivas USA, 6 p.m.

Basketball

WNBA Playoffs

WOMENS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

FIRST ROUND

(Best-of-3)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Detroit vs. New York

Friday, Aug. 24: New York 73, Detroit 51, N. York leads 1-0

Sunday, Aug. 26: New York at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 28: New York at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary

Indiana vs. Connecticut

Thursday, Aug. 23: Conn. 93, Indiana 88, 3OT, Conn. leads 1-0

Today: Connecticut at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 27: Connecticut at Indiana, 7 p.m., if necessary

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Phoenix vs. Seattle

Friday, Aug. 24: Phoenix 101, Seattle, 84, Phoenix leads 1-0

Sunday, Aug. 26: Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 28: Seattle at Phoenix, 9 p.m., if necessary

San Antonio vs. Sacramento

Thursday, Aug. 23: Sac. 86, S. Antonio 65, Sac. leads 1-0

Today: Sacramento at San Antonio, 1 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 27: Sac. at S. Antonio, TBA, if necessary

FOOTBALL

NFL Preseason

All Times PDT

Fridays Games

Tennessee 28, Buffalo 17

New England 24, Carolina 7

Oakland 20, St. Louis 10

Todays Games

Detroit at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m.

Baltimore at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Seattle, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Denver, 6 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Sundays Game

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Betting line

College football

Thursday

Favorite Open line .Curr. line Underdog

BALL ST 6.5 6 Miami-Ohio

RUTGERS 31 31.5 Buffalo

LSU 16.5 17 MISS ST

IOWA ST 4.5 3.5 Kent St

Unlv 8.5 7 UTAH ST

OREGON ST 6.5 7 Utah

Friday

Navy 21 21 TEMPLE

Washington 3.5 3 SYRACUSE

Saturday

September 1

W VIRGINIA 23 23.5 W Michigan

VIRGINIA TECH 24 24 E Carolina

MIAMI-FLORIDA 19.5 [18] Marshall

MICHIGAN ST 18 19.5 Ala-Birmingham

Connecticut 5.5 5.5 DUKE

Virginia 4 4.5 WYOMING

NEBRASKA 19.5 19.5 Nevada-Reno

Mississippi 3 3 MEMPHIS

c-Iowa 11 11.5 NO ILLINOIS

OREGON 15 15 Houston

WISCONSIN 14.5 14.5 Washington St

NOTRE DAME 3 2.5 Georgia Tech

s-Missouri 5 5 ILLINOIS

Ucla 16 16 STANFORD

BOSTON COLL 6.5 6.5 Wake Forest

BYU 5.5 5.5 Arizona

cl-AKRON 5 4.5 Army

NC STATE 9.5 8.5 C Florida

TCU 21 21 Baylor

GEORGIA 7.5 7 Oklahoma St

KANSAS 8.5 7.5 C Michigan

d-COLORADO 3 3 Colorado St

PITTSBURGH 22 20 E Michigan

Purdue 7 7 TOLEDO

AUBURN 13 13.5 Kansas St

MINNESOTA 16.5 15.5 Bowling Green

CALIFORNIA 5 5.5 Tennessee

New Mexico 2 3 TEXAS-EL PASO

ARIZONA ST 16 15 San Jose St

USC 44 44.5 Idaho

Monday

September 3

Texas Tech 9.5 9.5 SMU

Florida St 2 3 CLEMSON

BASEBALL

Little League

WORLD SERIES

At South Williamsport, Pa.

All Times PDT

Fridays Games

Rain Day, no games scheduled

Todays Games

Willemstad, Curacao vs. Tokyo Kitasuna, Japan, 12:30 p.m.

Lubbock, Texas vs. Warner Robins, Ga., 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 26

Third Place

At Volunteer Stadium

U.S. runner-up vs. International runner-up, Noon

World Championship

At Lamade Stadium

International champion vs. U.S. champion, 3:30 p.m.

fish count

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 1,807 142 4,237 882

The Dalles 373 69 2,384 567

John Day 225 51 1,437 378

McNary 237 32 1,368 385

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 131,032 32,511 221,948 62,273

The Dalles 100,929 28,183 75,469 24,237

John Day 83,289 26,465 51,548 17,053

McNary 74,740 22,342 39,296 12,801

AUTO RACING

NASCAR

Nextel Cup

Sharpie 500

After Fridays qualifying; race today

At Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 119.805 mph.

2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 119.447.

3. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 119.158.

4. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 119.143.

5. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 119.106.

6. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 119.017.

7. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 119.017.

8. (88) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 118.922.

9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 118.745.

10. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 118.730.

11. (10) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 118.694.

12. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 118.635.

13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 118.576.

14. (4) Ward Burton, Chevrolet, 118.503.

15. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 118.320.

16. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 118.262.

17. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 118.189.

18. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 118.175.

19. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 118.102.

20. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 118.073.

21. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 118.051.

22. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 117.964.

23. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 117.841.

24. (7) Robby Gordon, Ford, 117.761.

25. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 117.674.

26. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 117.610.

27. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 117.588.

28. (49) John Andretti, Dodge, 117.552.

29. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 117.358.

30. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 117.336.

31. (36) Jeremy Mayfield, Toyota, 117.322.

32. (45) Kenny Wallace, Dodge, 117.207.

33. (44) Dale Jarrett, Toyota, 117.200.

34. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 117.079.

35. (01) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 116.986.

36. (40) David Stremme, Dodge, 116.722.

37. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 116.680.

38. (70) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 116.623.

39. (66) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 116.510.

40. (18) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, owner points

41. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, owner points

42. (96) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, owner points

43. (84) AJ Allmendinger, Toyota, 117.179.

Failed to qualify

44. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 116.298.

45. (78) Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 116.228.

46. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 116.045.

47. (37) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, 115.975.

48. (34) Stanton Barrett, Dodge, 115.001.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLBSuspended OF Juan Valdes (Cleveland) for 50 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

DETROIT TIGERSActivated LHP Andrew Miller from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Zach Miner to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALSPlaced OF Mark Teahen on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Billy Buckner from Omaha (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEESPlaced LHP Ron Villone on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Brian Bruney from Scranton (IL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVESRecalled RHP Jose Ascanio from Mississippi (SL) and RHP Joey Devine from Richmond (IL). Optioned INF Martin Prado to Richmond. Designated RHP Bob Wickman for assignment.

CHICAGO CUBSOptioned OF Jake Fox to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDSPlaced LHP Bobby Livingston on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Todd Coffey from Louisville (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERSAgreed to terms with LHP David Wells. Designated RHP Brett Tomko for assignment.

MILWAUKEE BREWERSAnnounced 1B Prince Fielder had his three-game suspension for inappropriate and aggressive conduct reduced to two.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALSOptioned RHP Brad Thompson to Memphis (PCL). Activated RHP Todd Wellemeyer from the 15-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

MIAMI HEATSigned F Alexander Johnson.

ORLANDO MAGICSigned C Adonal Foyle.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFLSuspended Atlanta QB Michael Vick indefinitely, without pay, effective immediately.

BUFFALO BILLSAgreed to terms with DE Aaron Schobel on a contract extension.

CINCINNATI BENGALSWaived TE Bobby Blizzard and TE Sean Mulcahy.

GREEN BAY PACKERSReleased C C.J. Blomvall, WR Carlton Brewster, FB Erryn Cobb, P Ryan Dougherty, DE DeVon Hicks, CB Antonio Malone, QB Ingle Martin, G Pat Murray, RB P.J. Pope, LB Juwan Simpson and TE Joe Werner.

NEW YORK GIANTSWaived LB Barry Robertson and WR Marco Thomas. Placed S Michael Stone on injured reserve. Signed LB Karibi Dede.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

SAN JOSE SHARKSAgreed to terms with F Milan Michalek on a multiyear contract extension.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFSPromoted Jeff Jackson to assistant general manager and director of hockey operations.

MOTOR RACING

CHAMP CAR WORLD SERIESBarred driver Dan Clarke from participation in this weekends Grand Prix of Belgium race for an incident at Friday mornings practice.

COLLEGE

COLORADO STATENamed Kristen Holt womens assistant basketball coach.

CONNECTICUTNames Dave Pezzino mens golf coach.

MASSACHUSETTSNamed Bryan Butterworth assistant football coach, Ernie May assistant baseball coach, Chrissy Needham assistant field hockey coach, Kristi Stefanoni assistant softball coach and Lacy Yager assistant athletic trainer.

NEBRASKASuspended senior OF Andy Gerch 12 games and junior C Jeff Lanning and sophomomore INF Craig Corriston six games for trading bats for store credit.

SOUTH CAROLINASuspended sophomore S Emmanuel Cook from school because of an arrest involving a weapon.

TENNESSEEReinstated sophomore RB LaMarcus Coker to the football team.