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3 www.tennasseaacom THE TENNESSEAN Tuesday, Augmt 13, 2002 5C SCOREBOARD Compiled by Kristi Sharp PGA Championship tee times Sounds 6, JJ RoHlvrrle 1 Red birds At Hazettina National Golf Club cotvM 3 Thursday First Tee; Friday: 10th Tat 7:15 p.m. Dave Tents, Woodbury. Pierre FJka, Sweden; Jay Haas, Qreenvie. S.C. PCL schedule Sundays results Fresno 8, Iowa 5 Edmonton 8.

Las Vegas 7 New Orleans 11, Tacoma 3 Oklahoma 8, Sacramento 5 Omaha 13. Colorado Springs 7 Calgary 1 1. Portland 5, comp. of susp. game Portland 3, Calgary 0 Tucson 8, Salt Lake 7 725 pm Robert Gamez, Las Vegas; Sean Farren, Oakmont, Pa; Rcardo Gonzalez, Argentina.

7:35 pm Peter O'Matey, Australia; Biy Mayfar. Scottsdale, Barry Q. Evans, Charleston. W.va. 7:45 pm Fuzzy Zoetler, Floyds Knobs, Curtis Strange, Wikarnsburg, Ian Woosnam, Wales.

7:55 pm Tom Lehman, Scottsdale, Sergio Garcia, Spain: Paul Lawrie, Scotland 8:05 a.m.-1:10 p.m. Rocco Mediate, Pome Vedra Beach, Fla; Peter Lonard, Australia; J.L Lewis, Horseshoe Bay. Texas New Orleans 7. Tacoma 5 Iowa at Fresno Las Vegas at Edmonton Oklahoma at Sacramento Omaha at Colorado Springs Portland at Cakjaty Tucson at Salt Lake Todays games Portland at NashvlJe Colorado Springs at Fresno Edmonton at Omaha Iowa at Memphis Las Vegas at Calgary Oklahoma at New Orleans Sacramento at Salt Lake Tacoma at Tucson 8:15 a.m.-12u m. Angel Cabrera, Argentina; Tim Herron, Wayzata, Mm; Cameron Beckman, Bumsville, Minn.

6:25 p.m. vijay Singh, Fiji; Davis Love III, Sea Island, Ga; Hal Sutton, Shreveport, La. 8:35 p.m. Scott verplank, Edmond, Okla; Jesper Parnevik, Sweden; Scott McCarron, Reno, Nev. 8:45 m.

Brad Faxon, Bar-rington, R.I.; Stuart Appleby, Australia; Justin Rose. Britain. 8:55 am -2 p.m. Dean Wilson, Las Vegas; Paul McGintey, Ireland; Carl Paul 111 Next game: Today, vs. Portland When: 7 p.m.

Game at a glance Winning pitcher Tony McKnight (10-1 1). Save: Duaner Sanchez (5). Big stick: Humberto Cota, 2-for-5, homer, triple, three RBI. How the Sounds wore The Sounds scored four runs in the third inning, capped by Cota's two-run triple. Armando Romero drove in another run with a sacrifice fly, and Adrian Brown added an RBI double.

What they said: "The boys came to play today. They're just looking to get it done every day. It's not so much looking at the standings. They're just going as hard as they can go until the end of the season. They havent disappointed me yet," Manager Marty Brown said.

Today's game: vs. Portland, 7 p.m. Sounds LHP Kevin Tolar (4-1 3.32 ERA) vs. Portland LHP Mike Bynum (3-2, 3.69). PCL standings Cental revision Pet, GB Salt Lake (Angels) 68 55 .553 Omaha(Royals) 67 56 .545 1 bwa(Cubs) 65 58 .528 3 Cd.

Springs (Rockies) 47 76 .382 21 Eastern Division Pet GB Mew Orleans (Astrosl 64 60 .516 Oklahoma (Rangers) 63 60 .512 54 Nashville (Pirates) 62 61 .504 Vi Memphis (Cardinals) 60 61 .496 2'A Pacific Conference South Division PcL GB Las Vegas (Dodgers) 71 51 .582 Tucson (ftarnondbacks) 58 61 .487 11 Sacramento (Athletics) 54 68 .443 17 Fresno (Giants) 49 74 .398 22Vi Western Division PcL GB Edmonton (Twins) 70 50 .583 Portland (Padres) 62 60 .508 9 Calgary (Mains) 57 61 .483 12 Tacoma (Mariners) 58 63 .479 12 GEORGE WALKER IV STAFF Defensive lineman John Thornton, right, who missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, battles to get through the offensive lira during a practice at the Titans' training camp. Thornton bounces back SOUNDS 6, REDBIRDS 3 Nashvae ab bi Memphis ab bi Redman cf 3 10 0 Meyers cf 4 0 2 0 Brownrf 4 12 1 Oapp2b 4 0 2 0 Pndelf 4 110 Nurmatyrf 5 0 0 0 Cotac 5 2 2 3 Cruztb 4 2 3 1 Secret 3b 2 10 0 Coobaugh3b 4 0 0 0 Lopez ss 2 0 11 Frank 4 0 10 Romero 1b 3 0 2 1 RurrrMdc 4 112 Reyes 0 0 0 0 Delgadoss 4 0 0 0 rjoughertyp 0 0 0 0 Oliver 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 0 0 0 0 Weolp 2 0 10 de la Rosa 2b 4 0 0 0 Newsonph 10 10 McKnightp 3 0 10 Nrcklep 0 0 0 0 Pritchettlb 1 0 0 0 Roosph 10 0 0 Totals 31 9 6 Totals 37 3 11 3 Nashville 014 010 000 6 9 0 Memphis 010 200 000 3 11 1 wanted to be. "But it got to the point where you just can't fight off 320-pound guys with one arm," he said. "They had some other injuries and moved Thomton's numbers Year GS Tackles Sacks 1999 163 33 4.5 2000 1616 55 4.0 2001 30 0 0 me to end a little bit last year. So before I went down, I was working at a new position, playing with one arm, and my production just E-OSver.

DP-Nashville 1, Memphis 2. LOe-Nashvme 7. Memphis 9. 2B-Brown, Lopez, Clapp 2, Newson. 3B-Cota.

HR-Cota (9), Cruz (31), Rumtield (3). SH-Brown, Pnde. SF-Romero. SB-Redman 2. Ip bb so Nashvae McKnight 10-11 61 9 3 3 0 3 Reyes 15 0 0 0 1 3 Dougherty 02 2 0 0 0 0 Sanchez S.

5 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 wasn what I was used to. "It was the first time I'd ever been hurt like that I didn't like waiting, but I am happy the shoulder was fixed. Now I remember what it feels like to be at full 21 4 5 3 4 3 Watt 42 5 1 1 2 2 Nrctde 2 0 0 0 0 2 WP-Otver. HBP-Clapp (by Reyes). son, unando.ria.

9:05 m. Fred Funk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla; Briny Bard. Juprier. Fla; Wayne Detrancesco, Baltimore. 9:15 m.

Joseph Klnchoek, Pittsburgh; Steve Schneiter. Sandy, Utah; Robert Thompson, Huntsvrile, Texas. Thursday 10th Tee; Friday: First Tea 7:15 p.m. Heath Slccum, Pensacola, Paul Casey, Britain; Rob Labhtz, Fairfield, Conn. 7:25 p.m.

Tm Clark, South Africa; Tim Thelen, Pasadena, Texas; Pat Perez, Scottsdale, Ariz. 7:35 p.m. Frank Lickliter II, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla; Craig Perks, New Zealand; Chris Smith, Peru, Ind. 7:45 p.m. Mark O'Meara, Windermere, Colin Montgomery, Scotland; Lee Janzen, Orlando, Fla 7:55 p.m.

Jim Furyk, Ponte Vedra Beach, Niclas Fasth, Sweden; Jerry Kelly, Madison, Wis. 8:05 p.m. Steve Lowery, Birmingham, Thomas Bjom, Denmark; Stewart Qnk, DukJth, Ga 8:15 p.m. Paul Azinger, Bradenton, Fla; Bob Tway, Edmond, Okla; Steve Elkington, Australia. 825 m.

Jose Coceres, Argentina; Jim Carter. Scottsdale. Hayes, El Paso, Texas. 8:35 a.m.-1:40 pm David Toms, Shreveport, La; Tiger Woods, Windermere, Erne Bs, South Africa 8:45 :50 p.m. Matt Gogel, Mission HUte, Bob Estes, Austin, Texas; Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan.

8:55 p.m. Greg Owen, Britain; John Rollings, Richmond, Va; Srnngo Katayama, Japan. 9:05 a.m.-2:10 p.m. Chad Campbell, Andrews, Texas; Tim Weinhart, Duluth, Ga; Stephen Ames, Trinidad Tobago. 9:15 a.m.-2:20 p.m.

Kent W. Stauffer, Charlotte, N.C.; Buddy Harston, Lexington, Bill Porter. Ouincy, Wash. Thursday: First Tee; Friday: 10th Tee 11:20 p.m.-7:15 a m. Scott Laycock, Australia; Alan Morui.

Royal Pafm Beach, Fla; Skip Kendal, Windermere. Fla 11:30 -725 am. Nell Lancaster, Srmthville. N.C.: Craig Parry, Australia; Don Berry, Brooklyn Park, Mich. 11:40 p.m.-7:35 am.

KJ. Choi, South Korea; Joe iDurant, Monro, Fla; John Huston, Clearwater, Fla. 11:50 p.m.-7:45 am. Eduardo Romero, Argentina; Kenny Perry, Franklin, Kik Triplett, Scottsdale, Ariz. 1 p.m.-7:55 am.

Jeff Sluman, Hinsdale, Mark Brooks, Fort Worth, Texas; Nek Price, Hobe Sound, Fla 1 :10 am. Padralg Harrington, Ireland; Mark Calcavecchia, Phoenix; Chris strength, I haven't had any prob lems at all In fact Thornton and some of the other defensive tackles have At full strength again after shoulder surgery By JEFF LEGWOLD Staff Writer After all he has been through the past two seasons, Titans defensive tackle John Thornton can honestly say he's happy just to be sore these days. Sore arms. Sore legs. Normal, training camp sore.

It has kept him from thinking about his right shoulder, something that was on his mind much of the past 21 months. "I haven't even thought about the shoulder at all," Thornton said. "My body has been sore a little bit, but I haven't even worried about the shoulder. And thaf a great feeling." Thornton's shoulder became a concern Oct. 30, 2000, on a play that went into the books as a rather mundane 3-yard gain by Redskins running back Stephen Davis.

"I remember it vividly," Thornton said. "The offensive lineman was holding me, so I reached out with my right arm. But Stephen Davis ran right through it I felt it bend and stretch it was 250 pounds just blasting right through an arm tackle. I knew it wasn't going to be right after that" And it wasn't Thornton tried to play through the injury, wearing a harness for the remainder of the 2000 season as well as through training camp in 200L He played in the first three regu- taken some additional repetitions in practice because of injuries to rookie Albert Haynesworth (ankle) and Henry Ford (ankle). lar-season games last year but was frustrated and fighting through the pain.

Thornton then was deactivated for four games as the team's medical staff tried to determine if the shoulder would heal with rest It didn't Thornton underwent season-ending surgery. He was placed on injured reserve Nov. 8, having recorded no tackles and one batted-down pass. For the first time in any part of his playing career, Thornton became a spectator, forced to watch as the Titans struggled to a 7-9 record. "I think John, if healthy, could have made a difference for us as the season wore on," Coach Jeff Fisher said.

"He played at end and tackle. That flexibility was good for us, and he did the things we needed him to do at both spots." When the Titans scouted his senior season at West Virginia in 1998, they discovered Thornton was double-teamed more than any other defensive tackle on their draft board, but he still finished with four sacks and seven tackles for loss. So Thornton was used to doing the tough work inside. Standing on the sidelines was the last place he Couple that with the free-agency departures of Jason Fisk and Josh Evans (a combined 32 starts last season at defensive tackle), and the MLS glance Eastern Division PtsOF GA MetroStars 9 10 2 29 35 34 Chicago 8 9 4 28 31 28 Columbus 8 10 4 28 31 35 NewEngland 7 13 1 23 37 42 DC. United 6 11 4 22 19 27 Western Division PtsOF GA San Jose 12 7 2 38 34 20 Dallas 9 5 7 34 31 28 Colorado 10 9 3 33 33 37 Los Angeles 10 7 3 33 29 27 Kansas City 8 6 8 32 31 30 Saturday's Games 3, Chicago 1 Kansas City 0, C.

United 0, tie Colorado 2. Columbus 1 Los Angeles 2, New England 1 Wednesdays Games Los Angeles at Columbus, 6:30 pm Kans. i City at Chicago, 7:30 m. Saturday, Aug. 17 DC United at San Jose.

3 pm Dallas at MetroStars. 6:30 pm Colorado at Los Angeles, 9 pm Sunday, Aug. 18 Chicago at New England, 6 pm Columbus at Kansas City. 7 p.m. Titans need their current crop of Bucs 14, Dolphins 10 Miami 0 7 0 3 10 TampaBay 7 7 0 0 14 First Quarter TB.Murphy 96 kickoff return (GrarnatJca kick), 14:44.

Second Quarter TB McCardell 4 pass from RJohnson (Gramatica kick), 14:53. Mia Ward 5 pass from Lucas (Mare kick), 701. Fourth Quarter Mia FG Mare 43, 1422. A 65,008. Mia TB Fust downs 19 18 Rushes-yards 30-70 30-182 Passmg 235 63 Punt Returns 2-15 4-24 Kickoff Returns 2-47 2-120 Iraerceptons Ret 0-0 1-2 Comp-Att-mt 21-34-1 12-20-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-9 7-34 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-50 6-47 Time of Possess.

31:19 28:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Miami, Minor 9-27, Henry 12-16. Kustok 2-11, R.Wams 5-9, Lucas 2-7. Tampa Bay. Stephens 12-59. Pittman 2- I 42, Stecker 4-39, King 3-28, Alston 3-12.

Winston Cup point leaders 1. Sterling Martn. 2944 2. Mark Martin, 2891 3. Jimmie Johnson, 2888 4.

Tony Stewart, 2840 5. Jeff Gordon, 2838 6. Rusty Wallace. 2812 7. Ricky Rudd, 2794 8.

Bill Elliott, 2756 9. Ryan Newman, 2683 10. Matt Kenseth, 2664 11. Kurt Busch, 2620 12. Dale Jarrett.

2605 13. Michael Waltrip, 2490 14. Jeff Burton, 2474 15. Ricky Craven, 2369 16. Terry Labonte, 2356 17 Dale Earnhardt Jr 2331 18.

Bobby Labonte, 2284 19. Jeff Green. 2280 20 Dave Bianey, 2250 Busch standings 1. Greg Brffle. 3214 2.

Jason Keller. 3132 3. 4. Scott Riggs, 2809 5. Scott Wknmer, 2802 6.

Mike McLaughlin, 2733 7. Kenny WaHace. 2706 8. Jamie McMurray. 2684 tackles to be productive.

"Actually I'm glad to have done a little more, Thornton said. It gave me a good chance to test it out and see where I am. If a relief to just not be thinking about it all of the time. I've just played, and ifs a good feeling to just go about my business, making sure I'm doing what I need to do. Jeff Legwold covers the NFL for The Tennessean.

He can be reached at 259-8352 orjlegwoldtennessean.com. NATIONAL LEAGUE TODAY DBs run off penalties as unit 9. Bobby Hamilton. 2681 10. Randy Lanie, 2677 Craftsman Truck standings 1.

Mike Bliss, 2259 2. Terry Cook, 2225 3. TedMusgrave.2198 4. Ffck Crawford, 2187 5. Robert Pressley.

2159 6. Jason Leffler. 2129 7. David Starr, 2128 8 Dermis Setzer, 2126 9. Travis Kvapi, 1986 10.

Coy Gobs. 1970 Kjormson 2-iu, riansparo 3-4, wamer 1-(mmus12). PASSING Miami, Lucas 11-15-0-138. Kustok 6-13-1-63, Fiedler 4-6-0-36. Tampa Bay, King 7-10-0-56, RJohnson 2-5-0-8.

RECEIVING Miami. Baker 4-85. Konrad 3-29, AJchnson 2-20. McKnight 2-18, Ward 2-12. Ogden 1-23, McMchael 1-12.

Chambers 1-4 Stnmons 1-7. GarJsdan 1-6. Ayanbadao 1-6. Barnes 1-6. Mmor 1-3.

Tampa Bay. Stephana 2-20, Walker 2-15. McCardel 2-12. DJger 1 -20. Stecker 1-9.

Roberg 1-9. Hansperd 1-8, Wrstrom 1-4. Alston 1-0. MISSED FIELD GOALS Mem. Mare 52 (SH), 34 (WR).

Tampa Bay. Gramatica 34 NFL preseason glance DiMarco, Heathrow, Fla 1 20 am. Len Mattiace, Jacksonville, Fla; Shigeki Maruyama, Japan; Loren Roberts, Memphis, Term. 1:30 p.m -825 am. Billy Andrade, Bristol, R.I.; Michael Campbell, New Zealand; Dudley Hart, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

1 :40 p.m,-8:35 am. Greg Norman, Australia: PM Mcketaon, Scottsdale, Tom Watson, Stjrwe, Kan. 1 :50 p.m.-8:45 am. Mike War, Canada; Kevin Sutherland, Sacramento, Rory Sabbatini, South Africa 2 p.m am. Lee Westwcod, Britain; Charles Howel, Augusta, Ga; Adam Scott, Australia 2:10 p.m.-9:05 am.

Joey Smdefer, Horseheads, N.Y.; Soren Hansen, Denmark; Craig Stevens, Marietta, Ga 220 am. Jeffrey Lankford, Mocksvle, N.C.; Kim Thompson. American Fork, Utay, Barry Mamberg, San Diego. Thuraday: 10th Tee; Friday: First Tee 1120 p.m.-7:15 am. Tom Ddby, Atwa-ter, J.J.

Henry, Farferd, Philip Price, Wales. 11:30 p.m.-7:25 am. David Peoples, Keenes Point, Fla; Anders Hansen, Denmark; Mike Gtrmore, East Wliston, N.Y. 11:40 p.m.-7:35 am. Toru Taniguchl, Japan; David Gossett, Germantown, Steve Strieker, Madison, Wa.

11:50 p.m.-7:45 am Spike McRoy, Huntsvie, Ala; Jeff Maggert, Houston; Even an injured Samari Rolle joined the group. He said it's not a one-time deal either. Yesterday's deals BASEBALL "Most definitely we're going to continue Rolle said. "Ifs a show Titans training camp Most Titans training camp practices at Baptist Sports Park (460 Great Circle Road in MetroCenter) are open to the public. Take 1-65 to MetroCenter Boulevard.

Take MetroCenter Boulevard to Athens Way. Turn right on Athens Way to Great Circle Road. Take a right on Great Circle Road and another right into the parking area Parking and the shuttle ride to Baptist Sports Park are free. For more information: Call 565-41 90 or visit www.titansonline.com. Practice schedule Today: 1 :30 am, 6:30 p.m.

Tomorrow. Closed to the public. Saturday: p.m. of unity." By JIM WYATT Staff Writer Ever since he became a head coach, JeffFisher has required players who committed penalties in games to pay for it through extra running after practice. That policy continued yesterday, as the Titans ran off the nine penalties from Saturday's game against the Rams.

But the defensive backs added a new twist When the numbers belonging to Lance Schulters, Wade Davis and Tony George Injuries: Fisher said Rolle (ankle) COLORADO ROCKIES-Clamed LHP Brian Fitzgerald off waivers from Seattle and assigned him to Colorado Sprmgs of the PCL Designated INF Casey Lambert for assignment. FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG CHI CUBS 6-7 Houston MONTREAL 5V4-6V Los Angeles FLORIDA E-6 Colorado PHILADELPHIA 8-9 Milwaukee St. Lous 84 PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI Pick Arizona NYMETS 7V4-8V6 San Diego ATLANTA 7Vir-8 SanFrancraco AMERICAN LEAGUE TODAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Cleveland 6-7 TAMPA BAY TEXAS SV6-6V4 Chi White Sox MINNESOTA 8-9 Baltimore NY Yankees 12-14 KANSAS CITY SEATTLE 8V4-9'i Boston ANAHEIM 11-13 Detroit OAKLAND 11-13 Toronto NFL PRESEASON THURSDAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG MIAMI no line New Orleans TENNESSEE 3V Oakland NY Jets 1 BALTIMORE FRIDAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG JACKSONVLE no trie Tampa Bay BUFFALO 4 Minnesota ST. LOUIS 8 Chicago SAN DIEGO 4 Seattle SATURDAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG ATLANTA 2V4 NY Giants INDIANAPOLIS 5Vi Oncmnati NEWENGLAND 2 Pnteoelpnia CLEVELAND 3V Detroit Dallas 2 CAROLINA KANSAS CITY 5 Houston Green Bay 1 ARIZONA SUNDAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG WASHINGTON 3Vi Prttsburgh MONDAY FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG DENVER 4 SanFrancraco should be able to return to the practice field early next week. Punter Craig Hentrich did not practice yesterday due to back tightness, while defensive tackle Henry Ford were called, the entire group raa (ankle) was limited.

Defensive tackle Kris Kocurek (shoulder) was back on the practice field for the first time in over a week. Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth (ankle) was out of his protective boot, and Fisher said the rookie continues to make progress in his recovery. Sunday: 1 :30 p.m. Spotlight HENRY FORD Position: Defensive tackle. AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA NY Jets 1 0 01000 16 6 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 17 24 Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 14 NewEngland 0 1 0 .000 19 22 South Pet PF PA rnckanapots 1 0 01000 28 10 Tennessee 1 0 01.000 28 26 Houston 1 1 0 500 30 44 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 13 23 North Pet PF PA Banmora 1 0 01.000 12 6 OndrmatJ 1 0 01.000 24 17 Cleveland 1 0 01.000 27 15 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 6 16 West LT Pet PF PA Denver 1 0 01.000 27 3 Kansas City 1 0 01.000 17 14 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 6 20 SanOwgo 0 1 0 .000 17 24 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East LT Pet Pf PA Giants 2 0 01000 56 36 Washmgton 2 0 01.000 75 37 Dallas 1 0 01 000 20 6 Philadelphia 1 0 01 000 20 13 South LT Pot PF PA Atlanta 1 0 01 000 23 13 TampaBay 1 0 01.000 14 10 Carotna 0 1 0 .000 30 37 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 10 13 North Pet PF PA Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 27 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 6 12 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 13 20 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 15 27 West LT Pet PF PA Arizona 1 0 01.000 24 17 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 10 28 St.

Louis 0 1 0 .000 26 28 San Francisco 0 2 0 .000 21 55 1 didn even know they were going to do it" said Schulters, who picked up a taunting penalty in the first quarter. "But that's how we feeL It's kind of an us-against-the-world mentality. If one has to do it we're all going to do it" Thomas Levet, France. 1 p.m.-7:55 am. Matt Kuchar, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla; Ian Leggatt, Canada; Joel Edwards, Copped, Texas.

1:10 p.m.-8:05 am. Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Justin Leonard, Dalas; Duffy Waklorf, Canyon Country, Calf. 1:20 am. John Daly, Washington: Larry Nelson, Marietta, Ga; Nek Faldo, England. 1:30 p.m.-8:25 am.

Robert Alenby, Australia; Scott Hoch, Orlando, Rich Beem, Paso, Texas. 1:40 p.m.-8:36 am. David Duval. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla; Jose Mara Otazabat, Spain; Relief Goosen, South Africa 1:50 p.m.-6:45 am. Bernhard Langer, Germany; John Cook.

Orlando, Fla; Tachi Teshima, Japan. 2 p.m.-8:5S am. Carl Petterson, Sweden; Chns Riley, Las Vegas; Steve Reach, Union, Ky. 2:10 p.m.-9:05 am. Jonathan Kaye, Phoenix; Bruce Zabriski, Jupiter, Fla; Brian Gay, Orlando.

Fla. 2:20 p.m.-9:1 5 am. James Blair. Ogden, slant Inside College: Arkansas. Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas.

If you're channel surfing, what stops you every time: "I always want to catch the Maury Povich show. I love that show, WNBA glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Pet GB ,561 Utah; Tim Fleming, Oklahoma City; Rick Hartmann, Briceharnpton, N.Y. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Assigned INF Mike Caruso outright to Omaha of the PCL and 1B Chan Perry to Wichita of the Texas League. BASKETBALL National Basketbal Association PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS-SKjned Jeff Mclnnis to a three-year contract FOOTBALL National Footbai League ATLANTA FALCONS -Signed LB Sam Rogers. BALTIMORE RAVENS-Signed Jeremy UnertJ.

Waived WR Kandnck Gibson. CINCINNATI BENGALS- Released DE Jevon Langford. CLEVELAND BROWNS-Placed LB Jamr Mier on injured reserve. Signed WR Abram Booty. DALLAS COWBOYS nokatod TE J.

Huggms. Placed WR Anthony Lucas on irfjred reserve. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Agreed to terms with RB Frank Moreau on a two-year con-tract. Released LB Harold Robertson. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS-Released C8 Ramos McDonald.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NIC-Announced Edmonton 0 Jason Smith was awarded a one-year coritract In arbitration. BUFFALO SABRES-Signed Jason Better and Francois Methot DETROIT RED WtNGS-Sgned Danny Grourx. NEW YORK FUUGERS-Re-signed Johan Hoknqvrst SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY METROSTARS Signed Nelson Akwari. Waved MF Dustm Sheppard. COLLEGE ALBRraHT-Named Charles Chisholm to the mens basketbal staff.

EASTERN IXINOtS-Narried Kyle MK-tendorf mens assistanl soccer coach, Kristin Boeker women asastant soccer coach and Matthew Busted assistant baseball coach. GEORGIA SOUTHERN Named Ricky Ray assistant athletic media relations elector. HUrfflNGDON-Named Jason Wright mens assistant basketball coach. MERCER Named Stefame Kraay womena assistant soccer coach. PENNSYLVANIA Named Erin LarJey womans assistant basketball coach.

18 13 17 14 17 14 15 16 15 16 14 17 10 21 y-NewYork x-Chariotte x-Wsshington Indiana Orlando Miami Cleveland .548 .548 .484 .484 .452 .323 290 Arena League playoff glance 22 Detroit WESTERN CONFERENCE Sunday, Aug. 11 Anzona 46, Chicago 35 ArenaBowlXVI Sunday, Aug. 16 0 Anzona at (1) San Joss, 2 pm x-Los Angeles x-Houston x-Utah x-SeaNe Portland Sacramento Pet GB .774 .742 1 .625 4 .548 7 .500 8 .419 11 .355 13 .323 14 24 7 23 8 20 12 17 14 16 18 13 18 11 20 10 21 Minnesota Division l-AA poll (First-place votes In parentheses, 2001 wards, points and final 2001 ranking). Record Ptt Pva 1. Montana (79) 15-1 2.093 1 2 Appalachian Stata 6 3.

Northern Iowa 4 4. Eastern rknois(1) 9 5 George Southern (3) 12-2 1.588 3 6Lehigh(1) 11-1 1.499 5 7Furrnsn(3) 2 SYoungstownState 8-31283 15 9. Williams. Mary 17 10. Grambing State 8 11.

McNeese State 8-4 1.028 13 12. Sam Houston State 10-3 996 7 13. Mama 9-3 983 10 14. Eastern Kentucky 8-2 929 18 15. Hotstra 9-3 924 11 16.

Fonda ASM 7-4 916 22 17. Portland State 7-4 786 18. Western Kentucky 8-4 766 12 19. Northwestern State 8-4 596 14 20. Montana State 5-6 461 21.

Northern Arizona 8-4 369 16 22 Delaware 4-6 335 23. Harvard 94 245 19 24. Jaoksonwle State 5-6 227 25. Hampton 7-4 190 x-dmched playoff spot y-ctnehsd conference dub results OAKMLLS: 8ootosti 2 Bat 1. Kay Jones and Bertha Draper.

2. Ante Castaa and Paula Morton. THE GOLF CLUB: FWI Premier Classic: 1. Jimmy Byram. Donald Blackwel, Booth Frey and Jeff Fray; 2.

Larry Lovelace, Taylor Bowers, Home Graham and EWe Stuckar. Holes-in-one HUNTERS POINT: Phillip -Rooster" Park-erson aced the 151 -yard, no. 9 hole with a 5-roi. Witnesses were David Shrk, Don Dermey and Dewey Weaver. Yesterdays Gams Utah 81 Sacramento 79 Todays Games Washington at Charlotte.

6 p.m. Detroit at Miami. 6 p.m. Indiana at Cleveland. 6 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Seattle at Sacramento, 9 p.m. End Regular Season a win for Buccaneers Wuerffel to start Washington Coach Steve Spurrier said Danny Wuerffel will start Sunday's preseason game vs.

Pittsburgh. Wuerffel has the best stats of the three quarterbacks vying for the starting job, but he's the only one without a start Wuerffel will play the first quarter, Sage Rosenfels the second quarter and Shane Matthews the second half. Congressman J.C. Watts practiced with the team and pulled a hamstring running windsprints at the end. Davis out Indefinitely: Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis is out indefinitely with inflammation in his left knee, the latest setback for the former Pro Bowl performer.

Davis, 29, felt pain in the knee during warm-ups before Saturday's preseason game against the Chicago Bears and didn't play. Lewis to return: Former Tennessee running back Jamal Lewis will start for the Baltimore Ravens in Thursday night's preseason game against the New York Jets, seeing his first limited action since a season-ending knee injury In camp last year. Jags' Long hurt Jacksonville backup center Kevin Long, a former Trtan, injured his right knee during morning practice. -NEWSSERVICES Gruden era begins with The Jon Gruden era with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is off to a successful start. Frank Murphy returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and Rob Johnson threw a 4-yard TD pass to Keenan McCardell last night as the host Buccaneers beat the Miami Dolphins 14-10 in their first preseason game under the NFL's youngest head coach.

"We are going to take it one step at a time and be good first" McCardell said. "If everybody dedicates themselves, we can be a great offense." The Bucs paid a hefty price (four high draft picks, $8 million cash) to pry the 38-year-old Gruden from the Oakland Raiders in hopes of assembling an offense to complement a championship-caliber defense. Ray Lucas threw a 5-yard TD pass to Dedric Ward and CHindo Mare kicked a 43-yard field goal for Miami, which outgained Tampa Bay in total yardage but wasted several opportunities. Jay Fiedler, sidelined for part of Miami's camp while recovering from hip surgery, started at quarterback and completed 4-of-6 passes for 36 yards. Fiedler and running back Ricky Williams, acquired from New Orleans, played two series for the Dolphins, with Williams gaining 9 yards on five carries.

plus ESPN, of course." Favorite cereal: "O's" Favorite comic book hero: Spider-man. i Favorite movie star: Joe Pesci. Favorite sports movie: The Program. First thing people ask you about Nashville: "How's the weather is there?" Autographs Most days during training camp, the Titans select players to sign auto- graphs after practice. Other players may also choose to sign, but it's up to the player.

Today: Frank Chamberlin (afternoon only), Gennaro DiNapoli (afternoon only), Donald Mitchell (afternoon only), Jake Schifino. Saturday. Jevon Kearse, Albert Haynesworth, Jeff Smith, Peter Sirmon. Sunday: Steve McNair (afternoon only), Kevin Carter (afternoon only), Juqua Thomas (afternoon only), Mike Echols. Calendar Thursday: Preseason game vs.

Oakland Raiders at the Coliseum, 7 p.m. Aug. 21: Camp breaks. Aug. 23: Preseason game at Minnesota Vikings, 7p.m.

Aug. 27: Roster cut to 65. Aug. 30: Preseason game at Green Bay Packers, 7 p.m. Sept 1: Roster cut to 53.

Sept 8: Regular-season opener vs. Philadelphia Eagles at the Coliseum, noon. e. eJtllwiiLj 7 lj CI (3 I HhKl.