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-iiiiiif w'' wg-i liftf hvt IOC Wednesday, October 4, 2006 The Journal News LoHud.com AX NBA NOTEBOOK earings wrap up in Brown dispute coach's return to training camp, which opened yesterday with assistant coach Sports Figure yet. Laettner's business partner Brian Davis, who has an agreement to buy the team, said in a statement that the former Duke star will hold off on resuming his career. Davis said that Laettner, a business associate and investor in the Grizzlies project, wants to play for Memphis but will wait Hornets give Oklahoma City Oklahoma City accepted a $3.8 million settlement to cover its expenses from the New Orleans Hornets' temporary relocation and its share of the team's revenues from a successful first season in the city. Murphy moving to center for Warriors: Troy Murphy figures he's a perfect fit to shift to center in new coach Don Nelson's up-tempo offense. Adonal Foyle is determined to drop a few pounds and prove he deserves ample playing time, too.

The 6-foot-ll Murphy will move from power forward to the middle for the Golden State Warriors this season, and Nelson plans to use Foyle more on a by-need, matchup basis. Stern to decide if fired Knicks coach gets $40M left on contract The Associated Press It's now up to NBA commissioner David Stern to decide if Larry Brown is entitled to the remainder of his salary from the Knicks. The fired coach wrapped up a second day of hearings at the NBA offices yesterday. His financial fate now rests in Stern's hands. After James Dolan fired Brown in June, the Madison Square Garden chairman refused to pay Brown the $40 million that was left for the remaining four years.

Dolan said he had cause for the firing. He cited Brown's refusal to follow the company's media policies and his tendency to overstep his role as coach and get involved in personnel decisions as key reasons for withholding the coach's salary. A clause in Brown's contract made Stern the arbiter if there was any dispute, and the commissioner heard nearly 15 hours of testimony Friday and yesterday from Brown's legal team, Garden officials and other witnesses. There is no deadline for Stern's decision, but it will likely be more than a week. Kings sign former Knlck: The Sacramento Kings signed veteran forward Maurice Taylor.

Taylor, who spent the past Wi years with the Knicks, averaging 6.3 points and 3.4 rebounds last season. He has also played for the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets in a nine-year NBA career. Jackson has hip replacement surgery: Lakers coach Phil Jackson had right hip replacement surgery and is expected to be released from a hospital today. Team spokesman John Black said there is no timetable for the 61-year-old Kurt Rambis running the drills. NBA says new ball Is better: The NBA is convinced it is playing with a better basketball this season no matter what Shaquille O'Neal thinks.

The league is debuting a new ball made of microfiber composite to replace the old leather balls, and O'Neal isn't impressed. The Miami Heat star blasted the ball Monday, criticizing not only the product but whoever was involved in the decision to use it One of those people, executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson, defended the ball yesterday while pointing out that Shaq has already used it Jackson said the ball was sent to all teams after the Ail-Star break, and every player had one sent to him over the summer. The ball also was used in the last two AU-Star games, which O'Neal played in. Laettner not suiting up for Grizzlies yet: Christian Laettner isn't planning a comeback with the Memphis Grizzlies NFL Odds Pete Rose, above left, says he took "greenies" in his playing days, if only to lose a few pounds. Oh, and he doesn't bet on baseball anymore, but if he did, he'd pick the Twins and the Padres.

In an appearance on the "Late Show" taped Monday, Rose was asked by host David Letterman whether he ever used any performance-enhancing drugs as a player. Rose said he never did, but when prodded about "greenies," explained that he used them though they were nothing more than "diet pills." "Well, I don't think greenies would ever help you do anything," he said. "You know, I took greenies before in spring training only because I tried to lose some weight, see." Letterman then asked whether the pills ever helped him ward off fatigue. "No, not like steroids," Rose replied. "If I took steroids, I'd have gotten 5,000 damn hits." Neither Letterman nor Rose used the word "amphetamines," which were commonly nicknamed "greenies" at the height of their supposed popularity in baseball.

The sport added amphetamines to its list of banned substances last year. Rose said he still enjoys watching baseball as many as three games a day and still holds out hope that he'll be reinstated. Letterman asked Rose who he likes in this year's playoffs. "You sound like you're betting on baseball," Rose said, drawing laughter and applause. "You know, baseball's going to hate me the two teams I like are San Diego and Minnesota.

And I liked the Yankees until they lost Randy Johnson, I liked the Mets, who've had a fantastic year, until they lost (Pedro) Martinez. St. Louis is going into the playoffs playing as bad as you could play. Detroit, I don't think they have the experience." Source: The Associated Press Jeffrey StaabCBS ESPN ESPNWFAN 660 ESPNWCBS 880 ESPN2 Versus (formerly OLN) Versus (formerly OLN) OTAL 8 FSN NY Sunday at Jacksonville, 4, CBS JETS Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WIT Pet PF New England 3 1 0 .750 88 64 Jets 2 2 0 .500 96 91 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 70 65 Miami 1 3 0 .250 51 71 South WIT Pet PF PA Indianapolis 4 0 0 1.000 121 87 Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 77 74 Houston 1 3 0 .250 66 113 Tennessee 0 4 0 .000 47 121 North WIT Pet PF PA Baltimore 4 0 0 1.000 86 33 Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 98 85 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 48 54 Cleveland 1 3 0 .250 69 89 West WIT Pet PF PA Denver 2 1 0 .667 36 31 San Diego 2 1 0 .667 80 23 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 57 32 Oakland 0 3 0 .000 27 79 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Etst WIT Pet PF PA Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 117 73 Dallas 2 1 0 .667 89 48 Washington 2 2 0 .500 93 91 (Slants 1 2 0 .333 81 92 South WIT Pet PF PA New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 94 65 Atlanta 3 1 0 .750 69 42 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 66 78 Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 27 67 North WIT Pet PF PA Chicago 4 0 0 1.000 116 29 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 63 65 Green Bay 1 3 0 .250 67 115 Detroit 0 4 0 .000 71 115 West WIT Pet PF PA Seattle 3 1 0 .750 78 83 St. Louis 3 1 0 .750 88 78 Arizona 1 3 0 .250 68 96 San Francisco 1 3 0 .250 71 126 Baseball 1 p.m.

ALDS: Oakland at Minnesota 4 p.m. NLDS: Dodgers at Mets 8 p.m. ALDS: Detroit at Yankees College football 7:30 p.m. Central Florida at Marshall Hockey 7 p.m. NHL Buffalo at Carolina 10 p.m.

NHL: Dallas at Colorado Area Colleges Monday's results Essex CC 1, Rockland CC 0 Monroe CC 3, Bronx CC 1 Woman soccer Bridgeport 4, Mercy 1 Tennis College of New Rochelie 9, City Tech 0 Dominican 3, Post 0 Yesterday's results St. Thomas Aquinas 2, Holy Family Concordia 1, Mercy 0 Women's soccer Dominican 2, Caldwell 0 VofcybaN NYTT3, Mercy 0 Cooper Union 3, College of New Rochelie 1 Pace 3, Southern Connecticut 1 Men's soccer Concordia 1, Mercy 0 Mercy (44, 2-2) Concordia ...0 0-0 ...1 0-0 Goal Ricky Gulterrez. Assist Mario Juarez. Saves Carl Spence Ivan Rodriguez 6. St Thomas Aquinas 2, Holy Family 1 Holy Family 1 0-1 St Thomas Aquinas 1 1-2 Goats HF: Ed Szambelak; STAC: Christopher Landes, Adam Parettl.

Assists HF: Sean Hordijenko; STAC: Steven Ocampo; Lukasz Hausner. Saw HF: Patrick Becker STAC: Michael Chappas 2. Women's soccer Dominican 2, Caldwell 0 Dominican 2 0-2 Caldwell 0 0-0 Goals DC: Kelly Egan-Thorpe 2. Sans DC: Valentina Sturchio CC: Richelle Morse 2. Today's events Maritime State at Mount St Vincent, 4 p.m.

Southern New Hampshire at Nyack, 3:30 p.m. Purchase at Bard, 8 p.m. SL John's at Princeton, 8 p.m. Women's soccer Concordia at Mercy, 3:30 p.m. Mount SL Vincent at Stevens, 4 p.m.

St Thomas Aquinas at C.W. Post 3:30 p.m. Purchase at Bard, 6 p.m. Tennis Lehman College at Purchase, 4 p.m. Volleyball Nyack at Post, TBA Purchase at Polytechnic University of N.Y., 7 p.m.

Rockland CC at Bronx CC, 7 p.m. Tomorrow's events Goldey-Beacom vs. SI Thomas Aquinas at North Rockland Soccer Club, 4 p.m. Rockland CC at Westchester CC, 4 p.m. Tennis Rockland CC at Dutchess CC, 3:30 p.m.

Mount St Vincent at College of Saint Elizabeth. 4 p.m. VoSartaH Concordia at Pace, 7 p.m. Rockland CC at Dutchess CC, 7 p.m. Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas, United States, def.

Michael Kohlmann and Alexander Waske, Germany, 63, 7-6 (4). Ashley Fisher, Australia, and Tripp Phillips, United States, def. Gouichi Moto-mura and Go Soeda, Japan, 64, 62. Benjamin Becker and Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, def. Simon Greul and Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-2, 64.

Satoshi iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki, Japan, def. Wayne Arthurs and Stephen Huss, Australia, 7-6 (12), 7-6 (4). Women First Round Natalie Grandin, South Africa, and Camille Pin, France, def. Maki Aral and Seiko Okamoto, Japan, 7-5, 62. Marta Domachowska, Poland, and Alina Jidkova, Russia, def.

Keiko Taguchi and Aya-mi Takase, Japan, 63, 63. Porsche Grand Prix Yesterday At PorschfrArena Stuttgart, Germany Purst: $650,000 (Tier II) Surface: Hart-Indoor Singles First Round Martina Mueller, Germany, def. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, 60, 7-6 (4). Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 6-1, 64.

AnnaLena Groenefeld, Germany, def. Tat-jana Malek, Germany, 63, 2-6, 60. Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Ekaterina By-chkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Tatiana Golovin, France, def.

Elena Ukhovtseva, Russia, 44, 60, 6-3. Dinara Sarlna (6), Russia, def. Mara San-tangelo, Italy, 61, 5-7, 7-6 (9). Dottles First Round Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, def. fveta Benesova and Barbora Stiycova, Czech Republic, 62, 7-5.

Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (1), Australia, def. An-dreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Karolina Kosin-ska, Poland, 60, 7-5. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Francesca Schiavone (4), Italy, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Uezel Hitter, South Africa, 6-2, 6-3 Tashkent Open Yesterday At Dynamo Tennis Club Tashkent, Uzbekistan Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV) Surface: Hart-Outdoor Singles First Round Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Em-manuelle Gagliardl, Switzerland, 63, 64.

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Gall-na Voskoboeva (7), Russia, 5-7, 64, 7-6 (2). Olivia Sanchez, France, def. Alberta Bri-anti, Italy, 7 (4), 7-6 (6). Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def.

Sanja Ancle, Croatia, 7-5, 60. Anastassla Rodionova (8), Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 1-6, 64, 6-1. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, def. Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, 64, 7-5.

Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Sun Shengnan, China, 06, 7-5, 62. Hana Sromova, Czech Republic, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-2, 62. Doubles First Round Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Em-manuelle Gagliardi (2), Switzerland, def.

U-oudmila Skavronskaia, Russia, and Anas-tasia Yakimova, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 63. Victoria Azarenka and Tatiana Poutchek (4), Belarus, def. Akgul Amanmuradova and Iroda Tulyaganova, Uzbekistan, 46, 64, 6-1. Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Tamarine Tanasugam (3), Thailand, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, and Galina Semenova, Russia, 62, 6-3.

Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Uzbekistan, and Kyra Nagv, Hungary, def. Vlada Ekshibaro-va and Eleonore Sitdjemileva, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-3. WeekAhead Today Thu. Frt. Sat Sun.

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Series) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Cyril Saulnier, France, del. Dominik Hrbaty (6), Slovakia. 4-6, 63, 63. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, del. Albert Mun-tanes, Spain, 7-5, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, del Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-2, 63. Mardy Fish. United States, def. Thierry As-cione, France, 46, 63, 6-2. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def.

Fabrice Santoro, France, 64, 5-7, 64. Tobias Clemens, Germany, def. Olivier Patience, France. 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Julien Benneteau, France, def.

Juan Carlos Ferrero (2), Spain, 64, 1-6, 7-6 (7). Richard Gasquet (5), France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 61. First Round Amaud Clement and Sebastien Grosjean, France, def. Marc Gicquel and Florent Ser-ra, France, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Leos Friedl, Czech Republic, and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, def. Tomas Cibulec, Czech Republic, and Oominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, 64, 6-2. Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Martin Damm and Cyril Suk (2), Czech Republic, 64, 6-7 (5), 100 tiebreat Japan Open Yesterday At Ariake CokKteum Tokyo Purse: Men, $765,000 (Intl. Gold); Women, $175,000 (Ik III) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Frist Round Danai Udomchoke, Thailand, def.

Marin Cilic, Croatia, 7-6 (3), 63. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Fernando Vicente, Spain, 67 (4), 64, 62. RainerSchuettler, Germany, def. Michael Berrer, Germany 62, 6-1.

Stefan Koubek, Austria, def. Stefano Gal-vanl, Italy, 6-3, 6, 7-5. Satoshi Iwabuchi, Japan, def. Chen Ti, Taiwan 62, 61. Lu Yen-hsun, Taiwan, def.

Ramon Delga-do, Paraguay, 62, 63. Alexander Waske, Germany def. Tetsuya Chaen, Japan, 64, 64. Lars Burgsmuller, Germany, def. Wayne Arthurs, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3).

Second Round Tim Henman (10), Britain, def. Frank Dancevic. Canada, 62, 61. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina def. Robby Ginepri (7), United States 62, 62.

Women First Round Chan Yungjan, Taiwan, def. Julia Schniff, Germany, 63, 60. Lilla Osterloh, United States def. Meghann Shaughnessy (8), United States, 6-2, 63. Vera Dushevina, Russia def.

Shikha Uberoi, India, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Alko Nakamura, Japan, def. Caroline Wozniackl, Denmark, 63, 63. Jamea Jackson, United States, def. Gisela Dulko (6), Argentina 64.

6-1. Marion Bartoli (1), France, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 62, 3, 64. Doubles First Round Jeff Coetzee, South Africa, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, def. Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Todd Perry (1), Australia, 64, 63.

Kevin Kim, United States, and Lee Hyung-taik, South Ko rea. def. Chris Haggard and Wesley Moodie, South Africa, 64, 7-5. Andy and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Eric Butorac and Travis Parrot, United States, Jiri Novak and Petr Pala, Czech Republic, def.

Tommy Robredo and Fernando Vicente, Spain, 64, 7-6 (2). Golf PGA Tour money leaders Through Sunday Tm 1. Tiger Woods 2. Jim Furyk 3. Phil Mickelson 4.

Geoff Ogiivy 5. V1jaySingh 6. Adam Scott 7. Trevor Immelman 8. Stuart Appleby 9.

Luke Donald 10. David Toms 11. Roiy Sabbahni 12. Stewart Cink 13. Chad Campbell 14.

Carl Pettersson 15. Brett Wettench 16. Stephen Ames 17. Brett Quigley 18. Dean Wilson 19.

Rod Pampling 20. Arron Oberholser 21. Zach Johnson 22. Relief Goosen 23. Lucas Glover 24.

Ben Curtis $9,941,563 $6,429,016 $4,256,505 $4,228,869 $4,163,831 $3,808,858 $3,479,746 $3,230,297 $2,911,408 $2,764,287 $2,732,056 $2,582,101 $2,580,357 $2,517,982 $2,424,478 $2,395,155 $2,368,536 $2,359,868 $2,340,223 $2,312,972 $2,302,366 $2,272,453 $2,181,346 $2,134,126 $2,120,422 $2,061,075 $1,978,758 $1,965,870 $1,866,504 $1,815,323 $1,776,142 $1,719,668 $1,712,697 $1,689,430 $1,681,375 $1,672,012 $1,648,554 $1,622,800 $1,577,731 $1,576,312 $1,560,733 $1,553,906 $1,550,797 $1,530,009 $1,514,447 25. Jose Maria Olazabal 18 26. JJ. Henry 27. Tom Pemice Jr.

28. Ernie Els 29. Tim Clark 30. Mike Weir 31. Tim Herron 32.

Steve Strieker 33. Camilo Villegas 34. Scott Verplank 35. Tom Lehman 36. Nathan Green 37.

Vaughn Taylor 38. Jerry Kelly 39. Dans Love III 40. John Senden 41. Sergio Garcia 42.

Ian Poulter 43. Fred Funk 44. Shaun Micheel 45. Chris DiMarco Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Acquired OF Adam Stem from the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named or cash. CLEVELAND INDWtS-Exercised 2007 contract options on RHP Jake Westbrook and UT Casey Blake.

Declined a mutual option with 3B Aaron Boone, making him a free agent NatJonal league ATLANTA BRAVES-Announced the contract of Pat Corrales, bench coach, will not be renewed. Named Chino Cadahia bench coach, Brian Snitker third-base coach and Eddie Perez bullpen coach. FLORIDA MARLINS-Fired Joe Girardi, manager. Named Fredi Gonzalez manager. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Announced Marc Bombard, first-base coach, Bill Dancy, third-base coach and Gary Varsho, bench coach, will not have their contracts renewed.

Extended the contracts of Rich Donee, pitching coach, Milt Thompson, hitting coach, Ramon Henderson, bullpen coach, and Mick Billmeyer, catching instructor, for one year. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Released RHP Brian Lawrence, RHP Pedro Astacio, RHP Felix Rodriguez, RHP Zach Day, RHP Ryan Drese and LHP Joey Eischen. Atlantic League NEWARK BEARS-Announced Chris Jones, manager, will not return next season. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Exercised their contract options on Ike Diogu and An-dris Biedrins. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS-Placed Edwin Mull-talo on injured reserve.

Signed Ikechuku Ndukwe. CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed OTAIan Reuben Released Kyle Takavitz. CLEVELAND 8R0WNS-Signed DB Jereme Perry from the practice squad. Waived NT Bahatunde Oshinowo. GOLF INTERNATIONAL GOLF FEDERATION-Named David Pepper joint chairman.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES-Assigned Daniel Paille to Rochester of the AHL EDMONTON OILERS-Assigned Marc-An-toine Pouliot to WilkesBarreScranton of the AHL LOS ANGELES KINGS-Placed Atyn Mc-Cauley and Richard Petiot on injured reserve. Assigned Jason LaBarbera and RW Lauri Tukonen to Manchester of the AHL Claimed RW George Parros off waivers from Colorado. NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Assigned Alexander Radulov to Milwaukee of the AHL DEVILS-Signed RW Brian Gionta to a three-year contract Signed Paul Martin, 0 David Hale, Scott Clemmensen and Erik Rasmussen to one-year contracts. Placed Alexander Mogilny on the long-term injury exception list. Sent Adrian Foster, David Clarkson, RW Barry Tallackson, 0 Andy Greene, 0111 Malmivaara and Johnny Oduya to Lowell of the AHL Announced that RW Grant Marshall cleared waivers and was assigned to Lowell.

Recalled Frank Doyle and Tomas Harant from Lowell. RANGERS-Reassigned Ivan Baranka and Jarkko Immonen to Hartford of the AHL OTTAWA SENATORS-Announced 0 Jamie Allison, 0 Andy Hedlund, Tomas Malec, and Serge Payer had cleared waivers and were assigned to Binghamton of the AHL PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Claimed Chris Thorbum off waivers from the Buffalo Sabres. Sent Dany Sabourin to Wilkes-BarreScranton of the AHL SAN JOSE SHARKS-Assigned RW Grant Stevenson and Taylor Dakers to Worcester of the AHL Placed LW Ryane Clowe on Injured reserve. WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Placed LW Matt Pettlnger on injured reserve. American Hockey league BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS-Announced Brandon Cullen, Peter Ferraro and Rick Berry have been assigned from the Is- GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS-Announced Matt Hussey and Kiystofer Kolanos were assigned to the team by the Detroit Red Wings.

Signed Tom Garvin. Released Ryan Barnes, Jeff Campbell and Lucas Lawson. HERSHEV BEARS-Asslgned Viktor Dovgan and Daren Machesney to South Carolina oftheECHL IOWA STARS-Announced Toby Petersen has been assigned from the Edmonton Oilers. PROVIDENCE BRUINS-Released Jay Pern-berton, Jason Piatt and Daniel Sparre. SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE-Released Jason Beckett, Jared Aulln, Andrew Martin, Dusty Demianiuk, Dave Pszenyczny, Steve Weidlich, RW Bobby Chaumont LW Karl Gagne, RW John Hecimovic, LW Brett Lutes, RW Kyle Musselman, Leo Thomas and Vannick Tifu.

Returned LW Kevin Cormier to Rimouski of the QMJHL Assigned Uam Undstrom, RW Lance Monych and Alexandre Rouleau to Phoenix oftheECHL fCHL JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS-Announced Maxime Boisclair, David Desharnais, Jean Desrochers, Brandon Elliott, Ryan Gibbons, Gus Katsuras, Stanislav Lascek, Randy Rowe, Radek Smolensk, 0 John Adams, PJ. Atherton, Doug Andress, Morgan Cey and Gerald Coleman have assigned from Springfield of the AHL LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS-Agreed to terms with Jason Krischuk. TOLEDO STORM-Signed Jeff Attard. PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS-Agreed to terms with Travis Lisabeth, Justin Aikins and Scott May. VICTORIA SALMON KINGS-Agreed to terms with 0 Justin Coutu.

COLLEGES BALL STATE-Promoted Ken Brown to deputy athletic director. Named Paula Haughn and Matt McCollester assistant directors of communications and marketing and Tyson Mathews and Kit Stetzel graduate assistants. NIAGARA-Named Christine Patno women's assistant hockey coach. WEST VIRGINIA-Suspended sophomore WR Jeremy Bruce indefinitely after a drunken driving arrest NCAAFootkal Tonight Favorite Una underdog at Marshall 3Vi UCF Florida St KM at N.C. State at Utah Pk TCU Friday Louisville 33 at Middle Tenn.

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Illinois 11 at Miami (Ohio) NHL Favorite Line Underdog Line at Carolina -155 Buffalo 135 Ottawa -160 At Toronto 140 at Colorado -120 Dallas 100 Copyright 2006 World Features Syndicate, Inc. Soccer MLS standings Em tent Conferanct I Pts GF GA United 15 5 10 55 49 33 x-Chicago 12 10 8 44 39 35 x-New England 10 8 12 42 36 34 Kansas City 9 13 8 35 39 41 Red Bulls 8 11 11 35 37 38 Columbus 7 14 9 30 26 40 Western Conference I Pts GF GA x-FC Dallas 15 11 4 49 44 38 x-Houston 11 8 11 44 40 36 CDChivasUSA 10 8 12 42 43 39 Colorado 11 13 6 39 32 45 Real Salt Lake 10 13 7 37 43 47 Los Angeles 10 14 6 36 31 33 launched playoff spot yclinched conference NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday's Games Red Bulls at Colorado, 9 p.m. New England at 0.C United, 7:30 p.m. CD Chivas USA at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Houston at (teal Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Saturday, October 14 Kansas City at Red Bulls. 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at New England, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. NBA Preseason schedule Philadelphia vs. Winterthur FC Barcelona at Patau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain, 3 p.m.

San Antonio vs. Adecco ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne at Astroballe Arena, Lyon-Wleurbanne, France, 3 p.m. Friday's Games Clippers vs. BC Khimki at Moscow, Noon Phoenix vs. Virtus Lottomatica Roma at PalaLottomatica, Rome, 3 p.m.

Saturday's Gams Clippers vs. CSKA Moscow at Universal Sports Hall CSKA, Moscow. 8 a.m. Sunday's Game San Antonio vs. Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv at Paris-Bercy Arena, 10 a.m.

Monday's Game Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Tuesday's Games Phoenix vs. Philadelphia at Kolnarena, Cologne, Germany, 3 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Dallas vs. New Orleans at the Ford Center, Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Detroit vs. Miami at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., 8:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Efes Pilsen (Turkey) at Denver, 9 p.m. Utah vs. Lakers at SaveMart Center, Fresno, 10 p.m. Met Information is available by calling Knicks: necessary 877-6954667; Nets: 800-7656387; Giants: 201-9358222; Jets: 516-5608200; Devils: 201-9353900; Islanders: 80O882-ISLES; Rangers: 845454-3388; Mets: 718-507-8499; and Yankees 718-293-6000. Tickets also can be purchased by calling Ticketmasten 845454-3388 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.

Sunday's Games Washington at Giants, 1 p.m. Jets at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. Buffalo at Chicago, 1 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. St.

Louis at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 8:15 p.m. Open: Cincinnati, Seattle, Atlanta, Houston Hornby's Gam Baltimore at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division I 0T Pts GF GA Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dentil 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northeast DMiion I OT Pts GF GA Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Southeast Division I 0T Pts GF GA Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Contral DMskM 0T Pts GF GA Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 SI Louis 000000 Northwest Dfvtsioii OT Pts GF GA Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific DMslon I 0T Pts GF GA Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Las Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. Tonight's Games Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 10 p.m. Tomorrow's Games Washington at Rangers, 7 p.m.

Islanders at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m. SI Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Devils at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Florida. 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Champions Tour money leaders 9. Boo Weekley 20 $234,568 10. Jim Rutledge 21 $224,684 11. Gavin Coles 18 $216,843 12. Paul Sheehan 9 $216,407 13.

Michael Putnam 21 $213,293 14. Doug LaBelle II 23 $198,687 15. Matt Kuchar 16 $191,583 16. Brandt Snedeker 21 $191,332 17. Andrew Buckle 13 $189,551 18.

Jarrod Lyle 16 $182,990 19. Brenden Pappas 20 $182,357 20. Jess Daley 17 $181,717 21. John Merrick 24 $173,736 COLLEGES Concordia wins In men's soccer: Ricky Gulterrez scored 10 minutes into the first half as Concordia defeated visiting Mercy 1-0 in men's soccer. Ivan Rodriguez made six saves in the win, while Carl Spence made seven saves for Mercy.

Christopher Landes and Adam Parettl each scored as St Thomas Aquinas defeated visiting Holy Family 2-1. Kelly Egan-Thor-pe scored both goals and teammate Valentina Stur-chlo had four saves as Dominican defeated host Caldwell 2-0 in women's soccer. Melissa Baccari had 14 aces and seven digs as Mercy lost to NYIT 30-25, 30-15, 30-21 in volleyball. Emily Marzan had 28 digs as Pace topped host Southern Connecticut 30-28, 30-21, 23-30, 30-19. Korena Johnson and Danielle Furka each had nine kills for the Setters.

LSU acknowledged yesterday that it has begun an internal investigation into whether baseball players received improper housing benefits under former coaches Skip Bertman and Smoke Laval. West Virginia wide receiver Jeremy Bruce has been suspended indefinitely after a drunken driving arrest. South Carolina reserve defensive end Kerry Bonds was kicked off the team after he was arrested for assault Bonds was arrested on a felony assault charge Saturday, a day after police say he attacked a female student at a dorm. TENNIS Henman advances at Japan Open: Tim Henman coasted to a 6-2, 6-1 win over unseeded Frank Dance-vlc and Robby Glneprl was ousted by 18-year-old Juan Martin Del Potro 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Japan Open in Tokyo. Roger Federer had a first-round bye and will play today against Viktor Troicki, a 6-7 (4), 64, 6-2 winner over Fernando Vicente.

In women's action, Marion Bartoli advanced to the second round with a 6-2, 3-6, 64 win over Jill Craybas. Dominik Hrbaty lost in the first round of the Open de Moselle in Metz, France, beaten by Cyril Saulnier 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. MISCELLANEOUS Dempsey named U.S. soccer player of year: Clint Dempsey was chosen the Honda player of the year for the U.S. national soccer team.

Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who shared the medals podium with Tommle Smith and John Carlos while they gave their black power salutes at the 1968 Olympics, died of a heart attack. He was 64. Combined wire reports Through Sunday Tm Money 1. Loren Roberts 17 $1,945,764 2. Jay Haas 17 $1,930,427 3.

Brad Bryant 17 $1,585,625 4. Gil Morgan 23 $1,403,005 5. Tom Kite 21 $1,348,935 6. Scott Simpson 23 $1,183,609 7. Bobby Wadklns 21 $1,125,565 8.

David Edwards 16 $1,116,198 9. Allen Doyle 21 $1,023,488 10. Bob Gilder 24 $896,714 11. Tom Jenkins 23 $879,986 12. Tom Watson 12 $856,741 13.

Morris Hatalsky 22 $852,548 14. Don Pooley 21 $848,527 15. Andy Bean 22 $837,069 16. Craig Stadler 18 $804,217 17. Dana Quigley 22 $763,199 18.

Hale Irwin 19 731,304 19. Jim Thorpe 22 $718,761 20. Eduardo Romero 5 $694,177 21. Peter Jacobsen 12 $685,844 22. Tom Purser 20 $667,857 23.

D.A. Weibring 20 $659,406 24. Keith Fergus 20 $652,718 25. Des Smyth 18 $627,352 26. Lonnie Nielsen 22 $611,602 27.

RW.Eaks 19 $605,310 28. John Harris 22 $583,608 29. Jerry Pate 14 $571,358 30. Mark James 13 $543,180 LPGA Tour money leaders Through Sept 24 Trn Money 1. Lorena Ochoa 21 $1,974,122 2.

Karrie Webb 18 $1,873,753 3. Annika Sorenstam 17 $1,769,408 4. Cristie Kerr 22 $1,472,112 5. Mi Hyun Kim 23 $1,263,680 6. Julilnkster 18 $1,190,187 7.

Pat Hurst 21 $1,090,498 8. Jeong Jang 22 $953,548 9. Hee-WonHan 23 $902,339 10. Seon-Hwa Lee 24 $858,912 11. Brittany Uncicome 20 $819,398 12.

Paula Creamer 22 $814,032 13.SeRiPak 19 $753,160 14. Natalie Gulbis 23 $657,796 15. Sherri Steinhauer 22 $643,132 16. Meena Lee 22 $594,344 17. Stacy Prammanasdh 22 $536,276 18.

Sophie Gustafson 20 $527,786 19. Julieta Granada 25 $500,966 20. Jee Young Lee 21 $487,946 21. Ai Miyazato 19 $482,203 22. Morgan Pressel 21 $421,183 23.

Brittany Lang 22 $407,234 24. Angela Stanford 22 $405,259 25. Shi Hyun Ahn 16 $397,808 26. Sung Ah Yim 22 $364,925 27. Joo Mi Kim 20 $337,799 28.

Laura Daves 16 $336,840 29. Young Kim 21 $335,848 30. Gloria Jark 22 $333,951 1 Nationwide Tour money leaders Through Sunday Im Money 1. Johnson Wagner 23 $343,799 2. Cliff Kresge 23 $294,261 3.

Tripp Isenhour 21 $293,429 4. Craig Bowden 24 $288,850 5. Kevin Stadler 12 $286,407 6. Ken Duke 22 $285,651 7. Jason Dufner 21 $263,066 8.

jeffQumney 22 $258,091.