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6C' FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2010 CP SPORTS THE TENNESSEAN ROLL CALL BRAVES 3, RAYS 1 Braves keep Rays mired in June slump THE LATEST LINE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Colorado -160 Milwaukee INTERLEAGUE at Chicago (NL) -140 Los Angeles (AL) at Philadelphia -135 Minnesota at New York (AL) -185 New York (NL) at Washington -165 Chicago (AL) at Pittsburgh -115 Cleveland at Detroit -210 Arizona at Toronto -130 San Francisco at Boston -135 Los Angeles (NL) Tampa Bay -155 at Florida at Atlanta -190 Kansas City Texas -120 at Houston at St. Louis -230 Oakland at San Diego -160 Baltimore at Seattle -155 Cincinnati PRO BASKETBALL WNBA GLANCE EASTERN CONFERENCE Pet GB Atlanta 9 3 .750 Connecticut 6 3 .667 l1, Indiana 7 4 .636 l1, Washington 6 4 .600 2 New York 4 5 .444 31, Chicago 4 7 .364 41, WESTERN CONFERENCE Hi Next. vs. Oklahoma City When. 7:05 p.m.

today Thursday's doubleheader between the Nashville Sounds and Memphis Red-birds at Greer Stadium was postponed after a 1 hour, 58 minute delay because of wet playing conditions. Both games will made up in Memphis at a time and date to be determined. One ticket for Thursday's game may be exchanged for two tickets of equal or lesser value to any remaining 2010 Sounds regular-season home game. Nashville opens a four-game series tonight against Oklahoma City. The Sounds will send RHP Tim Dillard (1-3, 5.17 ERA) to the mound against RHP Tanner Scheppers (1-0, 1.57).

TENNESSEAN NEWSSERVICES PCL GLANCE American North Division Pet GB Seattle 9 2 .818 Phoenix 5 5 .500 31, San Antonio 3 6 .333 5 Tulsa 3 6 .333 5 Los Angeles 3 7 .300 51, Minnesota 2 9 .182 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA Tim Hud son and the Atlanta Braves felt good about winning a series against Tampa Bay. Jason Heyward homered and Troy Glaus drove in two runs to back seven strong innings by Hudson in Atlanta's 3-1 victory over the Rays on Thursday night. The Braves took two of three games in a matchup of division leaders. They've won four of five overall and 11 of 12 at home to improve to 21-7 at Turner Field. "Two out of three against any team is very good, especially a team like that," Hudson said.

"They're one of the best clubs in the American League." Tampa Bay's two-game slide dropped the Rays to 9-13 since May 23. "For the most part, we didn't have many chances, but neither did they," Tampa Bay Manager Joe Maddon said. "They took advantage of their chances." Hudson (7-2) lowered his ERA to 2.34 after allowing four hits, one run and four walks with five strikeouts. The right-hander improved to 113-21 when pitching at least seven innings. Atlanta improved to 9-0-3 LEAGUES BASEBALL CANE RIDGE coach pitch signups for ages 7-8.

Call John Green, 869-8905. CLARKSVILLE Parks and Recreation Department needs coaches for the upcoming season for baseball, Softball, and T-ball. Call 931-645-7476. CRIEVE HALL signups for ages 4-12. Call Chip Cruze, 596-7223.

MCCABE PARK signups for ages 5-18. Call Steve Orr, 568-5212. PORTLAND fall signups for 6U, 8U, 10U, 12U through July 23. Call 325-6464. TENNESSEE BASEBALL FEDERATION semi-pro league for ages 18-40.

Call 300-5068. WOOD BAT summer league for college players. Call Danny Led better, 300-5068. BASKETBALL SOUTH NASHVILLE PEE WEE for grades K-2. Call 833-0742 or 865-0003.

USBA summer leagues for grades 1-9. $95. Call 376-4700. WNSL summer league for grades 5-12 starts in July. Call 377-0055.

FOOTBALL JOELTON VIKINGS signups each Saturday through July 10. Call Mike Martin, 456-4467. MIDDLE TENNESSEE BULLDOGS signups each Saturday through July. Ages 5-13. Call Steve Billingslea, 573-9966.

KICKBALL YOUTH LEAGUE for ages 4-14 starts July 9. Call Randy Lusk, 833-0324. SOCCER NSL adult coed leagues. Call 823-5205. VOLLEYBALL HOOTERS summer coed leagues.

Deadline: June 30. Call Rosa Nakayama, 383-8671. NSL adult men's, coed leagues. Call 823-5205. TRAVELING TEAMS BASEBALL CRIEVE HALL 11U, 12U.

Call Chip Cruze, 596-7223. MIDDLE TN 7U seeks two players. Call 975-6586. MT. JULIET THUNDER STIXX 8U needs two players.

Call 714-8525. NITRO BASEBALL 7U through 16U. Call (931) 487-9000. THRESHER BASEBALL 18U. Call John Wilson, 585-9742.

BASKETBALL NASHVILLE ALL-STARS youth 15-17, men, women teams. Call Gail Gillespie, 333-6744. NASHVILLE BURNERS boys grades 3-6. Call 429-1774 (grades 3-5), 945-4550 (6th grade). NASHVILLE ELITE 14U, 16U needs players.

Call Ed Kennedy, 568-2326. NASHVILLE STALLIONS AAU boys grades 7-8. Call George Hardimon, 429-2828. AAU boys 16-17. Call Jerry Lenox, 255-1653.

TEAM NASHVILLE 12-14 AAU boys. Call Sterling Brown, 403-1228. TENNESSEE FUTURE STARS AAU boys grades 9-11. Call Larry Howse, 333-8429 or Antonio Carter, 589-8445. TENNESSEE HOOPS AAU girls 11U.

Call Ken Allen, 887-0574 or Bill Stephens, 300-2984. TENNESSEE TROJANS AAU boys 16U needs post players. Call Arneal Strain, 554-4564. SOCCER FC ACADEMY SOCCER CLUB boys, girls U9 through U17. Call 252-4601.

HFC HURRICANES U16, U18 girls. Non-registered players only. Call Steve Capel, (931) 209-0239 or Mark Morrison, 390-1655. TOURNAMENTS BASKETBALL HOOPFEST 3-ON-3 June 19. $110team.

Call Kelly Walker, 573-7605. USBA 3-ON-3 INDOOR Aug. 4-6 for 5th grade-adults. $125team. Call 377-0055.

GOLF FRANKLIN QUARTERBACK CLUB SCRAMBLE June 21 at Old Natchez. $100player. Call Kevin Poff, 533-7038. TMSDC CLASSIC June 21 at Vanderbilt Legends. $220player.

Call Derrick Dowell, 259-4699. DR. MAC MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Sept. 14 at Vanderbilt Legends. $650player.

Call 770-2321. NATIONAL AMPUTEE CHAMPIONSHIPS in September at Gaylord Springs. Participants, volunteers, sponsors needed. Call Kenny Green, (931) 486-1456. SOFTBALL ISA GIRLS June 26-27 at Crossville.

Call Joe Caldwell, (931) 581-0323. CAMPS BASEBALL CUMBERLAND June 21-24 (pitching, ages 8-14), July 5-8 (fundamentals, ages 13-18). Call 547-1350. FRA July 12-16 (grades K-4). Call George Weicker, 369-4601.

MBA July 12-16 (hitting, boys grades 2-6, $100), July 19-20 (catcher, boys grades 1-8, $60). Call Mike Anderson, 298-5514. NITRO indoor lessons in Spring Hill. Call (931) 487- 9000. SHOWTIME SPORTS June 21-24.

Call Tony Naile, 373-1105. USN July 12-16 (grades K-6). Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext. 366. Pet GB Memphis (Cardinals) 36 30 .545 Iowa (Cubs) 36 31 .537 JS Omaha (Royals) 34 30 .531 1 Nashville (Brewers) 35 31 .530 1 American South Division Pet.

GB Oklahoma City (Rangers) 38 28 .576 Albuquerque (Dodgers) 34 30 .531 3 New Orleans (Marlins) 30 35 .462 71, Round Rock (Astros) 30 38 .441 9 Pacific North Division Pet. GB Salt Lake (Angels) 34 31 .523 Tacoma (Mariners) 33 32 .508 1 Colorado Springs (Rockies) 32 35 .478 3 Portland (Padres) 25 40 .385 9 Pacific South Division Pet. GB Fresno (Giants) 43 23 .652 Sacramento (Athletics) 32 35 .478 ll1. Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 29 39 .426 15 Reno (Diamondbacks) 27 40 .403 161, Lakers secure 16th NBA title BASKETBALL BASKETBALL lessons for all ages. Call David Brooks, 586-6039.

BEECH June 21-25 (grades 4-8, $85). Call Darrin Joines or Dennis Walker, 824-6200, ext. 137. BELMONT June 28-July 2 (girls 7-17, $225). Call Jonathan Davis, 460-5622.

BRENTWOOD ACADEMY June 21-23 (boys 5-14, $90), July 12-14 (girls 5-14, $105), July 12-15 (boys 5-14, $190), July 26-29 (girls 5-14, $190). Call Mike Vazquez, 373-0611, ext. 165. DOC SHELTON July 12-16 (grades K-6). Call 329- 8400, ext.

1500. ENSWORTH June 21-23 (grades 4-12, $105), July 12-16 (grades 1-6, $105). Call Hubie Smith, 301-8916. GALLATIN June 21-23 (boys grades 1-8, $45). Call Bobby Luna, 452-2621 ext.

119. HOOPTOWN USA Aug. 16-Sept. 16 (grades K-8). Call Derek Edgens, 459-7676.

KERMIT DAVIS June 28-July 1 at MTSU (grades K- 12, $190). Call Mike Scutero, 898-5228. MAPLEWOOD July 12-17 (ages 10-17, $50). Call Ty Wilson, 259-5564. MBA July 12-16, July 19-23 (boys grades 2-8, $210), July 26-30 (shooting, boys grades 5-12, $85).

Call Kevin Anglin, 298-5514. TREVECCA boys June 21-25, July 19-23 (grades 3- 12, $60), girls June 16-18 (junior high, high school teams, $300), July 12-16 (grades 3-12, $125). Call 248-1606. USN June 21-25 (boys grades 5-8), June 28-July 2 (boys grades 5-8), July 6-9 (boys grades 2-4). Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext.

366. CHEERLEADING USN June 28-July 2 (grades 1-4). Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext. 366. FOOTBALL BRENTWOOD ACADEMY June 21-24 (grades 1-8, $90), July 12-14 (grades 1-8, $80).

Call Mike Vazquez, 373-0611, ext. 165. CORY FLEMING June 28-July 2 at La Vergne (grades 7-12, $50), July 17 at South Inglewood Community Center. Call 568-1554. DAVID LIPSCOMB July 12-16 (grades 4-9, $90).

Call Tim Taylor, 966-6444. ENSWORTH July 13-15 (grades4-9, $105), July 20- 22 (grades 4-8, $105). Call JK Scott, 301-5341. MBA July 13-15 (linemen, boys grades 4-12, $100), July 20-22 (non-contact, boys grades 1-8, $100), July 27-29 (contact, boys grades 1-8, $100). Call Dan McGugin, 298-5514.

GOLF TPGA JUNIOR ACADEMY overnight summer camps (ages 10-17), junior programs (ages 4-18). Call Cody Weems, 790-7600. LACROSSE BRENTWOOD during June, July (girls grades 4-6, $40). Deadline: May 28. Call Susan Dryer, 435-8573.

ENSWORTH July 12-16 (grades 1-12, $105). Call Meg Freeman, 301-8909. MBA July 12-16 (boys grades 7-12, $100). Call Dan Cooper, 947-5424. USN June 21-25 (grades 1-8), July 19-23 (boys grades 1-8).

Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext. 366. SOCCER BRENTWOOD ACADEMY June 28-July 1 (ages 5-9, $90), July 12-16 (ages 11-17, $130). Call Mike Vazquez, 373-0611, ext. 165.

MBA July 12-16 (grades 1-12, $100), July 19-23 (grades 1-8, $100), July 26-30 (grades 1-4). Call Giles Cheevers, 298-5514. USN June 21-25 (grades 2-8). Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext. 366.

SOFTBALL NITRO indoor lessons in Spring Hill. Call (931) 487-9000. PRO EDGE hitting, pitching lessons. Call 739-4504. SPEED BRENTWOOD ACADEMY June 21-24 (ages 10-18, $50).

Call Mike Vazquez, 373-0611, ext. 165. SWIMMING BRENTWOOD ACADEMY June 21-24, June 28-July 1. Ages 3-10, $135. Call Mike Vazquez, 373-0611, ext.

165. TENNIS ENSWORTH June 21-25 (grades 2-11, $105), July 12-16 (grades 2-11, $105), July 26-30 (grades 1-2, $105). Call Jamie Aid, 301-8907. USN June 21-25, June 28-July 2, July 12-16 (grades K-12). Call John Kleiner, 321-8000, ext.

366. TRACK SIEGEL June 21-24 (grades 1-8). Call Phil Young, 479-1455. VOLLEYBALL ENSWORTH July 26-30 (grades 1-12, $105). Call Eva Lea, 301-5412.

WRESTLING MBA July 12-16 (boys grades 1-8, $100). Call Frank Simpson, 298-5514. TO OUR READERS Info must be submitted in writing and faxed to 259-8826, mailed to The Tennessean Sports 1100 Broadway, Nashville TN, 37203 or e-mailed to Provide phone number, dates, venue and deadline. Listings for more than a month away may be held for space. TODAY IN SPORTS 1910 Alex Smith wins the U.S.

Open by beating John McDermont and Macdonald Smith in an 18-hole playoff. Smith beats McDermont by four strokes and Macdonald Smith by six. 1941 Joe Louis knocks out Billy Conn in the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. SDN WUMKJF Thursday's result Indiana 72, Seattle 65 Today's games Seattle at New York, 6:30 p.m. Tulsa at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Connecticut at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. LOCAL GOLF SCHOOLDAYS TOURNAMENT Match-play results from the 86th annual Tenness-eanMetro Parks Schooldays Golf Tournament on Thursday at McCabe Course: BOYS Semifinals: Chris Baker d. Austin Doebler 4-3; Paul Klein-Kracht d. Carson Jacobs 4-3.

Championship: Baker d. Klein-Kracht 2-1. 12-13 division Semifinals: Jack Story d. Quintin Scheitlin 2-1; Chandler Scheitlin d. Landon Albert 3-2.

Championship: C.Scheitlin d. Story 3-2 GIRLS Championship: Katie Legge d. Samantha Gotcher 2-1. CLUB RESULTS RAVENWOOD: Ladies OBA. 1st Hillis, Jackson, Hooper, Hooper, Beasley.

2nd Morgan, Hayes, Mirus, Morgan. TEMPLE HILLS: Low Net Junior Day. Low gross junior Sara Garmezy (73). Low net juniors Abbie Gregory (69); Joy Cooper (72); Mary Caton Peffen (72). Low gross A Division Shawn Anderson.

Low gross Division Joanne Walker. A Division -Valerie Miller (67); Toni Oppenheimer (67); Mary Ruth Geny (68). Division Marion Howard (70); Frances Whitley (71). BLUEGRASS: Ladies 4 Ball. 1st Bridget Kuzmicki, Jennifer Lee, Judy Brewer, Carolyn Cox (121).

COLLEGES COLLEGE WORLD SERIES At Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination Saturday Game 1 TCU (51-12) vs. Florida State (47-18), 1 p.m. Game 2 Florida (47-15) vs. UCLA (48-14), 6 p.m.

Sunday Game 3 Oklahoma (49-16) vs. South Carolina (48-15), lp.m. Game 4 Arizona State (52-8) vs. Clemson (43-23), 6 p.m. Monday Game 5 Game 1 loser vs.

Game 2 loser, 3:30 p.m. Game 6 Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8 p.m. Tuesday Game 7 Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 8 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. AUTO RACING SPRINT CUP LEADERS POINTS 1, Kevin Harvick, 2,169. 2, Kyle Busch, 2,147. 3, Denny Hamlin, 2,122.

4, Kurt Busch, 2,051. 5, Matt Kenseth, 2,019. 6, Jimmie Johnson, 1,999. 7, Jeff Gordon, 1,987. 8, Jeff Burton, 1,945.

Unscramble these four Jumbles: one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. Braves rookie Jason Heyward watches his solo home run during Thursday's 3-1 win over the Rays, john bazemore ap in its last 12 series. The Braves were 13-18 after losing May 9 at Philadelphia, but are 26-10 since. James Shields (5-6) lost his fifth straight start. Making first appearance against Atlanta, the right-hander allowed three runs, five hits and one walk with three strikeouts in six innings.

"A broken-bat hit got them two runs," Shields said. "That pitch and the one to Heyward were the only bad pitches I threw." NBA SCOREBOARD NBA FINALS Best-of-7 BOSTON VS. LA LAKERS Lakers win series 4-3 Game 1: L.A. Lakers, 102-89 Game 2: Boston, 103-94 Game 3: L.A. Lakers, 91-84 Game 4: Boston, 96-89 Game 5: Boston, 92-86 Game 6: L.A.

Lakers, 89-67 Game 7: L.A. Lakers 83-79 Lakers 83, Celtics 79 BOSTON (79) Pierce 5-15 6-6 18, Garnett 8-13 1-1 17, Wallace 5-11 0-0 11, Rondo 6-13 1-2 14, R.Allen 3-14 5-6 13, Davis 2-4 2-2 6, Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, T.Allen 0-0 0-0 0, Scalabrine 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-71 15-17 79. LA. LAKERS (83) Artest 7-18 4-5 20, Gasol 6-16 7-13 19, Bynum 1-5 0-0 2, Fisher 4-6 0-0 10, Bryant 6-24 11-15 23, Odom 3-8 1-2 7, Farmar 0-3 0-0 0, Vujacic 0-2 2-2 2, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Powell 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 27-83 25-37 83. Boston 23 17 17 22 79 LA. Lakers 14 20 19 30 83 3-Point Goals-Boston 6-16 (Pierce 2-3, R.Allen 2-7, Rondo 1-2, Wallace 1-4), L.A. Lakers 4-20 (Fisher 2-2, Artest 2-7, Vujacic 0-1, Farmar 0-1, Odom 0-3, Bryant 0-6). Fouled Out-Wallace.

Rebounds-Boston 46 (Pierce 10), L.A. Lakers 66 (Gasol 18). Assists-Boston 18 (Rondo 10), L.A. Lakers 11 (Gasol 4). Total Fouls-Boston 25, L.A.

Lakers 19. Technicals-Pierce, Artest. the final seconds to keep Los Angeles ahead. The Lakers will relish this title because they took it from the Celtics, their greatest rivals, with fourth-quarter poise and defense. The teams have met in 12 NBA finals, but the Lakers won for just the third time.

Exactly two years after Boston beat the Lakers by 39 points to win the 2008 title, Los Angeles got revenge for perhaps the most embarrassing loss of Bryant's career even if he did little more than grab 15 rebounds for most of the night. Lakers Coach Phil Jackson won his 11th title overall, his fifth in Los Angeles WORD GAME Rosemary Gray My coach once told me, "The secret to getting things done is i Complete the chuckle quoted by filling in the missing words NBA FROM PAGE1C helped me relax a lot." With their fifth title in 11 seasons, the Lakers moved one championship behind Boston's 17 banners for the overall NBA lead. Amid the confetti and streamers after the final buzzer, Magic Johnson rushed the court to congratulate Bryant, who now has the same number of titles, and to hug Artest, the only new addition to the Lakers' championship roster from last season. Artest has been a liability for much of the postseason, but came up with a remarkable game on the Lakers' biggest night, playing sturdy defense along with his scoring. Paul Pierce had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who just couldn't finish the final quarter of a remarkable playoff run after a fourth-place finish in the Eastern Conference.

Kevin Garnett added 17 points, but Boston flopped in two chances to clinch the series in Los Angeles after winning Game 5 back home. After three quarters of mostly terrible offense, the Lakers tied it at 61-61 on Artest's three-point play with 7:29 left. Bryant's free throws 90 seconds later gave the Lakers their first lead of the second half, and the Lakers went up by five points before Bryant and Sasha Vujacic hit free throws in g. 'put THAT DAILY PUZZLER Edited by Ray Rearrange letters of the four scrambled words below to form four simple words. Wednesday's results Colorado Springs 2, Tacoma 1, 9 innings, 1st game Tacoma 1, Colorado Springs 0, 2nd game Oklahoma City 4, New Orleans 1, 1st game Oklahoma City 7, New Orleans 0, 2nd game Iowa 3, Round Rock 2 Nashville 9, Memphis 0 Albuquerque 14, Omaha 6 Las Vegas 6, Salt Lake 4 Sacramento 4, Reno 0 Portland 9, Fresno 6 Thursday's results Memphis at Nashville, 1st game, rain Memphis at Nashville, 2nd game, rain Round Rock 6, Iowa 5 Oklahoma City 8, New Orleans 5 Salt Lake 10, Las Vegas 5 Colorado Springs 7, Tacoma 5 Omaha at Albuquerque Portland at Fresno Reno at Sacramento Today's games Omaha at Round Rock, 7:05 p.m.

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