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Sports Boston Sunday Globe AUGUST 12, 2012 Scoreboard VOLLEYBALL Brazil finishes strong to upset US in final TANK McNAMARA By Jeff Millar Bill Hinds C6 saiAM- )r -riift-ro cMA-rirtL iaLIz-S i 3 WANT TO 66 FIRST OM TMEK BLOCK TO SET NOPE. WOMEN'S TENNIS FANS WAo I 1 1 I MICROSOFT'S NEW OPERATING SYSTEM? WANT TO SET ESPN'S SRONT-REPUCTION fc- IK-, IBA SOFTWARE SEFORE THE U.S. OPEN. I L1 I Golf NFL Brazil's coaches rushed to pile on the other players. Later, the Brazilians danced into the medal ceremony.

The bronze medal went to Japan, which defeated South Korea. Brazil became the third team to repeat as gold medalist. The Soviet Union won in 1968 and 1972, and Cuba won three straight starting with the 1992 Barcelona Games. Brazil won bronze in 1996 and 2000. It was the third silver for the US women.

The others were in 1984 and 2008. "I'm proud of these girls. We worked really hard, we came into this final game undefeated. You can't get any better than that," Hooker said. "I think Brazil kicked it up a notch after the first set.

A wonderful win for them." Larson spiked for the set. In the second set, Brazil bounced back to take an 1 1-6 lead on Fernanda Rodrigues's kill, sparking a thunderous ovation from the fans at Earls Court. Logan Tom's spike tied it at 12, but Brazil scored six straight and took the set. The Brazilians celebrated wildly after taking a 6-2 lead in the third. The US narrowed it to 21-19 on Hooker's kill, but it was as close as they came, and Sheilla Castro's kill won the set.

With momentum then on the side of the Brazilians, Fabi-ana Claudino's kill gave them a 13-9 lead in the fourth. Thaisa Menezes extended it to 23-14 before Rodrigues's match-winning kill. Castro and Claudino leapt into the official's chair, and International League North Division Pet GB ScrantonW-B 67 53 .558 Pawtucket 66 55 .545 VA Lehigh Valley 65 57 .533 3 Rochester 61 60 .504 6'z Syracuse 59 62 .488 8'2 Buffalo 58 63 .479 9'z South Division Charlotte 69 53 .566 Norfolk 62 60 .508 7 Durham 57 65 .467 12 Gwinnett 54 68 .443 15 West Division Indianapolis 73 49 .598 Columbus 64 58 .525 9 Louisville 48 74 .393 25 Toledo 48 74 .393 25 By Anne M. Peterson ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Destinee wasn't enough. Brazil denied the United States its first Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball Saturday in a 3-1 upset that had the Brazilians turning somersaults on the court and some American players sobbing.

It was the first loss for the US at the tournament and the second straight gold medal for Brazil. American star Destinee Hooker, the second-best scorer at the London Olympics, was held to 14 points. Jaqueline Carvalho had 18 points to help Brazil overcome a disastrous first set and win, 11-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-17. "We felt we lost control in the first set, but we never lost sight of our objectives, and that was to win gold," Carvalho said. "We knew the US is a great team, that the game would be tough.

But we managed to turn it around." The Americans were favored and started their captain, Lindsey Berg, despite a left Achilles strain suffered earlier in the competition. She had been listed as day-to-day but promised to play in the final. The US took an 11-4 lead on Hooker's ace. Brazilian coach Jose Roberto Guimaraes shouted at his players to calm down during a timeout, but two straight kills from Hooker and Foluke Akinradewo's block made it 19-7. Jordan EXHIBITION SEASON SATURDAY'S RESULTS Houston 26 at Carolina 13 Tennessee at Seattle SUNDAY'S GAME St.

Louis at Indianapolis 1:30 MONDAY'S GAME Dallas at Oakland (ESPN) 8 FRIDAY'S RESULTS At Cincinnati 17 NY Jets 6 Tampa Bay 20 at Miami 7 At Jacksonville 32 NY Giants 31 Cleveland 19 at Detroit 17 At Kansas City 27 Arizona 17 At San Francisco 17 Minnesota 6 Texans, 26-13 Houston 10 3 10 3 26 Carolina 3 10 0 0 13 First Quarter Hou FG S.Graham 20, 9:20. Car FG Mare 33, 4:11. Hou Holliday 90 kickoff return (Bullock kick), Second Quarter Car FG Medlock 48, 12:30. Hou FG Bullock 21, 3:55. Car Poole 1 run (Mare kick), :56.

Third Quarter Hou FG S.Graham 37, 10:41. Hou Grimes 3 run (Bullock kick), 3:03. Fourth Quarter Hou FG Bullock 52, 1:57. Bengals, 17-6 Friday night game NY Jets 0 3 0 3 -6 Cincinnati 0 10 7 0 17 Second Quarter Cin FG Nugent 22, 14:02. NYJ FG Brown 42, 9:48.

Cin Peerman blocked punt recovery in end zone (Weber kick), :22. Third Quarter Cin Peerman 1 run (Nugent kick), 10:20. Fourth Quarter NYJ FG Folk 38, 11:25. Transactions BASEBALL Arizona (NL): Recalled Bryan Shaw from Reno (PCL); selected INF Jake Elmore from Reno; placed INF Willie Bloomquiston 15-day DL; designated Mike Zagurski for assignment. Boston (AL): Placed 3B Will Middle-brooks on 15-day DL; recalled INF Danny Valencia from Pawtucket (IL).

Chicago (AL): Selected OF Dewayne Wise from Charlotte (IL); transferred John Danks to 60-day DL. Chicago (NL): Reinstated Lendy Castillo from 15-day DL; optioned Scott Maine to Iowa (PCL). Colorado (NL): Selected Will Harris from Colorado Springs (PCL); placed Edgmer Escalona on 15-day DL; transferred IB Todd Helton to 60-day DL. Houston (NL): Assigned 2B Brian Bix-ler to Oklahoma City (PCL). Los Angeles (AL): Selected Steve Geltz from Salt Lake (PCL); optioned David Carpenter to Salt Lake.

New York (AL): Placed CC Sabathia on 15-day DL. St. Louis (NL): Signed 2B Lance Zawadzki to minor league contract San Diego (NL): Placed Huston Street on 15-day DL; recalled Cory Burns from Tucson (PCL). Texas (AL): Placed C1B Mike Napoli on 15-day DL; recalled Luis Martinez from Round Rock (PCL). COLLEGES Villanova: Men's assistant basketball coach Doug Martin resigned.

Yale: Named Jen Goodwin Softball coach. FOOTBALL Arizona (NFC): Signed FB Reagan Maui'a; waived Chris Stewart. Carolina (NFC): Signed RB Jonathan Stewart to five-year contract extension. Chicago (NFC): Signed DE Aston Whiteside, LBs Xavier Adibi and K.C. Asiodu; placed DE Alex Brown on reserveretired list; waived DT Ronnie Cameron and CB Jeremy Ware.

Detroit (NFC): Signed CB Reshard Langford; released LB Korey Bosworth. New Orleans (NFC): Re-signed CB Nick Hixson; signed Paul Fenaroli and TE Daniel Graham; waived LB Nate Bussey; placed CB AJ. Davis and Andrew Tiller on waived-injured list. San Francisco (NFC): Signed LB Kenny Rowe to two-year contract; waived Mark LeGree. Tennessee (AFC): Waived LB Alex Watkins.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP at Kiawah Island, S.C. Partial third round (Par 72 216) Play suspended due to wet grounds. Bo Van Pelt 73-73-67 213 -3 Steve Strieker 74-73-67 214 -2 Jimmy Walker 73-75-67 215 -1 David Lynn 73-74-68-215 -1 P. Harrington 70-76-69 215 -1 Geoff Ogilvy 68-78-70 216 Bill Haas 75-73-69 217 1 Marc 1 Jason Dufner 74-76-68- 218 2 Justin Rose 69-79-70 218 2 Bubba 73-75-70-218 2 Greg 2 Jim Furyk 72-77-70-219 3 L. Oosthuizen 70-79-70 219 3 JJ.

Henry 72-77-70-219 3 Paul Lawrie 73-75-71-219 3 John Senden 73-74-72-219 3 Ben Curtis 69-76-73 219 3 T. Olesen 75-74-71-220 4 Rich Beem 72-76-72-220 4 Alex Noren 67-80-73-220 4 Ernie Els 72-75-73-220 4 Sang Moon 5 Darren Clarke 73-76-72-221 5 B. de Jonge 71-78-72-221 5 Robert 5 Y.E. Yang 73-74-74-221 5 C. Schwartzel 70-77-74-221 5 Gary 221 5 K.J.

Choi 69-77-75-221 5 David Toms 72-78-72-222 6 Dustin 222 6 Matt Every 72-76-74-222 6 Chez Reavie 74-76-73-223 7 Seung-yul 7 Thomas Bjorn 70-79-74- 223 7 Ken Duke 71-78-74-223 7 Retief Goosen 73-74-75-223 7 Luke Donald 74-76-74- 224 8 C.Tringale 69-78-77 224 8 Scott Piercy 68-78-78- 224 8 Ryo Ishikawa 69-77-79 225 9 Toru 10 Marcus Fraser 74-75-78-227 11 George 11 John Huh 72-78-79 229 13 Leaderboard Thru Rory Mcllroy -6 9 Vijay Singh -6 7 Adam Scott -5 9 Carl Pettersson -4 8 Bo Van Pelt -3 18 Trevor Immelman -3 10 Steve Strieker -2 18 Peter Hanson -2 12 Graeme McDowell -2 11 Joost Luiten -2 12 Ian Poulter -2 8 NE player finishing round 219 (3) J.J. Henry, Fairfield, 72-77-70. LPGA JAMIE FARR CLASSIC SATURDAY'S RESULTS At Rochester 5 Pawtucket 3 ScrantonW-B 5 at Buffalo 1 Syracuse 6 at Lehigh Valley 0 Indianapolis 4 at Columbus 0 At Gwinnett 8 Louisville 2 At Charlotte 2 Norfolk 1 At Toledo 7 Durham 2 (completion of suspended game) At Toledo 4 (7 inn.) Durham 2 SUNDAY'S GAMES Pawtucket at Buffalo 6:05 Norfolk at Charlotte 2:15 ScrantonW-B at Syracuse (2) 4 Louisville at Gwinnett 5:05 Rochester at Lehigh Valley 5:35 Durham at Toledo 6 Indianapolis at Columbus 6:05 Rochester, 5-3 at Rochester, N.Y. PAWTUCKET AB Bl Avg. Kalish cf 4 0 0 0 .291 Iglesias ss 4 110 .259 Repko If 4 0 1 0 .273 Gomez dh 4 0 1 1 .304 LaRoche3b 4 0 0 0 .242 Rodriguez lb 4 110 .125 Lin rf 3 13 1 .247 Butler 4 0 1 1 .286 Hee 2b 4 0 1 0 .243 Totals 35 3 9 3 Arena League IVAN ALVARADOREUTERS Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Destinee Hooker and Jordan Larson (from left) fell short against Brazil, taking silver.

ROCHESTER AB Bl Avg. Escobar 2b 4 0 1 0 .263 Chang dh 2 1 0 0 .260 Dinklman ph-dh 1110 .283 Parmelee lb 3 2 1 1 .351 Plouffe 3b 4 0 0 0 .000 Thomas cf 4 1 2 2 .229 Bigley rf 3 0 1 0 .233 Ramirez If 4 0 1 1 .245 Florimon ss 4 0 0 1 .251 Rivera 4 0 10 .217 Playoffs Fri, Aug. 10 ArenaBowl at New Orleans Arizona 72 Philadelphia 54 Totals 33 5 8 5 Dream job, and a labor of love Latest line World Features Syndicate Inc. NFL PRESEASON Favorite Pts Underdog At Indianapolis 1 St. Louis Monday At Oakland 1 Dallas Ohio 71 213) EFL SATURDAY'S RESULTS Bay State 35 Randolph 17 Charlestown 18 Twin City 14 Clinton 35 Granite State 12 Metrowest 30 Eastern Mass.

25 Middleboro 23 Worcester 22 SUNDAY'S GAME Taunton vs. Maine at Taunton HS, 4. at Sylvania, Third round (Par I.K. Kim 69-67' Jiyai Shin 69-67' Pawtucket Oil 000 001 3 9 1 Rochester 200 000 03x 5 8 0 Rodriguez (2). LOB Paw.

6, Roch. 7. 2B Butler (3), Parmelee (13). DP Paw. 1, Roch.

1. Pawtucket IP ER BB SO Wright 5 5 2 2 1 3 Fields 2 0 0 0 0 3 Bard (L 2-1) 1 3 3 3 1 2 Rochester IP ER BB SO Hernandez 6 7 2 2 0 3 Lnigan (W 5-1) 2 0 0 0 1 2 Slama Vi 2 1 1 0 0 Turpen (S 2) V4 0 0 0 0 0 HBP by Bard (Bigley). WP Hernandez. PB Butler (1), Rivera 2 (11). 2:53.

A 8,861. So Yeon Ryu 67- 66- 202 66- 202 67 202 68- 202 69- 203 69-203 Hee Kyung 66-68- MLS Inbee Park 69-65' Chella Choi 66-67' 70-203 J. Concolino 69-205 69-205 NEFL EASTERN CONFERENCE Angela Stanford. 66-70' Hee-Won Han 68-67' P. Lindberg 64-71' Jennie Lee 69-70' TPts.

GF GA 70-205 70-205 67 206 Beatriz Recari 70-66- 70- 206 71- 206 13 7 12 7 11 6 11 8 10 7 Karine Icher 66-69' Jeong Jang 68-70' Mo Martin 69-72' Kansas City New York Houston D.C. United Chicago Montreal Columbus Philadelphia NEW ENGLAND. Toronto 4 43 30 22 5 41 40 34 7 40 35 27 3 36 36 29 5 35 25 24 3 30 35 43 4 28 20 21 2 23 22 24 5 23 26 28 4 19 25 40 69-207 67 208 68- 208 Sandra Gal 69-71 S. Richdale 69-69 70-208 Haeii Kang 72-70' 7 11 6 11 5 13 Karin Siodin 73-68- 67 209 68- 209 69-209 69-209 69-209 69-209 Natalie Gulbis 69-71 Tiffany Joh 71-69 Jee Young Lee 68-72' Amy Yang 67-73' SATURDAY'S RESULTS Boston 32 Whaling City 8 Cape Cod 42 East Coast 6 Conn. Bearcats 40 Bridgeport 6 Conn.

Panthers 28 Worcester 7 Green Valley 14 Southern Conn. 12 Lowell 32 Southern Maine 15 Middlesex 46 Vermont 20 New Hamp. 29 Merrimack Valley 20 New Jersey 12 Conn. Gamblers 7 North Shore 40 Coastal 0 Pioneer Valley 12 Berkshire 0 Rhode Island 21 Woonsocket 6 Southern Vt. 28 New England 13 Tri-City 8 Metro West 7 Western Mass 30 Hartford 9 Bay State Gardner Monadnock Southern N.H.

SUNDAYS GAMES Mid Coast vs. Nortre Dame at Larra-bee Field, Knox, Maine, Western Conn. vs. Tri-State at Immaculate HS, Danbury, South Shore vs. Southern N.E.

at Battis Field, Middleboro, 3:30. S. Michaels 69-68- 72-209 68- 210 69- 210 70- 210 71- 210 72- 210 73- 210 73-210 Julieta Brooke Jenny Shin 67-73' Paula N. Glynamitta 66-72' Stacy Lewis 68-69' Eastern League Eastern Division Pet GB Trenton 70 49 .588 New Britain 65 55 .542 5'z Reading 63 56 .529 7 Binghamton 58 62 .483 12'z Portland 55 65 .458 15'z New Hamp 47 73 .392 23'z Western Division Akron 70 49 .588 Bowie 62 57 .521 8 Richmond 60 60 .500 10'2 Altoona 58 61 .487 12 Harrisburg 56 64 .467 14'z Erie 53 66 .445 17 SATURDAY'S RESULTS At Erie 5 Portland 4 At Altoona 5 Trenton 4 At Harrisburg 5 Binghamton 4 Bowie 6 at Richmond 4 At Akron 8 New Hampshire 3 At New Britain 10 Reading 6 SUNDAY'S GAMES Portland at Erie 1:35 New Hampshire at Akron 1:05 Reading at New Britain 1:35 Binghamton at Harrisburg 2 Bowie at Richmond 5:05 Trenton at Altoona 6 Lindsey 69-68-Laura Davies 68-74- 69-211 69-211 B. Lincicome 69-73' NaYeon Choi 70-71 Brittany Lang 70-71 Becky Morgan 69-72' Irene Cho 70-70' Jane Park 68-71' Kathleen Ekey 69-68- Mi Jung Hur 71-66- Auto racing D.c.

senreetel 68-69' Taylor Coutu 71-71 Reilley Rankin 72-70' Jimin Kang 70-71 ZIPPO 200 Cindy WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28 Salt Lake 13 9 3 42 36 30 Seattle 10 5 7 37 31 22 Vancouver 10 7 7 37 28 29 Los Angeles 10 11 3 33 39 39 Dallas 6 11 8 26 29 34 Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21 Colorado 8 15 1 25 31 35 Portland 5 12 5 20 20 37 not including late game NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. SATURDAY'S RESULTS At Vancouver 2 Salt Lake 1 At Kansas City 2 D.C. United 1 At Dallas 3 Colorado 2 Toronto (ppd.) at Columbus Seattle at San Jose SUNDAY'S GAMES Montreal at NEW ENGLAND 7 Chicago at Philadelphia 7 Los Angeles at Chivas USA 11 FRIDAY'S RESULT At New York 2 Houston 0 Whitecaps, 2-1 Salt Lake 0 1 1 Vancouver 0 2 2 Scoring: Camilo 4 (unassisted) 58th minute; Richards 3 (Camilo, Mattocks) 64th; SL, Borchers 2 (Paulo Junior) 90th. Goalies: SL, Rimando; Knighton. Sporting K.C., 2-1 D.C.

United 1 0 1 Kansas City 1 1 2 Scoring: KC, Bunbury 5 (Zusi) 13th minute; DC, DeLeon 4 (Najar) 24th; KC, Zusi 3 (Kamara) 62d. Goalies: DC, Hamid; KC, Nielsen. Attendance: 20,439 K. Mcpherson 12- Ji Young Oh 71-70' Gerina Piller 67-74 Erie, 5-4 at Erie, Pa V. Derrey 69-71 P.K.

Kngkrphn 69-71 Janice Moodie 68-72' Candie Kung 69-70' M. Duncan 66-72' 70-211 70-211 70- 211 71- 211 72- 211 74-211 74-211 74-211 70-212 70- 212 71- 212 71-212 71-212 71-212 71- 212 72- 212 72-212 72- 212 73- 212 74- 212 74-212 74-212 71-213 71-213 73- 213 74- 213 75- 213 73-214 73- 214 74- 214 74-214 74-214 73- 215 74- 215 74-215 74- 215 75- 215 76- 217 77- 218 77-219 Jen Johnson 70- Jessica Korda 73-65' Sarah J. Smith 71-71 Momoko Ueda 69-73' Belen Mozo 71- Danielle Kang 68-71' Christine 69-69' Danah llhee Lee 67-74 Dori Carter 70-70' PORTLAND AB Bl Avg. Bradley cf 3 110 .274 Hissey If 5 0 1 0 .244 Smith 3b 5 0 1 0 .300 Brentz rf 4 0 2 1 .287 Shaw lb 3 0 0 0 .219 Bogaerts ss 5 1 2 0 .429 Gibson dh 4 0 1 0 .235 Vazquez 3 12 1 .190 Dent 2b 3 112 .220 Totals 35 4 11 4 ERIE AB Bl Avg. Johnson dh 4 1 1 0 .288 Romero ss 2 12 0 .317 Castellanos rf 4 0 1 0 .304 Lennerton lb 4 10 1 .271 Garcia cf 4 12 3 .315 Fields If 4 12 1 .184 Bishop 3b 3 0 1 0 .255 Douglas 2b 3 0 0 0 .260 McCann 3 0 10 .173 Totals 31 5 10 5 Nicole Hage 69-71 Wendy Ward 71-69 modern journalism's loss.

Apprised that the bosses were considering having Peter cover the Red Sox for the Morning Globe and me for the Evening Globe, Keane sneered, "Oh, that'll be great. Gammons will write about wars and symphonies, and Ryan will complain about the umpires." Clif was a larger-than-life figure, as was Roger Birtwell, a veteran baseball writer whom I nicknamed the "Dash King." I had never seen a man use so many dashes. Roger was famous for padding (in bedroom slippers) into the Fenway press box in the fifth inning or so, saying, "Fill me in, boys." When he discovered I had been born and raised in Trenton, N. he asked me if the Hotel Hildebrecht was still there. I said yes.

He informed me that's where he would stay while covering Harvard-Princeton football games in the '20s, Roger had known Ruth, Cobb, Hornsby, etc. He may even have known Cap Anson. Talk about minute degrees of separation. Oh my God, John Ahern. Famous for three changes of clothes daily at Newport during an America's Cup, or even at Swampscott.

A beautiful blazer. A straw boater. A cigar. A name dropper supreme (don't get him started about Marciano). He used to say to me, "Bobby boy, don't ever read your own stuff." I couldn't understand that.

I related more to Jimmy Breslin, who used to say that one of his great thrills was being on the New York subway and sitting next to someone who was reading his column (no picture). And Bud Collins what can I say, other than no man could have been more helpful and encouraging to a young colleague than Bud Collins. And let me tell you something else. No one has ever written better columns for this paper than Bud Collins, and I'm talking baseball, basketball, boxing, football, among others, not just tennis. That's saying a lot, because what matters most to me as I wind down my association with this great newspaper is that I firmly believe I have been a member of a true All-Star team in sports journalism for the entire 44 years.

We tend to judge sports figures by the number of championship rings they have been fortunate enough to accumulate. I want to be judged by the people I've worked with. Lists are dangerous, because someone obvious invariably is left off. So I won't risk that. Just appreciate that I have been in a killer lineup for 44 years.

But one person does deserve special note. There are some great women in our business, but I don't know of anyone who has matched Jackie MacMullan's feat of going toe-to-toe with the boys in terms of attaining top-level credibility while not sacrificing a shred of femininity. She is the ultimate role model for any young woman. I do want it known that I have spent 44 years doing it from the heart. I have never once written to provoke or to attract attention.

I have always done what has come naturally, which doesn't mean it's always been right. No one is right all the time. So why now? It's time; that's all. I've covered the events I wanted to cover. I reached a goal with the Bruins' Stanley Cup run in 2011 to have covered championships in all four primary pro sports.

I've covered 29 Final Fours. London has been my 11th Olympics. I even did a dog show. I am fulfilled. But there is something else.

I occasionally come across some things I wrote years ago, and I say to myself, "I did that?" And I know in my heart I really couldn't match that effort today. That's all a writer needs to know. My goal is to gain personal life flexibility and to eliminate obligation. I still have the Globe part-time gig and I still have a bit more TV shelf life, how much I really don't know. I want to do what I want to do and not do what I don't want to do.

And my wife of 43 years, the former Elaine Murray, is the perfect companion with whom to do or not do whatever it is we're going to do or not do. See me in a year or so. I'll let you know how it's working out. Bob Ryan is a Globe columnist. He can be reached atryan globe.com.

RYAN Continued from Page CI three middlemen between me and the reader. Now there is one. The technological advances border on science fiction for the 1968 mind. I could have sent this column via my BlackBerry were it necessary. When I started, there was no such thing as "call waiting." Forget about cellphones.

Beepers were in the future. The people I worked with, and so admired, included thorough professionals, many of whom had been born between 1900 and 1920. Two of them, the great columnist Harold Kaese and the pioneer basketball writer Jack Barry (who covered the first Celtics practice in 1946 and was the first person to formulate the concept of the turnover) never learned to drive a car. Desk men had fistfights over glue pots. Just about everybody smoked, and a startling percentage of working sportswrit-ers in this town were either reformed or functional alcoholics.

For the likes of Gammons and Ryan, the Boston Globe was the place to be. Tom Win-ship was the editor, and because of him, the Boston Globe was that rarity among American dailies: a writer's paper, not, as were most papers then (and, sadly, some even now), an editor's paper. In those days, the Globe still had separate morning and evening editions. Fran Rosa was the morning sports editor. Ernie Roberts ran the Evening Globe.

Jerry Nason, who had been with the paper since the late '30s-early '40s, was the Executive Sports Editor and he still wrote six (6) columns a week. What those three had in common was a commitment to writers, especially young ones. Gammons and Ryan were allowed to go crazy, to be creative. When we needed reining in, there were watchful desk men such as Art Keefe to lend advice. But we were always encouraged to swing for the fences, with our particular points of view, about baseball, basketball, football, anything.

The Old Guard was often quite amused. One of our colleagues was the acerbic Clif Keane, a figure who would have no place in today's scheme of things, which is Moira Dunn 69-73' M. Hernandez 71-70' Leta Lindley 70-71 Victoria Tanco 72-69' Ayaka Kaneko 67-73' at Watkins Glen, N.Y. Results of Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race; with make of car (C -Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Toyota), laps completed and earnings. 1.

Carl Edwards, 82 laps $52,050 2. Brad Keselowski, 82 $26,925 3. Sam Hornish 82 $29,093 4. Ricky Stenhouse 82 $27,143 5. Ron Fellows, 82 $16,925 6.

Kyle Busch, Toyota, 82 $13,475 7. Kasey Kahne, 82 $12,725 8. Paul Menard, 82 $12,350 9. Justin Allgaier, 82 $20,618 10. Brian Scott, Toyota, 82 $19,418 11.

Michael Annett, 82 $18,468 12. Elliott Sadler, 82 13. Miguel Paludo, 82 $17,893 14. Mike Bliss, Toyota, 82 $17,768 15. Ryan Truex, 82 $18,168 16.

Victor Gonzalez 82 $18,343 17. Jason Bowles, 82 $21,193 18 Mike Wallace, 82 $17,518 19. Jeremy Clements, 82 $17,443 20. Kenny Habul, 82 $11,125 21. Kyle Kelley, $11,350 22.

oey Logano, 82 $10,825 23. Austin Dillon, 82 $17,218 24. Cole Whitt, 81 25. Tim Connolly, 81 $17,518 26. Eric McClure, 77 $16,998 27.

J. Nemechek, 55 $10,475 2a T. Raines, vibrate, 45 $16,873 29. A Kennedy, acdnt, 37 $16,838 30. Daryl Harr, 33 $17,103 31.

JJ. Yeley, electrical, 32. D. Stacey, handling, 33. M.

Shepherd, brkes, 34. E. Curran, electric, 18 $10,125 35. T. Hill, alternator, 14 $10,085 36.

Matthew Bell, acdnt, 37. C. Cook, overheat, 8 $10,000 3a A Popow, accident, 5 $16,424 39. Josh Wise, vibration, 3 $9,820 40. Jeff Green, vibration, 3 $9,695 41.

M. DiBenedetto, brkes, 42. S. Leicht, brakes, 2 $9,615 43. D.

Patrick, acdnt, 2 $16,002 V. Felibert 70-71 Tzu-Chi Lin 70-71 FC Dallas, 3-2 Jane Rah 68-74- Colorado Dallas ...1 1 ..2 1 2 3 Scoring: Castrillon 6 (Mullan, Freeman) 12th minute; Castillo 3 (Ferreira) 41st; Benitez 1 (unassisted) 44th; Ferreira 1 (Castillo, De Guzman) 49th; Larentowicz 3 (Rivero) 54th. Goalies: Pickens; Hartman. Portland 110 200 000 4 11 0 Erie 400 000 001 5 10 0 LOB Portland 11, Erie 4. 2B -Brentz (26), Bogaerts (2), Vazquez (1).

HR Dent (3), Garcia (5), Fields (2). Dent. SF Vazquez. SB Brentz (6), Romero (17). CS Romero (5).

DP Portland 2. Portland IP ER BB SO MacDonald 5 6 4 4 1 2 Urquidez 3 3 0 0 1 4 Hntzngr (L 3-5) 1110 0 Erie IP ER BB SO Avery 6 9 4 4 3 5 Weinhardt 2 1 0 0 2 1 Waite (W 1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 1 WP Avery. 2:55. A 3,095. Tennis ROGERS CUP MLL WEB.COM PRICE CUTTER CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP at Springfield, Mo.

Third round (Par 72 216) David Lingmerth 67-67-65-199 Scott Harrington 65-68-66-199 Andrew Buckle 67-69-64- 200 Chris Wilson 68-67-65 200 Nicholas Thompson 70-64-66-200 Camilo Benedetti 66-72-63-201 James Nifties 64-71-66-201 Michael Letzig 65-69-67 201 Brian Stuard 65-67-69 201 Stuart Anderson 67-72-63-202 Russell Henley 68-70-64- 202 Jose Toledo 67-68-67 202 Justin Bolli 67-67-68- 202 Andy Winings 67-71-65-203 Paul Haley II 65-73-65-203 Glen Day 70-67-66-203 Doug LaBelle II 67-70-66-203 Doug Barron 64-71-68- 203 Brad Adamonis 66-69-68- 203 Matt Hendrix 63-72-68- 203 Jason Gore 65-68-70 203 Nick Flanagan 66-66-71-203 Jeff Cuzzort 72-67-65-204 Brad Fritsch 72-67-65-204 Casey Wittenberg 68-71-65 204 Richard Scott 69-69-66- 204 James Hahn 69-68-67 204 Josh Broadaway 65-71-68- 204 Alex Aragon 65-70-69-204 Luke Guthrie 68-67-69 204 Philip Pettitt, Jr 71-64-69 204 NE players 203 (-13) Brad Adamonis, Cumberland, R.I., 66-69-68. 206 (-10) Rob Oppenheim, An-dover, 66-72-68; Jeff Curl, Ellington, 68-69-69. US WOMEN'S AMATEUR at Cleveland Semifinals Match play Jaye Marie Green, Boca Raton, Fla. (146), def. Nicole Zhang, Canada (144), 2 up; Lydia Ko, New Zealand (137), def.

Ariya Jutanugarn, Thailand (139), 3 and 1. at Montreal Women's singles third round Agnieszka Radwanska (2) def. Chanel le Scheepers, 6-2, 6-4; Li Na (10) def. Sara Errani (8), 6-4, 6-2; Aleksan-dra Wozniak def. Christina McHale, 7-6 (5), 6-3; Tamira Paszek def.

Carla Suar-ez Navarro, 6-3, 6-0; Roberta Vinci def. Angelique Kerber (6), 6-2, 7-6 (7); Caro-line Wozniacki (7) def. Varvara Lep-chenko, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Women's quarterfinals Li Na (10) def. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), 6-2, 6-1; Lucie Safarova (16) def.

Roberta Vinci, 6-2, 6-2. Women's doubles quarterfinals Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebot-nik(3) def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza, 1-6, 7-5, 10-5 tiebreak; Klaudia Jans-lgnacik and Kristina Mladenovic def. Ekaterina Makarova and Olga Savchuk, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 10-6 tie-break. Women's doubles semifinals Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebot-nik (3) def.

Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond (1), 6-4, 6-4; Klaudia Jans-lgnacik and Kristina Mladenovic. def. Anasta-sia Rodionovaand Galina Voskoboeva, 6-3, 7-6 (5). at Toronto Men's singles semifinals Richard Gasquet (14) def. John Isner (8), 7-6 (3), 6-3; Novak Djokovic (1) def.

Janko Tipsarevic (5), 6-4, 6-1. Men's doubles quarterfinals Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (8) def. Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor (1), 6-4, 6-4. NY-Penn League Stedler Division Pet GB Tri-City 39 14 .736 Lowell 25 28 .472 14 Connecticut 24 28 .462 141 Vermont 24 29 .453 15 McNamara Division Hudson 35 18 .660 Brooklyn 33 20 .623 2 Aberdeen 22 31 .415 13 Staten Island 16 36 .308 18' Pinckney Division Auburn 30 22 .577 State College 28 25 .528 2Vz Batavia 26 26 .500 4 Mahoning Valley 25 27 .481 5 Jamestown 21 30 .412 8V2 Williamsport 19 33 .365 11 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Lowell 6 (13 Hudson Valley 5 At Brooklyn 6 Vermont 3 Connecticut 3 at Aberdeen 1 State College 5 at Jamestown 2 Tri-City 6 at Staten Island 3 Mahoning Valley 9 at Auburn 2 Williamsport 5 at Batavia 4 SUNDAY'S GAMES Lowell at Hudson Valley 5:05 Williamsport at Batavia 1:05 Connecticut at Aberdeen 2:35 State College at Jamestown 4 Tri-City at Staten Island 4 Vermont at Brooklyn 5 Mahoning Valley at Auburn 6:05 Pet GB p-Chesapeake 11 3 .786 p-Denver 10 4 .714 1 P-BOSTON 9 5 .643 2 Long Island 8 6 .571 3 Rochester 7 7 .500 4 Charlotte 5 9 .357 6 Hamilton 4 10 .286 7 Ohio 2 12 .143 9 clinched playoff berth SATURDAY'S RESULTS BOSTON 18 at Ohio 16 At Charlotte 15 Rochester 14 Denver 15 at Chesapeake 13 At Hamilton 18 Long Island 8 Cannons, 18-16 at Columbus, Ohio BOSTON 4 5 2 7 18 Ohio 4 7 2 3 16 Goals: Poskay 3, Buchanan 3, Stone 3, Rabil 2 (one 2-pt goal), Boyle 2, Heim 2, Ricci, Sussman; Cum-mings 3, Connolly 3, Martin 2, Groot 2, Stanwick 2, Hartzell (2-pt goal), O'Brien, Colburn. Assists: Boyle 4, Poskay, Sweeney, Buchanan, Morrissey; Woodson, Messina, Martin, Cummings.

Saves: Burke Schroder 13..