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10C FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER www.charlotte.comSPORTS Scoreboard A NFL Preseason Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 84 76 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 56 64 Miami 2 2 0 .500 57 65 New Eng. 2 2 0 .500 85 67 South Pct PF PA Jcksnville 3 1 0 .750 100 64 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 91 69 Houston 2 2 0 .500 104 87 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 71 60 North Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 4 1 0 .800 87 46 Cleveland 3 1 0 .750 72 60 Baltimore 1 2 0 .333 48 29 Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 64 78 West Pct PF PA x-Oakland 2 1 0 .667 68 59 x-San Diego 2 1 0 .667 79 68 x-Denver 1 2 0 .333 53 61 Kns City 0 4 0 .000 32 67 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA Dallas 2 2 0 .500 84 81 Wash 2 2 0 .500 51 56 N.Y. Giants 1 3 0 .250 66 83 Phila 1 3 0 .350 54 79 South Pct PF PA Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 53 60 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 94 93 New Orl. 3 2 0 .600 81 59 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 44 91 North Pct PF PA Chicago 3 1 0 .750 87 90 Detroit 2 2 0 .500 73 99 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 88 73 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 83 77 West Pct PF PA x-Seattle 2 1 0 .667 67 77 x-St.

Louis 2 2 0 .500 46 63 x-San Fran 1 2 0 .333 67 69 x-Arizona 0 3 0 .000 74 93 x-late game not included RESULTS Buffalo 13 Jacksonville 31 14 New Orleans 7 0 N.Y. Jets 13 11 New England Giants 20 Cleveland 9 St. Louis 10 City 3 Tennessee Bay 14 Minnesota 23 14 Tampa Bay 31 24 Pittsburgh 19 3 Arizona at Denver Oakland at Seattle San Francisco at San GAMES Indianapolis at Cincinnati .......7:30 Baltimore at End Preseason A A International League North Div. Pct. GB Scrn-WB (Ynk) 80 58 .580 Rchster 75 65 .536 6 Buffalo (Ind) 73 65 .529 7 Pawtucket (RS) 66 71 .482 13 Syracuse (BJ) 61 79 .436 20 Ottawa (Phil) 54 85 .388 26 South Div.

Pct. GB Durham 77 62 .554 Richmond 74 63 .540 2 Norfolk 68 71 .489 9 Charlotte 62 77 .446 15 West Div. Pct. GB Toledo (Tig) 79 59 .572 Indnpls (Pirates) 70 69 .504 9 Louisville (Reds) 70 70 .500 10 Colmbus 62 77 .446 17 x-late game not included RESULTS Pawtucket 3 2 Charlotte 6 3 Indianapolis 3 Durham 1 Toledo 2 Ottawa 1 0 Rochester 3 2 3 GAMES Charlotte at Durham ......................7 Buffalo at Rochester Louisville at Indianapolis Richmond at Norfolk at Pawtucket Syracuse at Ottawa Toledo at Columbus RESULTS Pawtucket 7 6 Norfolk 1 0 Indianapolis 0 Richmond 1 Louisville 2 2 Rochester at Ottawa South Atlantic League Northern Div. Pct.

GB Hickory (Pir) 38 26 .594 Lakewood (Phil). 34 30 .531 4 Lake Co. (Ind) 32 31 .508 5 Grnsboro (Marl). 33 33 .500 6 (Brew) 31 33 .484 7 Delmarva 31 34 .477 7 Lexington (Ast) 27 39 .409 12 Hgrstwn (Nats) 23 42 .354 15 Southern Div. Pct.

GB Clmbus (DRays) 41 24 .631 Chas (Yanks) 38 28 .576 3 Asheville 36 28 .563 4 x-Agsta (Giants) 37 29 .561 4 Rome 36 30 .545 5 Kannapolis (WS) 34 31 .523 7 Greenville 28 38 .424 13 Savnnh 21 44 .323 20 x-late game not included; y-won first half RESULTS Augusta 3 2 Charleston, S.C. 4 3 Delmarva 2 2 (tie) Hickory 1 0 Kannapolis 4 3 Lakewood County 0 Lexington 7 Virginia 5 Rome 5 GAMES Kannapolis at Greensboro ............7 Hickory at Asheville Note: Completion of suspended game, 5 p.m. Regularly scheduled game will follow. Augusta at Greenville Columbus at Savannah Lake County at Delmarva Lakewood at Hagerstown Lexington at West Virginia Rome at Charleston RESULTS Columbus 2-2 1-1 Delmarva 1 Lakewood County 3 Savannah 0 A A WNBA Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit vs. Indiana Today: at Sunday: at Monday: at WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix vs.

San Antonio Phoenix Ant. 100 Saturday: at Sunday: at Phoenix ...................5:30 LPGA State Farm Classic Thursday, first round At Panther Creek Country Club Sprinfield, Ill. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: Par: 72 (36-36) S. M. A.

K. C. A. Park M. Pressel R.

Hetherington J. Moodie L. L. Fernandes L. Ann Walker-Cooper M.

Dunn S. Gustafson J. Joo Hong M. Hyun Kim B. Bader J.

Mi Kim S. Hwa Gl. Park Y. Ping Lin S. Lynn Sargent B.

S. Young Moon M. Parmlid I. Mi B. K.

A. C. Matthew M. Lee V. J.

Young S. K. S. Young Yoo S. J.

N. I. Cho J. McGill Di. C.

Wood A. Song Y. Joo K. Webb A. B.

N. On A. K. Icher P. J.

Jang A. L. P. V. Nirapathpongporn J.

Cho-Hunicke K. A. Hanna-Williams K. J. Head S.

K. Saiki-Maloney E. K. B. Mucha L.

Wicks Y. Jo J. Granada S. C. H.

Young S. Ah Yim M. K. M. Francella L.

Kane G. Sergas D. H. Jung V. Goetze-Ackerman K.

N. Ri S. Turner J. Park S. Huarte S.

Giquel K. H. C. Cano S. J.

M. C. Childs J. Gr. I.

I. Y. M. McKay B. A.

T. Hanson T. C. A. Jerman P.

Mackenzie D. Irvin K. B. Tull D. J.

Hullett L. Neumann L. Davies K. S. Hyun Ahn E.

Dahllof E. N. M. McGann S. Lim W.

Ward S. J. Kang N. Reis M. Ellis J.

S. Mehra A.J. Eathorne K. Samp W. Lee R.

Rankin J. S. N. Tucker D. Delasin K.

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N. M. Local HARRIS TEETER SENIOR TOUR Results from Birkdale Championship Flight: 70: Don Laney; 74: Bill Wilson; 75: Gary Schatz, Jim Beaver; 76: Leonard McAlister, Bill Beal, Brad Kroll; 77: Kenny Treece, John Walters; 78: Butch English. A Flight: 76: Ted Friel; 77: James Herndon, Jim Gregory; 79: Roger McCammon, Lee Sargent; 81: Mike Gauisbauer, Gary Kochman; 82: Buck Carter, Pat Dolan. Flight: 76: Max Mast, Jimmy Chapman; 77: Bill Maryman; 78: Robert Yopp; 79: Howard Rohrer; 80: Cletis Dozier, Ted Lowman, Kevin Soden; 81: John Love, Chip Simmons, Mike Egan.

Flight: 85: Roger Rose, Jack Keistler; 86: Steve Gough, Charlie Harkey; 87: Sindo Mayer, Andy Sullivan; 89: Jim Healy, Robert Norbury; 90: Jim Hall. Note: Robin Dellinger scored a hole-in-one yesterday on the 166 yard No. 12 yesterday with a 6-iron. Tarheel Tour NORTHSTONE OPEN Huntersville Second Round 1 (tie). Stephen Poole Greer, Matt Cannon, Huntersville, 3.

David Sanchez, Pinehurst, 4 (tie). Jeff Curl, Ellington, Fernando Mechereffe, Charlotte, Wesley Horne, Wadesboro, 7 (tie). Jason Martin, Lenoir, William McGirt, Taylors, S.C., Mark Petzold, Concord, 10 (tie). Kevin Silva, Chapel Hill, Douglas Lindahl, Nashville, Jonathan Hill, Greenville, N.C., Brian Duncan, Greenville, S.C., 14 (tie). Andy Crain, Goldsboro, 67-70--137; Jordan Pomeranz, Sanford, 71-66--137; Kevin Haefner, Auburn, 17 (tie).

Michael Maness, Galivants Ferry, S.C., Ryan Gioffre, Greensboro, Tim Pemberton, Charlottesville, Tommy Gainey, Bishopville, S.C., Bjorn Widerstedt, St. Augustine, Reid Edstrom, Auburn, Hole-In-One Tom Van Dyke aced 155-yard No. 16 at Providence Country Club with an 8-iron. It was his first. MLS EASTERN TPts GF GA New 5 6 42 37 28 D.C.

6 3 39 36 23 New 9 3 33 36 32 Kansas City 9 9 5 32 36 36 Columbus 6 7 9 27 26 29 7 9 5 26 22 29 Toronto FC 512 5 20 18 35 WESTERN Pts GF GA 11 7 5 38 30 16 FC 11 7 3 36 28 27 CD 11 6 3 36 30 19 7 9 6 27 23 25 Salt 3 11 6 15 17 30 Los Ang 3 10 5 14 21 31 GAMES Chicago at New D.C. United at FC Kansas City at Houston ............8:30 Salt Lake at Los Angeles ........10:30 RESULT Real Salt Lake 3 City 1 I U.S. Open New York Singles Second Round: Donald Young d. Richard Gasquet (13), walkover; Fernando Verdasco d. Gilles Simon 6-0, 6-4, 6-3; Tomas Berdych (9) d.

Simone Bolelli 7-5, 6-3, 6-3; Andy Murray (19) d. Jonas Bjorkman 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Lee Hyung-taik d. Guillermo Canas (14), 7-5, 7-5, 6-3; Andy Roddick (5) d. Jose Acasuso 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, retired; Sebastien Grosjean d. Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (28) d.

Luis Horna 6-4, 6-2, 2-1, retired; Feliciano Lopez d. Igor Andreev 6-7 (3), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5); Thomas Johansson d. Arnaud Clement 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (9), 7-6 (1); Nikolay Davydenko (4) d. Nicolas Kiefer 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Second Round: Shahar Peer (18) d.

Bethanie Mattek 6-2, 6-1; Anna Chakvetadze (6) d. Nicole Pratt 6-3, 6-4; Sania Mirza (26) d. Laura Granville 6-3, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova (4) d. Camille Pin 6-3, 4-6, 6-0; Anabel Medina Garrigues (31) d. Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-5, 6-2; Tamira Paszek d.

Francesca Schiavone (24), 6-3, 7-5; Julia Vakulenko d. Jelena Kostanic Tosic 6-2, 6-1; Patty Schnyder (11) d. Severine Bremond 6-3, 6-0; Martina Hingis (16) d. Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 7-5; Victoria Azarenka d. Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (7) d.

Anastasia Rodionova 7-5, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko d. Katarina Srebotnik (22), 6-4, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova (13) d. Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 7-6 (0); Agnes Szavay d. Michaella Krajicek (32), 7-6 (4), 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (30) d. Virginie Razzano 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles First Round: Yves Allegro, Kristof Vliegen d. Scoville Jenkins, Phillip Simmonds 6-3, 6-3; Andrei Pavel, Alexander Waske (11) d. Diego Hartfield, Oscar Hernandez 7-6 (6), 6-3; Julien Benneteau, Nicolas Mahut d. Martin Damm, Leander Paes (4), 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4; Mahesh Bhupathi, Nenad Zimonjic (6) d. Igor Kunitsyn, Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 7-5; Amer Delic, Justin Gimelstob d.

Robin Haase, Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 7-6 (5); Pablo Cuevas, Werner Eschauer d. Paul Goldstein, Jim Thomas 7-5, 6-4; Jonathan Erlich, Andy Ram (8) d. Ashley Fisher, Bobby Reynolds 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Eric Butorac, Jamie Murray (16) d. Tomas Behrend, Florian Mayer 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Bob and Mike Bryan (1) d. John Isner, Scott Oudsema 6-4, 6-3; Teimuraz Gabashvili, Ivo Karlovic, d.

Andreas Seppi, Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 6-4. First Round: Klaudia Jans, Alicja Rosolska d. Sara Anundsen, Jenna Long 6-2, 6-1; Tatiana Poutchek, Tamarine Tanasugarn d. Hsieh Su-wei, Alla Kudryavtseva 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5; Marta Marrero, Selima Sfar d. Paola Suarez, Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-8 tiebreak; Corina Morariu, Meghann Shaughnessy (13) d.

Martina Muller, Gabriela Navratilova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Vania King, Emilie Loit (15) d. Angela Haynes, Ahsha Rolle 6-4, 6-1; Maria Elena Camerin, Gisela Dulko d. Alexa Glatch, Abigail Spears 6-4, 7-5; Nathalie Dechy, Dinara Safina (7) d. Karin Knapp, Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-1; Kveta Peschke, Rennae Stubbs (6) d. Olga Govortsova, Olga Poutchkova 6-4, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou, Jasmin Woehr d.

Petra Cetkovska, Lucie Safarova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Bethanie Mattek, Sania Mirza (16) d. Severine Bremond, Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 6-1; Ashley Harkleroad, Vera Zvonareva d. Elena Likhovtseva, Sun Tiantian (8), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4); Elena Dementieva, Flavia Pennetta d. Emma Laine, Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-1; Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko d. Yuliana Fedak, Kaia Kanepi 7-5, 6-2.

Mixed First Round: Vladimira Uhlirova, Simon Aspelin d. Ashley Weinhold, Ryan Sweeting 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak; Yan Zi, Mark Knowles (3) d. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Sebastian Prieto 6-2, 6-2; Paola Suarez, Kevin Ullyett d. Jill Craybas, Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 6-4; Meghann Shaughnessy, Leander Paes d. Janette Husarova, Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3; Chan Yung-jan, Rogier Wassen d.

Rennae Stubbs, Todd Perry 5-2, retired. Football EAST Rutgers 38 3 Sacred Heart 20 Slippery Rock 51 Hill 24 Towson 20 Conn. St. 10 Ursinus 28 Salle 0 SOUTH Crson-Nwman 29 17 Louisville 73 St. 10 Morgan St.

47 St. 7 Tulsa 17 MIDWEST Cincinnati Missouri 3 Drake 27 St. 24 E. Illinois Tech 24 Miami (Ohio) 14 St. 13 S.

Illinois 14 St. Cloud St. 17Northern S.D. 7 W. Illinois 29 Dakota St.

26, 4OT SOUTHWEST Sam Houston St. 17 St. 13 WEST SE Louisiana at New Mexico St. UNLV at Utah St. Weber St.

at Boise St. W. New Mexico at N. Utah at Oregon St. GAMES EAST Wagner at W.

Connecticut ............7 Navy at Washington at Syracuse ...............8 WEST Montana-Western at E. GAMES EAST Fla. Intl, at Penn St. Albany, N.Y. at Colgate ..................1 Delaware Valley at Holy Cross at Fordham at Rhode Island ..............1 Dayton at Robert Wake Forest at Boston W.

Michigan at W. Bucknell at Duquesne ....................6 Marist at Lafayette .........................6 Monmouth, N.J. at Maine ..............6 E. Michigan at Georgetown at Stony SOUTH Marshall at Miami E. Carolina at Virginia Tech W.

Kentucky at Florida ...........12:30 Lock Haven at VMI ..........................1 Connecticut at Bluff at Charleston Sthrn at The Citadel ..2 Southern vs. Florida .............3 Mississippi at Memphis ...........3:30 Jcksnvlle at Middle Tenn. at Fla. Atlantic .........4 E. Kentucky at Villanova at Cent.

Florida at N.C. Virginia St. at Norfolk St. ...............6 James Madison at N. N.C.

at Oklahoma St. at Georgia ..........6:45 W. Carolina at Alabama .................7 Grambling St. at Alcorn Bethel, Tenn. at Austin Peay .........7 UNC Pembroke at Cstl Carolina at Delaware Presbyterian at Delta St.

at Jackson Tusculum at Cent. Arkansas at La. Hndrsn St. at Nrthwstrn at S. Carolina ..........7 at Southern Miss.

...7 Alabama vs. Tennessee Richmond at Georgetown, Ky. at Elon at South Kansas St. at Auburn ................7:45 Jacksonville St. at Alabama St.

....8 Portland St. at McNeese St. ..........8 MIDWEST App. St. at at Michigan at Youngstown St.

at Ohio St. Albion at Butler ...............................1 St. Francis, Ill. at Missouri vs. Iowa vs.

N. Illinois ......................3:30 Nevada at Georgia Tech at Notre Dame ...3:30 Washington St. at Wisconsin ..3:30 Army vs. Akron at Cleveland ........7 Cent. Michigan at Kansas .............7 Gardner-Webb at Purdue at Toledo .............................7 Indiana St.

at Indiana .....................8 Bowling Green at Minnesota ........8 SOUTHWEST Baylor at TCU ...................................6 Troy at North Texas at Tarleton St. at Stephen F.Austin ..7 Arkansas St. at Texas .....................7 Montana St. at Texas Cal Poly at Texas Nicholls St. at Rice ..........................8 Prairie View at Texas New Mexico at UTEP ....................10 WEST Colorado St.

vs. Colorado S.C. State at Air Virginia at W. Washington at UC S. Utah at Houston at UCLA at Stanford .......................3:30 Arizona at BYU ...........................5:30 Tennessee at San Diego at Azusa San Jose St.

at Arizona St. ...........10 Sacramento St. at Fresno St. ......10 Idaho at Southern N. Colorado at Hawaii ....12:05 a.m.

GAME Fayetteville St. at N.C. Central .....4 GAMES Florida St. at Texas Tech at SMU ..........................4 Volleyball Brevard d. Belmont Abbey 3-0 (30-25, 30-27, 31-29.

Records: 4-1; BA 1-5. I Cross Country BOYS 1. Providence Day 20; 2. Forsyth Country Day 65; 3. Charlotte Country Day 78; 4.

Charlotte Christian 98; 5. Charlotte Latin 115; 6. Lake Norman Charter 190. GIRLS 1. Charlotte Latin 31; 2.

Providence Day 43; 3. Forsyth Country Day 86; 4. Charlotte Country Day 108; 5. Charlotte Christian 113; 6. First Assembly 160.

BOYS 1. Challenger 33; 2. SouthLake Christian 69; 3. Shannon Forest 84; 4. Gaston Day 96; 5.

Metrolina Christian 118. GIRLS 1. Shannon Forest 31; 2. Gaston Day 34; 3. SouthLake Christian 77.

Note: For meet results, go to charlotte.com/preps Field hockey Charlotte Country Day 2, Greensboro Day 0 Providence Day 1, Carolina Day 0 Note: For complete results of games, go to charlotte.com/preps Soccer E. Meck 1, W. Meck 0 Olympic 5, Ardrey Kell 1 Providence 0, North Meck 0 Mooresville 6, S. Iredell 0 Charlotte Latin 5, Christ School 0 Prov. Day 0, Forsyth Country Day 0 Gaston Day 6, Metrolina 4 Cannon 5 First Assembly 1 Victory Christian 7, Comenius 0 Table Rock Classic At Morganton Freedom 2, Asheville 0 Shelby 1, East Lincoln 1 Note: Shelby won on PKs.

All-Tournament: East Lincoln: Jeremy Glenn; Raven Hasian; Asheville: Ben Sherwood; Clay Andrews; Shelby: Turner Almond; Ted Legrand; Andrew Dixon; Freedom: Carlos Bonilla; John Eskridge; Ryan Joy; Yee Lor. Outstanding Goalkeeping: Reed Turchi, Asheville; Outstanding Defender: William Blackley, Shelby; Outstanding Offensive Player: Tito Vicente, Freedom; Tournament Most Valuable Player: Collin Taylor, Freedom. Note: For complete results of games, go to charlotte.com/preps Tennis East Meck 8, West Meck 1 Independence 8, Garinger 1 Myers Park 9 Hopewell 0 Robinson 6, Hickory Ridge 3 Ardrey Kell 8: Olympic 1 Charlotte Catholic 5, Covenant Day 4 Note: For complete results of games, go to charlotte.com/preps Volleyball Ardrey Kell d. E. Meck 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-12).

Records: AK 3-1, 2-0 SW4A; EM 0-5, 0-2. Berry d. W. Meck 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21). Records: 3-0, 3-0 WM 2-1, 2-1.

Covenant Day d. Westminster Catawba 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-13, 25-17). Records: CD 3-0, WC 3-2. East Lincoln d. Lincolnton 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-16).

Records: EL 3-2, 2-0. Myers Park d. Weddington 3-2 (25-13, 21-25, 25-8, 18-25, 15-12). Records: MP 4-0, 3-1 Robinson d. Vance 3-0 (25-12, 25-9, 25-6).

Records: Robinson 3-2 (2-0 ME-CA 6 4A). South Meck d. Independence 3-1: 25-13, 21-25, 25-8, 25-17. Records: SM 5-0; I 2-2. Charlotte Latin d.

Cannon School 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-16). Records: CL 6-0, 1-3. Wesleyan Christian d. Hickory Grove Christian 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-20). Record: HGC 1-1.

Statesville Christian d. Providence Day 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21). Records: SC 4-0, PD 3-2. A A I Baseball Major League Baseball American League LHP Andrew Miller to Lakeland (FSL). Recalled RHP Virgil Vasquez from Toledo (IL).

Acquired LHP Clay Rapada from Chicago (NL) to complete an earlier trade and assigned him to Toledo. National League OF Buck Coats to Cincinnati for a player to be named. ST. RHP Chris Lambert to Detroit (AL) to complete an earlier trade. Football NFL NEW Chris Hanson.

Released Danny Baugher. RB Dee Brown. Placed RB Derrick Blaylock on the injured reserve list. Hockey NHL LW Jussi Jokinen to a two-year contract. ECHL the rights to Justin Maiser from Dayton for the rights to Justin Aikins, Chanse Fitzpatrick and future considerations.

Ryan Wade to a one-year contract. College Charette Guthrie assistant basketball coach, Emily Lapinski assistant swimming coach and Frank Motondo assistant volleyball coach. A LV Major League Baseball FAVORITE LINE UNDRDG LINE NATIONAL LEAGUE at Chicago -160 Houston at Wash -130 San Fran Phila -125 at Florida at Atlanta -155 New York at Milwkee -165 Pittsburgh at St. Louis -165 Cincinnati at Arizona -125 Colorado at San Dgo -120 Los Ang AMERICAN LEAGUE at Minn G1 -185 Kns City at Boston -230 Baltimore at Clvland -180 Chicago at N. York -250 Tampa Bay at Toronto -125 Seattle at Minn G2 -140 Kns City at Oakland -125 Detroit at Los Ang -190 Texas College Football FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG TODAY Navy 20 Temple Washington Syracuse SATURDAY at W.Va............

Michigan at Va. East Carolina at Miami 18 Marshall at Mich. St. 22 Connecticut 4 Duke Virginia Wyoming at Nebraska 21 Memphis 12 Illinois at Oregon 16 at 14 St. at Ntr Dame 2 Tech Illinois 17 Stanford at Boston Coll 6 Wake Forest at BYU 4 Arizona Akron-z at N.C.

8 UCF at TCU 21 at Georgia 6 St. at Mich St. at Pittsburgh 20 E. Michigan Purdue Toledo at Auburn 13 St. at Minnesota 14 Bwlng Green at 6 New 3 at UTEP at Arizona St.

15 Jose St. at SoCal 46 Idaho at Penn St. 38 Fla. Intl at Texas 39 St. at Texas at S.

Carolina at at Fla. Atl. 2 Tenn. MONDAY Texas at SMU Florida Clemson By Howard Fendrich Associated Press NEW YORK As a kid, Andy Roddick was hard-pressed to come up with a better birthday treat than going to the U.S. Open with his mom.

At 9, he was thrilled to see Jimmy Con- nors make a stirring run to the semifinals. get here for the first match, and I leave till it was over. Those are probably my fondest memories, just sneaking into the nosebleed Roddick recalled Thursday. actually snuck into the lounge one time and stole a He still comes to Flushing Meadows at birthday time, nowadays as a competitor and with a certain James Scott Con- nors tagging along as his coach. Roddick turned 25 Thursday and marked the occasion by reaching the U.S.

third round, although not before los- ing the opening set and moving on when his opponent, Jose Acasuso of Argentina, quit after the third because of a left knee injury. A trainer came out to wrap white tape above left knee after the second set, then added another bandage below the knee at the next change- over. By the end, he was barely bending or moving at all, and the score was 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 when Acasuso decided he continue. Reigning champ Maria Sharapova overwhelmed 90th-ranked Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-1, 6-0 in a mere 51 minutes. Players who had to earn vic- tories Thursday included No.

4 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 9 To- mas Berdych, No. 10 Tommy Haas and No. 19 Andy Murray, while unseeded Lee Hyung- taik knocked off No. 14 Guil- lermo Canas.

In action, 1997 champion Martina Hingis got past Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 7-5, and 2004 champion Svet- lana Kuznetsova beat Camille Pin 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. U.S OPEN Roddick reaches 3rd round He struggles in 1st set, but advances after injury claims opponent RICK MAIMAN BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO Andy Roddick serves to Jose Acasuso on Thursday. Roddick, playing on his 25th birthday, had seven unforced errors and won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. From the day he was born, John Isner was destined for big things. was huge.

I weighed 10 said Isner, 6-foot-9, after losing in doubles Thurs- day. was really, really fat. You should see pictures of me. I looked like Jabba the Two wins into the U.S. Open, Isner is getting ready for his tallest task yet.

Only a few months after leading Georgia to the NCAA team ti- tle, take on No. 1 Roger Fe- derer on Saturday. Isner will bring a rocket serve, plus a commanding presence at the net. His third- round matchup against Fe- derer, a three-time Open champion, is becoming the talk of the tournament. literally dreamed of playing Federer on this said Isner, a Greensboro na- tive.

sure I win, not even in my dreams did I HOW SEEDS FARED MEN: No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 5 Andy Roddick, No. 9 Tomas Berdych, No. 10 Tommy Haas, No.

19 Andy Murray and No. 28 Nicolas Almagro won. No. 13 Richard Gasquet (withdrew) and No. 14 Guillermo Canas lost.

WOMEN: No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze, No. 7 Nadia Petrova, No. 11 Patty Schnyder, No.

13 Nicole Vaidi- sova, No. 16 Martina Hingis, No. 18 Shahar Peer, No. 26 Sania Mirza and No. 31 Anabel Medina Garrigues won.

No. 22 Katarina Srebotnik, No. 24 Francesca Schiavone, No. 32 Michaella Krajicek lost. FEATURED MATCHES ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (Play begins at 11 a.m.): Justine Henin (1) vs.

Ekaterina Makarova; Tommy Robredo (8) vs. Mardy Fish; Vera Zvonareva (27) vs. Serena Wil- liams (8). Night Session: Play begins at 7 p.m.: Venus Williams (12) vs. Alona Bondarenko (21); Janko Tipsarevic vs.

Rafael Nadal (2). LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM (Play begins at 11 a.m.): Radek Stepanek vs. Novak Djo- kovic (3); Vera Dushevina vs. Ana Ivanovic (5); Tim Henman vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga; Lleyton Hewitt (16) vs.

Agustin Calleri. GRANDSTAND (Play begins at 11 a.m.): Ah- sha Rolle vs. Dinara Safina (15); Stanislas Wawrinka vs. Marat Safin (25); Teimuraz Gabashvili vs. Robby Ginepri; Jelena Jan- kovic (3) vs.

Alize Kornet. OBSERVER NEWS SERVICES By Adam Bell and David Poole Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith con- firmed Thursday that he is con- sidering adding a drag racing facility to the motorsports com- plex at Motor Speed- way. are looking at that very Smith said. The project could be worth up to $60 million, said John Cox, chief executive officer of the Cabarrus County Econom- ic Development Corp.

Smith pointed to suc- cess in hosting events sanc- tioned by the National Hot Rod Association, whose Powerade Series is the premier drag rac- ing series in the country. The events were held at drag strips that are part of SMI com- plexes at Bristol Motor Speed- way, Las Vegas Motor Speed- way and Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. We like what we see in drag Smith said. Concord and Cabarrus County officials have begun preliminary discussions about the drag strip. Smith contacted Concord leaders within the past couple of weeks to let them know he is considering putting a strip ad- jacent to The Dirt Track Motor Speedway, which sits in Concord just across N.C.

29 from the 1.5-mile trioval track that hosts top stock car series. Concord City Manager Brian Hiatt said Smith also men- tioned his tracks near Atlanta and Fort Worth, Texas, as pos- sible sites. But Smith told the Observer looking to do it here. indicated that if he did this, look for top-level Hiatt said. Hiatt said Smith told him that if he puts the drag strip in Con- cord, he would want the support.

Citing the potential invest- ment, Cox called the drag strip a good project to provide in- centives for, although an actual amount has not been deter- mined. The city asked for more spe- cifics from Smith, but has not heard from him since that ini- tial meeting. Hiatt had the im- pression Smith wanted to make a decision soon. Meanwhile, Concord has be- gun researching property at and surrounding the speedway, Hiatt said. Cabarrus County commis- sioners discussed the drag strip in a closed session Aug.

20, board chairman Bob Carruth said. Smith said NHRA officials have visited to look at the po- tential site. might be saying one day that this is the motorsports cap- ital of the Smith said. NHRA President Tom Compton was traveling Thurs- day and be reached for comment. SPEEDWAY CHAIRMAN CONFIRMS INTEREST LMS considering adding drag strip Facility could be built adjacent to dirt track No.

11 team through the 2013 season, sources said. Ham- contract is set to expire at the end of the 2009 sea- son. In addition, Arning con- firmed that repre- sentatives also have been in negotiations with JGR over a contract extension. deal expires at the end of the season. Adding JGR one of most successful multicar teams would pro- vide instant credibility and a big boost to Toyota and its fledgling Cup operation.

Toyota has struggled this season its first in the Cup series and earned just one top-five and six top-10 fin- ishes. Dave Blaney has Toyo- only pole in Cup compe- tition. On the Busch Series side, Toyota has fared better, earning its first win this summer at Raceway Park in Clermont, with driver Jason Leffler. In 16 years of fielding Cup cars, JGR has 58 wins, 41 poles and 264 top-five and 439 top-10 finishes in 934 starts. Gibbs has won three Cup championships 2000 with driver Bobby Labonte and and with Stewart.

The 2000 and titles came with Gibbs using Pon- tiacs, and the title was with Chevrolet. JGR has fielded Chevrolets since 2003. Gibbs, Toyota to join forces JGR from 1C.