TV SPORTS
Tennis-U.S. Open, 10 a.m., 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer-Men's National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. Belgium, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Major League Baseball-Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP)
TODAY
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
South Dakota
Aberdeen Roncalli at Groton, 8 p.m.
Brandon Valley at Sioux Falls O'Gorman
Brookings at Huron
Clark-Willow Lake at DeSmet
Deuel Triangular (Deubrook, Grant-Deuel) at Clear Lake
Dupree at Gettysburg
Eureka-Bowdle vs. Mobridge-Pollock at Mobridge
Hoven-Edmunds Central vs. Highmore-Harrold at Highmore
Ipswich at Sully Buttes
Lemmon at McIntosh
Northwestern at Britton-Hecla
Stanley County Triangular
Sunshine Bible at Wessington Springs
Warner at Miller
Waubay at Langford
Wilmot at Estelline
North Dakota
Central Prairie at Ellendale
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' GOLF
Aberdeen Central and Roncalli at Sisseton Triangular, 10 a.m.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' TENNIS
Aberdeen Roncalli at Pierre Triangular (Rapid City Central), 11 a.m.
POLLS
High school
football
Here is the South Dakota Sportswriters Association's high school football poll. Teams are listed with first place votes in parentheis, record, totals points and previous rank.
Record Pts Pv
CLASS 11AA
1. Sioux Falls Lincoln (7)É2-0 42 3
2. Sioux Falls Roosevelt (2)É2-0 38 4
3. Sioux Falls WashingtonÉ1-1 25 1
4. Sioux Falls O'GormanÉ1-1 16 2
5. MitchellÉ2-0 12 5
Also receiving votes: Yankton 2-0.
CLASS 11A
1. Dell Rapids (7)É1-0 42 1
2. West Central (1)É2-0 33 2
3. Harrisburg (1)É2-0 28 3
4. MilbankÉ1-0 21 4
5. Dakota ValleyÉ2-0 8 5
Also receiving votes: Tea Area (2-0), Belle Fourche 2-0, Todd County (2-0).
CLASS 11B
1. Winner (8)É2-0 44 3
2. Tri-Valley (1)É2-0 38 4
3. FlandreauÉ2-0 22 5
4. St. Thomas MoreÉ1-1 12 T1
5. GrotonÉ2-0 10 NR
Also receiving votes: Mobridge-Pollock 1-1 (tied for first last week), Custer 2-0, Wagner 1-0, McCook-Central-Montrose 1-1.
CLASS 9AA
1. Clark-Willow Lake (4)É1-0 36 2
2. Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan (4)É1-1 30 1
3. Gettysburg-Hoven (1)É1-0 29 3
4. (tie) MillerÉ1-0 10 NR
4. (tie) Leola-FrederickÉ1-0 10 T5
4. (tie) ParkerÉ2-0 10 NR
Also receiving votes: Elkton-Lake Benton 1-0, Great Plains Lutheran 2-0, Howard 0-1 (tied for fifth), Stanley County 0-1 (fourth).
CLASS 9A
1. Canistota (9)É2-0 45 1
2. Corsica-StickneyÉ1-0 26 3
3. HansonÉ1-1 25 2
4. Mt. Vernon 2-0 12 NR
5. Eureka-BowdleÉ1-0 10 5
Also receiving votes: Irene-Wakonda 2-0, Wolsey-Wessington 2-0, Wall 1-0, South Central 2-0, Herreid-Selby Area 1-0.
CLASS 9B
1. Avon (9)É2-0 45 1
2. Viborg-HurleyÉ2-0 32 2
3. Waverly-South ShoreÉ1-0 24 3
4. Sully ButtesÉ2-0 13 5
5. (tie) Harding CountyÉ2-0 7 NR
5. (tie) CastlewoodÉ1-0 7 NR
Also receiving votes: Langford 2-0, Jones County 2-0, Plankinton 2-0, New Underwood 2-0.
College football
AFCA DIVISION II COACHES POLL
By The Associated Press
Released Sept. 5
Record Pts Pv 1.Minnesota-Duluth(28)É
1-0 724 1 2.NorthwestMissouriSt.(1)É
1-0 693 3 3.AbileneChristian(Texas)É
1-0 642 4 4.GrandValleySt.(Mich.)É1-0 628 5 5.NorthAlabamaÉ1-0 592 6 6.TexasA&M-KingsvilleÉ1-0 576 7 7.AlbanySt.(Ga.)É1-0 509 t9 8.Shepherd(W.Va.)É1-0 476 11 9.Bloomsburg(Pa.)É1-0 469 t9 10.St.CloudState(Minn.)É1-0 420 13 11.DeltaSt.(Miss.)É1-1 415 2 12.CentralMissouriÉ1-0 371 15 13.Nebraska-KearneyÉ1-0 361 16 14.ValdostaSt.(Ga.)É1-0 312 20 15.Washburn(Kan.)É1-0 305 18 16.Augustana(S.D.)É0-1 296 8 17.WayneSt.(Mich.)É1-0 276 21 18.Mercyhurst(Pa.)É1-0 208 17 19.Kutztown(Pa.)É1-0 206 23 20.Carson-Newman(Tenn.)É
1-0 144 NR 21.ColoradoSt.-PuebloÉ1-0 126 NR 22.California(Pa.)É0-1 104 12 23.Wingate(N.C.)É0-1 101 14 24.ColoradoSchoolofMinesÉ
1-0 89 NR 25.PittsburgSt.(Kan.)É1-0 57 NR
STANDINGS
Football
Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Northern State (1-0)É0 0
Concordia-St. Paul (1-0)É0 0
University of Mary (1-0)É0 0
Minnesota State-Moorhead (1-0)É0 0
Bemidji State (1-0)É0 0
St. Cloud State (1-0)É0 0
Minnesota-Duluth (1-0)É0 0
Upper Iowa (1-0)É0 0
Minnesota-Crookston (1-0)É0 0
Minnesota State, Mankato (0-1)É0 0
Wayne State (0-1)É0 0
Southwest Minnesota State (0-1)É0 0
Augustana College (0-1)É0 0
Winona State (0-1)É0 0
Upper Midwest
Athletic Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Minnesota-Morris (1-0)É0 0
Westminister (Mo.) (1-0)É0 0
St. Scholastica (1-0)É0 0
Presentation College (0-1)É0 0
Martin Luther (0-1)É0 0
Eureka College (0-1)É0 0
MacMurray (0-1)É0 0
Northwestern (0-1)É0 0
Crown College (0-1)É0 0
Missouri Valley
Football Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
South Dakota State (1-0)É0 0
North Dakota State (1-0)É0 0
Southern Illinois (1-0)É0 0
Illinois State (0-1)É0 0
Indiana State (0-1)É0 0
Missouri State (0-1)É0 0
Northern Iowa (0-1)É0 0
Western Illinois (0-1)É0 0
Youngstown State (0-1)É0 0
Great West
Football Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
North Dakota (1-0)É0 0
Cal Poly (0-1)É0 0
UC Davis (0-1)É0 0
South Dakota (0-1)É0 0
Southern Utah (0-1)É0 0
Great Plains
Athletic Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Doane (1-0)É1 0
Dakota Wesleyan (1-0)É0 0
Dordt College (1-0)É0 0
Midland (1-0)É0 0
Morningside (1-0)É0 0
Nebraska Wesleyan (1-0)É0 0
Northwestern (1-0)É0 0
Hastings College (0-0)É0 0
Concordia (0-1)É0 0
Briar Cliff (0-1)É0 1
Dakota Athletic Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Jamestown College (1-0)É0 0
Mayville State (1-1)É0 0
Valley City State (0-1)É0 0
Dickinson State (0-2)É0 0
Volleyball
Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Minnesota State, Mankato (4-0)É0 0
Concordia-St. Paul (4-0)É0 0
Minnesota-Duluth (4-0)É0 0
Southwest Minnesota State (3-1)É0 0
Minnesota-Crookston (3-1)É0 0
Upper Iowa (3-1)É0 0
Winona State (3-1)É0 0
Bemidji State (3-1)É0 0
Augustana College (2-2)É0 0
Northern State (2-2)É0 0
St. Cloud State (2-2)É0 0
Wayne State (2-2)É0 0
Minnesota State-Moorhead (1-3)É0 0
University of Mary (0-4)É0 0
Upper Midwest
Athletic Conference
Team (Overall)
W L
Northland College (1-0)É0 0
St. Scholastica (5-1)É0 0
Northwestern (2-1)É0 0
Presentation College (1-4)É0 0
Bethany Lutheran (0-2)É0 0
Crown College (0-0)É0 0
Martin Luther (0-0)É0 0
Minnesota-Morris (0-0)É0 0
Soccer
Northern Sun
Intercollegiate Conference
Team (Overall)
W L T
Minnesota State-Moorhead (2-0)É0 0 0
Minnesota State, Mankato (1-0-1)É0 0 0
Winona State (1-0-1)É0 0 0
Northern State (1-1)É0 0 0
Southwest Minnesota State (1-1)É0 0 0
University of Mary (1-1)É0 0 0
Minnesota-Duluth (0-1-1)É0 0 0
Concordia-St. Paul (0-1)É0 0 0
Wayne State (0-1)É0 0 0
Augustana College (0-2)É0 0 0
Bemidji State (0-2)É0 0 0
Minnesota-Crookston (0-2)É0 0 0
St. Cloud State (0-2)É0 0 0
Upper Iowa (0-2)É0 0 0
BASKETBALL
College
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
MEN'S 2011-2012 SCHEDULE
November - 3, Minnesota State, Moorhead (Exhibition), 8:30 p.m.; 12, Western Michigan, 1 p.m.; at Minnesota, TBA; 16, at Georgia, TBA; 21-23, CBE Classic at Macon, Ga., 21, vs. Niagra (N.Y.), 4 p.m.; 22, vs. Sam Houston State, 4 p.m.; vs. Mercer (Ga.), 6 p.m.; 26, at Nebraska, TBA;
December - 1, at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, 6 p.m.; 3, at Western Illinois, TBA; 6, Southwest Minnesota State, 7 p.m.; 10, North Dakota, 7:30 p.m.; 12, Dakota State, 7 p.m.; 15, at North Dakota, TBA; 18, at Washington, TBA; 28, Indiana-Purdue-Fort Worth, 7 p.m.; 30, Oakland (Mich.), 7:30 p.m.;
January - 5, at Southern Utah, 8 p.m.; 7, at Oral Roberts (Okla.), 7 p.m.; 12, South Dakota, 7 p.m.; 14, Missouri-Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.; 21, at North Dakota State, 7:30 p.m.; 26, at Oakland (Mich.) 6 p.m.; 28, at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne, 6 p.m.;
February - 2, Oral Roberts (Okla.), 7 p.m.; 4, Southern Utah, 7:30 p.m.; 9, at South Dakota, 7 p.m.; 11, at Missouri-Kansas City, 7 p.m.; 15, North Dakota State, 7 p.m.; 18, Bracketbusters vs. TBA; 23, vs. Western Illinois, 7 p.m.; 25, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.;
March - 3-5, Summit League Championships at Sioux Falls.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
Wild-Card
Best-of-Five
Monday's Games
St. Paul 5, Winnipeg 4; St. Paul wins series 3-2
FOOTBALL
College
SOUTH
Maryland 32, Miami 24
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB x-IndianaÉ20 11 .645 - x-ConnecticutÉ20 12 .625 x-AtlantaÉ18 14 .563 2 x-NewYorkÉ18 14 .563 2 ChicagoÉ14 17 .452 6 WashingtonÉ 6 26 .188 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB z-MinnesotaÉ25 7 .781 - x-SeattleÉ19 13 .594 6 x-PhoenixÉ18 13 .581 6 SanAntonioÉ15 16 .484 9 LosAngelesÉ13 18 .419 11 TulsaÉ3 28 .097 21 x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched conference
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Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Today's Games
Connecticut at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
EAST
W L T Pct PF PA BuffaloÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 MiamiÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 NewEnglandÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y.JetsÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
SOUTH
W L T Pct PF PA HoustonÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 IndianapolisÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 JacksonvilleÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 TennesseeÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA BaltimoreÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 CincinnatiÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 ClevelandÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 PittsburghÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
WEST
W L T Pct PF PA DenverÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 KansasCityÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 OaklandÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 SanDiegoÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
EAST
W L T Pct PF PA DallasÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y.GiantsÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 PhiladelphiaÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 WashingtonÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
SOUTH
W L T Pct PF PA AtlantaÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 CarolinaÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 NewOrleansÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 TampaBayÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA ChicagoÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 DetroitÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 GreenBayÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 MinnesotaÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
WEST
W L T Pct PF PA ArizonaÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 SanFranciscoÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 SeattleÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0 St.LouisÉ0 0 0 .000 0 0
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Thursday's Games
New Orleans at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Atlanta at Chicago, noon
Buffalo at Kansas City, noon
Indianapolis at Houston, noon
Philadelphia at St. Louis, noon
Detroit at Tampa Bay, noon
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon
Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon
Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 3:15 p.m.
Minnesota at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Jets, 7:20 p.m.
Monday's Game
New England at Miami, 6 p.m.
Oakland at Denver, 9:15 p.m.
Sept. 18
Kansas City at Detroit, noon
Baltimore at Tennessee, noon
Oakland at Buffalo, noon
Arizona at Washington, noon
Seattle at Pittsburgh, noon
Chicago at New Orleans, noon
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, noon
Cleveland at Indianapolis, noon
Green Bay at Carolina, noon
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, noon
Dallas at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Houston at Miami, 3:15 p.m.
San Diego at New England, 3:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Denver, 3:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.
Sept. 19
St. Louis at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.
SOCCER
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA ColumbusÉ11 8 7 40 31 30 SportingKCÉ9 8 10 37 40 36 HoustonÉ8 8 11 35 34 33 PhiladelphiaÉ8 7 10 34 31 26 NewYorkÉ6 6 14 32 41 37 D.C.É7 7 10 31 34 35 ChicagoÉ4 7 15 27 30 33 TorontoFCÉ4 12 12 24 26 49 NewEnglandÉ4 11 11 23 26 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA LosAngelesÉ14 3 10 52 39 22 SeattleÉ13 5 9 48 42 29 FCDallasÉ13 7 7 46 36 29 RealSaltLakeÉ12 7 6 42 35 21 ColoradoÉ10 7 11 41 39 36 PortlandÉ9 12 5 32 33 41 ChivasUSAÉ7 10 10 31 32 30 SanJoseÉ5 10 11 26 27 35 VancouverÉ4 13 9 21 27 42 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
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Saturday's Games
Real Salt Lake 2, Philadelphia 1
Monday's Games
Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles 2, tie
Wednesday's Games
New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
Colorado at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Real Salt Lake at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 3 p.m.
Vancouver at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Portland at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at New England, 6:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Chivas USA, 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 14
Houston at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 16
New England at Portland, 10 p.m.
Sept. 17
Colorado at Toronto FC, 12:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
San Jose at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
New York at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Seattle FC, 8 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
GOLF
DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
By The Associated Press
Monday
At TPC Boston
Norton, Mass.
Purse: $8 million
Yardage: 7,214; Par 71
Final
(x-won playoff on second hole)
x-Webb Simpson (2,500), $1,440,000É69-68-67-65-269
Chez Reavie (1,500), $864,000É67-68-68-66-269
Jason Day (767), $416,000É67-69-67-68-271
Luke Donald (767), $416,000É66-70-68-67-271
Brandt Snedeker (767), $416,000É69-64-72-66-271
Jim Furyk (500), $288,000É69-69-66-68-272
Bo Van Pelt (450), $268,000É73-68-66-66-273
Hunter Mahan (413), $240,000É68-71-69-66-274
Adam Scott (413), $240,000É69-63-71-71-274
Phil Mickelson (319), $177,333É70-73-63-69-275
Kyle Stanley (319), $177,333É68-71-68-68-275
Blake Adams (319), $177,333É70-67-68-70-275
Jerry Kelly (319), $177,333É66-69-68-72-275
Ryan Moore (319), $177,333É68-68-69-70-275
Brendan Steele (319), $177,333É69-67-67-72-275
Ernie Els (265), $120,000É70-65-71-70-276
Zach Johnson (265), $120,000É68-69-69-70-276
Robert Karlsson (265), $120,000É74-67-64-71-276
Steve Marino (265), $120,000É67-72-68-69-276
Bubba Watson (265), $120,000É68-64-70-74-276
Chad Campbell (243), $86,400É71-67-69-70-277
Lucas Glover (243), $86,400É69-69-69-70-277
Charl Schwartzel (243), $86,400É66-66-72-73-277
John Senden (243), $86,400É70-69-67-71-277
TENNIS
U.S. Open
By The Associated Press
Monday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York
Purse: $23.7 million
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Men's Singles
Fourth Round
Janko Tipsarevic (20), Serbia, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (22), Ukraine, 7-6 (14), 6-4, 6-2.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (11), France, def. Mardy Fish (8), United States, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Women's Singles
Fourth Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (17), Russia, def. Francesca Schiavone (7), Italy, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Serena Williams (28), United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (16), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4.
Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-1, 6-4.
Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), Russia, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1.
Men 's Doubles
Third Round
Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner (9), Germany, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (6), Poland, def. Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray, Britain, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (4), India, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, and Treat Conrad Huey, Philippines, 6-4, 7-5.
David Marrero, Spain, and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Michael Llodra, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (3), Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Women's Doubles
Third Round
Vania King, United States, and Yaroslava Shvedova (3), Kazakhstan, def. Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, def. Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (15), Italy, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, and Flavia Pennetta (2), Italy, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova (5), Russia, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues (12), Spain, 6-2, 6-3.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (1), Slovenia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-1.
Mixed Doubles
Quarterfinals
Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, def. Irina Falconi and Steve Johnson, United States, 7-5, 7-5.
Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock, United States, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank (8), Argentina, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Bruno Soares, Brazil, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreak.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, and Leander Paes (7), India, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-2, 6-4.
TRANSACTIONS
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BOSTON RED SOX-Recalled C Ryan Lavarnway and RHP Kyle Weiland from Pawtucket (IL). Purchased the contract of INF Nate Spears from Pawtucket. Designated INF Drew Sutton for assignment.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Purchased the contract of RHP Dylan Axelrod from Charlotte (IL). Transferred RHP Tony Pena to the 60-day DL.
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day DL.
MINNESOTA TWINS-Selected the contracts of INF-OF Brian Dinkelman and RHP Kyle Waldrop from Rochester (IL). Transferred RHP Nick Blackburn from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Activated RHP Dustin McGowan from the 60-day DL.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHICAGO CUBS-Activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 60-day DL.
COLORADO ROCKIES-Recalled RHP Greg Reynolds and LHP J.C. Romero from Colorado Springs (PCL).
FLORIDA MARLINS-Activated C John Baker, INF Donnie Murphy and RHP Brian Sanches from the 15-day DL. Transferred LHP Randy Choate to the 60-day DL.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Recalled RHP Tim Dillard from Nashville (PCL).
NEW YORK METS-Recalled OF Mike Baxter from Buffalo (IL). Selected the contracts of RHP Chris Schwinden and 1B Valentino Pascucci from Buffalo.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Activated RHP Joe Blanton from the 60-day DL. Reinstated RHP Kyle Kendrick from the paternity leave list.
SAN DIEGO PADRES-Reinstated OF Chris Denorfia from the 15-day DL.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS-Released LHP Jorge Martinez.
LINCOLN SALTDOGS-Traded LHP Jino Gonzalez to York (Atlantic) for cash and a player to be named.
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS-Traded RHP Hector Carrasco to Bridgeport (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
CAN-AM LEAGUE
NEW JERSEY JACKALS-Released RHP Bobby Gagg.
Football
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
ARIZONA CARDINALS-Signed RB Chester Taylor. Claimed CB Crezdon Butler off waivers from Pittsburgh and CB Korey Lindsey off waivers from Cincinnati. Released TE Stephen Spach, LB Quan Sturdivant and DE Ronald Taley.
ATLANTA FALCONS-Signed TE Marquez Branson to the practice squad.
CAROLINA PANTHERS-Signed OL Geoff Hangartner. Signed WR Darvin Adams, RB Josh Vaughan, DB Kendric Burney, LB Lawrence Wilson and TE Greg Smith to the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS-Waived CB Joshua Moore. Signed RB Armando Allen to the practice squad.
CLEVELAND BROWNS-Signed OL Artis Hicks. Waived OL Pat Murray. Signed DL Auston English and LB Benjamin Jacobs to the practice squad.
DETROIT LIONS-Claimed G Jacques McClendon off waivers from Indianapolis. Released RB Aaron Brown and C Chris Morris. Signed C Dan Gerberry, WR Nate Hughes, S Ricardo Silva and T Casey Bender to the practice squad.
HOUSTON TEXANS-Signed G Thomas Austin and P Brett Hartmann. Waived LB Jesse Nading. Signed LB Mister Alexander, C Howard Barbieri, G Andrew Gardner, WR Trindon Holliday, S Shiloh Keo, WR Jeff Maehl and RB Chris Ogbonnaya.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Signed DE John Chick to the practice squad.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Signed TE Dante Rosario and G-C Ryan Cook. Released LB A.J. Edds. Terminated the contract of C-G Joe Berger.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Signed LB Chad Greenway to a five-year contract. Signed WR Emmanuel Arceneaux, FB Matt Asiata, WR Stephen Burton, FB Ryan D'Imperio, OL Chris DeGeare, RB Caleb King, DE Cedric McKinley and TE Allen Reisner to the practice squad.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Signed LB Markell Carter, RB Eric Kettani, OL Matt Kopa, DE Aaron Lavarias, OL Nick McDonald, WR Kerry Taylor, S Ross Ventrone and OL Thomas Welch to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Signed coach Sean Payton to a contract extension through 2015.
NEW YORK JETS-Signed DT Martin Tevaseu and DB Isaiah Trufant to the practice squad. Released TE Josh Baker from the practice squad.
ST. LOUIS RAMS-Signed TE Stephen Spach and C Tony Wragge. Released TE Ben Guidugli and OL Hank Frale.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Signed LB Zac Diles. Released CB D.J. Johnson. Claimed TE Zack Pianalto from Buffalo. Released DE George Johnson. Signed S Ahmad Black, OT Will Barker, QB Rudy Carpenter, TE Collin Franklin, WR Ed Gant, TE Daniel Hardy, RB Mossis Madu and LB Derrell Smith to the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Signed DL Chris Baker, QB Jonathan Crompton, G Maurice Hurt, CB Nate Ness, G Eric Olsen, WR Aldrick Robinson, RB Evan Royster and DE Doug Worthington to the practice squad.
College
TENNESSEE-Named Dave Hart vice chancellor and athletics director.
TEXAS A&M-Announced senior F Zach Kinsley has transferred and will be eligible to play basketball beginning this fall.
