INNER-CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE

INNER-CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE
PLAYOFF SCORES
FOR THE WEEK OF 8-17-03
BW-3 Austintown 31-15, Royal Oaks 6-3
BW-3 Boardman 8-8, Sly's 18-28
Wagonwheel 7-26-11, Miller Brewing 11-20-9
Compco 8-8, Acura of Boardman 14-23
LATEST LINE
NFL PRESEASON
Favorite Points Underdog
ST. LOUIS 21/2 Tampa Bay
Baseball
Favorite Odds Underdog
MONTREAL 61/2-71/2 San Francisco
ATLANTA 61/2-71/2 Arizona
NY METS 51/2-61/2 Colorado
NY YANKEES 7-8 Kansas City
CLEVELAND 6-7 Tampa Bay
Texas 6-7 DETROIT
CHI WHITE SOX 6-7 Anaheim
Home Team in CAPS
WEEKEND TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS--Placed RHP Jason Boyd on the 15-day disabled list. Recalled LHP Cliff Lee from Buffalo of the IL.
DETROIT TIGERS--Optioned RHP Chris Mears to Toledo of the IL.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Optioned RHP Runelvys Hernandez to Wichita of the Texas League.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Released 3B-DH Todd Zeile. Called up RHP Jorge De Paula from Columbus of the IL.
SEATTLE MARINERS--Signed INF Jeffrey Flaig.
TEXAS RANGERS--Sent RHP Robert Ellis outright to Oklahoma of the PCL.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Optioned 1B Hee Seop Choi and OF David Kelton to Iowa of the PCL.
CINCINNATI REDS--Placed OF Adam Dunn on the 15-day disabled list. Called up RHP Seth Etherton from Louisville of the IL.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS--Optioned RHP Masao Kida to Las Vegas of the PCL. Recalled LHP Scott Mullen from Las Vegas.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Recalled RHP Amaury Telemaco from Scranton of the IL. Optioned INF Nick Punto to Scranton.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Traded 1B Randall Simon to the Chicago Cubs for OF Ray Sadler.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Optioned LHP Pedro Borbon to Memphis of the PCL. Purchased the contract of LHP Jason Pearson from Memphis. Placed OF J.D. Drew on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 9. Recalled OF So Taguchi from Memphis.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS--Placed 1B J.T. Snow on the 15-day disabled list. Purchased the contract of OF Todd Linden from Fresno of the PCL. Designated RHP Luis Estella for assignment.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL--Suspended Jacksonville WR Jimmy Smith four games for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
DALLAS COWBOYS--Waived LB Louis Mackey, P Filip Filipovic, CB B.J. Tucker, G Justin Bates, S Jonathan Martin, WR Gary Lusk, and FB Jason McKie.
DETROIT LIONS--Signed DT Dan Wilkinson to a four-year contract.
GREEN BAY PACKERS--Signed T Larry Smith. Placed CB Bryant Westbrook on injured reserve.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING--Re-signed D Nolan Pratt to a one-year contract.
FIGHT SCHEDULE
National TV in parentheses
Today
At Bank of America Centre, Boise, Idaho, Ed Dalton, Emmett, Idaho, vs. Rocky Torres, Miami, 12, light heavyweights; Cleveland Corder, Boise, Idaho, vs. Ruben Perez, Rosenberg, Texas, 8, junior middleweights; Ramiro Cano, Houston, vs. Johnny West-Gutierrez, Miami, 10, junior welterweights.
Thursday
At HP Pavillion, San Jose, Calif., Jose Navarro, Los Angeles, vs. Adonis Rivas, Nicaragua, 12, for Navarro's NABO super flyweight title; Hector Quiroz, Mexico, vs. Joe Hutchingson, Indianapolis, 10, welterweights.
Friday
At Reno Hilton, Reno, Nev., David Defiagbon, Las Vegas, vs. Charles Hatcher, Columbus, Ohio, 10 heavyweights.
At Odessa Texas, Martin Castillo, Mexico, vs. Alberto Ontiveros, Mexico, 10, super featherweights.
Aug. 29
At Emerald Queen Casino, Tacoma, Wash. (ESPN2), Kenny Ellis, Seattle, vs. Kingsley Ikeke, Canada, 12, for Ellis' NABO middleweight title and the vacant NABA and NABF middleweight titles; James Lubwama, West Palm Beach, Fla., vs. Willie Stewart, Las Vegas, 10, super middleweights.
Sept. 3
At the Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, Antwun Echols, Davenport, Iowa, vs. Antony Mundine, Australia, 12, for the vacant WBA super middleweight title.
Sept. 5
At Cesar Bazares Coliseo, Puerto Rico, Ivan Calderon, Puerto Rico, vs. Lorenzo Trejo, Mexico, 12, for Calderon's WBO light flyweight title.