TENNIS

TENNIS
ATP Tennis Masters Cup Results
Thursday
At The West Side Tennis Club
Houston
Purse: Singles, $3.7 million; Doubles, $750,000
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Round Robin
Blue Group
Andy Roddick (2), United States, def. Marat Safin (4), Russia, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4).
Tim Henman (7), Britain, def. Guillermo Coria (6), Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.
Standings: Roddick, 2-0; Henman, 1-1; Safin, 1-1; Coria, 0-2.
Red Group
Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Carlos Moya (5), Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Standings: Federer, 3-0; Hewitt, 1-1; Moya 1-2; Gaudio, 0-2.
Doubles
Round Robin
Blue Group
Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Max Mirnyi (5), Belarus, 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4.
Standings: Bjorkman-Woodbridge, 3-0; Bryan-Bryan, 2-1; Bhupathi-Mirnyi, 1-2; Etlis-Rodriguez, 0-3.
Red Group
Mark Knowles, Canada, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Martin Damm and Cyril Suk (8), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett (4), Zimbabwe, def. Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus (6), Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.
Standings: Knowles-Nestor, 3-0; Black-Ullyett, 2-1; Malisse-Rochus, 1-2; Damm-Suk, 0-3.
TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Added RHP Ambiorix Burgos, C Justin Huber, RHP Devon Lowery and 3B Mark Teahen to the 40-man roster.
MINNESOTA TWINS--Purchased the contracts of RHP Travis Bowyer and LHP Francisco Liriano and 1B Garrett Jones from New Britain of the EL, RHP Scott Tyler from Quad Cities of the Midwest League, LHP David Gassner from Rochester of the IL. Promoted Rick McWane to trainer and Dave Pruemer to assistant trainer.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Purchased the contracts of LHP Russ Rohlicek and C Geovany Soto from West Tenn of the Southern League.
COLORADO ROCKIES--Named Tom Probst director of medical operations, Keith Dugger athletic trainer and Scott Gehret assistant athletic trainer.
MONTREAL EXPOS--Agreed to terms with Frank Robinson, manager, on a one-year contract. Sent RHP Shawn Hill and INF Josh Labandeira to Edmonton of the PCL.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Added LHP Eudo Brito, RHP Francisco Butto, OF Chris Roberson, C Carlos Ruiz, RHP Zach Segovia, and RHP Robinson Tejeda to the 40-man roster.
SAN DIEGO PADRES--Purchased the contracts of RHP Brad Baker, LHP Sean Thompson, INF Josh Barfield, INF Tagg Bozied, INF J.J. Furmaniak, INF Paul McAnulty and OF Ben Johnson. Signed RHP Angel Tovar to a minor-league contract.
Cam-Am League
NEW HAVEN COUNTY CUTTERS--Signed C Nick Hiter.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS--Signed OF Rafael Alvarez.
NORTH SHORE SPIRIT--Traded RHP Jeff Dixon to Rockford of the Frontier League for future considerations.
Frontier League
ROCKFORD RIVER HAWKS--Named Josh Olerud director of sales and Scott Haulter and Sam Knaack account executives.
BASKETBALL
American Basketball Association
ABA--Granted an expansion team to Baltimore to begin play in the 2005-06 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS--Placed TE Chad Mustard on injured reserved. Claimed OL Damion Cook off waivers from Baltimore.
Arena Football League
CHICAGO RUSH--Agreed to terms with FB-LB Bob McMillen on a contract extension through 2006.
COLLEGE
BECKER--Named Amy Kiss women's assistant softball coach.
EMORY & amp; HENRY--Announced the retirment of Lou Wacker, football coach.
NICHOLLS STATE--Named Jeremy Coombs men's assistant basketball coach.
OHIO--Fired Brian Knorr, football coach.
RUTGERS--Agreed to terms with Robert E. Mulcahy III, athletic director, on a five-year contract extension.
TCU--Named Darryl Anderson track and field coach.
NOTICESBASKETBALL
Poland All-Sports Boosters -- boys and girls 5th and 6th grade tournament is Feb. 5-6 and Feb. 12-13. For more information e-mail Rick Ruehs at rruehs@zoominternet.net.
FOOTBALL
Brookfield High School -- has an opening for a head coach. Interested applicants should contact Tim Taylor (330-448-0752) for further information.
VOLLEYBALL
Thunder Volleyball Club -- will hold tryouts at Youngstown State for 15-18-year olds Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. Registration is at 3:45 p.m. Call (330) 717-6721 for more information.
HOCKEYECHL STANDINGSAMERICAN CONFERENCE
South Division
WLTPtsGFGA
Gwinnett533133738
Pensacola610122918
Louisiana511112416
Florida560103637
Mississippi45192336
Texas26372841
East Division
WLTPtsGFGA
Charlotte821174133
South Carolina741153134
Pee Dee641133132
Greenville560103837
Columbia35392831
Augusta34171924
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
North Division
WLTPtsGFGA
Atlantic City841173630
Trenton611132418
Toledo523132730
Johnstown415133132
Wheeling660122127
Reading550102414
Dayton560102533
Peoria25262329
West Division
WLTPtsGFGA
Bakersfield801173717
Alaska751153836
Idaho730143224
Long Beach630122115
Las Vegas43192723
San Diego45192829
Fresno36172235
Victoria27042436
Today's Games
Wheeling at Atlantic City
Pee Dee at Florida
Columbia at Greenville