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TV, RADIO

Tuesday

2:30 p.m. — European Soccer: UEFA Champions League Matchday #3 from Manchester, England — Celtic FC vs. Manchester United FC (ESPN2).

5 p.m. — European Soccer: UEFA Champions League Matchday #3 from Turin, Italy — Real Madrid CF vs. Juventus FC (ESPN CLASSIC).

6:05 p.m. — Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Boston at Buffalo (VERSUS).

8 p.m. — College Football: Ohio at Temple (ESPN2).

11 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Paul Williams vs. Andy Kolle in a Middleweight Bout from San Jacinto, Calif. (VERSUS).



PREP SCHEDULE

TODAY

Middle School Football

Chestnut Oaks at Alice Drive, 6 p.m.

Bates at C.E. Murray, 6 p.m.

Holly Hill at Manning, 6 p.m.

Varsity Volleyball

Sumter at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Robert E. Lee, 5 p.m.

Junior Varsity Volleyball

Sumter at Hartsville, 6 p.m.

Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 4 p.m.

Laurence Manning at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Middle School Football

Lake City at East Clarendon, 5:30 p.m.



The AP Top 25

By The Associated Press

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Texas (65) 7-0 1,625 1

2. Alabama 7-0 1,543 2

3. Penn St. 8-0 1,506 3

4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,358 4

5. Florida 5-1 1,307 5

6. Southern Cal 5-1 1,292 6

7. Oklahoma St. 7-0 1,252 8

8. Texas Tech 7-0 1,194 7

9. Georgia 6-1 1,117 10

10. Ohio St. 7-1 1,053 12

11. LSU 5-1 987 13

12. Utah 8-0 943 14

13. Boise St. 6-0 849 15

14. South Florida 6-1 674 19

15. TCU 7-1 643 –

16. Missouri 5-2 568 11

17. Pittsburgh 5-1 540 23

18. BYU 6-1 412 9

19. Kansas 5-2 364 16

20. Ball St. 7-0 357 24

21. Georgia Tech 6-1 338 –

22. Tulsa 7-0 321 –

23. Boston College 5-1 281 –

24. Florida St. 5-1 190 –

25. Minnesota 6-1 149 –

Others receiving votes: Northwestern 62, Virginia Tech 62, Vanderbilt 61, Michigan St. 15, North Carolina 14, Kentucky 10, Maryland 10, Cincinnati 9, Oregon 8, Arizona 6, California 3, Oregon St. 2.



NFL STANDINGS

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST

W L T PCT PF PA

Buffalo 5 1 0 .833 149 118

New England 3 2 0 .600 89 109

N.Y. Jets 3 3 0 .500 154 146

Miami 2 4 0 .333 120 130

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tennessee 6 0 0 1.000 149 66

Jacksonville 3 3 0 .500 124 128

Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 128 131

Houston 2 4 0 .333 140 179

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 5 1 0 .833 141 89

Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 105 100

Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 92 106

Cincinnati 0 7 0 .000 98 182

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 4 2 0 .667 166 154

San Diego 3 4 0 .429 192 162

Oakland 2 4 0 .333 97 148

Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 75 165

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 5 1 0 .833 170 101

Washington 5 2 0 .714 140 128

Dallas 4 3 0 .571 189 175

Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 167 123

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tampa Bay 5 2 0 .714 161 107

Carolina 5 2 0 .714 147 104

Atlanta 4 2 0 .667 139 127

New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 179 163

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 4 3 0 .571 196 150

Green Bay 4 3 0 .571 194 159

Minnesota 3 4 0 .429 154 167

Detroit 0 6 0 .000 97 187

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 4 2 0 .667 177 144

St. Louis 2 4 0 .333 96 178

San Francisco 2 5 0 .286 158 196

Seattle 1 5 0 .167 110 171

Sunday’s Games

Baltimore 27, Miami 13

St. Louis 34, Dallas 14

Chicago 48, Minnesota 41

Buffalo 23, San Diego 14

Tennessee 34, Kansas City 10

N.Y. Giants 29, San Francisco 17

Pittsburgh 38, Cincinnati 10

Carolina 30, New Orleans 7

Houston 28, Detroit 21

Oakland 16, N.Y. Jets 13, OT

Washington 14, Cleveland 11

Green Bay 34, Indianapolis 14

Tampa Bay 20, Seattle 10

Open: Arizona, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Jacksonville

Monday’s Game

Denver at New England, 8:30 p.m.



MLB PLAYOFFS

By The Associated Press

All Times EDT

WORLD SERIES

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia

Wednesday, Oct. 22

Philadelphia (Hamels 14-10) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 12-8), (n)

Thursday, Oct. 23

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, (n)

Saturday, Oct. 25

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, (n)

Sunday, Oct. 26

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, (n)

Monday, Oct. 27

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, (n), if necessary

Wednesday, Oct. 29

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, (n), if necessary

Thursday, Oct. 30

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, (n), if necessary



TRANSACTIONS

By The Associated Press

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES–Released LHP Adam Loewen. Sent RHP Randor Bierd, RHP Rocky Cherry, INF Brandon Fahey, OF Jeff Fiorentino and C Omir Santos outright to Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX–Assigned INF Jason Bourgeois, C Donny Lucy, C Paul Phillips and LHP Andrew Sisco to Charlotte (IL). Reinstated RHP Jose Contreras from the 60-day DL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS–Agreed to terms with 2B Mark Ellis on a two-year contract.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS–Agreed to terms with general manager Jim Hendry on a four-year contract extension through the 2012 season.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS–Declined their option on the contract of SS Angel Berroa.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES–Named Joe Kerrigan pitching coach.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS–Named Deric Ladnier national crosschecker and special assistant to the general manager.

Northern League

KANSAS CITY T-BONES–Named Chris Browne general manager.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS–Waived F Darius Miles.

CHICAGO BULLS–Waived F Elton Brown and G Darius Washington.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS–Waived G Vernon Hamilton.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS–Waived G Brandon Heath.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES–Waived F Brent Petway.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS–Waived F Antywane Robinson.

Continental Basketball Association

EAST KENTUCKY MINERS–Signed F Joe Buck and G Mike Dean.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS–Placed RB Laurence Maroney on injured reserve. Activated OL Stephen Neal from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Signed CB Mike Richardson from the practice squad. Released OL Dan Connolly.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS–Signed P Ben Graham.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES–Returned F Zach Boychuk to Lethbridge (WHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS–Recalled F Kyle Chipchura from Hamilton (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS–Recalled LW Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond from Lowell (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS–Agreed to terms with F Devin DiDiomete.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS–Reassigned F Steve Downie and F Jared Ross to Philadelphia (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS–Recalled D Tyler Sloan from Hershey (AHL). Signed G Braden Holtby to a three-year contract.

American Hockey League

MANITOBA MOOSE–Assigned F Dan Gendur to Victoria (ECHL).

QUAD CITY FLAMES–Released D Craig Switzer.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS–Recalled D Josef Hrabal from Stockton (ECHL). Assigned F Bryan Lerg to Stockton.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

CALGARY ROUGHNECKS–Signed D Scott Carnegie to a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA SWARM–Signed F Chad Culp, D Nick Inch and F Dan Marohl to two-year contracts and G Bruce Bickford, F Justin Haworth, F Marc Jackson, D Riley Kemp, F Tom Michaelsen, D Ricky Pages, F Andrew Watt and D Ross Zimmerman to one-year contracts.

SOCCER

National Indoor Soccer League

BALTIMORE BLAST–Signed M Scott Buete, M Pat Healey and F Matt Tirschman.

PHILADELPHIA KIXX–Agreed to terms with coach Don D’Ambra.

COLLEGE

JOHN JAY–Named Diane Ramirez women’s basketball coach and equipment manager.

NORTH CAROLINA A&T–Fired football coach Lee Fobbs Jr. Named running backs coach George Ragsdale interim head coach.

NYU–Named Chiene Joy Jones women’s assistant basketball coach.

OKLAHOMA CITY–Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Tommy Wade. Named Kevin Morrissey men’s basketball coach.