• Recap: KANSAS CITY 9, Tigers 2 / Apr 19
    SPORTSTICKER AL RECAP
  • NBA's Stern Notices Cuban's Good Behavior
    DALLAS (AP) -- If the folks in the NBA office haven't been eating as well, blame it on Mark Cuban's good behavior.
  • NBA Playoff Top Individual Performances / Apr 19
  • Toulouse hit by European Cup injury fears
    PARIS, April 19 (AFP) - Toulouse's hopes of beating Irish side Munster in the semi-finals of the European Cup next week suffered a double injury scare on Saturday when two of their key players limped off the field in the French championship play-offs.
  • AHL Playoff Schedule for Apr 19
  • German league table
    BERLIN, April 19 (AFP) - German football league table after Saturday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points):
  • China reports one more death from SARS, 48 new cases
    BEIJING, April 19 (AFP) - China has recorded one more SARS fatality, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, raising the country's death toll from the disease to 67, while 48 new SARS cases have been found, state media said Saturday.
  • Arizona Diamondbacks Team Report / Apr 19
    Last Game: 4-3 win at St. Louis, April 19 Streak: Won 1
  • Tucson Sidewinders 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • Indiana Pacers Team Report / Apr 19
    Last Result: 103-100 loss vs. Boston, April 19 Series: Trail Eastern Conference first round, 1-0 Next Game: April 21 vs. Boston
  • Kung shoots 67 to share lead at Takefuji Classic / Apr 19
    LAS VEGAS (Ticker) - While Candie Kung experienced considerable success as an amateur, she has yet to win in her brief professional career. But the 21-year-old native of Taiwan is in position to change that.
  • NHL playoff results
  • PSV Eindhoven Team Report / Apr 19
    Coach: Guus Hiddink (since July 2002)
  • 400 Relay Highlights Mount SAC Relays
    WALNUT, Calif. (AP) -- Jerome Avery, Coby Miller, Avery Armstrong and J.J. Johnson won the 400-meter relay Saturday in the Mount San Antonio College Relays, beating a team anchored by Maurice Green.
  • AFL 2 Schedule for Apr 19
  • Upcoming Boxing Schedule / Apr 19
    SATURDAY - at Fresno, California (HBO) - 12 rounds, WBC lightweight title: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (29-0, 20 KOs) vs. Victoriano Sosa (35-2-2, 26 KOs); 12 rounds, junior lightweights: Miguel Cotto (14-0, 11 KOs) vs. Joel Perez (34-5-2, 20 KOs).
  • O'Neill urges fans to keep faith as Celtic face barren season
    GLASGOW, April 20 (AFP) - Martin O'Neill has urged Celtic's fans to keep the faith despite a shattering defeat at Hearts that could have ended their hopes of a third straight Scottish league title.
  • Canada may send 200 non-combat military personnel to Iraq
    MONTREAL, April 19 (AFP) - Canada may send 200 non-combat military personnel to Iraq in response to a US call for the country's participation in efforts to stabilise the country, the National Post newspaper reported Saturday.
  • SARS gives Hong Kong little to sing about
    HONG KONG, April 20 (AFP) - When Vincent Lee stepped up to the microphone at a Causeway Bay karaoke bar this week he had more than stage-fright making him apprehensive.
  • New US SARS toll: 184 "suspected" cases, 36 "probable" cases
    WASHINGTON, April 19 (AFP) - There are 184 "suspected" cases of SARS in the United States and 36 more are "probable," US health authorities said Saturday.
  • Nigerian elections: police and troops deploy in southeast
    ENUGU, Nigeria, April 19 (AFP) - Armed policemen were deployed Saturday to strengthen security in and around voting centres in the southern Nigerian state of Enugu to prevent rigging and violence during presidential and state elections.
  • Fire turns skies of Basra dark
    BASRA, Iraq, April 19 (AFP) - A huge pall of black smoke hung over Iraq's second city Basra on Saturday after a fire that had been burning for several days was fanned by a change of wind direction, British military officials said.
  • 29 Charged in Philadelphia Housing Scam
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- There were 27,000 poor families on Philadelphia's waiting list for federal housing subsidies in 2001, but for a few hundred dollars, dozens of people were able to bribe their way to the front of the line, prosecutors said.
  • Iraqi police catch finance minister and turn him over to US
    AS-SALIYAH, Qatar, April 19 (AFP) - Iraqi police have captured former finance minister Hikmat al-Azzawi and handed him over to coalition forces, the US Central Command said Saturday at its war headquarters.
  • AL Injury Report / Apr 19
    Anaheim Angels
  • AL Scoreboard as of 01:10 p.m. / Apr 19
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance Report through Apr 19
  • NL Scoreboard as of 08:10 p.m. / Apr 19
  • Atlanta Braves Injury Report / Apr 19
  • IL Standings through Apr 19
  • Recap: Frisco (Rangers) at WICHITA (Royals) (Postponed) / Apr 19
    WICHITA, Kansas (Ticker) -- The game between the Frisco RoughRiders and the Wichita Wranglers has been postponed. No makeup date has been determined yet.
  • Preview: Eastern Conference First Round Game One / Apr 19
    INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics meet in the playoffs for the first time in more than a decade on Saturday in Game One of their first-round matchup at Conseco Fieldhouse.
  • Quote of the Day for Apr 19
    Minnesota Twins pitcher Brad Radke on facing the New York Yankees:
  • Friday's Sports Transactions [Apr 19]
    CLEVELAND INDIANS--Signed RHP Blake Stein to a minor league contract.
  • Aussie Law torments champions
    LONDON, April 19 (AFP) - Lancashire's Australian import Stuart Law hit a majestic 169 as he helped his team to a huge 599 all out against champions Surrey on the second day of the new English county championship season on Saturday.
  • World's Fastest Marathons / Apr 19
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  • Eastern Ski Report for Apr 19
  • Recap: Columbus 2, New England 1 / Apr 19
    SPORTSTICKER MLS RECAP
  • Interest group unveils TV ad slamming US Senate's "Franco-Republicans"
    WASHINGTON, April 19 (AFP) - A neo-conservative political interest group planned to unveil a stinging television ad Saturday, slamming as "Franco-Republicans" two US senators who broke party ranks last week and voted to reduce a massive tax-cut sought by US President George W. Bush.
  • 12 Sudanese and Egyptians perish in Saudi road crashes
    RIYADH, April 19 (AFP) - Two families, Sudanese and Egyptian, traveling in southern Saudi Arabia in the same vehicle, were killed in a collision with a fuel tanker, a newspaper reported Saturday.
  • Quotes from Day 31 of the war on Iraq
    BAGHDAD, April 19 (AFP) - Quotes from Day 31 of the war on Iraq:
  • Rescuers struggle to save pilot whales stranded off Florida
    BIG PINE KEY, Florida, April 19 (AFP) - Experts were struggling Saturday to understand what went wrong for two groups of pilot whales that swam too close to the coast of Florida and got stranded.
  • 12 SARS Patients Die in Japan in One Day
    HONG KONG (AP) -- A record 12 patients have died in a single day from a deadly respiratory virus in Hong Kong, raising the death toll to 81, health officials said Saturday.
  • Recap: Sacramento , SALT LAKE / Apr 19
    SPORTSTICKER PCL RECAP
  • Richmond Braves 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • Recap: Akron (Indians) 6, HARRISBURG (Expos) 1 (Game Two) / Apr 19
    HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Ticker) -- Grady Sizemore and Ryan Church had two RBI apiece to lead the Akron Aeros past the Harrisburg Senators, 6-1, in the second game of a doubleheader. Sizemore hit a two-run double to spark a four-run fifth inning which Church capped with a two-run homer, his second of the year. Dusty Wathan ...
  • Dallas Mavericks Team Report / Apr 19
    Last Result: 96-86 win vs. Portland, April 19 Series: Lead Western Conference first round, 1-0 Next Game: April 23 vs. Portland
  • Gilder, Watson grab share of lead at Emerald Coast Classic / Apr 19
    MILTON, Florida (Ticker) - Tom Watson has two pretty good reasons to win this week - one sentimental, one selfish.
  • Recap: HERSHEY 3, Chicago 1 / Apr 19
    HERSHEY, Pennsylvania (Ticker) -- Bryan Muir had a goal and an assist and Philippe Sauve stopped 32 shots to help the Hershey Bears beat the Chicago Wolves, 3-1, and take a two games to one lead in their Western Conference Quarterfinal series. Muir opened the scoring on the power play midway through the first period and helped ...
  • Major League Soccer Schedule for Apr 19
  • Four dead, 21 injured as lorry overturns in southern Tanzania
    DAR ES SALAAM, April 19 (AFP) - Four people were killed and 21 others injured after a lorry they were travelling in overturned in southern Tanzanian region of Mbeya, police sources said Saturday.
  • Guards Detain Man Found on Windsor Castle
    LONDON (AP) -- Guards detained a man who was spotted on the grounds of Windsor Castle while Queen Elizabeth II was staying at the estate, but he was questioned and released without charges, police said Sunday.
  • AP Cameraman Shot and Killed in West Bank
    NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- An Israeli soldier shot and killed a cameraman with Associated Press Television News who was covering a skirmish between troops and rock-throwing Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday, witnesses said.
  • Baltimore Orioles 2003 Game-by-Game through Apr 19
  • New Haven Ravens 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • Emerald Coast Classic second-round scores / Apr 19
    Second-round scores from the $1,450,000 Emerald Coast Classic, played from April 18-20 at Milton, Florida.
  • HERSHEY 3, Chicago 1 / Apr 19
    HERSHEY, Pennsylvania (Ticker) -- Bryan Muir had a goal and an assist and Philippe Sauve stopped 32 shots to help the Hershey Bears beat the Chicago Wolves, 3-1, and take a two games to one lead in their Western Conference Quarterfinal series. Muir opened the scoring on the power play midway through the first period and helped ...
  • Demonstrators in Kiev mark 17th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
    KIEV, April 19 (AFP) - Some 2,000 people demonstrated in Kiev on Saturday ahead of the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of workers known as liquidators sent there immediately after the explosion.
  • Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani Dies at 90
    VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani, a former vicar general of Vatican City, died Saturday, Vatican Radio reported. He was 90.
  • Oakland Athletics Injury Report / Apr 19
  • New York Mets Attendance Report through Apr 19
  • NL Substandings as of 4:51 p.m., Apr 19
  • Albuquerque Isotopes 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • Brain-Damaged Boxer Finishes Marathon
    LONDON (AP) -- Michael Watson, the former British boxer who sustained near-fatal brain injuries 12 years ago, completed the London Marathon on Saturday, six days after the start of the race.
  • Preview: San Marino Grand Prix / Apr 19
    April 20, 2003
  • Real Sociedad Team Report / Apr 19
    Coach: Raynald Denouiex (1st year)
  • West Ham on the brink of relegation from Premiership / Apr 19
    Dominic Raynor Soccernet.com
  • Minor and Winter Leagues Baseball Schedule for Apr 19
  • Rangers blitz Well babes
    GLASGOW, April 19 (AFP) - Rangers shattered Motherwell's Scottish Cup ambitions with three goals in the space of 17 second-half minutes to seal a 4-3 victory in an exhilarating semi-final at Hampden.
  • Iraqi Air Defense No Match for Coalition
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Saddam Hussein's air defense network has established a reputation as a strong point of Iraq's military, yet American planes flew more than 40,000 wartime missions with remarkably few losses.
  • Australia Minister: War's Formal End Near
    CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Coalition military forces in Iraq are putting the finishing touches to a proclamation formally declaring the war over, Australia's foreign minister said Sunday.
  • Toronto Blue Jays Team Report / Apr 19
    Last Game: 7-3 loss at Boston, April 18 Streak: Lost 2
  • TL Scoreboard as of 00:50 p.m. / Apr 19
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  • Recap: Suns 96, SAN ANTONIO 95 (OT) / Apr 19
    SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Stephon Marbury left the crowd at the SBC Center in stunned silence.
  • Malaga Team Report / Apr 19
    Coach: Joaquin Peiro (5th year)
  • Super 12: Wellington Hurricanes 37 Otago Highlanders 15
  • Wizards Tie Earthquakes 1-1
    SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Brian Mullan scored in the 81st minute as the San Jose Earthquakes overcame an own goal to tie the Kansas City Wizards 1-1 on Saturday night.
  • Dementieva upsets Henin-Hardenne at Amelia Island
    AMELIA ISLAND, Florida, April 19 (AFP) - Elena Dementieva of Russia saved a match point before rallying past top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium on Saturday to reach the final of the WTA claycourt tournament here.
  • Monitors say voting peaceful, but not normal in southeast Nigeria
    ENUGU, Nigeria, April 19 (AFP) - Independent monitors said Saturday's governorship and presidential polls were generally peaceful, but were fraught with malpractice in southeast Nigeria.
  • Indian PM urges Kashmiris to help cement ties with Central Asia
    SRINAGAR, India, April 19 (AFP) - Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee Saturday said India was keen to strengthen relations with all Central Asian countries and urged academics in Kashmir to assist in the endeavour.
  • Western Classic 'Shane' Marks 50th Year
    JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -- Of the millions of tourists who visit this mountain resort each year for the granite peaks of Grand Teton National Park and bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, a few hundred come for something else.
  • Oklahoma Redhawks 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • EL Substandings as of 7:56 p.m., Apr 19
  • Fresno Grizzlies 2003 Game-by-Game / Apr 19
  • Atletico Madrid Team Report / Apr 19
    Coach: Luis Aragones (2nd year)
  • Espanyol Team Report / Apr 19
    Coach: Javier Clemente (1st year took over for Ramon Moya after Week 14)
  • Recap: Georgia 59, Carolina 19 / Apr 19
    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Rookie Leon Murray threw five touchdown passes in the second half to lead the Georgia Force past the struggling Carolina Cobras, 59-19.
  • NBA 2003 Playoff Schedule / Apr 19
  • Russian league table
    MOSCOW, April 19 (AFP) - Russian league table after Saturday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
  • Somaliland ruling party narrowly squeaks through in presidential poll
    HARGEISA, Somalia, April 19 (AFP) - Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin of the ruling Union of Democrats (UDUB) Party won by a razor-thin majority the country's first presidential poll since it broke away from the rest of Somalia 12 years ago, officials said Saturday.
  • Czech Republic mulls buying fighter jets from US: press
    PRAGUE, April 19 (AFP) - The Czech Republic is considering purchasing a number of F-16 or F/A-18 fighter jets from the United States, the Prague newspaper Lidove Noviny reported on Saturday.
  • Playa Vista Completes First Phase of Freshwater Marsh
    Region's Largest Wetlands Restoration Area Now Open to Public
  • Weather Forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area
    The National Weather Service forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area today calls for mostly sunny skies with some patchy morning coastal fog.
  • White House Mulls U.N. Iraq Resolutions
    CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- The Bush administration envisions a series of U.N. resolutions on postwar Iraq to help close rifts within the Security Council, working up to the toughest questions such as lifting sanctions against Baghdad.
  • Weather Around the Nation
    Temperatures indicate Saturday's high and overnight low to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
  • Anaheim Angels Attendance Report through Apr 19
  • Sports birthdays in April / Apr 19
  • 2003 Monte Carlo seeds / Apr 19
    The status of the seeded players at the 2003 Tennis Masters Series at Monte Carlo, Monaco:
  • Saudi Shiite clerics welcome Saddam's ouster
    RIYADH, April 19 (AFP) - A group of leading Saudi Shiite clerics Saturday welcomed the fall of the "dictator" regime of Saddam Hussein, but expressed hope the Iraqi people would soon celebrate the departure of US forces that ousted him.
  • Marines begin pullout as anti-US sentiment gathers momentum in Iraq
    BAGHDAD, April 19 (AFP) - The US military has begun replacing the Marines who captured Baghdad with a stabilization force to undertake the daunting task of restoring normality amid growing anti-US sentiment among ordinary Iraqis.
  • Philadelphia Phillies Team Report / Apr 19
    Last Game: 5-4 loss at Atlanta, April 18 Streak: Lost 3