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Posted on: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

For the Record

Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

The Minneapolis Lakers announce that they will relocate to Los Angeles.

Source: Associated Press

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

Through April 25

Points

1, Jimmie Johnson, 1,323. 2, Kevin Harvick, 1,297. 3, Greg Biffle, 1,237. 4, Matt Kenseth, 1,224. 5, Kyle Busch, 1,163. 6, Mark Martin, 1,154. 7, Kurt Busch, 1,146. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,142. 9, Denny Hamlin, 1,138. 10, Jeff Gordon, 1,130. 11, Clint Bowyer, 1,086. 12, Jeff Burton, 1,082. 13, Carl Edwards, 1,067. 14, Tony Stewart, 1,061. 15, Martin Truex Jr., 1,045. 16, Joey Logano, 1,001. 17, Jamie McMurray, 998. 18, Ryan Newman, 995. 19, Paul Menard, 962. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, 959.

Money

1, Jamie McMurray, $2,649,865. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $2,272,466. 3, Kevin Harvick, $2,169,136. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,950,079. 5, Greg Biffle, $1,690,504. 6, Denny Hamlin, $1,681,354. 7, Jeff Gordon, $1,624,563. 8, Kyle Busch, $1,620,758. 9, Matt Kenseth, $1,612,938. 10, Kurt Busch, $1,605,811. 11, Kasey Kahne, $1,551,599. 12, Juan Pablo Montoya, $1,505,483. 13, Jeff Burton, $1,473,589. 14, Clint Bowyer, $1,467,020. 15, David Reutimann, $1,461,559. 16, Tony Stewart, $1,450,411. 17, Joey Logano, $1,437,215. 18, Ryan Newman, $1,416,590. 19, Carl Edwards, $1,402,761. 20, Mark Martin, $1,384,739.

BOXING

Fight Schedule

National TV in parentheses

April 30—At Tokyo, Japan, Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Fernando Montiel, 12, for Haegawa's WBC bantamweight title; Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Balweg Bangoyan, 12, for Nishioka's WBC super bantamweight title; Takahiro Aoh vs. Whyber Garcia, 10, junior lightweights. At Chicago (SHO), Marcus Johnson vs. Derek Edwards, 10, super middleweights; Don George vs. Osumanu Adama, 10, super middleweights. At the Tropicana, Las Vegas (TFA), Robert Guerrero vs. Roberto Arrieta, 10, lightweights. At Miami (TMO), William Gonzalez vs. Jose Luis Araiza, 12, bantamweights. May 1—At Oldenburg, Germany, Marco Huck vs. Brian Minto, 12, for Huck's WBO cruiserweight title. At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley, 12, for Mosley's WBA welterweight title; Saul Alvarez vs. Jose Cotto, for Alvarez's NABF welterweight title; Daniel Ponce De Leon vs. Cornelius Lock, 10, featherweights. May 5—At Bangkok, Thailand, Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym, vs. Shoji Kimura, 12, for Kratingdaenggym's WBA super bantamweight title. May 6—At Paris, Jean Marc Mormeck vs. Fres Oquendo, 10, heavyweights. May 7—At El Paso, Texas (ESPN2), Antonio Escalante vs. Ricardo Castillo, 10, junior featherweights. May 8—At Osaka, Japan, Nobuo Nashiro vs. Hugo Cazares, 12, for Nashiro's WBA super flyweight title; Martin Honorio vs. Argenis Mendez, 12, junior lightweights. At Carson, Calif. (HBO), Paul Williams vs. Kermit Cintron, 12, junior middleweights; Martin Honorio vs. Argenis Mendez, 12, super featherweights. At Aguacalientes, Mexico, Antonio Margarito vs. Roberto Garcia, 12, junior middleweights; Jorge Solis vs. Mario Santiago, 12, for Solis' interim WBA super featherweight championship; Brandon Rios vs. Urbano Antillon, 10, lightweights. May 14—At Primm, Nev. (ESPN2), Julio Diaz vs. Herman Ngoudjo, 10, junior welterweights. At Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Sergei Dzinziruk vs. Sherzod Husanov, 12, for Dzinziruk's WBO junior middleweight title. May 15—At Lodz, Poland, Giacobbe Fragomeni vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, 12, for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title. At London, Michael Katsidis vs. Kevin Mitchell, 12, for Katsidis' interim WBO lightweight title; Danny Williams vs. Sam Sexton, 12, for Williams' British heavyweight title; James DeGale vs. Sam Horton, 12, super middleweights. At Madison Square Garden, New York (HBO), Amir Khan vs. Paul Malignaggi, 12, for Khan's WBA light welterweight title; Victor Ortiz vs. Nate Campbell, 12, light welterweights. At Sinaloa, Mexico (FSN), Humberto Soto vs. Ricardo Dominguez, 12, for Soto's WBC lightweight title. May 17—At Saitama, Japan, Takashi Uchiyama vs. Angel Granados, 12, for Uchiyama's WBA super featherweight title. May 21—At Laredo, Texas (ESPN2), Ji-Hoon Kim vs. Ameth Diaz, 10, IBF lightweight title eliminator; Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Frankie Figueroa, 10, junior welterweights. May 22—At Bali, Indonesia, Chris John vs. Fernando Saucedo, 12, for John's WBA Super World featherweight title. At Rostock, Germany, Ruslan Chagaev vs. Kali Meehan, 12, WBA heavyweight title eliminator. At Bally's Atlantic City, N.J., Teon Kennedy vs. Jose Beranza, 12, super bantamweights. At Uncasville, Conn., Peter Manfredo, Jr. vs. Angel Hernandez, 12, middleweights. At Los Angeles (SHO), Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez, 12, featherweights; Yonnhy Perez vs. Abner Mares, 12, for Perez's IBF bantamweight title. May 28—At Quebec City (ESPN2), Eric Lucas vs. Librado Andrade, 10, light heavyweights; Jesse Brinkley vs. Sakio Bika, 12, IBF super middleweight title eliminator. May 29—At Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Vitali Klitschko vs. Albert Sosnowski, 12, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title. At Mar del Plata, Argentina, Carlos Tamara, vs. Luis Lazarte, 12, for Tamara's IBF light flyweight title. At Bayamon, Puerto Rico (PPV), Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. vs. Zsolt Bedak, 12, for Vazquez's WBO junior featherweight title; Roman Martinez vs. Gonzalo Mungia, 12, for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight title.

GOLF

HIGH SCHOOL

Big Island Interscholastic Federation

Individual Championships

Final Round

Yesterday's Final Round

At Hōkūli'a

BOYS

145—Nainoa Calip (KS). 148—Andrew Paisley (HPA). 149—Dalen Yamauchi (Waik). 152—Casey Tamura (Waik). 159—Rocky Pactol (Hono), Ryley Chong (Kona), Chad Suzuki (Waik). 160—Rayce Bento (Hilo). 161—Jordan Salomon (HPA). 162—Ric Yamamoto (Hilo), Sam Gillis (HA). 163—Hermie Rafol (Keal), Stephen Winchester (KS). 164—Ryan Marvick (Keal). 165—Davin Yagi (Hilo). 167—Andre Kimura (Waik). 171—Ho'eu'eu Greenwell (Kona). 172—Dillon Slevin (Hono), Richard Chun (Waik). 173—Jordan Debus (Keal). 175—Kris Ishibashi (Waik). 185—Kelson Kupukaa (Koh).

GIRLS

145—Nani Yanagi (Waik). 158—Ciera Min (Waik). 161—Kiana Lumanlan (KS). 169—Hazel Rafol (Keal), Megan Kimura (Waik). 171—Kiley Umeda (Hilo). 187—Tiara Inoue (SJ). 189—Kaitlyn Kerkhoff (Keal).

TENNIS

ATP World Tour Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Yesterday

At Foro Italico

Rome

Purse: $2.965 million (WT1000)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

SINGLES

First Round

Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Juergen Melzer, Austria, 6-1, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 6-4, 6-1. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Mikhail Youzhny (9), Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-1, 1-0 retired. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. David Ferrer (13), Spain, def. Evgeny Korolev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Roger Federer (1), Swizterland, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Juan Monaco (16), Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-1, 6-1. Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

WTA TOUR PORSCHE GRAND PRIX

Yesterday

At Porsche-Arena

Stuttgart, Germany

Purse: $700,000 (Premier)

Surface: Clay-Indoor

SINGLES

First Round

Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-2. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Margalita Chakhnashvili, Georgia, 6-3, 6-4. Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Li Na, China, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-1, 6-1. Anna Lapushchenkova, Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-4, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-2, 6-2. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

WTA Tour Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

Yesterday

At Royal Tennis Club de Fes

Fez, Morocco

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

First Round

Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Julie Coin, France, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4. Alize Cornet, France, def. Petra Martic (6), Croatia, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Anabel Medina Garrigues (3), Spain, def. Lina Bennani, Morocco, 6-0, 6-0. Laura Pous Tio, Spain, def. Jarmila Groth, Australia, 6-0, 7-6 (4). Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, def. Fatima Zahrae El Allami, Morocco, 6-0, 6-1. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-1. Katie O'Brien, Britain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Simona Halep, Romania, def. Lucie Hradecka (8), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-1. Patty Schnyder (2), Switzerland, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Melinda Czink (4), Hungary, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Vesna Manasieva, Russia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Carla Suarez Navarro (1), Spain, def. Anna Floris, Italy, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1. Claire de Gubernatis, France, def. Nadia Lalami, Morocco, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Volleyball

High School

Interscholstic League of Honolulu

Yesterday

Boys Varsity

Maryknoll def. Saint Louis 25-12, 25-18, 25-14

Kamehameha def. Damien 25-8, 25-13, 25-18

Hawai'i Baptist def. Hanalani 25-13, 25-11, 25-15

Hawaiian Mission def. Academy of the Pacific 25-15, 25-20, 25-19

Le Jardin def. Christian Academy 25-10, 25-6, 25-15

Awards

College

University of Hawai'i Scholar-Athletes

Top Teams

1, Football 30 scholar-athletes. 2, Women's Swimming and Diving 18. 3, Men's Swimming and Diving 16. 4, Baseball 15. 5, Soccer 14.

Top Team Honors

Baseball: Russell Doi. Men's Basketball: Ji Xiang. Women's Basketball: Rebecca Dew. Cheerleading: David Gilles. Cross Country: Mariana Monasi. Football: Kealoha Pilares. Men's Golf: Kamden Brakel. Women's Golf: Erin Matsuoka. Sailing: Amanda Gorman. Soccer: Kelsie Look. Softball: Kelly Majam. Men's Swimming & Diving: Stephen Allnutt. Women's Swimming & Diving: Daniella Nero. Men's Tennis: Philipp Eberhard. Women's Tennis: Natasha Zorec. Track & Field: Natalija Waldhuber. Men's Volleyball: Nejc Zemljak. Women's Volleyball: Stephanie Brandt. Water Polo: Annah-Vaile Blanton.

Transactions

Baseball

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended Tampa Bay C Dioner Navarro for two games for "inappropriate conduct" that included bumping an umpire during an argument in an April 23 game against Toronto.

American League

Baltimore Orioles—Selected the contract of RHP Alfredo Simon from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Kam Mickolio to Norfolk. Designated LHP Wilfrido Perez for assignment.

Boston Red Sox—Recalled LHP Fabio Castro from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Scott Atchison to Pawtucket.

Oakland Athletics—Placed LHP Brett Anderson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 25. Optioned RHP Edwar Ramirez to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled C Landon Powell and INF Steve Tolleson from Sacramento.

Texas Rangers—Recalled C Max Ramirez and OF Craig Gentry from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned C Taylor Teagarden to Oklahoma City. Activated C Jarrod Saltalamacchia from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Oklahoma City. Placed OF Nelson Cruz on the 15-day DL.

National League

Colorado Rockies—Placed LHP Jorge De La Rosa and RHP Jason Hammel on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Chris Iannetta to Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled RHP Jhoulys Chacin, RHP Juan Rincon and C Paul Phillips from Colorado Springs.

Pittsburgh Pirates—Selected the contract of RHP Jeff Karstens from Indianapolis (IL). Designated OF John Raynor for assignment.

St. Louis Cardinals—Activated C Jason LaRue from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with INF Aaron Miles on a minor league contract. Optioned C Bryan Anderson to Memphis (PCL).

Football

National Football League

Arizona Cardinals—Agreed to terms OL Alan Faneca on a one-year contract.

Carolina Panthers—Traded S Chris Harris to Chicago for LB Jamar Williams.

Cincinnati Bengals—Claimed HB Cedric Peerman off waivers from Detroit.

Dallas Cowboys—Signed TE Scott Sicko.

Washington Redskins—Signed DE Darrion Scott.

Hockey

National Hockey League

Ottawa Senators—Signed F Colin Greening to a one-year contract.

Washington Capitals—Recalled D Karl Alzner from Hershey (AHL).