TRIVIA ANSWER

The 1991 Detroit Lions beat Dallas in the divisional round of the playoffs, 38-6.

Source: Los Angeles Times.

SPORTS TODAY

HIGH SCHOOL

Schedules for state softball, state volleyball, state golf on C3.

SPORTS TOMORROW BASEBALL

College, Utah Valley vs. Hawai'i, 6:35 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

BASKETBALL

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASS'N

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER WINNERS

2009 — Danny Granger, Indiana.

2008 — Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando.

2007 — Monta Ellis, Golden State.

2006 — Boris Diaw, Phoenix.

2005 — Bobby Simmons, L.A. Clippers.

2004 — Zach Randolph, Portland.

2003 — Gilbert Arenas, Golden State.

2002 — Jermaine O'Neal, Indiana.

2001 — Tracy McGrady, Orlando.

2000 — Jalen Rose, Indiana.

1999 — Darrell Armstrong, Orlando.

1998 — Alan Henderson, Atlanta.

1997 — Isaac Austin, Miami.

1996 — Gheorghe Muresan, Washington.

1995 — Dana Barros, Philadelphia.

1994 — Don MacLean, Washington.

1993 — Chris Jackson, Denver.

1992 — Pervis Ellison, Washington.

1991 — Scott Skiles, Orlando.

1990 — Rony Seikaly, Miami.

1989 — Kevin Johnson, Phoenix.

1988 — Kevin Duckworth, Portland.

1987 — Dale Ellis, Seattle.

1986 — Alvin Robertson, San Antonio.

BOXING

FIGHT SCHEDULE

National TV in parentheses.

May 15—At Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, N.J. (ESPN2), Kevin Johnson, Atlanta, vs. Monte Barrett, Queens, N.Y., 10, heavyweights.

May 16—At Rome, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy, vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland, 12, Fragomeni's WBC cruiserweight title. At Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Ron Johnson, Las Vegas, vs. John Johnson, Memphis, 12, for the vacant WBF light heavyweight title. At Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Edison Miranda, Colombia, 12, for Ward's NABO-NABF super middleweight titles.

May 22—At Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla. (ESPN2), Richard Gutierrez, Miami, vs. Antwone Smith, Miami, 10, welterweights.

May 23—At Monterrey, Mexico, Toshiaki Nishioka, Japan, vs. Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Nishioka's WBC junior featherweight title; Rafael Marquez, Mexico, vs. Jose Mendoza, Colombia, 10, featherweights. At Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Jorge Linares, Japan, vs. Josafat Perez, Mexico, 12, for Linares' WBA junior lightweight title; Jose Guadalupe Martinez, Mexico, vs. Oscar Saturnino, Mexico, 12, from Martinez's Mexican light flyweight title; Filomeno Jaramillo, Mexico, vs. Victor Terrazas, Mexico, 12, for the interim Mexican super bantamweight title.

May 26—At Shanghai, Daisuko Naito, Japan, vs. Xiong Zhao Zhong, China, 12, for Naito's WBC flyweight title. At TBA, Thailand, Denkaosen Kaowichit, Thailand, vs. Hiroyuki Hisataka, Japan, 12, for Kaowichit's WBA flyweight title.

May 30—At Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland, Ruslan Chagaev, Germany, vs. Nikolai Valuev, Russia, 12, for Chagaev's WBA heavyweight title. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla. (HBO), Andre Berto, Winter Haven, Fla., vs. Juan Urango, Miami, 12, welterweights; Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Kermit Cintron, Reading, Pa., 12, light middleweights.

June 5—At Chicago (ESPN2), Carlos Quintana, Puerto Rico, vs. Danny Perez, San Diego, 12, junior middleweights; Joey Hernandez, Miami, vs. Damian Frias, Miami, 10, welterweights.

June 13—At Madison Square Garden, New York (HBO), Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rico, vs. Joshua Clottey, Bronx, N.Y., 12, for Cotto's WBO welterweight title.

June 19—At Montreal, Adrian Diaconu, Canada, vs. Jean Pascal, Canada, 12, for Diaconu's WBC light heavyweight title. At Laredo (Texas) Entertainment Center (ESPN2), Fernando Beltran Jr. vs. Monty Meza-Clay, Rankin, Pa., 12, for Beltran's Latino featherweight title.

June 20—At London, Wladimir Klitschko (HBO), Ukraine, vs. David Haye, Britain, 12, for Klitschko's IBF-WBO-IBO heavyweight titles.

June 27—At London, Andreas Kotelnik, Germany, vs. Amir Khan, Britain, 12, for Kotelnik's WBA light welterweight title; Matthew Hall, Britain, vs. Anthony Small, Britain, 12, for Hall's Commonwealth junior middleweight title. At Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, N.J., Kelly Pavlik, Youngstown, Ohio, vs. Sergio Mora, Los Angeles, 12, for Pavlik's WBC-WBO middleweight titles; Fernando Montiel, Mexico, vs. Eric Morel, Madison, Wis., 12, for Montiel's WBO bantamweight title. At Staples Center, Los Angeles (HBO), Chris John, Indonesia, vs. Rocky Juarez, Houston, 12, for John's WBA featherweight title; Victor Ortiz, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Marcos Maidana, Argentina, 12, for the interim WBA light welterweight title.

July 4—At Vienne, France, Anselmo Moreno, Panama, vs. Mahyar Monshipour, France, 12, for Moreno's WBA bantamweight title.

July 11—At Nuerberg, Germany, Felix Sturm, Germany, vs. Khoren Gevor, Germany, 12, for Sturm's WBA middleweight title. At Kempton Park, South Africa, Philip Ndou, South Africa, vs. Lovermore Ndou, Australia, 12, IBO welterweight elimination bout; Simpiwe Vetkeya, South Africa, vs. Eric Barcelona, Philippines, 12, for the vacant IBO bantamweight title. At BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. (SHO), Joseph Agbeko, Bronx, N.Y., vs. Vic Darchinyan, Australia, 12, for Agbeko's IBF bantamweight title; Yuri Romanov, Belarus, vs. Fernando Angulo, Venezuela, 12, for the vacant IBF lightweight title.

July 18—At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Floyd Mayweather Jr., Las Vegas, vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, Anaheim, Calif., 12, welterweights.

July 25—At TBA, Mexico, Edwin Valero, Venezuela, vs. Breidis Prescott, Colombia, 12, for Valero's WBC lightweight title.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

X1 WORLD EVENTS

SATURDAY

At Kekuaokalani Gym.

Kailua, Kona.

PROS

135 lbs. (world title)—Van Oscar Penavaroff (Kona) def. Kana Hyatt (MMAD), TKO (1st round, 3:36).

155—Dominic Ahnee (Maui Jiu Jitsu) def. Aleka Rincon (Freelance), majority decision.

145 (State Title)—Dave Moreno (Kohala) def. Justin Mercado (MMAD), submission (1st, 4:18).

SHW—Mark Smith (Maui Mulisha) def. Pat Fuga, submission (1st, 1:00).

145—Spencer Higa (HIBC) def. Abe Cortes-Kaleopaa (Freelance), unanimous decision.

140—Sang Van (HIBC) def. Robert Midel (BJ Penn), TKO (1st).

155—Tyler Kahikolo (Average Joe's) def. Wyatt Leong (HIBC), TKO (1st, 53 seconds).

AMATEURS

155—Kevin Soong (Lava MMA) def. Ikaika Moore (Kona), KO (1st, 11 seconds).

145—Daniel Friend (HIBC) def. Kiley Tanioka (706 DTP), TKO (1st, 51 seconds).

135—Timothy Meeks (HIBC) def. Nick Gersaba (Kona), submission (1st, 1:13).

170 XMA—Kaeo Meyers (Kona) def. Malu Benedicto (Kanu/PFC), unanimous decision.

145—Levi Agcalon def. Daniel Alcos (Freelance), submission (1st, 2:43).

SOCCER

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times Hawai'i.

EASTERN W L T PTS GF GA

D.C. 3 1 5 14 15 13.

Toronto FC 3 2 4 13 13 13.

Chicago 2 0 6 12 14 11.

Kansas City 3 4 2 11 12 12.

New England 2 2 3 9 6 12.

New York 2 5 2 8 9 11.

Columbus 1 2 5 8 11 14.

WESTERN W L T PTS GF GA

Chivas USA 7 1 1 22 12 3.

Seattle 4 2 2 14 11 5.

Colorado 3 2 2 11 10 8.

Houston 3 2 2 11 7 5.

Real Salt Lake 3 4 1 10 14 11.

Los Angeles 1 1 6 9 10 10.

San Jose 1 5 2 5 8 16.

FC Dallas 1 6 1 4 7 15.

Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

SATURDAY'S GAMES

Chicago at Toronto FC, 10 a.m.

Colorado at New England, 1:30 p.m.

Houston at New York, 1:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at FC Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.

D.C. United at Chivas USA, 5 p.m.

SUNDAY'S GAME

Columbus at Los Angeles, 9 a.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 23

New England at Toronto, 10 a.m.

Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.

Chivas USA at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 2:30 p.m.

San Jose at Houston, 2:30 p.m.

Seattle at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 24

Chicago at New York, 9 a.m.

TENNIS

MUTUA MADRILENA MASTERS/ OPEN

YESTERDAY

At Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo.

Madrid.

Purse: Men, $5.04 million (WT1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

SINGLES

Men—First Round: Marin Cilic (13), Croatia, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 7-5, 6-4. Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 3-0, retired. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Nikolay Davydenko (10), Russia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-0, 7-6 (5). Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2. James Blake (14), United States, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-4. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Second RoundTommy Robredo (16), Spain, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 6-4, 7-5. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 6-1, 7-5. Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (9), 6-4.

Women—Second Round: Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (9), Denmark, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-3, 6-1. Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Robert Vinci, Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-2. Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Zheng Jie (15), China, 6-2, 7-5. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-1, 7-5. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Venus Williams (5), United States, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

DOUBLES

Men—First Round: Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, and Mardy Fish, United States, def. Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Marc Lopez and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, def. Christopher Kas, Germany, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 11-9 tiebreak. Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-1. Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Wesley Moodie, South Africa, def. Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco, Argentina, Germany, 6-4, 7-5. Women—First Round: Dinara Safina, Russia, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-0, 6-2. Second Round: Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, def. Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreak.Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Nadia Petrova, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 tiebreak. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB—Fined Chicago White Sox RHP Bobby Jenks an undisclosed amount for throwing a pitch behind Texas 2B Ian Kinsler in a May 9 game.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Red Sox—Placed 1B Kevin Youkilis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 5. Recalled INF Gil Velazquez from Pawtucket (IL).

Cleveland Indians—Activated INF Jamey Carroll from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Josh Barfield to Columbus (IL).

Kansas City Royals—Transferred OF Jose Duarte from Northwest Arkansas (Texas) to Omaha (PCL).

Texas Rangers—Activated OF Josh Hamilton from the 15-day DL. Assigned INF Joaquin Arias to Oklahoma City (PCL).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona Diamondbacks—Placed OF Conor Jackson on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Bobby Korecky to Reno (PCL). Recalled LHP Clay Zavada from Mobile (SL).

Florida Marlins—Purchased the contract of LHP John Koronka from New Orleans (PCL). Transferred RHP Scott Proctor to the 60-day DL.

Houston Astros—Activated C Humberto Quintero from the 15-day DL.

Milwaukee Brewers—Agreed to terms with INF-OF Frank Catalanotto on a minor league contract.

Pittsburgh Pirates—Activated SS Jack Wilson from the 15-day DL. Optioned SS Brian Bixler to Indianapolis (IL).

San Francisco Giants—Recalled LHP Pat Misch from Fresno (PCL). Sent RHP Osiris Matos to Fresno.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Buffalo Bills—Signed DE Jermaine McGhee and DB Kyle Ward. Released LB Vince Hall.

Houston Texans—Signed FB Boomer Grigsby.

New York Jets—Re-signed TE Bubba Franks to a one-year contract.

San Francisco 49ers—Waived QB Kirby Freeman.

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Vancouver Canucks—Assigned C Cody Hodgson to Manitoba (AHL).

COLLEGE

California—Signed women's water polo coach Richard Corso to a multiyear contract extension.

California State-Chico—Announced the resignation of softball coach Jamie Brown.

Depaul—Named David Booth men's assistant basketball coach.

Duquesne—Released F Shawntez Patterson and F Aleksandar Milovic from their basketball scholarships.

Utah—Signed men's basketball coach Jim Boylen to a five-year contract.