WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A healthy Donovan McNabb may not have
mattered against Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. Brees
tossed three more touchdown passes, helping the Saints beat the
Philadelphia Eagles 48-22 yesterday. Making his first NFL start for
an injured McNabb, Kevin Kolb had a decent performance. He threw
for 391 yards and two touchdowns.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Eagles running back Brian Westbrook has a
sprained right ankle and he hopes he'll be able to play next week.
Westbrook had his ankle taped in the third quarter of
Philadelphia's loss to New Orleans yesterday. He had 52 yards
rushing on 13 attempts. Westbrook says the ankle feels sore. The
Eagles play Kansas City next week.

CHICAGO (AP) - Jay Cutler came through with a big pass to Devin
Hester on third down, to help lift the Chicago Bears to a 17-14
victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday. Cutler's home game
was a big improvement over his debut with the Bears. He finished
with 236 yards. That was enough to offset a solid performance by
Ben Roethlisberger.

ATLANTA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies ended rookie Tommy
Hanson's streak of 19 consecutive scoreless innings, beating
Atlanta 4-2 yesterday and damaging the Braves' faint NL wild-card
hopes. Brad Lidge pitched another shaky ninth inning but posted his
31st save. The NL East-leading Phillies took two of three in the
series and are off today.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Kevin Correia continued his strong September,
pitching seven strong innings and the San Diego Padres shutout the
Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 yesterday. Correia allowed six hits, did not
walk a batter and struck out five. Meanwhile, Heath Bell struck out
the last two batters for his National League-leading 39th save in
44 opportunities.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
L.A. Angels 10, Texas 5
Boston 9, Baltimore 3
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1
Kansas City 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Detroit 6, Minnesota 2
Oakland 11, Cleveland 4
Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 1
Monday's Games
Baltimore (Tillman 2-3) at Toronto (Purcey 0-2), 7:07 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 11-4) at Kansas City (DiNardo 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 10-11) at Chicago White Sox (D.Hudson 0-0),
8:11 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 13-6) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 13-7),
10:05 p.m.
Texas (Millwood 10-10) at Oakland (Ed.Gonzalez 0-2), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 8, Florida 1
N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 2
Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2
San Diego 4, Pittsburgh 0
Milwaukee 6, Houston 0
Colorado 5, Arizona 1
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 2
Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 3, 11 innings
Monday's Games
San Diego (LeBlanc 2-1) at Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 0-2), 7:05
p.m.
Atlanta (D.Lowe 14-9) at N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-3), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 5-2) at Milwaukee (Looper 13-6), 8:05
p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 5-8) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 13-10), 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 10-12) at Arizona (D.Davis 7-13), 9:40 p.m.

NFL
Sunday's Games
Houston 34, Tennessee 31
Minnesota 27, Detroit 13
Atlanta 28, Carolina 20
Washington 9, St. Louis 7
N.Y. Jets 16, New England 9
Oakland 13, Kansas City 10
Cincinnati 31, Green Bay 24
New Orleans 48, Philadelphia 22
Arizona 31, Jacksonville 17
Buffalo 33, Tampa Bay 20
San Francisco 23, Seattle 10
Chicago 17, Pittsburgh 14
Baltimore 31, San Diego 26
Denver 27, Cleveland 6
N.Y. Giants 33, Dallas 31
Monday's Game
Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

NHL PRESEASON
Sunday's Games
Minnesota 3, Chicago 0
Boston 2, Montreal 1
N.Y. Islanders 3, Edmonton 1
Calgary 5, Florida 2
Colorado 2, St. Louis 1, OT
Monday's Games
Carolina at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m.
Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa vs. Tampa Bay at Regina, Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

WNBA PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-3)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Indiana 2, Washington 0
Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana 88, Washington 79
Saturday, Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT
Detroit 2, Atlanta 0
Wednesday, Sept. 16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89
Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Antonio 1, Phoenix 1
Thursday, Sept. 17: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91
Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78
Monday, Sept. 21: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1
Wednesday, Sept. 16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63
Friday, Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74
Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64

SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-3)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Wednesday, Sept. 23: Indiana at Detroit, TBD
Friday, Sept. 25: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.
x-Saturday, Sept. 26: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.

MLS
Sunday's Games
Chicago 2, Columbus 2, tie
Wednesday, September 23
San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.