Scores & Sports Today 08/20/2009

MLB-Smoltz signs with Cards, will start Sunday, Cards prevail in ninth, Dodgers sign Padilla, Nationals to name Rizzo full-time general manager.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard


NFL- Tarkenton calls Favre scene 'absolute circus'. Venus, Serena join celebs buying into Dolphins. Jones ready to unveil Cowboys' $1.15B stadium. PreSeason Schedule- http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/schedules/preseason

CFL-Week 8: Friday 8/21 Saskatchewan at Montreal 7:30 PM ET and Winnipeg at BC 10:30 PM ET.

NCAA FootBall- Injury bug has hit, but this could still be milestone year for ACC.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/08/19/acc-
injuries/index.html#?eref=T1#ixzz0Oj4qIya6

NBA-OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Less than two months before it is to be unveiled to Oklahoma City Thunder players and their fans, the Ford Center's overhauled interior sits waiting like a present ready to be unwrapped.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/08/18/Thunder.arena.ap/index.html#ixzz0Oj5T3rGq

WNBA-ESPN plans to debut women's GameDay show,Leslie scores 28 to power Sparks past Lynx, Whalen scores seven of 20 in fourth quarter as Sun rally by Liberty, http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/scoreboard#

NCAA BasketBall-NCAA to strip Memphis of wins from '08 Final Four season.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/08/20/memphis.ncaa.ap/index.html#ixzz0Oj7RG5I1

NHL- Team USA is bound to be small and inexperienced come Vancouver. But between the pipes? But with Ryan Miller and Tim Thomas in net, the U.S. stacks up well.


PGA- Think the golf season is over because the majors have passed? Not so fast. The FedEx playoffs are around the corner, and a lot is on the line.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/notebook?page=notebook/bb-090819

Nascar-"NASCAR is a uniquely American sport," Obama said beneath the South Portico, flanked by nine of the 12 drivers who competed last year for NASCAR's top prize. Three drivers had scheduling conflicts and could not attend.

Soccer-Dynamo edge El Salvador club in CONCACAF, Crew beat Islanders in CONCACAF Group C match, D.C. United loses to Marathon in CONCACAF Group B.

Tennis-Having American standouts isn't absolutely essential to the viability of global tennis -- but it matters. So when will we see the next generation of U.S. stars?