Mediacom and Big Ten

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa and Iowa State football fans now have something in common to root for: a possible deal between Mediacom and the Big Ten Network. . Iowa officials say the Sept. 13 matchup between the Hawkeyes and Cyclones will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Mediacom, Iowa's largest cable TV provider, does not carry the network. Iowa athletic director Gary Barta said last month that Mediacom and the Big Ten Network are set to resume negotiations. That's after the network reached a deal with Comcast, which covers every state in the Big Ten but Iowa. The annual rivalry game will be played at Kinnick Stadium, with kickoff set for 11 a.m. The Hawkeyes first two home games, against Maine and Florida International, will also start at 11 a.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Minnesota 7 Detroit 0
Final L.A. Angels 7 Oakland 4
Final Baltimore 5 Kansas City 2
Final N-Y Yankees 18 Texas 7
Final Tampa Bay 7 Boston 6
Final Chi White Sox 6 Cleveland 5, 10 Innings
Final Seattle 4 Toronto 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Florida 4 Washington 2
Final Philadelphia 7 Atlanta 3
Final Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 5
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Houston 1
Final St. Louis 8 N-Y Mets 7
Final Colorado 8 San Diego 1
Final Milwaukee 4 Arizona 3
Final Chi Cubs 6 San Francisco 5

GREEN BAY, Wisc. (AP) - Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has denied an ESPN report that he is considering coming out of retirement. Favre told his hometown newspaper Web site, SunHerald.com in Gulfport, Mississippi, that "it's all rumor." ESPN reported that an unidentified Packers source said the 38-year-old Favre told coach Mike McCarthy in the past two weeks that he has the itch to play.

SEATTLE (AP) - SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett is now free to move the NBA franchise to Oklahoma City after reaching a settlement with Seattle officials. Bennett says the settlement calls for an immediate payment of 45-million dollars to the city, plus a possible 30 million dollars more in 2013 unless Seattle gets another NBA franchise in five years or approves funding for the renovation of Key Arena by the end of 2009. The settlement paves the way for the franchise to move to Oklahoma City, but the team nickname and colors will remain in Seattle.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Top seed and five-time defending champion Roger Federer has reached the Wimbledon semifinals, along with second seed Rafael Nadal and Marat Safin . Federer won in three sets against Mario Ancic Wednesday, Nadal also won in three sets against Britain's Andy Murray, and Safin needed four sets to beat Feliciano Lopez. Arnaud Clement and Rainer Schuettler split the first two sets of their quarterfinal match before it was suspended by darkness.

UNDATED (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings have signed free-agent forward Marian Hossa to one-year contract worth 7.45 million dollars. Hossa leaves the Pittsburgh Penguins, who gave forward Evgeni Malkin a five-year extension Wednesday. Forward Sean Avery has inked a four-year deal with Dallas, and the New York Islanders have worked out a one-year package with forward Doug Weight.

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Katie Hoff set a pair of U.S. records while winning the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley at the Olympic swim trials in Omaha Wednesday. Hoff rallied to beat Natalie Coughlin (KAWG'-lihn) in the second race just 45 minutes after capturing the first. Michael Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly in the day's other final.

Wahlert and Senior split their doubleheader yesterday with the Rams winning game one 4-1 and the Golden Eagles won game two 3-1.

Iowa Class 1A Regional tournament

Bellevue Marquette Catholic 5 East Central 0

Preston 4 Bellevue 2

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Clinton 13 Hempstead 6