Latin American Soccer Results

Tigre 2, Central 1

San Lorenzo 1, Olimpo 0

Racing 0, Independiente 0

River 0, Colon 2

Newell's 1, Banfield 0

San Martin 3, Gimnasia (J) 2

Velez Sarsfield 3, Gimnasia LP 1

Arsenal 2, Boca Juniors 1

Lanus 0, Argentinos 0

Estudiantes 1, Huracan 1

Standings: Lanus 34; Tigre 31; Boca 30; Independiente, Argentinos 27; Velez, San Lorenzo Banfield 26; Huracan, Estudiantes 24; River 23; Racing, Colon 22, Arsenal; Newell's 21; Gimnasia (J) 20; Olimpo 19; Gimnasia LP, San Martin 18; Central 10.

Next round: x-Tigre-Boca, x-Lanus-Gimnasia LP; Central-San Martin, …

Still in eyes of the Tigers: A's 1, Sox 4: Their wheels may have fallen

Since June 9, the White Sox have the best record in the majors at 35-12. But they haven't run away from their American League Central competition. They've only set the pace for it.

And while the Minnesota Twins, still a half-game behind, appear to be the only team to worry about, the Sox know better. They have 14 games left against the third-place Detroit Tigers, starting Tuesday with a day-night doubleheader at Comerica Park.

Injuries to key players, including Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen and Brandon Inge, have contributed to the Tigers' downfall. After beating the Twins on July 10, the Tigers were 48-37, leading the division by a half-game. After losing to the …

Facing change, taking charge

Taking charge of change was the theme for bankers meeting in Milwaukee last month for the American Bankers Association 1997 National Agricultural Bankers Conference. This year's conference was cosponsored by the Wisconsin Bankers Association, the first time a state bankers association and the ABA have jointly organized this national conference.

The program took a three-prong approach to taking charge of the changes facing ag banking: technology; risk management; and people.

"Business as unusual is the new rule," commented Darvin E. Boyd, senior vice president/director agri-finance department CoreStates Bank, Lancaster, Pa. Boyd is chairman of the ABA Agricultural and Rural …

Stolen Jesus statue returned to Detroit church

A Detroit woman has found Jesus ... in an alley.

The pastor of a church in the city says its stolen 8-foot Jesus statue was recovered from bushes in an alley about two blocks away.

Patricia Bowers says she notified the church late Wednesday that she had seen the statue the previous day after she had gotten off a bus.

Bowers says she didn't realize the …

Wholesale inventories drop smaller-than-expected …

Wholesale inventories drop smaller-than-expected …

WILD-CARD RACE

A look at the wild-card race for the fourth playoff spot in theNational League:

TEAM W L GB 1. Astros 57 …

Sanchez throws one-hitter as Marlins beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anibal Sanchez pitched a one-hitter and tied his career high with 11 strikeouts to win for just the second time in his last 16 starts as the Florida Marlins blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Saturday night.

The only thing that stood between Sanchez (8-7) and the second no-hitter of his six-year career was Neil Walker's one-out single to left field in …