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Weekend Sports PreviewThe American League East standings could look a whole lot different in a few days, as the Yankees and Red Sox begin a five-game series on Friday afternoon. That set highlights a sports weekend that also includes the PGA Championship, NFL exhibition games, the WNBA playoffs, the usual CFL slate, and a Nextel Cup race up in Michigan. Boston trails New York in the AL East standings, but a solid showing over the weekend could turn around that deficit. Friday features a day/night doubleheader between the two at Fenway Park, with subsequent games on Saturday afternoon, Sunday night, and Monday afternoon. Why so many games at once? You can thank early-season rainouts. Another high-profile AL series taking place over the weekend sees the Chicago White Sox hitting the road against the Minnesota Twins, while the Detroit Tigers host a series versus the Texas Rangers. Oakland plays a road series against Kansas City (which also includes a Friday doubleheader), while Seattle is at Los Angeles, Toronto is at Baltimore, and Cleveland is at Tampa Bay in the AL's least important weekend series. Over in the NL a quartet of West teams square off over the next few days as Arizona is in San Diego and the red-hot Dodgers go up the coast to play the Giants. The division's other team, the Colorado Rockies, will have their hands full with a road set against the New York Mets, while the other series will see St. Louis at the Cubs, Washington at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Atlanta at Florida, and the Astros at the Brewers. The 2006 PGA Championship continues at Medinah Country Club in Illinois on Friday, with Lucas Glover and Chris Riley tied for the lead at -6 after the first round of play. Billy Andrade is one stroke back after firing an opening-round 67. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson each shot 3-under 69 on Thursday, as did Geoff Ogilvy and Sergio Garcia. The NFL stages three preseason games on Friday this week, with eight on Saturday, two on Sunday, and another on Monday night. To kick off the weekend on Friday night it's Cincinnati at Buffalo (-3.5), Detroit at Cleveland (-3), and San Diego at Chicago (-3). Saturday's big favorites are the Broncos, who are giving up 5.5 points to the Titans in Denver. Other Saturday night matchups include Miami at Tampa Bay (-2.5), Carolina at Jacksonville (-3), Arizona at New England (-3.5), Atlanta at Green Bay (-3), Minnesota at Pittsburgh (-3), Houston at St. Louis (-3), and the New York Jets at Washington (-3). Sunday sees the Bay-area-rival 49ers and Raiders (-3) go at it in Oakland, while the Indianapolis Colts (-1) play host to the Seattle Seahawks in perhaps the weekend's best matchup. On Monday the Dallas Cowboys (-3) go to Shreveport, Louisiana to battle New Orleans. The WNBA playoffs continue Friday, with Connecticut at Washington and Los Angeles at Seattle. The Sun and the Sparks are the top seeds in their respective conferences, and they'll each be looking to grab a road win in Game 1 of their best-of-three, opening-round series. Connecticut is pegged as a 3-point favorite in Game 1 (and -900 series favorite), while Los Angeles is a 1-point underdog on Friday (and -475 series favorite). The other two conference semifinal sets play Game 2 on Saturday, with Indiana at Detroit and Houston at Sacramento. Sunday then features Game 2 matchups between the Mystics/Sun and Storm/Sparks, with the venues shifting to Connecticut and Los Angeles. All four first-round playoff series will be finished by Tuesday night at the latest. Up north in the Canadian Football League there are three games on the schedule this weekend. The 6-3 B.C. Lions (-8) play host to the 3-5 Edmonton Eskimos on Friday, while Saturday features the 7-1 Montreal Alouettes (-6.5) at the 3-5 Toronto Argonauts, and the anemic 2-7 Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the 3-5 Saskatchewan Roughriders (-7.5). And finally, the Nextel Cup Series stages the GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday. Jimmie Johnson continues to lead the driver standings after 22 races, with Matt Kenseth in second place. Kasey Kahne won at Michigan earlier in 06, and he needs a good result Sunday to get into Chase contention
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