TRIVIA ANSWER

Erik Morales beat Manny Pacquiao in a 12-round decision in 2005. But Pacquiao would avenge the defeat in 2006 — twice. Pacquiao beat Morales by 10th-round TKO in January and by a third-round KO in November.

Source: Internet research.

BASKETBALL

NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS

2009—LeBron James, Cleveland. 2008—Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers. 2007—Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks. 2006—Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns. 2005—Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns. 2004—Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves. 2003—Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs. 2002—Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs. 2001—Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers. 2000—Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers. 1999—Karl Malone, Utah Jazz. 1998—Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls. 1997—Karl Malone, Utah Jazz. 1996—Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls. 1995—David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs. 1994—Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets. 1993—Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns. 1992—Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls. 1991—Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls. 1990—Magic Johnson, Los Angeles. Lakers. 1989—Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers. 1988—Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls. 1987—Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Lakers. 1986—Larry Bird, Boston Celtics. 1985—Larry Bird, Boston Celtics. 1984—Larry Bird, Boston Celtics. 1983—Moses Malone, Philadelphia 76ers. 1982—Moses Malone, Houston Rockets. 1981—Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers. 1980—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers. 1979—Moses Malone, Houston Rockets. 1978—Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers. 1977—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers. 1976—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers. 1975—Bob McAdoo, Buffalo Braves. 1974—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks. 1973—Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics. 1972—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks. 1971— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks. 1970—Willis Reed, New York Knicks. 1969—Wes Unseld, Baltimore Bullets. 1968—Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers. 1967—Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers. 1966—Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia 76ers. 1965—Bill Russell, Boston Celtics. 1964—Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati. 1963—Bill Russell, Boston Celtics. 1962—Bill Russell, Boston Celtics. 1961—Bill Russell, Boston Celtics. 1960—Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors. 1959—Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks. 1958—Bill Russell, Boston Celtics. 1957—Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics. 1956—Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks.

BOXING

FIGHT SCHEDULE

National TV in parentheses.

Saturday—At El Paso, Texas, Jorge Linares, Tokyo, vs. Josafat Perez, Mexico, 12, for Linares' WBA super featherweight title. At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (HBO), Chad Dawson, New Haven, Conn., vs. Antonio Tarver, Tampa, Fla., 12, for Dawson's IBF-IBO light heavyweight title. May 12—At TBA, Thailand, Denkaosan Kaovichit, Thailand, vs. Hiroyuki Hisataka, Japan, 12, for Kaovichit's WBA flyweight title. May 16—At Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Ron Johnson, Las Vegas, vs. John Johnson, Memphis, 12, for the vacant WBF light heavyweight title. At Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, Calif., vs. Edison Miranda, Colombia, 12, for Ward's NABO-NABF super middleweight titles.

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times Hawai'i.

YESTERDAY'S RESULT

Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, Washington leads series 2-0.

TODAY'S GAMES

Vancouver at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 4:30 p.m.

TOMORROW'S GAMES

Washington at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Boston at Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

PITTSBURGH 1 1 1—3

WASHINGTON 0 2 2—4

First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Crosby 6 (Gonchar, Letang), 6:38 (pp). Second Period—2, Washington, Ovechkin 5 (Kozlov, Fedorov), 2:18. 3, Pittsburgh, Crosby 7 (Kunitz, Guerin), 10:57. 4, Washington, Steckel 2 (Sloan, Pothier), 15:49. Third Period—5, Washington, Ovechkin 6 (Green, Backstrom), 12:53 (pp). 6, Washington, Ovechkin 7 (Kozlov, Fedorov), 15:22. 7, Pittsburgh, Crosby 8 (Malkin, Sykora), 19:29 (pp). Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. Washington, Varlamov. A—18,277 (18,277). T—2:30.

TENNIS

WTA ITALIAN OPEN

YESTERDAY'S SINGLES

At Foro Italico.

Rome.

Purse: $1.5 million.

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

First Round: Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (9), Denmark, def. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 6-3, 6-2. Alize Cornet (13), France, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-3, 7-5. Virginie Razzano, France, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-4. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Zheng Jie (14), China, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (10), Poland, def. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-0, 6-1. Falvia Pennetta (12), Italy, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-1. Aravane Rezai, France, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-2, 6-3. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (15), Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Second Round: Venus Williams (4), United States, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Victoria Azarenka (6), Belarus, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-0, retired.

ATP SERBIAN OPEN

YESTERDAY'S SINGLES

Belgrade, Serbia.

Purse: $450,000.

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

First Round: Christophe Rochus (8), Belgium, tied with Nicolas Devilder, France, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 5-5, susp., rain.

ESTORIL OPEN

YESTERDAY'S SINGLES

At Estadio Nacional.

Oeiras, Portugal.

Purse: Men, $596,000 (Intl. Series); Women, $220,000 (Tier IV).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

Men—First Round: Paul Capdeville, Chile, def. David Nalbandian (5), Argentina, 6-2, 6-2. Marc Gicquel, France, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (8), 6-4. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 7-4, 1-6, 7-5. Mardy Fish (6), United States, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Gilles Simon, France, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (7). Women—First Round: Iveta Benesova (1), Czech Republic, def. Neuza Silva, Portugal, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Jarmila Groth (3), Slovakia, def. Mathilde Johansson (4), France, 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Kristina Barrois, Germany, def. Maria Joao Koehler, Portugal, 7-6 (4), 6-0.

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION

HAWAI'I JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

YESTERDAY'S SINGLES

At Central O'ahu Regional Park.

Boys 18s—Round of 32: Tom Hill (United States) def. Jason Lee (Malaysia) 6-0, 6-0. Trey Strobel (US) def. Justin Guay (Canada) 7-6(7), 6-1. Kosuke Hasegawa (US) def. Nicholas Mikulcic (Can) 7-5, 6-4. Connor Farren (US) def. Martin Lenger (Germany) 6-3, 6-2. Matthew Westmoreland (US) def. Baramee Wongbanchai (US) 7-6(4), 0-6, 5-1, retired (injury). Mitchell Krueger (US) def. Marcel Marcel (US) 6-2, 6-1. No. 4 Dane Webb (US) def. Austin Robles (US) 6-3, 6-2. Pavel Vanis (US) def. Bobur Kamiljanov (US) 7-6(8), 2-6, 6-3. No. 6 Oliver Benneweis Pramming (Denmark) def. James Lee (US) 6-4, 6-4. No. 5 William Kwok (US) def. Aristotle Chu (US) 6-2, 6-2. No. 7 Thien Nguyen Hoang (Vietnam) def. Abraham Aboubakare (US) 6-4, 6-4. No. 3 Emmett Egger (US) def. Daniel Castelao (Mexico) 6-0, 6-1. No. 8 Alexander Robles (US) def. Eli Brown (Can) 6-2, 6-2. Carter Lam (US) def. Michael Elortegui (US) 7-6(8), 0-6, 6-3. Girls 18s—Round of 32: Jessica Worring (US) def. Gabrielle Gorence (US) 6-1, 6-2. Aylin Mehter (US) def. Stella Crick (US) 6-3, 6-0. Shayne Austin (US) def. Haley Martin (US) 7-5, 6-2. Jamie Pawid (US) def. Mariam Altynbaeva (US) 6-1, 6-0. Tamitha Nguyen (US) def. Patricia Joy Orteza (US) 6-4, 6-1. Ashley Dai (US) def. Julia Weisel (US) 6-0, 6-0. No. 8 Ayaka Terashi (Japan) def. Tara Watumull (US) 6-1, 6-1. Riko Shimizu (US) def. Scout Shutter (US) 6-0, 6-0. Abby Hayley (US) def. Demetria Woods (US) 6-1, 6-3.

VOLLEYBALL

HIGH SCHOOL

INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE OF HONOLULU

YESTERDAY

Mid-Pacific def. Saint Louis 25-13, 25-27, 25-19, 25-11.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Los Angeles Angels—Activated LHP Darren Oliver from the 15-day DL. Activated RHP Kevin Jepsen from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Salt Lake (PCL).

New York Yankees—Recalled RHP Alfredo Aceves from Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Anthony Claggett to Scranton-Wilkes-Barre.

Oakland Athletics—Recalled RHP Sean Gallagher and LHP Jerry Blevins from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned LHP Gio Gonzalez and INF-OF Eric Patterson to Sacramento.

Texas Rangers—Recalled OF Greg Golson from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned C Max Ramirez to Oklahoma City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Arizona Diamondbacks—Placed RHP Tom Gordon on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Leo Rosales from Reno (PCL).

Chicago Cubs—Placed RHP Carlos Zambrano on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Bobby Scales from Iowa (PCL).

Houston Astros—Activated RHP Brian Moehler from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Doug Brocail on the 15-day DL.

St. Louis Cardinals—Recalled RHP Brad Thompson from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP P.J. Walters to Memphis.

BASKETBALL

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

NBA—Fined Denver F Kenyon Martin $25,000 for knocking Dallas F Dirk Nowitzki to the floor in a May 3 playoff game.

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Indiana Fever—Signed G Tamecka Dixon.

Seattle Storm—Signed F Lauren Jackson.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Arizona Cardinals—Signed OT Oliver Ross to a one-year contract.

Baltimore Ravens—Signed QB John Beck to a one-year contract.

Cincinnati Bengals—Signed TE Darius Hill, DT Pernell Phillips and S James Smith.

Cleveland Browns—Signed S Bret Lockett. Released S Corey Boudreaux, WR Brent Casteel, TE Massey and CB Antonio Smith.

Green Bay Packers—Signed CB Trevor Ford, P Adam Graessle, NT-DE Dean Muhtadi and OT Dane Randolph. Released LB Jason Hunter.

Indianapolis Colts—Signed QB Chris Crane and LB Mike Tauiliili. Waived LB Rufus Alexander and P Mike Dragosavich.

Jacksonvilla Jaguars—Waived OT Stefan Rodgers, CB Isaiah Gardner and QB Nathan Brown. Signed DT Nader Abdallah and DB Mesphin Forrester.

New Orleans Saints—Signed LB Jonathan Casillas, QB Patrick Cowan, OL Cedric Dockery, OL Alex Fletcher, OL Sam McNaulty, RB P.J. Hill, CB Danny Gorrer, CB Reggie Jones, WR Kenneth Harris, and DE Jermey Parnell.

New York Jets—Signed DT Anthony Harris and TE Jack Simmons.

Pittsburgh Steelers—Released LB Larry Foote.

Seattle Seahawks—Signed FB David Kirtman to a one-year contract.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Signed DE Jarriett Buie, WR Pat Carter, OL Marc Dile, OT Demar Dotson, RB Kareem Huggins, WR Amarri Jackson and CB Evan McCollough. Released OT Andre Douglas, CB Greg Fassitt and WR Paris Warren.

Washington Redskins—Signed WR Roydell Williams and WR Trent Shelton. Released TE Devin Frischknecht, WR John Halman, DT Brigham Harwell, LB Ronnie Palmer and OL Isaiah Ross.

HOCKEY

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

New York Rangers—F Markus Naslund announced his retirement.

Washington Capitals—Recalled D Tyler Sloan from Hershey (AHL).

CORRECTION

McKinley's Brittany Balanay and Kayleen Kobashigawa were both 10-point winners against Moanalua in the semifinals of Friday's OIA Judo Team Championships. Their names were ommitted in Saturday's paper.