by 210 runs. The pool D match between England and Zimbabwe is interrupted by rain and will conclude tomorrow. (BBC) World Cup of Hockey: Finland eliminates the United States with a 2–1 semi-final win in St. Paul, Minnesota. Saku Koivu scores the winning goal with less than four minutes left to play in the third period. The Finns will travel to Toronto to play the winner of Saturday's match between Canada and the Czech Republic on September 14. (WCH website) September 9, 2004 (Thursday) American football: The National Football League season opened with the New England Patriots defeating the Indianapolis Colts 27–24 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt missed his first field goal since 2002 in the final 30 seconds. (Yahoo!/AP) The National Football League announces the game between the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 12, is being moved to Saturday, September 11 due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan. The game will be televised in the Miami and Tennessee areas only. (Fox) Ice hockey: The executive committees of the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association meet at a secret location in Toronto for collective bargaining negotiations. The NHLPA submits a proposal that is believed to be similar to the offer it made on October 1, 2003. It is quickly rejected by the league. (AP) Basketball: The WNBA's Chamique Holdsclaw declares she will not play for the Washington Mystics for the rest of the year, due to an unspecified medical reason.(ESPN) Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks records the WNBA's third triple-double in history, scoring 29 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and tying the WNBA's record of ten blocked shots in one game, as the Sparks defeat the defending champion Detroit Shock, 81–63, in Los Angeles. (WNBA) September 8, 2004 (Wednesday) World Cup of Hockey: Canada advances to the semi-finals by beating Slovakia 5–0 in Toronto. Canada will play the Czech Republic, while the United States will play Finland. (WCH website) Basketball: The Chicago Bulls trade Dikembe Mutombo to the Houston Rockets for reserve guards Adrian Griffin, Eric Piatkowski and Mike Wilks. (CNNSI/AP) September 7, 2004 (Tuesday) World Cup of Hockey: In Stockholm, the Czech Republic routs Sweden 6–1 to advance to the semi-finals in North America. The United States also advance largely due to the play of Keith Tkachuk, who scores four goals in a 5–3 win over Russia in