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The Bowl Championship Series agreed to add a fifth game Sunday, increasing access for schools not part of college football's most lucrative postseason system.

The champions of the six BCS conferences - the Big East, ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-10 - will maintain automatic berths in one of the five games. The remaining four spots will be at-large berths to be decided by a complex formula using national rankings.

The fifth bowl is subject to final approval based on market viability, but all indications point to it being in place when the new BCS contract takes effect before 2006.

The current BCS bowls are the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange. One of those bowls pits the top two teams in the BCS standings in a championship game, which will be the Orange Bowl next season. The Rose, Fiesta and Sugar host the other games.

Hockey

AHL DUCKS LOSE: Brad Boyes had a goal and an assist as the Cleveland Barons beat the Cincinnati 4-1 at Grund Arena. Eddy Ferhi, making his first start since Feb. 15, took the loss for Cincinnati, which has scored 10 goals in eight games.

Cincinnati	0	1	0	-1
Cleveland	1	0	3	-4

First period: 1. Cle, Levesque 1 (Zalesak, Boyes), 3:24.

Second period: 2. Cin, Smith 4 (Armstrong), 1:15 (shg).

Third period: 3. Cle, Goc 9 (Stafford, Labenski), 3:44. 4. Cle, Boyes 25 (Plihal, DiSalvatore), 7:29. 5. Cle, Clowe 10, 19:50 (eng).

Shots: Cin 5-12-3=20; Cle 7-6-14=27. Power plays: Cin 0-for-4; Cle 0-for-5. Goaltenders: Cin, Ferhi (59:16; 26 shots, 23 saves, 1 eng; record 2-10-2); Cle, Schaefer (20-19; 10-4-1). A: 4,990.

Records: Cin 22-28-8-1; Cle 29-20-5-5.

SUNDAY IN THE NHL: Ilya Kovalchuk bounced back from a one-game benching to score his NHL-leading 34th and 35th goals, and the Atlanta Thrashers held off the Rangers 3-2.

• Stars 5, Oilers 4, OT: Bill Guerin scored his second goal of the game :55 into overtime as Dallas rallied from a three-goal deficit.

• Ducks 6, Kings 3: Sergei Fedorov, Vaclav Prospal and Steve Rucchin each scored third-period goals.

• 'Hawks 2, Panthers 2: Valeri Bure's power-play goal with 7:16 left in regulation lifted Florida into a tie.

• Pens 3, Isles 2, OT: Ryan Malone scored 2:45 into overtime to lift Pittsburgh.

• Red Wings 4, Flyers 2: Robert Lang had three assists in his Detroit debut and moved past Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis in the NHL points race lead with 77.

• Sharks 1, Blues 0: Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves in his eighth shutout of the season and 25th of his career. Jonathan Cheechoo scored in the third period.

• 'Canes 3, Wild 3: Carolina's Ron Francis scored with 4:15 left in regulation.

• Flames 4, Coyotes 2: Jordan Leopold had a goal and an assist

Horse racing

PEACE RULES WINS: Peace Rules held off a late charge by Saint Liam and Funny Cide to win the $500,000 New Orleans Handicap by a head at the Fair Grounds. Peace Rules defeated Funny Cide in the Louisiana Derby last year on the same track.

Soccer

OLYMPIC QUALIFYING: The United States defeated Mexico 2-0 in Costa Rica, and both teams advanced to the semifinals in the women's qualifying tournament. The semifinal winners will qualify for the Athens Olympics.

Tennis

BRASIL OPEN: Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten beat Agustin Calleri 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

COPA COLSANITAS: Top-seeded Fabiola Zuluaga beat Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to three-peat in the Bogota tournament.

OPEN 13: Dominik Hrbaty won his third title of 2004, beating Robin Soderling 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in Marseille, France.

Bowling

PGA TOUR: Mike Scroggins won his first tour title since 1992 after defeating Walter Ray Williams Jr. 270-248 in the Baby Ruth Classic in Fairview Heights, Ill.