WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

NEW YORK (AP) - Kentucky's much-hyped freshman John Wall lived
up to his billing in his first appearance in Madison Square Garden
last night. Wall poured in a season-high 25 points and scored 12 of
Kentucky's final 15 points in the fourth-ranked Wildcats' 64-61 win
over 14th-ranked Connecticut to run the Wildcats' early season
record to 9-and-0.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Today is the final day of the baseball
winter meetings and pitchers were the hot commodity yesterday.
Milwaukee landed hurlers Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins, Baltimore
acquired Kevin Millwood from cash-starved Texas, Houston acquired
hard-throwing reliever Matt Lindstrom from Florida and the World
Series champion Yankees announced that postseason star, 37-year-old
Andy Pettitte, is coming back after agreeing to a one-year deal
worth $11.75 million.

HOUSTON (AP) - Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh
(ehn-DAHM'-uh-kehn soo) has won the Rotary Lombardi Award as the
nation's top lineman. Suh also won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy this
week as the nation's top defensive player. He's a finalist for the
Heisman Trophy.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Andy Reid calls himself just "a piece of
the puzzle" in Philadelphia but Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie
believes he's more than that. Lurie and Reid, the winningest coach
in Eagles history, have agreed on a three-year contract extension
that keeps Reid atop the Eagles' perch through 2013.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - On NHL ice, the Washington Capitals'
six-game winning streak is over. Buffalo blanked the league-leading
Capitals 3-0 last night as Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller turned
back 35 shots for his 16th career shutout.


NBA
Wednesday's Games
Detroit 90, Philadelphia 86
Portland 102, Indiana 91
Atlanta 118, Chicago 83
Golden State 105, New Jersey 89
Milwaukee 117, Toronto 95
New Orleans 97, Minnesota 96
San Antonio 118, Sacramento 106
Houston 95, Cleveland 85
L.A. Lakers 101, Utah 77
Thursday's Games
Denver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Washington, 8 p.m.
Orlando at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Wednesday's Games
Columbus 3, Florida 0
Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 2
New Jersey 4, Carolina 2
Buffalo 3, Washington 0
St. Louis 1, Detroit 0
Edmonton 3, Tampa Bay 2
Chicago 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT
Minnesota 1, Colorado 0
Calgary 3, Atlanta 1
Los Angeles 5, San Jose 4, OT
Thursday's Games
Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Thursday's Game
Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Carolina at New England, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Miami at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.
Monday's Game
Arizona at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.