WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Pirates are on a roll. The Bucs beat the
Dodgers 2-0 in Los Angeles to win their third straight game. Ryan
Doumit knocked in Pirates' two runs on a triple in the first.
Pittsburgh starter Brian Burres allowed four hits over 5-plus
innings with four walks and three strikeouts.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two Pennsylvania police officers who worked as
personal assistants to Ben Roethlisberger are being investigated.
At issue is their roles the night the Steelers quarterback was
accused of sexual assault in Georgia. State trooper Ed Joyner has
already been barred from working again for Roethlisberger.
Coraopolis officer Anthony Barrivecchio is also being investigated.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Rapper Eminem is ripping Ben Roethlisberger in
a new song. The song is called "Despicable." In it, he mentions
getting "rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall." The song
has been posted on a website and won't be included in the rapper's
upcoming album.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies closer Brad Lidge is set to be
activated from the disabled list before tonight's game against the
New York Mets. Lidge has been on the disabled list for more than a
month while recovering from right elbow surgery. He went 0-1 with a
5.19 ERA with four walks and eight strikeouts in eight rehab
appearances.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - After dispatching Alex Ovechkin and his
Washington Capitals in seven games, the Montreal Canadiens now have
another NHL superstar to deal with in the Penguins' Sidney Crosby.
Tonight's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series in
Pittsburgh comes less than 48 hours after Montreal knocked off the
Capitals in Washington.

NEW YORK (AP) - Penguins star Sidney Crosby and Capitals
counterpart Alex Ovechkin are both up for the Hart Trophy. They
join the Canucks' Henrik Sedin as a finalist for the MVP award.
Ovechkin is trying to become the first player to win three
consecutive Hart Trophies since Wayne Gretzky won eight straight.
Crosby notched more than 50 goals for the first time this season.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Flyers are shaking up their lines ahead
of tomorrow's start of a second round playoff series with Boston.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Claude Giorux is moving from the
third line to the first and Andreas Nodl is replacing the injured
Ian Laperriere (lah-PEHR'-ee-EHR') on the fourth line.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Eagles have signed quarterback Kevin
Kolb (kahb) to a one-year contract extension that could keep him in
Philadelphia through the 2011 season. Kolb has been named the
Eagles' starter following the trade of Donovan McNabb to the
Redskins.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Detroit 3, Minnesota 0
Chicago White Sox 7, Texas 5
N.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 0
Toronto 6, Oakland 3
Tampa Bay 11, Kansas City 1
Friday's Games
Boston (Lackey 2-1) at Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-3), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-0),
7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Pineiro 2-2) at Detroit (Porcello 1-2), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Slowey 2-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-0), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 1-2), 7:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 1-0), 7:10
p.m.
Texas (C.Lewis 3-0) at Seattle (C.Lee 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
St. Louis 10, Atlanta 4
Arizona 13, Chicago Cubs 5
Cincinnati 4, Houston 2
San Diego 9, Milwaukee 0
Pittsburgh 2, L.A. Dodgers 0
Friday's Games
Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 2-0), 2:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
Washington (Olsen 1-1) at Florida (Nolasco 2-0), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Myers 1-1) at Atlanta (Hanson 1-2), 7:35 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1) at St. Louis (Penny 3-0), 8:15 p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 1-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-2), 10:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 0-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-1), 10:10
p.m.
Colorado (Cook 1-2) at San Francisco (Zito 3-0), 10:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Thursday's Games
San Antonio 97, Dallas 87, San Antonio wins series 4-2
Phoenix 99, Portland 90, Phoenix wins series 4-2
Friday's Games
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 10 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS Thursday's Game
San Jose 4, Detroit 3, San Jose leads series 1-0
Friday's Game
Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Pirates rallied for a 6-5 14 inning win in
Milwaukee. Garrett Jones drove in the tying run with two outs in
the ninth. Ryan Doumit tied the game at four with a leadoff homer
off Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman. Pirates reliever D.J. Carrasco
got the victory with three scoreless innings.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Phillies won a wild one in San
Francisco 7-6 over the Giants in 11 innings yesterday. The Phils
were down 4-1 with 2 outs in the ninth before Jayson Werth smacked
a three-run double to send it into extra innings. Wilson Valdez
doubled home the go-ahead run for Philadelphia in the 11th.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins has begun
jogging again, but he's not sure when he'll start true running as
part of his recovery from a strained right calf. Rollins says he's
not going to rush his recovery like he did with an ankle injury two
years ago. The former NL MVP has been on the disabled list since
April 14th.

READING, Pa. (AP) - Joe Blanton had a rough outing in what was
likely his last rehab start before returning to the Phillies'
rotation. Blanton gave up five runs on five hits in five innings
for the Reading Phillies. He's expected to rejoin the Phillies
Monday in time to pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - With Montreal upsetting top-seeded
Washington in Game 7 of their opening round NHL playoff series,
second round matchups for the Penguins and Flyers are set. The
Penguins will meet the Canadiens in a series that starts Friday
night in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia will start their series on the
road against Boston on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Penguins have recalled seven players from
minor league Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Forwards Dustin Jeffrey, Nick
Johnson, Mark Letestu, Eric Tangradi and Tim Wallace along with
defenseman Steve Wagner and goaltender John Curry are joining the
Pens for the rest of the postseason.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly close
to contacting Larry Brown about their coaching vacancy. Brown has
just finished his second season coaching the Charlotte Bobcats.
There's been speculation that he might consider retiring from
coaching to take a front-office job in Philadelphia, but an NBA
source tells The Philadelphia Inquirer the Sixers aren't interested
in Brown as an executive.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The mother of a University of Pennsylvania
football player found dead earlier this week says he committed
suicide. Katherine Brearley says her son Owen Thomas was very
self-directed but that his intensity "spiraled out of control."
The defensive end from Allentown had recently been voted a
co-captain of the Quakers.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Seattle 6, Kansas City 5
L.A. Angels 4, Cleveland 3
Detroit 11, Minnesota 6
N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 3
Boston 2, Toronto 0
Tampa Bay 10, Oakland 3
Texas 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Thursday's Games
Minnesota (Pavano 3-1) at Detroit (Willis 0-1), 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-2) at Texas (Feldman 1-2), 2:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 2-0) at Baltimore (Matusz 2-0), 7:05
p.m.
Oakland (Duchscherer 2-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 1-1), 7:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 2-0) at Tampa Bay (Garza 3-1), 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
San Diego 6, Florida 4
N.Y. Mets 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 5, 14 innings
Washington 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Arizona 12, Colorado 11, 10 innings
Philadelphia 7, San Francisco 6, 11 innings
Cincinnati 6, Houston 4
St. Louis 6, Atlanta 0
Thursday's Games
Atlanta (Jurrjens 0-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 3-1), 1:40 p.m.
Arizona (I.Kennedy 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 1-0), 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-2) at Houston (Oswalt 2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (D.Davis 0-2) at San Diego (LeBlanc 1-0), 10:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Burres 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-0), 10:10
p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee 91, Atlanta 87, Milwaukee leads series 3-2
Denver 116, Utah 102, Utah leads series 3-2
Thursday's Games
Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Wednesday's Game
Montreal 2, Washington 1, Montreal wins series 4-3

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Thursday's Game
Detroit at San Jose, 9 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have snapped a 22-game
losing streak in Milwaukee with a 7-3 victory over the Brewers.
Ryan Doumit hit a grand slam and Ronny Cedeno had a solo homer in
the Bucs' five-run ninth inning. Pirate starter Jeff Karstens went
six-plus innings, giving up just two runs hours after being called
up from Triple-A Indianapolis.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Phillies have been knocked out of first
place in the NL East for the first time this year after a 6-2 loss
to the Giants in San Francisco. Jamie Moyer couldn't slow down the
Giants' hot bats. The Phillies are now a half-game back of the New
York Mets.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With Ryan Howard now locked up until at
least 2016, the Philles may now turn their attention to the
contract of outfielder Jayson Werth. Werth is a free agent after
this year and Phillies general manager Reuben Amaro tells MLB.com
that the big contract extension given to Howard doesn't prevent the
team from re-signing Werth.

READING, Pa. (AP) - Phillies closer Brad Lidge appears closer to
returning to the big league squad after striking out four in two
innings during a rehab appearance with the Reading Phillies last
night. Meanwhile, Nationals prospect Stephen Strasburg stole the
show by throwing five no-hit innings for the Harrisburg Senators
and driving in the game's only run.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Flyers say forward Ian Laperriere has a
brain contusion and mild concussion and is probably out for the
rest of the season. Laperriere was hit by a puck while blocking a
shot during the third period of Thursday's first-round series
clinching game with the New Jersey Devils. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren
says Laperriere won't require surgery.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - 76ers chairman Ed Snider is shooting down a
Yahoo.com report that claims Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown is
positioning himself to return to the Sixers as president and
perhaps coach. The Philadelphia Inqirer reports Brown says he won't
coach anywhere but Charlotte. But he also says he has to talk to
his family, who still lives in the Philadelphia area.

BELL ACRES, Pa. (AP) - Former Steelers quarterback Mike Tomczak
is facing assault charges following a dispute with his wife at
their Pittsburgh-area home. Authorities tell KDKA-TV that Tomczak
allegedly lunged at his wife and stepped on her foot, but didn't
hit her. He's charged with two counts of simple assault.

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) - The Philadelphia Union dropped a matchup
with the New York Red Bulls 2-1 last night in the opening round of
the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Conor Chinn's two first-half goals
were all New York needed to outpace the Union. Sebastien Le Toux
scored in the 68th minute for Philadelphia, which also lost 2-1 to
New York in a regular-season MLS game on Saturday.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Minnesota 2, Detroit 0
Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 4
Boston 2, Toronto 1
Tampa Bay 8, Oakland 6
Texas 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Seattle 3, Kansas City 2
Cleveland 9, L.A. Angels 2
Wednesday's Games
Seattle (Rowland-Smith 0-1) at Kansas City (Meche 0-2), 2:10
p.m.
Cleveland (Westbrook 0-2) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-2), 7:05
p.m.
Minnesota (S.Baker 2-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-1) at Baltimore (Guthrie 0-2), 7:05
p.m.
Boston (Lester 0-2) at Toronto (Cecil 1-0), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (Braden 3-0) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 2-0), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-1) at Texas (Harden 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
N.Y. Mets 4, L.A. Dodgers 0, 1st game
N.Y. Mets 10, L.A. Dodgers 5, 2nd game
San Diego 4, Florida 1
Cincinnati 6, Houston 2
Washington 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 3
St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4
Colorado 12, Arizona 1
San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 2
Wednesday's Games
San Diego (Correia 3-1) at Florida (N.Robertson 2-1), 12:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Ely 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 1-2) at Milwaukee (Narveson 1-0), 1:10 p.m.
Washington (Atilano 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 2-0), 2:20
p.m.
Arizona (Benson 1-1) at Colorado (G.Smith 1-2), 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 2-2) at San Francisco (Lincecum 4-0), 3:45
p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 1-0) at Houston (F.Paulino 0-2), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Kawakami 0-3) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-1), 8:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Tuesday's Games
Boston 96, Miami 86, Boston wins series 4-1
Cleveland 96, Chicago 94, Cleveland wins series 4-1
Dallas 103, San Antonio 81, San Antonio leads series 3-2
L.A. Lakers 111, Oklahoma City 87, Los Angeles leads series 3-2
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Tuesday's Game
Detroit 6, Phoenix 1, Detroit wins series 4-3
Wednesday's Game
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Pirates just can't seem to figure out the
Brewers. Milwaukee trounced Pittsburgh again last night, winning
17-3. The Brewers have outscored the Pirates 53-4 in their last
four meetings, including a 20-0 win last Thursday. The Pirates have
lost seven straight overall and 22 straight at Milwaukee's Miller
Park.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Phillies' ace Roy Halladay has his first
loss in a Philadelphia uniform. The Phils dropped a 5-1 decision in
San Francisco last night. Halladay had his six-start winning streak
snapped, which is the second-longest of his career. The
right-hander gave up five runs on 10 hits in seven innings.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Phillies slugger Ryan Howard is set to
become one of the richest players in baseball. Howard has agreed to
a five year, $125 million contract extension with the team. The
deal will keep him a Phillie through 2016. The team has an option
for a sixth year in 2017.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says
he won't appeal his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's
personal conduct policy. Roethlisberger has apologized to his
teammates and fans in a statement and has promised he won't put
himself in such a situation again.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Steelers have added eight rookie free
agents who didn't get picked up in last week's NFL draft.
Pittsburgh has signed Virginia Tech fullback Demetrius Taylor and
three offensive linemen in James Madison's Dorrian Brooks, North
Carolina's Kyle Jolly and Miami's A.J. Trump among others in the
group.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A University of Pennsylvania football player
has been found dead in his off-campus residence in Philadelphia.
The university says junior Owen Thomas was found dead yesterday
afternoon. The cause of death hasn't been determined, but foul play
isn't suspected.

READING, Pa. (AP) - Washington Nationals prospect and Harrisburg
Senators star Stephen Strasburg has had to wait a day for his next
start. Yesterday's game between the Senators and the Reading
Phillies was a rain out and will be made up today as part of a
double-header. Strasburg is slated to pitch in the first game.
Strasburg is 2-0 with a 0.73 ERA this season.



AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Boston 13, Toronto 12
Detroit 8, Texas 6
Kansas City 3, Seattle 1
L.A. Angels 5, Cleveland 2
Tuesday's Games
Minnesota (Liriano 2-0) at Detroit (Verlander 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 2-0) at Baltimore (Millwood 0-3), 7:05
p.m.
Boston (Buchholz 1-2) at Toronto (Marcum 0-1), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (Sheets 1-1) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-2) at Texas (C.Wilson 1-1), 8:05
p.m.
Seattle (Snell 0-2) at Kansas City (Greinke 0-2), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Talbot 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 1-3), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Florida 10, San Diego 1
L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain
Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 3, 10 innings
Milwaukee 17, Pittsburgh 3
St. Louis 4, Atlanta 3
Arizona 5, Colorado 3
San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 1
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 2-1), 4:05
p.m., 1st game
L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 0-2), 7:10 p.m.,
2nd game
San Diego (Garland 1-2) at Florida (A.Sanchez 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 0-3) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (L.Hernandez 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 0-2),
8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Burres 0-1) at Milwaukee (Wolf 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-1) at St. Louis (Carpenter 2-0), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (E.Jackson 1-1) at Colorado (Jimenez 4-0), 8:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 2-1) at San Francisco (Wellemeyer 0-3),
10:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Monday's Games
Orlando 99, Charlotte 90, Orlando wins series 4-0
Milwaukee 111, Atlanta 104, series tied 2-2
Phoenix 107, Portland 88, Phoenix leads series 3-2
Tuesday's Games
Miami at Boston, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS Monday's Games
Montreal 4, Washington 1, series tied 3-3
Boston 4, Buffalo 3, Boston wins series 4-2
Chicago 5, Nashville 3, Chicago wins series 4-2
Tuesday's Game
Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

PHOENIX (AP) - The Phillies dropped the rubber game of their
three-game set with Arizona 8-6. Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking
RBI double in the eighth to put the Diamondbacks ahead for good.
The Phillies allowed a season high 15 hits to Arizona. Greg Dobbs
homered for the Phils and Carlos Ruiz had a pair of RBIs.

HOUSTON (AP) - The Astros have completed a three-game sweep of
the Pirates with a 10-3 victory in Houston. Pirates starter Charlie
Morton lasted only three innings for the Bucs, giving up five runs
on five hits. He's allowed 24 earned runs on the season. Pittsburgh
has dropped six in a row.

HOUSTON (AP) - Pirates pitcher Chris Jakubauskas
(jak-uh-BOW'-skuhs) has released from a Houston hospital and is
expected to be in Milwaukee with his teammates tonight. Jakubauskas
was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a concussion and head
contusion after being hit in the head by a line drive Saturday.

HOUSTON (AP) - The Pirates have recalled left-hander Brian
Burres from Triple-A Indianapolis and also purchased the contract
of right-hander Brian Bass. Righty Daniel McCutchen is being sent
down to Indianapolis and outfielder Brandon Jones has been
designated for assignment in order to clear roster space for Bass.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Former Eagle Brian Westbrook could be St.
Louis-bound. Westbrook had a physical with the Rams over the
weekend. The Eagles released him in February. The running back
missed eight games last year with a pair of concussions and an
ankle injury.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Second round playoff tickets for the
Pittsburgh Penguins go on sale today at noon. About 1,500 seats are
being made available. The dates and times of the games will be
announced by the NHL when all the playoff pairings are set.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State's defense enters the
offseason with confidence after a solid showing at the Blue-White
game over the weekend. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley is happy
with the effort his unit put out against the Nittany Lions' shaky
offense. Penn State's new linebacking corps stood out with Nate
Stupar grabbing an interception and Bani Gbadyu (BAH-nee Bah-JOO)
laying a big hit on tight end Garry Gilliam.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State coach Joe Paterno wants the
Big Ten to expand, and he wants it to grow by more than one team.
Paterno says he'd prefer three teams be added to the conference,
with one new school from the West and two more from the East.
Paterno predicts the Pac-10 will expand first and the Big Ten will
have to grow to keep up.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Baltimore 7, Boston 6, 10 innings
Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 0
Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle 2
Kansas City 4, Minnesota 3
Texas 8, Detroit 4
L.A. Angels 8, N.Y. Yankees 4
Oakland 11, Cleveland 0
Monday's Games
Boston (Beckett 1-0) at Toronto (Eveland 2-0), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Bonderman 1-1) at Texas (Harrison 0-1), 8:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-0) at Kansas City (Davies 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 2-0), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 5, San Diego 4
Washington 1, L.A. Dodgers 0
Houston 10, Pittsburgh 3
Chicago Cubs 12, Milwaukee 2
St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0
Arizona 8, Philadelphia 6
Colorado 8, Florida 4
N.Y. Mets 1, Atlanta 0, 6 innings
Monday's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Latos 1-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Lannan 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Silva 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Duke 2-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 1-2), 8:10 p.m.
Atlanta (T.Hudson 1-1) at St. Louis (Lohse 0-1), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 2-1) at Colorado (Hammel 0-1), 8:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 4-0) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 1-1),
10:15 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Sunday's Games
Miami 101, Boston 92, Boston leads series 3-0
Cleveland 121, Chicago 98, Cleveland leads series 3-1
San Antonio 92, Dallas 89, San Antonio leads series 3-1
Utah 117, Denver 106, Utah leads series 3-1
Monday's Games
Orlando at Charlotte, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Sunday's Games
Phoenix 5, Detroit, 2, series tied 3-3
Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 2, Vancouver wins series 4-2
Monday's Games
Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m.

WPPA/T102 SPORTS-SATURDAY

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

MINERSVILLE 2
WILLIAMS VALLEY 1

PINE GROVE 6
POTTSVILLE 0

TRI VALLEY 7
WEATHERLY 4

BLUE MOUNTAIN 13
PANTHER VALLEY 0

SCH HAVEN 12
TAMAQUA 2

NORTH SCHUYLKILL 15
JIM THORPE 0

MAHANOY AREA 7
LOURDES 3

BASEBALL

MAHANOY AREA 13
LOURDES 12 8 INNINGS

POTTSVILLE 12
PINE GROVE 0

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN 4
TAMAQUA 2

WILLIAMS VALLEY 13
MINERSVILLE 4

BLUE MOUNTAIN 16
PANTHER VALLEY 1

NORTH SCHUYLKILL 5
JIM THORPE 2

TRI VALLEY 16
WEATHERLY 1


SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE BASEBALL

WEATHERLY AT SHENANDOAH VALLEY-NOON

NON LEAGUE

POCONO MTN WEST AT PINE GROVE-11AM
LOURDES AT MT CARMEL-11AM
NORTHERN LEHIGH AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL-NOON

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE SOFTBALL

SHENANDOAH VALLEY AT WEATHERLY-4:30PM

NON LEAGUE

DANVILLE AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL-NOON

PHOENIX (AP) - Mark Reynolds and Adam LaRoche hit consecutive homers during a five-run fourth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4. Kelly Johnson added solo shots in the fifth and seventh innings, Chris Snyder also connected in the fourth and Kris Benson threw six-plus strong innings for the Diamondbacks.

HOUSTON (AP) - Roy Oswalt moved into second place on the Astros' all-time strikeouts list in leading Houston to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Carlos Lee had a two-run double and Jeff Keppinger and Pedro Feliz drove in runs for the Astros, who've won six of eight after an 0-8 start.

HOUSTON (AP) - The Pirates have optioned shortstop Argenis Diaz to Triple-A Indianapolis and recalled right-hander Chris Jakubauskas. Diaz was just recalled from the minors on Wednesday. He went 0 for 2 in two pinch-hit appearances. The 31-year-old Jakubauskas was 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in two starts with Indianapolis.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have selected South Florida defensive back Nate Allen in the second round of the NFL draft. They acquired the pick in the trade that sent quarterback Donovan McNabb to Washington. Allen played free safety, though some scouts project him as a cornerback.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers have selected Virginia Tech outside linebacker Jason Worilds in the second round of the NFL draft. The Steelers expect Worilds to help out on special teams while he learns their blitz-heavy 3-4 defense. To choose Worilds, the Steelers bypassed Penn State inside linebacker Sean Lee, a former Pittsburgh high school star.

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) - The municpal attorney in Coraopolis says he'll review the police file to gauge the conduct of a police officer with Ben Roethlisberger the night the Steelers quarterback was accused of sexual assault in Georgia. Officer Anthony Barravecchio has been described by witnesses as being with the accuser outside the restroom where she claimed to be assaulted.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Temple junior forward Lavoy Allen has declared for the NBA draft, although he has not hired an agent. Not hiring an agent allows Allen the option of retaining his
eligibility. Underclassmen who have declared for the draft, but have not hired agents, have until May 8 to withdraw their names and retain their eligibility.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby is on such a hot streak, he's picking up points even on days the Pittsburgh Penguins don't play. Crosby was retroactively awarded an assist yesterday on Kris Letang's goal during Pittsburgh's 4-3, three-overtime playoff loss to Ottawa on Thursday night. The Penguins led the Senators 3-2 going into Game 6 of their Eastern Conference first-round series in Ottawa tonight.

LONDON (AP) - Usain Bolt will be competing in Philadelphia today as part of Jamaica's team in the 4-by-100 U.S. versus the world relay. Bolt holds the 100 and 200 world records and won both events in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - Pocono Raceway will have corporate sponsorship for its June Cup race for the first time since 1996. Pocono's June 6th race will be called the Gillette Fusion ProGlide
500 Presented by Target. Pocono's June race had been called the Pocono 500 since 1997.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Boston 4 Baltimore 3
Final Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 5
Final Texas 5 Detroit 4
Final Minnesota 8 Kansas City 3
Final Chi White Sox 7 Seattle 6
Final Oakland 10 Cleveland 0
Final L.A. Angels 6 N-Y Yankees 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Washington 5 L.A. Dodgers 1
Final N-Y Mets 5 Atlanta 2
Final San Diego 10 Cincinnati 4
Final Houston 4 Pittsburgh 3
Final Chi Cubs 8 Milwaukee 1
Final Arizona 7 Philadelphia 4
Final San Francisco 4 St. Louis 1
Florida at Colorado (9:10 p.m., postponed, Rain)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

Final Boston 100 Miami 98
Final San Antonio 94 Dallas 90
Final Utah 105 Denver 93

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Final Buffalo 4 Boston 1
Final Montreal 2 Washington 1
Final Detroit 4 Phoenix 1
Final Vancouver 7 Los Angeles 2

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Senators outlasted the Penguins in a
marathon Game 5 of their first round playoff series. Matt Carkner
scored at 7:06 of the third overtime to give the Senators a 4-3
victory. Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist to give him
multiple points in every postseason game this season. Kris Letang
and Chris Kunitz also scored for Pittsburgh.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Philadelphia Flyers have reached the
second round of the NHL playoffs by closing out the Devils with a
3-0 win in New Jersey. Claude Giroux scored twice in the second
period after Danny Briere had given the Flyers a 1-0 lead in the
first. Goaltender Brian Boucher finished with 27 saves for his
second career NHL playoff shutout.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates couldn't get anything going at the
plate and certainly couldn't shut down the Brewers' bats as
Milwaukee piled up 25 hits in a 20-0 rout of the Bucs at PNC Park.
Jim Edmonds, Ryan Braun, George Kottaras and Prince Fielder all had
homers for Milwaukee. They were among 10 Brewers with an RBI
yesterday.

ATLANTA (AP) - Jamie Moyer gave up no earned runs in six innings
and the Phillies beat up the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves 8-3 to win
the season's first series between the NL East rivals. The Braves
came into the game with just a .227 team batting average. Juan
Castro had three hits and Shane Victorino drove in two runs for
Philadelphia.

ATLANTA (AP) - Phillies lefty J.A. Happ is on the 15-day
disabled list with a strained forearm. The move is retroactive to
April 16th. Reliever J.C. Romero has been activated from Triple-A
Lehigh Valley. Romero had been recovering from left elbow surgery.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers settled on Florida
center Maurkice Pouncey with the 18th pick in the NFL draft. He's
the first center they've drafted in the first round in 69 years.
Pouncey is 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds and can play guard or center.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes says he
made some mistakes during his Steelers career. The team traded him
to New York for a fifth-round pick following a series of off-field
problems. Holmes says on his website that he's not proud of his
mistakes, but he did learn from them.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Eagles traded up 11 spots in the NFL
draft take Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham. The Birds gave
their 24th overall pick and a pair of third round picks to Denver
for the Broncos' spot at Number 13. Graham had 29 1/2 sacks in 46
games with the Wolverines.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Eagles have re-signed punter Sav Rocca
to a one-year deal. Rocca was the team's last unsigned restricted
free agent. Rocca averaged a net of more than 38 yards a punt last
year. He played 15 years in the Australian Football League before
coming to Philadelphia.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State's All-Big Ten center is
changing positions. Stefen Wisniewski is back at right guard as
part of a major spring tinkering with the Nittany Lion front five.
Coach Joe Paterno is trying to replace two starters from last
year's squad. Wisniewski's on board with the move, he says he's
more comfortable at guard than center

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1
Oakland 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Texas 3, Boston 0
Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 2
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 4
Friday's Games
Baltimore (Guthrie 0-2) at Boston (Lester 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Garza 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 1-1) at Texas (Feldman 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Pavano 2-1) at Kansas City (Meche 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Rowland-Smith 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-2),
8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Westbrook 0-1) at Oakland (Duchscherer 1-0), 10:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 2-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-2),
10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee 20, Pittsburgh 0
Colorado 2, Washington 0
N.Y. Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2
Cincinnati 8, L.A. Dodgers 5
Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3
Florida 5, Houston 1
Friday's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-1) at Washington (Atilano 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Kawakami 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 2-1) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 1-1) at Houston (Oswalt 1-2), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-0) at Milwaukee (Suppan 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Florida (Nolasco 1-0) at Colorado (G.Smith 1-1), 9:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 2-1) at Arizona (Benson 0-1), 9:40 p.m.
St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-0), 10:15
p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Thursday's Games
Chicago 108, Cleveland 106, Cleveland leads series 2-1
Oklahoma City 101, L.A. Lakers 96, Los Angeles leads series 2-1
Phoenix 108, Portland 89, Phoenix leads series 2-1
Friday's Games
Boston at Miami, 7 p.m.
Dallas at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Denver at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Thursday's Games
Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0, Philadelphia wins series 4-1
Chicago 3, Nashville 0, series tied 2-2
Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, 3OT, Pittsburgh leads series 3-2
San Jose 5, Colorado 0, San Jose leads series 3-2
Friday's Games
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

ATLANTA (AP) - Roy Halladay's first National League shutout is
in the books. Halladay gave up just five hits in a 2-0 win over
Atlanta last night. Halladay is living up the hype that came with
him when he joined the Phillies from Toronto in the offseason. He's
given up just 26 hits and three runs this year for an ERA of 0.82.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Brewers ripped the Pirates 8-0 in
Pittsburgh last night. Nine of the first 11 Pirates that faced
Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo struck out. He allowed three hits
and three walks in five innings. The Pirates' Zach Duke gave up
three homers and seven runs in his five-plus innings.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates have recalled infielder Argenis
Diaz to shore up their injured infield. Diaz was batting .231 with
two RBIs for Triple-A Indianapolis. He's needed in the field with
both Andy LaRoche and Bobby Crosby out with injuries. Left-hander
Brian Burres was optioned to Indianapolis to make room on the
active roster for Diaz.

NEW YORK (AP) - Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been
suspended for six games without pay for violating the NFL's
personal conduct policy. Roethlisberger also has to undergo a
"comprehensive behavioral evaluation." The suspension could be
reduced to four games for good behavior after the evaluation is
completed.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pennsylvania state trooper can't continue to
work as a personal assistant to Ben Roethlisberger because he was
there when the Pittsburgh Steelers star was accused of sexual
assault in Georgia. State police say Trooper Ed Joyner's outside
work exceeded the scope of what was permitted.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The Flyers can knock out the Devils and move
on to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a
win in Game 5 tonight in New Jersey. Devils goaltender Martin
Brodeur has shaved his playoff beard in an effort to change his
team's luck.

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) - Flyers forwards Jeff Carter and Simon
Gagne have been ruled out for tonight's playoff game against the
Devils. Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren says both
players hurt their right foot during Tuesday night's game. They are
listed as day-to-day.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State is looking for some studs
to step up and take the place of its three departed linebackers.
Captain Sean Lee, Navarro Bowman and former walk-on Josh Hull are
all looking to get picked in this week's NFL draft. Nathan Stupar,
Chris Colasanti and Bani Gbadyu have been running with the
first-string defense in spring drills.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says
the conference's timetable for potential expansion hasn't changed
from the 12 to 18 months he first laid out in December. Delany
spoke to reporters during the BCS meetings in Arizona. He told the
media he has no announcements to make to the fellow conference
commissioners at the meeting.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings
Boston 8, Texas 7, 12 innings
Minnesota 6, Cleveland 0
Tampa Bay 12, Chicago White Sox 0
Detroit 4, L.A. Angels 3
N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 1
Seattle 4, Baltimore 1
Thursday's Games
Cleveland (Talbot 1-1) at Minnesota (S.Baker 2-1), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-0) at Oakland (Braden 2-0), 3:35 p.m.
Texas (C.Wilson 0-1) at Boston (Buchholz 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-0), 8:10
p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 1-2), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
San Diego 5, San Francisco 2
Washington 6, Colorado 4
Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 0
Chicago Cubs 9, N.Y. Mets 3
L.A. Dodgers 14, Cincinnati 6
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 0
Houston 5, Florida 4
St. Louis 9, Arizona 4
Thursday's Games
Milwaukee (Wolf 1-1) at Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 0-1), 12:35 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 3-0) at Washington (L.Hernandez 2-0), 4:35
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 1-1), 7:10
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 1-1) at Cincinnati (Leake 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 1-1) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-0), 7:10 p.m.
Florida (A.Sanchez 0-1) at Houston (F.Paulino 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Wednesday's Games
Orlando 92, Charlotte 77, Orlando leads series 2-0
San Antonio 102, Dallas 88, series tied 1-1
Thursday's Games
Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Wednesday's Games
Washington 6, Montreal 3, Washington leads series 3-1
Boston 3, Buffalo 2, 2OT, Boston leads series 3-1
Vancouver 6, Los Angeles 4, series tied 2-2
Thursday's Games
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Flyers now hold a commanding three games
to one lead over the New Jersey Devils thanks to a 4-1 victory in
Philadelphia last night. Jeff Carter scored two goals and Danny
Briere had one to end their playoff scoring droughts. The Flyers
can knock New Jersey out of the playoffs with a win in Game 5 on
Thursday.

OTTAWA (AP) - Sidney Crosby had four points, including two of
Pittsburgh's five second period goals in last night's 7-4 Penguins
win over the Ottawa Senators. Pittsburgh now owns a 3-1 series lead
over Ottawa. The two teams combined for eight goals in the second.
That's one shy of the playoff record for a single period.

NEW YORK (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins' Jordan Staal has been
nominated for the Selke Trophy, joining fellow finalists Pavel
Datsyuk of Detroit and Ryan Kesler of Vancouver for the award given
to the NHL's top defensive forward. This is Staal's first Selke
nomination. He finished second in the league in short-handed
minutes during the regular season.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Seven shutout innings from Dave Bush helped
the Brewers cruise past the Pirates 8-1 last night. Bush allowed
just three hits and four walks for Milwaukee. Pirates starter
Charlie Morton's ERA has climbed to 16.55 after he allowed five
runs while retiring only three batters.

ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves notched a 4-3 victory against
the Phillies last night in a game they had trailed 3-0 in the ninth
inning. Phillies closer Ryan Madson allowed back-to-back homers
with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The Braves then won the
game in the 10th with a solo homer by Nate McLouth.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Byron Leftwich's return to Pittsburgh is a
sign the Steelers expect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to be
suspended for the start of the season. Leftwich backed up
Roethlisberger in 2008 and is familiar with the team's offensive
system. The Steelers dealt a seventh-round pick to Tampa Bay for
Leftwich.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers safety Troy Polamalu has been a
surprise participant in the team's voluntary practices this week.
Normally Polamalu trains in California in the offseason. Knee
injuries limited the five-time Pro Bowler to just three games last
season.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Steelers will play five games in prime
time this season, including a Halloween night matchup in New
Orleans. Pittsburgh also plays a Monday night game against
Cincinnati and a Thursday night contest in Carolina in December.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Donavon McNabb will return to Philadelphia
for the first time with the Washington Redskins on Sunday, October
3rd. McNabb was traded to Washington on Easter Sunday for a
second-round pick in this week's draft and another pick next year.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Toronto 4, Kansas City 3
Boston 7, Texas 6
Minnesota 5, Cleveland 1
Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 1
L.A. Angels 6, Detroit 5
N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 3
Seattle 3, Baltimore 1
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City (Greinke 0-2) at Toronto (Marcum 0-1), 12:37 p.m.
Texas (Harrison 0-1) at Boston (Beckett 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 1-1) at Minnesota (Liriano 1-0), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (W.Davis 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-1), 8:10
p.m.
Detroit (Bonderman 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 2-0), 10:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 1-0) at Oakland (Sheets 1-0), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Millwood 0-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-0), 10:10
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Colorado 10, Washington 4
Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 1
N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 0
Cincinnati 11, L.A. Dodgers 9
Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings
Houston 7, Florida 5
Arizona 9, St. Louis 7
San Diego 1, San Francisco 0
Wednesday's Games
San Francisco (Wellemeyer 0-2) at San Diego (Garland 0-2), 6:35
p.m.
Colorado (Hammel 0-1) at Washington (Lannan 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Duke 2-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Silva 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 1-0) at Cincinnati (Harang 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Halladay 3-0) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Florida (Jo.Johnson 1-1) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Carpenter 2-0) at Arizona (E.Jackson 1-1), 9:40 p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Tuesday's Games
Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86, Atlanta leads series 2-0
Boston 106, Miami 77, Boston leads series 2-0
Phoenix 119, Portland 90, series tied 1-1
L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 92, Los Angeles leads series 2-0
Wednesday, April 21
Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Tuesday's Games
Detroit 3, Phoenix 0, series tied 2-2
Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1
Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1, Philadelphia leads series 3-1
Nashville 4, Chicago 1, Nashville leads series 2-1
San Jose 2, Colorado 1, OT, series tied 2-2
Wednesday's Games
Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

NEW YORK (AP) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Pittsburgh
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has violated the league's
personal-conduct policy. Goodell told the Dan Patrick radio show
yesterday that Roethlisberger's key issue is a "pattern of
behavior." Goodell says there's no timetable on a decision on
disciplining Roethlisberger.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger is back practicing with the
his Pittsburgh teammates, a week after he learned he wouldn't be
charged for sexual assault. The quarterback is taking part in the
team's voluntary on-field practices this week.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers wide receiver Limas Sweed has
returned to practice since the first time since leaving the team
late last season to deal with personal issues. The team hasn't said
exactly why Sweed left the team. The former Texas star says he
appreciates the support given to him by the team.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers punter Daniel Sepulveda
has signed a one-year tender worth nearly $1.8 million. Sepulveda
was a restricted free agent, but no other NFL clubs were willing to
give the Steelers a draft pick to sign him. He averaged 42.7 yards
a punt last season and had at least one punt of 50 yards in 11
games.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Prosecutors in Northhampton County have
dropped a marijuana possession charge filed against Philadelphia
Eagles defensive end Juqua Parker last summer. The Allentown
Morning Call reports Parker was riding in a van driven by offensive
lineman Todd Herremans when the vehicle was pulled over in Lower
Saucon Township.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Eagles have acquired linebacker Ernie
Sims in a three-way trade with Denver and Detroit. The Eagles are
sending a fifth-round pick to Denver. The Broncos are sending tight
end Tony Scheffler to the Lions, who are trading Sims to
Philadelphia. Sims is the former ninth overall pick out of Florida
State in 2006.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ will miss his
next start because of a sore left elbow. General manager Ruben
Amaro Jr. says an MRI revealed a "very mild" strain and the team
will take a "conservative approach" by skipping Happ's turn in
the rotation tomorrow. Philadelphia opens a three-game series in
Atlanta tonight.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton is slated to
make a rehab start in Florida tonight as he works his way off the
disabled list from a strained muscle. Blanton threw about 60
pitches Sunday in a bullpen session, saying afterward that he felt
good. He's expected to make three rehab starts before joining the
Phillies rotation in early May.

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Siena guard Ronald Moore has been
charged with drunken driving after being pulled over near the
college's suburban campus near Albany, New York. The Albany
Times-Union reports the Conshohocken native was stopped early
Sunday for several traffic violations. Moore has helped lead Siena
to the NCAA tournament the past three seasons.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4
N.Y. Yankees 5, Texas 2
L.A. Angels 3, Toronto 1
Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1
Kansas City 10, Minnesota 5
Baltimore 8, Oakland 3
Detroit 4, Seattle 2
Monday's Games
Tampa Bay 8, Boston 2
Toronto 8, Kansas City 1
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0
Seattle 8, Baltimore 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Washington 5, Colorado 2
N.Y. Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 1
St. Louis 4, Arizona 2
San Diego 3, San Francisco 2, 10 innings
Tuesday's Games
Colorado (De La Rosa 1-1) at Washington (Olsen 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-2), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 2-0), 7:10
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-1),
7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0) at Atlanta (Hanson 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Florida (Volstad 1-1) at Houston (Myers 0-1), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 0-1) at Arizona (Haren 1-1), 9:40 p.m.
San Francisco (J.Sanchez 1-0) at San Diego (Latos 0-1), 10:05
p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Monday's Games
Cleveland 112, Chicago 102, Cleveland leads series 2-0
Utah 114, Denver 111, series tied 1-1
Tuesday's Games
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Miami at Boston, 8 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Monday's Games
Washington 5, Montreal 1, Washington leads series 2-1
Boston 2, Buffalo 1, Boston leads series 2-1
Los Angeles 5, Vancouver 3, Los Angeles leads series 2-1
Tuesday's Games
Phoenix at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Colorado, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

OTTAWA (AP) - The Penguins have taken a 2-1 series lead over the
Senators in their first-round playoff series after last night's 4-2
victory in Ottawa. Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist and
Evgeni Malkin scored his third playoff goal while Marc-Andre Fleury
made 20 saves. Game 4 is tomorrow in Canada.

OTTAWA (AP) - Penguins defenseman Jordan Leopold didn't travel
with the team to Ottawa. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma tells the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Leopold has remained in Pittsburgh
with concussion-like symptoms. Leopold will undergo further testing
after being knocked out by a hit from Ottawa defenseman Andy Sutton
on Friday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dan Carcillo's overtime goal has given the
Flyers a 2-1 advantage in their playoff series with New Jersey.
Carcillo scored 3:35 into the extra session to give Philadelphia a
3-2 victory over the Devils. The series resumes with Game 4
tomorrow in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies dropped the rubber game of
their home set with the Marlins 2-0 yesterday. It's the first
series loss for the Phillies this year. Philadelphia wasted a solid
outing by Cole Hamels, who struck out eight and walked none in
eight innings of work.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Injured Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton threw a
successful bullpen session before yesterday's game. Blanton threw
about 60 pitches and told MLB.com he felt "good." Blanton is
expected to make a minor-league rehab start tomorrow and hopes to
be back with the Phillies by the first week of May.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates have swept the Reds with a 5-3 win
in Pittsburgh yesterday. Paul Maholm pitched four-hit ball into the
seventh inning for the Bucs. It's the first time Cincinnati has
been swept since the Pirates did it in April of 2008. The Reds have
lost five in a row.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates are now 5-1 on the year at home.
This is the first time they've won their first two home series
since 1992. Pittsburgh has only had one winning record at home
since PNC Park opened in 2001.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger is expected to be on the
practice field today with his Steelers teammates. The quarterback
is expected to take snaps during the voluntary practice. It comes a
week after prosecutors decided not to charge Roethlisberger after a
college student accused him of sexual assault.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4
N.Y. Yankees 5, Texas 2
L.A. Angels 3, Toronto 1
Tampa Bay 7, Boston 1
Kansas City 10, Minnesota 5
Baltimore 8, Oakland 3
Detroit 4, Seattle 2
Monday's Games
Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-0) at Boston (Lackey 1-0), 11:05 a.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 0-1), 7:07 p.m.
Detroit (Willis 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 1-1), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Bergesen 0-1) at Seattle (Fister 1-1), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 3
Atlanta 4, Colorado 3
Florida 2, Philadelphia 0
Milwaukee 11, Washington 7
Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 2, 10 innings
San Diego 5, Arizona 3
L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1
St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 3
Monday's Games
Colorado (Cook 0-1) at Washington (Stammen 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Penny 1-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0), 9:40 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 0-0) at San Diego (Richard 0-2), 10:05 p.m.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Sunday's Games
L.A. Lakers 87, Oklahoma City 79, Los Angeles leads series 1-0
Orlando 98, Charlotte 89, Orlando leads series 1-0
Dallas 100, San Antonio 94, Dallas leads series 1-0
Portland 105,Phoenix 100, leads series 1-0
Monday's Games
Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Sunday's Games
Phoenix 4, Detroit 2, Phoenix leads series 2-1
Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT, Phildelphia leads series 2-1
Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1
Chicago 2, Nashville 0, series tied 1-1
Colorado 1, San Jose 0, OT, Colorado leads series 2-1
Monday's Games
Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Williams Valley 12, Nativity 0
Tri Valley 8, Tamaqua 4
Marian 8, Mahanoy Area 0
Minersville 6, Lourdes 1
Bethlehem Catholic 3, Pottsville 1

TODAY

North Schuylkill @ Bloomsburg, 11 a.m.
Upper Dauphin @ Tamaqua, Noon
St. John Neumann @ Lourdes, Noon
MMI @ Panther Valley, 1 p.m.

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Pine Grove 4, Tri Valley 1
Minersville 11, Lourdes 0
Marian 6, Mahanoy Area 5
North Schuylkill 6, Line Mountain 3
Tulpehocken 7, Blue Mountain 6

TODAY

Tulpehocken @ Schuylkill Haven, 11 a.m.
Pottsville @ Liberty, Noon
Shenandoah Valley @ Pius X, 1 p.m.
MMI @ Panther Valley, 1 p.m.
Lehighton @ Minersville, 1 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

National League

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Roy Halladay pitched eight strong innings in a soggy home debut, Chase Utley hit his fifth homer in four games and the Philadelphia Phillies held on for an 8-6 victory over the Florida Marlins on Friday. Halladay ended Jorge Cantu's major league-record streak of 10 games with at least one hit and one RBI, and Dan Uggla hit a solo shot for Florida.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Cherry Hill, New Jersey man is facing charges after police say he intentionally vomited on an 11-year-old girl in the stands during Wednesday night's Phillies game. Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Clemmens was arraigned yesterday. Clemens was held on $36,000 bail.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Lastings Milledge singled home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 after blowing a late three-run lead. Andrew McCutchen singled with two outs and stole second base, making him 6 for 6 in steal attempts. Milledge then laced a single up the middle off Nick Masset.

Chicago Cubs 7, Houston 2
Washington 5, Milwaukee 3
Atlanta 9, Colorado 5
St. Louis 4, N.Y. Mets 3
San Diego 6, Arizona 3
L.A. Dodgers 10, San Francisco 8

Saturday's Games

Houston (Oswalt 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Wolf 1-0) at Washington (L.Hernandez 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 1-1) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Burres 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Florida (Nolasco 0-0) at Philadelphia (Moyer 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 2-0) at Atlanta (Kawakami 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Benson 0-0) at San Diego (Correia 1-1), 8:35 p.m.

American League

Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 2
N.Y. Yankees 5, Texas 1, 6 innings
L.A. Angels 7, Toronto 5
Boston 1, Tampa Bay 1, tie, 9 innings, susp., rain
Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3
Oakland 4, Baltimore 2
Seattle 11, Detroit 3

Saturday's Games

Texas (Feldman 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Saunders 0-2) at Toronto (Tallet 1-0), 1:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Meche 0-1) at Minnesota (Blackburn 1-1), 1:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 0-2) at Oakland (Duchscherer 1-0), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-0) at Cleveland (Westbrook 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 0-0) at Boston (Buchholz 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Boston 1, Tampa Bay 1, tie, 9 innings, comp. of susp. game, 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 0-0) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins rebounded to beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday night to even the Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece. Sidney Crosby scored a goal, prevented one and his deft stickhandling led to Kris Letang's winner late in the third period.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Penguins defenseman Jordan Leopold was down on the ice for several minutes after being leveled by an elbow hit from Ottawa defenseman Andy Sutton late in the first period of the game Friday night. He got up before being helped to the locker room. Sutton wasn't penalized.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Dainius Zubrus scored on a rebound with 4:04 to play and the New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Friday night to even the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series at a game apiece. Zach Parise, Colin White, Andy Greene and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored to help New Jersey avoid losing the first two games at home in the best-of-7 series.

Nashville 4, Chicago 1
Detroit 7, Phoenix 4
San Jose 6 Colorado 5 OT

Saturday's Games

Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Manchester 2, Portland 1
Hershey 3, Bridgeport 2
Albany 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2
Chicago 3, Milwaukee 0
Texas 2, Rockford 1

Saturday's Games

Manitoba at Hamilton, 2 p.m.
Worcester at Lowell, 7 p.m.
Manchester at Portland, 7 p.m.
Hershey at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.
Abbotsford at Rochester, 7:05 p.m
Rockford at Texas, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Saturday's Games

Chicago at Cleveland 3:00 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta 5:30 p.m.
Miami at Boston 8:00 p.m.
Utah at Denver 10:30 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Saturday's Games

Kansas City at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Houston, 4 p.m.
Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at New York, 7:30 p.m.
New England at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia police officer who took the first report from the woman who accused Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault has resigned. Milledgeville police Chief Woodrow Blue says Sergeant Jerry Blash resigned Wednesday. That's one day before Georgia authorities made public all documents related to its investigation of the woman's claim.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tackle Willie Colon, tight end Matt Spaeth and cornerback William Gay have signed one-year tenders with the Pittsburgh Steelers. All three were restricted free agents. Colon is entering his fifth season. Spaeth and Gay are entering their fourth season.

NASCAR

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Tony Stewart is on the pole for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race for the first time in five years. Stewart will start from the front in his 400th career race in NASCAR's top series after turning in a qualifying lap of 191.327 mph at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday. It's been 155 races since Stewart last started on the pole, at Martinsville in October 2005. Stewart will start on the pole for the third time in Texas. He was the top qualifier twice in the IndyCar Series in the 1990s. Former IRL star Sam Hornish Jr., still winless in his third full Sprint Cup season, almost knocked Stewart off the pole. He settled for second with a lap of 191.232.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - The woman who has accused Steelers
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault says she tried to
get away from the NFL star and told him "no, this is not OK."
Prosecutors have decided against charging Roethlisberger in the
case. The quarterback denies the allegations.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers president Art Rooney II says the team
is ready to discipline Ben Roethlisberger but the punishment will
be coordinated with the NFL and won't pre-empt any league action.
Rooney says Roethlisberger told him he's prepared to accept
disciplinary action.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ryan Zimmerman delivered the go-ahead, two
run-homer in the eighth inning that gave the Washington Nationals a
7-5 win over the Phillies yesterday. The loss snaps Philadelphia's
five-game winning streak. Chase Utley and Shane Victorino homered
for the Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies closer Brad Lidge says he'd like to
return to the team before the end of the month. Lidge has been
pitching in the minors while recovering from offseason knee and
elbow surgeries. Lidge was in Philadelphia yesterday to pick up his
National League championship ring.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have re-signed guard
Max Jean-Gilles to a one-year contract. Jean-Gilles had been a
restricted free agent. He's played in 29 regular-season games with
the Birds, starting 16 of them.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Penguins try to even up their
opening-round playoff series with the Senators tonight in
Pittsburgh. Ottawa's surprising Game 1 victory has made the
Penguins' road to repeating as Stanley Cup champions a whole lot
tougher. Penguins star Sidney Crosby says the loss should give his
team more motivation.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur says he's
not worried about another potential early exit from the playoffs.
New Jersey lost 2-1 to Philadelphia in Game 1 of their
opening-round playoff series Wednesday. The Devils haven't
progressed past the first round in the past two seasons. Game 2 is
tonight in New Jersey.

TORONTO (AP) - An 81st-minute goal gave Toronto a 2-1 over the
Philadelphia Union last night in Canada. The go-ahead goal came
after Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Chris Seitz took down an
onrushing O'Brian White in the penalty box. Dwayne De Rosario took
advantage by putting away the penalty kick for Toronto FC.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Cleveland 3, Texas 2
Minnesota 8, Boston 0
N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 2
Toronto 7, Chicago White Sox 3
Oakland 6, Baltimore 2
Friday's Games
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-0) at Cleveland (Talbot 0-1), 7:05
p.m.
Texas (C.Wilson 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 1-0) at Toronto (Marcum 0-0), 7:07 p.m.
Tampa Bay (W.Davis 0-1) at Boston (Beckett 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Greinke 0-1) at Minnesota (S.Baker 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Millwood 0-1) at Oakland (Braden 1-0), 10:05 p.m.
Detroit (Bonderman 1-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 0-0), 10:10
p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Houston 5, St. Louis 1
Milwaukee 8, Chicago Cubs 6
Washington 7, Philadelphia 5
N.Y. Mets 5, Colorado 0
Atlanta 6, San Diego 2
Florida 10, Cincinnati 2
L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 5, 10 innings
Friday's Games
Houston (F.Paulino 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Silva 0-0), 2:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Duke 2-0), 7:05 p.m.
Florida (A.Sanchez 0-0) at Philadelphia (Halladay 2-0), 7:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-2) at Washington (Lannan 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Hammel 0-0) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 2-0), 7:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 0-1) at St. Louis (Carpenter 1-0), 8:15 p.m.
Arizona (E.Jackson 1-1) at San Diego (Garland 0-2), 10:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Wellemeyer 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 0-1),
10:10 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Thursday's Games
Buffalo 2, Boston 1, Buffalo leads series 1-0
Montreal 3, Washington 2, OT, Montreal leads series 1-0
Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2, OT, Vancouver leads series 1-0
Friday's Games
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Brian Boucher's 23 saves helped the Flyers
surprise the Devils 2-1 on the road in Game 1 of their first-round
Eastern Conference playoff series. The win gives the Flyers home
ice advantage heading into Game 2 tomorrow night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Ottawa Senators shocked the defending
Stanley Cup champs with a 5-4 playoff-opening win in Pittsburgh
last night. Evgeni Malkin scored twice on power plays, but the
Penguins came out flat against Ottawa. Sidney Crosby had three
assists, but couldn't get a shot on goal until the third period.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Associated Press has learned 76ers coach
Eddie Jordan will be fired today after one season on the job. The
Sixers closed out a dismal season with a 125-111 loss to Orlando
last night. They've finished with a 27-55 record. The team is now
looking for its fourth coach in three seasons.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Aubrey Huff's first inside-the-park home
run helped the Giants sink the Pirates 6-0 yesterday. It was also
Huff's first home run in a Giants uniform. Giants starter Jonathan
Sanchez struck out 11.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley had two homers and Shane
Victorino drove in a career-high five runs as the Phillies doubled
up the Washington Nationals 14-7. The defending NL champs are now
7-1 on the year. The Phillies' offense made up for a poor outing by
Kyle Kendrick, who gave up six runs in 1 and 2-3 innings.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins is out two
to four weeks with a calf strain. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
says an MRI has revealed a mild to moderate strain of Rollins'
right calf. He's been placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Philadelphia has called up Wilson Valdez from Triple-A Lehigh
Valley to replace Rollins on the roster.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he will
decide soon whether to punish Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger for his off-the-field troubles. Goodell made the
comments at a dinner honoring Steelers chairman Dan Rooney last
night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger is back with his Pittsburgh
teammates and taking part in offseason conditioning work.
Roethlisberger showed up at the Steelers' practice facility
yesterday. Prosecutors in Georgia have decided against charging the
quarterback over an alleged sexual assault in Georgia.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jeff Garcia says he's open to a third stint
in Philadelphia. The former Pro Bowl quarterback tells The
Associated Press that he's had discussions with the team about
returning, but nothing is imminent. The Eagles traded Donavan
McNabb last week, leaving Kevin Kolb (kahb) as the starter.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Dad Vail Regatta will be staying in
Philadelphia for at least the next four years. Aberdeen Assets
Management has announced a new sponsorship deal for the event. The
regatta features more than 3,000 rowers from 120 colleges and
universities in the United States and Canada.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City 7, Detroit 3
L.A. Angels 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
Boston 6, Minnesota 3
Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 1
Texas 6, Cleveland 2
Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto 1
Seattle 4, Oakland 2
Thursday's Games
Texas (Harrison 0-0) at Cleveland (D.Huff 0-1), 12:05 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 0-0) at Minnesota (Liriano 0-0), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Kazmir 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Hughes 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 0-1) at Toronto (Eveland 1-0), 7:07
p.m.
Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-1) at Oakland (Sheets 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 6
San Francisco 6, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 14, Washington 7
Florida 5, Cincinnati 3
St. Louis 2, Houston 1
Colorado 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 10 innings
Atlanta 6, San Diego 1
Arizona 9 L.A. Dodgers 7 11 innings
Thursday's Games
Houston (Norris 0-1) at St. Louis (Lohse 0-0), 1:40 p.m.
Milwaukee (Suppan 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 1-1), 2:20 p.m.
Washington (Olsen 0-0) at Philadelphia (Happ 1-0), 3:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 1-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 1-0), 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta (T.Hudson 0-0) at San Diego (Latos 0-0), 6:35 p.m.
Cincinnati (Harang 0-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 1-0), 10:10 p.m.

NBA
Wednesday's Games
Dallas 96, San Antonio 89
New Orleans 123, Houston 115
Detroit 103, Minnesota 98
Oklahoma City 114, Memphis 105
Atlanta 99, Cleveland 83
Milwaukee 106, Boston 95
Chicago 98, Charlotte 89
Washington 98, Indiana 97
Toronto 131, New York 113
Miami 94, New Jersey 86,2OT
Orlando 125, Philadelphia 111
L.A. Clippers 107, L.A. Lakers 91
Golden State 122, Portland 116
Phoenix 100, Utah 86

End of Regular Season

NHL PLAYOFFS
Wednesday
Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa leads series 1-0
Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1, Philadelphia leads series 1-0
Phoenix 3, Detroit 2, Phoenix leads series 1-0
Colorado 2, San Jose 1, Colorado leads series 1-0
Thursday
Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m.
Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

CHICAGO (AP) - Derrick Rose scored a career-high 39 points, Kirk
Hinrich (HYN'-rik) added a season-high 30 and the Chicago Bulls
helped their playoff chances with a 101-93 victory over Boston. The
eighth-place Bulls lead Toronto by a game in the Eastern Conference
and will make the playoffs as long as they finish with a better
record, meaning they need a win at Charlotte or a loss by the
Raptors to New York in the regular season-ending games tonight.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Jazz wrap up their NBA regular
season with a home game tonight against Phoenix that will determine
both teams' playoff seedings. The Jazz are riding high following
last night's 103-94 win at Golden State and could finish second
seed behind the L.A. Lakers, or drop as far as fifth with a loss.

TORONTO (AP) - Ricky Romero flirted with a no-hitter for Toronto
last night. Romero had the White Sox hitless until Alex Rios
slammed a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Blue Jays' 4-2
win over Chicago. Romero and reliever Kevin Gregg combined on a
one-hitter.

UNDATED (AP) - Coaching carousel: Former Wright State coach Brad
Brownell is the new basketball coach at Clemson, replacing Oliver
Purnell, who recently accepted a seven-year deal worth $15 million
at DePaul. And Wake Forest has hired Colorado's Jeff Bzdelik
(behz-DEH'-lik) as the Demon Deacons new coach with a formal
announcement coming today.

UNDATED (AP) - The NHL's second season starts tonight with four
playoff openers. Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh hosts
Ottawa, Philadelphia visits New Jersey, surprising Phoenix is home
to Detroit and Colorado visits Western Conference No. 1 seed San
Jose.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Detroit 6, Kansas City 5
N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 5
Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 6, 10 innings
Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Seattle 3, Oakland 0
Wednesday's Games
Kansas City (Davies 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Pineiro 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-1), 1:05
p.m.
Boston (Lackey 0-0) at Minnesota (Slowey 1-0), 1:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 1:35 p.m.
Texas (C.Wilson 0-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 0-0), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-0) at Seattle (J.Vargas 0-1), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 5
Cincinnati 10, Florida 8, 11 innings
Colorado 11, N.Y. Mets 3
Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 5
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee (Bush 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0), 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 0-0), 3:45
p.m.
Washington (Stammen 0-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Myers 0-0) at St. Louis (Penny 0-0), 8:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 0-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-1), 10:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0), 10:10
p.m.

NBA
Tuesday's Games
Chicago 101, Boston 93
Utah 103, Golden State 94
L.A. Lakers 106, Sacramento 100
Phoenix 123, Denver 101
Wednesday's Games
San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Charlotte, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Washington, 8 p.m.
New York at Toronto, 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Miami, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Golden State at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS
Wednesday's Games
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger says he's "happy" to put sexual assault
allegations in Georgia behind him and knows he must work to regain
the trust of his teammates and fans. The attorney for the woman who
accused Roethlisberger says she asked prosecutors not to pursue the
case in order to avoid an intrusive trial.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - While Ben Roethlisberger is off the hook
legally for an alleged sexual assault, he still may face punishment
from the NFL. Roethlisberger still has to meet with NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell and could still be fined and suspended
over the incident. Roethlisberger is also accused in a lawsuit of
raping a woman in Nevada in 2008.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Pittsburgh judge has dismissed disorderly
conduct and public drunkenness charges against Steelers kicker Jeff
Reed. Reed was charged after a confrontation with police outside a
bar last October. The judge dropped two charges against Reed in
March and told him he would also drop the remaining two if he
completed community service.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies offense came to the rescue once
again and gave the team a 7-4 victory in the home opener against
the Nationals. Philadelphia was down 4-0 to Washington in the 4th
inning before roaring back. The Phillies are now 6-1 on the year.
It's their best start since 1993, when they won the NL pennant.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Giants starter Barry Zito gave up three
runs on five hits and the San Francisco did their part in a 9-3 win
over the Pirates last night. Akinori Iwamura (ah-kee-NOOR'-ee
ee-wah-MYOOR'-uh) and Andy LaRoche had two hits apiece for
Pittsburgh. Iwamura had two RBIs and LaRoche scored twice. The loss
was the Pirates' sixth in a row in San Francisco.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dwyane Wade's 30 points helped lift the
Miami Heat over the 76ers 107-105 last night. Andre Iguodala tied
it at 105 for the Sixers with a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left, but
Wade came up with a big assist to Udonis Haslem for the go-ahead
basket with 1.3 seconds left. It was the final home game of the
season for Philadelphia.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Steelers have signed defensive end Nick
Eason to a one-year extension. Eason started five games for
Pittsburgh last season. He joined the team as a free agent in 2007.
Fellow defensive end Travis Kirschke hasn't been re-signed by the
Steelers and is expected to retire.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former NFL linebacker Lee Woodall is
accused of using a $400,000 minority-business loan from a
Pennsylvania state agency to finance lavish spending on trips, cars
and jewelry. Woodall is charged with theft in the case. Woodall
spent eight years in the NFL that included stints with San
Francisco, Carolina and Denver.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Kansas City 10, Detroit 5
Texas 4, Cleveland 2, 10 innings
Minnesota 5, Boston 2
Oakland 4, Seattle 0
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 1
Chicago White Sox 8, Toronto 7, 11 innings
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Bannister 0-0) at Detroit (Willis 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 0-0), 1:05
p.m.
Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-0) at Baltimore (Matusz 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 0-0) at Toronto (Romero 0-0), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (B.Anderson 1-0) at Seattle (Fister 0-1), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 5
Philadelphia 7, Washington 4
St. Louis 5, Houston 0
San Diego 17, Atlanta 2
Cincinnati 6, Florida 5, 10 innings
San Francisco 9, Pittsburgh 3
Tuesday's Games
Arizona (I.Kennedy 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0) at Florida (N.Robertson 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Maine 0-0) at Colorado (G.Smith 0-1), 8:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 0-1) at San Francisco (Cain 0-0), 10:15 p.m.

NBA
Monday's Games
Orlando 118, Indiana 98
Miami 107, Philadelphia 105
Toronto 111, Detroit 97
Charlotte 105, New Jersey 95
New York 114, Washington 103
Atlanta 104, Milwaukee 96
San Antonio 133, Minnesota 111
Denver 123, Memphis 101
Houston 117, Sacramento 107
Portland 103, Oklahoma City 95
Dallas 117, L.A. Clippers 94
Tuesday's Games
Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Denver at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

NEW YORK (AP) - A person familiar with the deal says the New
York Jets have acquired wide receiver Santonio Holmes from the
Pittsburgh Steelers for a fifth-round draft pick this month. The
person spoke with The AP on condition of anonymity because the
teams had yet to announce the trade last night.

HOUSTON (AP) - Roy Halladay struck out eight, and the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros 2-1 yesterday.
Halladay scattered seven hits and retired the last nine Astros in
order. Acquired from Toronto in an offseason trade, the former
American League Cy Young winner pitched his 50th career complete
game and outdueled Roy Oswalt.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Brian Boucher stopped Olli Jokinen on the
final attempt of the shootout to send the Philadelphia Flyers into
the playoffs while eliminating the New York Rangers with a 2-1 win
last night. Daniel Briere and Claude Giroux scored in the shootout
for the Flyers. P.A. Parenteau scored for the Rangers.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Sidney Crosby finished the regular season
with two goals, to reach a total of 50 for the first time, as the
Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-5 in overtime
last night. Evgeni Malkin complemented Crosby's big game with two
goals and two assists.

PHOENIX (AP) - Pitcher Edwin Jackson hit the first homer of his
career, capping a 13-run burst in the fourth inning that sent the
Arizona Diamondbacks over the Pittsburgh Pirates 15-6 yesterday.
Chris Young and Kelly Johnson also connected during the big inning
that featured eight hits, including two by Jackson. Chris Snyder
homered for Arizona.

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - Top Washington Nationals prospect Stephen
Strasburg has won his minor league debut, allowing four hits and
four runs with eight strikeouts and two walks over five innings for
Harrisburg of the Double-A Eastern League. He also delivered an RBI
double yesterday in Harrisburg's 6-4 win over Pittsburgh Pirates
affiliate Altoona.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Detroit 9, Cleveland 8
Toronto 5, Baltimore 2
N.Y. Yankees 7, Tampa Bay 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 4
Boston 8, Kansas City 6
Texas 9, Seattle 2
Oakland 9, L.A. Angels 4
Monday's Games
Kansas City (Hochevar 0-0) at Detroit (Scherzer 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
Texas (Harden 0-0) at Cleveland (Carmona 1-0), 3:05 p.m.
Boston (Lester 0-0) at Minnesota (Pavano 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Duchscherer 0-0) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 0-0), 6:40
p.m.
Tampa Bay (Garza 1-0) at Baltimore (Guthrie 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-0) at Toronto (Tallet 1-0), 7:20
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 3, Chicago Cubs 1
Florida 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 2
Philadelphia 2, Houston 1
Colorado 4, San Diego 2
San Francisco 6, Atlanta 3
Arizona 15, Pittsburgh 6
Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 7
Monday's Games
Milwaukee (D.Davis 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-0), 2:20
p.m.
Washington (Marquis 0-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-0), 3:05 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 0-1) at St. Louis (Wainwright 1-0), 4:15
p.m.
Atlanta (Jurrjens 0-0) at San Diego (Correia 0-1), 6:35 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 0-0) at Florida (Nolasco 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-0) at San Francisco (Zito 1-0), 10:15
p.m.

NBA
Sunday's Games
Orlando 98, Cleveland 92
Portland 91, L.A. Lakers 88
Chicago 104, Toronto 88
Miami 111, New York 98
New Orleans 114, Minnesota 86
Golden State 120, Oklahoma City 117
Phoenix 116, Houston 106
Monday's Games
Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at Denver, 9 p.m.
Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.
Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Sunday's Games
Boston 4, Washington 3, SO
Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO
Detroit 3, Chicago 2, OT
Los Angeles 2, Colorado 1, OT
New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1
Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 5, OT
Tampa Bay 3, Florida 1
Anaheim 7, Edmonton 2
Monday's Games
No games scheduled

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

HOUSTON (AP) - Placido Polanco had four hits and two RBIs, and
Raul Ibanez drove in three runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies
beat the winless Houston Astros 8-0 on Friday night. J.A. Happ,
David Herndon, Danys Baez and Jose Contreras combined for the
eight-hit shutout, sending the Astros to an 0-4 start for the first
time since 2007.

PHOENIX (AP) - Chris Young hit a grand slam for his second homer
in two games and matched a career high with five RBIs, leading the
Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on
Friday night. Young's second career slam highlighted a six-run
third inning for Arizona, which improved to 3-1 and equaled its
best start set in 2000.

NEW YORK (AP) - Marian Gaborik broke a second-period tie with
his 42nd goal as the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Eastern
Conference playoff race with a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia
Flyers last night. The two teams meet again Sunday in Philadelphia
in a game that will determine both teams' postseason prospects.

TORONTO (AP) - The NHL has suspended Pittsburgh Penguins forward
Alexei Ponikarovsky for the final two regular-season games for a
hit during a contest against the New York Islanders. Ponikarovsky
received a major penalty for boarding after a injuring Josh Bailey
in the Penguins' 7-3 win Thursday night. Ponikarovsky received a
game misconduct and will forfeit nearly $22,000 in salary.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Carlos Delfino scored 23 points to lead the
Milwaukee Bucks to a 95-90 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. The
Bucks are jostling for playoff position and entered the game tied
for fifth with Miami in the Eastern Conference. They've won four
straight games. Andre Iguodala led the Sixers with 21 points.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A district attorney in Georgia plans
to announce Monday whether charges will be brought in a case of
sexual assault accusations against Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger. A 20-year-old college student claims the two-time
Superbowl champion sexually assaulted her early March 5 at a club
in Milledgeville.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Florida state attorney's office now has
the case against Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, who is accused
of throwing a glass at a woman. Orlando police say findings of its
investigation were submitted yesterday to the prosecutors for
review and charging decision.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A celebrity boxing promoter has been
charged in Pennsylvania with fixing fights and not having a license
when he staged a bout between "Partridge Family" television star
Danny Bonaduce (bahn-uh-DOO'-chee) and a comedian from the Howard
Stern show. Delaware County resident Damon Feldman says his bouts
are purely entertainment and shouldn't be subject to state restrictions.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Detroit 5, Cleveland 2
Toronto 7, Baltimore 6
Tampa Bay 9, N.Y. Yankees 3
Texas 6, Seattle 2
Kansas City 4, Boston 3
Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 innings
Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 4

Saturday's Games

Cleveland at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 3:10 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Colorado 7, San Diego 0
San Francisco 5, Atlanta 4, 13 innings
Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 4
L.A. Dodgers 7, Florida 3
N.Y. Mets 8, Washington 2
Philadelphia 8, Houston 0
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4
Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 1

Saturday's Games

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.
Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Florida, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.

National Basketball Association

Friday's Games

Milwaukee 95, Philadelphia 90
Orlando 118, New York 103
Atlanta 107, Toronto 101
Washington 106, Boston 96
Indiana 116, Cleveland 113
Detroit 106, Miami 99
L.A. Lakers 97, Minnesota 88
Utah 114, New Orleans 103
Oklahoma City 96, Phoenix 91
New Jersey 127, Chicago 116,2OT
Houston 97, Charlotte 90
Memphis 107, San Antonio 99
Dallas 83, Portland 77

Saturday's Games

Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Boston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m.
Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

National Hockey League

Friday's Games

Detroit 1, Columbus 0, SO
N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 3
Washington 5, Atlanta 2
St. Louis 6, Anaheim 3
Chicago 5, Colorado 2

Saturday's Games

Carolina at Boston, 1 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

American Hockey League

Friday's Games

Bridgeport 6, Lowell 3
Grand Rapids 6, Lake Erie 1
Rochester 4, Toronto 3, SO
Hartford 3, Worcester 2
Providence 3, Springfield 2, OT
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, Albany 3
Hershey 6, Norfolk 1
Hamilton 5, Syracuse 4, OT
Binghamton 6, Adirondack 5
Manchester 4, Portland 3
Milwaukee 8, Chicago 1
Manitoba 3, Peoria 2
Rockford 5, Texas 1

Saturday's Games

Hamilton at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Manchester at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.
Springfield at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Albany at Adirondack, 7 p.m.
Lowell at Portland, 7 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Providence at Worcester, 7:05 p.m.
Hershey at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Abbotsford at Lake Erie, 7:30 p.m.
Rochester at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Rockford at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Peoria at Manitoba, 8:30 p.m.
Texas at Houston, 8:35 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Penguins are sending out the Igloo in
style. Pittsburgh won its final regular season game in the
49-year-old Mellon Arena 7-3 over the Islanders last night. The
Pens brought back more than 50 of their former players, coaches and
executives to celebrate the arena.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby
appeared to reach the 50-goal mark for the first time in his
five-season career, but it was taken away by video review long
after the game ended. Crosby was instead credited with an assist.
Crosby has two more games to try to get his 50th goal, tomorrow at
Atlanta and Sunday at the Islanders.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Dodgers avoided a season opening sweep in
Pittsburgh with a 10-2 victory over the Pirates yesterday. Los
Angeles racked up 16 hits even though they were playing
short-handed against the Bucs. Andre Ethier and Manny Ramierez both
sat out the game.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Phillies were handed their first loss of
the year after Washington's Ryan Zimmerman hit a blooper to shallow
right that landed inches fair to drive in the winning run in the
seventh inning of a Nationals 6-5 victory. Nelson Figueroa gets the
loss for the Phillies. Washington's Tyler Clippard gets the win.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Phillies have sent down righty Andrew
Carpenter to Triple-A Lehigh Valley in order to make room for
reliever Nelson Figueroa. Figueroa was claimed off waivers from the
Mets earlier this week.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An attorney for Steelers wide receiver
Santonio Holmes says he's sent Orlando Police evidence that will
clear his client against allegations that he threw a glass at a
woman in a nightclub. The lawyer didn't say what the evidence is.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State guard Talor Battle is
entering the NBA draft. Battle says he won't hire an agent, meaning
he has until May 8th to change his mind and return to school.
Battle hopes to hold workouts for several NBA teams during the next
few weeks, but none have been scheduled.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Usain Bolt will be taking part in this
year's Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The world's fastest man is
competing in the 4X100 meter relay as part of the USA vs. The World
event on April 24th. Bolt won the 100 and 200 in the 2008 Olympics
and was part of the Jamaican 4X100 team that captured a gold medal
and set a world record.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Toronto 3, Texas 1
Detroit 7, Kansas City 3
Oakland 6, Seattle 2
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4
Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 innings
Minnesota 10, L.A. Angels 1
Friday's Games
Cleveland (Huff 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 3:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Seattle (Vargas 0-0) at Texas (Lewis 0-0), 8:05 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 0-0) at Kansas City (Davies 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Liriano 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0), 8:10
p.m.
Oakland (G.Gonzalez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Palmer 0-0), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
L.A. Dodgers 10, Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1
Washington 6, Philadelphia 5
Chicago Cubs 2, Atlanta 0
Florida 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Friday's Games
San Diego (Richard 0-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hudson 0-0) at San Francisco (Sanchez 0-0), 4:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Silva 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Mock 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Happ 0-0) at Houston (Norris 0-0), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 0-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

NBA
Thursday's Games
Chicago 109, Cleveland 108
Sacramento 116, L.A. Clippers 94
Denver 98, L.A. Lakers 96
Friday's Games
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Chicago at New Jersey, 8 p.m.
Charlotte at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m.

NHL
Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, SO
Dallas 3, Anaheim 2, SO
Minnesota 2, Calgary 1, SO
Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 2, SO
Boston 3, Buffalo 1
Carolina 5, Montreal 2
Pittsburgh 7, N.Y. Islanders 3
Florida 3, New Jersey 2
San Jose 4, Vancouver 2
Friday's Games
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.