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.