WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh
have their first win together with Miami, and the Big Three got
help from some big 3s in the Heat's 97-87 victory over the 76ers
last night. James and the Heat just couldn't squash the Sixers, who
went on a 15-3 run late in the fourth to make it surprisingly
competitive. Evan Turner led the Sixers with 16 points in his first
NBA game.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Martin St. Louis scored the tiebreaking goal
early in the third and added a late empty-netter to help the Tampa
Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 last night.
Pittsburgh got goals from Craig Adams, Matt Cooke and Pascal
Dupuis. The Penguins have lost two in a row.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco will
have surgery on his left elbow Friday and is expected to be ready
for spring training. Polanco will have bone fragments removed from
his elbow, in addition to having his extensor tendon repaired. He
is expected to need eight to 10 weeks of recovery.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After four years with the Phillies, reliever
J.C. Romero is set to become a free agent after the team declined
its $4.5 million club option on the left-hander. He will get a
$250,000 buyout. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Junior says Romero had
"some struggles" this season, but adds that the team isn't ruling
out bringing him back at a lower salary.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State backup quarterback Matt
McGloin could move up the depth chart this weekend if starter Rob
Bolden isn't cleared to play for Michigan. The freshman Bolden got
knocked out of last week's Minnesota game with a possible head
injury. McGloin and Kevin Newsome have been splitting first-team
reps in practice, but McGloin was off the bench first last Saturday
after Bolden left.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh junior forward Nasir Robinson had
surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and is expected
to be sidelined up to six weeks. The 6-foot-5 Robinson started all
34 games last season, averaging 6.6 points and 5.6 rebounds as Pitt
reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.



WORLD SERIES
Wednesday, Oct. 27
San Francisco 11, Texas 7, San Francisco leads series 1-0
Thursday, Oct. 28
Texas (Wilson 15-8) at San Francisco (Cain 13-11), 7:57 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 30
San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 6:57 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 31
San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-6) at Texas (Hunter 13-4), 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 1
San Francisco at Texas, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 4
Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

NBA
Wednesday's Games
Cleveland 95, Boston 87
New Jersey 101, Detroit 98
Miami 97, Philadelphia 87
New York 98, Toronto 93
Atlanta 119, Memphis 104
Sacramento 117, Minnesota 116
New Orleans 95, Milwaukee 91
Oklahoma City 106, Chicago 95
Dallas 101, Charlotte 86
San Antonio 122, Indiana 109
Denver 110, Utah 88
Golden State 132, Houston 128
Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 88
Thursday's Games
Washington at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta 6, N.Y. Rangers 4
Washington 3, Carolina 0
Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 3
Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 3
Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1
San Jose 5, New Jersey 2
Thursday's Games
Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.