WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Flyers have lost four of five after a
2-1 setback to Columbus last night. The Blue Jackets built a 2-0
lead and were able to fend off a wild onslaught by the Flyers in
the third period when Philadelphia outshot the Jackets 12-4. Ville
Leino scored his second goal of the year for the Flyers.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Penguins have assigned forward Eric
Tangradi and defenseman Andrew Hutchinson to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton,
clearing the way for forward Arron Asham to be activated for
tomorrow's game at Tampa Bay. Asham has been out since injuring his
left shoulder late in the preseason.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - A former NFL vice president of officiating
says the only mistake made by the crew working the
Dolphins-Steelers game was to initially award a touchdown to Ben
Roethlisberger on a pivotal play late in the fourth quarter. After
that, former league executive Mike Pereira says the crew handled
the situation correctly.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Eagles coach Andy Reid says Philadelphia
quarterback Michael Vick is expected back and will start against
the Colts on November 7th. Vick has missed the last three games
with cartilage damage in his rib cage. Reid says he expects his
team to be as healthy as they possibly can be when they return from
the bye week.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies have cleaned out their lockers
and have broken up for the season following Saturday night's
season-ending loss to the Giants in the NL championship series.
Phillies slugger Jayson Werth says he'd be willing to return to the
team, but he wants to test the free agency waters first.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon initially
feared there were no survivors when he hastily stopped his car to
pull a woman through a broken windshield of a sport utility vehicle
that crashed in front of him. Dixon was the first motorist to pull
over after the wreck took place Saturday night on Interstate-279
north of Pittsburgh. He suffered minor cuts pulling a woman out of
one vehicle.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - USA Swimming says it will open
its own investigation into the death of open-water swimmer Fran
Crippen at a World Cup event in the United Arab Emirates. The
organization says it will examine exactly what happened to Crippen,
who's from suburban Philadelphia.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Villanova has edged up a spot in the
FCS coaches poll, to number 5, after beating James Madison over the
weekend, 14-7. Penn moved up two spots, to number 21. Four
Pennsylvania schools make this week's Division II poll: California
University fell from 3rd to 12th after a loss to Mercyhurst.
Mercyhurst is now number 24, while Bloomsburg and Kutztown also are
ranked.


NFL
Sunday's Games
Baltimore 37, Buffalo 34, OT
Washington 17, Chicago 14
Atlanta 39, Cincinnati 32
Tennessee 37, Philadelphia 19
Pittsburgh 23, Miami 22
Tampa Bay 18, St. Louis 17
Cleveland 30, New Orleans 17
Kansas City 42, Jacksonville 20
Carolina 23, San Francisco 20
Seattle 22, Arizona 10
Oakland 59, Denver 14
New England 23, San Diego 20
Green Bay 28, Minnesota 24
Open: Indianapolis, N.Y. Jets, Detroit, Houston
Monday's Game
N.Y. Giants 41, Dallas 35

WORLD SERIES
Wednesday, Oct. 27
Texas (Lee 12-9) at San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10), 7:57 p.m.
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.

NHL
Monday's Games
Los Angeles 3, Minnesota 2, SO
Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1
Montreal 3, Phoenix 2, OT
Tuesday's Games
Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Dallas, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.


NBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Miami at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.