WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

NEW YORK (AP) - The Pittsburg Penguins' long weekend ended with
a loss to the New York Rangers yesterday, 5-3. The Penguins were
without Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby because of injury, and Matt
Cooke and Eric Godard because of suspensions. Ryan Callahan had two
goals and an assist in the win for the Rangers, who snapped a
six-game losing skid.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jonathan Quick stopped 40 Flyers shots as
the Los Angeles Kings downed Philadelphia 1-0 yesterday -- the
first regulation win for the Kings in Philadelphia in nearly 18
years. A shot by Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger in the first
period hit the post, and they also failed to score during a
20-second 5-on-3 advantage in the second period.

NEW YORK (AP) - Penguins owner Mario Lemieux is blasting what he
says was the NHL's botched handling of the aftermath of Friday
night's Islanders' victory -- a game that saw 346 penalty minutes,
10 ejections, 15 fighting majors and 20 misconducts. Trevor Gillies
and Matt Martin both drew suspensions and the Islanders were hit
with a $100,000 fine, but Lemieux says the sanctions didn't go
nearly far enough.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - With 18 points from Maggie Lucas,
23rd-ranked Penn State scored the final six points to rally for an
80-77 victory at Indiana yesterday. The Hoosiers had a chance to
force overtime on their final possession but a buzzer-beating
jumper didn't drop. The Nittany Lions move to 21-6 with the win.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tu Holloway scored 20 points and Dante Jackson
ties a career-high with 19 to pace Xavier past Duquesne yesterday,
71-63. Xavier overcame a slow start to come back and get the win.
It also puts the Musketeers in good position to win their fifth
straight regular-season Atlantic 10 championship. B.J. Monteiro led
Duquesne with 18 points.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A weekend crash at Penn National in East
Hanover Township sent two jockeys to a hospital with minor
injuries. The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports Vladimir Diaz and
Emilio Flores were trated and released following the spill, which
came as their horses headed into a turn. One of the horses,
Sleetingntexas, had to be put down because of her injuries.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Fired Pitt football coach Mike Haywood
has entered a court diversion program in Indiana for a domestic
battery charge that prompted his firing after just two weeks on the
job. Haywood admitted grabbing his son's mother at Haywood's home
on December 31st. A prosecutor says the victim wanted the
diversion, which specifies that Haywood do community service and
have a psychological evaluation.


NBA
Sunday's Games
Boston 85, Miami 82
Orlando 89, L.A. Lakers 75
Memphis 116, Denver 108
Washington 115, Cleveland 100
Portland 105, Detroit 100
Toronto 98, L.A. Clippers 93
Golden State 100, Oklahoma City 94
Sacramento 113, Phoenix 108
Monday's Games
L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

NHL
Sunday's Games
Detroit 4, Boston 2
N.Y. Islanders 7, Buffalo 6, OT
N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 3
Columbus 2, Dallas 1
Los Angeles 1, Philadelphia 0
Carolina 3, Atlanta 2
Florida 3, San Jose 2
Anaheim 4, Edmonton 0
Monday's Games
Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Washington at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Colorado, 10 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sunday's Games
( 5) Duke 81 Miami 71
(10) Connecticut 75 Providence 57
(11) Georgetown 69 Marquette 60
(14) Purdue 81 Illinois 70
(15) Arizona 67 Arizona St. 52


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sunday's Games
( 4) Tennessee 65 Vanderbilt 57
( 5) Duke 66 Boston College 53
(11) Michigan St. 69 Michigan 56
Virginia 60 (12) Maryland 57
(20) Miami 78 (13) North Carolina 66
(15) Kentucky 49 LSU 47
St. John's 75 (16) Georgetown 71, OT
Louisville 57 (17) West Virginia 47
(22) Iowa St. 61 Kansas St. 53
(23) Penn St. 80 Indiana 77
(24) Georgia 61 Mississippi 56