WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

DENVER (AP) - A power-play goal 4:10 into overtime from Tyler
Kennedy lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 win over the
Avalanche in Denver. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots in the win,
while Joe Vitale and Jordan Staal added goals for the
injury-plagued Penguins, who snapped a two-game skid.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A quick pair of goals by Mike Richards and
Andreas Nodl in the first period got the Flyers off on the right
foot and they beat the Florida Panthers last night, 4-2. James Van
Riemsdyk also scored for the Flyers, who improved their road record
to 19-6-3 -- tops in the NHL. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots in
goal to get the win.

HOUSTON (AP) - Jrue Holiday scored 20 points but he had plenty
of help as the 76ers rallied from an early deficit to beat the
Rockets in Houston last night, 114-105. Seven Sixers players scored
in double-figures in the win with Lou Williams and Thaddeus Young
scoring 19 points apiece. It was the Sixers' third straight win in
Houston.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Nasir Robinson and Brad Wanamaker each scored
13 points and 4th-ranked Pittsburgh was able to pull away in the
final 10 minutes to beat South Florida last night, 67-55. The
Panthers took a two-game lead in the Big East with the win, but it
wasn't as easy as they might have expected, with the Bulls within a
point of the Panthers in the second half. Pitt improved to 24-2.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Mark Lyons scored 24 points while Kenny
Frease had a double-double and number 24 Xavier downed Saint
Joseph's last night, 74-54. The Musketeers used a 12-1 run in the
second half to pull away from the Hawks, who fell to 7-18. Xavier
improved to 19-6 and is in first place in the Atlantic 10.

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Five Duquesne players scored in double
figures, led by Bill Clark's 16 points, as Duquesne cruised to an
81-63 win last night over Massachusetts. Duquesne ended a two-game
skid with the win and has won 12 of its last 14 games. Jesse Morgan
led UMass with 14 points.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) - Bryson Johnson scored 30 points but Bucknell
needed overtime to down Lafayette, 74-69, in Easton last night. The
Bison led by 11 with 4:35 left in regulation but then didn't score
again until overtime as Johnson missed a 3-pointer at the end of
regulation. Jim Mower led Lafayette with 19 points.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Mike Venezia scored 11 of his career-high
27 points in overtime as Colgate outlasted Lehigh 94-90 last night.
The Raiders opened the extra period with a 12-1 run to lead by 11
with 54 seconds to play. C.J. McCollum scored 31 points and had 15
rebounds and five steals for the Mountain Hawks.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Former Phillies manager Dallas Green,
who led the team to their first World Series title in 1980, is in
Clearwater, Florida, and back to baseball after losing his
nine-year-old granddaughter in January's Arizona shooting rampage.
Green spoke to reporters yesterday, thanking people for their
support and reflecting on the girl he called his "Princess."

CHICAGO (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick has
decided he won't appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." A show
spokesman says representatives for Vick called late Tuesday to
cancel his appearance for person reasons. The interview was to
cover Vick's time in prison for dogfighting along with his return
to the NFL.