WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Don't panic just because Penn State
coach Joe Paterno's contract expires after this season. University
President Graham Spanier says neither he nor Paterno think about
the coach's work in terms of contracts. Major college football's
winningest coach turns 85 in December and has given no indication
he plans to retire.

MIAMI (AP) - Josh Johnson allowed two hits over seven innings
and drove in two runs as the Florida Marlins downed the Pittsburgh
Pirates last night, 6-0. Paul Maholm dropped to 0-3, allowing six
runs and lasting just only 3 2-3 innings -- his shortest outing in
four starts.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ryan Braun and Casey McGehee both homered
for Milwaukee as the Brewers downed the Phillies and Roy Halladay
last night, 9-0. Jimmy Rollins had a bunt single in the first and
Shane Victorino hit a double in the third for the Phillies' only
hits of the game.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Penguins' Chris Kunitz and Tampa Bay's
Steve Downie have each drawn one game suspensions for hits they
delivered in Game 3 of their playoff series Monday night. The NHL
says Kunitz was disciplined for elbowing the Lightning's Simon
Gagne in the head. The suspensions will be served in tonight's Game
4.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Flyers center Danny Briere is getting booed
by the Sabres' faithful in Buffalo, four years after he left the
Sabres as a free agent and signed with the Flyers. Briere has
become a focus for fans in Buffalo as the Flyers have won two
straight to take a 2-1 lead in their playoff series. Game 4 is
tonight.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After getting blown out by the Miami Heat in
Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series, the
76ers have come home -- holding a late practice. Despite being down
2-0 in the series, coach Doug Collins says he's not worrying about
winning the series. He's focused on getting one win in front of the
home crowd. Game 3 comes tomorrow night.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - BCS officials may decide within a
month whether the troubled Fiesta Bowl should keep its slot in
college football's marquee bowls. The game is under scrutiny after
an internal report last month found the bowl may have violated
election law by reimbursing employees for political donations.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Former Philadelphia GM Pat Gillick took
a tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday as he gets ready for
his July induction. Gillick is one of four men who served primarily
as team builders to be elected to the hall. He'll be enshrined with
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors in California will not file
charges against former Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra after his
arrest on suspicion of trying to buy a stolen car. Prosecutors are
asking police for more information on the probe. Dykstra has been
in jail since last week awaiting word on how the case will proceed.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A one-armed, three-wheeled robot cooked up
by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania will throw out the
ceremonial first pitch before today's Phillies-Brewers game. The
Philadelphia Inquirer reports the PhillieBot appearance has been in
the making for a month and a half.


Tuesday's Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 1
Baltimore 11 Minnesota 0
Toronto 6 N.Y. Yankees 5, 10 innings
L.A. Angels 15 Texas 4
Kansas City 5 Cleveland 4
Oakland 5 Boston 0
Seattle 13 Detroit 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee 9 Philadelphia 0
Arizona 5 Cincinnati 4
Houston 6 N.Y. Mets 1
Florida 6 Pittsburgh 0
San Diego at Chicago, ppd., rain
Washington at St. Louis, ppd., rain
San Francisco 6 Colorado 3
Atlanta 10 L.A. Dodgers 1

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS

Boston 96 New York 93
Orlando 88 Atlanta 82
Dallas 101 Portland 89

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Chicago 7 Vancouver 2
San Jose 6 Los Angeles 5

Wednesday's Schedule - All Times EDT
BASEBALL
American League
Boston (C.Buchholz 0-2) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 2-0), 3:35 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 0-2) at Seattle (Bedard 0-3), 3:40 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Humber 1-1) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 1-2), 6:40 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 1-2) at Baltimore (Britton 2-1), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Colon 0-1) at Toronto (Cecil 1-1), 7:07 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-0) at Texas (Harrison 3-0), 8:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 3-0) at Kansas City (Hochevar 2-1), 8:10 p.m.
National League
Milwaukee (Narveson 1-0) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 2-1), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (Lannan 1-1) at St. Louis (Westbrook 1-1), 2:15 p.m., 1st game
San Diego (Moseley 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 0-2), 2:20 p.m., 1st game
San Francisco (Cain 2-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 2-0), 3:10 p.m.
San Diego (Harang 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (J.Russell 1-1), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game
Arizona (I.Kennedy 1-1) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Norris 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 2-0) at Florida (Nolasco 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Zimmermann 1-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 2-0), 8:15 p.m., 2nd game
Atlanta (D.Lowe 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Garland 0-1), 10:10 p.m.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
NHL PLAYOFFS
Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.