WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored twice and added two assists in his season debut and the Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the New York Islanders 5-0 last night. Playing his first game in more than 10 months while recovering from concussion-like symptoms, Crosby appeared to be in midseason form.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alexei Ponikarovsky had two goals and an assist and Chad LaRose had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes earned a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers last night. James van Riemsdyk and Matt Read scored for Philadelphia, which has lost two in a row.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former FBI director Louis Freeh is promising a thorough, independent investigation into policies and activities at Penn State related to the child sex-abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Freeh has vowed to investigate activities stretching back to the mid-1970s.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has scheduled the first congressional hearing in the wake of the Penn State child abuse scandal. Three senators have announced that a December 13th hearing will look at how well the nation is protecting children from abuse and neglect.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is doing his best to protect his fractured right thumb. Roethlisberger didn't take a snap from center during practice yesterday. Instead he worked out of the shotgun and pistol formations to avoid the risk of aggravating the injury.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Frantz Massenat scored 23 points and Samme Givens added 12 points and seven rebounds to lead Drexel past Winthrop 68-45 in the seventh-place game of the Paradise Jam. Massenat was 6 of 8 from behind the arc for Drexel.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh has gone from fielding questions about playing the spoiler to questions about playing for a Big East championship. The Panthers are one of five teams with two conference losses and a shot being the Big East's BCS representative.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to terms with shortstop Clint Barmes. The two-year deal is worth about $10.5 million. It reunites Barmes with Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle. The two worked together in Colorado from 2003-09.


NFL
Thursday's Game
Denver 17, N.Y. Jets 13
Sunday's Games
Green Bay 35, Tampa Bay 26
Oakland 27, Minnesota 21
Detroit 49, Carolina 35
Dallas 27, Washington 24, OT
Cleveland 14, Jacksonville 10
Baltimore 31, Cincinnati 24
Miami 35, Buffalo 8
San Francisco 23, Arizona 7
Seattle 24, St. Louis 7
Chicago 31, San Diego 20
Atlanta 23, Tennessee 17
Philadelphia 17, N.Y. Giants 10
Open: Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh
Monday's Game
New England 34, Kansas City 3
NHL
Monday's Games
Carolina 4, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Islanders 0
Washington 4, Phoenix 3
Columbus 4, Calgary 1
Boston 1, Montreal 0
Florida 4, New Jersey 3
Dallas 4, Edmonton 1
Tuesday's Games
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
( 3) Ohio St. 85 North Florida 50
( 6) Duke 77 Tennessee 67
(15) Michigan 73 ( 8) Memphis 61
(10) Florida 78 Wright St. 65
(14) Kansas 67 Georgetown 63
(16) Marquette 59 Norfolk St. 57
(18) Vanderbilt 64 Oregon St. 62
(20) California 70 Georgia 46
(21) Missouri 87 Notre Dame 58
(24) Mississippi St. 78 Louisiana-Monroe 63
Tuesday's Games
No. 1 North Carolina vs. Tennessee State, 7:30 p.m.
No. 6 Duke vs. No. 8 Memphis or No. 15 Michigan at Lahaina (Hawaii) Civic Center, 2 or 7 p.m.
No. 7 Louisville vs. Arkansas State, 7 p.m.
No. 9 Baylor vs. South Carolina State, 10 p.m.
No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. La Salle, 7 p.m.
No. 11 Wisconsin vs. UMKC, 8 p.m.
No. 14 Kansas vs. UCLA or Chaminade at Lahaina (Hawaii) Civic Center, 4:30 or 9:30 p.m.
No. 20 California vs. No. 21 Missouri or Notre Dame at the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., 7:30 or 9:30 p.m.
TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Monday's Games
( 2) UConn 68 ( 3) Stanford 58
(20) LSU 80 Ark.-Pine Bluff 28
(21) Georgetown 64 Monmouth (NJ) 44