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02/08/2006 06:08 AM
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Gretzky's Wife Cited in Gambling Ring (AP)
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AP - Rick Tocchet, Wayne Gretzky's close friend and top assistant coach, headed to New York to face NHL commissioner Gary Bettman after he was implicated as the financier of a nationwide sports betting ring.
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02/08/2006 12:38 AM
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Redick, No. 2 Duke Survive North Carolina (AP)
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AP - J.J. Redick praised the defense he faced and gave himself passing marks for his own performance. Then he saved his highest praise for Duke's effort against its biggest rival.
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02/08/2006 02:21 AM
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D.C. Approves Revised Lease for Ballpark (AP)
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AP - The District of Columbia Council approved a revised lease for the Washington Nationals' new ballpark early Wednesday, just hours after rejecting an earlier version.
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02/08/2006 12:40 AM
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Mavs Frustrate Kobe, Win 12th Straight (AP)
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AP - The Dallas Mavericks weren't going to let Kobe Bryant embarrass them again.
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02/08/2006 05:36 AM
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Italian Ski Jumpers Injured After Falls (AP)
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AP - The Italian ski jumping team might still be able to replace two of its athletes who were injured in separate falls during training.
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02/07/2006 08:38 PM
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Tannenbaum takes over as Jets GM after Bradway resigns (Reuters)
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Reuters - New York Jets general manager Terry
Bradway handed in his resignation on Tuesday, just one month
after head coach Herman Edwards left to take over at the Kansas
City Chiefs.
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02/08/2006 06:15 AM
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NBA Today (AP)
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AP - San Antonio at Toronto (7 p.m. EDT). The Spurs have won six straight and are 3-0 on a season-high eight-game road trip.
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02/08/2006 01:33 AM
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D.C. council reverses course, passes stadium lease (Reuters)
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Reuters - Reversing course, the Washington,
D.C., city council early on Wednesday approved a new stadium
lease with Major League Baseball that caps the city's project
costs at $610.8 million, easing a threat that the Washington
Nationals could move elsewhere.
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02/07/2006 07:40 PM
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Birmingham and Preston Advance at FA Cup (AP)
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AP - Birmingham beat Reading 2-1 Tuesday night, reaching the fifth round of the FA Cup behind a 67th-minute goal by Julian Gray.
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02/08/2006 06:19 AM
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Hockey Today (AP)
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AP - Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers (7 p.m. EST). Both teams lead their divisions. The Rangers have won three straight.
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02/08/2006 06:18 AM
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No. 2 Duke Holds Off No. 23 UNC (AP)
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AP - None of Duke's players thought the game was over — not when an early run in the second half increased the Blue Devils' lead to 17 points, and certainly not when North Carolina rallied to retake the lead. Perhaps just as much as another victory over Duke's Tobacco Road rival, that left coach Mike Krzyzewski beaming.
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02/07/2006 08:00 PM
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Roddick Determined to Win Davis Cup (AP)
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AP - Andy Roddick is determined to help the United States win another Davis Cup, no matter how long it takes.
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02/07/2006 07:59 PM
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Garcia to Skip Match Play Championship (AP)
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AP - Sergio Garcia will skip the Match Play Championship in two weeks, the fourth straight year that the tournament will be missing a top-ranked player.
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