Faced with being swept by the Blackhawks in their season series, Wayne Gretzky changed goaltenders Tuesday for his Phoenix Coyotes' last regular-season meeting with the Hawks. Gretzky started Ilya Bryzgalov in the first three games but went with backup Mikael Tellqvist this time. The strategy didn't work as the Hawks rolled to a 6-0 victory, with Cristobal Huet earning the shutout.
The Bears have recognized their failings on defense and have put the blame squarely on the coaches - the position coaches.
The Cubs finished off the Jason Marquis-for-Luis Vizcaino trade with the Colorado Rockies as expected Tuesday. But will it look more like a Marquis-for-Jake Peavy deal by the time they open spring training next month?
Derrick Rose, rookie that he is, knows basketball strategy doesn't have to be complicated.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Every Blackhawks forward now has at least one goal this season.
Drew Gooden returned to the Bulls lineup Tuesday night after an eight-game absence because of a sprained right ankle that wasn't completely healed.
MIAMI - The college football world knows Bob Stoops as the defense-minded, no-nonsense coach who restored Oklahoma to the national championship-caliber status it enjoyed under legends Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer, who each won three national titles. Under Stoops, the Sooners won their seventh title in 2000.
MOBILE, Ala. - Tulsa raced through the rain to another GMAC Bowl win and a couple of more records, too.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Texas Longhorns will be No. 1 on at least one ballot.
PEORIA - Illinois State's dreams of an unbeaten season - conference or otherwise - hit a fast end on the Valley road Tuesday night.
P hillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance.
Pittsburgh waited 60 years to be ranked No. 1 in men's basketball. The Panthers (14-0) don't want the distinction to go away after only six days.
University of St. Francis baseball coach Gordie Gillespie was recently named the 2008 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Diamond Region VII Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
It wasn't that Mount Carmel did no wrong Tuesday night, though its 13-point margin of victory over Richards might indicate as much.
It's not often that a "Battle of Mount Greenwood" between Mother McAuley and Marist ends with both teams feeling more good than bad about the result.
