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Devils get Zyuzin from Lightning
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The New Jersey Devils took a chance on defenseman Andrei Zyuzin on Friday night, acquiring the former first-round draft pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning for three prospects.
Zyuzin, who has been sidelined with a wrist injury, has two assists and a minus-6 rating in nine games this season--his fourth in the NHL.
The 23-year-old Russian was the second overall pick by San Jose in the 1996 draft. But the Sharks gave up on him after 81 games and the Lightning had trouble keeping him healthy.
In two-plus seasons with Tampa Bay, the 6-1, 210-pound Zyuzin had six goals, 27 assists, 115 penalty minutes and a minus-15 rating. He also missed 82 games--the equivalent of a full season--due to injury.
In New Jersey, Zyuzin will be asked to be a role player, with standouts like Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer and Brian Rafalski patrolling the blue line. Veteran Ken Daneyko has also been with the team since it came to New Jersey in 1983 and 23-year-old Colin White is coming off a solid campaign in his first full NHL season.
Lamoriello parted with defensemen Josef Boumedienne and Sascha Goc, and the rights to Russian left wing Anton But, who have combined for 14 NHL games.
Faxon-McCarron lead Shootout
NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Defending champions Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron combined for an 8-under-par 64 on Friday and have the first-round lead at the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
Senior PGA Tour member Ray Floyd and United States Ryder Cup team member Stewart Cink are alone in second at 65, a stroke better than three teams.
Faxon and McCarron won last year's event in a playoff with Scott Hoch and Carlos Franco at Doral's "Great White" course in Miami. This year's tournament is being held at the Tiburon Golf Club.
The $2 million tournament opened with alternate-shot play, goes to best-ball on Saturday and concludes with Sunday's
Bill Elliott on NASCAR pole
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Bill Elliott is a man of few words, but when he does have something to say, it usually makes sense in a down-home way.
After Dodge swept the top-three spots Friday at Homestead Speedway in qualifying for Sunday's NASCAR Winston Cup Pennzoil 400, the pole-winner summed it up perfectly.
Elliott helped Dodge sweep the state of Florida by winning the pole with a lap at 155.226 miles per hour in a Dodge Intrepid. Elliott also won the pole for the February 18 Daytona 500 and fellow Dodge driver Sterling Marlin won the pole in July's Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Raceway. It was Elliott's 51st career pole and second this season.
Casey Atwood, Elliott's teammate at Ray Evernham Motorsports, qualified second at 154.688 mph. John Andretti put a Petty Enterprises Dodge third on the grid with a lap at 154.268.
The only non-Dodge team to crack the top five was Ricky Rudd, who qualified a Ford Taurus fourth at 153.811 mph. Marlin rounded out the top five for Dodge with a fifth-place qualifying lap at 153.571 mph.
Rudd enters the race 326 points behind Jeff Gordon in the battle for the Winston Cup title with three events remaining.
Phillies trade Daal to Dodgers
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Phillies on Friday traded lefthander Omar Daal to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a pair of minor league pitchers.
The Phillies acquired Eric Junge and Jesus Cordero for Daal, who had a $4.5 million contract option for 2002 exercised on Thursday. Philadelphia had the option of buying out the contract for $500,000.
Daal, who will be 30 by Opening Day 2002, rebounded from a miserable season, going 13-7 with a 4.46 ERA and helping the Phillies stay in the pennant race until October.
In 2000, the Venezuelan went 4-19 with a 6.14 ERA in 32 games with Philadelphia and Arizona, nearly becoming the first pitcher since Oakland's Brian Kingman in 1980 to lose 20 games.
The Phillies acquired Daal on July 26, 2000 in a deal that sent Curt Schilling to Arizona and brought Travis Lee, Nelson Figueroa and Vicente Padilla to Philadelphia.
Daal, who has been with five teams since making his major league debut in 1993, is 53-58 with a 4.48 ERA lifetime. He has had his best years with the Diamondbacks, posting a 2.88 ERA in 1988 and a 16-9 mark in 1999.
Gil out 4-6 weeks with surgery
MIAMI, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Miami Heat forward Kendall Gill on Friday had surgery to repair his broken left pinky and is expected to miss four to six weeks.
Gill, who shoots righthanded, injured himself reaching for a ball in overtime of an 87-85 victory over Seattle on Tuesday. He finished with just four points and eight rebounds in 35 minutes.
Miami's starting small forward, Gill has averaged 4.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game since signing with the Heat in the offseason. The 11-year veteran has career averages of 15.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 749 games, also playing for New Jersey, Charlotte and Seattle. On April 3, 1999, Gill tied the NBA record for steals in a game with 11 for New Jersey against Miami.
Miami and Nebraska hope to continue BCS drive
Miami and Nebraska, the nation's two top college football powerhouses, head into the final weeks of the season, hoping everything will continue coming up roses.
But, the path to the Rose Bowl and the national collegiate championship is covered with thorns. The Hurricanes and the Cornhuskers, like others among football's elite. must concentrate on conference matters first. And, teams such as Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon and Florida still have their hopes up for a share in the big game.
The spotlight Saturday focuses on top-ranked Miami and No. 7 Oregon, two teams on opposite ends of the nation but on similar paths. Both schools are led by Heisman Trophy candidates at quarterback and will go on the road to face conference opponents missing high-powered running backs.
The Hurricanes (7-0), now No. 2 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, travel north to Boston College in a Big East Conference game. The task was made a bit easier when Eagles running back William Green, the nation's leading rusher, was suspended Tuesday for an unspecified violation of team rules.
Miami's offense centers around Ken Dorsey, who became the school's all-time leader in passing touchdowns last week in a 38-0 victory over Temple. Dorsey threw his 49th and 50th career TDs, breaking the mark of 48 he shared with Vinny Testaverde and Steve Walsh.
Joey Harrington will take Oregon (8-1) to the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif., ia for a Pac-10 Conference meeting with No. 16 UCLA (6-2), a game that's rated a toss-up. Harrington tied a school record last week with six touchdown passes as the Ducks routed Arizona State, 42-24.
The Ducks, in a three-way tie with Washington State and Washington atop the Pac-10 standings, will not have to worry about facing Bruins running back DeShaun Foster. Third in the nation in rushing, Foster was declared ineligible by the school and will not play this week.
It is a busy Saturday of college football, with each top 25 team in action. The only other matchup between ranked teams is in the Southeastern Conference, where No. 3 Florida (7-1) will visit No. 15 South Carolina (7-2).
Second-ranked Nebraska (10-0) remained first in the BCS poll this week and will seek its 13th straight win when it hosts Kansas State, the last team to beat theCornhuskers. After slipping to third in the BCS poll this week, No. 4 Oklahoma (8-1) hosts Texas A&M.
No. 6 Tennessee (6-1) hosts always tough Memphis, No. 9 Brigham Young (9-0) visits Wyoming, eighth-ranked Washington (7-1) visits Oregon State, No. 12 Washington State (8-1) travels to Arizona State and 10th-ranked Florida State (6-2), back among the elite, hosts North Carolina State.
Mattingly passes on Yankee job
MONTCLAIR, N.J., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Don Mattingly apparently won't be a candidate to succeed Gary Denbo as the New York Yankees.
Citing a desire to spend most of his time at home in Indiana with his family, Mattingly said he prefers to remain a part-time hitting instructor in the Yankees' organization, a position he has held for the last two years.
"My base is still home (Indiana) and I couldn't do it (the job of full-time hitting coach) 100 percent at this point," Mattingly said Thursday at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. "I'd love to keep doing what I'm doing. I feel like I'm good at it."
One of the most popular players in team history and the 1985 American League Most Valuable Player, Mattingly was the first choice to succeed Chris Chambliss, who was fired as hitting coach following the 2000 championship season, but turned the job down.
Defending champ derailed
PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- No. 7 Patty Schnyder of Switzerland knocked off defending champion and fourth-seeded Anne Kremer of Luxembourg on Friday, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals of the $110,000 Volvo Women's Open.
Schnyner, a six-time winner on the WTA Tour, moved into her third semifinal of the year. She also reached the Gold Coast semifinals during the opening week of 2001 and the Vienna final in July.
Schnyder will face No. 8 Rossana Neffa-de los Rios in Saturday's semifinals. The Paraguayan rallied past Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh, a qualifier, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The other semifinal pits Slovakia's Henrieta Nagyova, the second seed, against Belarus' Tatiana Poutchek, who advanced to the first tour semifinal of her career. Nagyova dismissed South African qualifier Liezel Huber, 6-4, 6-3, as she marched into her second semifinal of 2001 Poutchek upset No. 5 Tatiana Panova of Russia, 6-2, 6-3.
Belgium, Spain win in Fed Cup
MADRID, Spain, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Belgium and third-seed Spain won Friday, setting up a battle for a spot in the final of the 2001 Fed Cup.
Belgium recorded its second whitewash in three days to overwhelm Australia, 3-0. Spain was forced to overcome the loss of its opening singles match to get past Germany, 2-1.
The winner of Saturday's Pool B tie between Belgium and Spain will advance to Sunday's final at the Institute Ferial Madrid.
