Colorado evens West Conference finals series
DETROIT, May 21 (UPI) -- Chris Drury scored 2:17 into overtime Monday night to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings and even their NHL Western Conference final series at one game apiece.
Drury, who has scored six career postseason goals against Detroit, netted his fourth playoff game-winner against the Red Wings and 10th overall.
Peter Forsberg, who had a goal and three assists, fired a slap shot from the right faceoff circle that goaltender Dominik Hasek stopped easily. Steven Reinprecht corralled the rebound low in the right circle and fed Drury in the slot.
As defenseman Jiri Fischer unsuccessfully slid to block the pass, Drury deked to his backhand before slipping the puck past a sprawled Hasek into the net. The goal stole home-ice advantage away from the Presidents' Trophy winners.
Detroit received a gift from Colorado goaltender Patrick Roy in the latter minutes of the third period to tie the game for the third time.
With Reinprecht serving an interference penalty, defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom blasted a slap shot from the left point that went wide of the left post. After hitting the boards behind the net, the puck bounced directly back and caromed off Roy's right skate and into the net with 6:35 left to even the score, 3-3.
After surrendering three one-goal leads, Roy and the Avalanche improved to 10-0 in playoff games following a loss in which their opponents scored five or more goals.
The West series resumes Wednesday in Colorado. The East Conference.series, where Carolina and Toronto are tied 1-1, resumes Tuesday night in Toronto.
Terrell Davis has knee surgery
ENGLEWOOD, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis, who has been limited to 17 games over the last three seasons due to an assortment of injuries, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Monday for the second time in six months.
The Broncos said that the surgery, performed by Doctors Richard Steadman and Richard Hawkins, was successful and Davis would be ready for the start of training camp in July.
Davis was limited to eight games last season, but still led the Broncos with 701 rushing yards on 167 carries. He was the League's MVP in 1998, rushing for 2,008 yards.
In his career, Davis has rushed for 7,607 yards on 1,655 carries in 78 games. He has averaged 4.6 yards per carry and scored 60 touchdowns.
Cowboys cut QB Ryan Leaf
IRVING, Texas, May 21 (UPI) -- The Dallas Cowboys on Monday released Ryan Leaf, the oft-maligned quarterback who became expendable due to the emergence of Quincy Carter and the recent acquisition of former Stanford signal caller Chad Hutchinson.
Leaf was the second overall pick in the 1998 draft by the San Diego Chargers, but never came close to living up to expectations and was a bust before his release in February, 2001. He endured two injury-plagued seasons and often feuded with management.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Leaf last summer before cutting him before the season.
Leaf was signed by the Cowboys in October after Carter tore his hamstring. Leaf lost all three of his starts for Dallas and completed 45-of-88 passes in four games. His best effort was in a Thanksgiving Day loss to Denver in which the Cowboys rallied from a 26-3 deficit before losing 26-24.
A collegiate star at Washington State, Leaf is 4-17 as an NFL starter with 14 touchdown passes and 36 interceptions.
Kobe Bryant had food poisoning
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- All-Star guard Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers contracted food poisoning Sunday night.
According to Lakers' spokesman, John Black, Bryant missed the team's Monday morning shoot around because he was too ill. A report indicated that Bryant ate a cheeseburger and a piece of cheesecake from hotel room service.
"He began vomiting about 11 p.m. and it continued through the night," Black said.
Bryant was outstanding in the conference semifinals against San Antonio. He averaged 26.2 points per contest, and began this series with 30 points, 16 of which came in a dominant first half in Saturday's opener, which the Lakers led from tap-to-buzzer and won, 106-99. He also had six rebounds and five assists.
Woods wins Deutsche-SAP Open again
HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 21 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods wore down Colin Montgomerie on Monday to successfully defend his title at the Deutsche Bank-SAP Open.
Woods won on the third playoff hole when a visibly weary Montgomerie found water with his second shot out of the bunker. Montgomerie settled for a double bogey on the hole and Woods sank a short par putt to give him his third win in the tournament in four tries.
Woods, the top-ranked player in the world, entered the final day of the tournament one shot behind Montgomerie before firing a 4-under-par 68 to finish regulation play at 20-under 268.
Montgomerie was seeking his 27th career title on the European PGA Tour. The 38-year-old Scot, who has battled lingering back problems, was able to keep up with the 26-year-old Woods through 74 holes at St. Leon-Rot Golf Club, but finally faltered when the two golfers played the 18th hole for the fourth time.
Justin Rose shot a 66 to take third place at 267 and fellow Englishman Greg Owen was one shot back after firing a 68.
Garcia loses sixth straight
MADRID, May 21 (UPI) -- Former champion Gala Leon Garcia of Spain suffered her sixth straight loss Monday in the first round of the Madrid Open.
Emilie Loit of France moved into the second round with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Leon Garcia, who has not won a match since the first round at the Sarasota Open in early April and fell to 3-12 this season. She won this event in 2000, but has suffered consecutive first-round losses.
American Chanda Rubin also advanced, posting a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios of Paraguay.
Spain's Marta Marrero overcame Germany's Bianka Lamade, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and will face top-seeded Monica Seles in the second round. Fabiola Zuluaga of Colombia, a finalist in 2000, eliminated Canadian Vanessa Webb, 6-4, 6-3, and Alicia Molik of Australia defeated American Amy Frazier by the same score.
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain is the defending champion and second seed. Sanchez-Vicario beat countrywoman Angeles Montolio, 7-5, 6-0, to win last year's event.
Haas leads Germany past Russia
DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 21 (UPI) -- Tommy Haas got a rare win over Yevgeny Kafelnikov, leading Germany to a 2-1 victory over Russia in Monday's round-robin action at the ATP World Cup.
Haas had lost five straight matches to Kafelnikov before posting a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory. Kafelnikov has won just three matches on clay courts this year.
Nicolas Kiefer clinched the win for Germany with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) triumph over Marat Safin, who lost the final of the Tennis Master Series--Hamburg to Switzerland's Roger Federer on Sunday. Kafelnikov and Safin registered a doubles win, 6-1, 6-1 over Lars Burgsmueller and Karsten Braash.
Argentina defeated Sweden, 2-1, in Monday's other tie. Thomas Enqvist posted a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Argentina's Jose Acasuso. The Argentines got even when Guillermo Canas registered a 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 win over Thomas Johansson, who just fell from No. 1 to No. 3 in the ATP Tour Champions Race. Lucas Arnold and Gaston Etlis defeated Jonas Bjorkman and Johansson, 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (11-9).
Shaughnessy stops six-match slide
STRASBOURG, France, May 21 (UPI) -- Meghann Shaughnessy snapped a six-match losing streak Monday with an opening-round victory at the claycourt Strasbourg International.
Shaughnessy, the third seed, defeated fellow American Jennifer Hopkins, 7-5, 6-0, for her first win since reaching the semifinals at the Sarasota Open the first week of April.
Sixth seed Lisa Raymond of the United States rebounded from three straight losses as she rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 victory over wild card Cecline Beigbeder of France.
The struggle continued for No. 7 Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic as she was ousted by Croatia's Jelena Kostanic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Bedanova has failed to advance past the second round in four straight tournaments.
Also Monday, Anca Barna of Germany defeated France's Virginie Razzano, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1 and Slovakia's Tina Pisnik cruised past American Lilia Osterloh, 6-4, 6-2.
Clemens named AL Player of Week
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- New York Yankees righthander Roger Clemens, who tied Bert Blyleven for 22nd on the all-time wins list, was named American League Player of the Week on Monday.
Clemens won both of his starts last week, including the 287th of his career in Sunday's 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins that tied him with Blyleven. In two starts spanning 14 2/3 innings, the six-time Cy Young Award winner allowed one earned run and seven hits.
Clemens struck out 21 batters in the two starts, including 13 on Sunday for his 99th career double-digit strikeout game.
Bonds NL PLayer of Week
NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, who hit three more home runs during the period, Monday was named National League Player of the Week.
In six games, Bonds was 10-for-17 with two doubles, a triple and scored seven runs. The 10-time All-Star is tied for the NL lead with 15 homers and leads the league in batting (.386), runs (36), walks (55), slugging percentage (.921) and on-base percentage (.615).
