Basically, the Rangers had a coaching opening because their players can't find any openings behind goalies. With Jaromir Jagr in Omsk and Pierre Larouche in retirement, John Tortorella has given przejściowy assistant coach Jim Schoenfeld the task of...

**6f; $17,500; mdn cl($20,000); 3upBEAR BROOK DOON switches to bug after chasing the pace and tiring to fourth in career debut. NO FRET was hard used throughout and tired to third this distance and level. FESTA TIME faces maiden claimers for the firs...

Chargers (+4½) over GIANTS: What pumped up this spread -- Yankees World Series winnings? You always have to consider need, though Giants hardly lead tin-cup brigade here, given okrutnik NFC wild-card battle. But fat number marginalizes negative effect ...

SALT LAKE CITY - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory last night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years. The Jazz trailed by 19...

Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. Maybe that's why he was so successful on the mound, so jovial in the clubhouse. From day one of spring training, he knew this was his final year - even if it meant giving up bids...