Daily sport news

AP - Goodbye, Alex Ovechkin. Hello, Sidney Crosby.

AP - Four-time All-Pro Seattle Seahawks lineman Walter Jones has retired after a 13-year career during which he became a cornerstone of the team and one of the players against whom other left tackles were measured.

AP - Ai Miyazato is trying to spoil Lorena Ochoa's going-away party.

AP - Bryan Bulaga didn't really enjoy the run-up to the NFL draft. He'd rather play football than be poked and prodded by scouts and analyzed by so-called draft experts.

AP - Seattle's "Big Walt" is finally saying goodbye.

AP - Tiger Woods delivered a few memorable shots of his own Thursday at Quail Hollow on a pleasant day that produced birdies and eagles and plenty of excitement.

AP - Astros left-hander Wandy Rodriguez will miss his scheduled start Friday at Atlanta because of back spasms.

AP - Organizers of the Champions Tour's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic are trying to send a message to the world that the area, devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is back in business.

AP - The Boston Bruins lost 10 straight games in one miserable stretch. They even lost 10 in a row at home. They didn't clinch a playoff berth until their next to last game.

Reuters - Hitting a game-winning buzzer beater was the most memorable moment of the season for Sacramento's Tyreke Evans, named the NBA's rookie of the year on Thursday after leading his team in scoring.

AP - The cheering was loud and enthusiastic when Tiger Woods stepped to the tee on a chilly morning, another sign that perhaps people are becoming more interested in his golf than what kept him away for so long.

AP - In three months' time, Sidney Crosby has won an Olympic gold medal with an overtime goal and returned the Pittsburgh Penguins to an enviable position in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

AP - The girls already grabbed horse racing's biggest headlines. Now another one is out to steal the sport's biggest race from the boys.

AP - One dominating performance by the defending NBA champions wasn't enough to rattle Scott Brooks and his young Oklahoma City Thunder.

AP - The Mexico-based World Boxing Council will not schedule Mexican fighters for bouts in Arizona to protest what it called the state's "shameful, inhuman and discriminatory" immigration law.

AP - Jimmie Johnson walked onto a stage where some of his biggest fans got to ask questions of the four-time defending NASCAR champion.

AP - Eminem mentions Ben Roethlisberger in his latest song: "Despicable."

AFP - Diego Forlan's 102nd minute goal ended Liverpool's hopes of a first trophy in four years as Rafa Benitez's side were denied a place in the Europa League final by Atletico Madrid on the away goals rule.

AP - All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler rejoined the Texas Rangers on Thursday and traveled with the team for its West Coast trip and his season debut.

AP - Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Ladd had a smile on his face and a hockey player's gash on his nose Thursday as he downplayed his feud with Vancouver's Ryan Kesler.