Daily sport news

AP - Brad Boyes scored twice and backup goaltender Chris Mason made a season-high 31 saves to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.

AP - Dwyane Wade shook off flu-like symptoms to score 38 points, and the Miami Heat rallied from 15 points down to beat the Indiana Pacers 109-100 on Saturday night.

AP - Rick Nash scored extended his goal streak to five games, knocking in a backhander in the first period that helped the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-0 victory over the sluggish Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday night.

AP - Justin Kahut hit a 24-yard field goal as time expired, and No. 21 Oregon State rallied to defeat Arizona 19-17 on Saturday night and move within one victory of its first Rose Bowl trip since 1965.

Reuters - San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Martz has been fined $20,000 by the NFL for public criticism of game officials earlier this month, the league said on Friday.

AP - David Devezin led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points as Marist defeated Robert Morris 72-55 Saturday in a Garden State Challenge tournament game.

AP - Kellen Moore threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns and No. 9 Boise State kept the nation's best rushing offense in check, beating Nevada 41-34 Saturday to remain undefeated.

AP - Patrick Roy heard cheers again in Montreal, more than a decade after his bitter divorce from the Canadiens.

AP - The newcomers have arrived in New York, and to many Knicks fans the best thing about them is they'll be gone in two years.

AP - Louisville freshman center Samardo Samuels scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures, and the third-ranked Cardinals rolled by Morehead State 79-41 in the opening round of the Billy Minardi Classic.

AP - Jevan Snead threw two touchdown passes, Markeith Summers ran for a 13-yard score out of the "Wild Rebel" formation and Mississippi won its fourth straight game, 31-13 against No. 18 LSU on Saturday.

AP - New Jersey defenseman Mike Mottau received a two-game suspension from the NHL on Saturday for elbowing New York Islanders forward Frans Nielsen.

AP - Cameron Dantley, son of one of Notre Dame's basketball greats, threw an 11-yard TD pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left, to lead Syracuse to a 24-23 victory Saturday against the stunned and disheartened Fighting Irish.

AP - Brandon Gathof blocked Tom Hansen's game-winning 45-yard field goal attempt on the final play, giving Eastern Kentucky a 33-31 victory over Tennessee-Martin and clinch the Ohio Valley Conference championship on Saturday.

AP - Written off and under fire after losing five of its first six games, Rutgers is on the verge of completing one of the biggest in-season turnarounds in the history of the program that helped launch college football.

AP - Pavol Demitra scored twice, Daniel and Henrik Sedin had three points each and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Saturday for their third straight win on the road.

AP - Paula Creamer will use a pink ball Sunday, her custom for the final round. Odds are, she'll play those 18 holes with a different color in mind: green.

AFP - Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco put Spain in the driving seat in the Davis Cup final Saturday, beating Argentina's David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in the doubles to give their country a 2-1 lead in Mar del Plata.

AP - Blake Griffin had career highs of 35 points and 21 rebounds, and No. 12 Oklahoma needed just about all of them in holding off Gardner-Webb 80-76 on Saturday.

AP - Geavon Tribble scored on a 7-yard touchdown run with five minutes remaining to lift Jacksonville to a 19-14 win over Dayton on Saturday.