Hockey
GRIZZ HONORS: Utah Grizzlies left winger Sean Tallaire has been named the IHL CCM Player of the Week, while teammate Rich Parent has won Goalie of the Week honors for the second time this month.Tallaire also receive the American Specialties +/- Award for the highest +/- rating in the league over the past week.
Tallaire finished the week with two goals and five assists in four games played this week, all of which the Grizzlies won. Tallaire had two multiple-point games, recording a three assist night against Long Beach on Wednesday and adding a goal, and then he tallied two assists Sunday against Kansas City.
He scored his first shorthanded goal of the season that night, which also proved to be the game winner. The native of Steinbach, Manitoba, also finished with a +7 rating for the week and played a key role on Utah's penalty killing unit, which ranks second in the IHL.
Parent wins the Goalie of the Week award after going 3-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .940 save percentage. Parent won earlier this month after going 2-0-0 during the week of Nov. 1-7. Parent finished the month with a 7-2-1 record and a 1.91 GAA.
The Grizzlies went 4-0-0 last week and have won five straight overall. They return to action this Wednesday as they host Long Beach at 7:05 p.m.
GRIZZ CLINIC: Utah Grizzlies' players and coaches will be on hand to instruct hockey enthusiasts of all ages and abilities Tuesday evening, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 PM, at The Peaks Ice Arena in Provo.
The clinic is free to all participants, and includes all equipment. Call 1-800-959-8824 to reserve your spot, or simply show up at The Peaks Ice Arena Tuesday ready for the clinic.
Baseball
ROSE'S PETITION: Pete Rose is launching an Internet petition and may sue baseball to end his lifetime ban.
Following an investigation of his gambling, baseball's career hits leader agreed in August 1989 to a lifetime ban from the sport. He applied for reinstatement in September 1997 and while commissioner Bud Selig has said several times that he has seen no evidence that would make him change the ban, he hasn't formally responded to Rose.
Basketball
UCONN STILL NO. 1: Two straight 100-point games gave No. 1-ranked Connecticut an additional boost in The Associated Press women's basketball poll. Connecticut, which has led the poll from the start, received 40 first-place votes and held a 47-point lead over No. 2 Georgia.
Georgia received three first-place votes from the national media panel, with No. 3 Tennessee and No. 4 Louisiana Tech each getting one. Connecticut had 1,116 points, Georgia 1,069, Tennessee 1,040 and Louisiana Tech 927.
UCLA, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Auburn, North Carolina and Illinois completed the Top 10.
Football
LEAF REPENTANT: Ryan Leaf showed up for work at about 5:45 a.m. and several hours later was on the practice field, throwing passes. In between, he may have saved his career with the San Diego Chargers.
The quarterback returned from his four-week suspension and apologized to general manager Bobby Beathard and his teammates for the outburst that got him barred from the team's headquarters.
The apologies were accepted. Now the Chargers, who've heard similar apologies from Leaf, will see if he can put the troubled first season and a half of his NFL career behind him.
CARROLL ON HOT SEAT: The New England Patriots are running out of time to make the playoffs. Coach Pete Carroll might be running out of chances to keep his job.
A three-game losing streak after a 6-2 start has put the futures of the team and its coach under a cloud. That may not lift soon, considering the next two games are against solid teams, Dallas (6-5) and Indianapolis (9-2).
KEALY OUT: Ryan Kealy, Arizona State's injury-plagued quarterback, will miss the Sun Devils' game against Wake Forest in the Aloha Bowl with a knee injury.
The junior tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when he was sacked by Arizona's Marcus Bell in Arizona State's 42-27 victory over the Wildcats last Saturday.
It is the third time Kealy has torn his ACL and the fifth time he's undergone knee surgery, four on his right knee.
Kealy also missed Arizona State's Sun Bowl appearance two years ago because of a knee injury.
Boxing
JUDGE IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS: The scandal-tainted IBF lost some of its independence, and the government moved closer to a takeover as a judge imposed spending restrictions on one of boxing's major governing bodies.
The action stems from a racketeering indictment and a government lawsuit brought against International Boxing Federation president Robert W. Lee Sr., accusing him and others of taking $338,000 in bribes to rig the organization's ratings.
In imposing the temporary restraining order, U.S. District Judge John W. Bissell found that prosecutors would be likely to prove those charges at a trial.
General
MERGER OFF: Ascent Entertainment Group said its merger with Liberty Media Corp. is off and gave billionaire Donald Sturm two days to resolve his differences with the city of Denver over his planned purchase of two professional sports teams and their new arena.
Officials with Ascent said that if the city and Sturm cannot agree by a new 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline, the company will terminate its deal to sell the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Center to The Sturm Group for $461 million.
CHARGES DROPPED: Battery charges filed against Dennis Rodman and actress Carmen Electra after a night of partying in South Beach clubs ended in a fight at a hotel, have been dropped.
Attorney Roy Black said Monday that the fight was a disagreement "typical of what happens between a married couple."
Rodman and Electra were charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor, after the fight Nov. 5 in which both received minor injuries.
Soccer
METROSTARS HIRE ZAMBRANO: Octavio Zambrano, whose firing this season began a run that carried the Los Angeles Galaxy to a berth in the MLS Cup, was hired to coach the New York-New Jersey MetroStars.
Zambrano received a two-year contract that won't start until Jan. 1. While the team refused to disclose terms of the deal, a source close to the league said Zambrano would earn about $140,000 annually.
Zambrano replaces Bora Milutinovic, who resigned shortly after the MetroStars finished the season with a 7-25 record, the worst in the team's four-year history.