BRIEFLY\St. Louis may have to wait on Gretzky.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Wayne Gretzky Noun 1. Wayne Gretzky - high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961) Gretzky may be in street clothes tonight for his first home appearance with the St. Louis Blues, but it's likely just a temporary setback for the team that labored for months to acquire him. General manager and coach Mike Keenan Michael Edward Keenan (born October 21 1949 in Bowmanville, Ontario) is the current head coach of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, and former General Manager of the Florida Panthers. He is 5'11" and weighs 198 lbs. Keenan was a player for the St. said Gretzky definitely will be ready to play Thursday against Calgary. "I talked to him this morning and he says he feels pretty well," Keenan said. "He's got a pretty huge headache, but other than that to this point he's progressing pretty well." Gretzky said he wanted to play tonight against Florida, but Keenan said it will be up to the doctors. "This is a neurological call, not a coach's call," Keenan said. Gretzky suffered a mild concussion when Edmonton's Kelly Buchberger Kelly Buchberger (b. December 2, 1966 in Langenburg, Saskatchewan) is a retired professional Canadian hockey player and current coach. Buchberger played for the Edmonton Oilers, Atlanta Thrashers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. elbowed him in the head at 6:22 of the second period of St. Louis' 4-3 victory over the Oilers on Sunday. BASKETBALL Golden State's Chris Mullin will miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament in his finger in a game against the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Knicks on Sunday. Mullin tore the radial collateral ligament Radial collateral ligament can refer to:
Eleven days after he vowed his days with the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. were over, Rod Strickland has rejoined the team. Strickland missed six games after storming out of a shootaround Feb. 22 and saying he no longer could stand to play for coach P.J. Carlesimo. Terrell Brandon, the Cleveland Cavaliers' leading scorer, will miss about two weeks because of a bruised tail bone and sprained right rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. . Also, starting shooting guard Bobby Phills will be out for a week because of a bruised leg and sprained knee, and rarely used guard Harold Miner will undergo surgery for an inflamed right knee. FOOTBALL Rodney Hampton, the New York Giants' career rushing leader, will be staying in New York after the Giants matched the San Francisco 49ers' six-year, $16.45 million offer sheet. |
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