BRIEFLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Reports Kings to retire Robitaille's No. 20 on Jan. 20 vs. Phoenix The Kings will retire the No. 20 jersey of Luc Robitaille This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It needs to be expanded. * It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. , the leading goal scorer in franchise history, in a ceremony before their Jan. 20 game against Phoenix. Robitaille's jersey will join those of Marcel Dionne, Wayne Gretzky, Rogie Vachon and Dave Taylor, and Robitaille will also be inducted into the Kings' Hall of Fame. The timing allows Gretzky, Robitaille's former teammate and current coach of the Coyotes, to be in attendance. ``Having your sweater retired by your team is an incredible honor,'' Robitaille said. ``I have always said that the Kings are my team. This honor means so much to myself and my family, and I am very honored and humbled indeed.'' Robitaille retired after last season as the Kings' all-time leading goal scorer, with 557, and the highest-scoring left winger in NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there history. He played 19 NHL seasons with the Kings, Pittsburgh, New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). and Detroit. -- Rich Hammond Evgeni Malkin skated again with NHL players at the Kings' practice rink in El Segundo, and his agent said he was optimistic the 20-year-old will soon become a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. GOLF: Tom Lehman chose Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank as his two captain's picks for the Ryder Cup, leaving Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. at home for the first time since 1993. TENNIS: Ana Ivanovic overpowered o·ver·pow·er tr.v. o·ver·pow·ered, o·ver·pow·er·ing, o·ver·pow·ers 1. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue. 2. To affect so strongly as to make helpless or ineffective; overwhelm. 3. Martina Hingis for a 6-2, 6-3 victory in the rain-delayed final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal. BASKETBALL: Police in Portland, Ore., said Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph is ``involved'' in a sexual assault report taken last week but is not a suspect. Sgt. Brian Schmautz, spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is the law enforcement agency of the City of Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. While oversight of Portland's bureaus shifts among the five City Commissioners, the Mayor is always assigned the Police Bureau as the police , said detectives are interviewing potential witnesses to the incident. Connecticut Sun guard Katie Douglas has a hairline fracture hairline fracture n. A fracture in which the fragments do not separate because the line of break is so fine. Also called capillary fracture. in her right foot and is doubtful for the remainder of the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego playoffs. HORSE RACING: Ellwood and Jake won Del Mar's feature race worth $60,554, beating Witness This by one length. Ellwood and Jake sped the distance in 56.06, paying out $6.20, $4 and $2.80. BASEBALL: In Little League action at Williamsport, Pa., Barquisimeto, Venezuela beat Saipan 1-0 in eight innings, completing a suspended game from Saturday; Willemstad, Curacao beat Moscow 8-0; Kawaguchi City, Japan defeated Mexico 6-1; Portsmouth, N.H. beat Lake Charles, La. 5-0; Barquisimeto, Venezuela beat Surrey, B.C. 3-2; and Beaverton, Ore. defeated Columbia, Mo. 2-1. |
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