WASHINGTON (AP) - So much for all of the hype about Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, Penguins vs. Capitals, Game 7. This second-round series ended with a thud, thanks to a perfect performance by Sid the Kid's Penguins - and a lackluster one by the Capitals.

The veteran major league umpire is beginning a comeback from two strokes that have kept him off the field since last May. He returned this week for a rehab stretch in minor league games in Toledo and plans on being back in the majors on May 21 in Chicago.

Taylor's agent, Gary Wichard, says the 34-year-old linebacker signed a $1.5 million, one-year contract Wednesday with Miami.

NEW YORK (AP) - LeBron James is a unanimous selection to the All-NBA team after leading the Cavaliers to a franchise-record for wins and a pair of playoff sweeps.

NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say a streaker who disrupted a New York Mets game by jumping onto Citi Field naked except for a stuffed monkey tied around his waist has pleaded not guilty to trespassing charges.

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Marko Cukic, a 6-foot-9 power forward who moved to the United States from Serbia in 2007, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball next season at Nevada.

BALTIMORE (AP) - Rachel Alexandra has been made the early 8-5 favorite for the Preakness Stakes, the first filly accorded that status since 1988.

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant needed only three quarters to score 26 points and the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from their Game 4 flop, routing the Houston Rockets 118-78 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

The Anaheim Ducks made sure there would be no road clincher by the Detroit Red Wings.

A former associate of NBA star O.J. Mayo says that Southern California basketball coach Tim Floyd paid a man who helped get Mayo to play for the Trojans, Yahoo! Sports reported on Tuesday.

RENO, Nev. — Sophomore Scott Smith will tee off at 10:20 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Men’s West Regional, being held May 14-16 at the par 72, 6,863-yard Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, Calif.

RENO, Nev. — Matt Bowman and Dellena Criner have been named the 2008-09 Doc Martie & Ruth I. Russell Award winners as the University of Nevada's top male and female student-athletes, Director of Athletics Cary Groth announced Tuesday.

The Bishop Manogue Miners and the Spanish Springs Cougars tied for first place at the 4A Regionals Boys Golf Tournament.

Reno starter Billy Buckner was sharp over five innings, but the Aces offense couldn’t get going Tuesday night, as the Nashville Sounds topped Reno 5-0 in the series opener at Herschel Greer Stadium.

Ryan Zimmerman has swiftly extended his hitting streak to 30 games, getting a first-inning single in the Washington Nationals' game against the San Francisco Giants.

The Boston Bruins played an entire season to get to this point: a winner-take-all Game 7 in their building.

Ray Allen's 3-pointer with 1:20 left gave Boston its first lead since the opening minutes and the Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 92-88 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

BALTIMORE (AP) - Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson says he has been successfully treated for prostate cancer.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The San Francisco Giants have recalled left-handed reliever Pat Misch from Triple-A Fresno and demoted right-hander Osiris Matos to the minors.

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed slumping outfielder Conor Jackson on the 15-day disabled list with a "general illness."

ABILENE, Texas (AP) - Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter is free on bond after his arrest in Abilene.

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has apologized to the mother of Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The NFL is considering adding a second regular-season game overseas in time for the 2010 season.

ORONO, Maine (AP) - The associate men's basketball coach at Maine has resigned after being charged with making sexual advances on a member of the women's soccer team.

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) - The personal doctor to a professional wrestler who killed himself, his wife and their 7-year-old son was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for illegally prescribing painkillers and other drugs to patients.