Chris Mueller

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Avs fire Sacco Joe Sacco is out as Colorado Avalanche coach. The team fired Sacco on Sunday, the day after it finished last in the Western Conference and had the second-worst record in the NHL this season at 16-25-7....

The Sports Xchange Blue Jackets win, fall short of playoffs COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Blue Jackets' stunning run the last two months conjured dreams of the franchise's second berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs. If only it had started one game earlier. The...

The Sports Xchange Blue Jackets 3, Predators 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Columbus Blue Jackets' stunning two-month run from dead last in the league to the verge of the Stanley Cup playoffs ended in fitting fashion last night in Nationwide Arena. The Blue...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--WTA Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) High School Basketball--National Invitational boys’ semifinals, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles, 2 p.m. (FXSP) Boxing--Santa Ynez,...

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 11:30 a.m. (WGN); Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, Noon (FXSP) Tennis--WTA Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) NBA Basketball--Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m. (TNT); San...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL| |Central Region at Mankato, Minn.|  Championship, Winona State (26-7) vs. Mankato (28-4), 7 p.m. |MEN’S CITY LEAGUE BASKETBALL| |at Washington Street Gym|  6:30 p.m. — Kessler’s/...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT STATE AA at Barnett Arena in Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Consolation semifinal, Sturgis (9-15) vs. Sioux Falls Roosevelt (16-7), noon MST Consolation semifinal, Sioux Falls O'...

|TV SPORTS| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Aston Villa, 1:55 p.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Paris-Nice, Stage 1, same-day tape, 3:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati at Louisville, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Texas Tech at Kansas, 6 p....

|TV SPORTS| Men’s College Basketball--Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Memphis at Xavier, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Auburn at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Florida at Tennessee, 8 p.m. (ESPN); Wake Forest at Florida State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU); Nebraska at...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| |District 1A at Britton|  Groton (11-8) vs. Britton-Hecla (7-10), 7 p.m. |District 2A at Sisseton|  Milbank (11-8) vs. Tiospa Zina (4-16), 6 p.m.  Webster (11-6) vs. Sisseton (8-11), 7:30 p.m....

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Sioux Falls Roosevelt Quadrangular Todd County Triangular HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY Aberdeen Cougars at Mitchell, 7 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' HOCKEY Aberdeen Cougars vs. Mitchell, Odde Ice Center, 8 p.m. JUNIOR...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING  Sioux Falls Roosevelt Quadrangular  Todd County Triangular HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOCKEY  Aberdeen Cougars at Mitchell, 7 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ HOCKEY  Aberdeen Cougars vs. Mitchell, Odde Ice Center, 8...