Buck O'Neil, baseball's charismatic Negro Leagues ambassador who barnstormed with Satchel Paige and inexplicably fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night. He was 94.

Red-hot Lehtonen leads Thrashers past Bruins Seattle Post Intelligencer - Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Kari Lehtonen continued his hot play and stopped 22 shots to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at Philips Arena.

Murray adds scalp of Ljubicic to hit list Independent - By Paul Newman in Madrid. It has been a year of outstanding progress for Andy Murray but few of his achievements can compare with his win in the Madrid Masters second round here yesterday.