Dallas Stars

BaseballChicago White Sox -- Reassigned P Steve Worrell and P Tim Moore from Single-A Prince William to Double-A Birmingham.Cincinnati Reds -- Optioned P Kevin Jarvis to Triple-A Indianapolis.Detroit Tigers -- Optioned P Sean Bergman to Triple-A Toledo. Activated P Greg Gohr from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Toledo.St. Louis Cardinals -- Optioned P Gary Buckels and SS Trip Cormer to Triple-A Louisville. Recalled C Eric Pappas from Louisville.San Diego Padres -- Activated 1B Tim Hyers from the 15-day DL. Optioned P Bryce Florie to Triple-A Las Vegas.

Jose Theodore played only five games for the Colorado Avalanche in the regular season. Now, after five postseason games he's already won over his new teammates. Theodore stopped 11 shots in overtime before Andrew Brunette scooped a rebound over sprawling goaltender Marty Turco to give Colorado a 3-2 victory over the host Dallas Stars - and wrap up the first-round series in five games for the seventh-seeded Avalanche. "He's the reason we're standing here with smiles on our face, really.

LANDOVER -- The Washington Capitals are down to five games and need six points to clinch an NHL playoff spot.They didn't help themselves yesterday, when they gave up four goals on six shots in the second period and lost, 6-3, to the Dallas Stars."

DALLAS - The Dallas Stars nearly cruised back into the Stanley Cup Finals. Instead, the Colorado Avalanche made them earn it. Sergei Zubov and Mike Modano scored on the power play in the first period as Dallas built a three-goal lead, then withstood a Colorado rally that lasted to the closing seconds for a 3-2 victory in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals last night. "It was an unbelievable series," Stars forward Brett Hull said. "It could have gone either way. I'm just thankful we got kind of lucky at the end and held on."

IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders wasn't about to pull any punches yesterday. Hearing that the Washington Redskins' Michael Westbrook and Albert Connell didn't think he could cover them, Sanders stood next to Washington's Irving Fryar during warm-ups and talked about the Redskins' receivers. Asked about the conversation, Sanders said: "I asked the Rev. Fryar to please excuse me for what I was about to do." On the second play of the game, Sanders revealed what he meant.

BasketballBoston Celtics: Traded G Sherman Douglas to Milwaukee Bucks for G-F Todd Day and C Alton Lister. Waived C Charles Claxton.Houston Rockets: Waived F Alvin Heggs.Milwaukee Bucks: Activated C Kevin Duckworth from injured list.Quad City Thunder (CBA): Signed former Washington Bullets F Larry Stewart (Coppin State).HockeyDallas Stars: Sent D Pat McLeod to IHL Michigan.Mighty Ducks of Anaheim: Assigned D Oleg Mikulchik to AHL Baltimore.Vancouver Canucks: Suspended LW Esa Tikkanen, acquired on Thanksgiving from New Jersey Devils, for not reporting.

Opponent: Dallas StarsSite: USAir Arena, LandoverTime: 1: 30TV/Radio: HTS/WWLG (1360 AM), WTEM (570 AM)Outlook: The Capitals (32-28-8) are 19-11-3 on home ice this season, following Friday's 5-2 loss to Boston. They get another chance to improve on it today against Dallas (22-34-12), which has struggled all season. D Kevin Hatcher will be making his first appearance here since the Capitals traded him to the Stars for D Mark Tinordi on Jan. 18, 1995. The Caps will be without LW Keith Jones (groin)

Meet Brett HullBrett Hull of the DallasStars has one of the the NHL's hardest shots. He averaged 52 goals per season for the St. Louis Blues from 1988 to 1998. Brett's dad, Bobby, scored 610 goals during his NHL career (1957-80).Brett is looking to follow in his father's footsteps. "Brett makes the smart play," says Mike Modano. "We're excited to be playing together."GOOD SPORTS; JAMILA WIDEMANPoint guard Jamila Wideman of the Los Angeles Sparks guides her team's offense on the basketball court.

BasketballOrlando Magic -- Signed G Darrell Armstrong for the remainder of the season.CollegeCedarville -- Named Jeff Reep men's basketball coach.Central Washington -- Announced that interim basketball coach Greg Sparling will coach the team next season.FootballSan Antonio Texans (CFL) -- Re-signed LB Hurlie Brown and WR Mark Stock.HockeyDallas Stars -- Recalled G Darcy Wakaluk from a conditioning assignment with IHL Kalamazoo. Assigned G Mike Torchia to Kalamazoo.San Jose Sharks -- Assigned D Ilya Byakin to IHL Kansas City.

BaseballMinnesota Twins -- Released OF Randy Bush. Recalled OF Derek Lee from Triple-A Portland.New York Yankees -- Activated IF Mike Gallego from the 15-day DL. Sent IF Dave Silvestri to Triple-A Columbus.HockeyHartford Whalers -- Traded first-, second- and third-round picks in the 1993 draft and future considerations to the San Jose Sharks for a first-round pick in 1993.Los Angeles Kings -- Traded C Corey Millen to the New Jersey Devils for a fifth-round pick in the 1993 draft.New Jersey Devils -- Acquired LW Mike Peluso from the Ottawa Senators to complete trade for G Craig Billington.