Wings

Broken Wings is a skillful Israeli family drama about a mother and four children at the start of a new school year, trying to repair themselves nine months after the death of the husband and father who was and still is at their household's center. The movie has a primal mother-daughter hook that never loses its point. Orli Zilberschatz-Banai is a midwife too depressed and overworked to mind her own offspring and Maya Maron is the 17-year-old daughter and would-be rock singer who for most of a year has brought up the youngest children (Daniel and Eliana Magon)

ANAHEIM, Calif -- Left-hander Arthur Rhodes struggled early in his first start for Triple-A Rochester last night, but he settled down to get the win in a 5-4 victory over Charlotte.Rhodes allowed three runs in the first, and walked a hitter in each of the first three innings, but his final line was a respectable seven innings, five hits, three runs, three walks and 11 strikeouts."I was using all my pitches in the first inning," Rhodes said. "I was just leaving them over the plate. I just told myself in the second to settle down."

Good teams find ways to win against a lesser opponent even when they may not be on top of their game. So the Blast, which came into Friday's game against last-place Wichita undefeated and averaging more than 15-plus points per game, had that task when its usually precise offense was mostly absent. Two goals a minute apart at the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth proved the answer as the Blast shook the pesky, defensive-minded Wings, 10-6, in front of an announced 6,624 at 1st Mariner Arena . The Blast (8-0)

Mickey Weston and Mike Smith combined to stifle the Columbus Clippers while the bottom of the Rochester Red Wings order provided the offense in a 5-1 victory Saturday night that brought the Red Wings their second Governors' Cup championship in three seasons.By winning the International League championship, the Red Wings will be host to the first three games of the Triple-A Alliance championship. The best-of-seven series will begin tonight against the Omaha Royals, who beat the Nashville Sounds, 8-7, last night to win the American Association championship.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Sherman Obando had three hits and two RBIs, and Rick Krivda pitched seven solid innings to lead the Rochester Red Wings to a 5-3 triumph over the Norfolk Mets last night in a Triple-A International League game.Krivda gave up three hits and two runs, and Armando Benitez pitched 1 1/3 innings for his fifth save.Alex Ochoa had two hits and one RBI for Rochester.Loser Chris Roberts surrendered three runs and eight hits over 4 1/3 innings.

You want wings? Do we have wings for you. We have Buffalo style (a secret recipe), we have teriyaki wings, we have Buffalo garlic, hickory bbq, honey mustard, Jamaican jerk, pepper Parmesan and Cajun spiced. (Those last two come with pepper Parmesan dressing and Cajun sauce respectively instead of blue cheese dressing.)Not hot enough for you? How about Nuclear Wings (extra cayenne powder)? Or Wings From Hell (the original recipe laced with diced jalapeno peppers)?Actually it's Padonia Station that has all these wings, in so many different flavors and quantities (up to 100 for $32.95)

It was the same two teams playing in a different location, but for the Baltimore Thunder, the result was painfully familiar.Just five days after losing to the Wings in Philadelphia's most lopsided victory in franchise history, the Thunder lost to its Interstate 95 rivals, 20-17, last night before 9,707 at the Baltimore Arena."

OTTAWA -- Jimmy Haynes continued his domination of the Ottawa Lynx last night, leading the Rochester Red Wings to a 5-4 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-five International League East playoff series.Haynes pitched six shutout innings but was charged with two runs after leaving in the seventh. Ottawa rallied from a 5-0 deficit, but Jimmy Myers picked up the save with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.The series resumes tonight at Ottawa Stadium.Haynes had a streak of 15 1/3 scoreless innings against the Lynx until Mike Oquist gave up a two-run double to Rafael Bournigal in the seventh.

Simply put, the difference came down to confidence.The Skipjacks came into last night's game winless in their last six. Adirondack had lost seven of 10, including the first two of a four-game trip.Both teams were preseason shoo-ins for playoff berths but are now struggling and fighting for their lives in the AHL Southern Division race."We've had our backs to the wall for a couple of weeks, hovering around fourth place," Red Wings coach Barry Melrose said. "They've been losing and we've been losing, too. I said to my guys before the game, 'Let's see how they play under pressure, knowing they might miss the playoffs.