joakim noah is a game- time decision, but it's unlikely he'll play. out of a walking boot, but he's still limping. the bulls need big games out of luol deng and carlos boozer who combined for 43 points and 21 rebounds. game six tips off in philadelphia at six tonight. white sox going for the series split in cleveland: no score in the first... a man on for adam dunn who puts the sox up with his tenth homer of the year... he's second in the a-l. then the sox scored a season- best six runs in the sixth... alejandro de aza singles in two runs with the bases loaded. sox go on to win 8-1. jake peavy allowed just one run in seven innings for his fourth win. they're off today. sox pitcher chris sale has gone from the rotation, to the bullpen, and now to an mri machine. his elbow hurts, so he's getting it looked at today as a precaution. sale was a reliever last year, and transitioned to a starter this year. he had a good start, before moving to the pen, but the sox say he could start again. cubs going for a series win against the braves: scoreless in the sixth

. >>> no derrick rose, no joakim noah, bulls got it done with the defense. held the sixers to 26 in the first half. chicago avoided elimination with the 77-69 win. >>> in los angeles, lakers rallied from 15 down, couldn't get over the hump. kobe bryant's jumper off the mark. sessions with another shot couldn't get it to fall. despite 43 from bryant, denver won 102-99. >>> the ice, devils and flyers, both team tried to set the tone early. number of huge hits in the opening period. the goal sumd up the series for philadelphia. bryzgalov ricochetted in. devil eliminates the flyers. they have the rangers or caps in the finals. >>> josh hamilton slugged his way in the record books. four home runs in baltimore, 16th player in baseball history to pull off such a feat. in perspective, more perfect games pitched than four home run games. he beat the orioles 10-3. >>> that is the early look at sports on "early today" i'm fred roggin. >>> celebrities turned life savers. more trouble for john tra voe take, the entertainment headlines are ahead. >>> plus, no, you are not

joakim noah tried to warm up but missed his third straight game. with a bad ankle, and helped the bulls overcome a 12- point deficit and take the lead... he scored 14. bulls up a point in the finals seconds when c-j watson passes off to omer asik who gets fouled hard, but no foul is called. asik misses both free throws, and the bulls defense fails to pick up andre iguodala who's fouled at the other end. he makes both free throws to take the lead with two seconds left. watson puts up a desperation shot from half court, but it's no good. bulls lose 79-78... eliminated in six games. for the bulls are just the fifth number-one seed to lose in the first round, and now they have a long off- season ahead of them. you can't grab anyone by the neck that is an automatic felt it's a flagrant foul its in the rulebook ... >>you just don't want to lose a game like that one ... it's time now for your live illinois lottery drawing ... here are the winning pick three numbers: 0 4 9 here are the winning pick four numbers: 9 5 4 0 the mega-millions jackpot is $16 mil

northwest side of the chicago the bulls and the philadelphia 76ers' playoff series resumes tonight and joakim noah and company have to find a way to win without derrick rose ... dan roan is live in philadelphia ... >>to come back and reassert control of the series the team will have to make changes before game 3 tactical and emotional >>with or without derrick rose seeing the bulls get run out of their own building was a stranger took everyone by surprise especially the team ... >>i don't want to take anything away from the philadelphia 76 years they played a good game they came out with a good plan they did a good job we did not. but honestly that is over we have to focus on tonight's game and put all of our energy into how we will win tonight's game >>if you put the effort and ... you get what you put out ... we're not gonna go in and reinvent the wheel ... we will continue to do what we do better and harder ... it is the same stuff that won 50 games in the regular season ... >>defend rebound keep the turnovers down when you look at those three things if you don't defend and you do not rebound y

taj gibson stead and ankle in game 5 and joakim noah still limping around with his sprained ankle. looking good against the new york next. on dwayne wade the floor here. miami a big winner over the new york next. indiana pacers is next. stanley cup action tonight new york trying to end the series against washington but could not. power play between and the ranks washington wins the game game seven this weekend. baseball today chicago white sox series in cleveland distressing news as chris sale on the off day tomorrow mri on elbow did not know what is wrong. starter or bullpen closer? as for the game final game of the series against cleveland indians went pretty well after one hour delay. what about? adam dunn 10th home run of the year he had 11 home runs last year. on the board early for jake peavy and in the fourth inning and they scored six runs behind alejandro de aza bases loaded single. jake peavy about to go four-one big lead late in the game in cleveland. wrigley field today more great pitching by chicago cubs starter paul maholm out there today. help from the defense chippe

joakim noah will sit again with a sprained ankle, with omer asik starting.hibodeau has stressed after the last three games that the bulls need to close better and improve on defense. bulls and sixers tip off at 8:30 tonight at the united center. the montreal canadiens are reportedly interested in coach joel quenneville. the blackhawks former assistant gm is now the canadiens' gm. he and quenneville are close and montreal could try to lure him away. quenneville was unhappy when the team brought in a director of player developement barry smith, to help with the power play. hawks gm stan bowman says the team is committed to quenneville, and they have a good working relationship. the sox and indians double- header was plagued with rain delays. in the second game... the sox trail 2-1 in the eigth when alex rios singles in alejandro de aza to tie it. still tied in the bottom half... matt thronton pitching in relief, and gives up the game winning run to shelley duncan. sox lose 3-2... they also lost game one, 8-6. philip humber allowed nine hits in just two- and- a

quarter chicago bulls took control of of the bench john lucas iii 11 points at halftime and then joakim noahs had 8 point lead. looking very good. the elected in the locker room. richard hamilton shot from the baseline off the side of the backboard. philadelphia the other way shooting five out of 20 76ers had 15 out of 22. getting shots like this. turner to young for the dunk pulling away in the 3rd in the fourth quarter loose with the basketball again. steal and layup 76ers 59% shooting tonight, coach at the podium,m >> could not count on defense or the daunting we count on that every night how to get back to that. >> what did you think about the performance cj watson today? >> first half was very good we scored plenty. as a team the defense was not what it should be. we are capable of doing much better than we did and we have to. >> it seemed like perimeter defense broke down soft or technical reasons? >> i think when you make it offensive game like we did to start. make it easy baskets. much more difficult to slow a guy down. with confidence early. i thought we made and the job extremely

joakim noah hit ten of eleven field goals, and scored a team- high 21 points...ght at halftime. but the sixers outscored the bulls 36-14 in the third quarter, and shot 59-percent overall... the highest the bulls allowed all year. the sixers also outscored the bulls in fast-break points 25- to- 8. jrue holiday scored a game- high 26 points, and the bulls lose game two, 109-92. they travel to philadelphia on friday, with the series tied. we're just disappointed. we did not play well defensively we did not play well offensively we got our butts kicked no excuses we know we can play better than we have today ... coach tom thibodeau will not repeat as n-b-a coach of the year. the award goes to san antonio spurs head coach, greg popovich for the second time. the bulls and spurs both finished tied with the best records in the league. thibodeau finished in a distant second in voting, despite having his starting- five for only 15 games. rain delayed the sox and indians about an hour on the south side. sox down a run in the second... a-j pierzynski hits a solo home run to

now joakim noah a turned his ankle. this is a tough one to watch but do it none the less.ee him going down there in the third quarter. philly fans, well, they are philly fans. they booed santa claus and they cheered joakim noah getting injured. typical philly fans. the sixers beat the bulls. 79-74. the top seed in the east now trailing 2-1 in the series. and far from a good day for tiger woods. going way off course at the wells fargo championship in charlotte. seems that the path of his career may be taking a similar path. he could not find his ball on that shot you just saw. that never happens in golf. didn't get a penalty. >> happened to me. >> alisyn: shot a one over par 73. not with the big boys. finishing 13 shots behind the leader nic wadny. this is the 8th time he has missed the cut in his career. second time in three years he has missed the cut at quail hallow. >> he is struggling. >> i have to bring a bag of balls. >> someone actually think someone snatched the ball and that's why it disappeared. >> that's what happens with mine as well. >> today is the 138th runn