cubs in the second jasen castro got him a three run home run if they cannot get it done chicago matt garzaright after manager came out to talk another three run home run gave seven tonight losing seventh came in their row about 28-0 in the eighth and many of the white sox took time off to pay respects to kevin hickey passed away last week seriously injured opening road trip to texas one of the good guys in baseball on likely and a successful major league career made it big leagues tryout camp on the south side that has never happened. stan van gundy is out, also fired gm otis smith power play to the orchestrated by orlando magic center dwight howard philadelphia 76ers coached by doug collins down did not bother in the andre iguodala first big finish 76ers' only led by three points at halftime crushed in the third behind brandon bass 27 points for the game rajon rondo real good with running mate avery bradley injured, rondo had 13 points and 14 assists. and the boston celtics one victory away from eastern conference finals. eastern conference finals and the national hockey league new jersey

louis yesterday matt garza de mound everything is good except for throwing to first base.ladelphia did not score by two runs in the fourth bryan lahair had a 14 pitch at that and everybody went to sleep including juan pierre you never see that and then alfonso soriano making him pay first home run against the day in st. louis this is his first wrigley field home run 2-1 in chicago cubs carlos ruiz never hit one at wrigley field until tonight philadelphia phillies beat chicago cubs 3-2 end sorry to report the passing of white sox coach and former player kevin hickey made the major leagues out of tryout camp semi professional ball on the south side batting practice pitcher before becoming sick on opening road trip and dallas great guy 56 kevin hickey years old. playing in anaheim tonight with heavy hearts white sox angel gots run off gavin flyod in second but dayan viciedo an answer for that in the third quarter and beckham has just walked into a run of beating the angels in the third two-one. might get away with the slam a helmet but cannot get away with hitting the umpire

matt garza gave up seven runs in just three innings. meanwhile the cubs could not touch astros' pitcher bud norris... he struck out eight in seven shutout innings. cubs lose their seventh in a row, 8-4... they have not led a game in fifty innings. travis wood takes the mound tonight. the white sox spent their off- day honoring the late kevin hickey, at his wake in south suburban justice. he was a diabetic, and died at the age of 56 last week. hickey made the team as a relief pitcher during an open try in 1981, despite never playing baseball in high school. he returned to the team to pitch batting practice in 2004. the sox host last-place minnesota tonight. oklahoma city trying to make the conference finals again: thunder up one in the second quarter, but kobe bryant drives for a dunk to put the lakers ahead... he scored a game-high 42 points. it's tied in the third... russel westbrook steals the ball and makes a circus shot at the other end, plus the foul... a team-high 28 for him. the thunder win 106-90... eliminating the lakers in fiv

matt garza only gave up two runs to the phillies, but had another throwing error., when alfonso soriano's second home run in as many days gives the cubs the lead. but it's tied in the eighth... reliever shawn camp gives up the solo home run to carlos ruiz... the bullpen then gives up six runs in the ninth. cubs lose 9-2. but they're looking forward to the white sox tomorrow... some for the very first time. i'm excited to see this ... there are too big fan bases in this same city it's a great tradition ... we will represent the cubs very well >> when i was in boston we had the yankees rivalry that was fun. the best thing is to watch some of these families who are divided between the two teams the "crosstown cup" kicks off at wrigley field tomorrow afternoon, right here on wgn. game two is saturday night, with the finale on sunday and tickets are still available. do you want the chance for your band to play a gig and win studio time? enter the wgn midday news 'breakthrough band contest.' one band will play during the wgn midday news at the arboretum of south barringt