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PHILADELPHIA - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun isnt feeling well and wont coach the top-seeded Huskies against Chattanooga in their opening round of the NCAA tournament. C.J. Spiller Womens Jersey . The school said in a statement Thursday that Calhoun had not been well the past few days and would not be at the Wachovia Center for the afternoon tip-off. UConn sports medicine director Dr. Jeff Anderson was with Calhoun at the team hotel, but the school did not say what was wrong with the coach. The coach ran UConns practice Wednesday in Philadelphia, and attended the teams news conference. "Jim was fine at dinner last night. He woke up this morning and didnt feel well," said Tim Tolokan, UConns former sports information director and a close friend of Calhouns. Calhouns son, Jeff, was at the Wachovia Center and said his father urged him to go watch the Texas A&M-BYU game, which the Aggies won 79-66. Calhoun missed time in January 2008 with what the team called a combination of stress and exhaustion. The coach also said then hed been suffering from a gastric problem, something hes had for years. Associate head coach George Blaney was to coach the Huskies in Calhouns absence. This is the third NCAA tournament game Calhoun has missed. In the two previous instances, UConn went on to win the national title. In 1999, Calhoun missed a first-round game against Texas-San Antonio. In 2004, he left a second-round game against DePaul after becoming ill. Calhoun has missed 21 games in his career, including one other game this season -- a Jan. 3 contest against Rutgers. Last May, the Hall of Fame coach was treated for a second bout of skin cancer. He had surgery to remove a lump in the upper right side of his neck near the jaw line and underwent radiation. Ryan Fitzpatrick Jersey . Carter scored nine during a 19-0 rally in the second half of Sundays 96-89 win at Boston. The veteran was on fire again in the late going against the Hornets. He finished the game 19-of-27 from the field, including 6-of-10 from three-point range. Fred Jackson Womens Jersey . In other moves Tuesday, they activated outfielder Daniel Nava and reliever Vicente Padilla from the disabled list and optioned third baseman Danny Valencia to Triple-A Pawtucket. http://www.billsteamstore.com/steve-johnson-jerseys .C. -- Its not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slowly at the back of the field. Fred Jackson Jersey . The South Koreans stuck around. Mario Williams Jersey . -- Lance Ten Broeck chooses to carry a bag rather than swing a club for a living to make more money.(Sports Network) - After winning the first two games on the road, the Los Angeles Kings will try to take a stranglehold on the Stanley Cup Final tonight, when they host the New Jersey Devils in Game 3 at the Staples Center. Simon Gagne may make his first appearance in the Kings lineup since suffering a concussion in December. You can join in our Live Event blog beginning at 8pm et/5pm pt, and listeners can hear the action on TSN Radio 990 Montreal and www.tsn.ca/montreal. The Kings notched a pair of 2-1 overtime victories in New Jersey in the first two tilts of this best-of-seven series, marking the first time in 61 years that Games 1 and 2 of the Cup Finals were decided beyond regulation. Anze Kopitar recorded the OT winner on a breakaway in Game 1 and Jeff Carter ended Saturdays second game with a superb individual effort. Carter scored with 6:18 remaining in overtime to help move the Kings closer to their first-ever Stanley Cup championship. Carter gathered the puck after circling around the New Jersey net, moved into the high slot and fired a low wrister past Martin Brodeurs right shoulder and inside the left post. "Its a huge [goal]. Its a big one for the team," Carter said. "Gets us a two-game lead here. Gets us where we wanted to be coming in here." It was the first playoff overtime goal of Carters career and his fifth marker of this postseason. All told, the Kings have played seven Stanley Cup Finals games in franchise history and five have been decided in overtime. Road teams have also won 13 of the last 16 OT games in the Cup Finals and are 18-5 since 1990. With another dramatic victory in Game 2, Los Angeles, which entered the playoffs as the eighth seed in the West, is now an amazing 14-2 in the 2012 postseason and 10-0 on the road. The Kings are just 4-2 on home ice, but theyve been able to jump out to 3-0 leads in each of their previous three playoff series this spring. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves for the Kings, who also have won 12 in a row on the road in the playoffs dating back to last year in addition to claiming all 10 of their away games in this postseason. Booth streaks are NHL records. Steve Johnson Womens Jersey. The Kings also tied the NHL record for most road wins in a playoff year, matching a record held by three other teams, including the 1995 and 2000 Devils. Ryan Carter supplied the lone goal for New Jersey in Saturdays loss, while Brodeur stopped 30 shots. "Its tough. But you cant feel sorry for yourself," said Devils head coach Peter DeBoer. "We played a much better game. I knew we would respond. We did it the right way. Came up one goal short." The Kings also received a spectacular goal by Drew Doughty in the first period, as the former Norris Trophy nominee skated end-to-end and beat Brodeur to the blocker side with a wrister from the right circle. The highlight-reel goal gave L.A. a 1-0 lead at the 7:49 mark of the first period and also represented Doughtys 12th point (3 goals, 9 assists) of the playoffs, tying him with Dan Girardi of the New York Rangers for the postseason lead among defensemen. "I just saw some ice in front of me," said Doughty, who also tied the club record for points by a defenseman in a single playoff year. "Decided to skate with the puck. I dont know who the D-man was, but I tried to use him as a screen. Marty has that quick glove so I went blocker side." The Devils face a serious task if they want to earn the franchises fourth Stanley Cup title, as nine of the 11 teams to lose the first two games of the Cup Finals at home have gone on to lose the series. The two exceptions were the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who fell behind 3-0 before rallying to defeat Detroit, and the 1966 Montreal Canadiens, who won four straight to eliminate the Red Wings. New Jersey has a 6-4 record on the road in this postseason, but has claimed five of its last seven as the guest. This years Cup Finals marks the first-ever playoff battle between the Kings and Devils and the teams only met twice during the 2011-12 regular season. New Jersey and L.A. faced each other twice in October and the Devils won both contests, taking a 2-1 shootout decision at home on Oct. 13 and posting a 3-0 victory in Los Angeles on Oct. 25. ' ' '
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