Fast Break

Hockey

Chelios king of the ice

Chris Chelios was on the ice for his 248th playoff game, breaking the NHL record set by Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy.

The 46-year-old defenseman played Saturday for the Detroit Red Wings against the Nashville Predators in Game 2 of the first-round series.

Baseball

Cougs whip No. 2 ASU

The largest home crowd since 1999 watched the Washington State Cougars whip the second-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils, 10-4 in a Pacific-10 game.

A crowd of 3,313 at Bailey-Brayton Field saw Jayson Miller (5-1) go seven innings for the win as Paul Gran collected three hits, including a homer, for the Cougars (19-14, 3-5 Pac-10).

Gran hit his home run in the eighth inning to provide the Cougars with their final runs. He went 3 for 4 with two RBIs. His home run was his sixth this season.

Miller gave up four runs and struck out four.

The Cougars snapped a 4-4 tie with four runs in the seventh against the Sun Devils (29-4, 5-3).

The finale of the three-game series is at noon today.

Baseball

HR ball brings $376K

The last baseball Barry Bonds hit out of the park sold for $376,612, the winning bid coming from a buyer who wanted to remain anonymous.

There were a total of 13 bids on the baseball that was caught by Jameson Sutton last Sept. 5 at Coors Field.

Home run ball No. 762 is a bargain considering that SCP Auctions handled the sale of Bonds’ record-breaking No. 756, which fetched $752,467.

And, finally…

Seattle is sinking

Seattle came in second behind Atlanta when www.forbes.com compiled its rankings of America’s 10 most miserable professional sports cities.

If Seattle’s one title in a combined 125 seasons isn’t bad enough – sorry, Storm fans, Forbes doesn’t recognize the WNBA – it’s about to get worse.

“If the NBA’s Sonics depart for Oklahoma City,” the Web site warned, “Seattle will inherit the top spot.”