Newsmakers

Retired St. Louis Blues forward Keith Tkachuk is retiring after this NHL season and will play his final home game Friday night. The 38-year-old Tkachuk has 1,063 points on 538 goals and 525 assists and 2,219 penalty minutes.

Out Toronto NBA All-Star forward Chris Bosh is expected to need “weeks” to recover after surgery to repair a facial fracture suffered when he was struck by the elbow of Cleveland’s Antawn Jamison Tuesday night.

•New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul will miss the remainder of the NBA season because of a ligament tear in the middle finger of his right hand.

•Cyclist Lance Armstrong pulled out of the second stage of Circuit de la Sarthe in Angers, France, because of a stomach illness. Armstrong was suffering from diarrhea, vomiting and a fever.

Diagnosed Tennis great Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with a noninvasive form of breast cancer and her prognosis is considered excellent. The nine-time Wimbledon women’s singles champion will start six weeks of radiation therapy next month.

Traded The WNBA’s Tulsa Shock acquired former first-rounders Amber Holt and Chante Black from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for two draft picks – the No. 7 overall pick in today’s draft and a second-round pick in 2011.

Signed The St. Louis Rams signed veteran linebacker Na’il Diggs. Terms were not disclosed. Diggs, 31, has made 127 career starts for Green Bay and Carolina, where he spent the past four NFL seasons.

•The New Orleans Saints and free-agent defensive end Alex Brown agreed on a two-year NFL contract. Brown played eight years for the Chicago Bears, who released him in March.

Fired Wake Forest fired men’s basketball coach Dino Gaudio after three seasons. Gaudio compiled a 61-31 overall record, but he was a combined 1-5 in Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA tournament play.

Hired U.S. speed coach Alex Hoedlmoser was hired to take over the American women’s Alpine skiing program after Jim Tracy stepped down last week. Hoedlmoser is a former World Cup racer for Austria who has been on the U.S. coaching staff since 1998.