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IN BRIEF

NEW WILMINGTON— Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and current radio color analyst Tunch Ilkin will be a guest speaker Monday night at Westminster College.

Ilkin will speak in Wallace Memorial Chapel on the Westminster campus at 7 p.m., less than 24 hours after calling Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Fla.

Ilkin will share his experience as an NFL player as well as his life journey in faith. His talk is free and open to the public.

Weather forces postponements

Tuesday evening's call for poor weather conditions forced the postponement of several activities.

The Butler wrestling team, which was scheduled to wrestle host Penn-Trafford in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA team playoffs, has been pushed to 6 p.m. Thursday.

The Butler boys basketball game at North Allegheny also was postponed. The teams will try to make up the game at 7:30 p.m. today.

The Karns City at Clarion-Limestone girls basketball game was postponed. No make-up date has been announced.

TORONTO — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke has been suspended two games without pay for a blow to the head of an opposing player.Cooke was assessed a minor penalty for interference against Carolina forward Scott Walker in the first period of the Hurricanes' 2-1 win Jan. 20. Walker left the game and did not return.Cooke will miss games against the New York Rangers tonight and New Jersey Friday, the NHL announced Tuesday.He will be eligible to return Saturday at Toronto. Cooke will forfeit $12,903.23.

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