BUTLER TWP — Butler’s boys lacrosse team will host Hampton at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with the No. 1 seed in the WPIAL Division 2 playoffs on the line.

Both teams are 6-0 in section play. Butler is ranked No. 8 in the WPIAL while Hampton is No. 10.

VOORHEES, N.J. — Claude Giroux was suspended by the NHL on Monday for his illegal check to the head on New Jersey center Dainius Zubrus in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. The punishment leaves the Flyers without their All-Star forward and leading scorer as they try and rally from a 3-1 deficit.Giroux will miss Tuesday's Game 5 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Coyotes are a step close to having an owner after three years of waiting.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Monday that the league has reached a preliminary agreement to sell the team to a group headed by former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Running back Fred Jackson signed a two-year contract extension with the Buffalo Bills on Monday, potentially worth $9 million.For Jackson, the extension is a reward after he's led the team in rushing in each of the past three seasons.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Matt Light, one of a handful of NFL players to have started in five Super Bowls, said on Monday he is retiring from the league at the age of 33 to have a chance “to leave this game upright and feeling good.”

WASHINGTON — The Nationals say outfielder Jayson Werth had surgery on his broken left wrist and will miss more than six weeks.

NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third major league player penalized twice for positive drug tests.