The Pittsburgh Penguins will begin their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Ottawa Senators at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Ottawa.

Game 2 will be 3 p.m. Saturday in Ottawa before the series shifts to Pittsburgh for Game 3 at 6 p.m. Sunday. Television schedule for the series has not been announced.

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant of Texas captured the John R. Wooden Award in a runaway Saturday, becoming the first freshman to win the trophy and completing a sweep of the top six national male player of the year honors.Candace Parker, who led Tennessee to its seventh NCAA championship, won the women's Wooden Award. The 6-foot-4 sophomore beat out Duke senior Lindsey Harding and Oklahoma sophomore Courtney Paris.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Second-year driver Will Power started from the pole and finished at the front Sunday, running away with the inaugural Champ Car World Series Vegas Grand Prix.While three-time defending series champion Sebastien Bourdais and heralded rookies Graham Rahal and Simon Pagenaud all failed to finish the season-opening 1-hour, 45-minute race, Power never had a problem.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — United States entered the day with a 3-0 lead over Spain in the best-of-five event, making reverse singles meaningless. Tommy Robredo beat Roddick's replacement, doubles specialist Bob Bryan, 6-4, 6-4. James Blake then beat Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 7-6 (3) for a 4-1 U.S. victory.

ST. LOUIS — Michigan State, who entered the NCAA tournament as a lightly regarded No. 3 seed in the four-team Midwest Regional, beat favored Boston College 3-1 on Saturday night for their first NCAA hockey title in 21 years.Justin Abdelkader got the tie-breaker with 18.9 seconds to go.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Northampton Community College completed a three-game sweep of Montgomery College of Rockville, Md., on Sunday to pass the 92-game winning streak of Mia Hamm-led North Carolina in women's soccer from 1989-93.