The Sharks will get a chance to see how they fare against the Stanley Cup finalists early in the season in back-to-back home games against Pittsburgh (Oct. 28) and Detroit (Oct. 30).
And they will get to see former coach Ron Wilson when the Toronto Maple Leafs come to HP Pavilion on Dec. 2.
San Jose, whose complete schedule was announced Thursday, opens the season at home against the Anaheim Ducks on Oct. 9.
The Sharks' longest road trip will be five games spread over nine nights.
Free-agent center Marty Reasoner agreed to a deal with Atlanta after playing with Edmonton for six seasons.Boxing
Oscar Diaz had surgery for bleeding on the brain and was in a coma after collapsing during a nationally televised bout (ESPN2) in his hometown of San Antonio. The 25-year-old was taking a beating from Delvin Rodriguez on Wednesday when he collapsed on his stool before the 11th round. He came into the USBA welterweight title bout at 26-2.
USA Boxing reinstated Luis Yanez to the Olympic team, more than two weeks after the light flyweight was kicked off the Beijing roster for missing several weeks of workouts. The team, currently in Colorado Springs, will head to San Jose on Monday for final processing before leaving for Beijing next week. Mixed martial arts
Former light-heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been hospitalized for
a mental health evaluation. He was arrested Tuesday in Costa Mesa after a three-mile chase that began as the result of two freeway collisions.Soccer
Abby Wambach, the star forward on the U.S. women's team, had a titanium rod inserted in her broken left leg. The injury, coming Wednesday during a 1-0 win over Brazil in San Diego, is expected to sideline her for 12 weeks. The U.S. begins defense of its Olympic gold medal Aug. 6 against Norway.
Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley will lead the U.S. men's team into the Beijing Olympics as coach Peter Nowak announced the 18-man roster. Brian McBride, Brad Guzan and Michael Parkhurst are the three overage players allowed in the under-23 tournament. Selecting the squad was tricky because the games overlap with World Cup qualifying for the U.S. team. Nowak will assemble his squad Sunday in Palo Alto, where the team will train for six days. China dropped Ratomir Dujkovic as its Olympic coach. Guillermo Barros Schelotto had a goal and two assists for Columbus (8-5-4) in a 3-3 MLS draw with visiting Kansas City (5-5-6).Colleges
The University of the Pacific officials have completed a sexual assault investigation and judicial review process that may affect the status of as many as four student-athletes. School spokesman Richard Rojo said he could not identify the students, but sources said the case involves three men's basketball players and one women's basketball player. Men's coach Bob Thomason declined comment. The incident was reported to the Stockton Police Department on May 14.
A former women's basketball coach who sued Fresno State for sex discrimination was named general manager of the Oklahoma Cavalry, the Continental Basketball Association's defending champions. Stacy Johnson-Klein reached a $9 million settlement with the school last month. A Central Florida football player who died after spring drills in March had a pre-existing medical condition worsened by physical stress, autopsy results released showed. The Orange County Medical Examiner's Office said receiver Ereck Plancher, 19, had a sickle cell trait that caused problems with his red blood cells during physical exertion. Guido Baumann, the men's tennis coach at Pacific, resigned to return to his native Germany.Tennis
Top-seeded James Blake fought off two set points in the second before beating Jun Woong-sun 6-3, 7-5 in the second round at the Indianapolis Championships.
Second-seeded Simon Stadler beat Noam Okun 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round of the USTA Comerica Bank Challenger in Aptos.WNBA
Tina Thompson scored 25 points, helping host Houston (10-12) to a 96-88 win over Minnesota (10-11). Rookie Candice Wiggins from Stanford scored 27 for the Lynx.
Cappie Pondexter scored 27 points and Phoenix (10-12) held on for a 99-92 win over visiting Los Angeles (13-9). Ashley Battle had 15 points to help host New York (12-9) to a 77-56 win over Washington (8-13).
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