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PITTSBURGH -- The rafters are a little more crowded at recently renamed PPG Arena.The Pittsburgh Penguins raised their fourth Stanley Cup championship banner to the ceiling before their season-opening 3-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Pittsburgh beat the San Jose Sharks in six games in June for the title.The Penguins finished off an elegant pregame ceremony by having team captain and Conn Smythe winner Sidney Crosby skate to center ice as he held the Cup. Crosby, who is out indefinitely with a concussion, dressed in his familiar No. 87 jersey for the occasion while the crowd roared.Crosby then placed the Cup on a stand at center ice and stood along the blue line with the rest of his teammates as the banner joined the tributes to the 1991, 1992 and 2009 Cup winners.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Dominic Leone . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Ozzie Smith . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com/custom-ozzie-smith-jersey-large-71q.html . The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling "puts an end to my dreams of being a top player," the 27-year-old Troicki said in a statement. "I worked my entire life for it, and it has been taken away from me in one afternoon by a doctor I didnt know," said Troicki, whose ranking peaked at No. Ramon Urias . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. Orlando Cepeda . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. LOS ANGELES -- Vin Scully is keeping busy in retirement, joking with Jimmy Kimmel that hes been to the hardware store since ending his 67-year Hall of Fame broadcasting career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In his first television interview since calling his last game on Oct. 2 in San Francisco, Scully told the late-night talk show host Thursday that he has a very important engagement on Monday.Im lecturing at the sixth-grade school at Saint Mels, Scully said, referring to the Catholic elementary school in Woodland Hills where his grandson and granddaughter attend.If I cant think of something to do, someone out there will, he said, noting he has 16 grandchildren.Scully taped the appearance hours before the Dodgers defeated the Washington Naationals 4-3 to clinch their National League Division Series in five games.ddddddddddddI expect them to win, he said.Scully discussed his early days broadcasting at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after the Dodgers moved West from Brooklyn for the 1958 season. Fans toted transistor radios to follow the action described by Scully because they sat too far away from the field in the vast stadium. After the team moved to Dodger Stadium, fans continued to bring radios to hear Scully.I did put most of Southern California to sleep, he joked. The transistor radio went under the pillow. I hear that my entire life now. ' ' '