Monday May 12, 2008 3:00 p.m.(CDT)

Sparky Takes Over Yard Dawgz

The Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz are discussing more than their Saturday night loss to the Arkansas Twisters 68-25. The Yard Dawgz are now busy welcoming a new head coach. 

"Effectively immediately,  I'm stepping down as the head coach of the football team," said former head coach Gary Reasons. "Coach Sparky McEwen who I brought in here last week, he will assume duties of the head coach."

"This is tough," said McEwen. "I received a call from Gary in 2004 to come down and help them and we built a very very solid working relationship and we've make contact over the past three years."

Charles “Sparky” McEwen returns to the Yard Dawgz taking over the team's now 1-5 record. Previous head coach, Gary Reasons will remain as the Yard Dawgz president.

NBA Playoffs

The Lakers and Jazz celebrated Mother's Day with game four of their western conference series and it was Utah holding on for a 123-115 overtime win. Kobe Bryant, though slowed by a sore back, led Los Angeles with 33 points. LA's Lamar Odom sent the game to overtime with a tip in with just four seconds left in regulation. In overtime it is was all Utah. Andrei Kirilenko put the game away with the slam dunk and foul. The series is tied at two games each. Game five Wednesday is in LA.

In the other western conference match up San Antonio crushed New Orleans 100-80 to even the series at two games a piece. Tim Duncan had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Tony Parker added 21 points for the Spurs, who led by as many as 27. Game five is Tuesday back in New Orleans.

Play of the Day

To golf and the Player's Championship. Ernie Els makes the nice chip shot out of the bunker on the par five. Eleven for the eagle to go to -1. He would finish the day breaking even.