Rosenberg is seeking points with recruiters

What could be better than scoring 69 points in a game?

Well, being recruited would be nice.

That would do it for North Shore Country Day senior JasonRosenberg, who is making up for missing out on the B/C summer camp byaveraging 45 points a game, including a 69-point performance againstLeaf River.

Notre Dame made the first move. Irish assistant Matt Kilcullencalled last week to request a tape of a North Shore game. That could startsomething.

"When Notre Dame calls," North Shore coach Mac McCarty said,"they'll all start to call."

All of them don't have to call, just enough to earn Rosenberg ascholarship. A phone call from Notre Dame is a …

Sabres' Afinogenov Injured Against Leafs

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Maxim Afinogenov, the Buffalo Sabres' leading scorer, was knocked out of the game against Toronto in the first period Saturday night with an upper body injury.

He played five shifts, totaling nearly four minutes, before heading to the dressing room. The Sabres ruled him out for the rest of the game.

Afinogenov, …

Sutherland, Olympic boxing bronze medalist, dies

Darren Sutherland, who won an Olympic bronze medal in boxing at last year's Beijing Games, has been found dead at his home, manager Frank Maloney said. He was 27.

Sutherland was found hanged at his home Monday by Maloney, who was taken to the hospital suffering from shock. Tests revealed that the 55-year-old manager had recently had a heart attack.

Sutherland, who fought for Ireland at the Olympics and was unbeaten in his first four pro fights, who was due to appear with Maloney at a news conference on Tuesday to talk about his next fight, which had been scheduled for Oct. 16.

The Metropolitan Police said Sutherland, who was not married and had …

Better safe than sweaty - for $850,000

Whirrrrrrr! Sneed hears the Dems were so intent on having a"cool" convention at the United Center, they paid $850,000 to have asupplemental air conditioning system installed. The shocker: The unit was never turned on once, because the weatherwas great. And because of upcoming hockey and concert schedules, theunit has to be removed by Tuesday. Oh, oh, Oprah . . .

Mayor Daley's title for Oprah Winfrey at John F. Kennedy Jr.'sGeorge party: "One of the princesses of the city." Oprah's name for Maggie Daley: "Mrs. Mayor." John-John & Maria miaaaaaaa . . .

Kennedy rejected the suggestion of bodyguards for his Georgemagazine party, but George hired a bodyguard anyway, …

Manitobans come together for East Africa aid

Briefly noted

Across Manitoba, fundraising and awareness-raising efforts for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank's famine relief programs in Eastern Africa are moving people to action. Just over 1,600 hectares of cropland were planted for food relief, according to Harold Penner, Manitoba resource coordinator for the Foodgrains Bank. In Rivers, Esther Krahn and six of her grandchildren planted corn in the spring to sell at the local market. The children added baking to their corn sale and raised over $600; they also received nearly $2200 in additional …

Grandmaster, Armenian chess champion Asrian dies at 28

Karen Asrian, an Armenian chess grandmaster who was the ex-Soviet nation's reigning champion and helped it win the 2006 Chess Olympiad, died Monday after suddenly losing consciousness, the Armenian Chess Federation said. He was 28.

Asrian was ranked 92nd by the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.

Apparently feeling ill, Asrian pulled his car into a court yard …

SPORTS WIRE NFL stepping up steroid testing

The NFL is tripling the number of offseason drug tests each playercan face, a policy change made public on the eve of today's hearingbefore congressmen who are already drafting legislation on steroidsin sports.

Leaders of the House Government Reform Committee, which subpoenaedbaseball stars and officials to testify 11/2 months ago, are workingto draw up legislation establishing standard steroid policies forU.S. professional sports, said David Marin, spokesman for chairmanTom Davis of Virginia.

The NFL's approach to its Capitol Hill visit is quite differentfrom that of Major League Baseball, which was compelled to appear bysubpoenas and met with withering …