The Butler girls basketball team has qualified for the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs by virtue of Fox Chapel's 49-39 victory over Shaler Thursday.

New Castle (13-0 in Section 3) and Seneca Valley (10-4) have clinched the first two playoff spots while Fox Chapel (9-5) and Butler (8-5) are currently third and fourth, respectively and have secured playoff berths.

Shaler (8-6) still can reach the playoffs if Butler loses to New Castle tonight.

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Super Bowl winning offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and Louisville coach Bobby Petrino have pulled out of consideration for the Oakland Raiders coaching vacancy.Whisenhunt came to the Bay Area to interview Wednesday with owner Al Davis and team officials, a day after celebrating the Steelers' Super Bowl win with a parade in Pittsburgh.

TURIN, Italy — Eight Olympic cross country skiers, including two Americans, were suspended for five days Thursday after they were found to have excessive hemoglobin levels — the first hint of scandal at the Turin Games.The suspensions, announced by the International Ski Federation, last five days from the day the tests were administered. The U.S. Ski Association said the tests were taken Wednesday, meaning the athletes will be barred from competition until at least Monday.Jim Galanes, a coach for suspended 23-year-old American athlete Kikkan Randall, said the skier was not involved with illegal doping. The other American athlete suspended was Leif Zimmerman, 22, of Bozeman, Mont.

NEW YORK (AP) — Al Michaels was traded from ABC to NBC Thursday for a cartoon bunny, four rounds of golf and Olympic highlights.The rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a bunny created by Walt Disney in the 1920s before he invented Mickey Mouse, were transferred from NBC Universal to The Walt Disney Co. as part of the agreement to release the broadcaster from his contract with ABC and ESPN.NBC sold ESPN cable rights to Friday coverage of the next four Ryder Cups through 2014, and granted ESPN increased usage of Olympic highlights through 2012 and other NBC properties through 2011. NBC, in turn, gets expanded highlight rights to ABC and ESPN events.Michaels had been with ABC for three decades and had been the play-by-play announcer for "Monday Night Football" for the past 20 years.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A jury ruled Thursday that the Angels did not breach a contract with the city of Anaheim when the baseball team changed its name.Jurors rejected the city of Anaheim's argument that the baseball team violated a stadium lease and cost the city where it plays at least $100 million in revenue by changing the name last year from Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.