tallying nine goals and 25 points in 69 games last season.

 The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent defenceman Sami Salo. . Its a two-year deal worth $3.75 million per year. Salo has spent the past nine years with the Vancouver Canucks, tallying nine goals and 25 points in 69 games last season. The 37-year-old is entering his 14th NHL season. In 761 career games, Salo has 93 goals and 305 points. The Finnish native has won an Olympics silver medal in 2006 and a bronze in 2010. .A. Dickey made yet another strong bid to start for the National League in the All-Star game. . -- The Philadelphia 76ers danced in celebration after their first-round upset of the top-seeded Chicago Bulls. .J. -- Robert Woods went over defensive backs and outmuscled them. . The moves, announced by the club Tuesday, are formalities for players chosen in the first round. The values of their rookie deals are outlined in the NBAs collective bargaining agreement. . Louis Cardinals. Unlike last year when a tremendous stretch run lifted St.TORONTO -- Former light-heavyweight champion Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida will face Ryan (Darth) Bader on a televised UFC card Aug. 4 in Los Angeles. Machida (17-3) lost by submission to title-holder Jon (Bones) Jones at UFC 140 in Toronto last December. Baderr (15-2) is coming off wins over Jason Brilz and Quinton (Rampage) Jackson. . Previously announced fights on the card include heavyweight Ben Rothwell against Travis (Hapa) Browne and middleweight Hector Lombard against Brian Stann. ' ' '