The Enquirer and wire reports

The long-discussed deal to send Jason Kendall from the Pirates to San Diego fell apart - apparently because the Padres' ownership balked at picking up the remaining $42 million of the catcher's contract.

Under a trade the two sides have talked about since late last week, the Padres would have gotten Kendall for newly acquired third baseman Jeff Cirillo and catcher Ramon Hernandez.

Hockey

ECHL CYCLONES LOSE: Cincinnati finished the first half of the season with a .500 record (17-17-2) after losing 3-1 to Peoria Tuesday at U.S. Bank Arena. Mike Hanson scored for the Cyclones.

Randy Rowe, co-league-leading goal scorer with 24, Trevor Baker and Brendan Brooks scored second-period goals for the Rivermen.

AHL MIGHTY DUCKS: Cincinnati recalled left wing Josh Gratton from ECHL San Diego. Gratton, 21, had four goals and six assists with a league-leading 239 penalty minutes in 30 games with San Diego this season.

PENGUINS: Mario Lemieux had arthroscopic surgery to repair the left hip injury that will sideline him for the rest of the season.

TUESDAY IN NHL: Marian Hossa scored two goals and the Ottawa Senators held New Jersey to an embarrassing eight shots in the first two periods in a 4-0 victory.

• Leafs 4, Flames 1: Bryan McCabe scored two power-play goals to help Toronto push its Eastern Conference-leading points to 59.

• Kings 0, Predators 0: Nashville's Chris Mason, a former Cincinnati Mighty Duck, made 33 saves for his first NHL shutout and Los Angeles' Roman Cechmanek stopped 29 shots.

• Sabres 6, Flyers 2: Curtis Brown had two goals, and Mika Noronen made 35 saves for the Sabres.

• Rangers 4, Isles 1: Tom Poti had a goal and assist to lead the Rangers to their fourth straight victory over the Islanders.

• Lightning 3, Pens 1: Cory Stillman and Brad Richards scored less than a minute apart early in the first period to help Tampa Bay run its franchise-best road winning streak to four.

• Canadiens 5, Blues 2: Mike Ribeiro and Jan Bulis each had a goal and an assist, and backup goalie Mathieu Garon made 16 saves.

Colleges

UC SOCCER: Junior midfielder Josh Gardner, who signed a contract with Nike Project-40, will be the first-ever Cincinnati player picked in the Major League Soccer draft Friday. He led the Bearcats with six goals, six assists and 51 shots.

MIAMI HOCKEY: Senior captain Derek Edwardson, who ranks third in Division I points (30) and seventh in assists (18), has been named to the Portsmouth Tribune Hobey Baker Award watch of 10 players for college hockey's top individual prize. Fan balloting runs through Jan. 19 at www.voteforhobey.com.

Swimming

WORLD CUP: American Ed Moses won the 50- and 200-meter breaststrokes at a FINA short-course meet in Stockholm. Moses broke three world records in the same pool two years ago. He won the 50 in 27.10 seconds and the 200 in 2:04.54.

Tennis

ADIDAS EVENT: French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero was upset by Chris Guccione 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the first round at Sydney. Defending women's champ Kim Clijsters withdrew because of an ankle injury and said she might miss the Australian Open, where she's seeded second.

Horse racing

KEENELAND AUCTION: Becky's Shirt, 13, the dam of 2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint and Turfway Kentucky Cup Sprint winner Cajun Beat, brought a top price of $850,000 during Tuesday's session of the January sale.