| Obama planning Thursday appearance at Tulane
In the run-up to Louisiana's presidential primary Saturday, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is expected to make a campaign swing through New Orleans on Thursday. With Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. still battling it out for the nomination, Louisiana's primary - along with a dozen other states in the next three weeks - suddenly has taken on new importance. Obama last week launched a statewide ad blitz in the Louisiana, a state Clinton appears to have all-but conceded. While she has raised more money in Louisiana than all other candidates, including Republicans, she has little campaign organization to speak of. Obama has shown unexpected strength in the South. He won the South Carolina primary by a wide margin and also prevailed in Georgia and Alabama in primaries yesterday.
Gretzky cheers Coyotes' 'commitment'
The Coyotes, winless in their past four games, are looking to turn things around and make a move in the Western Conference playoff race as they head into their last 25 games.
A few bad breaks prevented them from getting at least one point in Monday night's 2-1 loss to Dallas, but coach Wayne Gretzky is hoping his team gets back on track starting Thursday night against the Stars at Jobing.com Arena.
"Our guys are working really hard," Gretzky said. "We got a tough break where Z (Zbynek Michalek) goes to clear a puck and it goes over the wall, and they get a five-on-three. That hurt." .
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However, the 6-foot-1, 219-pound junior safety has often been confined to the sidelines due to injuries or being behind Josh Barrett on the depth chart. With Barrett sidelined with a sore knee, Cox finally got an extended chance. And, sure enough, he has made an impact. Cox had nine tackles after replacing Barrett against Southern California on Thanksgiving, then in the first start of his career had an interception against Arizona. These past two weeks have been really enjoyable, Cox said. Im making plays and helping out the defense. The coaches have put me in a good position to make plays. Cox has dealt with knee, back and shoulder injuries as a collegian, and he was awarded a medical redshirt after missing 10 games in 2005. Ive been waiting, but Ive had a never-give-up attitude, Cox said.
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