What you missed while comically chasing gophers with a mallet ...
• NBA: Lakers' Brown gets revenge on the Wizards, but it's an exhibition game, so let's not get too excited.
• NHL: Gretzky coaches Coyotes to win in his return to Edmonton, and we're officially sick of this story already.
• Thierry Henry's return helps Arsenal beat Sparta Prague in Champions League. Ah, soccer: not a steroid or orgy boat in sight.