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SPORTS ON TV SATURDAY AUTO RACING 8 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITY Series, pole qualifying for Hisense 250, at Hampton, Ga. 9:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for Hyundai Construction Equipment 200, at Hampton, Ga. 11 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for QuikTrip 500, at Hampton, Ga. 1 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, XFINITY Series, Hisense 250, at Hampton, Ga. 4:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, Hyundai Construction Equipment 200, at Hampton, Ga. GOLF Noon TGC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, third round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 2 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, third round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 12 a.m. TGC — Honda LPGA Thailand, final round, at Chonburi MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m. CBS — Georgetown at St. John's ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA ESPNEWS — East Carolina at UCF ESPNU — Missouri at Georgia 11:30 a.m. NBCSN — Rhode Island at La Salle 1 p.m. CBS — North Carolina at Miami ESPN — N. Iowa at Wichita St. ESPN2 — Dayton at VCU ESPNEWS — Cincinnati at Tulane ESPNU — TCU at Oklahoma FOX — Villanova at Xavier 3 p.m. CBS — Arkansas at Kentucky ESPN2 — Iowa St. at Kansas St. ESPNEWS — Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech ESPNU — West Virginia at Baylor 4 p.m. ESPN — Texas at Kansas 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Tennessee at Florida ESPNU — Iowa at Penn St. 6 p.m. ESPN — Syracuse at Duke 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Boise St. at San Diego St. ESPNU — Tulsa at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPN — Arizona at Utah 9 p.m. ESPN2 — BYU at Gonzaga ESPNU — New Mexico at Fresno St. 11 p.m. ESPN2 — UC Irvine at UC Santa Barbara MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 5 p.m. NBCSN — Boston College at Notre Dame NHL 7 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia SOCCER 6:40 a.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Crystal Palace at West Ham 8:55 a.m. NBCSN — Premier League, teams TBA WINTER SPORTS 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — USSA Grand Prix, at Park City, Utah
Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 2 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m. CBS — SMU at UConn 2:30 p.m. FS1 — Marquette at Providence 3 p.m. CBS — Michigan St. at Wisconsin 5:30 p.m. ESPNU — Pittsburgh at Wake Forest 6 p.m. FS1 — Oregon at Stanford 7:30 p.m. ESPNU — Arizona St. at Colorado 8:30 p.m. FS1 — Washington St. at UCLA NBA Noon ABC — L.A. Clippers at Chicago 2:30 p.m. ABC — Cleveland at Houston 5:30 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers NHL 7 p.m. NBCSN — Anaheim at Dallas SOCCER 6 a.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Manchester City at Liverpool 8 a.m. NBCSN — Premier League, Everton at Arsenal WINTER SPORTS 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — USSA Grand Prix, at Park City, Utah WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — Texas at West Virginia 2 p.m. ESPN2 — North Carolina at Duke 3 p.m. FSN — Southern Miss. at UTEP 4 p.m. ESPN2 — South Carolina at Kentucky
MONDAY MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN — Virginia at Syracuse ESPNU — Baylor at Texas 8 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma at Iowa St. ESPNU — Boston College at Virginia Tech WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — UConn at South Florida
LOCAL SPORTS SATURDAY Western Illinois University Women's basketball vs. South Dakota at Vermillion, S.D., 1:30 p.m.; men's basketball vs. Fort Wayne at Fort Wayne, Ind., 6 p.m.; men's and women's indoor track and field in Summit League Indoor Championships at Fargo, N.D., 10 a.m.; women's tennis vs. IUPUI at Galesburg, 11 a.m.; softball vs. Alabama-Birmingham, 2:30 p.m. and Northern Iowa, 4:45 p.m. in Diamond 9 Citrus Classic II at Bay Lake, Fla.; baseball vs. Jacksonville State at Auburn, Ala., 7 p.m.; men's golf in Gary Freeman Spring Invitational at Daytona Beach, Fla.
SUNDAY
Western Illinois University Women's tennis vs. Illinois State, 10 a.m. and Eastern Illinois, 3 p.m. at Galesburg; softball vs. St. Francis, 8 a.m. SUNDAY and LeHigh, 10:15 a.m. in DiATHLETICS amond 9 Citrus Classic II at 3 p.m. Bay Lake, Fla.; baseball vs. NBCSN — USA Indoor Oklahoma State at Auburn, Championships, at Boston Ala., 10 a.m.; men's tennis vs. AUTO RACING Eastern Illinois at Charleston, Noon TBA. FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, MONDAY QuikTrip 500, at Hampton, Macomb Ga. Downtown Athletic Club GOLF meeting at Sports Corner Noon TGC — PGA Tour, The Honda @124, noon.
PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 6140 16 5 85 167 135 Montreal Tampa Bay 63 38 19 6 82207 167 60 34 15 11 79 176 156 Detroit 61 30 22 9 69 161 160 Boston 61 26 22 13 65145 172 Florida 59 26 23 10 62 167 161 Ottawa 61 25 31 5 55170 185 Toronto 62 19 38 5 43120207 Buffalo Metropolitan Division GP W L OTPts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 63 41 20 2 84202 174 N.Y. Rangers 60 38 16 6 82190 148 61 35 17 9 79 176 152 Pittsburgh Washington 63 33 20 10 76184 159 Philadelphia 62 26 25 11 63164 181 New Jersey 62 25 27 10 60139 164 60 26 30 4 56 157 189 Columbus 60 23 30 7 53 137 159 Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 62 41 14 7 89188 147 Nashville 61 39 18 4 82190 152 St. Louis 63 37 21 5 79183 150 Chicago 63 31 20 12 74 174 170 Winnipeg 61 32 22 7 71 173 160 Minnesota 62 27 24 11 65166 179 Colorado 62 27 25 10 64195207 Dallas Pacific Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 62 38 17 7 83182 174 Anaheim 61 35 23 3 73 174 162 Vancouver Los Angeles 60 29 19 12 70162 153 62 33 25 4 70 175 160 Calgary 62 30 24 8 68 173 177 San Jose 62 20 35 7 47 137 210 Arizona 62 18 34 10 46142206 Edmonton NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday's Games St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Buffalo 6, Vancouver 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Arizona 3 Montreal 5, Columbus 2 Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 Chicago 3, Florida 0 Minnesota 4, Nashville 2 Ottawa 1, Los Angeles 0 Detroit 3, San Jose 2 Friday's Games Colorado 5, Dallas 4, SO Boston 3, New Jersey 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 2, Calgary 1 Carolina 3, Washington 0 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 0 Los Angeles at Anaheim Saturday's Games Buffalo at Florida, 2 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 2 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Arizona at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 9 p.m. Sunday's Games Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.
PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 37 21.638 — 23 33 .411 13 Boston Brooklyn 23 33 .411 13 Philadelphia 13 45.224 24 11 46 .19325½ New York Southeast Division W L Pct GB 46 12.793 — Atlanta Washington 33 26.55913½ Miami 25 32.43920½ 23 33 .411 22 Charlotte Orlando 19 41 .317 28 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 37 22.627 — Cleveland 37 23 .617 ½ 32 25 .561 4 Milwaukee Indiana 24 34 .41412½ Detroit 23 35.39713½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB 41 16 .719 — Memphis Houston 40 18.690 1½ Dallas 39 21.650 3½ 34 23.596 7 San Antonio New Orleans 31 27.53410½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 37 19 .661 — Oklahoma City 32 26.552 6 22 35.38615½ Utah Denver 20 38.345 18 Minnesota 13 44.22824½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 45 11.804 — 38 21.644 8½ L.A. Clippers Phoenix 31 28.52515½ Sacramento 20 35.36424½ 15 41.268 30 L.A. Lakers Thursday's Games Cleveland 110, Golden State 99 Phoenix 117, Oklahoma City 113, OT Friday's Games Philadelphia 89, Washington 81 Indiana 93, Cleveland 86 Atlanta 95, Orlando 88 Golden State 113, Toronto 89 New York 121, Detroit 115,2OT Boston 106, Charlotte 98 New Orleans 104, Miami 102 Chicago 96, Minnesota 89 Houston 102, Brooklyn 98 L.A. Clippers 97, Memphis 79 Utah 104, Denver 82 San Antonio at Sacramento Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers Oklahoma City at Portland Saturday's Games Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 6:30 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 8 p.m. Sunday's Games L.A. Clippers at Chicago, noon Cleveland at Houston, 2:30 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Orlando, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 5 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m. .
COLLEGE
BASKETBALL COLLEGE MEN The Associated Press The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 27-01,625 1 1. Kentucky (65) 2. Virginia 25-11,526 2 3. Gonzaga 28-11,471 3 24-31,448 4 4. Duke 5. Wisconsin 25-21,390 5 6. Villanova 25-21,306 6 24-31,228 7 7. Arizona 8. Kansas 22-51,111 8 9. Notre Dame 24-41,109 10 26-21,032 11 10. N. Iowa 11. Wichita St. 25-3 930 13 12. Iowa St. 20-6 887 14 21-5 876 9 13. Utah 14. Maryland 22-5 695 16 15. North Carolina 19-8 655 15 19-8 622 17 16. Oklahoma 17. Louisville 21-6 613 12 18. Arkansas 22-5 564 18 20-7 473 20 19. Baylor 20. West Virginia 21-6 453 23 21. SMU 22-5 357 21 21-6 182 25 22. VCU 23. Butler 19-8 165 19 24. San Diego St. 22-6 117 — 19-8 72 — 25. Providence Others receiving votes: Georgetown 58, Michigan St. 56, Murray St. 42, Oklahoma St. 25, Ohio St. 12, Valparaiso 10, Texas A&M 8, Rhode Island 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Oregon 1, Texas 1. USA Today Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 22, points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (32) 27-0800 1 28-1 746 2 2. Gonzaga 3. Virginia 25-1 725 3 4. Wisconsin 25-2 709 4 24-3 690 5 5. Duke 6. Villanova 25-2 648 6 7. Arizona 24-3 603 7 24-4 552 10 8. Notre Dame 9. Kansas 22-5 530 8 10. Northern Iowa 26-2 506 11 25-3 460 13 11. Wichita State 12. Utah 21-5 442 9 13. Iowa State 20-6 425 14 22-5 347 15 14. Maryland 15. Louisville 21-6 324 12 16. Arkansas 22-5 297 17 19-8 288 17 17. Oklahoma 18. North Carolina 19-8 272 16 19. West Virginia 21-6 214 22 20-7 202 20 20. Baylor 21. SMU 22-5 178 21 22. San Diego State 22-6 99 25 19-8 73 19 23. Butler 24. VCU 21-6 70 — 25. Michigan State 19-8 48 — Others receiving votes: Georgetown 31, Providence 28, Murray State 23, Valparaiso 16, Ohio State 10, Oklahoma State 10, Stephen F. Austin 9, Texas A&M 6, Davidson 4, Oregon 4, Purdue 4, Mississippi 3, Boise State 2, Colorado State 2. SUMMIT LEAGUE Conference AllGames W L PCT W L PCT 12 3 .800 21 8 .724 S. Dakota St. N. Dakota St. 12 4 .750 20 9 .690 Oral Roberts 9 6 .600 16 13 .533 IPFW 8 7 .533 15 13 .536 8 7 .533 15 15 .500 South Dakota Denver 6 9 .400 12 16 .429 IUPUI 6 9 .400 10 19 .345 Nebraska-Omaha 4 11 .267 10 17 .370 W. Illinois 3 12 .200 8 18 .308 Wednesday's Game Denver 66, South Dakota 48 Thursday's Games Omaha 73, Fort Wayne 67 IUPUI 71, Western Illinois 66 Oral Roberts 74, North Dakota State 68 Saturday's Games Omaha at IUPUI, noon South Dakota State at South Dakota, 4 p.m. Western Illinois at Fort Wayne, 6 p.m. Denver at Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN AP Top 25 The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (34) 26-1 850 1 2. South Carolina 25-1 807 2 26-1 786 3 3. Baylor 4. Notre Dame 25-2 750 4 5. Maryland 24-2 699 5 23-3 692 6 6. Tennessee 7. Oregon St. 25-2 635 7 8. Louisville 23-3 618 8 25-3 574 9 9. Florida St. 10. Arizona St. 24-4 515 12 11. Mississippi St. 25-4 483 14 22-6 464 15 12. Texas A&M 13. Kentucky 19-7 414 11 14. Princeton 25-0 401 16 22-6400 17 15. North Carolina 16. Duke 19-8 361 10 17. Iowa 21-6 263 13 24-3 246 20 18. Chattanooga 19. Stanford 20-8 217 18 20. Rutgers 20-7 164 19 25-2 143 22 21. Florida Gulf Coast 22. George Washington 24-3 101 24 23. Syracuse 20-8 86 25 21-7 78 — 24. California 25. Northwestern 21-6 72 — Others receiving votes: Seton Hall 44, Minnesota 33, South Florida 30, Nebraska 28, James Madison 18, DePaul 16, Green Bay 16, Oklahoma St. 9, Texas 9, Dayton 7, Oklahoma 6, Ohio St. 4, W. Kentucky 4, Quinnipiac 2, Wichita St. 2, Gonzaga 1, NC State 1, Washington 1. SUMMIT LEAGUE Conf All W L PCT W L PCT South Dakota 12 3 .800 22 6 .786 South Dakota St 11 4 .733 20 8 .714 Western Illinois 9 6 .600 17 11 .607 IUPUI 9 6 .600 14 14 .500 Oral Roberts 8 7 .533 14 14 .500 North Dakota St 7 9 .438 11 17 .393 Denver 5 10 .333 8 21 .276 Omaha 4 11 .267 9 18 .333 IPFW 3 12 .200 9 19 .321 Thursday's Games North Dakota State 87, Denver 68 Omaha 70, IPFW 61 South Dakota 69, IUPUI 53 South Dakota State 69, Western Illinois 49 Saturday's Games Western Illinois at South Dakota, 1:30 p.m. Denver at Omaha, 2 p.m. IPFW at Oral Roberts, 2 p.m. IUPUI at South Dakota State, 2 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONALS CLASS 1A Astoria Regional Fri., Feb. 27 Game 6 at 7:00 pm: Abingdon-Avon 32, South Fulton 25 CLASS 2A Warsaw Regional Fri., Feb. 27 Game 4 at 7:00 pm: Macomb 40, West Hancock 31
GOLF PGA The Honda Classic Par Scores Friday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140; Par: 70 Partial Second Round Play suspended by darkness Patrick Reed 67-67—134 -6 69-67—136 -4 Luke Donald Russell Knox 69-68—137 -3 Daniel Summerhays 71-68—139 -1 70-69—139 -1 Robert Garrigus Paul Casey 69-70—139 -1 Jamie Donaldson 68-71—139 -1 71-69—140 E Jason Dufner Scott Stallings 71-70—141 +1 Robert Allenby 72-69—141 +1 72-70—142 +2 George McNeill Marc Leishman 73-69—142 +2 Jonas Blixt 71-71—142 +2 70-72—142 +2 Ben Martin Brooks Koepka 78-64—142 +2 John Peterson 74-68—142 +2 71-71—142 +2 William McGirt Kevin Kisner 74-68—142 +2 Jamie Lovemark 72-70—142 +2 74-69—143 +3 Ricky Barnes Andres Gonzales 73-70—143 +3 Derek Fathauer 74-69—143 +3 71-72—143 +3 Jon Curran Scott Pinckney 73-71—144 +4 Tim Wilkinson 73-71—144 +4 Camilo Villegas 73-71—144 +4 Robert Streb 73-71—144 +4 73-71—144 +4 Stephen Gallacher Patrick Rodgers 75-69—144 +4 Blayne Barber 75-69—144 +4 72-73—145 +5 Will MacKenzie Brian Stuard 73-72—145 +5 David Hearn 70-75—145 +5 71-74—145 +5 D.A. Points Boo Weekley 73-72—145 +5 Harris English 71-74—145 +5 73-72—145 +5 Justin Rose Luke Guthrie 72-74—146 +6 Justin Hicks 73-73—146 +6 77-69—146 +6 Ernie Els Retief Goosen 72-74—146 +6 Billy Horschel 75-71—146 +6 71-76—147 +7 Jhonattan Vegas Scott Brown 71-76—147 +7 Rory McIlroy 73-74—147 +7 74-73—147 +7 Tony Finau Alex Cejka 70-77—147 +7 Francesco Molinari 73-74—147 +7 71-76—147 +7 Justin Thomas Freddie Jacobson 70-77—147 +7 Brice Garnett 76-72—148 +8 74-74—148 +8 J.J. Henry Billy Hurley III 73-75—148 +8 Bo Van Pelt 79-69—148 +8 75-73—148 +8 Shawn Stefani Alex Prugh 72-76—148 +8 Ryan Armour 72-76—148 +8 78-71—149 +9 Andres Romero Carlos Ortiz 77-72—149 +9 Lucas Glover 70-79—149 +9 72-77—149 +9 Erik Compton Graham DeLaet 75-75—150 +10 Vijay Singh 74-76—150 +10 Ken Duke 73-77—150 +10 72-78—150 +10 Jerry Kelly Andrew Putnam 78-73—151 +11 Dustin Johnson 77-75—152 +12 75-77—152 +12 Jim Renner Max Homa 74-78—152 +12 Bae Sang-moon 77-76—153 +13 79-74—153 +13 Charl Schwartzel Wes Homan 74-79—153 +13 Morgan Hoffmann 80-WD LPGA Honda LPGA Thailand Par Scores Friday At Siam Country Club (Pattaya Old Course) Chonburi, Thailand Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,568; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Stacy Lewis 66-64—130 -14 67-66—133 -11 Amy Yang Caroline Masson 70-66—136 -8 Jenny Shin 70-66—136 -8 67-69—136 -8 Ariya Jutanugarn Mirim Lee 67-69—136 -8 Sandra Gal 71-66—137 -7 71-66—137 -7 Catriona Matthew Cristie Kerr 68-69—137 -7 Lee-Anne Pace 71-67—138 -6 Yani Tseng 66-72—138 -6 73-66—139 -5 Michelle Wie Shanshan Feng 70-69—139 -5 Azahara Munoz 69-70—139 -5 68-71—139 -5 Mo Martin Lexi Thompson 68-71—139 -5 a-Budsabakorn Sukapan 67-72—139 -5 66-73—139 -5 Brittany Lang Chella Choi 71-69—140 -4 Danielle Kang 72-69—141 -3 72-69—141 -3 Kim Kaufman Karrie Webb 72-69—141 -3 Jessica Korda 70-71—141 -3 70-71—141 -3 Hee Young Park Mika Miyazato 69-72—141 -3 Sun Young Yoo 75-67—142 -2 72-70—142 -2 Hyo Joo Kim Anna Nordqvist 72-70—142 -2 a-Paphangkorn Tavatanakit72-70—142 -2 71-71—142 -2 Thidapa Suwannapura Line Vedel 71-71—142 -2 Suzann Pettersen 67-75—142 -2 72-71—143 -1 Ilhee Lee Beatriz Recari 72-71—143 -1 Na Yeon Choi 71-72—143 -1 Mina Harigae 71-72—143 -1 Karine Icher 71-72—143 -1 Meena Lee 71-72—143 -1 Sei Young Kim 70-73—143 -1 Christina Kim 69-74—143 -1 Lizette Salas 67-76—143 -1 Eun-Hee Ji 71-73—144 E Brittany Lincicome 71-73—144 E Julieta Granada 70-74—144 E Moriya Jutanugarn 70-74—144 E Inbee Park 70-74—144 E Caroline Hedwall 68-76—144 E Pornanong Phatlum 74-71—145 +1 Haru Nomura 73-72—145 +1 Belen Mozo 72-73—145 +1 Carlota Ciganda 76-70—146 +2 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 73-73—146 +2 Pernilla Lindberg 73-73—146 +2 Austin Ernst 72-74—146 +2 Gerina Piller 72-74—146 +2 So Yeon Ryu 72-74—146 +2 Ai Miyazato 71-75—146 +2 Paula Creamer 70-76—146 +2 Morgan Pressel 76-71—147 +3 Mariajo Uribe 75-72—147 +3 Mi Jung Hur 73-74—147 +3 Mi Hyang Lee 72-75—147 +3 Cheyenne Woods 73-75—148 +4 Haeji Kang 72-76—148 +4 Angela Stanford 73-76—149 +5 Jennifer Johnson 75-75—150 +6
74-76—150 +6 Katherine Kirk S Santhiwiwatthanaphong76-76—152 +8 Se Ri Pak 76-78—154 +10 79-76—155 +11 Jane Park
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed OF Alex Hassan off waivers from Baltimore. Placed RHP A.J. Griffin on the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Alexander Claudio; RHPs Lisalverto Bonilla, Jon Edwards, Jerad Eickhoff, Spencer Patton, Anthony Ranaudo and RHP Nick Tepesch; Cs Jorge Alfaro and Tomas Telis; INFs Hanser Alberto, Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar; and OFs Michael Choice, Delino DeShields, Ryan Rua and Jake Smolinski on one-year contracts. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Traded INFs Frank Salerno and Jared Schlehuber, RHP Brian Ernst and cash to New Jersey (Can-Am) for OF Joe Dunigan. LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed LHP Lars Liguori. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Jake Negrete and LHP Jhonathan Ramos. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released OF Jorge Cortes and RHP Jeff Shields. TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Released OFs Michael Hernandez and Drew Miller, INF Brandon Newton and C Elvin Millan. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Assigned F Quincy Miller to Grand Rapids (NBADL). NBA Development League IDAHO STAMPEDE — Claimed F Quan Prowell from the available player pool. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Nicole Gustafson vice president for public policy and governmental affairs. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released DT Darnell Dockett. ATLANTA FALCONS — Released WR Harry Douglas, OL Justin Blalock and DE Jonathan Massaquoi. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Terminated the contract of DE Chris Canty. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed TE Zach Miller to a one-year contract extension. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Teminated the contract of DE Robert Geathers and WR Greg Little. DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed LS Don Muhlbach to a one-year contract. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released WRs Brian Hartline and Brandon Gibson. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released G Charlie Johnson. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released OL Todd Herremans. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed OT Tom Compton. Suigned DE Ricky Jean Francois. Released DE Stephen Bowen and DL Barry Cofield Jr. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released DB Eric Samuels. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined San Jose F Logan Couture $5,000 for slew-footing. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned G Jason LaBarbera to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled G Igor Bobkov from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk. BOSTON BRUINS — Recalled G Adam Morrison from South Carolina (ECHL) to Providence (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Assigned G Henri Kiviaho from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Derek Forbort to Manchester (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Jarred Tinordi to Hamilton (AHL) and F Stefan Fournier from Hamilton to Wheeling (ECHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned F Jean-Sebastien Dea and D Harrison Ruopp from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). American Hockey League ADIRONDACK PHANTOMS — Recalled F Taylor Vause from Colorado (ECHL). IOWA WILD — Assigned F Ryan Walters to Alaska (ECHL). LAKE ERIE MONSTERS — Returned D James Martin and F Shawn Szydlowski to Fort Wayne (ECHL). ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Returned D Cameron Burt to Florida (ECHL). ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Recalled D Justin Holl from Indy (ECHL). TORONTO MARLIES — Returned D Bryce Aneloski to Orlando (ECHL). Recalled F Brett Findlay from Orlando. ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed F Dan Turgeon. ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Released G Kris Kavanagh as emergency backup. QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Released F Evan Haney. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Added G John Davidson as emergency backup. TOLEDO WALLEYE — Loaned F Justin Mercier to Rochester (AHL). UTAH GRIZZLIES — Added G Justin Masterman as emergency backup. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Fined Real Salt Lake investor-operator Dell Loy Hansen $150,000 for comments made during a radio interview. COLLEGE FLORIDA — Reinstated F Dorian FinneySmith to the men's basketball team. MEMPHIS — Named Troy Reffett cornerbacks coach. MORGAN STATE — Named Mike Fanoga defensive coordinator. WOFFORD — Named Shane Calvert men's assistant soccer coach.
ON THIS DATE
Feb. 28 1922 — In the first formal college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Mercer 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollgiate Conference championship. 1940 — College basketball is televised for the first time. Station W2XBS transmits a basketball doubleheader from New York's Madison Square Garden: Pittsburgh vs. Fordham and New York University vs. Georgetown. 1957 — Johnny Longden becomes the first jockey to reach 5,000 victories. Longden, who started his career in 1927, coaxes Bente to a head victory over Flying Finish II in the fourth race at Santa Anita Park. 1960 — The U.S. hockey team scores six goals in the third period to beat Czechoslovakia 9-4 and win the gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif. 1967 — Wilt Chamberlain misses his first field goal in four games to end his NBA record shooting streak of 35 consecutive field goals, during Philadelphia's 127-107 victory over Cincinnati at Syracuse, N.Y. 1971 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship by beating Billy Casper by three strokes.