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THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012
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SOCCER 3 p.m.: English Premier League, Chelsea vs. Manchester United (taped), Root Sports. HOCKEY 4:30 p.m.: NHL, Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres, NBC Sports Network. BASKETBALL 5 p.m.: Men’s college, Rice at Houston, Root Sports. 6 p.m.: Men’s college, Duke at North Carolina, ESPN. 6 p.m.: Men’s college, Seton Hall at Rutgers, ESPN2. 7 p.m.: NBA, Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, Comcast SportNet Northwest.
GOLF 1:30 a.m.: European Tour, Dubai Desert Classic, first round, Golf Channel. 9:30 a.m.: LPGA Tour, Women’s Australian Open, first round, Golf Channel. Noon: PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, first round, Golf Channel. BASKETBALL 4 p.m.: Men’s college, Wisconsin at Minnesota, ESPN. 4 p.m.: Men’s college, Mississippi at Mississippi State, ESPN2. 5 p.m.: NBA, Los Angeles Lakers at Boston Celtics, TNT. 6 p.m.: Men’s college, Colorado at Arizona, ESPN. 6 p.m.: Men’s college, Virginia Tech at Miami, ESPN2. 6 p.m.: Women’s college, Southern Cal at Stanford, Root Sports. 7:30 p.m.: NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder at Sacramento Kings, TNT. 8 p.m.: Men’s college, St. Mary’s at Gonzaga, ESPN2. 8 p.m.: Men’s college, Washington at Oregon, Root Sports.
ON DECK Thursday Boys basketball: Culver at Western Mennonite, 6:30 p.m.; Central Christian at Ione, TBA. Girls basketball: Culver at Western Mennonite, 5 p.m.; Central Christian at Ione, TBA. Wrestling: La Pine at Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Friday Boys basketball: Redmond at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Bend at Summit, 7 p.m.; Madras at Estacada, 7 p.m.; Junction City at La Pine, 7:15 p.m.; Sisters at Cottage Grove, 7:15 p.m.; Gilchrist at North Lake, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: Bend at Summit, 5:15 p.m.; Junction City at La Pine, 5:45 p.m.; Sisters at Cottage Grove, 5:45 p.m.; Estacada at Madras, 7 p.m.; Gilchrist at North Lake, 5:30 p.m. Wrestling: Redmond at Class 6A Special District 4 regional meet in Grants Pass, TBA; Mountain View, Bend, Summit at Class 5A Special District 4 regional meet in Eagle Point, TBA Swimming: Redmond Central Valley Conference district meet in Salem; Bend, Mountain View and Summit at Class 5A Special District 1 meet at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center; Madras hosts Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2 meet, TBA; Sisters at Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 meet in Albany, TBA Saturday Wrestling: Redmond at Class 6A Special District 4 regional meet in Grants Pass, TBA; Mountain View, Bend, Summit at Class 5A Special District 4 regional meet in Eagle Point, TBA; Culver, Gilchrist at pre-district tournament in Culver, 9 a.m. Swimming: Redmond Central Valley Conference district meet in Salem; Bend, Mountain View and Summit at Class 5A Special District 1 meet at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center ; Madras hosts Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 2 meet, TBA; Sisters at Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 meet in Albany, TBA Noric skiing: OHSNO Meissner Pursuit at Virginia Meissner Sno-park, 11 a.m.; OISRA Southern Division league final and biathlon demo at Wal Haring Sno-park, 11:30 a.m. Alpine skiing: OSSA giant slalom on Ed’s Garden at Mt. Bachelor, TBA
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BASKETBALL 7 p.m.: NBA, Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, KBNDAM 1110, KRCO-AM 690.
BASKETBALL 7 p.m.: Men’s college, Washington State at Oregon State, KICE-AM 940, KRCO-AM 690. 8 p.m.: Men’s college, Washington at Oregon, KBNDAM 1110.
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV or radio stations.
S B Football • Big Ten exploring fourteam playoff: The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look. BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock said Tuesday night that’s good news. “Our process is working perfectly,” Hancock said. “One of good things about our process is that there’s no timetable so that a deliberate and thoughtful decision can be reached. The tricky part is our 11 conference commissioners and the Notre Dame AD may have 12 different opinions about the direction we should go over the next six to eight months.” Hancock, who still expects a conclusion in July, said the group of BCS decisionmakers will meet again at the end of this month. • Memphis to join Big East: Memphis is the latest school to sign up for a spot in the new Big East. A person familiar with the decision says Memphis is joining the Big East. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because an official announcement was pending. Memphis Athletic director R.C. Johnson said the school is holding a conference call followed by a news conference today to discuss the university’s athletic affiliation. The Tigers will join the league for the 2013-14 season and compete in all sports, becoming the fourth Conference USA team to move to the Big East in the last two months, along with Houston, Central Florida and SMU.
Basketball • Billups lost for season with torn Achilles tendon: Clippers guard Chauncey Billups will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon during Los Angeles’ 107102 victory over the Magic in Orlando on Monday night. The team says an MRI on Tuesday confirmed Billups’ injury. Billups will return to Los Angeles on Thursday for further evaluation. The Clippers say a date for surgery hasn’t been determined.
College athletics • Organizers state Fighting Sioux nickname is back: Supporters of the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname say they have enough petition signatures to force the university to start using the name again. Secretary of State Al Jaeger still has to count the
names before the nickname is restored. Nickname backers turned in petitions to Jaeger’s office Tuesday night. They say they have 17,213 signatures, well above the 13,542 they needed to put the issue on North Dakota’s ballot in June. Jaeger will count the names today. If there are more signatures than the minimum needed, the Fighting Sioux nickname will be restored.
Baseball • A’s agree to extend GM through 2019: Billy Beane is planning to stay in the Bay Area for the long haul. Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff said Tuesday that the team has agreed to extend the contracts of the general manager as well as team President Michael Crowley through the 2019 season. Wolff, confirming comments first made on Bloomberg Television, wrote in an email to The Associated Press that the deals are in the process of being finalized. • Kershaw and Dodgers agree to $19M, 2-year deal: NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing next week, agreeing to a $19 million, twoyear contract. Tuesday’s deal for the 23-year-old left-hander calls for a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $7.5 million this year and $11 million in 2013. It covers all but his final year of arbitration eligibility. The agreement mirrors that of San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum, who in his first time eligible for arbitration two years ago agreed to a $23 million, two-year deal. Kershaw was 21-5 with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts last year, winning the NL pitching triple crown. After making $500,000, he had asked for $10 million in arbitration and had been offered $6.5 million.
Cycling • Contador may still appeal doping ban, won’t retire: Alberto Contador vowed Tuesday in Madrid to return to the pinnacle of cycling, maintaining his innocence in the face of a twoyear doping ban that stripped the Spanish star of his 2010 Tour de France title. He said his lawyers are considering whether to appeal the ban handed down by sport’s highest court and insisted that even if the punishment stands he will return to challenge for more Tour titles. The penalty is retroactive and will expire in August. — The Associated Press
China, 6-1, 7-5. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Galina Voskoboeva (6), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-2, retired. Vania King (8), United States, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 7-5, 6-1. Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Dominika Cibulkova (2), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, def. Nicha Lertpitaksinchai, Thailand, 6-1, 6-1. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 5-2, retired. Daniela Hantuchova (3), Slovakia, def. Nugnadda Wannasuk, Thailand, 6-2, 6-0. Sania Mirza, India, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Zheng Jie (5), China, 6-3, 6-2. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Anastasia Pivovarova, Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Maria Kirilenko (4), Russia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times PST ——— EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 51 33 13 5 71 141 103 Philadelphia 53 30 16 7 67 173 157 New Jersey 53 31 19 3 65 150 148 Pittsburgh 54 30 19 5 65 163 141 N.Y. Islanders 52 22 22 8 52 126 150 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 51 33 16 2 68 180 111 Toronto 54 28 20 6 62 168 157 Ottawa 56 27 22 7 61 162 174 Montreal 54 21 24 9 51 140 147 Buffalo 52 22 24 6 50 126 154 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 53 28 21 4 60 149 149 Florida 52 24 17 11 59 131 149 Winnipeg 55 25 24 6 56 131 151 Tampa Bay 52 23 24 5 51 148 176 Carolina 54 20 25 9 49 137 165 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 54 35 17 2 72 172 129 St. Louis 52 31 14 7 69 129 106 Nashville 54 32 17 5 69 152 140 Chicago 54 29 18 7 65 171 163 Columbus 53 15 32 6 36 123 175 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 53 33 15 5 71 171 133 Minnesota 53 25 20 8 58 122 136 Colorado 55 27 25 3 57 140 153 Calgary 53 24 22 7 55 126 144 Edmonton 53 21 27 5 47 141 158 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 50 29 15 6 64 145 117 Los Angeles 54 26 18 10 62 118 117 Phoenix 54 25 21 8 58 143 143 Dallas 52 27 23 2 56 137 148 Anaheim 52 20 24 8 48 135 156 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 1, Philadelphia 0, SO Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO
Open Gaz de France Tuesday At Stade Pierre de Coubertin Paris Purse: $637,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-3, 6-3. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Li Na (3), China, 7-6 (5), 3-2, retired. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Julia Goerges (6), Germany, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-1, 6-3. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2. Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 64, 6-4.
DEALS Vancouver 4, Nashville 3, SO New Jersey 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Washington 4, Florida 0 Columbus 3, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 3, Ottawa 1 Los Angeles 3, Tampa Bay 1 Winnipeg 2, Toronto 1 Phoenix 4, Dallas 1 Colorado 5, Chicago 2 Today’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games St. Louis at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Washington, 4 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. Nashville at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Calgary at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
BASKETBALL Men’s college Tuesday’s Games ——— EAST Hartford 76, UMBC 70 Villanova 74, Providence 72 SOUTH Alabama 68, Auburn 50 Campbell 81, Coastal Carolina 75 E. Kentucky 59, Mid Continent 41 Kentucky 78, Florida 58 Maryland 64, Clemson 62 MIDWEST Chicago St. 63, IPFW 57 Evansville 65, Creighton 57 Kansas St. 65, Texas Tech 46 Ohio St. 87, Purdue 84 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. 69, Iowa St. 67 FAR WEST Idaho 70, Seattle 69 Pacific-12 Conference All Times PST ——— Conference All Games W L W L Washington 9 2 16 7
California Colorado Oregon Arizona Stanford UCLA Oregon St. Washington St. Arizona St. Utah Southern Cal
8 3 18 8 3 16 7 4 16 7 4 16 6 5 16 6 5 13 5 6 15 4 7 12 3 8 7 2 9 5 1 10 6 ——— Thursday’s Games Utah at Arizona State, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6 p.m. Washington State at Oregon State, 7 p.m. California at Southern Cal, 7:30 p.m. Stanford at UCLA, 8 p.m. Washington at Oregon, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Utah at Arizona, 11 a.m. California at UCLA, 1 p.m. Washington State at Oregon, 2 p.m. Colorado at Arizona State, 3:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Washington at Oregon State, 2:30 p.m. Stanford at Southern Cal, 4:30 p.m.
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Women’s college Tuesday’s Games ——— EAST Cincinnati 60, Providence 56 Notre Dame 74, Syracuse 55 SOUTH UConn 56, Louisville 46 SOUTHWEST Texas Southern 54, Houston Baptist 44
TENNIS Professional Pattaya Women’s Open Tuesday At Dusit Resort Pattaya, Thailand Purse: $220,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Vera Zvonareva (1), Russia, def. Varatchaya Wongteanchai, Thailand, 6-2, 7-5. Misaki Doi, Japan, def. Noppawon Lertcheewakarn, Thailand, 6-1, 6-3. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Zhou Yi-Miao,
Transactions BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Named Adam Chodzko media relations representative. NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with INF Bill Hall on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with general manager Billy Beane and president Michael Crowley on contract extensions through the 2019 season. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Clayton Kershaw to a two-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT—Waived C Mickell Gladness. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Assigned F Craig Brackins to Maine (NBADL). WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Waived C Hamady Ndiaye. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Announced the retirement of RB Ricky Williams. BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed K Rian Lindell. Named Pete Metzelaars tight ends coach. CHICAGO BEARS—Named Jeremy Bates quarterbacks coach. PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Named Todd Haley offensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Zach Hamill to Providence (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Assigned C Brad Mills to Albany (AHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS—F Owen Nolan announced his retirement. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled D Evan Oberg from Norfolk (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY—Announced MF Juninho was loaned to the team from Brazilian club Sao Paulo. Signed D Leonardo. COLLEGE AUBURN—Announced cornerbacks coach Phillip Lolley will move into an administrative role in the football program. SOUTH ALABAMA—Named Jerry Mack wide receivers coach. SOUTH CAROLINA—Named Chris Rogers compliance director. UNLV—Announced tight ends coach Brent Myers will serve as offensive coordinator and secondary coach J.D. Williams as defensive coordinator.
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Canucks need shootout to overtake Predators Kentucky The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Vancouver Canucks keep finding ways to win no matter how long it takes. Alex Edler scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Vancouver beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Tuesday night for its fifth win in six games. The Canucks improved to 2-1 in the season series against the team they ousted in the Western Conference semifinals last season, when they won all three games in Nashville, including the series-clinching sixth game. They did it by playing beyond regulation for a fifth straight game and the eighth in 10 games. “We’re obviously not a team that gives up, and we expected a close game with these guys,” Canucks center Ryan Kesler said. “We’ve been in a lot of overtime games and shootout games lately, so we’re accustomed to this now. And we’re getting on the right end of these so we’re doing something right.” Edler beat Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne through his pads with a shot he wasn’t sure would work. Colin Wilson tried to extend the shootout for Nashville, but was stopped by goalie Roberto Luongo, who stopped 37 shots for the win. Luongo said he’s been working on making saves in shootouts as he improved to 6-5 this season. “It’s a tight league. Not a lot of separation, and we’re going to be involved in a lot of tight games,” Luongo said. “It’s the
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type of hockey we’re going to be involved in especially coming down the stretch.” Alex Burrows had the only other goal in the third round of the shootout. Byron Bitz had a goal and an assist, and Kesler and Daniel Sedin each scored goals for the Canucks. Henrik Sedin had two assists. In other Tuesday games: Capitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Panthers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 WASHINGTON — Mathieu Perreault scored with 13 seconds elapsed, Alex Ovechkin had two goals and Washington beat Florida to take over first place in the Southeast Division. Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 NEW YORK — Martin Brodeur stopped 30 shots for his first shutout of the season and the record 117th of his NHL career, and New Jersey beat the Eastern Conferenceleading New York Rangers for its fifth consecutive win. Canadiens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Penguins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 MONTREAL — Tomas Plekanec scored on Montreal’s eighth attempt in the shootout to lead the Canadiens over Pittsburgh. Coyotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 DALLAS — Radim Vrbata scored his 25th goal, former Dallas backup Mike Smith made 28 saves and Phoenix improved its playoff positioning with a victory over the Stars.
Islanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Flyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 PHILADELPHIA — Evgeni Nabokov made 45 saves and Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored on Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout, helping New York beat Philadelphia. Blue Jackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rookie defenseman David Savard scored his first career goal and added an assist to lift the Blue Jackets past Minnesota and give Columbus’ Todd Richards a win in his first game as coach against his former team. Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TAMPA, Fla. — Kyle Clifford and Dustin Penner had second-period goals to lead Los Angeles past Tampa Bay. Blues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Senators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 OTTAWA — David Perron scored twice and Brian Elliott made 28 saves in his regularseason return to Ottawa as St. Louis handed the Senators their seventh straight loss. Avalanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Blackhawks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog broke a tie 38 seconds into the third period and David Jones added two goals, helping Colorado snap a fivegame skid with a win over struggling Chicago. Jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Maple Leafs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Bryan Little scored the goahead in the second period and Winnipeg earned a win over Toronto.
rolls to win over Florida The Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory over No. 8 Florida on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (24-1, 10-0) have won 49 straight at home and matched their best start in league play since 2005. Doron Lamb scored 18 points and freshman Anthony Davis added 16 for Kentucky, which won its 16th straight overall and ended Florida’s run of seven consecutive wins. Kenny Boynton led the Gators (19-5, 7-2) with 18 points, but the team with the nation’s most three-pointers this season went six of 27 from behind the arc. Also on Tuesday: No. 3 Ohio State . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 COLUMBUS, Ohio — William Buford scored a careerhigh 29 points and capped his night with a pivotal dunk in the final minute to power Ohio State past Purdue. Evansville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 No. 17 Creighton. . . . . . . . . . . .57 EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Colt Ryan gave Evansville the lead for good by making a 17-footer with 3:08 to play and the Purple Aces closed the game on a 13-1 run.