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Page 4B SPORTS East Oregonian THEIR VIEW Saturday, February 21, 2015 NFL Carroll remains hopeful Lynch Which NFL team is will return to Seahawks going to LA? The envelope, please ... F orget the Oscars. a new stadium, a long-running scam These days, Hollywood’s would’ve made a good sequel to most riveting drama is still in “The Sting.” development, playing out among “It always seemed to me the three NFL teams. league was better off not having a At some point in the not-so-distant team in LA than having a team,” said future, Commissioner Roger Goodell Andrew Brandt, executive director of will have to decide which of these Villanova’s Jeffrey S. Moorad Center projects gets the green light. for Sports Law. Rams? Raiders? Chargers? In the meantime, Los Angeles %XW¿UVWWKHFRPPLVKZLOOKDYH created a whole new industry built to navigate some tense, back-room around elaborate stadiums renderings. negotiations involving hundreds of A proposed downtown stadium millions of dollars and the future of seemed the most likely destination for the nation’s second-largest television a new team, even giving itself a name market, which has somehow gone )DUPHUV)LHOGEHIRUHRQHVKRYHORI without a pro football team for the dirt was turned. past two decades. But along comes St. Louis Rams How Goodell handles this owner Stan Kroenke, stealing plot twist will go a long way the lead by announcing plans toward determining whether to build a new stadium on he’s worth that $44 million the site of the old Hollywood annual salary to the people Park race track in suburban who pay it — his bosses, the Inglewood, presumably to 32 NFL owners. serve as the new home for his “The primary thing team, which hasn’t been able that a commissioner is to persuade the good folks Paul charged with doing is asset Newberry in Missouri to provide a new appreciation,” said Rick stadium. Sports Burton, a professor of sports Not so fast, Stan. management at Syracuse On Friday, city leaders in University and former commissioner suburban Carson began the push for of the Australian National Basketball a new stadium to serve as home for League. “An owner wants to be both the Oakland Raiders and San able to say, ‘If I buy my team for Diego Chargers, assuming those $500 million and hold on to it, I will AFC West rivals can’t work out new double, triple or even quadruple my stadium deals in their current cities investment. sometime this year. “That’s your job, Roger. Grow my Now, what’s Goodell to do? asset.”’ While the two-team option Maybe this will actually be a would seem the most prudent from welcome respite for Goodell, who D¿QDQFLDOVWDQGSRLQW²DIWHUDOO hasn’t exactly shown a deft touch they could share the building costs ZLWKKRUUL¿FSUREOHPVVXFKDV and the stadium would get twice as concussions and domestic violence much use — Burton said those sort of (or even the still up-in-the-air arrangements normally get messy. 'HÀDWH*DWH “One team is going to believe Los Angeles seems to be a can’t- they’re a second-class citizen,” he miss blockbuster in waiting. said. “You’re never going to have But Goodell could still get it both teams treated identically.” wrong. Since the Raiders don’t have The envelope, please ... the money to build a stadium on “The bottom line is: the NFL their own, and it’s not known if the wants a team in LA,” Burton said, Chargers would be willing to go that “for the ratings and for what it route, the Carson proposal looks like means to the broadcast contracts and two teams or bust. Burton, therefore, packages. But picking the right team thinks Kroenke’s plan is the most to go to LA is about a lot of potential likely to win the league’s approval, lawsuits.” though it could get messy trying to For those who are unfamiliar with pacify the other two teams (especially the script so far, here’s a recap: the Raiders, who were moved twice — The Rams and the Raiders by the late Al Davis without league ERWKÀHH/RV$QJHOHVDIWHUWKH approval and are now owned by his season, dashing off to St. Louis and VRQ0DUN 2DNODQGZKHQWKRVHFLWLHVÀDVKZDGV In the end, the NFL will probably of cash. use the hefty relocation fee it charges — While La La Land seems to the team that moves to settle with the JHWDORQJMXVW¿QHZLWKRXWDQ1)/ teams that are forced to stay put. If team, apparently distracted by the the NFL plays its cards right — and it beaches and paparazzi, the NFL usually does in matters of the wallet works incessantly behind the scenes — everyone gets richer. to get another franchise into the City The team that moves, because its of Angels. Unfortunately for the value increase two- or three-fold. The league, this is the one municipality teams that remain where they are, that seems to have no interest in using because of their hush money. The the public’s money to fund a stadium RWKHUWHDPVEHFDXVHWKH79GHDOV for billionaires. are likely to grow even bigger with — Then, the NFL realizes it has LA in the fold. quite the bargaining chip out on the “At the end of the day,” Burton West Coast. By simply invoking said, “money is going to solve this the threat of moving a team to Los problem.” Angeles, one team after another gets And the winner is ... the NFL. ,1',$1$32/,6 $3 ² Seahawks coach Pete Carroll put the ball right in Marshawn Lynch’s hands Friday. Yes, he wants his top runner to come back and make another Super Bowl run next season. A day after general manager John Schneider said he wouldn’t be “shocked” if Lynch retired, Carroll put on a full-court press. “He has been an integral part RI RXU SURJUDP IRU ¿YH \HDUV and loved the contribution he has brought,” Carroll said. “We would really like to move at that swiftly, it’s such a big deal as it has always been to get our lead players intact so we are working at that now.” The 28-year-old running back is reportedly contemplat- ing retirement despite having one more year on his contract at $7 million. Why would he leave? Lynch wants a long-term deal in a league that doesn’t put much value in running backs over 30 years old. Then, in this month’s Super Bowl loss to New England, the Seahawks threw the ball in a goal-line situation rather than give it to their big back and the pass was picked off, sealing Se- Sports slate NCAA Homes Treasures SCOREBOARD PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday Big Sky League district tournament (Hermiston HS), TBD Old Oregon League district tournament (Baker HS), TBD Irrigon vs. Heppner (Pendleton Convention Center), 5:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Saturday Big Sky League district tournament (Hermiston HS), TBD Old Oregon League district tournament (Baker HS), TBD Pilt Rock vs. Weston-McEwen (Pendleton Convention Center), 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Saturday Riverside, Echo at Special District 1 Tournament (Armand Larive MS, Hermiston), 10 a.m. Heppner, Irrigon at Special District 4 Tournament (Enterprise), TBD PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton at State Championships (Gresham), 6:45 p.m. PREP RODEO Saturday Intermountain Team at Eugene doubleheader, 6 p.m. Sunday Intermountain Team at Eugene doubleheader, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 4 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Evergreen, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Evergreen, 5:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon vs. Simpson (NW Cup, Clacka- mas), 11 a.m. Sunday Eastern Oregon vs. Carroll (NW Cup, Clacka- mas), 11 a.m. Eastern Oregon vs. George Fox (NW Cup, Clackamas), 1 p.m. Top 25 Schedule Saturday’s Games No. 1 Kentucky vs. Auburn, 4 p.m. No. 3 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 7 p.m. No. 4 Duke vs. Clemson, 1 p.m. No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, 9 a.m. No. 6 Villanova at Marquette, 12:30 p.m. No. 7 Arizona vs. UCLA, 6 p.m. No. 8 Kansas vs. TCU, 1 p.m. No. 10 Notre Dame at Boston College, 1 p.m. No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. Bradley, 1 p.m. No. 12 Louisville vs. Miami, 11 a.m. No. 14 Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. No. 15 North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech, 9 a.m. No. 17 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 9 a.m. No. 18 Arkansas at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. No. 19 Butler at Xavier, 11 a.m. No. 20 Baylor vs. Kansas State, 10 a.m. No. 22 Oklahoma State vs. No. 23 West Virginia, 11 a.m. No. 25 VCU vs. UMass, Noon Sunday’s Games No. 2 Virginia vs. Florida State, 3:30 p.m. No. 9 Utah at Oregon, Noon No. 13 Wichita State vs. Evansville, 1 p.m. No. 24 Ohio State at Michigan, 10 a.m. Basketball OSAA Boys Friday 5A Columbia River Conference: Pendleton 48, THE DALLES 25 EOL District Tournament: NYSSA 65, Umatilla 40 CBC District Tournament: IRRIGON 88, Pilot Rock 27 HEPPNER 59, Stanfield 58 Old Oregon District Tournament: JOSEPH 52, Echo 50 NIXYAAWII 92, Powder Valley 50 Big Sky League District Tournament: SHERMAN 53, Dufur 44 HORIZON CHRISTIAN 58, South Wasco County 23 Girls 5A Columbia River Conference: PENDLETON 47, The Dalles 39 Hermiston 59, HOOD RIVER VALLEY 27 EOL District Playoffs: VALE 56, Umatilla 42 Columbia Basin Conference Tournament: PILOT ROCK 34, Stanfield 18 WESTON-MCEWEN 56, Heppner 39 Big Sky District Tournament: SHERMAN 42, Dufur 31 CONDON / WHEELER 59, Ione 26 Old Oregon District Tournament: ECHO 55, Wallowa 25 Powder Valley 54, NIXYAAWII 46 (OT) CCC Friday Men’s basketball Eastern Oregon 78, Northwest 72 (OT) Women’s basketball Eastern Oregon 64, Northwest 56 NWAC Men’s basketball Friday Wenatchee Valley 70, Blue Mountain 49Wom- en’s basketball Blue Mountain 71, Wenatchee Valley 69 (OT) Weekend Classifieds Autos NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 37 17 .685 — Brooklyn 22 31 .415 14½ Boston 20 32 .385 16 Philadelphia 12 42 .222 25 New York 10 44 .185 27 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 43 12 .782 — Washington 33 22 .600 10 Miami 23 30 .434 19 Charlotte 22 30 .423 19½ Orlando 18 39 .316 26 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 34 21 .618 — Cleveland 34 22 .607 ½ Milwaukee 31 23 .574 2½ Detroit 22 33 .400 12 Indiana 22 33 .400 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 39 14 .736 — Houston 36 18 .667 3½ Dallas 37 20 .649 4 San Antonio 34 21 .618 6 New Orleans 27 27 .500 12½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 36 18 .667 — Oklahoma City 29 25 .537 7 Denver 20 34 .370 16 Utah 20 34 .370 16 Minnesota 12 42 .222 24 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 43 9 .827 — L.A. Clippers 36 19 .655 8½ Phoenix 29 26 .527 15½ Sacramento 19 34 .358 24½ L.A. Lakers 13 41 .241 31 ——— Friday’s Games Indiana 106, Philadelphia 95 Orlando 95, New Orleans 84 Toronto 105, Atlanta 80 Detroit 100, Chicago 91 Miami 111, New York 87 Minnesota 111, Phoenix 109 Cleveland 127, Washington 89 Dallas 111, Houston 100 Milwaukee 89, Denver 81 Utah 92, Portland 76 Sacramento 109, Boston 101 Golden State 110, San Antonio 99 Brooklyn 114, L.A. Lakers 105 Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 5 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 5 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Cleveland at New York, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Orlando, 3 p.m. Golden State at Indiana, 3 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Portland, 6 p.m. Lost & Found 5 CITY POUND 541-276-4411 Gray Pit male, found 412 SW 37th 10 PENDLETON FREE Methodist Church is hosting a dinner with auction on February 21st from 6pm-8pm. Live and silent auctions with door prizes. Dinner price is by donation. Personals 20 Email or Call Paula @ classifieds@ eastoregonian. com 541-278-2678 to place your classified ad!! PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD ON THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION. 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Rangers 57 35 16 6 76 181 142 Washington 59 32 17 10 74 176 147 Pittsburgh 58 32 17 9 73 163 146 Philadelphia 58 24 23 11 59 155 170 Columbus 56 26 27 3 55 149 173 New Jersey 58 23 26 9 55 130 157 Carolina 57 21 29 7 49 129 155 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 58 39 13 6 84 177 137 St. Louis 58 38 16 4 80 184 142 Chicago 59 35 19 5 75 175 138 Winnipeg 60 30 20 10 70 166 162 Minnesota 58 30 21 7 67 162 154 Dallas 58 27 23 8 62 181 185 Colorado 59 25 23 11 61 154 166 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 59 36 16 7 79 176 167 Vancouver 58 33 22 3 69 165 155 Calgary 59 32 23 4 68 171 156 San Jose 60 30 22 8 68 170 172 Los Angeles 57 27 18 12 66 159 151 Arizona 58 20 31 7 47 131 194 Edmonton 60 17 33 10 44 139 203 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s Games New Jersey 4, Vancouver 2 Carolina 2, Toronto 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 1 St. Louis 5, Boston 1 Colorado 4, Chicago 1 Anaheim 6, Calgary 3 Minnesota 4, Edmonton 0 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 9:30 a.m. Nashville at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 4 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Arizona, 5 p.m. Los Angeles vs. San Jose at Santa Clara, CA, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Boston at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Nashville at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 4 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. WHL Friday’s results Swift Current 4 Red Deer 2 Prince Albert 6 Brandon 4 Regina 4 Saskatoon 1 Kootenay 4 Edmonton 1 Moose Jaw 4 Kamloops 3 Portland 5 Vancouver 2 Calgary 4 Spokane 3 Kelowna 3 Victoria 2 Seattle 4 Lethbridge 3 (OT) Tri-City 2 Everett 1 (SO) Saturday’s games Red Deer at Regina, 3 p.m. Prince Albert at Swift Current, 3 p.m. Brandon at Saskatoon, 3:05 p.m. Everett at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Moose Jaw at Prince George, 5 p.m. Lethbridge at Portland, 5 p.m. Kamloops at Vancouver, 5 p.m. Kootenay at Spokane, 5:05 p.m. Calgary at Tri-City, 5:05 p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 5:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 10 a.m. Lethbridge at Everett, 2:05 p.m. eo marketplace.com Special Notices 4 Convenient Ways to Place Your Classified Ad: attle’s fate. 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