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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Men’s College Basketball
NBA
Top 3 teams lead Pac-12 Tournament marquee Nowitzki sixth
UCLA, Oregon,
to score 30,000
Arizona each have
bye to quarterfinals
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — The Pac-12
Tournament starts Wednesday
with four first-round games. The
four games on Thursday kick off
the conference’s bid for a No. 1
seed in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 3 UCLA, No. 5 Oregon
and No. 7 Arizona each get a
bye into the quarterfinals along
The Strip, kicking off a stretch of
three games in three days for an
eventual champion that will have
a strong case for the top seed in
the West Regional.
“I think whoever wins the
tournament will be a 1 or a 2
in the West depending on how
Gonzaga does,” Oregon coach
Dana Altman said. “It’s a big
advantage to stay in your region.
Your fans are able to get to the
site easier and you don’t want to
have to travel far.”
The Wildcats (27-4) shared
the Pac-12 regular-season title
with Oregon (27-4) at 16-2, with
the Bruins (28-3) a game behind
at 15-3.
The Pac-12’s power trio
dominated the league, finishing
well ahead of fourth-place Utah.
All three have rosters built
for deep NCAA Tournament
runs and are expected to light up
T-Mobile Arena with high-level
basketball.
“We have the best conference
in America right now — UCLA,
Oregon are Final Four contenders
and us — so winning the Pac-12
AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks (24) dunks during the first half of the
team’s NCAA college basketball game against Oregon State
on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Corvallis, Ore.
Conference Tournament is a
huge deal with the competition
we have,” Arizona freshman
guard Rawle Alkins said.
UCLA, Arizona and Oregon
have all beaten each other. The
Ducks and Wildcats each split
games with UCLA and Oregon
clobbered Arizona 85-58 in
Eugene in their lone meeting.
Top-seeded Oregon will play
the winner of Wednesday’s game
between Stanford and Arizona
State, while Arizona opens
against the Colorado-Wash-
ington State winner. UCLA,
which is on the same side of the
bracket as the Wildcats, gets the
winner between Washington and
Southern California.
A few more things to look for
from the Pac-12 Tournament:
BUBBLE TEAMS: Cali-
fornia, Utah and USC all could
use good runs in the Pac-12
Tournament to bolster NCAA
Tournament hopes. The Utes
(20-10) appeared to be on the
outside looking in just a few
weeks ago, but closed the regular
season with three straight wins.
The Bears (19-11) had an oppo-
site ending to the regular season,
losing their final two, including
one to Utah. USC (23-8) has
the best record among the trio,
but had a late-season four-game
losing streak that included a loss
to Arizona State.
FULTZ’S
FINALE?:
The
Pac-12
Tournament
was expected to be the final
go-around for Washington
freshman point guard Markelle
Fultz. The Huskies will not
make the postseason beyond the
conference tournament and Fultz
is expected to leave for the NBA,
where he’s been predicted to be
the No. 1-overall draft pick in
some mock drafts. But Fultz’s
season may already be over. The
talented guard has missed five
of the past seven games and his
status for Wednesday’s game is
uncertain.
ONE AND DONE: Several
players could be playing in their
one and only Pac-12 Tourna-
ment. UCLA freshman point
guard Lonzo Ball is expected to
leave for the NBA and has also
been pegged as the No. 1 overall
pick in some mock drafts. Ball’s
teammate and fellow freshman
TJ Leaf could possibly join him
in leaving for the NBA after a
season that skyrocketed his draft
stock. Arizona 7-foot freshman
Lauri Markkanen is another
player who could leave early,
pegged as a possible lottery pick
if he comes out.
UCLA’s Ball deserving of hype, voted Pac-12 Player of the Year
Oregon’s Brooks
selected to first team
all-conference
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball
has been named player and
newcomer of the year, while
Arizona coach Sean Miller has
been named coach of the year
on the All-Pac-12 Conference
men’s basketball team announced
Tuesday by The Associated Press.
Ball arrived at UCLA with
plenty of hype and lived up to
this season, leading the nation
in assists with 7.8 per game. The
6-foot-6 guard also averaged
14.9 points and 6.2 rebounds for
the third-ranked Bruins.
Led by Ball, UCLA is the
nation’s top-scoring team at 91.3
points per game and is in position
for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
Tournament.
Miller had arguably the best
season of his eight-year coaching
career in Tucson, leading the
Wildcats to a share of the Pac-12
title despite a suspension to his
team’s best returning player and
a slew of injuries.
Arizona played the first 19
games of the season without
sophomore guard Allonzo Trier
due to a suspension for perfor-
mance-enhancing drugs and lost
point guard Parker Jackson-Cart-
wright for six games with a
sprained ankle.
The Wildcats also had center
Dusan Ristic and guard Kadeem
Allen go out with injuries, but
still finished 27-4 overall and
16-2 in conference to share the
Pac-12 title with No. 5 Oregon.
Ball was joined on the first
team by teammate and fellow
freshman TJ Leaf, along with
Oregon’s
Dillon
Brooks,
Arizona’s Lauri Markkanen and
Markelle Fultz of Washington.
The 2017 AP All-Pac-12
team, with name, school, posi-
tion, height, weight, class and
hometown (u-denotes unanimous
selections):
FIRST TEAM
u- Lonzo Ball, UCLA, G, 6-6,
190, Fr, Chino Hills, Calif.
u-Markelle, Fultz, Wash-
ington, G, 6-4, 195, Fr, Upper
Marlboro, Md.
u-Dillon Brooks, Oregon, G,
6-7, 225, Jr, Misssissauga, Ontario
Lauri Markkanen, Arizona, F,
7-0, 230, Fr, Jvyaskyla, Finland
TJ Leaf, UCLA, F, 6-10, 225,
Fr, El Cajon, Calif,
SECOND TEAM
Bryce Alford, UCLA, G,
6-13, 185, Sr, Albuquerque
Derrick White, Colorado, G,
6-5, 200, Sr, Parker, Colo.
Kyle Kuzma, Utah, F, 6-9,
221, Jr, Flint, Mich.
Ivan Rabb, California, F, 6-11,
200, So, Oakland
Jordan Bell, Oregon, F, 6-9,
225, Jr, Long Beach, Calif.
Associated Press
DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki has
become the sixth NBA player and first
international player to score 30,000 points.
The Dallas superstar hit the milestone
on a fadeaway jumper
with 10:58 left in the
second quarter.
The 7-foot German, in
his 19th season, is the third
to score at least 30,000
points with one team. The
others are Karl Malone
Nowitzki
(Utah) and Kobe Bryant
(Lakers).
The 30,000 list includes four Hall of
Famers in career leader Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar (38,387 points), Malone, Michael
Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain, and a future
one in Bryant.
BRIEFLY
Hermiston High golf team
to hold fundraiser
HERMISTON — The Hermiston
High School Golf Association is holding
two-person scramble tournament
fundraiser at Big River Golf Course on
April 22.
The scramble will begin at 9 a.m.
with a shotgun start, and it will also
include raffle prizes, a putting contest
and other contests at various holes
throughout the course, as well as a
barbecue meal afterwards.
The entry fee is $60 per-person for
adults, and $40 per-person for students,
and cart fees are not included. Checks
can be made payable to HHS Golf
Association, and entry forms can be
turned in to Big River Golf Course.
For more information, contact
tournament directors Bob Brinkley
at 541-571-4647 or Karl Adams at
541-561-7044.
Schimmel helps Spanish
team extend win streak
PENDLETON — Jude Schimmel
came off the bench for her second-
highest total as pro with 13 points on
Saturday to help Spain’s Cadi Le Seu
match its season-high win streak by
beating CREF Hola 70-59 for its third
win in a row.
Schimmel, an enrolled member of
the CTUIR, also had two assists. She
also came off the bench on March 1 to
score seven points on 2-of-3 shooting
with an assist in a 72-64 win over
Zamarat.
Cadi Le Seu (11-11) has four games
left in the regular season and will play
again on March 11.
— East Oregonian
BUCKAROOS: Looking for first final-bracket win since 1992 against Crescent Valley
Continued from 1B
Shaw Jerome kept Churchill
off the board, Curtis hit a
jump shot to make it 18-16.
Smith connected from
behind the arc to give the
Bucks a 19-18 lead with
4:57 left in the half, and
Stuvland scored in the paint
to make it a three-point lead
with 3:51 showing.
That was Pendleton’s
largest lead, though, and
Churchill closed the half on
a 7-1 run to take a 25-22 lead
at halftime.
Pendleton scored the
first four points of the third
quarter to take its final lead at
26-25 on a shot in the paint
by Jerome at the 5:40 mark.
Hoffman
answered
with a layup to regain the
lead, and after a Morrell
three-pointer made it 30-26,
Wilson provided the high-
light of the game when he
leapt for an inbound pass
and slammed it through the
rim one-handed for a 32-26
lead with less than three
minutes left in the third.
Pendleton finished the
game shooting 17-for-41
(41.5 percent), but couldn’t
take advantage of some
bonus free throws in the
second half and went
8-of-17 at the line. Churchill
was 20-of-38 (52.6 percent)
from the field and 15-of-25
on free throws.
Pendleton was trying for
its first win in a final-bracket
opener since 1978. The last
time the Bucks won a game
of any kind at state was
1992.
Pendleton will try to
end that streak today when
it plays No. 6 Crescent
Valley at 10:45 a.m. The
Raiders were upset by No.
14 Parkrose 73-59 in their
quarterfinal game earlier on
Tuesday.
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PHS
11 11 10 17 — 49
CHS
18 7 13 20 — 58
PENDLETON — C. Smith 25, W. Morris
6, K. Curtis 5, T. Newsom 4, S. Jerome 4,
J. Stuvland 3, R. Russell 1, J. Szumski 1, S.
Machado, R. Scott.
CHURCHILL — S. Hoffman 20, L. Wilson
15, C. Hall 10, D. Morrell 5, L. Schwin 5, Q.
Warshafsky 3, C. Luna, C. Beam, B. Lopez,
B. Blythe, E. Lewis.
3-pointers — PHS 7; CHS 3. Free throws
— PHS 8-17; CHS 15-25. Fouls — PHS 19;
CHS 14. Fouled out — D. Morrell (CHS).
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Today
Pendleton vs. Crescent Valley (5A
consolation, at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis),
10:45 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Shoreline at Blue Mountain (DH), 11
a.m./2 p.m.
Sunday
Clackamas at Blue Mountain (DH), 11
a.m./2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
Southwest Oregon at Blue Mountain
(DH), Noon/2 p.m.
Prep Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday
Class 5A Quarterfinals
No. 1 Wilsonville 69, No. 8 South Albany
47
No. 5 La Salle Prep 54, No. 4 Summit 38
No. 14 Parkrose 73, No. 6 Crescent
Valley 59
No. 2 Churchill 58, No. 7 Pendleton 49
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
1. Cleveland
42 20
2. Boston
40 24
3. Washington
37 24
4. Toronto
37 26
5. Atlanta
34 29
6. Indiana
32 31
7. Chicago
31 32
8. Detroit
31 32
——
Miami
30 34
Milwaukee
29 33
Charlotte
28 35
New York
26 38
Philadelphia
23 40
Orlando
23 41
Brooklyn
11 51
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
1. x-Golden State 52 11
2. x-San Antonio 49 13
3. Houston
44 20
4. Utah
40 24
5. L.A. Clippers 38 25
6. Memphis
36 28
7. Oklahoma City 35 29
8. Denver
29 34
——
Portland
27 35
Dallas
27 36
Minnesota
25 37
Sacramento
25 38
New Orleans
25 39
Phoenix
21 43
L.A. Lakers
19 45
Pct
.677
.625
.607
.587
.540
.508
.492
.492
GB
—
3
4½
5½
8½
10½
11½
11½
.469
.468
.444
.406
.365
.359
.177
13
13
14½
17
19½
20
31
Pct
.825
.790
.688
.625
.603
.563
.547
.460
GB
—
2½
8½
12½
14
16½
17½
23
.435
.429
.403
.397
.391
.333
.297
24½
25
26½
27
27½
31
33½
x-clinched playoff spot
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Tuesday’s Games
Portland 126, Oklahoma City 121
Dallas 122, L.A. Lakers 111
Washington 131, Phoenix 127
Today’s Games
Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Toronto at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Utah at Houston, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Washington at Denver, 6 p.m.
Boston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA
Men’s Top 25
Through March 5
Record
Pts Prv
1. Kansas (59)
28-3 1619
1
2. Villanova (2)
28-3 1517
2
3. UCLA (3)
28-3 1487
3
4. Gonzaga (1)
30-1 1430
4
5. Oregon
27-4 1364
6
6. North Carolina
26-6 1291
5
7. Arizona
27-4 1252
7
8. Kentucky
26-5 1182
9
9. Baylor
25-6 1084
11
10. Louisville
24-7 1047
8
11. West Virginia
24-7
958 10
12. SMU
27-4
849 14
13. Purdue
25-6
839 16
14. Duke
23-8
667 17
15. Cincinnati
27-4
634 18
16. Florida State
24-7
631 15
17. Florida
24-7
617 12
18. Butler
23-7
538 13
19. Saint Mary’s
27-3
456 20
20. Wichita State
30-4
401 21
21. Virginia
21-9
400 23
22. Notre Dame
23-8
394 19
23. Iowa State
20-10
147 24
24. Wisconsin
23-8
139 22
25. Maryland
24-7
47 —
Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee
28, Oklahoma State 23, Minnesota 22,
Michigan 16, Dayton 11, Seton Hall 9,
Southern Cal 6, Providence 5, Vermont 3,
Arkansas 2, Miami 2, VCU 2, Wake Forest
2, Creighton 1, Michigan State 1, Princeton
1, UNC Wilmington 1.
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Tuesday’s Games
No. 4 Gonzaga 74, No. 19 Saint Mary’s 56
Today’s Games
No. 14 Duke vs. Clemson (ACC Tourna-
ment, at the Barclays Center), 11:30 a.m.
No. 21 Virginia vs. Pittsburgh (ACC Tourna-
ment, at the Barclays Center), 6:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
No. 1 Kansas vs. TCU or Oklahoma at the
Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., Noon
No. 2 Villanova vs. St. John’s or George-
town at Madison Square Garden, 9 a.m.
No. 3 UCLA vs. Southern Cal or Wash-
ington at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las
Vegas, 8:30 p.m.
No. 5 Oregon vs. Arizona State or
Stanford at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las
Vegas, Noon
No. 6 North Carolina vs. Syracuse or
Miami at the Barclays Center, 9 a.m.
No. 7 Arizona vs. Colorado or Washington
State at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las
Vegas, 6 p.m.
No. 9 Baylor vs. Kansas State at the
Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., 6:30 p.m.
No. 10 Louisville in ACC quarterfinals at
the Barclays Center, 11:30 a.m.
No. 11 West Virginia vs. Tech or Texas at
the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo., 4 p.m.
No. 16 Florida State in ACC quarterfinals
at the Barclays Center, 4 p.m.
No. 18 Butler vs. Xavier or DePaul at
Madison Square Garden, 4 p.m.
No. 22 Notre Dame in ACC quarterfinals
at the Barclays Center, 6:30 p.m.
No. 23 Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State
at the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.,
9:30 a.m.
Friday’s Games
No. 8 Kentucky vs. Georgia or Tennessee
at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.,
10 a.m.
No. 12 SMU vs. Temple or East Carolina
at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 9 a.m.
No. 13 Purdue vs. Michigan or Illinois at
the Verizon Center, 9 a.m.
No. 15 Cincinnati vs. Tulsa or Tulane at the
XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 4 p.m.
No. 17 Florida vs. Vanderbilt or Texas A&M
at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.,
4 p.m.
No. 24 Wisconsin vs. Iowa or Indiana at
the Verizon Center, 3:30 p.m.
No. 25 Maryland in Big Ten quarterfinals
at the Verizon Center, 5:55 p.m.
Remainder of schedule TBD
Women’s Top 25
Through March 5
Record
Pts Prv
1. UConn (33)
31-0
825
1
2. Baylor
30-2
782
2
3. Notre Dame
30-3
763
3
4. South Carolina
27-4
711
5
5. Maryland
30-2
708
4
6. Stanford
28-5
639 10
7. Mississippi St.
29-4
621
6
8. Oregon St.
29-4
595
6
9. Duke
27-5
512 13
10. Florida St.
25-6
508
8
11. Ohio St.
26-6
487
9
12. Washington
27-5
470
11
13. Louisville
27-7
438 14
14. Texas
23-8
417 12
15. UCLA
23-8
361 15
16. Miami
23-8
354 16
17. DePaul
25-6
275 18
18. NC State
22-8
261 17
19. Kentucky
21-10
211 20
20. Drake
25-4
169 22
21. Syracuse
21-10
158 21
22. Oklahoma
22-9
128 19
23. Creighton
23-6
77
-
24. Kansas St
22-10
54 24
25. Missouri
21-10
42 23
Others receiving votes: South Florida 35,
Temple 31, West Virginia 31, Belmont 29,
Texas A&M 8, Green Bay 5, Michigan 4,
Tennessee 4, Purdue 4, Ark Little Rock 3,
Dayton 3, Western Kentucky 1, Arizona
St. 1.
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Tuesday’s Games
Marquette 86, No. 17 DePaul 78
Friday’s Game
No. 20 Drake vs. Indiana State or Illinois
State at iWireless Center, Moline, Ill., 10
a.m.
Rest of schedule TBD
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal
67 38 21
8 84 185 166
Ottawa
64 36 22
6 78 170 167
Boston
66 34 26
6 74 182 174
Toronto
65 29 22 14 72 197 195
Tampa Bay 65 30 26
9 69 179 181
Florida
65 29 25 11 69 162 183
Buffalo
67 27 28 12 66 169 196
Detroit
64 25 28 11 61 160 190
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 65 44 14
7 95 212 139
Columbus 65 42 17
6 90 207 149
Pittsburgh 64 40 16
8 88 223 180
N.Y. Rangers 67 43 22
2 88 216 175
N.Y. Islanders 65 31 23 11 73 192 194
Philadelphia 65 31 26
8 70 170 193
Carolina
63 26 27 10 62 156 183
New Jersey 66 25 29 12 62 147 189
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Minnesota 64 42 16
6 90 213 151
Chicago
65 42 18
5 89 198 164
Nashville
66 32 24 10 74 195 188
St. Louis
65 33 27
5 71 178 183
Winnipeg 67 30 31
6 66 200 209
Dallas
66 27 29 10 64 186 211
Colorado
65 18 44
3 39 126 215
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose
65 39 19
7 85 180 152
Edmonton 66 35 23
8 78 188 174
Anaheim
66 34 22 10 78 172 168
Calgary
66 36 26
4 76 179 182
Los Angeles 65 31 28
6 68 161 164
Vancouver 66 28 31
7 64 153 188
Arizona
65 23 35
7 53 157 210
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
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Tuesday’s Games
Columbus 2, New Jersey 0
N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2
Toronto 3, Detroit 2
Philadelphia 6, Buffalo 3
St. Louis 2, Minnesota 1
Colorado 3, Carolina 1
N.Y. Islanders 4, Edmonton 1
Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, OT
Montreal 2, Vancouver 1, OT
Today’s Games
Detroit at Boston, 5 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Ottawa at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Friday’s Game
Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Arizona, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
Schedule
March 9-12 — Valsapr Champion,
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm
Harbor, Fla.
March. 16-19 — Arnold Palmer Invitation-
al, Bay Hill Golf Club and Lodge, Orlando,
Fla.
March 22-26 — WGC-Dell Match Play,
Austin CC, Austin, Texas
Baseball
World Baseball Classic
FIRST ROUND
Round Robin
Pool A
At Gocheok Sky Dome
Seoul, South Korea
W
L
Pct
Israel
2
0 1.000
Netherlands
1
0 1.000
Taiwan
0
1
.000
South Korea
0
2
.000
——
Monday’s Game
Israel 2, South Korea 1, 10 innings
Tuesday’s Games
Israel 15, Taiwan 7
Netherlands 5, South Korea 0
Wednesday’s Game
Taiwan vs. Netherlands, 2 a.m.
GB
—
½
1½
2
Motorsports
Pool B
At Tokyo Dome
W
L
Japan
1
0
Cuba
1
1
Australia
0
0
China
0
1
——
Monday’s Game
Japan 11, Cuba 6
Tuesday’s Game
Cuba 6, China 0
Wednesday’s Games
Australia vs. Japan, 2 a.m.
Thursday’s Games
Australia vs. China, 2 a.m.
Pct
1.000
.500
.000
.000
GB
—
½
½
1
NASCAR
Monster Energy Cup
Points Leaders
Through March 5
1. Kevin Harvick, 90
2. Kurt Busch, 86
3. Brad Keselowski, 84
4. Chase Elliott, 82
5. Joey Logano, 80
6. Kyle Larson, 79
7. Martin Truex Jr, 67
8. Ryan Blaney, 63
9. Kasey Kahne, 63
10. Trevor Bayne, 58
Transactions
Pool C
At Marlins Park
Miami
W
L
Pct GB
Canada
0
0 0.000
—
Colombia
0
0 0.000
—
Dominican Rep.
0
0 0.000
—
United States
0
0 0.000
—
——
Thursday’s Game
Canada vs. Dominican Republic, 3 p.m.
Friday’s Game
Colombia vs. United States, 3 p.m.
Pool D
At Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico
W
L
Pct
Italy
0
0 0.000
Mexico
0
0 0.000
Puerto Rico
0
0 0.000
Venezuela
0
0 0.000
——
Thursday’s Game
Italy vs. Mexico, 9 p.m.
LPGA
Schedule
March 16-19 — Bank of Hope Founders
Cup, JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and
Spa (Wildfire GC), Phoenix
March 23-26 — Kia Classic, Park Hyatt
Aviara Resort Golf Club and Spa, Carlsbad,
Calif.
March 30-April 2 — ANA Inspiration,
Mission Hill CC, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
GB
—
—
—
—
Tuesday
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended New York Jets WR
Jalin Marshall for the first four games of
the 2017 season for violating the league’s
policy on performance enhancers.
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Agreed to
terms with TE Jermaine Gresham on a four-
year contract. Re-signed QB Zac Dysert to
a one-year contract. Extended a contract
tender offers to G/T John Wetzel and DT
Olsen Pierre.
BUFFALO BILLS — Exercised its exclu-
sive rights by tendering offers to RB Mike
Gillislee and G Ryan Groy.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Re-signed WR
Brenton Bersin to a one-year contract, S
Colin Jones and DE Charles Johnson to
two-year contracts.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Released
CB Brandon Flowers, G D.J. Fluker and WR
Stevie Johnson.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Announced the
retirement of LB Chad Greenway.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released WR
Torrey Smith.