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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Golf
Casey wins at Innisbrook as Woods comes up short by a putt
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Right
when Paul Casey felt he was a
winner in the Valspar Champion-
ship, he looked up at the TV and
saw a scene that was all too familiar.
Tiger Woods, red shirt blazing on
Sunday, holed a 45-foot birdie putt
on the 17th hole at Innisbrook that
pulled him to within one shot of the
Casey’s lead. Moments later, Woods
settled over a birdie putt from just
inside 40 feet that would have
forced a playoff.
“I loved his putt on 17. That was
amazing,” Casey said. “I thought he
was going to hole the one on 18.”
Not this time.
Not yet.
A long victory drought on the
PGA Tour ended Sunday, just not
the one most people — Casey
included — were expecting.
Casey rallied from five shots
behind. He ran off three straight
birdies early on the back nine,
closed with a 6-under 65 and won
by one shot when Patrick Reed had
a 45-foot putt roll back to his feet on
the 18th hole, and Woods came up a
few feet short of a birdie putt on the
final hole.
After Woods signed for a 1-under
70 — his first time since August
2013 that he tied for second with all
four rounds under par — he worked
his way toward Casey to congratu-
late him on his first PGA Tour title
since the Houston Open in 2009, a
span of 132 starts.
“It’s the only time he’s congrat-
ulated me immediately after a
victory,” Casey said. “Normally, it’s
the other way around. That’s some-
thing special. Just really cool. I’m
sure he was disappointed he didn’t
get the victory. I actually thought he
Tiger effect leads to
NBC’s best golf TV
rating since 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) —
Tiger Woods was one shot away
from a chance to win, and the
PGA Tour had its largest televi-
sion audience in five years.
NBC Sports Group says
the final round of the Valspar
Championship earned a 5.11
AP Photo/Mike Carlson
Tiger Woods lines up a putt on the 13th hole during the final round
of the Valspar Championship on Sunday in Palm Harbor, Fla.
was going to win today before the
round started. I thought it was just
teed up beautifully for him. I said
a couple times, ‘If I don’t win this
thing, I actually want Tiger to win
it.’
“I’m glad it’s this way.”
Woods opened with a two-putt
birdie to briefly tie for the lead. That
was his last birdie until he revved
up the raucous crowd with his long
birdie on the 17th, giving him his
best chance to win since his back
problems began not long after his
most recent victory, the Bridgestone
Invitational in August 2013.
This was his fourth PGA Tour
event since returning from his
fourth back surgery. He is getting
better with each tournament, though
he didn’t feel sharp with his irons on
Sunday and played too often to the
fat of the greens.
“I had a good shot at winning this
golf tournament,” Woods said. “A
couple putts here and there, it could
have been a different story.”
Two shots behind going to the
back nine, with Casey running out
of birdie chances, Woods failed
to birdie both par 5s. He pulled a
wedge into the left rough on No. 11
and three-putted from 80 feet on No.
14. He failed to make a pair of birdie
putts from the 15-foot range.
And then he showed up with
one big putt, looking very much
like the Woods of old who lingers
long enough to make his opponents
worry.
Casey, who finished at 10-under
274, goes up to No. 12 in the world
with what he called one of the most
rewarding of his 16 victories world-
wide.
“Probably more satisfying, the
fact that it was on a week where
Tiger played some good golf and
got to see some amazing stuff and
hear the roars and it just was a great
week — the buzz, everything about
it,” Casey said.
Reed, who closed with a 68,
had a better chance at winning than
Woods, and the disappointment was
clear.
He tied for the lead with a birdie
on the par-5 14th, and he hammered
a tee shot on the uphill 18th that
left him a wedge to the green. He
thought he flushed it. He twirled
his club. But the ball came down
the slope, leaving him about 45 feet
away up the ridge.
The first putt, which had to travel
across a section of the fringe, was so
short that it rolled all the way back
to his feet. Reed used a wedge for
the next one and came close, though
it was never on line.
“It happened to be unfortunate it
got around the corner of the green
where I was on the green, had to
go over the fringe, through about 7
feet of fringe and back on the green,
and I thought I could putt it,” Reed
said. “I gave it extra because I knew
it was going to either pop or come
out slow. I just didn’t hit it hard
enough.”
Woods played conservatively
with an iron off the 442-yard, uphill
closing hole on the Copperhead
course. From 185 yards, his 7-iron
overnight rating, up 190 percent
over the previous year and
the highest-rated PGA Tour
broadcast since Woods won The
Players Championship in 2013.
That doesn’t include the majors.
Golf Channel’s two-hour
window before the NBC telecast
Sunday earned a 1.65 rating, its
highest-rated coverage for the
lead-in window since it began in
2009.
came up some 40 feet short, and his
birdie putt to force a playoff was 2
feet short.
Next up for Woods is the Arnold
Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill next
week, which he hasn’t played since
winning five years ago. He is an
eight-time winner at Bay Hill, and
the euphoria over his return is sure
to reach even higher decibels.
“I felt very comfortable. My
game was quite solid this entire
week,” Woods said. “As a whole I
felt very good about what I did this
week.”
Corey Conners, the Canadian
rookie who started the final round
with a one-shot lead, fell back
quickly after opening with a bogey
on the easiest hole at Innisbrook.
He shot 77 and tied for 16th. Justin
Rose, among six players who had
a share of the lead at some point in
the final round, had back-to-back
bogeys on the back nine and never
atoned for his mistakes. He closed
with a 72 and finished three shots
behind.
That left Casey the winner,
finally.
Woods has to wait at least
another week, with the next stop at a
golf course Arnold Palmer built and
Woods used to own.
NASCAR
Harvick channels anger in Phoenix, races to 3rd straight win
By JOHN NICHOLSON
AP Sports Writer
AVONDALE, Ariz. —
Kevin Harvick knows how
to get around ISM Raceway
— and channel his anger.
He needed both skills
Sunday to drive away with
his third straight NASCAR
Cup Series victory and
record-extending ninth at the
mile oval southwest of the
Phoenix.
“I’m 42, done this for a
long time,” Harvick said.
“Any time you can reach
out and grab motivation, for
me, that’s just a piece of the
puzzle.”
The California driver
sarcastically tagged “Happy”
is at his best when he’s mad,
so much so that former crew
chief Gil Martin used to try
to rile him during races.
Current
crew
chief
Rodney Childers didn’t
have to say anything.
Not after Harvick and the
Stewart-Haas Racing team
were penalized Wednesday
for technical violations last
week at Las Vegas on the
No. 4 Ford.
“Everybody just came
here mad, chip on their
shoulder, wanting to do
exactly what we did today,”
Harvick said. “That’s the
type of determination and
grit that you want in a race
team. There’s nothing better
to be a part of than some-
thing like that.
“Actions speak a whole
lot louder than all the words I
can say this week, tweets that
you can send out. Parking
that thing in victory lane is
the most powerful thing,
most powerful message you
can send, and says the most
about our organization and
our team.”
After saying Friday he
would jump up and down
on the back of the car if he
won, Harvick completed his
burnouts and pulled over
next to his crew to celebrate.
He playfully patted the back
window and pointed at it in
a nod to social media photos
of his buckled rear window
in Las Vegas.
“I made it very clear to
pat my window and thank it
for doing its job,” he said.
Harvick got in front of
Kyle Busch on the last series
of pit stops in the 312-lap
race. Busch’s team dropped
the jack and had trouble with
the right rear tire on the stop
with 53 laps left, allowing
Harvick — who pitted three
laps earlier — to slip ahead.
Martin Truex Jr.
“I needed a little bit of
forward drive there at the
end,” Elliott said. “I was
turning pretty good and just
had a hard time putting the
power down.”
Stewart-Haas racing had
all four drivers in the top
10 for the first time. Clint
Bowyer was sixth, Aric
Almirola seventh and Kurt
Busch 10th.
“That’s probably what
I’m most proud of,” owner
Tony Stewart said.
The Busch brothers won
the opening 75-lap stages.
Kyle held off Harvick in the
first. Kurt stayed out during
a caution and swiped the
second in a one-lap shootout.
NO APPEAL
Stewart said Sunday he
won’t appeal the penalties
for the Las Vegas infractions.
“How many appeals have
you seen overturned?” he
explained.
Inspectors at NASCAR’s
research and development
center in North Carolina
found Harvick’s car violated
a rule requiring rear window
support braces to hold the
glass rigid, and another
requiring the right rocker
panel extension to be
aluminum.
Harvick was penalized
the seven playoff points
he earned for winning the
Las Vegas race and its first
two stages. He was docked
20 regular points and the
team lost 20 owners’ points.
Childers was fined $50,000,
and car chief Robert Smith
was suspended two races.
Harvick regained the
points lead Sunday, moving
12 ahead of Kyle Busch.
And with the victory, the
No. 4 was headed back to the
R&D facility.
BY THE NUMBERS
Harvick
began
the
winning streak at Atlanta
after crashing and finishing
31st in the season-opening
Daytona 500. He’s the first to
win three straight Cup races
since Joey Logano in 2015.
Harvick broke a tie
with Kyle Busch with 14
NASCAR
national-series
victories at the track. In
31 Cup starts in Phoenix,
Harvick has 15 top-five
finishes. He has one Xfinity
win and four Truck victories
at the track. The victory also
was the milestone 40th of
Harvick’s Cup career.
UP NEXT
Sunday, March 18, at
Auto Club Speedway in
Fontana, California.
Friday, March 16
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
#8 Creighton (21-11) vs. #9 Kansas State
(22-11), 6:50 p.m.
#1 Virginia (31-2) vs. #16 UMBC (24-10),
9:20 p.m.
At Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
#2 Cincinnati (30-4) vs. #15 Georgia State
(24-10), 2 p.m.
#7 Nevada (27-7) vs. #10 Texas (19-14),
4:30 p.m.
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Thursday, March 15
At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
#7 Rhode Island (25-7) vs. #10 Oklahoma
(18-13), 12:15 p.m.
#2 Duke (26-7) vs. #15 Iona (20-13), 2:45
p.m.
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan.
#1 Kansas (27-7) vs. #16 Penn (24-8), 2 p.m.
#8 Seton Hall (21-11) vs. #9 N.C. State
(21-11), 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 16
At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
#3 Michigan State (29-4) vs. #14 Bucknell
(25-9), 7:10 p.m.
#6 TCU (21-11) vs. #11 Arizona State-Syra-
cuse winner, 9:40 p.m.
At Viejas Arena, San Diego
#4 Auburn (25-7) vs. #13 College of
Charleston (26-7), 7:27 p.m.
#5 Clemson (23-9) vs. #12 New Mexico
State (28-5), 9:57 p.m.
WEST REGIONAL
Thursday, March 15
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan.
#6 Houston (26-7) vs. #11 San Diego
State (22-10), 7:20 p.m.
#3 Michigan (28-7) vs. #14 Montana (26-
7), 9:50 p.m.
At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
#4 Gonzaga (30-4) vs. #13 UNC Greens-
boro (27-7), 1:30 p.m.
#5 Ohio State (24-8) vs. #12 South Dakota
State (28-6), 4 p.m.
Friday, March 16
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, N.C.
#7 Texas A&M (20-12) vs. #10 Providence
(21-13), 12:15 p.m.
#2 North Carolina (25-10) vs. #15 Lip-
scomb (23-9), 2:45 p.m.
At Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
#1 Xavier (28-5) vs. #16 N.C. Central-Tex-
as Southern winner, 7:20 p.m.
#8 Missouri (20-12) vs. #9 Florida State
(20-11), 9:50 p.m.
Boston
67 43 16
8 94 226 172
Toronto
69 40 22
7 87 228 197
Florida
67 34 26
7 75 205 212
Detroit
69 26 32 11 63 180 211
Montreal
69 25 32 12 62 175 219
Ottawa
68 24 33 11 59 186 236
Buffalo
69 22 35 12 56 165 224
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 69 39 23
7 85 209 202
Pittsburgh 70 40 26
4 84 229 211
Philadelphia 70 35 24 11 81 205 205
Columbus 70 37 28
5 79 193 195
New Jersey 69 35 26
8 78 204 208
Carolina
69 30 28 11 71 184 212
N.Y. Islanders 69 30 29 10 70 222 245
N.Y. Rangers 70 31 32
7 69 201 224
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
68 44 14 10 98 222 173
Winnipeg 69 41 18 10 92 229 182
Minnesota 69 39 23
7 85 216 198
Dallas
69 38 25
6 82 198 180
Colorado
68 36 24
8 80 215 202
St. Louis
69 37 27
5 79 191 182
Chicago
70 30 32
8 68 199 207
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
69 45 19
5 95 235 187
San Jose
69 37 23
9 83 203 189
Los Angeles 69 38 26
5 81 200 173
Anaheim
70 34 24 12 80 195 193
Calgary
70 34 26 10 78 197 206
Edmonton 68 30 34
4 64 193 221
Vancouver 70 25 36
9 59 183 228
Arizona
68 22 35 11 55 163 219
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
————
Monday’s Games
Vegas 3, Philadelphia 2
Washington 3, Winnipeg 2, OT
Columbus 5, Montreal 2
N.Y. Rangers 6, Carolina 3
Ottawa 5, Florida 3
St. Louis 4, Anaheim 2
San Jose 5, Detroit 3
Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 0
Tuesday’s Games
Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Arizona, 7 p.m.
Lap length: 1.00 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (10) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 312 laps.
2. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 312.
3. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 312.
4. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 312.
5. (1) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 312.
6. (19) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 312.
7. (22) Aric Almirola, Ford, 312.
8. (15) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 312.
9. (9) Erik Jones, Toyota, 312.
10. (23) Kurt Busch, Ford, 312.
11. (13) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 312.
12. (11) William Byron, Chevrolet, 312.
13. (4) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 312.
14. (17) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 312.
15. (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 312.
16. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 311.
17. (18) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 311.
18. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 311.
19. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 311.
20. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 311.
21. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 311.
22. (16) David Ragan, Ford, 311.
23. (29) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 311.
24. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 311.
25. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 311.
26. (8) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 310.
27. (36) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 310.
28. (27) Darrell Wallace Jr, Chevrolet, 309.
29. (24) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 309.
30. (28) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 309.
31. (34) D.J. Kennington, Toyota, 309.
32. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 308.
33. (35) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 306.
34. (32) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 304.
35. (37) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 292.
36. (14) Paul Menard, Ford, accident, 189.
37. (33) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, engine.
Hockey
Auto Racing
AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Har-
vick (4) passes Kyle Busch (18) on lap 131 during a NA-
SCAR race on Sunday in Avondale, Ariz.
“We lost the race on pit
road today,” Busch said.
“But we’ve won races on pit
road, too.”
Harvick got around Chase
Elliott — the first car with
four fresh tires after the pit
stops — and took the lead
with 22 laps left when Ryan
Newman finally made his
last stop.
Busch didn’t seriously
challenge Harvick after
that, finishing 0.774 seconds
back. The two had a series
of entertaining battles, with
Harvick also dueling Elliott
and Denny Hamlin.
“When you have Kyle
Busch sticking his finger
out of the window with
his thumb up talking about
having fun and sending
messages on the radio, you
know everybody is having
fun,” Harvick said.
Fun, and stressful for
Childers on the pit box.
“Man, it was a heck of a
battle,” Childers said. “To sit
down there in the corner and
watch these guys race like
that was like my short track
days.”
Elliott was third, followed
by Hamlin and pole-sitter
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
PREP BASEBALL
Tuesday
Umatilla at Touchet (WA) (DH), 2 p.m.
Joseph at Weston-McEwen, 3:30 p.m.
Dufur at Riverside, 3 p.m.
Southridge (WA) at Pendleton (DH), 3:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Ridgeview, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Mac-Hi at Weston-McEwen, 3:30 p.m.
Friday
Heppner at Irrigon (DH), 11 a.m.
Umatilla at Portland Christian (DH), 3:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Pendleton vs. Curtis (at Hanford), 11 a.m.
Stanfield at Tri-City Prep (WA) (DH), 11 a.m.
La Salle Prep at Hermiston, Noon
Mac-Hi at Touchet (WA) (DH), Noon
Pendleton at Hanford (WA), 2 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Tuesday
Umatilla at Touchet (WA) (DH), 2 p.m.
Stevenson (WA) at Riverside (DH), 2 p.m.
Ridgeview at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
Pendleton at Hanford (WA), 4 p.m.
Friday
Enterprise at Heppner (DH), 1 p.m.
Irrigon at Pendleton Freshmen (DH), 3 p.m.
Umatilla at Portland Christian (DH), 3:30 p.m.
Hermiston at St. Helens, 4 p.m.
Pendleton at Hillsboro, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Tri-Cities Prep (WA) at Echo (DH), 11 a.m.
Hermiston at Hillsboro, Noon
Pendleton at St. Helens, Noon
Enterprise at Weston-McEwen (DH), Noon
PREP TRACK AND FIELD
Tuesday
Hermiston at Hood River, 3:30 p.m.
Friday
Riverside at Ontario Icebreaker, 3:45 p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen at Sweeney
Invitational (ID), 10 a.m.
Irrigon at Richland T&F Jamboree), 11:30 a.m.
PREP TENNIS
Tuesday
Umatilla vs. Stanfield/Echo, 3:30 p.m.
Hanford (WA) vs. Hermiston, 4 p.m.
Thursday
Umatilla vs. Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m.
Hermiston at Southridge (WA), 3:30 p.m.
Stanfield/Echo at Riverside, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
BMCC vs. Prairie Baseball Acad. (DH), 11 a.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
BMCC vs. Wenatchee Valley (DH), 2 p.m.
Saturday
BMCC vs. Yakima Valley (DH), 12 p.m.
EOU at University of Providence (DH),
2 p.m.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
Saturday
EOU Team Challenge 1 at Hermiston, all day
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct
x-Toronto
49 17 .742
x-Boston
46 21 .687
Philadelphia
36 29 .554
New York
24 43 .358
Brooklyn
21 46 .313
Southeast Division
W
L Pct
Washington
38 29 .567
Miami
36 32 .529
Charlotte
29 38 .433
Orlando
20 47 .299
Atlanta
20 47 .299
Central Division
W
L Pct
Indiana
39 28 .582
Cleveland
38 28 .576
Milwaukee
36 31 .537
Detroit
30 36 .455
Chicago
23 43 .348
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct
Houston
53 14 .791
New Orleans
38 28 .576
San Antonio
37 30 .552
Dallas
21 46 .313
Memphis
18 49 .269
Northwest Division
W
L Pct
Portland
41 26 .612
Oklahoma City
40 29 .580
Minnesota
39 29 .574
Denver
37 30 .552
Utah
37 30 .552
Pacific Division
W
L Pct
Golden State
51 16 .761
L.A. Clippers
36 29 .554
L.A. Lakers
30 36 .455
Sacramento
21 47 .309
Phoenix
19 49 .279
x-clinched playoff spot
————
Monday’s Games
Houston 109, San Antonio 93
Milwaukee 121, Memphis 103
GB
—
3½
12½
25½
28½
GB
—
2½
9
18
18
GB
—
½
3
8½
15½
GB
—
14½
16
32
35
GB
—
2
2½
4
4
GB
—
14
20½
30½
32½
Oklahoma City 106, Sacramento 101
Portland 115, Miami 99
Tuesday’s Games
Indiana at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m.
Dallas at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Orlando at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Detroit at Utah, 6 p.m.
Cleveland at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA Men’s Tournament
First Four
at Dayton, OH
Tuesday’s Games
No. 16 LIU-Brooklyn vs. No. 16 Radford,
3:40 p.m. (truTV)
No. 11 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 11 UCLA,
6:10 p.m. (truTV)
Wednesday’s Games
No. 16 NC Central vs. No. 16 Texas South-
ern, 3:40 p.m. (truTV)
No. 11 Arizona State vs. No. 11 Syracuse,
6:10 p.m. (truTV)
First Round
EAST REGIONAL
Thursday, March 15
At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
#1 Villanova (30-4) vs. #16 LIU Brook-
lyn-Radford winner, 6:50 p.m.
#8 Virginia Tech (21-11) vs. #9 Alabama
(19-15), 9:20 p.m.
At American Airlines Center, Dallas
#3 Texas Tech (24-9) vs. #14 Stephen F.
Austin (28-6), 7:27 p.m.
#6 Florida (20-12) vs. #11 St. Bonaven-
ture-UCLA winner, 9:57 p.m.
Friday, March 16
At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
#2 Purdue (28-6) vs. #15 Cal State Fuller-
ton (20-11), 12:40 p.m.
#7 Arkansas (23-11) vs. #10 Butler (20-13),
3:10 p.m.
At Viejas Arena, San Diego
#4 Wichita State (25-7) vs. #13 Marshall
(24-10), 1:30 p.m.
#5 West Virginia (24-10) vs. #12 Murray
State (26-5), 4 p.m.
SOUTH REGIONAL
Thursday, March 15
At American Airlines Center, Dallas
#3 Tennessee (25-8) vs. #14 Wright State
(25-9), 12:40 p.m.
#6 Miami (22-9) vs. #11 Loyola of Chicago
(28-5), 3:10 p.m.
At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
#5 Kentucky (24-10) vs. #12 Davidson
(21-11), 7:10 p.m.
#4 Arizona (27-7) vs. #13 Buffalo (26-8),
9:40 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 69 48 17
4 100 253 191
NASCAR Cup Series
TicketGuardian 500 Results
Sunday
At ISM Raceway
Avondale, Ariz.
Golf
PGA TOUR
Valspar Championship
Sunday Results
At Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)
Palm Harbor, Fla.
Purse: $6.5 million
Yardage: 7,340; Par: 71
Final Top 10
Paul Casey
70-68-71-65—274
-10
Patrick Reed
71-69-67-68—275
-9
Tiger Woods
70-68-67-70—275
-9
Sergio Garcia
70-72-69-65—276
-8
Justin Rose
70-69-66-72—277
-7
Rory Sabbatini 70-71-67-69—277
-7
Jim Furyk
70-73-69-66—278
-6
Branden Grace 73-68-68-70—279
-5
Jason Kokrak
72-67-72-68—279
-5
Trey Mullinax
72-68-69-70—279
-5
Upcoming Schedule
March 15-18 — Arnold Palmer Invitational,
Bay Hill Golf Club and Lodge, Orlando, Fla.