B2 THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2021
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SCOREBOARD
SUNDAY
SOCCER
Italian Serie A, Parma vs. Lazio
Mexico Primera, Santos Laguna vs. Cruz Azul
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, Providence at Xavier
Women’s college, Davidson at Rhode Island
Women’s college, Florida at Georgia
Women’s college, Dayton at George Washington
Women’s college, Miami at North Carolina
Women’s college, Saint Joseph’s at La Salle
Women’s college, Alabama at Vanderbilt
Men’s college, Minnesota at Iowa
Women’s college, Oregon at California
Women’s college, Texas A&M at Arkansas
Women’s college, Iowa St. at Texas Tech
Men’s college, Cincinnati at Wichita St.
Women’s college, South Carolina at Kentucky
Men’s college, Indiana at Nebraska
Men’s college, Colgate at Boston University
Women’s college, Ole Miss at Mississippi St.
Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Indiana St.
Men’s college, Maryland at Illinois
WRESTLING
College, Illinois at Indiana
FOOTBALL
NFL, Baltimore at Tennessee
NFL, Chicago at New Orleans
NFL, Cleveland at Pittsburgh
GOLF
PGA Tour, Sentry Tournament of Champions
PGA Tour, Sentry Tournament of Champions
BASEBALL
Australian Baseball League, Adelaide vs. Perth
Australian Baseball League, Brisbane vs. Perth
HOCKEY
College, North Dakota at Colorado College
Time
5:55 a.m.
5 p.m.
TV
ESPN2
FS1
8 a.m.
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11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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3 p.m.
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3:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
FOX
CBSSN
SEC
ESPNU
Root
CBSSN
SEC
Big Ten
Pac-12
SEC
ESPNU
ESPN2
ESPN
Big Ten
CBSSN
SEC
ESPN2
Big Ten
9 a.m.
Big Ten
10:05 a.m. ABC, ESPN
1:40 p.m.
CBS
5:15 p.m.
NBC
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
NBC
Golf
4 p.m.
8 p.m.
Root
Root
6 p.m.
Root
noon
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
Pac-12
Pac-12
FS1
CBSSN
CBSSN
NBCSNW
5 p.m.
ESPN
MONDAY
BASKETBALL
Women’s college, Colorado at Southern Cal
Men’s college, Colorado at Utah
Men’s college, Connecticut at DePaul
Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Indiana St.
Men’s college, Boise State at Wyoming
NBA, Toronto at Portland
FOOTBALL
CFP National Championship,
Ohio State vs. Alabama
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin
is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Beavers are ‘getting closer’
to returning to game action
West Virginia 92, No. 17 Texas 58
No. 18 South Florida 80, Houston 51
No. 21 Gonzaga 75, Portland 43
No. 22 Northwestern 77, Iowa 67
No. 25 Missouri St. vs. Loyola of Chicago, ppd.
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
7
3
.700
Boston
7
3
.700
Orlando
6
4
.600
Indiana
6
3
.667
Milwaukee
6
4
.600
New York
5
4
.556
Cleveland
5
5
.500
Charlotte
5
5
.500
Brooklyn
5
5
.500
Miami
4
4
.500
Atlanta
4
5
.444
Chicago
4
6
.400
Toronto
2
6
.250
Detroit
2
7
.222
Washington
2
8
.200
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phoenix
7
3
.700
L.A. Lakers
7
3
.700
L.A. Clippers
6
4
.600
Utah
5
4
.556
San Antonio
5
4
.556
Dallas
5
4
.556
Golden State
5
4
.556
Portland
4
4
.500
Oklahoma City
4
4
.500
Sacramento
4
5
.444
New Orleans
4
5
.444
Denver
4
5
.444
Houston
3
4
.429
Memphis
3
6
.333
Minnesota
2
7
.222
Friday’s Late Games
Utah 131, Milwaukee 118
Memphis 115, Brooklyn 110
Toronto 144, Sacramento 123
Golden State 115, L.A. Clippers 105
L.A. Lakers 117, Chicago 115
Saturday’s Games
Denver 115, Phila. 103
Phoenix 125, Indiana 117
Charlotte 113, Atlanta 105
Miami 128, Washington 124
Milwaukee 100, Cleveland 90
San Antonio 125, Minnesota 122, OT
Dallas 112, Orlando 98
Portland at Sacramento, late
Sunday’s Games
Utah at Detroit, noon
Chicago at L.A. Clippers, 1 p.m.
Denver at New York, 3 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Houston, 4 p.m.
Miami at Boston, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
GB
—
—
1
½
1
1½
2
2
2
2
2½
3
4
4½
5
GB
—
—
1
1½
1½
1½
1½
2
2
2½
2½
2½
2½
3½
4½
Women’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
Stanford
7 0 1.000 10 0 1.000
Arizona
6 1
.857 8 1 .889
Washington St. 4 1
.800 6 1 .857
Oregon
6 2
.750 8 2 .800
UCLA
4 2
.667 6 2 .750
Arizona St.
3 3
.500 7 3 .700
Colorado
2 4
.333 4 5 .444
Southern Cal
2 5
.286 4 5 .444
Utah
2 6
.250 3 6 .333
Oregon St.
1 3
.250 3 3 .500
Washington
1 5
.167 4 5 .444
California
0 6
.000 0 9 .000
Sunday’s Games
No. 7 Arizona at Washington St., 11 a.m.
No. 11 Oregon at California, 1 p.m.
Utah at No. 9 UCLA, 1 p.m.
Oregon St. at No. 1 Stanford, ppd.
Arizona St. at Washington, ppd.
Monday’s Game
Colorado at Southern Cal, noon
TOP 25 SCORES
Saturday’s Games
No. 3 UConn 87, Providence 50
Men’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
UCLA
5 0 1.000 9 2 .818
Oregon
4 1
.800 9 2 .818
Stanford
4 1
.800 8 3 .727
Southern Cal
3 1
.750 8 2 .800
Arizona
3 3
.500 9 3 .750
Washington St. 2 2
.500 9 2 .818
Colorado
2 2
.500 8 3 .727
Oregon St.
1 2
.333 5 4 .556
Arizona St.
1 2
.333 4 5 .444
Utah
1 3
.250 4 4 .500
California
1 5
.167 6 7 .462
Washington
0 5
.000 1 9 .100
Saturday’s Games
California 84, Washington 78
Stanford 75, Washington St. 60
Southern Cal 73, Arizona St. 64
UCLA 81, Arizona 76
Oregon 79, Utah 73
Oregon St. at Colorado, ppd.
Monday’s Game
Colorado at Utah, 3 p.m.
TOP 25 SCORES
Saturday’s Games
No. 1 Gonzaga 116, Portland 88
No. 2 Baylor 67, TCU 49
No. 4 Texas 72, No. 14 West Virginia 70
No. 6 Kansas 63, Oklahoma 59
No. 7 Creighton 97, St. John’s 79
No. 9 Tennessee 68, Texas A&M 54
No. 10 Michigan at Penn St., ppd.
No. 11 Houston 71, Tulane 50
Ohio St. 79, No. 15 Rutgers 68
No. 18 Texas Tech 91, Iowa St. 64
No. 19 Clemson at North Carolina, ppd.
No. 21 Duke 79, Wake Forest 68
No. 22 Virginia 61, Boston College 49
No. 23 Saint Louis at Saint Joseph’s, ppd.
No. 25 Florida St. at Pittsburgh, ppd.
GOLF
PGA Tour
Sentry Tournament of Champions Scores
Saturday at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
Yardage: 7,596; Par: 73
Third Round
Ryan Palmer
67-67-64—198
Harris English
65-67-66—198
Collin Morikawa
69-65-65—199
Daniel Berger
69-65-67—201
Sungjae Im
67-68-67—202
Justin Thomas
65-69-68—202
Billy Horschel
71-66-66—203
Patrick Cantlay
68-68-67—203
Joaquin Niemann
69-67-67—203
Sergio Garcia
67-71-67—205
Viktor Hovland
69-68-68—205
Jon Rahm
70-66-69—205
Dustin Johnson
71-65-69—205
Brendon Todd
68-67-70—205
Xander Schauffele
69-66-70—205
Cameron Smith, 70-70-66—206. Martin Laird, 69-
69-68—206. Webb Simpson, 70-67-69—206. Bryson
DeChambeau, 69-67-70—206. Scottie Scheffler, 70-66-
70—206. Stewart Cink, 71-69-67—207. Adam Scott, 68-
71-68—207. Nick Taylor, 67-71-69—207. Jason Kokrak,
71-66-70—207. Patrick Reed, 67-68-72—207.
Michael Thompson, 73-68-67—208. Sebastian Munoz,
75-66-67—208. Lanto Griffin, 71-68-69—208. Kevin Na,
71-68-69—208. Richy Werenski, 69-69-70—208. Brian
Gay, 70-67-71—208. Cameron Champ, 71-68-70—209.
Marc Leishman, 69-69-71—209. Tony Finau, 74-68-68—
210. Kevin Kisner, 70-71-69—210. Abraham Ancer, 70-
71-69—210.
Robert Streb, 67-72-72—211. Carlos Ortiz, 69-67-
75—211. Hudson Swafford, 73-70-72—215. Mackenzie
Hughes, 73-71-72—216. Andrew Landry, 70-71-76—217.
Hideki Matsuyama, 73-75-72—220.
FOOTBALL
DEALS
NFL playoffs
Transactions
WILD CARD
Saturday’s Games
Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 24
L.A. Rams 30, Seattle 20
Tampa Bay 31, Washington 23
Saturday’s Summary
Rams 30, Seahawks 20
L.A. Rams
Seattle
3
0
17
0
10
—
30
10
3
7
—
20
First Quarter
LAR—FG Gay 40, 3:52.
Second Quarter
Sea—FG Myers 50, 10:29.
LAR—FG Gay 39, 7:51.
LAR—Williams 42 interception return (Gay kick), 6:40.
Sea—Metcalf 51 pass from Wilson (Myers kick), 3:43.
LAR—Akers 5 run (Gay kick), 1:57.
Third Quarter
Sea—FG Myers 52, 13:45.
Fourth Quarter
LAR—FG Gay 36, 11:33.
LAR—Woods 15 pass from Goff (Gay kick), 4:46.
Sea—Metcalf 12 pass from Wilson (Myers kick), 2:28.
A—0.
LAR
Sea
First downs
16
11
Total Net Yards
333
278
Rushes-yards
43-164
25-136
Passing
169
142
Punt Returns
1-9
3-26
Kickoff Returns
2-62
3-109
Interceptions Ret.
1-42
0-0
Comp-Att-Int
12-25-0
11-27-1
Sacked-Yards Lost
3-15
5-32
Punts
7-45.3
8-55.8
Fumbles-Lost
0-0
1-1
Penalties-Yards
2-15
9-60
Time of Possession
33:39
26:21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing—L.A. Rams, Akers 28-131, Brown 9-30,
Goff 4-4, Wolford 1-2, Woods 1-(minus 3). Seattle, Car-
son 16-77, Wilson 4-50, Hyde 4-5, Dav.Moore 1-4.
Passing—L.A. Rams, Goff 9-19-0-155, Wolford 3-6-
0-29. Seattle, Wilson 11-27-1-174.
Receiving—L.A. Rams, Kupp 4-78, Woods 4-48,
Akers 2-45, Brown 1-9, Higbee 1-4. Seattle, Metcalf
5-96, Lockett 2-43, Swain 1-28, Carson 1-5, Dissly 1-1,
Dav.Moore 1-1.
Missed Field Goals—None.
Sunday’s Games
Baltimore at Tennessee, 10:05 a.m.
Chicago at New Orleans, 1:40 p.m.
Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 5:15 p.m.
College
Monday’s Game
College Football Championship
Miami Gardens, Fla.
No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 3 Ohio St., 5 p.m. (ESPN)
America’s Line
Favorite
Ravens
SAINTS
STEELERS
Favorite
Alabama
(Home team in CAPS)
———
NFL
Open Current O/U
Sunday
Wild-card playoffs
3½ 3
54½
9½ 10
47½
3½ 6
47½
Underdog
TITANS
Bears
Browns
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
Monday
Open Current O/U
Underdog
7
8
75½
Ohio State
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
National League
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Acquired RHP Carson
Ragsdale from Philadelphia in exchange for RHP Sam
Coonrod.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with
OF Kyle Schwarber.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Activated P Sam Koch from
the reserve/COVID-19 list. Placed OL Ben Bredeson on
injured reserve. Promoted QB Tyler Huntley and OT R.J.
Prince to the active roster.
CHICAGO BEARS — Activated DB Marqui Christian and
LB Manti Te’o to the active roster.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Frank Pollack offen-
sive line coach and run game coordinator.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Activated TE Harrison Bryant,
S Ronnie Harrison and LB Malcolm Smith from the reserve/
COVID-19 list. Activated LB Montrel Meander from the
practice squad/COVID-19 list. Promoted WR Ja’Marcus
Bradley, CB A.J. Green (COVID-19 replacement) and T Alex
Taylor from the practice squad. Released DT Joey Ivie.
NEW ORLEAN SAINTS — Activated RB Alvin Kamara
from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Activated WRs Michael
Thomas, Deonte Harris and CB Patrick Robinson from in-
jured reserve. Placed OL Nick Easton on injured reserve.
Waived WR Jake Kuermow. Promoted WRs Chase Hansen
and Lil’Jordan Humphrey to the active roster.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Activated LB Robert Spill-
ane and OL Matt Feiler from injured reserve. Promoted TE
Kevin Rader to the active roster. Waived LB Tegray Scales
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed DL Jonathan Fullard on
the reserve/COVID-19 list. Promoted DT Cedrick Lattimore
to the active roster.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Promoted OLB Brooks Reed
and OL Daniel Munyer to active roster as COVID-19 re-
placements.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned LW Justin Kirkland to
Stockton (AHL). Agreed to terms with RW Brett Ritchie.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed G Cam Johnson
to a one-year, two-way contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS — Claimed D Christian Djoos
off waivers.
EDMONTON OILERS — Waived LW Joseph Gambar-
della, RW Adam Cracknell and C Seth Griffith. Assigned
G Stuart Skinner, D Markus Niemelainen and C Cooper
Marody to Bakersfield (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Claimed D Gustav Forsling
off waivers.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Waived Ds Tyler Lewington,
Ben Harpur and Alexandre Carrier, G Kasimir Kaskisuo, Cs
Sean Malone, Anthony Richard and Michael McCarron.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Re-signed C Matthew Barzal
to a three-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Announced G Corey Crawford’s
retirement after 10 seasons. Signed RW Travis St. Denis, LW
Danick Martel and G Jeremy Brodeur as free-agent minors
contracts and sent to Birmingham (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Waived G Michael
Hutchinson.
East Coast Hockey League
FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Activated F Lukas Craggs
to active roster from NHL. Placed F Myles Powell on the
reserve list.
INDY FUEL — Activated Fs Joe Sullivan and Cedric
Lacroix from the reserve list. Placed Fs Riley McKay and
Seamus Malone on the reserve and injured reserve lists.
JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN — Released F Adam Dauda.
Activated F Wacey Rabbit from the reserve list. Signed
D Trevor Hamilton to the active roster. Placed Ds Jason
Binkley and Chase Harrison on the reserve and injured
reserve lists.
RAPID CITY RUSH — Activated Ds Brandon Fehd and
Shawn Boutin from the reserve list. Placed F Peter Quen-
neville and D Kevin Spinozzi on the reserve and injured
reserve lists.
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed G Jake
Kupsky to the active roster. Activated D Jordan Klimek
from the reserve list. Placed D Jesse Lees and F Brett Su-
pinski on the reserve and injured reserve lists. Released G
Matt Madore to the emergency backup goalie list.
COLLEGE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY — Named Brent
Stockstill assistant football wide receivers coach.
BY STEVE GRESS
Albany Democrat-Herald
OLYMPICS
Oregon State’s women’s bas-
ketball team hasn’t played a
game since dropping a 61-55
decision at Washington State
on Dec. 19.
But coach Scott Rueck said
in a video released by the uni-
versity Friday night that the
Beavers are “on the way to
recovery and on the way to-
wards being whole.”
“We’re still not there yet of
course where we have every-
one practicing but we’re get-
ting closer,” Rueck added
Those have to be encour-
aging words to not only the
team but the fan base.
The Beavers (3-3, 1-3 Pac-
12) initially paused team ac-
tivities on Dec. 20 due to a
positive COVID-19 test and
contact tracing protocols.
That meant the postpone-
ment of the game at Wash-
ington on Dec. 21 as well as a
home weekend against UCLA
and USC on Jan. 1 and Jan 3,
respectively.
This past Monday, the Bea-
vers announced this week-
end’s trip to California and
No. 1 Stanford was post-
poned. Including Sunday’s
game, the Beavers will have
postponed five contests due to
this situation.
Rueck hinted in the video
that the Beavers are hopeful to
be back as soon as next week-
end, when they are slated to
play at Arizona State (Friday)
and Arizona (Jan. 17). The
Sun Devils are also dealing
with COVID-19 protocols
and postponed their games
this weekend.
Obviously it has been a
strange time for the program,
with some members able to
go about a somewhat normal
routine while others are in
quarantine or recovering from
‘I love life’: Oldest living Olympic champion turns 100
BY JUSTIN SPIKE
Associated Press
Courtesy Oregon State Athletics file
Oregon State’s Savannah Sam-
uel (24) drives past Oregon’s
Taylor Mikesell (11) for a layup
on Dec. 13.
the virus.
“My biggest worries have
just been for them,” Rueck
said. “This is a relational life
that we all live and being iso-
lated, it’s not a fun thing for
anyone. And so that’s been
hard to know that they’ve had
to go through those things.”
Those who did not need to
quarantine have been working
to get better as they prepare
to retake the court in the near
future.
“For those of us who did
not need to quarantine and
we’re able to continue on, we
just tried to maintain as much
normalcy as possible,” Rueck
said. “Continue to coach those
we can.”
Rueck credited the training
and medical staffs for doing
“an outstanding job.”
Because of the limited
numbers, some of the coaches
have jumped into practice.
“We need 10 and so we
have worked hard, all of us,
to hang with the team a little
bit and challenge them on the
court and just make a com-
plete practice up,” Rueck said.
“We’re trying to make the best
of it and turn it into a positive.”
BUDAPEST, Hungary —
For Agnes Keleti, the oldest
living Olympic champion, the
fondest memory of her re-
markable 100 years is simply
that she has lived through it all.
The Holocaust survivor and
winner of 10 Olympic medals
in gymnastics — including five
golds — celebrated her 100th
birthday on Saturday in her
native Budapest, punctuating
a life of achievement, adven-
ture, tragedy and perseverance
which, she says, passed by in
a flash.
“These 100 years felt to me
like 60,” she said at a celebra-
tion in Budapest on the eve of
her birthday.
Leafing through a copy of
a new book about her life —
“The Queen of Gymnastics:
100 Years of Agnes Keleti” —
her trademark modesty was on
full display.
“‘The queen of gymnastics,’”
she said, switching to English.
And in Hungarian: “That’s an
exaggeration.”
Keleti, who was born Agnes
Klein in 1921, had her illus-
trious career interrupted by
World War II and the subse-
quent cancellation of the 1940
and 1944 Olympics.
Forced off her gymnastics
team in 1941 because of her
Jewish ancestry, Keleti went
into hiding in the Hungarian
countryside where she sur-
vived the Holocaust by assum-
ing a false identity and working
as a maid.
Laszlo Balogh/AP
Agnes Keleti, former Olympic gold medal winning gymnast, holds a
book with portraits of her on the back cover in Budapest, Hungary, on
Monday. The oldest living Olympic champion has turned 100 and says
the fondest memory of her remarkable life is simply that she has lived
through it all. Keleti had her illustrious career interrupted by World War
II and the subsequent cancellation of the 1940 and 1944 Olympics.
Her mother and sister sur-
vived the war with the help of
famed Swedish diplomat Raoul
Wallenberg, but her father and
other relatives perished at Aus-
chwitz, among the more than
half a million Hungarian Jews
killed in Nazi death camps and
by Hungarian Nazi collabora-
tors.
Resuming her career af-
ter the war, Keleti was set to
compete at the 1948 London
Olympics but a last-minute an-
kle injury dashed her hopes.
Four years later, she made her
Olympic debut at the 1952 Hel-
sinki Games at the age of 31,
winning a gold medal in the
floor exercise as well as a silver
and two bronzes.
Despite her achievements
— with six medals she was the
most successful athlete at the
1956 Melbourne Olympics and
she is recognized as one of the
most successful Jewish Olym-
pic athletes of all time — the
still-vivacious Keleti said she
most values her health and the
simple fact that she has lived.
“I love life,” she said. “Health
is the essence. Without it, there
is nothing.”
In an interview with The As-
sociated Press last year, Keleti
said the experiences she gained
while traveling the world were
more precious to her than her
10 Olympic medals.
“I loved gymnastics because
it was possible to travel for
free,” she said.
Those travels would ulti-
mately result in a nearly 60-
year absence from her native
Hungary. At the age of 35,
while she was becoming the
oldest gold medalist in gym-
nastics history in Melbourne,
the Soviet Union invaded Hun-
gary following an unsuccess-
ful anti-Soviet uprising. Keleti
remained in Australia and
sought political asylum. She
then immigrated to Israel the
following year and worked as a
trainer and coached the Israeli
Olympic gymnastics team un-
til the 1990s.
After leaving Hungary for
the Olympics in 1956, she vis-
ited her native country only
once before returning to Buda-
pest in 2015.
Keleti was awarded the Israel
Prize in 2017 — considered
that country’s highest cultural
honor — and is the recipient
of numerous other prestigious
awards, including being named
one of Hungary’s “Athletes of
the Nation” in 2004. She holds
individual gold medals in the
floor exercise, balance beam
and uneven bars.
Today, Keleti follows her
doctor’s recent advice to avoid
performing full leg splits, and
her near-perpetual smile and
infectious laughter are remind-
ers that even in times of great
hardship, there remains the
immutable potential for perse-
verance and the joy of life.
“I live well, and it’s great that
I’m still healthy,” Keleti said.
“And I love life.”
SPORTS BRIEFING
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
14 26 38 45 46 13
Oregon
Lottery
results
As listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
5
9 14 31 39 43
The estimated jackpot is now $6.9 million.
HOCKEY
Former Blackhawks goalie Crawford announces retire-
ment — It turns out Corey Crawford won’t play a game for any
team other than the Chicago Blackhawks. The two-time Stanley
Cup champion and two-time Jennings Trophy winner announced
his retirement Saturday, issuing a farewell statement to fans and
the Hawks and Devils organizations through the New Jersey Dev-
ils’ communications staff. The statement came less than a week
before he was set to begin the season with the Devils. “I have been
fortunate to have had a long career playing professional hockey
for a living. I wanted to continue my career, but believe I’ve given
all I can to the game of hockey, and I have decided that it is time
to retire. I would like to thank the New Jersey Devils organiza-
tion for understanding and supporting my decision. I would like
to thank the Chicago Blackhawks organization for giving me the
chance to live my childhood dream.” Just Friday, the Devils had
announced that Crawford would be “taking an indefinite leave of
absence due to personal reasons.”
— Bulletin wire report