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    A6 THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
WEDNESDAY
SOCCER
Italian Super Cup, Juventus vs. Napoli
Premier League, Manchester City vs. Aston Villa
GOLF
The American Express Charity Challenge
European Tour, Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, VCU at St. Bonaventure
NBA, Boston at Philadelphia
Men’s college, Kentucky at Georgia
Men’s college, Providence at Creighton
Men’s college, Northwestern at Wisconsin
Men’s college, Fresno St. at Boise St.
Men’s college, Colorado at Washington
Men’s college, Auburn at Arkansas
NBA, Phoenix at Houston
NBA, Memphis at Portland
HOCKEY
NHL, Edmonton at Toronto
NHL, Minnesota at Anaheim
CONCACAF League,
Deportivo Saprissa vs. Arcahaie FC
CONCACAF League, LD Alajuelense vs. CD Olimpia
11:50 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
ESPN2
NBCSN
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Golf
Golf
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CBSSN
ESPN
SEC
FS1
Big Ten
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ESPN2
SEC
ESPN
NBCSNW
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NBCSN
NBCSN
5 p.m.
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FS2
FS2
THURSDAY
GOLF
LPGA Tour,
Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions
PGA Tour, The American Express
PGA Tour Champions,
Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
European Tour, Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
SOCCER
Premier League, Liverpool vs. Burnley
BASKETBALL
Women’s college, Michigan at Ohio St.
Women’s college, Iowa at Maryland
Men’s college, USC at Stanford
Men’s college, Rutgers at Penn St.
Women’s college, Connecticut at Tennessee
Men’s college, Wichita St. at Memphis
Men’s college, SE Missouri St. at Morehead St.
Women’s college, Notre Dame at Virginia Tech
NBA, L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee
Men’s college, Portland at BYU
Men’s college, Arizona at Arizona St.
Women’s college, Syracuse at Louisville
Men’s college, UCLA at California
Men’s college, Indiana at Iowa
Men’s college, Utah at Washington St.
NBA, New Orleans at Utah
Men’s college, Colorado St. at Utah St.
HOCKEY
NHL, Tampa Bay at Columbus
NHL, Montreal at Vancouver
9 a.m.
noon
Golf
Golf
4 p.m.
11 p.m.
Golf
Golf
11:55 a.m.
NBCSN
noon
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4:30 p.m.
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Big Ten
Big Ten
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ESPN
ESPN2
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Root
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CBSSN
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
FS1
Pac-12
TNT
FS1
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN
NBCSN
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible
for late changes made by TV stations.
Mark Long/AP
BASKETBALL
Men’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
UCLA
7 0 1.000 11 2 .846
Oregon
4 1 .800 9 2 .818
Colorado
5 2 .714 11 3 .786
Southern Cal
5 2 .714 11 3 .786
Arizona
4 3 .571 10 3 .769
Stanford
4 3 .571 8 5 .615
Oregon St.
3 3 .500 7 5 .583
Washington St. 2 4 .333 9 4 .692
Utah
2 5 .286 5 6 .455
California
2 6 .250 7 8 .467
Arizona St.
1 3 .250 4 6 .400
Washington
0 7 .000 1 11 .083
Tuesday’s Games
Oregon St. 58, Southern Cal 56
No. 24 UCLA at No. 21 Oregon, ppd.
Tuesday’s Box Score
Oregon St. 58, Southern Cal 56
SOUTHERN CAL (11-3)
I.Mobley 2-5 2-6 6, E.Mobley 5-8 2-2 12, Eaddy 3-9 0-0 7,
Peterson 3-9 2-2 10, White 2-6 0-0 5, E.Anderson 1-4 2-3
5, Agbonkpolo 1-2 0-0 3, Goodwin 3-3 2-5 8, Baumann
0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-48 10-18 56.
OREGON ST. (7-5)
Alatishe 1-6 1-2 3, Tucker 1-3 0-0 2, Lucas 3-8 5-5 13,
Reichle 2-6 0-0 6, Thompson 5-11 2-3 13, Hunt 0-1 0-0
0, Andela 1-3 4-4 6, Calloo 1-3 0-0 3, Silva 6-7 0-0 12.
Totals 20-48 12-14 58.
Halftime —Oregon St. 31-23. 3-Point Goals —South-
ern Cal 6-20 (Peterson 2-5, Agbonkpolo 1-2, E.Ander-
son 1-2, Eaddy 1-3, White 1-4, E.Mobley 0-1, I.Mobley
0-1, Baumann 0-2), Oregon St. 6-15 (Lucas 2-5, Reichle
2-5, Calloo 1-2, Thompson 1-3). Rebounds —Southern
Cal 34 (E.Mobley 13), Oregon St. 24 (Alatishe, Thomp-
son 4). Assists —Southern Cal 12 (E.Anderson 4), Ore-
gon St. 15 (Reichle 6). Total Fouls —Southern Cal 18,
Oregon St. 18.
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado at Washington, 6 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Southern Cal at Stanford, 2 p.m.
Arizona at Arizona St., 6 p.m.
No. 24 UCLA at California, 6 p.m.
Utah at Washington St., 7 p.m.
TOP 25 SCORES
Tuesday’s Games
No. 3 Villanova 76, Seton Hall 74
Florida 75, No. 6 Tennessee 49
No. 7 Michigan 87, Maryland 63
No. 14 West Virginia vs. Oklahoma St., ppd.
Purdue 67, No. 15 Ohio St. 65
No. 18 Alabama 105, LSU 75
No. 19 Missouri 81, South Carolina 70
No. 22 Illinois 79, Penn St. 65
Women’s college
COACHES POLL
Record
Pts
Pvs
1. Louisville (30)
12-0
798
2
2. NC State (1)
10-0
749
3
3. South Carolina
10-1
721
4
4. Stanford
11-1
710
1
5. Connecticut
7-0
697
5
6. UCLA
8-2
596
8
7. Maryland (1)
11-1
595
9
8. Texas A&M
13-1
570
7
9. Baylor
8-2
541
6
10. Arizona
10-2
499
13
11. Michigan
10-3
477
12
12. Kentucky
10-0
474
11
13. Oregon
10-3
405
10
14. South Florida
9-3
306
17
15. Indiana
10-1
301
18
16. Ohio St.
8-3
291
15
17. Arkansas
7-1
286
16
18. Gonzaga
11-5
227
19
19. Mississippi St.
12-2
211
14
20. Syracuse
6-1
195
21
21. DePaul
8-3
166
22
22. Northwestern
7-2
145
23
23. Georgia
12-1
109
27
24. Texas
9-3
82
20
25. Missouri St.
6-2
69
25
Dropped out: No. 24 Tennessee (9-2).
Others receiving votes: Tennessee (9-2) 46; South
Dakota St. (11-2) 41; Iowa (9-3) 24; West Virginia (10-
2) 21; Iowa St. (9-4) 9; Virginia Tech (7-5) 7; Michigan
St. (8-2) 6; Florida Gulf Coast (9-2) 6; Colorado (6-6) 5;
Washington St. (7-3) 4; Nebraska (7-4) 4; IUPUI (8-1)
2; Delaware (9-1) 2; Dayton (6-1) 2; Arizona St. (7-3) 1.
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L
Pct W L Pct
Stanford
8 1 .889 11 1 .917
Arizona
8 2 .800 10 2 .833
UCLA
6 2 .750 8 2 .800
Oregon
7 3 .700 9 3 .750
Washington St. 5 3 .625 7 3 .700
Arizona St.
3 3 .500 7 3 .700
Colorado
4 5 .444 6 6 .500
Southern Cal
4 5 .444 6 6 .500
Utah
2 8 .200 3 8 .273
Oregon St.
1 4 .200 3 4 .429
Washington
1 5 .167 4 5 .444
California
0 8 .000 0 11 .000
Friday’s Games
Colorado at Arizona St., 2 p.m.
Utah at No. 10 Arizona, 3 p.m.
Southern Cal at California, ppd.
Courtesy Oregon State Athletics
Oregon State’s Ethan Thompson (5) shoots a jumper during a game
against Southern Cal on Tuesday night in Corvallis. Thompson scored
13 points in the Beavers’ 58-56 win.
Washington St. at No. 13 Oregon, 5 p.m.
No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 5 Stanford, 7 p.m.
Washington at Oregon St., 7 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL
TOP 25 SCORES
Tuesday’s Games
No. 3 UConn 103, Butler 35
No. 18 DePaul vs. Villanova, ppd.
No. 23 Syracuse 88, North Carolina 76
No. 24 Iowa St. 64, Oklahoma 63
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Boston
8
4
.667
Milwaukee
9
5
.643
Phila.
9
5
.643
Indiana
8
5
.615
Brooklyn
9
6
.600
New York
7
8
.467
Cleveland
6
7
.462
Atlanta
6
7
.462
Orlando
6
8
.429
Charlotte
6
8
.429
Chicago
6
8
.429
Miami
5
7
.417
Toronto
5
8
.385
Washington
3
8
.273
Detroit
3
10
.231
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
L.A. Lakers
11
4
.733
Utah
10
4
.714
L.A. Clippers
10
4
.714
Phoenix
7
5
.583
San Antonio
8
6
.571
Portland
8
6
.571
Golden State
7
6
.538
Memphis
7
6
.538
Denver
7
7
.500
Dallas
6
7
.462
Oklahoma City
6
7
.462
New Orleans
5
8
.385
Sacramento
5
9
.357
Houston
4
8
.333
Minnesota
3
9
.250
Monday’s Late Game
Golden State 115, L.A. Lakers 113
Tuesday’s Games
Denver 119, Oklahoma City 101
Utah 118, New Orleans 102
Wednesday’s Games
Boston at Phila., 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, ppd
Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Miami at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Memphis at Portland, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at Golden State, 7 p.m.
GB
—
—
—
½
½
2½
2½
2½
3
3
3
3
3½
4½
5½
GB
—
½
½
2½
2½
2½
3
3
3½
4
4
5
5½
5½
6½
NHL Glance
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia
4 3 1
0
6 15 11
Washington
3 2 0
1
5 11
9
New Jersey
3 2 0
1
5
8
7
N.Y. Islanders
3 2 1
0
4
5
5
Boston
3 1 1
1
3
4
5
N.Y. Rangers
3 1 2
0
2
8
8
Pittsburgh
3 1 2
0
2
9 14
Buffalo
4 1 3
0
2 11 12
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
2 2 0
0
4 10
3
Florida
2 2 0
0
4 10
6
Nashville
3 2 1
0
4 10
7
Carolina
3 2 1
0
4
9
6
Detroit
4 2 2
0
4
9 10
Columbus
4 1 2
1
3
8 13
Chicago
4 0 3
1
1
9 20
Dallas
0 0 0
0
0
0
0
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
3 3 0
0
6 11
5
St. Louis
3 2 1
0
4
9 13
Minnesota
3 2 1
0
4
8
7
Arizona
3 1 1
1
3 10 11
Anaheim
3 1 1
1
3
4
7
Colorado
2 1 1
0
2
9
4
Los Angeles
2 0 0
2
2
6
8
San Jose
3 1 2
0
2 11 13
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
4 3 1
0
6 14 12
Calgary
3 2 0
1
5 11
6
Montreal
3 2 0
1
5 12
7
Winnipeg
3 2 1
0
4
9
9
Ottawa
3 1 1
1
3 10 10
Edmonton
4 1 3
0
2 10 15
Vancouver
4 1 3
0
2
9 16
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Monday’s Late Games
Montreal 3, Edmonton 1
Vegas 4, Arizona 2
Calgary 5, Vancouver 2
Anaheim 1, Minnesota 0
Tuesday’s Games
Florida 5, Chicago 4, OT
Winnipeg 4, Ottawa 3, OT
Detroit 3, Columbus 2, OT
Philadelphia 3, Buffalo 0
New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Washington at Pittsburgh, late
Carolina at Nashville, ppd.
Colorado at Los Angeles, late
Wednesday’s Games
Edmonton at Toronto, 4 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim, 6:30 p.m.
Arizona at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
FOOTBALL
DEALS
NFL playoffs
Transactions
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sunday’s Games
NFC
Tampa Bay at Green Bay, noon
AFC
Buffalo at Kansas City, 3:30 p.m.
America’s Line
(Home team in CAPS)
———
NFL Conference Championships
Favorite
Open Current O/U
Underdog
Sunday
PACKERS
4
3
51
Bucs
CHIEFS
3
3
53½
Bills
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
MINNESOTA TWINS — Named Toby Gardenhire
manger, Matt Borgschulte hitting coach, Mike McCa-
rthy and Cibney Bello pitching coaches, Jason Kirk-
man trainer, Tyler Smarslock infield coach and Jacob
Dean strength and conditioning coach of the St. Paul
Saints (AAA); Raon Borrego manager, Ryan Smith
hitting coach, Luis Ramirez and Virgil Vasquez pitch-
ing coaches and Joe Mangiameli catching coach,
Chris McNeely trainer and Travis Koon strength and
conditioning coach for the Wichita Wind Surge (AA);
Brian Dinkelman manager, Bryce Berge hitting coach,
Mark Moriarty and Richard Salazar pitching coaches,
Jairo Rodriguez hitting coach and Colin Feikles strength
and conditioning coach of the Cedar Rapids Kernals(A);
Aaron Sutton manager, Shawn Schlecter hitting coach,
Jared Gaynor, Calvin Maduro and Dan Urbina pitching
coaches, Yeison Perez and Brad McKenney catching
coaches, Anders Dzura rehab pitching coach Asja Mo-
rello and Matt Smith trainers, Christian Hintz physical
therapist and Mitchel Ho strength and conditioning
coach for GCL Twins; Seth Feldman manager, Ricardo
Nanita and Steven Rosen hitting coaches, Kevin Rodri-
guez and Joey Skracic pitching coaches, Jimmy Alvarez
assistant coach, Mario Rivera and Carlos Frias trainers,
Wladimir Rorales, Juan Carloc Pinto and Miguel Cabrera
strength and conditioning coaches of the DSL Twins;
Alex Hassan director of player development, Drew
MacPhail, Tommy Bergjans and Mauricio Mena assis-
tant directors of player development.
TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Hunter
Wood on a minor league contract.
National League
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired RHP Joe Musgrove
from Pittsburgh in exchange for LHP Joey Lucchesi to NY
Mets and LHP Omar Cruz, RHPs David Bednar and Drake
Fellows and OF Hudson Head to Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired C Endy Rodriguez
from NY Mets.
Frontier League
OTTAWA TITANS — Signed RHP Paul Young.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed RHPs Ryan
Miller and Blake Stetzer.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed 1B Jacob
Brockelie.
BASKETBALL
NBA G LEAGUE
WESTCHESTER KNICKS — Named Jaren Jackson Sr.
assistant coach and promoted Ryan Borges to assistant
general manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Terry Fontenot gen-
eral manager.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released RB Mark Ingram.
BUFFALO BILLS — Waived LB Del’Shawn Phillips from
injured reserve.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB John Kelly to a
reserve/futures contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Lemuel Jeanpierre of-
fensive line coach. Announced offensive line coach Steve
Marshall has left the coaching staff.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Karen Wilkins-Mickey
vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Promoted LB Deone
Bucannon to the active roster. Placed LB Jack Cichy on
injured reserve. Designated RB Kenjon Barner to return
from injured reserve.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Agreed to terms with
OL Pat Neufeld on a one-year contract extension.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled F Rasmus Asplund from
the minor league taxi squad.
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Announced D Greg Pa-
teryn was traded to Minnesota for D Ian Cole.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Designated G Sam Montem-
beault for assignment taxi squad.
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled C Lias Andersson
from the minor league taxi squad.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Designated C Jesperi
Kotkaniemi for assignment taxi squad.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Assigned RW Travis Boyd
to Toronto (AHL).
East Coast Hockey League
ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Placed Fs Tyler Bird and
Ben Thomson on the commissioners exempt list.
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed D Blake
Hillman and F Graham Knott to the active roster. Placed
F Mark Cooper on the reserve list.
TULSA OILERS — Activated Ds Mike McKee and Alex
Brooks from the commissioners exempt list. Placed Fs
Darby Llewellyn, Justin Taylor and Gregg Burmaster on
the commissioners exempt list.
UTAH GRIZZLIES — Signed Gs Kevin Carr and Evan
Buitenhuis and D Hunter Skinner to the active roster.
Activated D Garrett Johnston from the reserve list. As-
signed G Parker Gahagen to Colorado. Recalled Ds Matt
Abt and Ian Scheid, F Charlie Gerard and G Peyton Jones
to Colorado (AHL).
WHEELING NAILERS — Activated F Austin Fyten from
the reserve list. Placed D Dylan MacPherson on the com-
missioners exempt list.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
ATLANTA UNITED — Named Paul McDonough vice
president of operations. Signed W Machop Chol.
LA GALAXY — Signed MF Adam Saldana.
NASHVILLE SC — Acquired the second and third
picks of the 2021 SuperDraft and the first pick in the
2022 edition of the draft from the Philadelphia Union in
exchange for general allocation money in 2021, as well
as additional GAM based on performance benchmarks
of those players selected.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Re-signed G Matt
Turner.
NY RED BULLS — Signed C Andres Reyes to a one-
year contract pending receipt of P-1 visa and ITC. Traded
D Tim Parker to Houston in exchange for general allo-
cation in 2021-22 and could receive more if conditions
and performance metrics are met.
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed F Felipe Mora to a
one-year contract utilizing TAM from Liga MX club Pu-
mas (UNAM).
United Soccer League Championship
LOUDOUN UNITED FC — Re-signed MFs Kairou
Amoustapha, Massimo Ferrin and F Mike Gamble.
COLLEGE
BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Announced an institutional
fine and reprimand of Jim Ferry, Penn State’s head bas-
ketball coach, for violating its sportsmanship policy in
a game on Jan. 17.
Simona de Silvestro, right, will be teaming up with Beth Paretta to
put another woman on the Indianapolis 500 starting grid this May.
Motorsports
Continued from A5
The 32-year-old Swiss
driver has competed in the
500 five times, finishing a ca-
reer-high 14th in 2010 when
she was named the Tony
Renna Firestone Rising Star
Award recipient. De Silvestro
also has competed in Aus-
tralian Supercars, Formula
E and IMSA SportsCars and
served as a development
driver in Formula One. Since
2019, she’s been a factory
driver for Porsche.
De Silvestro hopes to make
her first Indy start since fin-
ishing 19th in 2015 with
Michael Andretti’s team.
“My career really took off
through my time competing
in IndyCar and the Indy 500,
so returning to compete with
Beth and her new team in al-
liance with Team Penske is a
special and rare chance in my
career,” she said. “Being part
of the goal of diversity and
inclusion for everyone, and
especially women in IndyCar,
and in motorsports in gen-
eral, is very important to me
and how I would like to see
the future of racing.”
The plan also calls for
women to be included in ad-
ditional team operations such
as competition, administra-
tion, logistics, marketing and
public relations.
For Paretta, it’s another
chapter in a pioneering ca-
reer.
She served as an executive
with Street and Racing Tech-
nology and was hired at Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles as the
first female director to lead
a performance brand and
motorsports for an original
equipment manufacturer.
In that role, Paretta played a
part in three three champion-
ship-winning seasons from
2012-14, including Penske’s
2012 Cup title.
Paretta also serves on the
the board of Motorsports
Hall of Fame of America, but
she has a bigger dream.
“Our team, along with our
technical alliance with Team
Penske, will work hard to give
Simona the best car we can
provide so she can achieve
her best results,” Paretta said.
“Competition drives us. The
Indy 500 is the greatest race
in the world, and one day
soon we hope to have a wom-
an’s face on the Borg-Warner
Trophy.”
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Tuesday night are:
10 19 26 28 50 16 x 2
Oregon
Lottery
results
The estimated jackpot is now $865 million.
As listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites
SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
NCAA announces tighter March Madness schedule — That
much-anticipated opening Thursday of March Madness will be-
long to the play-in teams, part of a scrambled and modestly con-
densed schedule for the 2021 tournament released Tuesday. The
pandemic forced the NCAA to move the entire 67-game tour-
nament to Indiana, which means the schedule doesn’t have to
be built with travel concerns in mind. The so-called “First Four”
— two games pitting the last four at-large teams in the field and
another two featuring the lowest-rated conference champions —
will take place on Thursday, March 18. That day typically would
have marked the start of play in the main bracket. Instead, the
first two full days of action are now scheduled for Friday-Sat-
urday, March 19-20, with the round of 32 taking place Sun-
day-Monday, March 21-22. The Sweet 16 will run Saturday-Sun-
day, March 27-28, with none of the games scheduled to overlap,
as they often do when they take place on the second Thursday
and Friday nights of the tournament. Those winners will face
off in the Elite Eight on the following Monday and Tuesday eve-
nings. The Final Four is still scheduled for Saturday, April 3, and
Monday, April 5.
FOOTBALL
Sarah Thomas to be 1st female to officiate at Super
Bowl — Sarah Thomas will cap her sixth NFL season by becom-
ing the first female to officiate the Super Bowl in NFL history.
Thomas, a down judge, is part of the officiating crew announced
Tuesday by the NFL. Referee Carl Cheffers will lead the sev-
en-person crew of on-field game officials for the Super Bowl on
Feb. 7 in Tampa, Florida. Cheffers has been a game official for 21
seasons in the NFL and was promoted to referee in 2008. He has
worked 17 playoff games, including the Super Bowl in 2017.
BASEBALL
Don Sutton, Hall of Fame pitcher for Dodgers, dies at 75
— Don Sutton, a Hall of Fame pitcher who was a stalwart of the
Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation spanning an era from Sandy Kou-
fax to Fernando Valenzuela, died Tuesday. He was 75. The Base-
ball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, said Sutton died
at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, after a long struggle
with cancer. The Atlanta Braves, for whom Sutton was a long-
time broadcaster, said he died in his sleep. A four-time All-Star,
Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an ERA of 3.26 while
pitching for the Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers,
Oakland Athletics, California Angels and the Dodgers again in
1988, his final season. The durable Sutton never missed a turn in
the rotation in 756 big league starts. Only Cy Young and Nolan
Ryan made more starts than Sutton, who never landed on the in-
jured list in his 23-year career.
Mets fire GM after he sent explicit texts to female re-
porter — Jared Porter went from rising star to unemployed —
literally overnight. Just more than a month after joining the New
York Mets as general manager, Porter was fired Tuesday for send-
ing sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a fe-
male reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs
in their front office. ESPN reported late Monday that Porter sent
dozens of unanswered texts to the woman, including a picture of
“an erect, naked penis.” ESPN said it obtained a copy of the text
history, and many of the messages and photos he sent were dis-
played in the report online. About nine hours later, new Mets
owner Steve Cohen posted on Twitter that Porter had been fired.
About 30 minutes after that, the Mets released a statement from
team president Sandy Alderson saying the move was effective im-
mediately.
GOLF
Woods has 5th back surgery, to miss Torrey Pines and
Riviera — Tiger Woods has suffered a setback with his back,
disclosing Tuesday that he recently had a fifth surgery that will
keep him from starting the year until after the West Coast swing
on the PGA Tour. Woods will not play next week in the Farmers
Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, which he has won seven times,
most recently in 2013. He also won the U.S. Open in 2008 at Tor-
rey Pines, which hosts the U.S. Open again in June. He also will
miss the Genesis Invitational on Feb. 18-21 at Riviera, where he
serves as tournament host. In a statement from his TGR Foun-
dation, which Woods also tweeted, he did not say when he had
the microdiscetomy surgery. It was to remove a pressurized disc
fragment that was giving him nerve pain during the PNC Cham-
pionship last month that he played with 11-year-old son Charlie.
— Bulletin wire reports