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A8 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD 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. Men’s college, USC vs. Stanford Women’s college, Connecticut at Tennessee Women’s college, Notre Dame at Virginia Tech Men’s college, Rutgers at Penn St. Men’s college, Wichita St. at Memphis Men’s college, SE Missouri St. at Morehead St. NBA, L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee Women’s college, Syracuse at Louisville Men’s college, Portland at BYU Men’s college, Arizona at Arizona St. 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 Time TV 9 a.m. noon Golf Golf 4 p.m. 11 p.m. Golf Golf 11:55 a.m. NBCSN noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Big Ten FS1 ESPN Root Big Ten ESPN2 ESPNU TNT ESPN2 CBSSN ESPN ESPNU FS1 Pac-12 TNT FS1 4 p.m. 6:30 p.m. NBCSN NBCSN FRIDAY GOLF LPGA Tour, Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions 9 a.m. PGA Tour, The American Express noon PGA Tour Champions, Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai 4 p.m. European Tour, Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship midnight HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races 10 a.m. SOCCER CONCACAF League, Deportivo Saprissa vs. Arcahaie 2 p.m. Women’s International Friendly, U.S. vs. Colombia 4 p.m. GYMNASTICS Women’s college, Minnesota at Michigan 2:30 p.m. Women’s college, Kentucky at Missouri 4 p.m. Women’s college, Auburn at Alabama 5:30 p.m. BASKETBALL Women’s college, Utah at Arizona 3 p.m. Men’s college, Ball St. at Ohio 4 p.m. Men’s college, St. Peter’s at Siena 4 p.m. Men’s college, Michigan at Purdue 4 p.m. NBA, Boston at Philadelphia 4:30 p.m. Women’s college, Washington St. at Oregon 5 p.m. Men’s college, Fresno St. at Boise St. Men’s college, Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Cleveland St. Men’s college, Seton Hall at Butler NBA, Denver at Phoenix NBA, Memphis at Portland Women’s college, UCLA at Stanford Men’s college, San Diego St. at Air Force HOCKEY College, Michigan St. at Notre Dame WRESTLING College, Iowa at Minnesota SAILING America’s Cup Prada Challenger Series 2021 Golf Golf Golf Golf FS2 FS2 ESPN2 ESPNU SEC SEC 6 p.m. Pac-12 CBSSN ESPNU FS1 ESPN Pac-12, Pac-12 (Ore) CBSSN 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. ESPN2 FS1 ESPN NBCSNW Pac-12 FS1 3:30 p.m. NBCSN 6 p.m. Big Ten 6 p.m. NBCSN SPORTS BRIEFING BASKETBALL Blazers’ have 1st postponement of season Wednes- day night — The Portland Trail Blazers’ game Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies in Portland was post- poned due to COVID-19 contact tracing, the NBA announced. The contract tracing involved the Grizzlies, according to the league. Memphis, according to the NBA, did not have the re- quired minimum of eight players needed to play a game. This is the first Blazers game to be postponed this season. OSU women have game postponed due to oppo- nent’s COVID-19 concerns — A women’s basketball game between Oregon State and Washington scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday in Corvallis was postponed Wednesday because of a COVID-19 outbreak within the Husky program. It is the sev- enth time Oregon State has had a Pac-12 game postponed this season. The Beavers, who have played just once since Dec. 19, return to action at 2 p.m. Sunday against Washington State in Corvallis. Oregon State (3-4, 1-4 Pac-12) postponed five games when the Beaver program was put on pause due to a COVID-19 situation on Dec. 20. Last week, OSU-Arizona State was postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Arizona State. It is unknown if Oregon State will make up any of the postponed conference games. Oregon State has played seven games this season, the fewest in the Pac-12. GOLF Justin Thomas to attend training after slur — Justin Thomas intends to go through an individual training pro- gram to “become a better person” after he was picked up ut- tering a homophobic slur under his breath when he missed a putt at a tournament in Hawaii this month. Clothing brand Ralph Lauren ended its long-time sponsorship with Thomas following the incident two weeks ago, which the No. 3-ranked American golfer described as “humiliating and embarrassing and it’s not me.” — Bulletin wire reports POWERBALL The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 40 53 60 68 69 22 As listed at oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 10 5 .667 Milwaukee 9 5 .643 Boston 8 5 .615 Indiana 8 6 .571 Brooklyn 9 7 .563 Cleveland 7 7 .500 Atlanta 7 7 .500 New York 7 8 .467 Orlando 7 8 .467 Miami 6 7 .462 Charlotte 6 8 .429 Chicago 6 8 .429 Toronto 5 9 .357 Washington 3 8 .273 Detroit 3 11 .214 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 Dallas 7 7 .500 Denver 7 7 .500 Oklahoma City 6 7 .462 New Orleans 5 8 .385 Sacramento 5 9 .357 Houston 4 8 .333 Minnesota 3 10 .231 Wednesday’s Games Dallas 124, Indiana 112 Phila. 117, Boston 109 Cleveland 147, Brooklyn 135, 2OT Miami 111, Toronto 102 Atlanta 123, Detroit 115, OT Orlando 97, Minnesota 96 Phoenix at Houston, late Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, late San Antonio at Golden State, late Washington at Charlotte, ppd. Memphis at Portland, ppd. Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 7 p.m. New York at Golden State, 7 p.m. GB — ½ 1 1½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 3 3½ 3½ 4½ 5 6½ GB — ½ ½ 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3 3½ 3½ 4 5 5½ 5½ 7 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 Southern Cal 5 2 .714 11 3 .786 Colorado 5 3 .625 11 4 .733 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 1 7 .125 2 11 .154 Wednesday’s Games Washington 84, Colorado 80 Thursday’s Games Southern Cal vs. 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 Wednesday’s Games No. 5 Texas at Iowa St., ppd. No. 8 Houston 86, Tulsa 59 No. 10 Wisconsin 68, Northwestern 52 Providence 74, No. 11 Creighton 70 No. 12 Texas Tech at TCU, ppd. No. 13 Virginia vs. NC State, ppd. No. 16 Virginia Tech vs. Boston College, ppd. No. 17 Minnesota vs. Nebraska, ppd. Georgia Tech 83, No. 20 Clemson 65 No. 23 UConn vs. Xavier, ppd. No. 25 Saint Louis at UMass, ppd. Women’s college 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. Washington St. at No. 13 Oregon, 5 p.m. No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 5 Stanford, 7 p.m. Washington at Oregon St., ppd. TOP 25 SCORES Wednesday’s Games No. 9 Baylor 77, Oklahoma St. 58 No. 14 South Florida at Wichita St., ppd. No. 18 DePaul at Villanova, ppd. HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 4 3 1 0 6 15 11 Washington 4 2 0 2 6 15 14 New Jersey 3 2 0 1 5 8 7 N.Y. Islanders 3 2 1 0 4 5 5 Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 14 18 Boston 3 1 1 1 3 4 5 N.Y. Rangers 3 1 2 0 2 8 8 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 Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 12 6 Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 8 7 Arizona 3 1 1 1 3 10 11 Anaheim 3 1 1 1 3 4 7 San Jose 3 1 2 0 2 11 13 Los Angeles 3 0 1 2 2 8 11 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 5 3 2 0 6 15 15 Montreal 3 2 0 1 5 12 7 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 4 9 9 Edmonton 5 2 3 0 4 13 16 Ottawa 3 1 1 1 3 10 10 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. Tuesday’s Late Games Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4, OT Colorado 3, Los Angeles 2 Wednesday’s Games Edmonton 3, Toronto 1 San Jose at St. Louis, late Minnesota at Anaheim, late Arizona at Vegas, late Montreal at Vancouver, late Thursday’s Games Florida at Carolina, ppd. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Columbus, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. FOOTBALL NFL playoffs CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday’s Games NFC Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 12:05 p.m. AFC Buffalo at Kansas City, 3:40 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 DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Wade Davis on a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Kirby Yates on a one-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed LBs Jamal Carter and Donald Rutledge on reserve/futures contracts. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Designated LB James Bur- gess, DBs Kabion Ento and Parry Nickerson to return from injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Activated RB Jordan Wilkins from the reserve/COVID-19 list. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed LB Wynton Mc- Manis to a reserve/futures contract. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Activated CB Nickell Robey-Coleman from the reserve/COVID-19 list. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Activated LB Kevin Minter from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Agreed to terms with LB Jesse Briggs on a one-year contract extension. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Assigned Ds Joseph Cecconi, Ben Gleason, Jerad Rosburg and Ryan Shea, C Riley Damiani, LWs Tye Felhaber, Adam Mascherin and Riley Tufte to the Texas Stars (AHL). Waived D Julius Honka. Designated D Thomas Harley, Cs Joel L’Esperance and Tanner Kero for assignment taxi squad. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned G Sam Montem- beault to Syracuse (AHL). MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed D Matt Donovan to a contract with HV71 (SHL) for the 2020-21 season and a contract with the Admirals for the 2021-2022 season. MONTREAL CANADIANS — Recalled C Jesperi Kot- kaniemi from the minor league taxi squad. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned G Gilles Senn to Binghamton (AHL), designated D Kevin Bahl for as- signment taxi squad and promoted G Eric Comrie to the active roster. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled C Jason Spezza from the minor league taxi squad. WINNIPEG JETS — Designated LW Kristian Vasalainen and D Ville Heinola for assignment taxi squad. Assigned C David Gustafsson to Manitoba (AHL). American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Signed D Donovan Sebrango. East Coast Hockey League GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS — Placed G John Le- themon, Ds Bryce Reddick and Ryan Zuhlsdorf and Fs Joey Haddad and Garrett Thompson on the commis- sioners exempt list. INDY FUEL — Signed Ds Connoer McDonald, Alec McCrea and Brandon Fehd and G Taran Kozun to the active roster. Activated F Derian Plouffe from the com- missioners exempt list, Fs Patrick McGrath from injured reserve and Nick Hutchinson and Ross Olsson from the reserve list. KANSAS CITY MAVERICKS — Signed D Corbin Bald- win to the active roster. Placed F Boston Leier on the reserve list. ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Activated Fs Johno May and Scott Conway from injured reserve, J.J. Piccinich from the reserve list. Placed Fs Tristan Langan on the reserve list and Dylan Sadowy on the commissioners exempt list. TULSA OILERS — Signed F Alex Berardinelli to the active roster. Placed F Maxim Golod on the reserve list. WHEELING NAILERS — Signed F Luke Lynch on the active roster then placed him on the reserve list. WICHITA THUNDER — Assigned D Vincent Desharnais to Bakersfield (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed D Jalen Neal. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Announced D Alex- ander Buttner mutually agreed to terminate his contract. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Acquired MF Javier Edu- ardo Lopez for one-year from C hivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) and will occupy an international spot on the roster, pending receipt of his P1 Visa and ITC. SPORTING KC — Signed MF Grayson Barber, F Ozzie Cisneros and G Brooks Thompson. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Re-signed D Caprice Dydasco to a one-year contract with a second-year club option. COLLEGE TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY — Named Cassie Born men’s volleyball assistant coach and Greg McGruder assistant football coach. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — Named Ross Kolodziej defensive line football coach. Elks Continued from A7 Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. Oregon Lottery results BASKETBALL The estimated jackpot was not available at press time. MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 17 23 36 41 46 48 The estimated jackpot is now $7.4 million. “The ultimate goal is not go win a bunch of ball games — without a doubt I am one of the most competitive people that you will meet and I want to win — but I think the ultimate goal for me and what I have learned is that I can’t control if we win these games, but I can control if these guys become better human beings. And that is the goal.” Nobach coaches baseball year-round. During the Elks’ offseason he works for Base by Pros, a baseball and softball training program in Washing- ton with a focus on the develop- ment of mindset, skill, strength and character. During the last 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic — when high school athletes in Or- egon and Washington have had to routinely adjust to canceled seasons and different health regulations, and still find ways to improve — there has been a greater emphasis on building mentally strong athletes. “The whole point of the men- Bills Continued from A7 “I said to myself, ‘If we han- dle this the right way, this could turn out to be a positive instead of a negative.’ It didn’t have to be something that car- ried over to the next one and affect the rest of your season,” Frazier said this week. “To our players’ credit, I think they re- bounded. … That was a hard loss for a lot of reasons and they didn’t let it hold them back.” The Bills (15-3) have won eight straight since and are preparing to make their first AFC championship game ap- pearance in 27 years Sunday, when Buffalo travels to face the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs (15-2). Though much of the credit for Buffalo’s success has cen- tered on a dynamic Josh Al- len-led offense, the defense has shown signs of shedding its early season deficiencies to find itself gradually peaking over the final half of the year. Buffalo has allowed just 137 points since the loss to Arizona after giving up 273 points in its first 10 games. And rather than blowing leads, the defense is now closing out victories as evi- denced in two playoff wins. Nati Harnik/AP file Oregon State’s Kyle Nobach reacts after being called out attempting to steal during the 2018 NCAA College World Series finals against Arkansas in Omaha, Nebraska. Nobach is the new head coach of the Bend Elks but has yet to be able to really work with the team due to the pandemic. tal game is to control what you can control,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what the en- vironment is around us because we create our own environment. That is what we are trying to get these athletes to understand … you can’t control the things that are going on outside of you. You can only control you and your Safety Micah Hyde, one of the defenders burned by Hop- kins, sealed a 27-24 wild-card win over Indianapolis by bat- ting down Philip Rivers’ des- peration pass intended for T.Y. Hilton as time ran out. On Saturday, cornerback Taron Johnson punctuated the defense’s most complete per- formance by returning Lamar Jackson’s interception for an NFL playoff record-matching 101-yard touchdown in a 17-3 win over Baltimore. The outings validated the pa- tience Frazier showed in a unit that opened the season allow- ing an average of 387 yards over its first six games, following consecutive losses to Tennessee and Kansas City. And it brings confidence to a group eager to show it’s better than the unit that was trampled by the Chiefs in allowing a season-worst 245 yards rushing in a 26-17 loss on Oct. 19. “I think more than anything, it emphasizes and highlights a very resilient group of players that have continued to develop all the way through the season,” coach Sean McDermott said. The Bills don’t have the only defense that overcame obsta- cles among the four remaining playoff teams. The Chiefs’ defense is no pushover despite finishing the season 16th in yards allowed. Kansas City limited Buffalo to a season-low 206 yards of offense in Week 6; limited the Saints to 285 yards in a 32-29 win at New Orleans on Dec. 20 in Drew Brees’ return after missing a month with rib in- juries; and finished the season tied for ninth in the NFL in forcing 26 takeaways. In the NFC, the Packers are allowing an average 306 yards offense over their past seven outings. And Green Bay is coming off a 32-18 division- al-round win over the Rams in which Los Angeles finished with a time of possession of just 23 minutes and 48 seconds. “They were relentless all game,” Packers coach Matt La- Fleur said of his defense. As for Tampa Bay, the Bucca- neers head to Green Bay com- ing off a 30-20 win over New Orleans in which their defense forced four turnovers, three leading to touchdowns, and limited the Saints to 73 yards of offense and four first downs on their final four possessions. The Buccaneers were led by second-year linebacker Devin White, who had an intercep- tion, recovered a fumble, and tied a franchise record with 11 tackles in his playoff debut. own mind. If you do that, that is how you get better, that is how you find success.” e e Reporter: 541-383-0307, brathbone@ bendbulletin.com Since allowing a combined 956 yards in back-to-back losses to the Rams and Chiefs in late November, the Bucca- neers have returned from their bye week to allow a combined 1,943 yards and force 10 take- aways in their past six. “It’s a different football team than that week,” coach Bruce Arians said, referring to a 38-3 loss to New Orleans on Nov. 8. “I tell everybody that. Nobody wants to believe me.” The same can be said in Buf- falo, where the Bills’ two play- off wins came against a 10th- ranked Colts offense and the league’s top running attack in Baltimore. Here comes Patrick Ma- homes, should he clear the NFL’s concussion protocol, and the league’s top-ranked offense. Safety Jordan Poyer under- stands the challenge ahead, and knows critics are counting out Buffalo, just as they had last week. “I don’t think anybody’s given us a chance really all year,” he said. “We’re the ones that believe in ourselves, have the confi- dence,” Poyer added. “We’re just worried about us. And at the end of the day, we always talk about them, they’ve got to come play us.”
