A8 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021
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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)
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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
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BASKETBALL
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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.”
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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.”