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B2 THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD SATURDAY SOCCER Premier League, Manchester City vs. Sheffield United Premier League, Arsenal vs. Manchester United Mexico Primera Division, Tijuana vs. Toluca BASKETBALL Men’s college, Alabama at Oklahoma Men’s college, Clemson at Duke Men’s college, Texas A&M at Kansas St. Men’s college, Providence at Georgetown Men’s college, La Salle at VCU Women’s college, Georgetown at Creighton Men’s college, Florida at West Virginia Men’s college, Texas Tech at LSU Men’s college, TCU at Missouri Men’s college, Utah at Colorado Men’s college, Wisconsin at Penn St. Men’s college, Villanova at Seton Hall Men’s college, Rhode Island at Dayton Men’s college, Auburn at Baylor Men’s college, Arkansas at Oklahoma St. Men’s college, UCF at Wichita St. Men’s college, California at Arizona Men’s college, Loyola Marymount at San Diego Men’s college, Xavier at Butler Men’s college, Kansas at Tennessee Men’s college, Iowa St. at Mississippi St. Men’s college, Pacific at BYU Men’s college, Ole Miss at Georgia Men’s college, Oregon St. at UCLA Time 6:55 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 7 p.m. TV NBCSN NBC FS1 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. noon 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU CBS NBCSN FS1 ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU Pac-12 Big Ten FOX CBSSN ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU Pac-12 Root FS1 ESPN ESPN2 CBSSN SEC Pac-12, Pac-12 (Ore) 4:30 p.m. Big Ten 5 p.m. CBSSN 5 p.m. ESPN 5 p.m. ESPN2 5 p.m. NBCSNW 5:30 p.m. ABC 5:30 p.m. SEC 7 p.m. CBSSN Men’s college, Minnesota at Purdue Men’s college, Creighton at DePaul Men’s college, Gonzaga at Pepperdine Men’s college, Stanford at Arizona St. NBA, Portland at Chicago NBA, L.A. Lakers at Boston Men’s college, South Carolina at Vanderbilt Men’s college, Wyoming at San Diego St. ACTION SPORTS Winter X Games 2021 GOLF PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open European Tour, Dubai Desert Classic HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races America’s Day at the Races FOOTBALL College, 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl MOTOR SPORTS IMSA Sportscar Championship, Rolex 24h at Daytona IMSA Sportscar Championship, Rolex 24h at Daytona IMSA Sportscar Championship, Rolex 24h at Daytona HOCKEY College, Minnesota at Ohio St. BOXING PBC, Rances Barthelemy vs. All Rivera PBC, Caleb Plant vs. Caleb Truax GYMNASTICS Women’s college, Washington at Utah 10 a.m. ABC 10 a.m. Golf 12:30 a.m. (Sun) Golf 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. FS2 FS1 11:30 a.m. NFL 1:30 p.m. NBCSN 8 p.m. NBCSN 3 a.m. (Sun) NBCSN 2 p.m. Big Ten 3 p.m. 5 p.m. FOX FOX 7 p.m. ESPNU 5:50 a.m. 4 p.m. ESPN2 FS1 SOCCER Italian Serie A, Atalanta vs. Lazio International friendly, U.S. vs. Trinidad and Tobago Mexico Primera Division, Santos Laguna vs. America BASKETBALL Women’s college, Temple at Tulane Women’s college, Connecticut at DePaul Women’s college, Missouri at Kentucky Men’s college, Michigan St. at Ohio St. Men’s college, SMU at Houston Women’s college, Florida at Tennessee Women’s college, Alabama at South Carolina Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Missouri St. Men’s college, St. John’s at Marquette Men’s college, Sam Houston St. at Stephen F. Austin St. Women’s college, Baylor at Iowa St. Women’s college, Stanford at Washington Women’s college, Michigan St. at Indiana Women’s college, Georgia at Texas A&M Men’s college, Colgate at Holy Cross Men’s college, Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois Men’s college, Rutgers at Northwestern Men’s college, Washington St. at Washington Men’s college, UNLV at Nevada WRESTLING College, Illinois at Iowa College, Ohio St. at Maryland ACTION SPORTS Winter X Games 2021 GOLF PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races TRACK AND FIELD American Track League GYMNASTICS Women’s college, West Virginia at Oklahoma FOOTBALL College, Hula Bowl 5 p.m. FS2 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. noon noon 12:30 p.m. ESPNU FOX SEC CBS ESPN ESPNU SEC CBSSN FOX 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. ESPNU ESPN2 Pac-12 Big Ten SEC CBSSN ESPN2 Big Ten Pac-12 FS1 9 a.m. 11 a.m. Big Ten Big Ten 10 a.m. ABC 10 a.m. noon Golf CBS 11 a.m. FS2 11 a.m. ESPN2 5 p.m. ESPNU 6:30 p.m. CBSSN Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. MEGA MILLIONS The numbers drawn Friday night are: Oregon Lottery results NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 14 6 .700 Brooklyn 13 8 .619 Milwaukee 11 7 .611 Boston 10 7 .588 Indiana 11 8 .579 Atlanta 10 9 .526 Cleveland 9 10 .474 New York 9 11 .450 Charlotte 8 11 .421 Chicago 7 10 .412 Orlando 8 12 .400 Toronto 7 12 .368 Miami 6 12 .333 Detroit 5 14 .263 Washington 3 12 .200 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 14 4 .778 L.A. Clippers 15 5 .750 L.A. Lakers 14 6 .700 San Antonio 11 8 .579 Denver 11 8 .579 Memphis 7 6 .538 Phoenix 9 8 .529 Portland 9 8 .529 Golden State 10 9 .526 Houston 8 9 .471 Dallas 8 10 .444 Oklahoma City 8 10 .444 Sacramento 8 10 .444 New Orleans 7 10 .412 Minnesota 4 14 .222 Thursday’s Late Game Phoenix 114, Golden State 93 Friday’s Games Charlotte 108, Indiana 105 Atlanta 116, Washington 100 New York 102, Cleveland 81 New Orleans 131, Milwaukee 126 Sacramento 126, Toronto 124 L.A. Clippers 116, Orlando 90 Brooklyn 147, Oklahoma City 125 Phila. 118, Minnesota 94 San Antonio 119, Denver 109 Dallas at Utah, late Saturday’s Games Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Miami, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m. Detroit at Golden State, 7 p.m. GB — 1½ 2 2½ 2½ 3½ 4½ 5 5½ 5½ 6 6½ 7 8½ 8½ GB — — 1 3½ 3½ 4½ 4½ 4½ 4½ 5½ 6 6 6 6½ 10 PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 11 2 .846 14 2 .875 Arizona 9 2 .818 11 2 .846 UCLA 8 2 .800 10 2 .833 Oregon 9 3 .750 11 3 .786 Washington St. 6 6 .500 8 6 .571 Arizona St. 4 5 .444 8 5 .615 Southern Cal 4 6 .400 6 7 .462 Oregon St. 3 5 .375 5 5 .500 Colorado 4 7 .364 6 8 .429 Utah 3 9 .250 4 9 .308 Washington 1 7 .125 4 7 .364 California 0 8 .000 0 11 .000 Friday’s Games No. 6 Stanford 77, Washington St. 49 Oregon St. 72, Colorado 64 No. 5 UCLA 60, Arizona St. 57 No. 11 Oregon at Utah, ppd. No. 10 Arizona at Southern Cal, ppd. California at Washington, ppd. Friday’s Box Score Oregon St. 72, Colorado 64 OREGON ST. (5-5) Corosdale 2-5 0-0 5, Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Mack 6-7 0-0 15, Goforth 4-10 0-0 8, Goodman 7-15 4-4 21, Mitrovic 4-4 0-0 8, Simmons 0-1 0-0 0, Von Oelhoffen 5-7 0-0 13, Samuel 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-53 4-4 72. COLORADO (6-8) Tuitele 1-7 0-0 2, Finau 5-7 0-0 11, Formann 4-12 1-2 13, Hollingshed 8-18 4-4 22, Knight 5-9 0-0 11, Jank 1-4 0-0 3, Whittaker 0-0 0-0 0, Blacksten 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Kulinska 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 5-6 64. Oregon St. 17 24 12 19 — 72 Colorado 16 23 11 14 — 64 3-Point Goals—Oregon St. 10-19 (Corosdale 1-3, Mack 3-3, Goforth 0-4, Goodman 3-5, Von Oelhoffen 3-4), Colorado 9-20 (Tuitele 0-1, Finau 1-2, Formann 4-7, Hollingshed 2-5, Knight 1-2, Jank 1-3). Assists— Oregon St. 19 (Goodman 5), Colorado 16 (Holling- shed 4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oregon St. 34 (Corosdale 3-7), Colorado 24 (Knight 3-6). Total Fouls—Oregon St. 9, Colorado 11. Technical Fouls— None. A—0. Sunday’s Games Oregon St. at Utah, 11 a.m. No. 6 Stanford at Washington, 1 p.m. Arizona St. at Southern Cal, 1 p.m. No. 11 Oregon at Colorado, ppd. California at Washington St., ppd. No. 10 Arizona at No. 5 UCLA, ppd. HOCKEY Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct UCLA 8 1 .889 12 3 .800 Southern Cal 7 2 .778 13 3 .813 Colorado 7 3 .700 13 4 .765 Stanford 6 3 .667 10 5 .667 Oregon 4 2 .667 9 3 .750 Arizona 6 4 .600 12 4 .750 Oregon St. 4 4 .500 8 6 .571 Utah 3 6 .333 6 7 .462 Arizona St. 2 5 .286 5 8 .385 Washington St. 2 7 .222 9 7 .563 Washington 2 7 .222 3 11 .214 California 2 9 .182 7 11 .389 Thursday’s Late Games Stanford 73, Arizona 64 Arizona St. 72, California 68 Saturday’s Games Utah at Colorado, 11:30 a.m. California at Arizona, 2 p.m. Oregon St. at No. 23 UCLA, 4 p.m. tanford at Arizona St., 5 p.m. Oregon at Southern Cal, ppd. TOP 25 SCORES Friday’s Games No. 19 Illinois 80, No. 7 Iowa 75 No. 22 Saint Louis at Richmond, ppd. NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 8 5 0 3 13 31 26 Boston 7 5 1 1 11 22 13 Philadelphia 8 5 2 1 11 28 26 Pittsburgh 8 4 3 1 9 24 30 Buffalo 8 3 3 2 8 23 24 New Jersey 7 3 3 1 7 15 19 N.Y. Islanders 7 3 4 0 6 14 17 N.Y. Rangers 7 2 4 1 5 18 20 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 9 4 2 3 11 23 25 Dallas 4 4 0 0 8 19 6 Nashville 7 4 3 0 8 17 20 Florida 4 3 0 1 7 16 12 Tampa Bay 5 3 1 1 7 15 11 Chicago 9 2 4 3 7 23 30 Carolina 4 3 1 0 6 10 6 Detroit 8 2 5 1 5 16 29 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 7 5 1 1 11 23 17 Colorado 8 5 3 0 10 28 18 Minnesota 8 5 3 0 10 24 20 St. Louis 7 4 2 1 9 22 27 Los Angeles 8 3 3 2 8 25 26 Anaheim 8 3 3 2 8 14 17 Arizona 8 3 4 1 7 20 22 San Jose 8 3 5 0 6 22 31 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 9 7 2 0 14 30 25 Montreal 7 5 0 2 12 33 20 Winnipeg 7 5 2 0 10 28 21 Vancouver 10 5 5 0 10 36 36 Edmonton 9 3 6 0 6 26 33 Calgary 6 2 3 1 5 18 17 Ottawa 8 1 6 1 3 17 36 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. Thursday’s Late Games Colorado 3, San Jose 0 Arizona 3, Anaheim 2 Vancouver 4, Ottawa 1 Toronto 4, Edmonton 3 Friday’s Games Columbus 2, Chicago 1 Saturday’s Games New Jersey at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Boston at Washington, 4 p.m. Calgary at Montreal, 4 p.m. Dallas at Carolina, 4 p.m. Florida at Detroit, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Nashville at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. FOOTBALL NFL playoffs Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay vs. Kansas City, 3:30 p.m. America’s Line Favorite CHIEFS SUPER BOWL Open Current O/U Sunday, Feb. 7 3½ 3 56½ Underdog Bucs GOLF PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Partial Scores Friday at San Diego, Calif. North Course: yardage 7,269; par 72 South Course: yardage 7,818; par 72 Second Round Viktor Hovland 70-65—135 Jon Rahm 69-67—136 Adam Scott 67-69—136 Tony Finau 69-67—136 Lanto Griffin 66-70—136 Ryan Palmer 66-70—136 Patrick Reed 64-72—136 Will Gordon 67-70—137 Robby Shelton 73-64—137 Peter Malnati 66-71—137 Alex Noren, 64-74—138. Sam Burns, 66-72—138. Richy Werenski, 69-69—138. Will Zalatoris, 68-71—139. Jason Kokrak, 70-69—139. Rory McIlroy, 68-71—139. Adam Hadwin, 69-70—139. Rory Sabbatini, 72-67—139. Brandt Snedeker, 69-70—139. Max Homa, 71-68—139. Sam Ryder, 71-69—140. Harry Higgs, 71-69—140. Car- los Ortiz, 72-68—140. Talor Gooch, 66-74—140. Wyndham Clark, 67-73—140. Lucas Glover, 68-72—140. Ted Potter, Jr., 71-69—140. Chase Seiffert, 72-68—140. Cameron Tringale, 72-69—141. Marc Leishman, 71- 70—141. Bo Hoag, 72-69—141. Brandon Hagy, 66-75— 141. Doug Ghim, 70-71—141. Cameron Davis, 70-71—141. John Huh, 69-72—141. Gary Woodland, 66-75—141. Pat Perez, 71-70—141. Danny Lee, 74-67—141. Roger Sloan, 68-73—141. Hideki Matsuyama, 74-68—142. K.J. Choi, 66-76—142. Denny McCarthy, 67-75—142. Charl Schwartzel, 70-72— 142. Joseph Bramlett, 69-73—142. Kyle Mendoza, 73- 69—142. Kyle Stanley, 72-70—142. Kelly Kraft, 73-69—142. Grayson Murray, 69-73—142. Xander Schauffele, 70-72— 142. Steve Stricker, 72-70—142. Bill Haas, 71-71—142. Henrik Norlander, 73-69—142. Rhein Gibson, 66-76—142. Outdoors Continued from B1 SUNDAY 4 44 58 59 70 3 Women’s college BASKETBALL x 3 The estimated jackpot is now $25 million. As listed at www.oregonlottery.org and individual lottery websites Roti calculated that the old snowcat depreciated at a rate of $13,000 per year. “All of our funds go to grooming,” Roti said. “It’s a volunteer-run club, but we do contract with two professional groomers, who run the snow- cat for us. So we pay for labor, diesel fuel and maintenance on the snowcat. One year we spent $20,000 just on maintenance.” The snowcat grooms wide trails for skate skiing and sets tracks for classic skiing simul- taneously. The new snowcat has the ability to control the left and right tracks inde- pendently, which helps prevent the digging up of snow, and even dirt, on tight corners. “Before they would be go- Runners Continued from B1 Even after pushing the cross-country season back to 2021, the Big Ten still must deal with the ramifications of the pandemic. Michigan put its entire ath- letic department on pause this week after several positive tests for a new COVID-19 variant that transmits at a higher rate, which means the Wolverines won’t be competing Saturday. Michigan finished third in the men’s and women’s divisions in 2019 but won three straight women’s conference titles from 2016-18. “In my opinion, the Big Ten championships without the Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin file Several skiers make their way out onto the trails during a recent morn- ing at Meissner Sno-park west of Bend. ing the same speed and you would get some spinning on sharp corners,” Roti explained. “Before it could actually dig up some dirt on an inside corner if the snow was not that deep.” Larry Katz, Meissner Nordic operations manager and trea- Michigan men and women is a diluted championships,” said Byrne, whose Badgers won the men’s division and finished second to Michigan State in the women’s division in 2019. Veatch said the biggest complication in having a cross-country season at this time of year isn’t the weather. He’s more concerned about the cross-country season co- inciding with the indoor track season. Many cross-country run- ners also compete in indoor track, but the length of their races varies. For instance, men’s cross-country runners generally compete in the mile, the 3-kilometer run or the 5K in indoor track. The Big Ten men’s cross-country cham- pionships are an 8-kilometer event for men and 6 kilome- ters for women. The NCAA championships go 10 kilome- ters for the men and 6 for the women. That has created a training dilemma for runners. Veatch notes that “while some peo- ple think it’s the same thing — we’re just running — it’s quite different disciplines (in) cross-country versus track.” “We’re just trying to walk that very thin line of what can make us the best at both cur- rently,” said Veatch, who noted the team aspect of competi- tion: “We don’t feel it’s right or fair to our sprinters, throwers, jumpers or vaulters in indoor Tim Wilkinson, 67-76—143. Matt Jones, 70-73—143. Sepp Straka, 69-74—143. Kevin Streelman, 68-75—143. Dylan Frittelli, 70-73—143. Sungjae Im, 69-74—143. Jus- tin Suh, 71-72—143. Cameron Percy, 71-72—143. Xinjun Zhang, 70-73—143. Bronson Burgoon, 69-74—143. Luke List, 66-77—143. Matthew NeSmith, 70-73—143. J.T. Poston, 69-74—143. Kevin Stadler, 71-72—143. Jason Dufner, 74-69—143. Phil Mickelson, 71-72—143. Michael Kim, 69-74—143. Corey Conners, 72-71—143. Troy Merritt, 71-72—143. Rickie Fowler, 70-73—143. Tom Lewis, 68-75—143. Francesco Molinari, 72- 71—143. Louis Oosthuizen, 72-71—143. Byeong Hun An, 72-71—143. Tain Lee, 71-72—143. Tyler McCumber, 76-67—143. DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER — Named Ken Griffey Jr. senior adviser to the Commissioner. American League BOSTON RED SOX — Promoted Ben Crockett to se- nior vice-president, baseball operations, Brian Abraham to director, player development, Chris Stasio to manager, baseball development, Kirby Retzer to assistant strength and conditioning coordinator, Paddy Steinfort to mental skills coordinator and Adan Severino to Latin American mental skills coordinator. Hired Harry Roberson as coor- dinator, player development and Julio Rangel as pitching coordinator, performance. DETROIT TIGERS — Signed C Wilson Ramos to a one- year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Promoted Joel Firman to di- rector, analytics, Tim Stanton director, baseball opera- tions, Andrew Herrera to assistant director, international scouting and John Choiniere to manager, analytics. Added John Edwards as analyst, Alex Lipman as assistant, baseball projects and Dan Kaplan as assistant video coordinator. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with free agent RHP Ivan Nova on a minor league contract. Desig- nated RHP Ian Hamilton for assignment. Re-signed C J.T. Realmuto to a five-year contract. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with free agent RHP Adam Wainwright on a one-year contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Bobby Dickerson re- turns bench/third base coach, Skip Schumaker associate manager, Damion Easley hitting coach, Larry Rothschild pitching coach, Wayne Kirby first base coach, Ben Fritz bull- pen coach, Rod Barajas catching and quality control, Ryan Flaherty major league advance scout/development coach, Keith Werman major league development/coordinator and Peter Summerville bullpen catcher/coaching assistant. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Announced hiring Kyle Smith as VP of player personnel. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed TE Nick Boyle to a two- year contract extension. CHICAGO BEARS — Named Bill McGovern as ILB coach. Promoted Bill Shuey to OLB coach. DETROIT LIONS — Added Duce Staley, Mark Brunell and Mark Delone to coaching staff. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed LB Derrick Moncrief to a futures contract. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Restored WE Cyril Grayson to practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Promoted Todd Downing to offensive coordinator and Shane Bowen to defensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Designated D Anton Lind- holm and LW Michal Teply for assignment to taxi squad. Reassigned D Madison Bowey to minors Rockford (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Reassigned Fs Rhett Gardner and Joel L’Esperance to taxi squad. Loaned D Thomas Harley to Dallas (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Waived LW Ryan Lomberg. SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed MF Kelyn Rowe. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Signed G Evan New- ton to a two-year contract with a third-year club option. COLLEGE NORTH CAROLINA — Named Larry Porter running backs coach. SOUTHERN MISS — Named Jeremy Darveau offensive line coach and run-game coordinator. surer, is ecstatic about the new snowcat. “It’s newer, it’s got better technology and it does a bet- ter job of grooming the trails,” Katz said. “It’s more fuel effi- cient. All those things add up and make it a nice purchase for us.” Trails at Meissner are sched- uled to be groomed six days a week through March 31, per Meissner Nordic’s contract with the Deschutes National Forest. Recent snowfall has put the trails at Meissner in prime con- dition, according to Katz. “They’re really nice,” Katz said. “No more icy skating rink. Just enough snow to get some of the lower trails open again.” e e Reporter: 541-383-0318, mmorical@ bendbulletin.com track jut to say, ‘Hey, we’re going to go focus solely on cross-country.’” The calendar is crowded for the track and field athletes across college sports: The Pac- 12, Big East and several other leagues are holding their con- ference championships March 5, which is 10 days before the NCAA championships in Still- water, Oklahoma. But the Big Ten indoor track championships are Feb. 26-27 and the NCAA indoor cham- pionships are March 12-13. “It was just so much inten- sity in a sequence,” Michigan State coach Lisa Breznau said. “(We thought) really having it earlier might be the better idea for us.” SPORTS BRIEFING BASKETBALL Iconic Temple coach John Chaney dies at 89 — John Chaney, the legendary Temple University basketball coach, the very face of the school on North Broad Street for a generation and an icon of his sport, died Friday at age 89. Chaney had led Temple to five appearances in the NCAA Elite Eight, the last trip in 2001, the year he was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Bas- ketball Hall of Fame. In addition to 17 trips to the NCAA Tour- nament with the Owls, Chaney won a Division II national title at Cheyney University. Funeral services were pending. Known for his sometimes fiery temperament, his early morning prac- tices, his unique matchup zone defense, his aversion to turnovers, and his fierce devotion to offering a hand to lift those who most needed it most, Chaney retired in 2006 after winning 741 games between Cheyney and Temple. “A man who lived his life the way he wanted, and will be remembered for his service,” said Phila- delphia Simon Gratz High coach Lynard Stewart, who played for Chaney at Temple. “He’s one of a kind,” said Bruiser Flint, now a Kentucky assistant coach. Flint first met Chaney as a 10-year-old at his basketball camp, and later went up against him coaching Massachusetts and Drexel. “There’s never going to be another John Chaney.” — Bulletin wire report