B2 THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
SATURDAY
SOCCER
Premier League,
Newcastle United vs. Southampton
Premier League, Fulham vs. West Ham United
Mexico Primera Division,
Monterrey vs. Pumas UNAM
Italian Serie A, Benevento Calcio vs. Sampdoria
Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Brom
BASKETBALL
Women’s college, Saint Peter’s at Manhattan
Men’s college, Seton Hall at Connecticut
Men’s college, Toledo at Ball St.
Men’s college, Alabama at Missouri
Men’s college, Iowa St. at Oklahoma
Men’s college, Virginia Tech at Miami
Men’s college, DePaul at Butler
Men’s college, La Salle at Fordham
NBA, Portland at New York
Men’s college, Kansas at West Virginia
Men’s college, St. Bonaventure at Saint Louis
Men’s college, East Carolina at Memphis
Men’s college, St. John’s at Providence
Men’s college, Wisconsin at Illinois
Men’s college, Texas at Oklahoma St.
Men’s college, Mississippi St. at South Carolina
Men’s college, Washington at Oregon
Men’s college, Air Force at UNLV
Men’s college, Pittsburgh at Virginia
Men’s college, Ole Miss at Auburn
Men’s college, Northwestern at Purdue
Men’s college, Creighton at Marquette
Men’s college, Colorado St. at Wyoming
Men’s college, North Carolina at Duke
Men’s college, UCF at Tulsa
Men’s college, Washington St. at Oregon St.
Men’s college, Indiana St. at Northern Iowa
Men’s college, Vanderbilt at Georgia
Men’s college, Nebraska at Michigan St.
Men’s college, Tennessee at Kentucky
Men’s college, Massachusetts at Rhode Island
Men’s college, Grambling at Southern
Men’s college, Arizona at Colorado
NBA, Golden State at Dallas
Men’s college, UCLA at Southern Cal
Men’s college, Cal State Bakersfield at UC Irvine
Men’s college, Utah St. at Fresno St.
GOLF
PGA Tour, Phoenix Open
PGA Tour, Phoenix Open
European Tour, Saudi International
HOCKEY
College, Notre Dame at Ohio St.
College, Nebraska-Omaha at Denver
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
GYMNASTICS
Women’s college, Utah at Arizona St.
Women’s college, Minnesota at Iowa
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Men’s college
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
UCLA
9 1 .900 13 3 .813
Southern Cal
8 2 .800 14 3 .824
Colorado
7 4 .636 13 5 .722
Arizona
7 5 .583 13 5 .722
Stanford
7 5 .583 11 7 .611
Oregon
4 3 .571 9 4 .692
Oregon St.
5 5 .500 9 7 .563
Utah
5 6 .455 8 7 .533
Arizona St.
3 5 .375 6 8 .429
Washington St. 4 7 .364 11 7 .611
Washington
2 9 .182 3 13 .188
California
2 11 .154 7 13 .350
Thursday’s Late Game
Washington St. 74, Oregon 71
WASHINGTON ST. (11-7)
Rodman 3-5 0-0 9, Abogidi 1-2 2-2 4, Jackson 2-9 2-2
6, Bonton 7-13 7-9 23, N.Williams 2-11 8-10 14, Jaki-
movski 2-4 0-0 5, Kunc 3-4 1-1 9, Markovetskyy 1-1 1-4
3, Rapp 0-0 1-3 1. Totals 21-49 22-31 74.
OREGON (9-4)
Lawson 0-3 0-0 0, Omoruyi 6-12 7-8 21, Duarte 5-8 0-1
11, Richardson 2-9 6-7 10, Figueroa 4-13 3-4 12, Hardy
5-7 0-0 11, Kepnang 1-1 0-0 2, Terry 0-0 0-0 0, Wur 1-2
2-2 4. Totals 24-55 18-22 71.
Halftime —Wash. St. 36-31. 3-Point Goals —Wash. St.
10-22 (Rodman 3-4, Kunc 2-3, Bonton 2-6, N.Williams
2-6, Jakimovski 1-2, Abogidi 0-1), Oregon 5-17 (Omoruyi
2-3, Hardy 1-2, Duarte 1-3, Figueroa 1-5, Richardson 0-4).
Fouled Out —Jackson, Lawson, Omoruyi. Rebounds —
Wash. St. 23 (Abogidi, Jackson 5), Oregon 34 (Figueroa
11). Assists —Wash. St. 14 (Bonton 4), Oregon 12 (Rich-
ardson 5). Total Fouls —Wash. St. 24, Oregon 28.
Saturday’s Games
Washington at Oregon, 1 p.m.
Washington St. at Oregon St., 3 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 5 p.m.
No. 21 UCLA at Southern Cal, 7 p.m.
HOCKEY
Women’s college
NHL
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct
W L Pct
Stanford
13 2 .867
16 2 .889
Arizona
9 2 .818
11 2 .846
Oregon
9 3 .750
11 3 .786
UCLA
8 3 .727
10 3 .769
Washington St. 7 6 .538
9 6 .600
Southern Cal
6 6 .500
8 7 .533
Oregon St.
4 5 .444
6 5 .545
Arizona St.
4 6 .400
8 6 .571
Colorado
4 8 .333
6 9 .400
Utah
4 10 .286
5 10 .333
Washington
1 9 .100
4 9 .308
California
0 9 .000
0 12 .000
Friday’s Games
Washington St. 67, No. 5 UCLA 63
No. 6 Stanford 62, Colorado 54
Utah 51, California 51
Southern Cal 63, Washington 54
No. 9 Arizona at Oregon St., ppd.
Arizona St. at No. 12 Oregon, ppd.
Saturday’s Game
UC Davis at No. 12 Oregon, 6 p.m.
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston
11 8 1
2 18 36 24
Philadelphia 12 7 3
2 16 39 37
Washington 11 6 2
3 15 40 38
Pittsburgh
10 5 4
1 11 30 37
New Jersey
9 4 3
2 10 23 26
N.Y. Rangers 10 4 4
2 10 29 28
Buffalo
10 4 4
2 10 30 32
N.Y. Islanders
9 3 4
2
8 19 24
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
9 7 1
1 15 32 18
Florida
8 6 0
2 14 29 23
Columbus
12 5 4
3 13 31 37
Carolina
8 6 2
0 12 26 19
Chicago
12 4 4
4 12 35 39
Dallas
8 5 2
1 11 32 21
Nashville
11 5 6
0 10 29 36
Detroit
12 2 8
2
6 22 43
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado
11 7 3
1 15 38 24
St. Louis
11 7 3
1 15 39 36
Minnesota
11 6 5
0 12 30 30
Vegas
7 5 1
1 11 23 17
Anaheim
11 4 5
2 10 19 28
Arizona
10 4 5
1
9 27 29
Los Angeles
9 3 4
2
8 26 29
San Jose
8 3 5
0
6 22 31
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
11 8 2
1 17 40 32
Montreal
11 7 2
2 16 46 30
Winnipeg
11 7 3
1 15 39 32
Edmonton
12 6 6
0 12 42 43
Vancouver
14 6 8
0 12 48 55
Calgary
10 4 5
1
9 27 27
Ottawa
11 2 8
1
5 27 50
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1
Boston 2, Philadelphia 1
Florida 2, Nashville 1
Los Angeles at Vegas, late
San Jose at Anaheim, late
Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Ottawa, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, ppd
Arizona at Minnesota, ppd
Arizona at St. Louis, noon
Colorado at St. Louis, ppd
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Boston, ppd
Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
TOP 25 SCORES
Friday’s Games
No. 3 UConn 87, Marquette 58
No. 23 South Dakota St. 64, South Dakota 45
GOLF
PGA Tour
Phoenix Open Scores
Friday at Scottsdale, Ariz.; Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71
Second Round
Xander Schauffele
66-64—130
Steve Stricker
65-66—131
Keegan Bradley
66-65—131
Scottie Scheffler
67-65—132
Kyoung-Hoon Lee
66-66—132
Sam Burns
64-68—132
Nate Lashley
64-69—133
Billy Horschel
66-68—134
Jordan Spieth
67-67—134
James Hahn
67-67—134
Matthew NeSmith
63-71—134
Brooks Koepka
68-66—134
J.T. Poston
68-66—134
Patton Kizzire
69-65—134
Carlos Ortiz
67-67—134
Paris wins last downhill before championships —
Dominik Paris won his first race since blowing out his knee
a year ago, triumphing Friday in the last men’s World Cup
downhill before the world championships. The Italian trailed
Beat Feuz by one-tenth of a second midway through his run
but excelled on the bottom part of the Kandahar course to
beat his Swiss rival by 0.37 seconds. Feuz had won the previ-
ous two downhills and leads the discipline standings. Mat-
thias Mayer was 0.40 behind in third, with Austrian team-
mate Max Franz two-hundredths further back in fourth.
Friday’s result marked Paris’ 19th career win, and 15th in
downhill. Travis Ganong, who finished in seventh, 1.10 sec-
onds behind, was the highest ranking American. Saturday’s
super-G is the final event before the worlds in Cortina d’Am-
pezzo, Italy, open on Monday.
— Bulletin wire report
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Friday night are:
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FOOTBALL
NFL playoffs
SUPER BOWL
Sunday at Tampa, Fla.
Tampa Bay vs. Kansas City, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)
America’s Line
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DEALS
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BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Jonathan
Schoop on a one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs
Wade Davis, Carlos Sanabria and Ervin Santana and INF
Hanser Alberto on minor league contracts.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with OFs Luis
Bolivar and Gabriel Gonzalez, INFs Ricardo Cova and Bry-
ant Mendez, RHPs Gleiner Diaz, Aneury Lora and Roiber
Talavera, and LHP Juan Pinto on minor league contracts.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with OF Marcell
Ozuna on a four-year contract.
CHICAGO CUBS — Claimed INF Sergio Alcantara off
waivers from Detroit. Agreed to terms with OF Joc Peder-
son, RHP Trevor Williams and LHP Andrew Chafin on a one-
year contract. Designated INF Max Schrock for assignment.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with 2B Kol-
ten Wong on a two-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ORLANDO MAGIC — Released Jordan Bone.
Women’s National Basketball Association
WASHINGTON MYSTICS — Signed F Tina Charles
to a one-year contract. Acquired F Erica McCall from
Minnesota in exchange for their third-round pick of
the 2022 draft.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Agreed to terms with CB Davon-
tae Harris on a four-year contract.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed TE Sean Culkin to a
futures contract.
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Promoted Jim Hos-
tler to senior offensive assistant and Drew Terrell to wide
receivers coach.
Canadian Football League
OTTAWA SENATORS — Re-signed DB De’Chavon Hayes,
LB Christope Mulumba-Tshimanga and OL Tyler Catalina.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Agreed to terms with
DT Steven Richardson on a one-year contract extension.
Signed CB Deatrick Nichols.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Jason Roberston
to the taxi squad.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Promoted Chris Drury to
associate general manager.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED — Nameded Nicolas Frutos assistant
coach. Signed D Michael DeShields.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Acquired F Fabio Roberto
Gomes Netto on loan from Oeste FC with a club option
to purchase.
National Women’s Soccer League
ORLANDO PRIDE — Signed MF Erika Tymrak to a
one-year contract with an option for an additional year.
NFL
Chargers QB Herbert excited
for fresh start with new coach
BY JOE REEDY
Associated Press
Justin Herbert has had a busy
four weeks since the Los Ange-
les Chargers ended their season
but he already has set his sights
on what will be another transi-
tional offseason for him.
For the fourth time as a col-
lege or NFL quarterback, Her-
bert will spend an offseason
learning a new playbook and
system. The Chargers hired
Brandon Staley as coach on Jan.
17 after firing Anthony Lynn a
day after the season finale.
Staley made it a point during
his introductory news con-
ference to say he had talked
to Herbert twice since being
named coach. Herbert said the
calls left a positive impact.
“To be as busy as he was
with everything going on, he
reached out to me and that
meant a lot to me,” said Her-
bert, who on Thursday was
named the Pepsi Zero Sugar
NFL Rookie of the Year, an
award based on fan voting.
Herbert has started watch-
ing tape of the New Orleans
offense from previous seasons
to get a better feel for what new
offensive coordinator Joe Lom-
bardi might install. Herbert
also thinks the transition might
be easier because John Beck —
whom Herbert trains with in
Huntington Beach, California
— has worked with Drew Brees
in the past.
As for the constant changes,
Herbert hopes this is the last
one for a while.
“I’ve been through this be-
fore. It would be great to have
one playbook throughout your
career but it’s not going to al-
ways happen like that,” he said.
“I think it’s a great opportunity
to learn. You always learn from
each playbook. I think you
have a great understanding of
the game of football the more
you go through it. I’ve had
the opportunity to learn from
so many different guys and
philosophies and I think that’s
helped my game. Hopefully,
Alex Gallardo/AP file
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass against
the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 8 in Inglewood, California.
this is the last change that I’ll go
through because I really believe
in those two guys.”
Herbert, who was the third
quarterback taken and the sixth
player overall in last April’s
draft, could become only the
second player in franchise
history to win AP Offensive
Rookie of the Year when it is
announced Saturday during the
NFL Honors show. A Charger
has won it on the defensive side
three times. Herbert set rookie
passing records for touchdowns
(31) and had the second-most
passing yards at 4,336.
Since the Chargers faced
both Tampa Bay and Kansas
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NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
16
7
.696
Milwaukee
14
8
.636
Brooklyn
14
10
.583
Boston
11
9
.550
Indiana
12
11
.522
Atlanta
10
12
.455
Toronto
10
12
.455
Charlotte
10
13
.435
New York
10
13
.435
Cleveland
10
13
.435
Orlando
9
14
.391
Chicago
8
13
.381
Miami
8
14
.364
Washington
5
14
.263
Detroit
5
16
.238
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Utah
18
5
.783
L.A. Clippers
17
6
.739
L.A. Lakers
17
6
.739
Denver
12
9
.571
Portland
12
9
.571
Phoenix
11
9
.550
Golden State
12
10
.545
San Antonio
12
10
.545
Memphis
9
8
.529
Houston
11
10
.524
Sacramento
10
11
.476
New Orleans
9
12
.429
Oklahoma City
9
12
.429
Dallas
9
14
.391
Minnesota
6
16
.273
Thursday’s Late Games
Houston 115, Memphis 103
L.A. Lakers 114, Denver 93
Friday’s Games
Orlando 123, Chicago 119
New Orleans 114, Indiana 113
Milwaukee 123, Cleveland 105
Toronto 123, Brooklyn 117
Minnesota 106, Oklahoma City 103
Utah 138, Charlotte 121
Miami 122, Washington 95
Detroit at Phoenix, late
Boston at L.A. Clippers, late
Saturday’s Games
Portland at New York, 10 a.m.
Denver at Sacramento, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Phila., 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Atlanta, 5 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans, 6 p.m.
Detroit at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
Super Bowl
SPORTS BRIEFING
14 17 28 29 44 2
Washington St. 74, Oregon 71
Justin Thomas, 70-65—135. Cameron Tringale, 71-64—
135. Nick Hardy, 68-67—135. Lucas Glover, 72-63—135.
Kevin Streelman, 68-67—135. Louis Oosthuizen, 69-67—
136. Harold Varner III, 68-68—136. Bo Van Pelt, 69-67—136.
Matt Kuchar, 69-67—136. Andrew Putnam, 67-69—136.
Mark Hubbard, 63-73—136.
Adam Hadwin, 67-70—137. Jon Rahm, 68-69—137.
Brendan Steele, 70-67—137. Corey Conners, 69-68—137.
Ted Potter, Jr., 66-71—137. Brendon Todd, 68-69—137. Will
Zalatoris, 71-66—137. Sam Ryder, 70-67—137. Matt Jones,
68-69—137. Si Woo Kim, 71-66—137. Russell Knox, 68-69—
137. Rory McIlroy, 70-67—137. Scott Stallings, 67-70—137.
Russell Henley, 71-67—138. Webb Simpson, 73-65—138.
Hideki Matsuyama, 71-67—138. Michael Kim, 67-71—138.
Grayson Murray, 70-68—138. Robby Shelton, 72-66—138.
Davis Riley, 72-66—138. Byeong Hun An, 69-69—138. Kyle
Stanley, 71-67—138. Ryan Palmer, 70-68—138. Zach John-
son, 68-70—138. Max Homa, 69-69—138. Richy Werenski,
69-69—138. Bo Hoag, 67-71—138. Brian Stuard, 70-68—138.
Stewart Cink, 69-70—139. Matthew Wolff, 68-71—
139. Aaron Wise, 74-65—139. Xinjun Zhang, 70-69—139.
Emiliano Grillo, 69-70—139. Luke List, 72-67—139. Sung-
jae Im, 72-67—139. Bubba Watson, 71-68—139. Satoshi
Kodaira, 68-71—139. Brian Harman, 71-68—139. Hen-
rik Norlander, 68-71—139. Wyndham Clark, 72-67—139.
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SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS
SOCCER
Premier League,
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Leicester City
Premier League, Liverpool vs. Manchester City
BASKETBALL
Men’s college, Iowa at Indiana
Women’s college, Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
Women’s college, DePaul at Marquette
Women’s college, Florida St. at Miami
Women’s college, Notre Dame at Louisville
Women’s college, Indiana at Iowa
Women’s college, Syracuse at Pittsburgh
Men’s college, Georgetown at Villanova
Men’s college, Temple at Wichita St.
Women’s college, Utah at Stanford
Men’s college, Boise St. at Nevada
Men’s college, VCU at Duquesne
Men’s college, California at Stanford
HOCKEY
NHL, Philadelphia at Washington
GOLF
PGA Tour, Phoenix Open
PGA Tour, Phoenix Open
FOOTBALL
Super Bowl LV, Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay
TENNIS
Australian Open
Australian Open
Australian Open
Australian Open
Thursday’s Late Box Score
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The average depth of throw is
still lower than Arians’ offenses
have done in the past as there’s
been a meeting in the middle
with the two philosophies with
Brady taking more chances
downfield and Arians adding
more motion and other aspects
that Brady used so successfully
in New England.
Arians’ former quarterback
in Arizona, Carson Palmer, said
he believes his old coach has
been helped out by having By-
ron Leftwich call the plays.
“So I think just taking that
off of his plate has really helped
him evolve into an even better
head coach,” Palmer said.
Reid is heavily involved with
designing and calling the of-
fense in Kansas City even if he
does lean on coordinator Eric
Bieniemy as well.
The offense that Mahomes
has turned into the NFL’s most
prolific has evolved greatly from
the one Reid, who turns 63 in
Brett Duke/AP file
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, left, speaks with quar-
terback Tom Brady before the team’s divisional-round playoff game
against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Jan. 17.
March, learned as an assistant
under Mike Holmgren in Green
Bay in the 1990s and then took
to Philadelphia before arriving
in Kansas City in 2013.
Reid started adding more
spread elements with Smith and
has supercharged that with Ma-
homes, who came from an Air
Raid system in college.
“Certainly Andy Reid and
what he’s morphed that offense
to around Patrick Mahomes
is dramatically different than
we saw with Alex Smith, is dif-
ferent than what we saw at the
City this season, Herbert has a
unique view of Sunday’s Super
Bowl matchup.
“Those are two teams that
have arguably the two best
defenses in the league and I
don’t think they get enough
credit as they deserve,” he said.
“Whether it’s (Kansas City
safety) Tyrann Mathieu or
(Tampa Bay safety) Antoine
Winfield, you got a bunch of
guys on both sides of the ball
that you need to be looking
out for and two pretty incred-
ible quarterbacks as well. So
regardless of what happens, I
know it’s going to be an incred-
ible game.”
time he was in Philadelphia,”
NFL Network analyst and for-
mer Baltimore head coach
Brian Billick said. “He’s been
able to adapt exactly to the tal-
ent, beginning with obviously
Patrick Mahomes.”
Smith completed only 36
deep passes in his first three
seasons combined with Reid
from 2013-15 but the offense
started to change when speedy
Hill arrived in 2016. In Smith’s
last year as a starter in 2017, he
had 32 deep completions and
increased his average length of
throw by more than a yard to
7.7 yards downfield.
Mahomes has taken that even
another step with his strong
arm and ability to extend plays
allowing for more deep strikes.
He had 37 deep completions in
2018 with an average depth of
target reaching 9.1 yards.
Those numbers have
dropped a bit the past two years
as defenses have employed
more schemes with two deep
safeties to limit Kansas City’s
big-play ability.