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B2 THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD SATURDAY MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona 500 practice NASCAR Xfinity Series, Daytona qualifying NASCAR Xfinity Series, Daytona qualifying NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona 500 practice ARCA Series, Daytona NASCAR Xfinity Series, Daytona SOCCER Premier League, Crystal Palace vs. Burnley Premier League, Manchester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur BASKETBALL Women’s college, Michigan St. at Penn St. Men’s college, Connecticut at Xavier Men’s college, Indiana at Ohio St. Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Drake Men’s college, Kansas St. at Oklahoma St. Men’s college, Wake Forest at Florida St. Men’s college, Auburn at Kentucky Men’s college, Vanderbilt at Mississippi St. Men’s college, Butler at Georgetown Men’s college, Tennessee at LSU Men’s college, Oregon at Arizona Men’s college, Iowa at Michigan St. Men’s college, Kansas at Iowa St. Men’s college, Saint Louis at Fordham Men’s college, Georgia at Alabama Men’s college, Duke at NC State Men’s college, Arkansas at Missouri Men’s college, Villanova at Creighton Men’s college, Northwestern at Rutgers Women’s college, San Francisco at Portland Men’s college, Rice at Western Kentucky Men’s college, North Carolina at Virginia Men’s college, Gonzaga at San Francisco Men’s college, Ole Miss at South Carolina Men’s college, Pacific at Loyola Marymount Men’s college, UCLA at Washington Men’s college, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at Pepperdine Men’s college, USC at Washington St. Men’s college, Providence at DePaul NBA, Brooklyn at Golden State Men’s college, Colorado at California Men’s college, Utah at Stanford Men’s college, UNLV at Boise St. Men’s college, UC Irvine at UC Riverside GOLF PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am HOCKEY College, Wisconsin at Michigan HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races TRACK AND FIELD New Balance Indoor Grand Prix TENNIS Australian Open Australian Open Phillip Island Trophy Australian Open BOXING Joe Smith Jr. vs. Maxim Vlasov Time 6:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 2 p.m. TV FS2 FS2 FS1 FS1 FS1 FS1 6:55 a.m. NBCSN 9:30 a.m. NBC 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. noon 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Big Ten FOX ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU Root CBS SEC CBSSN ESPN ESPN2 FOX ABC CBSSN SEC ESPN ESPN2 FOX Big Ten NBCSNW CBSSN ESPN ESPN2 SEC Root Pac-12 CBSSN ESPNU FS1 ABC ESPNU Pac-12 FS1 ESPNU 10 a.m. noon Golf CBS 11 a.m. Big Ten 11:30 a.m. FS2 1 p.m. NBC 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight Tennis ESPN2 Tennis ESPN2 7 p.m. ESPN SUNDAY SOCCER Italian Serie A, Cagliari vs. Atalanta Premier League, West Brom vs. Manchester United Premier League, Arsenal vs. Leeds United Mexico Primera Division, Santos Laguna vs. Monterrey BASKETBALL Women’s college, VCU at Dayton Women’s college, LSU at South Carolina Women’s college, Northwestern at Ohio St. Women’s college, Louisville at Syracuse Men’s college, Michigan at Wisconsin Men’s college, Tulane at South Florida Women’s college, Washington at Arizona Women’s college, Georgia at Missouri Women’s college, Tennessee at Texas A&M Men’s college, Nebraska at Penn St. Men’s college, Loyola-Chicago at Drake Men’s college, Marquette at Seton Hall Women’s college, Mississippi St. at Ole Miss Women’s college, Texas at Baylor Women’s college, Maryland at Nebraska Women’s college, Alabama at Auburn Men’s college, Colgate at Army Men’s college, Oregon St. at Arizona St. Men’s college, Minnesota at Maryland NBA, Portland at Dallas NBA, L.A. Lakers at Denver GOLF PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am PGA Tour, Pebble Beach Pro-Am HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races HOCKEY NHL, Washington at Pittsburgh NHL, Colorado at Vegas GYMNASTICS Women’s college, UCLA at Washington TENNIS Australian Open Australian Open Phillip Island Trophy Australian Open 5:55 a.m. 6 a.m. 8:25 a.m. ESPN2 NBCSN NBCSN 5 p.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. noon noon noon noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Thursday’s Late Box Score BASKETBALL Oregon 75, Arizona St. 64 NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 18 8 .692 Milwaukee 16 9 .640 Brooklyn 15 12 .556 Boston 13 11 .542 Indiana 13 13 .500 Charlotte 13 14 .481 Toronto 12 14 .462 New York 12 15 .444 Miami 11 14 .440 Atlanta 11 14 .440 Chicago 10 15 .400 Cleveland 10 16 .385 Orlando 9 17 .346 Washington 6 17 .261 Detroit 6 19 .240 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 20 5 .800 L.A. Lakers 20 6 .769 L.A. Clippers 19 8 .704 Phoenix 15 9 .625 Portland 14 10 .583 San Antonio 15 11 .577 Denver 13 11 .542 Golden State 14 12 .538 Memphis 10 10 .500 Sacramento 12 12 .500 Dallas 13 14 .481 New Orleans 11 14 .440 Houston 11 14 .440 Oklahoma City 10 14 .417 Minnesota 6 20 .231 Thursday’s Late Games Golden State 111, Orlando 105 Portland 118, Phila. 114 Friday’s Games Charlotte 120, Minnesota 114 New York 109, Washington 91 San Antonio 125, Atlanta 114 Dallas 143, New Orleans 130 L.A. Clippers 125, Chicago 106 Detroit at Boston, late Milwaukee at Utah, late Oklahoma City at Denver, late Cleveland at Portland, late Memphis at L.A. Lakers, late Orlando at Sacramento, late Saturday’s Games Phila. at Phoenix, noon Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Houston at New York, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Golden State, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Utah, 6 p.m. GB — 1½ 3½ 4 5 5½ 6 6½ 6½ 6½ 7½ 8 9 10½ 11½ GB — ½ 2 4½ 5½ 5½ 6½ 6½ 7½ 7½ 8 9 9 9½ 14½ Thursday’s Late Box Score Trail Blazers 118, 76ers 114 PHILADELPHIA (114) Green 2-4 0-0 5, Harris 4-12 9-9 17, Embiid 13-25 8-11 35, Curry 6-13 0-0 15, Simmons 10-12 3-3 23, Howard 1-2 1-2 3, Korkmaz 3-7 1-1 7, Maxey 2-8 1-1 5, Thybulle 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 42-86 24-29 114. PORTLAND (118) Covington 2-5 0-0 5, Jones Jr. 3-9 1-2 9, Kanter 5-12 0-0 10, Lillard 6-21 14-15 30, Trent Jr. 7-12 0-0 19, Anthony 9-15 2-2 24, Giles III 0-1 2-2 2, Hood 4-10 0-0 8, Simons 4-8 2-2 11. Totals 40-93 21-23 118. Philadelphia 36 27 30 21 — 114 Portland 37 23 29 29 — 118 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 6-27 (Curry 3-7, Embiid 1-2, Green 1-3, Thybulle 1-3, Maxey 0-3, Korkmaz 0-4, Harris 0-5), Portland 17-38 (Trent Jr. 5-7, Anthony 4-5, Lillard 4-11, Jones Jr. 2-5, Covington 1-4, Simons 1-4, Hood 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phila- delphia 46 (Simmons 11), Portland 47 (Kanter 14). Assists—Philadelphia 20 (Simmons 9), Portland 15 (Lillard 7). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 20, Portland 21. Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 10 2 .833 16 3 .842 UCLA 9 3 .750 13 5 .722 Colorado 10 4 .714 16 5 .762 Oregon 6 3 .667 11 4 .733 Arizona 8 6 .571 14 6 .700 Stanford 8 6 .571 12 8 .600 Utah 6 6 .500 9 7 .563 Oregon St. 6 7 .462 10 9 .526 Washington St. 5 8 .385 12 8 .600 Arizona St. 3 6 .333 6 9 .400 Washington 2 11 .154 3 15 .167 California 2 13 .133 7 15 .318 Thursday’s Late Games Oregon 75, Arizona St. 64 No. 20 Southern Cal 69, Washington 54 Washington St. 81, UCLA 73 OREGON (11-4) Lawson 2-4 0-0 4, Omoruyi 7-14 3-3 18, Duarte 7-12 0-0 18, Richardson 4-8 4-5 15, Figueroa 6-11 0-0 16, Hardy 2-8 0-0 4, Williams 0-6 0-0 0, Terry 0-3 0-0 0, Kepnang 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-66 7-8 75. ARIZONA ST. (6-9) Graham 4-6 0-0 8, Lawrence 1-6 1-2 3, J.Christopher 0-4 0-0 0, Martin 9-22 8-9 30, Verge 2-12 0-0 6, House 3-7 0-0 8, Woods 2-7 2-2 7, Olmsted 1-1 0-0 2, C.Christo- pher 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-66 11-13 64. Halftime —Oregon 35-28. 3-Point Goals —Oregon 12- 30 (Figueroa 4-7, Duarte 4-8, Richardson 3-6, Omoruyi 1-3, Hardy 0-2, Terry 0-2, Williams 0-2), Arizona St. 9-26 (Martin 4-10, House 2-4, Verge 2-6, Woods 1-3, C.Christo- pher 0-1, J.Christopher 0-2). Fouled Out —Lawrence. Re- bounds —Oregon 39 (Omoruyi 10), Arizona St. 42 (Law- rence 12). Assists —Oregon 22 (Duarte 4), Arizona St. 13 (Verge, House 3). Total Fouls —Oregon 14, Arizona St. 12. thew NeSmith, 74-67—141. Charley Hoffman, 69-72—141. Brian Harman, 67-74—141. Doug Ghim, 69-72—141. Chez Reavie, 74-67—141. Sung Kang, 73-68—141. Michael Thompson, 67-74—141. Cameron Davis, 74-67—141. Sam Burns, 72-70—142. Andrew Putnam, 72-70— 142. Brian Gay, 70-72—142. Wes Roach, 71-71—142. Rob Oppenheim, 72-70—142. Chris Kirk, 69-73—142. Joel Dahmen, 71-71—142. C.T. Pan, 70-72—142. Beau Hoss- ler, 72-70—142. Ryan Armour, 70-73—143. Will Zalatoris, 69-74—143. Jo Teater, 69-74—143. Scott Piercy, 69-74—143. Jhonattan Vegas, 72-71—143. Scott Harrington, 72-71—143. Zack Sucher, 72-71—143. DeJoseph Bramlett, 73-70—143. HOCKEY NHL WOMEN Third Round — Aryna Sabalenka (7), Belarus, def. Ann Li, United States, 6-3, 6-1. Marketa Vondrousova (19), Czech Republic, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-2, 6-4. Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, def. Zarina Diyas, Ka- zakhstan, 6-1, 6-1. Serena Williams (10), United States, def. Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. Naomi Osaka (3), Japan, def. Ons Jabeur (27), Tuni- sia, 6-3, 6-2. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Veronika Kudermetova (32), Russia, 6-1, 6-3. Iga Swiatek (15), Po- land, def. Fiona Ferro, France, 6-4, 6-3. DEALS Transactions Friday at Melbourne, Australia (Seedings in parentheses) MEN Third Round — Grigor Dimitrov (18), Bulgaria, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (15), Spain, 6-0, 1-0, ret. Alexander Zverev (6), Germany, def. Adrian Mannarino (32), France, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1. Dusan Lajovic (23), Serbia, def. Pedro Mar- tinez, Spain, 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Aslan Karatsev, Russia, def. Diego Schwartzman (8), Argentina, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Milos Raonic (14), Canada, def. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Felix Auger-Aliassime (20), Canada, def. Denis Shapovalov (11), Canada, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3. Dominic Thiem (3), Austria, def. Nick Kyrgios, Austra- lia, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Taylor Fritz (27), United States, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2. BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Mar- tin Perez on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Chris Mazza for assignment. DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Nomar Mazara on a one-year contract. Designated RHP John Schreiber for assignment. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with RHP Alex Colome on a one-year contract. Waived LHP Brandon Wad- dell. Designated RHP Ian Hamilton for release or assign- ment. Claimed OF Kyle Garlick from Philadelphia waivers. NEW YORK YANKEES — Released RHP Ben Heller. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired LHP Adam Kolarek and minor league OF Cody Thomas from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for INF Sheldon Neuse and minor league RHP Gus Varland. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Stetson Allie, Louis Head, Joey Krehbiel and Hunter Strickland and LHP Brian Moran on minor league contracts. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with C/1B John Hicks, INF Brock Holt and LHP Hyeon-jong Yang on minor league contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shelby Miller, LHP Adam Morgan and C Jose Lobation on a minor league contracts. MIAMI MARLINS — Acquired RHP Dylan Floro from Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for LHP Alex Vesia and RHP Kyle Hurt. NEW YORK METS — Traded C Ali Sanchez to St. Louis in exchange for an undisclosed cash consideration. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Named Devin Fitzsimmons assistant special team coach. ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Chis Olsen director of football administration. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released DT Woodrow Ham- ilton. Waived S Natrell Jamerson. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Named Justin Hill running back coach, promoted Troy Walters to wide receivers coach and Brad Kragthorpe to assistant wide receiver coach. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released DE J.J. Watt. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed WRs Gehrig Dieter and Dalton Schoen to reserve/futures contracts. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released OL Nick Easton and TEs Jason Vander Laan and Cole Wick. NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived WR Da’Mari Scott and DB Shakial Taylor. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Re-signed WR River Cracraft to a new contract. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed RB C.J. Prosise, DT Sam Renner and C Donell Stanley to reserve/futures contracts. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Reassigned Fs Ty Dellandrea and Nick Caamano to the minor league taxi squad. Loaned F Rhett Gardner to the Texas Stars (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED FC — Signed D/MF Santiago Sosa via transfer from Club Atletico River Plate to a multi-year contract pending receipt of his International Transfer Cer- tificate (ITC). FC DALLAS — Loaned D Justin Che to FC Bayern Mu- nich II. INTER MIAMI CF — Signed 2021 MLS Superdraft pick W Josh Penn to a first team contract. NEW YORK CITY FC — Acquired D Malte Amundson from Danish club Vejie BK pending receipt of a P-1 visa and an International Transfer Certificate (ITC). VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC — Named Nikos Overheul director of recruitment. COLLEGE DUKE UNIVERSITY — Named Tyler Rost and Chris O’Neill to the baseball staff. Elevated Chris Gordon to pitching coach. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE — Named Dr. Monica Lebron deputy administrative director for championship resources, Cameron Walker deputy administrator for com- petitive excellence, Marcus Hillard associate administrative director/chief of staff and Amy Sterk assistant associate director for executive operations. closer to their Triple-A af- filiates, allowing most to be within driving distance of their parent team, and that PDL li- censes will improve facilities. Salaries for players with mi- nor league contracts are rising 38% to 72%. The weekly min- imum rises from $290 to $400 at rookie level, $290 to $500 at Class A, $350 to $600 at Dou- ble-A and $502 to $700 at Tri- ple-A. For players on 40-man rosters on optional or outright assignment to the minors, the minimum is covered by the Major League Baseball Play- ers Association collective bar- gaining agreement and rises from $46,000 to $46,600 for a player signing his first major league contract. For a player signing a second or later ma- jor league contract, the mini- mum increases from $91,800 to $93,000. Including four partner leagues of teams that are not big league farm teams — the Atlantic League, American As- sociation, Frontier League and Pioneer League — and a pair of showcase leagues of play- ers preparing for the following amateur draft — the Appala- chian League and MLB Draft League — MLB’s system for 2021 will have 179 teams in 17 leagues in 43 states. Add in the two spring training complex leagues — the Arizona League and Gulf Coast Leagues — and there will be 209 teams in 19 leagues in 44 states and four provinces. mindset. It carried her to Pitt, a place she said greeted her with open arms. More than a year into her collegiate experience, Ward understands she and her teammates have the ability — and in some ways, a responsi- bility — to make an impact in ways that stretch far beyond her sport. If that means taking a risk by turning their meets into a crossroad of sports, society and politics due to their wardrobe choice, so be it. “I think it’s extremely im- portant to provoke a larger conversation,” Ward said. A conversation that’s one of many being held in her sport these days. Over the last de- cade, gymnastics in general and women’s college gymnas- tics in particular has been at the forefront of the fight for inclusion and diversity. North Carolina sported T-shirts pro- moting the “Be True” cam- paign in 2017 to support the LGBTQ community, and “Pride” meets are becoming more commonplace. Amid the fallout of the Larry Nassar scandal, Olympic cham- pion Simone Biles rocked a teal leotard at the 2018 USA Gym- nastics championships honor- ing survivors of sexual abuse, a group of which she is a part. College gymnastics became a sanctuary of sorts, a place for the sport to begin healing it- self from the inside out, a place where those harmed by Nas- sar and other abusers found strength. The platform keeps growing, extending to the empowerment of Black athletes and social justice movements. UCLA se- nior Nia Dennis’ floor exercise routine — which she dubbed “The Culture” — went viral last month thanks in part to her music, a mash-up of hip- hop icons Kendrick Lamar and Tupac Shakur. “The purpose of my floor routine is to open the eyes of those around me and also shine a light on Black excel- lence,” Dennis said. Michelle Obama noticed. Alicia Keys and Biles, too. Yet Dennis stressed the goal isn’t to wow as much as it is to inspire. “I didn’t have very many people to look up to,” she said. “So my goal is to always inspire young Black gymnasts.” The link between the per- formance of Dennis and team- mate Margzetta Frazier — who unleashed a Janet Jackson-in- spired routine this week that caught the legendary artist’s at- tention — and what is happen- ing at Pitt this weekend is real. Call it the byproduct of taking the paradigm of what coaches used to think the idea of being a “good teammate” was and turning it on its head. “It felt like if you let the reins go with your student-athletes, that somehow they’re going to run down a terrible dark path, and them discovering who they truly are would be antithetical to being the best team player they can be,” said UCLA wom- en’s coach Chris Waller. “It’s been a long process to realize that it’s the opposite that’s true. “As an adult, the more we’re willing to let them discover who they are, the more they’re willing to give themselves to the team. They find themselves standing very intentionally on their own two feet.” At Pitt, that movement is capturing a moment while also attempting to make a lasting impact. The “BLM” leotards have captured attention. But they’re not going away Sunday night. Instead, they will re- main in the program for years to come, a tacit understanding that progress can’t be made in a day or a week or a month but a generation. Persistence and vision are a vital part of that process. “We wanted to make a point that this is something we live by,” Snider said. “It’s something we feel very strongly about. So we want it to be bold.” Saturday’s Games Oregon at Arizona, 11 a.m. UCLA at Washington, 4:30 p.m. No. 20 Southern Cal at Washington St., 5 p.m. Colorado at California, 7 p.m. Utah at Stanford, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Game Oregon St. at Arizona St., 4 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Friday’s Games No. 6 Illinois at Nebraska, late Women’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 14 2 .875 17 2 .895 Arizona 10 2 .833 12 2 .857 UCLA 10 3 .769 12 3 .800 Oregon 9 4 .692 12 4 .750 Washington St. 7 7 .500 9 7 .562 Southern Cal 7 7 .500 9 8 .529 Oregon St. 4 5 .444 6 5 .545 Colorado 6 8 .429 8 9 .471 Arizona St. 4 7 .364 9 7 .562 Utah 4 12 .250 5 12 .294 Washington 2 10 .167 5 10 .333 California 0 10 .000 0 13 .000 Friday’s Games No. 8 UCLA 69, Utah 58 California at No. 11 Oregon, ppd. Washington 50, Arizona St. 35 Colorado 66, Southern Cal 56 Washington St. at No. 10 Arizona, late Saturday’s Game No. 5 Stanford at Oregon St., 6 p.m. TOP 25 SCORES Friday’s Games No. 2 UConn 64, Georgetown 40 No. 22 Depaul at Villanova, ppd. No. 25 Missouri St. 69, Illinois St. 52 GOLF PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am Scores Friday at Pebble Beach, Calif. Pebble Beach Course: Yardage, 6,958; Par, 71 Spyglass Hill Course: Yardage, 6,858; Par, 72 Second Round Jordan Spieth 65-67—132 Daniel Berger 67-66—133 Henrik Norlander 64-70—134 Patrick Cantlay 62-73—135 Tom Lewis 66-69—135 Paul Casey 68-67—135 Russell Knox 66-70—136 Brian Stuard 66-71—137 Maverick McNealy 68-69—137 Cameron Percy 67-70—137 Nate Laley 65-72—137 Tom Hoge 67-70—137 Akay Bhatia 64-73—137 Jason Day, 69-69—138. Will Gordon, 66-73—139. Pat- ton Kizzire, 69-70—139. Jason Dufner, 68-71—139. Matt Jones, 67-72—139. John Senden, 70-69—139. Cameron Tringale, 67-72—139. Scott Brown, 69-70—139. Max Homa, 69-70—139. Francesco Molinari, 69-70—139. Vin- cent Whaley, 68-71—139. Scott Stallings, 69-71—140. Vaughn Taylor, 67-73—140. Troy Merritt, 71-69—140. Nick Taylor, 69-71—140. Jim Fu- ryk, 71-69—140. Kyle Stanley, 70-70—140. Bronson Bur- goon, 68-72—140. Mark Hubbard, 66-74—140. Branden Grace, 71-69—140. Hank Lebioda, 70-70—140. Sebastian Cappelen, 75-65—140. Ben Taylor, 68-72—140. Peter Uihlein, 69-72—141. Kevin Streelman, 69-72— 141. Tim Wilkinson, 67-74—141. Brendan Steele, 69-72— 141. Pat Perez, 69-72—141. Ryan Moore, 68-73—141. Mat- East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 12 9 1 2 20 39 26 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 Washington 12 6 3 3 15 44 45 N.Y. Islanders 12 5 4 3 13 28 31 Pittsburgh 12 6 5 1 13 37 44 N.Y. Rangers 12 4 5 3 11 31 33 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 10 4 4 2 10 30 32 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 12 9 2 1 19 44 25 Florida 11 8 1 2 18 37 30 Chicago 14 6 4 4 16 39 41 Columbus 14 6 5 3 15 39 45 Carolina 10 7 3 0 14 34 27 Dallas 10 5 2 3 13 34 25 Nashville 13 5 8 0 10 31 46 Detroit 14 3 9 2 8 27 46 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 10 8 1 1 17 37 26 St. Louis 13 7 4 2 16 43 43 Colorado 11 7 3 1 15 38 24 Arizona 12 6 5 1 13 34 33 Anaheim 14 5 6 3 13 29 39 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 San Jose 11 5 5 1 11 32 40 Los Angeles 12 3 6 3 9 34 42 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 14 11 2 1 23 52 36 Montreal 13 8 3 2 18 50 35 Edmonton 15 8 7 0 16 52 52 Winnipeg 12 7 4 1 15 41 35 Calgary 12 6 5 1 13 36 33 Vancouver 16 6 10 0 12 50 63 Ottawa 14 2 11 1 5 31 58 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 Columbus at Chicago, late Detroit at Nashville, late Edmonton at Montreal, late Ottawa at Winnipeg, late Carolina at Dallas, late Anaheim at Vegas, late Calgary at Vancouver, late San Jose at Los Angeles, late Friday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Buffalo, ppd. Ottawa at Winnipeg, noon Vegas at San Jose, 1 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, ppd. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 5 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 5 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 5 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, ppd. TENNIS Australian Open FS2 ESPNU SEC Big Ten ESPN2 CBS ESPNU Pac-12 SEC ESPN Big Ten ESPN2 FS1 SEC ESPN2 FS1 SEC CBSSN ESPN2 FS1 ESPN, NBCSNW ESPN 10 a.m. noon Golf CBS 11 a.m. FS2 noon 4 p.m. NBC NBCSN 1 p.m. Pac-12 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. midnight Tennis ESPN2 Tennis ESPN2 Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. SPORTS BRIEFING FOOTBALL Texans, Watt agree to part ways — J.J. Watt didn’t just play for the Houston Texans, he was the Houston Texans. Now he’s gone. “I have sat down with the McNair family and I have asked them for my release and we have mutually agreed to part ways at this time,” Watt said Friday in a video on social media. The star defensive end had one year remaining on a six-year, $100 million contract. — Bulletin wire report Lottery numbers were not available due to early press deadline. Baseball Continued from B1 The New York-Penn League, which started in 1939, was eliminated and the Pioneer League, founded the same year, lost its affiliated status and be- came an independent part- ner league. The Appalachian League was converted to a col- lege summer circuit for rising freshmen and sophomores. MLB said big league teams will be an average of 200 miles Statement Continued from B1 So they brainstormed, even- tually deciding to add “BLM” in big, bold, silvery sequins to the left sleeves of their leotards. The fact it’s the same sleeve the Panthers use when they huddle and break as a team isn’t a coin- cidence. They believe the image of more than a dozen arms of athletes of various races leaning in together is a powerful one, particularly for sophomore Ciara Ward, one of two active Black gymnasts on the team. “They wanted to support me as a Black athlete,” Ward said. “At the end of the day, they wanted to speak out against what they know is wrong.” Ward remembers watching the 2012 Summer Olympics when Gabby Douglas became the first Black woman to win an all-around title. That vic- tory resonated with Ward, then a 12-year-old growing up in Maryland who wondered how far the sport could take her. “Personally I would say (gymnastics) is a predomi- nantly white sport,” Ward said. “Sometimes when you don’t see representation, you feel like you can’t do something.” Watching Douglas have Olympic gold draped around her neck changed Ward’s whole