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A6 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD TUESDAY BASKETBALL NBA G League, Austin Spurs vs Canton Charge Men’s College, Teams TBA Men’s College, Missouri at Georgia Men’s College, Providence at Connecticut Men’s College, Dayton at Rhode Island Men’s College, Teams TBA Men’s College, Temple at Tulsa NBA, New Orleans Pelicans at Memphis Grizzlies NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at Oklahoma City Thunder Men’s College, South Carolina at Tennessee Men’s College, Xavier at St. John’s Men’s College, La Salle at Saint Louis Men’s College, Texas at Oklahoma Men’s College, Mississippi State at Auburn NBA, Brooklyn Nets at Phoenix Suns BOATING Sailing, Prada Cup HOCKEY NHL, Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins SOCCER UEFA Champions League, Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain TENNIS Australian Open, Men’s & Women’s Quarterfinals Australian Open, Men’s and Women’s Quarterfinals Tennis, Phillip Island Trophy, Quarterfinals 2021 Australian Open Tennis, Men’s Quarterfinal WINTER SPORTS FIS Alpine Skiing, FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships: Parallel Slalom Finals FIS Alpine Skiing, World Championships: Team Parallel Event Time TV noon ESPNU 2 p.m. ESPN 3:30 p.m. SEC 3:30 p.m. FS1 4 p.m. CBSSN 4 p.m. ESPN, ESPN2 4 p.m. ESPNU 4:30 p.m. TNT 5 p.m. NBCSNW 5:30 p.m. SEC 5:30 p.m. FS1 6 p.m. CBSSN 6 p.m. ESPN 6 p.m. ESPNU 7 p.m. TNT 7 p.m. NBCSN 4 p.m. NBCSN noon CBSSN 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 12:30 a.m. TENNIS ESPN2 TENNIS ESPN2 5 a.m. NBCSN 3 a.m. NBCSN WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL NBA G League, Erie BayHawks vs G League Ignite Men’s College, TCU at Texas Tech Men’s College, Marquette at Butler Men’s College, VCU at Richmond Men’s College, South Florida at UCF Men’s College, Clemson at Notre Dame Men’s College, Kentucky at Vanderbilt NBA, Houston Rockets at Philadelphia 76ers Men’s College, Arizona State at USC NBA, Portland Trail Blazers at New Orleans Pelicans Men’s College, DePaul at Seton Hall Men’s College, Utah State at Boise State Men’s College, Alabama at Texas A&M Women’s College, Texas Tech at Oklahoma NBA, Miami Heat at Golden State Warriors HOCKEY NHL, Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings NHL, Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers SOCCER Premier League, Burnley vs Fulham Premier League, Everton vs Manchester City TENNIS Australian Open, Doubles Match TBA Australian Open, Women’s Semifinals Tennis, Phillip Island Trophy, Semifinals Australian Open, Men’s Semifinals WINTER SPORTS FIS Alpine Skiing, FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships: Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) Time TV noon ESPNU 3 p.m. ESPN2 3:30 p.m. FS1 4 p.m. CBSSN 4 p.m. ESPNU 4 p.m. ROOT 4 p.m. SEC 4:30 p.m. ESPN 5 p.m. ESPN2 5 p.m. NBCSNW 5:30 p.m. FS1 6 p.m. CBSSN 6 p.m. SEC 6:30 p.m. ROOT 7 p.m. ESPN 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. NBCSN NBCSN 9:55 a.m. NBCSN 12:10 p.m. NBCSN 4 p.m. TENNIS 7 p.m. ESPN2 7 p.m. TENNIS 12:30 a.m. ESPN 4:30 a.m. NBCSN Listings are the most accurate available. SPORTS BRIEFING FOOTBALL Former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson found dead in hotel room — Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday at a Florida hotel room, days after authorities spoke with him as part of a welfare check, accord- ing to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. A house- keeper discovered the 38-year-old’s body at around 11:30 a.m. Monday, officials said. There were no signs of trauma and the medical examiner’s office was looking into a cause of death at the Homewood Suites in Brandon, near Tampa. Sheriff’s officials said his family initially reported Jackson missing on Wednesday. Deputies tracked him down to the hotel two days later, spoke with him and canceled the missing persons case. BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phila. 18 9 .667 Milwaukee 16 11 .593 Brooklyn 16 12 .571 Indiana 14 14 .500 Boston 13 13 .500 New York 14 15 .483 Charlotte 13 15 .464 Toronto 12 15 .444 Miami 11 15 .423 Chicago 11 15 .423 Atlanta 11 16 .407 Orlando 10 18 .357 Cleveland 10 18 .357 Washington 8 17 .320 Detroit 8 19 .296 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Utah 22 5 .815 L.A. Lakers 21 7 .750 L.A. Clippers 20 8 .714 Phoenix 17 9 .654 Portland 16 10 .615 San Antonio 16 11 .593 Denver 15 11 .577 Golden State 14 13 .519 Memphis 11 11 .500 Dallas 13 15 .464 Sacramento 12 14 .462 New Orleans 11 15 .423 Oklahoma City 11 15 .423 Houston 11 16 .407 Minnesota 7 20 .259 Monday’s Games Washington 131, Houston 119 Chicago 120, Indiana 112, OT New York 123, Atlanta 112 Phila. at Utah, late Brooklyn at Sacramento, late. Cleveland at Golden State, late Miami at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday’s Games Denver at Boston, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Detroit, ppd New Orleans at Memphis, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Charlotte, 4 p.m. New York at Orlando, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Phila., 4:30 p.m. Denver at Washington, 5 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 6 p.m. Portland at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Miami at Golden State, 7 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m. GB — 2 2½ 4½ 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 6½ 7 8½ 8½ 9 10 GB — 1½ 2½ 4½ 5½ 6 6½ 8 8½ 9½ 9½ 10½ 10½ 11 15 PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Southern Cal 11 2 .846 17 3 .850 UCLA 10 3 .769 14 5 .737 Oregon 7 3 .700 12 4 .750 Colorado 10 5 .667 16 6 .727 Stanford 9 6 .600 13 8 .619 Arizona 8 7 .533 14 7 .667 Utah 6 7 .462 9 8 .529 Oregon St. 6 8 .429 10 10 .500 Arizona St. 4 6 .400 7 9 .438 Washington St. 5 10 .333 12 10 .545 Washington 3 12 .200 4 16 .200 California 3 13 .188 8 15 .348 Monday’s Games Washington 65, Washington St. 63 Wednesday’s Games Arizona St. at Southern Cal, 5 p.m. SCORES Monday’s Games AP TOP 25 No. 7 Virginia (15-4) lost to No. 16 Florida St. 81-60. SOUTH Chattanooga 53, ETSU 51 E. Kentucky 83, Tennessee Tech 72 Florida St. 81, Virginia 60 Longwood 83, Hampton 73 Presbyterian 75, SC-Upstate 65 Stephen F. Austin 89, New Orleans 79 MIDWEST Murray St. 86, SIU-Edwardsville 57 FAR WEST Washington 65, Washington St. 63 Women’s College Men’s College THE AP TOP 25 Record Pts Prv 1. Gonzaga (59) 20-0 1595 1 2. Baylor (5) 17-0 1541 2 3. Michigan 14-1 1469 3 4. Ohio St. 17-4 1402 4 5. Illinois 14-5 1311 6 6. Houston 17-2 1170 8 7. Virginia 15-3 1129 9 8. Alabama 17-5 1085 11 9. Oklahoma 13-5 1071 12 10. Villanova 13-3 1060 5 11. Iowa 15-6 910 15 12. Texas 13-5 885 13 13. West Virginia 14-6 836 14 14. Creighton 16-5 793 19 15. Texas Tech 14-6 791 7 16. Florida St. 11-3 624 17 17. Southern Cal 17-3 586 20 18. Virginia Tech 14-4 513 18 19. Tennessee 14-5 452 16 20. Missouri 13-5 412 10 21. Wisconsin 15-7 274 21 22. Loyola of Chicago 0-0 166 22 23. Kansas 15-7 140 - 24. Arkansas 16-5 111 - 25. San Diego St. 15-4 75 - Others receiving votes: Oklahoma St. 71, Rutgers 49, Belmont 47, Louisville 40, Colorado 31, Oregon 30, Drake 22, Purdue 20, Clemson 17, LSU 16, Florida 16, UCLA 10, VCU 10, Saint Louis 5, Xavier 4, Toledo 2, Western Ken- tucky 2, North Carolina 2, UC Santa Barbara 1, BYU 1, Wichita St. 1, Wright St. 1, Utah St. 1. MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL Record Pts 1. Gonzaga (28) 20-0 796 2. Baylor (4) 17-0 772 3. Michigan 14-1 734 4. Ohio State 17-4 680 5. Illinois 14-5 600 (tie)Houston 17-2 600 7. Villanova 13-3 573 8. Virginia 15-3 559 9. Alabama 17-5 521 10. Oklahoma 13-5 493 11. Texas Tech 14-6 412 12. Creighton 16-5 407 13. Texas 13-5 400 14. Iowa 15-6 388 15. West Virginia 14-6 360 16. Florida State 11-3 342 19 17. Virginia Tech 14-4 316 17 18. Southern California 17-3 284 20 19. Missouri 13-5 246 10 20. Tennessee 14-5 191 15 21. Wisconsin 15-7 123 21 22. Oklahoma St. 13-6 109 22 23. Loyola-Chicago 18-4 77 23 24. Kansas 15-7 54 28 25. Oregon 12-4 52 33 Dropped out: No. 24 UCLA (14-5); No. 25 Purdue (13-8). Others receiving votes: San Diego State (15-4) 45; Louisville (11-4) 41; Arkansas (16-5) 32; Rutgers (12-7) 28; Belmont (22-1) 28; Purdue (13-8) 23; Drake (20-2) 19; Clemson (13-5) 16; Florida (10-5) 15; UCLA (14-5) 13; Colorado (16-6) 13; LSU (13-6) 12; Utah State. (14-5) 7; Seton Hall (12-8) 5; Winthrop (18-1) 4; Colorado State (14-4) 3; St. John’s (13-8) 2; Saint Louis (10-3) 2; Boise State (16-4) 2; Xavier (11-3) 1. Prv 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 9 11 12 8 17 13 16 14 THE AP TOP 25 Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (26) 16-1 746 2 2. South Carolina (2) 17-2 700 1 3. Louisville 19-1 675 3 4. NC State 13-2 642 4 5. Texas A&M (1) 19-1 639 6 6. Stanford (1) 18-2 627 5 7. Baylor 16-2 564 7 8. UCLA 12-3 530 8 9. Maryland 14-2 515 9 10. Arizona 14-2 505 10 11. Michigan 11-1 432 12 12. South Florida 11-1 386 14 13. Oregon 12-4 377 11 14. Indiana 13-4 332 15 15. Ohio St. 12-3 303 12 16. Gonzaga 18-2 272 17 17. Kentucky 14-5 260 20 18. Arkansas 15-7 248 18 19. DePaul 11-4 174 22 19. West Virginia 16-3 174 19 21. Tennessee 12-5 172 16 22. Georgia 16-4 139 24 23. South Dakota St. 17-2 130 23 24. Northwestern 11-4 92 21 25. Missouri St. 13-2 79 25 Others receiving votes: Rutgers 10, Stephen F Austin 7, Oklahoma St. 6, Florida Gulf Coast 5, Georgia Tech 3, Mississippi St. 2, Virginia Tech 2, Rice 2. PAC-12 CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L Pct W L Pct Stanford 16 2 .889 19 2 .905 Arizona 12 2 .857 14 2 .875 UCLA 10 3 .769 12 3 .800 Oregon 9 5 .643 12 5 .706 Southern Cal 8 7 .533 10 8 .556 Washington St. 7 9 .438 9 9 .500 Colorado 6 8 .429 8 9 .471 Arizona St. 5 7 .417 10 7 .588 Oregon St. 4 6 .400 6 6 .500 Utah 4 13 .235 5 13 .278 Washington 2 11 .154 5 11 .313 California 0 10 .000 0 13 .000 Monday’s Game No. 6 Stanford 63, No. 13 Oregon 61 SCORES Monday’s Games AP TOP 25 No. 17 Kentucky (15-5) beat Florida 88-80. No. 22 Georgia (16-4) beat Missouri 82-64. EAST Creighton 42, Georgetown 41 Fairleigh Dickinson 71, Wagner 46 SOUTH Gardner-Webb 66, Winthrop 50 Jacksonville St. 73, E. Kentucky 55 Kentucky 88, Florida 80 MIDWEST DePaul 82, Seton Hall 76 FAR WEST San Diego 82, Pepperdine 59 Stanford 63, Oregon 61 UNLV 80, San Diego St. 65 HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 14 10 2 2 22 42 30 Philadelphia 13 8 3 2 18 46 41 N.Y. Islanders 14 7 4 3 17 35 34 Washington 13 6 4 3 15 47 51 Pittsburgh 13 7 5 1 15 43 47 N.Y. Rangers 13 4 6 3 11 31 34 New Jersey 9 4 3 2 10 23 26 Buffalo 11 4 5 2 10 31 35 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 14 10 3 1 21 54 32 Florida 13 9 2 2 20 44 40 Carolina 13 10 3 0 20 50 36 Chicago 17 8 5 4 20 50 51 Columbus 17 7 6 4 18 50 60 Dallas 12 5 3 4 14 40 34 Nashville 15 6 9 0 12 36 52 Detroit 17 4 10 3 11 35 54 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 13 10 2 1 21 41 28 St. Louis 16 9 5 2 20 52 49 Arizona 15 7 6 2 16 40 42 Colorado 12 7 4 1 15 38 25 Anaheim 15 6 6 3 15 30 39 Minnesota 11 6 5 0 12 30 30 Los Angeles 13 4 6 3 11 40 44 San Jose 13 5 7 1 11 35 49 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 16 11 3 2 24 58 44 Montreal 15 9 4 2 20 52 39 Edmonton 16 9 7 0 18 55 52 Winnipeg 14 8 5 1 17 47 38 Calgary 14 7 6 1 15 40 37 Vancouver 18 7 11 0 14 54 67 Ottawa 17 4 12 1 9 40 69 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. Monday’s Games Arizona 1, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 1 Florida 6, Tampa Bay 4 Carolina 7, Columbus 3 Ottawa 6, Toronto 5, OT Chicago 3, Detroit 2, OT New Jersey at Boston, ppd Nashville at Dallas, ppd Winnipeg at Edmonton, late Calgary at Vancouver, late Anaheim at San Jose, late Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Florida at Carolina, 2 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 7 p.m. TENNIS Australian Open Monday at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia Purse: AUD32,790,000 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor MEN’S SINGLES Fourth Round Daniil Medvedev (4), Russia, def. Mackenzie McDonald, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Andrey Rublev (7), Russia, def. Casper Ruud (24), Nor- way, 6-2, 7-6 (3), ret. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), Greece, def. Matteo Berrettini (9), Italy, walkover. WOMEN’S SINGLES Fourth Round Jessica Pegula, United States, def. Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Jennifer Brady (22), United States, def. Donna Vekic (28), Croatia, 6-1, 7-5. Karolina Muchova (25), Czech Republic, def. Elise Mer- tens (18), Belgium, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Ashleigh Barty (1), Australia, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-3, 6-4. MEN’S DOUBLES Third Round Rajeev Ram, United States, and Joe Salisbury (5), Brit- ain, def. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and John Peers (10), Australia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4). Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Filip Polasek (9), Slovakia, def. Horia Tecau, Romania, and Marcelo Melo (7), Brazil, 6-4, 6-3. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Jamie Murray (6), Britain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4. Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Wesley Koolhof (4), Nether- lands, 7-6 (2), 6-4. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Third Round Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (3), Czech Republic, def. Bernarda Pera, United States, and Rosalie van Der Hoek, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4. Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, def. Heather Watson, Britain, and Leylah Annie Fernan- dez, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. Caty McNally and Coco Gauff, United States, def. Alexa Guarachi Mathison, Chile, and Desirae Krawczyk (9), United States, 7-5, 6-3. Nicole Melichar, United States, and Demi Schuurs (4), Netherlands, def. Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, and Jelena Ostapenko (13), Latvia, 6-2, 6-4. MIXED DOUBLES Second Round Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Xu Yifan, China, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7. MIXED DOUBLES Third Round Arina Rodionova and Max Purcell, Australia, def. Robert Farah, Colombia, and Nicole Melichar (2), United States, walkover. Storm Sanders and Marc Polmans, Australia, def. An- drew Harris and Ellen Perez, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-8. Rajeev Ram, United States, and Barbora Krejcikova (6), Czech Republic, def. Ben Mclachlan and Ena Shibahara, Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 13-11. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Mate Pavic (3), Cro- atia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Jamie Murray, Britain, 7-6 (7), 5-7, 10-3. MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR Cup Series DAYTONA 500 Results Sunday at Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (17) Michael McDowell, Ford, 200 laps, 44 points. 2. (12) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200, 42. 3. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 48. 4. (8) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 200, 42. 5. (25) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, 52. 6. (11) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 200, 40. 7. (34) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 200, 32. 8. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200, 29. 9. (16) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 200, 28. 10. (13) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200, 37. 11. (27) Cole Custer, Ford, 200, 27. 12. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 199, 33. 13. (24) Brad Keselowski, Ford, accident, 199, 25. 14. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 199, 25. 15. (39) Austin Cindric, Ford, accident, 199, 0. 16. (5) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 199, 26. 17. (6) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, accident, 198, 32. 18. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 198, 19. 19. (30) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 197, 18. 20. (28) Joey Gase, Ford, 196, 17. 21. (35) Cody Ware, Ford, 196, 16. 22. (20) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 195, 15. 23. (38) BJ McLeod, Ford, 195, 0. 24. (37) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 194, 13. 25. (26) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 193, 12. 26. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, 191, 11. 27. (29) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 188, 10. 28. (40) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, garage, 115, 9. 29. (33) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, accident, 37, 8. 30. (14) Ryan Blaney, Ford, accident, 14, 7. 31. (22) Chris Buescher, Ford, garage, 14, 6. 32. (36) Anthony Alfredo, Ford, garage, 14, 5. 33. (23) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, garage, 14, 4. 34. (3) Aric Almirola, Ford, accident, 13, 3. 35. (1) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, accident, 13, 2. 36. (15) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, accident, 13, 1. 37. (18) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 13, 1. 38. (7) Ryan Newman, Ford, accident, 13, 1. 39. (31) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, accident, 13, 1. 40. (32) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, accident, 3, 1. DEALS Monday’s Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with OF Billy Hamilton on a minor league contract. MINNESOTA TWINS — Agreed to terms with LHP An- drew Vasquez, RHPs Matt Canterino, Tom Hackimer, Robinson Leyer, Ryan Mason, Chandler Shepherd and Josh Winder, Cs Alex Isola and Kyle Schmidt, 3Bs Drew Maggi and Jose Miranda and 1Bs Aaron Sabato, Chris Williams and Zander Wiel. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with INF Jason Kipnis on a minor league contract. CHICAGO CUBS — Named Jared Banner vice president of special projects in the baseball operations department. COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with C.J. Cron on a minor league contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with C Austin Barnes on a two-year contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with OF Travis Jankowski on a minor league contract. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Named Kelly Jones chief peo- ple officer. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Named Chris Polian director of professional personnel. HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Frederic Alard to Chicago (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled G Aaron Dell from his conditioning loan. Reassigned G Gilles Senn and D Josh Jacobs from the taxi squad to Binghamton (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer COLUMBUS CREW SC — Acquired $175,000 in general allocation money, $150,000 in 2021 GAM and $25,000 in 2022 GAM from Orlando City SC in exchange for an international roster slot. HOUSTON DYNAMO FC — Re-signed M Boniek Garcia. LOS ANGELES GALAXY — Signed D Oniel Fisher. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Acquired M Eric Remedi from Atlanta United FC in exchange for $200,000 of 2022 general allocation money. COLLEGE NOTRE DAME — Promoted Brian Polian to football asso- ciate head coach and Mike Elston to football recruiting and run game coordinator. MLB | SPRING TRAINING HOCKEY New year, but pandemic protocols remain World’s longest hockey game played in deep freeze in Alberta — The world’s longest hockey game carried on in BY JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer ghastly cold weather. Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4., all in the name of cancer research. Temperatures plunged at times between a bone-shaking minus 40 and minus 67 Fahr- enheit. Pucks were shattered as players passed them along the boards The seventh edition of the game has raised about $1.5 million for cancer research at the University of Alberta. The game hit the 252-hour goal at dawn Monday and will break its own Guinness World Record. The final score, according to the event’s Facebook page, was 2,649 to 2,528 for Team Hope. NEW YORK — Completing the 2020 season required MLB to rewrite its rule book. Stadi- ums were emptied, schedules rewritten. Some players opted out. The ones that didn’t spat into COVID-19 testing cups until their mouths went dry. “When it was all said and done, you kind of look back and go, ‘God, that was the longest 60 games I’ve ever been a part of,” veteran pitcher Jon Lester said last month. Well, to borrow from another Chicago Cubs favorite: Let’s play 162! Against the backdrop of a still dangerous coronavirus pandemic, pitchers and catchers are reporting to spring train- ing this week, the first step in a 2021 season that will take many of the complexities from 2020’s 60-game sprint and stretch them over an additional four months. Sure, there’s the usual buzz over players with new homes. Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, hoping to push the upstart San Diego Padres over the top. Still in their way, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodg- ers, who upgraded with NL Cy BASKETBALL Michael Jordan gives $10M for North Carolina health clinics — Michael Jordan is donating $10 million to launch two medical clinics in underserved communities near his hometown in North Carolina, a regional health care system announced Monday. The Novant Health clinics are set to open in early 2022 in New Hanover County along North Car- olina’s southeastern coast, according to a statement from the system. The gift marks one of the largest ever from the bas- ketball legen, news outlets reported. Jordan previously gave $7 million to open Michael Jordan Family Clinics in Charlotte in 2019 and 2020. —Bulletin wire reports MEGABUCKS The numbers drawn Monday night are: 2 Oregon Lottery results 5 6 18 31 45 The estimated jackpot is now $2 million. As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites Alex Brandon/AP file Atlanta Braves batting helmets sit on the field under a shining sun during a spring training baseball workout in Kissimmee, Florida, in 2014. Young Award winner Trevor Bauer. Francisco Lindor is a Met, Nolan Arenado a Cardi- nal, and George Springer and Marcus Semien have joined up on the Blue Jays. This season, though, prom- ises to again be defined by the pandemic. Offers by MLB to delay opening day were rejected by the players’ association last month, defaulting the league into an on-time start. Baseball will again use sev- en-inning doubleheaders and runners on second base to start extra innings — experiments introduced during last year’s condensed regular season to ease the burden on pitchers amid a flood of postponements prompted by positive tests and contact tracing. Sunflower seeds are still out- lawed, and high-fives frowned upon, too. Although limited-ca- pacity crowds are expected at many stadiums, autographs will remain a no-no. Other 2020 changes have been put on the bench. The uni- versal designated hitter is gone, and no deal has been reached to re-expand the postseason. Of course, last year’s agreement to fatten the playoff field from 10 to 16 teams wasn’t finished until hours before the first pitch on opening day, so there’s prece- dent for a late change. Then again, the league and union have agreed on little lately — hardly a promising sign with the collective bargain- ing agreement set to expire Dec. 1. Expect chatter about that this spring, too. Scheduling figures to remain a headache. There were 45 games postponed for corona- virus-related reasons last year, and all but two were made up. Players will again be tested 3-4 times per week for COVID-19 and heavily re- stricted in what they can do during their time off. Lester, signed by Washington as a free agent in January after six sea- sons with the Cubs, compared the exhaustion of last year’s pro- tocols to a deep playoff run. “Mentally, you don’t realize how draining it is until you’re done,” he said. “I think last year was that. It was two months of that mental grind of the test- ing, worrying about the testing, making sure you’re doing all the right things.”