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
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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.”