A6 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
Time
TV
MLB Preseason, Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 10 a.m.
ESPN
BASKETBALL
Men’s College, Arkansas at South Carolina
3:30 p.m.
SEC
Men’s College, Fresno State at Boise State
4 p.m.
CBSSN
Men’s College, Illinois at Michigan
4 p.m.
ESPN
Men’s College, Teams TBA
4 p.m.
ESPN2
Men’s College, Tulsa at UCF
4 p.m.
ESPNU
Men’s College, Xavier at Georgetown
4 p.m.
FS1
NBA, Los Angeles Clippers at Boston Celtics
4:30 p.m.
TNT
Men’s College, Indiana at Michigan State
5 p.m.
BIG10
Men’s College, Vanderbilt at LSU
5:30 p.m.
SEC
Men’s College, Teams TBA
6 p.m.
ESPN2
Men’s College, Memphis at South Florida
6 p.m.
ESPNU
Men’s College, Marquette at DePaul
6 p.m.
FS1
NBA, Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers
7 p.m.
TNT
HOCKEY
NHL, Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins
4 p.m.
NBCSN
SOCCER
Deutsche Pokal,
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund 11:30 a.m. ESPNEWS
Premier League Soccer,
Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
11:55 a.m. NBCSN
WATER SPORTS
College Swimming & Diving, Pac-12 Championships 4:30 p.m.
PAC12
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB Preseason, Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs
MLB Preseason, Cincinnati Reds at L.A. Dodgers
BASKETBALL
Women’s College, Pac-12 Tournament,
First Round: California vs Oregon State
Women’s College, ACC Tournament,
First Round: Teams TBA
NBA G League Basketball,
Agua Caliente Clippers vs G League Ignite
Women’s College, SEC Tournament,
First Round (Gm 1): Teams TBA
Women’s College, Iowa at Indiana
Women’s College, Pac-12 Tournament,
First Round: Arizona State vs Southern Cal
Men’s College, Missouri at Florida
Men’s College, Connecticut at Seton Hall
Men’s College, Minnesota at Penn State
Men’s College, Providence at St. John’s
Men’s College, Louisville at Virginia Tech
Men’s College, Oregon State at Utah
NBA, Brooklyn Nets at Houston Rockets
Women’s College, Pac-12 Tournament,
First Round: Utah vs Washington State
Men’s College, Mississippi State at Texas A&M
Men’s College, Creighton at Villanova
Men’s College, Maryland at Northwestern
Men’s College, San Diego State at UNLV
Men’s College, UCLA at Oregon
NBA, Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers
NBA, Golden State Warriors at Portland Trail Blazers
Men’s College, Stanford at USC
Women’s College, Pac-12 Tournament,
First Round: Washington vs Colorado
HOCKEY
NHL, Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins
NHL, St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks
SOCCER
Premier League Soccer, Burnley vs Leicester City
Deutsche Pokal Soccer, RB Leipzig vs VfL Wolfsburg
Mexico Primera Division Soccer, Tijuana vs América
Time
noon
5 p.m.
TV
ESPN
MLB
11 a.m.
PAC12
Local Sports
Tuesday, March 2
Volleyball: Summit at Mountain View, 6 p.m.; Crook
County at Ridgeview, 6:30 p.m.; Molalla at Madras, 6
p.m.; Harrisburg at La Pine, 6 p.m.
Boys soccer: Mountain View at Redmond, 6 p.m.
Girls soccer: Bend at Redmond, 4 p.m.; Madras at Mo-
lalla, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 3
Volleyball: Western Christian at Culver, 5 p.m.; Central
Christian at Hosanna-Triad, 4 p.m.; Central Christian at
Rogue Valley Adventist, 5:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Creswell at La Pine, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Molalla at Madras, 4 p.m.
Cross-country: Redmond at Ridgeview, 4 p.m.; Madras,
Culver and Trinity Lutheran at Madras XC Triangular,
Juniper Hills Park
Thursday, March 4
Volleyball: Mountain View at Crook County, TBD; Red-
mond at Summit, 6 p.m.; Madras at Mollala, 6 p.m.; Sisters
at Cascade, 6 p.m.; Trinity Lutheran at La Pine, 6 p.m.
Boys soccer: Philomath at Mountain View, 6 p.m.; Rid-
geview at Summit, 6 p.m.; Madras at Molalla, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Crook County at Mountain View, 3 p.m.;
Summit at Ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at Philomath/
Monroe, 3 p.m.
Friday, March 5
Football: Molalla at Madras, 7 p.m.; Crook County at
North Marion, 7 p.m.; Pleasant Hill at Sisters, 7 p.m.;
Siuslaw at La Pine, 7 p.m..
Volleyball: Gilchrist at Hosanna-Triad, 4 p.m.; Sisters
at Bend, 6 p.m.
Boys soccer: Sisters at Crook County, 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 6
Football: Bend at Redmond, 1 p.m.; Mountain View at
Summit, 7:15 p.m.
Volleyball: Bend at Redmond, 11 a.m.; Pendleton at
Bend, 1 p.m.; Ridgeview at The Dalles, 12:30 and 3:30
p.m.; La Pine at Santiam Christian, 2:30 p.m.; Trinity Lu-
theran at Central Christian, 12:30 p.m.; Gilchrist at Central
Christian, 3:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Summit at Bend, 2 p.m.; La Pine at East
Linn Christian, 1 p.m.
Girls soccer: Mountain View at Summit, 1 p.m.; La Pine
at Santiam Christian, 1 p.m.
Cross-country: Central Oregon XC Bust Ruster Relays,
at Summit.
PREP SPORTS
11 a.m.
ROOT
noon
ESPNU
Boys soccer
Monday9s game
Madras 6, Molalla 1
Girls soccer
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
SEC
BIG10
2 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
PAC12
SEC
FS1
BIG10
CBSSN
ESPN2
ESPNU
ESPN
Monday9s game
Creswell 1, La Pine 0
BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
PAC12
5:30 p.m.
SEC
5:30 p.m.
FS1
6 p.m.
BIG10
6 p.m.
CBSSN
6 p.m.
ESPN2
7 p.m.
NBCSNW
7:05 p.m.
ESPN
7:30 p.m.
FS1
8 p.m.
PAC12
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
NBCSN
NBCSN
9:55 a.m.
NBCSN
11:30 a.m. ESPNEWS
7 p.m.
FS2
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
Sue Bird officially re-signs with Storm for 20th sea-
son — Four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird re-signed with
the Seattle Storm on Monday for what will be her 20th season
with the team. Bird’s signing has been expected all offseason
but seemed to be delayed while the team figured out the rest
of its roster. The 11-time All-Star has spent her entire WNBA
career with the Storm after the franchise made her the No. 1
pick in 2002. This season will be her 18th on the court with
Seattle after missing the 2013 and 2019 seasons due to inju-
ries. The 40-year-old Bird is coming off another champion-
ship season after Seattle won its fourth title playing in the
WNBA bubble in Florida. Bird shot a career-best 49.4% from
the field and 46.4% on 3-pointers last season, while averaging
9.8 points and 5.2 assists per game.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
23
12
.657
Brooklyn
22
13
.629
Milwaukee
21
13
.618
New York
18
17
.514
Miami
17
17
.500
Boston
17
17
.500
Toronto
17
17
.500
Charlotte
16
17
.485
Indiana
15
18
.455
Chicago
15
18
.455
Atlanta
14
20
.412
Washington
13
19
.406
Cleveland
13
21
.382
Orlando
13
22
.371
Detroit
9
25
.265
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Utah
27
8
.771
L.A. Lakers
24
11
.686
L.A. Clippers
24
12
.667
Phoenix
22
11
.667
San Antonio
17
12
.586
Portland
18
14
.563
Denver
19
15
.559
Golden State
19
16
.543
Dallas
17
16
.515
Memphis
15
15
.500
New Orleans
15
19
.441
Oklahoma City
14
20
.412
Sacramento
13
21
.382
Houston
11
21
.344
Minnesota
7
28
.200
Monday9s Games
Dallas 130, Orlando 124
Phila. 130, Indiana 114
Denver 118, Chicago 112
New Orleans 129, Utah 124
Brooklyn at San Antonio, late
Cleveland at Houston, late
Charlotte at Portland, late
Tuesday9s Games
Memphis at Washington, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, ppd
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
New York at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Denver at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m.
Wednesday9s Games
Detroit at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Utah at Phila., 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Houston, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Orlando, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Chicago at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Golden State at Portland, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
GB
—
1
1½
5
5½
5½
5½
6
7
7
8½
8½
9½
10
13½
GB
—
3
3½
4
7
7½
7½
8
9
9½
11½
12½
13½
14½
20
Men’s College
Women’s College
THE AP TOP 25
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Gonzaga (59)
24-0
1571
1
2. Michigan (4)
18-1
1512
3
3. Baylor
18-1
1450
2
4. Illinois
18-6
1350
5
5. Iowa
18-7
1266
9
6. West Virginia
17-6
1210
10
7. Ohio St.
18-7
1163
4
8. Alabama
19-6
1130
6
9. Houston
20-3
1109
12
10. Villanova
15-4
942
8
11. Florida St.
14-4
897
11
12. Arkansas
19-5
847
20
13. Kansas
18-8
785
17
14. Creighton
17-6
669
13
15. Texas
14-7
650
14
16. Oklahoma
14-7
584
7
17. Oklahoma St.
16-6
553
-
18. Texas Tech
15-8
494
18
19. San Diego St.
19-4
406
22
20. Loyola Chicago
21-4
367
21
21. Virginia
15-6
362
15
22. Virginia Tech
15-5
335
16
23. Purdue
16-8
192
-
24. Colorado
19-7
150
-
25. Wisconsin
16-9
106
23
Others receiving votes: BYU 101, Southern Cal 88,
Clemson 47, Florida 24, Tennessee 19, St. Bonaventure
16, Oregon 15, Missouri 13, Wichita St. 11, Maryland 9,
Toledo 8, UConn 5, Belmont 5, Winthrop 4, North Caro-
lina 4, UCLA 2, Louisville 2, UC Santa Barbara 1, Drake 1.
THE AP TOP 25
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Connecticut (27)
20-1
747
1
2. Texas A&M (2)
22-1
703
3
3. North Carolina State
17-2
687
2
4. Stanford (1)
22-2
672
4
5. Louisville
21-2
605
6
6. Baylor
19-2
604
7
7. South Carolina
19-4
575
5
8. Maryland
19-2
565
8
9. UCLA
14-4
500
10
10. Indiana
16-4
485
11
11. Arizona
15-4
431
9
12. Michigan
13-3
369
12
13. Arkansas
19-7
367
16
14. Tennessee
15-6
323
20
15. South Florida
14-2
304
13
16. Georgia
18-5
252
17
17. Kentucky
16-7
227
19
18. Gonzaga
21-3
224
21
19. Oregon
13-7
201
14
20. West Virginia
18-4
199
18
21. South Dakota State
21-2
163
22
22. Ohio State
13-6
158
15
23. Missouri State
18-2
147
23
24. Rutgers
12-3
120
25
25. DePaul
14-6
31
24
Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 22, Stephen F.
Austin 16, Marquette 14, Oklahoma State 9, Oregon State
9, Iowa 6, Virginia Tech 6, Georgia Tech 5, Northwestern 4.
MEN9S COACHES POLL
Record
Pts
Prv
1. Gonzaga (31)
24-0
799
1
2. Michigan (1)
18-1
764
3
3. Baylor
18-1
733
2
4. Illinois
670
670
4
5. West Virginia
576
576
13
6. Alabama
19-6
576
7
7. Houston
20-3
556
10
8. Iowa
18-7
554
12
9. Villanova
15-4
541
6
10. Ohio State
18-7
517
5
11. Florida State
14-4
485
9
12. Creighton
17-6
385
11
13. Arkansas
19-5
376
20
14. Kansas
18-8
359
19
15. Oklahoma
14-7
323
8
16. Texas
14-7
252
16
17. Oklahoma State
16-6
248
21
18. Texas Tech
15-8
240
17
19. Virginia Tech
15-5
224
15
20. Virginia
15-6
217
14
21. San Diego State
19-4
183
25
22. Loyola-Chicago
21-4
179
22
23. Purdue
16-8
130
NR
24. Southern California
19-6
119
18
25. Oregon
16-5
98
23
Dropped out: No. 24 Wisconsin (16-9).
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin (16-9) 43; Colorado
(19-7) 43; UCLA (17-6) 25; Brigham Young (19-5) 25; Wich-
ita State (13-4) 21; Maryland (15-10) 21; Drake (24-3) 19;
Clemson (15-5) 18; Florida (13-6) 14; Connecticut (12-6)
14; Missouri (14-7) 12; Belmont (24-3) 11; Tennessee (16-
7) 9; Winthrop (20-1) 6; North Carolina (15-8) 6; Rutgers
(13-9) 3; Xavier (13-5) 2; Louisville (13-5) 2; Toledo (19-6)
1; St. Bonaventure (13-3) 1; Michigan State (13-10) 1.
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
UCLA
13 4 .765 17 6 .739
Oregon
12 4 .750 17 5 .773
Southern Cal
13 5 .722 19 6 .760
Colorado
13 6 .684 19 7 .731
Arizona
11 9 .550 17 9 .654
Stanford
10 9 .526 14 11 .560
Oregon St.
9 9 .500 13 11 .542
Arizona St.
7 8 .467 10 11 .476
Utah
7 10 .412 10 11 .476
Washington St. 7 12 .368 14 12 .538
Washington
4 16 .200 5 20 .200
California
3 17 .150 8 19 .296
Monday9s Games
Washington St. at Arizona St., canceled
Oregon 80, Arizona 69
Wednesday9s Games
Oregon St. at Utah, 4 p.m.
UCLA at Oregon, 6 p.m.
Stanford at Southern Cal, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday9s Games
Arizona St. at No. 24 Colorado, 6 p.m.
SCORES
Monday9s Games
AP TOP 25
No. 16 Oklahoma (14-7) lost to No. 17 Okla. St. 79-75
No. 21 Virginia (16-6) beat Miami 62-54.
EAST
Dayton 55, St. Bonaventure 52
Marist 65, Quinnipiac 52
Syracuse 72, North Carolina 70
SOUTH
Campbell 63, Gardner-Webb 57
Jackson St. 64, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58, OT
Longwood 77, UNC-Asheville 61
MVSU 67, Grambling St. 63
Nicholls 87, Northwestern St. 71
Radford 67, Hampton 52
Saint Joseph’s 76, Richmond 73
Texas Southern 68, Alabama A&M 58
Virginia 62, Miami 51
W. Kentucky 71, FIU 59
Winthrop 83, High Point 54
MIDWEST
Nebraska 72, Rutgers 51
Saint Louis 78, UMass 57
SOUTHWEST
Lamar 66, Texas A&M-CC 47
New Orleans 88, Incarnate Word 72
Sam Houston St. 83, Houston Baptist 70
Stephen F. Austin 79, Cent. Arkansas 66
Former Oregon QB Millen commits to N. Arizona — A
second former Oregon quarterback has found a new team.
Redshirt-freshman Cale Millen, who entered the transfer
portal in January, committed to Northern Arizona on Mon-
day. A former three-star recruit, Millen never played on of-
fense during two seasons with the Ducks. He redshirted in
2019 due to a shoulder injury and made two tackles on kickoff
coverage in 2020, one each during the Pac-12 championship
game and Fiesta Bowl, and was on the front line on kickoff re-
turns. Of the eight players to transfer from UO since the end
of the season, Millen is the fifth to land at a new school and
first to go to an FCS program.
TRACK AND FIELD
Russian doping reform plan approved by track author-
ities — Russia moved a step closer to having its longstanding
suspension from track and field lifted after a new plan of dop-
ing reforms was approved Monday by World Athletics. The
plan was written by a commission set up by the Russian track
federation and tasks it with implementing a series of “immedi-
ate actions” with deadlines at various points this year.
— Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
1
6 12 41 43 47
The estimated jackpot is now $2.6 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
PAC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All Games
W L Pct W L Pct
Stanford
19 2 .905 22 2 .917
Arizona
13 4 .765 15 4 .789
UCLA
12 4 .750 14 4 .778
Oregon
10 7 .588 13 7 .650
Oregon St.
7 6 .538 9 6 .600
Colorado
8 8 .500 10 9 .526
Washington St. 9 10 .474 11 10 .524
Southern Cal
8 10 .444 10 11 .476
Arizona St.
6 9 .400 11 9 .550
Utah
4 15 .211 5 15 .250
Washington
3 13 .188 6 13 .316
California
1 12 .077 1 15 .063
Sunday9s Games
Arizona St. 66, No. 9 Arizona 64 (OT)
No. 4 Stanford 72, California 33
Washington St. 61, Washington 52
Oregon St. 88, No. 14 Oregon 77
Colorado at Utah, canceled
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
All games at Mandalay Events Center, Las Vegas
Wednesday9s Games
California vs. Oregon St. 11 a.m. (PAC12)
Arizona St. vs. Southern Cal, 2 p.m. (PAC12)
Utah vs. Washington St., 5 p.m. (PAC12)
Washington vs. Colorado, 8 p.m. (PAC12)
SCORES
Monday9s Games
AP TOP 25
No. 1 UConn (21-1) beat Marquette 63-53.
No. 6 Baylor (20-2) beat Texas 64-57.
No. 25 DePaul (14-7) lost to Butler 86-81.
EAST
Fairleigh Dickinson 72, Sacred Heart 66
LIU 83, Bryant 42
Mount St. Mary’s 56, St. Francis (Pa.) 43
Seton Hall 59, St. John’s 43
UConn 63, Marquette 53
Wagner 65, CCSU 57
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 64, Texas Southern 36
Alabama St. 77, Prairie View 53
Grambling St. 78, MVSU 54
Jackson St. 84, Ark.-Pine Bluff 61
MIDWEST
Butler 86, DePaul 81
Kansas St. 79, TCU 76, OT
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 64, Texas 57
Cent. Arkansas 62, McNeese St. 47
Lamar 59, Incarnate Word 48
Oklahoma 88, Texas Tech 79
Texas A&M-CC 50, Houston Baptist 43
FAR WEST
Air Force 75, Colorado St. 68
New Mexico 97, Utah St. 65
HOCKEY
NHL
East
Washington
Boston
N.Y. Islanders
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
N.Y. Rangers
New Jersey
Buffalo
Central
Florida
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Chicago
Columbus
Nashville
Detroit
Dallas
West
Vegas
Minnesota
St. Louis
Colorado
Los Angeles
Arizona
Anaheim
San Jose
North
Toronto
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Montreal
GP
21
19
21
18
20
19
17
19
GP
21
19
21
23
23
21
24
16
GP
17
18
21
18
20
21
21
18
GP
22
23
21
20
W
12
12
11
11
11
7
7
6
W
13
14
14
12
8
10
7
6
W
12
12
11
11
9
9
6
7
W
16
14
13
9
L
5
5
6
4
8
9
8
10
L
4
4
6
7
10
11
14
6
L
4
6
8
6
7
9
10
9
L
4
9
7
6
OT
4
2
4
3
1
3
2
3
OT
4
1
1
4
5
0
3
4
OT
1
0
2
1
4
3
5
2
OT
2
0
1
5
Pts
28
26
26
25
23
17
16
15
Pts
30
29
29
28
21
20
17
16
Pts
25
24
24
23
22
21
17
16
Pts
34
28
27
23
GF
73
59
56
61
60
50
45
44
GF
67
69
72
73
62
49
51
46
GF
51
57
67
55
60
56
42
53
GF
78
79
69
65
GA
69
50
49
54
65
52
52
57
GA
60
39
58
68
77
64
78
45
GA
36
44
67
42
56
64
61
71
GA
55
69
57
60
Calgary
23 10 11 2 22 59 70
Vancouver
25 9 14 2 20 72 85
Ottawa
24 8 15 1 17 66 92
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.
Monday9s Games
Ottawa 5, Calgary 1
Carolina 3, Florida 2, OT
Vancouver 4, Winnipeg 0
Minnesota at Vegas, late
St. Louis at Anaheim, late
Toronto at Edmonton, late
Colorado at San Jose, late
Tuesday9s Games
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday9s Games
Washington at Boston, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Anaheim, 6:30 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
MLB Spring Training
Monday9s Games
Houston 7, Washington 6
Minnesota 6, Tampa Bay 5
Baltimore 4, Phila. 4
Atlanta 5, Boston 3
N.Y. Yankees 5, Detroit 4
Miami 2, N.Y. Mets 0
Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 2
Kansas City 8, Cleveland 6
San Francisco 1, Texas 1
L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 0
Oakland 13, Cincinnati 5
Chicago Cubs 1, San Diego 0
Chicago White Sox 4, L.A. Angels 4
Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Katie Krause director
of public relations.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Hunter
Dozier on a four-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Outrighted OF Greg Allen to
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A East).
National League
NEW YORK METS — Named Jeff Deline executive vice
president and chief revenue officer.
Minor League Baseball
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Agreed to terms with 1B/OF/
LHP Clint Freeman on a minor league contract.
Frontier League
EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Agreed to terms with OF Miles
Gordon on a minor league contract.
OTTAWA TITANS — Agreed to terms with 2B Trevor
Achenbach on a minor league contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Jonathan Decoster
offensive quality control coach.
CHICAGO BEARS — Named Tom Herman offensive an-
alyst and Anthony Hibbert assistant strength coach.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted Jerry Gray to defen-
sive backs/passing game coordinator, Adam Stenavich
to offensive line/run game coordinator, Rayna Stewart
to assistant special teams coach and Connor Lewis to
special teams assistant/game management specialist.
Hired John Dunn as senior analyst, Justin Hood as de-
fensive quality control coach, Ryan Mahaffey as offen-
sive quality control coach and Tim Zetts as offensive
quality control coach.
HOUSTON TEXANS — Agreed to terms with CB Cornell
Armstrong and RBs Dontrell Hilliard and Buddy How-
ell to contract extensions. Released QB Josh McCown.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Waived LB Ukeme Eligwe and DE
Jeremiah Valoaga and released DB D.J. Killings.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Tendered RB Boston Scott,
WR Greg Ward and LB Alex Singleton to exclusive rights
free agents.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Retired C Maurice Pouncey.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with CB Breon
Borders on a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Reassigned D Brandon Davidson
to the taxi squad.
DALLAS STARS — Signed F Mavrik Bourque to 3-year,
entry level contract.
EDMONTON OILERS — Claimed G Alex Stalock off
waivers.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with F Logan
Hutsko on a 2-year entry level contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Signed G Colten Ellis to a 3-year
entry level contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
INTER MIAMI CF — Named Jason Kreiss assistant coach,
Nicholas Lewis sports scientist, Mark Mason assistant
coach, director of goalkeeping and set piece squad,
Miguel Motolongo head of MLS performance, Anthony
Pulis assistant coach, Sebastien Saja assistant goalkeeper
coach, Alec Scott performance analyst and Brett Uttley
assistant anaylst.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Added Youba Diarra on loan
from Red Bulls Salzburg.
USL Championship
SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC — Named Todd Dunivant
President.
NFL | SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
While Wilson frustrated, Watt signs with Arizona
BY GREGG BELL
The (Tacoma, Wash.) News Tribune
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Russell Wilson’s frustrations
with the Seahawks just became
even more well-founded.
The NFC West-rival Arizona
Cardinals are signing five-time
All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt
to a two-year contract. That
will be another issue for the Se-
ahawks’ pass protection of Wil-
son this year.
Watt, who turns 32 next
month, announced his deal
with the Cardinals on his Twit-
ter social-media account Mon-
day morning. He ended weeks
of speculation of where he
would sign as a free agent af-
ter he and his former Houston
Texans parted.
Watt gets $23 million guar-
anteed, ESPN reported.
Injuries have kept him from
playing a full season in three of
the last five years. But with 101
sacks in 10 seasons, he paired
on the opposite end with pass-
rush linebacker Chandler Jones
is a problem for Cardinals’ op-
ponents.
Pass protection has been a
problem for Seattle, for years.
Jones knows that as well as
anyone. He posted on Twitter
after Watt chose to sign with
Jennifer Stewart/AP file
Seattle Seahawks quarterback
Russell Wilson prior to a game
against the San Francisco 49ers in
January in Glendale, Arizona.
the Cardinals: “Also feel bad for
my guy RW3 lol”
Wilson, 32 said during a con-
ference call with Seattle-area
reporters last month that “I am
frustrated with getting hit too
much.” That was after he was
again among the NFL’s most-
sacked quarterbacks this past
season, despite a team-record
40 touchdown passes.
The Los Angeles Rams have
NFL defensive player of the
year Aaron Donald and the
league’s top-ranked defense.
They have sacked Wilson more
than any other team in the
league over the QB’s 10-year ca-
reer, 72 times in 18 regular-sea-
son games.
The team that’s sacked Wil-
son the second-most times?
The Cardinals (59, in 18
games). Now they have Watt
paired with Jones. Jones’ 13 1/2
sacks of Wilson in nine career
games are more than twice
more than he’s had against any
other team.
Also in the NFC West: San
Francisco, with a top-five de-
fensive front featuring Nick
Bosa and Arik Armstead. Even
with an injured team in 2020
that failed to make the playoffs
a year after playing in the Super
Bowl, the 49ers sacked Wilson
four times in two games last
season.
The Seahawks are likely to
have two new starters among
their first five offensive line-
men in 2021. But they currently
have scant resources to get top-
flight ones.
Hence Wilson’s ongoing
frustration.
Former All-Pro left guard
Mike Iupati is retiring from
the NFL at the age of 33 after
11 seasons with the San Fran-
cisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals
and, in 2019 and 2020, Seattle.
He told his agent as soon as the
Seahawks’ season ended with
their home playoff loss to the
Rams last month that he was
leaving the game following a
chronic nerve issue in his neck
that sidelined him late in each
of his two seasons with Seattle,
the Spokesman-Review in Spo-
kane reported last week.
The Seahawks have a
cheaper, in-house replacement
in Jordan Simmons. He has
performed well in spot starts
at left, and more often, right
guard as an injury replacement
on the offensive line the last few
seasons.
Seattle drafted Phil Haynes
in the fourth round in 2019 to
potentially start at left guard.
He’s been injured for most of
his first two NFL seasons and
played in just two games in two
years.
Wilson declaring his frustra-
tion at getting hit a league-high
394 sacks in nine years and es-
sentially demanding better pass
protection could precede 40%
of his offensive line changing
for 2021. That’s because center
Ethan Pocic’s contract ended
with that playoff loss to the
Rams in early January.