B2 The BulleTin • Sunday, March 21, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
SUNDAY
LACROSSE
Women’s college, Michigan at Penn St.
BASEBALL
College, Missouri at Kentucky
MLB preseason, N.Y. Yankees at Toronto
College, Alabama at Arkansas
MLB preseason, L.A. Angels at San Diego
BASKETBALL
Women’s NCAA, Central Michigan vs. Iowa
Women’s NCAA, Marquette vs. Virginia Tech
Men’s NCAA, Loyola Chicago vs. Illinois
Women’s NCAA, Wake Forest vs. Oklahoma St.
Women’s NCAA, Idaho St. vs. Kentucky
Women’s NCAA, Middle Tennessee St. vs. Tennessee
Men’s NCAA, Wisconsin vs. Baylor
Women’s NCAA, Florida Gulf Coast vs. Michigan
Women’s NCAA, North Carolina A&T vs. NC State
Women’s NCAA, Jackson St. vs. Baylor
Women’s NCAA, Stephen F. Austin vs. Georgia Tech
Men’s NCAA, Syracuse vs. West Virginia
Women’s NCAA, South Dakota St. vs. Syracuse
Women’s NCAA, Mercer vs. South Carolina
Men’s NCAA, Texas Tech vs. Arkansas
Men’s NCAA, Rutgers vs. Houston
Women’s NCAA, Florida St. vs. Oregon St.
Men’s NCAA, Oral Roberts vs. Florida
Women’s NCAA, High Point vs. Connecticut
Women’s NCAA, Lehigh vs. West Virginia
Men’s NCAA, North Texas vs. Villanova
Women’s NCAA, Washington St. vs. South Florida
Men’s NCAA, Oregon St. vs. Oklahoma St.
Women’s NCAA, Utah Valley vs. Stanford
NBA, Dallas at Portland
SOCCER
Women’s college, Michigan at Penn St.
Women’s college, Iowa at Maryland
Premier League, Aston Villa vs. Tottenham Hotspur
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
Dominican Republic vs. United States
Mexico Primera Division, Santos Laguna vs. León
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
Costa Rica vs. Mexico
GOLF
PGA Tour, Honda Classic
PGA Tour, Honda Classic
SOFTBALL
College, Tennessee at Alabama
College, Arizona at Washington
College, Arizona St. at UCLA
College, Texas A&M at LSU
HORSE RACING
America’s Day the the Races
America’s Day the the Races
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR Cup Series, Atlanta
HOCKEY
NHL, Vegas at Los Angeles
Time
7 a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
1 p.m.
TV
ESPNU
SEC
MLB
SEC
MLB
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
noon
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
3:10 p.m.
4:10 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:40 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
ESPN
ESPNU
CBS
ESPN2
ESPN
ABC
CBS
ESPN2
ESPN
ABC
ESPNU
CBS
ESPN2
ESPN
TNT
TBS
ESPN2
truTV
ESPN
ESPNU
TNT
ESPN2
TBS
ESPN
NBCSNW
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
12:25 p.m.
Big Ten
Big Ten
NBCSN
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
FS1
FS2
6:30 p.m.
FS1
10 a.m.
noon
Golf
NBC
11 a.m.
noon
2 p.m.
3 p.m.
ESPNU
Pac-12
Pac-12
SEC
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
FS2
FS1
noon
FOX
3 p.m.
NBCSN
MONDAY
BASKETBALL
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, Drexel vs. Georgia
Women’s NCAA, BYU vs. Rutgers
Women’s NCAA, North Carolina vs. Alabama
Women’s NCAA, VCU vs. Indiana
Women’s NCAA, Stony Brook vs. Arizona
Women’s NCAA, Wright St. vs. Arkansas
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, Belmont vs. Gonzaga
Women’s NCAA, Mount St. Mary’s vs. Maryland
Women’s NCAA, UCF vs. Northwestern
Women’s NCAA, Michigan St. vs. Iowa St.
Women’s NCAA, Troy vs. Texas A&M
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, UC Davis vs. Missouri St.
Women’s NCAA, Bradley vs. Texas
Women’s NCAA, Marist vs. Louisville
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Men’s NCAA, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, South Dakota vs. Oregon
Women’s NCAA, Wyoming vs. UCLA
BASEBALL
MLB preseason, St. Louis at Miami
MLB preseason, Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels
MLB preseason, L.A. Dodgers at Seattle
LACROSSE
Women’s college, California at Colorado
Women’s college, Stanford at Oregon
GYMNASTICS
Men’s college, Illinois at Minnesota
SOCCER
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
Haiti vs. Canada
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship,
El Salvador vs. Honduras
HOCKEY
NHL, Anaheim at Minnesota
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
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5 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
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CBS
ESPN2
ESPNU
ESPN
ESPNU
ESPN2
ESPN
CBS
ESPN2
ESPN
ESPNU
ESPN
ESPN2
TNT
CBS
ESPNU
ESPN2
ESPN
TNT
CBS
ESPN2
ESPN
MLB
MLB
MLB
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
Pac-12
Pac-12
2 p.m.
Big Ten
3 p.m.
FS1
5:30 p.m.
FS1
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for
late changes made by TV stations.
SPORTS BRIEFING
Jones jumps back into lead at PGA Tour’s Honda Clas-
sic — Aaron Wise had a six-shot lead during the third round
of The Honda Classic. Everything went wrong from there,
and Matt Jones took full advantage. The 40-year-old Austra-
lian handled the wind at PGA National to shoot a 1-under 69
on Saturday, going to 10 under and moving three shots clear
of Wise and J.B. Holmes. Wise, a onetime Oregon standout,
played his final 13 holes in 7 over for a 75. Holmes (67) broke
par for his third consecutive round.
— Bulletin wire report
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
1
Oregon
Lottery
results
As listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
6 22 42 61 4
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
3 12 14 31 39 44
The estimated jackpot is now $3.4 million.
ON DECK
MONDAY
Volleyball: cascade at Sisters, 4 p.m.; cascade vs.
Summit (at Sisters), 5:30 p.m.; Summit at Sisters, 7 p.m.;
culver at Trinity lutheran, 3:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Summit at Bend, 4 p.m.; redmond at
ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at Philomath, 7:30 p.m.
Girls soccer: corbett at Madras, 4 p.m.; la Pine at
creswell, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
Volleyball: redmond at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.; hood
river Valley at crook county, 6:30 p.m.; Madras at cor-
bett, 6 p.m.; Santiam christian at la Pine, 6 p.m.; culver
at north lake/Paisley, 2 p.m.; culver at central christian,
4 p.m.; north lake/Paisley at central christian, 6 p.m.
Girls soccer: ridgeview at redmond, 6 p.m.; Philo-
math at Sisters, 6 p.m.
PREPS
Football
Friday’s Late Games
Mountain View 33, Bend 21
redmond 27, ridgeview 0
Madras 21, north Marion 0
Gladstone 31, crook county 0
Sweet home 36, Sisters 6
Santiam christian 50, la Pine 22
Gilchrist 41, elkton 26
Saturday’s Game
Summit 30, Beaverton 21
Volleyball
Saturday’s Games
crook county 3, Mountain View 0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-16)
Mountain View vs. ridgeview, late
crook county 3, ridgeview 1 (25-18, 25-23, 24-26, 26-24)
redmond vs. hood river Valley, late
harrisburg 3, la Pine 0 (no scores reported)
Boys Soccer
Saturday’s Games
Bend 2, Mountain View 1
crook county vs. The dalles, late
Pleasant hill 9, la Pine 1
GOLF
PGA Tour
Honda Classic Scores
Saturday at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Purse: $7 million; Yardage: 7,048; Par: 70
Third Round
Matt Jones
61-70-69—200
J.B. holmes
69-67-67—203
aaron Wise
64-64-75—203
c.T. Pan
67-72-65—204
cameron Tringale
67-68-69—204
Sam ryder
69-63-72—204
Keegan Bradley
69-69-67—205
Sungjae im
68-68-69—205
robert Streb
69-66-70—205
Zach Johnson
67-68-70—205
Brice Garnett
71-64-70—205
Stewart cink
71-64-70—205
roger Sloan, 71-69-66—206. chris Kirk, 68-71-67—
206. lucas Glover, 71-66-69—206. camilo Villegas, 69-65-
72—206. russell henley, 64-69-73—206. ryan armour,
70-71-66—207. Sepp Straka, 68-70-69—207. Steve
Stricker, 66-71-70—207. adam hadwin, 72-65-70—207.
cameron davis, 66-71-70—207. harold Varner iii, 71-65-
71—207. Shane lowry, 67-66-74—207. denny Mccarthy,
68-65-74—207. Brandon hagy, 69-62-76—207.
Vincent Whaley, 73-67-68—208. Jhonattan Vegas, 71-
68-69—208. Phil Mickelson, 71-68-69—208. alex noren,
71-68-69—208. John huh, 68-70-70—208. adam Scott,
69-67-72—208. Will Gordon, 67-69-72—208. erik van
rooyen, 70-70-69—209. lucas herbert, 70-69-70—209.
Tyler Mccumber, 70-69-70—209. Brendan Steele, 73-
65-71—209. Joaquin niemann, 69-67-73—209. Kevin
Streelman, 69-67-73—209. harry higgs, 68-67-74—209.
chase Seiffert, 67-74-69—210. Mark hubbard, 68-73-
69—210. Jim herman, 70-71-69—210. charl Schwartzel,
70-69-71—210. William McGirt, 69-69-72—210. adam
Schenk, 72-66-72—210. Michael Thompson, 71-66-
73—210. Stephen Stallings, Jr., 71-70-70—211. Macken-
zie hughes, 68-72-71—211. Tom lewis, 74-66-71—211.
Matthew neSmith, 70-68-73—211. Brian Gay, 71-67-
73—211. Kevin chappell, 66-70-75—211. Jason dufner,
68-68-75—211.
Pat Perez, 72-69-71—212. Satoshi Kodaira, 70-71-
71—212. chase Koepka, 69-69-74—212. Keith Mitchell,
69-69-74—212. Scott harrington, 66-67-79—212. Beau
hossler, 71-70-72—213. Talor Gooch, 72-69-72—213.
nate lashley, 68-71-74—213. Jimmy Walker, 69-68-
77—214. Ted Potter, Jr., 70-71-74—215. d.J. Trahan,
68-71-76—215. Kiradech aphibarnrat, 70-71-75—216.
rickie Fowler, 70-68-78—216. Bronson Burgoon, 69-
70-78—217.
Friday’s Late Games
denver 131, chicago 127, OT
Portland 125, dallas 119
Phoenix 113, Minnesota 101
HOCKEY
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 31 20 7 4 44 106 92
n.y. islanders 32 20 8 4 44 96 72
Pittsburgh
31 19 11 1 39 99 86
Boston
28 16 8 4 36 77 66
Philadelphia 29 15 11 3 33 93 105
n.y. rangers 30 13 13 4 30 89 79
new Jersey
28 10 14 4 24 69 89
Buffalo
29 6 19 4 16 61 101
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
30 22 6 2 46 110 70
Florida
30 20 6 4 44 102 83
carolina
30 20 7 3 43 101 78
columbus
32 13 12 7 33 86 103
chicago
32 14 13 5 33 95 106
dallas
27 10 10 7 27 77 71
nashville
31 13 17 1 27 73 100
detroit
32 10 18 4 24 71 104
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
28 21 6 1 43 94 63
colorado
29 19 8 2 40 97 65
Minnesota
29 18 10 1 37 87 75
St. louis
30 15 10 5 35 91 97
arizona
31 13 13 5 31 77 92
los angeles 29 12 11 6 30 85 83
San Jose
28 11 13 4 26 81 98
anaheim
32 9 17 6 24 71 110
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
32 20 10 2 42 107 83
edmonton
33 20 13 0 40 112 95
Winnipeg
30 18 10 2 38 98 87
Montreal
31 14 8 9 37 100 87
Vancouver
35 16 16 3 35 99 111
calgary
32 15 14 3 33 87 97
Ottawa
33 10 20 3 23 87 130
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.
Friday’s Late Games
St. louis 2, San Jose 1, SO
Vegas 4, los angeles 2
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh 3, new Jersey 1
Florida 2, nashville 0
colorado 6, Minnesota 0
Tampa Bay 4, chicago 1
n.y. islanders 6, Philadelphia 1
dallas 3, detroit 0
n.y. rangers 3, Washington 1
Toronto 2, calgary 0
columbus 3, carolina 2, SO
Montreal 5, Vancouver 4, SO
arizona 5, anaheim 1
Boston at Buffalo, ppd.
St. louis at San Jose, late
Winnipeg at edmonton, late
Sunday’s Games
new Jersey at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Vegas at los angeles, 3 p.m.
nashville at dallas, 5:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Phila.
29
13
.690
Brooklyn
28
14
.667
Milwaukee
27
14
.659
Miami
22
20
.524
atlanta
22
20
.524
charlotte
20
20
.500
new york
21
21
.500
Boston
20
21
.488
indiana
18
22
.450
chicago
18
22
.450
Toronto
17
24
.415
Washington
15
25
.375
cleveland
15
26
.366
Orlando
14
27
.341
detroit
12
29
.293
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
utah
30
11
.732
Phoenix
27
13
.675
l.a. lakers
28
14
.667
l.a. clippers
26
16
.619
denver
25
16
.610
Portland
25
16
.610
San antonio
22
17
.564
dallas
21
19
.525
Golden State
22
21
.512
Memphis
19
20
.487
new Orleans
17
24
.415
Oklahoma city
17
24
.415
Sacramento
17
25
.405
houston
11
29
.275
Minnesota
10
32
.238
GB
—
1
1½
7
7
8
8
8½
10
10
11½
13
13½
14½
16½
GB
—
2½
2½
4½
5
5
7
8½
9
10
13
13
13½
18½
20½
Friday’s Late Box Score
Trail Blazers 125, Mavericks 119
DALLAS (119)
hardaway Jr. 9-14 0-0 25, Kleber 6-9 0-0 16, Porzingis
3-11 4-4 11, doncic 15-27 4-5 38, richardson 2-9 0-0 4,
iwundu 2-2 2-2 6, Powell 0-1 0-0 0, Brunson 3-4 2-2 9,
Burke 4-4 0-0 10. Totals 44-81 12-13 119.
PORTLAND (125)
covington 4-10 0-0 11, Jones Jr. 1-4 0-0 3, Kanter 7-13
0-0 14, lillard 10-19 7-7 31, Mccollum 11-23 3-3 32, an-
thony 6-11 3-4 18, hood 2-5 0-0 6, Trent Jr. 2-7 2-3 7,
little 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 44-93 15-17 125.
Dallas
33 27 38 21 — 119
Portland
37 27 29 32 — 125
3-Point Goals—dallas 19-42 (hardaway Jr. 7-11,
Kleber 4-7, doncic 4-13, Burke 2-2, Brunson 1-2, Por-
zingis 1-4, richardson 0-2), Portland 22-47 (Mccollum
7-13, lillard 4-10, anthony 3-5, covington 3-8, hood
2-3, Jones Jr. 1-2, Trent Jr. 1-5). Fouled Out—none.
Rebounds—dallas 39 (doncic 9), Portland 43 (Kanter
9). Assists—dallas 25 (doncic 9), Portland 17 (lillard
6). Total Fouls—dallas 16, Portland 15. A—0 (19,393)
Saturday’s Games
atlanta 99, l.a. lakers 94
Phila. 129, Sacramento 105
Memphis 111, Golden State 103
Milwaukee 120, San antonio 113
charlotte at l.a. clippers, late
Sunday’s Games
indiana at Miami, 10 a.m.
Oklahoma city at houston, 11 a.m.
new Orleans at denver, noon
Orlando at Boston, 12:30 p.m.
chicago at detroit, 4 p.m.
Toronto at cleveland, 4 p.m.
Washington at Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Phila. at new york, 5 p.m.
dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.
l.a. lakers at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Men’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT
FIRST ROUND
Friday’s Late Games
Syracuse 78, San diego St. 62
Villanova 73, Winthrop 63
West Virginia 84, Morehead St. 67
Saturday’s Games
alabama 68, iona 55
colorado 96, Georgetown 73
Maryland 63, uconn 54
creighton 63, uc Santa Barbara 62
Florida St. 64, unc-Greensboro 54
Gonzaga 98, norfolk St. 55
iowa 86, Grand canyon 74
Kansas 93, e. Washington 84
lSu 76, St. Bonaventure 61
Michigan 82, Texas Southern 66
Oklahoma 72, Missouri 68
Oregon vs. Vcu, no contest (Oregon advances)
Southern cal 72, drake 56
Ohio 62, Virginia 58
ucla 73, Byu 62
abilene christian vs. Texas, late
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR Cup Series
Atlanta Lineup
After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday
At Hampton, Ga.
Lap length: 1.54 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1, (11) denny hamlin, Toyota. 2, (19) Martin Truex Jr.,
Toyota. 3, (22) Joey logano, Ford. 4, (2) Brad Keselowski,
Ford. 5, (9) chase elliott, chevrolet.
6, (5) Kyle larson, chevrolet. 7, (4) Kevin harvick, Ford.
8, (20) christopher Bell, Toyota. 9, (24) William Byron,
chevrolet. 10, (12) ryan Blaney, Ford.
11, (1) Kurt Busch, chevrolet. 12, (47) ricky Stenhouse
Jr., chevrolet. 13, (3) austin dillon, chevrolet. 14, (48) alex
Bowman, chevrolet. 15, (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota.
16, (10) aric almirola, Ford. 17, (17) chris Buescher,
Ford. 18, (34) Michael Mcdowell, Ford. 19, (18) Kyle Bus-
ch, Toyota. 20, (21) Matt diBenedetto, Ford.
21, (42) ross chastain, chevrolet. 22, (43) erik Jones,
chevrolet. 23, (37) ryan Preece, chevrolet. 24, (14) chase
Briscoe, Ford. 25, (99) daniel Suarez, chevrolet.
26, (77) Justin haley, chevrolet. 27, (41) cole custer,
Ford. 28, (6) ryan newman, Ford. 29, (8) Tyler reddick,
chevrolet. 30, (7) corey lajoie, chevrolet.
31, (78) B.J. Mcleod, Ford. 32, (38) anthony alfredo,
Ford. 33, (51) cody Ware, chevrolet. 34, (15) James davi-
son, chevrolet. 35, (00) Quin houff, chevrolet.
36, (53) Joey Gase, Ford. 37, (52) Josh Bilicki, Ford. 38,
(66) Timmy hill, Ford. 39, (33) austin cindric, Ford.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
deTrOiT TiGerS — reassigned inF Spencer Torkel-
son and OF riley Green to alternate training site.
National League
ariZOna diaMOndBacKS — Optioned rhP riley
Smith to reno (Triple-a West)
cOlOradO rOcKieS — Selected the contracts of
inFs c.J. cron and chris Owings from albuquerque (Tri-
ple-a West). Placed rhP Peter lambert on the 60-day il.
MilWauKe BreWerS — Optioned lhPs eric lauer
and angel Perdomo to nashville (Triple-a east).
neW yOrK MeTS — Optioned rhP yennsy diaz, c
Patrick Mazeika and lhP daniel Zamora to Syracuse
(Triple-a east).
San FranciScO GianTS — reassigned lhPs an-
thony Banda and Sam long, OFs Steven duggar, heliot
ramos and iF Jason Krizan to mior league camp.
ST. lOuiS cardinalS — Optioned rhPs Seth elledge,
angel rondon and c ali Sanchez to Memphis (Triple-a
east). Optioned c ivan herrera to Springfield (double-a
central). reassigned rhP roel ramirez, c aaron antoni-
ni, inFs evan Mendoza, delvin Perez, OFs conner capel
and Scott hurst to minor league camp.
WaShinGTOn naTiOnalS — Optioned lhP Ben
Braymer, c Tres Barrera and rhP Steven Fuentes to roch-
ester (Triple-a east).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna cardinalS — released K Brett Maher.
BalTiMOre raVenS — Signed lB Tyus Bowser.
carOlina PanTherS — Signed cB rashaan Melvin
and Wr david Moore.
cleVeland BrOWnS — Signed MlB anthony Walk-
er.
chicaGO BearS — Signed dB desmond Trufant to a
one-year contract. Signed de angelo Blackson and andy
dalton. released dB Kyle Fuller.
deTrOiT liOnS — Signed de charles harris and Ja-
mal Williams.
indianaOPOliS cOlTS — Signed cB Xavier rhodes
to a one-year contract.
JacKSOnVille JaGuarS — Signed P logan cooke
to a contract extension. claimed Wr Jon’Vea Johnson off
waivers from dallas.
MiaMi dOlPhinS — Signed Wr Will Fuller.
neW yOrK GianTS — Signed ilB reggie ragland.
neW yOrK JeTS — Signed Wr Keelan cole and OG
dan Feeney.
PiTTSBurGh STeelerS — Signed Wr JuJu
Smith-Schuster and cameron Sutton.
San FranciScO 49erS — Signed dB dontae John-
son and Trent Sherfield.
TaMPa Bay BuccaneerS — re-signed lB Kevin
Minter and dl rakeem nunez-roches.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTOn BruinS — assigned lW anton Blidh to Prov-
idence (ahl).
chicaGO BlacKhaWKS — recalled rW reese John-
son from the minor league taxi squad.
cOlOradO aValanche — assigned G Jonas Jo-
hansson to colorado (ahl).
lOS anGeleS KinGS — assigned c lias andersson
to Ontario (ahl).
MinneSOTa Wild — recalled c Joseph cramarossa
from the minor league taxi squad.
naShVille PredaTOrS — recalled ds alexandre
carrier and Ben harpur from the minor league taxi squad.
neW JerSey deVilS — recalled Fs Mikhail Maltsev,
nick Merkley and G Gilles Senn from the minor league
taxi squad.
neW yOrK ranGerS — recalled rW Jonny Brodz-
inski for hartford (ahl). assigned d Mason Geertsen to
hartford (ahl).
OTTaWa SenaTOrS — assigned G anton Forsber to
Belleville (ahl).
PiTTSBurGh PenGuinS — designated lW Sam
Miletic for assignment to the taxi squad. recalled rWs
anthony angello and colton Sceviour from the minor
league taxi squad.
San JOSe SharKS — recalled c Zachary Gallant from
the minor league taxi squad. assigned d nick deSimone
to San Jose (ahl).
TaMPa Bay liGhTninG — recalled c ross colton
from the minor league taxi squad.
VeGaS KniGhTS — assigned c Patrick Brown and lW
Tomas Jurco to henderson (ahl). recalled F Pavel doro-
feyev from henderson (ahl).
Minor League
Southern Professional Hockey League
MacOn MayheM — Placed lW ray Brice on 30-day
injured reserve. recalled d casey Johnson from South
carolina (echl).
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR returns to roots with 1st of 2 visits to Atlanta
reer victory, and Kyle Larson,
coming back from a season in
which he was lost his job and
was suspended for making a
racial slur in an online race.
“Certainly it’s not bad having
different people win,” Elliott
said. “I feel like it’s a good thing
from a fan’s perspective.”
BY PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press
HAMPTON, Ga. —
NASCAR is returning to its
roots.
Even as the good ol’ boys at-
tempt to break with the uglier
parts of their history — most
notably, the Confederate flag
— the sport has embraced a
more traditional footprint with
its 2021 schedule.
That includes Atlanta Motor
Speedway, which on Sunday
is hosting the first of two Cup
races.
NASCAR will return to the
track in July — the first time
since 2010 that the tri-oval has
staged a pair of events.
The drivers are certainly
pleased to be making a couple
of visits to one of their favor-
ite stops, a treacherous, high-
speed layout that produces
some of the best racing on the
Cup circuit.
“Atlanta has always been a
track I enjoyed,” said Martin
Truex, coming off a victory
in last week’s race in Phoenix.
“It’s a very fun racetrack, being
able to run all over the track,
just the tire wear and all those
things, are things I enjoy be-
hind the wheel.”
Nearly two decades ago,
NASCAR began an effort to
expand its fan base by staging
more races beyond the seven
states — North Carolina, South
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama and Flor-
ida — that had long dominated
the schedule.
But with attendance dipping
at many tracks and big TV rat-
ings harder to come by from
an increasingly fragmented
audience, the governing body
decided to shake things up by
turning to its past.
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Martin Truex Jr. waves to fans from victory lane after winning a
NASCAR Cup Series race on March 14 in Avondale, Arizona.
The coronavirus pandemic
muddled the effort in 2020, but
this year’s schedule includes 19
races in those seven traditional
states — the most since 2003.
Atlanta has returned to
having two Cup dates. So has
South Carolina’s Darlington
Raceway, which was limited to
one race from 2005-19. Nash-
ville is back on the schedule for
the first time since 1984.
To accommodate the
changes, NASCAR dumped
Chicago and Kentucky. Dover
gave up one of its two races.
The first race scheduled in Cal-
ifornia in February was moved
because of COVID-19 restric-
tions, but NASCAR still has
a June stop in Sonoma on the
schedule.
Reigning Cup champion
Chase Elliott is thrilled to have
two chances to win at what he
considers his home track.
“It’s always going to be a spe-
cial place for me,” he said. “I
spent lot of time racing Leg-
ends cars and things like that
down there. For sure, I would
love to go have a good run.”
Some things to watch for
in Sunday’s Folds of Honor
QuikTrip 500:
Harvick anniversary
Atlanta means a lot to Kevin
Harvick.
Twenty years ago, he won his
first Cup race at the track only
three weeks after the death of
Dale Earnhardt.
Harvick replaced Earnhardt
on the Richard Childress team
and took the checkered flag in
just his third Cup start.
After a 16-year drought in
Atlanta, he has won two of
the last three Cup races at the
track, including last year’s pan-
demic-delayed event.
Who’s next?
The first five races of 2021
have produced five different
winners, including first-timers
Michael McDowell and Chris-
topher Bell.
The surprising group also
includes William Byron, who
claimed just his second ca-
Slip slidin’ away
The Atlanta has gone 24
years since its last repaving,
which makes it extremely
rough on tires and much more
challenging for drivers on long
runs between pit stops.
“The pace falloff is massive
with every lap,” Elliott said “Ev-
ery lap, you’re pretty much los-
ing time. If you can run two
laps the same in the first 10 to
15 laps of a run, you’re doing
really well.
“That’s what makes the race
track so challenging. You’re
trying to find some consis-
tency, you’re trying to get in a
rhythm and not beat up your
tires. That’s a hard thing to do
when you’re trying to go really
fast and set a good pace at the
same time.”
Fans in the stands
A year ago, Atlanta was the
first Cup race to be halted by
the coronavirus pandemic.
NASCAR was shuttered for
more than two months, finally
returning to Atlanta on June 7
after a massive reconfiguration
of the schedule.
This year’s race won’t be to-
tally normal, but it will include
one big change from 2020: fans
in the stands.
Atlanta will welcome about
20,000 spectators, selling out
its grandstand tickets as well
as having socially distanced
camping in the infield.