A6 The BulleTin • Wednesday, april 14, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
Time
TV
MLB, regional coverage
10 a.m.
MLB
MLB, regional coverage
1 p.m.
MLB
MLB, regional coverage
4 p.m.
MLB
MLB, Seattle at Baltimore
4 p.m.
Root
LACROSSE
Women’s college, Johns Hopkins at Maryland
11:30 a.m.
Big Ten
GOLF
College, Western Intercollegiate
1 p.m.
Golf
LPGA Tour, LOTTE Championship
4 p.m.
Golf
European Tour, Austrian Open
4:30 a.m. (Thu) Golf
SOCCER
Men’s college, Big Ten, Michigan at Penn St.
2 p.m.
Big Ten
CONCACAF Champions League, Toronto FC vs. León 3 p.m.
FS1
NWSL Challenge Cup,
NJ/NY Gotham FC at Orlando Pride
4 p.m.
CBSSN
Men’s college, Big Ten, Maryland at Indiana
4:30 p.m.
Big Ten
CONCACAF Champions League,
Philadelphia Union vs. Deportivo Saprissa
5 p.m.
FS1
CONCACAF Champions League,
América vs. CD Olimpia
5 p.m.
FS2
BASKETBALL
NBA, Brooklyn at Philadelphia
4 p.m.
ESPN
NBA, Dallas at Memphis
6:30 p.m.
ESPN
SOFTBALL
College, Southern Mississippi at Mississippi St.
4 p.m.
SEC
HOCKEY
NHL, Colorado at St. Louis
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN
NHL, Vegas at Los Angeles
7 p.m.
NBCSN
ON DECK
Prep sports
WEDNESDAY
Baseball: Madras at Corbett, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: Corbett at Madras, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: hood river Valley at Crook County,
3 p.m.; pendleton at redmond, 3 p.m.; The dalles at
ridgeview, 3 p.m.
Girls tennis: redmond at pendleton, 3 p.m.; hood
river Valley at Crook County, 3 p.m.; ridgeview at The
dalles, 3 p.m.
Girls golf: redmond invitational, at The Greens at
redmond, noon.
THURSDAY
Baseball: Colton at Culver (dh), 3 p.m.
Softball: Mountain View at summit, 4:30 p.m.;
stayton at sisters, 4:30 p.m.; Colton at Culver, 5 p.m.;
ridgeview at Crook County (dh), 3 p.m.
Boys golf: Crook County invitational, 11 a.m.
Track and field: icebreaker Meet, at Crook County
high school.
PREPS
Baseball
Bend 11, Crook County 1
ridgeview at summit, late
The dalles at redmond, ccd.
la pine 6, pleasant hill 2
Softball
ridgeview 15, summit 0
Bend 10, Crook County 0
The dalles 26, redmond 4
pleasant hill 12, la pine 0
Culver 27, Gervais 20
BASEBALL
THURSDAY
MLB
BASEBALL
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, Seattle at Baltimore
MLB, regional coverage
MLB, regional coverage
College, Auburn at Alabama
College, South Carolina at LSU
MLB, regional coverage
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
GOLF
PGA Tour, RBC Heritage
LPGA Tour, LOTTE Championship
European Tour, Austrian Open
SOCCER
Women’s college, Big Ten, Iowa at Penn St.
Women’s college, Big Ten, Rutgers vs. Wisconsin
CONCACAF Champions League,
Columbus Crew vs. Real Estelí
CONCACAF Champions League,
Monterrey vs. Club Atlético Pantoja
WATER SPORTS
World Surf League, Narrabeen Classic
HOCKEY
NHL, Florida at Tampa Bay
BASKETBALL
NBA, Milwaukee at Atlanta
NBA, Boston at L.A. Lakers
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix practice
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
noon
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
MLB
Root
MLB
MLB
SEC
ESPNU
MLB
10 a.m.
FS2
noon
4 p.m.
4:30 a.m. (Fri)
Golf
Golf
Golf
2 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Big Ten
Big Ten
5 p.m.
FS1
7 p.m.
FS1
3:30 p.m.
FS2
4 p.m.
NBCSN
4:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
1:55 a.m. (Fri)
ESPN2
SPORTS BRIEFING
BASKETBALL
Blazers sign forward T.J. Leaf to 2-way contract — The
Portland Trail Blazers have officially signed free agent forward
T.J. Leaf to a two-way contract, the team announced Tuesday.
The Blazers’ plan to sign Leaf was revealed last week but he
had to pass through the NBA’s health and safety protocols be-
fore he could officially sign a contract and join the team. Leaf
entered the NBA in 2017 as the 18th overall pick to Indiana.
The former UCLA star was most recently under contract with
the Oklahoma City Thunder, who released Leaf on Dec. 18.
BASEBALL
OSU’s 4-game losing streak drops Beavers out of
multiple college polls — The Oregon State Beavers’ April
swoon has sent the college baseball juggernaut into a place it
has not been since opening day: outside most of the national
polls. The Beavers have dropped out of three of the six major
national college baseball polls, a result of a four-game losing
streak that included a three-game sweep against rival Oregon
over the weekend.
Oregon’s Robert Ahlstrom, Gabe Matthews named
Pac-12 pitcher, player of the week — Oregon’s Robert
Ahlstrom and Gabe Matthews were each honored by the Pac-
12 for their play in a series sweep against Oregon State. Ahl-
strom was named Pac-12 pitcher of the week and Matthews
was named Pac-12 player of the week in helping lead the Ducks
to three wins over the Beavers last weekend. Matthews went 5
for 8 with a double, home run, three RBIs and two runs scored
in the OSU series and 7 for 11 with four RBIs and three runs
scored on the week. Ahlstrom allowed one run on five hits and
a walk and struck out nine in Friday’s series opening win.
COLLEGE SPORTS
Immediately eligible: NCAA on verge of transfer
rule change — The NCAA is about to make a monumen-
tal change to its transfer rules. The Division I Council meets
Wednesday and Thursday, and the agenda includes voting
on a proposal that would grant all college athletes the abil-
ity to transfer one time as undergraduates without having to
then sit out a season of competition. All indications are the
proposal will pass. When it does, athletes in football, men’s
and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey will
for the first time be immediately eligible to play after switch-
ing schools without asking for special permission. In all other
NCAA sports, athletes were allowed to switch schools once
before graduating and play immediately. The exception will
soon be available to everyone.
— Bulletin wire reports
MEGA MILLIONS
The numbers drawn Tuesday night are:
Oregon
Lottery
results
x
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
new york
4
3
.571
—
philadelphia
6
5
.545
—
Miami
4
6
.400
1½
atlanta
4
7
.364
2
Washington
2
6
.250
2½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Cincinnati
7
3
.700
—
Milwaukee
6
5
.545
1½
st. louis
6
5
.545
1½
Chicago
5
6
.455
2½
pittsburgh
4
7
.364
3½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
los angeles
8
2
.800
—
san diego
8
4
.667
1
san Francisco
6
4
.600
2
arizona
4
8
.333
5
Colorado
3
7
.300
5
Monday’s Late Games
Miami 5, atlanta 3, 10 innings
Washington 5, st. louis 2
Cincinnati 3, san Francisco 0
Oakland 9, arizona 5
Tuesday’s Games
Oakland 7, arizona 5
n.y. Mets 4, philadelphia 3, 8 innings, 1st game
n.y. Mets 4, philadelphia 0, 7 innings, 2nd game
pittsburgh 8, san diego 4
Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 2
st. louis 14, Washington 3
Miami 14, atlanta 8
Cincinnati at san Francisco, late
Colorado at l.a. dodgers, late
Wednesday’s Games
Washington (ross 0-0) at st. louis (Wainwright 0-1),
10:15 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (arrieta 2-0) at Milwaukee (Burnes 0-1),
10:40 a.m.
Cincinnati (Mahle 1-0) at san Francisco (Cueto 1-0),
12:45 p.m.
san diego (Musgrove 2-0) at pittsburgh (anderson 0-2),
3:35 p.m.
philadelphia (Wheeler 1-1) at n.y. Mets (peterson 0-1),
4:10 p.m.
Miami (neidert 0-0) at atlanta (Morton 1-1), 4:20 p.m.
Colorado (Gray 1-0) at l.a. dodgers (May 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
utah
40
14
.741
phoenix
38
15
.717
l.a. Clippers
38
18
.679
denver
34
20
.630
l.a. lakers
34
21
.618
portland
31
22
.585
dallas
29
24
.547
Memphis
27
25
.519
san antonio
26
26
.500
Golden state
26
28
.481
new Orleans
25
29
.463
sacramento
22
32
.407
Oklahoma City
20
33
.377
houston
14
40
.259
Minnesota
14
41
.255
Monday’s Late Games
Memphis 101, Chicago 90
new Orleans 117, sacramento 110
Washington 125, utah 121
phoenix 126, houston 120
Golden state 116, denver 107
Tuesday’s Games
Brooklyn 127, Minnesota 97
atlanta 108, Toronto 103
l.a. Clippers 126, indiana 115
l.a. lakers 101, Charlotte 93
Oklahoma City at utah, late
Boston at portland, late
Miami at phoenix, late
Wednesday’s Games
Milwaukee at Minnesota, 1:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at phila., 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
san antonio at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
l.a. Clippers at detroit, 5 p.m.
new york at new Orleans, 5 p.m.
Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Golden state at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
indiana at houston, 6 p.m.
dallas at Memphis, 6:30 p.m.
Miami at denver, 7 p.m.
Washington at sacramento, 7 p.m.
GB
—
1½
3
6
6½
8½
10½
12
13
14
15
18
19½
26
26½
Monday’s Late Games
Colorado 4, arizona 2
Vegas 4, los angeles 2
anaheim 4, san Jose 0
Tuesday’s Games
n.y. rangers 3, new Jersey 0
Washington 6, philadelphia 1
Boston 3, Buffalo 2, sO
Calgary 3, Toronto 2, OT
nashville 7, Tampa Bay 2
philadelphia at pittsburgh, ppd.
Florida at dallas, late
Wednesday’s Games
arizona at Minnesota, 11 a.m.
Calgary at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Colorado at st. louis, 4:30 p.m.
Vegas at los angeles, 7 p.m.
anaheim at san Jose, 7:30 p.m.
DEALS
Transactions
GB
—
—
3½
7½
8½
9
9½
9½
11½
14½
16½
16½
17½
20
21
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington
43 28 11 4 60 152 127
n.y. islanders 42 27 11 4 58 125 98
pittsburgh
42 27 13 2 56 146 118
Boston
40 22 12 6 50 112 106
n.y. rangers 42 20 16 6 46 136 112
philadelphia 42 19 17 6 44 123 154
new Jersey
41 14 21 6 34 103 135
Buffalo
42 10 25 7 27 100 147
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina
41 27 10 4 58 133 102
Tampa Bay
42 28 12 2 58 143 108
Florida
42 26 12 4 56 133 115
nashville
44 24 19 1 49 119 123
Chicago
43 20 18 5 45 122 135
dallas
40 15 14 11 41 111 104
Columbus
44 15 20 9 39 112 145
detroit
44 15 23 6 36 99 140
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado
42 29 9 4 62 150 98
Vegas
41 28 11 2 58 132 94
Minnesota
40 24 13 3 51 119 109
st. louis
41 19 16 6 44 119 128
arizona
43 19 19 5 43 116 134
san Jose
41 18 19 4 40 113 137
los angeles
41 16 19 6 38 112 121
anaheim
43 13 23 7 33 97 137
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
43 28 11 4 60 143 112
Winnipeg
42 25 14 3 53 136 113
edmonton
42 25 15 2 52 134 120
Montreal
39 18 12 9 45 122 110
Calgary
42 18 21 3 39 111 126
Vancouver
37 16 18 3 35 100 120
Ottawa
43 14 25 4 32 116 161
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MlB — named Brian stedman executive vice presi-
dent, strategy and development.
American League
BalTiMOre OriOles — recalled rhp Travis lakins
from alternate training site. Optioned rhp Travis lakins
to the alternate training site.
Kansas CiTy rOyals — selected the contract of rhp
ervin santana from the alternate training site. recalled rhp
Tyler Zuber from the alternate training site. Optioned inF/
OF ryan McBroom to the alternate training site. placed
rhp Josh staumont on the il.
lOs anGeles anGels — placed C Max stassi on the
10-day il. recalled C anthony Bemboom from the alter-
nate training site.
seaTTle Mariners — recalled 2B donovan Walton
from the alternate training site.
TeXas ranGers — placed 1B ronald Guzman on the
10-day il. Transferred rhp Matt Bush from the 10-day il
to the 60-day il. selected the contract of rF adolis Garcia
from the alternate training site.
National League
ariZOna diaMOndBaCKs — Optioned rhp Matt
peacock to the alternate training site. activated rhp Zach
Gallen from the 10-day il.
ChiCaGO CuBs — recalled inF ildemaro Vargas from
the alternate training site. placed 3B Matt duffy on the
COVid-19 il.
neW yOrK MeTs — recalled lhp stephen Tarpley from
the alternate training site.
philadelphia phillies — recalled rhp spencer how-
ard from the alternate training site.
sT. lOuis Cardinals — Optioned rhp Johan Oviedo
to the alternate training site. recalled rhp Kodi Whitley
from the alternate training site.
USA Baseball
usa BaseBall — named Jim Koerner director of
player development.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
OrlandO MaGiC — signed C donta hall to a 10-
day contract.
pOrTland Trail BlaZers — signed F T.J. leaf to
a two-way contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ariZOna Cardinals — agreed to terms with rB
James Conner on a one-year contract.
WashinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — signed Te sam-
mis reyes.
National Women’s Soccer League
nWsl — issued a one-game suspension and au-
tomatic fine and sanctioned an additional one-game
suspension to Kansas City F Kristen edmonds for un-
sportsmanlike conduct. issued a one-game suspension
to racing louisville FC F Jorian Baucom for misconduct.
issued fines to portland for d Meghan Klingenberg’s
comments during a post-game press conference and
social media post. nJ/ny Gotham FC and the Chicago
red stars have also each received a fine for violation of
a league directive.
games under the direction of
ill-fated coach Byron Scott.
By the way, poor Scott. His
main job was keeping Bryant
happy, and he did, yet after the
season he was fired for the re-
sults, one of the more unfair
decisions in Lakers’ coaching
history.
Bryant gave his fans what
they wanted with plenty of
playing time, but paid dearly
for it, and by the time his final
game arrived, he was a walk-
ing ice pack. While leaving
the stage after one of his last
news conferences before the fi-
nale, his knees knocked and he
nearly fell over.
“Man, isn’t this something?”
he told me, speaking of the
strange, building drama.
Before the final game, de-
spite the presence of hundreds
of media and dozens of celebri-
ties, there was no guarantee of
any heroics. There was no guar-
antee Kobe would even play
much. Then he missed his first
five shots, including throwing
up an airball, and the crowd
groaned, and it seemed this was
going to be a clumsy farewell fit
for an awkward season.
Then, Mamba happened.
Kobe blocked a Trevor
Booker layup, and seconds
later hit a jump shot. Then an-
other one. And another one.
And another one. And then a
3-pointer to give him five con-
secutive baskets, and it was on.
For the next two hours, Bry-
ant waved off the rest of the
world and owned the court,
owned the crowd, owned the
legend. Amid relentless deaf-
ening chants of “Ko-be, Ko-be,”
Bryant scored from every pos-
sible angle, on every conceiv-
able shot, from courtside to
layups to how-did-he-do-that?
As the Staples Center seats be-
came a dancing mosh pit, Bry-
ant scowled and posed and
cursed and scored and, one last
time, bared his heart for a city
to embrace.
In the beginning it was
sweet, then sensational, then, in
the fourth quarter, it rose to the
level of stunning. Twenty-three
points in the final period!
Chopped down a 14-point defi-
cit! Won the game, 101-96!
Sometime in those final min-
utes, overcome with the mo-
ment, I stood and screamed.
My former coworker J.A.
Adande, who was sitting next
to me, grabbed my arm and
howled.
The only other time the two
of us acted so unprofession-
ally was 16 years earlier, when I
pounded my fists and Adande
jumped out of his seat when
Bryant threw that alley-oop
pass to Shaquille O’Neal against
Portland in Game 7 of the
Western Conference finals.
We had come full circle.
Kobe had come full circle. Any-
one who followed Kobe for the
last 20 years had come full cir-
cle, and the game ended with
Kobe milestones that will live
forever.
His last official basket? It
gave the Lakers the lead they
never lost.
His last official stat? It was,
quite unbelievably, a floor-
length assist.
One of his last hugs while
wearing a Lakers uniform? He
embraced giant courtside fan
Shaquille O’Neal.
His last two official words
while wearing a Laker uniform
and standing on a basketball
court?
You know this answer. Ev-
eryone knows this answer.
“Mamba out,” Kobe Bryant
told the crowd.
It was if he knew he was
speaking into forever.
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
phila.
37
17
Brooklyn
37
17
Milwaukee
33
20
atlanta
30
25
Miami
28
25
Boston
28
26
Charlotte
27
26
new york
28
27
indiana
25
28
Chicago
22
31
Toronto
21
34
Washington
20
33
Cleveland
19
34
Orlando
17
37
detroit
16
38
Pct
.685
.685
.623
.545
.528
.519
.509
.509
.472
.415
.382
.377
.358
.315
.296
HOCKEY
NHL
TNT
TNT
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for
late changes made by TV stations.
10 15 19 45 68 9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Boston
7
3
.700
—
Baltimore
5
6
.455
2½
new york
5
6
.455
2½
Tampa Bay
5
6
.455
2½
Toronto
5
6
.455
2½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Cleveland
5
4
.556
—
Chicago
5
5
.500
½
Minnesota
5
5
.500
½
Kansas City
4
4
.500
½
detroit
4
6
.400
1½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
los angeles
7
3
.700
—
houston
6
4
.600
1
seattle
6
5
.545
1½
Oakland
5
7
.417
3
Texas
4
7
.364
3½
Monday’s Late Games
detroit 6, houston 2
Chicago White sox 4, Cleveland 3
l.a. angels 10, Kansas City 3
Oakland 9, arizona 5
Tuesday’s Games
Boston 4, Minnesota 2
seattle 4, Baltimore 3, 8 innings, 1st game
Oakland 7, arizona 5
Baltimore 7, seattle 6, 7 innings, 2nd game
Texas 8, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 7, n.y. yankees 3
Cleveland at Chicago White sox, late
detroit at houston, late
l.a. angels at Kansas City, late
Wednesday’s Games
n.y. yankees (Kluber 0-1) at Toronto (stripling 0-1),
10:07 a.m.
Boston (eovaldi 1-1) at Minnesota (Maeda 1-0), 11:10 a.m.,
1st game
l.a. angels (Canning 0-0) at Kansas City (Keller 0-1),
11:10 a.m.
Boston (rodríguez 1-0) at Minnesota (Berríos 2-0),
2:40 p.m., 2nd game
seattle (dunn 0-0) at Baltimore (harvey 0-1), 4:05 p.m.
detroit (Fulmer 0-0) at houston (McCullers Jr. 1-0),
4:10 p.m.
Texas (arihara 0-1) at Tampa Bay (TBd), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (plesac 1-1) at Chicago White sox (rodón 1-0),
5:10 p.m.
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Kobe
Continued from A5
He actually left everything
on the court much earlier,
during a farewell season that
was a bit of a well-intentioned
mess. Once he made his retire-
ment announcement Nov. 29,
the Lakers openly dedicated the
season to his last ride, giving
him the sort of deserved auton-
omy that allowed him to give
the world one last chance to
see his greatness in final visits
around the league. But in an-
swering the call of history, his
presence unwittingly stifled the
rest of the team.
It’s hard to believe now, but
the worst squad in Laker his-
tory contained Julius Randle,
D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clark-
son and Larry Nance Jr. They
are all players who have since
achieved relative stardom else-
where, yet playing with Bryant,
they never had a chance to jell
and grow, as he dominated the
ball, the court, and the narra-
tive, and not always gracefully.
That season he was one of
the worst shooters in NBA his-
tory, one of the worst defend-
ers in the league, yet he still
averaged 28 minutes in his 66
Boycott
Continued from A5
Thankfully, boycotts hav-
en’t been a part of the Olympic
discussion for more than three
decades now. The last one was
in 1988, when North Korea
and Cuba skipped the games in
Seoul, a mini-boycott that did
little except cost Cuba some
potential gold medals in box-
ing and track and field.
Before that, though, were
two Olympics forever tar-
nished by the countries who
decided to stay away.
That included the United
States and 65 other countries
in 1980 in Moscow. And it in-
cluded the 1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles, where the So-
viets and 17 other countries
got some payback even if the
games overall were largely con-
sidered a success.
Moses delivered the athlete’s
pledge in Los Angeles, then
went on to win gold in his spe-
cialty. That was hardly unex-
pected, since Moses won gold
in 1976 and won 122 straight
AP file
Edwin Moses attends the Laureus Fashion Show Gala in New York in
2019. Moses, a former Olympic track star, said, “For an Olympic athlete,
a boycott is an absolute tragedy. We only get that one shot every four
years.’’
races between 1977 and 1987.
He set the world record four
different times in the 400.
Still, there’s a void when he
looks back on his career be-
cause of the one gold he wasn’t
allowed to chase.
“There are athletes with
more medals than me be-
cause I wasn’t able to compete
in multiple events,’’ said Mo-
ses, who is now 65 and living
in Atlanta. “But I could have
been the only guy at the time
to win three golds in one event,
maybe four if I hadn’t had a
bad day at the office in Seoul.’’
Last year, on the 40th anni-
versary of the boycott, Sarah
Hirshland, the head of the
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic
Committee, penned a letter
to the 1980 Olympic hopefuls
that said no athlete should be
denied the chance to compete
in Olympics because of world
politics. And Walter Mondale,
who was vice president at the
time, also offered an apology
of sorts to those who had their
dreams taken away.
“I think we did the right
thing,” Mondale told The Wall
Street Journal last year. “But
I’m sorry about how it hurt
them.”
Moses is sorry, too, and not
just for himself. He can only
hope that, despite rumblings
of a possible Beijing boycott,
the lessons of four decades ago
have been learned.
“It doesn’t work and hope-
fully the politicians will keep
their hands off of it,’’ he said.
“It only hurts athletes and
there are other things you can
do other than a boycott. It has
nothing to do with sports, nor
should it.’’