A6 The BulleTin • Monday, april 26, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD MONDAY BASEBALL MLB, Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers College, Northwestern at Iowa MLB, Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves MLB, Seattle Mariners at Houston Astros MLB, Regional Coverage GOLF PGA Professional Championship, Second Round HOCKEY NHL, Carolina Hurricanes at Dallas Stars SOFTBALL College, Missouri at Arkansas TENNIS Women’s College, Pac-12 Championships College, Pac-12 Championships ATP, Munich-ATP, Estoril-ATP ATP, Munich-ATP, Estoril-ATP Time 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. TV MLB BIG10 ESPN ROOT MLB 1 p.m. GOLF 4:30 p.m. NBCSN 4 p.m. SEC noon 3 p.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. PAC12 PAC12 TENNIS TENNIS Time 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. TV ESPN SEC ROOT MLB TUESDAY BASEBALL MLB, Boston Red Sox at New York Mets College, Georgia Tech at Georgia MLB, Seattle Mariners at Houston Astros MLB, Regional Coverage BASKETBALL NBA, Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors EQUESTRIAN Horse Racing, America’s Day at the Races GOLF Golf, PGA Professional Championship, Third Round HOCKEY NHL, New York Islanders at Washington Capitals SOCCER UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid vs Chelsea CONCACAF Champions League, Atlanta United FC vs Philadelphia Union CONCACAF Champions League, Toronto FC vs Cruz Azul TENNIS ATP Tennis, Munich-ATP, Estoril-ATP 6:30 p.m. TNT 9:30 a.m. 1 p.m. FS2 GOLF 4 p.m. NBCSN noon CBSSN 5 p.m. 7 p.m. FS1 FS1 2 a.m. TENNIS SPORTS BRIEFING MOTOR SPORTS Herta takes St. Pete, ties father on IndyCar win list with 4 — Colton Herta went a solid eight years ignoring any advice about racing cars that came from his father, an actual professional driver. Sunday on the downtown streets of St. Pe- tersburg, in their very first race working together, Herta was listening. He followed the sound of his father’s voice all the way to victory and alongside him on IndyCar’s win list. Herta raced to his fourth IndyCar victory to match the same total his father, Bryan, achieved over his own 12-year career. The son needed just 34 races for his four wins and he begins his third full IndyCar season as a strong title contender. “Grow- ing up I had a lot of arrogance and I didn’t want to hear any- thing that my dad had to say,” Herta said. “And then I realized — bigger, faster cars — I learned more about the sport and I was like ‘Hey, he actually knows what he’s talking about.’” Herta started from the pole and led a race-record 97 of the 100 laps to win his first race with Bryan Herta as his race strate- gist. Andretti Autosport paired the Hertas for the first time this year, dismissing previous father-son combinations that simply didn’t work in IndyCar. BASKETBALL Magic coach Steve Clifford tests positive, will miss games — Orlando Magic coach Steve Clifford has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss multiple games while going through the NBA’s health and safety protocols. Assistant coach Tyrone Corbin will coach in Clifford’s ab- sence, starting with Sunday’s game against Indiana. Clifford already expected to miss Sunday because of two positive tests in a three-day span, and subsequent testing confirmed that he has the virus. There is no timetable for his return. Typically, those in the league who have tested positive have missed at least 10 days before being cleared to resume work. That would mean Clifford could miss much of the remainder of the sea- son. Even if Clifford misses just a week, he would still be out for five games. Other NBA coaches have missed some time this season for virus-related reasons. Toronto’s Nick Nurse had to miss three games because he and several of his assis- tant coaches were dealing with the protocols, and Dallas’ Rick Carlisle missed one game earlier this month following a false positive test. — Bulletin wire reports Continued from A5 Although all 32 teams re- ceived the videos from all 103 pro days, the lack of uniform, electronic timing resulted in suspect 40-yard dashes on fast surfaces clocked by hand. “It’s hard to compare apples to oranges. You’d like to have everybody run on the same surface,” Chargers GM Tom Telesco said. “That’s the biggest part of the Indianapolis com- bine when the players go in and get their physicals done.” Only 150 players went to Indy this month for physicals, leaving spotty medical reports on many of the athletes head- ing into the 259-pick draft. All of this should result in a wild weekend of buildup for the 2021 season, when the NFL hopes sellouts replace opt-outs and normalcy returns in sports and society alike. “It’s a very complicated draft,” ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said. “I always say, ‘myste- rious/complicated’ draft” be- BASEBALL Prep Sports MLB Monday, April 26 Baseball: Madras at Molalla, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at Salem academy, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Molalla at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at Cascade, 4:30 p.m.; Central linn at Culver, 4 p.m. Boys tennis: redmond at Crook County, 3 p.m.; pend- leton at ridgeview, 3 p.m.; Mountain View at ridgeview, 3 p.m. Girls tennis: Crook County at redmond, 3 p.m. Boys golf: Summit invitational at Widgi Creek, 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 27 Baseball: Mountain View at Crook County, 4:30 p.m.; redmond at Summit, 4:30 p.m.; hood river Valley at rid- geview, 4:30 p.m.; Santiam Christian at la pine, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Summit at redmond, 4:30 p.m.; Crook County at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m.; ridgeview at hood river Valley, 4:30 p.m.; la pine at Santiam Christian, 4:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Bend at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; Stayton at Sisters, 4 p.m. Girls tennis: Mountain View at Bend, 4 p.m.; Sisters at Stayton, 4 p.m.; Madras at Corbett, 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 Baseball: Molalla at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Culver at San- tiam, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Madras at Molalla, 4:30 p.m.; Sisters at phi- lomath, 4:30 p.m.; Western Christian at Culver, 4 p.m. Boys tennis: redmond at The dalles, 3 p.m.; pendle- ton at Crook County, 3 p.m.; ridgeview at hood river Valley, 3 p.m. Girls tennis: The dalles at redmond, 3 p.m.; hood river Valley at ridgeview, 3 p.m. Boys golf: la pine invitational, at Crosswater, 12:30 p.m. Girls golf: Summit invitational, at lost Tracks, noon. Track and field: ridgeview at Mountain View, TBd; Sum- mit at Bend, TBd. Thursday, April 29 Baseball: Mountain View at Bend, 4:30 p.m.; estacada at Madras, 4:30 p.m.; Woodburn at Sisters, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Bend at ridgeview, 4:30 p.m.; Madras at es- tacada, 4:30 p.m.; newport at Sisters, 4:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Bend at Summit, 4 p.m. Girls tennis: Summit at Bend, 4 p.m.; Corbett at Sis- ters, 4 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 14 9 .609 — Tampa Bay 11 11 .500 2½ Toronto 10 11 .476 3 Baltimore 9 12 .429 4 new york 9 12 .429 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 13 7 .650 — Chicago 12 9 .571 1½ Cleveland 9 11 .450 4 Minnesota 7 13 .350 6 detroit 7 15 .318 7 West Division W L Pct GB oakland 14 8 .636 — Seattle 13 9 .591 1 los angeles 10 10 .500 3 houston 10 11 .476 3½ Texas 9 13 .409 5 Sunday’s Games Boston 5, Seattle 3 Baltimore 8, oakland 1 Cleveland 7, n.y. yankees 3 Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 4, detroit 0 l.a. angels 4, houston 2 pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Texas 4 Monday’s Games Kansas City (Keller 1-2) at detroit (Turnbull 1-0), 10:10 a.m. Minnesota (Berríos 2-2) at Cleveland (plesac 1-3), 3:10 p.m. n.y. yankees (García 0-0) at Baltimore (harvey 1-1), 4:05 p.m. oakland (Manaea 2-1) at Tampa Bay (hill 1-0), 4:10 p.m. l.a. angels (ohtani 0-0) at Texas (lyles 1-1), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Sheffield 1-1) at houston (urquidy 0-2), 5:10 p.m. BASKETBALL NBA Listings are the most accurate available. NFL Draft ON DECK cause teams didn’t have uni- form 40-yard dash times and other measurements and didn’t get to poke and prod the pros- pects themselves. “The opt-outs complicate things even more,” added Kiper. “It’s a year like no other,” agreed Bengals player per- sonnel director Duke Tobin. “There are players in this draft who have really only played one year of college football. You’re projecting.” More so than ever. “There are guys in this draft that (come) August it’ll be the first time in 20 months they’ll have put pads on,” Gettle- man marveled. “And some of those guys are very, very highly rated.” Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian called this year’s draft a throwback to a bygone era be- fore technology changed the scouting world. “I think it will probably be less homogenous than it’s been in the past — which is not a bad thing,” Polian said. EASTERN CONFERENCE W l pct Brooklyn 41 20 .672 phila. 39 21 .650 Milwaukee 37 23 .617 new york 34 27 .557 atlanta 34 27 .557 Boston 32 29 .525 Miami 32 29 .525 Charlotte 30 30 .500 indiana 29 31 .483 Washington 27 33 .450 Chicago 25 35 .417 Toronto 25 35 .417 Cleveland 21 39 .350 orlando 18 42 .300 detroit 18 43 .295 WESTERN CONFERENCE W l pct x-utah 44 16 .733 phoenix 42 18 .700 l.a. Clippers 43 19 .694 denver 39 21 .650 l.a. lakers 35 25 .583 dallas 33 26 .559 portland 32 28 .533 Memphis 31 28 .525 San antonio 30 29 .508 Golden State 30 30 .500 new orleans 26 34 .433 Sacramento 24 35 .407 oklahoma City 20 40 .333 Minnesota 17 44 .279 houston 15 46 .246 x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games Charlotte 125, Boston 104 Brooklyn 128, phoenix 119 Memphis 120, portland 113 Washington 119, Cleveland 110 atlanta 111, Milwaukee 104 indiana 131, orlando 112 Sacramento at Golden State, late Monday’s Games atlanta at detroit, 4 p.m. l.a. lakers at orlando, 4 p.m. oklahoma City at phila., 4 p.m. San antonio at Washington, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. phoenix at new york, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 5 p.m. l.a. Clippers at new orleans, 5 p.m. utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Memphis at denver, 6 p.m. dallas at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 4 p.m. oklahoma City at Boston, 4 p.m. portland at indiana, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at houston, 6 p.m. dallas at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. GB — 1½ 3½ 7 7 9 9 10½ 11½ 13½ 15½ 15½ 19½ 22½ 23 GB — 2 2 5 9 10½ 12 12½ 13½ 14 18 19½ 24 27½ 29½ NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB new york 9 8 .529 — philadelphia 10 11 .476 1 atlanta 9 12 .429 2 Miami 9 12 .429 2 Washington 8 11 .421 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 13 8 .619 — St. louis 11 10 .524 2 pittsburgh 11 11 .500 2½ Chicago 10 11 .476 3 Cincinnati 9 12 .429 4 West Division W L Pct GB los angeles 15 7 .682 — San Francisco 14 8 .636 1 San diego 13 11 .542 3 arizona 11 11 .500 4 Colorado 8 13 .381 6½ Sunday’s Games arizona 5, atlanta 0, 7 innings, 1st game n.y. Mets 4, Washington 0 St. louis 5, Cincinnati 2 pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 2 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 0 arizona 7, atlanta 0, 7 innings, 2nd game Colorado 12, philadelphia 2 San Francisco 4, Miami 3 San diego 8, l.a. dodgers 7, 11 innings Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs (davies 1-2) at atlanta (Morton 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Miami (rogers 2-1) at Milwaukee (Burnes 2-1), 4:40 p.m. philadelphia (Wheeler 1-2) at St. louis (Wainwright 0-2), 4:45 p.m. Colorado (Gomber 1-2) at San Francisco (deSclafani 1-0), 6:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Mahle 1-1) at l.a. dodgers (urías 3-0), 7:10 p.m. HOCKEY Monday’s Games Montreal at Calgary, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at St. louis, 4 p.m. Vancouver at ottawa, 4 p.m. Carolina at dallas, 4:30 p.m. Florida at nashville, 5 p.m. edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. anaheim at los angeles, 7 p.m. arizona at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Boston at pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Buffalo at n.y. rangers, 4 p.m. detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m. n.y. islanders at Washington, 4 p.m. philadelphia at new Jersey, 4 p.m. Florida at nashville, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Carolina at dallas, 5:30 p.m. SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Montreal 1 0 1 4 6 atlanta 1 0 1 4 3 new england 1 0 1 4 3 ny City FC 1 1 0 3 6 inter Miami CF 1 1 0 3 4 d.C. united 1 1 0 3 2 nashville 0 0 2 2 4 orlando City 0 0 2 2 1 Columbus 0 0 1 1 0 phila. 0 1 1 1 1 Toronto FC 0 1 1 1 4 Chicago 0 1 1 1 3 Cincinnati 0 1 1 1 2 new york 0 2 0 0 3 Western Conference W L T Pts GF la Galaxy 2 0 0 6 6 Seattle 1 0 1 4 5 la FC 1 0 1 4 3 Sporting KC 1 0 1 4 3 Vancouver 1 0 1 4 3 San Jose 1 1 0 3 4 real Sl 1 0 0 3 2 houston 1 1 0 3 3 austin 1 1 0 3 3 portland 1 1 0 3 2 FC dallas 0 1 1 1 1 Colorado 0 1 1 1 1 Minnesota united 0 2 0 0 1 noTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday Games ny City FC 5, Cincinnati 0 Montreal 2, nashville 2, tie Vancouver 2, Toronto FC 2, tie San Jose 3, FC dallas 1 Seattle 1, la FC 1, tie real Sl 2, Minnesota 1 Miami 2, phila. 1 new england 1, d.C. united 0 atlanta 3, Chicago 1 austin 3, Colorado 1 portland 2, houston 1 Sunday Game la Galaxy 3, new york 2 GA 4 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 0 2 6 5 7 5 GA 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 6 GOLF PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans Scores Sunday at TPC Louisiana, Avondale, La. Purse: $7.4 million Yardage: 7,425 Par: 72 Final Round x-won on the first playoff hole x-M. leishman/C. Smith (400), $1,069,300 63-72-63-70—268 l. oosthuizen/C. Schwartzel (163), $436,600 63-71-63-71—268 p. uihlein/r. Werenski (105), $285,825 65-69-68-67—269 S. Burns/B. horschel (78), $209,667 63-73-65-69—270 K. Bradley/B. Steele (78), $209,667 63-73-64-70—270 K. Mitchell/B. Snedeker (78), $209,667 66-71-64-69—270 r. palmer/J. rahm (59), $149,850 65-71-65-70—271 T. hatton/d. Willett (50), $116,550 65-73-65-69—272 S. Scheffler/B. Watson (50), $116,550 64-69-66-73—272 T. lewis/T. pieters (50/0), $116,550 67-70-63-72—272 C. hoffman/n. Watney (34), $62,943 64-74-65-70—273 T. duncan/a. Schenk (34), $62,943 64-73-63-73—273 B. Garnett/S. Stallings (34), $62,943 62-75-64-72—273 p. Cantlay/X. Schauffele (34), $62,943 64-74-68-67—273 J. rose/h. Stenson (34), $62,943 65-68-70-70—273 d. Ghim/J. Suh (34/0), $62,943 65-73-63-72—273 T. Gooch/M. homa (20), $37,463 66-71-67-70—274 d. redman/S. ryder (20), $37,463 66-71-66-71—274 C. Champ/T. Finau (20), $37,463 63-68-67-76—274 W. Clark/e. van rooyen (20), $37,463 64-74-63-73—274 J. Kokrak/p. perez (14), $28,120 65-70-66-74—275 a. noren/h. norlander (14), $28,120 67-70-64-74—275 G. Mcdowell/M. Wallace (10), $22,274 66-70-68-72—276 K. lee/K. Stanley (10), $22,274 63-74-64-75—276 G. Murray/r. oppenheim (8), $18,463 66-70-67-74—277 V. hovland/K. Ventura (8), $18,463 62-69-68-78—277 C. Kirk/B. Todd (7), $17,316 66-70-69-73—278 B. hagy/M. Kim (6), $16,946 67-71-66-75—279 S. Straka/J. Teater (5), $16,502 68-70-65-78—281 M. Gligic/V. Whaley (5), $16,502 67-71-68-75—281 C. Baker/p. Malnati (5), $16,058 65-73-68-76—282 d. hearn/Z. Sucher (4), $15,762 67-71-68-77—283 G. Chalmers/C. percy (4), $15,466 66-70-69-82—287 Victor dubuisson, France 68-62-71-65 – 266 Maverick antcliff, australia 66-63-71-66 – 266 Jonathan Caldwell, northern ireland 68-65-67-66 – 266 niall Kearney, ireland 66-68-64-68 – 266 alejandro del rey, Spain 64-68-65-69 – 266 Clement Sordet, France 65-68-64-69 – 266 alexander Bjork, Sweden 67-66-64-69 – 266 ashun Wu, China 67-68-61-70 – 266 Garrick porteous, england 68-67-67-65 – 267 robin roussel, France 63-65-72-67 – 267 pep angles, Spain 71-64-65-67 – 267 Calum hill, Scotland 68-66-66-67 – 267 richie ramsay, Scotland 68-65-66-68 – 267 lars Van Meijel, nertherlands 66-68-66-68 – 267 aaron Cockerill, Canada 71-62-65-69 – 267 Benjamin poke, denmark 66-66-66-69 – 267 Will Besseling, netherlands 64-63-69-71 – 267 alejandro Canizares, Spain 70-65-67-66 – 268 ivan Cantero Guitierrez, Spain 67-67-67-67 – 268 Julien Guerrier, France 68-67-66-67 – 268 nino Bertasio, italy 69-63-68-68 – 268 Scott Jamieson, Scotland 64-68-68-68 – 268 dean Burmester, South africa 65-67-65-71 – 268 rhys enoch, Wales 65-62-69-72 – 268 Marcus armitage, england 69-64-72-64 – 269 Gregory havret, France 65-70-67-67 – 269 Sihwan Kim, united States 67-65-69-68 – 269 Zander lombard, South africa 66-65-70-68 – 269 Sebastian heisele, Germany 69-66-66-68 – 269 Ben evans, england 64-67-68-70 – 269 romain langasque, France 67-63-68-71 – 269 Justin Walters, South africa 69-65-71-65 – 270 paul Waring, england 68-65-71-66 – 270 oliver Wilson, england 65-69-69-67 – 270 John Catlin, united States 67-67-67-69 – 270 MOTOR SPORTS NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 Results Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 191 laps, 49 points. 2. (4) William Byron, Chevrolet, 191, 41. 3. (23) Michael Mcdowell, Ford, 191, 45. 4. (16) Kevin harvick, Ford, 191, 35. 5. (13) Matt diBenedetto, Ford, 191, 42. 6. (38) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 191, 31. 7. (20) Tyler reddick, Chevrolet, 191, 30. 8. (11) austin dillon, Chevrolet, 191, 29. 9. (7) ryan Blaney, Ford, 191, 42. 10. (27) Cole Custer, Ford, 191, 27. 11. (25) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 191, 26. 12. (30) anthony alfredo, Ford, 191, 25. 13. (28) ryan newman, Ford, 191, 24. 14. (29) ryan preece, Chevrolet, 191, 29. 15. (14) aric almirola, Ford, 191, 22. 16. (18) ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 191, 21. 17. (6) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 191, 23. 18. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191, 26. 19. (24) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 191, 28. 20. (39) harrison Burton, Toyota, 191, 0. 21. (21) Chris Buescher, Ford, 191, 25. 22. (26) Corey lajoie, Chevrolet, 191, 15. 23. (19) daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 191, 14. 24. (8) Chase elliott, Chevrolet, 191, 21. 25. (31) BJ Mcleod, Ford, 191, 0. 26. (37) JJ yeley, Chevrolet, 191, 0. 27. (22) erik Jones, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 10. 28. (33) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 190, 0. 29. (40) Timmy hill, Ford, 190, 0. 30. (34) Justin haley, Chevrolet, 190, 0. 31. (3) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 189, 6. 32. (1) denny hamlin, Toyota, 188, 12. 33. (17) ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 186, 7. 34. (35) Joey Gase, Ford, 186, 0. 35. (15) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 185, 2. 36. (36) Josh Bilicki, Ford, 180, 1. 37. (32) Quin houff, Chevrolet, accident, 168, 1. 38. (5) alex Bowman, Chevrolet, garage, 123, 5. 39. (2) Joey logano, Ford, accident, 59, 1. 40. (12) Kyle larson, Chevrolet, engine, 3, 1. DEALS Sunday’s Transactions MEMPHIS (120) anderson 6-8 2-2 16, Brooks 5-16 6-7 18, Valanciunas 9-17 0-0 21, allen 3-12 3-3 9, Morant 8-15 9-12 28, Tillman 1-1 0-0 2, Clarke 4-6 2-2 10, Winslow 3-7 0-0 6, Bane 1-2 0-0 2, Melton 2-7 2-2 8. Totals 42-91 24-28 120. PORTLAND (113) Covington 0-7 2-2 2, powell 7-15 3-4 17, nurkic 6-13 4-5 16, lillard 8-27 3-3 23, McCollum 10-21 3-3 27, anthony 4-13 0-0 12, hollis-Jefferson 0-0 1-2 1, Jones Jr. 0-2 0-0 0, little 0-1 0-0 0, Kanter 2-3 3-4 7, Simons 2-3 2-2 8. Totals 39-105 21-25 113. Memphis 23 35 32 30 — 120 Portland 20 27 31 35 — 113 3-Point Goals—Memphis 12-23 (Morant 3-4, Valanci- unas 3-4, anderson 2-2, Melton 2-3, Brooks 2-5, allen 0-4), portland 14-38 (anthony 4-8, lillard 4-10, Mc- Collum 4-10, Simons 2-2, powell 0-3, Covington 0-4). Fouled Out—Memphis none, portland 1 (powell). Rebounds—Memphis 54 (Valanciunas 10), portland 53 (nurkic 19). Assists—Memphis 22 (Melton 6), port- land 21 (lillard, nurkic 5). Total Fouls—Memphis 22, portland 22. A—0 (19,393) East GP W L OT Pts GF GA pittsburgh 49 32 14 3 67 169 135 Washington 48 31 13 4 66 170 144 n.y. islanders 48 29 14 5 63 136 113 Boston 47 27 14 6 60 136 118 n.y. rangers 49 25 18 6 56 164 131 philadelphia 48 22 19 7 51 136 171 new Jersey 48 14 27 7 35 121 170 Buffalo 49 13 29 7 33 121 171 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 47 31 10 6 68 153 114 Florida 49 31 13 5 67 158 133 Tampa Bay 48 32 14 2 66 160 125 nashville 49 26 21 2 54 133 138 dallas 47 20 15 12 52 135 121 Chicago 48 22 21 5 49 135 151 detroit 50 17 25 8 42 115 158 Columbus 50 15 25 10 40 121 170 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Vegas 47 34 11 2 70 160 103 x-Colorado 45 31 10 4 66 161 108 x-Minnesota 47 31 13 3 65 151 123 arizona 48 21 22 5 47 128 150 St. louis 45 20 19 6 46 131 142 San Jose 47 18 24 5 41 125 163 los angeles 45 17 22 6 40 120 136 anaheim 48 14 27 7 35 105 156 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 48 30 13 5 65 159 130 Winnipeg 47 27 17 3 57 148 129 edmonton 45 27 16 2 56 144 125 Montreal 46 20 17 9 49 134 135 Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 127 137 Vancouver 41 19 19 3 41 113 130 ottawa 48 17 27 4 38 131 170 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. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Sunday’s Games pittsburgh 1, Boston 0 n.y. rangers 6, Buffalo 3 philadelphia 4, new Jersey 3, So Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 3, oT Gran Canaria Lopesan Open Scores Sunday at Meloneras Golf Club, Las Palmas, Spain Purse: $1.2 million Yardage: 6,503; Par: 70 Final Round Garrick higgo, South africa 65-64-63-63 – 255 Maximilian Kieffer, Germany 63-65-68-62 – 258 Jeff Winther, denmark 67-66-62-64 – 259 Sam horsfield, england 69-61-65-66 – 261 Thorbjorn olesen, denmark 65-61-70-66 – 262 Connor Syme, Scotland 71-61-62-68 – 262 Joachim B. hansen, denmark 63-67-66-67 – 263 Marcel Schneider, Germany 68-66-65-65 – 264 richard Bland, england 64-66-68-66 – 264 Jack Senior, england 66-65-67-66 – 264 darius Van driel, netherlands 66-65-67-66 – 264 Joost luiten, netherlands 63-68-66-67 – 264 Matthias Schwab, austria 65-63-66-70 – 264 Matthieu pavon, France 66-64-64-70 – 264 antoine rozner, France 66-68-67-64 – 265 adrian Meronk, poland 67-68-66-64 – 265 Justin harding, South africa 65-67-65-68 – 265 nicolai hojgaard, denmark 67-64-66-68 – 265 Jamie donaldson, Wales 65-67-64-69 – 265 Guido Migliozzi, italy 70-64-62-69 – 265 BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BalTiMore orioleS — recalled lhp Zac lowther from alternate training site. designated lhp Wade leBlanc for assignment. ChiCaGo WhiTe SoX — recalled rhp Jonathan Stiever from alternate training site. optioned inF danny Men- dick and rhp Jonathan Stiever to alternate training site. deTroiT TiGerS — optioned inF Zack Short to alter- nate training site. activated inF/dh Miguel Cabrera from the 10-day il. MinneSoTa TWinS — recalled rhp Cody Stashak from alternate training site. optioned lhp devin Smeltzer to alternate training site. neW yorK yanKeeS — optioned rhp nick nelson to al- ternate training site. activated uTl Miguel andujar from the 10-day il and optioned him to alternate training site. TaMpa Bay rayS — recalled rhp luis patino from al- ternate training site. TeXaS ranGerS — recalled rhp Josh Sborz from alter- nate training site. placed rhp Kyle Cody on the 10-day il, retroactive to april 24. National League aTlanTa BraVeS — recalled C William Contreras from alternate training site. ariZona diaMondBaCKS — recalled rhp riley Smith from alternate training site. released rhp an- thony Swarzak. CinCinnaTi redS — optioned rhp Vladmir Gutierrez to alternate training site. Transferred rF aristides aquino from the 10-day il to the 60-day il. neW yorK MeTS — activated rhp drew Smith from the 10-day il and optioned him to alternate training site. piTTSBurGh piraTeS — recalled rhp Wil Crowe from the taxi squad. optioned rhp Geoff hartlieb to alter- nate training site. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association oKlahoMa CiTy Thunder — Signed G Charlie Brown Jr. to a 10-day contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League BoSTon BruinS — recalled G Jeremy Swayman from the taxi squad. BuFFalo SaBreS — recalled G ukko-pekka luukkonen from the taxi squad. COLLEGE lSu — announced the hiring of Kim Mulkey as head women’s basketball coach. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah said consensus this year was as elusive as Tyreek Hill is in man coverage. “Look, group think is a real thing,” Jeremiah said. “When you get scouts that pal around together, we go to the same schools and you’d be at the same places watching the same players. Everybody ends up talking and and you kind of end up getting some consensus on some players.” Same thing at the combine. “So there’s just been less gathering. I think in some ways it’s better because you get individual evaluations,” Jere- miah said. “But I can’t remem- ber more variance just talking to buddies around the league about specific players where the (evaluations) are so wildly different.” Jeremiah also considers this shakeup a positive develop- ment. “That makes it fun,” he said. “I think a lot of teams that I’ve talked to have really tried to shrink their draft board more so than in years past.” You know what else has dwindled? The entire pool of candi- dates. With the NCAA granting an extra year of eligibility be- cause of the pandemic, a crush of players stayed in school. By mid-April, fewer than 700 play- ers had signed a standard rep- resentation agreement with an NFL agent, about one-third the usual number. That left this thinnest of draft classes with their college pro day performances to re- place the one-stop scouting combine — unless they were lucky enough to get invited to the Senior Bowl, where every team got 15 minutes of face time with them. The result of all these factors is a puzzling draft loaded at the top but blindfolded at the bot- tom. “We had so many kids go back to school. That’s what’s going to impact the bottom half of the draft,” Jeremiah said. “That’s why everybody that I talk to around the league just says, ‘We don’t know what the heck we’re going to do with the sixth- and seventh-round picks. If I can get rid of them I’m go- ing to get rid of them’ just be- cause next year’s class, with those sixth- and seventh-round picks, are going to be really valuable.” Risk-takers might find gems this year, but the temptation will be to load up on 2022 picks when the pool of prospects will be much deeper — and, the hope is, better vetted. This weekend, “there’s going to be less to know about the character of a person because you just haven’t spent time around them,” ex-NFL execu- tive Mark Dominik said. “The Senior Bowl was 15 minutes, and a lot of GMs didn’t even go to the Senior Bowl. So, they haven’t really met the players.” Teams were allowed up to five one-hour videoconferences with prospects this spring, so that softened the blow of not getting to fly them in or inter- view them at the combine. Still, team doctors couldn’t get their hands on them. Last year things didn’t shut down until after the combine, so teams had good medical re- ports on the top 330 or so pros- pects. This year, it’s less than half that. “You’ve got incomplete med- ical information on these guys, and nothing scares a general manager more,” said Jeremiah, who added that teams “aren’t freaked out about the football side of the evaluation. (They’re) majorly freaked out about the medical stuff.” However it all shakes out, Kansas State tight end Briley Moore has a bold prediction for this year’s draft class that had to navigate such an un- usual path to the pros. “Ten years from now,” Moore said, “this class is going to be special just because of the mental toughness that every- one has built to go through to play a full season and offseason with the climate of the world right now.” Sundays’ Box Score Memphis 120, Portland 113 NHL European Tour