TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
8 a.m. Nationwide Series: Practice for Sam’s Town 300 SPEED
10 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for KOBALT Tools 400 SPEED
11:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Final practice for Sam’s Town 300 SPEED
1:30 p.m. Sprint Cup: Pole qualifying for KOBALT Tools 400 SPEED
BASEBALL
Midnight World Baseball Classic (second round) MLB
11 a.m. Spring training: L.A. Angels vs. Arizona FOXSP
9:30 p.m. World Baseball Classic Canada vs. Italy (first round) MLB
12:30 p.m. World Baseball Classic Spain vs. Puerto Rico (first round) MLB
4 p.m. World Baseball Classic Mexico vs. United States (first round) MLB
BOXING
4 p.m. Junior welterweights: Victor Cayo vs. Emmanuel Taylor ESPN2
6 p.m. Junior middleweights: Hugo Centeno vs. Keandrae Leatherwoood SHO
COLLEGE WRESTLING
3 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma St. FOXSP
CYCLING
11:30 a.m. Paris-Nice (stage 5) * NBCSN
GOLF
9 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Cadillac Championship (second round) TGC
1:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Puerto Rico Open (second round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Kent State at Akron ESPN2
MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
2:30 p.m. Maine at New Hampshire NBCSN
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Atlanta at Boston ESPN
5:30 p.m. Houston at Golden State ESPN
5:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers TWCS
NHL HOCKEY
5:30 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim FOXSP2
TENNIS
9 a.m. BNP Paribas Open TEN
SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
7 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for KOBALT Tools 400 SPEED
8 a.m. Nationwide Series: Pole qualifying for Sam’s Town 300 SPEED
9:30 a.m. Sprint Cup: Final practice for KOBALT Tools 400 SPEED
11:15 a.m. Nationwide Series: Sam’s Town 300 ESPN2
BASEBALL
Midnight World Baseball Classic (second round) MLB
6 a.m. World Baseball Classic Dominican Republic vs. Spain (first round) MLB
9:30 a.m. World Baseball Classic Canada vs. Mexico (first round) MLB
10 a.m. Spring training: L.A. Angels vs. Colorado FOXSP
12:30 p.m. World Baseball Classic Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela (first round) MLB
4 p.m. World Baseball Classic United States vs. Italy (first round) MLB
BOWLING
6 p.m. Hawaii TV Bowling IND
BOXING
4:30 p.m. WBO Intercontinental welterweight title bout: Jan Zaveck vs. Keith Thurman; IBF light heavyweight title bout: Tavoris Cloud vs. Bernard Hopkins HBO
CYCLING
10 a.m. Paris-Nice (stage 6) * NBCSN
GOLF
7 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Cadillac Championship (third round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Cadillac Championship (third round) NBC
1:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Puerto Rico Open (third round) * TGC
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 a.m. National coverage, Florida at Kentucky CBS
7 a.m. Syracuse at Georgetown ESPN
7 a.m. Atlantic Sun Conference (championship) ESPN2
7:30 a.m. La Salle at St. Louis NBCSN
8:30 a.m. South Carolina at Vanderbilt MNT
9 a.m. UCLA at Washington CBS
9 a.m. Marquette at St. John’s ESPN
9 a.m. N.C. State at Florida State ESPN2
10:30 a.m. San Diego State at Boise State NBCSN
11 a.m. Notre Dame at Louisville CBS
11 a.m. Missouri at Tennessee ESPN
11 a.m. Georgia at Alabama MNT
11:30 a.m. Arizona State at Arizona FOXSP2
12:30 p.m. Cornell at Harvard NBCSN
1 p.m. Kansas at Baylor ESPN
1 p.m. Fresno State at UNLV TWCS
2 p.m. Ohio Valley Conference (championship) ESPN2
2 p.m. Long Beach State at Pacific FOXSP
4 p.m. Duke at North Carolina ESPN
4 p.m. West Coast Conference tournament (semifinal) ESPN2
6 p.m. West Coast Conference tournament (semifinal) ESPN2
MOTORSPORTS
2:30 p.m. Supercross * SPEED
NHL HOCKEY
5 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles FOXSP
SOCCER
2:30 a.m. Premier League: Manchester United at West Ham ESPN2
TENNIS
9 a.m. BNP Paribas Open TEN
2:30 p.m. MLS: New England at Chicago NBCSN
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 a.m. Big 12 Conference (quarterfinal) FOXSP2
9:30 a.m. Big 12 Conference (quarterfinal) FOXSP2
2 p.m. Big 12 Conference (quarterfinal) FOXSP2
4:30 p.m. Big 12 Conference (quarterfinal) FOXSP2
* Tape-delayed broadcast
SATURday’s BIIF games
baseball
Honokaa at Kamehameha, 1 p.m.
Kohala at Keaau, 1 p.m.
Hilo at Hawaii Prep, 3 p.m.
SOFTBALL
Pahoa at Kamehameha, 10 a.m.
tennis
Kamehameha at Waiakea, 10 a.m.
St. Joseph at Ka‘u, 10 a.m.
Keaau at Hilo, 10 a.m.
Pahoa at Laupahoehoe, 10 a.m.
Konawaena at Kealakehe, 10 a.m.
Kohala at Makua Lani, 10 a.m.
tRACK AND FIELD
HPA preseason meet, 9 a.m.
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Thursday’s results
east
Butler 73, UMass 62
SOUTH
Coppin St. 69, Bethune-Cookman 61
Florida St. 53, Virginia 51
Georgia 72, Kentucky 62
Morgan St. 78, Florida A&M 67
NC Central 68, Hampton 64
Nicholls St. 90, Lamar 63
Norfolk St. 55, NC A&T 48
Northwestern St. 66, Texas A&M-CC 51
SC State 62, Delaware St. 60
SE Louisiana 79, McNeese St. 68
Savannah St. 71, Md.-Eastern Shore 54
MIDWEST
Michigan St. 58, Wisconsin 43
Penn St. 66, Northwestern 59
SOUTHWEST
Stephen F. Austin 57, Sam Houston St. 42
FAR WEST
CS Northridge 88, Hawaii 75
Cal Poly 68, UC Riverside 62
Colorado 76, Oregon 53
Denver 84, Texas-Arlington 55
E. Washington 87, Idaho St. 73
Long Beach St. 77, UC Davis 76
Montana 63, Sacramento St. 52
Montana St. 83, N. Arizona 79, OT
N. Colorado 66, S. Utah 58
New Mexico St. 78, Louisiana Tech 60
Pacific 70, UC Irvine 62
UC Santa Barbara 66, Cal St.-Fullerton 50
Utah 72, Oregon St. 61
Utah St. 77, Texas St. 61
Weber St. 80, Portland St. 52
TOURNAMENT
Atlantic Sun Conference
First Round
SC-Upstate 76, Jacksonville 62
Stetson 67, ETSU 46
Big South Conference
Quarterfinals
Charleston Southern 54, Winthrop 47
Gardner-Webb 71, Campbell 57
Liberty 61, High Point 60
VMI 90, Longwood 86
Missouri Valley Conference
First Round
Drake 81, Bradley 66
Missouri St. 61, S. Illinois 53
Ohio Valley Conference
Second Round
E. Kentucky 84, SE Missouri 69
Tennessee St. 88, Morehead St. 75
West Coast Conference
Second Round
Loyola Marymount 61, San Francisco 60, OT
San Diego 62, Pepperdine 59
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Thursday’s results
EAST
Coppin St. 53, Bethune-Cookman 40
Hampton 51, NC Central 30
McNeese St. 79, SE Louisiana 55
Md.-Eastern Shore 55, Savannah St. 44, OT
Memphis 63, Marshall 53
Morgan St. 72, Florida A&M 60
NC A&T 62, Norfolk St. 47
New Mexico St. 66, Louisiana Tech 56
Nicholls St. 84, Lamar 77
SC State 76, Delaware St. 52
Southern Miss. 75, East Carolina 66
Texas A&M-CC 51, Northwestern St. 49
UAB 55, UCF 54
MIDWEST
Bradley 71, Illinois St. 69
Creighton 74, Evansville 69, OT
Detroit 62, Youngstown St. 48
Drake 80, S. Illinois 65
Green Bay 63, Loyola of Chicago 37
Milwaukee 72, Ill.-Chicago 63
N. Iowa 75, Indiana St. 49
Wright St. 61, Cleveland St. 53
SOUTHWEST
Houston Baptist 92, Chicago St. 57
Rice 58, SMU 46
Sam Houston St. 76, Stephen F. Austin 68
Texas-Arlington 66, Denver 55
Tulsa 76, Houston 63
UTSA 64, San Jose St. 60
Utah St. 73, Texas St. 56
FAR WEST
CS Northridge 72, Cal St.-Fullerton 44
Cal Poly 76, UC Irvine 36
E. Washington 67, Idaho St. 61, OT
Montana 59, N. Arizona 51
Portland St. 79, Weber St. 73, OT
S. Utah 71, N. Colorado 58
Sacramento St. 84, Montana St. 50
UC Santa Barbara 59, Long Beach St. 50
TOURNAMENT
Atlantic Coast Conference
First Round
Boston College 66, Virginia 57
Miami 45, Virginia Tech 39
NC State 56, Clemson 45
Wake Forest 86, Georgia Tech 67
Atlantic Sun Conference
First Round
Mercer 63, Jacksonville 53
North Florida 50, SC-Upstate 48
Big Ten Conference
First Round
Iowa 60, Northwestern 55
Michigan 67, Indiana 40
Ohio St. 58, Minnesota 47
Wisconsin 58, Illinois 57
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
First Round
Canisius 79, St. Peter’s 55
Manhattan 50, Loyola (Md.) 49
Ohio Valley Conference
Second Round
Belmont 62, SIU-Edwardsville 45
UT-Martin 78, E. Kentucky 63
Pacific-12 Conference
First Round
Southern Cal 64, Oregon St. 57
Utah 66, Arizona 48
Washington St. 48, Arizona St. 41
Washington 69, Oregon 62
Patriot League
First Round
Bucknell 46, American U. 43
Colgate 48, Army 40
Holy Cross 64, Lehigh 59
Navy 59, Lafayette 55, OT
Southeastern Conference
Second Round
Florida 64, Arkansas 59
LSU 65, Auburn 62
South Carolina 77, Alabama 35
Vanderbilt 53, Missouri 40
West Coast Conference
Second Round
Loyola Marymount 75, San Francisco 53
Portland 70, Santa Clara 64
Pro Baseball
Spring Training Glance
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Kansas City 11 1 .917
Baltimore 8 2 .800
Seattle 11 3 .786
Tampa Bay 9 4 .692
Chicago 6 3 .667
Cleveland 10 5 .667
Houston 6 5 .545
Boston 7 6 .538
Detroit 7 6 .538
Minnesota 7 6 .538
Oakland 6 6 .500
Toronto 5 7 .417
Texas 4 7 .364
Los Angeles 3 8 .273
New York 3 9 .250
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
Colorado 6 5 .545
St. Louis 6 5 .545
Milwaukee 6 6 .500
Philadelphia 6 6 .500
San Diego 7 7 .500
Washington 5 5 .500
Atlanta 6 7 .462
Miami 4 5 .444
Arizona 5 7 .417
Los Angeles 4 6 .400
San Francisco 4 6 .400
New York 3 5 .375
Chicago 5 9 .357
Pittsburgh 4 8 .333
Cincinnati 2 11 .154
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against nonmajor league teams do not.
Thursday’s results
St. Louis 7, N.Y. Yankees 6
Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2
Minnesota (ss) 10, Philadelphia 6
Houston 4, Washington 2
Boston 12, Minnesota (ss) 5
Baltimore 11, Toronto 10
N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 1
L.A. Angels 12, San Diego 3
L.A. Dodgers 11, Texas 11, tie
Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Oakland 7, Seattle (ss) 3
Milwaukee 4, Arizona 3
Cleveland 6, San Francisco 4
Seattle (ss) 12, Kansas City 2
Detroit 9, Atlanta 2
Today’s games
Roundup>Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>N.Y. Yankees vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>Toronto vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>San Diego vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Cleveland vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Oakland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Texas vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 2:05 p.m.
Roundup>Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 2:05 p.m.
Roundup>Cincinnati (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Roundup>Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Roundup>Kansas City (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Soccer
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus 1 0 0 3 3 0
Kansas City 1 0 0 3 3 1
Houston 1 0 0 3 2 0
Montreal 1 0 0 3 1 0
New York 0 0 1 1 3 3
New England 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto FC 0 1 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 1 3
D.C. 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chicago 0 1 0 0 0 4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 1 0 0 3 4 0
Real Salt Lake 1 0 0 3 2 0
Vancouver 1 0 0 3 1 0
FC Dallas 1 0 0 3 1 0
Portland 0 0 1 1 3 3
Colorado 0 1 0 0 0 1
Seattle 0 1 0 0 0 1
San Jose 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chivas USA 0 1 0 0 0 3
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s games
Kansas City at Toronto FC, 8:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 1 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 2 p.m.
New England at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Columbus at Vancouver, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at Portland, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday’s games
FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 11 a.m.
New York at San Jose, 4 p.m.
Hockey
NHL glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 24 16 8 0 32 86 71
New Jersey 24 11 8 5 27 59 67
N.Y. Rangers 22 12 8 2 26 57 54
N.Y. Islanders 24 10 11 3 23 71 80
Philadelphia 25 11 13 1 23 72 77
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 24 15 5 4 34 75 61
Boston 21 15 3 3 33 64 48
Toronto 25 15 10 0 30 75 65
Ottawa 24 12 8 4 28 56 49
Buffalo 25 9 13 3 21 65 80
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 23 13 9 1 27 69 66
Winnipeg 23 11 11 1 23 58 69
Tampa Bay 24 10 13 1 21 82 75
Washington 22 10 11 1 21 66 63
Florida 24 7 12 5 19 60 90
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 24 21 0 3 45 78 46
Detroit 24 12 8 4 28 66 60
St. Louis 23 12 9 2 26 70 70
Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 47 59
Columbus 24 8 12 4 20 55 70
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 23 11 6 6 28 64 63
Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 52 56
Calgary 21 9 8 4 22 61 69
Edmonton 23 8 10 5 21 54 65
Colorado 22 8 10 4 20 53 65
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 22 16 3 3 35 77 60
Dallas 23 12 9 2 26 66 65
Los Angeles 22 12 8 2 26 62 57
San Jose 22 11 7 4 26 51 50
Phoenix 24 11 10 3 25 70 71
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
Toronto 5, Ottawa 4
Chicago 3, Colorado 2
Calgary 4, San Jose 1
Anaheim 2, Phoenix 0
Thursday’s results
New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2, SO
Boston 4, Toronto 2
N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4
Washington 7, Florida 1
Montreal 4, Carolina 2
Columbus 2, Vancouver 1, OT
Winnipeg 2, Tampa Bay 1
Detroit 3, Edmonton 0
St. Louis 6, Phoenix 3
Dallas 5, Los Angeles 2
Today’s games
Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m.
GOLF
CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday’s first-round scores
Tiger Woods 32-34—66
Freddie Jacobson 33-33—66
Sergio Garcia 32-34—66
Graeme McDowell 33-33—66
Bubba Watson 32-34—66
Hunter Mahan 31-36—67
Peter Hanson 34-33—67
Phil Mickelson 33-34—67
Steve Stricker 33-34—67
Keegan Bradley 35-33—68
Ian Poulter 34-34—68
Bo Van Pelt 34-34—68
Dustin Johnson 33-35—68
Charles Howell III 35-33—68
Justin Rose 34-34—68
Rickie Fowler 34-35—69
Thaworn Wiratchant 34-35—69
Jason Dufner 32-37—69
Nick Watney 34-35—69
John Senden 33-36—69
Geoff Ogilvy 34-35—69
Michael Thompson 34-35—69
Alexander Noren 35-34—69
Brian Gay 36-34—70
Scott Jamieson 35-35—70
Luke Donald 32-38—70
Russell Henley 35-35—70
Scott Piercy 36-34—70
George Coetzee 35-35—70
Louis Oosthuizen 37-33—70
Richard Sterne 36-34—70
Matteo Manassero 35-36—71
Charl Schwartzel 34-37—71
Nicolas Colsaerts 35-36—71
Rafael Cabrera Bello 34-37—71
John Huh 37-34—71
Carl Pettersson 34-37—71
David Lynn 35-36—71
Chris Wood 35-36—71
Zach Johnson 35-36—71
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Sale on a five-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed OF Michael Brantley, 3B Lonnie Chisenhall, RHP Cody Allen, RHP Trey Haley, RHP Corey Kluber, RHP Zach McAllister, RHP Danny Salazar, RHP Bryan Shaw, OF Tim Fedroff, LHP T.J. House and INF Chris McGuiness to one-year contracts.
BASKETBALL
Women’s National Basketball Association
SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS—Signed F Delisha Milton-Jones.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Retained TE Mike Caussin for next season. Re-signed LB Bryan Scott to a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Agreed to terms with RB Cedric Peerman on a two-year contract. Tendered offers to S Jeromy Miles, WR Andrew Hawkins and LB Vincent Rey.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released OL Eric Winston.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Released LB Takeo Spikes.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Tendered one-year contract to CB Tramaine Brock. Signed WR Joe Hastings to a one-year contract.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed DE Keyunta Dawson to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with K Rob Bironas on a multiyear contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Brandon Bollig from Rockford (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned F Matt Halischuk to Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Recalled G Philipp Grubauer from Hershey (AHL).
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR—Fined Denny Hamlin $25,000 for disparaging comments about the racing last week at Phoenix.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Waived F Babayele Sodade.
COLLEGE
AKRON—Suspended basketball junior G Alex Abreu indefinitly after he was arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of marijuana.
