TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
Midnight World Baseball Classic Japan vs. Cuba (first round) MLB
8 a.m. Exhibition: N.Y. Yankees vs. Dominican Republic MLB
10 a.m. Exhibition: Italy vs. L.A. Angels FOXSP
CYCLING
11:30 a.m. Paris-Nice (stage 3) * NBCSN
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. North Carolina at Maryland ESPN
2 p.m. Georgetown at Villanova ESPN2
3 p.m. Vanderbilt at Florida MNT
4 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma ESPN2
6 p.m. Stanford at California ESPN2
6:30 p.m. Air Force at San Diego State TWCS
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Charlotte TWCS
4 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio ESPN
5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers FOXSP2
NHL HOCKEY
3 p.m. Colorado at Chicago NBCSN
5 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim FOXSP
SOCCER
9:30 a.m. UEFA Champions League: Juventus vs. Celtic FOXSP2
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
10 a.m. Spring training: L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas FOXSP2
10 a.m. World Baseball Classic Italy vs. Mexico (first round) MLB
1:30 p.m. World Baseball Classic Venezuela vs. Dominican Rep. (first round) MLB
5 p.m. World Baseball Classic (second round) MLB
CYCLING
11:30 a.m. Paris-Nice (stage 4) * NBCSN
GOLF
9 a.m. PGA Tour-WGC: Cadillac Championship (first round) TGC
1:30 p.m. PGA Tour: Puerto Rico Open (first round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
1 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Kentucky at Georgia ESPN
2 p.m. Virginia at Florida State ESPN2
2 p.m. Butler at Massachusetts NBCSN
4 p.m. Wisconsin at Michigan State ESPN
4 p.m. Oregon at Colorado ESPN2
6 p.m. Long Beach State at UC Davis ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Oklahoma City at New York TNT
5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver TNT/FOXSP2
NHL HOCKEY
5:30 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles FOXSP
* Tape-delayed broadcast
Today’s BIIF games
tennis
Parker at Hawaii Prep, 2 p.m.
Hilo at Waiakea, 2 p.m.
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
east
Marquette 60, Rutgers 54
Ohio 72, Buffalo 69
Providence 76, Seton Hall 66
SOUTH
Boston College 68, Clemson 61
Duke 85, Virginia Tech 57
Marshall 88, Southern Miss. 84
Mississippi 87, Alabama 83
MIDWEST
Akron 72, Miami (Ohio) 58
Ball St. 89, W. Michigan 85
Cent. Michigan 61, E. Michigan 59
Iowa 63, Illinois 55
Kansas St. 79, TCU 68
Kent St. 69, Bowling Green 61
Missouri 93, Arkansas 63
Notre Dame 66, St. John’s 40
Ohio St. 67, Indiana 58
Toledo 70, N. Illinois 46
SOUTHWEST
Memphis 56, UTEP 54
FAR WEST
UNLV 68, Boise St. 64
TOURNAMENT
Big South Conference
First round
Campbell 81, Presbyterian 73, OT
Liberty 78, Coastal Carolina 61
Longwood 87, UNC Asheville 72
Winthrop 60, Radford 58, OT
Horizon League
First round
Green Bay 62, Milwaukee 46
Ill.-Chicago 82, Cleveland St. 59
Youngstown St. 62, Loyola of Chicago 60
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
EAST
Cornell 53, Dartmouth 45
SOUTH
Kansas 74, TCU 67
SOUTHWEST
Texas 58, West Virginia 45
Pro Baseball
Spring Training Glance
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct
Kansas City 10 0 1.000
Seattle 10 1 .909
Baltimore 7 2 .778
Tampa Bay 8 4 .667
Chicago 5 3 .625
Cleveland 8 5 .615
Boston 6 5 .545
Minnesota 6 5 .545
Houston 5 5 .500
Toronto 5 5 .500
Detroit 5 6 .455
Oakland 5 6 .455
Texas 3 7 .300
New York 3 8 .273
Los Angeles 2 8 .200
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct
Washington 5 3 .625
Miami 4 3 .571
Colorado 6 5 .545
San Diego 7 6 .538
Arizona 5 5 .500
Atlanta 6 6 .500
Philadelphia 5 5 .500
Los Angeles 4 5 .444
San Francisco 4 5 .444
St. Louis 4 5 .444
Chicago 5 7 .417
Milwaukee 4 6 .400
Pittsburgh 3 7 .300
New York 2 5 .286
Cincinnati 2 11 .154
NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against nonmajor league teams do not.
Monday’s results
Detroit 8, Houston 5
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 0
Minnesota 7, St. Louis 0
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 2
Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1
Oakland 13, L.A. Angels 5
Cleveland 13, Chicago Cubs 5
Texas 5, San Diego 4
Seattle 16, Colorado 6
Chicago White Sox 6, San Francisco 2
Arizona 7, Cincinnati 2
Tuesday’s results
Toronto 6, Baltimore 6, tie, 10 innings
Washington 7, Houston 1
Tampa Bay 8, Minnesota 5
Cleveland 4, San Francisco 3
San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
L.A. Angels 6, Cincinnati 4
Kansas City 8, Oakland 2
Colorado 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Atlanta 2, N.Y. Yankees 0
Today’s games
Roundup>Toronto vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>Washington vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 8:05 a.m.
Roundup>Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 8:35 a.m.
Roundup>L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Milwaukee vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Chicago Cubs vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 10:05 a.m.
Roundup>Kansas City vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:05 a.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 23 15 8 0 30 81 67
New Jersey 23 10 8 5 25 56 65
N.Y. Rangers 21 11 8 2 24 55 53
Philadelphia 24 11 12 1 23 68 72
N.Y. Islanders 23 10 11 2 22 70 78
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 23 14 5 4 32 71 59
Boston 20 14 3 3 31 60 46
Ottawa 23 12 7 4 28 52 44
Toronto 23 14 9 0 28 68 57
Buffalo 24 9 13 2 20 63 77
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 22 13 8 1 27 67 62
Tampa Bay 23 10 12 1 21 81 73
Winnipeg 22 10 11 1 21 56 68
Florida 23 7 11 5 19 59 83
Washington 21 9 11 1 19 59 62
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 23 20 0 3 43 75 44
Detroit 23 11 8 4 26 63 60
St. Louis 22 11 9 2 24 64 67
Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 47 59
Columbus 23 7 12 4 18 53 69
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 22 11 6 5 27 63 61
Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 52 56
Edmonton 22 8 9 5 21 54 62
Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 57 68
Colorado 21 8 9 4 20 51 62
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 21 15 3 3 33 75 60
Los Angeles 21 12 7 2 26 60 52
San Jose 21 11 6 4 26 50 46
Phoenix 22 11 8 3 25 67 63
Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s results
Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO
Toronto 4, New Jersey 2
Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 3
Los Angeles 5, Nashville 1
Tuesday’s results
Columbus 4, Edmonton 3, SO
San Jose 3, Vancouver 2, SO
Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2
N.Y. Islanders 6, Montreal 3
Washington 4, Boston 3, OT
Carolina 4, Buffalo 3
N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2
Florida 4, Winnipeg 1
Detroit 2, Colorado 1
Chicago 5, Minnesota 3
Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 4
Today’s games
Ottawa at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 3 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 5 p.m.
Thursday’s games
Toronto at Boston, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at New Jersey, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Florida at Washington, 2 p.m.
Montreal at Carolina, 2 p.m.
Vancouver at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Through March 3
Points
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, 90. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 82. 3, Brad Keselowski, 82. 4, Denny Hamlin, 72. 5, Clint Bowyer, 72. 6, Greg Biffle, 66. 7, Mark Martin, 65. 8, Jeff Gordon, 60. 9, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 60. 10, Aric Almirola, 60.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, 59. 12, Marcos Ambrose, 52. 13, J.J. Yeley, 50. 14, Bobby Labonte, 49. 15, Jeff Burton, 48. 16, David Reutimann, 48. 17, Paul Menard, 48. 18, Matt Kenseth, 46. 19, Casey Mears, 45. 20, Ryan Newman, 44.
Money
Roundup>1,. Jimmie Johnson, $1,774,986. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,282,089. 3, Mark Martin, $943,963. 4, Brad Keselowski, $875,931. 5, Matt Kenseth, $725,447. 6, Kevin Harvick, $675,379. 7, Ryan Newman, $672,029. 8, Carl Edwards, $669,864. 9, Greg Biffle, $655,639. 10, Kyle Busch, $536,143.
Roundup>11, Jeff Gordon, $528,510. 12, Denny Hamlin, $527,839. 13, Aric Almirola, $524,235. 14, Clint Bowyer, $513,179. 15, Tony Stewart, $506,079. 16, Joey Logano, $505,130. 17, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $498,710. 18, Martin Truex Jr., $488,809. 19, Marcos Ambrose, $488,491. 20, Kurt Busch, $480,679.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB—Suspended Miami OF Kolby Copeland (Batavia-NYP) 50 games under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for refusing to take an offseason drug test.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned LHP Charlie Leesman to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned C Michael Blanke, RHP Jacob Petricka, INF Tyler Saladino, C Kevan Smith and INF Andy Wilkins to their minor-league camp.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Chatwood, LHP Rex Brothers, C Jordan Pacheco, INF Cristhian Adames, OF Charlie Blackmon, RHP Edgmer Escalona, LHP Edwar Cabrera, C Wilin Rosario, INF Reid Brignac, OF Rafael Ortega, RHP Joe Gardner, LHP Christian Friedrich, INF Charlie Culberson, OF Tim Wheeler, RHP Will Harris, LHP Drew Pomeranz, INF DJ LeMahieu, OF Eric Young Jr., RHP Juan Nicasio, LHP Danny Rosenbaum, INF Chris Nelson, RHP Adam Ottavino, INF Josh Rutledge, RHP Rob Scahill, INF Ryan Wheeler and RHP Josh Sullivan to one-year contracts.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Optioned LHP Matt Purke to Hagerstown (SAL).
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Signed OF Ketih Brachold and LHP Gabriel Garcia.
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS—Released C Kyle Day.
KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed INF Matt Padgett. Traded RHP Josh Rainwater to Sioux City to complete an earlier trade.
SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS—Released RHP Rod Scurry.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Signed OF Fehlandt Lentini.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOM—Signed INF Ryan Skellie to a contract extension.
FRONTIER GREYS—Signed 1B Calvin Anderson.
JOLIET SLAMMERS—Signed LHP David Jensen, LHP Forrest Moore and INF Michael Wing.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Oklahoma City F Serge Ibaka $25,000 for striking Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin in the groin area during a March 3 game.
HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed G Aaron Brooks. Waived F Tyler Honeycutt.
NEW YORK KNICKS—Signed F Kenyon Martin to a second 10-day contract.
NBA Development League
RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS—Acquired G-F DJ Kennedy and F Mike Singletary from Erie for G Terrel Harris, G Mustafa Shakur and F Wesley Witherspoon.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed RB Antone Smith to a two-year contract extension.
CLEVELAND BROWNS—Named Ray Farmer assistant general manager.
DETROIT LIONS—Signed P Blake Clingan.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Terminated the contract of WR Michael Jenkins.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed QB G.J. Kinne to a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled RW Jon Rheault from San Antonio (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Recalled RW Cam Janssen from Albany (AHL). Reassigned G Scott Wedgewood from Trenton (ECHL) to Albany (AHL). Reassigned G Maxime Clermont from Albany to Elmira (ECHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled F Micheal Haley from Connecticut of the (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled F Mark Stone from Binghamton (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned F Chris Brown to Portland (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled G Cedrick Desjardins from Syracuse (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Signed D Korbinian Holzer to a two-year contract extension through 2014-15 season.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Waived D Roman Hamrlik.
American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Signed D Mike Banwell for the remainder of the season.
ECHL
ECHL—Suspended Greenville’s Marc-Olivier Vallerand two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a March 3 game against Elmira.
ELMIRA JACKALS—Announced F Jean Bourbeau was returned to the team from Binghamton (AHL).
UTAH GRIZZLIES—Acquired D Cody Carlson, F Jordan Clendenning, F Sebastien Trudeau and F Jonathan Lessard from San Francisco for D Mark Isherwood and F Kory Falite. Announced F Ian Schultz was reassigned to the team from Utah (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Signed D Taylor Kemp.
PHILADELPHIA UNION—Signed MF Matt Kassel.
COLLEGE
MONTANA—Reinstated QB Jordan Johnson.