Numbers Game Away in the Second-Seeded Lady Vols’ 102-54 Victory Against an Army Team That Was Making Its NCAA Tournament Debut
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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 2006 — Tennessee’s Candace Parker is the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game, jamming one-handed on a break- NUMBERS GAME away in the second-seeded Lady Vols’ 102-54 victory against an Army team that was making its NCAA tournament debut. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Thursday, March 19, 2020 Morning rush Norwegian musher wins Iditarod race Valley Press news services By MARK THIESSEN together are an amazing team.” Ottawa player is 1st in NHL to test Associated Press Waerner, who began mush- positive for COVID-19 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As ing in 1984, won the Iditarod in The NHL has its first known case of the new corona- a young boy growing up in Nor- only his second attempt. virus after an Ottawa Senators player tested positive. way, Thomas Waerner spent idle He finished 17th in 2015, The team announced late Tuesday that an uniden- WINNER tified player had tested positive for COVID-19. The hours thinking long and hard Thomas Waerner, when he earned Rookie of the Senators said the player has mild symptoms and is in about two different kinds of icon- of Norway, arrives in Year honors. Wearner last year isolation, and that other players are being tested under ic American modes of transpor- Nome, Alaska, on won the 745-mile (1,200-kilome- the supervision of medical authorities. tation: muscle cars and the sled Wednesday to win ter) Finnmarkslopet, the longest Ottawa players, coaches and others have been dogs in the Iditarod. the Iditarod Trail Sled sled dog race in Europe. Dog Race. advised to remain isolated, monitor their health and Waerner, 47, made one As an 11-year-old boy in Nor- seek advice from team medical staff. The NHL is not Associated Press mandating testing. of those dreams reality on way, he read mushing maga- Wednesday, winning the nearly north of Anchorage and was al cash amount will depend on zines touting the achievements The Senators’ final three games before the season one of the few sporting events was suspended were all in California: in San Jose on 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Idi- how many mushers finish the of some of the Iditarod’s most fa- in the U.S. that wasn’t canceled March 7, Anaheim on March 10 and Los Angeles against tarod Trail Sled Dog Race across race, a factor in how the prize mous mushers of that era. Their because of the new coronavirus. the Kings on March 11. The NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, who Alaska. He took a commanding money is divvied out. ranks included the race’s only The Iditarod encouraged had four players test positive, played at Staples Center in lead in the late stages of the race Waerner immediately five-time winner, Rick Swenson, Los Angeles the previous night, though visiting basket- fans not to travel to Nome for thanked the 10 dogs in harness, ball and hockey teams do not use the same locker room. and held a five-hour advantage and a four-time winner, the late the finish as the city closed petting and rubbing each dog, Olympic leaders back IOC’s Tokyo over the next closest musher, public buildings to help prevent Susan Butcher, who in the 1985 three-time champion Mitch ending his with lead dogs K2 and race had to fight off an angry stance after rare criticism the spread of the coronavirus. Bark before handing out treats. Seavey. Events like the musher’s ban- moose with an axe after it killed GENEVA — Regional Olympic officials on Wednesday He called K2 “an amazing “This is awesome,” Waerner quet were postponed. two of her dogs. rallied around the IOC and backed its stance on opening dog.” the Tokyo Games as scheduled, as direct criticism said after winning the race. “This But fans didn’t employ social Waerner told reporters at the from gold medalist athletes built amid the coronavirus is something special.” distancing as they poured out of “He has this inside engine finish line that it was always his outbreak. Waerner took his dog team bars and hotels to cheer Waern- that never stops,” Waerner said. “dream to come here and do the Leaders of continental Olympic groups praised the over mountain ranges, on the er as he drove the team off the Bark is the tough one, the race.” IOC after a conference call to update them on coronavi- frozen Yukon River and across winning musher said. Waerner became the second rus issues four months before the opening ceremony in Bering Sea ice and down Nome’s Tokyo on July 24. treacherous Bering Sea ice to the Front Street to the finish line just “He’s the one just charging Norwegian musher in the last “We are living through an unpredictable crisis and as finish line on Nome’s main street after 12:30 a.m. through everything. It doesn’t three years and third this centu- such, it is important that we have one policy, expressed in 9 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes He will earn a minimum of matter what comes, he will just ry to win the race. Joar Leifseth by the IOC, and we follow that policy in unison,” the and 47 seconds. $50,000 and a new pickup truck go through it, storms or what- Ulsom won in 2018 and Robert Italy-based European Olympic Committees said. The race started March 8 for winning the race. The actu- ever,” Waerner said. So they two Sorlie took titles 2003 and 2005. However, when the International Olympic Committee published an interview with its president, Thomas Bach, after a separate call with athlete representatives, MLB GOLF NBA OTORSPORTS it prompted a four-time Olympic champion to urge NHL M Spring Training Glance PGA Tour schedule WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE NASCAR Cup postponing the games. AMERICAN LEAGUE Jan. 2-5 — Sentry Tournament of Pacific Division Pacific Division W L Pct GB Schedule-Winners W L Pct. Champions (Justin Thomas) GP W L OT Pts GF GA Feb. 9 — x-Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Erik Jan. 9-12 — Sony Open (Cameron x-L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — Clippers’ Terance Mann has ligament Toronto 12 6 .667 Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 Jones) Smith) L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ Oakland 13 8 .619 Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at Jan. 16-19 — Desert Classic (Andrew Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ surgery on right hand Texas 12 8 .600 Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 DAYTONA (Joey Logano) Landry) Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 Chicago 10 7 .588 Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Clippers guard Ter- Jan. 23-26 — Farmers Insurance Open Golden State 15 50 .231 35 New York 11 8 .579 Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 DAYTONA (William Byron) (Marc Leishman) Southwest Division ance Mann has had surgery to repair a ligament in his Baltimore 9 7 .563 Ducks 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 Feb. 16 — DAYTONA 500 (Denny Hamlin) Jan. 30-Feb. 2 — Waste Management W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 9 8 .529 Kings 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 Feb. 23 — Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy right hand, the team said Wednesday. Phoenix Open (Webb Simpson) Houston 40 24 .625 — San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 Kansas City 9 9 .500 Lube (Joey Logano) Feb. 6-9 — AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ The surgery was performed Tuesday. Mann was Boston 9 10 .474 Central Division March 1 — Auto Club 400 (Alex Bowman) (Nick Taylor) Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ injured during a game on March 8 while on assignment Detroit 8 9 .471 GP W L OT Pts GF GA March 8 — FanShield 500 (Joey Logano) Feb. 13-16 — Genesis Invitational (Adam New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 Minnesota 7 8 .467 March 15 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 with the team’s G League affiliate in Ontario, California. Scott) San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 Houston 7 11 .389 (canceled) Feb. 20-23 — WGC-Mexico Northwest Division Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 No timetable for his return has been set. Angels 6 10 .375 March 22 — Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead, Championship (Patrick Reed) W L Pct GB Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 Cleveland 7 12 .368 Fla. Mann has averaged 1.6 points and 1.1 assists in 35 Feb. 20-23 — Puerto Rico Open (Viktor Denver 43 22 .662 — Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 Seattle 6 12 .333 March 29 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Hovland) Utah 41 23 .641 1½ Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 games for the Clippers this season. The first-year guard NATIONAL LEAGUE Worth, Texas Feb. 27-March 1 — Honda Classic Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 W L Pct. April 5 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. out of Florida State played 20 games in the G League, (Sungjae Im) Portland 29 37 .439 14½ EASTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 14 5 .737 April 19 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, March 5-8 — Arnold Palmer Invitational Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ Atlantic Division averaging 15.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists. Miami 12 6 .667 Va.