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AROUND SPORTS Yanks feel cheated, wondering ‘what if?’

ORLANDO, Fla. — New comes of two consecutive Golden State Warriors York Yankees owner Hal World Series.” champion. However, the Steinbrenner understands Rose also referenced second year of the Iguodala why his players feel cheat- Manfred’s decision on Jan. extension is a team option ed by the Astros. 13 to suspend Houston In other news: If Houston had not been manager AJ Hinch and • Minutes before tip-off, using a video camera to general manager Jeff Luh- Golden State’s Alec Burks steal opposing catcher’s now for one season for and Glenn Robinson III signs in 2017, maybe the their role in the Astros’ use were pulled from Wednes- Yankees would have won of electronics to steal day’s game as the team the AL Championship catchers’ signs in 2017 and prepares to trade them Series instead of losing to 2018 but to not discipline before today’s deadline. the Astros in seven games. players. “When the report came • Yankees lefthander NFL out, I was as upset as any- James Paxton has had Steelers GM gets one,” Steinbrenner said back surgery and is expect- Wednesday at the baseball ed to be sidelined until May 1-year extension owners meeting. “Clearly, or June. gen- there were direct implica- New York said Dr. An- eral manager Kevin Col- tions to my organization, drew Dossett in Dallas bert agreed to a one-year our team, our 2017 team. performed a lumbar dis- contract extension that But at some point I think cectomy, in which a herni- runs through the 2021 we all for the sake of the ated disk was repaired, and draft. game and the good of the Tammy Ljungblad /Kansas City Star removed a cyst. Colbert was in the final game, need to move on.” A crowd that braved sub-freezing wind chills gathers outside Union Station in months of a deal that was Baseball Commissioner Kansas City as the double-decker buses carrying members of the Chiefs com- NBA set to expire after the 2020 Rob Manfred issued a plete a parade and take part in a rally celebrating their victory. Iguodala headed draft. report on Jan. 13 that con- cluded the Astros broke Three days after discipline for steroids use MLB by lawyer John Dowd to Miami in trade rules against electronic Manfred issued his report, and electronic sign steal- found that Rose placed The Miami Heat made an Spears receives sign stealing in 2017, in- CC Sabathia vented his ing. numerous bets on the Reds aggressive move ahead of cluding during the post- anger on his R2C2 podcast. Rose’s lawyers submitted to win from 1985-87 while Thursday’s NBA trade 22-month penalty season. Houston won all Sabathia won Game 3 at the application to baseball playing for and managing deadline, dealing forward American tennis player four home games against home against the Astros in Commissioner Rob the team. Justise Winslow to the Abigail Spears was hand- the Yankees in the playoffs, 2017 and lost Game 7 on Manfred, who in Decem- “There has never been Memphis Grizzlies as part ed a 22-month doping ban when Astros players had the road. ber 2015 denied the previ- any allegation that Mr. of a package for champi- after a positive test from the advantage of the sign- “There’s no way that you ous request by the career Rose’s misconduct was onship forward Andre last year’s U.S. Open. stealing system, and lost all can tell me that we weren’t hits leader. intended to gain a compet- Iguodala. The 38-year-old Spears three in the Bronx. The better than them,“ Sabathia “The time has come to itive advantage over other The Heat were able to has won 21 women’s dou- scores of the first two said, mixing in profanities. recognize that Mr. Rose’s teams,“ stated the petition. secure the services of the bles titles during her career games were both 2-1. “I cried like a baby. … penalty has become grossly “When it comes to sub- 36-year-old defensive stop- and won the mixed dou- Steinbrenner is among Forever in my mind now, in disproportionate relative to sequent violations of Major per over aggressive pur- bles title at the Australian the Yankees who won- ‘17, we won the World Se- Major League Baseball’s League Baseball rules — suits by the Los Angeles Open in 2017. dered: what if? ries.” treatment of severe wrong- namely steroid use and Lakers, Los Angeles Clip- Her urine sample was “I think enough people In other news: doing by ownership, man- electronic sign stealing — pers and other suitors. found to have contained have brought that to my • Pete Rose has once agement and players,“ the this is clearly not the case. Final details of the trade two prohibited substances, attention and I’m a reason- again asked Major League petition said. They have intentionally still were being worked prasterone and testoster- ably smart guy. I’ve certain- Baseball to end his lifetime Rose agreed to the life- and dramatically affected out. The Heat also agreed one, the International ly thought that,” Steinbren- ban, saying the penalty is time ban in August 1989 the results of plays and to a two-year, $30 million Tennis Federation said. ner said. unfair compared with after an investigation for games, including the out- extension with the former From wire reports

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Pelicans 3½ BULLS Nashville 2, Winnipeg 1, OT WASHINGTON CAPITALS: Reassigned D Mar- Australia, 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-0. BUCKS 9 76ers MIDWEST Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, OT tin Fehervary and G Vitek Vanecek to Hershey BLAZERS 3 Spurs Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. (8), Cent. Michigan 66, N. Illinois 60 Arizona 3, Edmonton 0 (AHL). LAKERS 5½ Rockets France, 6-4, 6-1. Transactions Iowa St. 74, Oklahoma St. 63 San Jose 3, Calgary 1 SOCCER Richard Gasquet, France, def. Gilles Simon, Kansas St. 84, Texas Tech 70 Wednesday’s results BASEBALL College basketball France, 6-4, 6-4. Kent St. 61, Bowling Green 47 N.Y. Rangers 5, Toronto 3 Major League Soccer FavoritePts Underdog National League Miami (Ohio) 92, Toledo 83 Boston 2, Chicago 1, OT FC CINCINNATI: Signed M Adrien Regattin. Wisc-Green Bay4½ IUPUI Men’s singles CHICAGO CUBS: Signed RHPs Jason Adam, Os- LA GALAXY: Signed D Nick DePuy from LA Gal- NO KENTUCKY 11½ Oakland Ohio 75, E. Michigan 65 Today’s games Round of 16 car De La Cruz, Brandon Morrow, Caleb Simp- axy II (USLC). NC-WILMINGTON 4 Elon Anaheim at Montreal, 6 p.m. Gregoire Barrere, France, def. Grigor Dimitrov SOUTHWEST son and Ben Taylor SEATTLE SOUNDERS: Signed D Yeimar Gomez CHARLESTON 5½ William & Mary Detroit at Buffalo, 6 p.m. (4), Bulgaria, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5. Abilene Christian 84, Northwestern St. 69 Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. CINCINNATI REDS: Signed RHP Pedro Strop to Andrade from Union de Sante Fe (Argentina). WRIGHT ST. 13½ Detroit Baylor 97, Kansas 44 Men’s doubles aone-year contract. Designated RHP Sal Ro- CHARLOTTE 3½ Utep New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. COLLEGE Cent. Arkansas 53, Lamar 29 mano for assignment. OLD DOMINION 5½ Utsa Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Round of 16 ARIZONA STATE: Named Marvin Lewis and Houston 55, SMU 53 COLORADO ROCKIES: Signed RHP Ubaldo Ji- MARSHALL 10½ Southern Miss Vegas at Florida, 6 p.m. Jamie Murray and (4), Britain, Antonio Pierce co-defensive coordinators. Incarnate Word 77, Sam Houston St. 74 menez, C Drew Butera and INF Chris Owings to TULSA 5 Connecticut Colorado at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. def. Julian Knowle and Dennis Novak, Austria, SYRACUSE: Named Tony White defensive co- Oklahoma 68, West Virginia 58 minor league contracts. Texas St. 1½ COASTAL CARO Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m. 6-1, 6-0. ordinator. UCF 62, Tulsa 49 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Signed INF Logan DELAWARE 2 Towson Winnipeg at St. Louis, 7 p.m. DREXEL 6½ James Madison WEST Carolina at Arizona, 8 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 8 p.m. Ucf 3½ E CAROLINA Boise St. 67, Wyoming 48 San Jose at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. WICHITA ST. NL Cincinnati California Baptist 55, CS Bakersfield 53 APPALACHIAN ST.PK UT-Arlington Friday’s games Fresno St. 79, Colorado St. 61 N Texas 8½ MIDDLE TENN ST. Anaheim at Toronto, 6 p.m. Nevada 71, Air Force 67 BELMONT 5½ Murray St. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. UNLV 69, Utah St. 45 UMKC 4½ UT-Rio Grande Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m. Georgia St. 5 UL-LAFAYETTE Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Ga Southern 6½ UL-MONROE Hockey Saturday’s games SIU-EDAVILLE PK Morehead St. Ottawa at Winnipeg, 1 p.m. COLORADO 17 California NHL Arizona at Boston, 2 p.m. ILLINOIS-CHI 4½ Wisconsin-Milw EASTERN CONFERENCE Colorado at Columbus, 6 p.m. Oral Roberts 3½ N DAKOTA Los Angeles at New Jersey, 6 p.m. UAB 7 Rice Atlantic GP WLOT PtsGFGA N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. New Mexico St. 24 CHICAGO ST. Boston 55 33 10 12 78 183 138 Nashville at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Jacksonville St. 3½ SE MISSOURI ST. Tampa Bay533315571 192 147 Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m. E ILLINOIS 7½ E Kentucky Florida 52 29 17 664188 171 Pittsburgh at Florida, 6 p.m. Toronto542819763 194 181 TENN-MARTIN 6 Tennessee Tech Toronto at Montreal, 6 p.m. Montreal552523757 172 170 Austin Peay 2½ TENNESSEE ST. Dallas at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Buffalo532323753 151 167 ARIZONA 10 Usc Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Ottawa 53 18 24 11 47 144 179 No Arizona 2½ IDAHO ST. Carolina at Vegas, 9 p.m. HOUSTON 17 Tulane Detroit 54 12 38 428111 207 WEBER ST. 2½ Sacramento St. Metropolitan GP WLOT PtsGFGA Louisiana Tech 1½ W KENTUCKY Washington543613577 197 160 Tennis MONTANA ST. 8½ Idaho Pittsburgh 52 33 14 571176 142 No Colorado PK SOUTHERN UTAH Columbus 54 29 16 967144 135 ATP World Tour — Cordoba Open MONTANA 3 E Washington N.Y. Islanders 51 30 15 666150 139 Wednesday at Cordoba, Argentina CAL-SANTA BARB 5 Hawaii Philadelphia 53 29 17 765170 157 Men’s singles PEPPERDINE 1½ Santa Clara Carolina 53 30 20 363169 145 Byu 17 PORTLAND N.Y. Rangers 52 26 22 456171 169 Round of 16 Stanford 1½ UTAH New Jersey 52 18 24 10 46 141 190 , Slovakia, def. Carlos Taberner, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (7). CAL-IRVINE 10 Cal-Davis WESTERN CONFERENCE CAL-BAPTIST 7 CS-Bakersfield (6), Uruguay, def. Gianluca Mag- SAN FRANCISCO 8 Pacific Central GP WLOT PtsGFGA er, Italy, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 6-1. ARIZONA ST. 7½ Ucla St. Louis 54 32 14 872174 153 Men’s doubles GONZAGA 26 Loyola-Marymount Dallas 53 30 18 565142 136 St. Mary’s-CA 11½ SAN DIEGO Colorado 51 29 16 664188 150 Round of 16 Chicago542521858 161 168 , Ecuador, and , Nashville 52 25 20 757171 172 Uruguay, def. Sander Gille and Colleges Winnipeg 54 26 23 557159 166 (2), Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9. Minnesota522422654 160 174 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, and Marco Cec- Men’s basketball Pacific GP WLOT PtsGFGA chinato, Italy, def. Treat Conrad Huey, Philip- Wednesday’s results Vancouver 54 30 19 565177 163 pines, and , United States, EAST Edmonton 53 28 19 662170 165 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Vegas552721761 170 166 Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Fabrice Mar- Albany (NY) 62, Binghamton 49 Arizona 55 27 21 761155 148 tin (1), France, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, and American U. 62, Navy 54 Calgary 54 27 21 660147 166 , Argentina, 6-3, 6-2. Boston U. 80, Army 66 San Jose 54 23 27 450139 178 and , Bra- Colgate 81, Lehigh 51 Anaheim 53 22 26 549137 163 zil, def. Alessandro Giannessi and Gianluca Loyola (Md.) 74, Holy Cross 60 Los Angeles 54 19 30 543133 171 Mager, Italy, walkover. Providence 73, Creighton 56 Note: Two points for a win, one point for over- Men’s doubles St. Bonaventure 72, George Washington 47 time loss. Stony Brook 77, Mass.-Lowell 70 Tuesday’s results Quarterfinals UMBC 70, Hartford 59 Colorado 6, Buffalo 1 Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, and Marcelo Vermont 77, Maine 52 Washington 4, Los Angeles 2 Demoliner (3), , def. , Italy,