SECTION B VISIT SAMOA NEWS ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018 CLASSIFIEDS • CARTOONS • ALOHA BRIEFS & MORE ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Shaun White wins America’s 100th Winter Olympics gold medal C M and Bonnie Blair lead all Amer- to the winter slate in 1998 has ican winter Olympians with fi ve helped America pad its total. Y K gold medals each. Heiden won The U.S. leads all countries with all fi ve of his medals at the 1980 14 snowboarding gold medals, Games in Lake Placid, New including all four of its golds at York, by setting four Olympic the Pyeongchang Games. records and one world record. White has won the half- Blair got her fi rst gold in 1988, pipe competition three times, then won two each in 1992 and and veteran Anderson got her 1994.They were just the latest second slopestyle gold earlier in a long line of American this week. The future looks speedskaters with multiple strong, too, with 17-year-olds gold medals. The fi rst were Red Gerard and Chloe Kim Irving Jaffee and Jack Shea, winning gold in slopestyle and who became the country’s fi rst halfpipe, respectively, at this two-time winter gold medalists year’s games. in 1932. Up until these games, BEST AND WORST FILE ‚Äì In this Feb. 21, 1980, le photo, U.S. Olympic Speedskater Eric Heiden skates and wins they still ranked third among The U.S. won 10 gold medals the 1500 meters speedskating event at Lake Placid, N.Y. Heiden and Bonnie Blair lead all American American winter athletes with in 2002 at Salt Lake City, its winter Olympians with ve gold medals each. Heiden won all ve of his medals at the 1980 games two gold medals each. most at a single Olympics. in Lake Placid by setting four Olympic records and one world record. (AP Photo/File)Ximilla vel ipictorecus White bumped Jaffee, Shea Americans have since won nine and 10 others on Wednesday golds in 2006, 2010 and 2014. By JAKE SEINER, AP Sports It’s taken the United States 94 of American History at the by winning his third gold. Despite ranking second Writer years to reach 100 winter golds, Smithsonian. Two-time champions Jamie overall in golds, the U.S. has PYEONGCHANG, South and it’s only the second country The U.S. won most of its Anderson, Shani Davis and Ted only once led the medal table in Korea (AP) — In fi tting fashion, to get there. It trails Norway, early medals in speedskating Ligety still have events left in gold. That was in 1932 at Salt America’s 100th Winter Olym- which started Wednesday with and sliding events. Jennison Pyeongchang.The fi rst Amer- Lake, when Shea and Jaffee pics gold medal will be draped 121. Germany is third with 92. Heaton got medal No. 2 in skel- ican woman to win multiple paired with the two-man and around the neck of one of its Here’s a look at how America eton in 1928, and Americans gold medals was Andrea Mead four-man bobsled teams to tally most decorated athletes. got to the gold century mark: didn’t break through in Alpine Lawrence, who won slalom six gold medals. The U.S. has Snowboarding great FABULOUS FIRSTS skiing until Gretchen Fraser and giant slalom in 1952. She taken some downturns, too. The Shaun White earned the mile- American speedskater won gold in 1948. carried the Olympic torch for country won just one gold each stone medal for the U.S. on Charley Jewtraw won the fi rst Dick Button won Ameri- the 1960 opening ceremony in 1964 and 1968, fi nishing Wednesday by throwing down ever Winter Olympic gold ca’s fi rst gold in fi gure skating in Squaw Valley, passing it to eighth and ninth, respectively, a spectacular fi nal run in the medal in 1924 by claiming vic- in 1952, and the U.S. men’s American gold medalist speed- in golds. After strong showings men’s halfpipe. It’s the third tory in the 500-meter speed- hockey team beat Canada for skater Ken Henry in a memo- at Lake Placid in 1980 and Sara- career gold for White and skating event in Chamonix, its fi rst gold in 1960 at Squaw rable fl ame lighting. jevo in 1984, the U.S. again fi n- makes him the fi rst American France. It was America’s only Valley, California. SNOWBOARD ished ninth in gold medals with man to win gold at three sepa- gold at those games, and the MULTIMEDALISTS DOMINANCE just two at the 1988 games in rate Winter Olympics. hardware is now in the Museum Speedskaters Eric Heiden Snowboarding’s addition Calgary. Races too close to call at NBA All-Star break By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Bas- C M break, according to the league. ketball Writer If Houston beats Sacramento Y K The NBA will reach the and Golden State loses to Port- All-Star break with conference land, it will also mean both All- races that are too close to call. Star coaches warrant their spots In fact, they could be closer because of their records, instead than ever at the league’s show- of the rules. case event. Toronto’s Dwane Casey, The Toronto Raptors take who will coach Team LeBron, a one-game lead over Boston and Houston’s Mike D’Antoni, in the Eastern Conference into who will lead Team Stephen, Wednesday, the last full night clinched the coaching posi- From le , Golden State Warriors’ Klay ompson, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and Ste- of play before a week off. In the tions even though their teams phen Curry display their all-star jerseys before the start of an NBA basketball game against the West, the Golden State War- didn’t lead the conferences at Phoenix Suns Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. riors’ lead is down to a half- the cutoff date. Boston’s Brad (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) game over the surging Houston Stevens and Golden State’s thought process,” he said after a you say, ‘Oh, hey, where’s the Six teams are within 2 1/2 Rockets, who have won nine in Steve Kerr were both ineligible 115-112 victory over Miami on baseball game?’ at 12 o’clock at games of each other from fi fth a row. because they coached last year. Tuesday. night. You know what’s coming place, where Oklahoma City Unless those leads grow But Casey isn’t celebrating “I’m upset even though we around the corner.” resides, to 10th. While New after those four teams play as he heads off to his fi rst time won because I know what’s AND TOWARD THE Orleans is holding the fi nal Wednesday, it will be the fi rst as the head coach of an All-Star coming around the corner. It’s BOTTOM OF THE spot, the two teams right behind time in NBA history that both team, knowing the tough road like you’re going down a dark BRACKET the Pelicans look as if they’ll conference leaders are ahead by ahead. alley and here comes a group It’s shaping up to be a wild be tough to hold off down the one game or less at the All-Star “That’s not even in my of guys with a baseball bat and West again. (Continued on page B4) Page B2 samoa news, Wednesday, February 14, 2018 No. 2 MSU tops Minnesota 87-57 with 27 points from Jackson (Photos: Leua Aino Frost) him. Any long shot the Gophers had of shocking the Spartans was lessened signifi cantly when starters Amir Coffey (shoulder) and Dupree McBrayer (shin) were again held out of the lineup. Coffey has missed 10 of the last 12 games. McBrayer, after playing through the pain for several weeks, sat out for the second straight time. Then whatever mystery about the outcome that might have still lingered at tipoff was erased by Michigan State’s long-range shooting. Win- ston swished the fi rst three 3s, Jackson knocked down the next two, and Bridges hit one, his only made fi eld goal of the fi rst half, to build an 18-6 lead in less than fi ve minutes. There’s much more to the Spartans than a bunch of out- side shooters, though. Ward made his burly pres- ence felt with a jarring screen to the shoulder that made Gophers point guard Nate Mason wince in pain on the bench after being subbed out. He contributed a three-point play after con- verting a power layup and then threw down a dunk on the next possession. Jackson, the only freshman in the otherwise-all- Michigan State’s Matt McQuaid, right, shoots as Minnesota’s sophomore starting lineup, Jordan Murphy defends during the rst half of an NCAA college added three blocked shots to his basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Minneapolis. Big Ten-leading total. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) The Spartans, who won their previous three games by By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP ston pitched in 12 points for the three points each, had a 49-23 Sports Writer Spartans, who made their fi rst rebounding advantage. They MINNEAPOLIS (AP) six 3-point attempts and fi n- padded their 18-point average — Jaren Jackson Jr. scored ished 14 for 22 from behind the victory margin, third in the a career-high 27 points on arc. country entering the night, with 10-for-14 shooting for second- Isaiah Washington scored a dominant performance from ranked Michigan State, and the 18 points and Jordan Murphy start to fi nish.