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PYEONG- CHANG, —U.S. men’s hockey coach Tony Gra- nato insisted his team’s 4-0 loss to the Olympic Athletes From Russia on Saturday wasn’t as bad as the final tally suggested, that the Ameri- cans had played well but were unlucky that they couldn’t put away their many scoring chances, especially in the second period of a chippy, emotion- filled game at Hockey Centre. “I thought it was a great game. I don’t think it was a 4-0 game, though that’s what the scoreboard says,” Granato said. “It went back and forth at a pretty good pace. It was an NHL pace, that’s for sure. “I’d like to play this team again sometime. I think they realize they were in a fight out there.” But now it’s the Ameri- cans who are in a fight, and it’s for tournament survival. The loss dropped them to third place after prelimi- nary-round play in Group B and consigned them to a playoff qualification game on Tuesday. Their opponent will be determined by the final preliminary-round games involving Groups A and C on Sunday. The team from Russia, the two other group winnersand the team with the best second-place record will advance directly to the quarterfinals. “When your back’s against the wall, I hope we’re going to show our best,” U.S. Ryan Zapolski said. “We’ve done a lot of good things the first three games. We just haven’t found a way to score enough goals. It’s going to come with time, so we just have to find a way to buckle down now.” They couldn’t find a way to beat Russia goalie Vasily Koshechkin, who made 29 saves. Their chances in the second period included a four-on-three power play Ronald Martinez Getty Images and a breakaway by Brian NIKOLAI PROKHORKIN,top left, of the Olympic Athletes From Russia celebrates after scoring a in the first period against the Gionta, but the Russians United States during the preliminary-round match in Group B at Gangneung Hockey Centre. Prokhorkin scored team’s first two goals. [See Elliott, D12]

No giant slalom CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE medals for U.S. Ligety has a poor first run and is unable to Gay athletes find greater purpose, reach the podium. ’s Hirscher wins and a platform, in performances another gold. D12 know how to handle the Outrage hasn’t By Mark Zeigler story, some outlets refusing to use the word “gay.” The hurt White yet PYEONGCHANG, world, clearly, wasn’t ready South Korea—The first for it. Snowboard gold med- openly gay male athlete at a But it is now. Winter Olympics was British Now you have alist appears to have figure skater John Curry, in skier Gus Kenworthy and survived his #MeToo 1976. figure skater Adam Rippon moment, Dylan He won gold in Inns- posting a photo on social bruck, Austria, and the fol- media of the former planting Hernandez writes. D13 lowing morning, unbe- akiss on the latter’s cheek knownst to him, he was while wearing Team USA outed in a newspaper story sweaters at the opening cer- U.S. women from a pre-Games interview emony, with the message: know the score in which he privately dis- We’re here. We’re queer. cussed his sexuality — not Get used to it. They will have to get for publication, he later in- Singer Rachel Platten, of sisted. It came at a time the mega-hit “Fight Song,” past and its when homosexual acts be- was at the USA-Russia tough goalie to reach the tween men were still illegal in hockey game Saturday and Aris Messinis AFP/Getty Images some parts of the United was interviewed on the ADAM RIPPON, who won bronze with the U.S. figure skating team, is one of 15 gold-medal game, likely Kingdom. The media didn’t [See Gay athletes, D12] openly gay athletes in Pyeongchang, two more than 2010 and 2014 combined. against Canada. D13

Watson leads at Riviera, but defending champion Johnson moves up with a 64. SPORTS INSIDE >>> D2 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18,2018 SS LATIMES.COM/SPORTS PYEONGCHANG 2018 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MEDAL COUNT

THE LEADERS ------ G 8 S9 24 B7 ------ G9 S4 17 B4 ------CANADA G5 S5 16 B6 ------ G 6 S5 13 B2 ------UNITED STATES G5 S3 10 B2 ------THE OTHERS Country GSBTot. Austria 42410 Japan 1539 OA Russia 0279 France323 8 4307 24 17 2136 South Korea302 5 Czech Republic122 5 04 15 Britain 1034 1203 Jamie Squire Getty Images THIS IS HOW they finished in the men’s 1,000 meters in short-track speedskating, with Canada’s Samuel Girard, left, earning gold, the Australia 02 13 U.S.’ John Henry Krueger (44) winning the silver and South Korea’s Yia Seo the bronze. Hungary’s Shoalin Sandor hit the ice. Finland 0033 1102 OLYMPICS BUZZ Spain 0022 Poland 100 1 0101 Kazakhstan001 1 NOT HEAVY ON MEDALS Liechtenstein 00 11 Note — Russia was suspended from the Pyeongchang Games; athletes from the country compete under the Olympic flag ing? in this category. (1) rard of Canada won the gold. fifth in the 14 -team race. as Olympic Athletes From Russia (OAR). By John Cherwa Alpine: Could pick up two Wild cards: Someone un- In the women’s 1,500, medals with Vonn in the expected could medal and Choi Min-jeong gave South Defending the gold This is your daily infu- downhill and Shiffrin in the someone expected to medal Korea its second gold medal of Poland MEDALISTS sion of information and combined. (2) won’t. It all evens out. by winning that event. The defended his gold medal in news that you might have Bobsled: The U.S. is likely Blanked sports the rest U.S. had no one make the fi- the large hill UPDATE missed. The really big stuff to pick up a medal in the of the way: , cross- nals. competition. It came as no you’ll find in other stories. women’s race with Elana country skiing, curling, surprise as he wastops in the ALPINE SKIING Meyers Taylor, but Jamie Nordic combined, , All the medals standings. Kevin Men’s giant slalom It’s the halfway in Greubel Poser could sneak short-track speedskating. Slovakia isn’t a very big Bickner was the high fin- G Marcel Hirscher, Austria these Winter Games and in. (1) That gets, by Buzz pre- country, population-wise; in isher for the U.S. in 20th. S Henrik Kristoffersen, time to look at how the U.S. Figure Skating: Alex and dictions, 21 medals, give or fact, it’s about half the size of Norway is doing. And the optics are Maia Shibutani will very take a few. Los Angeles County. But bi- Another sport done B Alexis Pinturault, France not good. Based on expected likely win a medal in ice So, how does that shape athlete Anastasiya Kuzmina Skeleton joined as BIATHLON results, the U.S. should fin- dance, but that’s it. (1) up against the past? seems to represent it well. the only two sports to call it Wo men’s 12.5km mass ish with between 19 and 23 Freestyle: The men’s half- 2014 - (28); 2010 -Van- She has won all three of the aGames for competition. start total medals, its lowest total pipe is likely to get at least couver (37); 2006- (26); country’s medals in South That’s because they have to G Anastasiya Kuzmina, in 20 years. two medals between David 2002- (34); Korea, finally picking up a leave the course for the bob- Slovakia It’s probably not a break- Wise, Torin Yater-Wallace 19 98-Nagano (13). gold after two silvers. She sledders. S , Belarus down in how the different and Alex Ferreira. Maybe Now it would not surprise won the women’s 12.5-kilom- Lizzy Yarnold of Britain B Tiri Eckhoff, Norway governing bodies care for sweep the podium, but if the U.S. Olympic Commit- eter mass start. She hit 19 of was the women’s gold win- and train their athletes but that’s being greedy. Gus tee were to say that the med- 20 targets, which was the dif- ner, and it was a shocker. She CROSS-COUNTRY more a case of some of the Kenworthy could hit in the al total was very close to ex- ference. hasn’t won in international SKIING athletes just not living up to slopestyle and Brita Sigour- pectations. But if that hap- The U.S. was guaranteed competition in three years. Wo men’s 4x5km relay expectations. ney or Maddie Bowman pens, those in the front row not to hit the stand, as it She won by almost a half- G Norway The Alpine skiing team could medal in the women’s of the news briefing should didn’t have an entrant. second, which almost calls S Sweden has been disappointing, halfpipe. These are sports be wary they don’t get poked for the mercy rule if they had B OAR withno men’s medals where things can easily go by officials’ noses growing at one in skeleton. Katie Uh- Great to be through Saturday. And wrong … or right. (4) an alarming rate. laender of the U.S. finished Wo men’s ski slopestyle Mikaela Shiffrin and Lind- Hockey: U.S. women Norwegian in 13 th place. sey Vonn both failed to med- likely lose the gold to Cana- Surprise Marit Bjoergen and Ole G Sarah Hoefflin, Switzerland al in disciplines they’d been da. Can’t imagine them not John-Henry Krueger Einar Bjoerndalen are more In progress … S Mathilde Gremaud, expected to do so. Nathan medaling. Not so good out- picked up a silver for the U.S. than just a collection of 18 The U.S. women split its Switzerland B Isabel Atkin, Britain Chen’s disastrous short pro- look for the men. (1) in 1,000-meter short-track consonants and 14 vowels. matches Saturday, defeat- gram compromised a medal Snowboard: Look for speedskating. It was quite They are, for at least a day or ing the team of Russian curl- Men’s ski slopestyle for him despite a great free Chris Corning on the men’s the surprise being that he so, inexorably tied in Winter ers 7-6, and getting routed by G Oystein Braaten, Norway skate. Lindsey Jacobellis, side and Jamie Anderson on was rated 12th in the World Olympics lore. Bjoergen’s Canada 11-3. The women are S Nick Goepper, United States the best-known women’s the women’s side to hit in the Cup standings at this dis- win as part of the Norwegian pretty much out of medal B Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, snowboarder, failed to hit Big Air competition. Should tance. He had to withdraw women’s 4X5K relay in contention in sixth place Canada the podium and gain some do nothing in parallel giant from the trials for the Sochi cross-country skiing gave with a 2-3 record. The top SHORT-TRACK redemption. slalom. (2) Games in 2014 because of her13 Olympic medals, tying four advance to the playoffs. SPEEDSKATING So, with a week to go, how Speedskating: Joey Man- contracting the swine flu. her with Bjoerndalen. She Japan beat the U.S. men 8-2. Wo men’s 1,500m will the United States add to tia will possibly medal in the His hero is Conor McGregor, has two more starts in these the nine medals it had men’s mass start, which so being second-best mir- Games to grab the lead by [email protected] G Choi Minjeong, South Korea headed into Sunday morn- would be the only U.S. medal rored his idol. Samuel Gi- herself. The U.S. finished Twitter: @jcherwa S Li Jinyu, China B Kim Boutin, Canada Men’s 1,000m G Samuel Girard, Canada TV SCHEDULE ATHLETES TO WATCH S John-Henry Krueger, United States CHANNEL 4 —Noon-3 p.m.: 1. B Seo Yira, South Korea Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Aerials (GER): The Germans are SKELETON Gold Medal Final; Speedskat- the traditional two-man Wo men’s ing: Men’s Team Pursuit; bobsled power, and Biathlon: Men’s 15km Mass Friedrich will be vying to re- G Lizzy Ya rnold, Britain Start Gold Medal Final. 4-9:35 capture the gold he lost to S Jacqueline Loelling, Germany p.m.: Figure Skating: Ice Danc- the Austrian team in Sochi. B , Britain ing Short Dance (LIVE); Free- Germany had won gold in style Skiing: Women’s Halfpipe the event in 2002, 2006 and SKI JUMPING (LIVE); Speedskating: Wom- 2010 before and Men’s large hill individual en’s 500m Gold Medal Final; the Austrian sled ended the G Kamil Stoch, Poland Two-Man Bobsled; Cross German dominance in 2014 . S Andreas We llinger, Country: Men’s 4x10km Relay Friedrich has won the last Germany Gold Medal Final. 9:35-11 p.m.: four world championships B , Norway Snowboarding: Women’s Big and is the clear favorite in Air Pyeongchang.

NBCSN —4:10-7:15 a.m.: 2. Women’s hockey (USA): ACADEMYAWARD® Men’s : Sweden vs. The predicted final between NOMINEE Finland (LIVE); Two-Man the U.S. and Canada in wom- BEST DOCUMENTARY Bobsled. 7:15-10 a.m.: Free- en’s hockey has set up per- FEATURE style Skiing: Men’s Aerials fectly, but head coach Robb Gold Medal Final; Speedskat- Stauber’s team won’t have ing: Women’s 500m Gold an easy semifinal matchup. Medal Final, Men’s Team Finland gave the U.S. a Pursuit; Biathlon: Men’s 15km tough opener in Mass Start Gold Medal Final. Pyeongchang before losing 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Cross Country: 3-1. The U.S. was down early Men’s 4x10km Relay Gold and only secured the win Medal Final. 4-7:15 p.m.: Figure with an empty-net goal late Filip Singer EPA-Shutterstock TRUTH Skating: Ice Dancing Short in the third period. The U.S. FRANCESCO FRIEDRICH and of Germany celebrate after Dance (LIVE). 7:15-10:30 p.m.: women’s recent run of suc- their run at the Wo rld Cup last month in Altenberg, Germany. Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Aerials cess means anything short COUNTS Gold Medal Final; Women’s Ice of a at the gold medal Canada. The Shibutanis will skiing halfpipe competition ing for its second straight Hockey: Semifinal (LIVE). will be seen as a failure. have their work cut out for and is the favorite heading gold medal performance in 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. (Feb.19): themselves as the team of into the event in Pyeong- men’s 500-meter speedskat- Women’s Curling: United 3. Maia Shibutani and Alex Virtue and Moir won gold in chang. Bowman has won ing. One of the favorites is States vs. Denmark Shibutani (USA): The ice- and silver in three of the last four halfpipe Mulder, the twin brother of “A TRULY skating brother-and-sister Sochi. A podium finish for competitions at the X Michel Mulder, who won the ABSORBING PIECE USA — 4-6:30 a.m.: Men’s Ice team finished second in the the Americans would be a Games and will need to gold in Sochi. A gold for Ron- OF FILMMAKING. Hockey: Canada vs. South ice-dancing portion of the big success. hold off Japan’s Ayana ald Mulder would mark the IT COULDN’T BE Korea (LIVE) team event and enters the Onozuka. third time a pair of siblings individual competition try- 4. Maddie Bowman (USA): has won Winter Olympic MORE TIMELY.” CNBC —1-4 p.m.: Men’s Curl- ing to unseat favorites Tessa Bowman is the defending 5. (NED): gold in the same event. ing: United States vs. Norway Virtue and Scott Moir of gold medalist in the freestyle The Netherlands will be go- —Angel Rodriguez D D SPORTS SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 :: LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

GENESIS OPEN AT RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB WELSH GOES OUT IN STYLE

He has double-double and makes a key shot for the Bruins in his final home game.

UCLA 86 OREGON 78 (OT)

By Ben Bolch

Thomas Welsh patted the area around his heart be- fore pointing to the roaring UCLA student section be- hind the baseline. He then turned toward the students on the other side of the court and repeated the gesture be- fore hugging former team- mate Isaac Hamilton, who had risen from his courtside seat to share in the moment. Welsh ensured it was a fond farewell in his final Photographs by Christian Petersen Getty Images home game Saturday night. DUSTIN JOHNSON, teeing off on No. 12, had a reason for improving from a 74 to a 64: “I just think I did everything very well.” The senior sank a three-pointer as part of a late push that helped the Bruins emerge with a wild 86-78 overtime victory over Oregon at Pauley Pavilion. Look who’s coming up “I really can’t put it into words,” Welsh said. “My time here has been a dream come true. To be able to finish like Third-round leaderboard that with a win with my fam- Watson has a one-stroke lead over ily all here, it really doesn’t GENESIS OPEN get any better than that.” Cantlay, but defending champion Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades Welsh’s three-pointer Par 71 | 7,322 yards Johnson makes a big move with 64, was part of a 7-0 run by including a 29 on his second nine. Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Total UCLA that gave the Bruins Watson687065 203 -10 an 81-73 lead, allowing Welsh Cantlay666969 204 -9 to pump his arm a few times By Mike James while heading back up the Smith 72 68 65 205 -8 court. The Bruins (19-8 over- The second-round leaders spent most of Na 68 70 67 205 -8 all and10 -5 in the Pac-12 Con- Saturday’s third round treading water in the Finau 66 71 68 205 -8 ference) held on in the back- Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club. Occa- McDowell 69 66 70 205 -8 and-forth battle only after sionally diving a little deeper under par, never Oregon’s Paul White missed drifting far from the top of the leaderboard. athree-pointer that could Then Dustin Johnson channeled his inner He shot a six-under 29 on his second nine. have tied it in the final min- Michael Phelps, furiously stroking his way As is his custom, Johnson had a simple ex- ute of the extra period. toward the front of the pack, and astonishingly, planation for Saturday’s charge: “I think I just UCLA junior point guard set himself up to make a run at successfully de- did everything very well.” [See UCLA, D6] fending his title when the final lap is held Sun- He had company in that regard. Several oth- day. ers also moved up the leaderboard into con- Johnson, the No. 1 golfer in the world for a tention. Elijah opens reason, finished with the best round of the tour- Watson, who won this tournament in 2014 nament so far, a seven-under-par 64 that put and 2016, shot a 65 that included a tap-in eagle door for Trojans him four strokes behind leader Bubba Watson on the first hole and a five-under 30 on the front. Stewart makes eight and tied for eighth place. He started the day tied He was three strokes behind leaders Patrick BUBBA WATSON IS LOOKING for his straight shots and scores for 53rd, far enough behind that he was rele- Cantlay and Graeme McDowell at the start of first victory on the PGA Tour since win- 28 points in 72-59 win gated to start the third round on the 10 th hole. [See , D8] ning at Riviera for the second time in 2016. over Oregon State. D6

Make way for the Savoring a win against Sabres student Two Kings score two goals apiece to help team end three-game drivers skid and a 15-year drought in Buffalo. D4 NASCAR’s back with fresh look in , as young guys are replacing veterans. Wild shootout in Minnesota By George Diaz Eleven rounds and 14 shots later, Ducks DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. grab win that lifts —William Byron, despite them into tie for the baby-face look, is quite We stern wild spot. D4 adept at driving a stock car at crazy speeds. New soccer boss But life comes at you fast stays focused in other ways. He went to an Outback Steakhouse just Cordeiro wants all Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times outside Daytona Interna- hands on deck as he AUSTIN BARNES, left, observes fellow Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal during a spring training workout tional Speedway earlier this tabs U.S.-Canadian at Camelback Ranch. The franchise’s arsenal of catching talent extends from the lower minor leagues. week and took a seat at the -Mexican Wo rld Cup bar. He figured he would bid as priority. D7 blend right in, another race fan incognito among the Angels make For Dodgers, another full plate masses. swap for Cron Wrong. Quite a number of fans Slugger goes to Tampa recognized him. An older Bay as Angels try to Grandal and Barnes crouch atop an impressive roster of catching talent lady offered to buy him a make room at first drink, which would have base with eye on an one point, Grandal hopped when the question might fi- The answer hints at the been unlawful in Florida be- By Andy McCullough Ohtani future. D9 up to pantomime a peg to nally be answered: Who is doctrine of adaptability that cause he’s only 20. He ate second base. Barnes rose the Dodgers’ starting doubles as the organiza- quickly, and then scrambled Dodgers ‘get PHOENIX —Austin from his own seat to mimic catcher? tion’s backbone. No fran- back to the safety of his mo- leader back’ Barnes pulled up a chair be- his teammate. “Yasmani obviously had chise in baseball boasts a tor coach. side Yasmani Grandal’s The conversation lasted more opportunities, more more impressive array of “Something like that is Utley returns on locker on Friday morning. 15 minutes as teammates fil- at-bats, more playing time catching talent than these really neat and special be- two-year, $2-million They are united but divided, tered through the clubhouse [in 2017 ] — and I see that Dodgers. The arsenal ex- cause I’m not used to that,” contract, which competitors aligned as a at Camelback Ranch. Then again,” manager Dave Rob- tends from the lower minors, Byron said. “Normally I go pleases manager and duo, and so they swapped they dressed for a workout, erts said. “But Austin has where prospects like Keibert through the weekend and teammates. D9 strategy on receiving and moving one day closer to the earned the right to get op- Ruiz and Will Smith have don’t think about that stuff.” framing and blocking. At start of the regular , portunities.” [See Catchers, D9] [See Daytona 500, D10] D4 SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 S LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

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TIME EVENT ON THE AIR AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. Daytona 500 TV: 11 BOWLING 10 a.m. PBA, 60th Anniversary Classic TV: ESPN COLLEGE 9 a.m. Women, South Florida at Central Florida TV: CBS Sports 9 a.m. Women, Wake Forest at State TV: ESPNU Jeffrey T. Barnes Associated Press SABRES’ Jason Pominville is stopped by Kings goalie Jonathan Quick during the third period Saturday. 9:30 a.m. Women, Miami at Virginia TV: Prime 10 a.m. Ohio State at Michigan TV: 2 10 a.m. Duke at Clemson TV: KDOC 10 a.m. Women, Maryland at Minnesota TV: Big Ten Kings snap streak in Buffalo 10 a.m. Women, Vanderbilt at Florida TV: SEC 10 a.m. DePaul at Seton Hall TV: FS1 11 a.m. Women, Temple at TV: CBS Sports very special feeling.” 11 a.m. Women, Tennessee at Missouri TV: ESPNU Kopitar and Amadio Cheers were audible NHL STANDINGS when Iafallo’s name was an- 11 a.m. Women, Washington State at Colorado TV: Pac-12 score two goals apiece WESTERN CONFERENCE EASTERN CONFERENCE nounced for his on Ko- 11:30 a.m. Women, Louisville at North Carolina TV: Prime as L.A. ends a Pacific W L OL Pts GF GA Metropolitan W L OL Pts GF GA pitar’s second goal, a pass Noon Women, Tulane at Memphis TV: ESPN2 Vegas3915482 202158 Washington 33 18 773182 174 from behind the net to make three-game slide. it 3-0. Noon Women, Georgetown at Marquette TV: FS West San Jose 31 19 870170 159 Pittsburgh 34 22 472190 178 DUCKS 29 20 11 69 167 170 New Jersey3020868 177179 “My buddies [were] in Noon Connecticut at East Carolina TV: ESPNews KINGS 4 the corner,right by the Zam- Calgary3021868 168173 Philadelphia 29 19 10 68 171 168 BUFFALO 2 boni door,” Iafallo said. “I Noon Women, Kentucky at South Carolina TV: SEC KINGS 31 22 567167 145 NY Islanders 29 25 664200 214 just kind of looked at them Noon Women, Villanova at DePaul TV: FS1 Vancouver 23 30 652157 189 Columbus 29 24 563155 164 By Curtis Zupke for a second.” 12:30 Nebraska at Illinois TV: Big Ten Edmonton 23 30 450158 189 Carolina 27 23 963160 177 Amadio’s first goal p.m. BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Arizona 17 32 10 44 143 197 NY Rangers 27 27 559169 184 marked the first time on this 1 p.m. Wichita State at Cincinnati TV: ESPN bad karma cleared. All the Central W L OL Pts GF GA Atlantic W L OL Pts GF GA trip the Kings scored first. 1 p.m. Houston at Temple TV: CBS Sports old hexes were swept out of Nashville 34 14 977177 150 Tampa Bay 39 17 381211 159 He took a backhand pass Winnipeg 34 15 977189 155 35 13 878186 139 1 p.m. Drake at Missouri State TV: ESPNU the building. from Andy Andreoff and Right? Dallas 34 20 472177 152 Toronto 35 20 575201 170 made a quick shot from a 1 p.m. Women, USC at Oregon State TV: Pac-12 Actually, not really, by St. Louis 34 22 472171 153 Florida 26 23 658164 178 tight angle that slipped 2 p.m. Women, Texas A&M at Mississippi State TV: ESPN2 the way the Kings talked Minnesota 31 20 769172 166 Detroit 24 24 957153 171 under goalie Robin Lehner. 2 p.m. Women, Auburn at Alabama TV: SEC about ending a 15-year los- Colorado 31 22 466177 169 Ottawa 21 27 951156 199 Amadio beat Lehner again ing streak in Buffalo. Al- Chicago2526858 169 170 22 29 751149 185 with a cut to the middle for a 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida State TV: ESPNU though Anze Kopitar’s Note: Overtime or shootout losses worth one point. Buffalo 17 31 11 45 141 195 shot in the high slot to give 3 p.m. Women, Arizona State at Arizona TV: Pac-12 chuckle said a lot about a 4-2 the Kings a 4-0 lead that led 5 p.m. Penn State at Purdue TV: Big Ten win against the Buffalo Sa- to boos from the crowd of RESULTS COLLEGE GYMNASTICS bres. 18 ,632 at second intermis- “It feels good,” Kopitar KINGS 4 Anze Kopitar and rookie Michael Amadio each scored sion. 5 p.m. Women, Utah at UCLA TV: Pac-12 said. “I don’t think we were AT BUFFALO 2 twice and the Kings built a 4-0 lead and hung on. Amadio, Andreoff and GOLF worried about the 15-year Jonny Brodzinski combined DUCKS 3 Nick Ritchie scored in the 11th round of a shootout and 10 a.m. PGA, Genesis Open TV: Golf drought in here, but we had AT MINNESOTA 2 (SO) John Gibson stopped the final seven shooters. for four points. athree-game slide that we “It’s definitely a great Noon PGA, Genesis Open TV: 2 certainly wanted to stop. I AT ARIZONA 1 Antti Raanta made 39 saves for his first shutout of the confidence boost for our line Noon PGA Champions, Chubb Classic TV: Golf thought today we came and EDMONTON 0 season and the Coyotes won their fourth straight. to contribute two goals HOCKEY we were ready to play.” AT OTTAWA 6 Derick Brassard had a goal and two assists, and the there,” Amadio said. “It was 9 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers TV: 4 Kopitar and Michael NY RANGERS 3 Senators knocked out Henrik Lundqvist. agreat pass by Andy on the Amadio aired all the vibes first goal and a great pass by Noon WHL, Moose Jaw at Regina TV: NHL NEW JERSEY 4 Eddie Lack made 48 saves for the Devils in his third out of KeyBank Center with AT TAMPA BAY 3 appearance since being recalled on Feb. 4. ‘Brods’ on the second one.” HORSE RACING two goals apiece in a Sat- Kopitar gave Sabres fans Noon Trackside Live, Santa Anita TV: TVG urday matinee, and Alex AT VEGAS 6 Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 30 shots, including a an up-close look at one of MONTREAL 3 highlight-reel save on a breakaway, to improve to 19-6-2. 5 p.m. The Quarters, Los Alamitos TV: TVG Iafallo celebrated a festive the best two-way centers in return with an assist. The AT PITTSBURGH 5 Olli Maatta scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period the league. He converted a MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Kings scored on three TORONTO 3 and Evgeni Malkin went over 900 points for his career. two on one with Dustin 4 p.m. UFC Fight Night: Prelims TV: FS1 straight shots in the second DETROIT 3 Petr Mrazek stopped 30 shots to improve to 6-0-0 against Brown with a backhand for 6 p.m. UFC Fight Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Yancy TV: FS1 period and held on with AT NASHVILLE 1 the Predators in his career, just missing the shutout. his first goal and won 52% of Medeiros their fingernails in the third faceoffs, often against Ryan to end a three-game losing AT CHICAGO 7 Jonathan Toews had a goal and two assists and the O’Reilly, who led the NHL in PRO BASKETBALL streak and eight-game win- WASHINGTON 1 Blackhawks ended an eight-game losing streak. faceoff wins. 5 p.m. NBA All-Star game TV: TBS, TNT less string at Buffalo, dating FLORIDA 6 The Flames got a hat trick from Dougie Hamilton, but it Stevens was blunt about SOCCER to Feb. 21, 2003 (Zigmund AT 3 wasn’t enough in the -filled game. Kopitar’s leadership. 6 a.m. Italy, Napoli vs. SPAL TV: beIN1 Palffy, anyone?). AT VANCOUVER 6 Loui Eriksson had one of the Canucks’ four goals in the “If you’re building a Amadio couldn’t recall BOSTON 1 first period and added a short-hander. team, you want him on it,” 6:15 a.m. Germany, Augsburg vs Stuttgart TV: FS2 where he was for that. he said. 7 a.m. Spain, Atletico Madrid vs. Bilbao TV: beIN2 “I don’t know, I was only For complete NHL summaries, go to latimes.com/sports/scores 6,” Amadio said. “I was prob- [email protected] 8 a.m. England, Rochdale vs. Tottenham TV: FS1 TODAY’S GAMES ably on the outdoor rink in Twitter: @curtiszupke 8:45 a.m. Germany, Monchengladbach vs. Dortmund TV: FS2 Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 9 a.m. Edmonton at Colorado, noon my hometown.” New Jersey at Carolina, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus, 3 p.m. 9:15 a.m. Spain, Espanyol vs. Villarreal TV: beIN2 The streak carried heavy Toronto at Detroit, 4 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. KINGS 4, SABRES 2 9:30 a.m. Mexico, Toluca vs. Santos Laguna TV: KMEX baggage. The Kings’ loss Dallas at San Jose, 5 p.m. KINGS ...... 1 30—4 10 a.m. Portugal, Porto vs. Rio Ave TV: GolTV Net here last season prompted Buffalo ...... 0 02—2 Jeff Carter to label them “a 11:30 a.m. Spain, Betis vs. Real Madrid TV: beIN Net FIRST PERIOD: 1. KINGS, Amadio 3 (Andreoff), fragile team.” And in this played in here together. So large contingency that in- 11:26. Penalties—Ristolainen, BUF, (interference), 5:22. Brown, KINGS, (tripping), 8:03. TENNIS arena in 2013, Jonathan for us, it was time to win. I cluded former high school SECOND PERIOD: 2. KINGS, Kopitar 24 (Brown), Quick suffered a major groin think that was an added teachers who held up a sign 12:02. 3. KINGS, Kopitar 25 (Brown, Iafallo), 16:06. 4. 6:30 a.m. ATP, Rotterdam, final TV: Tennis KINGS, Amadio 4 (Brodzinski, Doughty), 17:35. Noon ATP, Open, final TV: Tennis strain. bonus for the organization.” that read, “Eden [Loves] Penalty—Larsson, BUF, (tripping), 5:48. Asked whether he felt The signs were evident Iafallo.” THIRD PERIOD: 5. Buf., Scandella 2, 0:30. 6. Buf., 2 a.m. WTA, Dubai Championship TV: beIN1 Ristolainen 5, 16:42. Penalties—Phaneuf, KINGS, like demons got chased out, during warmups. Specif- “I didn’t expect it was go- (slashing), 6:09. Phaneuf, KINGS, served by Clifford, Kings coach John Stevens ically, a fan held up a Slo- ing to be that big,” Iafallo (roughing), 6:09. Pouliot, BUF, (slashing), 6:09. SHOTS ON GOAL: KINGS 19-11-6—36. Buf. 8-9-18— 2 p.m. U.S. Indoor Championships TV: NBCSN said, “Maybe for you guys,” venian flag for Kopitar’s said of his fan base. “I always 35. Power-play conversions—KINGS 0 of 2. Buf. 0 of 2. in reference to the media. country, and Iafallo, from saw new faces every time I GOALIES: KINGS, Quick 22-21-2 (35 shots-33 saves). Buf., Johnson 4-9-3 (6-6), Lehner 12-22-8 (30- PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS TV SCHEDULE: D2 “But this group had never nearby Eden, N.Y., had a looked in the crowd. It’s a 26). Att—18,632 (19,070). T—2:21. Wild finish in Ducks victory

whose quick shot split the shootout. Gibson made 36 Ritchie scores in 11th pads of Devan Dubnyk. saves for the Ducks, 4-1-1 in Ritchie missed his other their past six. round of shootout shootout attempt this season. “It’s going to come down to after teams combine Prior to the goal, the teams the wire. That point could end combined for 13 straight miss- up being huge for us for 13 straight misses. es. later on, you never know,” “Anytime you win a shoot- Ritchie said. DUCKS 3 out that goes that long, you Mikko Koivu and Jason MINNESOTA 2 (SO) feel fortunate you get the ex- Zucker scored in regulation tra point. Some big stops from for Minnesota. associated press our goaltender, and we found aguy who scored the big goal. DUCKS 3, WILD 2, SO ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nick We’ll take it,” Ducks coach DUCKS...... 1 010—3 Ritchie isn’t one of the first Randy Carlyle said. Minnesota...... 1 100—2 players called upon for the They’ll also gladly take the FIRST PERIOD: 1. DUCKS, Perry 12 (Lindholm, Hen- rique), 0:50 (pp). 2. Min., Koivu 9, 15:36. Ducks in a shootout. extra point that lifted the Penalties—Niederreiter, MIN, (holding), 0:27. Lindholm, He wasn’t among the first Ducks into a tie with the Wild DUCKS, (high sticking), 2:15. Prosser, MIN, served by Niederreiter, (interference), 8:53. Brown, DUCKS, major 10 shooters Saturday. for the second wild-card slot (fighting), 8:53. Prosser, MIN, major (fighting), 8:53. Get- Yet, Ritchie scored in the in the Western Conference. zlaf, DUCKS, (delay of game), 17:10. SECOND PERIOD: 3. Min., Zucker 23 (Prosser), 7:56. 11 th round of the shootout and “It’s teams battling for Penalties—Niederreiter, MIN, (high sticking), 0:38. Ver- John Gibson stopped the final playoffs. You’re battling for mette, DUCKS, (roughing), 17:54. THIRD PERIOD: 4. DUCKS, Kase 17 (Lindholm, seven shooters in the Ducks’ your lives right now,” said Ritchie), 6:12. Penalties—None. 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Corey Perry, who scored in OVERTIME: Scoring—None. Penalties—None. Shootout—DUCKS 3 (Getzlaf G, Rakell NG, Perry NG, Wild. regulation along with Ondrej Kase G, Henrique NG, Fowler NG, Silfverberg NG, Montour “It seems like once it gets Kase. “There's only 23, 24 NG, Grant NG, Vermette NG, Ritchie G), Min. 2 (Koivu NG, Stewart NG, Parise G, Niederreiter G, Zucker NG, Staal over five or six [rounds] it can games — whatever it is — left NG, Granlund NG, Coyle NG, Cullen NG, Spurgeon NG, go over 15 sometimes, so there and you need every point you Dumba NG). . SHOTS ON GOAL: DUCKS 9-7-14-1—31. Min.10-14-11- David Joles Minneapolis Star Tribune was a good chance I was going can get.” 3—38. Power-play conversions—DUCKS1 of 3. Min. 0 of 3. THE DUCKS’ J.T. Brown, left, gets into a scuffle with Minnesota’s Nate Prosser to get a shot there and I capi- Ryan Getzlaf and Kase GOALIES: DUCKS, Gibson 21-15-6 (38 shots-36 saves). Min., Dubnyk 23-11-5 (31-29). Att—19,192 during the first period, much to the delight of some nearby fans. talized on it,” said Ritchie, also scored for Anaheim in the (18,064). T—2:49. LATIMES.COM/SPORTS S SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18,2018 D5 INSIDE THE NBA Get prepared for a turnover

Warriors-Cavaliers narrative is just that at the All-Star break: It’s Raptors-Rockets time.

By Paul Coro

Now that NBA All-Star week- end is winding down, the true hype can begin. Only seven weeks of play re- main before the playoffs bring a Toronto-Houston matchup in the NBA Finals. Not what the hype machine is programmed to produce? Yet, the NBA standings say take your Golden State assumptions and LeBron James destiny and reboot the system. The All-Star break gives the Raptors and Rockets a full week as the top teams in each conference —Toronto at 41-16, two games ahead of Boston, and Houston at 44-13, half a game ahead of Golden State. Many are going to give those standings the chance to last about as long as the All-Star staging at Microsoft Square. Houston can put together many compelling arguments to be considered the Western Confer- ence favorite, and it will not matter to most people. Injury or work Eric Christian Smith Associated Press stoppage seems more likely to take GUARD CHRIS PAUL,right, being defended by forward Maxi Kleber, and the have the best down the Warriors before the NBA record and appear poised to dethrone the Golden State Wa rriors in the We stern Conference and make a run at the title. Rockets can do it. For the first time since 2014 , ate doubt. This is when the Warri- Murray in the starting lineup. State or Houston. And nobody is teams, it’s a train coming toward Golden State is not the West’s ors are supposed to seem uninter- “I see them playing better, even talking about Toronto.” you and you just want to get the All-Star break leader because the ested because they have won two getting better as the playoffs The Raptors are somehow a season over. But for the teams who Rockets have the most-valuable- of the last three championships round and getting into champi- conference-leading secret. To- play well, you’re excited. You’re player favorite in , a and is going Gregg onship form,” ana- ronto ranks in the top five of the ready to get to the playoffs.” defense that has improved from Popovich with Jedi huddle tactics. lyst said. “I still NBA for offensive and defensive Toronto would be excited to 18 th last season to ninth and a The truth is, the same destruc- think they’ll be a dangerous route rating. It arguably has the best rewrite its playoff history. The running mate for Harden in Chris tive defense and obliterating of- against anyone.” bench in the NBA, led by CJ Miles, Raptors have become an Eastern Paul that makes this the fran- fense is there, just not every game The problem with the Eastern Fred VanVleet and Delon Wright. Conference power but they exited chise’s best version of a title con- for each of their four All-Stars. Conference race is whether it is as Dwane Casey is a candidate for the playoffs in the first round in tender in 23 years. Their bench is not as deep but the interesting as it appears. coach of the year, as he usually 2014 and 2015, then had a 2016 con- Houston will come out of the team still hits its fifth gear enough Boston trails Toronto by only should be, after overhauling the ference finals run that was fol- All-Star break on a10 -game win- to shake the wheels off the compe- two games but has gone from a Raptors’ offensive style from a lowed by last season’s second- ning streak, having beaten San tition. 22-4 start to an 18 -15 fade. The ball-pounding, isolation-heavy round exit. Antonio by 11 and 32 points, Min- “They have a chance to be like Celtics lead the NBA in defensive team to a squad that embraces the But who is going to doubt nesota by 18 and Denver by 26 the Celtics, to be like the Bulls, to rating and opponent field-goal space-and-pace era with more James making the NBA Finals? during that time. be like the Lakers when they were percentage but do not have a three-pointers. Shooting guard For the last seven years, it has “To me, the biggest obstacle having championship runs,” Miller consistent scorer beyond Kyrie DeMar DeRozan embodies that been as certain as a really for the Rockets will be the said. Irving. by yielding a strength, his mid- “Bang!” With three trades and two injury bug,” TNT analyst Reggie But it seems like this West The Celtics lost three consecu- range game, to create another subsequent quality road victories, Miller said. “Will Chris Paul be able discussion is forgetting something tive home games before the break, three-point threat. Cleveland seems resurrected. to make it to the finish line? Those —San Antonio. The Spurs have including a 22-point loss to Cleve- The Raptors, versatile enough “To me, it’s Cleveland, Toronto great runs he had with the Clip- flown under the radar into a third- land. This month, they lost to to spread the court or play big, are and Boston,” Miller said. “That’s pers, he was never really able to place tie with Minnesota despite Toronto by 20 points. on pace for a franchise-best 59 my pecking order.” make it to the finish line.” not having its MVP candidate, “I’m wondering, and I hope I’m victories. The standings say Toronto and Because when Paul plays with Kawhi Leonard, for 50 games and wrong here, I’m wondering if they “The reason why it’s easier to Houston are the best in each con- Harden and versatile center Clint losing its major offseason addi- have reached their ceiling,” Miller concentrate if you’re on a good ference but a show of hands might Capela, the Rockets are a stagger- tion, Rudy Gay, for 25 games. Yet, said. team at the end of practice or be sticking with the familiar Cleve- ing 28-1. the Spurs still have the second- “Teams don’t fear them like when All-Star break comes is land-Golden State matchup of the This is when Golden State’s ranked defense and are more they fear LeBron James and may- because you see that light at the last three NBA Finals. ball-care issues (29th in turnover athletic with changes such as be now this new cast in Cleveland. tunnel and you know it’s a way percentage) are supposed to cre- 21-year-old point guard Dejounte They don’t fear them like Golden out,” Webber said. “For most [email protected]

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WASHINGTON AT CLEVELAND: should have said yes.’ ” Thursday at 5 p.m. PST. TV: TNT Worry about your team With so much attention on the Golden State coach Steve Kerr let Cavaliers at this point, the Wizards Warriors players handle sideline are just as worthy of a look. Washington’s surge is fascinat- huddles after recent lackluster per- ing because it is coming with John Wall out after left knee formances. surgery. The Wizards are 7-2 without him because All-Star Kerr chose a game against guard Bradley Beal is facilitating. He has averages of 21.8 Phoenix to let players run the time- points and 6.4 assists during that nine-game stretch. Also out sessions, plausibly because the stepping up in the Wall void are Jr. and Markieff Suns are a last-place team that could Morris, who have increased their scoring during the nine be beaten by the Warriors if the ball- games by more than four points each. boy was coaching. Kerr’s move was offensive to Suns players like Jared Dudley. “Stop crying. Play better,” Turner Sports analyst Chris Webber said. “I LEAGUE LEADERS bet they cry for fouls all day in prac- Through Friday FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE tice.” SCORING AVERAGE Player, Team FT FTAPct Player, Team GFGFTPts Avg Redick, PHL 126 134 .940 A Bosh comeback? Harden, HOU ...... 50 465 429 1565 31.3 Lee, NYK 106 113 .938 If pal can return to Antetokounmpo, MIL... 53 542 362 1473 27.8 Belinelli, PHL 101 109 .927 Davis, NOR...... 51 512 332 1396 27.4 Lillard, POR 315 341 .924 Miami, maybe figures he Curry, GOL...... 43 363 238 1142 26.6 Curry, GOL 238 260 .915 should be able to go back to Toronto. James, CLE...... 56 569 250 1486 26.5 Murray, DEN 149163 .914 Blood clots pushed the 11-time Lillard, POR ...... 51 431 315 1332 26.1 Paul, HOU 136 150 .907 Adam Glanzman Getty Images Durant, GOL ...... 50 461 249 1299 26.0 Saric, PHL 124 138 .899 All-Star out of the game for two years, Westbrook, OKC ...... 57 543 289 1449 25.4 Collison, IND 104 116 .897 CLEVELAND’S LeBron James, dribbling against Boston’s Terry but he told ESPN’s “First Take” that Cousins, NOR ...... 48406 294 1210 25.2 Williams, CLIPPERS 307 343 .895 Irving, BOS...... 53 477215 1310 24.7 Irving, BOS215 242 .888 Rozier, draws the ire of Fox News’ Laura Ingraham for a comment. he has been working on a comeback. Oladipo, IND...... 52 462 222 1268 24.4 Booker, PHX 238 268 .888 “I’m not done yet. ... I’m trying to Booker, PHX...... 44 355 238 1066 24.2 REBOUNDS PER GAME No, you shut up ment that she had a 2003 book titled come back,” Bosh said. “I see all these DeRozan, TOR...... 57 475 335 1351 23.7 Player, Team GOff Def TotAvg Embiid, PHL...... 44 366 267 1042 23.7 “Shut Up and Sing,” and that she has guys shooting threes and not playing Drummond, DET55277 587 864 15.7 Beal, WAS...... 57492 225 1348 23.6 Jordan, CLIPPERS 51 219 548 767 15.0 Rihanna had a hit with “Shut Up used variances of that over the years defense, man, I gotta get some of it.” Williams, CLIPPERS..... 55 407 307 1274 23.2 Cousins, NOR 48 105 512 617 12.9 Walker, CHA...... 55 417 265 1257 22.9 and Drive.” to criticize people. Bosh last played Feb. 9, 2016. Howard, CHA 57 188 530 718 12.6 Porzingis, NYK ...... 48 390 218 1088 22.7 Towns, MIN 61 178 563 741 12.1 Walk the Moon made the charts On Friday night, James posted a George, OKC...... 56 426 222 1261 22.5 Embiid, PHL 44 98 391 489 11.1 with “Shut Up and Dance.” photo titled “I am more than an ath- Number crunching Butler, MIN...... 55413 339 1233 22.4 Capela, HOU 52 165 411 576 11.1 Aldridge, SAN ...... 54 478 228 1209 22.4 Laura Ingraham did not do as well lete” in neon lights on his Instagram 8 Stephen and Dell Curry are the Davis, NOR 51 124 424 548 10.7 Griffin, DET...... 41 311 208 909 22.2 Kanter, NYK 55 198 389 587 10.7 with “Shut up and dribble.” page with #wewillnotshutupanddrib- third-highest scoring father-son McCollum, POR...... 57 473 152 1239 21.7 Jokic, DEN 51 138 402 540 10.6 Towns, MIN...... 61 453 236 1233 20.2 LeBron James and Kevin Durant ble attached. combination in NBA history with Antetokounmpo, MIL 53 115 435 550 10.4 Thompson, GOL...... 57 447 63 1141 20.0 Chandler, PHX 42 129 272 401 9.5 shared their opposition to President 26,900 points, passing Rick and Brent Middleton, MIL...... 57 418 200 1138 20.0 Trump on a video for Uninterrupted, Not-so-Magic moment Barry (26,883). The Currys will soon Mitchell, UTA...... 55 400 148 1076 19.6 ASSISTS PER GAME Schroder, ATL...... 55 413 188 1074 19.5 Player, Team GAST Avg amultimedia platform cofounded by Tim Duncan, the Orlando great. catch Dolph and Danny Schayes Evans, MEM...... 48 340151 934 19.5 Westbrook, OKC 57 593 10.4 the Cleveland Cavaliers star. James It could have happened, possibly (27,218) but are still well behind Kobe Warren, PHX ...... 56 448 170 1082 19.3 Harden, HOU 50 450 9.0 said Trump “really don’t give a ... easier than any Magic fan realized. In and Joe Bryant (38,895). FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE James, CLE 56 500 8.9 Simmons, PHL 54 396 7.3 Player, Team FG FGA Pct about the people” and Durant fol- 2000, Duncan was a three-year Spur 8 Center Nikola Jokic of Denver Green, GOL 50 366 7.3 Capela, HOU 319 488 .654 lowed by saying “the country is not coming off his first championship has10 triple-doubles. The last players Rondo, NOR 43 314 7.3 Jordan, CLIPPERS 247 379 .652 Teague, MIN 50 355 7.1 run by a great coach.” with San Antonio when he visited to have at least that many triple- Adams, OKC 320 511 .626 Dinwiddie, BRO58389 6.7 Kanter, NYK 335 555 .604 Ingraham, on her Fox News show Orlando during free agency. doubles in their first three seasons Collins, ATL218 376 .580 STEALS PER GAME “The Ingraham Angle,” responded, Former Spurs guard Bruce Bowen were Hill (24) and Jason Kidd (15) Gibson, MIN 322 560 .575 Player, Team GSTL Avg Valanciunas, TOR253 446 .567 George, OKC 56 124 2.21 “This is what happens when you spilled on a Clippers game broadcast from 1994-95 and 1996-97, respectively. Randle, LAKERS 326 583 .559 Bledsoe, MIL 49 104 2.12 attempt to leave high school a year that Duncan asked whether family 8 The NBA has never had two Favors, UTA282 512 .551 Oladipo, IND 52 109 2.10 early to join the NBA.” could join the team’s charter flights teams enter the All-Star break on Whiteside, MIA 231 420 .550 Dunn, CHI 41 83 2.02 THREE-POINT FG PERCENTAGE Westbrook, OKC 57 111 1.95 She also said, “Must they run their and then-Magic coach winning streaks of10 games or more Butler, MIN 55 107 1.95 Player, Team 3FG 3FGA Pct mouths like that? Unfortunately, a lot said no. until Utah (11) and Houston (10) did it Simmons, PHL 54 102 1.89 Thompson, GOL 184 405 .454 Harris, DEN 54 98 1.81 of kids — and some adults — take “I made my visit with Tim Dun- this season. Ingles, UTA146 322 .453 these ignorant comments seriously. can,” former Magic player 8 LaMarcus Aldridge gives the Bullock, DET75166 .452 BLOCKS PER GAME Hill, CLE 61 136 .449 Player, Team GBLK Avg “Oh, and LeBron and Kevin, you’re said on ESPN’s “.” “I was at Spurs an All-Star representative for a Horford, BOS78179 .436 Porzingis, NYK 48 115 2.40 great players, but no one voted for the dinner when someone in Tim’s 20th consecutive season. Moore, NOR 93 215 .433 Davis, NOR 51 108 2.12 Collison, IND 70 162 .432 Turner, IND 42 87 2.07 you. Millions elected Trump to be entourage, I’ll just leave it that way, 8 James is the All-Star game’s George, OKC 187 433 .432 Durant, GOL 50 97 1.94 their coach. So keep the political asked Doc, ‘Can significant others all-time leading scorer with 314 points Korver, CLE 127295 .431 Capela, HOU 52 96 1.85 commentary to yourself or, as some- travel on the plane?’ And Doc said no. in13 appearances (24.2 points per Miller, NOR 111 258 .430 Embiid, PHL 44 80 1.82 Nowitzki, DAL99231 .429 Howard, CHA 57 94 1.65 one once said, shut up and dribble.” ... And afterward, my wife [Tamia] game). Tatum, BOS76178 .427 Cousins, NOR 48 76 1.58 Ingraham clarified later in a state- said, ‘He should have just lied. He —Paul Coro D6 SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 SS LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Stewart unstoppable in Trojans’ victory

who suffered a knee injury Stewart sparked an 8-2 USC 72, OREGON ST. 59 Guard steps up in last Thursday and is side- run when he knocked down a OREGON ST. lined for the season. three-point basket, and USC Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T wake of Boatwright Stewart said that in took a 32-30 lead into half- Eubanks...... 357-11 2-3 0-5 1016 Hollins...... 194-6 1-3 1-2 0410 injury and scores 28 Boatwright’s absence, time. Tinkle ...... 367-15 2-2 2-10 0316 “someone had to pick up the Out of the break, Stewart E.Thompson...... 290-4 2-4 1-1 12 2 against the Beavers. S.Thompson...... 393-9 1-1 1-1 63 7 slack.” knocked down another Manuel ...... 21 2-3 0-1 0-2 03 6 Stewart scored a season three-pointer and USC G.Rakocevic...... 101-2 0-0 0-3 12 2 TROJANS 72 high 28 points, making eight pulled away. Berger ...... 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 00 0 Reichle ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 01 0 OREGON STATE 59 consecutive shots — includ- The Trojans opened an Totals 24-51 8-14 5-24 91859 ing five from three-point eight-point lead behind a Shooting: Field goals, 47.1%; free throws, 57.1% By Lindsey Thiry range — before a jumper Stewart dunk, Metu layup Three-point goals: 3-15 (Manuel 2-3, Hollins 1-2, E.Thompson 0-1, Tinkle 0-3, S.Thompson 0-6). Team bounced off the rim. and Jordan Usher put-back. Rebounds: 3. Team Turnovers: 11 (12 PTS). Blocked Elijah Stewart couldn’t “I don’t think he knew he Metu finished with 14 Shots: 2 (Tinkle 2). Turnovers: 11 (S.Thompson 3, miss. made eight shots in a row,” points and seven rebounds. E.Thompson 2, Tinkle 2, Berger, G.Rakocevic, Hollins, Manuel). Steals: 6 (Eubanks 2, S.Thompson 2, The senior guard Jordan McLaughlin said. Usher scored seven. E.Thompson, G.Rakocevic). Technical Fouls: None. knocked down five consecu- Stewart finished nine of Mathews, making a sec- USC tivethree-pointers and 10 from the floor. ond straight start, never Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T threw in a couple of alley- “He shot the ball great,” found a rhythm and missed Metu ...... 354-8 6-7 1-7 2114 N.Rakocevic...... 264-9 0-0 1-5 03 8 oops Saturday as USC coach Andy Enfield said be- Ringo H.W. Chiu Asociated Press all five three-point attempts. Mathews ...... 300-5 0-0 0-0 02 0 cruised to a 72-59 victory fore crediting McLaughlin CHIMENZIE METU of the Trojans, right, had 14 Jo.McLaughlin ....344-10 5-6 1-3 11 013 over Oregon State at the for getting players “wide- points and seven rebounds in the victory. UP NEXT Stewart...... 329-10 5-6 0-1 0428 Usher ...... 193-4 1-2 1-3 13 7 Galen Center. open shots.” Wednesday at Colorado, Thornton ...... 131-4 0-0 0-2 11 2 “You just hit this kind of McLaughlin finished bounced off the rim. pleted a three-point play to 7:30 p.m. PST, Coors Events Aaron ...... 6 0-0 0-0 0-1 03 0 mood,” Stewart said after with 13 points and 11 assists, There were lapses defen- tie score 16-16 w ith 8:54 to Center. TV: FS1 — The Tro- Totals 25-50 17-21 4-22 15 17 72 Shooting: Field goals, 50.0%; free throws, 81.0% the game. “Where every- several of which were lobs sively but the Trojans played play in the first half. The jans defeated the Buffaloes Three-point goals: 5-14 (Stewart 5-5, Metu 0-1, thing just feels good.” that Stewart and Chimezie well enough to maintain a Beavers took their first lead 70-58 at the Galen Center Jo.McLaughlin 0-3, Mathews 0-5). Team Rebounds: 9. The Trojans improved to Metu dunked. lead through most of the (20-18 ) behind a Gligorije last month. Freshman Team Turnovers: 9 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Metu 3, N.Rakocevic, Stewart). Turnovers: 9 (Jo.McLaughlin 2, 19-9 (10-5 in Pac-12 Confer- USC got off to a rocky half. Oregon State shot 46%, Rakocevic jumper. guard McKinley Wright IV Metu 2, Thornton 2, Aaron, N.Rakocevic, Stewart). ence) to maintain a share of start in the first half —shoot- often forcing off-balance “We weren’t getting leads Colorado in scoring, Steals: 5 (Jo.McLaughlin, Mathews, Metu, N.Rakocevic, second place with UCLA ing 44% — as Jonah Ma- shots or not getting one off at stops,” McLaughlin said. averaging 14 .5 points. Thornton). Technical Fouls: None. (19-8, 10 -5). thews’ three-point shots all as the shot clock expired. “That’s what we talked Oregon St. 30 29—59 USC played without for- missed their mark and a Oregon State guard about at halftime and in the [email protected] USC 32 40—72 ward , Metu dunk attempt Stephen Thompson Jr. com- huddles, being aggressive.” Twitter @LindseyThiry A—NA.

PAC-12 Holiday scores 29, avoids fouling out STANDINGS Conf. Overall TEAM WLWL [UCLA, from D3] Aaron Holiday scored 29 Arizona113216 points in what could have UCLA 10 5198 also been his final home USC 10 5199 game, managing to avoid Utah 9617 9 fouling out after picking up Washington 8618 9 his fourth foul with 11 :45 left Stanford 7613 13 in regulation. Welsh added14 points, 14 rebounds, four as- Arizona State 7719 7 sists and two blocks for the Oregon 7717 10 Bruins, who have won six of Colorado 7815 12 their last seven games. Oregon State591313 Both teams had a chance California 211818 to go ahead in the final min- ute of regulation. UCLA’s Washington State 2121016 Kris Wilkes (19 points) took a SATURDAY’S RESULTS three-pointer that rattled in UCLA 86, Oregon 78, OT and out with 37 seconds left USC 72, Oregon State 59 before the Bruins tapped Washington 82, Colorado 59 the ball out of bounds to Or- Utah 77, Washington State 70 egon (17-10, 7-7). Ducks for- TODAY’S GAME ward Mikyle McIntosh then Stanford at California ...... 5 p.m. missed a layup and the ball WEDNESDAY’S GAME went out of bounds and was awarded to Oregon with 5.8 USC at Colorado ...... 7:30 p.m. seconds left even though THURSDAY’S GAMES fans cheered a replay that UCLA at Utah ...... 6 p.m. appeared to show the ball Arizona at Oregon State ...... 6p.m. going off a Ducks player. Washington at Stanford ...... 6 p.m. Officials convened for a Washington State at California ...... 8 p.m. lengthy delay to watch the Arizona State at Oregon ...... 8:30 p.m. replay, eventually upholding their initial decision, much to the dismay of the booing crowd. But Oregon couldn’t UCLA 86, OREGON 78, OT OREGON capitalize. Elijah Brown Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T missed a three-pointer just T.Brown...... 362-11 0-0 1-8 73 4 before the buzzer, and the McIntosh...... 378-15 0-1 0-9 1419 White ...... 263-5 1-2 2-5 01 7 game headed to overtime. E.Brown ...... 357-17 0-0 2-2 0119 The Bruins had ap- Pritchard ...... 428-17 3-4 1-1 5323 Wooten...... 160-2 0-0 3-5 03 0 peared on their way to a K.Smith...... 141-1 1-2 1-2 01 3 comfortable victory midway Bailey...... 100-3 0-0 0-0 00 0 through the second half Sorkin ...... 51-3 0-0 0-0 00 3 Kigab ...... 4 0-0 0-2 0-0 02 0 when they used a 9-0 run to Totals 30-74 5-11 10-32 13 18 78 take a 59-48 lead. The crowd Shooting: Field goals, 40.5%; free throws, 45.5% was roaring until Holiday Three-point goals: 13-39 (E.Brown 5-13, Pritchard 4-9, McIntosh 3-8, Sorkin 1-3, Bailey 0-1, White 0-1, drove toward the basket and T.Brown 0-4). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 8 (19 was called for an offensive PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (K.Smith). Turnovers: 8 (E.Brown 2, T.Brown 2, Kigab, McIntosh, Pritchard, White). Steals: foul. It was Holiday’s fourth 8 (T.Brown 4, Pritchard 2, White 2). Technical Fouls: foul, forcing him to the None. bench with 11 :45 left. Reed Saxon Associated Press UCLA The next five minutes OREGON FORWARD Paul White drives against UCLA’s Thomas We lsh, who had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T constituted one lowlight af- Goloman...... 282-3 1-2 1-2 14 5 Welsh ...... 426-11 0-0 1-14 4114 ter another for UCLA. ahead by a point. college version of the NBA’s man, Ikenna Okwarabizie UP NEXT Hands ...... 293-7 0-0 1-5 31 8 Jaylen Hands airballed a What happened to UCLA three-point shootout being and Alec Wulf were recog- Thursday at Utah, 6 p.m. Holiday...... 409-13 6-7 1-5 6429 Wilkes ...... 405-16 4-4 1-5 3019 three-pointer, Chris Smith needed no deep explanation. held across town at Staples nized before their final home PST, Huntsman Center, Ali...... 242-8 5-6 3-8 1111 was called for a charge on an “Aaron was on the Center as part of All-Star game. Welsh received the ESPN — The Bruins thor- Olesinski...... 200-1 0-0 0-2 03 0 out-of-control drive, and bench,” Bruins coach Steve weekend. There was alleg- loudest ovation, waving to oughly outclassed Utah dur- C.Smith ...... 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 01 0 Totals 27-60 16-19 8-41 18 15 86 Hands threw a cross-court Alford said flatly. edly defense being played, the crowd as he walked onto ing an 83-64 victory at Shooting: Field goals, 45.0%; free throws, 84.2% pass five feet over the head of Holiday re-entered the though its impact was negli- the court with his family. Pauley Pavilion in January, Three-point goals: 16-33 (Holiday 5-9, Wilkes 5-9, the nearest teammate. game but the Bruins’ strug- gible as Oregon made seven “I was getting a little but the Utes are10 -2 at home Hands 2-3, Welsh 2-4, Ali 2-6, Goloman 0-1, Olesinski 0-1). Team Rebounds: 5. Team Turnovers: 16 (7 PTS). Oregon rolled up a 13 -0 gles continued, turnovers of 13 three-pointers (53.8%) misty, I’m not going to lie, and remain on the fringes of Blocked Shots: 3 (Welsh 2, Olesinski). Turnovers: 16 surge that gave the Ducks a sparking five consecutive and UCLA made nine of 18 walking out there with my NCAA tournament discus- (Holiday 5, Ali 3, Goloman 3, Hands 2, C.Smith, Welsh, Wilkes). Steals: 4 (Olesinski 2, Hands, Wilkes). Techni- 61-59 lead before Welsh an- points by the Ducks that shots from beyond the arc. parents,” Welsh said. sions. cal Fouls: None. swered with a three-pointer gave them a 66-62 advantage There were smiles but no He would cause the deci- Oregon35367—78 1 in the corner that briefly with 3 ⁄2 minutes left. tears about half an hour ear- bel level to rise even louder a [email protected] UCLA403115— 86 pushed the Bruins back The first half was like a lier when Welsh, GG Golo- few hours later. Twitter: @latbbolch A—13,001 (13,800).

PAC-12 ROUNDUP SOUTHLAND MEN Thybulle’s big second UC Davis 71, at UC Santa Barbara 54: TJ Shorts II scored 20 points on nine-for-10 shooting with six assists and the Ant- eaters beat the Big West Conference leader, ending the Gau- half lifts Washington chos’ eight-game winning streak and handing them their first home loss. Gabe Vincent scored 17 points for the Gau- chos (20-6, 9-3). Max Heidegger, the top scorer in the Big job of finding me and it just West at more than 20 per game, made only one of five from be- associated press happened to go in.” yond the arc and finished with 13 points. Dominic Green and at San Francisco 72, Loyola Marymount 63: Frankie Ferrari Matisse Thybulle made Jaylen Nowell each had 11 scored 17 points on six-for-nine shooting and Chase Foster sure that former Washing- points for the Huskies (18-9, scored 13 as the Dons won for the fourth time in five games. ton standout Isaiah Thomas 8-6 Pac-12 Conference). Ty- James Batemon led the Lions with 18 points, and Mattias wasn’t disappointed on his ler Bey scored 11 points and Markusson had 17 points and14 rebounds. jersey retirement day. McKinley Wright IV had 10 at No. 9 Gonzaga 81, Pepperdine 67: Johnathan Williams had Thybulle scored 24 of his for Colorado (15-12, 7-8). 18 points and12 rebounds and the Bulldogs held off last-place career-high 26 points in the Washington forced 18 Pepperdine to remain in first in the . second half, Noah Dickerson turnovers, converting them and Josh Perkins each scored 15 points for Gon- scored 14 and Washington into 26 points. The Huskies zaga (25-4, 15-1), which has won nine straight since its only ended a skid at three games also had a 17-2 advantage in league loss to No. 15 Saint Mary’s. Colbey Ross scored 21 by pulling away for an 82-59 fastbreak points. points for the Waves (4-24,1-15), who have lost seven straight. victory over Colorado on “That was one of the best Saturday night. transition games that we’ve at Cal State Fullerton 88, Cal State Northridge 70: Khalil Thomas, a two-time NBA had all year,” Washington Ahmad scored 29 points and Kyle Allman scored 27 to lead All-Star now with the Lak- coach Mike Hopkins said. the Titans. Jackson Rowe had 16 points, nine rebounds and ers, had his No. 2 jersey re- “We were able to capitalize, eight assists. Carl Brown led the Matadors with 16 points. tired at halftime. get down, get some easy bas- UC Irvine 75, at Cal Poly 58: John Edgar Jr. and Evan Leon- “One of our main focuses kets, get the crowd into the ard scored 21 points apiece as the Anteaters remain tied with coming in to this game was game, get the flow going.” UC Davis for second in the Big West. to share the ball and just Hawaii 74, at UC Riverside 69, OT: Sheriff Drammeh had 23 keep the ball moving,” Thy- Utah 77, at Washington points as the Rainbow Warriors handed the Highlanders bulle said. “I’ve said it before, State 70: Justin Bibins their12th loss in14 games. Chance Murray scored 21 for UCR. but today was my day. They scored 24 points and Tyler Elaine Thompson Associated Press left me open and my team- Rawson had 15 points and 15 DAVID CRISP of Wa shington drives for a shot amid WOMEN TODAY mates, they just did a great rebounds for the Utes. defensive pressure from Colorado’s Dallas Wa lton. USC at Oregon State ...... 1 p.m. LATIMES.COM/SPORTS S SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 D7 TOP 25 Clark Spartans sparks rally to Taft in beat the overtime Wildcats victory associated press Guard scores 26 Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had a simple re- points as Toreadors quest after his team staged beat Crenshaw 68-58 one of the biggest rallies in NCAA history: Try not to in Open Division make it a 28-point comeback playoff opener. next time. Cassius Winston scored 17 points, and the second- By Eric Sondheimer ranked Spartans rallied from 27 down on Saturday to There was plenty of beat Northwestern 65-60 drama on the opening night and extend its winning of the City Section Open Di- streak to 10 games. vision basketball playoffs. At Nick Ward added 15 Sascha Steinbach Bongarts/Getty Images one point Saturday night, points and 10 rebounds. AS PRESIDENT of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Carlos Cordeiro faces pressing issues. Among them is the the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 seeds all Miles Bridges hit four free joint U.S.-Canadian-Mexican offer to stage the 2026 Wo rld Cup, which he calls the most important priority. trailed in the second half. throws in the final minute, At halftime in Woodland and the visiting Spartans Hills, with No.3Taftdown by (26-3, 14 -2 Big Ten) used a eight points to No. 6 Cren- huge second half to pull out shaw, standout guard Kihei the win when they looked U.S. Soccer’s new leader Clark overheard the public- like they were headed to a address announcer and stunning blowout loss. said, “El Camino is beating Vic Law cooled off after a Fairfax?” blistering start to finish with Maybe that helped awak- 21 points, and Northwestern keeps big picture in focus en him and his Taft team- (15-13, 6-9) made only three of mates, because the Torea- 26 field goals in the second dors picked up their inten- half. sity, started to and relationships with state Then there are the law- Council, which voted as a began to fight back, coming at Baylor 59, No. 7 Texas KEVIN BAXTER associations, the founda- suits, two of which were filed bloc for Cordeiro, tilting the away with a 68-58 overtime ON SOCCER Tech 57: Terry Maston tion of the sport, have to be against the USSF board election in his favor. “I also victory. scored 24 points and the repaired; gender equity and during the election cam- loved that he was vulnerable “Eight points is nothing,” Bears beat the Red Raiders, So now that Carlos the inclusion of immigrant paign. in saying he is not the said Clark, a Virginia signee ending Texas Tech’s seven- Cordeiro has been elected communities must be ad- That’s a pretty big “to smartest soccer guy in the who finished with 26 points. game winning streak after president of the U.S. Soccer dressed. do” list for a president who room and he wants to find “We knew we’d come back.” the Big 12 leaders lost top Federation, what’s next? Cordeiro says he under- is basically an unpaid volun- the smartest soccer guys. The only upset of the scorer Keenan Evans to a In the short term, prob- stands all that and wants to teer — albeit one running a That resonated strongly.” night turned out to be No. 5 foot injury in the first half. ably not much. Cordeiro, a fix it. Yet that’s just the $110 -million business with Cordeiro, who is of Co- Granada Hills knocking off Maston, who finished two former Goldman Sachs short list — and accomplish- 170 full-time employees and lombian, Portuguese and No. 4 Narbonne 54-50. Onaje points shy of his career high executive, has promised to ing all of it could take years, more than 4.4 million regis- Indian descent, came to the Higgins made a three-point set in the previous game run the sport much like a making a deliberate, con- tered members. And some U.S. at15 but did not play basket with 23 seconds left against Texas, hit the go- CEO runs a major corpora- templative and coordinated of the problems Cordeiro organized soccer beyond his to put the Highlanders ahead shot with1:26 remain- tion. So for the time being, campaign smart. will be tackling are ones he high school days. Instead he ahead by two points. Jesse ing as the Bears continued expect a lot of committees But there are pressing may have had a hand in went on to earn a schol- Bannout finished with 19 their push for the NCAA being formed and a lot of issues as well, chief among creating since he was U.S. arship to Harvard before points. tournament with a fifth studies being undertaken. them the joint U.S.-Canadi- Soccer’s vice president the embarking on career in No. 2 Fairfax, which straight win following a 2-7 “My campaign was all an-Mexican offer to stage last two years and has been finance that saw him work trailed by nine points in the start in the rugged confer- about being more collabora- the 2026 World Cup, which part of the federation’s for leading banks in New second half, rallied for a 64- ence. tive,” Cordeiro said. “I’ve the new president calls the leadership since 2007. York and London before 57 win over No. 7 El Camino long felt we had a great most important priority for But he has bigger plans. joining Goldman Sachs, Real. Ethan Anderson at South Carolina 84, No. board. But that board has to the federation. The final Although the USSF more where he became a partner scored 23 points. Eddy Egun 10 Auburn 75: Frank Booker be engaged. We’ve already paperwork for that bid, than doubled its budget in and managing director. had 26 points for the scored 19 points, andthe but some committees in which is being steered by 12 years under Gulati, It’s an immigrant suc- Conquistadores. Gamecocks built a 26-point place. We’re going to add Sunil Gulati, the man Cordeiro wants to quadru- cess story writ large. And it’s No. 1 Westchester de- lead before holding on to de- committees to what we Cordeiro replaced as presi- ple it, to $500 million, pulling that immigrant experience, feated No. 8 Birmingham 59- feat the Tigers, ending have. dent, must be filed with the U.S. even or ahead of in addition to the financial 47. Zellie Hudson had 20 South Carolina’s six-game “By doing that people get FIFA, the governing body world powers England, experience, that will inform points and Kaelen Allen 18. losing streak. more involved and I think for international soccer, Spain, France and Italy. his work as USSF president Taft will play Fairfax and Auburn won seven of its you’ll see a very different next month. “Why are we focused on —and may ultimately deter- Westchester will take on last eight and was a heavy fa- leadership going forward.” After that Cordeiro and the World Cup? Because the mine his success as well. Granada Hills in Saturday’s vorite to keep that going at That, ultimately, may Gulati will begin an intense World Cup is going to gener- “For us to grow the sport semifinals at Roybal. South Carolina. Instead, the prove to be the best ap- global campaign to lobby ate hundreds of millions of into a preeminent position, Crenshaw came close to Gamecocks used a 21-1 run in proach. Because while the support for the plan. Mo- dollars to us,” he said a we have to be more inclu- beating the Toreadors. They the first half on the way to a stunning failure of the U.S. rocco is the only other na- couple of hours after last sive. We have to reach out to opened an 11-point lead in 37-11 lead. national team to qualify for tion interested in hosting week’s USSF election. “For those underserved, more the second half. The this summer’s World Cup the 2026 tournament; a vote us to seriously challenge diverse immigrant popula- Cougars were outmuscling at No. 13 Kansas 77, No. set in motion the events to determine the winning these countries day in and tions,” he said a couple of and outhustling the Torea- 20 West Virginia 69: Udoka that led to Cordeiro’s elec- site will be held in June. day out, we need more re- hours after being elected. dors. But Clark started lead- Azubuike scored 21 points tion, the structural prob- Cordeiro must also begin sources. Those resources “We have to reach and get ing like he usually does and and Devonte’ Graham add- lems underpinning that soon the process of creating, will go largely to the grass- them and bring them in. To Brandon Wilson scored all ed 15 to help the Jayhawks failure have been festering then filling, technical direc- roots.” the extent we can be suc- 20 of his points in the second get past the Mountaineers. for years. tor positions for the men’s Many are willing to give cessful in doing that, we’re half. U.S. Soccer needs a new and women’s national him a chance to make that going have a lot better play- The final seconds of regu- at Arkansas 94, No. 21 approach to youth devel- teams, after which he will happen. “I was impressed ers over time. The chal- lation will be remembered as Texas A&M 75: Jaylen Bar- opment at the grassroots have to select a replacement with his ideas, his vision for lenges are making soccer amissed opportunity for ford scored 14 of his 21 points level and a solution to the for , who re- the governance within U.S. more affordable.” Crenshaw. Dominique Win- in the second half to lead the pay-to-play barriers that signed as coach of the men’s Soccer,” said Stuart Holden, bush, who scored 21 points, Razorbacks to their fourth have locked out kids from team after the qualifying aWorld Cup veteran and a [email protected] was fouled on a three-point straight win, beating the Ag- low-income homes. The failure in October. member of the Athletes Twitter: @kbaxter11 shot with 2.4 seconds left gies. and his team down 52-50. He made the first , No. 3 Villanova 95, at No. missed the second and 4Xavier 79: Mikal Bridges made the third to send the led an early three-point game into overtime. shooting spurt that put the Galaxy hope to learn from mistakes Clark is the latest top Wildcats in control, and Vil- point guard coached by Der- lanova showed that it’s not rick Taylor, following in the ready to relinquish its reign category. chemistry we’re working on Schmid said. “We have to tradition of Jordan Farmar, in the Big East, beating Mus- Team has two weeks “It’s preseason,” he said. all the time. Because that’s make sure that we’re strong- Spencer Dinwiddie and keteers in a showdown for “I really don’t give a crap something that just doesn’t er mentally in those situa- Larry Drew. the league lead. to clean up lapses what the score was. We need come naturally. You have to tions.” “I knew he’d come before regular season to learn from the game. We tell people how you run. Ask Chris Wondolowski got through,” Taylor said. “Far- Texas 77, at No. 23 Okla- need to improve on the them what they like to do.” San Jose’s first goal, five mar, Dinwiddie, Drew — he’s homa 66: Dylan Osetkowski opens on March 4. situations that we weren’t as Schmid was also pleased minutes before halftime, just like them.” scored 21 points, the good at as we needed to be.” with the team’s attack. But while Thompson’s second Perhaps Clark’s most im- Longhorns slowed national SAN JOSE 4 One thing the Galaxy he said the Galaxy need a lot goal, in the 90th minute, pressive moment was stand- scoring leader Trae Young, GALAXY 2 (2-2) learned was that for- of work on the other end of closed out the scoring, leav- ing and taking a charge in and Texas beat the Sooners ward Ola Kamara, who the field. Most disappoint- ing the Galaxy with only two the second half from Isaiah to extend Oklahoma’s losing By Kevin Baxter joined the team last month, ing was the fact that two of weeks to clean up their mis- Johnson, Crenshaw’s start- streak to five games. is starting to get comfort- San Jose’s goals — by takes before the regular sea- ing quarterback. Clark, 5 There was plenty to like able in his new surround- Tommy Thompson and Fa- son begins on March 4. feet 9 and 14 5 pounds, didn’t and to loath in the Galaxy’s ings. Kamara scored both tai Alashe — came just sec- “We never want to lose budge. latest preseason friendly, Galaxy goals Saturday — onds apart early in the sec- any game. So we’re disap- It was a difficult day for Top 25 scores which ended in a 4-2 loss to one in each half — and is be- ond half. And both came af- pointed in that,” Crenshaw players. A female the San Jose Earthquakes ginning to develop a rapport ter goalkeeper David Bing- Ashley Cole said. “As long as student who was a student on Saturday at Orange with his teammates. ham made the first save, we’re ready March 4 is the trainer died in a car accident No. 2 Michigan State65 County’s Great Park. “One hundred percent only to see the Earthquakes main and important thing.” Saturday morning. Northwestern 60 But for Sigi Schmid, the it’s getting better,” Kamara, score on the rebound. No. 3 Villanova 95 team’s coach, the final score one of six players to go the “We were too soft, and we [email protected] [email protected] No. 4 Xavier 79 doesn’t really fit into either full 90 minutes, said. “The gave away too much space,” Twitter: @kbaxter11 Twitter: @latsondheimer Baylor 59 No. 7 Texas Tech 57 No. 9 Gonzaga81 Pepperdine 67 Garcia stops Rios with ninth-round knockout Introducing South Carolina 84 thefree No. 10 Auburn 75 Casino. Rios fell to 34-4-1. in more big fights, used dis- Groves was frustrated there Hot Property No. 13 Kansas 77 Benavidez remains In the co-main event, tance wisely to pick and was no count. newsletter. No. 20 West Virginia 69 undefeated by beating WBC super-middleweight choose his moments. How- Eubank’s stamina was No. 14 North Carolina 93 champion David Benavidez ever, he appeared to have a expected to be superior but Louisville 76 Gavril in the rematch. won a dominant decision in shoulder injury at the end, he tired through the middle his rematch with Ronald which could hamper his rounds and finished with a Celebrity home sales No. 15 St. Mary’s73 Gavril. preparation for the final of desperate flourish and care- and high-end real estate staff and wire reports Portland 61 Benavidez improved to the World Boxing Super Se- less abandon. He relin- transactions accompanied Georgia 73 20-0 with 17 KOs. Gavril fell ries in June, against Callum quished his minor IBO belt by stunning photos. No. 18 Tennessee62 Danny Garcia knocked to 18-3. Smith or Jurgen Brahmer. after the judges awarded the out Brandon Rios in the Eubank was cut above shrewd Groves the decision Arkansas 94 ninth round Saturday night Groves retains belt the right eye in the third by 117-11 2,116-11 2, and115-113. No. 21 Texas A&M75in Las Vegas in a World Box- George Groves retained round from an apparent ac- Groves improved his ing Council welterweight ti- the WBA super middle- cidental clash of heads, and record to 28-3 (20 KOs) with Texas77 Sign up at tle eliminator. weight belt when he out- it bothered him for the rest his second defense of the No. 23 Oklahoma 66 latimes.com/HotProp Garcia improved to 34-1 smarted Chris Eubank Jr. by of the fight. He maintained WBA belt he took from Fe- No. 24 Nevada 93 with the 20th KO of his ca- unanimous decision in Eng- his record of never being dor Chudinov last May. Utah State87reer in front of a crowd at the land’s Manchester Arena. knocked down but when he Eubank suffered his sec- Mandalay Bay Resort and Groves, who has fought took a knee in the 10 th round ond defeat in 28 fights. D8 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18,2018 SS LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

GOLF: GENESIS OPEN AT RIVIERA GOLF CLUB

NOTES ON TELEVISION TODAY 10-11:45 a.m. (Golf Channel), noon-finish (Ch. 2) Spieth patient as he tries

LEADERCARDS KEY — Eagle: Birdie: Bogey: Double-bogey: to climb the leaderboard FRONT NINE HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT Yardage 503 471 434 236 434 199 408433 458 3,576 By Mike James Avg 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.2 4.2 3.0 4.0 4.2 4.2 35.2 Par 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 35 It’s the mantra repeated Watson34434234330 over and over all week by players in the Genesis Open Cantlay45434345436 trying to solvethe intricacies Smith 53434244433 of Riviera Country Club: “Be Na 34433244431 patient.” “Don’t get greedy.” Finau 54434333433 “You have to stay patient.” has McDowell 53434444435 preached it since Day 1 and says the mental demands at BACK NINE Riviera are similar to those HOLE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOTAL players face during the Mas- Yardage 315 583 479 459 192 487 166 590 475 3,746 7,322 ters at Augusta National, where he won in 2015. Avg 4.1 4.7 4.4 4.2 3.2 4.2 3.0 4.8 4.2 36.7 71.9 “I’m just not quite pa- Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 36 71 tient enough to play this golf Watson35443534435 65 course. “I really need to approach Cantlay34443435333 69 it a lot like I approach Au- Smith 43443334432 65 gusta. Just here or there I’m Na 35652434436 67 trying to do a little too much. Finau 34643434435 68 …Imake a birdie and I’m try- ing to make three in a row. McDowell 44443444435 70 This course doesn’t allow that to happen.” Spieth has one top-five Warren Little Getty Images finish and two missed cuts in JORDAN SPIETH plays his shot on the 12th hole during the third round of the THIRD-ROUND SCORES his five previous tries at in Genesis Open. He shot a two-under-par 69 Saturday, leaving him tied for 20th. this event. He shot a two-under-par son tried to drive to the bas- “Way to go, Tim! Keep it eagles, five pars and no bo- 69 in the third round Sat- ket. “When I saw him, all I up, Tim! You’re doing a great geys. urday, leaving him tied for saw was, this is my moment job, Tim!” “You feel like you’ve lost a 20th at three under and sev- to get hurt, this big tank is Mickleson looked across shot if you don’t birdie it, for en shots behind leader about to hit me,” he said. “It the green at the fan, smiled sure,” Spieth said. Bubba Watson. worked out, he didn’t touch and simply said, “Yes he is, Since 2004, the hole has Of course, situations me, so it was good.” isn’t he?” given up more eagles (408) change. He has to make up The other miss was an Order restored. than any other hole on the significant ground to con- airball. His explanation: “It PGA Tour. tend Sunday. was supposed to cut. It Quick starts “With a golf course that didn’t cut.” The 315-yard 10 th hole at Quick exits you can move up the leader- Riviera is perhaps the most After 15 players finished board with so many birdies, Phil the disarmer talked about par four in golf, their second rounds early aday like tomorrow, I may as ’s short arisk-reward hole that de- Saturday, 76 players made well go out and fire,” he said. game is legendary, but he’s mands precision and game the cut at two over. Shawn “The patience isn’t neces- also masterful at defusing management. Despite its Stefani and Michael Kim sary any more.” potentially explosive situa- length, it created more bo- needed to pick up one stroke tions. As Mickelson sized up geys than birdies in the first in their final two holes to Keep your day job achip from the back fringe two rounds. make the cut; Rob Oppen- Watson played in the Ce- on the third hole, a fan with But the hole that players heim and Richard Lee each lebrity All-Star game Friday drink in hand and already know they need to score on is needed to pick up two night during NBA All-Star well lubricated at 9:45 a.m., the 502-yard par-five first. strokes. None of them made weekend. He tried two shots, cranked up the volume to How easy is it? The top 25 up the ground; their tourna- made none. frat-boy, WWE levels while players on the leaderboard ments ended at about 8 a.m. One was blocked by addressing Mickelson’s played the hole in 27 under Tracy McGrady when Wat- brother and caddie, Tim. par Saturday, with seven [email protected]

Warren Little Getty Images GRAEME McDOWELL plays his approach shot to the 12th hole on his way to a 70. He trails by two. at Riviera Country Club (Par 71, 7,322 yards)

Bubba Watson...... 68-70-65-203 -10 Bryson DeChambeau ...... 71-69-72-212 -1 Patrick Cantlay...... 66-69-69-204 -9 Luke List...... 72-71-69-212 -1 Cameron Smith...... 72-68-65-205 -8 Rafa Cabrera Bello ...... 72-67-73-212 -1 Kevin Na...... 68-70-67-205-8 Patrick Rodgers...... 70-71-72-213 E Tony Finau...... 66-71-68-205 -8 Thomas Pieters ...... 71-71-71-213 E Graeme McDowell ...... 69-66-70-205 -8 Austin Cook...... 74-66-73-213 E Derek Fathauer ...... 68-70-68-206 -7 Ryan Blaum...... 71-70-72-213 E Justin Thomas...... 69-71-67-207 -6 Rory McIlroy...... 71-69-73-213 E Aaron Baddeley...... 72-68-67-207 -6 Ben Silverman ...... 72-71-70-213E Dustin Johnson ...... 74-69-64-207 -6 Matt Kuchar ...... 73-71-69-213 E Scott Stallings ...... 71-68-68-207 -6 Charley Hoffman ...... 75-69-69-213E Ryan Moore...... 68-68-71-207 -6 Charles Howell III ...... 74-70-69-213 E Anirban Lahiri ...... 72-69-67-208 -5 Tommy Fleetwood...... 70-71-73-214 +1 Phil Mickelson ...... 70-71-67-208 -5 Brendan Steele...... 72-71-71-214 +1 Sam Saunders...... 67-69-72-208 -5 Retief Goosen...... 68-71-75-214 +1 Xander Schauffele ...... 71-70-68-209 -4 Vijay Singh...... 72-70-73-215 +2 Martin Laird ...... 68-73-68-209 -4 J.B. Holmes ...... 71-71-73-215 +2 James Hahn ...... 70-69-70-209 -4 Brandon Harkins ...... 71-70-74-215 +2 Jason Kokrak...... 68-72-69-209 -4 Kelly Kraft ...... 71-72-72-215 +2 Jonas Blixt ...... 71-71-68-210 -3 Adam Schenk...... 76-67-72-215 +2 Vaughn Taylor...... 72-70-68-210 -3 Harold Varner III...... 73-70-72-215 +2 Jordan Spieth ...... 71-70-69-210 -3 Martin Kaymer ...... 73-67-75-215+2 Talor Gooch...... 73-70-67-210 -3 Luke Donald...... 71-72-72-215 +2 Kevin Chappell...... 69-71-70-210 -3 Adam Scott...... 72-72-71-215 +2 Adam Hadwin...... 70-74-66-210 -3 Padraig Harrington...... 71-73-71-215 +2 Bud Cauley...... 70-72-69-211 -2 Paul Casey...... 73-71-71-215 +2 Sung Kang ...... 70-72-69-211 -2 Nick Taylor...... 71-71-74-216 +3 HaoTong Li ...... 71-71-69-211 -2 Ryan Armour ...... 71-71-74-216 +3 Pat Perez ...... 72-70-69-211 -2 Abraham Ancer...... 72-69-75-216 +3 Branden Grace ...... 70-72-69-211 -2 Greg Chalmers...... 73-69-74-216 +3 Dominic Bozzelli...... 67-75-69-211 -2 Sean O’Hair...... 71-72-73-216 +3 Kevin Streelman...... 72-70-69-211 -2 Tyrone Van Aswegen...... 70-72-75-217 +4 Alex Noren ...... 71-69-71-211 -2 Sangmoon Bae...... 73-71-73-217 +4 Tom Hoge...... 67-73-71-211 -2 Charl Schwartzel ...... 71-73-73-217 +4 Troy Merritt...... 68-71-72-211 -2 Chad Campbell...... 73-71-73-217 +4 Jamie Lovemark ...... 68-70-73-211 -2 Martin Piller ...... 72-72-75-219 +6 John Huh ...... 70-72-70-212 -1 David Lingmerth...... 73-71-76-220 +7 Peter Uihlein...... 70-73-69-212 -1 Chez Reavie ...... 68-76-77-221+8

TODAY’S TEE TIMES

FIRST HOLE 8:05 John Huh, Peter Uihlein, Bryson DeChambeau 8:15 Tom Hoge, Troy Merritt, Jamie Lovemark

8:25Dominic Bozzelli, Kevin Streelman, Alex Noren Ryan Kang Associated Press 8:35 Hao Tong Li, Pat Perez, Branden Grace PATRICK CANTLAY SHOT his second consecutive 69 and finished with a 54-foot birdie putt on No. 18. 8:46 Adam Hadwin, Bud Cauley, Sung Kang 8:56 Jordan Spieth, Ta lor Gooch, Kevin Chappell Johnson charges into the hunt 9:07Jason Kokrak, Jonas Blixt, Vaughn Taylor 9:17Xander Schauffele, Martin Laitd, James Hahn 9:28Anirban Lahiri, Phil Mickelson, Sam Saunders [Golf, from D3] three other players tied for He has regained some when his16-footputtslid just the third round. third, two strokes off the weight and is working his past the right edge. 9:38 Dustin Johnson, Scott Stallings, Ryan Moore Cantlay, thanks in part to lead. Cameron Smith, with way back now. The leaderboard, as it 9:49Derek Fathauer, Justin Thomas, Aaron Baddeley a54-foot birdie putt on the his second consecutive bo- “The trend is going in the has been all week, is tight, 9:59Kevin Na, Tony Finau, Graeme McDowell 18 th hole, shot his second gey-free round, matched right direction,” he said. “If I with 14 players within five consecutive 69 and stands Watson’s 65 and jumped up don’t win tomorrow or if I do shots of Watson. Justin 10:10 Bubba Watson, Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Smith one back at nine under. from 15th; Kevin Na shot 67 win tomorrow, I’m still going Thomas, whose 67 left him TENTH HOLE Cantlay, the former despite a double bogey on in the right direction.” tied with Johnson, believes 8:05 Luke List, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Patrick Rodgers UCLA player who has not the par-four 12th, and Tony The round brought John- the first-place prize money missed a cut in 18 tourna- Finau, two shots off the lead son back from the deep end. of almost $1.3 million and 500 8:15 Thomas Pieters, Austin Cook, Ryan Blaum ments since he came back to start the round, stayed He barely made the cut and FedEx Cup points that go to 8:25Rory McIlroy, Ben Silverman, Matt Kuchar from a back injury that cost there with a 67. stood at one over after 36 the winner are up for grabs. 8:35 Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Tommy Fleetwood him almost three seasons, Watson got out to a quick holes. He was one under at Asked how far behind the dropped a stroke to par on start on the par-five first, set the turn Saturday. leader would be too far to 8:46 Brendan Steele, Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh the front but played the sec- up by a 203-yard seven-iron “I was focused today,” make up the difference, he 1 8:56 J.B. Homes, Brandon Harkins, Kelly Kraft ond nine in three under. to 1 ⁄2 feet. “It calms you Johnson said. “I knew mak- said, “I don’t think there’s a “I played really well on down real fast when you tap ing the turn, I looked over at number here. In reality, I 9:07Adam Schenk, Harold Varner III, Martin Kaymer the back,” he said. “On the in for eagle,” he said. AJ [his brother and caddie, would say something like 9:17Luke Donald, Adam Scott, Padraig Harrington front, I was close on a couple Watson hasn’t won since Austin] and I said, ‘We’ve got nine or 10, because if you’re 9:28Paul Casey, Nick Taylor, Ryan Armour shots that turned out really, his victory at Riviera in 2016. 27 holes to see how good we playing well, you can shoot really bad. I just grinded Last year, after losing a sig- are. We can get back in this eight or nine under. 9:38 Abraham Ancer, Greg Chalmers, Sean O’Hair through it and really made nificant amount of weight in thing if we play really well.’ ” “It’s definitely a course 9:49Tyrone Van Aswegen, Sangmoon Bae, Charl Schwartzel sure I was present for every an over-rigorous dieting pro- Johnson eagled No. 1, that you can make a huge 9:59Chad Campbell, Martin Piller shot. I felt like that paid divi- gram, he had only four top-10 added birdies on three, four, move up the leaderboard.” dends on the back side.” finishes in 22 starts, one of six and seven, and narrowly 10:10 David Lingmerth, Chez Reavie McDowell (70) joined his worst seasons on tour. missed another on the ninth [email protected] LATIMES.COM/SPORTS S SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 D9

BASEBALL Cron traded to Rays for player to be named

Angels clear up logjam at first base by moving slugger who provided tantalizing glimpses of power in four seasons.

By Mike DiGiovanna

TEMPE, Ariz. —Afour- year Angels career marked mostly by unrealized poten- tial came to an abrupt end Saturday night when first baseman C.J. Cron, a first- round pick out of Utah in 2011 , was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later. Gina Ferazzi Los Angeles Times Cron, 28, reached the big C.J. CRON was the odd leagues in 2014 but spent man out when it became parts of the last four seasons apparent that the Angels Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times in the minor leagues. He was value roster flexibility. DODGERS CATCHER Yasmani Grandal drips with sweat at a workout. He possesses a lengthy resume of out of options this spring, success, yet Austin Barnes outplayed him late in 2017 and supplanted him during the team’s Wo rld Series run. meaning he would have to He is a career .262 hitter clear waivers for the team to with 59 homers and 213 RBIs send him back to triple-A in 408 games, but his subpar Salt Lake. .307 on-base percentage With a lighter, leaner didn’t fit with the team’s em- Dodgers have catchall and healthier Albert Pujols phasis on plate discipline expected to play more first under Eppler. base this season so that Cron struck out 314 times Japanese two-way star and walked only 73 times in Shohei Ohtani can start at 1,475 career plate appear- designated hitter two or ances. talent behind the plate three times a week, and with Cron worked out at the the left-handed-hitting Luis team’s spring-training com- Valbuena sharing time with plex with right fielder Kole Pujols, Cron figured to have Calhoun all winter and ap- [Catchers, from D3] tions for each man are sig- no matter the day, no matter ple trips to visit her in Arizo- areduced role. peared to be in excellent earned raves, up to the ma- nificant. who we’re playing, that’s go- na. She gave birth to a son, And with the Angels ex- shape as he prepared to re- jors. Grandal possesses a Grandal, 29, will become ing to be a real strength and Yasmani Ryker Grandal, pected to carry 13 pitchers port with position players on lengthy resume of success. afree agent this season. advantage for us this sea- just before Game 1 against and only three bench play- Sunday. Yet Barnes outplayed him Barnes, 28, is building a case son.” Houston. ers, they can’t afford to carry “C.J. has been nothing late in 2017 and supplanted for salary arbitration. Under After uneventful cameos The pregnancy occupied two right-handed-hitting but professional and the him during the team’s run to team control until 2023, in 2015 and 2016, Barnes Grandal’s thoughts for most first basemen who can’t play consummate team player the World Series last season. Barnes may still be a year “really made his mark last of the postseason, he said. another defensive position. here,” Eppler said. “He cares As the team returns for away from becoming the year as a major league play- He tried to focus on aiding Valbuena will back up Zack about the game and his 2018 , Grandal appears posi- starter. The inherent com- er,” Roberts said. His role ex- Barnes during his seven or Cozart at third base. teammates. We wish him tioned as the primary back- petition does not interfere panded as the season prog- eight hours at the field. Once “With the construction of well as he embarks on the stop, as a switch hitter ex- with their regular-season ressed. Barnes slugged .514 he left, he devoted his energy our roster and the personnel rest of his career.” pected to receive most of the duties, in which they huddle against left-handed pitch- toward his family. That tun- we have in place, we have to Eppler said the Angels starts against right-handed during pregame meetings ers, but his production nel vision extended into the place a premium on flexibil- have a pool of Rays players pitchers. Barnes will again with the coaching staff to against right-handed pitch- offseason. ity and maneuverability they are considering for the start against left-handed build nightly plans of attack ers was even better: a .902 “To tell you the truth, I within our position-player deal, but it will not be Corey pitchers. Roberts reserved against opposing hitters. on-base-plus-slugging per- didn’t even know we had got- group,” general manager Dickerson, who was desig- the right to adjust the pla- “It’s going to take both of centage, well above ten [Matt] Kemp until a Billy Eppler said. “That nated for assignment by toon when necessary, as he us to get where we want to Grandal’s .790 OPS against month ago,” Grandal said. prompted us to make the Tampa Bay on Saturday. did late last season. Despite be,” Barnes said. “I think right-handers. While Barnes worked out move at this time.” Neither will it be pitcher starting just twice in the that showed last year. Obvi- Grandal appeared on at Dodger Stadium over the The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Jake Odorizzi, who was playoffs, Grandal does not ously Yaz wants to be out pace for a typical season in winter, Grandal prepared in Cron has prodigious power, traded to the Minnesota expect to spend this season there and I want to be out the first half. He hit 11 home Arizona. He tinkered with but he never hit more than16 Twins later Saturday night. on the bench. there. We both have the runs and posted a .788 OPS. his swing by studying data of home runs or drove in more “Well, there’s only been mind-set that our main fo- He bruised his thumb just his launch angle. He at- than 69 runs in any of his four [email protected] one guy who’s played 120 cus is winning.” before the All-Star break. tempted to clean up the me- seasons. Twitter: @MikeDiGiovanna games,” Grandal said. “So I Neither Barnes nor His production dipped dur- chanical glitches that ham- don’t know. I haven’t really Grandal is perfect. Grandal ing the season’s final pered him in the second half thought about it. I’m not is prone to strikeouts. months. Grandal batted .217 of 2017. He expected to play worried about it.” Barnes can struggle to hold in the second half as Barnes often in the coming season. ANGELS REPORT The Dodgers possess runners. Yet each provides surged. And he expected to produce. enough depth to be creative. value as a hitter, and each is As the playoffs ap- “The way I see it is I’m hit- Barnes can play second considered excellent as a re- proached, Roberts tipped ting free agency next year,” A smart decision base. The team could carry ceiver. Grandal ranked his hand about the organiza- Grandal said. “I’ve got to be third catcher Kyle Farmer, fourth in runs saved through tion’s preferences. Barnes concentrated to help this as they did in September, to pitch framing last season, saw more time against right- team do the best that they free up Barnes or Grandal according to Baseball handed pitchers. He caught can do, so that next year 29 by J-Up to re-up for late-game pinch-hitting Prospectus. Barnes ranked ace Clayton Kershaw more. other teams would love to assignments. As a unit, the eighth. During this time, have me on their team — or, catchers ranked second in “Both are elite at what Grandal found himself com- if I end up signing back baseball last season in Fan- they do behind the plate,” partmentalizing. here.” By Mike DiGiovanna Extended play Graphs’ version of wins said Andrew Friedman, His wife, Heather, was Shohei Ohtani had a little above replacement. president of baseball opera- pregnant with their second [email protected] trouble commanding his The financial implica- tions. “It’s something that child. Grandal made multi- Twitter: @McCulloughTimes TEMPE, Ariz. —While curveball, but his fastball star players such as J.D. looked sharp and his form Martinez and Jake Arrieta looked sound during a two- remain unsigned, Justin Up- inning, 30-pitch batting DODGERS REPORT ton reported to spring train- practice session. Minor ing Saturday with the secu- leaguers hitters Hutton rity of the five-year, $106-mil- Moyer and Brennan Morgan Utley signs two-year, $2-million contract lion extension he signed in fouled off five pitches and hit early November, well ahead one fair ball, a fly to left field. of baseball’s free-agent “He has a lot of weapons Utley worked out at the freeze out. By Andy McCullough for major league hitters,” ballpark for most of the off- “It hasn’t been the most general manager Billy season with a group that in- enjoyable process for those Eppler said. “His delivery PHOENIX—Chase Ut- cluded Barnes, Justin Turn- guys,” said Upton, a looked athletic. He looked ley contacted Dodgers er, Joc Pederson and En- 30-year-old left fielder comfortable.” strength and conditioning rique Hernandez. acquired from Detroit last Ohtani’s assessment? coach Brandon McDaniel a “Being around Chase, it’s August. “There were good and week after the World Series motivation,” Hernandez “The fact that I avoided bad parts,” he said through ended. Utley was technically said. “He’s in the best shape it, looking back in hindsight, an interpreter, “but I was afree agent, but he sought a of anybody out here, and he’s I’m happy I did. I kind of got happy to get through the 30 place to train, and he did not the oldest. You can’t let the alittle taste of it two years pitches.” want to hide his intentions 40-year-old beat you.” ago when I was a free agent. I Ohtani will hit live pitch- for the 2018 season. He asked Utley will not reach that understood the way the ing on Tuesday or Wednes- whether Dodger Stadium exact milestone until De- trend was going.” day. He hopes to DH two or could he his home base for cember. And even then, his Upton’s last foray into three times a week between the offseason. The organiza- contract lasts another sea- free agency, after 2015, starts. Manager Mike tion welcomed him, aware of son. He did not seriously stretched to Jan. 20, 2016, Scioscia said Ohtani could Ezra Shaw Getty Images the reverential status Utley consider retirement, he said. when he signed a six-year, also be used as a pinch- holds in their clubhouse. CHASE UTLEY returns to Dodgers, leading catcher “I’ve enjoyed playing $132.75-million deal with the hitter or pinch-runner. “Early on, I let the Dod- Austin Barnes to say “we got our leader back.” baseball for a long time, and Tigers. The Angels will probably gers knowthatI’dlike to con- Istill enjoy it,” Utley said. “I He could have opted out open the season with a tinue to play, and staying in nalized the two-year, $2-mil- centage in 2017. Manager feel like I can be productive of the final four years and three-man bench. Ohtani L.A. would be my choice,” lion contract Utley had Dave Roberts envisioned in a number of ways. I’m ex- $88.5 million of that deal but would allow Scioscia to run Utley said Saturday at agreed to earlier in the week. Utley occupying a similar cited to be back. I’m excited instead re-upped with the for Albert Pujols without Camelback Ranch. “Prob- The organization had role this season. Utley can to get spring training Angels, who added a fifth burning a position player. If ably not the best negotiating done little to hide his im- spell Logan Forsythe at sec- started.” year. the game goes extra innings, strategy, but at this point in pending return. When pitch- ond base against certain Had Upton, who had an Wood tests ankle Ohtani could remain as DH. my career, I need to be hon- ers and catchers reported to right-handed pitchers. He .887 on-base-plus-slugging “I’ve never had a pitcher est and truthful with them.” Camelback Ranch on Tues- can also serve as a left-han- Alex Wood tested his percentage with seven ho- pinch-run — more bad can His approach worked. day, a pile of mail addressed ded hitter on the bench. right ankle with a 28-pitch mers and 15 RBIs in 27 come out of that than good,” Because of the bizarre na- to Utley was waiting by his “To have Chase on your bullpen session. He was in- games for the Angels, not Scioscia said. “But Shohei is ture of this offseason, in locker. roster makes your team bet- jured during calisthenics signed that deal, he might not just a pitcher. He has the which dozens of free agents The Dodgers operated ter,” Roberts said. “Whether Thursday. Wood indicated still be looking for work. ability to do some things off remain unsigned midway mindful of their luxury-tax it be starting in certain he was still limited in the “There’s definitely anxi- the bench. We’re definitely through February and a payroll throughout the off- spots, coming off the bench, amount of running he could ety,” Upton said. “You’re go- going to tap into that if nec- separate camp for unem- season. By spreading Utley’s whatever the role, I know do, but did not expect his ing to a new city, you don’t essary because we feel we’re ployed players has opened in salary over two seasons, the Chase is in on [it].” throwing program to be af- have any time to get settled, not putting him at risk.” Florida, this bit of trivia may team reduced the average The Dodgers believe Ut- fected. Wood planned to you have to find a house in Asked if he was used as a not hold up. But for now, annual value of the contract, ley’s value extends well be- throw a lengthier bullpen spring training … there’s a pinch-runner in Japan, consider this: The only mul- which allows for more flex- yond the diamond. His session Monday, followed by lot of logistical things people Ohtani said, “Maybe a cou- tiyear contract the Dodgers ibility as the team aims to teammates regard him with live batting practice don’t look at. They say, ple of times very early in my handed out during the off- stay beneath the $197-mil- something approaching Wednesday. ‘Look, he signed for that career, but that’s about it.” season went to a 39-year-old lion threshold. awe. much money, he’ll be fine.’ second baseman. Utley hit .236 with a .728 “We got our leader back,” [email protected] There’s no comfort that late [email protected] On Saturday, the team fi- on-base-plus-slugging per- catcher Austin Barnes said. Twitter: @McCulloughTimes in the offseason.” Twitter: @MikeDiGiovanna D10 SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 S LATIMES.COM/SPORTS

MOTOR RACING Reddick wins closest race in NASCAR history

dick said of the close finish. Chase Elliott’s No. 88 overtime. Forty-nine of the was third, After a major crash “It’s not {by} much. It was Chevy tapped Sadler’s Chevy 14 3 laps were raced under and the first Xfinity Series just enough and just soon from behind, sending him caution. driver to earn points for the and five overtime enough, and it was incredible spinning. That incident NASCAR would eventu- spot. starts, he beats fellow that it worked out that way. brought out the eighth cau- ally bring out the red flag, The first crash of the I’m just thankful it was me tion of the day and extended stopping the cars in order to afternoon took place 11 laps JR Motorsports driver. that won.” the race into overtime. clean up the track. into the race, when Austin After the win by his JR After the restart, the lead- On the fifth restart, Red- Cindric’s No. 60 Ford got By Matt Murschel Motorsports teammate, a de- ers were packed heading dick pushed out front of the loose in the front stretch of jected Sadler said: “This one coming down the stretch be- pack and held on to get the the track and slid into a wall. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. hurts the most now because fore Kyle Larson spun out, win. The crash impacted more — survived a it just happened. I knew it taking out the majority of the “I think it would have been than a handful of cars and massive wreck and five over- was going to be close. This front of the field. disappointing if we finished ended the 19-year-old’s day. time restarts to inch past Elli- one hurts a lot. I don’t know WIth 18 cars involved, it under caution,” David Elenz, The wreck also took out ott Sadler and capture the how many starts I’ll have at would turn out to be the big- Reddick’s crew chief, said of Christopher Bell. NASCAR Xfinity Series Pow- this racetrack. I really want to gest crash of the day. Larson, the overtime finishes. “The Midway through the sec- erShares QQQ 300 at Day- get a trophy here. This one Terry Renna Associated Press who led for close to half the way the racing had been all ond segment, a handful of tona International Speedway hurts a lot because it was so “I’M JUST thankful it race, was among the drivers day and the show that all the cars battled for command of on Saturday. close.” was me that won,” Tyler taken out. leaders put on all day, it the pack, including Spencer The pair battled it out It was Sadler’s ninth Reddick said. It appeared Reddick, 22, would have been disappoint- Gallagher, Elliott, Sadler and down the stretch before Red- top-10 finish in 18 races at had won the race in the third ing to finish under yellow.” Larson. dick’s No. 9 Chevy crossed the Daytona International of the day, with nine caution overtime, but another wreck Larson captured the first However, it would be Elli- finish line just ahead of Speedway. flags during the final seg- brought out the yellow flag stage of the race, with the ott, who was driving the Sadler’s No. 1 Chevy. The “I watched the whole ment of what was supposed before he crossed the finish NASCAR Monster Energy No. 88 , who cap- margin of victory was 0.000, thing. It was incredible,” said to be a125-lap race. But it was line, sending the race to its Cup Series driver leading 22 tured the second stage just the closest in NASCAR Jr., who owns ayellow flag with four laps re- fourth extra period. of the 30 laps. He outlasted ahead of , Lar- national series history. JR Motorsports. maining during regulation Awreck by Dylan Lupton fellow cup driver Logano, who son and Daniel Suarez. finished third. The final laps were some that started the chaotic over- sent out the 12th caution of worked his way from the back “That was insane,” Red- of the most aggressive racing time finish. the day and forced the fifth of the field. [email protected]

DAYTONA 500 LINEUP

11:30 a.m. PST, Ch. 11 Younger equals cheaper in NASCAR Pos. No. Driver Team 188Alex Bowman [Daytona 500, from D3] what I can do, and my part of 2. 11 Denny Hamlin Byron needs to recali- it is what my part is.” brate a lot of things in his rac- Actually, this could work 3. 12 Ryan BlaneyTeam Penske ing career — as do his fellow out well for everybody. Let 4. 9Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports millennials leading the drivers embrace their differ- charge — as an influx of ences. Rivalries drive every 5. 22 Joey Logano young talent blends into Sun- sport. Now NASCAR can 6. 4Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing day’s Daytona 500 starting have rival gangs, like the 7. 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Motorsports grid for the opener of the Sharks and the Jets, only NASCAR’s Monster Energy with restrictor plates. 8. 20 Erik JonesJoe Gibbs Racing Cup season. NASCAR’s struggles for 917Ricky Stenhouse Jr. There’s , 24, more eyeballs on weekends his teammate at Hendrick depend on the viability of the 10.14Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Motorsports and the pole-sit- young guys to have some- 11. 41 Kurt BuschStewart-Haas Racing ter for Sunday’s Great Ameri- thing going for them besides 12. 18 Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs Racing can Race. There’s groovy alittle eye candy for millenni- , 24, banging als. 13.31Ryan Newman on his drums as a side gig to Pick a side. Or pick a story. 14. 3Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing driving the iconic No. 43 for They’ve got some good ones. Richard Petty Motorsports. John Raoux Associated Press Byron is taking under- 15.38David Ragan There’s , 24, ALEX BOWMAN,replacing Dale Earnhardt Jr. in graduate online courses at 16.21Paul MenardWood Brothers Racing Bubba’s wing man who drives the No. 88 car, will start from the pole at Daytona. Liberty University, majoring 17.19Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing for Cup rival Team Penske. At in business communications. 27, Joey Logano, Blaney’s who retired at the end of last pionship contender? Be- Elliott is the son of 18. 6Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Penske teammate, must feel season. Kasey Kahne got cause you, me, everybody else NASCAR icon and 19.1 Jamie McMurray like an old man. bounced after last year and can only promote these kids gets revved up by listening to Check out the starting replaced by Byron. for so long as up-and-coming Eric Church music. 20.47AJ Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing lineup of the top 10 qualifiers “My idea this year was, drivers. They’ve got to win Wallace is the first full- 21. 37 JTG Daugherty Racing for the Daytona 500. It in- ‘Let’s let them learn in the races. And no one knows that time African American driver 22.34Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports cludes Bowman, Blaney, Wal- stuff they’re going to be driv- more than they do.” in the Cup series since Wen- lace, Chase Elliott (22) and ing for a long time,’” team Understandably, this has dell Scott in 1971, and the first 23. 13 (21). owner Rick Hendrick said. caused some rumblings in black driver in the Daytona 24.78Martin Truex Jr. The twentysomethings “It’s fun, and that’s what I the garage. Veterans look 500 since 1969. are the Cool Kids. The forty- need at this point in my life. I around and have to wonder if “We try really hard to label 25.62Brendan Gaughan somethings are the “get off need to have some fun.” they’re next on the hit list things, and maybe we’re try- 26.95Kasey Kahne my lawn” crowd. But these aren’t charity while reflecting on their ing too hard to label things,” 27.00Jeffrey Earnhardt StarCom Racing This isn’t a cosmic coinci- rides, either, based on the NASCAR journeys that in- said , the dence. Much of this dynamic starting grid. These guys cluded more challenging dy- 2012 season champ and a 28.7 is money-driven. Sponsor- have great potential and are namics. tweener at 34. “Everybody is 29.51Justin Marks Racing ships are drying up, and so is fortunate to have been paired Cue outrage, with a side of different. Everybody’s sce- the money. Owners can’t af- with the top-tier teams in the jealousy. nario is different. Alex’s sce- 30.96DJ Kennington ford seven-figure contracts, business. No one is giving “It is bothersome,” 2015 nario is different than his 31. 2Brad Keselowski Team Penske which is why a talented veter- them hand-me-down en- season champion teammate William Byron’s 32.72Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports an and past champion such gines. In a results-driven in- said last month during the scenario or his other team- as Matt Kenseth will be dustry, it doesn’t matter what NASCAR Media Tour. “We’ve mate Chase Elliott’s scenario. 33.24William ByronHendrick Motorsports watching the Daytona 500 your birthday is as long as paid our dues, and our spon- “I know we like the young 34.23Gray Gaulding BK Racing like the rest of us. you pit in Victory Lane. sors have and everything else, gun/old veteran feel to it, but Jones took his slot with “What the fans are looking and all you’re doing is adver- we just all have different sto- 35.48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick Motorsports Joe Gibbs Racing. The shake- for are up-and-coming driv- tising all these younger guys ries, and I think that’s an easy 36.32Matt DiBenedetto up is even more dramatic at ers who can win races,” Fox for fans to figure out and pick trap to fall in, and I think that 37.10Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Hendrick Motorsports, Sports analyst Larry Mc- up on and choose as their fa- maybe it’s easier to tell a story which now includes Byron, Reynolds said. “They’re wait- vorite driver. that way because more peo- 38.42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi Racing Bowman and Elliott. Gone ing to see who the next super- “I think it’s stupid. But I ple can understand it, but it’s 39.92David Gilliland RBR Enterprises are veterans , star is going to be. Who is the don’t know. I’m not the mar- not necessarily the reality.” who retired after the 2015 sea- guy who is going to step up keting genius that’s behind 40.66Mark ThompsonPhoenix Air Racing son, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., and win races and is a cham- this deal. 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COLLEGE BASKETBALL TENNIS GOLF NBA STANDINGS SOUTHLAND Nevada 93, Utah St. 87 $3.17-MILLION QATAR TOTAL OPEN CHAMPIONS TOUR Standings have been arranged to reflect how UCLA 86, Oregon 78, OT N. Colorado 97, S. Utah 80 At Doha, Qatar $1.6-MILLION CHUBB CLASSIC the teams will be determined for the playoffs. Hosmer USC 72, Oregon St. 59 Utah Valley 84, Rio Grande 72 Surface: Hard-Outdoor At Naples, Fla.—Par 72 Teams are ranked1-15 by record. Division stand- San Diego 75, BYU 62 Idaho 79, Montana 77 SINGLES (semifinals)—Caroline Wozniacki TwinEagles Golf Club, Talon Course— ing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. San Diego St. 94, UNLV 56 WOMEN (1), Denmark, d. Petra Kvitova (16), Czech Re- 7,193 yards The top eight teams in each conference make the UC Davis 71, UC Santa Barbara 54 AP TOP 25 public, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5. 36-Hole Leaders playoffs, and the top-seeded team would play San Francisco 72, Loyola Marymount 63 No. 3 Baylor 88, Kansas 51 DOBLES (semifinals)—Gabriela Dabrowski, Joe Durant...... 67-63—130 -14 the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would Gonzaga 81, Pepperdine 67 No. 6 Texas 77, No. 21 Oklahoma St. 62 Canada-Jelena Ostapenko, , d. Barbora Steve Stricker...... 68-63—131 -13 play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition Cal St. Fullerton 88, Cal St. Northridge 70 California 78, No. 14 Stanford 66 Krejcikova- Katerina Siniakova, , Miguel Angel Jimenez ...... 64-68—132 -12 is the first of several tiebreakers, followed by con- UC Irvine 73, Cal Poly 58 6-3, 6-3; Andreja Klepac, Slovenia-Maria Jose Lee Janzen ...... 66-67—133 -11 ference record. (Western Conference divisions: No. 19 Green Bay 67, Youngstown St. 42 Kevin Sutherland...... 66-68—134 -10 and Padres Cal St. Bakersfield 71, Grand Canyon 58 No. 24 Belmont 80, Morehead St. 56 Martinez Sanchez (8), Spain, d. Monique Ad- S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern amczak, Australia-Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, Scott McCarron ...... 66-68—134 -10 Hawaii 74, UC Riverside 69 SOUTHLAND Conference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S- 6-7 (5), 6-3, 12-10. Jones ...... 68-67—135 -9 La Verne 96, Caltech 86 San Diego 66, BYU 60 Southeast). Claremont-Mudd 72, Chapman 63 Gary Hallberg...... 65-70—135 -9 Cal St. Bakersfield 69, Grand Canyon 40 $2.28-MILLION AMRO WORLD TOURNAMENT Redlands 72, Cal Lutheran 65 David Frost...... 65-70—135 -9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Gonzaga 67, Pepperdine 48 At Rotterdam, Netherlands Pomona-Pitzer 61, Occidental 47 ...... 71-65—136 -8 Loyola Marymount 65, San Francisco 60 Surface: Hard-Indoor ...... 69-67—136 -8 Chaminade 71, Biola 59 Team WLPCT GB UNLV 73, San Diego St. 67 SINGLES (semifinals)—Grigor Dimitrov (2), ...... 68-68—136 -8 reportedly WEST Cal St. Northridge 86, Cal Poly 66 Bulgaria, d. David Goffin (4), Belgium, 6-3, 0-1 ...... 68-68—136 -8 1. Houston 44 13 .772 Seattle 73, New Mexico St. 63, OT retired; Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, d. Andre- David Toms...... 68-68—136 -8 1 Long Beach St. 67, Cal St.-Fullerton 47 2. Gold. State 44 14 .759 ⁄2 Portland St. 91, Idaho St. 77 UC Santa Barbara 82, UC Irvine 55 as Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Tim Petrovic...... 71-66—137 -7 E. Washington 84, Montana St. 79 Caltech 97, La Verne 74 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Oliver Marach, Aus- Brandt Jobe...... 70-67—137 -7 3. S. Antonio3524.593 10 Fresno St. 86, Colorado St. 65 tria-Mate Pavic (2), Croatia, d. Jean-Julien Rojer, Stephen Ames ...... 70-67—137 -7 Pomona-Pitzer 70, Occidental 63 4. Minnesota 36 25 .590 10 Washington 82, Colorado 59 Cal Lutheran 74, Redlands 67, OT Netherlands-Horia Tecau (4), Romania, 6-1, 6-3; ...... 73-64—137 -7 St. Mary’s (Cal) 73, Portland 61 Claremont-Mudd Scripps 67, Chapman 58 Pierre-Hugues Herbert-Nicolas Mahut (3), Billy Mayfair...... 68-69—137 -7 5. Okla. City 33 26 .559 12 Utah 77, Washington St. 70 France, d. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Rajeev Ram, Wes Short, Jr...... 68-69—137 -7 WEST 1 have a deal Weber St. 83, Sacramento St. 73 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-6. Jesper Parnevik ...... 66-71—137 -7 6. Denver3226.552 12 ⁄2 Santa Clara 57, Pacific 55 Jose Maria Olazabal...... 70-68—138 -6 Santa Clara 72, Pacific 68 $668,460 NEW YORK OPEN 1 Nevada 85, Utah St. 78 III...... 70-68—138 -6 6. Portland 32 26 .552 12 ⁄2 EAST Wyoming 66, San Jose St. 64 At Uniondale, N.Y. Bucknell 68, Holy Cross 67, OT Surface: Hard-Indoor Scott Verplank...... 69-69—138 -6 8. N. Orleans 31 26 .544 13 St. Mary’s 77, Portland 49 Jeff Maggert...... 73-65—138 -6 CCSU 65, Robert Morris 58 California 78, Stanford 66 SINGLES (semifinals)—Sam Querrey (2), d. Gene Sauers...... 71-68—139 -5 Columbia 85, Princeton 60 N. Arizona 79, North Dakota 59 Adrian Mannarino (4), France, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3; Joey Sindelar ...... 70-69—139 -5 Dartmouth 66, Brown 63 Kevin Anderson (1), South Africa, d. Kei Nishikori 1 EAST ...... 69-70—139 -5 9. CLIPPERS 30 26 .536 ⁄2 wire reports Delaware 72, Elon 57 (5), Japan, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Albany (NY) 79, UMBC 45 Tom Pernice Jr...... 67-72—139 -5 1 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Max Mirnyi, Belarus- 10. Utah 30 28 .517 1 ⁄2 Fairfield 102, Quinnipiac 98, 2OT American U. 74, Lafayette 66 Bart Bryant...... 71-69—140 -4 Florida A&M 66, Delaware St. 63 Philipp Oswald (2), Austria, d. Ryan Harrison and Army 55, Lehigh 50 Esteban Toledo...... 72-68—140 -4 11. LAKERS 23 34 .404 8 George Washington 80, VCU 56 Steve Johnson, 4-6, 6-4, 10-7; Wesley Koolhof, Jerry Smith...... 69-71—140 -4 Binghamton 52, Mass.-Lowell 38 1 Free-agent first baseman Eric Hosmer and the Netherlands,-Artem Sitak, New Zealand, d. Radu 12. Memphis 18 38 .321 12 ⁄2 Harvard 64, Yale 49 Bryant 67, Mount St. Mary’s 64 Billy Andrade ...... 72-68—140 -4 Hofstra 88, Drexel 76 Albot, Moldova-Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, San Diego Padres have agreed to a deal, the San Bucknell 72, Holy Cross 63 Steve Flesch ...... 69-71—140 -4 13. Sacramento 18 39 .316 13 James Madison 69, Towson 66 6-4, 6-3. Buffalo 85, Akron 71 Tommy Tolles ...... 69-71—140 -4 Diego Union-Tribune reported Saturday night. Glen Day...... 66-74—140 -4 1 La Salle 69, George Mason 62 CCSU 66, Wagner 64 $568,190 ARGENTINA OPEN 14. Dallas 18 40 .310 13 ⁄2 Lafayette 90, American U. 85 Peter Jacobsen...... 71-70—141 -3 According to Jon Morosi of MLB.com, Hosmer Colgate 71, Loyola (Md.) 60 At Buenos Aires Lehigh 84, Army 53 Geoffrey Sisk ...... 70-71—141 -3 15. Phoenix 18 41 .305 14 Dartmouth 77, Brown 60 Surface: Clay-Outdoor received an eight-year deal with an opt-out clause Marist 69, St. Peter’s 51 SINGLES (semifinals)—Aljaz Bedene, Slov- Ken Tanigawa...... 72-69—141 -3 Duquesne 80, Rhode Island 71 Scott Parel ...... 68-73—141 -3 EASTERN CONFERENCE after the fifth season. Mount St. Mary’s 74, Sacred Heart 69 Fairfield 44, Siena 43 enia, d. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-4, 2-6, Navy 62, Boston U. 48 John Harris...... 74-67—141 -3 Florida A&M 73, Delaware St. 65 6-1; Dominic Thiem (1), Austria, d. Gael Monfils, Team WLPCT GB This will push first baseman Wil Myers to the Northeastern 69, William & Mary 67 France, 6-2, 6-1. Russ Cochran ...... 71-71—142 -2 Hartford 91, Vermont 52 ...... 70-72—142 -2 outfield. Notre Dame 84, Boston College 67 Manhattan 57, Iona 48 DOUBLES (semifinals)—Andres Molteni-Hora- 1. Toronto 41 16 .719 Penn 79, Cornell 71 ...... 72-70—142 -2 Navy 59, Boston U. 48 cio Zeballos (4), Argentina, d. Guillermo Duran- Hosmer, 28, hit .318 with a .385 on-base percent- St. Joseph’s 82, Duquesne 75 ...... 73-69—142 -2 2. Boston 40 19 .678 2 Oklahoma 79, West Virginia 77 Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2); ...... 67-75—142 -2 St. Francis (Pa.) 89, Bryant 56 1 age in 2017, both career highs. He hit 25 home runs for Penn 53, Cornell 39 Juan Sebastian Cabal-Robert Farah (1), Colom- Doug Garwood ...... 71-72—143 -1 3. Cleveland 34 22 .607 6 ⁄2 St. Francis Brooklyn 87, Fairleigh Dickinson 74 Princeton 74, Columbia 46 bia, d. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina-Dominic Ian Woosnam...... 72-71—143 -1 the second season in a row. Wagner 78, LIU Brooklyn 74 4. Washington 33 24 .579 8 Robert Morris 62, Fairleigh Dickinson 49 Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (8), 6-2. Jerry Kelly ...... 68-75—143 -1 SOUTH 1 He has a career batting average of .284, career on- Sacred Heart 69, St. Francis (Pa.) 68 Barry Lane...... 75-68—143 -1 5. Indiana 33 25 .569 8 ⁄2 Alcorn St. 80, Alabama A&M 60 St. Joseph’s 70, La Salle 49 AUTO RACING Jeff Sluman ...... 71-73—144 E base percentage of .342 and career slugging percent- Appalachian St. 65, Troy 54 6. Milwaukee 32 25 .561 9 St. Francis Brooklyn 64, LIU Brooklyn 54 NASCAR STOCK CARS Mark O’Meara...... 71-73—144 E Austin Peay 60, Jacksonville St. 57 Tom Byrum ...... 72-72—144 E age of .439. He has won four Gold Gloves in his seven Stony Brook 62, New Hampshire 56 Xfinity Series Belmont 108, Morehead St. 65 Larry Mize ...... 72-72—144 E 7. Phila. 30 25 .545 10 Massachusetts 70, Davidson 68 PowerShares QQQ 300 seasons and was an All-Star in 2016. Bethune-Cookman 89, Coppin St. 85 ...... 72-72—144 E 1 Yale 69, Harvard 63 At Daytona Beach, Fla. 8. Miami 30 28 .517 11 ⁄2 Coastal Carolina 72, South Alabama 70 Others included: Daytona International Speedway Coll. of Charleston 88, UNC-Wilmington 74 SOUTH Steve Pate...... 72-75—147 +3 The Minnesota Twins acquired right-hander Alabama A&M 74, Alcorn St. 63 Track: 2.5-mile D-oval Davidson 83, UMass 78 Corey Pavin ...... 74-76—150 +6 1 Alabama St. 58, Southern U. 56 1. Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet,143 laps, 0 rating, 9. Detroit 28 29 .491 1 ⁄2 Jake Odorizzi from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor E. Illinois 64, UT Martin 57 Steve Lowery ...... 76-75—151+7 Belmont 80, Morehead St. 56 50 points. 2. , Chevrolet,143, 0, 41. 1 E. Kentucky 72, Tennessee St. 59 Paul Goydos ...... 73-79—152 +8 10. Charlotte 24 33 .421 5 ⁄2 league infielder Jermaine Palacios. Bethune-Cookman 75, Coppin St. 63 3. Ryan Reed, Ford, 143, 0, 34. 4. , E. Tenn. St. 72, W. Carolina 61 1 Ford, 143, 0, 33. 5. , Chevrolet, $1.3-MILLION AUSTRALIAN OPEN 11. New York 23 36 .390 7 ⁄2 Fla. Atlantic 77, Fla. International 72 Charlotte 80, Ala. Birmingham 71 Odorizzi was 10 -8 with a 4.14 earned-run average Chattanooga 76, Wofford 46 143, 0, 32. 6. , Chevrolet, At Adelaide, Australia—Par 72 Furman 94, Samford 79 1 143, 0, 39. 7. , Chevrolet, 143, 0, 35. Kooyonga Golf Club—6,599 yards 12. Chicago2037.351 9 ⁄2 in 28 starts last season. Georgia 73, Tennessee 62 Coastal Carolina 71, South Alabama 56 8. Daniel Suarez, , 143, 0, 0. 9. Ross 54-Hole Leaders 1 Grambling St. 71, Jackson St. 64 E. Tenn. St. 56, Furman 46 13. Brooklyn 19 40 .322 11 ⁄2 Palacios, 21, has a .290 average over four minor Fla. International 86, Fla. Atlantic 65 Chastain, Chevrolet, 143, 0, 28. 10. Brandon Jin Young Ko ...... 65-69-71—205 -11 Hampton 79, S.C. State 66 1 Jones, Toyota, 143, 0, 27. 11. Jeff Green, Chevro- Hannah Green...... 69-74-66—209-7 14. Orlando1839.316 11 ⁄2 league seasons. Jacksonville 82, S.C.-Upstate 70 Florida Gulf Coast 88, Lipscomb 52 Gardner-Webb 75, Charleston Southern 59 let, 143, 0, 26. 12. Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 143, Hyejin Choi ...... 69-71-70—210 -6 1 Kentucky 81, Alabama 71 15. Atlanta 18 41 .305 12 ⁄2 Georgia St. 66, Georgia Southern 58 0, 0.13. , Chevrolet,143, 0, 24. Sun Young Yoo...... 68-70-72—210 -6 LSU 64, Missouri 63 14. , Ford, 143, 0, 24. 15. Stephen Minjee Lee ...... 72-70-69—211-5 The Cleveland Indians signed free agent Rajai Lipscomb 90, Florida Gulf Coast 87 Grambling St. 93, Jackson St. 89 Leicht, Toyota, 143, 0, 22. 16. Jeremy Clements, Nasa Hataoka...... 72-67-72—211-5 Louisiana Lafayette 100, Texas Arlington 79 Hampton 60, SC State 42 SOCCER Davis to a minor league contract. Chevrolet, 143, 0, 21. 17. David Starr, Chevrolet, So Yeon Ryu ...... 69-75-68—212 -4 INTERNATIONAL Louisiana Monroe 79, Texas State 71 Jacksonville 65, SC-Upstate 49 Jacksonville St. 51, Austin Peay 50 143, 0, 20. 18. J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 143, 0, 19. Karine Icher...... 70-72-70—212-4 ENGLAND Davis, 37, led the American League with 43 stolen Maryland 61, Rutgers 51 19. , Chevrolet, 143, 0, 18. 20. Vinnie Chella Choi...... 69-73-70—212-4 England Championship Memphis 68, Tulane 63 Liberty 53, UNC-Asheville 48 bases for Cleveland in 2016. In Game 7 of the World Longwood 57, Campbell 50 Miller, Chevrolet, 143, 0, 17. Mo Martin ...... 68-72-72—212-4 Fulham 2, Aston Villa 0 Mercer 77, UNC Greensboro 74 Jiyai Shin...... 67-71-74—212 -4 Louisiana Tech 89, Southern Miss. 57 Average speed of winner: 119.107 mph. Sunderland 0, Brentford 2 Series, he hit a tying, two-run home run with two Middle Tennessee 87, Louisiana Tech 70 Tiffany Joh...... 73-71-69—213 -3 Time of race: 3 hours, 6 seconds. Margin of Cardiff 1, Middlesbrough 0 Mississippi St. 79, Mississippi 62 Md. Eastern Shore 80, N.C. Central 69 Charley Hull...... 74-69-70—213 -3 outs in the eighth inning against Aroldis Chapman victory: 0.000 seconds. Caution flags:12 for 49 QPR 2, Bolton 0 Murray St. 75, Tennessee Tech 65 Mercer 57, UNC Greensboro 54 Marina Alex ...... 71-72-70—213 -3 Middle Tennessee 51, Rice 41 laps. Lead changes: 19 among 11 drivers. Burton Albion 0, Nottingham Forest 0 before the Indians lost to the Chicago Cubs in the N.C. A&T 83, Howard 69 Katelyn Dambaugh ...... 71-72-70—213 -3 N.C. Central 77, Md.-Eastern Shore 49 Murray St. 80, Tennessee Tech 73 Lydia Ko...... 68-74-71—213 -3 Birmingham 0, Millwall 1 10 th inning. Preston 1, Wolverhampton 1 N.C. State 90, Wake Forest 84 N.C. A&T 91, Howard 53 HIGH SCHOOL Ariya Jutanugarn...... 69-72-72—213 -3 In 10 major league seasons, he has batted .264 New Orleans 90, McNeese St. 74 NJIT 66, North Florida 62 Emma Talley...... 68-69-76—213 -3 ITALY New Orleans 84, McNeese St. 62 BASKETBALL Norfolk St. 85, Savannah St. 77 Katherine Kirk ...... 72-73-69—214 -2 Serie A with 394 steals. BOYS North Carolina 93, Louisville 76 Norfolk St. 83, Savannah St. 51 Cristie Kerr...... 71-72-71—214 -2 Udinese 0, Roma 2 CITY PLAYOFFS North Florida 86, NJIT 75 Old Dominion 56, UTEP 52 a-Yuri Yoshida ...... 70-72-72—214 -2 Chievo 2, Cagliari 1 Presbyterian 62, High Point 55 OPEN DIVISION Robynn Ree...... 74-73-68—215 -1 Old Dominion 82, UTEP 33 Genoa 2, Inter 0 Championship quarterfinals Cindy LaCrosse...... 72-74-69—215 -1 TENNIS SE Louisiana 68, Abilene Christian 54 Radford 70, Winthrop 30 SPAIN Westchester 59, Birmingham 47 a-Suzuka Yamaguchi ...... 68-77-70—215 -1 Saint Louis 72, Richmond 66 SE Louisiana 78, Abilene Christian 76 La Liga Samford 50, W. Carolina 32 Granada Hills 54, Narbonne 50 Yu Liu ...... 70-74-71—215 -1 South Carolina 84, Auburn 75 Las Palmas 1, Sevilla 2 Federer is one victory away Taft 68, Crenshaw 58 (OT) Jeongmin Cho ...... 74-69-72—215 -1 Southern U. 71, Alabama St. 67 Stetson 96, Kennesaw St. 53 Eibar 0, Barcelona 2 Fairfax 64, El Camino Real 57 Laura Davies...... 72-71-72—215 -1 Stetson 86, Kennesaw St. 74 Tennessee St. 69, E. Kentucky 58 Alaves 1, Deportivo 0 GIRLS Stephanie Na...... 73-69-73—215 -1 Syracuse 62, Miami 55 Texas Southern 72, Miss. Valley St. 53 Malaga 1, Valencia 2 from 97th championship Texas St. 81, Louisiana Monroe 45 SOUTHERN SECTION Jodi Ewart Shadoff...... 68-74-73—215 -1 Texas Southern 72, MVSU 71 FRANCE OPEN DIVISION Moriya Jutanugarn...... 69-72-74—215 -1 Ala. Birmingahm 87, Southern Miss. 69 Texas-Arlington 38, La. Lafayette 34 Ligue 1 Troy 93, Appalachian St. 64 Quarterfinals Georgia Hall...... 75-71-70—216 E Central florida 52, SMU 37 Saranporn Langkulgasettri74-72-70—216 E Paris Saint-Germain 5, Strasbourg 2 Aday after ensuring his return to the top of the Tenn. Martin 85, E. Illinois 57 Harvard-Westlake 67, Gardena Serra 60 UTSA 97, Charlotte 89, OT Nicole Broch Larsen ...... 72-74-70—216 E Montpellier 1, Guingamp 1 W. Kentucky 77, Marshall 50 Etiwanda 63, Sierra Canyon 62 tennis rankings, Roger Federer sealed a place in the VMI 75, The Citadel 71 Nelly Korda...... 68-78-70—216 E Amiens 0, Toulouse 0 Mater Dei 60, Ribet Academy 56 Vanderbilt 71, Florida 68 MIDWEST Wei-Ling Hsu...... 73-72-71—216 E Angers 0, Saint-Etienne 1 final of the ABN AMRO World Tournament in Windward 63, Bishop Montgomery 57 Virginia Tech 76, Georgia Tech 56 Ball St. 72, N. Illinois 50 Ally McDonald...... 74-69-73—216 E Troyes 1, Metz 0 Rotterdam, Netherlands, by beating Andreas Seppi Wofford 74, Chattanooga 64 Cent. Michigan 95, E. Michigan 82 Peiyun Chien...... 72-71-73—216 E Caen 2, Rennes 2 Cincinnati 78, Tulsa 41 THE ODDS MIDWEST Lindy Duncan...... 72-71-73—216 E GERMANY 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Saturday. George Washington 71, St. Louis 58 Xiyu Lin...... 72-70-74—216 E Ball St. 99, Toledo 71 College Basketball Bundesliga Federer, 36, will play Grigor Dimitrov in the final Green Bay 67, Youngstown St. 42 Ha Na Jang...... 72-69-75—216 E Butler 69, Providence 54 Olivia Cowan...... 70-71-75—216 E Freiburg 1, Bremen 0 Dayton 80, Fordham 70 IUPUI 91, Detroit 59 Favorite Line Underdog Cologne 1, Hannover 1 Sunday. Federer is going for a 97th title. He is 6-0 Indiana 83, Nebraska 75 Haru Nomura ...... 70-71-75—216 E E. Michigan 72, Cent. Michigan 67 Duke1at Clemson Wolfsburg 1, Bayern 2 Iowa St. 69, Texas Tech 57 Celine Herbin...... 73-73-71—217 +1 against Dimitrov. Fort Wayne 84, N. Dakota St. 72 1 Hamburger SV 1, Leverkusen 2 Miami (Ohio) 65, Kent St. 59 at Seton Hall 10 ⁄2 Depaul Yani Tseng ...... 70-76-71—217 +1 Illinois St. 79, N. Iowa 75 1 Schalke 2, Hoffenheim 1 The No. 5-ranked Dimitrov advanced when No. 7 Milwaukee 69, Cleveland St. 63 at Michigan 3 ⁄2 Ohio St. Mariajo Uribe...... 70-75-72—217 +1 Indiana 84, Iowa 82 1 Jenny Haglund...... 75-69-73—217 +1 Oakland 95, Ill.-Chicago 78 Connecticut 6 ⁄2 at E. Carolina David Goffin retired after being hit in the left eye by Kansas 77, West Virginia 69 Amy Olson...... 72-72-73—217 +1 TRANSACTIONS Ohio 69, Bowling Green 58 1 Kansas St. 78, Iowa St. 66 at Tulsa 13 ⁄2 S. Florida aball. S. Dakota St. 70, W. Illinois 42 Megan Khang...... 69-73-75—217 +1 BASEBALL Kent St. 78, Akron 68 1 Pernilla Lindberg...... 71-70-76—217 +1 Goffin was trying to reach a forehand by Dimitrov SE Missouri 72, SIU Edwardsville 62 Nebraska 1 ⁄2 at Illinois Angels—Traded first baseman C.J. Cron to Michigan St. 65, Northwestern 60 Houston 1at Temple PGA EUROPEAN TOUR Tampa Bay for a player to be named. N. Illinois 75, W. Michigan 67 South Dakota 72, Oral Roberts 55 when the ball deflected off his racket frame and into Toledo 69, W. Michigan 68 1 $1.75-MILLION OMAN OPEN Cleveland—Agreed to terms with outfielder North Dakota 86, N. Arizona 81, OT Loyola Chicago5⁄2 at Evansville Mo. Kansas City 106, Chicago St. 47 At Muscat, Oman—Par 72 Rajai Davis on a minor league contract. his eye. Ohio 92, Miami (Ohio) 87, OT at Missouri St. 7Drake Wright St. 73, N. Kentucky 60 Mouj Golf Club—7,365 yards Minnesota—Agreed to terms with outfielder S. Dakota St. 82, W. Illinois 62 at Cincinnati 6Wichita St. 54-Hole Leaders Chris Heisey on a minor league contract. S. Illinois 76, Indiana St. 72, OT SOUTHWEST 1 Matt Southgate, England..65-70-69—204 -12 San Diego—Claimed pitcher Rowan Wick off No. 2 seed Sam Querrey defeated No. 4 Adrian SE Missouri 79, SIU-Edwardsville 74 Baylor 88, Kansas 51 at Florida St. 21 ⁄2 Pittsburgh 1 Joost Luiten, Netherlands.72-66-66—204 -12 waivers from St. Louis. South Dakota 79, Nebraska-Omaha 64 Cent. Arkansas 60, Nicholls 42 at Purdue 4 ⁄2 Penn St. Mannarino 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3 in a semifinal of the New Houston 97, East Carolina 81 Julien Guerrier, France .....69-69-66—204 -12 Seattle—Agreed to terms with outfielder Jun- Valparaiso 77, Bradley 64 Stanford 6at California Chris Wood, England ...... 70-66-69—205 -11 ior Lake on a minor league contract. York Open at Uniondale. Villanova 95, Xavier 79 Houston Baptist 65, Sam Houston St. 62 Adrian Otaegui, Spain .....69-71-66—206 -10 Lamar 65, Texas A&M CC 59 Updates at Pregame.com Tampa Bay—Designated outfielder Corey Querrey advanced to face top-seeded Kevin An- SOUTHWEST —Associated Press Alexander Levy, France.....71-69-67—207-9 Dickerson for assignment. Prairie View 89, Ark. Pine Bluff 72 Andy Johnston, England...71-68-69—208-8 Arkansas 94, Texas A&M 75 HOCKEY derson, the U.S. Open runner-up, in Sunday’s final. Baylor 59, Texas Tech 57 Stephen F. Austin 75, Incarnate Word 50 Matthieu Pavon, France ...68-65-75—208 -8 TCU 87, Kansas St. 70 COLLEGE Fab. Zanotti, Paraguay.....68-71-70—209 -7 Calgary—Put left wing Marek Hrivik on injured Anderson beat fifth-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 Lamar 79, Texas A&M-CC 76 reserve; called up forward Morgan Klimchuk from Marshall 74, North Texas 72 Texas 77, Oklahoma St. 62 Robert Rock, England...... 69-71-69—209 -7 Ark. Little Rock 64, Arkansas St. 58 BASEBALL Stockton (AHL). (4). Nicholls 87, Cent. Arkansas 83 Seungsu Han, U.S...... 70-69-70—209-7 Wichita St. 52, SMU 45 NONCONFERENCE Jorge Campillo, Spain...... 73-70-66—209-7 Carolina—Assigned forward Patrick Brown to Prairie View 76, Ark.-Pine Bluff 71, OT UCLA 13, Portland 0 Charlotte (AHL). Sam Houston St. 86, Houston Baptist 78 ROCKIES Daniel Im, U.S...... 75-69-72—216 E Petra Kvitova defeated top-ranked Caroline N. Colorado 60, S. Utah 54 UC Irvine 4, Nevada 3 Colorado—Assigned forward A.J. Greer to San Stephen F. Austin 81, Incarnate Word 70 Indiana St. 8, Loyola Marymount 2 Antonio (AHL). TCU 90, Oklahoma St. 70 Boise St. 58, Air Force 47 COLLEGE Wozniacki to reach the final of the Qatar Open at Denver 81, Nebraska-Omaha 60 Louisiana Tech 3-0, Pepperdine 2-1 New Jersey—Called up left wing Blake Pietila Texas 77, Oklahoma 66 VOLLEYBALL from Binghamton (AHL). Doha and extend her winning streak to 12 matches. Ark. Little Rock 82, Arkansas St. 78 Montana St. 77, E. Washington 74 COLLEGE TENNIS MEN COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 W. Kentucky 85, Rice 66 Idaho St. 72, Portland St. 64 Kvitova overcame Wozniacki 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5 in 2 ⁄2 Weber St. 86, Sacramento St. 73 MEN Mountain Pacific Sports Federation St. John's—Announced that sophomore ROCKIES Idaho 67, Montana 56 ITA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Long Beach St. d. UCLA, 23-25, 25-15, 25-19, guard Marcus LoVett had left school. hours and will play Garbine Muguruza in the final. Boise St. 76, Air Force 52 Fresno St. 75, Colorado St. 64 Quarterfinals 25-21 South Carolina—Announced that junior Muguruza advanced when her scheduled oppo- Wyoming 89, San Jose St. 75 Wake Forest 4, USC 1 Pepperdine d. USC, 25-19, 24-26, 25-16, 22- guard Kory Holden had left the team. nent, second-ranked Simona Halep, withdrew from UCLA 4, Ohio St. 1 25, 15-10 the tournament Friday because of a foot injury.

Top-seeded Dominic Thiem beat Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-1 to set up an Argentina Open final against SANTA ANITA RESULTS Aljaz Bedene.

Bedene topped Federico Delbonis 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in Copyright 2018 by Equibase Co. 31st day of 59-day meet. $53.70, $1 Superfecta (4-2-3-1) paid $209.50, 50-Cent Trifecta (4- 7Sharon’s Fury Fuentes 2.60 $2,958.10. 1 2-3) paid $39.30, $1 Pick Three (4-4-4) paid $938.90. the clay-court event at Buenos Aires. 2261 FIRST RACE. about 6 ⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden 8 Also Ran: Trapper Peak, Geocas Dream, Sandbed, Angry Bobby, 2269 NINTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Claiming. Three-year -lds. 1 Call Me Kent, I Been Around. Thiem is 2-0 against Bedene. special weight. Three-year-olds. Purse $54,000. 2264 FOURTH RACE. 6 ⁄2 furlongs. Claiming. Claiming price $25,000. Purse $30,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $12,500. Purse 8 Time: 22.50, 46.60, 59.55, 1.06.33. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Philip A. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 4Croissant Nakatani 7.00 4.20 3.40 $20,000. Oviedo. Owner: Kleczka, Kevin O., Legan, Dan and Warren, John P.. 9Royal Trump Roman 5.20 4.00 2.80 8Fast as Cass Prat 7.80 6.00 8 Scratched: none. 8Time for Cioppino Talamo 19.80 9.40 ETC. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (8-5) paid $91.00, $1 Exacta (5-1) paid 1Huddle Baze 4.40 8Top Brass Prat 6.00 3.60 2.60 6Builder Bejarano 3.40 $71.10, $1 Superfecta (5-1-7-4) paid $652.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (5-1-7) 8 Also Ran: Cool Your Jets, Jersey’s Heat, Clem Dela Clem, Gringo 3Well Measured Roman 4.20 3.00 8 Also Ran: Lipster, Mesa Jones, Oso Strong, Bright Autism Mind, 4Jes Jaa Gonzalez 3.00 paid $142.75, $1 X-5 Super High Five (5-1-7-4-8) , X-5 Super High Five Ridgefield Rocket, Shockazulu. Frye has an appendectomy Star, Your Grace, Mr Parker, Great Commission, Rhettbutler. Carryover $3,852, $1 Pick Three (8-8-5) paid $178.30. 8 Also Ran: Here and There, Old Man Lake, Heir of Storm, Finally- 8 Time: 22.97, 46.51, 1.11.34,1.24.42. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Vladimir 8 Time: 21.74, 44.57,1.08.09,1.14.29. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Doug F. 2267 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Buena Vista Stakes. O’Neill. Owner: Reddam Racing LLC. gotabentley, Giant Mark. Cerin. Owner: Wilson, Holly and David. Lakers forward has undergone 8 Time: 22.07, 45.22, 1.10.24, 1.16.60. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Tim Fillies and mares. Four-year-olds and up. Purse 8 Scratched: none. 8 Scratched: none. $200,000. an appendectomy. The team announced Saturday 8 Exotics: $1 Exacta (4-8) paid $26.50, $1 Superfecta (4-8-1-3) paid Yakteen. Owner: Tenbrink, Gene and Yakteen, Tim. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (10-9) paid $246.80, $1 Exacta (9-8) paid $1,430.90, 50-Cent Trifecta (4-8-1) paid $64.30, $1 X-5 Super High 8 Scratched: none. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show $31.30, $1 Superfecta (9-8-6-2) paid $817.90, $1 Super High Five that its new acquisition had the procedure Friday Five (4-8-1-3-9) , X-5 Super High Five Carryover $1,477. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (4-8) paid $62.40, $1 Exacta (8-3) paid 7Fault Franco 26.20 13.80 8.60 (9-8-6-2-3) paid $5,187.40, 50-Cent Trifecta (9-8-6) paid $77.65, $1 5Thundering Sky Maragh 14.40 9.60 Pick Three (7-10-9) paid $1,150.40. night in Cleveland. 2262 SECOND RACE. 6 furlongs. Maiden claiming. $12.50, $1 Superfecta (8-3-4-2) paid $124.00, $1 Super High Five 9Juno Talamo 15.00 1 Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price (8-3-4-2-5) paid $2,214.40, 50-Cent Trifecta (8-3-4) paid $20.15, $1 2270 TENTH RACE. 1 ⁄4 mile turf. Allowance optional 8 Also Ran: Sassy Little Lila, Madam Dancealot (IRE), Insta Erma, The Lakers say Frye will be re-evaluated after he $16,000. Purse $17,000. Pick Three (4-4-8) paid $934.80. claiming. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price Madame Stripes (ARG), Sweet Charity (FR), Pricedtoperfection. 1 $40,000. Purse $56,000. returns to Los Angeles next weekend. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2265 FIFTH RACE. about 6 ⁄2 furlongs turf. Claiming. 8 Time: 23.01, 45.75, 1.09.77, 1.21.83, 1.33.49. Clear & Firm. 4Miss Napper Tandy Ceballos 43.80 14.00 6.40 Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price $25,000. Purse Trainer: Philip D’Amato. Owner: Agave Racing Stable and Little Red P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show Frye was spending the All-Star break in Ohio 3Saltini Elliott 6.80 3.80 2.80 9Dizzy Diva Talamo 3.60 2.60 $30,000. Feather Racing. with his family. 2Shining Armada Fuentes 2.80 P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 12 Hootie Smith 5.80 4.60 8 Scratched: none. 9Oscar Dominguez Desrmux 4.00 “I’m pretty sure that i got my appendix removed 8 Also Ran: Yalla, Grace Hopper, Sonnet’s Joy, Stella Sweeper, Mag- 8Rocket Heat Franco 12.60 7.80 4.80 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (5-7) paid $208.20, $1 Exacta (7-5) paid icalchic, Molinita, Tengas Best Girl. 6Secreto Primero Ceballos 10.60 5.60 $169.90, $1 Superfecta (7-5-9-6) paid $23,714.40, 50-Cent Trifecta 8 Also Ran: Gio’s Calling, Excessive Kid, Miner’s Light, Uber Star, Kid I’ll be able to dunk at least 3xs a month now!” Frye 8 Time: 22.35, 46.66, 59.44, 1.12.92. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Samuel 9General Ike Desrmux 2.80 (7-5-9) paid $2,161.95, $1 X-5 Super High Five (7-5-9-6-2) , X-5 Super Charming, Rafter One, Ice Kat, Plain Wrap, Eldritch (IRE). Nichols. Owner: Eley, Katherine and Nichols, Sam. 8 Also Ran: Coastline, Next Speaker, Unusual Meeting, Hay Dude High Five Carryover $8,345, $1 Pick Three (8-5-7) paid $505.90. 8 Time: 23.80, 46.46, 1.10.15, 1.34.74, 1.59.73. Clear & Firm. tweeted. Trainer: Richard E. Mandella. Owner: Diamond A Racing Corporation. 8 Scratched: none. (GB), Bourque, Theycallhimthekid, Southern Freedom, Holy Whirl Wind. 2268 EIGHTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Allowance optional 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (4-4) paid $223.40, $1 Exacta (4-9) paid 8 Time: 21.62, 43.64, 1.06.29, 1.12.47. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Mark 8 Scratched: For Greater Glory, Malko (IRE). claiming. Four-year-olds and up. Claiming price 8 Exotics: $2 Pick Six Jackpot (8-5-7-10-9-3/13/14) , Pick Six Jack- JoeDurant birdied five of the last eight holes for a $69.30, $1 Superfecta (4-9-2-3) paid $973.70, $1 Super High Five Glatt. Owner: Hailey, Jim and Wood, Philip J.. $40,000. Purse $56,000. (4-9-2-3-6) paid $4,730.00, 50-Cent Trifecta (4-9-2) paid $131.05. 8 Scratched: none. pot Carryover $28,637, $2 Daily Double (9-3) paid $17.20, $1 Exacta P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show (3-12) paid $18.20, $1 Superfecta (3-12-9-10) paid $268.70, $1 Super nine-under-par 63 to match Steve Stricker’s finish 2263 THIRD RACE. 6 furlongs. Maiden special weight. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (8-8) paid $46.80, $1 Exacta (8-6) paid 10 Horse Greedy Elliott 82.00 25.40 12.40 High Five (3-12-9-10-1) 23 tickets paid $615.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (3- Fillies. Three-year-olds. Purse $54,000. $82.70, $1 Superfecta (8-6-9-11) paid $1,166.40, 50-Cent Trifecta (8- and take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour 1Lookie Loo Prat 4.20 3.40 12-9) paid $39.55, $1 Pick Three (10-9-3) paid $411.90, 50-Cent Pick P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 6-9) paid $179.50, $1 X-5 Super High Five (8-6-9-11-10) , X-5 Super 2Sheer Flattery Smith 7.00 Champions’ Chubb Classic at Naples, Fla. High Five Carryover $2,034, $1 Pick Three (4-8-8) paid $189.60, 50- Four (7-10-9-3/13/14) 317 tickets with 4 correct paid $1,650.45, 50- 4Uppercut Smith 15.60 7.00 2.60 8 Also Ran: Best Two Minutes, Quality Line, Morse Code, Midnight Cent Pick Four (4-4-8-8) 4 correct paid $3,836.75, 50-Cent Pick Five Cent Pick Five (5-7-10-9-3/13/14) 23 tickets with 5 correct paid Durant rebounded from a three-putt bogey on 2Two Steps Faster Roman 8.40 2.80 Pleasure, Boy Howdy, Clear the Mine, Sir Samson, Sigur Ros. (4-4-4-8-8) 5 correct paid $17,210.25. $12,363.60, $2 Pick Six (8-5-7-10-9-3/13/14) 1 ticket with 5 out of 6 3Hottalabamba Espinoza 2.10 8 Time: 22.25, 44.76,1.09.84,1.22.94. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Brian J. paid $20,741.60, Pick Six Carryover $133,643. the par-four 10 th with birdies on the next two holes 1 8 Also Ran: Ria Munk, Spectacular Move. 2266 SIXTH RACE. 5 ⁄2 furlongs. Maiden claiming. Koriner. Owner: E-Racing.com and Lyons, Janet. and also birdied Nos.15-17. He had a14 -under130 for a 8 Time: 22.16, 45.76, 58.12, 1.10.55. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Peter Three-year-olds. Claiming price $30,000. Purse 8 Scratched: Solid Wager. ATTENDANCE/MUTUEL HANDLE one-stroke lead over Stricker. Eurton. Owner: Ciaglia Racing LLC, Exline- Border Racing LLC, Dorfman, $21,000. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (7-10) paid $1,390.00, $1 Exacta (10-1) On-track attendance-8,001. Mutuel handle-$1,589,041 Greco, Johnson. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show paid $192.80, $1 Superfecta (10-1-2-4) paid $8,487.90, 50-Cent Tri- Inter-track attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$2,817,274 First-round leader Miguel Angel Jimenez was 8 Scratched: Mojgan. 5Curly’s Mark Franco 11.40 6.60 3.80 fecta (10-1-2) paid $592.85, $1 X-5 Super High Five (10-1-2-4-11) , X-5 Out-of-state attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$8,548,722 two strokes back. He birdied three of the last four 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (4-4) paid $372.00, $1 Exacta (4-2) paid 1Pepe the Legend Martinez 9.60 5.80 Super High Five Carryover $16,768, $1 Pick Three (5-7-10) paid Total attendance-8,001. Mutuel handle-$12,955,037 holes in a 68 after opening with a 64.

Russian soccer players were protected from be- ing caught doping under direct government orders SANTA ANITA ENTRIES that laboratory director Grigory Rodchenkov said he followed to ensure cheating was covered up as 32nd day of a 59-day thoroughbred meet. 2149 Big League,6 D Van Dyke,121 2-1 2136 Gio’s Gold,8 A Quinonez,122 20-1 part of a far-reaching conspiracy. 9092 Burn Me Twice,5 S Elliott,121 5-2 2278 EIGHTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Las Flores Stakes. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Purse $100,000. 1 2276 SIXTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Allowance optional 2271 FIRST RACE (12:30 p.m.). about 6 ⁄2 furlongs turf. (4164) Bay Muzik,4 T Baze,121 4-1 Outlining his involvement in soccer for the first claiming. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds and up. Maiden special weight. Fillies and mares. 4-year-olds 2179 Beantown Boys,3 J Talamo,121 5-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds Claiming price $40,000. Purse $56,000. time to the Associated Press, Rodchenkov claimed and up. Purse $54,000. 2063 Executive Cat,1 E Roman,X116 5-1 (2103) Selcourt,6 T Baze,120 6-5 (2108) Trickonomics,2 K Frey,121 6-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 9033 Skye Diamonds,5 T Pereira,122 8-5 an instruction to “avoid any scandal” came from PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 1 2061 Siberian Iris (IRE),4 F Prat,122 5-2 (2128) Coniah,3 K Desormeaux,124 4-1 9116 Chalky (IRE),8 F Prat,122 3-1 2274 FOURTH RACE. about 6 ⁄2 furlongs turf. Baffle then-sports minister Vitaly Mutko, now a deputy Stakes. 3-year-olds. Purse $75,000. 2181 The Tulip (IRE),3 D Van Dyke,122 3-1 2103 Princess Karen,1 M Smith,120 6-1 3281 Glorious Hour,6 T Baze,122 4-1 2068 Girl Downstairs,7 R Bejarano,124 7-2 2007 Just a Little Hope,4 D Van Dyke,120 12-1 prime minister. 2113 Meal Ticket,3 T Pereira,122 4-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds (2079) Candy Swirls,2 M Smith,120 6-1 .... Citizen Kitty,2 G Franco,120 20-1 2113 California Breeze,4 E Roman,X117 6-1 9025 Hemp Hemp Hurray,1VEspinoza,122 8-5 2181 Glory and Power,6BBlanc,122 8-1 Rodchenkov fled Russia two years ago to confess 7096 Doubelievenmagic,1 B Blanc,122 6-1 (2014) Pubilius Syrus,2 K Desormeaux,124 9-5 2279 NINTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Maiden claiming. Fillies. (9087) Proud ’n’ Ready,9MGutierrez,120 8-1 3-year-olds. Claiming price $75,000. Purse $33,000. to his role in a widespread doping coverup in his 4333 Tiz Goldilux,9 D Van Dyke,122 6-1 (2062) Colosi,5 J Talamo,120 3-1 2061 Cynthiana,5 C Nakatani,122 12-1 homeland, notably at the in 2113 Beauty Divine,5 G Franco,122 12-1 (2109) Afleet Ascent,6 R Bejarano,1225-1 2061 Literary Critic,1 V Espinoza,122 15-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 2113 Delectable,7 J Talamo,122 12-1 2161 Psycho Dar,4 E Roman,12012-1 2152 Quinn Murphy,8SElliott,120 20-1 2056 Curlin’s Journey,7MGutierrez,122 5-2 Sochi and by track and field athletes. 2083 Radish,2 M Gutierrez,122 12-1 (2167) Madarnas,3 F Prat,120 15-1 2018 Bunny Yogurt,1 K Desormeaux,122 7-2 2272 SECOND RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden special weight. 2275 FIFTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden claiming. 2277 SEVENTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and 2075 Mischievous Song,3 R Bejarano,122 4-1 Amid mounting evidence of his role in the doping 3-year-olds. State bred. Purse $54,000. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $20,000. Purse mares. 4-year-olds and up. Claiming price $12,500. .... It’s Alexus,10 E Roman,X117 6-1 deception that turned his country into Olympic out- $18,000. Purse $16,000. .... Sekhmet’s Revenge,4 S Elliott,122 6-1 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 9012 Biscate,6 T Conner,122 12-1 casts, Mutko recently stepped down as head of Rus- .... Justify,3 D Van Dyke,122 6-5 PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds .... International Diva (IR,2 G Franco,122 12-1 2119 Camby,4KDesormeaux,122 5-2 2175 Awesome Anywhere,2 E Roman,X117 8-5 2060 Velvet Jones,8 T Baze,123 6-5 2056 Roses and Candy,5DSanchez,122 12-1 sia’s soccer federation and the World Cup organizing 2119 Paddock Pick,5 R Maragh,122 3-1 2126 Williston Dude,7 J Talamo,122 7-2 2171 Ransomed,3 F Ceballos,X118 5-2 2018 Gal Factor,8 A Quinonez,122 15-1 committee. Mutko has been banned for life from the 2123 Show Time Rocket,2 V Espinoza,122 3-1 2201 Awesome E K,5 B Pena,122 5-1 2171 Candy Boss,6 J Talamo,123 4-1 2075 Swallows Inn Gal,9 E Payeras,XX115 30-1 2192 Tre,1 E Roman,X117 30-1 2232 Path of Exile,6 I Puglisi,122 5-1 2171 Sharp Holiday,5MFalgione,XXX113 6-1 Also Eligible Olympics but has not faced any soccer sanctions 2273 THIRD RACE. 6 furlongs. Claiming. 4-year-olds. 2101 Cosmotivo,3 G Franco,122 8-1 2171 Blissful Lady,1SElliott,123 12-1 2122 Super Patriot,11 D Van Dyke,122 4-1 2171 Majestic Diva,2 Mt Garcia,123 12-1 and continues to oversee World Cup preparations Claiming price $32,000. Purse $33,000. 2136 Beloved Holiday,4FCeballos,X117 12-1 2172 Seattle Drop,14 T Baze,122 6-1 2175 Lucky Staxx,1 R Fuentes,122 12-1 2140 Dixie Crystal,4 T Pereira,123 20-1 2153 Mongolian Window,12 O Vergara, Jr.,122 10-1 and sports policy in Russia. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds .... 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[Gay athletes, from D1] lose a fan base, get dropped, arena video board between stop getting invited to periods. She was asked what events,” Kenworthy said. other events she plans to at- “It’s just so crazy. It was such tend in Pyeongchang. the opposite thing … I’m “I’m going to see Gus to- more marketable now as an morrow,” she said. out athlete.” Gus, first name only. Kenworthy has sponsor- Rippon’s eyebrows are ship deals with Visa, Toyota, trending on social media. Ralph Lauren, Comcast’s Sesame Street’s Elmo shot a Xfinity, and Proctor & Gam- video with him. Actress ble. He recently filmed a Reese Witherspoon called shampoo commercial with a him “reason No. 1” to watch rainbow flag. the Winter Olympics. “Every brand is looking These guys are the real for diversity, more than rock stars in Pyeongchang. ever,” Kenworthy said. “If I Tom Pennington Getty Images These Olympics will be had been in my same posi- TED LIGETY competes in the men’s giant slalom, where he finished in a tie for 15th place. Ligety could not known, at least for 17 days, tion but seen as an out gay overcome a poor first run between stands of barren, scraggly trees. His second run was marginally better. for thawing icy relations athlete who was getting big with North Korea; for im- sponsors and having a suc- proving transportation in- cessful career and doing well frastructure in an under- competitively, that would served part of the country; have given me so much hope for delivering a more finan- and saved me so much LIGETY LABORS cially responsible model for heartache. the Games without billions “All these brands want to spent on white elephants; tell my story, and my story for returning them to a place isn’t just the story of an ath- career. Nicknamed “Mr. GS” slalom and captured the where you actually need a lete. It’s not just the story of U.S. Alpine racer because of his prowess in the Alpine skiing gold medal in the event at parka and gloves in Febru- competing and doing well. giant slalom, Ligety failed to Men’s giant slalom the Sochi Olympics in 2014 . ary. It’s about battling the closet struggles in giant reach the podium in the He is one of three U.S. Alpine But their real legacy, es- and other things I had to slalom as Austrian event Sunday at the G Marcel Hirscher skiers — Mikaela Shiffrin pecially on the other side of deal with as a kid. …I’m actu- Yongpyong Alpine Centre, Austria and Andrea Mead Lawrence the Pacific, might be the tec- ally glad they’re focusing on Hirscher takes gold. finishing in a tie for 15th. 2:18.04 are the others — with two ca- tonic shift from tolerance to that, because it is part of me “I just didn’t attack the S Henrik Kristoffersen reer gold medals. acceptance to, yes, rever- and visibility is what really By Nathan Fenno way I should’ve or could’ve,” Norway But Ligety, competing in 2:19.31 ence for the gay male ath- deteriorates homophobia, he said. his fourth Olympics, hasn’t lete. breaks down walls and barri- PYEONGCHANG, Ligety couldn’t overcome B Alexis Pinturault won the giant slalom in a France Or as Rippon said, half ers.” South Korea —Ted Ligety’s an uncharacteristic first run 2:19.35 World Cup event since Octo- joking, after winning a Rippon was a washed-up battered body finally felt down the course. Yes, Aus- ber 2015 in Solden, Austria. bronze in the team competi- skater without a quadruple normal. trian star Marcel Hirscher, Ligety’s second run was The injuries didn’t help. tion and finishing 10 th in jump who willed his way In the last four years, the coming off a gold medal in marginally better, 0.17 sec- Last month provided a men’s singles (and breaking onto the 2018 team at age 28, most recognizable men’s the combined event, set a onds faster than his first try. glimmer of hope. He finished Twitter): “One thing that I the oldest U.S. Olympic Alpine skier in the U.S. blistering pace down the hill. He still trailed teammate third in the event at want people to come away rookie in that sport since underwent surgery to insert But Ligety didn’t look like Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who Garmisch-Partenkirchen, with from this is I’m not a 1936. Then he criticized the four screws in his broken left one of the greatest slalom briefly took the lead after Germany, in late January, gay icon or America’s gay choice of Vice President wrist, fix a torn anterior cru- skiers in history. blazing through the course, his final race before the sweetheart. I’m just Ameri- Pence as ceremonial leader ciate ligament in his right He ranked 20th after the by a half-second. Olympics. Ligety’s perform- ca’s sweetheart, and I’m just of the U.S. delegation con- knee and repair three herni- first run, 2.44 seconds be- As expected, Hirscher ance had been mixed in an icon.” sidering Pence’s history of ated discs in his back that hind Hirscher. won gold, finishing 1.27 Pyeongchang, placing fifth Sports often have been supporting gay conversion caused persistent nerve “I was really surprised seconds ahead of Norway’s in the combined, 18th in the progressive agents of therapy and other legisla- pain down his left leg. when I saw the time,” Ligety Henrik Kristoffersen. downhill and not finishing change, piercing the color tion perceived as homopho- “I am the healthiest I said. “I didn’t feel like I France’s Alexis Pinturault the super-G. barrier, championing gen- bic. have felt in I don’t know how crushed it, but I didn’t feel took bronze. But the familiar course at der equity, bridging the so- Pence played the “fake many years,” Ligety said two and a half seconds back. The early gap made a the Yongpyong Alpine Cen- cio-economic divide. They news” card. Rippon said he shortly after arriving at the …For me, I’m out of it.” medal all but impossible for tre, where he won a World have, to a certain extent, had “receipts” of Pence’s po- Pyeongchang Olympics. Despite minimal wind Ligety in the event that, Cup giant slalom in 2006, with acknowledgment of the litical leanings and tweeted But the newfound health and temperatures that more than any other, be- seemed to be an advantage. lesbian athlete. Theyhaven’t out examples. hasn’t translated into the climbed above 30 degrees, 24 came synonymous with the “It’s a hill that suits me,” with the gay male athlete, Rippon said Pence of- usual success for the 33- of the 110 competitors either winner of 25 career World Ligety said. the great taboo of the locker fered to meet with him in year-old from Park City, crashed or were disqualified Cup races. He won five room. Pyeongchang. Rippon de- Utah, in the twilight of his during the first session. World Cup titles in the giant [email protected] “Sports,” LGBT website clined, saying he wanted to Outsports has said, “is still bring along some of the peo- the final closet in society.” ple back home who have Figure skater Brian been impacted by that legis- Boitano won the gold while lation. gay in 1988 but didn’t publi- “I’ve shown the world cly confirm it for 25 years. that I’m a fierce competitor, RUSSIANS BLANK U.S. Johnny Weir nearly came but I think I’ve shown them out during the 2010 Games in that I’m also a fierce human Vancouver, calling a news being,” Rippon said. “I guess conference many thought on some sort of level I always [Elliott, from D1] ager Michael Futa said via shot from the left circle at way for the U.S. to have was for that very purpose, knew I had a voice. But it held them off and then email that he has visited 2:14 of the second period. avoided that would have but skated around ques- took a long time to find it, deflated them by taking a Prokhorkin often and last Prokhorkin said — in Eng- been to not fall so far be- tions and waited until the and to use it. Coming to the 3-0 lead with two-tenths of a week texted with the 24- lish — that he didn’t speak hind. following year in his autobi- Olympics has been a really second left in the period on year-old forward, who has enough English to talk to Defenseman Jon Blum ography. wonderful opportunity for ablistering shot from the one year left on his contract reporters. of Ladera Ranch acknowl- Kenworthy and Canadi- me to share what I think, right circle by former NHL with SKA Kovalchuk, who spent 11 edged the goal late in the an pairs skater Eric Radford share my viewpoint. My 50-goal scorer Ilya Ko- of Russia’s Kontinental seasons in the NHL, had no second period was a tough both acknowledge consider- mom always taught me to valchuk. Hockey League. such limitation. blow and said the Ameri- ing it four years ago in Sochi, stand up for people who “I still have left some gas Players from SKA Saint “I think we played well. cans needed to be more then thought better of it giv- might not have a voice. in my tank,” said Kovalchuk, Petersburg and CSKA We came out strong. Our persistent and capitalize on en Russia’s draconian anti- “It’s given my skating a who will be 35 in April but own all but two goalie made some great rebounds around the net. gay laws. greater purpose.” might return to the NHL spots on the Russian roster, saves, and I think our PK They still believe they can Which brings us to 2018 , a That Rippon finally next season after his Rus- creating cohesiveness that [penalty killing] was special skate with Russia. staggering 42 years post- made an Olympic team and sian contract expires. can be important in a tour- tonight,” Kovalchuk said. “I don’t think we should Curry. skated three clean programs Russia’s first two goals nament like this. “I think “It’s always special to play hang our heads low about There are 15 openly gay here might not be a coinci- were scored by left wing their chemistry is hard to North American teams. You that effort,” he said. “We athletes in Pyeongchang, dence. Nikolai Prokhorkin, who match,” said Ryan Donato, know they will always show played pretty hard, but they two more than 2010 and 2014 Kenworthy doesn’t think was drafted by the Kings in one of four college players up.” scored on their chances and combined. it is, either, going from a guy 2012 and played eight games on the U.S. team. “They Granato was angry when we didn’t.” In the Summer Games, who routinely was the top for their farm team in Man- always know where each Russia coach Oleg Znarok That’s what the score- with more than three times qualifier in events and then chester, N.H., in 2012-13 but other are.” put out his big guns for a board said. What the score- as many participants, the crashed in the final, to win- returned to Russia to honor That was true on late power play while hold- board says after their next count of openly gay athletes ning more consistently. acontract he had signed Prokhorkin’s first goal, ing a 4-0 lead, but it wasn’t game will be even more has gone from 11 in to “When I came out,” Rip- there. which he scored from close completely outlandish important. 23 in London to 56 in Rio two pon said, “was when I was He’s still on the Kings’ range on a fine feed at 7:21 of because goal differential can summers ago — and the able to breathe.” reserve list. the first period. be crucial in determining [email protected] number of men from one to “I was able to ski better,” Assistant general man- He also scored on a wrist playoff seeding. The best Twitter: @helenenothelen four to 13. Kenworthy said. “It’s like the Four years ago, Kenwor- pressure got to me [before] thy was a silver medalist in and I couldn’t handle it. Be- an obscure event and best ing in the closet was some- (All finals unless indicated) FREESTYLE SKIING 131.00, 70.80, 55.50) 267.70. 7. , Germany, BIATHLON Men’s Slopestyle Germany 2, Norway 1, SO (132.00, 72.60, 55.50; 137.50, 82.50, 56.50) 267.60. known for rescuing Sochi’s thing ever-present on my Women's 12.5km Mass Start 1. Oystein Braten, Norway (95.00; 46.40; 24.00), Germany...... 0 100—1 8. , Norway, (134.50, 77.10, 54.00; stray dogs. He came out in a mind, always distracting.” 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina, Slovakia, 35:23.0 (1). 2. Dar- 95.00. 2. Britteny Cox, United States (59.00; 69.00; Norway...... 0 010—1 131.50, 71.70, 55.00) 267.30. ya Domracheva, Belarus, 35:41.8 (1). 3. , Nor- 93.60), 93.60. 3. Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, Canada Others included: 20. Kevin Bickner, U.S., (129.50, cover story in ESPN The Both use the word, liber- way, 35:50.7 (2). 4. Lisa Vittozzi, Italy, 36:08.6 (2). 5. (81.60; 92.40; 82.40), 92.40. 4. James Woods, Britain Germany won shootout 3-0 68.10, 54.00; 124.00, 58.20, 53.50) 235.40. Magazine in 2015 and re- ating. Hanna Oeberg, Sweden, 36:09.5 (1). 6. Dorothea Wierer, (29.20; 91.00; 90.00), 91.00. 5. Teal Harle, Canada FIRST PERIOD—Scoring: None. Penalties—Christian Italy, 36:10.3 (1). 7. Nadezhda Skardino, Belarus, (22.80; 25.60; 90.00), 90.00. 6. Evan McEachran, Can- Ehrhoff, Ger (cross-checking), 3:22; Tommy Kristiansen, members his fingers trem- Another word: empower- Nor (hooking), 8:49; Mats Rosseli Olsen, Nor (hooking), SKELETON 36:10.9 (0). 8. Marte Olsbu, Norway, 36:14.6 (1). ada (89.40; 4.40; 32.60), 89.40. 7. Andri Ragettli, Women Switzerland (85.80; 73.20; 65.40), 85.80. 8. Ferdinand 13:01; Frank Hordler, Ger (hooking), 19:31. bling when he tweeted the ing. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING SECOND PERIOD—1. Germany, Patrick Hager (Dominik 1. Elizabeth Yarnold, Britain, 3:27.28. 2. Jacqueline Dahl, Norway (42.20; 76.40; 41.80), 76.40. 9. Elias Am- Loelling, Germany, 3:27.73. 3. Laura Deas, Britain, link. Another: pioneering. Women’s 4X5km Relay buehl, Switzerland (18.80; 71.60; 73.20), 73.20. 10. Kahun, Brooks Macek), 12:53 (pp). Penalties—Tommy 1. Norway (Marit Bjorgen, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Kristiansen, Nor, major-game misconduct, served by Lud- 3:27.90. 4. , Austria, 3:27.92. 5. Tina Her- “I was literally afraid I Jonas Hunziker, Switzerland (5.20; 66.20; 46.40), mann, Germany, 3:27.98. 6. Anna Fernstaedt, Germany, Ingvild Flugstad Ostberg, Ragnhild Haga), 51:24.3. 2. 66.20. 11. Oscar Wester, Sweden (7.60; 62.00; 12.60), vig Hoff (check to head/neck), 2:46; Norway bench, was going to lose sponsors, [email protected] Sweden (Charlotte Kalla, Anna Haag, , Ebba served by Alexander Reichenberg (too many men), 11:01; 3:28.04. 7. Lelde Priedulna, Latvia, 3:28.49. 8. Kimber- 62.00. 12. Gus Kenworthy, United States (35.00; 20.00; ley Bos, Netherlands, 3:28.59. 9. Elisabeth Vathje, Cana- Andersson), 51:26.3. 3. OA Russia (Anna Nechaevskaya, 32.00), 35.00. David Wolf, Ger (interference), 13:49; Kristian Forsberg, Yulia Belorukova, Natalia Nepryaeva, Anastasia Sedova), Nor (tripping), 18:53. da, 3:28.65. 10. Jane Channell, Canada, 3:29.07. 11. Marina Gilardoni, Switzerland, 3:29.43. 12. Mirela 52:07.6. 4. Finland (Aino Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Ro- ICE HOCKEY THIRD PERIOD—2. Norway, Alexander Reichenberg ponen, , Krista Parmakoski), 52:26.9. 5. (Jonas Holos, Anders Bastiansen), 5:19. Penalty—Felix Rahneva, Canada, 3:29.52. 13. , U.S., Men 3:29.61. 14. Kim Meylemans, Belgium, 3:29.70. 15. United States (, Sadie Bjornsen, Russia 4, United States 0 Schutz (roughing), 19:15. Jessica Diggins, Sophie Caldwell), 52:44.8. 6. Ger- OVERTIME—Scoring: None. Penalty—Lars Haugen, Nor Jeong Sophia, South Korea, 3:29.89. 16. Jackie Narra- Switzerland 8, South Korea 0 cott, Australia, 3:30.73. 17. Kendall Wesenberg, U.S., many (Stefanie Bohler, Sandra Ringwald, Victoria Carl, Germany 2, Norway 1, SO (unsportsmanlike conduct), 5:00. Katharina Henning), 53:13.7. 7. Switzerland (Laurien Van Shootout—Germany 3 (Patrick Hager G, Matthias 3:30.92. 18. Maria Marinela Mazilu, Romania, 3:33.92. der Graaff, Nathalie Von Siebenthal, Nadine Faehndrich, Plachta G, Dominik Kahun G, ); Norway 0 (Anders Bas- 19. Takako Oguchi, Japan, 3:33.96. 20. Simidele Lydia Hiernickel), 53:15.8. OA Russia 4, United States 0 tiansen NG, Alexander Reichenberg NG, Mathias Olimb Adeagbo, Nigeria, 3:36.78. NG). 8. Slovenia (Vesna Fabjan, Katja Visnar, Alenka Ce- OA Russia ...... 1 21—4 basek, Anamarija Lampic), 53:55.7. 9. Italy (Elisa Bro- Shots on Goal—Germany 10-12-12-3-1-37. Norway 8- SPEEDSKATING United States...... 000—0 card, Ilaria Debertolis, Lucia Scardoni, Anna Comarella), 13-7-1-0-29. Short Track 54:22.0. 10. Poland (Justyna Kowalczyk, Sylwia FIRST PERIOD—1. OA Russia, Nikolai Prokhorkin Goalies—Germany, Danny Aus Den Birken. Norway, Men’s 1,000m Jaskowiec, Martyna Galewicz, Ewelina Marcisz), 54:30.9. (Sergei Mozyakin, Alexander Barabanov), 7:21. Lars Haugen. Final B 11. Czech Republic (Karolina Grohova, Petra Novakova, Penalties—Sergei Kalinin, OAR (tripping), 8:06; Noah Referees—Mark Lemelin, United States; Anssi Salo- 1. Ryosuke Sakazume, Japan, 1:27.522. 2. Semion Katerina Berouskova, Barbora Havlickova), 55:17.1. 12. Welch, USA (hooking), 19:33. nen, Finland; Jimmy Dahmen, Sweden; Alexander Ot- Elistratov, OA Russia, 1:27.621. 3. Yuri Confortola, Italy, France (Coraline Hugue, Aurore Jean, Anouk Faivre Picon, SECOND PERIOD—2. OA Russia, Nikolai Prokhorkin makhov, Russia. 1:27.712. Delphine Claudel), 55:50.2. 13. Canada (Emily (Sergei Shirokov, Sergei Mozyakin), 2:14. 3. OA Russia, Women Final A Nishikawa, Cendrine Browne, Dahria Beatty, Anne-Marie Ilya Kovalchuk (Sergei Andronov), 19:59. Quarterfinals 1. Samuel Girard, Canada, 1:24.650. 2. John-Henry Comeau), 56:14.6. 14. Belarus (Julia Tikhonova, Val- Penalties—Noah Welch, USA (high-sticking), 2:28; Ryan Finland 7, Sweden 2 Krueger, U.S., 1:24.864. 3. Seo Yira, South Korea, iantsina Kaminskaya, Anastasia Kirillova, Polina Donato, USA (slashing), 5:49; Vladislav Gavrikov, OAR 1:31.619. 4. Lim Hyojun, South Korea, 1:33.312. NR. Seronosova), 57:56.1. Classification Round (5-8 place) (houghing), 5:49; Nikita Nesterov, OAR (holding); 7:09; Switzerland 2, Korea 0 Shaolin Sandor Liu, Hungary, PEN. Bogdan Kiselevich, OAR (high sticking), 12:25; Nikolai CURLING Prokhorkin, OAR (roughing), 18:29; Chris Bourque, USA SKI JUMPING Women’s 1,500m Men (roughing), 18:29. Men's K120 Individual Final B Round-Robin THIRD PERIOD—4. OA Russia, Ilya Kovalchuk (Vya- (First and second jumps in parentheses) 1. Zhou Yang, China, 2:35.241. 2. Han Yutong, China, Japan 8, United States 2 cheslav Voinov, Sergei Andronov), :28. Penalty—Matt 1. Kamil Stoch, Poland, (135.00, 78.00, 58.50; 2:36.548. 3. Suzanne Schulting, Netherlands, 2:37.163. South Korea 11, Britain 5 Gilroy, USA (cross-checking), 17:53. 136.50, 80.70, 57.50) 285.70. 2. , 4. Sumire Kikuchi, Japan, 2:54.450. NR. Martina Val- Switzerland 7, Norway 5 Shots on Goal—OA Russia 13-6-7-26. United States Germany, (135.50, 78.90, 57.00; 142.00, 90.60, cepina, Italy, PEN. Sweden 5, Canada 2 11-9-9-29. 57.50) 282.30. 3. Robert Johansson, Norway, (137.50, Final A Japan 6, Italy 5 Goalies—OA Russia, Vasili Koshechkin. United States, 82.50, 54.00; 134.50, 77.10, 54.50) 275.30. 4. Daniel 1. Choi Minjeong, South Korea, 2:24.948. 2. Li Jinyu, Sergei Grits Associated Press Norway 10, Denmark 8 Ryan Zapolski. Andre Tande, Norway, (131.00, 70.80, 55.50; 138.50, China, 2:25.703. 3. Kim Boutin, Canada, 2:25.834. 4. Switzerland 8, Canada 6 Referees—Jozef Kubus, Slovaki; Linus Ohlund, Swe- 84.30, 57.50) 273.10. 5. Johan Andre Forfang, Norway, Kim Alang, South Korea, 2:25.941. 5. Jorien Ter Mors, GUS KENWORTHY of the U.S. was nervous about Women den; Vit Lederer, Czech Republic; Henrik Pihlblad, Swe- (133.00, 74.40, 55.50; 134.50, 77.10, 55.50) 271.60. Netherlands, 2:25.955. 6. Petra Jaszapati, Hungary, coming out but says the response has been liberating. Canada 11, United States 3 den. 6. Michael Haybock, Austria, (140.00, 87.00, 55.50; 2:26.138. 7. Arianna Fontana, Italy, 2:27.475. LATIMES.COM/SPORTS SS SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 D13 PYEONGCHANG 2018 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHITE SURVIVES #METOO

DYLAN HERNANDEZ Giving back It rained Pooh when PYEONG- Japanese figure skater CHANG, Hanyu completed the short South Korea — and free skate programs, as Spectacular fans heaved stuffed Winnies performances on to the ice. The practice by the likes of started because Hanyu Yuzuru Hanyu used to travel everywhere and Chloe Kim with a Winnie the Pooh have obscured tissue-box cover. the improb- So what happens to the able upset that is unfolding hundreds of bears? at these Games. Hanyu said he wanted to Shaun White is surviving give them to the people of his #MeToo moment. Pyeongchang and Gangne- The iconic snowboarder ung, which staged the figure won what was potentially skating competition. the most expensive gold “People might think it’s medal in history, as his strange, but I would like to return last week to the show my appreciation for Olympic spotlight resulted the energy and positive in the resurfacing of two- thoughts they gave me,” year-old sexual harassment Hanyu said in Japanese. claims against him. White appeared headed for ruin, but the allegations haven’t Lovin’ it in Asia resulted in lost endorse- There’s nothing like ment deals as of yet. McDonald’s after a week of The lawsuit filed by a subsisting on Korean and former female drummer in Japanese cuisine, no matter his band was settled out of how delicious. court. From a legal stand- McDonald’s is generally point, White hasn’t been better in Asia than it is in found guilty of any wrong- the United States, the ingre- doing, although he did dients fresher and the ham- admit to sending inappro- burgers constructed with priate text messages to his enough care where the former bandmate. patties are placed in the Perhaps the standard of middle of the bun. misconduct necessary to This is a dangerous outrage people has in- dragon to chase, however. I creased. The accusations made a second visit to the leveled against White were golden arches in the appalling but lacked the Gangneung Olympic Village shock value of the stories and, well, let’s just say I had that involved Harvey Wein- to reach in my backpack for stein or Louis C.K. abottle of antacids. Clive Mason Getty Images What this really speaks OYSTEIN BRAATEN of Norway puts on some moves on the way to winning the men’s slopestyle competition. to, however, is the binary Limited resources prism through which sports Participating in winter are viewed. As evidenced by sports requires access to ice the public’s inability to or snow, which immediately make coherent sense of rules out a significant per- performance-enhancing centage of the global popu- U.S. REIGN IS OVER drugs, sports fans aren’t lation from the pool of po- wired to deal with complex- tential athletes. ity. If anything, the absence The cynic in me wonders bronze he won at the 2014 fell on his first two runs. of complexity is what makes whether most of these Goepper’s silver is the Sochi Games. Freestyle skiing Goepper fared only slightly sports appealing to them. champions would still be “I was thinking, this is it, Men’s slopestyle better. Teams win or lose. Athletes champions if more people only medal won by this is my final chance,” he The Indiana native had are good or bad. The real had the opportunity to the Americans in the said. “I’m at my second G Oystein Braaten faced some challenges of his world is almost entirely gray pursue these sports. Olympics. I want a medal.” Norway own since 2014 , dealing with and psychologically ex- What can’t be ques- men’s slopestyle. The sport of slopestyle 95.00 what he described as mental hausting. Sports provide an tioned, however, is the has skiers navigating their S Nick Goepper health issues. He sounded escape to a simple world of courage of Winter Games By David Wharton way downhill through a se- United States upbeat in South Korea, say- black and white. athletes. The sports fall into 93.60 ries of obstacles and jumps. ing “I’m deeply in love with Incapable of reconciling one of two categories: po- PYEONGCHANG, Judges watch for how they B Alex Beaulieu-Marchand the sport and what it’s done White the snowboarder with tentially life-threatening or, Canada South Korea—The Ameri- slide and twist on rails and 92.40 for my life.” White the alleged sexual in the case of aerobically can men knew it wasn’t go- flip through the air. Goepper put together a harasser, society will do based endeavors such as ing to be easy this time. As Kenworthy noted, the complete second runbut lin- what it typically does in speedskating or cross- Four years ago, they rest of the world has had four the field to chase. gered in the middle of the these cases, which is to country skiing, extremely dominated the Olympic ski more years to catch up since British skier James pack. If anyone was going to celebrate him as an Olympic painful. slopestyle, finishing in the ski slopestyle made its Woods, who won bronze in knock off Braaten, it would champion and relegate his Then, of course, there is top three spots. But key in- Olympic debut in Sochi, the last world champi- have to be on the final try. transgressions to an anno- curling, which is not a sport juries and some new faces Russia. onships, came close with a Woods came up short tated footnote. and has no business in the figured to level the field at The Americans also com- 91.00 on his second run. and Kenworthy couldn’t Olympics. the in peted in Pyeongchang in Beaulieu-Marchand then really mount a challenge, On high alert Pyeongchang. less-than-optimum health. put up a 92.4. losing his balance. As his Is this the one? Crowd pleasers “There are so many coun- The 2014 gold medalist, In the meantime, Ken- score of 32.00 flashed across Many of us covering Figure skating fans tries so competitive and so Joss Christensen, didn’t worthy struggled. Coming the jumbo screen, he these Olympics ask our- applaud anything or any- good in slopestyle,” Gus even make the team as he into the competition, there shrugged and said, “It’s OK.” selves that multiple times a one. They clap when a skat- Kenworthy, the defending battled to recover from knee had been some question The U.S. team finally en- day. er falls. They even clap for silver medalist, said. surgery. Kenworthy broke about whether he might be joyed a bright spot as Goep- Local governments here the judges. That international talent his thumb during a practice distracted with all the media per came through on his last send out emergency alerts Before the men’s free showed up at Phoenix Snow run last week. attention he had received attempt, sliding and spin- for just about anything — skate program Saturday, Park on Sunday afternoon By the time the final be- since coming out as a gay ning his way down the hill, high winds, fires, pollution. each judge was introduced as Oystein Braaten of Nor- gan, the four-man U.S. athlete after Sochi. throwing his arms in the air The problem is that most of over the public address way took the gold medal and squad was cut in half as “I’ve always been some- when he landed the final us have no idea what the system. The judges stood Alex Beaulieu-Marchand of McRae Williams, the defend- one that’s had to compart- jump that would score 93.60. messages are about. They and waved to the crowd, Canada won the bronze. ing world champion, and Al- mentalize my life because I “I knew that caliber of are in Korean. which politely applauded. The lone U.S. representa- ex Hall failed to advance was in the closet and I’ve al- run would put me up there in As much as we have If boxing had a similar tive on the podium was Nick past qualifying. ways had fear of outing my- the top three,” he said. conditioned ourselves to ritual, I imagine its judges Goepper, who needed a daz- Braaten wasted little self,” he said last week when It was the best the Ameri- ignore these messages, the wouldn’t receive such warm zling final run to secure the time in showing that he asked about distractions. “I cans could manage this day. alarms are a constant re- welcomes. silver medal. At the very would contend for the gold, always had so much going on minder of our proximity to least, Goepper achieved his starting with a run of 95.00 in my mind.” [email protected] North Korea and its nuclear [email protected] goal to improve on the and forcing everyone else in Whatever the reason, he Twitter: @LAtimesWharton weapons program. Twitter: @dylanohernandez

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round games; it also lost to year-old mother of three chances have come within a result quickly flooded Twit- Wednesday. staff and wire reports Canada, 2-1. who scored twice in her 15-foot radius of the net. ter, most of them tied to Canada will face Olympic team’s 7-2 rout of Sweden in “We’ve hardly had any real comments she made about Shiffrin update Don’t tell anyone, but Athletes from Russia in the the quarterfinals and has clear looks, you know? President Trump last year. Less than 24 hours after here’s the revolutionary other semifinal Monday four goals overall. That’s not a surprise, Many of the tweets were Mikaela Shiffrin’s unexpect- strategy the U.S. women’s night. The semifinal winners “We haven’t been finish- though — we’re not sur- profane, threatening or ed fourth-place finish in the hockey team has come up will play for gold on Thurs- ing, but I think it would be prised by that,” he said. both. ” slalom, the U.S. alpine skiing with in its quest to defeat day. The U.S. won the first more frustrating if those op- “We’ve spent the better What prompted such a vi- star grappled with the dis- Finland in the Olympic tour- women’s hockey tourna- portunities weren’t there,” parts of the practices doing cious, gleeful response? Dur- appointment in a 270-word nament semifinals on Mon- ment in 19 98 but hasn’t won Knight said. “So just got to exactly what we think is go- ing an interview with CNN in post on Instagram. day and advance to the gold since then and has lost to put the puck in the back of ing to happen in the game. St. Moritz, Switzerland, in “I’ve gone over it a thou- medal game. Canada in the last two gold- the net, and that’s what Seems like a decent plan, December, Vonn was asked sand times in my head, and I “Score more goals than medal finals. we’re going to try and do. now we’ve got to execute and how she would feel repre- don’t think I could have done the other team,” forward The U.S. women had Coach Robb Stauber has get the puck across the goal senting the U.S. under it differently even if I got a Hilary Knight said Sunday. their first practice on Sun- emphasized getting the line.” Trump’s leadership. second chance,” Shiffrin “It hasn’t changed.” day at Gangneung Hockey puck to the net — and then “I hope to represent the wrote Saturday. “So I Getting the puck past Centre and welcomed a into the net — during the last Vonn on Twitter people of the United States, wouldn’t take back my emo- Finland’s goaltender, Uni- chance to get accustomed to three or four practices. The backlash started not the president,” Vonn an- tions or excitement after the versity of Minnesota-trained the boards and the ice. They “Everything in tight, where minutes after Lindsey Vonn swered. “I take the Olympics (giant slalom) in order to Noora Raty, is never easy. focused on driving to the net, the game’s won and lost,” he skidded to a stop past the very seriously and what they have better shot at a When the teams met in the with an emphasis on cre- said. “It’s not too often finish line at the Jeongseon mean and what they repre- (slalom) medal too. You first round, the U.S. had to ating chances for deflections you’re going to score from Alpine Centre on Saturday sent, what walking under know, it’s not necessarily the rally from a first-period 1- 0 and rebounds. They’ve the point. If you get it and mouthed “I tried.” our flag means in the open- medalists who get the most deficit and outshot Finland scored nine goals overall, through, you’re going to The most successful ing ceremony.” out of the Olympics. It’s 42-24 but didn’t clinch its 3-1 with Jocelyne Lamoureux- most likely score on a deflec- women’s alpine skier in his- Vonn seemed to take the those who are willing to strip victory until Dani Camer- Davidson and Kendall tion or a redirect and some tory tied for sixth in the su- social media storm in stride. down to nothing and [bare] anesi scored into an empty Coyne sharing the team lead loose change. So most of per-G at the Pyeongchang After all, she waited eight their soul for their love of the net with13 seconds left in the with two each. Finland, those goals are going to Olympics after a mistake years and fought through a game. That is so much great- third period. That was one of which had one win and two come net-front.” during a turn late in her run. series of injuries to return to er than Gold, Silver, or two victories the U.S. earned losses in the first round, is He estimated 80 percent Posts assailing Vonn and the Olympics. And her best Bronze.” in its three preliminary- led by Riikka Valila, a 44- of the team’s scoring celebrating the unexpected event, the downhill, awaits —Nathan Fenno D14SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 18,2018 S LOS ANGELES TIMES

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