Time: 03-12-2012 21:28 User: rtaylor2 PubDate: 03-13-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: C2 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack C2 | TUESDAY,MARCH 13,2012 | THE COURIER-JOURNAL SPORTS | courier-journal.com/sports KY To report sports scores NBA E-mail [email protected] or call Scorecard the sports desk at 502-582-4361, or toll free at 1-800-765-4011,ext. 4361 Spurs’ Ford retires HOCKEY COLLEGE At Kansas City, Mo. BASEBALL First Round NHL BASKETBALL Wednesday Spring training Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Evangel,Mo. vs.Lindsey Wil- AMERICAN LEAGUE Atlantic Division Men son, 3:15 WLPct Tuesday’sgame Campbellsville vs.Biola, Calif., Detroit 61.857 Spurs point guard T.J. WLOT Pts NCAA Division II N.Y. Rangers 43 18 793 5:30 Toronto 82.800 Ford abruptly retired Bellarmine vs.Ky. Wesleyan, 7 Thursday Boston 62.750 Pittsburgh 42 21 589 NCAA Tournament Monday following the lat- Phila. 39 22 785 So.Poly, Ga. vs.Cumberlands, Oakland 83.727 New Jersey 40 24 585 FIRST ROUND 11:45 a.m. Seattle 83.727 est scare to his surgically N.Y. Islanders 28 31 10 66 At Dayton, Ohio Lee,Tenn. vs.Georgetown, 8 Los Angeles 54.556 repaired spine that once Northeast Division MVSU (21-12)vs. Western Ken- National Invitation Tour. Minnesota 65.545 tucky (15-18), 6:40 First Round sidelined him for an entire WLOT Pts Baltimore 44.500 BYU (25-8) vs.Iona (25-7), 30 Tuesday Kansas City 55.500 NBA season and ham- Boston 40 25 383 minutes following Ottawa3625981 UMass (21-10)atMississippi New York 55.500 pered the dazzling prom- Buffalo 32 29 872 Wednesday State (21-11),7 Texas 36.333 Toronto 30 31 868 Lamar (23-11)vs. Vermont (23- Stony Brook (22-9) at Seton Cleveland 37.300 ise that made him acol- Montreal 27 32 10 64 11), 6:40 Hall (20-12), 7:15 Tampa Bay 37.300 lege star. Southeast Division California (24-9) vs.South Flori- Dayton (20-12)atIowa(17-16), Chicago 27.222 da (20-13), 30 minutes following 7:30 Ford told reporters WLOT Pts Savannah State (21-11) at Ten- NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST REGIONAL WLPct that lying motionless Florida 32 23 13 77 nessee (18-14), 8 Washington 35 28 676 Second Round Los Angeles 61.857 March 7onthe court Thursday Akron (22-11)atNorthwestern Winnipeg 32 29 872 (18-13), 9 San Francisco 83.727 Tampa Bay 31 30 769 At Pittsburgh Miami 53.625 against the New York Carolina 26 28 15 67 Kansas State (21-10)vs. South- Marshall (21-13)atMiddle Ten- nessee (25-6), 9:15 Washington 53.625 Knicks wasn’tthe first WESTERN CONFERENCE ern Mississippi (25-8), 12:40 Chicago 54.556 Syracuse (31-2) vs.UNC Ashe- LSU (18-14)atOregon (22-9), time it had happened, and Central Division 9:30 Cincinnati 55.500 WLOT Pts ville (24-9), 30 minutes follow- Houston 44.500 he decided to walk away ing Texas-Arlington (24-8) at St. Louis 45 18 797 Washington (21-10), 10 Milwaukee 44.500 while he still had achance. Detroit 44 22 391 Gonzaga (25-6) vs.West Vir- Phila. 55.500 ginia (19-13), 7:20 Cleveland State (22-10)at He was playing just his Nashville 40 21 787 Stanford (21-11),11 St. Louis 34.429 Chicago 37 25 882 Ohio State (27-7) vs.Loyola New York 35.375 14th game in an injury- (Md.) (24-8), 30 minutes follow- Wednesday Columbus 22 40 751 Arizona 36.333 ing Minnesota (19-14)atLaSalle prone season when Northwest Division (21-12), 7 Colorado 36.333 At Albuquerque,N.M. WLOT Pts UCF (22-10)atDrexell (27-6), Pittsburgh 37.300 Knicks guard Baron Da- Wisconsin (24-9) vs.Montana Vancouver 42 19 892 7:15 vis elbowed him in the (25-6), 2:10 San Diego 37.300 Colorado 36 30 476 Northern Iowa(19-13)atSaint Vanderbilt (24-10)vs. Harvard Atlanta 110.091 back, knocking him to the Calgary 32 25 12 76 Joseph’s(20-13), 7:15 (26-4), 30 minutes following Monday’sgames Minnesota 29 30 10 68 Valparaiso (22-11)atMiami ground. Edmonton 26 35 759 Friday, March 16 St. Louis (ss) 5, Atlanta 4 (19-12), 7:30 Toronto 4, Baltimore 1 The 28-year-old Ford Pacific Division At Nashville,Tenn. Bucknell (24-9) at Arizona (23- Cincinnati (24-10)vs. Texas (20- Detroit 7, N.Y. Mets 7, tie,(10) didn’tmove for several San Antonio’sT.J. Fordretired from the NBA on Monday WLOT Pts 11), 9 Phila. 4, Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 38 26 581 13), 12:15 Nevada (26-6) at Oral Roberts minutes and wobbled after his latest spinal scare. JEFFREY PHELPS/AP Florida State (24-9) vs.St. Bon- Minnesota 2, Tampa Bay 1(10) Phoenix 34 25 10 78 (27-6), 9:15 Washington 8, St. Louis (ss) 4 Los Angeles 32 25 12 76 aventure (20-11), 30 minutes fol- Illinois State (20-13)atMissis- while being helped off the lowing Boston 5, Miami 3(10) San Jose 33 25 975 sippi (20-13), 9:30 San Francisco 2, Kansas City 1 court. omore, helping turn foot- sidelined through the next Anaheim 29 30 10 68 SOUTH REGIONAL The Top25 Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 6 “If it’sanybody else, ball-obsessed Texas into a season. Second Round Thetop 25 teams in TheAssoci- Sunday’sgames Oakland 9, Chicago White Sox 4 it’sjust aregular play,” rising basketball power Pittsburgh 5, Boston 2 Thursday ated Press’ college basketball Cleveland 3, Arizona 2 Varejao still out Washington 2, Toronto 0 At Louisville,Ky. poll,with records through March L.A. Dodgers 9, L.A. Angels 1 Ford said at aSpurs prac- that gave the program the Florida 2, Carolina 0 Kentucky (32-2) vs.MVSU- 11,total points based on 25 Seattle 6, Texas 4 tice before Monday’s profile to recruit stars like with broken wrist St. Louis 2, Columbus 1 Western Kentucky winner,6:50 points for afirst-place vote Colorado 11,San Diego 2 Calgary 4, Minnesota 3 IowaState (22-10)vs. UConn through one point for a25th- Houston vs.N.Y.Yankees at game against Washington. Kevin Durant and LaMar- Cavaliers coach Byron (20-13), 30 minutes following place vote and previous ranking: Tampa, Fla. New Jersey 4, Phila. 1 Rec. Pts Prv “But because of me and cus Aldridge. Scott says center Ander- N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, At Albuquerque,N.M. Tuesday’sgames Baylor (27-7) vs.South Dakota 1. Kentucky 32-21,621 1 Toronto vs.Minnesota at Fort my condition, asimple el- But Ford was just 55 son Varejao’sbroken right OT 2. Syracuse 31-21,545 2 Los Angeles 3, Chicago 2SO State (27-7), 7:27 Myers,Fla., 1:05 bow in the back has adif- games into his rookie sea- wrist will not be re-exam- 3. Missouri 30-41,459 5 Monday’sgames UNLV(26-8) vs.Colorado (23- Phila. vs.Houston at Kissim- ferent outcome than hit- son when acollision with ined by doctors until next Montreal at Buffalo 11), 30 minutes following 4. N. Carolina 29-51,403 4 mee,Fla., 1:05 Anaheim at Colorado At Portland, Ore. 5. Mich. St. 27-71,386 8 Tampa Bay vs.Baltimore at Sa- ting someone else in the Timberwolves forward week. Varejao has been San Jose at Edmonton Wichita State (27-5) vs.VCU 6. Kansas 27-61,330 3 rasota, Fla., 1:05 back.” Mark Madsen changed his out since Feb. 10,when he Nashville at Phoenix (28-6), 7:15 7. Ohio St. 27-71,229 7 Atlanta vs.Miami at Jupiter, Tuesday’sgames Indiana (25-8) vs.New Mexico 8. Duke27-61,158 6 Fla., 1:05 Drafted eighth overall career.Helanded hard on broke his wrist during a Washington at N.Y. Islanders,7 State (26-9), 30 minutes follow- 9. Baylor 27-71,064 12 St. Louis vs.N.Y.Mets at Port St. by Milwaukee in 2003, his tailbone after releas- game against Milwaukee. New Jersey at Phila., 7 ing 10. Florida St. 24-9 972 17 Lucie,Fla., 1:10 Carolina at N.Y. Rangers,7:30 Friday 11. Marquette 25-7 912 9 Colorado vs.L.A. Dodgers at Ford also played for the ing ashort jumper and in- The Cavs expected Vare- Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 At Greensboro, N.C. 12. Murry St. 30-1 871 11 Glendale,Ariz., 4:05 Raptors and Pacers but stantly felt numb after jao to miss from 4to6 Toronto at Florida, 7:30 Duke(27-6) vs.Lehigh (26-7), 13. Michigan 24-9 808 10 Milwaukee (ss) vs.Oakland at never quite reached the slamming to the ground. weeks and were initially Dallas at Minnesota, 8 7:15 14. Wisconsin 24-9 766 14 Phoenix, 4:05 St. Louis at Chicago,8:30 Notre Dame (22-11)vs. Xavier 15. Georgetwn 23-8 726 13 Chicago White Sox vs.San Die- potential that made him Trainers immobilized optimistic he would re- San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 (21-12), 30 minutes 16. Indiana 25-8 576 15 go at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 the Naismith and Wooden Ford’sneck and carted turn sooner.One of the Texas vs.Cleveland at Good- Detroit at Los Angeles,10:30 MIDWEST REGIONAL 17. Louisville 26-9 558 — player of the year at Tex- him off on astretcher.