Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with INF Alcides Escobar and INF Johnny Giavotella on one-year contracts.
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with OF Fernando Martinez, LHP Sergio Escalona and RHP Wilton Lopez on one-year contracts.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed DB Jacques Reeves.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed G Carter Hutton to a one-year contract and assigned him to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled RW Cam Atkinson from Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS—Assigned F Matt Fraser to Texas (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned D Tyson Strachan to San Antonio (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Agreed to a two-year contract extension with D Willie Mitchell.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Traded F Jerred Smithson to Florida for a 2012 sixth-round draft pick. Reassigned D Ryan Ellis to Milwaukee (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Sent LW Stephane Veilleux to Albany (AHL)
OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled G Robin Lehner from Binghamton (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled D Ian Cole from Peoria (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Placed F Darryl Boyce and F Jay Rosehill on waivers.
COLLEGE
NCAA—Placed Radford on probation for two years for rules violations in men's basketball and tennis and imposed a five-year, show-cause sanction on former basketball coach Brad Greenberg for attempting to conceal violations. Took away two men's basketball scholarships over the next two seasons and forced the school to vacate four victories earned with an ineligible player during the 2010-11 season.
FLORIDA—Signed football coach Will Muschamp to a contract extension through 2016.
Auto racing
NASCAR
Nationwide:DRIVE4COPD 300 lineup
After Friday qualifying; race Saturday
A t Daytona Beach, Fla.
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 182.741.
2. (60) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 182.715.
3. (2) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 182.671.
4. (5) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 182.593.
5. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 182.411.
6. (12) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 182.308.
7. (33) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 182.249.
8. (88) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 182.109.
9. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 182.094.
10. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 181.829.
11. (38) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 181.635.
12. (31) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 181.496.
13. (44) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 181.43.
14. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 181.327.
15. (30) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 181.2.
16. (43) Michael Annett, Ford, 181.057.
17. (18) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 180.966.
18. (36) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 180.93.
19. (11) Brian Scott, Toyota, 180.886.
20. (14) Eric McClure, Toyota, 180.737.
21. (70) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 180.61.
22. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 180.578.
23. (27) David Ragan, Ford, 180.332.
24. (54) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 179.917.
25. (19) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 179.655.
26. (09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 179.594.
27. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 179.251.
28. (01) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 179.072.
29. (15) Timmy Hill, Ford, 178.816.
30. (97) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, 178.664.
31. (41) Blake Koch, Ford, 178.501.
32. (08) Casey Roderick, Ford, 178.105.
33. (24) Benny Gordon, Toyota, 178.08.
34. (23) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 178.01.
35. (39) Joey Gase, Ford, 177.641.
36. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 177.235.
37. (40) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 177.19.
38. (28) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 177.099.
39. (50) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
40. (81) Jason Bowles, Dodge, Owner Points.
41. (4) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
42. (52) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Owner Points.
43. (10) Jeff Green, Toyota, Past Champion.
Failed to qualify
44. (89) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 177.809.
45. (73) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 177.103.
46. (42) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, 176.967.
47. (47) Scott Speed, Chevrolet, 176.208.
48. (74) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, 175.898.
49. (76) Donnie Neuenberger, Ford, 173.742.
50. (46) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, 175.002.
Baseball
College
STATE
Purdue-North Central 10-5 Asbury 1-1
St. Catharine 4-5 Benedictine-Springfield 0-9
Buffalo 200 100 100—4 5 2
Kentucky 501 500 20x—13 13 1
Copping, Folk (4), Magovney (7), McGee (8) and Murphy. Rogers, Garrison (7), Peterson (9) and Maile. W—Rogers (2-0). L—Copping (0-1). 2B—Murphy (B), Baldock (B), Maile (K). 3B—Kanzler (B), Reida (K). HR—Mestas (B), Scahill (B), Cousino (K), Reed (K), Zellers (K).
Records — Kentucky 4-0, Buffalo 0-1
Oakland 000 020 020—4 6 3
Louisville 000 510 01x—7 11 0
Gorecki, Korkate (6), Sparkman (8), Welke (8) and Morton. Amlung, Green (8), Self (8) and Gibson. W—Amlung (1-1). L—Gorecki (0-1). 3B—Sturgeon (L).
Records — Louisville 4-1, Oakland 0-2
S. Illinois 130 012 000 110 0— 9 16 4
WKU 003 100 012 110 1—10 19 2
Forsythe, Snyder (6), Dray (8), Eaton (9), Murphy (11) and Bajer. Perkins, Hammonds (7), Haydel (11), Clay (11) and Kelly, Huck. W—Clay (1-1). L—Murphy (0-1). 2B—Sivertsen (SI), Hartle 2 (WK). 3B—Serritela (SI).
Records — WKU 2-3, S. Illinois 2-3
Eastern Ky. 103 000 110—6 14 2
USC Upstate 203 211 03x—12 10 4
Harris, Terry (4), Cobb (6), Wagner (8), Rexroat (8) and Ferraro, Hagen. Roseboom, Augenstein (4), Knauff (8), Sobotka (8) and Way. W—Augenstein (1-0). L—Harris (0-1). 2B—Rodriguez (EKU), Weber (USC), Miller (USC). 3B—Bumbardner (USC). HR—Rodriguez (EKU), Miller (USC).
Records — USC Upstate 4-1, EKU 2-3
Basketball
nba
Friday's games
No games scheduled
Saturday's games
No games scheduled
College men
Saturday's schedule
(All times p.m.)
SEC — Vanderbilt at No. 1 Kentucky, noon; LSU at Mississippi, 1:45; Arkansas at Auburn, 4; No. 12 Florida at Georgia, 4; Mississippi St. at Alabama, 6; Tennessee at South Carolina, 8
OVC — Eastern Illinois at Eastern Ky., 7; SIU Edwardsville at Morehead St., 7:30; No. 14 Murray St. at Tennessee Tech, 8:30; SE Missouri St. at Austin Peay, 8:30; Tenn.-Martin at Jacksonville St., 8:45
TOP 25 — No. 20 Notre Dame at St. John's, noon; Virginia Tech at No. 5 Duke, noon; Drake at No. 19 Wichita St., 1:30; Oklahoma at No. 13 Baylor, 1:45; Villanova at No. 9 Georgetown, 2; No. 7 North Carolina at No. 25 Virginia, 4; Purdue at No. 11 Michigan, 6; No. 22 Temple at St. Joseph's, 7; No. 18 New Mexico at TCU, 7; Nebraska at No. 6 Michgan St., 8; No. 2 Syracuse at Connecticut, 9; Colorado St. at No. 24 San Diego St., 10
HCAC Tournament
At Transylvania
Friday's first round
Defiance 76 Rose Hulman 67
Anderson 69 Bluffton 67
Saturday's semifinals
Rose-Hulman vs. Hanover, 5 p.m.; Anderson vs. Transylvania, 7 p.m.
Sunday's finals
Semifinals winners, 2 p.m.
Friday's scores
TOP 25
No. 10 Marquette W. Virginia (n)
TOURNAMENT
SCAC quarterfinals
Centre Austin (n)
NCCAA II Mideast Regional semifinals
Ky. Christian Crown/Johnson (n)
Boyce/Free Will Ohio Christian (n
College women
Saturday's schedule
(All times p.m.)
OVC — Eastern Illinois at Eastern Ky., 4; SIU Edwardsville at Morehead St., 5:15; SE Missouri St. at Austin Peay, 6:15; Tenn.-Martin at Jacksonville St., 6:15; Murray St. at Tennessee Tech, 6:30
STATE — No. 21 DePaul at No. 16 Louisville, noon
TOP 25 — No. 15 Georgetown at Syracuse, 1; No. 24 Rutgers at Providence, 2; South Florida at No. 3 Notre Dame, 2; No. 4 Connecticut at Marquette, 3; Butler at No. 12 Green Bay, 3; Villanova at No. 20 St. John's, 3; No. 19 St. Bonaventure at Rhode Island, 4:30; BYU at No. 25 Gonzaga, 5; Utah at No. 2 Stanford, 5; Texas Tech at No. 14 Texas A&M, 8
HCAC Tournament
At Franklin
Friday's first round
Transylvania 57 Defiance 42
Rose-Hulman 48 Manchester 37
Saturday's semifinals
Transylvania vs. Franklin 3 p.m.; Rose-Hulman vs. Hanover, 5 p.m.
Sunday's finals
Semifinals winners, 2 p.m.
Transylvania 57, Defiance 42
DEFIANCE — Bingley 1-5 1-2 3; Harsham 3-5 2-4 8; Camden 2-9 1-4 5; Ciminillo 2-6 0-0 5; Birchmeier 1-4 0-0 2; Arnold 1-3 0-0 2; King 4-16 2-4 11; Neanen 0-6 0-0 0; Zachrich 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-64 6-11 42.
TRANSYLVANIA — Lucas 1-7 4-4 6; McKenzie 4-10 6-12 14; Dobson 2-2 0-0 4; Gillespie 0-5 0-0 0; Coffman 9-11 3-7 22; Fant 2-4 0-0 5; Whitlock 0-2 0-0 0; Pharris 0-2 0-2 0; Thomas 2-2 0-0 4; Colliver 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-46 13-25 57.
Halftime—Transylvania 34-26. Three-point goals—Defiance 2-21 (Ciminillo 1-5, King 1-7, Birchmeier 0-1, Neanen 0-2, Bingley 0-3, Zachrich 0-3); Transy 2-4 Coffman 1-1, Fant 1-1, Gillespie 0-2). Fouled out—none. Rebounds—Defiance 42 (Harshman 9); Transy 40 McKenzie 12). Assists—Defiance 9 (Ciminillo 4); Transy 11 (Gillespie 4). A—n/a.
Friday's scores
TOP 25
No. 1 Baylor 76 Kansas 45
No. 7 Duke 74No. 5 Miami 64
No. 6 Maryland 84 North Carolina 64
TOURNAMENTS
ACC semifinals
Union 76 Milligan 68
PAC semifinals
Thomas More 83 Bethany 56
SCAC quarterfinals
Centre Hendrix (n)
NCCAA II Mideast Regional semifinals
Ky. Christian Freewill Baptist (n)
Middle school boys
Fayette Co. Tournament
First round at Beaumont
A: Leestown 54, Beaumont 40
First round at Winburn
A: Morton 57, Winburn 51
Golf
Professional
PGA: Accenture Match Play Championship
At Marana, Ariz.
7,791-yard, par 72 Dove Mountain, The Ritz-Carlton G.C.
Third round
(Seeds in parentheses)
Matt Kuchar (13), United States, def. Martin Kaymer (4), Germany, 4 and 3. Hunter Mahan (21), United States, def. Steve Stricker (5), United States, 4 and 3. Lee Westwood (3), England, def. Nick Watney (14), United States, 3 and 2. Martin Laird (38), Scotland, def. Paul Lawrie (43), Scotland, 3 and 1. Peter Hanson (33), Sweden, def. Brandt Snedeker (17), United States, 5 and 3.
Mark Wilson (40), United States, def. Dustin Johnson (9), United States, 4 and 3. Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland, def. Miguel Angel Jimenez (50), Spain, 3 and 1. Bae Sang-moon (42), South Korea, def. John Senden (39), Australia, 1 up.
PGA: Mayakoba Classic
At Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
6,987-yard, par 71
Mayakoba Resort, El Camaleon G.C.
Greg Owen 67-67—134-8
Will Claxton 66-68—134-8
Daniel Summerhays 69-65—134-8
Chris Stroud 69-66—135-7
Richard S. Johnson 70-66—136-6
Kevin Stadler 68-68—136-6
Robert Allenby 69-67—136-6
John Huh 67-70—137-5
Others
Tom Lehman 70-72—142 E
Johnson Wagner 73-70—143 +1
Josh Teater 68-75—143 +1
Spencer Levin 73-71—144 +2
Jose Maria Olazabal 72-72—144 +2
Fred Funk 73-71—144 +2
Robert Damron 73 - 72—145 +3
Failed to qualify
Steve Flesch 71-75—146 +4
John Cook 74-74—148 +6
Greg Norman 79-73—152 +10
David Duval 77-79—156 +14
Nick Price 69—WD
LPGA: HSBC Champions
At Singapore
6,547-yard, par 72 Tanah Merah C.C.
Katie Futcher 69-67—136-8
Jenny Shin 69-67—136-8
Angela Stanford 66-70—136-8
Hee Young Park 71-68—139-5
Ai Miyazato 69-70—139-5
Na Yeon Choi 68-71—139-5
Ji-Hee Lee 71-69—140-4
Azahara Munoz 70-70—140-4
Jiyai Shin 70-70—140-4
Sun Young Yoo 70-70—140-4
Shanshan Feng 69-71—140-4
I.K. Kim 68-72—140-4
Others
Suzann Pettersen 73-69—142-2
Others
Yani Tseng 71-72—143-1
Cristie Kerr 69-74—143-1
Laura Davies 72-72—144 E
Se Ri Pak 72-72—144 E
Karrie Webb 72-72—144 E
Paula Creamer 71-74—145 +1
Brittany Lincicome 71-74—145 +1
Morgan Pressel 74-72—146 +2
Stacy Lewis 71-75—146 +2
Natalie Gulbis 78-71—149 +5
Michelle Wie 79-81—160 +16
Local
Hole-in-one
At Ducker's Lake G.C, Frankfort
Jim Hilton aced the 152-yard 6th hole with a 5-iron. Witness: Betty Williamson
Hockey
nhl
Friday's games
N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 (SO)
Buffalo 2, Boston 1 (SO)
Vancouver 2, New Jersey 1
Washington 4, Montreal 1
Colorado 5, Columbus 0
Minnesota at Dallas (n)
Saturday's games
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Boston at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Calgary, 10 p.m.
Softball
College
At Statesboro, Ga.
Kentucky 150 010 1—8 8 2
N. Florida 000 100 2—3 6 4
Riley and Joiner. Goff, Brown (2), Wallace (2) and Reese. W—Riley (2-1). L—Goff. 2B—Reynolds (NF), Someya (NF).
Records — UK 5-5, North Florida 6-3
Jacksonville St. 000 001 0—1 4 2
Kentucky 101 000 x—2 6 2
Graham, Snow (2) and Crow. Bell and Joiner. W—Bell (2-1). L—Graham. 2B—Stepp (JS), Dill (UK), Cervantes (UK). 3B—Dill (UK). HR—Holley (JS).
Records — UK 6-5, Jacksonville St. 1-6
At Woodstock, Ga.
Eastern Ky. 000 000 0—0 2 0
Indiana 303 000 x—6 7 1
Robb, Perry (6) and Pounds. Olson and Gogreve. W—Olson (3-4). L—Robb (2-1). 2B—Tackett (EK).
Records—Eastern Ky. 3-2, Indiana 4-6
Georgia St. 000 010 1—2 6 0
Eastern Ky. 100 202 x—5 7 3
Medlam, Collins (5) and Stanton. Pittsenbarger and Pounds. W—Pittsenbarger (2-1). L—Medlam (2-1). 2B—Albord (GS), Howes (EK). HR—Nowacki (GS), Mitchell (EK), Wood (WK).
Records — EKU 4-2, Georgia St. 7-4
Murray St. 100 00— 1 1 2
Western Ky. 310 15—10 10 1
Kosmecki, Gaskey (1), Wilton (5) and Troup. Rosseau and Dew. W—Rosseau (3-2). L—Kosmecki (0-1). 2B—Thomas (WKU), Metoyer (WKU). 3B—Sadler (WKU).
Records — WKU 7-3, Murray St. 2-1
Odds
Glantz-Culver line
NCAA basketball
Favorite Today Underdog
at Duke 15 Virginia Tech
at Delaware 5½ Northeastern
at Kentucky 13 Vanderbilt
Notre Dame 5 at St. John's
La Salle 8½ at Fordham
at Wake Forest 3½ Boston College
at Mississippi 4 LSU
at Baylor 13½ Oklahoma
at Kansas St. 7½ Iowa St.
at Oklahoma St. 4½ Texas A &M
at Georgetown 10½ Villanova
at DePaul 1 Providence
at George Washington pk Duquesne
Georgia St. 8 at William & Mary
Creighton 1½ at Indiana St.
Illinois St. 6 at Bradley
N. Iowa 4 at S. Illinois
at Evansville 2 Missouri St.
Saint Louis 13 at Rhode Island
at Arizona 2 UCLA
at Cleveland St. 12 Wright St.
Green Bay 1 at Ill. - Chicago
Detroit 2½ at Youngstown St.
at Georgia Tech pk Maryland
at Clemson 5 NC State
at Buffalo 9 Miami (Ohio)
at Bowling Green 3 Kent St.
Milwaukee 6½ at Loyola of Chicago
Memphis 1½ at Marshall
at Hofstra 9 UNC Wilmington
at James Madison 11½ Towson
at Old Dominion 2 Drexel
at VCU 7 George Mason
Florida 8 at Georgia
at Auburn 2½ Arkansas
at Louisiana Tech 1½ Hawaii
at Wyoming 8 Boise St.
at UNLV 18 Air Force
North Carolina 4½ at Virginia
Texas 12 at Texas Tech
at Kansas 6½ Missouri
Ball St. 1½ at E. Michigan
at East Carolina 3 UAB
Stanford 11½ at Utah
at Seton Hall 8 Rutgers
at Dayton 5½ UMass
at Michigan 7 Purdue
Columbia 6 at Brown
at BYU 20½ Portland
Middle Tenn. 7 at W. Kentucky
at Alabama 5 Mississippi St.
New Mexico 8½ at TCU
Gonzaga 11½ at San Diego
Princeton 6½ at Dartmouth
at Harvard 13 Penn
at Yale 7 Cornell
at Toledo pk W. Michigan
at Long Beach St. 17 UC Riverside
at Saint Joseph's pk Temple
at Charlotte pk St. Bonaventure
at FAU 9½ Troy
at FIU 1 South Alabama
Tulsa 3½ at Tulane
at Southern Miss. 10½ Rice
at UALR 6 Arkansas St.
at Wichita St. 17½ Drake
at Arizona St. 2½ Southern Cal
Washington 1½ at Washington St.
Tennessee 1 at South Carolina
at Xavier 9 Richmond
at Michigan St. 19 Nebraska
at UCF 8½ UTEP
at Houston 2 SMU
at La. - Lafayette 13 La. - Monroe
at New Mexico St. 15½ San Jose St.
at Penn St. pk Northwestern
Syracuse 3 at UConn
Cal St. - Fullerton 12½ at UC Davis
at San Diego St. 8 Colorado St.
Nevada 1 at Fresno St.
at UC Irvine 7 CS Northridge
at UC Santa Barbara 7½ Cal Poly
Saint Mary's (Cal) 3 at San Francisco
at Loyola Marymount 12 Santa Clara
at W. Carolina 5 Appalachian St.
Coll. of Charleston 8 at The Citadel
Davidson 7½ at Georgia Southern
at Wofford 8 Furman
at Elon 4½ UNC Greensboro
at E. Kentucky 6 E. Illinois
at Chattanooga 3 Samford
at Morehead St. 13½ SIU - Edwardsville
at Austin Peay 3½ SE Missouri
Murray St. 7 at Tennessee Tech
at Jacksonville St. 17½ UT - Martin
at Montana 15½ Montana St.
at Idaho St. - x 5½ Sacramento St.
at Portland St. 3 E. Washington
at Mo. - Kansas City 1½ IPFW
at S. Dakota St. 12½ IUPUI
at N. Dakota St. 9½ W. Illinois
Oakland 6 at South Dakota
Oral Roberts 5½ at S. Utah
x - at Reed Gym
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