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