Scoreboard: 3-26
3/26/2012COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
NCAA Tournament
EAST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Boston
Saturday, March 24
Ohio State 77, Syracuse 70
SOUTH REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Atlanta
Sunday, March 25
Kentucky 82, Baylor 70
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
St. Louis
Sunday, March 25
Kansas 80, North Carolina 67
WEST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Phoenix
Saturday, March 24
Louisville 72, Florida 68
FINAL FOUR
At The Superdome
New Orleans
National Semifinals
Saturday, March 31
Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 6:09
Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 9:15
National Championship
Monday, April 2
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
NIT
Semifinals
At Madison Square Garden
New York
Tuesday
UMass (24-10) vs. Stanford (24-11), 7 p.m.
Washington (24-10) vs. Minnesota (22-14), 9 p.m.
Championship
Thursday, March 29
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
CIT
Semifinals
Saturday
Mercer 64, Fairfield 59
Sunday
Utah St. 105, Oakland 81
Championship
Wednesday, March 28
Mercer (26-11) vs. Utah St. (21-15), TBA
CBI
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday
Pittsburgh (20-16) at Washington State (18-16), 10 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28
Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Friday, March 30
Washington State at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., if necessary
Women
NCAA Tournament
DES MOINES REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Saturday, March 24
Tennessee 84, Kansas 73
Baylor 83, Georgia Tech 68
Regional Championship
Monday, March 26
Tennessee (27-8) vs. Baylor (37-0), 7 p.m.
FRESNO REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Saturday, March 24
Duke 74, St. John’s 47
Stanford 76, South Carolina 60
Regional Championship
Monday, March 26
Duke (27-5) vs. Stanford (34-1), 9 p.m.
RALEIGH REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Sunday, March 25
Maryland 81, Texas A&M 74
Notre Dame 79, St. Bonaventure 35
Tuesday, March 27
Regional Championship
Maryland (31-4) vs. Notre Dame (33-3), 9 p.m.
KINGSTON REGIONAL
Regional Semifinals
Sunday, March 25
UConn 77, Penn State 59
Kentucky 79, Gonzaga 62
Regional Championship
Tuesday, March 27
UConn (32-4) vs. Kentucky (28-6), 7 p.m.
FINAL FOUR
At Pepsi Center
Denver
National Semifinals
Sunday, April 1
Des Moines champion vs. Fresno champion, 6:30 or 9 p.m.
Raleigh champion vs. Kingston champion, 6:30 or 9 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday, April 3
Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.
WNIT
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 24
Syracuse 74, Toledo 73, OT
Sunday, March 25
Oklahoma State 78, Colorado 70
James Madison 68, Virginia 59
San Diego 58, Washington 47
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 28
Syracuse (22-14) vs. James Madison (28-7), 7 p.m.
Oklahoma State (20-12) vs. San Diego (26-8), 8 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, March 31
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Ohio 000 011 000 - 2 8 3
Toledo 020 020 01x - 5 7 1
WP- Locke (3-3). LP-Moulton. Smith (T0 2-3, RBI; Grogg (T) 1-3, RBI.
Bowling Green 000 000 000 - 0 7 1
Western Michigan 010 000 00x - 1 5 1
WP-Nimke. LP-Lacinak.
Lourdes 101 000 0 - ?2 ?5 2
Davenport 221 060 1 - 12 12 2
WP-Kennedy. LP-Lovejoy. Mazgay (L) 2B.
Davenport 150 201 0 - 9 12 1
Lourdes 000 000 0 - 0 ?2 0
WP-Hammond. LP-Dunnett. Dysard (L) 2B.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 27 22 .551 –
Boston 26 22 .542 ½
New York 24 25 .490 3
Toronto 16 33 .327 11
New Jersey 16 34 .320 11½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 35 12 .745 –
Orlando 31 18 .633 5
Atlanta 30 20 .600 6½
Washington 11 37 .229 24½
Charlotte 7 39 .152 27½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Chicago 40 10 .800 –
Indiana 28 19 .596 10½
Milwaukee 22 26 .458 17
Cleveland 17 29 .370 21
Detroit 16 32 .333 23
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 33 14 .702 –
Dallas 28 22 .560 6½
Memphis 25 21 .543 7½
Houston 26 23 .531 8
New Orleans 12 36 .250 21½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 37 12 .755 –
Utah 26 23 .531 11
Denver 26 23 .531 11
Minnesota 24 26 .480 13½
Portland 22 26 .458 14½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 30 18 .625 –
L.A. Clippers 27 21 .563 3
Phoenix 25 24 .510 5½
Golden State 20 26 .435 9
Sacramento 17 31 .354 13
x-clinched playoff spot
SUNDAY
Phoenix 108, Cleveland 83
Minnesota 117, Denver 100
Atlanta 139, Utah 133,4OT
Boston 88, Washington 76
San Antonio 93, Philadelphia 76
Oklahoma City 103, Miami 87
Golden State at Portland, late
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, late
SATURDAY
New York 101, Detroit 79
L.A. Clippers 101, Memphis 85
Atlanta 95, Washington 92
New Jersey 102, Charlotte 89
Chicago 102, Toronto 101, OT
Dallas 101, Houston 99, OT
San Antonio 89, New Orleans 86
Indiana 125, Milwaukee 104
Golden State 111, Sacramento 108
MONDAY
Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.
Utah at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Phoenix 29 30 26 23 – 108
Cleveland 21 17 24 21 – 83
PHOENIX: Hill 2-6 3-4 7, Frye 4-10 2-2 11, Gortat 10-16 2-5 22, Nash 2-2 0-0 4, Dudley 3-7 2-2 10, Brown 7-12 1-1 16, Morris 9-12 2-3 22, Redd 2-5 0-0 4, Lopez 1-6 1-2 3, Telfair 2-6 3-3 7, Price 0-0 2-4 2. Totals 42-82 18-26 108.
CLEVELAND: Gee 3-7 3-3 9, Jamison 1-8 0-0 2, Thompson 2-5 4-6 8, Irving 5-11 5-5 16, Parker 1-5 4-4 7, Walton 3-4 0-0 7, Harris 1-5 3-4 5, Casspi 5-10 3-4 14, Sloan 3-8 0-0 6, Samuels 1-4 3-4 5, Erden 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 27-70 25-30 83.
Note: 3-Point Goals – Phoenix 6-17 (Morris 2-3, Dudley 2-4, Brown 1-2, Frye 1-4, Redd 0-2, Telfair 0-2), Cleveland 4-16 (Walton 1-1, Irving 1-2, Parker 1-2, Casspi 1-3, Sloan 0-3, Jamison 0-5). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds –Phoenix 46 (Gortat 8), Cleveland 50 (Harris 9). Assists –Phoenix 31 (Nash 13), Cleveland 17 (Sloan, Irving 4). Total Fouls–Phoenix 21, Cleveland 25. Technicals –Phoenix defensive three second. A – 17,307 (20,562).
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Optioned RHP Vin Mazzaro, INF Johnny Giavotella and OF Jarrod Dyson to Omaha (PCL). Assigned RHP Zach Miner, C Cody Clark, INF Tony Abreu, INF Irving Falu and OF Greg Golson to minor league camp. Traded Golson to the Chicago White Sox for cash considerations.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS – Optioned RHP Andrew Brackman, OF Denis Phipps and IF Chris Valaika to Louisville (IL). Reassigned RHP Carlos Fisher, LHP Ron Mahay, LHP Clayton Tanner, RHP Kanekoa Texeira and LHP Clay Zavada to minor league camp.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Released INF Alex Cora and C Koyie Hill unconditionally.
SAN DIEGO PADRES – Reassigned RHP Miles Mikolas, RHP Matt Palmer, INF Jedd Gyorko and OF Jaff Decker to minor league camp. Optioned INF Jeudy Valdez to San Antonio (TL).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA – Suspended Denver G Aaron Afflalo one game for throwing an elbow to the head of Utah F Gordon Hayward during Friday’s game.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS – Agreed to terms with CB William Gay on a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL – Fined Phoenix F Alexandre Bolduc $2,500 for slew-footing San Jose F Ryane Clowe and Colorado F Chuck Kobasew $2,500 for charging Vancouver D Aaron Rome during Saturday’s games.
BOSTON BRUINS – Signed F Justin Florek and D Zach Trotman to entry-level contracts and assigned them to Providence (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS – Signed D Xavier Ouellet and D Ryan Sproul to three-year, entry-level contracts. Reassigned D Brendan Smith to Grand Rapids (AHL).
American Hockey League
HAMILTON BULLDOGS – Recalled G Peter Delmas from Wheeling (ECHL).
HOLE IN ONE
TOM MEREDITH, No. 10 at Tamaron, 190 yards, 3-wood.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-N.Y. Rangers 47 21 7 101 206 168
x-Pittsburgh 47 22 6 100 253 195
x-Philadelphia 44 23 8 96 238 208
New Jersey 42 28 6 90 206 200
N.Y. Islanders 31 33 11 73 180 224
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 44 28 3 91 244 184
Ottawa 38 28 10 86 230 223
Buffalo 37 29 10 84 197 209
Toronto 33 34 9 75 217 239
Montreal 29 34 13 71 197 211
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 36 24 15 87 186 206
Washington 38 30 8 84 205 214
Winnipeg 35 32 8 78 201 217
Tampa Bay 34 33 7 75 209 252
Carolina 30 31 15 75 202 228
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-St. Louis 46 20 9 101 192 147
Nashville 44 24 8 96 219 199
Detroit 45 25 5 95 230 185
Chicago 42 26 8 92 230 220
Columbus 24 44 7 55 175 243
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Vancouver 45 21 9 99 229 187
Colorado 40 31 6 86 200 202
Calgary 34 27 15 83 186 208
Minnesota 31 34 10 72 159 207
Edmonton 31 36 9 71 206 223
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas 41 29 5 87 198 198
Phoenix 37 26 13 87 200 198
Los Angeles 37 26 12 86 175 164
San Jose 38 27 10 86 205 195
Anaheim 32 33 11 75 191 212
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
SUNDAY
N.Y. Islanders 3, Florida 2, SO
Edmonton 6, Columbus 3
Washington 3, Minnesota 0
Pittsburgh 5, New Jersey 2
Nashville 6, Chicago 1
Boston 3, Anaheim 2
St. Louis at Phoenix, late
SATURDAY
Detroit 5, Carolina 4
N.Y. Rangers 4, Toronto 3, SO
San Jose 4, Phoenix 3, SO
Dallas 4, Calgary 1
Buffalo 3, Minnesota 1
Ottawa 8, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 4, Montreal 1
Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Islanders 3
Nashville 3, Winnipeg 1
Boston 4, Los Angeles 2
Vancouver 3, Colorado 2, OT
MONDAY
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7:30
Columbus at Detroit, 7:30
Ottawa at Winnipeg, 8:30
Dallas at Calgary, 9
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10
Colorado at San Jose, 10:30
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Elmira 43 22 2 2 90 220 197
Wheeling 35 25 4 5 79 211 195
Reading 34 28 3 4 75 218 228
Trenton 21 39 3 6 51 205 259
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Kalamazoo 36 25 2 6 80 253 230
Cincinnati 33 27 2 7 75 219 219
Chicago 32 26 7 4 75 206 228
Toledo 28 35 2 4 62 184 244
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Gwinnett 40 18 7 4 91 207 190
x-Greenville 40 23 2 4 86 224 204
x-Florida 37 25 2 5 81 250 211
S. Carolina 35 27 4 3 77 180 172
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Alaska 42 16 2 8 94 217 158
x-Colorado 35 27 1 5 76 236 242
x-Utah 32 32 0 6 70 178 219
x-Idaho 29 31 2 7 67 186 229
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Ontario 41 19 5 3 90 233 185
x-Las Vegas 40 22 1 6 87 222 188
x-Stockton 33 31 1 4 71 197 208
Bakersfield 23 39 4 3 53 193 233
x-clinched Playoff Berth
y-clinched Divisional Title
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
SUNDAY
Chicago 3, Toledo 1
Kalamazoo 6, Cincinnati 1
Elmira 3, Wheeling 2, SO
Reading 5, Trenton 3
SATURDAY
Elmira 7, Toledo 1
Reading 7, Trenton 0
Florida 4, South Carolina 2
Gwinnett 3, Greenville 2
Cincinnati 5, Wheeling 3
Chicago 5, Kalamazoo 4
Ontario 3, Alaska 2, SO
Utah 6, Colorado 1
Idaho 3, Las Vegas 2, SO
Stockton 3, Bakersfield 2
MONDAY
No games scheduled
TUESDAY
South Carolina at Greenville, 7:35
Ontario at Colorado, 9:05
Alaska at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m.
CULVER LINE
NCAA Basketball
Saturday
Final Four
At New Orleans
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG
Kentucky 8½ (138½) Louisville
Ohio St. 2½ (136½) Kansas
Tonight
CBI Tournament
Championship
at Washington St. 1 (132½) Pittsburgh
Tomorrow
NIT
Semifinals
At New York
Stanford 2 (149) UMass
Washington 1 (142½) Minnesota
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Orlando 5½ at Toronto
Miami 4 at Indiana
Detroit 2 at Washington
Boston 7 at Charlotte
at New York 5 Milwaukee
Utah 3 at New Jersey
at Chicago 8 Denver
at Houston 6 Sacramento
at L.A. Clippers 10 New Orleans
BASEBALL
Exhibition
American League
W L Pct
Toronto 19 4 .826
Detroit 15 4 .789
Oakland 14 5 .737
Los Angeles 14 8 .636
Seattle 12 8 .600
New York 13 9 .591
Kansas City 13 10 .565
Minnesota 13 11 .542
Baltimore 9 9 .500
Boston 10 10 .500
Chicago 10 12 .455
Cleveland 6 14 .300
Tampa Bay 6 14 .300
Texas 6 16 .273
National League
W L Pct
St. Louis 13 6 .684
San Diego 15 10 .600
Los Angeles 11 8 .579
San Francisco 13 10 .565
Colorado 12 10 .545
Houston 11 11 .500
Chicago 11 13 .458
Philadelphia 10 12 .455
Miami 8 10 .444
Milwaukee 9 12 .429
Cincinnati 10 14 .417
Pittsburgh 8 13 .381
Arizona 8 14 .364
Atlanta 8 14 .364
Washington 6 13 .316
New York 5 14 .263
Note: Split-squad games count in the standings games against non-major league teams do not.
SUNDAY
N.Y. Yankees 1, Detroit (ss) 1, tie, 10 innings
Detroit (ss) 6, Philadelphia (ss) 3
Chicago Cubs 6, Cleveland 2
Miami 5, Tampa Bay 1
Toronto 6, Boston 5, 10 innings
Philadelphia (ss) 3, Baltimore 3, tie, 10 innings
St. Louis 9, Minnesota 2
Pittsburgh 9, Houston (ss) 7, 10 innings
Atlanta 11, Houston (ss) 1
Washington 12, N.Y. Mets 0
Chicago White Sox 5, San Francisco 2
Milwaukee (ss) 7, L.A. Dodgers 1
L.A. Angels 6, Texas 5
San Diego 4, Arizona 3
Milwaukee (ss) 7, Kansas City 3
Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3
SATURDAY
N.Y. Yankees 4, Detroit 2, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 5, Cleveland 4
Baltimore 12, Washington 3
Toronto 9, Atlanta 0
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4, 10 innings
Boston (ss) 4, Miami 1
N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 6, tie, 10 innings
Philadelphia 10, Boston (ss) 5
Minnesota 19, Tampa Bay 4
Chicago White Sox 6, Milwaukee 4
San Francisco (ss) 6, Cincinnati (ss) 4
L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2
Colorado 7, San Francisco (ss) 6
San Diego (ss) 5, Chicago Cubs 1
Cincinnati (ss) 6, San Diego (ss) 0
Kansas City 6, Arizona 5
MONDAY
Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (ss) vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
At Tampa, Fla.
Detroit (ss) 001?000?000?0 – 1 9 0
New York (A) 100?000?000?0– 1 5 0
Below, Balester (4), Villarreal (7), Marte (8), L.Putkonen (9) and Avila, O.Santos. Pineda, Ma.Rivera (6), R.Soriano (7), Robertson (8), Delcarmen (9), Rapada (10) and Martin, J.Gil. HRs–New York (A), Jeter (1).
At Lakeland, Fla.
Philadelphia (ss) 200?000?001– 3 9 0
Detroit (ss) 100?001?31x– 6 7 0
Elarton, Herndon (5), Savery (7), Stutes (8) and Schneider, T.Gosewisch. Verlander, Coke (7), Valverde (8), Bootcheck (9) and Laird, J.McCann. W–Coke. L–Savery. HRs–Philadelphia, C.Overbeck (1). Detroit, T.Collins (1), J.McCann (1).
At Goodyear, Ariz.
Chicago (N) 003?000?300– 6 13 0
Cleveland 200?000?000– 2 ?5 4
R.Lopez, J.Russell (5), B.Parker (7), De La Cruz (8), A.Cabrera (9) and Castillo, Soto. J.Gomez, D.Wheeler (6), R.Perez (7), Hagadone (8), J.Smith (9) and C.Santana, Pagnozzi. W–R.Lopez. L–J.Gomez. HRs–Chicago (N), A.Soriano (6).
Tigers Spring Stats
Pitchers W-L ERA G IP BB K
Marte 2-0 0.00 7 9.2 2 9
Villarreal 0-0 0.00 7 8.1 2 3
Dotel 0-0 1.13 8 8.0 3 6
Smyly 0-0 1.13 3 8.0 3 7
Benoit 0-0 1.80 5 5.0 0 5
Coke 1-0 1.80 5 5.0 2 5
Porcello 2-0 1.80 3 10.0 2 5
Fister 3-0 2.03 4 13.1 2 11
Schlereth 1-1 2.08 8 8.2 5 11
Oliver 1-1 2.13 4 12.2 8 7
Verlander 1-0 2.18 5 20.2 3 20
Valverde 0-0 2.25 8 8.0 1 9
Scherzer 1-1 4.05 5 20.0 5 21
Below 1-0 4.38 6 12.1 6 8
Turner 0-0 11.25 3 4.0 6 2
Batters G AB H HR RBI AVG
Cabrera 13 30 13 1 4 .433
Young 17 45 19 5 19 .422
Dirks 15 35 13 0 6 .371
Raburn 13 34 12 6 18 .353
Kelly 15 40 14 1 3 .350
Berry 17 27 9 1 7 .333
Santiago 13 31 10 0 3 .323
Fielder 15 39 12 2 7 .308
Worth 16 27 8 1 4 .296
Jackson 16 44 12 1 4 .273
Laird 11 27 7 0 5 .259
Avila 15 35 9 1 5 .257
Boesch 16 45 11 3 9 .244
Peralta 15 38 9 1 3 .237
Thomas 13 43 10 2 7 .233
Inge 15 41 7 1 1 .171
AMATEUR HOCKEY
TOLEDO CHEROKEE 6, QUEEN CITY 4
T: Kelly, Skrzynski, Baker 3, Papaioannou.
AUTO RACING
Auto Club 400
Sunday
Fontana, Calif.
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 129 laps, 133.5 rating, 47 points, $323,450. 2. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 129, 137.5, 44, $259,698. 3. (14) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 129, 104.3, 41, $170,165. 4. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 129, 103.9, 40, $181,551. 5. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford, 129, 100.7, 39, $161,056.
6. (4) Greg Biffle, Ford, 129, 104.9, 38, $119,590. 7. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 129, 104.5, 37, $146,448. 8. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 129, 89.3, 36, $131,504. 9. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 129, 79.9, 35, $138,898. 10. (10) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 129, 112.5, 35, $142,201.
11. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 129, 115.1, 34, $149,771. 12. (3) Mark Martin, Toyota, 129, 90.8, 32, $96,355. 13. (11) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 129, 85.4, 31, $122,469. 14. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 129, 89.9, 30, $102,105. 15. (25) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 129, 76.5, 29, $134,330.
16. (15) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 129, 79.2, 28, $138,866. 17. (24) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 128, 66.1, 27, $122,096. 18. (17) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 128, 81.7, 26, $125,250. 19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 128, 58.1, 25, $98,705. 20. (22) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 128, 63.3, 24, $114,163.
21. (29) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 128, 67.3, 23, $118,388. 22. (19) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 128, 72, 22, $127,180. 23. (33) Casey Mears, Ford, 128, 65, 21, $102,163. 24. (8) Joey Logano, Toyota, 128, 68.6, 20, $95,280. 25. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, 128, 56.2, 19, $124,016.
26. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 128, 94.7, 19, $130,566. 27. (18) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 127, 59, 17, $85,230. 28. (26) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 127, 54.9, 16, $104,188. 29. (40) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 127, 48, 15, $101,777. 30. (41) David Gilliland, Ford, 127, 41.4, 14, $85,480.
31. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 127, 48, 13, $83,280. 32. (16) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 126, 68.2, 12, $111,613. 33. (34) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 126, 37.7, 11, $80,355. 34. (42) Ken Schrader, Ford, 125, 32, 10, $88,155. 35. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 125, 35.5, 9. $79,930.
36. (31) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 124, 46.2, 8. $106,125. 37. (30) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 51, 32.9, 7. $79,555. 38. (32) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 40, 39.1, 6. $79,307. 39. (20) David Stremme, Toyota, rear gear, 36, 34.1, 5. $75,855. 40. (39) Mike Bliss, Toyota, transmission, 18, 33.8, 0. $75,675.
41. (35) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, vibration, 17, 30, 3. $75,505. 42. (43) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, vibration, 6. 28.9, 0. $75,415. 43. (37) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, engine, 1. 27.8, 1. $83,769.
Race Statistics
Average speed of race winner: 160.166 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 36 minutes, 39 seconds.
Margin of victory: Under Caution.
Caution flags: 1 for 5 laps.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers.
Lap leaders: D.Hamlin 1; Ky.Busch 2-67; D.Hamlin 68; J.Gordon 69; J.Johnson 70; Ky.Busch 71-84; T.Stewart 85-104; J.Johnson 105; J.Gordon 106-107; T.Stewart 108-129.
Leaders summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 2 times for 80 laps; T.Stewart, 2 times for 42 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 3 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 2 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 2 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 195; 2. K.Harvick, 188; 3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 178; 4. T.Stewart, 177; 5. M.Truex Jr., 175; 6. M.Kenseth, 173; 7. D.Hamlin, 171; 8. C.Bowyer, 157; 9. J.Johnson, 156; 10. R.Newman, 155; 11. P.Menard, 148; 12. C.Edwards, 146.
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Sunday
St. Petersburg, Fla.
(Starting position in parentheses)
All cars Dallara chassis
1. (5) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 100 laps. 2. (6) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100. 3. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Chevrolet, 100. 4. (4) James Hinchcliffe, Chevrolet, 100. 5. (2) Ryan Briscoe, Chevrolet, 100.
6. (16) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100. 7. (1) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100. 8. (12) EJ Viso, Chevrolet, 100. 9. (22) Charlie Kimball, Honda, 100. 10. (15) Justin Wilson, Honda, 100.
11. (19) Josef Newgarden, Honda, 100. 12. (10) Graham Rahal, Honda, 100. 13. (9) Dario Franchitti, Honda, 100. 14. (7) Marco Andretti, Chevrolet, 99. 15. (17) Alex Tagliani, Lotus, 99.
16. (23) Oriol Servia, Lotus, 99. 17. (13) Rubens Barrichello, Chevrolet, 98. 18. (24) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 98. 19. (18) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 96, mechanical. 20. (11) Mike Conway, Honda, 75, mechanical.
21. (26) Sebastien Bourdais, Lotus, 73, mechanical. 22. (14) Takuma Sato, Honda, 73, mechanical. 23. (25) Katherine Legge, Lotus, 59, mechanical. 24. (21) Simona de Silvestro, Lotus, 22, mechanical. 25. (8) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 21, mechanical.
26. (20) James Jakes, Honda, 19, contact.
Winners average speed: 90.113 mph.
Time of race: 1:59:50.9863.
Margin of victory: 5.5292 seconds.
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers.
Lap leaders: Power 1-11, Briscoe 12-20, Dixon 21-36, Sato 37-46, Franchitti 47, Dixon 48-68, Castroneves 69-70, Sato 71, Hildebrand 72-74, Castroneves 75-100.
Points: Castroneves 50, Dixon 42, Hunter-Reay 35, Hinchcliffe 32, Briscoe 30, Pagenaud 28, Power 27, Viso 24, Kimball 22, Wilson 20.
SPORTLIGHT
March 26
1996–Mario Lemieux scores five goals and two assists in his first head-to-head competition against Wayne Gretzky in more than three years to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to an 8-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues.
2002–Utah’s John Stockton turns 40 and becomes the 10th player in NBA history to play at that age. Stockton scores 20 points in the Jazz’s 109-105 victory over Houston.
2004–Ian Crocker closes out his career at Texas by setting a world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championships, winning the event for the fourth straight year. Crocker wins in 49.07 seconds, joining Mark Spitz and Pablo Morales as the only swimmers to win the butterfly four times in NCAA championships history.
2005–In the NCAA men’s basketball regional finals, Louisville and Illinois make tremendous comebacks to force overtime and advance. Louisville, trailing by 20 to West Virginia, completes an amazing come-from-behind 93-85 win. Illinois, trailing by 15 with just four minutes to play, goes on a dazzling 20-5 run to send Arizona to a crushing 90-89 defeat.
2006–George Mason stuns No. 1 seed Connecticut 86-84 in overtime to become the first No. 11 seed to reach the men’s Final Four since LSU in 1986.
2009–Evan Lysacek becomes the first American in 13 years to win the World Figure Skating Championship thanks to a spectacular free skate.
2010–Gilbert Arenas is sentenced to 30 days in a halfway house for bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room. District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Robert E. Morin also adds a litany of conditions associated with the sentence–two years of probation, a $5,000 fine and 400 hours of community service.
GOLF
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Orlando, Fla.; Par: 72
Tiger Woods $1,080,000 69-65-71-70 – 275
Graeme McDowell $648,000 72-63-71-74 – 280
Ian Poulter $408,000 71-69-68-74 – 282
Bud Cauley $209,571 70-73-68-72 – 283
Brian Davis $209,571 70-73-70-70 – 283
Ryan Moore $209,571 71-71-71-70 – 283
Kevin Na $209,571 73-68-69-73 – 283
Johnson Wagner $209,571 71-69-69-74 – 283
Bubba Watson $209,571 69-70-72-72 – 283
Ernie Els $209,571 71-70-67-75 – 283
Jim Furyk $132,000 72-72-70-70 – 284
Tim Herron $132,000 74-71-68-71 – 284
Trevor Immelman $132,000 73-69-71-71 – 284
Zach Johnson $132,000 71-68-72-73 – 284
Jason Dufner $96,000 66-69-77-73 – 285
Brian Harman $96,000 77-69-71-68 – 285
Justin Rose $96,000 69-69-74-73 – 285
Henrik Stenson $96,000 72-74-69-70 – 285
Chris Stroud $96,000 70-69-72-74 – 285
Charles Howell III $69,900 73-68-68-77 – 286
Seung-Yul Noh $69,900 73-73-67-73 – 286
Greg Owen $69,900 73-74-67-72 – 286
John Rollins $69,900 71-72-71-72 – 286
Kevin Chappell $49,800 73-69-73-72 – 287
Matt Every $49,800 73-72-72-70 – 287
Phil Mickelson $49,800 73-71-71-72 – 287
Vijay Singh $49,800 71-68-75-73 – 287
Jimmy Walker $49,800 69-72-76-70 – 287
Bill Haas $39,900 73-72-72-71 – 288
J.B. Holmes $39,900 71-75-74-68 – 288
Sean O’Hair $39,900 69-72-70-77 – 288
Charlie Wi $39,900 66-68-76-78 – 288
Sergio Garcia $33,900 72-67-75-75 – 289
George McNeill $33,900 73-72-73-71 – 289
Daniel Summerhays $33,900 72-70-73-74 – 289
Kris Blanks $27,650 71-72-73-74 – 290
K.J. Choi $27,650 69-72-72-77 – 290
Martin Laird $27,650 72-68-74-76 – 290
Rod Pampling $27,650 75-70-73-72 – 290
Webb Simpson $27,650 73-66-73-78 – 290
Michael Thompson $27,650 74-72-72-72 – 290
Chad Campbell $20,400 71-76-69-75 – 291
Brian Gay $20,400 72-73-71-75 – 291
Hunter Mahan $20,400 72-73-71-75 – 291
Andres Romero $20,400 73-74-73-71 – 291
Josh Teater $20,400 74-73-67-77 – 291
Camilo Villegas $20,400 73-69-74-75 – 291
Robert Allenby $15,264 72-75-72-73 – 292
Marc Leishman $15,264 70-71-72-79 – 292
Dicky Pride $15,264 74-73-72-73 – 292
Scott Stallings $15,264 74-72-75-71 – 292
Gary Woodland $15,264 75-68-70-79 – 292
Ryo Ishikawa, $13,760 73-74-71-75 – 293
Fredrik Jacobson $13,760 77-70-73-73 – 293
Lee Janzen $13,760 74-72-71-76 – 293
Skip Kendall $13,760 71-73-75-74 – 293
D.J. Trahan $13,760 76-70-70-77 – 293
Boo Weekley $13,760 74-72-72-75 – 293
Charley Hoffman $13,140 76-71-72-75 – 294
Justin Leonard $13,140 75-70-73-76 – 294
Nick Watney $13,140 68-73-79-74 – 294
Mark Wilson $13,140 77-70-71-76 – 294
Bobby Gates $12,720 74-72-75-74 – 295
William McGirt $12,720 73-74-77-71 – 295
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
Biloxi, Miss.; Par: 72
Fred Couples $240,000 63-70-69 – 202
Michael Allen $140,800 68-69-66 – 203
Tom Pernice Jr. $105,200 64-73-69 – 206
Jeff Sluman $105,200 69-64-73 – 206
Bobby Clampett $65,867 67-69-71 – 207
Bill Glasson $65,867 68-70-69 – 207
Jim Thorpe $65,867 70-65-72 – 207
Brad Bryant $48,000 68-72-68 – 208
Chien Soon Lu $48,000 67-69-72 – 208
Peter Senior $41,600 67-70-73 – 210
Gary Hallberg $38,400 70-75-66 – 211
John Cook $32,533 68-74-70 – 212
Chip Beck $32,533 69-70-73 – 212
Fred Funk $32,533 69-70-73 – 212
Tom Purtzer $28,000 71-72-70 – 213
Joey Sindelar $28,000 70-69-74 – 213
David Frost $20,178 73-71-70 – 214
Jim Gallagher, Jr. $20,178 72-73-69 – 214
Mike Goodes $20,178 70-72-72 – 214
Jay Haas $20,178 73-69-72 – 214
P.H. Horgan III $20,178 72-71-71 – 214
Bernhard Langer $20,178 72-71-71 – 214
Robert Thompson $20,178 72-73-69 – 214
John Huston $20,178 67-69-78 – 214
Jerry Pate $20,178 71-71-72 – 214
Mark Calcavecchia $13,600 71-73-71 – 215
Jeff Hart $13,600 72-72-71 – 215
Tom Lehman $13,600 70-73-72 – 215
Steve Lowery $13,600 78-68-69 – 215
Dick Mast $13,600 68-72-75 – 215
Mark Wiebe $13,600 70-71-74 – 215
Joel Edwards $10,560 67-73-76 – 216
Vicente Fernandez $10,560 70-72-74 – 216
Gil Morgan $10,560 74-72-70 – 216
Corey Pavin $10,560 71-72-73 – 216
Sonny Skinner $10,560 70-73-73 – 216
Jay Don Blake $8,320 70-75-72 – 217
Jim Carter $8,320 67-71-79 – 217
Brad Faxon $8,320 72-72-73 – 217
Keith Fergus $8,320 71-73-73 – 217
John Ross $8,320 71-68-78 – 217
Jim Rutledge $8,320 70-71-76 – 217
Mark Brooks $5,920 71-71-76 – 218
David Eger $5,920 66-77-75 – 218
Bob Gilder $5,920 71-75-72 – 218
Mark O’Meara $5,920 69-75-74 – 218
Steve Pate $5,920 69-75-74 – 218
Nick Price $5,920 69-75-74 – 218
Dana Quigley $5,920 75-70-73 – 218
Bob Tway $5,920 69-69-80 – 218
Willie Wood $5,920 72-72-74 – 218
Tom Jenkins $3,960 75-70-74 – 219
Tom Kite $3,960 75-72-72 – 219
J.L. Lewis $3,960 71-74-74 – 219
Eduardo Romero $3,960 74-75-70 – 219
Tommy Armour III $3,120 72-72-76 – 220
Ben Bates $3,120 74-74-72 – 220
Olin Browne $3,120 71-74-75 – 220
Anders Forsbrand $3,120 74-73-73 – 220
Wayne Levi $3,120 70-73-77 – 220
Larry Nelson $3,120 76-69-75 – 220
Russ Cochran $2,160 74-73-74 – 221
Mark McNulty $2,160 71-76-74 – 221
Larry Mize $2,160 77-71-73 – 221
David Peoples $2,160 75-75-71 – 221
Loren Roberts $2,160 73-73-75 – 221
Hal Sutton $2,160 71-70-80 – 221
Dan Forsman $1,456 74-74-74 – 222
Ted Schulz $1,456 72-73-77 – 222
Rod Spittle $1,456 73-73-76 – 222
Ian Woosnam $1,456 75-74-73 – 222
Scott Simpson $1,168 74-72-77 – 223
Kia Classic
Carlsbad, Calif.; Par: 72
Yani Tseng, $255,000 67-68-69-70 – 274
Sun Young Yoo, $156,242 69-73-67-71 – 280
Shanshan Feng, $100,511 72-71-71-67 – 281
Jiyai Shin, $100,511 68-71-68-74 – 281
Ai Miyazato, $64,156 72-70-71-70 – 283
Caroline Hedwall, $64,156 67-72-70-74 – 283
Jodi Ewart, $45,337 70-69-73-72 – 284
Se Ri Pak, $45,337 71-66-73-74 – 284
Brittany Lincicome, $38,066 68-73-73-71 – 285
Catriona Matthew, $33,361 79-70-68-69 – 286
Chella Choi, $33,361 71-71-70-74 – 286
Azahara Munoz, $27,287 71-73-71-72 – 287
Suzann Pettersen, $27,287 68-75-71-73 – 287
Inbee Park, $27,287 72-70-70-75 – 287
Alison Walshe, $27,287 73-66-73-75 – 287
Eun-Hee Ji, $22,840 76-70-71-71 – 288
Mina Harigae, $22,840 71-73-71-73 – 288
Vicky Hurst, $20,787 73-74-69-73 – 289
Na Yeon Choi, $20,787 73-73-69-74 – 289
Morgan Pressel, $18,306 72-75-73-70 – 290
Lindsey Wright, $18,306 72-74-73-71 – 290
Ha-Neul Kim, $18,306 74-75-69-72 – 290
Brittany Lang, $18,306 73-76-69-72 – 290
Meena Lee, $18,306 73-70-70-77 – 290
Paula Creamer, $15,141 72-75-76-68 – 291
Stacy Lewis, $15,141 72-73-74-72 – 291
Amy Yang, $15,141 69-73-75-74 – 291
Jennifer Johnson, $15,141 68-73-73-77 – 291
Karrie Webb, $15,141 73-70-71-77 – 291
Stephanie Sherlock, $11,927 69-77-74-72 – 292
Haeji Kang, $11,927 71-77-70-74 – 292
Jenny Shin, $11,927 73-74-71-74 – 292
Nicole Castrale, $11,927 73-71-73-75 – 292
Kris Tamulis, $11,927 71-73-73-75 – 292
Hannah Yun, $11,927 74-72-71-75 – 292
Sydnee Michaels, $11,927 72-74-70-76 – 292
Sophie Gustafson, $9,110 72-75-75-71 – 293
Julieta Granada, $9,110 74-75-72-72 – 293
Jin Young Pak, $9,110 72-72-75-74 – 293
Lexi Thompson, $9,110 74-70-75-74 – 293
Cristie Kerr, $9,110 72-74-71-76 – 293
Sandra Gal, $9,110 72-76-68-77 – 293
Gerina Piller, $6,663 74-74-75-71 – 294
Hee Kyung Seo, $6,663 72-72-78-72 – 294
Christel Boeljon, $6,663 72-73-76-73 – 294
Natalie Gulbis, $6,663 72-73-76-73 – 294
I.K. Kim, $6,663 74-75-72-73 – 294
So Yeon Ryu, $6,663 71-78-72-73 – 294
Beatriz Recari, $6,663 74-74-72-74 – 294
Angela Stanford, $6,663 72-75-73-74 – 294
Belen Mozo, $6,663 70-73-76-75 – 294
Lizette Salas, $6,663 71-74-72-77 – 294
Hee Young Park, $5,389 70-78-73-74 – 295
Hee-Won Han, $5,389 71-72-76-76 – 295
Ilhee Lee, $4,961 76-70-77-73 – 296
Anna Nordqvist, $4,961 73-75-74-74 – 296
Pornanong Phatlum, $4,961 75-74-73-74 – 296
Dewi Cl. Schreefel, $4,448 72-74-78-73 – 297
Sta. Prammanasudh, $4,448 73-74-75-75 – 297
M.J. Hur, $4,448 75-74-72-76 – 297
Seon Hwa Lee, $4,106 70-77-77-74 – 298
Mo Martin, $4,106 73-76-73-76 – 298
Silvia Cavalleri, $4,106 75-71-71-81 – 298
Ji Young Oh, $3,935 67-76-78-78 – 299