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2B – Daily News – Saturday, February 27, 2010 OLYMPICS Medals Table 77 of 90 total medal events Nation G S B Tot USA 8 13 13 34 Germany 9 11 7 27 Canada 10 7 4 21 Norway 8 6 6 20 Austria 4 5 6 15 Russia 3 5 7 15 South Korea 6 6 2 14 China 5 2 4 11 France 2 3 5 10 Sweden 5 2 2 9 Switzerland 6 0 2 8 Netherlands 4 1 2 7 Czech Republic 2 0 4 6 Poland 0 3 1 4 Japan 0 2 2 4 Italy 0 1 3 4 Australia 2 1 0 3 Belarus 1 1 1 3 Slovakia 1 1 1 3 Slovenia 0 2 1 3 Finland 0 1 2 3 Latvia 0 2 0 2 Croatia 0 1 1 2 Britain 1 0 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 44 15 .746 — Phoenix 37 23 .617 7.5 Clippers 24 34 .414 19.5 KINGS 19 39 .328 24.5 WARRIORS 16 41 .281 27 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 38 21 .644 — San Antonio 32 24 .571 4.5 New Orleans 31 28 .525 7 Houston 29 28 .509 8 Memphis 29 29 .500 8.5 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 39 19 .672 — Utah 37 21 .638 2 Okla. City 34 23 .596 4.5 Portland 34 27 .557 6.5 Minnesota 14 46 .233 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 36 20 .643 — Toronto 31 26 .544 5.5 Philadelphia 22 36 .379 15 New York 20 37 .351 16.5 New Jersey 5 52 .088 31.5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 39 20 .661 — Atlanta 36 21 .632 2 Miami 29 29 .500 9.5 Charlotte 28 29 .491 10 Washington 20 36 .357 17.5 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 46 14 .767 — Chicago 31 27 .534 14 Milwaukee 29 28 .509 15.5 Detroit 21 37 .362 24 Indiana 19 39 .328 26 ——— Friday's results Sacramento 103, Utah 99 Charlotte 93, Memphis 89 Chicago 115, Portland 111, OT Cleveland 126, Toronto 118, OT Dallas 111, Atlanta 103, OT Denver 107, Detroit 102 Houston 109, San Antonio 104 L.A. Lakers 99, Philadelphia 90 New Orleans 100, Orlando 93 New York 118, Washington 116, OT Oklahoma City 109, Minnesota 92 Phoenix 125, L.A. Clippers 112 Saturday's games Detroit at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., CSNBA New Jersey at Boston, 10 a.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 12:30 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m., WGN Memphis at New York, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Houston at Utah, 6 p.m. Sunday's games L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 6 p.m., CSNCA Phoenix at San Antonio, 10 a.m., ABC Denver at L.A. Lakers, 12:30 p.m., ABC Milwaukee at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Miami at Orlando, 4 p.m., ESPN Toronto at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 6:30 p.m., ESPN Thursday's late result Denver 127, Golden State 112 NCAA Friday's Top 25 result No. 15 Butler 74, Valparaiso 69 Saturday's Top 25 games No. 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., CBS No.2 Kentucky at No.19 Tennessee, 9 a.m., CBS No. 4 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Villanova, 6 p.m., ESPN No. 6 Kansas State vs. Missouri, 5 p.m. No. 8 West Virginia vs. Cincinnati, 11 a.m. No. 9 Ohio State vs. Michigan, 9 a.m., ESPN No.10 N.Mexico at No.13 BYU, 1 p.m., VERSUS No. 11 Georgetown vs. Notre Dame, 9 a.m. No. 12 Pittsburgh at St. John's, 9 a.m. No. 16 Vanderbilt at Arkansas, 10:30 a.m. No. 18 Gonzaga vs. San Francisco, 5 p.m. No. 21 Texas at No. 22 Tex. A&M, 11 a.m., ESPN No. 24 Baylor at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m. No. 25 Northern Iowa vs. Ill. St., 5 p.m., ESPN2 Saturday's other televised games Northeastern at George Maston, 9 a.m., ESPN2 North Carolina at Wake Forest, 11 a.m., CBS Mississippi at Alabama, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Arizona State at California, Noon, CSNBA Mississippi State at South Carolina, 3 p.m., ESPN Sunday's Top 25 games No. 3 Purdue at No. 14 Michigan St., 1 p.m., CBS No. 5 Duke at Virigina, 4:30 p.m., CSNCA No. 20 Temple at LA Salle, 11 a.m. No. 23 Richmond at Xavier, 10 a.m., ESPN2 Sunday's other televised games Louisville at Connecticut, 11 a.m., CBS Clemson at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., CSNBA GOLF Phoenix Open At TPC Scottsdale Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,216; Par 71 Partial Second Round Note: Due to darkness one golfer will com- plete round Saturday; a-denotes amateur Leaderboard Mark Wilson 65-66 — 131 Camilo Villegas 62-69 — 131 Anthony Kim 67-65 — 132 Ryan Moore 66-66 — 132 Rickie Fowler 65-67 — 132 Pat Perez 65-68 — 133 Alvaro Quiros 67-66 — 133 Mathew Goggin 66-67 — 133 Tom Lehman 66-67 — 133 Chris Couch 67-66 — 133 Brandt Snedeker 66-67 — 133 Robert Allenby 69-65 — 134 Zach Johnson 66-68 — 134 Greg Chalmers 68-66 — 134 Scott Piercy 68-67 — 135 Bryce Molder 68-67 — 135 Ian Poulter 72-63 — 135 John Rollins 69-66 — 135 Rich Beem 70-65 — 135 Justin Rose 65-70 — 135 Jeff Overton 67-68 — 135 Charles Howell III 69-66 — 135 Kevin Streelman 69-67 — 136 Vaughn Taylor 68-68 — 136 Lee Janzen 69-67 — 136 Phil Mickelson 68-68 — 136 Y.E.Yang 66-70 — 136 Carl Pettersson 66-70 — 136 Brian Stuard 72-64 — 136 Jeff Maggert 69-67 — 136 Chad Campbell 68-68 — 136 Andres Romero 69-67 — 136 Mark Calcavecchia 68-68 — 136 Geoff Ogilvy 66-70 — 136 Brian Gay 70-66 — 136 Ryuji Imada 65-71 — 136 Chad Collins 67-69 — 136 Skip Kendall 67-70 — 137 Ted Purdy 68-69 — 137 Joe Durant 66-71 — 137 Briny Baird 68-69 — 137 Fred Couples 67-70 — 137 Ryan Palmer 69-68 — 137 J.B. Holmes 69-68 — 137 John Merrick 70-67 — 137 Jimmy Walker 67-70 — 137 Fredrik Jacobson 70-67 — 137 Joe Ogilvie 71-66 — 137 Parker McLachlin 67-70 — 137 Nick Watney 74-63 — 137 Paul Goydos 70-67 — 137 J.P. Hayes 69-68 — 137 DEALS National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Los Angeles Lakets C Andrew Bynum $25,000 for publicly criticizing game officials following a Feb. 24 game against Dal- las. CLEVELAND—Recalled F Darnell Jackson from Erie (NBADL). WASHINGTON—Signed G Shaun Liv- ingston to a 10-day contract. National Hockey League DETROIT—Placed F Kirk Maltby long-term injured reserve. N.Y. RANGERS—Reassigned F Andres Ambuhl to Hartford (AHL) from the Swiss National Team. Assigned G Chad Johnson to Hartford. Recalled G Miika Wiikman from Hartford. OTTAWA—Signed RW Ryan Shannon to a one-year contract. PHOENIX—Re-assigned D Anders Eriks- son, F Joel Perrault and F Brett MacLean to San Antonio (AHL). Major League Baseball American League KANSAS CITY—Agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Lerew, INF Mike Aviles and OF Mitch Maier on one-year contracts. SEATTLE—Agreed to terms with RHP Danny Cortes, RHP Doug Fister, LHP Ryan Feierabend, RHP Shawn Kelley, RHP Ricky Orta, LHP Garrett Olson, LHP Edward Pare- des, LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith, RHP Kanekoa Texeira, LHP Jason Vargas, RHP Anthony Varvaro, INF Mike Carp, INF Jack Hannahan, OF Ezequiel Carrera, OF Greg Halman, OF Michael Saunders, C Rob John- son and C Adam Moore to one-year con- tracts. National League FLORIDA—Agreed to terms with RHP Jay Buente, RHP Jose Ceda, RHP Brett Sinkbeil, 3B Jorge Jimenez, C Brett Hayes and Gaby Sanchez on one-year contracts. HOUSTON—Agreed to terms with INF Tommy Manzella on a one-year contract. National Football League WASHINGTON—Named Malcolm Blacken and Chad Englehart assistant strength and conditioning coaches. Women's National Basketball Association PHOENIX—Signed F Ashley Paris to a train- ing camp contract. MOTORSPORTS NASCAR—Suspended R3 Motorsports crewman Keneth Luna indefinitely from the Nationwide Series for violating the substance abuse policy. COLLEGE UNLV—Named Chad Brown men's interim soccer coach. Scoreboard Scoreboard US breaks medal record VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — So these won't be remembered as the Vonn-couver Olympics after all. It's looking like they will belong to the entire U.S. delegation instead. The Americans reached 34 medals with a sil- ver and a bronze in short-track speedskating Fri- day night, and two more were clinched with the men's hockey team and men's team pursuit in speedskating advancing to a gold-medal match in which they can get no worse than silver. That makes 36 medals, topping the U.S. record of 34 set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and matching the record for the most by any country at any Winter Olympics, set by Germany in Salt Lake City. "It's a great time to be an American," said Katherine Reutter, who got a silver in the 1,000 meters at the short track. "One of the many things I was yelling was 'I love the USA!"' Unless something wild happens over the final two days, the U.S. will win the overall medals race for only the second time, and the first since 1932 in Lake Placid. And, look who's leading the gold race: Cana- da, with 10. Maybe the hosts' "Own the Podium" campaign will pay off after all. Speaking of the U.S. and Canada, get ready for a raucous rematch on the ice. One week after the Americans ran roughshod over the Canadians in their game, on their ice, the nations will meet again for gold on Sunday. The U.S. advanced easily, riding six first-peri- od goals to a 6-1 victory over Finland. The Cana- dians beat Slovakia 3-2, but it was pretty tense at the end. Canada blew a 3-0 lead in the third peri- od and had the entire nation on edge for the final 4:53 after Slovakia got within a goal. The speedskaters locked up a top prize by knocking off Sven Kramer and the Dutch in a semifinal race. At the short track, Apolo Anton Ohno — who became the most-decorated Winter Olympian in U.S. history earlier in these games — picked up his eighth career medal by getting bronze in the 5,000-meter relay. He had a chance for another but was disqualified from the 500 meters final. Vonn was supposed to win all sorts of Alpine medals. Although she is going home with a gold and a bronze, she also had three DNFs for failing to finish her other events, including the slalom on Friday. Injuries certainly took a toll, from a broken right pinkie to a collection of bruises from chin to shin. But she refused to give up, which may be the bottom line on her performance at these games. "I'm totally satisfied with everything I have done here," Vonn said. "I went out there fighting — it just wasn't my day. I didn't want to give up, that's my personality." Vonn's close friend Maria Riesch won the event for her second gold in Vancouver and the ninth for Germany. Wang Meng of China won the women's 1,000 meters in short-track speedskating for her third gold medal of these games. Also Friday, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Nor- way added to his tremendous Olympics resume by anchoring Norway's victory in the men's biathlon relay. This was his first gold medal since sweeping all four events in 2002, and the 11th medal of his career. That leaves him one behind Bjorn Daehlie's Winter Games record of 12. MEN'S HOCKEY Ryan Malone, Zach Parise, Erik Johnson and Patrick Kane all scored in the first 10:08, sending Finland goalie Miikka Kiprusoff to the bench and pretty much sealing any doubt who'd win this. Just to make sure, Kane and Paul Stastny greeted his replacement with goals 15 seconds apart just a few minutes later, and the only ques- tion left was who the Americans will play. Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow and Ryan Getzlaf put Canada ahead 3-0 after 24 minutes, but Slovakia hung tough. Goals from Lubomir Visnovsky and Michal Handzus less than four minutes apart in the third period gave them hopes of pulling off the upset. Now comes the intriguing rematch. And it'll be played on the 50th anniversary of the U.S. beating Canada for the gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. The U.S. hasn't won Olympic gold since the Miracle on Ice in 1980. Slovakia and Finland will meet for bronze on Saturday. BOBSLED Steve Holcomb and his sleek, black four-man bobsled known as the "Night Train" are halfway to gold. Officially known as USA-1, the sled set track records on both its runs, putting it in first place going into the last two heats Saturday night. Note: The United States hasn't won this race since 1948. "What Holcomb did here today was super genius," said Germany's Kevin Kuske, a four- time Olympic champion. SPEEDSKATING More agony for Sven Kramer, lots of joy for the United States. The American men upset Kramer and the powerful Dutch team in one team pursuit semifi- nal, and the U.S. women knocked off Canada in their quarterfinal. My first thought when we crossed the line was, 'Oh, my God, we beat the Dutch!"' said Brian Hansen. "And then I thought, 'Oh, my God, we got a medal!"' The men will face Canada in the gold-medal race Saturday. The women will face defending Olympic champion Germany in a semifinal Sat- urday. SHORT-TRACK SPEEDSKATING Ohno got his third medal of these games (a sil- ver, two bronze) by anchoring the U.S. squad in the relay, finishing just behind South Korea in the 45-lap event. MCT photo Finnish goaltender Mikka Kiprusoff reaches for a puck in front of Ryan Kessler. North Valley Rapids Those interested in tryout information for the North Valley Rapids 14-and-under ASA soft- ball team should contact Mel Clatty at 567-6528 or John Fox at 514-3437. Jr. Spartan sign-ups The Red Bluff Jr. Spartans will be holding sign-ups for all eligible returning football play- ers — players that have current veteran status) — and all cheerleaders, on Sunday, March 21 at 9:00 a.m. at the Elks' Lodge. Open sign-ups for all new football players will be on Sunday, March 28 at 9:00 a.m. at the Elks' Lodge. Open sign-ups this year will be a lottery, so there is no need to wait in line overnight. Football registration fees will be $150 for the first child and $130 for each additional child. Cheer registration fees will be $100 for the first child and $80 for each additional child. Each family will be required to pay a $50 worker bond for each child. The worker bond is refundable after the par- ent has volunteered their required time. All families will have to pay half of the regis- tration fees and the entire worker bond at sign-ups with the remainder of the registration fees due by June 1. There will be a $75 equipment deposit for all football players. The equipment deposit will be due when helmets are issued in July. For any questions regarding football or cheer leading please contact Red Bluff Youth Football President Eric Coates at 209-0232 or by e-mail at rbyfpresi- dent@yahoo.com. Kurt Busch wins pole at Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kurt Busch visited Victory Lane last year at his home track. He was there to congratulate his little brother, Kyle, who became the first Busch brother to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He wants his own party this year. Kurt Busch shattered his brother's track record Friday with a pole-winning role at Las Vegas, the track he and Kyle Busch consider to be among the most important on the series. The Las Vegas natives watched construction of the track, hope- ful to one day get a chance to race there — and maybe even win. "I'm pretty stoked," Kurt Busch said. "It's something you can't count your chickens before they've hatched, but this would be a special win. It's hard to play what-if." Busch grew emotional in his pole-winners press conference, having to stop to compose him- self and wipe away tears when he recognized one of his father's former racing rivals, who was at the track in a media role. "I just love Vegas," he said. "It's the people that make it special to me. It's just fun see- ing everybody." Busch turned a lap of 188.719 mph to claim the top starting spot for Sunday's race. Jeff Gordon was second with a lap at 188.646. Ryan Newman qualified third and was fol- lowed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch held the previ- ous track record of 185.995 mph. In all, 18 drivers bettered that speed. Busch, who is winless in nine previous starts at Las Vegas, credited new crew chief Steve Addington for his strong qualifying run. Addington was Kyle Busch's crew chief for Kyle's win here last year. He was fired in October from Joe Gibbs Racing, and Kurt Busch hired him in December for his team. "Steve Addington definitely has his game on for this place," Kurt Busch said. Only two drivers failed to make the 43-car field, Terry Cook and Casey Mears, who has missed all three of this sea- son's races.