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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Xavier at Providence:3:30 p.m., FS1. Iowa State at Kansas State: 4 p.m., ESPN2. Cincinnati at South Florida: 4 p.m., ESPNU. St. John's at Butler: 5:30p.m., FS1. Duke at Virginia: 6p.m., ESPN2. Oklahoma State at TCU: 6 p.m., ESPNU. GOLF LPGA, Australian Open, Round 1: 6p.m., GOLF. NBA Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers: 4p.m., ESPN. New York Knicks at Oklahoma City Thunder: 6:30p.m., ESPN. Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA, CSN (Alternate). NHL St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings: 5p.m., NBCSN. Florida Panthers at San Jose Sharks: 7:30p.m., CSN, NBCSN. SKIING FIS, Alpine Skiing, World Championships, Women's Gi- ant Slalom: 4a.m., NBCSN. SOCCER UEFA, Champions League, Arsenal at Bayern Munich, Round of 16, Leg 1: 11:30a.m., FS1. TENNIS ATP, ABN AMRO, World Tour- nament, Early Round: 8a.m., TENNIS. ATP, ABN AMRO, World Tour- nament, Early Round: 2a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair derful movement on the field, providing angles and options for the rest of the team. Along with multiple steals, runs, aggressiveness and grit he saved us from what could have been an- other goal." Goalkeeper Jose Garcia had 18 saves on the night and freshmen Mario As- cencio and Aaron Rodri- guez each had 1. The No. 4 Spartans (10- 8-2 overall, 3-6-1 league) will host the No. 5 West Val- ley Eagles (12-8-2 overall, 8-2 league) at 3 p.m. Thurs- day to start the playoffs. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 cember, got right to work. He shagged balls during bunting drills on a back field before his turn. The 31-year-old Melan- con figured he might be pitching in the Bay Area last summer but the Pi- rates traded him to Wash- ington instead of San Francisco, which could have used him as the Gi- ants squandered a three- run lead in the ninth in- ning of an eventual 6-5 loss to the champion Cubs in Game 4 of the NL Di- vision Series last October. Melancon saved at least 30 games in each of the past three seasons, in- cluding a majors-best 51 in 2015. He went 47 for 51 in save opportunities in 75 relief appearances last year with Pittsburgh and Washington, tied for sec- ond-most in baseball. Melancon has embraced every advantage he can get fromgainsinsportsscience. From the heart rate monitor he gathers metrics such as calories burned and distance covered. He studies the numbers and considers how maybe it was an especially hot day and he burned more calo- ries and his heart rate was higher because of the tem- perature. He then might decide to decrease his next workout or even take an ex- tra day of rest. He also does regular blood work to determine whether he might be prone to injury unless he reduces his workload. "All these teams have a sports science director now, so it's obviously pretty important. They're valuing it," he said. "While I was in Pittsburgh I felt we were ahead of the curve with some stuff, some things that are just now being im- plemented by teams we've been using for three or four years." Health nut Hunter Pence can't wait to com- pare notes. "I've already been asking him about all his other or- ganizations and how they do things, trying to see anything we can do bet- ter," the right fielder said. "That's something me and him are both really into, the sports science, trying to get the most out of our bodies." NOTES The Giants signed RHP David Hernandez to a minor league contract and Bochy expects him to com- pete for a bullpen spot. ... Johnny Cueto, still in the Dominican Republic with his ailing father, is ex- pected in camp this week- end. He was set to throw Tuesday at the team's Do- minican academy, Bochy said. Giants FROM PAGE 1 fanie Voegele, saying Wil- liams was playing more aggressively after Voegele missed serves. When Voegele faulted on a serve, Adler described Williams as moving in and charg- ing with a "gorilla effect" or "guerrilla effect." Be- cause the words gorilla and guerrilla are pronounced similarly, it's impossible to say for certain which word Adler spoke. Offended viewers called for Adler to be fired for comparing Williams, who is African-American, with a gorilla. At the time Adler said he was speaking about Williams' tactics and strategy and "simply and inadvertently chose the wrong word to describe her play." In a statement emailed in January to The Asso- ciated Press, ESPN said it had pulled Adler from broadcasts. "During an Australian Open stream on ESPN3, Doug Adler should have been more careful in his word selection. He apolo- gized and we have removed him from his remaining as- signments," the statement read. Adler was an All-Amer- ican player at the Univer- sity of Southern California who went on to play on the pro circuit. He was hired by ESPN in 2008 and cov- ered tournaments includ- ing the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon Williams declined to comment on the remark or the ensuing controversy. Tennis FROM PAGE 1 CHRIS CARLSON – THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon signed a $62million, four-year contract in December. By John Hickey BayAreaNewsGroup MESA,ARIZ. Infielders and outfielders aren't required to be at spring training this early, but there was no way you were keeping outfielder Andrew Lambo away from the A's camp Tuesday. Lambo missed most of last season while bat- tling testicular cancer, and in December he got word from his doctor, Les- lie Ballas at USC, that he was cleared to play base- ball again. It's not that he won't need more checkups — cancer being a particu- larly nasty foe — but now Lambo has his life back. Physical exams were mostly just for pitchers, catchers and staff Tues- day with the first work- out set for Wednesday, but Lambo was squeezed in be- cause both he and the A's wanted it. "Everything went well," Lambo said with a grin that stretched to the Grand Canyon. "Out of everyone in this clubhouse, I prob- ably have had more physi- cals and doctors look at me than anybody. So hopefully I've checked that box after seven months of nothing much going on." Once Ballas could tell Lambo mid-December to take a hike, that she wouldn't need to see him again for six months, the outfielder's world changed. "It was definitely a cele- bration," Lambo said of get- ting the news. "But it was more of just that I could breathe a little bit. Before that, I was more 'what if.' That was more like, 'hey you're in the clear for now.' I definitely took a deeper breath." Now he's just another guy in the clubhouse, and he wouldn't have it any other way. "The one thing we know is that nobody's going to look at you differently," Lambo said. "We all go through different journeys and life experiences. We get that dry baseball sense of humor, which is what we miss. It's good to be back around guys who could re- ally care less. Compared to what I went through, guys have gone through worse surgeries on their bod- ies than anything I went through. "I'm excited." • Jesse Hahn has gone from being in the rotation to being just another candi- date in the space of the last 12 months. But after a year lost to a shoulder strain and dashed expectations, Hahn is on the outside looking in. Sort of. If you listen to catcher Stephen Vogt talk about Hahn, it's a little like John Sutter talking about what was just discovered on his land along the Sacramento River in 1848 — pure gold. "Hahn looks great," Vogt said. "He's had a full off- season to get ready and he looks ready. A lot of times, especially in baseball, after a down year, people forget. "Let's not forget, this guy throws 96, 97 mph with sink and has one of the better curve balls in base- ball. This guy is going to be sneaking up some guys try- ing to make this rotation. He is a candidate. It's ex- citing here with all these young arms that we have, and he doesn't get talked about as much. I would love to see him get a chance to make the rotation." Hahn said hearing the praise from two of his catchers is a major boost. "For me, it's hard to see because I'm so locked in, working on things," the right-hander said. "So for other people to give that positive feedback is always a positive thing and keeps my confidence up. A'S SPRING TRAINING Lambo thrilled to be playing baseball a er cancer battle Gray excited about chance to pitch in WBC Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB GoldenState 46 9 .836 — Clippers 34 21 .618 12 Sacramento 23 32 .418 23 Lakers 19 37 .339 271/2 Phoenix 17 39 .304 291/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 42 13 .764 — Houston 40 17 .702 3 Memphis 34 23 .596 9 Dallas 22 33 .400 20 New Orleans 22 34 .393 201/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Utah 34 22 .607 — Oklahoma City 31 25 .554 3 Denver 25 30 .455 81/2 Portland 23 32 .418 101/2 Minnesota 21 35 .375 13 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 36 19 .655 — Toronto 32 24 .571 41/2 New York 23 33 .411 131/2 Philadelphia 21 34 .382 15 Brooklyn 9 46 .164 27 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 33 21 .611 — Atlanta 32 23 .582 11/2 Charlotte 24 31 .436 91/2 Miami 24 32 .429 10 Orlando 21 36 .368 131/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 38 16 .704 — Indiana 29 26 .527 91/2 Chicago 27 29 .482 12 Detroit 26 30 .464 13 Milwaukee 24 30 .444 14 Monday's games Philadelphia 105, Charlotte 99 San Antonio 110, Indiana 106 Memphis 112, Brooklyn 103 Orlando 116, Miami 107 Milwaukee 102, Detroit 89 Washington 120, Oklahoma City 98 Boston 111, Dallas 98 Denver 132, Golden State 110 Clippers 88, Utah 72 New Orleans 110, Phoenix 108 Atlanta 109, Portland 104, OT Tuesday's games Chicago 105, Toronto 94 Cleveland 116, Minnesota 108 Sacramento at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday's games Indiana at Cleveland, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Orlando, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Houston, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Memphis, 5 p.m. Lakers at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m. Portland at Utah, 6 p.m. New York at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. LEADERS Through FEBRUARY 13 SCORING G FG FT Pts Avg Westbr., OKC 56 562 488 1733 30.9 Thomas, BOS 51 475 407 1521 29.8 Harden, HOU 57 473 529 1657 29.1 Davis, NOR 52 529 367 1451 27.9 DeRozan, TOR 48 481 356 1337 27.9 Cousins, SAC 53 486 411 1475 27.8 Lillard, POR 50 424 322 1298 26.0 Leonard, SAN 50 431 334 1297 25.9 Durant, GOL 55 502 311 1421 25.8 James, CLE 50 481 242 1289 25.8 Curry, GOL 54 452 225 1347 24.9 Butler, CHI 49 370 402 1199 24.5 Irving, CLE 47 427 180 1147 24.4 Towns, MIN 55 499 240 1301 23.7 McCollum, POR 55 484 189 1293 23.5 Anthony, NYK 55 463 237 1278 23.2 Antetok., MIL 53 442 306 1228 23.2 Wall, WAS 52 432 268 1189 22.9 Lowry, TOR 54 387 281 1232 22.8 George, IND 48 379 216 1085 22.6 REBOUNDS G Off Def Tot Avg Whiteside, MIA 51 182 536 718 14.1 Drummond, DET 55 225 536 761 13.8 Jordan, LAC 55 194 560 754 13.7 Howard, ATL 50 212 434 646 12.9 Gobert, UTA 56 217 492 709 12.7 Davis, NOR 52 118 507 625 12.0 Towns, MIN 55 191 457 648 11.8 Gortat, WAS 54 176 444 620 11.5 Chandler, PHX 46 152 376 528 11.5 Love, CLE 46 115 395 510 11.1 MEN'S TOP 25 COLLEGE Tuesday 1. Gonzaga (26-0) did not play. 2. Villanova (25-2) did not play. 3. Kansas (23-3) did not play. 4. Baylor (22-4) did not play. 5. Arizona (23-3) did not play. 6. UCLA (23-3) did not play. 7. Oregon (22-4) did not play. 8. Louisville (21-5) did not play. 9. West Virginia (20-6) did not play. 10. North Carolina (21-5) did not play. 11. Wisconsin (21-4) did not play. 12. Duke (20-5) did not play. 13. Kentucky (21-5) beat Tennessee 83-58. 14. Virginia (18-6) did not play. 15. Florida (21-5) beat Auburn 114-95. 16. Purdue (21-5) beat Rutgers 74-55. 17. Florida State (21-5) did not play. 18. Cincinnati (22-3) did not play. 19. SMU (22-4) did not play. 20. Creighton (21-4) did not play. 21. South Carolina (20-5) did not play. 22. Saint Mary's (22-3) did not play. 23. Maryland (21-4) did not play. 24. Butler (19-6) did not play. 25. Notre Dame (20-7) beat Boston Col- lege 84-76. WOMEN'S TOP 25 COLLEGE Tuesday 1. UConn (25-0) did not play. 2. Maryland (25-1) did not play. 3. Mississippi State (25-1) did not play. 4. Baylor (24-2) did not play. 4. Florida State (23-3) did not play. 6. South Carolina (21-3) did not play. 7. Notre Dame (23-3) did not play. 8. Texas (21-4) did not play. 9. Washington (24-3) did not play. 10. Stanford (22-4) did not play. 11. Oregon State (23-3) did not play. 12. Ohio State (22-5) did not play. 13. Duke (22-4) did not play. 14. Louisville (22-6) did not play. 15. N.C. State (19-6) did not play. 16. Miami (19-6) did not play. 17. DePaul (22-5) did not play. 18. UCLA (18-7) did not play. 19. Oklahoma (20-6) did not play. 20. Michigan (21-5) did not play. 21. Syracuse (18-8) did not play. 22. South Florida (20-5) lost to UCF 66-62. 23. Texas A&M (19-6) did not play. 24. Kansas State (18-7) did not play. 25. Drake (20-4) did not play. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 57 34 18 5 73 156 135 Anaheim 58 30 18 10 70 152 147 Edmonton 56 29 19 8 66 157 146 Los Angeles 55 28 23 4 60 138 136 Calgary 57 28 26 3 59 149 164 Vancouver 57 25 26 6 56 135 164 Arizona 54 19 28 7 45 129 169 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 56 37 13 6 80 187 130 Chicago 57 35 17 5 75 166 147 St. Louis 56 29 22 5 63 161 165 Nashville 56 27 21 8 62 158 151 Winnipeg 59 26 29 4 56 171 187 Dallas 58 22 26 10 54 160 187 Colorado 54 15 37 2 32 109 184 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 58 31 19 8 70 165 150 Ottawa 54 29 19 6 64 145 146 Boston 58 29 23 6 64 157 155 Toronto 55 26 18 11 63 172 162 Florida 54 24 20 10 58 134 153 Buffalo 57 24 23 10 58 141 161 Tampa Bay 56 25 24 7 57 154 160 Detroit 56 22 24 10 54 141 169 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 56 39 11 6 84 192 121 Pittsburgh 55 35 13 7 77 197 155 Columbus 55 35 15 5 75 177 136 N.Y. Rangers 56 37 18 1 75 192 147 Philadelphia 56 27 22 7 61 147 168 N.Y. Islanders 55 25 20 10 60 162 165 New Jersey 56 24 22 10 58 131 159 Carolina 53 24 22 7 55 140 156 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 2 Arizona 5, Calgary 0 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Vancouver 0 New Jersey 3, Colorado 2 Toronto 7, N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 5, Dallas 2 Anaheim 1, Minnesota 0 Arizona at Edmonton, (n.) Wednesday's games Toronto at Columbus, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Florida at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. LEADERS Through FEBRUARY 13 GP G A Pts Co nn o r M cD av id , E DM 5 6 18 4 3 61 Sidney Crosby, PIT 48 30 30 60 Nicklas Backstrom, WAS56 17 43 60 Brent Burns, SJ 57 24 35 59 Brad Marchand, BOS 58 24 34 58 Patrick Kane, CHI 57 19 39 58 Evgeni Malkin, PIT 47 22 32 54 Tyler Seguin, DAL 57 20 34 54 Vladimir Tarasenko, STL56 26 27 53 Mark Scheifele, WPG 55 25 28 53 Phil Kessel, PIT 54 19 34 53 Jeff Carter, LA 55 29 22 51 Alex Ovechkin, WAS 56 26 25 51 Artemi Panarin, CHI 57 19 32 51 Jamie Benn, DAL 53 18 33 51 2 tied with 50 pts. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR ABN AMRO WORLD TOURNAMENT RESULTS Tuesday At Ahoy' Stadium Rotterdam, Netherlands Purse: $1.83 million (WT500) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Lucas Pouille (8), France, 7-5, 6-2. Gilles Simon, France, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, def. Ste- fanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Marin Cilic (1), Croatia, def. Benoit Paire, France, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Karen Khacha- nov, Russia, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (10). ATP WORLD TOUR ARGENTINA OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club Buenos Aires, Argentina Purse: $546,680 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3. Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, def. Renzo Olivo, Argentina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (5), Spain, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6). WTA QATAR TOTAL OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At The Khalifa International Tennis Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $710,900 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-4. Lauren Davis, United States, leads Ro- berta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 1-1, susp., rain. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, leads Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 5-3, susp., rain. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, vs. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 2-2, susp., rain. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Jason Day AUS 9.98 2. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.31 3. Dustin Johnson USA 9.11 4. Henrik Stenson SWE 8.79 5. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 8.70 6. Jordan Spieth USA 8.59 7. Adam Scott AUS 5.87 8. Justin Thomas USA 5.54 9. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.36 10. Patrick Reed USA 5.15 11. Alex Noren SWE 5.14 12. Justin Rose ENG 4.72 13. Danny Willett ENG 4.70 14. Rickie Fowler USA 4.65 15. Bubba Watson USA 4.56 16. Paul Casey ENG 4.24 17. Branden Grace SAF 4.03 18. Russell Knox SCO 3.98 19. Tyrrell Hatton ENG 3.96 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.94 21. Matt Kuchar USA 3.84 22. Phil Mickelson USA 3.81 23. Jimmy Walker USA 3.67 24. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.61 25. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.50 26. Rafael Cabrera Bello ESP 3.50 27. Charl Schwartzel SAF 3.40 28. Emiliano Grillo ARG 3.30 29. Matthew Fitzpatrick ENG 3.28 30. Ryan Moore USA 3.20 31. Francesco Molinari ITA 3.19 32. J.B. Holmes USA 3.14 33. Daniel Berger USA 3.09 34. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.04 35. Yuta Ikeda JPN 2.98 36. Kevin Chappell USA 2.91 37. Jon Rahm ESP 2.85 38. Scott Piercy USA 2.81 39. Zach Johnson USA 2.78 40. Gary Woodland USA 2.70 41. Jeunghun Wang KOR 2.68 42. Byeong Hun An KOR 2.60 43. Bill Haas USA 2.58 44. Kevin Kisner USA 2.54 45. Lee Westwood ENG 2.54 46. Jim Furyk USA 2.54 47. Thomas Pieters BEL 2.47 48. William McGirt USA 2.46 49. Chris Wood ENG 2.46 50. Martin Kaymer GER 2.42 PGA TOUR STATISTICS Through Feb. 12 FedExCup Season Points 1, Hideki Matsuyama, 1, 697.139. 2, Justin Thomas, 1, 614.478. 3, Jordan Spieth, 910.000. 4, Pat Perez, 906.616. 5, Brendan Steele, 827.142. 6, Jon Rahm, 770.500. 7, Mackenzie Hughes, 715.511. 8, Hudson Swafford, 610.343. 9, Charles Howell III, 584.125. 10, Rod Pampling, 559.822. Scoring Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.781. 2, Hideki Matsuyama, 68.890. 3, Justin Thomas, 69.029. 4, Bill Haas, 69.149. 5, Justin Rose, 69.260. 6, Rickie Fowler, 69.335. 7, Francesco Molinari, 69.340. 8, Marc Leishman, 69.581. 9, Zach Johnson, 69.664. 10, Jon Rahm, 69.680. Driving Distance 1, Luke List, 317.8. 2, Dustin Johnson, 314.4. 3, Smylie Kaufman, 313.3. 4, Andrew Loupe, 312.9. 5, Hideto Tanihara, 312.6. 6, Brandon Hagy, 312.0. 7, Grayson Murray, 311.6. 8, Brooks Koepka, 311.1. 9, Patrick Rodgers, 309.8. 10, Rickie Fowler, 309.7. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Young-han Song, 83.93%. 2, Jim Furyk, 79.20%. 3, Scott Langley, 78.42%. 4, Francesco Molinari, 76.34%. 5, Steve Stricker, 75.68%. 6, Jason Dufner, 74.31%. 7, Brian Stuard, 74.24%. 8, Soren Kjeldsen, 73.38%. 9, Jerry Kelly, 72.82%. 10, Colt Knost, 72.73%. Greens in Regulation Percentage 1 (tie), Rafa Cabrera Bello and Jordan Spieth, 80.56%. 3, Sergio Garcia, 78.47%. 4, Billy Horschel, 78.03%. 5, Kyle Stanley, 77.35%. 6, Jim Herman, 77.33%. 7, Wil- liam McGirt, 76.16%. 8, Bill Haas, 76.11%. 9, Lucas Glover, 76.07%. 10, Stewart Cink, 75.86%. Total Driving 1, Kyle Stanley, 58. 2, Billy Horschel, 81. 3, Bubba Watson, 82. 4, Brendan Steele, 86. 5, Francesco Molinari, 98. 6, Greg Owen, 100. 7, Lucas Glover, 102. 8, Keegan Bradley, 106. 9 (tie), Paul Casey and Shane Lowry, 107. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Cleveland 6 (219) Indiana San Antonio 101/2 (2051/2) at Orlando at Detroit 5 (201) Dallas Milwaukee 51/2 (220) at Brooklyn at Boston 91/2 (217) Philadelphia at Toronto 61/2 (2121/2) Charlotte at Houston 91/2 (222) Miami at Memphis 8 (206) New Orleans at Denver OFF (OFF) Minnesota at Phoenix 4 (2261/2) Lakers at Utah 7 (205) Portland at Thunder 7 (2181/2) New York at Clippers 21/2 (213) Atlanta at Golden State OFF (OFF) Sacramento College Basketball Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at So. Carolina 91/2 Arkansas Wichita St 12 at S. Illinois Cincinnati 18 at So. Florida at Davidson 8 George Washington at Rhode Island 151/2 Fordham UMASS 3 at Duquesne at N'western 31/2 Maryland at Kansas St 31/2 Iowa St at Miami 91/2 Georgia Tech North Carolina 10 at NC State at Loyola Of Chi.71/2 Indiana St at N. Iowa 12 Bradley Creighton 11/2 at Seton Hall Alabama 51/2 at Missouri at Butler 101/2 St. John's at Minnesota 51/2 Indiana Oklahoma St 1 at TCU at Virginia 41/2 Duke Illinois St 3 at Missouri St at SMU 251/2 Tulane Nevada 6 at Air Force at Fresno St 8 San Jose St at CS North. 7 Cal Poly San Diego St 21/2 at Utah St NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Columbus OFF Toronto St. Louis -123/+113 at Detroit at Calgary -130/+120 Philadelphia at San Jose -173/+161 Florida Transactions BASEBALL American League Cleveland Indians: Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Narveson on a minor league contract. Tampa Bay Rays: Designated RHP Eddie Gamboa for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a one- year contract. Texas Rangers: Acquired RHP Eddie Gamboa from Tampa Bay for a player to be named or cash considerations. Placed 1B/Dh Prince Fielder and LHP Jake Diekman on the 60-day DL. National League Chicago Cubs: Assigned LHP David Rollins outright to Iowa (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Pedro Strop on a one- year contract. Named Ann Weiser vice president of human resources. Cincinnati Reds: Claimed RHP Nefi Ogan- do off waivers from Pittsburgh. Placed RHP Homer Bailey on the 60-day DL. New York Mets: Sent INF Ty Kelly out- right to Las Vegas (PCL). San Francisco Giants: Agreed to terms with RHP David Hernandez on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Toronto Raptors: Acquired F Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic for F Terrence Ross and a 2017 first round draft pick. NBA Gatorade League NBAgl: Announced it has been renamed from NBA Development League begin- ning next season. FOOTBALL National Football League Baltimore Ravens: Named Chris Hewitt secondary coach. Promoted defensive assistant Mike Macdonald to defensive backs coach, defensive coaching assis- tant Drew Wilkins to assistant defensive line coach and assistant strength and conditioning coach Juney Barnett to strength and conditioning coach. New England Patriots: Signed FB Glenn Gronkowski to a reserve/future contract. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Named Skyler Fulton offensive assistant, Anthony Per- kins assistant to the head coach, Alex Smith pro scout, Danny Breyer defensive assistant and Zack Grossi offfensive quality control coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League Detroit Red Wings: Reassigned F Dylan Sadowy to Grand Rapids (AHL) from Toledo (ECHL). Los Angeles Kings: Assigned F Devin Setoguchi to Ontario (AHL). Montreal Canadiens: Fired coach Michel Therrien. Named Claude Julien coach. New Jersey Devils: Activated D Jon Mer- rill from injured reserve. St. Louis Blues: Placed F Paul Stastny on injured reserve. Recalled F Wade Megan from Chicago (AHL). Washington Capitals: Reassigned G Joe Cannata from Hershey (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL). Winnipeg Jets: Placed G Ondrej Pavelec on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 7. Recalled D Julian Melchiori from Manitoba (AHL). 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