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COLLEGEMEN'SBASKETBALL East Carolina vs. Tulsa:4p.m.,ESPNU. Duquesne vs. La Salle: 4p.m., CSN. North Carolina vs. Duke: 6p.m., ESPN. UCLA vs. Arizona State: 6p.m., ESPN2. Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State: 6p.m., ESPNU. Colorado vs. Oregon: 8p.m., ESPNU. COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Stanford vs. California: 7p.m., PAC-12. LPGA GOLF Women's Australian Open Round 1: 8p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche: 7 p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER UEFA Champions League Real Madrid vs. Schalke, Round of 16, Leg 1: 11:30a.m., FS1. TENNIS ATP Rio Open Early Round: 7a.m., TENNIS. ATP Rio Open Early Round: 1p.m., TENNIS. ATP Delray Beach Open Early Round: 5p.m., TENNIS. WTA Dubai Championship Quarterfinal: 2a.m., TENNIS. WTA Dubai Championship Quarterfinal: 4a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair By Jenna Fryer TheAssociatedPress DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. As Jeff Gordon winds down his long career, the kid who grew up idolizing him is just getting started. Elk Grove's Kyle Larson is ready to become NAS- CAR's next superstar. His sophomore season in the Sprint Cup Series begins Sunday with the Daytona 500 and there are high ex- pectations for Larson to have a breakout year. He was decent last sea- son during his run toward rookie of the year honors, but Larson is ready for more. On his list of goals for the year is winning his first Sprint Cup race and making the Chase for the championship. "Last year, nobody had any expectations for me other than failing," Lar- son said. "So the expecta- tions are different this year. A little bit more pressure. I think we can run up front every week, hopefully, and be competitive and try and get a couple of wins." The expectation of fail- ure is a bit of an exagger- ation by Larson, who has skyrocketed from sprint cars to NASCAR's top se- ries in just three years. His first full season in stock cars was in 2013 and many believed team owner Chip Ganassi was rushing Lar- son when he promoted him to Cup last season. Nobody inside the Ganassi organi- zation felt that way. Chris Heroy, who worked with Jimmie Johnson, Jeff G o r d o n , Dale Earn- hardt Jr. and Mark Martin at Hend r ic k M o t o r s - ports, knew he was be- ing paired with a rare talent when he moved to Ganassi to be- come Larson's crew chief. "I saw Jimmie in his prime, winning all those championships, and I'd put Kyle right there," He- roy said of the six-time Cup champion. "Kyle is a gener- ational talent." The industry sure hopes Heroy and the Ganassi or- ganization are correct. Gordon, the four-time champion and face of NASCAR for the last two decades, is retiring from full-time competition at the end of the year. His de- parture as Larson is taking off almost makes the cycle full circle: Larson grew up a Gordon fan — he period- ically posts throwback pic- tures on social media of him dressed head-to-toe in Gordon's rainbow-themed gear as a child — and Gor- don has spent the last three years praising Larson. Gordon has given the 22-year-old advice, and he pulled him aside after hard racing in the closing laps at Chicago in Septem- ber to explain some things Larson could have done differently. Larson, once Gordon's biggest fan, now has Gor- don as the biggest Larson fan. "I want Kyle Larson to be exactly who he is now, to never change," Gordon said. "But that's going to be hard. I always tell guys like Kyle, who's been cata- pulted into this Sprint Cup Series at a high level who have got a lot of talent, you can't prepare for what it's like to be famous, to do au- tographs, to take pictures, to win at the highest level. You don't know what that's going to be like." The swell is slowly grow- ing around Larson, who welcomed a son in Decem- ber with his longtime girl- friend and is balancing fa- therhood with his grow- ing popularity. He'll be the star of a national commer- cial for sponsor Target that will debut during the Day- tona 500. Target reallocated some of its spending on Ganas- si's IndyCar program this season to focus on market- ing Larson and three-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon. In addition to Lar- son's commercial, the re- tailer is launching a Team- Target.com hub on Sun- day that will chronicle the season and host a series of additional videos featuring both drivers. So as NASCAR be- gins the transition to the younger drivers who will carry the sport for the next decade, Larson is readying himself for the ride. "I definitely paid atten- tion (last year) to people doubting what we were going to be able to do," he said. "That fueled that into our team as 'Let's go out and prove them wrong.' I feel like we did that. But I didn't let it get to me or anything like that. ... I hope I'm the next big thing. We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. I'm sure there are a lot of other 'next big things' coming up. I hope I can stand out as that guy." NASCAR SPRINT CUP La rs on r ea dy f or s ta rd om Former sprint car sensation has big expectations now Larson starters back by June as they return from elbow ligament-replacement sur- gery: Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin. Oakland, coming off its third straight playoff ap- pearance, added several young starters while mak- ing nine trades involving 27 players this offseason. Sonny Gray and Scott Ka- zmir return in the rotation, and Drew Pomeranz and Jesse Chavez also could be candidates. Zito pitched Game 5 of the 2012 NL Championship Series at St. Louis with his team facing elimination as the Giants rallied to win the series in seven games. He then won the opener of a surprising World Series sweep of the Tigers. A new father last year, Zito took 2014 off from baseball and worked to res- urrect his career. The three-time All-Star and 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner, he is 165- 143 in 14 major league sea- sons, including 102-63 with a 3.55 ERA in seven years for Oakland. AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York con- tributed to this report. Zito FROM PAGE 1 Sacramento certainly presents another one of those challenges. The Kings are headed for a ninth straight los- ing season and are try- ing to rebuild around De- Marcus Cousins, who has a history of clashing with coaches but was close with Malone. Karl called Cousins the most skilled big man in the league. Karl said Cousins has the physical skills of former Seattle star Shawn Kemp, whom Karl coached, and the emotional fire of another former SuperSon- ics player in guard Gary Payton. "To have the skills and the size that he has is going to be something that will motivate me to figure out ways to use him and moti- vate him and get him at a higher level than he even is now," Karl said. Cousins is the main building block on the team. But Karl also talked about his excitement over get- ting to coach players like Rudy Gay, Darren Collison and the team's last two first-round picks in Ben McLemore and Nik Staus- kas. While Karl and Payton clashed early in their time together in Seattle, they are very close now and Karl said he feels he is bet- ter equipped to coach that type of player 20 years later. Karl credited his battles with cancer for changing his style as a coach and making him more humble. "I think most of my time as a coach, I've been a dictator on the basketball court," he said. "Since my second cancer, I have be- come more balanced and more of a director." Kings FROM PAGE 1 had no choice but to play as scheduled. The Predators thanked 8,215 fans who came out by giving them half-price so- das and beer into the first intermission, with popcorn free all night for the final part of a four-game home stand. The NHL's best team on home ice made it worth the trip, improving to 25- 3-1 in Nashville. The Sharks scored first, takingadvantage ofa break- down with Irwin skating up the slot for a wrist shot that beat Rinne 5:26 in. That was it for San Jose. Nashville scored the next five goals, starting with Weber on a slap shot from the point off a faceoff. Then Smith gave Nashville a 2-1 lead when he batted the puck into the net. The Predators took con- trol in the opening minutes of the second. Smith scored his second of the game and 17th this season with a wrister on the power play 52 seconds into the period. Gaustad made it 4-1 just 51 seconds later with his own wrist shot. San Jose went on the man advantage at 2:14, and Rinne first stopped Logan Couture at the left post be- fore diving back to his right and stopping a shot by Joe Pavelski off his mask, with the puck bouncing around Rinne's arms. Officials reviewed the se- quence and ruled no goal. By the time the Predators finished killing the penalty, fans were chanting "MVP" for the goalie who is 15-1-1 in his last 17 games. Neal became the first of the Predators to reach 20 goals this season with a wrister from the left cir- cle midway in the second period. That was all Rinne needed as he earned his league-best 34th win. Notes: Defenseman Cody Franson and for- ward Mike Santorelli of- ficially were scratched by Nashville following Sun- day's trade with Toronto. Sharks FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pac if i c D ivis i on W L Pct GB GoldenState 42 9 .824 — Clippers 35 19 .648 81/2 Phoenix 29 25 .537 141/2 Sacramento 18 34 .346 241/2 Lakers 13 40 .245 30 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 39 14 .736 — Houston 36 17 .679 3 Dallas 36 19 .655 4 San Antonio 34 19 .642 5 New Orleans 27 26 .509 12 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 36 17 .679 — Oklahoma City 28 25 .528 8 Denver 20 33 .377 16 Utah 19 34 .358 17 Minnesota 11 42 .208 25 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 36 17 .679 — Brooklyn 21 31 .404 141/2 Boston 20 31 .392 15 Philadelphia 12 41 .226 24 New York 10 43 .189 26 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 43 11 .796 — Washington 33 21 .611 10 Charlotte 22 30 .423 20 Miami 22 30 .423 20 Orlando 17 39 .304 27 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 34 20 .630 — Cleveland 33 22 .600 11/2 Milwaukee 30 23 .566 31/2 Detroit 21 33 .389 13 Indiana 21 33 .389 13 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games No games scheduled Wednesday's games No games scheduled Thursday's games Dallas at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA MEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (26-0) beat Tennessee 66-48. 2. Virginia (24-1) did not play. 3. Gonzaga (26-1) did not play. 4. Duke (22-3) did not play. 5. Wisconsin (23-2) did not play. 6. Villanova (24-2) did not play. 7. Arizona (22-3) did not play. 8. Kansas (21-5) did not play. 9. Utah (20-4) did not play. 10. Notre Dame (23-4) beat Wake Forest 88-75. 11. Northern Iowa (24-2) did not play. 12. Louisville (20-5) did not play. 13. Wichita State (24-3) beat Southern Illinois 84-62. 14. Iowa State (18-6) did not play. 15. North Carolina (18-7) did not play. 16. Maryland (21-5) did not play. 17. Oklahoma (18-8) beat Texas 71-69. 18. Arkansas (20-5) did not play. 19. Butler (19-7) did not play. 20. Baylor (19-7) beat Texas Tech 54-49. 21. SMU (21-5) did not play. 22. Oklahoma State (17-8) did not play. 23. West Virginia (20-6) did not play. 24. Ohio State (19-7) did not play. 25. VCU (20-6) beat Saint Louis 74-54. NCAA WOMEN'S TOP 25 Tuesday 1. UConn (25-1) beat Houston 85-26. 2. South Carolina (24-1) did not play. 3. Baylor (24-1) did not play. 4. Notre Dame (24-2) beat No. 10 Duke 63-50. 5. Maryland (23-2) beat Michigan State 75-69. 6. Tennessee (22-3) did not play. 7. Oregon State (23-2) did not play. 8. Louisville (22-3) did not play. 9. Florida State (23-3) did not play. 10. Duke (19-7) lost to No. 4 Notre Dame 63-50. 11. Kentucky (19-6) did not play. 12. Arizona State (22-4) did not play. 13. Iowa (21-5) lost to Minnesota 93-80. 14. Mississippi State (24-4) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (20-6) beat Alabama 70-49. 16. Princeton (23-0) did not play. 17. North Carolina (20-6) did not play. 18. Stanford (19-7) did not play. 19. Rutgers (20-6) beat Illinois 82-54. 20. Chattanooga (23-3) beat Western Carolina 66-41. 21. Nebraska (18-7) did not play. 22. Florida Gulf Coast (23-2) did not play. 23. James Madison (22-2) did not play. 24. George Washington (22-3) did not play. 25. Syracuse (18-8) did not play. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 57 35 15 7 77 169 160 Vancouver 56 32 21 3 67 158 147 Calgary 57 32 22 3 67 166 147 San Jose 59 29 22 8 66 165 170 Los Angeles 56 26 18 12 64 155 150 Arizona 58 20 31 7 47 131 194 Edmonton 58 16 32 10 42 135 196 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 57 39 12 6 84 175 132 St. Louis 57 37 16 4 78 179 141 Chicago 57 35 18 4 74 172 131 Winnipeg 59 30 19 10 70 165 157 Minnesota 56 28 21 7 63 155 152 Dallas 57 27 22 8 62 179 180 Colorado 57 24 22 11 59 149 161 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 56 37 15 4 78 150 123 Tampa Bay 59 35 18 6 76 191 159 Detroit 55 31 14 10 72 160 141 Boston 56 28 20 8 64 147 145 Florida 56 25 19 12 62 138 155 Ottawa 55 22 23 10 54 155 158 Toronto 58 23 30 5 51 162 178 Buffalo 57 16 37 4 36 105 195 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 58 38 19 1 77 188 163 N.Y. Rangers 55 34 16 5 73 174 136 Pittsburgh 57 32 16 9 73 162 144 Washington 58 31 17 10 72 171 146 Philadelphia 57 24 23 10 58 153 167 Columbus 55 25 27 3 53 147 172 New Jersey 57 22 26 9 53 126 155 Carolina 56 20 29 7 47 127 154 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 6, N.Y. Islanders 5 Carolina 6, Ottawa 3 Montreal 2, Detroit 0 Colorado 5, Arizona 2 Calgary 4, Boston 3, OT Vancouver 3, Minnesota 2 Los Angeles 3, Tampa Bay 2 Tuesday's games New Jersey 2, Buffalo 1, SO Columbus 5, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Carolina 1 Florida 3, Toronto 2 Dallas 4, St. Louis 1 Nashville 5, San Jose 1 Wednesday's games Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m. Boston at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Thursday's games Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Vancouver at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Washington, 4 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Predators 5, Sharks 1 San Jose 1 0 0 — 1 Nashville 2 3 0 — 5 First Period: 1, San Jose, Irwin 5 (Karls- son, Pavelski), 5:26. 2, Nashville, Weber 14 (Fisher), 13:42. 3, Nashville, Smith 16 (Ekholm, Ribeiro), 16:02; Penalties: Cul- le n, N as ( in ter fe re nc e) , 1 6: 33, D ill on , S J (interference), 19:21. Second Period: 4, Nashville, Smith 17 (Wilson, S.Jones), :53 (pp). 5, Nashville, Gaustad 2 (Bourque, Weber), 1:43. 6, Nashville, Neal 20 (Ribeiro), 10:31; Penal- ties: Fisher, Nas (holding), 2:14. Third Period: None; Penalties: Smith, Nas (hooking), 5:04, Braun, SJ (hooking), 7:54. Shots on Goal: San Jose 17-15-11=43. Nashville 15-13-9=37. Goalies: San Jose, Stalock 5-7-1 (37 shots-32 saves). Nashville, Rinne 34-7-2 (43-42). A: 16,206 (17,113); T: 2:29. Referees: Jean Hebert, Steve Kozari; Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Andy McEl- man. Tennis WTA DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Tuesday At Dubai Tennis Stadium Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $2.513 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Jelena Jankovic (12), Serbia, 6-3, 6-1. Carla Suarez Navarro (13), Spain, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Alize Cornet (15), France, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 6-2, 6-4. Ana Ivanovic (4), Serbia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-0, 6-3. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Andrea Petkovic (9), Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (11), Czech Republic, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 7-5. Karolina Pliskova (17), Czech Republic, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5. Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-6 (9), 6-4. Ekaterina Makarova (6), Russia, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Peng Shuai (16), China, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. Wang Qiang, China, 6-3, 7-5. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-0. Doubles First Round Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (8), France, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, 6-4, 2-6, 13-11. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, vs. Aleksandra Naydenova, Bulgaria, and Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Na- varro (6), Spain, def. Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, and Xu Yi-Fan, China, 6-2, 6-4. Monica Niculescu, Romania, and Alex- andra Panova, Russia, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (7), Slovenia, def. Karolina Pliskova and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 10-3. Klara Koukalova and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-4. RIO OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Jockey Club Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro Purse: Men, $1.55 million (WT500); Women, $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Fabio Fognini (4), Italy, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 1-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1. Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, def. Leonardo Mayer (5), Argentina, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 4-1, retired. Joao Souza, Brazil, def. Facundo Ar- guello, Argentina, 6-2, 6-1. Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Santiago Giraldo (7), Colombia, 6-3, 3-0, retired. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 2-1, retired. Martin Klizan (8), Slovakia, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas (6), Uruguay, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. David Ferrer (2), Spain, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Albert Montanes, Spain, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Pablo Carreno-Busta, Spain, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-0. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-1. WOMEN First Round Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazil, def. Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, 6-1, 6-1. Veronica Cepeda Royg, Paraguay, def. Paula Cristina Goncalves, Brazil, 6-2, 7-5. Julia Glushko, Israel, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-4, 6-3. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, def. Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Roberta Vinci (3), Italy, def. Lucie Hra- decka, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Paula Ormaechea, Argentina, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles MEN First Round Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (1), Brazil, def. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Nicholas Monroe, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-4. WOMEN First Round Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, and Maria Irigoyen (1), Argentina, def. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, and Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1. Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, and Re- becca Peterson, Sweden, def. Gabriela Ce and Paula Cristina Goncalves, Brazil, 6-4, 5-7, 10-8. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, and Laura Pigossi, Brazil, def. Florencia Molinero, Argentina, and Stephanie Vogt (4), Liechtenstein, 7-5, 6-3. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith (3), Britain, def. Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, and Gaia Sanesi, Italy, 6-7 (4), 1-6, 4-12, . ATP WORLD TOUR DELRAY BEACH OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center Delray Beach, Fla. Purse: $549,230 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Steve Johnson (7), United States, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-1, retired. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Malek Ja zi ri , T un is ia , 6 -3 , 6 -3 . Andrey Rublev, Russia, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Viktor Troicki (8), Serbia, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-1. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Sam Querrey (6), United States, 3-6, 2-1, retired. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3. Adrian Mannarino (5), France, def. Eric Quigley, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Stefam Kozlov, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-1. Donald Young, United States, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 7-5, 7-5. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-4. Ke vi n A nder so n ( 1) , S ou th A fr ic a, d ef . John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. John Isner (2), United States, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles First Round Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, and Alejan- dro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Sekou Bangoura and Vahid Mirzadeh, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 11-9. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, United States, walkover. ATP WORLD TOUR OPEN 13 RESULTS Tuesday At Palais des Sports Marseille, France Purse: $720,500 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. David Guez, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Nico- las Mahut, France, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1). Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Benoit Paire, France, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, retired. Gael Monfils (7), France, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (12). Doubles First Round Ken and Neal Skupski, Britain, def. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-3. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, and Domi- nic Thiem, Austria, def. Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko, Germany, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 10-6. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (1), France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Feb. 18 NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog Wisconsin 9 at Penn St. at Coll. of Charl. 5 Elon at Miami 12 Virginia Tech at G. Mason 51/2 Fordham at La Salle 101/2 Duquesne at St. Bon. 2 Richmond at Rhode Island 51/2 UMass at Cincinnati Pk Xavier at Florida 6 Vanderbilt Louisville 51/2 at Syracuse Hofstra 41/2 at Towson at Northeastern 1 William;&;Mary at James M. 51/2 Drexel at Cent. Mich. 91/2 N. Illinois at Kent St. 9 Ball St. at Bowl. Green 13 Miami;(Ohio) at W. Michigan 71/2 Ohio at Akron 21/2 Toledo at E. Michigan Pk Buffalo at G. Wash. 3 Davidson Oakland 2 at Wright St. at Tulsa 12 East Carolina at Green Bay 11 Detroit Indiana St. 1 at Missouri St. N. Iowa 9 at Loyola of Chicago at TCU 3 Kansas St. Providence 4 at DePaul at Florida St. 6 Boston College at Minnesota 101/2 Northwestern at Arkansas 16 Missouri at Oklahoma St. 2 Iowa St. at Duke 71/2 North Carolina Illinois St. 5 at Bradley at Arizona St. 3 UCLA Colorado St. 4 at Fresno St. Utah St. 131/2 at San Jose St. at UNLV Pk Boise St. at Oregon 41/2 Colorado S. Dakota St. 10 at W. Illinois NHL Favorite Line Underdog Montreal -160/+140 at Ottawa at Chicago -165/+145 Detroit at Calgary -110/-110 Minnesota at Anaheim -140/+120 Tampa Bay Boston -200/+170 at Edmonton Los Angeles -130/+110 at Colorado Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Agreed to terms with INF Jayson Nix on a minor league con- tract. Named Sean Berry hitting coach of Norfolk (IL), Alan Mills pitching coach, Keith Bodie hitting coach of Bowie (EL), Orlando Gomez manager, Paco Figueroa hitting coach and Chris Poole trainer of Frederick (Carolina), Howie Clark hitting coach of Delmarva (SAL), Luis Pujols manager, Brian Guzman trainer and Kevin Clark strength and conditioning coach of Aberdeen (NYP), and Matt Merullo manager of the GCL Orioles. National League Miami Marlins: Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a minor league contract. Philadelphia Phillies: Promoted Michael Stiles to executive vice president and chief operating officer. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Released LB Keith Rivers. Carolina Panthers: Released S Thomas DeCoud. Re-signed OL Chris Scott to a one-year contract. Cleveland Browns: Named Kevin O'connell quarterbacks coach. Dallas Cowboys: Signed G Ronald Leary and OT Darrion Weems. Detroit Lions: Named Joe Marciano special teams coordinator. Green Bay Packers: Released TE Bran- don Bostick and WR Kevin Dorsey. Kansas City Chiefs: Released WR Donnie Avery. Waived WR A.J. Jenkins. New York Giants: Re-signed WR Kevin Ogletree. HOCKEY National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres: Reassigned F Justin Kea to Rochester (AHL). Columbus Blue Jackets: Activated F Brian Gibbons from injured reserve and assigned him to Springfield (AHL). Detroit Red Wings: Recalled RW Teemu Pulkkinen from Grand Rapids (AHL). As- signed G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids. New Jersey Devils: Activated F Stephen Gionta off injured reserve. Ottawa Senators: Recalled G Chris Driedger from Evansville (ECHL). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 2 B