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2B – Daily News – Wednesday, February 17, 2010 OLYMPICS Medals Table Nation G S B Tot Germany 3 4 2 9 USA 2 2 4 8 France 2 1 4 7 Canada 2 2 1 5 Switzerland 3 0 1 4 South Korea 2 1 0 3 Norway 0 2 1 3 China 1 1 1 3 Austria 0 2 1 3 Italy 0 1 2 3 Sweden 2 0 0 2 Japan 0 1 1 2 Slovakia 1 1 0 2 Czech Republic 1 0 1 2 Japan 0 1 1 2 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 Australia 0 1 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Poland 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 1 1 Russia 0 0 1 1 MLB 2010 Spring Training Dates (Subject to change) American League Team Pitchers-CatchersFullSquad Baltimore Orioles Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Boston Red Sox Feb. 20 Feb. 24 Chicago White Sox Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Cleveland Indians Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Detroit Tigers Feb. 19 Feb. 23 Kansas City Royals Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Los Angeles Angels Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Minnesota Twins Feb. 22 Feb. 27 New York YankeesFeb.18 Feb. 24 Oakland Athletics Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Seattle Mariners Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Tampa Bay Rays Feb. 19 Feb. 24 Texas Rangers Feb. 19 Feb. 24 Toronto Blue Jays Feb. 22 Feb. 26 National League Team Pitchers-CatchersFullSquad Arizona D'backs Feb. 20 Feb. 24 Atlanta Braves Feb. 20 Feb. 23 Chicago Cubs Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Cincinnati Reds Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Colorado Rockies Feb. 18 Feb. 26 Florida Marlins Feb. 20 Feb.24 Houston Astros Feb. 20 Feb. 24 Los Angeles Dodgers Feb. 21 Feb. 26 Milwaukee Brewers Feb. 22 Feb. 27 New York Mets Feb. 20 Feb. 25 Philadelphia Phillies Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Pittsburgh Pirates Feb. 18 Feb. 23 St. Louis Cardinals Feb. 18 Feb. 23 San Diego Padres Feb. 19 Feb. 25 San Francisco GiantsFeb. 18 Feb. 23 Washington Nationals Feb. 21 Feb. 26 NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 41 13 .759 — Phoenix 32 22 .593 9 Clippers 21 32 .396 19.5 KINGS 18 34 .346 22 WARRIORS 14 37 .275 25.5 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 32 21 .604 — San Antonio 30 21 .588 1 New Orleans 28 25 .528 4 Houston 27 25 .519 4.5 Memphis 26 26 .500 5.5 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 35 18 .660 — Utah 33 19 .635 1.5 Okla. City 31 21 .596 3.5 Portland 32 24 .571 4.5 Minnesota 13 41 .241 22.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 32 18 .640 — Toronto 29 23 .558 4 Philadelphia 20 33 .377 13.5 New York 19 33 .365 14 New Jersey 5 48 .094 28.5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 36 18 .667 — Atlanta 33 18 .647 1.5 Miami 27 27 .500 9 Charlotte 26 26 .500 9 Washington 17 33 .340 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 43 11 .796 — Chicago 26 26 .500 16 Milwaukee 24 27 .471 17.5 Detroit 19 33 .365 23 Indiana 18 34 .346 24 ——— Tuesday's results Boston at Sacramento, late Golden State at L.A. Lakers, late Chicago 118, New York 85 Detroit 108, Minnesota 85 Miami 105, Philadelphia 78 New Jersey 103, Charlotte 94 Oklahoma City 99, Dallas 86 Phoenix 109, Memphis 95 Portland 109, L.A. Clippers 87 Utah 104, Houston 95 Today's games Sacramento at Golden St., 7:30 p.m., CSNBA Detroit at Orlando, 4 p.m. Memphis at Toronto, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Indiana, 4 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Miami at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m., ESPN Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Tuesday's Top 25 results No. 2 Kentucky 81, Mississippi State 75, OT No. 11 Michigan State 72, Indiana 58 No. 22 Baylor 88, Texas Tech 70 Virginia Tech 87, No. 23 Wake Forest 83 Today's Top 25 games No. 4 Purdue at No. 9 Ohio State, 3:30 p.m. No. 6 Duke at Miami, 4 p.m., ESPN No. 7 Kansas State vs. Nebraska, 4 p.m. No. 8 West Virginia at Providence, 4 p.m. No. 12 New Mexico vs. Wyoming, 6 p.m. No. 15 Texas at Missouri, 6 p.m., ESPN2 No. 16 BYU at Colorado State, 5 p.m. No. 18 Butler vs. Illinois-Chicago, 4 p.m. No. 20 Tennessee vs. Georgia, 5 p.m. No. 21 Temple at St. Bonaventure, 4 p.m. No. 25 Richmond vs. Fordham, 4 p.m. Today's other televised games Notre Dame at Louisville, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Louisiana Tech at Utah State, 5 p.m., ESPN2 The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 14, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (62) 24-1 1,622 1 2. Kentucky (3) 24-1 1,557 3 3. Villanova 22-2 1,482 4 4. Purdue 21-3 1,403 6 5. Syracuse 24-2 1,389 2 6. Duke 21-4 1,278 8 7. Kansas St. 20-4 1,239 9 8. West Virginia 19-5 1,101 5 9. Ohio St. 20-6 1,068 13 10. Georgetown 18-6 966 7 11. Michigan St. 20-6 906 10 12. New Mexico 23-3 888 15 13. Gonzaga 21-4 830 16 14. Wisconsin 19-6 697 11 15. Texas 20-5 674 14 16. BYU 23-3 669 17 17. Vanderbilt 19-5 529 22 18. Butler 23-4 527 18 19. Pittsburgh 19-6 398 25 20. Tennessee 18-6 381 12 21. Temple 20-5 347 21 22. Baylor 19-5 316 24 23. Wake Forest 18-5 286 — 24. Texas A&M 18-6 231 — 25. Richmond 20-6 101 — Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 115, Cor- nell 114, Wake Forest 109, Maryland 69, Charlotte 48, UTEP 33, Mississippi 30, Rhode Island 30, Saint Mary's, Calif. 18, Siena 18, Illinois 16, Florida St. 15, Virginia Tech 11, Marquette 10, UAB 7, Richmond 5, Wichita St. 5, Missouri 3, South Florida 2. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 40 13 9 89 204 153 Phoenix 37 21 5 79 167 158 Kings 37 20 4 78 185 166 Dallas 28 21 12 68 175 186 Ducks 30 25 7 67 177 189 Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 41 15 5 87 199 146 Nashville 33 23 5 71 170 173 Detroit 28 21 12 68 159 164 St. Louis 28 25 9 65 163 172 Columbus 25 28 10 60 166 203 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 37 22 2 76 194 152 Colorado 35 20 6 76 178 158 Calgary 30 23 9 69 156 156 Minnesota 30 27 4 64 171 178 Edmonton 19 36 6 44 153 211 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 37 21 3 77 162 144 Pittsburgh 36 22 4 76 195 179 Philadelphia 32 25 3 67 179 160 N.Y. Rangers 28 27 7 63 161 169 N.Y. Islanders25 29 8 58 159 194 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Ottawa 36 23 4 76 178 179 Buffalo 33 18 9 75 166 152 Boston 27 22 11 65 149 154 Montreal 29 28 6 64 164 176 Toronto 19 31 11 49 162 208 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 41 13 8 90 247 177 Tampa Bay 26 24 11 63 160 182 Atlanta 26 24 10 62 182 194 Florida 24 27 10 58 155 177 Carolina 24 30 7 55 168 194 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. OLYMPIC BREAK GOLF FedExCup Leaders Name Pts Money 1. Dustin Johnson 771 $1,682,450 2. Steve Stricker 758 $1,686,000 3. Bill Haas 532 $923,850 4. Ryan Palmer 527 $1,018,842 5. Ben Crane 517 $965,660 6. Geoff Ogilvy 500 $1,120,000 7. J.B. Holmes 449 $953,635 8. Matt Kuchar 446 $866,076 9. Robert Allenby 410 $766,640 10. Luke Donald 374 $797,521 11. Brandt Snedeker 369 $639,476 12. Tim Clark 349 $582,426 13. Rory Sabbatini 331 $679,940 14. Alex Prugh 313 $585,246 15. Marc Leishman 311 $559,953 16. David Duval 246 $557,440 Upcoming schedule Feb. 17-21 — WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Marana, Ariz. Feb. 18-21 — Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Feb. 25-28 — Waste Management Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Ariz. March 4-7 — Honda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1. Jamie McMurray 190 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 175 3. Greg Biffle 170 4. Clint Bowyer 165 5. Kevin Harvick 156 6. David Reutimann 155 6. Martin Truex Jr. 155 8. Matt Kenseth 142 9. Juan Pablo Montoya 139 10. Carl Edwards 138 11. Mark Martin 132 12. Jeff Burton 130 13. Kyle Busch 126 14. Paul Menard 124 15. David Ragan 120 16. Brian Vickers 118 17. Denny Hamlin 117 18. Scott Speed 111 19. Michael Waltrip 109 20. Joey Logano 108 21. Bobby Labonte 100 22. Kurt Busch 99 23. Tony Stewart 97 24. Elliott Sadler 96 25. Boris Said 93 26. Jeff Gordon 90 27. Robby Gordon 84 28. Bill Elliott 82 29. Travis Kvapil 81 30. Kasey Kahne 78 31. AJ Allmendinger 72 32. Robert Richardson Jr. 70 33. Michael McDowell 64 34. Ryan Newman 61 35. Jimmie Johnson 58 36. Brad Keselowski 55 37. Sam Hornish Jr. 52 38. John Andretti 49 39. Regan Smith 46 40. Max Papis 43 41. Marcos Ambrose 40 42. Mike Bliss 37 43. Joe Nemechek 34 Upcoming schedule Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500, Fontana Feb. 28 — Shelby American, Las Vegas March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, Ga. March 21 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. Nationwide Points Leaders 1. Tony Stewart 195 2. Carl Edwards 175 3. Kevin Harvick 170 4. Justin Allgaier 160 5. Brian Vickers 155 6. Paul Menard 150 7. Joey Logano 146 8. James Buescher 142 9. Steve Wallace 139 10. Kasey Kahne 138 Upcoming schedule Feb. 20 — Stater Bros. 300, Fontana Feb. 27 — Sam's Town 300, Las Vegas March 20 — Scotts Turf Builder 300, Bristol, Tenn. Truck Points Leaders 1. Timothy Peters 190 2. Todd Bodine 180 3. Dennis Setzer 170 4. Jason White 165 5. Matt Crafton 155 Upcoming schedule March 6 — Atlanta 200, Hampton, Ga. March 27 — Kroger 250, Ridgeway, Va. DEALS National Basketball Association PORTLAND—Traded G Steve Blake, F Travis Outlaw and cash to the L.A. Clippers for F-C Marcus Camby. National Hockey League COLUMBUS—Assigned D Mathieu Roy to Syracuse (AHL). LOS ANGELES—Assigned F Richard Clune to Manchester (AHL). N.Y. RANGERS—Recalled G Steve Vali- quette from Hartford (AHL). Assigned G Matt Zaba to Hartford. TAMPA BAY—Reassigned RW Brandon Bochenski to Norfolk (AHL). Major League Baseball American League DETROIT—Agreed to terms with RHP Eddie Bonine, C Alex Avila, INF Brent Dlugach, OF Brennan Boesch and OF Wilkin Ramirez on one-year contracts. NEW YORK—Agreed to terms with RHP Dustin Moseley on a minor league contract. National League WASHINGTON—Designated LHP Doug Slaten for assignment. National Football League OAKLAND—Agreed to terms with PK Sebastian Janikowski on a four-year contract. ATLANTA—Promoted quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave to assistant head coach. BUFFALO—Released TE Derek Fine, WR Justin Jenkins, DB John Wendling, LB Ashlee Palmer, DE Jermaine McGhee, DE Marcus Smith and C Marvin Phillip. Named Stan Kwan special teams assistant coach. PITTSBURGH—Named Scottie Mont- gomery wide receivers coach. WASHINGTON—Promoted Larry Hess to head trainer. Named Paul Kelly assistant to the head coach/football administration. United Football League UFL—Announced the New York Sentinels will relocate to Hartford, Conn. Scoreboard Scoreboard A glitch for every gold VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — From fire to ice, nothing seems to be going right at the Olympics. The torch malfunctioned. Warm weather turned the slopes and the event schedule to slop. A Zamboni had to ride to the rescue from Calgary follow- ing a meltdown at the speedskating rink. By Tuesday, the Glitch Games were in full swing: 20,000 standing-room tickets for the snowboarding venue were voided because fans had fallen between the bales of hay under the melting layers of trucked-in snow. Want to take a picture of the Olympic cauldron? Make sure that camera is pressed up against the chain- link fence — provided there's room to squeeze in and a Vancouver 2010 ban- ner isn't in the way. Organizers expect to unveil a plan Wednesday to address the rising public outcry and bring people closer to the flame, the most distinguished and enduring symbol of any Olympics. ''Perhaps,'' conceded Renee Smith- Valade, a spokeswoman for the orga- nizing committee, ''we did underesti- mate the degree to which people would want to get close to it.'' Perhaps. At a press conference, a Canadian TV reporter asked organizers why the flame was hidden behind ''a ratty-looking prison-camp fence.'' And the Globe and Mail newspaper chose to allude to another Olympic city — Berlin. Addressing the head of the Vancou- ver Games, the paper cried: ''Mr. Fur- long, tear down this fence!'' Of course, no scheduling or logis- tics issue — or sporting event, for that matter — seems significant in light of the death of a Georgian luger on the first day of the Olympics. And, to be fair, there have been bright spots. Moguls skier Alexandre Bilodeau gave Canada its first gold medal in three home Olympics. NHL superstar Sidney Crosby has the Cana- dian men's hockey team looking for gold. NBC ratings have been strong. But aside from that, it's been one problem after another for a games gov- erned not so much by the Olympic creed as by Murphy's Law. Shades of Atlanta. The canceled tickets at Cypress Mountain — 28,000 in all — mean about $1.5 million in lost revenue for the games, and disappointment for people who spent $50 to $65 to see events like the halfpipe and snow- boardcross. They'll get refunds, although any- one who bought secondhand may be out of luck. Fans whose tickets were still good, and who went up the moun- tain Tuesday to see events, were treat- ed to blinding snow. Athletes weren't spared, either. Timing foulups marred both biathlon events Tuesday. A Swedish woman was held up at her start gate for 14 sec- onds, and two of the men went off too early. Officials later corrected for the errors. ''It is embarrassing,'' said Norbert Baier, the International Biathlon Union's technical delegate. ''Why do we have this incompetence?'' The competition schedule, mean- while, looks like it's been run over by a bobsled. On Tuesday alone, the men's super- combined, up in the mountains at Whistler, was postponed because of an overnight snowstorm. The snowboard- cross finals were rescheduled. Women's downhill training was can- celed. This after downhill training was postponed repeatedly earlier in the Olympics because of wet weather that messed with the snow. It's been so mild that locals have jokingly called it the Vancouver Summer Olympics. ''It's getting ridiculous, for sure, how much changing of the schedule and shuffling around has been happen- ing,'' said Thomas Vonn, husband and coach of Lindsey Vonn, a multimedal favorite. Then again, each day of canceled training gives Vonn's badly bruised right shin more time to heal. For every- one else, the delays are a mounting annoyance. ''On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 the worst, this is a 10. That's for sure,'' said Patrick Riml, head coach of Canada's women's Alpine team. ''Wouldn't mind racing already,'' American Alpine skier Ted Ligety tweeted. Indoors, there are the ice escapades. At the Richmond Oval, the speedskat- ing venue, the resurfacing machine went on the blink Monday. Instead of a track as smooth as glass, it left piles of slush and pools of water. So the Olympics, which has a spon- sorship deal with Olympia ice resurfac- ers, had to call in a replacement — a Zamboni from a whole province over in Calgary, specifically designed for the size of a speedskating oval. Vancouver organizers say they're responding as best they can to prob- lems mostly out of their control. ''It's a little like losing your lug- gage,'' Smith-Valade said at a press conference where she was bombarded by questions about all that's gone wrong. ''It's not whether the luggage gets lost — it's how you deal with it.'' All this started on Friday night, at the opening ceremony, where the tradi- tional climax, the lighting of the Olympic flame, was a bust because of a hydraulic failure. One of the four legs of the indoor cauldron failed to rise out of its trap door in the floor, leaving the structure weirdly unbalanced and one of the final four torchbearers standing around awkwardly with nothing to do. It's been enough to draw compar- isons to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the gold standard of glitchy games. The press in Britain — which gets the next Olympics, in London — has ques- tioned whether these are the worst games ever. The International Olympic Com- mittee insists it has no second thoughts. ''If we had the decision again, we would take the same decision,'' IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. ''It would come to Vancouver.'' letdown. During the 2006 Turin Games, the Ameri- cans began with a 3-3 tie against Latvia and never challenged for a medal. Ryan Miller, considered the key to the U.S. chances to reach the podium, was solid in making 14 saves. He turned aside the handful of scoring opportunities the Swiss created and com- plied with rules barring corporate sponsorships by placing tape over the words "Miller Time" painted on his mask. His only blemish came with 10:15 remaining when a pass attempt by Roman Wick struck the goalie's outstretched stick and tan- talizingly trickled behind him for a power-play goal. With only goalie Jonas Hiller and defenseman Mark Streit as regular NHL players, Switzerland put up some early resistance but couldn't sustain it. Hiller stopped 21 shots, facing only two in the third peri- od. In the appetizer before host Canada faced Norway, the Americans looked crisp and coasted to victory after a fast-paced start. Outside of a few missed connec- tions on some passes, there was no clear evidence the Americans had only one practice before play began. Many fans were decked out in red Canada jerseys, but there was plenty of sup- port for the U.S. and Swiss teams. The biggest cheers were reserved for Ameri- can forward Ryan Kesler of the hometown Vancouver Canucks, and Mike Eruzione, who captained the U.S. to Miracle on Ice glory in 1980. Just when it seemed Switzerland might get even at 1, Miller fought off a bouncing puck between his pads and got a rush started the other way. Backes streaked down the left side, cut inside of defenseman Yannick Weber, and used a backhand-to-forehand shift to beat Hiller at 5:52 of the second. The Americans needed only 2:08 more to make it 3-0 as Malone found a rebound of Ryan Suter's shot and slipped it between Hiller's pads for a power- play goal. Ryan helped set up his goal by digging the puck free during a scrum along the left-wing boards. He then darted to the middle of the ice and was in position when a loose puck bounced to him for a rising drive that eluded Hiller's glove with 1:01 left in the first. Ryan, best known for being the player chosen No. 2 behind Sidney Cros- by in the 2005 NHL draft, shook off the effects of a hit from behind by Streit in the deep right corner of the Swiss zone earlier in the first. Ryan was still mutter- ing about the crunching blow after taking a seat on the bench. The physical nature was evident early in the opener of a tournament being held on an NHL-sized rink as opposed to the wider sur- faces traditionally used in the Olympics. Both teams traded hits that pleased the crowd used to watching Vancouver Canucks home games in this arena. The U.S. wasn't penal- ized until Joe Pavelski was sent off for hooking at 4:49 of the third. A roughing call against Suter set up Wick's goal. (Continued from page 1B) US VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lindsey Jacobellis had to do it. Fly- ing through the air toward the finish line, she reached down and grabbed her snowboard, a stunt similar to the showoff move that cost her a gold medal four years ago. This time, it was all she could do to salvage some- thing following another Olympic flub. Jacobellis wobbled after landing a jump early in a snowboardcross semifinal, couldn't regain control and clipped a gate, ending her medal chances. She threw up her arms helplessly, then dropped her hands onto her helmet in anguish. Once she regained control of her emotions, she charged down the run and finished with a flourish. In Turin, she got a silver medal as a consolation prize. This time, it'll only be a picture of her two-handed ''truck driver grab.'' ''I mean, it's a bummer,'' Jacobellis said. ''But ... I was like, 'Still can have some fun in some way.''' The United States ended up getting shut out of medals Tuesday, falling into second place in the overall chase, stuck at eight while Germany reached nine. There was some good news for the red, white and blue: the men's hockey team won its opener, the women's hockey team dominated again and there's a lot to look forward to Wednesday, when headliners Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, Shani Davis and Apolo Anton Ohno all will be in action. Vonn's shin still hurts, but she got another day off Tuesday as a heavy snowfall closed the course, forcing the men's super-combined event to be pushed back to Sunday. Canadians were excited Tuesday because their two favorite sports cranked up: hockey and curling. Excitement filled the arena when Sidney Crosby and the boys took the ice, but things turned tense when Canada and Norway played to a scoreless tie after one period. Jarome Iginla got the scoring started early in the second, and it was like a dam bursting. Iginla and Dany Heatley scored twice, and Crosby had three assists on the way to an 8-0 victory over a club lacking a single NHL player. Canada's love of hockey is well known. And curling, too, is beloved. Yep. The atmosphere in the 5,000-seat arena was reminiscent of a Duke- North Carolina basketball game. There were even scalpers. (Seriously.) ''It's just so much fun to be a part of,'' Canada's skip Kevin Martin said, follow- ing a 7-6 victory sealed on the final throw. Yet it wasn't a great day for Vancouver organizers. They had to deal with lots more weather issues, timing blunders in biathlon, a spig- ot going off and spraying water onto the luge track just before the eventual bronze medalist went down and the realization they goofed by putting up a chain-link fence to keep everyone away from the outdoor cauldron. WOMEN'S HOCKEY Jenny Potter came to Vancouver with five goals over three previous trips to the Olympics. After just two games in Vancouver, she's already scored six times. She's aver- aging a hat trick, although that probably is more of a reflection on the competi- tion. Her latest three-goal- game came in a 13-0 rout of Russia, clinching a spot in next week's playoffs. The Americans took just two shots in the final period to avoid making this any more humiliating. Another Olympic flub by Jacobellis; Canada opens hockey play