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2B – Daily News – Tuesday, February 23, 2010 PRO RODEO By The Associated Press Through Feb. 22 All-around 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $47,017 2. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., $18,364 3. Trell Etbauer, Goodwell, Okla. $12,156 4. Wesley Brunson, Terry, Miss., $7,621 Bareback Riding 1. Kaycee Feild, Payson, Utah $23,611 2. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. $20,200 3. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. $18,552 4. Micky Downare, Hartsel, Colo. $18,408 5. Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D. $17,044 6. Eric Swenson, Denison, Texas $16,971 7. Matt Bright, Azle, Texas $13,827 8. Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas $13,373 9. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. $12,711 10. Scott Montague, Rapid City, S.D. $11,768 11. Wes Stevenson, Lubbock, Texas $11,739 12. Luke Creasy, Brownfield, Alberta $10,618 13. Bud Munns, Snowville, Utah $10,234 14. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. $10,071 15. Caleb Bennett, Santaquin, Utah $9,431 16. Bryan Jones, Elko, Nev. $7,470 17. Jerad Schlegel, Burns, Colo. $7,331 18. Jason Havens, Prineville, Ore. $7,147 19. Bee Jay Scott, Otley, Iowa $6,810 20. Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan. $6,463 Steer Wrestling 1. Clayton Morrison, Cavalier, N.D. $27,575 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. $25,312 3. Olin Hannum, West Haven, Utah $18,080 4. Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis. $17,957 5. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. $14,453 6. Ken Lewis, La Junta, Colo. $11,912 7. Todd Suhn, Hermosa, S.D. $11,742 8. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas $11,650 9. Justin Davis, Bartonville, Texas $11,053 10. Chancey Larson, Manhattan, Kan. $10,371 11. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. $10,276 12. Joey Bell Jr., Athens, Texas $10,239 13. Curtis Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta $ 10,090 14. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. $9,887 15. Cody Cassidy, Donalda, Alberta $9,668 16. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. $ 8,552 17. Glen Clark, Granbury, Texas $8,356 18. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla. $8,305 19. Erik Johnson, Eltopia, Wash. $8,157 20. Billy Bugenig, Ferndale, Calif. $7,742 Team Roping (header) 1. Colby Siddoway, Hooper, Utah $19,555 2. Caleb Mitchell, Pollok, Texas $18,490 3. Tommy Edens, Gatesville, Texas $16,825 4. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. $15,480 5. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. $14,867 6. Keven Daniel, Franklin, Tenn. $13,548 7. Britt Williams, Hammond, Mont. $12,678 8. Cody Graham, Everton, Mo. $11,186 9. Joel Bach, Millsap, Texas $10,185 10. Matt Robertson, Augusta, Mont. $9,735 11. Derrick Begay, Seba Dalkai, Ariz. $8,780 12. JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas $8,738 13. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. $8,667 14. Nick Sartain, Yukon, Okla. $8,435 15. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla. $8,351 16. Steve Purcella, Hereford, Texas $8,193 17. Ross Lowry, Summerville, Ga. $8,048 18. David Key, Stephenville, Texas $7,598 19. Mike Fletcher, Mineola, Texas $7,176 20. B.J. Thompson, Pitkin, La. $6,958 Team Roping (heeler) 1. Matt Zancanella, Aurora, S.D. $19,555 2. Justin Hendrick, Rosenberg, Texas $16,825 3. Justin Copp, Justin, Texas $15,653 4. Travis Graves, Jay, Okla. $15,480 5. Michael Jones, Stephenville, Texas $14,867 6. Bobby Harris, Highmore, S.D. $13,629 7. Brad Culpepper, Ashburn, Ga. $13,548 8. Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont. $12,636 9. Gabe Gwaltney, Carthage, Mo. $11,186 10. Paul Eaves, Millsap, Texas $10,440 11. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. $8,780 12. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. $8,738 13. Kinney Harrell, Marshall, Texas $8,667 14. Kollin VonAhn, Durant, Okla. $8,435 15. Caleb Twisselman, Santa Margarita, Calif. $8,351 16. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo. $8,193 17. Stephen Britnell, Maryville, Tenn. $8,048 18. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas $7,598 19. Tommy Zuniga, Centerville, Texas $7,176 20. Kyle Crick, Lipan, Texas $7,157 Saddle Bronc Riding 1. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. $33,240 2. Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, N.D. $26,346 3. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D. $21,890 4. Ty Atchison, Jackson, Mo. $14,435 5. Cody Martin, Eagle, Colo. $13,705 6. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta $11,969 7. Chuck Schmidt, Keldron, S.D. $11,962 8. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. $11,407 9. Mike Outhier, Utopia, Texas $10,429 10. Jesse Wright, Milford, Utah $10,244 11. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. $10,074 12. Jesse Kruse, Great Falls, Mont. $9,943 13. Tate Owens, Platteville, Colo. $8,457 14. Dustin Flundra, Pincher Creek, Alberta $8,225 15. Taos Muncy, Corona, N.M. $8,060 16. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah $7,829 17. Andrew Counts, Stephenville, Texas $7,156 18. Heith DeMoss, Heflin, La. $6,914 19. Jace Garrett, Alliance, Neb. $6,904 20. Jacobs Crawley, College Station, Texas $6,101 Tie-down Roping 1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $38,225 2. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. $34,043 3. Houston Hutto, Del Rio, Texas $29,533 4. Tuf Cooper, Decatur, Texas $18,944 5. Blake Huckabee, Shreveport, La. $13,439 6. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $11,508 7. Ace Slone, Cuero, Texas $11,246 8. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. $11,191 9. Justin Maass, Giddings, Texas $11,179 10. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla. $11,064 11. Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, N.M. $10,802 12. Randall Carlisle, Lipan, Texas $10,320 13. Ryan Watkins, Dublin, Texas $9,240 14. Skyler Moore, Mt Vernon, Mo. $8,931 15. Clif Cooper, Decatur, Texas $8,916 16. Murray Pole, Erskine, AB $8,468 17. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas $8,297 18. Cade Swor, Crafton, Texas $8,095 19. Adam Gray, Seymour, Texas $7,865 20. Stetson Vest, Childress, Texas $7,703 Steer Roping 1. Vin Fisher Jr., Andrews, Texas $8,073 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas $4,548 3. Walter Priestly, Robstown, Texas $4,398 4. Rod Hartness, Pawhuska, Okla. $3,591 5. Will Gasperson, Decatur, Texas $3,126 6. Bryce Davis, Abilene, Texas $3,060 7. Tony Reina, Wharton, Texas $2,915 8. J.R. Olson, Greeley, Colo. $2,907 9. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla. $2,622 10. Shay Good, Midland, Texas $2,394 11. Paul Patton, Abilene, Texas $2,130 12. Brady Garten, Claremore, Okla. $1,967 13. J. Paul Williams, Burbank, Okla. $1,881 14. Cash Myers, Athens, Texas $1,881 15. Jason Evans, Huntsville, Texas $1,838 16. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas $1,780 17. J.D. Yates, Pueblo, Colo. $1,710 18. Shandon Stalls, McLean, Texas $1,628 19. Kim Ziegelgruber, Edmond, Okla. $1,602 20. Shane Suggs, Granbury, Texas $1,511 Bull Riding 1. Wesley Silcox, Santaquin, Utah $41,519 2. Marcus Michaelis, Caldwell, Idaho $34,226 3. Corey Navarre, Weatherford, Okla. $33,913 4. Clint Craig, Mena, Ark. $29,492 5. Ardie Maier, Timber Lake, S.D. $27,826 6. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. $23,295 7. Tyler Smith, Fruita, Colo. $19,427 8. Beau Schroeder, China, Texas $19,001 9. Chad Denton, Berry Creek, Calif. $18,374 10. Clayton Williams, Carthage, Texas $17,217 11. Jason Beck, Prairieville, La. $15,904 12. Tyler Johnston, Bridger, Mont. $15,592 13. Dave Samsel, Stephenville, Texas $14,836 14. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. $14,534 15. Dylan Werner, Bushnell, Fla. $14,437 16. Souli Shanklin, Rocksprings, Texas $13,595 17. Cody Whitney, Asher, Okla. $13,492 18. Friday Wright II, Moss Point, Miss. $11,833 19. D.J. Domangue, Odessa, Texas $11,731 20. Howdy Cloud, Kountze, Texas $10,801 Barrel racing 1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas $32,471 2. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla. $23,502 3. Annesa Self , Valley View, Texas $20,029 4. Layna Kight, Wills Point, Texas $18,738 5. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, Alberta $18,016 6. Danyelle Campbell, Beaumont, Calif. $16,329 7. Jean Winters, Texline, Texas $15,430 8. Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. $15,249 9. Lacy Wilson, Artesia, N.M. $15,170 10. Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas $14,521 11. Sydni Blanchard, Albuquerque, N.M. $12,134 12. Jessi Eagleberger, Stringtown, Okla. $11,832 13. Sabrina Ketcham, Yeso, N.M. $11,278 14. Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas $10,904 15. Haley Thorne, Midlothian, Texas $9,933 16. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla. $9,872 17. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz. $9,832 18. Molly Powell, Stephenville, Texas $9,425 19. Janna Beam, Hallsville, Texas $9,348 20. Benette Barrington, Lubbock, Texas $8,803 NBA By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 35 19 .648 — Toronto 31 24 .5644 1/2 Philadelphia 21 34 .38214 1/2 New York 19 36 .34516 1/2 New Jersey 5 51 .089 31 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 38 19 .667 — Atlanta 34 20 .6302 1/2 Miami 29 28 .509 9 Charlotte 27 27 .5009 1/2 Washington 20 34 .37016 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 43 14 .754 — Chicago 29 27 .51813 1/2 Milwaukee 27 28 .491 15 Detroit 20 35 .364 22 Indiana 19 36 .345 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 35 21 .625 — San Antonio 31 23 .574 3 New Orleans30 26 .536 5 Houston 28 27 .5096 1/2 Memphis 28 27 .5096 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 37 19 .661 — Utah 36 19 .655 1/2 Oklahoma City 33 21 .611 3 Portland 32 26 .552 6 Minnesota 13 44 .22824 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 42 14 .750 — Phoenix 34 23 .5968 1/2 L.A. Clippers 22 33 .40019 1/2 Sacramento 18 38 .321 24 Golden State16 39 .29125 1/2 ——— Sunday's Games Orlando 101, Cleveland 95 Denver 114, Boston 105 Detroit 109, San Antonio 101, OT Memphis 104, New Jersey 94 Oklahoma City 109, Minnesota 107 New Orleans 102, Houston 94 Golden State 108, Atlanta 104 Phoenix 104, Sacramento 88 Utah 93, Portland 89, OT Monday's Games Washington 101, Chicago 95 Milwaukee 83, New York 67 Indiana at Dallas, late Atlanta at Utah, late Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday's Games New Orleans at Cleveland, 4 p.m. New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Portland at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Detroit at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. OLYMPICS By The Associated Press At Vancouver, Canada Monday, Feb. 22 3 of 4 medal events 53 of 90 total medal events Nation G S B Tot United States 7 7 10 24 Germany 7 9 5 21 Norway 6 3 5 14 Russia 2 3 5 10 Canada 4 4 1 9 South Korea 4 4 1 9 Austria 3 3 3 9 France 2 2 4 8 Switzerland 5 0 2 7 Sweden 3 2 2 7 China 3 1 1 5 Netherlands 3 1 1 5 Poland 0 3 1 4 Italy 0 1 3 4 Slovakia 1 1 1 3 Czech Rep. 1 0 2 3 Japan 0 1 2 3 Australia 1 1 0 2 Latvia 0 2 0 2 Belarus 0 1 1 2 Croatia 0 1 1 2 Slovenia 0 1 1 2 Britain 1 0 0 1 Estonia 0 1 0 1 Finland 0 1 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1 MOVES By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Johnny Damon on a one-year contract. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Named Jahaan Blake director of fan experiences and Kevin Saghy public relations and marketing specialist. CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with OF Jonny Gomes on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Edinson Volquez on 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Signed G Antonio Anderson to a 10-day contract. Waived F Matt Harpring. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Named Donnie Henderson defensive backs coach. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Declared NT Vince Wilfork their franchise player. NEW YORK GIANTS—Named Kevin Gilbride, Jr. offensive quality control coach. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Released RB LaDainian Tomlinson. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Signed MF Niouky Desire. Scoreboard Scoreboard Ligety wants gold in GS WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Ted Ligety has slowly eased into the Olympics. After having his opening race postponed and waiting nearly a week to start competing, the Amer- ican opened with a 19th-place fin- ish in Friday's super-G. On Sunday he finished fifth in the super-com- bined, posting the fastest run in the slalom leg. Now Ligety's goal is gold in Tuesday's giant slalom — and he enters as perhaps the favorite. ''I'm pretty confident about the GS,'' said Ligety, who won the combined at the 2006 Turin Games. ''I like this warm weather for the giant slalom, too. All of my GS wins have been in really warm, slushier conditions. I feel like that's kind of my specialty — hopefully I can perform well.'' Ligety's only victory this season came in a giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, in the final week- end of racing before the Vancouver Games. The Park City, Utah, resi- dent leads the World Cup GS stand- ings, although four other skiers still have a mathematical chance of catching him in the final race of the season — Max Blardone of Italy, Marcel Hirscher and Benjamin Raich of Austria and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. Noticeably missing from that list is Ligety's teammate Bode Miller. Having won bronze, silver and gold in his opening three events, Miller will attempt to become the first man to win four Alpine medals at one Olympics. Miller has only entered two giant slalom races this season and did not automatically qualify for an Olympic starting spot — gaining a coaches' selection instead. He failed to finish his first run in Beaver Creek, Colo., in early December, then finished 33rd in the opening leg in Alta Badia, Italy, in late December — outside the top 30 that qualifies for the second run. Miller was slated to ski another giant slalom in Val d'Isere, France, in mid-December, but he sat out the race after injuring his right ankle during a team volleyball game. The ankle still hasn't healed completely. ''GS is really one of the hardest events on it,'' Miller said. ''It's so demanding, so physical. ''I think GS is the most demand- ing event physically because you have to recover in between runs and you got to be willing to battle through the ruts and ski at a super- high level on the second run. ... I'll go out there and give it a try.'' Miller won the season-long World Cup giant slalom title back in 2003-04. He also won silver in giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, then took gold the next season at the world championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Hirscher could be the top chal- lenger for Ligety and Miller. One of Miller's favorite racers because he is a risk-taker like the American, Hirscher is the only skier to win two giant slaloms this season — the only two victories of his young career. Raich is the defending champion in GS, and Austria was supposed to have a third threat in Hannes Reichelt, but Reichelt injured his right elbow in a training fall last week and will not race. Austria is still seeking its first men's Alpine medal at these games, after taking eight in Turin. Swiss veteran Didier Cuche won the season's opening GS in Soelden, Austria, and will have one last shot at a medal after failing to meet expectations in downhill and super-G. Cuche finished second behind Reichelt in the Olympic test GS in Whistler two years ago. Raich was third and Ligety fourth. Kings forward Nocioni pleads no contest to DUI SACRAMENTO (AP) — Sacramento Kings for- ward Andres Nocioni has pleaded no contest to drunk- en driving and will serve two days of community ser- vice. Attorney William Portanova entered the misde- meanor plea Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court on behalf of Nocioni, who was not present. Nocioni was arrested about 2 a.m. Nov. 5 when a police officer noticed his car weaving in downtown Sacramento, hours after the Kings had lost a home game to the Atlanta Hawks. Portanova says his client wants to ''take his medi- cine and move on.'' As part of his sentence, Nocioni will serve two days in a work program operated by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. He also must complete a three- month alcohol class, pay a $480 fine and court penal- ties and serve three years' probation. MCT photo Ted Ligety skis down the hill during the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere Colle, Italy. It's the US owning the podium at Vancouver VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Losing a hockey game to the United States was embarrassing enough. Now Canada is raising the white flag — giving up on its brash goal of winning the most medals at the Van- couver Games. The U.S. remains on course for a historic medal haul, with a chance to take home the most hardware at the Win- ter Games for the first time in almost 80 years. But Canada's Own the Podium program is in tatters. And a surprising, demoralizing loss to a young American team in ice hockey — a sport Canada invented — is only making the pain deeper. ''Woe Canada: U.S. sticks stake in our hearts,'' read the headline in Monday's Vancouver Sun. ''It was very disappointing,'' said George Assaf, a Van- couver firefighter who was wearing a Canada hockey jer- sey as he took photos of the Olympic cauldron Monday. ''The Canadians didn't play up to their standards. But I'm still hopeful we'll pull it out in the end.'' With one medal event left on the 10th day of competi- tion Monday, the U.S. led the overall medal count with 24 — three more than Germany. The U.S. and Germany were tied for the most golds, seven each. Canada had just four golds and nine medals overall, a disappointment for a country that spent $117 million over five years to give extra support to contending athletes and dominate the medals stand. On Monday, they conceded defeat. ''We'd be living in a fool's paradise if we said we're going to catch the Americans and win,'' said Chris Rudge, chief executive of the Canadian Olympic Committee. The USOC has been careful not to make medal fore- casts, boast about the success so far or take pleasure from Canada's failed attempt at medal supremacy. The United States hasn't topped the medals table — gold or overall — at a Winter Olympics since the 1932 Games in Lake Placid. The Americans could also chal- lenge their record of 34 total medals from the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. ''Certainly it would be a bonus, but we're not focused on that outcome,'' said Mike English, the U.S. Olympic Committee's director of sports performance. ''We're focused on the athletes' performance, not medals.'' The United States had a good chance of picking up another medal later Monday, with ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White in second place heading into the free dance. The Americans are assured of at least a silver medal in women's hockey after beating Sweden 9-1 in a semifinal game. The U.S. will face either Canada or Finland in Thursday's final. And the U.S. also has good medal prospects in the coming days in Nordic combined skiing, short-track speedskating, freestyle aerials and Alpine skiing. Alpine has given the U.S. eight medals, including three for Bode Miller and two from Lindsey Vonn. Ted Ligety will be a threat in the men's giant slalom, with Julia Man- cuso the defending champion in the women's. Even the U.S. men's hockey team now has legitimate medal hopes after Sunday's unexpected 5-3 win over the star-studded Canadians — the biggest win for the Ameri- can team since the 1980 Miracle on Ice upset of the Sovi- et Union. Asian skaters front-runners for Olympic gold VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Asian women dominated the last three women's world champi- onships. Now comes the really big show. South Korea's Kim Yu-na of South Korea, and Japan's Mao Asada and Miki Ando enter Tuesday night's short program at the Vancouver Olympics carrying the great expecta- tions of their nations on their fragile shoulders. Nothing less than gold will do. Current world champion Kim is favored. Her chief rival is Asada, the 2008 world champ and the rare female who can land a triple axel. Ando, the 2007 world winner, has had a strong season and Olympic experience. Kim is coached by Brian Orser, the two-time Olympic silver-medalist, who says his pupil ''knows there's pressure and it's understandable. She knows she has a huge fan base in South Korea and a growing one around the world. They adore her and want her to do well. She's been able to sort of acknowledge that. ''She loves skating and competing and she's doing it for the right rea- sons.'' Kim's motivations might be differ- ent from the interests back home, though. To some Koreans, the gold is a foregone conclusion, a dangerous approach considering the last Olympic favorite to win the women's title was Oksana Baiul in 1994. Kim is the most overwhelming choice for gold since Katarina Witt in 1988. But Orser doesn't seem concerned about outside expectations, and he's pleased with Kim's practices. ''Having confidence in what you do on the ice and being able to do your best, there's a comfort in that,'' he said. Asada was a disappointing fourth at last year's worlds and didn't even make the Grand Prix final, which Kim won over Ando. But Asada rebounded to win her fourth Japanese title, then beat Olympic teammate Akiko Suzuki to win Four Continents last month. When Asada is on, she's an elegant skater, and the triple axel that virtually no other women attempt could be decisive. Not surprisingly, that jump is the first thing Asada is asked about — always.