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2B – Daily News – Tuesday, March 16, 2010 MLB Spring Training Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Tampa Bay 9 3 .750 Boston 8 4 .667 Cleveland 5 3 .625 Kansas City 5 4 .556 Toronto 6 5 .545 Detroit 7 6 .538 A's 6 6 .500 Minnesota 5 6 .455 New York 5 7 .417 Seattle 5 7 .417 Chicago 4 6 .400 Texas 4 6 .400 Baltimore 4 8 .333 Angels 2 8 .200 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct GIANTS 9 4 .692 Florida 8 4 .667 Arizona 8 5 .615 Chicago 8 5 .615 Philadelphia 6 4 .600 Atlanta 7 5 .583 Milwaukee 8 6 .571 New York 8 6 .571 Cincinnati 5 4 .556 Colorado 8 7 .533 Houston 5 5 .500 St. Louis 5 6 .455 Dodgers 4 5 .444 Pittsburgh 4 8 .333 Padres 3 8 .273 Washington 0 10 .000 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the stand- ings; games against non-major league teams do not. ——— Monday's results Arizona 13, Seattle 5 Baltimore 8, Boston 4 Cincinnati 13, Oakland 5 Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Detroit 10, Toronto 7 Florida 5, Minnesota 4 L.A. Dodgers 4, L.A. Angels 0 Milwaukee 5, Cleveland 4 N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 5, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta vs Washington, late San Francisco (ss) vs Texas, late San Francisco (ss) vs San Diego, late Kansas City vs Chicago White Sox, late Today's Grapefruit League games Balitmore vs Minnesota, 10:05 a.m. Boston (ss) vs Houton (ss), 10:05 a.m. Boston (ss) vs Tampa Bay, 4:05 p.m. Detroit vs Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. Florida (ss) vs Atlanta, 10:05 a.m. Flordia (ss) vs Washington (ss), 10:05 a.m. Houston (ss) vs N.Y.Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Washington (ss) vs St. Louis, 10:05 a.m. Today's Cactus League games San Francisco vs Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Colorado vs Chicago White Sox, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Kansas City, 1:05 p.m. Texas vs Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 48 18 .727 — Phoenix 41 26 .612 7.5 Clippers 25 42 .373 23.5 KINGS 23 44 .343 25.5 WARRIORS 18 47 .277 29.5 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 45 22 .672 — San Antonio 39 25 .609 4.5 Houston 34 31 .523 10 Memphis 35 32 .522 10 New Orleans 32 35 .478 13 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 45 22 .672 — Utah 43 24 .642 2 Okla. City 41 24 .631 3 Portland 41 28 .594 5 Minnesota 14 53 .209 31 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 42 24 .636 — Toronto 32 33 .492 9.5 New York 24 43 .358 18.5 Philadelphia 23 44 .343 19.5 New Jersey 7 59 .106 35 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 47 21 .691 — Atlanta 42 23 .646 3.5 Charlotte 34 31 .523 11.5 Miami 35 32 .522 11.5 Washington 21 44 .323 24.5 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 52 15 .776 — Milwaukee 36 29 .554 15 Chicago 31 34 .477 20 Detroit 23 44 .343 29 Indiana 21 45 .318 30.5 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Monday's results L.A. Lakers at Golden State, late Boston 119, Detroit 93 Houston 125, Denver 123 New York 94, Philadelphia 84 Utah 112, Washington 89 New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday's Games L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 7 p.m., CSNCA Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. Atlanta at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Memphis, 5 p.m. Washington at Denver, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. NCAA The Final Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' final 2009-10 college basketball poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through March 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 (65) 32-2 1,625 1 2. Kentucky 32-2 1,559 2 3. Duke 29-5 1,427 4 4. Syracuse 28-4 1,412 3 5. Ohio St. 27-7 1,377 5 6. West Virginia 27-6 1,365 7 7. Kansas St. 26-7 1,209 9 8. New Mexico 29-4 1,043 8 9. Villanova 24-7 961 10 10. Purdue 27-5 915 6 11. Butler 28-4 903 12 12. Temple 29-5 843 17 13. Michigan St. 24-8 836 11 14. Georgetown 23-10 788 22 15. Tennessee 25-8 616 15 16. Wisconsin 23-8 603 13 17. BYU 29-5 600 14 18. Pittsburgh 24-8 566 16 19. Baylor 25-7 550 21 20. Maryland 23-8 394 19 21. Vanderbilt 24-8 382 20 22. Gonzaga 26-6 359 18 23. Texas A&M 23-9 290 23 24. Richmond 26-8 141 — 25. Xavier 24-8 106 24 Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 68, UTEP 58, Notre Dame 39, Marquette 33, San Diego St. 18, Saint Mary's, Calif. 15, Cornell 6, UNLV 5, Georgia Tech 4, Utah St. 3, Virginia Tech 3, Mississippi St. 1, Murray St. 1, Texas 1. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 43 15 10 96 224 172 Phoenix 42 22 5 89 187 169 Kings 40 23 5 85 206 182 Dallas 29 26 13 71 191 218 Ducks 31 29 8 70 189 209 Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 44 18 6 94 225 170 Nashville 38 26 5 81 193 198 Detroit 33 23 12 78 185 185 St. Louis 32 27 9 73 186 188 Columbus 28 31 11 67 183 226 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 43 23 3 89 228 176 Colorado 39 23 6 84 204 179 Calgary 34 25 9 77 173 170 Minnesota 33 29 6 72 188 197 Edmonton 21 41 7 49 174 241 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 41 23 5 87 217 197 New Jersey 41 24 3 85 183 164 Philadelphia 36 28 4 76 203 185 N.Y. Rangers 31 29 9 71 181 188 N.Y. Islanders 28 32 9 65 180 214 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 36 21 10 82 183 170 Ottawa 37 27 5 79 186 197 Montreal 35 29 6 76 191 194 Boston 30 26 12 72 169 175 Toronto 23 34 12 58 183 234 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA y-Washington 46 14 9 101 270 195 Tampa Bay 28 28 12 68 182 209 Atlanta 28 29 11 67 200 221 Florida 28 29 10 66 174 193 Carolina 28 32 8 64 189 211 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. y-clinched division Monday's results Columbus 5, Edmonton 3 New Jersey 3, Boston 2 Detroit at Calgary, late Today's games San Jose at Dallas, 5:30 p.m., CSNCA Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m., VERSUS Phoenix at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m. DEALS National Basketball Association PHOENIX—Assigned F Earl Clark to Iowa (NBADL). National Hockey League NHL—Suspended Washington F Alex Ovechkin for two games for a reckless hit on Chicago D Brian Campbell during a March 14 game. ANAHEIM—Recalled LW Kyle Calder from Toronto (AHL). MONTREAL—Recalled F Ben Mazwell from Hamilton (AHL). Major League Baseball American League OAKLAND—Optioned RHP Clayton Mortensen to Sacramento (PCL) and LHP Pedro Figueroa and RHP Fautino De Los Santos to Midland (Texas). Returned Rule 5 Draft Pick, RHP Bobby Cassevah, to Los Angeles (AL). BALTIMORE—Optioned RHP Brandon Erbe and LHP Troy Patton to Norfolk (IL) and RHP Luis Lebron and RHP Chorye Spoone to Bowie (EL). Reassigned RHP Armando Gabino, LHP Chris George and LHP Michael Hinckley to their minor league camp. CLEVELAND—Optioned LHP Kelvin De La Cruz to Akron (IL). Reassigned RHP Jason Grilli, RHP Zach Putnam and RHP Alex White to their minor league camp. NEW YORK—Optioned RHP Ivan Nova to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) and RHP Hector Noesi to Tampa (FSL). National League ARIZONA—Optioned INF Pedro Ciriaco, LHP Leyson Septimo, RHP Daniel Stange and RHP Cesar Valdez to their minor league camp. Reassigned LHP Tom Layne, RHP Kyler Newby, RHP Wes Roemer, RHP Bryan Shaw, RHP Matt Torra, C Konrad Schmidt, INF Mark Hallberg and OF Collin Cowgill to their minor league camp. ATLANTA—Optioned RHP Steve Marek, RHP James Parr, RHP Todd Redmond and LHP Lee Hyde to Gwinnett (IL) and RHP Juan Abreu, RHP Kyle Cofield and LHP Jose Ortegano to Mississippi (SL). Reassigned RHP Erik Cordier, RHP Chris Resop, LHP Mike Minor, C Braeden Schlehuber, C Jesus Sucre and OF Cody Johnson to their minor league camp. LOS ANGELES—Reassigned RHP Eric Gagne, RHP Scott Dohmann, OF Michael Restovich and OF John Lindsey to their minor league camp. Optioned LHP Scott Elbert to their minor league camp. Announced Rule 5 draft pick LHP Armando Zerpa was reclaimed by Boston (AL). MILWAUKEE—Optioned RHP Amaury Rivas and RHP Mark Rogers to Huntsville (SL). Reassigned C Martin Maldonado and LHP A.J. Murray to their minor league camp. NEW YORK—Optioned C Josh Thole, RHP Eddie Kunz and RHP Clint Everts to Buffalo (IL) and INF Shawn Bowman to Binghamton (EL). Reassigned RHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Jack Egbert, RHP Josh Fogg, LHP Travis Blackley, LHP Arturo Lopez, LHP Eric Niesen, LHP Bobby Livingston, INF Andy Green, INF Luis Hernandez, INF Mike Hess- man, INF Mike Cervenak, OF Jesus Feliciano and OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis to their minor league camp. PITTSBURGH—Optioned RHP Brad Lincoln and LHP Donnie Veal to Indianapolis (IL) and RHP Bryan Morris to Bradenton (FSL). Reas- signed C Tony Sanchez, RHP Jeff Sues, LHP Justin Thomas and RHP Virgil Vasquez to their minor league camp. ST. LOUIS—Optioned RHP Francisco Samuel, LHP Tyler Norrick, C Bryan Ander- son, INF Mark Hamilton, OF Daryl Jones and OF Shane Robinson to Memphis (PCL). SAN DIEGO—Optioned LHP Aaron Poreda and LHP Cesar Ramos to Portland (PCL) and LHP Steve Garrison and RHP Craig Ital- iano to San Antonio (Texas). Reassigned C Mitch Canham, C Mike Collins and RHP Jackson Quezada to their minor league camp. WASHINGTON—Released LHP Ron Vil- lone. Optioned RHP Collin Balester and LHP Atahualpa Severino to Syracuse (IL), RHP Ryan Mattheus and LHP Aaron Thompson to Harrisburg (EL) and RHP Juan Jaime to Potomac (Carolina). National Football League OAKLAND—Signed QB Bruce Gradkowski and LS Jon Condo. SAN FRANCISCO—Signed QB David Carr to a two-year contract. Traded QB Shaun Hill to Detroit for an undisclosed 2011 draft pick. ARIZONA—Agreed to terms with LB Paris Lenon on a three-year contract. CAROLINA—Signed T Rob Petitti and DB Marcus Hudson. CINCINNATI—Agreed to terms with S Roy Williams on a one-year contract. GREEN BAY—Re-signed OT Mark Tauscher to a two-year contract. KANSAS CITY—Named Rob Alberino vice president of media and marketing. MINNESOTA—Named Matt Sheldon assis- tant defensive backs coach. PITTSBURGH—Signed LB Larry Foote to a three-year contract. SEATTLE—Signed TE Chris Baker to a mul- tiyear contract and WR Ruvell Martin to a one-year contract. Re-signed DE Darryl Tapp. Released S Deon Grant and C Matt Overton. TENNESSEE—Agreed to terms with P-K Ricky Schmitt. Major League Soccer KANSAS CITY—Signed MF Ryan Smith and MF Igor Kostrov. Agreed to terms with MF Craig Rocastle. NEW ENGLAND—Signed D Seth Sinovic and F-MF Zak Boggs. College ARKANSAS—Reassigned men's assistant basketball coach Isaac Brown to an adminis- trative position. CHARLOTTE—Fired men's basketball coach Bobby Lutz. IOWA—Fired men's basketball coach Todd Lickliter. Scoreboard Scoreboard Mackey cuts rest, extends Iditarod lead NOME, Alaska (AP) — Three- time defending champion Lance Mackey is poised to claim his fourth consecutive win in the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race over a route beset by bitter cold. Mackey was the first out of the checkpoint of Elim, 123 miles from the finish line in Nome and 28 miles from the next checkpoint at the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin. Mackey left Elim with 11 dogs at 1:06 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time Monday. He was followed more than 2 1/2 hours later by Canada's Hans Gatt, who just earned his fourth win in the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mackey was runner-up in the Quest this year. He has won the race four consecutive times, including twice when he also won the Iditarod several weeks later. Hans, 51, overtook four-time champion Jeff King to chase after Mackey with 12 dogs. King, 54, who has said this is his last Iditar- od, departed nearly 1 1/2 hours after Gatt. Satellite tracking Monday evening showed Mackey a dozen miles ahead of his closest competi- tor. ''Let's do this,'' the 39-year-old Fairbanks musher told his team earlier in the village of Koyuk, ruf- fling one dog's head before taking off — a scene captured in the race's online video magazine, the ''Iditarod Insider.'' Mackey rested his team at Koyuk an hour less than King. On Monday, Anchorage rookie Emil Churchin became the 14th musher to scratch from the Iditar- od. The 57 remaining teams will continue up the Bering Sea coast- line, sometimes traveling on the frozen ice in temperatures that were more than 30 degrees below zero early Monday. This stretch is notorious for fierce winds that can create whiteout conditions in ground storms. Mackey, a throat cancer sur- vivor, has undergone treatments that left him with circulation prob- lems that make him prone to being cold, and he was feeling it Mon- day. He had planned on continuing to Elim but stopped in Koyuk to warm up. ''My poor toes and my fin- gers,'' he said in an Iditarod Insid- er video. Gatt, of the Yukon Territory's Whitehorse, also was struggling with the cold, especially in his hands, as he pulled into Koyuk. Asked if he planned to stay a bit, he said, ''Oh, yeah,'' in a shaky voice. Also running strong despite the extreme cold were Ken Anderson of Fairbanks and Hugh Neff of Tok. Meanwhile, a 3-year-old dog in rookie Justin Savidis' team has been found after being lost for nearly five days. The dog was reunited with Savidis late Sunday after being spotted near McGrath.