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2B – Daily News – Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Expansion hot topic at BCS meetings WINS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Since Jim Delany put the college foot- ball world on notice by announcing the Big Ten would explore the possi- bility of expansion, speculation has been rampant. Delany, the commissioner of the most lucrative conference in college sports, has remained mostly mum on the league’s plans since his December statement. On Wednesday, Delany plans to take questions from reporters at a swanky Arizona resort hotel where college football’s power brokers are gathered this week for Bowl Champi- onship Series meetings. Maybe he’ll provide some insight into where the Big Ten stands in a process that he initially said would take 12 to 18 months. Or maybe not. There’s little doubt the topic of expansion — the Pac-10 has also said it is looking into adding schools — will be discussed, at least informally, among the commissioners of the 11 major conferences and Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick over the next few days. Formally, however, realignment was not discussed Tuesday, Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe said after afternoon meetings broke up. If the Big Ten decides to grow from its current 11 members to expand the reach of its already successful televi- sion network and create even more revenue with a conference champi- onship game, it could cause a massive domino effect across college football. That’s why everyone from fans to commissioners is curious — maybe even anxious — to find out what the Big Ten will do. Add one team? Maybe three? How about five to become a 16-team con- ference? Beebe said earlier Tuesday he does not expect to hear anything definitive during these meetings, which run through Thursday. Several Big 12 schools have been speculated to be on the Big Ten’s most wanted list, including Texas, Nebraska and Missouri. ‘‘I expect that Jim, who I have known for many, many years and trust implicitly, that he’ll do what he said he’s going to do,’’ Beebe said. ‘‘If and when the time comes that they’re going to do anything — and if that includes any of the institutions in the Big 12 — he’ll let me know first.’’ The Chicago Tribune reported last weekend the Big Ten was discussing accelerating its timetable for a deci- sion on expansion. ‘‘My understanding is that his timetable hasn’t changed, in spite of the media speculation that there was activity going on,’’ Beebe said. Other schools that have been talked about as possible Big Ten targets are mostly in the Big East. Pittsburgh, Rutgers and Syracuse all fit the profile athletically and academically. Rutgers and Syracuse, in theory, could help the Big Ten grab hold of the New York television market. For the Big East, which withstood losing Miami, Boston College and Virginia Tech to the Atlantic Coast Conference in the last round of con- ference shuffling, losing even one team would sting. Losing two or more members could make it difficult for Big East football to survive. ‘‘They had to regroup before, they’ll do it again,’’ said Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich, who is representing the Big East’s ADs at these meetings. And then there is Notre Dame. The Big Ten has tried unsuccessfully before to persuade the Fighting Irish to give up their football independence. Swarbrick has said staying indepen- dent is Notre Dame’s No. 1 priority. Sweeping change, however, could alter those plans. But the person who matters most in what has become college football’s great offseason soap opera is Delany. Until his conference makes a decision, everybody else is just waiting to see what happens. ‘‘I tried him in a headlock, but he’s a tough guy,’’ Beebe said with a laugh. On a typically warm and sunny Tuesday in the desert, Delany was relaxing with a couple of other college football big shots in the garden of the Royal Palms Resort and Spa before lunch and several hours of meetings. He exchanged a couple pleas- antries with reporters, but quickly ended the conversation before it start- ed with a promise to see them tomor- row. So stay tuned. Celtics, Hawks take 2-0 leads Celtics 106, Heat 77 BOSTON (AP) —The Boston Celtics didn’t miss Kevin Garnett at all, not the way Glen Davis filled in to lead them to a 106-77 victo- ry over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in their playoff series. With Garnett serving a one-game suspension for elbowing Quentin Richard- son in Game 1, Davis started and had 23 points and eight rebounds, going aggressive- ly to the basket to grab missed shots and draw fouls. The Heat took a 29-25 lead on a dunk by Jermaine O’Neal. But the Celtics used a 44-8 surge over the next 16 1/2 minutes to go ahead 69- 37, capped by one of Ray Allen’s five 3-pointers in the third quarter. Allen led the Celtics with 25 points, while Dwyane Wade scored 29 for the Heat. Game 3 is Friday night in Miami. Tempers stayed under control throughout the game, just three days after a skirmish with 40 seconds left in Boston’s 85-76 victo- ry led to Garnett’s suspen- sion without pay and Richardson’s $25,000 fine. Garnett was hovering over teammate Paul Pierce, who had fallen near the Miami bench after hurting his shoulder. Garnett held off Richard- son as he came up from behind. They then exchanged words before the elbow hit the Heat forward in the face. Garnett wasn’t allowed in TD Garden, but made a prerecorded appearance on the scoreboard above mid- court during a timeout after the Celtics scored 19 straight points to take a 44- 29 lead with 2:56 left in the first half. He encouraged the fans and when the scoreboard followed with a ‘‘Let’s Get Loud’’ message, they raised their voices. Richardson was booed almost every time he touched the ball. Hawks 96, Bucks 86 ATLANTA (AP) — With Joe Johnson and high- flying Josh Smith leading the way, the Atlanta Hawks avoided another Game 2 let- down. Johnson took control in the fourth quarter to finish off a 27-point effort, Smith finished one assist shy of a triple-double and the Hawks ran away from the pesky but outmanned Milwaukee Bucks for a 96-86 victory in the Eastern Conference playoffs Tuesday night. Atlanta was mindful of last season, when it blew out Miami in its playoff opener — then lost at home and had to go the full seven games. This time, the Hawks took care of business on their home court. They’ll head to Milwaukee on Sat- urday night with a com- manding 2-0 lead, the first time they’ve won the first two in a best-of-seven series since 1970. Again, the Hawks’ bal- ance and size advantage on the inside were just too much for the Bucks, who knew they’d face a huge challenge in this series after 7-foot center Andrew Bogut took a hard fall late in the regular season and was done for the playoffs. All five Atlanta starters reached double figures for the second game in a row. Smith had 21 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists. 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Cincinnati 11, Los Angeles 9 Colorado 10, Washington 4 Houston 7, Florida 5 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 1 New York 4, Chicago 0 St. Louis at Arizona, late Today’s games San Francisco (Wellemeyer 0-2) at San Diego (Garland 0-2),3:35 p.m.,CSNBA Colorado (Hammel 0-1) at Washington (Lannan 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 0-2) at Pittsburgh (Duke 2-0), 4:05 p.m. Chicago (Silva 1-0) at New York (O.Perez 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Los Angeles (Kuroda 1-0) at Cincinnati (Harang 0-2), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 3-0) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Jo.Johnson 1-1) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Carpenter 2-0) at Arizona (E.Jackson 1-1), 6:40 p.m. Monday’s late results San Diego 3, San Francisco 2, 10 innings St. Louis 4, Arizona 2 Sept. 12 at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Sept. 19 St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Sept. 26 at Arizona, 1:15 p.m. Oct. 3 Houston, 1:05 p.m. Oct.10 San Diego, 1:15 p.m. Oct.17 at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Oct.24 at Denver, 1:15 p.m. Oct. 31 Seattle, 1:15 p.m. Nov. 7 Kansas City, 1:15 p.m. Nov.14 BYE Nov. 21 at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Nov. 28 Miami, 1:05 p.m. Dec.5 at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Dec.12 at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Dec.19 Denver, 1:15 p.m. Dec. 26 Indianapolis, 1:05 p.m. Jan. 2 at Kansas City, 10 a.m. San Francisco 49ers Sept. 12 at Seattle, 1:15 p.m. Sept.20 New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Oct. 3 at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Oct. 10 Philadelphia, 5:20 p.m. Oct. 17 Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Oct. 24 at Carolina, 10 a.m. Oct.31 vs.Denver at London, 10 a.m. Nov.7 BYE Nov. 14 St. Louis, 1:15 p.m. Nov. 21 Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Nov. 29 at Arizona, 5:30 p.m. Dec.5 at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Dec. 12 Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 16 at San Diego, 5:20 p.m. Dec. 26 at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Jan.2 Arizona, 1:15 p.m. NBA First Round Best-of-7 Tuesday’s results Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86 Atlanta leads series 2-0 Boston 106, Miami 77 Boston leads series 2-0 Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, late L.A. Lakers lead series 1-0 Portland at Phoenix, late Portland leads series 1-0 Today’s games Charlotte at Orlando, 4 p.m., TNT Orlando leads series 1-0 San Antonio at Dallas, 6:30 p.m., TNT Dallas leads series 1-0 Other series Cleveland leads Chicago 2-0 Denver and Utah, tied 1-1 NHL First Round Best-of-7 Monday’s late result Los Angeles 5, Vancouver 3 Los Angeles leads series 2-1 Tuesday’s results San Jose at Colorado, late Colorado leads series 2-1 Detroit 3, Phoenix 0 Series tied 2-2 Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Philadelphia leads series 3-1 Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 4 (Continued from page 1B) 2004, Howard has quickly become one of the most dominant centers. His chis- eled, 6-foot-11, 275-pound physique makes him one of the most intimidating play- ers, and his incredible verti- cal leap is even rarer for a big man. Certainly not a player easy to get around. ‘‘I was always trying to dunk on Dwight,’’ teammate Vince Carter said of his time before he came to the Magic this season. ‘‘If you ask him, he’ll say, no, but it happened a few times. But whatever, we won’t talk about that. ‘‘You always have to know he’s going to be there. He has great instinct. It’s always on your mind. You know if you beat your man, you still have to get around Dwight.’’ Howard led the Magic to the NBA finals last year, los- ing to the Los Angeles Lak- ers in five games. The Magic also have won three straight Southeast Division titles. Orlando leads Charlotte 1-0 in the first round of the playoffs. Howard blocked nine shots in the opener, enough for Bobcats coach Larry Brown to call him the ‘‘most valuable player’’ of the game despite scoring just five points. Game 2 is Wednesday night. ‘‘Congratulations to him,’’ Gerald Wallace said. ‘‘I don’t care about awards right now. I’m just trying to get a win.’’ Howard is the seventh player to win the award in back-to-back seasons, join- ing Ben Wallace, Olajuwon, Mutombo, Alonzo Mourn- ing, Dennis Rodman and Sidney Moncrief. Ben Wal- lace and Mutombo each won the award a league-record four times. one day. Howard might get there The gold NBA title tro- phy would be even more special. ‘‘It means a lot, but there’s just one trophy that we all want here,’’ Howard said. ‘‘Everybody in this city wants it, and it’s on us. It starts with me blocking shots, rebounding and being a big defensive presence.’’ Wings even series, Pens, Flyers up 3-1 Red Wings 3, Coyotes 0 DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Howard had a 29-save shutout and Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored goals to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-0 series-evening victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 4 on Tuesday night. Howard’s saves included one without his helmet. Ilya Bryzgalov made 32 saves for the Coyotes. Penguins 7, Senators 4 OTTAWA (AP) — Sidney Crosby had four points, including two of Pittsburgh’s five goals in the second period, leading the Penguins to a 7-4 victory over the Ottawa Sena- tors on Tuesday night and a 3-1 series lead. Crosby assisted on Evgeni Malkin’s power-play goal 11:50 in, the only score of the first period. Crosby scored two of Pittsburgh’s three goals in a 2:25 span early in the second. Matt Cooke scored 12 seconds after Crosby’s first goal to make it 3-0, and the Penguins’ 22-year- old captain added his fourth goal of the series at 6:12 to chase Brian Elliott. Chris Kunitz had a goal and two assists and Maxime Tal- bot had a goal and an assist as the teams combined for eight goals in the second, one short of the NHL playoff record. Flyers 4, Devils 1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jeff Carter scored two goals and Danny Briere had one to end their playoff scoring droughts and lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night and a commanding 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Unlikely postseason star Daniel Carcillo scored his sec- ond goal in two games for the Flyers. Pittsburgh leads series 3-1 Chicago at Nashville, late Series tied 1-1 Today’s games Buffalo at Boston, 4 p.m., VERSUS Boston leads series 2-1 Washington at Montreal, 4 p.m. Washington leads series 2-1 Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7 p.m., VERSUS Los Angeles leads series 2-1 NASCAR 1. Jimmie Johnson 1,248 2. Matt Kenseth 3. Greg Biffle 4.Kevin Harvick 5. Jeff Gordon 6.Kyle Busch 1,120 1,107 1,028 1,020 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,013 8. Jeff Burton 9.Kurt Busch 10. Mark Martin 11.Denny Hamlin 12. Joey Logano 13.Tony Stewart 14. Clint Bowyer 15. Carl Edwards 16.Ryan Newman 932 17. Martin Truex Jr. 18.Paul Menard 19. Brian Vickers 20. Scott Speed 918 869 835 831 21. Jamie McMurray 823 22. Kasey Kahne 821 23. AJ Allmendinger 806 24. Juan Pablo Montoya 789 25. Brad Keselowski 787 26. Marcos Ambrose 785 27.David Ragan 28. Elliott Sadler 775 753 29.Sam Hornish Jr. 731 30.David Reutimann 723 31. Regan Smith 32.Bobby Labonte 33.Travis Kvapil 34.Robby Gordon 35.David Gilliland 36.Kevin Conway 37.Max Papis 38. Mike Bliss 39.Joe Nemechek 40.Dave Blaney 680 680 649 613 601 490 430 401 343 311 41. Michael McDowell 293 42. Bill Elliott 43. Boris Said 44. Aric Almirola 45. Michael Waltrip 46.David Stremme 47.Terry Cook 48. Scott Riggs 49. Casey Mears 290 252 154 149 143 118 79 73 50. Robert Richardson Jr. 70 Upcoming schedule April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. May 1 — Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond, Va. May 8 — Showtime Southern 500, Darling- ton, S.C. May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. Nationwide Points Leaders 1.Kyle Busch 2. Brad Keselowski 3.Kevin Harvick 4. Justin Allgaier 5. Carl Edwards 6.Paul Menard 7. Joey Logano 8. Greg Biffle 1,154 1,134 1,089 1,053 1,048 938 903 864 1,005 999 994 973 941 941 940 937 Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1,140 9. Scott Lagasse Jr. 754 10. Brendan Gaughan 751 11. Jason Leffler 12. Steve Wallace 739 738 13. Brian Scott 737 14. Mike Wallace 15. Michael Annett 16.Trevor Bayne 17.Tony Raines 18.Joe Nemechek 736 728 708 703 663 19. James Buescher 654 20.Kenny Wallace 628 Nationwide Points Leaders April 24 — Aaron’s 312, Talladega, Ala. April 30 — BUBBA burger 250, Richmond, Va. May 7 — Darlington 200, Darlington, S.C. May 15 — Heluva Good! 200, Dover, Del. DEALS Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended Cincinnati RHP Edinson Volquez 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in viola- tion of Major League Baseballs Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.Rescind- ed a five-game suspension of Seattle LHP Cliff Lee. American League OAKLAND—Activated RHP Trevor Cahill from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). BALTIMORE—Optioned RHP Brad Berge- sen to Norfolk (IL). BOSTON—Placed OF Mike Cameron and OF Jacoby Ellsbury on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Josh Reddick from Pawtucket (IL). Called up OF Darnell McDonald from Pawtucket. CLEVELAND—Activated INF Russell Branyan from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Michael Brantley to Columbus (IL). LOS ANGELES—Placed C Jeff Mathis on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Robb Quinlan from Salt Lake City (PCL). SEATTLE—Agreed to terms with INF Ramon Vazquez on a minor league contract. National League HOUSTON—Activated 1B Lance Berkman from the 15-day DL. Placed 3B Chris John- son on the 15-day DL. National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS—Announced Jeff Bower is stepping down as coach but will remain as general manager. Major League Soccer DALLAS—Named Barry Gorman technical director. National Football League DETROIT—Signed S Daniel Bullocks. Released TE Michael Matthews. NEW ENGLAND—Signed WR Torry Holt. N.Y. JETS—Agreed to terms with LB Jason Taylor on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH—Acquired QB Byron Left- wich from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a seventh-round draft pick. ST. LOUIS—Traded DT Adam Carriker to Washington for an undisclosed draft pick. SEATTLE—Signed G Ben Hamilton. College BYU—Announced junior G Jimmer Fredette will enter the NBA draft. CHARLOTTE—Named Desmond Oliver men’s assistant basketball coach. NEVADA—Announced sophomore F Luke Babbitt will enter the NBA draft. TEXAS—Announced sophomore S Ben Wells and sophomore DE Russell Carter will transfer.