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Baseball

MLB Spring Training

Mariners 7, Rangers 6

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Franklin, Kida (5), Sherrill (6), Atchison (8) and Wilson, W.Gonzalez; Young, Hughes (5), Brocail (6), Montero (8), Shouse (9) and Laird, Waldron. W—Franklin, 1-1. L—Hughes, 1-1. Sv—Atchison (1). HRs—Texas, Hidalgo 2 (4), Soriano.

Mets 7, Tigers 6

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Benson, Aybar (5), Stewart (7), Padilla (8), Hernandez (9) and Castro, Hietpas (7); Robertson, James (4), Creek (5), Rodney (6), Urbina (7), Farnsworth (8), Percival (9) and Wilson, S.Martinez (6). W—Padilla, 2-0. L—Percival, 0-1. Sv—Hernandez (1). HRs—New York, Garcia (2), Diaz. Detroit, White (2).

Twins 4, Red Sox 2

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Clement, Mantei (5), Embree (6), Timlin (7), Mendoza (8) and Mirabelli, Wooten; Lohse, Romero (4), Durbin (5), Eyre (6), Nitkowski (7), Bowyer (8), Rowland-Smith (9) and Mauer, Miller, Bowen. W—Lohse, 1-0. L—Clement, 0-1. Sv—Rowland-Smith (1). HR—Minnesota, Bartlett.

Blue Jays 5, Devil Rays 0

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Bush, League (5), Arnold (7), Miller (8), Batista (9) and Quiroz, Huckaby (7); Bell, Hendrickson (4), McClung (7) and LaForest. W—Bush, 1-0. L—Hendrickson, 0-2.

Indians 10, Reds 1

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Elarton, Rhodes (5), Watkins (6), Cabrera (8), Bartosh (9) and Bard, Wathan; Belisle, Mercker (2), Graves (4), Weather (6), Fernandez (8), Valentine (9) and LaRue, Estalella. W—Elarton, 2-0. L—Belisle, 0-1. HRs—Cleveland, Morban, Kinkade.

Yankees 8, Astros 2

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Johnson, Wang (5), Quantrill (7), Gordon (8), Proctor (9) and Posado, Parrish; Burba, Norton (5), Harville (6), Gallo (7), Driskill (8) and Ausmus, Chavez. W—Wang, 2-0. L—Harville, 0-2. HRs—New York, Posada, Porter.

Dodgers 7, Marlins 2

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Walrond, Jones (3), Alfonseca (5), Crowell (6), Miadich (7), Messenger (8) and DiFelica, Treanor (6), Willingham (8); Lowe, Brooks (6), Lopez (8) and Bako, Navarro (6). W—Lowe, 1-0. L—Walrond, 2-1. HRs—Los Angeles, Kent, Nakamura.

Nationals 11, Orioles 4

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Bauer, Maine (5), Fiore (5), Borkowski (6), Penn (7), Rakers (8) and Gil, McDonald (7), Whiteside (8); Loaiza, Osuna (6), Eischen (7), Ayala (8), Cordero (9) and Schneider, Osik (6). W—Loaiza, 1-0. L—Maine, 0-1. HR—Baltimore, Bigbie (2).

Phillies 9, Pirates 7

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Fogg, Duke (4), Roa (7), White (8) and Cota, Doumit; Lidle, Telemaco (5), Franco (7), Cormier (8), Wagner (9) and Lieberthal, Ruiz. W—Lidle, 1-1. L—Fogg, 0-1. Sv—Wagner (1). HRs—Pittsburgh, Wigginton, Castillo. Philadelphia, Abreu, Burrell 2 (3), Perez.

Cardinals 7, Braves 3

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Hampton, Boyer (5), Vasquez (7), Childers (8) and Perez, Boscan; Mulder, Tavarez (6), Isringhausen (7), Mercado (8), Borland (9) and Molina, McKay. W—Tavarez, 1-0. L—Boyer, 0-1. HRs—Atlanta, Hampton. St. Louis, Mabry (2), Moylan.

Orioles 5, Cardinals 3

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An.Reyes, Flores (4), Gissell (6), Journell (7), File (8) and Diaz, Mahoney (6); Bedard, Rodriguez (5), Saunders (7), Parrish (8) and Fasano, Marsters (7). W—Bedard, 1-0. L—An.Reyes, 0-1. HRs—St. Louis, Rolen. Baltimore, Sosa (2).

Angels 3, Cubs 2

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Zambrano, Guzman (5), Ohman (6), Borowski (7), Fox (8) and Blanco and Kopitzke; Lackey, Shields (4), Rodriguez (5), Santana (6), Gregg (8) and Nieves, Gregorio. W—Santana, 2-0. L—Guzman, 0-1. Sv—Gregg (1).

White Sox 9, Rockies 8

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Francis, Simpson (5), Speier (6), Dohmann (7), Esposito (8), Randall (8), Coggin (9) and Closser, Ardoin; Hernandez, Takatsu (5), Sanders (6), Honel (7), Meaux (7), Smith (9) and Widger, Molina. W—Smith, 1-0. L—Coggin, 0-1. HR—Colorado, Garabito.

Athletics 3, Diamondbacks 0

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Estes, Peterson (6), Cormier (7), Nance (8) and Snyder, Avalan; Haren, Rheinecker (5), Cruz (7), Duchscherer (8), Street (9) and Kendall, Brown. W—Rheinecker, 1-0. L—Estes, 0-3. Sv—Street (1). HR—Oakland, Byrnes (3).

D’backs 15, Brewers 11

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Halsey, Tolar (4), Medders (5), Stockman (6), Gonzalez (7), Cannon (7), Daigle (9) and Hill, Stinnett (6); Santos, Helling (4), Bennett (6), Pratt (7), Kieschnick (8), Beltran (9), Pena (9), Paronto (9) and Moeller, Mosquera (6), Johnson (7). W—Cannon, 1-0. L—Beltran, 0-1. HRs—Arizona, Terrero, Abercrombie, Myers.

Padres 5, Athletics 1

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Blanton, Meyer (5), Harikkala (8) and Melhuse, Suzuki (7); Peavy, Dawley (4), Seanez (6), Hoffman (7), Falkenborg (8), Patterson (9) and Ojeda, Hernandez (7). W—Dawley, 2-0. L—Blanton, 0-2.

Royals 3, Giants 3 (10)

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Hernandez, Bautista (5), Carrasco (7), Burgos (9), Ramirez (10) and Buck, Tupman; Valdez, Kinney (4), Christiansen (5), Burres (6), Villafuerte (7), Correia (9), Simon (10) and Matheny, Torrealba. HRs—Kansas City, Guiel, Brown (3), Gotay (4).

College

Non-conference

Northern Colorado 4, WSU 3

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Linn, Pearson (7), Garr (9) and Ray; Jays.Miller, Oye (5), Renkert (9) and Everett. W—Linn (1-1). L—Jays.Miller (0-3). Sv—Garr (1).

HITS: Northern Colorado—Symons, Ray 2, Chacon, Brockman 2. Washington State—Rubin, Jay.Miller, Everett, Kimbrel. 2B—Ray, Brockman 2, Jay.Miller, Everett, Kimbrel. HR—Ray (4).

CC Spokane 6-8, Prairie 1-2

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Cuthheson, Bultitude (7) and Copot; Flett, Harmon (4), Farden (9) and Gizynski. W—Harmon (1-1). L—Cuthheson.

HITS: Prairie Academy—Cooper, Ewart 2, Macdonald 2, Davis, Fay 2, Greeno. CC Spokane—Winston 3, Scarpelli, Santschi, Mertens 2, Gizynski, Campo 2, Whiteside. 2B—Winston, Scarpelli, Gizynski, Campo. 3B—Santschi.

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Pelech, Ellis (6) and Davis; Byers, Moore (4), Bertholf (7), VanSickle (9) and Therrien, Gizynski (5). W—Moore (1-0). L—Pelech.

HITS: Prairie Academy—Ewart, Macdonald 2, Fay. CC Spokane—Winston 2, Webb, Scarpelli, Campo, Gizynski, Santschi. 2B—Winston. HR—Macdonald.

Basketball

College men

TOURNAMENT

Atlantic Coast Conference

Championship

Duke 69, Georgia Tech 64

Big Ten Conference

Championship

Illinois 54, Wisconsin 43

Big Twelve Conference

Championship

Oklahoma St. 72, Texas Tech 68

Southeastern Conference

Championship

Florida 70, Kentucky 53

Southland Conference

Championship

SE Louisiana 49, Northwestern St. 42

Southwestern Athletic Conference

Championship

Alabama A&M 72, Alabama St. 53

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 13, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote, through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

RecordPtsPvs
1. Illinois (31)32-17751
2. Duke25-57165
3. North Carolina27-47082
4. Louisville29-46516
5. Kentucky25-56144
6. Wake Forest26-56123
7. Washington27-556213
8. Oklahoma State24-656011
9. Arizona27-65018
10. Kansas23-64689
11. Gonzaga25-446412
12.Boston College24-44397
13. Syracuse27-642618
14. Connecticut22-735014
15. Michigan State22-634310
16. Oklahoma24-729317
17. Utah27-525015
18. Florida23-721925
19. Wisconsin22-820422
20. Pacific26-320216
21. Alabama24-716219
22. Villanova22-712921
23. Cincinnati24-711020
24. Texas Tech20-1070NR
25. Georgia Tech19-1155NR

Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 41; Charlotte 27; New Mexico 21; Nevada 14; LSU 13; Wisconsin-Milwaukee 13; Texas 11; West Virginia 11; Old Dominion 7; Minnesota 6; Southern Illinois 6; Texas-El Paso 6; Creighton 3; Iowa 3; North Carolina State 3; George Washington 2; St. Mary’s, Cal. 2; Memphis 1; Ohio 1; Vermont 1.

NIT

All Times PST

Opening Round

Wednesday, March 16

Davidson (21-8) at Virginia Commonwealth (19-12), 4:30 p.m.

CS Fullerton (19-10) at Oregon State (17-14), 7 p.m.

Rice (19-11) at Southwest Missouri State (18-12), 5:05 p.m.

Denver (20-10) at San Francisco (16-13), 7 p.m.

Kent State (20-12) at Western Kentucky (21-8), 6 p.m.

Houston (18-13) at Wichita State (20-9), 5:05 p.m.

Drexel (17-11) at Buffalo (22-9), 4 p.m.

Hofstra (21-8) at Saint Joseph’s (19-11), 4 p.m.

First Round

Monday, March 14

Western Michigan (19-12) at Marquette (19-11), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, March 15

Holy Cross (24-6) at Notre Dame (17-11), 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

Miami (16-12) at South Carolina (15-13), 4:30 p.m.

Temple (16-13) at Virginia Tech (15-13), 5 p.m.

DePaul (19-10) at Missouri (16-16), 6 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, March 16

Texas Christian (19-13) at Miami (Ohio) (19-10), 4 p.m.

Boston U. (20-8) at Georgetown (17-12), 4:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt (18-13) at Indiana (15-13), 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

Clemson (16-15) at Texas A&M (19-9), 5:30 p.m.

Oral Roberts (25-7) at Maryland (16-12), 6 p.m.

Northeastern (21-9) at Memphis (19-15), 5 p.m.

Thursday, March 17

Arizona State (18-13) at UNLV (16-13), 8:59 p.m. (ESPN2)

Dates TBA

Rice-Southwest Missouri State winner vs. Davidson-Virginia Commonwealth winner, TBA

CS Fullerton-Oregon State winner vs. Denver-San Francisco winner, TBA

Kent State-Western Kentucky winner vs. Houston-Wichita State winner, TBA

Drexel-Buffalo winner vs. Hofstra-Saint Joseph’s winner, TBA

College women

WNIT

All Times PST

First Round

Wednesday, March 16

Tulsa at Texas A&M

BYU at Gonzaga

Illinois at Indiana State

Xavier at Western Kentucky

Thursday, March 17

SMU at Southwest Missouri State

Mississippi State at Arkansas State

Nebraska at Marquette

Florida at South Florida

St. John’s at Delaware

Friday, March 18

Fresno State at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

UNLV at Arkansas

Creighton at Iowa

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Villanova at Chattanooga

Charlotte at Wake Forest

Maine at West Virginia

Football

AFL

All Times PST

Sunday’s Games

Chicago 48, Grand Rapids 45

Tampa Bay 59, Arizona 56

Orlando 63, New Orleans 52

Dallas 52, Austin 28

Friday, March 18

Dallas (5-2) at Los Angeles (4-2), 7:30 p.m.

Grand Rapids (1-5) at San Jose (3-3), 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 19

Orlando (5-2) at Georgia (5-2), 4 p.m.

New York (5-1) at Austin (2-5), 5:30 p.m.

Las Vegas (4-3) at Arizona (1-6), 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 20

Tampa Bay (4-2) at Philadelphia (2-5), 9 a.m.

New Orleans (5-2) at Chicago (4-3), 9 a.m.

Columbus (1-5) at Colorado (4-2), noon

Hockey

WHL

Eastern Conference

East Division

y-Brandon 43-20-5-1 (92 points)

x-Saskatoon 35-22-6-6 (82)

x-Prince Albert 29-31-5-4 (67)

Moose Jaw 13-45-10-1 (37)

Regina 11-49-4-6 (32)

Central Division

x-Medicine Hat 42-21-4-2 (90 points)

x-Lethbridge 38-18-12-1 (89)

x-Calgary 33-23-9-5 (80)

x-Red Deer 34-24-6-4 (78)

Swift Current 22-37-6-3 (53)

Western Conference

B.C. Division

x-Kelowna 43-12-12-2 (100 points)

x-Kootenay 44-15-7-3 (98)

x-Vancouver 32-29-4-4 (72)

Kamloops 25-36-7-2 (59)

Prince George 25-39-3-1 (54)

U.S. Division

y-Seattle 42-22-2-2 (88 points)

x-Everett 32-26-8-2 (74)

x-Portland 31-27-5-5- (72)

Tri-City 25-33-7-3 (60)

Spokane 24-35-8-2 (58)

x—clinched playoff berth.

y—clinched division.

Sunday’s Results

Kootenay 4, Calgary 2

Medicine Hat 8, Regina 1

Everett 3, Portland 1

Seattle 6, Spokane 0

Monday’s Games

No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s Games

Swift Current at Prince Albert

Lethbridge at Red Deer

Prince George at Vancouver

Wednesday’s Games

Moose Jaw vs. Brandon at Winnipeg

Seattle at Everett

Prince George at Kelowna

Red Deer at Medicine Hat

Swift Current at Saskatoon

Portland at Spokane

Kootenay at Tri-City

Auto racing

UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

At Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, $428,066. 2. (10) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 267, $244,800. 3. (5) Kurt Busch, Ford, 267, $249,125. 4. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, $197,911. 5. (42) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, $179,486. 6. (3) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, $139,600. 7. (15) Casey Mears, Dodge, 267, $139,083. 8. (8) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 267, $151,111. 9. (1) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 267, $148,511. 10. (23) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267, $147,891.

11. (16) Bobby Hamilton Jr., Chevrolet, 267, $117,908. 12. (21) Rusty Wallace, Dodge, 267, $129,283. 13. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 267, $106,100. 14. (20) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, $104,025. 15. (22) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 267, $105,925. 16. (18) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 267, $94,925. 17. (24) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 267, $118,970. 18. (13) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 267, $125,683. 19. (12) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 267, $112,583. 20. (26) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 267, $117,220.

21. (36) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 266, $115,439. 22. (17) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, 266, $84,425. 23. (39) Jeff Green, Dodge, 266, $115,061. 24. (30) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 266, $85,950. 25. (35) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 266, $95,958. 26. (6) Travis Kvapil, Dodge, 266, $90,900. 27. (28) Scott Wimmer, Dodge, 266, $98,947. 28. (37) John Andretti, Ford, 265, $77,900. 29. (2) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 265, $117,691. 30. (19) Mark Martin, Ford, 243, $95,950.

31. (4) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 243, $85,250. 32. (41) Eric McClure, Chevrolet, 237, out, $77,050. 33. (40) Hermie Sadler, Ford, 226, out, $77,800. 34. (14) Ken Schrader, Dodge, 225, $76,650. 35. (25) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 219, $104,358. 36. (38) Randy LaJoie, Chevrolet, 182, out, $76,250. 37. (33) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 181, $103,239. 38. (7) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 154, out, $107,900. 39. (27) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 57, out, $75,625. 40. (43) Morgan Shepherd, Dodge, 39, out, $75,400.

41. (31) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 15, out, $109,780. 42. (34) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 11, out, $122,433. 43. (32) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet, 11, out, $83,166.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 18 minutes, 32 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.661 seconds. Winner’s Average Speed: 121.038 mph. Caution Flags: Ten for 46 laps. Lead Changes: 25 among 12 drivers. Lap Leaders: R.Newman 0; G.Biffle 1-14; M.Wallace 15; K.Petty 16-17; M. Shepherd 18-19; Kurt Busch 20-22; G.Biffle 23-60; S.Marlin 61; T.Kvapil 62-64; R.Newman 65-87; K.Kahne 88; R.Newman 89-91; T.Kvapil 92-97; R.Newman 98-102; D.Blaney 103-109; Kurt Busch 110-146; J.Johnson 147-177; J.Green 178; R.Newman 179-182; J.Johnson 183-195; R.Newman 196-200; J.Johnson 201-207; R.Newman 208-210; J.Johnson 211; R.Newman 212; J.Johnson 213-267. Point Standings: 1. J.Johnson, 525. 2. Kurt Busch, 510. 3. G.Biffle, 428. 4. J.Gordon, 418. 5. C.Edwards, 408. 6. T.Stewart, 402. 7. R.Wallace, 395. 8. K.Harvick, 394. 9. R.Newman, 389. 10. M.Martin, 374.

Running

St. Paddy’s Five

MEN

1, Justin Culver 26:30. 2, James Johnson 26:47. 3, Chris Stelzer 26:47. 4, Kyle McNaught Davis 27:26. 5, Tim Moran 27:32.

WOMEN

1, Janet Collar 29:33. 2, Megan O’Reilly 29:56. 3, Jayne McLaughlin 30:11. 4, Jennifer Ward 30:52. 5, Lori Buratto 31:02.

Skiing

Men’s World Cup

At Lenzerheide, Switzerland

Slalom

1. Mario Matt, Austria, 1 minute, 22.81 seconds (40.66 seconds-42.15 seconds). 2. Alois Vogl, Germany, 1:23.54 (40.87-42.67). 3. Rainer Schoenfelder, Austria, 1:23.55 (41.16-42.39). 4. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1:23.59 (41.22-42.37). 5. Manfred Moelgg, Italy, 1:23.62 (41.33-42.29). 6. Bode Miller, United States, 1:23.66 (42.03-41.63).

Overall World Cup Standings

Final

1. Bode Miller, United States, 1,648 points. 2. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1,454. 3. Hermann Maier, Austria, 1,295. 4. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 1,012. 5. Daron Rahlves, United States, 984.

World Cup Slalom Standings

Final

1. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 552 points. 2. Rainer Schoenfelder, Austria, 408. 3. Manfred Pranger, Austria, 396. 4. Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 390. 5. Alois Vogl, Germany, 310.

Men’s Nations Cup Standings

Final

1. Austria, 8,538 points. 2. United States, 3,157. 3. Italy, 3,032. 4. Switzerland, 2,704. 5. Norway, 1,594.

Women’s World Cup Finals

At Silvano Beltrametti Course

Lenzerheide, Switzerland

1. Maria-Jose Rienda-Contreras, Spain, 2 minutes, 20.18 seconds (1:09.85-1:10.33). 2. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 2:20.48 (1:09.95-1:10.53). 3. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 2:20.69 (1:10.27-1:10.42). 4. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 2:20.76 (1:09.86-1:10.90). 5. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 2:21.28 (1:11.25-1:10.03). Also: 9. Julia Mancuso, United States, 2:22.01 (1:10.87-1:11.14). 21. Kristina Koznick, United States, 2:23.17 (1:12.10-1:11.07).

Final Overall World Cup Standings

(After 33 races)

1. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1,359. 2. Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 1,356. 3. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 1,164. 4. Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 1,122. 5. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 1,039. 6. Lindsey Kildow, United States, 914. Also: 9. Julia Mancuso, United States, 659. 15. Kristina Koznick, United States, 432. 17. Sarah Schleper, United States, 423. 22. Caroline Lalive, United States, 286. 30. Kirsten Clark, United States, 239.

Final World Cup Giant Slalom Standings

(After 8 races)

1. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 461. 2. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 410. 3. Maria-Jose Rienda-Contreras, Spain, 384. 4. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 366. 5. Genevieve Simard, Canada, 241. Also: 7. Julia Mancuso, United States, 230. 20. Sarah Schleper, United States, 86. 23. Kristina Koznick, United States, 77.

Final Women’s Nations Cup Standings

(After 33 races)

1. Austria, 5,915 points. 2. United States, 3,359. 3. Germany, 2,258. 4. Sweden, 1,986. 5. Croatia, 1,670.

Final Overall Nations Cup Standings (Men and Women)

(After 69 races)

1. Austria, 14,453 points. 2. United States, 6,516. 3. Italy, 4,685. 4. Switzerland, 3,697. 5. Sweden, 3,013.

Area resorts

British Columbia

Fernie Alpine — Sun 8:00a 1 new spring snow machine groomed 60 - 62 base 87 of 107 trails, 81% open, 10 of 10 lifts Mon-Fri: 9a-4p; Sat/Sun: 9a-4p;

Kimberley — Sun 5:00a packed powder machine groomed 23 - 24 base 40 of 75 trails, 53% open, 6 of 8 lifts Mon-Fri: 9a-4p, Thu-Fri: 5:30p-9p; Sat: 9a-9p, Sun: 9a-4p;

Red Resort — Closed for Snow Sports

Whitewater — Sun 5:03a spring snow 67 - 67 base 43 of 43 trails, 100% open, 3 of 3 lifts Mon-Fri: 9a-3:30p; Sat/Sun: 9a-3:30p;

Softball

College

Northwest Conference

PLU 4-4, Whitworth 1-2

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Stores and Marquardt; Sonnett and Davis. W—Stores (4-2). L—Sonnett (3-3).

HITS: Pacific Lutheran—Ruecker, Nuechterlein 2, Hazen, Wells, Marquardt 2, Cornwell, Stuhlmiller 3, Kenck. Whitworth—Sonnett 2, Klaus, Romag. 2B—Wells, Klaus. 3B—Sonnett. HR—Marquardt (2).

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Howard and Marquardt; Case, Klaus (4) and Davis. W—Howard (3-2). L—Case (1-1).

HITS: Pacific Lutheran—Nuechterlein, Hazen 3, Kenck, Beecroft 2. Whitworth—Romag, Case, Klaus, Sonnett 2. 2B—Kenck, Klaus. HR—Case (1).

Non-conference

NIC 8-8, Treasure Valley 0-5

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Martin, Kite (6) and Hill; Mildenberg and Keeton. W—Mildenberg. L—Martin.

HITS: Treasure Valley—None. North Idaho—St. John, Shollenberger, McKinnon 2, Montgomery 2, Johnson, Riley 3. 2B—St. John, Shollenberger, McKinnon 2, Johnson, Riley 2. HR—Montgomery.

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Tate and Hoppins; Byrne, Montgomery (4) and James. W—Montgomery. L—Tate.

HITS: Treasure Valley—Hill, Whitworth, Hoppins, Martin. North Idaho—Druffel, Wood, St. John, McKinnon, Dubrock, Montgomery 2, James, Riley 3. 2B—Martin, Riley. HR—Whitworth, Wood.

Tennis

Pacific Life Open

ATP-WTA TOUR

At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Indian Wells, Calif.

Purse: Men, $2,724,600 (Masters); Women, $2.1 million (Tier I)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Second Round

Taylor Dent (30), United States, def. Cyril Saulnier, France, 1-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2; Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Tommy Haas (16), Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (13), Croatia, def. Tomas Zib, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2; Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Mario Ancic (19), Croatia, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 6-3, 6-3; Feliciano Lopez (24), Spain, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4; Juan Ignacio Chela (22), Argentina, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1; Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Radek Stepanek (25), Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Guillermo Canas (14), Argentina, def. Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, 6-4, 6-3; David Ferrer, Spain, def. Sebastien Grosjean (27), France, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Vince Spadea (20), United States, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (6); Fabrice Santoro, France, def. Joachim Johansson (11), Sweden, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

Women

Third Round

Conchita Martinez (23), Spain, def. Jamea Jackson, United States, 6-0, 7-5; Rika Fujiwara , Japan, def. Iveta Benesova (24), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3); Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (28), Spain, 6-4, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Severine Beltrame, France, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5); Tatiana Golovin (14), France, def. Mariana Diaz-Oliva, Argentina, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Evgenia Linetskaya (30), Russia, def. Amelie Mauresmo (2), France, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5; Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, def. Maria Vento-Kabchi (32), Venezuela, 6-2, 6-1.

Today’s odds

America’s Line

NO LINE REPORT: On the NBA board, there is no line on the Wizards - Lakers game due to numerous Washington injuries; there is no line on the Bucks - Heat game due to Milwaukee forward Desmond Mason (questionable); there is no line on the Spurs - Hornets game due to San Antonio forward Tim Duncan (questionable).

NBA

Favorite Points Underdog
WIZARDS NL Lakers
Celtics 4 BOBCATS
Pistons 9 HAWKS
HEAT NL Bucks
GRIZZLIES 8.5 Blazers
SPURS NL Hornets
Rockets 2.5 WARRIORS