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NHL Roundup: Oilers rout Wild to prevent Minnesota from clinching playoff spot

April 27, 2013 By Admin

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ST. PAUL, Minn. – Corey Potter and Nail Yakupov both scored two goals, and the Edmonton Oilers prevented the Minnesota Wild from clinching a spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a 6-1 rout on Friday night.

Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle each added a goal and two assists for the Oilers, who won for the second time in 11 games but will miss the playoffs for the seventh straight season. Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 38 shots.

Mikko Koivu scored for the Wild, who could have gotten into the playoffs for the first time in five seasons with a win. Instead, Minnesota will enter Saturday’s season finale at Colorado tied with Columbus for eighth place in the West, one point behind seventh-place Detroit. Minnesota owns the tiebreaker and can secure a post-season spot with a win.

If Detroit gets a point in its season finale, Columbus wins, and Minnesota loses, the Wild would be eliminated.

SABRES 2, ISLANDERS 1, SO

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Thomas Vanek scored the lone goal in the shootout, and Ryan Miller made 30 saves before the tiebreaker to give Buffalo a victory over New York in the regular-season finale for both teams.

Miller, playing in his 500th game with the Sabres, sealed the win when he stopped John Tavares’ shot in the third round of the shootout. Brian Flynn scored in regulation for the Sabres, off an assist from Vanek.

Keith Aucoin scored and Evgeni Nabokov made 21 saves through overtime for the Islanders, who moved up to sixth place in the Eastern Conference but will need help to stay there. The Islanders (24-17-7) lead the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators by one point, but the Rangers have one game left, and Ottawa has two remaining this weekend.

Buffalo will miss the playoffs for the second straight season and fourth in six years. The Sabres head into the off-season with questions about the futures of general manager Darcy Regier, interim coach Ron Rolston, and Miller, who is entering the final year of his contract.

BLACKHAWKS 3, FLAMES 1

CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews scored 3:28 apart in the first period, and Chicago beat Calgary.

Marcus Kruger added a goal in the third period for the Blackhawks, who are 11-1-2 in their past 14 games. Chicago (36-6-5) will wrap up the regular season on Saturday at St. Louis.

Corey Crawford was sharp in making 25 saves and keeping the Blackhawks in the lead throughout. The only goal he allowed was Chris Butler’s short-handed tally — Butler’s first goal in 65 games.

Joey MacDonald stopped 35 shots in the final game of the season for the Flames (19-25-4), who failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

The Blackhawks clinched the Presidents’ Trophy, given to the NHL team with the best regular-season record, on Wednesday.

Kane and Toews both have a team-leading 23 goals. Kruger’s score was his first goal in 32 games.

AVALANCHE 5, COYOTES 4, SO

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Duchene scored in a shootout and had three assists, helping Colorado beat Phoenix in what may be the Coyotes’ final home game in the desert.

Phoenix went up 2-0 early, Colorado rallied for the lead with a three-goal flurry late in the first period and the teams traded scores the rest of the way in a wild game that had 18 players earn at least a point.

P.A. Parenteau had a goal and an assist, Stefan Elliott scored his first goal in nearly two years. Patrick Bordeleau and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Avalanche.

Antoine Vermette had two goals and Keith Yandle had three assists for the Coyotes, who will head into a fourth straight off-season without an owner.

David Schlemko and Rob Klinkhammer also scored for Phoenix.

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Soccer Recap: Chelsea, Inter Milan go down in Europa League

March 8, 2013 By Admin

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Chelsea’s John Terry reacts during their Europa League soccer match against Steaua Bucharest on Thursday. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)

(PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Steaua Bucharest revived memories of its glory days in the 1980s by beating European champion Chelsea 1-0, while the prolific Gareth Bale inflicted more damage on Inter Milan to put Tottenham on the brink of the Europa League quarterfinals.

It was a chastening night for two recent winners of the Champions League in the last-16 first legs, with Chelsea slumping to a deserved loss in Bucharest when Raul Rusescu converted a 34th-minute penalty for Steaua.

Inter produced an even more inept display as Bale scored one goal and set up another for Jan Vertonghen in a 3-0 win for Spurs, tormenting the Italian side like he did three years ago in the Champions League when he first grabbed the attention of the footballing world.

Lazio and Basel will take 2-0 leads into the second legs of their matches against Stuttgart and Zenit St. Petersburg, respectively, while Benfica and Fenerbahce were also winners on Thursday.

The games between Anzhi Makhachkala-Newcastle and Levante-Rubin Kazan are delicately poised at 0-0.

Though it has never reached the same level again, Steaua was once a major force in Europe, winning the European Cup in 1986, reaching the same semifinals in 1988 before losing the 1989 final to AC Milan.

It was another memorable European night for the Romanian club on Thursday, hounding Chelsea into mistakes after receiving passionate backing by a record crowd of 55,000 in the National Arena and grabbing the winner after Rusescu was shoved in the back by Ryan Bertrand.

The centre forward picked himself up and drilled home his spot kick.

Chelsea, which dropped into the Europa League after an unprecedented early exit from the Champions League group stage, was way below its best and the limp loss will pile more pressure on beleaguered interim coach Rafa Benitez — a figure of hate among many of the club’s disgruntled fans this season.

“We are disappointed because we conceded a goal with a soft penalty and had one or two chances to score,” Benitez said. “This result means we have to win at home and we have to push together.”

Steaua, which is 12 points clear in the Romanian league, eliminated Ajax in the last 32.

The Gareth Bale show

Bale starred again for Tottenham by taking his tally to 11 in his past nine games in all competitions but it was a dominant team display, with Inter lucky not to come away from White Hart Lane with a heavier beating.

Bale capitalized on hesitant defending to open the scoring with a header in the sixth minute, before Gylfi Sigurdsson tapped in from close range to make it 2-0 in the 18th and Vertonghen added a third from Bale’s inswinging corner eight minutes after halftime.

“It was a full 90-minute performance with excellent attacking football, reducing their chances and it was a great European night,” Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said. “(But) we are not through yet and the San Siro is a difficult place to go.”

Bale blotted his performance by getting booked for diving in the first half, meaning he will miss the second leg.

Lazio has dropped off the pace in Serie A after losing four of its last six matches, but remains dangerous in Europe and was the better team from the start against Stuttgart.

Ederson gave the Italian side the lead in the 21st after Stuttgart twice failed to clear a loose ball, with the forward turning and sending a low shot inside the near post.

Onazi doubled the advantage in the 56th when he picked the ball in the centre circle, beat one defender and surged into the area before clipping a neat finish past the advancing goalkeeper.

Basel will also think it has done enough to progress after scoring two late goals against Zenit, first through Marcelo Diaz and then by substitute Alexander Frei from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Luis Neto was red-carded for a foul on Mohamed Salah.

Pierre Webo was Fenerbahce’s matchwinner in a 1-0 victory over Plzen while an unfortunate own goal by Bordeaux goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso gave Benfica a slim lead from their first leg.

Moreno Rodrigo’s 25-yard shot crashed off the crossbar onto the back of Carrasso, with the ball rebounding into the net.

Levante and Rubin, the conqueror of defending champion Atletico Madrid in the last 32, both ended with 10 men in their match in Spain after Cristian Ansaldi’s 52nd-minute red card for the visitors was quickly followed by another to Michel.

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Rugby Six Nations 2013: Warburton focused on back-row battle

March 6, 2013 By Admin

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RBS SIX NATIONS: SCOTLAND V WALES

Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday, 9 March
Kick-off: 14:30 GMT

(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Sam Warburton insists he will be motivated by trying to beat Scotland and not regaining the Wales captaincy when the teams meet in the Six Nations on Saturday.

It is the first time in almost two years that the Blues flanker will start for Wales and not lead the team.

Ryan Jones is captain, and Warburton is happy to be back in the side.

“Getting the captaincy back won’t be a motivating factor. It will just be to play well for the side,” he said.

Jones took over the captaincy when Warburton missed the 16-6 victory over France in Paris because of a shoulder injury.

And the Osprey retained the captain’s armband when Warburton lost out to Justin Tipuric for a starting spot against Italy in Rome .

Tipuric drops to the bench for Saturday’s visit to Murrayfield, with Warburton drafted in to combat the Scots’ physical presence in the back row.

Sam Warburton’s captaincy facts

Warburton took over as Wales captain for the match against the Barbarians in Cardiff on 4 June, 2011.
He has led Wales 20 times, with the team winning on eight occasions
Five of those wins came in the 2012 Six Nations championship when Wales won the Grand Slam.

“The Scottish back row is very big and physical, so maybe that has influenced the decision to play me at seven,” he said.

“That is a challenge I really enjoy. Every time we play Scotland a focal point is always the battle of the back rows because theirs is so good.

“We know it will be a big job for me, Toby (Faletau) and Ryan (Jones) to nullify their threats.

“We will try to figure out a way to get the better of them over the next few days because that back-row battle is so important now in the modern game.

“It will be a big area for us as a team to win that back-row battle.”

Wales interim coach Rob Howley admitted that Warburton was left “disappointed” by the captaincy decision.

But the flanker, who captained Wales in the 2011 World Cup and led them to a Six Nations Grand Slam last season, said he was happy to work under Jones.

“Ryan is the best captain I’ve played under, so I have no qualms with him leading the side. He has a wealth of experience and tactically he’s very clued in,” he said.

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NBA Deadline wrap: Jazz, Kings confused….and more

February 23, 2013 By Admin

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Al Jefferson (left) is set to become a free agent after the season. (Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)

(PhatzRadio / SI Feature – Rob Mahoney) — Four thoughts on what did and didn’t happen at the NBA trade deadline:

• Atlanta’s choice to retain Josh Smith might be the biggest story of the deadline, but Utah’s decision to keep both of its soon-to-be free-agent frontcourt starters is by far the bigger transgression.

Power forward Paul Millsap and center Al Jefferson work together reasonably well, but only well enough for Utah — which has positioned itself for a likely (and doomed) playoff berth — to vaguely justify standing pat. Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey can’t reasonably consider bringing back both players on new deals to reenact the same middling performance, lest the team continue to slow the development of Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter due to its veteran-heavy bent. Like it or not, those two prospects both figure to play prominent roles in the Jazz’s future, a new era that could have been facilitated by clearing up the logjam now. Doing so wouldn’t just clean the slate, but also add supplementary assets to a roster that’s very much incomplete. Jefferson would have been valuable to another playoff team. The same goes for Millsap, albeit with the caveat that he’d be the more sensible player for Utah to re-sign for the long term.

In fairness to Lindsey, we’ll likely never know the details of deals the Jazz may have declined, and Utah has the flexibility to still try for a sign-and-trade this summer. But this was Utah’s last best shot at dealing from a position with leverage, and yet the Jazz came away from the deadline empty-handed.

• Even after having some time to dwell on the Kings’ decision to trade No. 5 pick Thomas Robinson to the Rockets for scraps, I’m struggling to find even the most outlandish justification for it. I get that finances played a part, as things do for all NBA teams and especially for the Maloof-run Kings, who are set to be sold. But this doesn’t amount to much of a salary dump: In addition to receiving $1 million from Houston in the six-player trade, the Kings are saving only about $1.2 million in salary for the rest of the season.

Beyond that, where is the benefit for the Kings? Francisco Garcia and Tyler Honeycutt, the other two players who were dealt to Houston, have team options for next seasons that Sacramento could have declined. Patrick Patterson, solid though he may be as the main piece coming from Houston, has both a lower ceiling as a player and two fewer years remaining on his rookie contract than Robinson. Over a four-season stretch, it’s very easy to see the Kings actually adding salary through this deal, as Patterson’s restricted free agency in 2014 could well force them to overpay to retain him. It’s a mess of a move from top to bottom, in which Sacramento surrendered the most valuable piece (and potentially, best player) without shedding any lengthier contract (I’m looking at you, John Salmons) for the sake of some shameless savings and an unexceptional big man.

• The Bucks acquired the best player moved at the deadline in J.J. Redick, but in trading for him they sold out — and sold low — on two pretty solid prospects in second-year forward Tobias Harris and rookie guard Doron Lamb.

Harris, 20, had a decent start to his sophomore season, but he fell out of Scott Skiles’ good graces and proceeded to rack up DNP-CDs under interim coach Jim Boylan. Some of that resulted from Milwaukee’s veteran depth at forward, but Harris can still help a team and should go on to have a successful career. Harris may not have any go-to NBA skill yet, but he has a knack for the timing and flow of the game that allows him to get opportunistic baskets and show flashes of defensive aptitude. His game is a bit plain, but Harris is further along the learning curve than many projected he might be at this point in his career.

Lamb isn’t quite as viable in the present, but his scoring potential and respectable on-ball defense make him a decent prospect on a bargain of a deal. The Magic will now have this season and the ensuing two (if they so choose; the last year of Lamb’s deal isn’t guaranteed) to gauge and develop Lamb as they see fit, all while paying him a total of just $2.4 million for those three seasons.

Orlando GM Rob Hennigan may not have scored the first-round pick that he desired in a deal for Redick, but he did well in adding an interesting pair to the Magic’s growing core of prospects.

• A few deals managed to trickle in right at the deadline buzzer, including two cost-cutting measures designed to get the Warriors under the luxury tax line. In one move, the Warriors shipped project big man Jeremy Tyler to the Hawks for a second-round pick. In another, Golden State sent seldom-used point guard Charles Jenkins to Philadelphia for another second-round pick. Both trades make sense, given how close the Warriors were to the tax line and how dispensable the two players were in the context of the current roster.

Still, don’t sleep on this trade for Philadelphia, which made a nice value add by peddling a marginal asset. Jenkins is just 23 and already a decent pro — far better than the Sixers’ Jeremy Pargo and Royal Ivey. He’ll provide some much-needed help off the bench for a team that’s struggled to create shots all season.

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NBA Deadline wrap: Jazz, Kings confused….and more

February 23, 2013 By Admin

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Al Jefferson (left) is set to become a free agent after the season. (Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)

(PhatzRadio / SI Feature – Rob Mahoney) — Four thoughts on what did and didn’t happen at the NBA trade deadline:

Orlando GM Rob Hennigan may not have scored the first-round pick that he desired in a deal for Redick, but he did well in adding an interesting pair to the Magic’s growing core of prospects.

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College Basketball: Top 25 Friday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / Saint Louis beat No. 15 Butler, 65-61

February 23, 2013 By Admin

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Story Highlights

Saint Louis beat No. 15 Butler, 65-61
No. 4 Stanford women rout Oregon State 90-53
No. 5 Duke women beat No. 19 Florida State 61-50
Cal women beat Ducks for school-record 12th in row
No. 20 Colorado women beat Washington State 59-45

(PhatzRadio / AP) — INDIANAPOLIS — St. Louis moved into position to take the Atlantic 10 basketball championship under interim coach Jim Crews.

The Billikens solidified their hold on first place, completing a season sweep with a 65-61 victory over No. 15 Butler before a sellout crowd of 10,000 Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Both teams repeatedly missed free throws down the stretch, but Mike McCall Jr. sank two with 19.3 seconds left to give St. Louis a four-point lead and secure the outcome.

St. Louis, which crushed Butler 75-58 on Jan. 31, improved to 10-2 in the conference and 21-5 overall. The Bulldogs, who were once 16-2, have lost four of 10 and fell to 9-4 and 22-6.

The conference schedule is 16 games.

Butler was 14 of 24 on free throws, a category that was costly.

Dwayne Evans scored 17 points, McCall 16 and Kwamain Mitchell 12 for St. Louis.

Kellen Dunham led Butler with 14, all in the first half. Rotnei Clarke and Roosevelt Jones had 13 each.

The Billikens seized control with an 8-0 burst early in the second half, turning a five-point deficit into a 39-36 lead in only 79 seconds. They began the half by shooting 9-of-11, or 82 percent, in stretching the margin to 48-41.

St. Louis extended the lead to nine, 53-44, when Jake Barnett was fouled behind the arc and made two of three free throws.

Butler shot 52 percent in the first half and had a 20-13 edge in rebounds but led only 34-29 at the midpoint. The Bulldogs committed seven turnovers – three on offensive fouls – to the Billikens’ two.

Butler point guard Alex Barlow picked up his fourth foul with 36 seconds left in the half.

Dunham scored 14 points in the half, including seven in succession in a span of less than two minutes. His outburst completed a 10-0 run that pushed Butler ahead 17-9.

After the Billikens trimmed that to 19-18, Clarke’s second 3-pointer started a 10-2 run that gave Butler its largest lead of the half, 29-20.

The Billikens stayed close despite shooting 36 percent, including 1-of-10 on 3s. This marked only the fifth game all season in which they trailed by eight or more points.

David Woods writes for The Indianapolis Star.

Top 25 Women’s Results

No. 4 Stanford women rout Oregon State 90-53

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Only a few years ago, Joslyn Tinkle played a limited role behind former Stanford stars Jayne Appel and Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Even Tinkle couldn’t have envisioned becoming a Stanford regular who is counted on each night on both ends of the floor.

Or becoming a 1,000-point scorer, either.

Tinkle reached the milestone early in the second half and Chiney Ogwumike had 19 points and 12 rebounds for No. 4 Stanford in a 90-53 victory over Oregon State on Friday night for its 11th straight victory.

“Coming into this year, I knew it was my time,” Tinkle said. “Regardless of any situations, if my shot wasn’t falling, t’s a big accomplishment. It’s a cool thing to accomplish, especially at Stanford. Each game I go in knowing they rely on me. To be successful and go where we want to go, I have to bring it every game.”

Amber Orrange added 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting, six assists and two steals for Stanford (25-2, 14-1 Pac-12), which has won 27 straight games against Oregon State and also owns a 27-game home winning streak against the Beavers at Maples Pavilion.

Tinkle struggled with her shot but hit two late 3-pointers to finish with 11 points as Stanford stayed unbeaten in its last 11 games since a 67-55 loss to rival California at home on Jan. 13. The sixth-ranked Golden Bears beat Oregon 77-55 in Berkeley, so Stanford kept pace atop the conference standings.

“This was a really special game for us,” Ogwumike said. “We’ve been waiting for a time when everybody steps up at the right time. Today was a great starting point playing hard for 40 minutes.”

Ogwumike, coming off a 26-point performance in a 68-57 win at UCLA last Sunday, also had four blocked shots and two steals. Her highlight came on an acrobatic swish in which she released the ball from beneath the backboard while falling out of bounds into a cameraman after being fouled. The three-point play put the Cardinal ahead 65-35 with 11:26 remaining – though Ogwumike didn’t initially know she had scored until seeing her teammates cheer and raise their arms.

“I had no clue,” she said.

On that play, Ogwumike also set a career high with 11 made free throws as Stanford shot 16 for 18 from the line. Sophomore Taylor Greenfield matched her career high with 18 points for Stanford, which shot 48.5 percent from the field.

“They have a superstar inside. We did a decent job slowing her down,” Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said. “I thought we got decent looks to be honest, we just didn’t make them. The second half turned into a shooting drill. … I think you learn from every loss. I liked our intensity, liked the way we executed.”

Beavers leading scorer Jamie Weisner scored 12 points to lead cold-shooting Oregon State (9-18, 3-12), which went 22 of 68 from the floor for 32.4 percent in losing its ninth straight game.

No. 5 Duke women beat No. 19 Florida State 61-50

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Minus Chelsea Gray, No. 5 Duke came out scrapping – with its opponent, and with each other.

Playing their first game since the Atlantic Coast Conference leader in assists and steals sustained a season-ending knee injury, the Blue Devils pulled away in the second half to beat No. 19 Florida State 61-50 Friday night.

The victory was punctuated by a shouting match on the Duke bench between coach Joanne P. McCallie and forward Haley Peters.

“The kids on the floor really missed a show,” McCallie said. “The kids on the bench at the time were like, `Whoa.’ But that’s what it’s like. These games are intense and a lot of conflict.”

Elizabeth Williams had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Duke used a 26-4 run to take control.

“It was a nice battle for our team,” McCallie said. “We certainly can play a lot better. But I loved our grit and I loved our fight.”

Chloe Wells added 15 points off the bench for Duke (25-1, 15-0). The Blue Devils won their 37th consecutive home game against ACC competition.

“When Chelsea went down, that was a big blow for us,” Wells said. “We were pressing in the beginning, and I knew that. So I just tried to come in and settle down and just play our game.”

Gray was hurt at Wake Forest on Sunday. The Blue Devils had 22 turnovers and shot just 34 percent without her.

Gray’s absence, along with several missed layups, contributed to a slow start for the Blue Devils that left McCallie and Peters arguing during the first half.

Peters was pulled after back-to-back turnovers, and she and McCallie had an animated conversation as play continued. Right after, Gray moved from her seat on the bench so that she could sit next to Peters.

Peters finished 2 of 11 from the floor, but grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds.

“But Haley is a pretty special cat. I don’t know too many people who would get 14 rebounds when offensively her game wasn’t where she wanted it to be. That is one mean lady,” McCallie said.

Duke trailed 24-20 early in the second half but took charge with its big run over the next 9 minutes.

Wells hit a jumper from the foul line to give the Blue Devils a 28-26 lead with 15:36 remaining, and they never trailed again.

Wells added a pair of 3-pointers, the second of which gave her team a 43-28 cushion.

Alexa Deluzio scored 16 points to lead Florida State (20-6, 10-5), which lost for the sixth straight time to Duke. Natasha Howard added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Seminoles.

Cal women beat Ducks for school-record 12th in row

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California is on the verge of a school-record winning streak, but more importantly the sixth-ranked Bears showed Friday night they can win without one of their top players.

Layshia Clarendon scored 14 points and Cal won its record-tying 12th straight with a 77-55 victory over Oregon.

Afure Jemerigbe added 13 points for the Bears (24-2, 14-1 Pac-12), who early on looked somewhat ragged offensively with starting point guard Brittany Boyd sitting out because of a strained groin.

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