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THE HERALD ■ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Hamlin joins the elite By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Denny Hamlin burst onto the scene a decade ago when he showed up at Daytona InterNASCAR national Speedway as a rookie and won the first exhibition race of Speedweeks. Hamlin beat Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon that night, and an article the next day from a newspaper in a city with deep racing roots opened with “Denny Who Did What?” It was quite the arrival for a cherub-faced short track racer from Virginia who had clawed his way into a ride with Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin had dreamed of becoming a NASCAR star his entire childhood, and he cheered hero Bill Elliott twice a year from the grandstands at Richmond International Raceway. His success was immediate, two wins and a spot in the Chase as a rookie. He finished third in the overall standings and seemed to be on the fast track toward a Sprint Cup title. But the title never came, not even during an eight-win season in 2010 when he let Johnson off the ropes and coughed away the championship. It was an embarrassing defeat for Hamlin, who had morphed along the way from the shy and socially awkward Southern kid into a rich race car driver with a swagger and an entourage of wealthy playboys. He became friends with Michael Jordan and Bubba Watson; and became known for throwing epic parties. It’s a glamorous lifestyle, but it came with a catch: Failure to win big races and championships opened up Hamlin to criticism that he was incapable of taking the next step in his career. He proved otherwise Sunday by winning his first Daytona 500 with a dramatic last-lap pass of teammate Matt Kenseth, then a door-to-door battle to the finish line with Martin Truex. At last, a win in a crown jewel event. Tthe victory gives Ham the clout he’s worked hard to earn throughout the garage. In a sport in which few drivers are willing to lash out at the sanctioning body, Hamlin has never shied away from criticizing procedures. He’s been fined several times for using Twitter to take a shot at NASCAR, and he’s yet to back down from pointing out injustices or inconsistencies. Behind the scenes, Hamlin was the driving force in unifying the drivers into what ultimately grew into a driver council that debuted last season. Hamlin was the ringleader of a group text chain of drivers who were disgruntled with the on-track product and the direction NASCAR wanted to take with the rules package. His behind-thescenes efforts to unify the drivers into one collective voice has paid dividends for all the competitors. No longer that chubby kid who stunned the field in his debut, Hamlin is a 35-year-old father and the most-tenured driver in JGR’s four-car stable. His sponsorship deal with FedEx is also one of the longest pairings in the sport. He still hangs with Jordan and he has an air of braggadocio that shows how comfortable he is in the spotlight. Now, with a Daytona 500 win, he’s earned his shining moment.
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Local schedule All Times EST ■■ TODAY, FEB. 23 Prep Boys Basketball Loogootee at Jasper (JV/V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crawford County at Southridge (JV/V) . . . . . . . Gibson Southern at Forest Park (JV/V) . . . . . . Princeton at Heritage Hills (JV/V) . . . . . . . . . . Prep Boys Swimming IHSAA Diving Regional at Bloomington North . ■■ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 No events scheduled ■■ THURSDAY, FEB. 25 No events scheduled
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Grade basketball AT HUNTINGBURG ■■ HUNTINGBURG OPTIMIST SOUTHRIDGE SHOOTOUT Championship Games Grade 8 Dubois 53, Jasper 51, OT Grade 7 Jasper 41, Southridge 29 Grade 6 Jasper 43, Southridge 17 Grade 5 South Spencer 41, Heritage Hills 23 Grade 4 Forest Park 31, Jasper 22
Prep basketball ■■ IHSAA BOYS SCORES Monday’s Games Elkhart Christian 96, Howe Military 29 Fort Wayne Luers 52, New Haven 47 Homestead 53, Jay County 51, OT South Spencer 61, Princeton 48 Hoosier Conference Tournament Lewis Cass 64, Rensselaer Central 37 Lafayette Central Catholic 70, Northwestern 64 ■■ IHSAA BOYS SECTIONAL PAIRINGS Note: Game times TBA for sectional at Huntingburg, Boonville and Tecumseh. CLASS 3A AT HUNTINGBURG Tuesday, March 1 Princeton (2-20) vs. Pike Central (17-4) Washington (17-4) vs. Jasper (14-6) Friday, March 4 Southridge (8-12) vs. Princeton-Pike Central winner Vincennes Lincoln (17-5) vs. Washington-Jasper winner Saturday, March 5 Championship CLASS 3A AT BOONVILLE Tuesday, March 1 Heritage Hills (6-15) vs. Gibson Southern (11-10) Evansville Memorial (7-12) vs. Evansville Bosse (12-9) Friday, March 4 Boonville (10-11) vs. Heritage Hills-Gibson Southern winner Mount Vernon (7-14) vs. Evansville MemorialEvansville Bosse winner Saturday, March 5 Championship CLASS 2A AT JASPER All Times EST Tuesday, March 1 Perry Central (4-18) vs. Tell City (7-15), 6:30 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei (10-10) vs. North Posey (6-17), 8 p.m. Friday, March 4 Forest Park (15-5) vs. Perry Central-Tell City winner, 6:30 p.m. South Spencer (13-8) vs. Evansville Mater Dei-North Posey winner, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 5 Championship, 7:30 p.m. CLASS 1A AT TECUMSEH Tuesday, March 1 Cannelton (4-17) vs. Tecumseh (9-11) Wood Memorial (16-7) vs. Northeast Dubois (9-12) Friday, March 4 Springs Valley (10-11) vs. Cannelton-Tecumseh winner Evansville Day (10-11) vs. Wood Memorial-Northeast Dubois winner Saturday, March 5 Championship ■■ IHSAA GIRLS STATE FINALS All Times EST AT INDIANAPOLIS/Bankers Life Fieldhouse Saturday’s Games CLASS 4A No. 4 Penn (27-2) vs. No. 1 Columbus North (27-1), 8:15 p.m. CLASS 3A No. 2 Heritage Christian (25-4) vs. No. 7 North Harrison (28-2), 6 p.m. CLASS 2A No. 4 Lafayette Central Catholic (24-5) vs. No. 3 Covenant Christian (23-5), 12:45 p.m. CLASS 1A No. 6 Argos (24-3) vs. No. 2 Jac-Cen-Del (26-1), 10:30 a.m
College basketball ■■ NCAA MEN’S SCORES Monday’s Games Green Bay 78, Cleveland State 61 Miami (Fla.) 64, Virginia 61 Milwaukee 87, Youngstown State 51 Texas 71, Kansas State 70 West Virginia 97, Iowa State 87 ■■ ASSOCIATED PRESS MEN’S TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Villanova (45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-3 1,604 1 2. Kansas (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-4 1,580 2 3. Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-5 1,393 3 3. Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-5 1,393 7 5. Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-3 1,368 8 6. Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-5 1,346 8 7. North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-5 1,241 5 8. Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 1,144 4
9. Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-5 1,028 12 10. Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-5 976 6 11. Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-6 902 18 12. Miami (Fla.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-5 851 11 13. Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-6 842 16 14. West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 772 10 15. Duke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 674 20 16. Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 627 14 17. Iowa State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-8 616 13 18. Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-6 571 22 19. Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 521 25 20. Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 357 17 21. Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 283 — 22. Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 253 — 23. Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-8 185 19 24. SMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-4 154 21 25. Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-10 104 24 Others receiving votes: Dayton 80, Providence 48, California 34, Wichita State 33, Texas Tech 31, Wisconsin 27, Saint Joseph’s 20, VCU 19, Hawaii 12, South Carolina 12, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 10, Cincinnati 3, Valparaiso 3, San Diego State 2, Southern California 2, Stephen F. Austin 1, UAB 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1, Connecticut 1. ■■ MEN’S TOP 25 SCHEDULE All Times EST Today’s Games No. 2 Kansas at No. 19 Baylor, 8 p.m. No. 6 Michigan State at Ohio State, 9 p.m. No. 16 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games No. 1 Villanova at No. 5 Xavier, 7 p.m. No. 3 Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 9 p.m. No. 7 North Carolina at North Carolina State, 8 p.m. No. 8 Iowa vs. Wisconsin, 9 p.m. No. 9 Arizona at Colorado, 9 p.m. No. 11 Louisville at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. No. 13 Oregon vs. Washington State, 10 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State, 7 p.m. No. 23 Notre Dame at Wake Forest, 9 p.m. Thursday’s Games No. 15 Duke vs. Florida State, 7 p.m. No. 18 Indiana at Illinois, 9 p.m. No. 22 Utah vs. Arizona State, 9 p.m. No. 24 SMU at Memphis, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Villanova at Marquette, 1:30 p.m. No. 2 Kansas vs. Texas Tech, noon No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 25 Texas, 2 p.m. No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 7 North Carolina, 6:30 p.m. No. 9 Arizona at Utah, 2 p.m. No. 10 Maryland at No. 20 Purdue, 4 p.m. No. 11 Louisville at No. 12 Miami (Fla.), 2 p.m. No. 14 West Virginia at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. No. 16 Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 4 p.m. No. 17 Iowa State vs. Kansas State, 6 p.m. No. 19 Baylor at TCU, 8 p.m. No. 21 Texas A&M at Missouri, 4 p.m. No. 23 Notre Dame at Florida State, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Games No. 5 Xavier at Seton Hall, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Michigan State vs. Penn State, noon No. 8 Iowa at Ohio State, 4 p.m. No. 13 Oregon vs. Washington, 8:30 p.m. No. 15 Duke at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. No. 24 SMU vs. Tulane, 3 p.m. ■■ BIG TEN CONFERENCE STANDINGS/SCHEDULE All Times EST Team CONF ALL Indiana................................................. 12-3 22-6 Iowa..................................................... 11-3 20-6 Maryland.............................................. 11-4 23-5 Ohio State............................................ 10-5 18-10 Michigan State....................................... 9-5 22-5 Wisconsin.............................................. 9-5 17-10 Purdue.................................................. 9-6 21-7 Michigan............................................... 9-6 19-9 Nebraska............................................... 6-9 14-14 Northwestern......................................... 5-9 17-10 Penn State............................................. 5-9 14-13 Illinois.................................................. 4-10 12-15 Minnesota............................................ 1-13 7-19 Rutgers................................................ 0-14 6-21 Today’s Games Rutgers at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Michigan State at Ohio State, 9 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Northwestern at Michigan, 7 p.m. Wisconsin at Iowa, 9 p.m. Thursday’s Games Nebraska at Penn State, 7 p.m. Indiana at Illinois, 9 p.m. ■■ NCAA WOMEN’S SCORES Monday’s Games Baylor 78, Oklahoma 70 Notre Dame 73, Florida State 66 South Carolina 66, Alabama 46 ■■ ASSOCIATED PRESS WOMEN’S TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Team W-L Pts Prv 1. Connecticut (32) . . . . . . . . . . . 26-0 800 1 2. Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1 756 2 3. South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-1 746 3 4. Baylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-1 704 4 5. Ohio State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-4 656 5 6. Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-3 623 6 7. Oregon State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-3 608 7 8. Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1 581 8 9. Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-4 563 9 10. Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-6 508 11 11. Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 463 12 12. Florida State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-5 421 10 13. Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-6 409 15 14. UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 387 12 15. Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6 338 16 16. Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . . 22-6 319 14 17. Miami (Fla.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-5 258 18 18. Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-6 241 23 19. DePaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-7 221 21 20. Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-7 134 25 21. South Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-7 131 19 22. Oklahoma State . . . . . . . . . . . 19-7 94 17 23. Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-8 91 20 24. Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-6 76 — 25. Colorado State . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-1 58 — Others receiving votes: Florida 55, BYU 50, West Virginia 42, Georgia 23, UTEP 14, Arkansas State 7, Oregon 7, Green Bay 5, Florida Gulf Coast 4, Duquesne 3, Tennessee 2, Washington 2. ■■ WOMEN’S TOP 25 SCHEDULE All Times EST Today’s Games No. 1 Connecticut vs. SMU, 7 p.m. No. 5 Ohio State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
No. 8 Texas at Texas Tech, 7:30 p.m. No. 20 Michigan State at Illinois, 8 p.m. No. 21 South Florida at Tulsa, 8 p.m. No. 22 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas, 8 p.m. No. 25 Colorado State at New Mexico, 9 p.m. Thursday’s Games No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Clemson, 7 p.m. No. 3 South Carolina at Mississippi, 9 p.m. No. 6 Maryland vs. Wisconsin, 6:30 p.m. No. 10 Louisville at No. 17 Miami (Fla.), 7 p.m. No. 11 Texas A&M at Auburn, 7:30 p.m. No. 12 Florida State at North Carolina State, 7:30 p.m. No. 15 Kentucky vs. No. 24 Missouri, 7 p.m. No. 16 Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. No. 18 Syracuse at Boston College, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games No. 7 Oregon State at No. 13 Stanford, 11 p.m. No. 9 Arizona State at Southern California, 9 p.m. No. 14 UCLA vs. Arizona, 11 p.m.
WASHINGTON (4) — q-Ian Desmond, ss; Nate McLouth, of; Matt Thornton, lhp; Dan Uggla, 2b. AMERICAN LEAGUE CLEVELAND (1) — Ryan Raburn, dh. DETROIT (3) — Joe Nathan, rhp; Alfredo Simon, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp. KANSAS CITY (2) — Franklin Morales, lhp; Alex Rios, of. LOS ANGELES (4) — David DeJesus, of; David Freese, 3b; David Murphy, of; Shane Victorino, of. MINNESOTA (2) — Neal Cotts, lhp; Torii Hunter, of. OAKLAND (1) — Barry Zito, lhp. SEATTLE (1) — Joe Beimel, lhp. TAMPA BAY (1) — Grady Sizemore, of. TEXAS (3) — q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp; Drew Stubbs, of; Will Venable, of. TORONTO (3) — Mark Buehrle, lhp; Jeff Francis, lhp; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp.
■■ CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 565 — Tennessee, Feb. 17, 1985-Feb. 22, 2016 428 — Connecticut, preseason poll 1993-present 312 — Duke, Nov. 29, 1999-Jan. 18, 2016 283 — Stanford, preseason poll 2001-present 238 — Baylor, Jan. 5, 2004-present
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Pro basketball ■■ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 18 .673 — Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 25 .569 5½ New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 34 .414 14½ Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 41 .268 22½ Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 47 .145 29 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 24 .571 — Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 27 .534 2 Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 26 .527 2½ Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 29 .463 6 Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 30 .444 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 15 .727 — Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 26 .536 10½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 26 .527 11 Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 29 .491 13 Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 33 .421 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 9 .839 — Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23 .582 14½ Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 27 .526 17½ Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 28 .500 19 New Orleans . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 33 .400 24½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City . . . . . . . . . . . 40 16 .714 — Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 27 .518 11 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 28 .491 12½ Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 34 .393 18 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 39 .316 22½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5 .909 — L.A. Clippers . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 19 .661 13½ Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 31 .426 26½ Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 43 .246 37 L.A. Lakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 47 .190 40½ Monday’s Games Detroit 96, Cleveland 88 Miami 101, Indiana 93, OT Toronto 122, New York 95 Minnesota 124, Boston 122 Milwaukee 108, L.A. Lakers 101 Golden State 102, Atlanta 92 L.A. Clippers 124, Phoenix 84 Today’s Games Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Washington, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. Houston at Utah, 9 p.m. Brooklyn at Portland, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. New York at Indiana, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. AT MIAMI/AmericanAirlines Arena ■■ Miami 101, Indiana 93, OT Indiana . . . . . . . . 25 19 25 19 5 — 93 Miami . . . . . . . . . 15 26 29 18 13 — 101 INDIANA — George 11-24 5-7 31, Turner 8-13 0-0 16, Mahinmi 3-5 5-8 11, G. Hill 0-7 1-2 1, Ellis 2-17 3-4 7, J. Hill 3-10 0-2 6, Young 5-9 0-0 10, S. Hill 0-2 0-0 0, Allen 3-3 2-2 8, Budinger 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 36-92 16-25 93. MIAMI — Green 0-5 0-0 0, Deng 5-18 3-5 13, Stoudemire 2-3 0-0 4, Dragic 10-17 3-6 24, Wade 4-21 8-10 16, Winslow 5-10 5-6 15, Whiteside 8-17 3-4 19, Udrih 0-0 0-0 0, McRoberts 4-8 1-3 10, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-100 23-34 101. 3-point field goals — Indiana 5-15 (George 4-7, Budinger 1-1, Young 0-1, G.Hill 0-2, Ellis 0-4), Miami 2-13 (Dragic 1-2, McRoberts 1-3, Winslow 0-1, Wade 0-2, Green 0-2, Deng 0-3). Rebounds — Indiana 57 (George 11), Miami 81 (Whiteside 18). Assists — Indiana 17 (George 4), Miami 19 (Dragic 5). Team fouls (fouled out) — Indiana 26 (Turner, Mahinmi), Miami 24. Technicals fouls — Miami (Coach Spoelstra). A — 19,600.
Pro baseball ■■ MAJOR LEAGUE FREE AGENTS The 48 remaining free agents (q-did not accept qualifying offer): NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO (4) — Chris Denorfia, of; q-Dexter Fowler, of; Dan Haren, rhp; Austin Jackson, of. CINCINNATI (1) — Sean Marshall, lhp. COLORADO (1) — Justin Morneau, 1b. MIAMI (1) — Casey McGehee, 3b. MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse, rhp. NEW YORK (1) — Juan Uribe, 3b. PHILADELPHIA (4) — Chad Billingsley, rhp; Aaron Harang, rhp; Cliff Lee, lhp; Jerome Williams, rhp. PITTSBURGH (3) — A.J. Burnett, rhp; Corey Hart, 1b; Aramis Ramirez, 3b. ST. LOUIS (1) — Randy Choate, lhp. SAN DIEGO (1) — Josh Johnson, rhp. SAN FRANCISCO (5) — Jeremy Affeldt, lhp; Marlon Byrd, of; Tim Hudson, rhp; Tim Lincecum, rhp; Marco Scutaro, 2b.
MONDAY’S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS ■■ BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with INF Jimmy Rollins on a minor league contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with 1B Chris Parmelee on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed LHP Sean Nolin off waivers by Milwaukee. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with OF Jeff Francoeur on a minor league contract. ■■ BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Announced the trade of C Joel Anthony and a protected 2016 first-round draft pick to Houston for F-C Donatas Motiejunas and G Marcus Thornton was rescinded because medical clearance was not given on all players. DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed F David Lee. Waived G John Jenkins. DENVER NUGGETS — Agreed to terms with F JaKarr Sampson on a multi-year contract. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived C Jason Thompson. MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed F Steve Novak. Waived F Chris Copeland. NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Jimmer Fredette to a 10-day contract. ■■ FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed P Drew Butler. DENVER BRONCOS — Signed TE Richard Gordon and DL Phil Taylor. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived LB Jonathan Newsome. Released LB Andy Studebaker. NEW YORK JETS — Released CB Antonio Cromartie. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with S Malcolm Jenkins on a five-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Waived TE Brian Leonhardt. ■■ COLLEGE DUKE — Named Nolan Smith special assistant for men’s basketball. KENTUCKY — Dismissed senior DE-LB Jason Hatcher following his arrest for marijuana possession and speeding in Franklin County. SMU — Announced the retirement of women’s basketball coach Rhonda Rompola after the season.
On the air All Times EST ■■ TODAY, FEB. 23 TELEVISION 2:30 p.m. — Men’s soccer: UEFA Champions League, Arsenal vs. Barcelona (FS1) 6 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Georgia State at Georgia Southern (ESPN2) 6:30 p.m. — Women’s college basketball: Michigan at Northwestern (BTN) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Alabama at Kentucky (ESPN) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Clemson at Georgia Tech (FOXSMW) 8 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Kansas at Baylor (ESPN2) 8:30 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Rutgers at Minnesota (BTN) 8 p.m. — Men’s soccer: CONCACAF Champions League, Queretaro vs. D.C. United (FS1) 9 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Michigan State at Ohio State (ESPN) 9 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Evansville at Bradley (FOXSMW) 10 p.m. — Men’s soccer: CONCACAF Champions League, Seattle Sounders vs. Club America (FS1) RADIO 3:20 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Southridge Forecasters (WITZ 104.7 FM) 3:40 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Jasper Forecasters (WITZ 104.7 FM) 7:05 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Loogootee at Jasper (WITZ 104.7 FM) 7:15 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Crawford County at Southridge (WBDC 100.9 FM) 7:40 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Gibson Southern at Forest Park (WQKZ 98.5 FM) 8 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Princeton at Heritage Hills (WAXL 103.3 FM) 9 p.m. — Auto racing: NASCAR Live (WITZ 104.7 FM) ■■ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 TELEVISION 2:30 p.m. — Men’s soccer: UEFA Champions League, Dynamo Kyiv vs. Manchester City (FS1) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Mississippi State at Texas A&M (ESPN2) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Villanova at Xavier (FS1) 7 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Northwestern at Michigan (BTN) 7 p.m. — NBA basketball: New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers (FOXSMW) 8 p.m. — NBA basketball: Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls (ESPN) 8 p.m. — Prep boys basketball: Loogootee at Jasper (taped, WJTS-Digital 18) 9 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Arizona at Colorado (ESPN2) 9 p.m. — Men’s college basketball: Wisconsin at Iowa (BTN) 10 p.m. — Men’s soccer: CONCACAF Champions League, Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Santos Laguna (FS1) 10:30 p.m. — NBA basketball: San Antonio Spurs at Sacramento Kings (ESPN) RADIO 7 p.m. — NBA basketball: New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers (WAXL 103.3 FM)
