NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 39 16 .709 —
New York 36 18 .667 2 1/2
Philadelphia 20 34 .370 18 1/2
Brooklyn 20 34 .370 18 1/2
Toronto 17 38 .309 22
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Orlando 27 29 .482 —
Atlanta 26 29 .473 1/2
Miami 25 28 .472 1/2
Charlotte 13 39 .250 12
Washington 9 45 .167 17
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 44 10 .815 —
Indiana 30 23 .566 13 1/2
Milwaukee 29 24 .547 14 1/2
Detroit 29 26 .527 15 1/2
Chicago 22 33 .400 22 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Memphis 36 18 .667 —
Houston 34 21 .618 2 1/2
Dallas 30 26 .536 7
San Antonio 23 29 .442 12
New Orleans 13 42 .236 23 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 44 10 .815 —
Denver 36 19 .655 8 1/2
Minnesota 31 25 .554 14
Portland 23 32 .418 21 1/2
Utah 13 41 .241 31
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 32 20 .615 —
L.A. Clippers 31 23 .574 2
Sacramento 28 27 .509 5 1/2
Golden State 28 27 .509 5 1/2
Phoenix 26 28 .481 7
Thursday’s games
Golden State 105, Houston 98
New Orleans 140, Sacramento 133, OT
Dallas 118, Miami 113
Minnesota 116, Oklahoma City 101
L.A. Clippers 120, Utah 116, OT
Friday’s games
2025 Rising Stars Semifinal 1
Team T vs Team C, 9:15 p.m., San Francisco
2025 Rising Stars Semifinal 2
Team M vs Team G League, 9:55 p.m., San Francisco
2025 Rising Stars Final
Team TBD vs Team TBD, 10:35 p.m., San Francisco
Saturday’s games
No games scheduled.
Sunday’s games
2025 All-Star Game Semifinal 1
Global Stars vs Young Stars, 8:20 p.m., San Francisco
2025 All-Star Game Semifinal 2
Rising Stars vs OGs, 9:10 p.m., San Francisco
2025 All-Star Game
Team TBD vs Team TBD, 10 p.m., San Francisco
Monday’s games
No games scheduled.
Leaders
Scoring
G FG FT Pts Avg
G-Alexandr, OKC 53 596 419 1720 32.5
Antkonmpo, MIL 41 521 254 1302 31.8
Jokic, DEN 49 556 247 1458 29.8
Maxey, PHI 46 442 232 1269 27.6
Edwards, MIN 54 494 268 1483 27.5
Durant, PHO 41 408 208 1121 27.3
Tatum, BOS 52 475 267 1406 27.0
Booker, PHO 48 411 309 1256 26.2
Brunson, NY 53 478 306 1384 26.1
Lillard, MIL 44 350 280 1133 25.8
Davis, DAL 43 410 257 1107 25.7
Cnningham, DET 50 475 210 1271 25.4
Towns, NY 49 435 240 1212 24.7
Irving, DAL 44 395 165 1084 24.6
Fox, SA 50 454 226 1232 24.6
James, LAL 48 448 164 1167 24.3
Wmbnyama, SA 46 408 158 1116 24.3
Powell, LAC 45 379 181 1090 24.2
Mitchell, CLE 51 430 177 1221 23.9
Herro, MIA 51 423 182 1217 23.9
FG Percentage
FG FGA Pct
Kessler, UTA 206 287 .718
Allen, CLE 299 427 .700
Gafford, DAL 253 362 .699
Duren, DET 234 337 .694
Gobert, MIN 235 360 .653
Zubac, LAC 351 574 .611
Poeltl, TOR 280 459 .610
Antetokounmpo, MIL 521 857 .608
Sabonis, SAC 416 693 .600
Braun, DEN 316 547 .578
Rebounds
G Off Def Tot Avg
Sabonis, SAC 52 216 543 759 14.6
Towns, NY 49 152 505 657 13.4
Zubac, LAC 52 199 457 656 12.6
Jokic, DEN 49 147 470 617 12.6
Antkonmpo, MIL 41 94 405 499 12.2
Davis, DAL 43 123 392 515 12.0
Kessler, UTA 42 189 307 496 11.8
Wmbnyama, SA 46 82 424 506 11.0
Sengün, HOU 52 172 372 544 10.5
Gobert, MIN 55 194 379 573 10.4
Assists
G Ast Avg
Young, ATL 51 587 11.5
Jokic, DEN 49 502 10.2
Cunningham, DET 50 470 9.4
James, LAL 48 431 9.0
Harden, LAC 51 438 8.6
Haliburton, IND 52 442 8.5
Paul, SA 52 422 8.1
Brunson, NY 53 396 7.5
Lillard, MIL 44 330 7.5
Booker, PHO 48 320 6.7
College basketball
men’s ap top 25 schedule
Saturday’s Games
No. 1 Auburn (21-2) at No. 2 Alabama (20-3), 4 p.m.
No. 3 Duke (20-3) vs. Stanford (16-8), 4 p.m.
No. 3 Florida (20-3) vs. South Carolina (10-13), 8:30 p.m.
No. 5 Tennessee (20-4) vs. Vanderbilt (17-6), 1 p.m.
No. 6 Houston (19-4) at No. 13 Arizona (17-6), 2 p.m.
No. 7 Purdue (19-5) vs. No. 16 Wisconsin (19-5), 1 p.m.
No. 8 Texas A&M (18-5) vs. Arkansas (14-9), Noon
No. 10 Iowa St. (18-5) vs. Cincinnati (14-9), 4 p.m.
No. 11 Michigan St. (19-4) at Illinois (16-8), 8 p.m.
No. 12 Texas Tech (18-5) at Oklahoma St. (12-11), 3 p.m.
No. 15 Kentucky (16-7) at Texas (15-9), 8 p.m.
No. 17 Kansas (16-7) at Utah (13-10), 10 p.m.
No. 19 Mississippi (18-6) vs. No. 22 Mississippi St. (17-6), 6 p.m.
No. 21 Missouri (17-6) at Georgia (16-8), 3:30 p.m.
No. 23 Clemson (19-5) at Florida St. (14-9), Noon
Sunday’s Games
No. 9 St. John’s (21-3) vs. No. 24 Creighton (18-6), 3 p.m.
No. 14 Memphis (20-4) at Wichita St. (13-10), Noon
No. 20 Michigan (18-5) at Ohio St. (14-10), 1 p.m.
No. 25 Maryland (18-6) vs. Iowa (13-10), 5 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 57 34 20 3 71 192 165
Toronto 55 33 20 2 68 169 156
Tampa Bay 55 31 20 4 66 197 153
Ottawa 56 29 23 4 62 158 156
Detroit 55 28 22 5 61 160 171
Boston 57 27 24 6 60 157 182
Montreal 56 25 26 5 55 163 194
Buffalo 54 22 27 5 49 171 185
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 55 36 11 8 80 196 140
Carolina 56 33 19 4 70 184 154
New Jersey 57 31 20 6 68 175 142
Columbus 56 26 22 8 60 184 186
N.Y. Rangers 55 27 24 4 58 165 168
N.Y. Islanders 55 25 23 7 57 152 162
Pittsburgh 57 23 25 9 55 164 201
Philadelphia 57 24 26 7 55 162 192
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 56 39 14 3 81 202 134
Dallas 55 35 18 2 72 182 139
Minnesota 56 33 19 4 70 163 159
Colorado 57 33 22 2 68 186 174
Utah 56 24 23 9 57 158 170
St. Louis 56 25 26 5 55 154 171
Nashville 54 19 28 7 45 144 179
Chicago 55 17 31 7 41 149 191
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton 55 34 17 4 72 182 152
Vegas 56 33 17 6 72 185 155
Los Angeles 53 29 17 7 65 151 136
Vancouver 55 26 18 11 63 155 166
Calgary 55 26 21 8 60 148 165
Anaheim 54 24 24 6 54 137 165
Seattle 57 24 29 4 52 169 183
San Jose 57 15 35 7 37 148 216
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Thursday’s games
USA 6, Finland 1
Friday’s games
No games scheduled
Saturday’s games
Finland vs. Sweden at Bell Centre, 1 p.m.
USA vs. Canada at Bell Centre, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s games
No games scheduled
Monday’s games
Canada vs. Finland at TD Garden, 1 p.m.
Sweden vs. USA at TD Garden, 8 p.m.
Leaders
Goal Scoring
Name Team GP G
Leon Draisaitl EDM 55 40
William Nylander TOR 55 33
Brayden Point TBL 50 31
Sam Reinhart FLA 57 31
Mark Scheifele WPG 56 31
Kyle Connor WPG 56 30
David Pastrnak BOS 57 28
Jake Guentzel TBL 54 27
Cole Caufield MTL 56 26
Brandon Hagel TBL 55 26
Alex Ovechkin WAS 39 26
Mikko Rantanen COL 55 26
Tage Thompson BUF 48 26
Adrian Kempe LAK 53 25
Nikita Kucherov TBL 52 25
Rickard Rakell PIT 56 25
Nico Hischier NJD 51 24
Jack Hughes NJD 57 24
Gabriel Vilardi WPG 56 24
Tom Wilson WAS 55 24
Assists
Name Team GP A
N. MacKinnon COL 57 66
Nikita Kucherov TBL 52 57
Mitch Marner TOR 54 55
Jack Eichel VGK 55 50
Connor McDavid EDM 49 49
Jesper Bratt NJD 57 47
Quinn Hughes VAN 47 45
Martin Necas COL 57 44
Leon Draisaitl EDM 55 43
Zach Werenski CBJ 55 42
Sidney Crosby PIT 55 41
Jack Hughes NJD 57 41
Cale Makar COL 57 41
Shea Theodore VGK 55 41
Adam Fox NYR 55 40
Clayton Keller Utah 55 40
David Pastrnak BOS 57 40
Mikko Rantanen COL 55 40
Kyle Connor WPG 56 39
Josh Morrissey WPG 56 39
AHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Hershey 47 29 13 5 0 63 155 144
WB/Scranton 42 26 12 4 0 56 148 112
Charlotte 44 25 14 3 2 55 145 122
Providence 45 25 15 4 1 55 138 115
Springfield 46 23 18 2 3 51 150 146
Lehigh Valley 46 22 18 5 1 50 134 150
Hartford 47 20 22 4 1 45 133 152
Bridgeport 47 11 31 3 2 27 128 188
North Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Laval 45 30 12 2 1 63 138 115
Rochester 45 29 12 3 1 62 160 120
Toronto 44 25 12 2 5 57 135 119
Cleveland 46 24 14 4 4 56 142 146
Syracuse 46 19 16 7 4 49 123 122
Belleville 41 19 16 2 4 44 117 132
Utica 43 17 21 3 2 39 114 136
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Milwaukee 47 25 15 3 4 57 140 128
Texas 44 26 15 3 0 55 155 134
Grand Rapids 46 25 17 3 1 54 126 119
Chicago 43 24 17 2 0 50 129 128
Rockford 45 17 22 5 1 40 126 145
Iowa 45 15 27 2 1 33 124 167
Manitoba 42 14 26 1 1 30 94 148
Pacific Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Calgary 47 29 15 2 1 61 167 145
Colorado 45 27 12 4 2 60 162 119
Ontario 44 27 14 2 1 57 149 127
Coach. Valley 47 25 16 1 5 56 150 140
San Jose 45 24 16 2 3 53 152 137
Abbotsford 46 25 19 1 1 52 148 139
Bakersfield 43 20 16 5 2 47 127 135
Tucson 45 21 21 2 1 45 135 146
Henderson 47 18 27 2 0 38 135 169
San Diego 45 14 24 5 2 35 132 166
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Top four teams in each division advance to playoffs.
Thursday’s games
Milwaukee 5, Springfield 4
Friday’s games
Toronto at Belleville, 7 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at WB/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Utica at Providence, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago at Rockford, 8 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Texas at Manitoba, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Belleville vs. Toronto at Scotiabank Arena, 4 p.m.
Hartford at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Ontario at Calgary, 4 p.m.
Providence at Bridgeport, 5 p.m.
Hershey at WB/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Iowa, 7 p.m.
Rochester at Utica, 7 p.m.
Syracuse at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Springfield at Rockford, 8 p.m.
San Diego at Coachella Valley, 9 p.m.
Tucson at Henderson, 9 p.m.
Colorado at Abbotsford, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Milwaukee at Manitoba, 3 p.m.
Bridgeport at Providence, 3:05 p.m.
Laval at Rochester, 3:05 p.m.
WB/Scranton at Lehigh Valley, 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 4 p.m.
Hartford at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Bakersfield at Coachella Valley, 8 p.m.
San Jose vs. San Diego at Pechanga Arena, 8 p.m.
Tucson at Henderson, 8 p.m.
Monday’s games
Laval vs. Toronto at Scotiabank Arena, 2 p.m.
Milwaukee at Manitoba, 3 p.m.
Ontario at Calgary, 3 p.m.
Utica at Belleville, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Abbotsford, 5 p.m.
Rockford at Iowa, 8 p.m.
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
North Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Trois-Rivieres 44 30 9 4 1 65 162 113
Wheeling 44 30 12 2 0 62 157 121
Norfolk 46 28 15 3 0 59 178 141
Worcester 46 20 20 2 4 46 134 158
Reading 46 17 21 7 1 42 126 153
Maine 45 17 25 3 0 37 114 159
Adirondack 44 16 25 2 1 35 120 161
South Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Florida 46 32 8 5 1 70 154 93
Orlando 51 26 17 8 0 60 144 144
S. Carolina 44 27 12 3 2 59 166 112
Jacksonville 46 27 16 2 1 57 144 122
Atlanta 48 21 21 4 2 48 125 154
Savannah 44 20 22 2 0 42 144 156
Greenville 45 18 22 3 2 41 117 155
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Toledo 47 31 10 6 0 68 157 119
Fort Wayne 44 26 16 2 0 54 143 122
Iowa 46 23 16 4 3 53 130 131
Bloomington 44 21 19 2 2 46 114 114
Indy 42 19 19 2 2 42 100 105
Cincinnati 47 17 23 7 0 41 111 135
Kalamazoo 43 17 24 1 1 36 103 132
Mountain Division
GP W L O S Pt GF GA
Kansas City 45 29 11 4 1 63 164 117
Tahoe 47 28 15 3 1 60 169 150
Tulsa 46 25 14 5 2 57 156 140
Wichita 45 26 15 3 1 56 157 124
Idaho 46 23 16 6 1 53 153 150
Rapid City 46 16 22 5 3 40 128 169
Utah 45 16 23 4 2 38 143 185
Allen 46 13 25 7 1 34 117 195
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Top four teams in each division advance to playoffs.
Thursday’s games
Atlanta 4, Greenville 2
South Carolina 5, Savannah 3
Rapid City 5, Maine 4
Friday’s games
Adirondack at Trois-Rivieres, 7 p.m.
Bloomington at Kalamazoo, 7 p.m.
Florida at Indy, 7 p.m.
Savannah at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Fort Wayne, 7:35 p.m.
Toledo at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Tahoe at Wichita, 8:05 p.m.
Tulsa at Kansas City, 8:05 p.m.
Worcester at Allen, 8:10 p.m.
Idaho at Utah, 9:10 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Savannah at Greenville, 6:05 p.m.
Wheeling at South Carolina, 6:05 p.m.
Florida at Indy, 7 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Kalamazoo, 7 p.m.
Norfolk at Reading, 7 p.m.
Orlando at Jacksonville, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Iowa, 7 p.m.
Trois-Rivieres at Adirondack, 7 p.m.
Tulsa at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Bloomington, 8 p.m.
Tahoe at Wichita, 8:05 p.m.
Worcester at Allen, 8:10 p.m.
Maine at Rapid City, 9:05 p.m.
Idaho at Utah, 9:10 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Atlanta at Savannah, 3 p.m.
Indy at Cincinnati, 3 p.m.
Trois-Rivieres at Adirondack, 3 p.m.
Jacksonville at South Carolina, 3:05 p.m.
Wheeling at Greenville, 3:05 p.m.
Worcester at Allen, 3:10 p.m.
Toledo at Bloomington, 4 p.m.
Kansas City at Tulsa, 4:05 p.m.
Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, 5 p.m.
Tahoe at Wichita, 5:05 p.m.
Maine at Rapid City, 6:05 p.m.
Wheeling at Greenville, 12 a.m.
Monday’s games
Atlanta at Orlando, 12 p.m.
Idaho at Utah, 5:10 p.m.
Motorsports
NASCAR Cup Series Duel 1 at DAYTONA Results
Thursday
At Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Lap length: 2.50 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (15) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 60 laps, 0 points.
2. (11) William Byron, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
3. (5) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
4. (19) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
5. (14) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 60, 0.
6. (10) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
7. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
8. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
9. (17) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
10. (7) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
11. (13) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 60, 0.
12. (9) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
13. (2) Ryan Preece, Ford, 60, 0.
14. (3) Josh Berry, Ford, 60, 0.
15. (12) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 60, 0.
16. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
17. (23) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
18. (18) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
19. (1) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, accident, 26, 0.
20. (22) Chandler Smith, Ford, accident, 13, 0.
21. (16) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, accident, 13, 0.
22. (20) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, accident, 13, 0.
23. (6) Zane Smith, Ford, accident, 6, 0.
Race Statistics
Average speed of race winner: 130.887 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 20 minutes, .0 seconds.
Margin of victory: 0.082 seconds.
Caution flags: 4 for 0 laps.
Lead changes: 20 among 10 drivers.
NASCAR Cup Series Duel 2 at DAYTONA Results
Thursday
At Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Lap length: 2.50 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Austin Cindric, Ford, 60 laps, 10 points.
2. (18) Erik Jones, Toyota, 60, 9.
3. (9) Chris Buescher, Ford, 60, 8.
4. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 60, 7.
5. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 60, 6.
6. (17) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 60, 5.
7. (7) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 60, 4.
8. (10) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 60, 3.
9. (19) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 60, 2.
10. (4) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 60, 1.
11. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
12. (13) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 60, 0.
13. (20) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
14. (15) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
15. (22) Cody Ware, Ford, 60, 0.
16. (16) Cole Custer, Ford, 60, 0.
17. (21) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 60, 0.
18. (11) Noah Gragson, Ford, 60, 0.
19. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Toyota, 60, 0.
20. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, accident, 48, 0.
21. (12) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, accident, 47, 0.
22. (6) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, accident, 47, 0.
Race Statistics were not available
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Schedule
Feb. 2: Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray (Chase Elliott)
Feb. 13: x-Duel 1 at DAYTONA, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Bubba Wallace)
Feb. 13: x-Duel 2 at DAYTONA, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 16: DAYTONA 500, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Feb. 23: Ambetter Health 400, Hampton, Ga.
March 2: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Austin, Texas
March 9: Shriners Children’s 500, Avondale, Ariz.
March 16: Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas
March 23: Straight Talk Wireless 400, Homestead, Fla.
March 30: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Martinsville, Ridgeway, Va.
April 6: Goodyear 400, Darlington, S.C.
April 13: Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.
April 27: Jack Link’s 500, Talladega, Ala.
May 4: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, Fort Worth, Texas
May 11: AdventHealth 400, Kansas City, Kan.
May 17: x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 1, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 17: x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 2, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 18: x-NASCAR All-Star Open, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 18: NASCAR All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro, N.C.
May 25: Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.
June 1: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Nashville, Lebanon, Tenn.
June 8: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Michigan, Brooklyn, Mich.
June 15: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Mexico City
June 22: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Pocono, Long Pond, Pa.
June 28: Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, Hampton, Ga.
July 6: Grant Park 165, Chicago
July 13: Toyota / Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.
July 20: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover, Dover, Del.
July 27: Brickyard 400, Speedway, Ind.
Aug. 3: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Iowa, Newton, Iowa
Aug. 10: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 16: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Richmond, Richmond, Va.
Aug. 23: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Aug. 31: Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 7: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Gateway, Madison, Ill.
Sept. 13: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 21: NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire, Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 28: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 5: Bank of America ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 12: South Point 400, Las Vegas
Oct. 19: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at Talladega, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 26: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at Martinsville, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 2: NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix, Avondale, Ariz.
x-non-points race
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: Agreed to terms with INF Christian Arroyo and OF Oscar Mercado on minor league contracts.
FOOTBALL
NFL
CAROLINA PANTHERS: Signed LS J.J. Jansen to a contract extension.
CLEVELAND BROWNS: Hired Christian Jones (tight ends), Sanders Davis (assistant offensive line), Kyle Hoke (assistant special teams), Adam Morris (assistant defensive line) and Ben Wilkerson (assistant offensive line) to the coaching staff.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Released RB Raheem Mostert.
HOCKEY
NHL
DALLAS STARS: Signed C Sam Steel to a two-year contract extension.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC CINCINNATI: Acquired F Lukas Engel on loan from Middlesborough FC (EFL Championship).
HOUSTON DYNAMO FC: Signed G Blake Gillingham through the 2025 season with club options each year through 2028.
LAFC: Acquired D Artem Smolyakov from Polissya Zhytomyr (Ukrainian Premier League).
On this date
Feb. 15
1932: Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He previously won a gold medal in boxing light heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
1936: Sonja Henie of Norway, wins her third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold medal in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1953: Tenley Albright becomes the first American woman to win a world figure skating title beating Germany’s Gundi Busch at the World Championships in Davos, Switzerland.
1964: Ken Hubbs, the 22-year-old Chicago Cubs second baseman, dies when his private plane crashes in Utah. The 1962 NL Rookie of the Year had his pilot’s license for two weeks and was flying in bad weather.
1974: Boston’s Phil Esposito scores his 1,000th point with an assist in the Bruins’ 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.
1978: Leon Spinks wins a 15-round split decision over Muhammad Ali to take the world heavyweight title at Las Vegas.
1980: Rookie Wayne Gretzky ties the NHL record with seven assists in a game and sets a scoring record for first-year players in Edmonton’s 8-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.
1986: A crowd of 44,180, at the time the largest to attend an NBA game, turned out at the Pontiac Silverdome to watch the Pistons beat the Sixers 134-133 in overtime.
1994: Kentucky makes one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history with a 99-95 victory over LSU after trailing by 31 points with 15:30 to play.
1994: Freshman Ila Borders becomes the first woman to pitch in an NCAA or NAIA game. The left-hander pitches a complete-game for Southern California College, allowing five hits in the Vanguards’ 12-1 win over Claremont-Mudd.
1995: Charlie Standish sets a PBA record by rolling three perfect games in the first round of the Peoria Open bowling tournament. Standish rolls the 300s in the second, fourth and sixth games of the six-game round and at one point has 23 consecutive strikes.
1998: Dale Earnhardt takes the Daytona 500 on his 20th try and ends a 59-race winless streak on the day NASCAR begins celebrating its 50th anniversary.
2000: Martin Brodeur becomes first goaltender in NHL history to get credit for a “game winning” goal as New Jersey wins, 4-2 over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.
2002: The worst judging scandal in Winter Olympics history is resolved, with Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier declared co-gold medalists with the Russian winners.
2004: Dale Earnhardt Jr. barrels past Tony Stewart to win the Daytona 500 on the same track that claimed his father’s life three years ago. Junior wins this race in his fifth try, the same race that bedeviled his later father for 19 years.
2007: Joe Sakic scores twice, including his 600th career goal, and adds three assists and Milan Hejduk has three goals to lead Colorado to a 7-5 win at Calgary.
2010: American Seth Wescott defends his Olympic title in Vancouver, British Columbia, overtaking Canada’s Mike Robertson to win the gold medal in the wild sport of men’s snowboardcross. Didier Defago wins the gold in the Olympic downhill and American Bode Miller breaks his personal streak of major championship mishaps by taking the bronze.
2013: Ted Ligety becomes the first man in 45 years to win three gold medals at a skiing world championships. French great Jean-Claude Killy took home four golds in 1968. Ligety wins giant slalom by a massive margin for his third gold. Earlier in the championships held in Schladming, Austria, Ligety won the super-G and super-combined — both events he had never won on the World Cup circuit.
2014: Renaud Lavillenie breaks Sergei Bubka’s 21-year-old indoor pole vault world record in Donetsk, Ukraine. Lavillenie clears the bar comfortably at 6.16 meters (20 feet, 2 1/2 inches) in Bubka’s home city, almost to the day the pole vault great cleared achieved 6.15 (20-2) on Feb. 21, 1993.
2018: German figure skaters Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot set new ISU best free skating score of 159.31 on their way to pairs gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
2024: Caitlin Clark becomes the NCAA Division I women’s career scoring leader in a game for Iowa against Michigan, scoring a career-high 49 points.
MLB
Free Agent Signings
The 95 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources. For players with minor league contracts, terms for major league contract base salaries are in parentheses:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (4): Signed Tyler O’Neill, of, Boston, to a $49.5 million, three-year contract. signed Gary Sánchez, c, Milwaukee, to an $8.5 million, one-year contract. signed Charlie Morton, rhp, Baltimore, to a $15 million, one-year contract. signed Andrew Kittredge, rhp, San Francisco, to a $10 million, one-year contract.
BOSTON (3): Signed Justin Wilson, lhp, Cincinnati, to a $2.25 million, one-year contract. signed Aroldis Chapman, lhp, Pittsburgh, to a $10.75 million, one-year contract. signed Walker Buehler, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $21.05 million, one-year contract.
CHICAGO (3): Signed Austin, Slater, of, Baltimore, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract. signed Martín Pérez, lhp, San Diego, to a $5 million, one-year contract. signed Brandon Drury, inf, Los Angeles Angels, to a minor league contract.
CLEVELAND (4): Re-signed Austin Hedges, c, to a $4 million, one-year contract. re-signed Shane Bieber, rhp, to a $16 million, one-year contract. signed Carlos Santana, 1b, Minnesota, to a $12 million, one-year contract. signed Paul Sewald, rhp, Arizona, to a $7 million, one-year contract.
DETROIT (5): Signed Alex Cobb, rhp, Cleveland, to a $15 million, one-year contract. signed Gleyber Torres, 2b, New York Yankees, to a $15 million, one-year contract. signed Tommy Kahnle, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $7.75 million, one-year contract. signed Jack Flaherty, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $35 million, two-year contract. signed John Brebbia, rhp, Atlanta, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.
HOUSTON (1): Signed Christian Walker, 1b, Arizona, to a $60 million, three-year contract. re-signed Ben Gamel, of, to a $1.2 million, one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (2): Re-signed Michael Lorenzen, rhp, to a $7 million, one-year contract. signed Carlos Estévez, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $22 million, two-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (4): Signed Kyle Hendricks, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract. Travis d’Arnaud, c, Atlanta, to a $12 million, two-year contract. signed Kevin Newman, inf, Arizona, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract. signed Yusei Kikuchi, lhp, Houston, to a $63 million, three--year contract.
MINNESOTA (2): Signed Harrison Bader, of, New York Mets, to a $6.25 million, one-year contract. signed Daniel Coulombe, lhp, Baltimore, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (4): Signed Max Fried, lhp, Atlanta, to a $218 million, eight-year contract. re-signed Jonathan Loáisiga, rhp, to a $5 million, one-year contract. signed Paul Goldschmidt, 1b, St. Louis. to a $12.5 million, one-year contract. re-signed Tim Hill, lhp, to a $2.85 million, one-year contract.
SEATTLE (3): Signed Donovan Solano, inf, San Diego, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract. signed Shintaro Fujinami, rhp, New York Mets, to a minor league contract ($1.3 million). re-signed Placido Polanco, 2b, to a $7.75 million, one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY (3): Signed Danny Jansen, c, Boston, to an $8.5 million, one-year contract. signed Eloy Jiménez, of, Baltimore, to a minor league contract. signed Ha-Seong Kim, inf, San Diego, to a $29 million, two-year contract.
TEXAS (5): Signed Kyle Higashioka, c, San Diego, to a $13.5 million, two-year contract. re-signed Nathan Eovaldi, rhp, to a $75 million, three-year contract. signed Joc Pederson, of, Arizona, to a $37 million, two-year contract. signed Chris Martin, rhp, Boston, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract. signed Nick Ahmed, ss, San Diego to a minor league contract ($1.25 million).
TORONTO (4): Signed Jeff Hoffman, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $33 million, three-year contract. signed Anthony Santander, of, Baltimore, to a $92.5 million, five-year contract. signed Yimi García, rhp, Seattle, to a $15 million, two-year contract. signed Max Scherzer, rhp, Texas, to a $15.5 million, one-year contract.
ATHLETICS (4): Re-signed T.J. McFarland, lhp, to a $1.8 million, one-year contract. signed Luis Severino, rhp, New York Mets, to a $67 million, three-year contract. signed Gio Urshela, inf, Atlanta, to a $2.15 million, one-year contract. signed José Leclerc, rhp, Texas, to a $10 million, one-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (2): Signed Corbin Burnes, rhp, Baltimore, to a $210 million, six-year contract. re-signed Randal Grichuk, of, to a $5 million, one-year contract.
ATLANTA (1): Signed Jurickson Profar, of, San Diego, to a $42 million, three-year contract.
CHICAGO (4): Signed Matt Boyd, lhp, Cleveland, to a $29 million, two-year contract. signed Carson Kelly, c, Texas, to an $11.5 million, two-year contract. signed Caleb Thielbar, lhp, Minnesota, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract. signed Colin Rea, rhp, Milwaukee, to a $5 million, one-year contract.
CINCINNATI (3): Re-signed Brent Suter, lhp, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract. announced Nick Martinez, rhp, accepted $21.05 million qualifying offer. signed Wade Miley, lhp, Milwaukee, to a minor league contract ($2.5 million).
COLORADO (2): Re-signed Jacob Stallings, c, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract. signed Kyle Farmer, inf, Minnesota, to a $3.25 million, one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (7): Signed Blake Snell, lhp, San Francisco, to a $182 million, five-year contract. re-signed Blake Treinen, rhp, to a $22 million, two-year contract. signed Michael Conforto, of, San Francisco, to a $17 million, one-year contract. re-signed Teoscar Hernández, of, to a $66 million, three-year contract. signed Tanner Scott, lhp, San Diego, to a $72 million, four-year contract. signed Kirby Yates, rhp, Texas, to a $13 million, one-year contract. re-signed Kiké Hernández, inf-of, to a $6.5 million, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (8): Signed Frankie Montas, rhp, Milwaukee, to a $34 million, two-year contract. signed Clay Holmes, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $38 million, three-year contract. signed Juan Soto, of, New York Yankees, to a $765 million, 15-year contract. re-signed Sean Manaea, lhp, to a $75 million, three-year contract. re-signed Jesse Winker, of, to a $7.5 million, one-year contract. signed A.J. Minter, lhp, Atlanta, to a $22 million, two-year contract. re-signed Ryne Stanek, rhp, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract. re-signed Pete Alonso, 1b, to a $54 million, two-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA (2): Signed Max Kepler, of, Minnesota, to a $10 million, one-year contract. signed Joe Ross, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $4 million, one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH (3): Re-signed Andrew McCutchen, of, to a $5 million, one-year contract. signed Caleb Ferguson, lhp, Houston, to a $3 million, one-year contract. signed Adam Frazier, inf-of, Kansas City, to a $1,525,000, one-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (2): Re-signed Elias Díaz, c, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract. signed Jason Heyward, of, Houston, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO (4): Signed Max Stassi, c, Chicago White Sox, to a minor league contract. signed Willy Adames, ss, Milwaukee, to a $182 million, seven-year contract. signed Justin Verlander, rhp, Houston, to a $15 million, one-year contract. signed Lou Trivino, rhp, New York Yankees, to a minor league contract.
WASHINGTON (5): Signed Michael Soroka, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $9 million, one-year contract. re-signed Trevor Williams, rhp, to a $14 million, two-year contract. signed Josh Bell, 1b, Arizona, to a $6 million, one-year contract. signed Amed Rosario, inf-of, to a $2 million, one-year contract. signed Jorge López, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
Remaining Free Agents
The 79 remaining free agents (q-refused $21.05 million qualifying offer):
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (3): Brooks Kriske, rhp. James McCann, c. John Means, lhp.
BOSTON (6): Luis A. García, rhp. Kenley Jansen, rhp. James Paxton, lhp. q-Nick Pivetta, rhp. Lucas Sims, rhp. Naoyuki Uwasawa, rhp.
CHICAGO (4): Michael Clevinger, rhp. Chris Flexen, rhp. Dominic Leone, rhp. Yoan Moncada, 3b.
DETROIT (0)
HOUSTON (3): q-Alex Bregman, 3b. Kendall Graveman, rhp. Héctor Neris, rhp.
KANSAS CITY (6): Paul DeJong, inf. Robbie Grossman, of. Yuli Gurriel, 1b. Garrett Hampson, of-inf. Tommy Pham, of. Will Smith, lhp.
LOS ANGELES (3): Matt Moore, lhp. Kevin Pillar, of. Hunter Strickland, rhp.
MINNESOTA (2): Anthony DeSclafani, rhp. Manuel Margot, of.
NEW YORK (2): Anthony Rizzo, 1b. Alex Verdugo, lf.
SEATTLE (1): Justin Turner, 3b.
TAMPA BAY (0)
TEXAS (6): Andrew Chafin, lhp. Matt Duffy, 3b. Andrew Heaney, lhp. Travis Jankowski, of. David Robertson, rhp. José Ureña, rhp.
TORONTO (1): Ryan Yarbrough, lhp.
ATHLETICS (4): Scott Alexander, lhp. Trevor Gott, rhp. Ross Stripling, rhp. Alex Wood, lhp.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (1): Scott McGough, rhp.
ATLANTA (4): Jesse Chavez, rhp. Adam Duvall, of. Luke Jackson, rhp. Whit Merrifield, inf-of.
CHICAGO (1) —Drew Smyly, lhp.
CINCINNATI (4): David Buchanan, rhp. Buck Farmer, rhp. Jakob Junis, rhp. Luke Maile, c.
COLORADO (2): Daniel Bard, rhp. Charlie Blackmon, of.
LOS ANGELES (4): Daniel Hudson, rhp. Joe Kelly, rhp. Clayton Kershaw, lhp. Kevin Kiermaier, of.
MIAMI (0)
NEW YORK (8): Jose Iglesias, inf. J.D. Martinez, dh. Phil Maton, rhp. Adam Ottavino, rhp. Jose Quintana, lhp. Brooks Raley, lhp. Drew Smith, rhp.
PHILADELPHIA (1): Spencer Turnbull, rhp.
PITTSBURGH (4): Jalen Beeks, lhp. Ryan Borucki, lhp. Marco Gonzales, lhp. Yasmani Grandal, c.
ST. LOUIS (4): Matt Carpenter, dh-inf. Kyle Gibson, rhp. Lance Lynn, rhp. Keynan Middleton, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (1): David Peralta, of.
SAN FRANCISCO (1): Mark Canha, of. Curt Casali, c.
WASHINGTON (3): Jacob Barnes, rhp. Patrick Corbin, lhp. Joey Gallo, 1b-of.
calendar
Feb. 20: Exhibition games start.
Feb. 22: Mandatory reporting date.
March 2-11: Period for renewing contracts of unsigned players on 40-man rosters.
March 9: Last day to place a player on waivers for 30 days termination pay.
March 13-16: Spring Breakout.
March 18-19: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs, Tokyo.
March 25: Last day to place a player on waivers for 45 days termination pay.
March 27: Opening day for all other teams, active rosters reduced to 26 players.
Golf
PGA Tour Schedule
Jan. 2-5: The Sentry (Hideki Matsuyama)
Jan. 9-12: Sony Open in Hawaii (Nick Taylor)
Jan. 16-19: The American Express (Sepp Straka)
Jan. 22-25: Farmers Insurance Open (Harris English)
Jan. 30-Feb. 2: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Rory McIlroy)
Feb. 6-9: WM Phoenix Open (Thomas Detry)
Feb. 13-16: The Genesis Invitational, La Jolla, Calif.
Feb. 20-23: Mexico Open at VidantaWorld, Vallarta, Mexico
Feb. 27-March 2: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
March 6-9: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, Orlando, Fla.
March 6-9: Puerto Rico Open, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
March 13-16: THE PLAYERS Championship, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
March 20-23: Valspar Championship, Palm Harbor, Fla.
March 27-30: Texas Children’s Houston Open, Houston
April 3-6: Valero Texas Open, San Antonio
April 10-13: Masters Tournament, Augusta, Ga.
April 17-20: RBC Heritage, Hilton Head, S.C.
April 17-20: Corales Puntacana Championship, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
April 24-27: Zurich Classic of New Orleans, New Orleans
May 1-4: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson, McKinney, Texas
May 8-11: Truist Championship, Philadelphia
May 8-11: Myrtle Beach Classic, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
May 15-18: PGA Championship, Charlotte, N.C.
May 22-25: Charles Schwab Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas
May 29-June 1: the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Dublin, Ohio
June 5-8: RBC Canadian Open, Alton, Ontario
June 12-15: U.S. Open, Oakmont, Pa.
June 19-22: Travelers Championship, Cromwell, Conn.
June 26-29: Rocket Classic, Detroit
July 3-6: John Deere Classic, Silvis, Ill.
July 10-13: Genesis Scottish Open, North Berwick, United Kingdom
July 10-13: ISCO Championship, Louisville, Ky.
July 17-20: The Open Championship, Portrush, United Kingdom
July 17-20: Barracuda Championship, Truckee, Calif.
July 24-27: 3M Open, Blaine, Minn.
July 31-Aug. 3: Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 7-10: FedEx St. Jude Championship, Memphis, Tenn.
Aug. 14-17: BMW Championship, Owings Mills, Md.
Aug. 21-24: TOUR Championship, Atlanta
Sept. 11-14: Procore Championship, Napa, Calif.
Sept. 26-28: Ryder Cup, Farmingdale, N.Y.
Oct. 2-5: Sanderson Farms Championship, Jackson, Miss.
Oct. 9-12: Baycurrent Classic, Kanagawa, Japan
Oct. 23-26: Black Desert Championship, Ivins, Utah
Nov. 6-9: World Wide Technology Championship, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Nov. 13-16: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda
Nov. 20-23: The RSM Classic, Sea Island, Ga.
Dec. 4-7: Hero World Challenge, Nassau, Bahamas
Dec. 12-14: Grant Thornton Invitational, Naples, Fla.
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Season Points
1, Sepp Straka, 854. 2, Thomas Detry, 832. 3, Hideki Matsuyama, 814. 4, Rory McIlroy, 700. 5, Nick Taylor, 626. 6, Harris English, 515. 7, Sungjae Im, 502. 8, Collin Morikawa, 460. 9, Justin Thomas, 443. 10, Cameron Davis, 440.
Scoring Average
1, Bud Cauley, 69.330. 2, Webb Simpson, 69.524. 3, Sepp Straka, 69.570. 4, Gary Woodland, 69.804. 5, Alex Smalley, 69.808. 6, Matt Kuchar, 69.844. 7, Hideki Matsuyama, 69.916. 8 (tie), Min Woo Lee and Scottie Scheffler, 69.919. 10, Adam Schenk, 69.923.
Driving Distance
1, Aldrich Potgieter, 328.7. 2, Gary Woodland, 326. 3, Min Woo Lee, 324.9. 4, Tim Widing, 321.7. 5, Alejandro Tosti, 320.9. 6, Rasmus Hojgaard, 320.8. 7, Jeremy Paul, 320. 8, Trey Mullinax, 319.4. 9, Adam Schenk, 318.6. 10, Keith Mitchell, 318.3.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Takumi Kanaya, 80.61%. 2, Collin Morikawa, 77.59%. 3, Aaron Rai, 75.00%. 4, Ben Kohles, 74.29%. 5, Brice Garnett, 74.12%. 6, Russell Henley, 72.67%. 7, Chez Reavie, 72.62%. 8, Sepp Straka, 71.48%. 9, 2 tied with 71.43%.
Total Driving
1 (tie), Daniel Berger and Kevin Roy, 39. 3, Rico Hoey, 57. 4, Alejandro Tosti, 59. 5, Taylor Pendrith, 64. 6, Gary Woodland, 66. 7, Rasmus Hojgaard, 77. 8, Ben Griffin, 90. 9, Ricky Castillo, 91. 10, Henrik Norlander, 93.
SG-Putting
1, Francesco Molinari, 1.841. 2, Will Chandler, 1.672. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 1.247. 4, Brendon Todd, 1.099. 5, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, 1.025. 6, Shane Lowry, .934. 7, Trey Mullinax, .894. 8, Braden Thornberry, .857. 9, Lee Hodges, .847. 10, Thomas Detry, .845.
Birdie Average
1, Collin Morikawa, 6.5. 2, Adam Scott, 6.25. 3, Russell Henley, 5.92. 4, Sepp Straka, 5.85. 5, Patrick Cantlay, 5.83. 6, Cam Davis, 5.79. 7, Justin Thomas, 5.38. 8, Will Zalatoris, 5.25. 9, Harry Hall, 5.22. 10, Robert MacIntyre, 5.19.
Eagles (Holes per)
1 (tie), Rasmus Hojgaard, Justin Thomas and Alejandro Tosti, 48. 4 (tie), David Skinns and Jackson Suber, 49.5. 6, Cam Davis, 50.4. 7, 10 tied with 54.
All-Around Ranking
1, Collin Morikawa, 293. 2, Rasmus Hojgaard, 315. 3, Sepp Straka, 318. 4, Cam Davis, 355. 5, Scottie Scheffler, 356. 6, Patrick Cantlay, 357. 7, Alex Smalley, 359. 8, Justin Thomas, 362. 9, Taylor Pendrith, 383. 10, Shane Lowry, 407.