Sports slate

PREP?BASEBALL

Today

Lincoln at Pendleton, 4 p.m.

Mac-Hi at Madras, 4 p.m.

Riverside at Irrigon (2), Noon

Kennedy at Heppner (2), 1 p.m.

Elgin at Stanfield (2), 3 p.m.

Saturday

Hermiston at Walla Walla (2), Noon

Mead at Pendleton (2), 3 p.m.

Mac-Hi at Estacada (2), Noon

Sherman at Umatilla (2), 11 a.m.

Kennedy at Stanfield, 11 a.m.

Pilot Rock at Prescott/Waitsburg, 1:30 p.m.

PREP?SOFTBALL

Today

Pendleton at Putnam, 5 p.m.

Post Falls at Hermiston (2), 2 p.m.

Riverside at Irrigon (2), Noon

Knappa at Heppner, TBA

Union at Echo, Noon

Saturday

Knappa at Riverside (2), Noon

Pendleton at West Linn (2), Noon

PREP?BOYS TENNIS

Today

Hermiston at Southridge, 4 p.m.

Baker at Pendleton, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday

Hermiston at Lewis & Clark, 9 a.m.

Hermiston at Central Valley, Noon

PREP?GIRLS TENNIS

Today

Southridge at Hermiston, 4 p.m.

Baker at Pendleton, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday

Hermiston at Central Valley, 9 a.m.

Hermiston at Lewis & Clark, Noon

PREP BOYS?GOLF

Today

Hermiston, Pendleton at The Dalles Invite, 10 a.m.

Heppner Invite (Echo Hills), 10 a.m.

PREP?GIRLS GOLF

Today

Hermiston at The Dalles Wahtonka, 10 a.m.

PREP?LACROSSE

Saturday

Hermiston at Bend, 3 p.m.

Sunday

Hermiston at Mountain View, Noon

PREP?RUGBY

Saturday

Pendleton Sasquatch at Valley Rams, 2:30 p.m.

COLLEGE?BASEBALL

Today

Oregon at Washington, 5 p.m.

Oregon State at California, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday

PBA at Blue Mountain (2), 11 a.m.

Oregon at Washington, 2 p.m.

Oregon State at California, 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 18

Lower Columbia at Blue Mountain (2), 11 a.m.

Oregon at Washington, 1 p.m.

Oregon State at California, Noon

COLLEGE?SOFTBALL

Today

Corban at Eastern Oregon (2), 2 p.m.

Saturday

Great Falls at Eastern Oregon (2), 2 p.m.

Sunday

Walla Walla U. at Blue Mountain (2), Noon

Great Falls at Eastern Oregon (2), Noon

COLLEGE?MENS?BASKETBALL

Sunday

Iowa at Oregon, 2 p.m.

Prep softball

Thursdays linescores

PILOT?ROCK?10, KNAPPA 0                                    R    H    E

KHS     000    00        0    0    3

PRHS    135    1X        10    6    0

Kelsey Stanovich, Kacie Cameron (4) and Iris Rankin. Ginni Harrison and Britteny Taylor. Home pitcher and catcher. W Harrison (1-0); L Stanovich (0-1).

HR Desi Crain (PRHS).

College basketball

Wednesday’s scores

NCAA?TOURNAMENT

First Round

Kansas State 70, Southern Mississippi 64

Syracuse 72, UNC Asheville 65

Gonzaga 77, West Virginia 54

Ohio State 78, Loyola (Md.) 59

Wisconsin 73, Montana 49

Vanderbilt 79, Harvard 70

Kentucky 81, Western Kentucky 66

Iowa State 77, UConn 64

Baylor 68, South Dakota State 60

Colorado 68, UNLV 64

VCU 62, Wichita State 59

Indiana 79, New Mexico State 66

CIT TOURNAMENT

USC Upstate 73, Kent St. 58

Fridays NCAA?Tournament games

Cincinnati (24-10) vs. Texas (20-13), 9:15 a.m.

Florida State (24-9) vs. St. Bonaventure (20-11), 30 minutes following

Duke (27-6) vs. Lehigh (26-7), 4:15 p.m.

Notre Dame (22-11) vs. Xavier (21-12), 30 minutes following

Memphis (26-8) vs. Saint Louis (25-7), 3:50 p.m.

Michigan State (27-7) vs. LIU (25-8), 30 minutes following

Florida (23-10) vs. Virginia (22-9), 11:10 a.m.

Missouri (30-4) vs. Norfolk State (25-9), 30 minutes following

Creighton (28-5) vs. Alabama (21-11), 10:40 a.m.

North Carolina (29-5) vs. Vermont (24-11), 30 minutes following

San Diego State (26-7) vs. N.C. State (22-12), 9:40 a.m.

Georgetown (23-8) vs. Belmont (27-7), 30 minutes following

Michigan (25-9) vs. Ohio (27-7), 1:20 p.m.

Temple (24-7) vs. South Florida (21-13), 30 minutes following

Pro basketball

NBA

Thursday’s Games

Washington 99, New Orleans 89

Dallas 101, Charlotte 96

Oklahoma City 103, Denver 90

Utah 111, Minnesota 105, OT

Phoenix 91, L.A. Clippers 87

Today’s Games

New Jersey at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at New York, 4:30 p.m.

Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

New York at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Boston at Denver, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Pro hockey

NHL

Thursday’s Games

New Jersey 1, Colorado 0, SO

San Jose 2, Nashville 1, SO

Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Islanders 2

Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 2

Carolina 2, St. Louis 0

Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1

Florida 6, Boston 2

Calgary 4, Phoenix 1

Today’s Games

Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Philadelphia at Boston, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

WHL

No Games Thursday

Todays Games

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Everett at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Saturdays Games

Regina at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB Suspended Houston RHP Angel Heredia (Dominican SL) 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol and Boldenone, performance-enhancing substances, under the minor league drug prevention and treatment program.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES Optioned RHP Oliver Drake to Bowie (EL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS Optioned LHP Scott Barnes, OF Thomas Neal and OF Nick Weglarz to Columbus (IL) and RHP Danny Salazar to Carolina (Carolina). Acquired LHP Kelvin De La Cruz from Texas Rangers for cash and assigned him to Akron (EL). Placed RHP Carlos Carrasco on the 60-day DL.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with SS Alcides Escobar on a four-year contract. Optioned RHP Nate Adcock and LHP Ryan Verdugo to Omaha (PCL) and LHP Noel Arguelles to Northwest Arkansas (Texas). Reassigned RHP Jake Odorizzi, LHP Chris Dwyer, LHP Mike Montgomery, LHP Brandon Sisk, LHP Will Smith, C Julio Rodriguez, OF Wil Myers and OF Paulo Orlando to their minor league camp.

MINNESOTA TWINS Optioned RHP Deolis Guerra, RHP Lester Oliveros, LHP Scott Diamond, LHP Tyler Robertson and OF Darin Mastroianni to Rochester (IL) and OF Oswaldo Arcia to Fort Myers (FSL). Reassigned LHP Aaron Thompson, INF Steve Pearce and C Danny Rams to their minor league camp.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS Optioned INF Brandon Hicks to Sacramento (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS Re-assigned RHP Bryan Augenstein, SS Hak-Ju lee and RHP Wilking Rodriguez to their minor league camp.

TEXAS RANGERS Optioned RHP Wilmer Font and RHP Matt West to Myrtle Beach (Carolina). Reassigned RHP Fabio Castillo to Frisco (Texas).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Optioned RHP Jonathan Albaladejo, RHP Joe Martinez, LHP Zach Kroenke, OF Cole Gillespie and C Konrad Schmidt to Reno (PCL). Reassigned RHP Mike DeMark, LHP Jason Lane and INF Ryan Wheeler to Reno; RHP Evan Marshall, RHP Kevin Munson and OF Marc Krauss to Mobile (SL); and INF Chris Owings to Visalia (Cal).

CHICAGO CUBS Traded RHP Aaron Kurcz to Boston as part of the compensation deal for hiring executive Theo Epstein. Optioned RHP Alberto Cabrera, LHP Jeff Beliveau, LHP John Gaub, INF Josh Vitters to Iowa (PCL) and INF Junior Lake and OF Matt Szczur to Tennessee (SL).

COLORADO ROCKIES Optioned LHP Edwar Cabrera, INF Tommy Field and OF Jamie Hoffman to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Stephen Dodson, RHP Joe Gardner, RHP Mike Ekstrom, RHP Chad Bettis, RHP Dustin Molleken, C Lars Davis, C Matt McBride, INF Ben Paulsen and OF Kent Matthes to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS Optioned RHP Chris Withrow, LHP Michael Antonini, RHP Stephen Fife, RHP Josh Wall, OF Scott Van Slyke, OF Alfredo Silverio and INF/OF Alex Castellanos to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Shane Lindsay and INF Russ Mitchell to their minor league camp.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES Optioned LHP Jeff Locke, LHP Rudy Owens and INF Chase d’Arnaud to Indianapolis (IL), and RHP Duke Welker to Altoona (EL). Reassigned C Ramon Cabrera, RHP Mike Crotta, OF Robbie Grossman, INF Anderson Hernandez, RHP Logan Kensing and C Tony Sanchez to their minor league camp.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Optioned OF Blake Tekotte to Tucson (PCL), LHP Juan Oramas, LHP Jose De Paula, RHP Erik Hamren and INF Edinson Rincon to San Antonio (Texas) and OF Rymer Liriano to Lake Elsinore (Cal). Reassigned LHP Robbie Erlin and C Jason Hagerty to their minor league camp.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Optioned 2B Charlie Culberson to Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS Optioned RHP Yunesky Maya to Syracuse (IL) and OF Eury Perez to Harrisburg (EL). Reassigned RHP Jeff Fulchino and RHP Waldis Joaquin to their minor league camp.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS Agreed to terms with DE Mario Williams on a six-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS Agreed to terms with DL Israel Idonije on a one-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed DE Frostee Rucker to a five-year contract. Re-signed OL Oniel Cousins and TE Alex Smith. Announced DL Brian Schaefering signed his tender as an exclusive rights player.

DALLAS COWBOYS Agreed to terms with S Brodney Pool.

DENVER BRONCOS Agreed to terms with S Mike Adams.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed QB Chad Henne to a two-year contract.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Signed RB Brian Daboll to a one-year contract. Agreed to terms with TE Kevin Boss on a three-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Re-signed WR Mathew Slater. Signed DT Marcus Harrison.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Agreed to terms with G Ben Grubbs on a five-year contract.

NEW YORK GIANTS Signed S Chris Horton.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Released CB Shawntae Spencer. Agreed to term s with CB Carlos Rogers on a four-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Signed QB Dan Orlovsky to a two-year contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS Agreed to terms with G Steve Hutchinson on a multiyear contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed S Brandon Meriweather to a two-year contract.