Sports watch

Today

AUTO RACING

9:30 a.m.: FOX NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Goody’s Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va.

11 a.m.: NBCSN IRL, IndyCar, Grand Prix of Alabama, at Birmingham, Ala.

4 p.m.: ESPN2 NHRA, SummitRacing.com Nationals, at Las Vegas (same-day tape)

COLLEGE BASEBALL

11 a.m.: FSN Southern Miss. at Rice

CYCLING

5:30 a.m.: NBCSN Tour of Flanders, Brugge to Oudenaarde, Belgium

GOLF

Noon: NBC PGA Tour, Houston Open, final round, at Humble, Texas

MOTORSPORTS

11 a.m.: SPEED FIM World Superbike, at Imola, Italy (same-day tape)

NBA BASKETBALL

10 a.m.: ABC Chicago at Oklahoma City

12:30 p.m.: ABC Miami at Boston

NHL HOCKEY

9:30 a.m.: NBC Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

4 p.m.: NBCSN Boston at N.Y. Rangers

SOCCER

3:30 a.m.: ESPN2 Women’s national teams, exhibition, Japan vs. United States, at Sendai, Japan

TENNIS

10 a.m.: CBS ATP World Tour/WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, men’s championship match, at Key Biscayne, Fla.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

3:30 p.m.: ESPN NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, teams TBD, at Denver

6 p.m.: ESPN NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, teams TBD, at Denver

Sports slate

COLLEGE?BASEBALL

Today

Washington at Oregon St., 1:05 p.m.

Arizona St. at Oregon, Noon

COLLEGE?SOFTBALL

Today

Arizona St. at Oregon, Noon

Oregon St. at UCLA, Noon

Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley (2), 2 p.m.

Monday, April 2

Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley (2), Noon

Prep baseball

Standings through Saturday

Columbia River Conference

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Hood Riv    7-2    63    43    W2    4

Pendleton    7-3    51    50    L1    1

The Dalles    5-3    65    37    W1    13

Hermiston    2-6    58    70    L3    18

Greater Oregon League

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

La Grande    4-2    48    49    W1    1

Ontario    2-1    31    16    W1    9

Mac-Hi    4-3    60    75    L2    12

Baker    3-3    34    31    W2    23

Eastern Oregon League

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Umatilla    6-0    91    16    W6    14

Grant Union    6-3    58    41    W2    11

Burns    3-3    4-2    36    W1    17

Vale    3-4    52    46    W2    7

Riverside    3-6    84    99    L2    23

Nyssa    1-3    16    25    L3    21

Special District 6

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Horizon Chr.    4-1    53    25    W2    8

Weston-McE.    3-1    46    28    W2    13

Dufur    1-1    11    11    L1    5

Heppner    3-3    48    38    L1    10

Pilot Rock    2-2    39    39    W1    30

Stanfield    3-4    60    61    W1    27

Irrigon    1-6    42    100    L4    28

Sherman    0-8    28    93    L8    25

Prep softball

Standings through Saturday

Columbia River Conference

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Hood Riv.    7-1    85    16    L1    4

The Dalles    6-3    61    44    W6    3

Hermiston    6-4    81    33    W1    11

Pendleton    5-5    57    46    W2    7

Greater Oregon League

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

La Grande    4-1    35    17    W4    17

Baker    3-1    34    5    L1    12

Ontario    2-1    35    20    W2    29

Mac-Hi    3-4    50    20    L2    21

Eastern Oregon League

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Vale    4-2    32    40    W3    7

Nyssa    2-5    35    57    L4    16

Burns    1-3    24    52    L3    30

Riverside    2-9    74    129    L6    18

Grant Union    0-2    0    23    L2    19

Special District 5

    Rec.    R Sc.    R Al.    Str.    Rnk

Heppner    6-1    56    22    W3    8

Echo    7-2    63    37    W4    5

Weston-McE.    3-1    33    10    W3    3

Irrigon    6-2    61    38    W2    25

Pilot Rock    4-2    43    27    W1    7

Saturdays linescores

HEPPNER 6, DAYTON?2

                    R    H    E

HHS     001    002    3        6    7    4

DHS    000    000    2        2    2    1

Baily Bennett and Maggie Collins. Chenea, Ray (6) and Ringnalda. W Bennett; L Chenea.

HR Bennett (HHS).

CENTRAL?5, MAC-HI 1

                R    H    E

CHS     003    20        5    6    0

M-H    000    10        1    1    1

Emily Kenyon and Linsey Botta. Kaitlin Erm, Colette Roberts (4) and Cheyenne Kessler. W Kenyon; L Erm.

2B Linzi Wallace (CHS), Brittney Bettles (CHS). HR Megan Reed (M-H).

College basketball

MEN

NCAA Tournament Glance

FINAL FOUR

At The Superdome

New Orleans

National Semifinals

Today

Kentucky 69, Louisville 61

Kansas 64, Ohio St. 62

National Championship

Monday, April 2

Kentucky (37-2) vs. Kansas (32-6), 6 p.m.

WOMEN

NCAA Basketball Tournament Glance

FINAL FOUR

At Pepsi Center

Denver

National Semifinals

Today

Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 3:30 p.m.

Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 6 p.m.

National Championship

Tuesday, April 3

Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament Glance

Championship

Saturday

Oklahoma St. 75, James Madison 68

Pro Baseball

MLB Spring training standings

AMERICAN LEAGUE

    W    L    Pct

Toronto    23    5    .821

Oakland    14    5    .737

Detroit    17    7    .708

Los Angeles    17    10    .630

Seattle    13    8    .619

Minnesota    18    13    .581

New York    15    11    .577

Boston    13    11    .542

Kansas City    15    14    .517

Baltimore    11    12    .478

Chicago    12    17    .414

Texas    10    17    .370

Tampa Bay    8    16    .333

Cleveland    6    20    .231

NATIONAL LEAGUE

    W    L    Pct

St. Louis    16    8    .667

San Diego    19    14    .576

Colorado    16    12    .571

San Francisco    16    13    .552

Los Angeles    14    12    .538

Houston    14    15    .483

Milwaukee    13    14    .481

Miami    11    12    .478

Chicago    14    16    .467

Cincinnati    14    16    .467

Philadelphia    12    16    .429

Washington    11    15    .423

Arizona    12    17    .414

Atlanta    10    17    .370

Pittsburgh    8    18    .308

New York    7    18    .280

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Saturday’s Games

Toronto 8, Philadelphia 5

N.Y. Yankees 11, Houston 9

St. Louis 6, Washington 2

Detroit 2, Atlanta 1, 7 innings

Minnesota 15, Pittsburgh (ss) 3

Pittsburgh (ss) 6, Baltimore 6, tie

Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 5

Tampa Bay 7, Boston 7, tie

Milwaukee 10, San Diego (ss) 7

Colorado 3, Chicago White Sox 1

Chicago Cubs 3, L.A. Angels 3, tie, 10 innings

Arizona (ss) 10, Kansas City 3

L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona (ss) 3

Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 2

Seattle 6, San Diego (ss) 1

Todays games

Philadelphia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 10:10 a.m.

Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10:10 a.m.

Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m.

Pro basketball

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

Boston    29    22    .569    

Philadelphia    29    23    .558    ½

New York    27    26    .509    3

New Jersey    18    35    .340    12

Toronto    17    35    .327    12½

Southeast Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

Miami    37    13    .740    

Orlando    32    20    .615    6

Atlanta    31    23    .574    8

Washington    12    39    .235    25½

Charlotte    7    43    .140    30

Central Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

x-Chicago    42    11    .792    

Indiana    30    21    .588    11

Milwaukee    24    28    .462    17½

Detroit    19    33    .365    22½

Cleveland    17    33    .340    23½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

San Antonio    36    14    .720    

Dallas    30    23    .566    7½

Memphis    28    22    .560    8

Houston    28    24    .538    9

New Orleans    13    39    .250    24

Northwest Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

Oklahoma City    39    12    .765    

Denver    28    24    .538    11½

Utah    27    25    .519    12½

Minnesota    25    28    .472    15

Portland    24    28    .462    15½

Pacific Division

    W    L    Pct    GB

L.A. Lakers    32    20    .615    

L.A. Clippers    30    21    .588    1½

Phoenix    25    26    .490    6½

Golden State    20    30    .400    11

Sacramento    18    33    .353    13½

x-clinched playoff spot

Saturday’s Games

L.A. Lakers 88, New Orleans 85

Detroit 110, Charlotte 107, OT

New York 91, Cleveland 75

Philadelphia 95, Atlanta 90

San Antonio 112, Indiana 103

Memphis 99, Milwaukee 95

New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s Games

Chicago at Oklahoma City, 10 a.m.

Miami at Boston, 12:30 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Denver at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Indiana at Houston, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Milwaukee at Washington, 4 p.m.

Houston at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 7 p.m.

Pro soccer

Saturday’s Games

Real Salt Lake 3, Portland 2

Pro hockey

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

x-NY Rangers    78    50    21    7    107    217    173

x-Pittsburgh    78    48    24    6    102    264    208

x-Philadelphia    78    45    24    9    99    251    218

x-New Jersey    79    45    28    6    96    219    205

N.Y. Islanders    78    33    34    11    77    193    236

Northeast Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

x-Boston    78    46    28    4    96    257    192

Ottawa    78    40    28    10    90    240    230

Buffalo    79    38    31    10    86    208    219

Toronto    79    34    36    9    77    222    252

Montreal    79    29    35    15    73    202    221

Southeast Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

Florida    78    37    25    16    90    192    215

Washington    79    40    31    8    88    212    223

Winnipeg    79    36    34    9    81    213    233

Tampa Bay    78    36    35    7    79    223    268

Carolina    79    31    32    16    78    208    237

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-St. Louis    79    48    21    10    106    204    156

x-Nashville    79    45    26    8    98    227    208

x-Detroit    78    46    27    5    97    240    195

x-Chicago    79    44    26    9    97    240    229

Columbus    79    27    45    7    61    190    255

Northwest Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

y-Vancouver    78    48    21    9    105    236    189

Colorado    80    41    33    6    88    205    209

Calgary    79    35    29    15    85    192    219

Minnesota    78    33    35    10    76    168    215

Edmonton    78    31    38    9    71    208    230

Pacific Division

    GP    W    L    OT    Pts    GF    GA

Los Angeles    79    39    27    13    91    185    170

Phoenix    79    39    27    13    91    206    202

Dallas    78    42    31    5    89    207    209

San Jose    78    39    29    10    88    211    201

Anaheim    78    33    34    11    77    194    217

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Saturday’s Games

Ottawa 4, Philadelphia 3, SO

Washington 3, Montreal 2, SO

Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 3, SO

Boston 6, N.Y. Islanders 3

Toronto 4, Buffalo 3

New Jersey 5, Carolina 0

Tampa Bay 3, Winnipeg 2, OT

Columbus 5, St. Louis 2

Chicago 5, Nashville 4

Phoenix 4, Anaheim 0

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Todays Games

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m.

Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, Noon

Florida at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Washington at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

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

Pro tennis

Saturday

At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park

Key Biscayne, Fla.

Purse: Men, $4.83 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.83 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Women

Championship

Agnieszka Radwanska (5), Poland, def. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles

Men

Championship

Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek (7), Czech Republic, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (2), Canada, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 tiebreak.

Pro golf

PGA

Shell Houston Open Scores

Saturday

At Redstone Golf Club (Redstone Course)

Humble, Texas

Purse: $6 million

Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 (36-36)

Third Round

Louis Oosthuizen    67-66-66199    -17

Hunter Mahan    69-67-65201    -15

Carl Pettersson    65-70-67202    -14

Brian Davis    68-65-69202    -14

James Driscoll    67-66-71204    -12

Ryan Palmer    71-68-66205    -11

Keegan Bradley    67-69-69205    -11

Phil Mickelson    65-70-70205    -11

John Senden    72-65-69206    -10

Boo Weekley    69-67-70206    -10

John Huh    66-70-70206    -10

J.B. Holmes    68-67-71206    -10

Tommy Gainey    68-67-71206    -10

Jeff Overton    69-70-69208    -8

Ernie Els    70-69-69208    -8

Motorsports

Sprint Cup

Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Lineup

After Saturday qualifying; race Today

At Martinsville Speedway

Ridgeway, Va.

Lap length: .526 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 97.128.

2. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 97.048.

3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 97.003.

4. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 97.003.

5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 96.988.

6. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 96.765.

7. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 96.75.

8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 96.746.

9. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 96.731.

10. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 96.706.

11. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 96.701.

12. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 96.627.

13. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 96.583.

14. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 96.43.

15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 96.322.

16. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 96.215.

17. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 96.2.

18. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 96.18.

19. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 96.049.

20. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 96.049.

21. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 95.971.

22. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 95.854.

23. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 95.849.

24. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 95.83.

25. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 95.796.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Optioned RHP Chris Tillman to Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Optioned RHP Dylan Axelrod to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned RHP Brian Bruney, C Hector Gimenez, INF Rey Olmedo, LHP Leyson Septimo and LHP Eric Stults to their minor league camp.

CLEVELAND INDIANS_Optioned RHP FRANK HERRMANN and RHP KEVIN SLOWEY to Columbus (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Optioned RHP Trevor Bell and RHP Garrett Richards to Salt Lake City (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS_Optioned C Drew Butera to Rochester (IL). Placed RHP Kyle Waldrop on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Reassigned INF Michael Hollimon to their minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES_Placed RHP Michael Pineda and LHP Cesar Cabral on the 15-day DL.

TAMPA BAY RAYS_Placed RHP Matt Bush on the restricted list.

TEXAS RANGERS_Optioned LHP Michael Kirkman and C Luis Martines to Round Rock (PCL). Assigned C Dusty Brown, RHP Greg Reynolds and RHP Tanner Scheppers to Round Rock.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Traded RHP Robby Rowland to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Reained the rights to RHP Brett Lorin and outrighted to Mobile (SL).

HOUSTON ASTROS_Reassigned C Carlos Corporan to their minor league camp.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS_Optioned OF Trent Oeltjen to their minor league camp.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS_Optioned RHP Mike McClendon to Nashville (PCL). Assigned RHP Amaury Rivas outright to Nashville. Reassigned INF Edwin Maysonet to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

SACRAMENTO KINGS_Signed G-F Terrence Williams for remainder of the season.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS_Recalled D Mat Clark from Syracuse (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Recalled D Cody Goloubef from Springfield (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS_Recalled D Colten Teubert from Oklahoma City (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES_Reassigned F Marc-Antoine Pouliot to Portland (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_Recalled G Ben Scrivens from Toronto (AHL).