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Sunday's Results
Top-25 College Basketball
Allen Crabbe and Justin Cobbs exploded in the second half, combining for 36 of
the Golden Bears' final 44 points, as California knocked off No. 7 Arizona,
77-69, at McKale Center. Crabbe had 19 of his game-high 31 points over the
final 20 minutes. He connected on 12-of-15 attempts from the field for the
contest -- including 4-of-7 from long distance -- as California (14-9, 6-5
Pac-12) captured its third win in four games.
Elsewhere in the Top-25:
(1) Indiana 81, (10) Ohio State 68
(4) Duke 62, Boston College 61
(9) Syracuse 77, St. John's 58
Illinois 57, (18) Minnesota 53
National Hockey League
Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson scored with 4.5 seconds remaining in the third
period to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings
at Joe Louis Arena. The game appeared destined for overtime, with Kings
blueliner Alec Martinez netting the equalizer with 52.8 seconds left in
regulation. But Ericsson ripped a slap shot from the right point that squeaked
by Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick and trickled across the goal line.
Elsewhere in the NHL:
Edmonton Oilers 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1
Boston Bruins 3, Buffalo Sabres 1
New York Rangers 5, Tampa Bay Lightning 1
New Jersey Devils 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Nashville Predators 0
National Basketball Association
Paul Pierce had a triple-double with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists as
the Boston Celtics extended their season-high winning streak to seven and
snapped the Denver Nuggets' nine-game stretch in their thrilling 118-114
triple-overtime triumph.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
Los Angeles Clippers 102, New York Knicks 88
Miami Heat 107, Los Angeles Lakers 97
Memphis Grizzlies 105, Minnesota Timberwolves 88
Orlando Magic 110, Portland Trail Blazers 104
Toronto Raptors 102, New Orleans Hornets 89
San Antonio Spurs 111, Brooklyn Nets 86
Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Phoenix Suns 69
Sacramento Kings 117, Houston Rockets 111
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The family of the late Joe Paterno released its results in a review of the
findings in former FBI director Louis Freeh's investigation into the Jerry
Sandusky child sex abuse case. Calling it "A Rush to Injustice," the
conclusions of experts hired by the family of the legendary Penn State
football coach said the Freeh Report, commissioned by Penn State University,
is factually wrong, speculative and fundamentally flawed. The Paterno family's
expert team featured former Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Attorney General
Dick Thornburgh, former top FBI profiler Jim Clemente, prominent Washington
attorney Wick Sollers and the director of The Johns Hopkins Sexual Behaviors
Consultation Unit, Dr. Fred Berlin. Each of the four men composed separate
reviews of the Freeh Report over the past six months and determined that the
Freeh Report "does not meet the basic requirements of a thorough, objective
and fair investigation." Freeh issued a response to the Paterno report and
stood by his investigation.
GOLF
Brandt Snedeker fired a 7-under 65 on Sunday and picked up a two-stroke win at
the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California. Snedeker finished his fifth
PGA Tour title at 19-under-par 267, breaking the tournament record of 268
first set by Mark O'Meara in 1997 and matched by Phil Mickelson in 2007. Chris
Kirk carded a 6-under 66 to grab second place at minus-17. James Hahn, who
shared the third-round lead with Snedeker, managed a 2-under 70 on Sunday and
tied for third at 14-under with Jimmy Walker and Kevin Stadler. Mickelson, the
defending champion coming off a win last week at the Phoenix Open, was never a
factor this week and finished at 1-under par.
TENNIS
Horacio Zeballos, the 73rd ranked player in the world, upset clay-court
superstar Rafael Nadal in the final of the VTR Open on Sunday to capture his
first career ATP title. Nadal, the top-seeded 11-time Grand Slam champion and
owner of 50 career ATP titles, was playing flawlessly in his return from a
seven-month layoff. The Spanish star had been sidelined since last summer with
a knee injury and did not lose a set leading up to Sunday's final. But
Zeballos, who did not advance past the second round at any of the tour-level
events last year, took the second set in a tiebreaker and broke Nadal's final
serve at love to come away victorious. The final score of the two-hour, 46-
minute battle read 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 on the red clay at Club Naval de
Campo Las Silnas.
The Fed Cup quarterfinals were completed Sunday and the United States was
eliminated by Italy. The Americans, playing without the Williams sisters or
rising star Sloane Stephens, held a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five tie after
Varvara Lepchenko beat Sara Errani in the first reverse singles match Sunday,
but Roberta Vinci kept the Italians alive with a three-set win over Jamie
Hampton and teamed up with Errani to give the hosts the deciding point with a
6-2, 6-2 doubles triumph over Lepchenko and Liezel Huber. Italy will next play
the defending champion Czech Republic, which completed a 4-0 win over
Australia on Sunday. Also Sunday, Russia beat Japan and will next meet
Slovakia, which knocked out Serbia.
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