By The Associated PressNASCARSPRINT CUPKOBALT TOOLS 400Site: Las Vegas.Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 3-4:30 p.m.;qualifying (Speed, 6:30-8 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed, 12:30-1:30 p.m., 3-4:30 p.m.);Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FOX, 2:30-6 p.m.).Track: Las Vegas Motor Speedway (oval, 1.5miles).Race distance: 400.5 miles, 267 laps.Last year: Carl Edwards raced to his lone victoryof the season, winning for the second […]

NBA Development League East Conference W L Pct GB Iowa 22 14 .611 — Springfield 21 15 .583 1 Dakota 20 16 .556 2 Erie 19 17 .528 3 Canton 19 18 .514 3 1/2 Maine 15 23 .395 8 Fort Wayne 11 27 .289 12 Sioux Falls 9 28 .243 13 1/2 West Conference […]

NCAA Division III Women’s BasketballTournament At A GlanceSectionalsFriday, March 9Sectional SemifinalsAmherst vs. York (Pa.)Emmanuel vs. King’s (Pa.)Mary Washington vs. Lebanon ValleyBOWDOIN vs. George FoxCarthage vs. CentreIllinois Wesleyan vs. Mount UnionSt. Thomas (Minn.) vs. TuftsCalvin vs. ChicagoSaturday, March 10Sectional FinalsTBD

2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings By The Associated Pressx-non-points raceFeb. 18 — x-Budweiser Shootout, DaytonaBeach, Fla. (Kyle Busch)Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 1, Daytona Beach,Fla. (Tony Stewart)Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 2, Daytona Beach,Fla. (Matt Kenseth)Feb. 26 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla.(Matt Kenseth)March 4 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale,Ariz. (Denny Hamlin)March […]

2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule,standingsBy The Associated PressFeb. 25 — DRIVE4COPD 300, Daytona Beach,Fla. (James Buescher)March 3 — Bashas’ Supermarkets 200, Avondale, Ariz. (Elliott Sadler)March 10 — Sam’s Town 300, Las VegasMarch 17 — St. Patrick’s Day 300, Bristol,Tenn.March 24 — Royal Purple 300, Fontana, Calif.April 13 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, Fort Worth,TexasApril 27 […]

BNP Paribas Open ResultsBy The Associated PressWednesdayAt The Indian Wells Tennis GardenIndian Wells, Calif.Purse: Men: $5.55 million (Masters 1000);$5.44 million (Premier)Surface: Hard-OutdoorSinglesWomenFirst RoundJamie Hampton, United States, def. PolonaHercog, Slovenia, 6-0, 6-1.Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-3.Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. MarinaErakovic, New Zealand, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. AnneKeothavong, Britain, 6-4, 2-6, […]

By The Associated PressWORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPSCADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Doral, Fla.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: TPC Blue Monster at Doral (7,334yards, par 72).Purse: $8.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.4 million. Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 1-6p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Saturday, noon-2p.m., 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.; Sunday, 1-3 p.m.,10:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m.) and NBC (Saturday, 2-6p.m.; Sunday, 3-7 p.m.).Last year: Nick Watney won his first […]

American Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA St.John’s 35 15 5 2 77 191 165 Worcester 25 21 4 7 61 150 154 Manchester 29 28 0 3 61 155 174 Portland 27 25 3 3 60 163 192 Providence 26 28 3 3 58 148 174 East […]

Major League Baseball Spring Training Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Boston 3 0 1.000 Detroit 5 0 1.000 Seattle 5 1 .833 LosAngeles 2 1 .667 Oakland 4 2 .667 KansasCity 3 2 .600 Toronto 3 2 .600 Baltimore 2 2 .500 Cleveland 2 2 .500 Minnesota 3 3 .500 […]

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with 2B David Adams, OF Zoilo Almonte, RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Cesar Cabral, C Francisco Cervelli, 2B Corban Joseph, RHP George Kontos, 3B Brandon Laird, OF Justin Maxwell, OF Melky Mesa, RHP Brad Meyers, RHP William Mitchell, RHP Ivan Nova, […]