Pro Sports Scores & Schedule: March 5, 2018

Spring Training MLB

Sunday’s Scores
Pittsburgh 9, Minnesota 3
Baltimore 10, Boston 8
Atlanta 5, Miami 2
Tampa Bay 9, NY Yankees 1
Washington (SS) 6, Detroit 2
Houston 4, St. Louis 2
Philadelphia 4, Toronto 2
San Diego (SS) 7, Chi. White Sox 6
Washington (SS) 7, NY Mets 3
Seattle 10, Texas 7
Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2
LA Dodgers 9, San Francisco 3
Kansas City 10, Cincinnati 3
LA Angels 7, Colorado 6
Oakland 12, San Diego (SS) 4
Arizona 2, Chi. Cubs 0

1:05pm
Pittsburgh at Atlanta
Minnesota at Philadelphia
Miami at Houston
Washington at St. Louis

1:10pm
Detroit at NY Mets

3:05pm
Cleveland at LA Dodgers
San Francisco at Texas
Chi. White Sox at Oakland
LA Angels at Cincinnati

3:10pm
Chi. Cubs at Colorado

8:40pm
Arizona at San Diego

NHL

Sunday’s Scores
Nashville 4, Colorado 3 (OT)
Florida 4, Philadelphia 1
Vegas 3, New Jersey 2
Anaheim 6, Chicago 3
Minnesota 4, Detroit 1
Winnipeg 3, Carolina 2
Columbus 4, San Jose 2

7:00pm
Calgary at Pittsburgh

7:30pm
Toronto at Buffalo

8:30pm
Ottawa at Dallas

9:00pm
Arizona at Edmonton

10:00pm
NY Islanders at Vancouver

NBA

Sunday’s Scores
Toronto 103, Charlotte 98
New Orleans 126, Dallas 109
Atlanta 113, Phoenix 112
Indiana 98, Washington 95
Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 110
Sacramento 102, New York 99
LA Clippers 123, Brooklyn 120

7:00pm
Detroit at Cleveland
Milwaukee at Indiana

7:30pm
Phoenix at Miami

8:00pm
Boston at Chicago

8:30pm
Memphis at San Antonio

9:00pm
Orlando at Utah

10:30pm
Portland at LA Lakers

Threat Causes Blackhawk School District To Cancel Classes Today

The Blackhawk School District has canceled all classes for today due to a threat made on social media. According to the school district’s website, it was made aware of “statements made on social media that have caused concern for many of our residents.” The school district said that local law enforcement completed an investigation of the individuals responsible for the posts, and the administration met with police last night. The school district also said that it is “in the process” of determining if the threat made toward the school was credible.

Wagner tops Robert Morris 75-64, heads to NEC finals!!

Wagner tops Robert Morris 75-64, heads to NEC finals
NEW YORK (AP) — JoJo Cooper scored 20 points with six assists, Romone Saunders added 18 points, and top-seeded Wagner beat No. 7 seed Robert Morris 75-64 in Saturday’s Northeast Conference semifinal.
The Seahawks (23-8) will host fourth-seeded LIU in Tuesday’s championship game.
Blake Francis added 15 points with three 3-pointers for Wagner, which shot 51 percent from the field and held the Colonials (16-17) to 39 percent.
Cooper’s free throws put Wagner up for good and sparked a 10-0 run capped by his 3 for a 20-10 lead. The Colonials hit three straight 3s to close to 36-29, but the Seahawks led 39-29 at halftime on Francis’ 3 off a steal. They shot 54 percent.
Saunders scored 10 straight points with two 3s and Wagner led 61-47 with 6:29 left. Matty McConnell hit back-to-back 3s and the Colonials closed to 69-62 with 1:34 to go, but turned it over twice and missed three of four field goals from there.
Dachon Burke scored 18 points for Robert Morris (16-17) for his 30th double-figure scoring game, tying a sophomore school record set by Myron Walker in 1991-92. McConnell scored 17 points with five 3s, eight rebounds, four assists and five steals.

Crosby scores in OT, Penguins slip by Islanders 3-2

Crosby scores in OT, Penguins slip by Islanders 3-2
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby let one chance to bury the New York Islanders slip away. The Pittsburgh Penguins star wasn’t about to let it happen twice.
Crosby finished off a 2-on-1 by sneaking a wrist shot past Chris Gibson 3:48 into overtime to give the Penguins a 3-2 win Saturday. Pittsburgh’s captain failed to convert on a rush moments earlier, but an outlet pass by Justin Schultz freed up Crosby once again.
This time he faked a pass to Conor Sheary and instead beat Gibson between the legs as the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions snapped a three-game losing streak.
“Thought I had a good opportunity to shoot and missed one right before that so glad to see it go in,” Crosby said after picking up his 22nd goal of the season.
Derick Brassard’s first goal with Pittsburgh tied it with less than nine minutes to go in regulation. Patric Hornqvist added his 18th goal of the season for the Penguins. Phil Kessel picked up two assists to become the sixth American-born player to reach 400 career assists. Tristan Jarry overcame a comically ugly start to finish with 25 saves.
Jarry’s night began by giving up a goal to New York’s Brandon Davidson just 1:11 into the game. Davidson flipped a slow backhand from outside the right circle only to see it go into the net when Jarry tripped and fell backward to the ice .
“It was a little easier when I came back to the bench and seen 90 percent of the guys laughing at me,” Jarry said. “It’s a tough thing to swallow but I’m glad we won.”
Anders Lee put New York up 4:59 into the third period when his shot caromed off Pittsburgh defenseman Jamie Oleksiak and over the goal line for his team-leading 31st. Gibson, making his first start in nearly two years, almost made it stand up. He finished with 47 saves in all but let Brassard jam one by him with 8:31 left in regulation to tie it and he was no match for Crosby late. The Islanders have dropped six straight.
Making just his fifth NHL start and first since April 10, 2016, Gibson spent most of the night trying to make up for lost time. The Penguins peppered the New York net for long stretches, often looking like they were on the power play despite being at even strength. Asked if he could remember the last time he faced 50 shots at any level, Gibson just shook his head.
“To be honest, I can’t but it was great,” Gibson said. “I loved every single second of it. I’m really happy with my game except that last goal and the loss there.”
The Penguins were coming off an ugly 8-4 setback in Boston on Thursday night, one that extended their losing streak to three and blunted their recent surge toward the top of the Metropolitan Division. Coach Mike Sullivan, rarely hesitant to shake things up during even the slightest of downturns, opted for minor tweaks instead of major ones.
Pittsburgh called up forward Dominik Simon and put him on the third line and Sullivan mixed up the bottom two defensive pairings, including giving Chad Ruhwedel his first start since Dec. 27. The result was better play in front of Jarry. After giving up 17 goals during the losing streak, Pittsburgh surrendered just the two flukish goals and Jarry collected himself after the bumpy start.
The penalty kill was sharp at the beginning of overtime, giving Crosby a chance to win it.
“The last two games I struggled a little bit and I didn’t think my game was where I wanted it to be at,” Jarry said. “I thought tonight was a good bounce back performance for me and I think it’s something I can grow on.”
NOTES: Pittsburgh G Matt Murray missed his third straight game since getting a concussion in practice Wednesday. … Pittsburgh scratched D Matt Hunwick, F Carter Rowney and C Zach Aston-Reese. … New York scratched Ds Dennis Seidenberg and Sebastian Aho and F Ross Johnston. … The Islanders went 0 for 2 on the power play. The Penguins were 1 for 2. … Pittsburgh is 7-1-1 in its last nine games against New York.
UP NEXT
Islanders: Begin swing through Western Canada on Monday in Vancouver.
Penguins: Host Calgary on Monday.
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Roger Bannister, first to run mile in under 4 minutes, dies

Roger Bannister, first to run mile in under 4 minutes, dies
LONDON (AP) — Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88.
Bannister’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford, the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Bannister, who went on to pursue a long and distinguished medical career, had been slowed by Parkinson’s disease in recent years.
He was “surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them,” the family said in a statement announcing his death on Sunday. “He banked his treasure in the hearts of his friends.”
Helped by two pacemakers, Bannister clocked 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxford’s Iffley Road track on May 6, 1954, to break the 4-minute mile — a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
“It’s amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile,” Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
The enduring image of the lanky Oxford medical student — head tilted back, eyes closed and mouth agape as he strained across the finishing tape — captured the public’s imagination, made him a global celebrity and lifted the spirits of Britons still suffering through postwar austerity.
“It became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible,” Bannister said as he approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. “I’d like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport, but for life and seeking challenges.”
He might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1,500 meters, known as the metric mile, in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport, he decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
Swedish runner Gundar Haegg’s mile time of 4:01.4 had stood for nine years, but in 1954 Bannister, Australian rival John Landy and others were threatening to break it.
“As it became clear that somebody was going to do it, I felt that I would prefer it to be me,” Bannister told the AP.
He also wanted to deliver something special for his country.
“I thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this,” Bannister said. “There was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before, Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953, I broke the British record, but not the 4-minute mile, and so everything was ready in 1954.”
His chance finally came on a wet, cool, blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When Bannister looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church, he feared he would have to call off the record attempt. But, shortly before 6 p.m., the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track, they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds, then 60.7 — 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway, a distance specialist, paced a third lap of 62.3 — 3:00.4. Bannister would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go, Bannister surged past Chataway, his long arms and legs pumping and his lungs gasping for oxygen.
“The world seemed to stand still, or did not exist,” he wrote in his book, “The First Four Minutes.”
“The only reality was the next 200 yards of track under my feet. The tape meant finality — extinction perhaps. I felt at that moment that it was my chance to do one thing supremely well. I drove on, impelled by a combination of fear and pride.”
After Bannister crossed the finish line, the announcer read out the time: “3…” The rest was drowned out by the roar of the crowd.
The record lasted just 46 days, as Landy ran 3:57.9 in Turku, Finland, on June 21, 1954. That set the stage for the showdown between Bannister and Landy at the Empire Games, now called the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia on Aug. 9, 1954.
Landy set a fast pace, leading by as much as 15 yards before Bannister caught up as the bell rang for the final lap.
“Around the last bend, I think the crowd was making so much noise he couldn’t hear whether I was behind, or whether he’d dropped me, and he looked over his left shoulder, and I passed him on his right shoulder,” Bannister said.
Bannister won the race in 3:58.8, with Landy second in 3:59. It was the first time two men had run under 4 minutes in the same race.
Bannister considered that victory even more satisfying than the first 4-minute mile because it came in a competitive race against his greatest rival.
Bannister capped his brilliant summer of 1954 by winning the 1,500 meters at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, in a games record of 3:43.8.
Bannister, who was chosen as Sports Illustrated’s first Sportsman of the Year in 1954, retired from competition and pursued a full-time career in neurology. As chairman of the Sports Council between 1971 and 1974, he developed the first test for anabolic steroids.
“None of my athletics was the greatest achievement,” he said. “My medical work has been my achievement and my family with 14 grandchildren. Those are real achievements.”
Bannister also served as master of Oxford’s Pembroke College from 1985-93.
Bannister married Moyra Jacobsson, an artist, in 1955. They had two sons and two daughters and lived in a modest home only minutes away from the track where he made history.
Bannister outlived his 4-minute mile pacemakers: Brasher, who founded the London Marathon, died in 2003 at the age of 74. Chataway died in 2014 at 82.