NHL locks up All-Star coaches

The four coaches for this month’s NHL All-Star Game will be Paul Maurice of Winnipeg, Todd Reirden of Washington, Jon Cooper of Tampa Bay and Bill Peters of Calgary.

Each of the teams is a division leader — Winnipeg (Central), Washington (Metropolitan), Tampa Bay (Atlantic) and Calgary (Pacific).

The NHL All-Star Weekend is Jan. 25-26 in San Jose at the SAP Center. The three-game tournament is played in a 3-on-3 format with teams from each division.

The coaches were announced by the league Saturday and determined by the teams with the highest points percentage — points earned divided by total possible points. The cutoff is Jan. 5, the halfway point of the regular season.

College basketball

UCLA ROUTS CAL >> Darius McNeil scored 23 points, but the Bears committed 19 turnovers and were routed by UCLA at Pauley Pavilion 98-83. Kris Wilkes scored 18 points, and UCLA (96, 2-0 Pac-12) pulled away from Cal (5-9, 0-2) in the second half, giving the Bruins a sweep of the Bay Area schools on the opening weekend of Pac-12 play.

Cal played without point guard Paris Austin, who sat out with an ankle sprain suffered in Friday’s practice.

USF HOLDS OFF PEPPERDINE >> Charles Minlend scored 21 points, and Frankie Ferrari hit a 3-pointer with 14.2 seconds left to help visiting USF beat Pepperdine 72-69.

Jimbo Lull tied his career high with 18 points for the Dons (14-2, 2-0 West Coast Conference).

GONZAGA MAKES IT 18

STRAIGHT OVER SANTA CLARA >> Rui Hachimura scored 25 points, and No. 7 Gonzaga beat Santa Clara 91-48 in Spokane, Washington, to open defense of its West Coast Conference regular-season title. Brandon Clarke added 16 points for Gonzaga (14-2) in its 18th consecutive victory over Santa Clara since 2011.

Keshawn Justice scored 14 points for Santa Clara (97, 1-1), which had won six in a row.

SIXTH-RANKED NEVADA STRUGGLES IN LOSS >> Anthony Mathis scored 27 points to help New Mexico hand No. 6 Nevada its first loss of the season with an 85-58 victory at home. High-scoring Nevada (14-1, 1-1 Mountain West) shot just 33.3 percent from the field and committed 14 turnovers.

Vance Jackson had 18 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three steals for the Lobos (8-6, 2-0).

IOWA STATE DRUBS NO. 5 KANSAS >> Marial Shayok scored 24 points, and streaking Iowa State routed No. 5 Kansas 77-60 in Ames, Iowa, for their most lopsided victory over the Jayhawks in 46 years. Freshman Tyrese Haliburton made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for Iowa State (12-2, 2-0 Big 12).

Kansas (12-2, 1-1) committed a season-high 24 turnovers in its worst loss to Iowa State since an 8965 blowout in Lawrence in 1973.

ARIZONA EDGES UTAH >> Brandon Randolph scored six of his 21 points in overtime, and Arizona (11-4, 2-0 Pac-12) escaped with an 84-81 victory over Utah in Tucson. Sedrick Barefield scored 26, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, for Utah (7-7, 1-1) but fouled out with 1:44 to play in regulation. Chase Jeter had 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Wildcats. MACK LEADS ALABAMA OVER NO. 13 KENTUCKY >> Tevin Mack made six first-half 3-pointers on his way to 22 points, and Alabama (103) held off No. 13 Kentucky (10-3) 77-75 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams in Tuscaloosa. Dazon Ingram scored all 11 of his points after halftime, including some key free throws in the Crimson Tide’s fifth consecutive win.

MICHIGAN STATE HOLDS OFF OHIO STATE >> Cassius Winston scored 25 points, Nick Ward added 21, and No. 8 Michigan State extended its unbeaten streak to eight games with an 86-77 victory on the road over No. 14 Ohio State (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten). The second half was tied six times before the Spartans (13-2, 4-0) took the lead on a Ward foul shot, and a layup by Kenny Goins put them up by three with 3:28 left.

Baseball

GIANTS ADD UTILITY PLAYER >> The San Francisco Giants have acquired infielder/outfielder Breyvic Valera from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations, the team announced. Valera appeared in 32 big league games last season between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles, batting .234 with eight RBIs.

The switch hitter was traded from the Dodgers to the Orioles as part of the Manny Machado deal on July 18.

BRITTON STAYING WITH YANKEES >> Zach Britton is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing to a $39 million, three-year contract. A 31-year-old left-hander, Britton was acquired by the Yankees from Baltimore on July 24 and had a 2.88 ERA and three saves in 25 appearances for New York.

Winter sports

SHIFFRIN MAKES IT SEVEN SLALOMS IN A ROW >> Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of 2019 to match her personal best winning streak in the discipline with seven straight victories. The American two-time overall champion built on a big first-run lead of more than a second to beat Petra Vlhova of Slovakia by 1.25 on the icy Crveni Spust course in Zagreb, Croatia. Wendy Holdener of Switzerland was 1.75 seconds behind in third.

It was Shiffrin’s fourth triumph in the race on the outskirts of Croatian capital Zagreb, after winning it in 2013, 2015 and last year.

“It’s a great atmosphere and it’s a really great track,” Shiffrin said about the Sljeme hill. “It’s the perfect track to be aggressive. I just tried to do my best and the surface was perfect so it was easier to be really aggressive.”

Shiffrin has won 12 of the last 13, and 28 of the last 34 World Cup slaloms she competed in.

Horse racing

HORSE OF THE YEAR FINALISTS ANNOUNCED >> Justify and Accelerate never got to face off on the track. Instead, they’ll duel for Horse of the Year. Justify, Accelerate and Monomoy Girl were the three finalists announced for Horse of the Year. The top prize will be handed out at the Eclipse Awards on Jan. 24. Justify won the Triple Crown, Accelerate won the Breeders’ Cup Classic, and Monomoy Girl capped her year with a win in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.

College football

NORTH DAKOTA STATE WINS SEVENTH FCS TITLE >> Easton Stick ran for three touchdowns and threw two quick scoring passes to Darrius Shepherd in a wild start to the second half, sending North Dakota State to its record seventh FCS championship with a 38-24 victory over Eastern Washington (12-3) in Frisco, Texas. North Dakota State (15-0) has won all seven of its FCS titles over the past eight seasons.

NBA KNICKS’ KANTER TO SKIP

LONDON TRIP, FEARING ERDOGAN REPRISAL >> New York center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the Knicks’ upcoming international game because he believes he could be assassinated for his opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kanter will stay in New York while the Knicks travel to face Washington at The O2 arena in London on Jan. 17.

Kanter has been a vocal critic of Erdogan for years.

Golf

WOODLAND STAYS IN FRONT WITH BIG PUTT >> Gary Woodland made a 65-foot eagle putt and finished with a birdie for a 5-under 68 to reach 17-under 202 to keep his lead in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii. He leads Rory McIlroy (68) by three and Marc Leishman (68) by four.