WADA says sanctions won’t hit Euro games, CL final
The World Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed that Russia’s hosting of European Championship soccer games next year won’t be affected by recommendations it should be banned from hosting major events.
WADA’s compliance review committee has proposed that rule as part of a package of sanctions for Russia over alleged tampering with doping records. WADA’s executive board will vote on the recommendation Dec. 9.
“As regards UEFA, the Euros is not a multi-sport major event or a world championship but rather a regional/continental single-sport event,” WADA spokesman James Fitzgerald told The Associated Press by email.
“So it is not affected by this recommendation.”
St. Petersburg is due to host four games, including a quarterfinal. The city also holds the Champions League final in 2021, another event not covered by the recommendations.
UEFA is not a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, but Europe’s soccer governing body is a subsidiary of FIFA, which has signed up to the code. UEFA also runs its own anti-doping program.
Russia is accused of altering lab data to remove positive tests, at a time when the data was held by Russian law enforcement. Handing over the data was meant to clear up past cover-ups and smooth Russia’s way back into global sports after years doping scandals.
The WADA committee has proposed a package of sanctions including a fouryear ban on hosting major events in Russia and a similar four-year sanction on Russians competing in top events like the Olympics, though they could enter as neutrals.
Hockey
BRIND'AMOUR SAYS PETERS KICKED, PUNCHED PLAYERS >> Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour has confirmed that former coach Bill Peters kicked and punched players behind
Employees work in Russia’s national drug-testing laboratory in Moscow in May 2016.
the bench during his four seasons in Carolina.
By saying “it for sure happened,” Brind’Amour increased the scrutiny on Peters, whose future as the Calgary Flames coach is in question. Peters has been benched by Calgary while the NHL and the team investigate allegations he directed racist slurs at a Nigerian-born player in the minors 10 years ago.
Peters was not behind the bench for Calgary’s game at Buffalo on Wednesday night.
Brind’Amour was an assistant on Peters’ staff, before taking over as head coach after Peters was fired following the 2017-18 season.
Baseball
PIRATES HIRE SHELTON >> Derek Shelton is the new manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Shelton replaces Clint Hurdle, who was fired on the final day of the season following a second-half collapse that dropped the Pirates to a last-place finish in the NL Central.
The 49-year-old Shelton spent the last two seasons as the bench coach for the Minnesota Twins. Shelton’s previous stops include a season as the quality control coach for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2017 and seven years as a hitting coach with the Tampa Bay Rays. PADRES GET DAVIES, GRISHAM FROM BREWERS FOR URÍAS, LAUER >> The Padres have acquired righthander Zach Davies and outfielder Trent Grisham from the Milwaukee Brewers for infielder Luis Urías
and left-hander Eric Lauer.
Davies was 10-7 with a 3.55 ERA in 31 starts in 2019, his fifth big league season. He made $2.6 million and is eligible for salary arbitration.
Lauer, San Diego’s opening-day starter, went 8-10 with a 4.45 ERA in his second big league season.
College athletics
NCAA PUSHES BACK AGAINST MISSOURI >> The NCAA is pushing back against the University of Missouri after the school blasted the governing body for rejecting an appeal of punishments levied in the case of a rogue tutor. In a statement, the NCAA said that “while Missouri’s disappointment is understandable, the rules and infractions processes are developed by NCAA members. If any member feels the rules and penalty structure are unfair, there is a clear path for them to suggest change.”
The NCAA disciplined Missouri earlier this year after a tutor acknowledged doing course work for members of the football, baseball and softball teams. The punishment included postseason bans in each of the sports along with crippling scholarship and recruiting restrictions.
While Missouri filed a 64-page brief to the NCAA’s appeals committee in March, arguing the penalties were contrary to precedent, the appeals committee rejected those assertions Tuesday, leaving in place all the punishments put in place.
College basketball
NCAA DENIES MEMPHIS' APPEAL >> Memphis center James Wiseman won’t get any reduction in his 12-game suspension.
The heralded freshman won’t be able to play again for the 16th-ranked Tigers until Jan. 12 at South Florida. Memphis issued a statement Wednesday saying that “although (this is) disappointing, we look forward to a promising season.”
The penalty surrounds the $11,500 that Memphis coach Penny Hardaway gave Wiseman’s family for moving expenses from Nashville to Memphis in the summer of 2017.
Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati
San Francisco10 Seattle 9 Rams 6 Arizona 3
EAST DIVISION
Dallas 6 Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Giants 2 Washington 2
SOUTH DIVISION
New Orleans 9 Carolina 5 Tampa Bay 4 Atlanta 3
NORTH DIVISION
Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit
Thursday's games
0 .909 332 163 0 .818 292 263 0 .545 249 243 1 .318 248 317 0 .545 295 210 0 .455 243 247 0 .182 217 308 0 .182 144 269 0 .818 272 230 0 .455 259 291 0 .364 312 335 0 .273 242 297
Chicago at Detroit, 9:30 a.m. Buffalo at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday's games
Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Washington at Carolina, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 10 a.m. Rams at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Chargers at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1:25 p.m. New England at Houston, 5:20 p.m.
Monday's games
2 5 6 11 1 2 5 7 5 6 9 9 2 6 7 8 3 3 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .818 .545 .455 .000 .727 .727 .455 .318
Minnesota at Seattle, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 5
Dallas at Chicago, 5:20 p.m.
No. 17 Memphis vs. No. 18 Cincinnati, 12:30 p.m.
No. 19 Iowa at Nebraska, 11:30 a.m.
No. 20 Boise State at Colorado State, 12:30 p.m.
No. 22 Appalachian State at Troy, 3 p.m. No. 23 Virginia Tech at Virginia, 9 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 30
No. 1 LSU vs. Texas A&M, 4 p.m.
No. 2 Ohio State at No. 10 Michigan, 9 a.m.
No. 3 Clemson at South Carolina, 9 a.m. No. 4 Georgia at Georgia Tech, 9 a.m.
No. 5 Alabama at No. 16 Auburn, 12:30 p.m.
No. 6 Utah vs. Colorado, 4:30 p.m.
No. 7 Oklahoma at No. 21 Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.
No. 8 Florida vs. Florida State, 4:30 p.m. No. 9 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Wisconsin, 12:30 p.m.
No. 11 Baylor at Kansas, 12:30 p.m.
No. 12 Penn State vs. Rutgers, 12:30 p.m. No. 14 Oregon vs. Oregon State, 1 p.m. No. 15 Notre Dame at Stanford, 1 p.m. No. 24 Navy at Houston, 4 p.m.
Lakers Clippers Phoenix Sacramento Golden State 9 6 5 0
W
W
W
8 8 5 3
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Dallas Houston New Orleans San Antonio Memphis
NORTHWEST DIVISION
15 13 8 7 3 11 11 6 6 5 13 11 9 6 6
12 2 5 8 9 15 6 6 11 12 11 3 6 8 10 12
4 386 216 233 157 258 289 188 260 .882 .722 .500 .438 .167 .647 .647 .353 .333 .313 .813 .647 .529 .375 .333
.750 202 212 252 292 242 205 188 291
— 21⁄2 61⁄2 71⁄2 121⁄2
— — 5 51⁄2 51⁄2
— 21⁄2 41⁄2 7 8
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Boston at Brooklyn, 9 a.m.
Charlotte at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 5 p.m.
Golden State at Miami, 5 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Clippers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Chicago at Portland, 7 p.m. Washington at Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Harden, HOU 17 Akounmpo, MIL 17 Doncic, DAL 17 Beal, WAS 15 Lillard, POR 16 Young, ATL 16 Towns, MIN 15 Ingram, NOR 13 Leonard, LAC 13 Siakam, TOR 16 James, LAL 17 Mitchell, UTA 17 Wiggins, MIN 14 Davis, LAL 16 Booker, PHX 16 Williams, LAC 18 Westbrook, HOU15 DeRozan, SAN 18 McCollum, POR 18 Walker, BOS 15
1. Duke (6-1) did not play.
2. Louisville (6-0) did not play.
3. Michigan State (5-2) beat UCLA 75-62.
4. Kansas (6-1) beat Dayton 90-84, OT.
5. Maryland (5-0) did not play.
6. North Carolina (5-0) beat Alabama 76-67.
7. Virginia (7-0) beat Maine 46-26.
8. Gonzaga (6-0) vs. Southern Miss.
9. Kentucky (5-1) did not play.
10. Ohio State (6-0) did not play.
11. Oregon (5-0) vs. No. 13 Seton Hall.
12. Texas Tech (5-0) did not play.
13. Seton Hall (4-1) vs. No. 11 Oregon.
14. Arizona (6-0) did not play.
15. Utah State (7-0) did not play.
16. Memphis (5-1) did not play.
17. Tennessee (5-0) did not play.
18. Auburn (7-0) did not play.
19. Baylor (5-1) did not play.
20. VCU (6-0) did not play.
21. Colorado (5-0) did not play.
22. Villanova (4-2) did not play.
23. Washington (5-1) did not play.
24. Florida (5-2) did not play.
25. Xavier (6-1) did not play.
FAR WEST
Colorado St. 79, Washington St. 69 Gardner-Webb 67, N. Colorado 62 Michigan St. 75, UCLA 62 Northeastern 79, Weber St. 69 Santa Clara 81, Denver 64
1. Oregon (4-0) did not play.
2. Baylor (5-0) did not play.
3. Stanford (5-0) did not play.
4. UConn (6-0) beat Dayton 75-37.
5. South Carolina (6-0) did not play.
6. Texas A&M (4-0) did not play.
7. Oregon State (5-0) did not play.
8. Louisville (5-0) did not play.
9. Maryland (5-1) did not play.
10. Mississippi State (6-0) did not play.
11. UCLA (5-0) beat Yale 100-65.
12. Florida State (6-0) beat Florida 66-55.
12. N.C. State (5-0) did not play.
14. Kentucky (6-0) beat Grambling State 81-35.
15. Michigan State (5-0) did not play.
16. DePaul (5-1) beat Milwaukee 94-65.
17. Indiana (4-0) did not play.
18. Syracuse (3-1) did not play.
19. Miami (4-1) did not play.
20. Tennessee (6-0) beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 92-51.
21. South Florida (5-1) did not play.
22. Gonzaga (3-1) did not play.
23. West Virginia (4-0) did not play.
24. Arizona (6-0) did not play.
25. Arkansas (5-1) did not play.
FAR WEST
Tuesday
BYU 67, Utah St. 50
Boise St. 77, Utah Valley 69 CS Bakersfield 61, North Texas 52 California Baptist 93, Life Pacific College 48
Colorado 59, Indiana St. 46
Colorado St. 75, Incarnate Word 47 Seattle 75, Central Washington 65 UC Davis 77, Sacramento St. 75 UC Santa Barbara 64, San Diego St. 52 UCLA 100, Yale 65
Edmonton Arizona Vancouver Sharks Vegas Calgary Anaheim Los Angeles 26 25 25 25 26 27 25 24
CENTRAL DIVISION
179 193 165 154 137 138 134 125 119 153 168 158 138 139 142 131 121 154 161 100 16 14 12 13 11 11 11 9
GP W
7 8 9 11 11 12 11 13 208 119 130 77 112 100 69 55 76 68 66 79 45 105
76 108 71 91 32 66 3 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 645 529 512 428 437 425 397 339 336 411 436 435 353 402 396 403 333 399 398 317 35 31 28 27 26 26 25 20 37.9 31.1 30.1 28.5 27.3 26.6 26.5 26.1 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.2 25.1 24.8 22.4 22.2 22.2 22.1 21.1 85 71 79 73 77 67 68 63 73 58 71 83 77 83 75 83
Leon Draisaitl, EDM 26 16 Connor McDavid, EDM 26 18 Brad Marchand, BOS 24 17 David Pastrnak, BOS 24 23 John Carlson, WAS 25 8 Nathan MacKinnon, COL23 14 Patrick Kane, CHI 24 12 Auston Matthews, TOR 25 16 Jack Eichel, BUF 24 14 Artemi Panarin, NYR 22 12 Jon. Huberdeau, FLA 24 10 Elias Pettersson, VAN 25 10 Aleksander Barkov, FLA24 7 Andrei Svechnikov, CAR24 11 2 tied with 26 pts. at ELON at Memphis Maryland Harvard
USC Marquette Providence Wake Forest Pennsylvania Arizona
Tenn. State North Florida Texas Tech Creighton
Thursday
Favorite
at Miss. St.
Friday
at Buffalo Virginia Tech at C. Michigan at UCF at Texas at E. Michigan at Ball St.
Iowa
Missouri at Memphis Arkansas St. at TCU
Boise St. at Washington Appalachian St.
Saturday
Georgia 28 (461⁄2)at Georgia Tech at Temple 28 (481⁄2) UConn Tulsa 51⁄2 (61) at E. Carolina at Pittsburgh 81⁄2 (511⁄2) B. College at Tennessee 22 (451⁄2) Vanderbilt Wake Forest 31⁄2 (69) at Syracuse at Co. Carolina 7 (531⁄2) Texas State Iowa St. 51⁄2 (47) at Kansas St. North Carolina 91⁄2 (56) at NC State at Marshall 71⁄2 (49) FIU Navy 8 (58) at Houston Baylor 14 (501⁄2) at Kansas Ohio State 9 (50) at Michigan Clemson 27 (51) at So. Carolina Wisconsin 21⁄2 (46) at Minnesota at Penn St. 41 (481⁄2) Rutgers at Liberty 14 (651⁄2) New Mexico St. at Utah 28 (50) Colorado Charlotte 91⁄2 (50) at Old Dominion at W.Kentucky 81⁄2 (461⁄2) M. Tennessee at Air Force 11 (41) Wyoming Fresno St. 21⁄2 (641⁄2)at San Jose St. Rice 61⁄2 (431⁄2) at UTEP at Nevada 7 (52) UNLV Indiana 61⁄2 (57) at Purdue at LSU 17 (641⁄2) Texas A&M at Kentucky 3 (521⁄2) Louisville Alabama 3 (491⁄2) at Auburn at La.-Lafayette 20 (691⁄2) La.-Monroe at Ga. Southern 71⁄2 (57) Georgia St. at Illinois 71⁄2 (42) N'western at Michigan St. 221⁄2 (48) Maryland Oklahoma 131⁄2 (691⁄2) at Okla. St. at La. Tech 21 (571⁄2) UTSA at FAU 71⁄2 (55) Southern Miss at SMU 31⁄2 (71) Tulane at UCLA 1 (511⁄2) California Notre Dame 161⁄2 (471⁄2) at Stanford at Arizona St. 14 (591⁄2) Arizona UAB 3 (50) at North Texas Utah St. 11 (631⁄2) at New Mexico Miami 81⁄2 (451⁄2) at Duke at Florida 18 (541⁄2) Florida St. BYU 3 (39) at San Diego St. at Oregon 20 (66) Oregon St. at Hawaii 21⁄2 (541⁄2) Army
Thursday
Favorite
Chicago at Dallas New Orleans
Sunday
Green Bay at Carolina at Baltimore at Indianapolis Philadelphia at Kansas City Tampa Bay NY Jets La Rams La Chargers Cleveland
New England
Monday
at Seattle off
2 91⁄2 1
14 21⁄2 171⁄2 11⁄2 21⁄2 16 61⁄2 41⁄2 51⁄2 PK
Texas-Arlington NC State
Temple Texas A&M Fairfield Davidson Long Beach St. Coll. Of Charleston
UCF Pepperdine
Cal Poly Liu Brooklyn
Iowa San Diego St.
21⁄2 (58)
29 (511⁄2) Bowling Green 3 (47) at Virginia 11 (65) Toledo 231⁄2 (631⁄2) So. Florida 10 (631⁄2) Texas Tech 41⁄2 (671⁄2) Kent St. 3 (56) Miami (Ohio) 51⁄2 (441⁄2) at Nebraska 121⁄2 (54) at Arkansas 111⁄2 (571⁄2) Cincinnati 11 (541⁄2) at So. Alabama 131⁄2 (431⁄2)West Virginia 14 (571⁄2) at Colorado St. 8 (631⁄2) Wash. St. 12 (621⁄2) at Troy 4 (37) 61⁄2 (47) 7 (481⁄2)
61⁄2 (441⁄2) at NY Giants 10 (39) Washington 6 (47) San Francisco 21⁄2 (431⁄2) Tennessee 10 (441⁄2) at Miami 10 (51) Oakland 1 (48) at Jacksonville 3 (41) at Cincinnati 3 (47) at Arizona 3 (38) at Denver 21⁄2 (381⁄2) at Pittsburgh 3 (45) at Houston
3 (49) 32 29 25 16 28 19 19 14 16 18 20 19 22 16 48 47 42 39 36 33 31 30 30 30 30 29 29 27
Mississippi at Detroit
Buffalo at Atlanta
Minnesota