Morning Briefing March 25, 2010
Tiger Woods will speak before he plays in the Masters.
Woods is scheduled to hold his first press conference in nearly five months at 11 a.m. PDT on Monday, April 5, according to a tentative interview schedule that Augusta National released Wednesday.
It will be his first press conference in nearly five months.
Baseball
Jason Vargas pitched five scoreless innings for the Seattle Mariners in a 2-1 preseason loss to the San Diego Padres at Peoria, Ariz.
Basketball
Delroy James scored 18 and Rhode Island (26-9) defeated Virginia Tech (25-9) 79-72 in a National Invitation Tournament quarterfinal at Blacksburg, Va.
Dayton 77, Illinois 71: At Champaign, Ill., Chris Johnson scored 18, leading Dayton (23-12) past Illinois (21-15) in an NIT quarterfinal.
Bradford Burgess scored 20 and Virginia Commonwealth (25-9) advanced to the championship series of the College Basketball Invitational by beating Boston University (21-14) 88-75 at Richmond, Va.
VCU will play Saint Louis (23-11), which defeated Princeton 69-59 in the other semifinal, in the best-of-3 championship round beginning Monday.
Adam Leonard and Nafis Ricks each scored 15, leading Missouri State (23-12) to a 67-61 victory over Creighton (18-16) at Springfield, Mo., and a spot in the championship game of the CollegeInsider.com tournament.
Paul Pierce scored 27 and the Boston Celtics defeated the visiting Denver Nuggets 113-99 in NBA action.
Hawks 86, Magic 84: Josh Smith’s dunk just ahead of the buzzer lifted host Atlanta past Orlando.
Warriors 128, Grizzlies 110: At Oakland, Calif., Stephen Curry scored 30, leading Golden State past Memphis.
Lakers 92, Spurs 83: Kobe Bryant scored 24, leading Los Angeles at San Antonio.
Nets 93, Kings 79: At East Rutherford, N.J., Brook Lopez scored 26, leading New Jersey past Sacramento.
Bobcats 108, Timberwolves 95: At East Rutherford, N.J., Stephen Jackson scored 37, leading Charlotte past Minnesota.
76ers 101, Bucks 86: Willie Green scored 16, leading Philadelphia at Milwaukee.
Jazz 113, Raptors 87: Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer scored 18 apiece, leading Utah at Toronto.
Pacers 99, Wizards 82: At Indianapolis, Danny Granger scored 31, leading Indiana past Washington.
Thunder 122, Rockets 104: Kevin Durant scored 25, leading Oklahoma City past visiting Houston.
Cavaliers 105, Hornets 92: LeBron James scored 38, leading Cleveland at New Orleans.
Rangers 5, Islanders 0: Henrik Lundqvist’s 27 saves led the Rangers past the visiting Islanders in a battle of New York teams.
Sabres 3, Canadiens 2, SO: Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek scored in the shootout, leading host Buffalo past Montreal.
Capitals 4, Penguins 3, SO: Mike Knuble’s shootout goal lifted Washington past visiting Pittsburgh.
Canucks 4, Ducks 1: Andrew Raycroft made 30 saves, leading host Vancouver past Anaheim.
Avalanche 4, Kings 3, SO: At Denver, Peter Mueller and Chris Stewart had shootout goals to help Colorado beat Los Angeles.
Red Wings 4, Blues 2: Valtteri Filppula scored twice, leading host Detroit past St. Louis.