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USA TODAY RADIO SPORTS REPORT
From the USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network
Friday, March 6, 1992
This report: Copyright 1992, USA TODAY
    
National Basketball Association
Thursday, March 5
    
New York 101, LA Clippers 91        Washington 119, Dallas 109
Chicago 113, Minnesota 100          Houston 114, Miami 93
Phoenix 118, Seattle 105            Golden St. 116, Cleveland 108
    
National Hockey League
Thursday, March 5
    
Vancouver 2, Boston 2, OT          Minnesota 4, Detroit 2
Quebec 10, Hartford 4              N.Y. Islanders 4, Chicago 4, OT
Toronto 5, Calgary 5, OT
    
SPORTS SHORTS:
    
ARIZONA, MICHIGAN ST. WIN:
   No. 4 Arizona and No. 12 Michigan State cruised to easier 
league wins Thursday in men's college basketball. The Spartans 
(19-6) downed Northwestern 72-55 in the Big Ten and the Wildcats 
(23-4) beat California 100-77 in the Pac 10. In other games: No. 7 
UCLA 89, Washington State 85; No. 10 USC 75, Washington 63.
    
SABATINI WINS, COURIER LOSES:
   Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini defeated Chanda Rubin, 16, a high 
school junior from Lafayette, La., 6-2, 6-2 Thursday in the third 
round of the Virginia Slims of Florida. Also, in the Newsweek 
Champions Cup at Indian Wells, Calif., No. 1 Jim Courier, was 
upset by unseeded Andre Chesnokov 6-4, 7-5.
    
BASEBALL IS BACK:
   Exhibition baseball games got under way Thursday at spring 
training, with the Atlanta Braves picking up where they left off 
last season, beating the Los Angles Dodgers 10-0. In the only 
other games Thursday, the chicago White Sox beat the Pittsburgh 
Pirates 6-1 and the Kansas City Royals topped Central Florida 5-0. 
A full slate of games is scheduled for Friday.
    
COUPLES STAYS HOT:
   Fred Couples, who won the L.A. Open Sunday, shot 6-under-par 66 
Thursday to share the lead in the $1.4 million Doral-Ryder Open. 
Couples is tied with Steve Elkington, Loren Roberts and Mike 
Smith. Ray Floyd, Curtis Strange and Ben Crenshaw are among seven 
at 67. Also, five players shared the lead after the first round of 
the LPGA Inamori Classic at Poway, Calif.
    

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