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MLBBASEBALL Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees or Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins:10a.m., MLB. Philadelphia Phillies at St. Louis Cardinals: 5p.m., ESPN. San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers: 7p.m., 22. Los Angeles Angels at Oak- land Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. NBA PLAYOFFS Brooklyn Nets vs. Atlanta Hawks: 4p.m., TNT. Portland Trail Blazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies: 6:30p.m., TNT. GOLF PGA WGC-Cadillac Champi- onship Day 1: 1p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY New York Rangers vs. Wash- ington Capitals: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER EPL Chelsea at Leicester City: noon, NBCSN. Ontheair Gray family, Tommy K's 4 Alarm Yogurt, Blunk- all and Napier Insurance Brokers, Growney Motors, Matt Chamblin and Monty Smith, RSAnalysis Inc., Ben's Truck & Equipment Inc., and the Palubeski family. Raffle ticket sponsors in- cluded Lariat Bowl, Lake Shasta Caverns, Wilcox Oaks Golf Club, Gaum- er's Jewelry, Museum and Lapidary, Turtle Bay, Girls with Guns, Mary Kay dis- tributer Jennifer Herndon and Tommy K's 4 Alarm Yogurt. Kinner FROM PAGE 1 during the break. "We tried to make it feel like a game with the con- ditioning level," Kerr said. The Warriors will take Wednesday off before re- turning to practice Thurs- day when they could know their second-round oppo- nent if Memphis wins at home Wednesday night. Lee did not play at all in the first round but was able to be in uniform in New Orleans when the team clinched the series and said he will be ready for round two. "It's always frustrating not being able to help the team out, especially being in a suit the first couple of games," he said. "You feel like an assistant coach, you don't feel part of the fun. At least on the road I was able to dress and I was avail- able those last two games if needed. That really makes you feel better to be a part of that." While the Warriors of- ten were forced to use a smaller lineup against the Pelicans, they might need to play bigger if Memphis is the opponent in the second round in order to match up with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. Starting power forward Draymond Green picked up two first-quarter fouls in the past two meetings against the Grizzlies, forc- ing Lee into the game ear- lier than usual. He aver- aged more than 15 min- utes in those two contests and played a key role in the 107-84 win in Memphis on March 27 with six points. "He'll have to come in and play 20 minutes and anchor our second unit," guard Stephen Curry said. "He's a guy who's always ready. He's done that all season. I know he just wants to be available and be healthy." It's been a tough sea- son personally for Lee, a former All-Star who was Golden State's best player in leaner years and re- mains the highest-paid player on the team. He was sidelined by a hamstring injury early in the season and lost his starting job when Green excelled in his place. Lee got only sporadic playing time during the season de- pending on matchups and had several games when he didn't play even when healthy. Lee played the fewest minutes of his career and averaged just 7.9 points per game — the lowest since his rookie year with the Knicks in 2005-06. As much as Lee would like to get more playing time, he understands why Kerr has utilized him the way he has. "This is about the team," Lee said. "If we were a ter- rible team it would be a different story. I'd be say- ing, 'Let me go in there and do something.' We've been successful and I've played a role and helped us win games. All that happened during the season doesn't matter now. All that mat- ters is we've gotten our- selves the number one seed and we will need every sin- gle guy on this team to try to win games." Lee FROM PAGE 1 round series, with the Griz- zlies holding a 3-1 lead there and looking to ad- vance. The Blazers, who ral- lied in the fourth quarter to win Game 4 and stave off a sweep, are still hoping to become the first team in NBA history to successfully rally from a 3-0 series def- icit. "It is game-by-game," Portland's LaMarcus Al- dridge said. "We have to bring that same mentality to Memphis, that same in- tensity to their house. We have to play confident of- fensively and defensively. If we do that, anything is possible." Atlanta, for the first time all season, is under real pressure. Kyle Korver's broken nose in March was largely downplayed, since he missed just three games. But he's seemed ordinary since returning, and strug- gled again in the Game 4 loss to Brooklyn on Mon- day. Before getting hurt, Kor- ver was poised to reach ba- sically the NBA's holy grail for shooters — the 50-50- 90 level. He was shooting 49.6 percent from the field, 50.1 percent from 3-point range, 90.2 percent from the foul line. Since coming back, Ko- rver is shooting 42 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point land and 85 percent from the foul line. Korver missed all four of his overtime 3-point tries in Monday's Game 4 loss, including three on the same possession with At- lanta trailing by three in the final minute. The Hawks are 9-10 in their last 19 games, albeit with many of those coming down the stretch of a reg- ular season where Atlanta had very little to play for since the No. 1 seed for the East playoffs was clinched. "This is what the play- offs are all about," Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said. "What we expect is to be challenged. And this is a great challenge for us." A look at Wednesday's games, all times PDT: NETS AT HAWKS, SERIES TIED 2-2, 4 P.M., TNT Joe Johnson is shooting 33 per- cent and the series is tied, which is either a testament to how well Brooklyn has played of late, how big the struggle has been for At- lanta, or both. "We're definitely com- ing together as a unit," Nets guard Deron Williams said. "It's taken longer than we thought, a little longer than we hoped, but it's hap- pened." That being said, the Hawks have been here. Both first-round series for No. 1 seeds went seven games last season, with Indiana topping No. 8 At- lanta in the East and San Antonio holding off No. 8 Dallas out West on the way to eventually winning the NBA title. How even is this series? Here's the combined score so far: Brooklyn 394, At- lanta 393. The Nets have 188 rebounds, the Hawks 186. The Nets have 58 turn- overs, the Hawks 57. TRAIL BLAZERS AT GRIZ- ZLIES, MEMPHIS LEADS 3-1, 6:30 P.M., TNT The Griz- zlies are not happy with themselves after not clos- ing out Portland on Mon- day, blowing a 10-point lead with 8:38 left. They aren't using the ex- cuse of not having guard Mike Conley, who had sur- gery Monday to repair a facial fracture after tak- ing an elbow to the face in Game 3. Backups Beno Udrih and Nick Calathes combined for 25 points and six assists filling in for Con- ley. "We're not happy with ourselves," Udrih said. "We're better than that." The Blazers avoided the sweep thanks in large part to Damian Lillard get- ting back on scoring track with 32 points, and Meyers Leonard adding 13 points and 13 rebounds. "We wanted to make a statement to our fans — don't get swept," Leon- ard said. "Now (we) go on to Memphis, continue to fight and make this a se- ries ... which I truly believe we will." APBasketballWriter Brian Mahoney in New York and AP Sports Writers Anne Peterson in Portland, Oregon, and Teresa Walker in Memphis, Tennessee contributed to this report. Tipoff FROM PAGE 1 the highest-paid employ- ees. The National Hockey League also has tax-ex- empt status, but the Na- tional Basketball Associa- tion does not. Some members of Con- gress have criticized the NFL, which generates bil- lions in revenue, for being tax-exempt. "The owners have de- cided to eliminate the dis- traction associated with misunderstanding of the league office's status, so the league office will in the fu- ture file returns as a tax- able entity," said Robert McNair, owner of the Hous- ton Texans and chairman of the league's finance com- mittee. Team owners gave the league's finance committee and management council the authority to change the tax status at league meet- ings in March, Goodell said. "As a result, the commit- tees decided to eliminate this distraction," Goodell wrote. Goodell forwarded the owners letter to Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sander Levin, D-Mich. Ryan chairs the tax-writing House Ways and Means Commit- tee and Levin is the rank- ing Democrat. AP Sports Writers Ronald Blum and Howard Fendrich contributed. NFL FROM PAGE 1 ROSS D. FRANKLIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The National Football League is giving up its tax-exempt status. In a letter to team owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league office and its management council will file tax returns as taxable entities for the 2015fiscal year. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 12 7 .632 _ Colorado 11 8 .579 1 San Diego 11 10 .524 2 Arizona 8 11 .421 4 Giants 8 12 .400 41/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 13 6 .684 _ Chicago 12 7 .632 1 Pittsburgh 11 10 .524 3 Cincinnati 10 10 .500 31/2 Milwaukee 4 17 .190 10 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 15 6 .714 _ Atlanta 10 10 .500 41/2 Miami 9 12 .429 6 Philadelphia 8 13 .381 7 Washington 8 13 .381 7 Monday's games Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 6 N.Y. Mets 3, Miami 1 Atlanta 8, Washington 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1 Colorado 5, Arizona 4 Houston 9, San Diego 4 L.A. Dodgers 8, Giants 3 Tuesday's games Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 2 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 13, Atlanta 12 Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 5 Colorado at Arizona, (n.) Houston at San Diego, (n.) Giants at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Wednesday's games Milwaukee (Garza 1-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 0-1), 9:35 a.m. Houston (Keuchel 2-0) at San Diego (Cashner 1-3), 12:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 4-0) at Miami (Latos 0- 3) , 4 :1 0 p .m . Washington (Zimmermann 1-2) at Atlanta (A.Wood 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0), 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Harang 2-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 2-0), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 2-1) at Arizona (Col- lmenter 1-3), 6:40 p.m. Giants (Vogelsong 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Philadelphia at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 12 7 .632 _ Los Angeles 9 10 .474 3 Seattle 9 11 .450 31/2 A's 8 12 .400 41/2 Texas 7 13 .350 51/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 14 6 .700 _ Detroit 14 7 .667 1/2 Chicago 8 9 .471 41/2 Minnesota 9 11 .450 5 Cleveland 6 13 .316 71/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 13 8 .619 _ Boston 11 10 .524 2 Tampa Bay 11 10 .524 2 Toronto 10 11 .476 3 Baltimore 9 10 .474 3 Monday's games Kansas City 6, Cleveland 2 Boston 6, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, ppd., public safety Seattle 3, Texas 1 Detroit 5, Minnesota 4 Houston 9, San Diego 4 Tuesday's games Kansas City 11, Cleveland 5 Toronto 11, Boston 8 N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, ppd., public safety Seattle 2, Texas 1 Minnesota 3, Detroit 2 L.A. Angels at A's, (n.) Houston at San Diego, (n.) Wednesday's games Tampa Bay (Smyly 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-0), 10:05 a.m. Detroit (Greene 3-1) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 0-4), 10:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 1-1) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 1-1), 11:05 a.m. Houston (Keuchel 2-0) at San Diego (Cashner 1-3), 12:40 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 2-1) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-0), 3:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 0-2) at Boston (Porcello 1-2), 3:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-0) at Texas (W.Rodriguez 0-0), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 2-1) at A's (Hahn 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Thursday's games L.A. Angels at A's, 12:35 p.m. Toronto at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m. NBA FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday, April 27 Brooklyn 120, Atlanta 115, OT, series tied 2-2 Milwaukee 94, Chicago 88, Chicago leads series 3-2 Portland 99, Memphis 92, Memphis leads series 3-1 Tuesday, April 28 Houston 103, Dallas 94, Houston wins series 4-1 San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, (n.) Wednesday, April 29 Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30 Chicago at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 1 Atlanta at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. x-Memphis at Portland, 10 or 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 x-Milwaukee at Chicago, 6:30, 8 or 6 p.m. x-San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 8 or 6 p.m. Sunday, May 3 x-Brooklyn at Atlanta, 10 a.m. x-Portland at Memphis, 12:30 p.m. SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 3 y-Washington at Atlanta or Brooklyn at Washington, 10 a.m. z-Memphis at Golden State, 12:30 p.m. y-If game 7 of Brooklyn-Atlanta series not necessary z-If game 7 of Portland-Memphis series not necessary LEADERS SCORING G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 4 43 29 135 33.8 Davis, NOR 4 47 32 126 31.5 Harden, HOU 4 31 44 114 28.5 James, CLE 4 42 20 108 27.0 Butler, CHI 5 43 34 133 26.6 Ellis, DAL 4 41 14 105 26.3 Thompson, GOL 4 36 12 100 25.0 Leonard, SAN 4 39 12 99 24.8 Aldridge, POR 4 32 28 95 23.8 Paul, LAC 4 35 15 94 23.5 Irving, CLE 4 30 21 93 23.3 Griffin, LAC 4 36 17 89 22.3 Lillard, POR 4 31 20 86 21.5 Lopez, Bro 4 32 21 85 21.3 Nowitzki, DAL 4 30 20 84 21.0 Beal, WAS 4 27 20 83 20.8 DeRozan, TOR 4 32 14 81 20.3 Rose, CHI 5 35 17 99 19.8 Gasol, MEM 4 24 28 76 19.0 Gordon, NOR 4 28 5 74 18.5 FG PERCENTAGE FG FGA Pct Gortat, WAS 2939 .744 A. Johnson, TOR 2029 .690 Lee, MEM 2335 .657 Jordan, LAC 1726 .654 Howard, HOU 2541 .610 Leonard, SAN 3965 .600 Henson, MIL 2238 .579 Pierce, WAS 19 33 .576 Porter, WAS 15 27 .556 Patterson, TOR 15 27 .556 REBOUNDS G Off Def Tot Avg Griffin, LAC 4 11 42 53 13.3 Jordan, LAC 4 13 38 51 12.8 Green, GOL 4 12 39 51 12.8 Gasol, CHI 5 9 54 63 12.6 Howard, HOU 4 16 34 50 12.5 Chandler, DAL 4 23 25 48 12.0 Noah, CHI 5 17 43 60 12.0 Aldridge, POR 4 19 28 47 11.8 Lopez, Bro 4 16 28 44 11.0 Davis, NOR 4 9 34 43 10.8 ASSISTS G Ast Avg Wall, WAS 4 5012.5 Harden, HOU 4 317.8 Griffin, LAC 4 297.3 Curry, GOL 4 297.3 Thomas, BOS 4 287.0 Barea, DAL 4 287.0 James, CLE 4 266.5 Teague, ATL 4 266.5 Rose, CHI 5 326.4 Green, GOL 4 256.3 NHL FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday, April 27 Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2, series tied 3-3 Washington 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, Washing- ton wins series 4-3 Wednesday, April 29 Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) Thursday, April 30 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Friday, May 1 Tampa Bay or Detroit at Montreal, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 9:30 a.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 5 3 1 16 11 9 FC Dallas 4 2 2 14 11 11 Seattle 4 2 1 13 10 5 Los Angeles 3 2 3 12 9 8 Houston 2 2 4 10 10 8 Kansas City 2 2 4 10 11 12 San Jose 3 4 0 9 7 9 Portland 2 3 3 9 7 8 Salt Lake 2 2 3 9 6 9 Colorado 1 2 4 7 6 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New England 4 2 2 14 10 7 D.C. United 4 1 2 14 8 6 New York 3 0 3 12 10 5 Columbus 3 2 2 11 12 6 Chicago 3 3 0 9 6 7 Orlando City 2 4 2 8 6 10 Toronto FC 2 4 0 6 10 11 N.Y. City FC 1 4 3 6 5 7 Philadelphia 1 5 3 6 10 17 Montreal 0 2 2 2 2 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday's games New York 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Toronto FC 2, Orlando City 0 Seattle 1, Portland 0 Wednesday, April 29 Colorado at New York, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 1 FC Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m. San Jose at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Saturday, May 2 Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Columbus at D.C. United, 7 p.m. New York at New England, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3 Chicago at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. City FC, 7 p.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.21 2. Jordan Spieth USA 9.08 3. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.35 4. Bubba Watson USA 7.18 5. Jim Furyk USA 6.71 6. Justin Rose ENG 6.58 7. Jason Day AUS 6.45 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.17 9. Adam Scott AUS 5.92 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.64 11. Jimmy Walker USA 5.35 12. J.B. Holmes USA 4.85 13. Rickie Fowler USA 4.57 14. Matt Kuchar USA 4.48 15. Patrick Reed USA 4.44 16. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.39 17. Martin Kaymer GER 4.33 18. Phil Mickelson USA 4.19 19. Billy Horschel USA 3.81 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.55 21. Kevin Na USA 3.47 22. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.46 23. Ryan Palmer USA 3.34 24. Bill Haas USA 3.27 25. Zach Johnson USA 3.26 26. Chris Kirk USA 3.24 27. Lee Westwood ENG 3.22 28. Ian Poulter ENG 3.20 29. Ryan Moore USA 3.14 30. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.08 31. Jamie Donaldson WAL 3.05 32. Hunter Mahan USA 3.04 33. Graeme McDowell NIR 3.00 34. Keegan Bradley USA 2.91 35. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.86 36. Brandt Snedeker USA 2.78 37. Paul Casey ENG 2.77 38. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.72 39. Branden Grace SAF 2.69 40. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.61 41. Matt Every USA 2.59 42. Stephen Gallacher SCO 2.58 43. Brendon Todd USA 2.54 44. Joost Luiten NED 2.51 45. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.48 46. Russell Henley USA 2.45 47. Webb Simpson USA 2.45 48. Shane Lowry IRL 2.38 49. Danny Willett ENG 2.30 50. Charley Hoffman USA 2.28 51. Luke Donald ENG 2.27 52. Gary Woodland USA 2.27 53. Marc Warren SCO 2.26 54. Alexander Levy FRA 2.22 55. Cameron Tringale USA 2.21 56. Jason Dufner USA 2.18 57. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 2.14 58. Harris English USA 2.13 59. Tim Clark SAF 2.13 60. Marc Leishman AUS 2.10 61. Andy Sullivan ENG 2.10 62. Daniel Berger USA 2.08 63. Matt Jones AUS 2.07 64. George Coetzee SAF 2.03 65. John Senden AUS 2.03 66. Thomas Bjorn DEN 2.00 67. Ben Martin USA 2.00 68. Mikko Ilonen FIN 1.97 69. Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP 1.97 70. Francesco Molinari ITA 1.95 71. Marcel Siem GER 1.95 72. Kevin Streelman USA 1.94 73. Graham DeLaet CAN 1.87 74. Ross Fisher ENG 1.84 75. Richie Ramsay SCO 1.83 Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through April 26 1. Kevin Harvick, 357. 2. Joey Logano, 324. 3. Martin Truex Jr., 315. 4. Jimmie Johnson, 299. 5. Brad Keselowski, 283. 6. Kasey Kahne, 275. 7. Matt Kenseth, 273. 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 271. 9. Jamie McMurray, 264. 10. Jeff Gordon, 263. 11. Aric Almirola, 250. 12. Denny Hamlin, 245. 13. Paul Menard, 239. 14. Clint Bowyer, 235. 15. Ryan Newman, 234. 16. Danica Patrick, 230. 17. Carl Edwards, 228. 18. Kurt Busch, 222. 19. David Ragan, 218. 20. Kyle Larson, 205. 21. Greg Biffle, 203. 22. AJ Allmendinger, 202. 23. Casey Mears, 200. 24. Austin Dillon, 194. 25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 188. 26. David Gilliland, 175. 27. Trevor Bayne, 174. 28. Justin Allgaier, 171. 29. Brett Moffitt, 151. 30. Tony Stewart, 148. 31. Sam Hornish Jr., 144. 32. Cole Whitt, 136. 33. Alex Bowman, 103. 34. Michael Annett, 101. 35. Michael McDowell, 79. 36. Josh Wise, 65. 37. Matt DiBenedetto, 64. 38. Jeb Burton, 51. 39. Alex Kennedy, 40. 40. Brian Vickers, 32. 41. Reed Sorenson, 22. 42. Bobby Labonte, 20. 43. Michael Waltrip, 18. 44. Mike Wallace, 8. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For April 29 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati -120/+110 Milwaukee Washington -120/+110 at Atlanta at Miami -110/+100 New York Pittsburgh -125/+115 at Chicago at St. Louis -175/+165 Philadelphia at Arizona -115/+105 Colorado at Los Angeles -185/+175 San Francisco AMERICAN LEAGUE at New York -130/+120 Tampa Bay Detroit -110/+100 at Minnesota at Baltimore -115/+105 Chicago at Cleveland -125/+115 Kansas City at Boston -120/+110 Toronto Se at tle - 17 0/ +1 60 a t T ex as at Oakland -110/+100 Los Angeles INTERLEAGUE at San Diego -105/-105 Houston NBA TONIGHT Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Atlanta 9 (200) Brooklyn at Memphis 5 (191) Portland TOMORROW Chicago 3 (188) at Milwaukee NHL TONIGHT Favorite Line Underdog at Tampa Bay -180/+160 Detroit TOMORROW at Anaheim -190/+165 Calgary at N.Y. Rangers -175/+155 Washington FRIDAY at Chicago -140/+120 Minnesota ODDS TO WIN SERIES Anaheim -220/+180 Calgary Chicago -135/+115 Minnesota N.Y. Rangers -190/+165 Washington Boxing SATURDAY Unified Welterweight Title At Las Vegas Favorite Line Underdog Mayweather Jr. -220/+180 Pacquiao Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Recalled OF Jackie Bradley Jr. from Pawtucket (IL). Op- tioned RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket. Houston Astros: Placed SS Jed Lowrie on the 15-day DL. New York Yankees: Placed RHP Masahiro Tanaka on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chase Whitley from Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). Optioned INF Gregorio Petit to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Recalled INF Jonathan Villar from Fresno (PCL). Tampa Bay Rays: Activated LHP Xavier Cedeno. Designated LHP Everett Teaford for assignment. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed OF Carl Crawford on the 15-day DL. Recalled Inf/Of Kiké Hernandez from Oklahoma City (PCL). Washington Nationals: Recalled RHP A.J. Cole from Syracuse (IL). Optioned RHP Rafael Martin to Syracuse. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Exercised their fifth-year option on CB Stephon Gilmore. Cincinnati Bengals: Exercised their fifth- year options on CB Dre Kirkpatrick and G Kevin Zeitler. Denver Broncos: Waived LB Quanterus Smith. Jacksonville Jaguars: Signed RB Maurice Jones-Drew to a one-day contract and announced his retirement. Kansas City Chiefs: Agreed to terms with president Mark Donovan on a contract extension. Miami Dolphins: Announced DE Dion Jor- dan was suspended for the 2015 season for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Tennessee Titans: Exercised their fifth- year option on WR Kendall Wright. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL: Suspended Detroit D Niklas Kronwall one game for charging Tampa Bay F Nikita Kucherov during an April 27 game. Washington Capitals: Reassigned G Philipp Grubauer to Hershey (AHL). LACROSSE National Lacrosse League Buffalo Bandits: Activated G Davide Diruscio from injured reserve. Placed G Kurtis Wagar on the retired list. COLLEGE Butler: Named Ryan Pedon men's as- sistant basketball coach. College of NEW Jersey: Named Matthew Goldsmith men's basketball coach. Etsu: Named Brian Collins men's as- sistant basketball coach. Flagler: Named Dana Wieller women's assistant basketball coach. Houston: Named Hunter Yurachek vice president for intercollegiate athletics and athletic director. Seton Hall: Announced men's senior basketball G Sterling Gibbs is leaving the team. Virginia Union: Named Jay Butler, Jr., men's basketball coach. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015 2 B