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AUTORACING NASCAR Truck Racing Camping World Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250:7a.m., Practice FS1. F1Bahrain Grand Prix Prac- tice: 8a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, STP 500Practice: 8a.m., FS1. NASCAR Truck Racing Camp- ing World Series Practice, Alpha Energy Solutions 250: 9:40a.m., FS1. IndyCar Series Phoenix Grand Prix Practice: 10a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Truck Racing Camping World Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250, Final Practice: noon, FS1. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, STP 500Qualifying: 1p.m., FS1. IndyCar Series Phoenix Grand Prix Qualifying: 2p.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE BASEBALL Texas at Oklahoma: 5p.m., FS1. USC at Stanford: 7p.m., PAC12BA. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Arizona State vs. California: 4 p.m., PAC12BA. MLB SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL Milwaukee Brewers at Hous- ton Astros: 11a.m., MLB. Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays: 4p.m., MLB. Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., (22), MLB. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Nationals Semifinal: noon, ESPN2. Nationals Semifinal: 2p.m., ESPN2. HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Nationals Semifinal St. Fran- cis vs. Riverdale Baptist: 8 a.m., ESPNU. Nationals Semifinal Ribault vs. Seton Catholic: 10a.m., ESPNU. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL NCAA Invitational Game 3: 5:30p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks: 5p.m., ESPN. Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA, ESPN. LPGA GOLF ANA Inspiration Round 2: 9 a.m., GOLF. ANA Inspiration Round 2: 4 p.m., GOLF. PGA GOLF Houston Open Round 2: 1p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Minnesota Wild at Detroit Red Wings: 4:30p.m., NHL. SKATING ISU Figure Skating World Championship Pairs Short Program: noon, NBCSN. ISU Figure Skating World Championship Men's Free Skate: 6p.m., NBCSN. EPL SOCCER Chelsea at Aston Villa: 4:40 a.m., NBCSN. ATP TENNIS Miami Open Semifinal: 10a.m., ESPN2. Miami Open Semifinal: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair wanttobe." REVAMPED BULLPEN Oak- land went 19-35 in one-run games, leading the majors in such defeats. The A's went out and boosted their bullpen as a result — adding John Ax- ford, Ryan Madson, Marc Rzepczynski and Liam Hendriks to give Mel- vin options leading to a healthy Sean Doolittle to close in the ninth inning. "We had one area that bit us a little bit and first thing our front office did was go out and try to take care of that area," Melvin said. "That was the major concern that we tried to shore up." Oakland's relievers owned the worst ERA in the American League last season at 4.63 and third- highest in baseball. PARKER HURT AGAIN In yet another devastating el- bow injury, Oakland lost right-hander Jarrod Parker again. And he was headed for a third Tommy John surgery April 1 after frac- turing his elbow on the 12th pitch of a simulated game at spring training. Parker plans to rehab and try to pitch again. SEMIEN'S DEFENSE Short- stop Marcus Semien com- mitted a majors-leading 35 errors in his first season with the A's last year, then worked tirelessly under in- field coach Ron Washing- ton to improve his fielding. Semien hit .257 with 15 homers and 45 RBIs. "The way we work, the way that I've learned to work on defense with Wash, has really made me more confident," Semien said. A's FROM PAGE 1 Gabbert took over in November for the benched Kaepernick, who com- pleted just 59 percent of his passes with six touch- downs, five interceptions and a 78.5 rating before losing his job. Kaepernick went 2-6 in eight starts last season be- fore being benched, rais- ing questions whether the quarterback who guided the 49ers to a runner-up Super Bowl finish follow- ing the 2012 season was still the best option under center. Now, it looks like he will get a chance in a new, fast-paced offensive sys- tem. Gabbert, who threw for a career-best 354 yards in the season finale win against St. Louis, said when the 49ers' 5-11 sea- son ended with a second straight year out of the playoffs that he expected to be San Francisco's starter going into 2016. "That's who I am as a person, 'I'm going to be the starting quarterback.' That's the way I'll approach it this offseason," Gabbert said. "Regardless what happens, that's my mind- set, and I'm going to take this team and run with it." New coach Chip Kelly said two weeks ago he had spoken recently to Kaepe- rnick and was hopeful the mobile quarterback would still be on San Francisco's roster when the offseason program begins this com- ing Monday. It's unclear whether Kaepernick will be in attendance on Day 1 — and the offseason pro- gram isn't required. "I'd love to have him. I'm a big Kap fan," Kelly said March 17 after Stanford's pro day. "There's a business side of this game. What- ever that it, that is. But if he's here on the 4th, we'll be ready to go." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 tune and said if the play- ers wanted the record, he'd play them as long as they were healthy. "Our team wants it," Kerr said. "They've made it pretty clear, so what we're doing is listening to them and trusting them that if they're injured, they're go- ing to let us know. And if that's the case, we'll give them a rest. And if they feel like they're perfectly capa- ble of getting out there and playing and that's what they want to do, then that's what we'll do." What once was a hy- pothetical question about whether the record was in reach has become reality in recent weeks as the players have sensed how close 73 wins really are. "We realize we can make history and that helps be- cause it keeps you focused every game," Thompson said. "You don't want to lose and get this far and not go for it. We have a young youthful team and a great mix of vets that know how to pace themselves. We put a lot on the young guys' shoulders and go out there and perform every night and that's great. We are 26 and younger so we can do it right now and give our vets a rest." For much of the season, the Warriors were fighting for their top regular-season goal of earning home-court advantage in the playoffs more than a record. With San Antonio nipping close behind, the Warriors could afford few slipups to re- main the top seed. But with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich resting many of his key players of late, the Warriors have a five-game lead with seven games to play, all but as- suring them of home-court advantage. Kerr has not given his top players the same type of time off that his former coach Popovich has done with the Spurs. "It doesn't matter, to me, how he plays it," Kerr said. "His team is a little older than ours, too. We are very aware of our guys and how they feel and if there is a chance to rest Shaun Liv- ingston, Bogues (Andrew Bogut), Andre (Iguodala), then we would do that. ... We have a core group of young guys that if I asked them to skip a game they wouldn't be really thrilled with me right now." Making the decision slightly easier for Kerr is the fact that even with the increased intensity of the playoffs, the drawn-out postseason schedule will give the team plenty of rest. In the 62 days between the end of last season and when the Warriors won the championship, they played just 21 games. Even if they get tested more and have longer series, the playoffs have no back-to-backs and often have multiple days off between games. In contrast, Golden State has played 23 games in the past 41 days since the All- Star break with six sets of back-to-backs. "If the playoffs were compressed, I probably would be more apt to rest guys," Kerr said. "The fact is, once the first round gets under way, it's like days of rest." With the regular season ending in less than two weeks, that time is coming up soon. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 a tournament that bank- rolls a significant chunk of the college sports bud- get via its $10.8 billion TV contract. "Thecoachesandadmin- istrators put parameters around all this that allow them to view themselves as 'pretty good,' given how the system works," said Tom Palaima, a Classics professor at University of Texas, who has long railed against the supersized role of sports in college. "Sports fans compart- mentalize it. That way, ev- eryone is able to live with themselves," he said. Along with scholar- ship reductions and vacat- ing previous victories, the NCAA forced Boeheim to serve a nine-game suspen- sion this season for viola- tions that included imper- missible benefits, academic misconduct and a lax drug- testing program. The fact that the Or- ange are in Houston — af- ter squeaking into the 68- team field as a 10 seed that many experts felt didn't be- long — is, to many, a state- ment about the ineffective- ness of the punishment. Even so, Boeheim believes his team got treated un- fairly. "Cheating, that's not true," the coach said about his program's misdeeds. "Rules being broken, that's a lot different." NCAA president Mark Emmert isn't so interested in the coach's semantics. During his news confer- ence Thursday, Emmert said any inference that Syr- acuse didn't serve its pen- alty "is simply wrong," and even used Boeheim's pro- testations about too-harsh penalties to drive home his point. "I understand why, opti- cally, people have a lot of questions around all that," Emmert said. "The reality is ... the university dealt with those sanctions, and this group of young men playing right now had nothing to do with those violations." Some find irony in the fact that while Syracuse plays on, players at SMU and Louisville are being penalized even though the majority of them didn't have anything to do with troubles at their schools. NCAA FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 17 6 .739 Minnesota 19 10 .655 Los Angeles 15 8 .652 Houston 17 10 .630 Detroit 17 11 .607 Cleveland 16 12 .571 Texas 17 13 .567 Chicago 15 13 .536 Seattle 15 14 .517 Tampa Bay 12 12 .500 New York 13 15 .464 Kansas City 14 19 .424 Baltimore 11 15 .423 Oakland 11 15 .423 Boston 12 18 .400 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Washington 18 4 .818 Arizona 22 8 .733 Philadelphia 15 10 .600 Colorado 15 12 .556 Milwaukee 13 13 .500 Cincinnati 15 16 .484 Los Angeles 13 14 .481 St. Louis 11 13 .458 Miami 10 13 .435 Chicago 10 17 .370 San Francisco 11 19 .367 San Diego 10 19 .345 New York 7 16 .304 Pittsburgh 8 20 .286 Atlanta 6 20 .231 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Thursday's games Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6 St. Louis 9, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 1 Pi tt sb ur gh 1 3, T am pa B ay 8 Minnesota 7, Boston 4 Cleveland 3, Cincinnati 1 Baltimore 6, Atlanta 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs vs. N.Y. Mets at Las Vegas, (n.) Milwaukee at Houston, (n.) L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Oakland at San Francisco, (n.) Friday's games Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissim- mee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Las Vegas, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 3:05 p.m. Baltimore at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 7:10 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 68 7 .907 — x-Clippers 47 27 .635 201/2 Sacramento 30 45 .400 38 Phoenix 20 55 .267 48 Lakers 16 59 .213 52 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 63 12 .840 — Memphis 41 34 .547 22 Dallas 37 38 .493 26 Houston 37 39 .487 261/2 New Orleans 28 47 .373 35 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 52 23 .693 — Portland 39 36 .520 13 Utah 37 38 .493 15 Denver 32 45 .416 21 Minnesota 25 50 .333 27 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Toronto 50 24 .676 — Boston 43 31 .581 7 New York 30 46 .395 21 Brooklyn 21 54 .280 291/2 Philadelphia 9 66 .120 411/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 45 31 .592 — Miami 43 31 .581 1 Charlotte 43 31 .581 1 Washington 36 39 .480 81/2 Orlando 32 43 .427 121/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Cleveland 53 22 .707 — Detroit 40 35 .533 13 Indiana 39 36 .520 14 Chicago 38 37 .507 15 Milwaukee 31 44 .413 22 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Wednesday's games Toronto 105, Atlanta 97 Clippers 99, Minnesota 79 Milwaukee 105, Phoenix 94 Denver 109, Memphis 105 San Antonio 100, New Orleans 92 Da ll as 91 , N ew Y or k 8 9 Golden State 103, Utah 96, OT Sacramento 120, Washington 111 Lakers 102, Miami 100, OT Thursday's games Chicago 103, Houston 100 Cleveland 107, Brooklyn 87 Orlando 114, Indiana 94 New Orleans 101, Denver 95 Clippers at Oklahoma City, (n.) Boston at Portland, (n.) Friday's games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New York, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Utah, 6 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Boston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At NRG Stadium Houston NATIONAL SEMIFINALS Saturday, April 2 Villanova (33-5) vs. Oklahoma (29-7), 3:09 p.m. North Carolina (32-6) vs. Syracuse (23- 13), 5:49 p.m. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At Indianapolis NATIONAL SEMIFINALS Sunday, April 3 UConn (36-0) vs. Oregon State (32-4), 3 p.m. Washington (26-10) vs. Syracuse (29-7), 5:30 p.m. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday, April 5 Semifinals winners, 5:30 p.m. MEN'S NIT CHAMPIONSHIP At Madison Square Garden Ne w Y or k Thursday, March 31 George Washington 76, Valparaiso 60 WOMEN'S NIT SEMIFINALS Wednesday, March 30 South Dakota 88, Oregon 54 Thursday, March 31 Florida Gulf Coast 71, Michigan 62 CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, April 2 Florida Gulf Coast (33-5) at South Dakota (3 1- 6) , n oo n NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 76 43 23 10 96 204 181 x-Los Angeles 76 45 26 5 95 208 180 x-San Jose 77 43 28 6 92 228 199 Arizona 76 34 35 7 75 199 226 Calgary 77 32 39 6 70 213 248 Vancouver 76 27 36 13 67 172 221 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 77 46 22 9 101 252 220 x-St. Louis 77 46 22 9 101 206 186 x-Chicago 77 44 26 7 95 213 192 Nashville 78 39 26 13 91 217 204 Minnesota 78 38 29 11 87 212 193 Colorado 77 39 34 4 82 205 218 Winnipeg 77 31 39 7 69 195 225 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 77 43 25 9 95 221 191 Tampa Bay 77 44 28 5 93 214 185 Boston 77 40 29 8 88 223 209 Detroit 77 38 28 11 87 198 212 Ottawa 78 36 33 9 81 222 237 Montreal 78 36 36 6 78 208 224 Buffalo 78 32 35 11 75 189 211 Toronto 77 28 38 11 67 187 226 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 76 54 16 6 114 237 177 Pittsburgh 77 44 25 8 96 224 192 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 25 9 95 222 203 N.Y. Islanders 76 42 25 9 93 214 196 Philadelphia 76 38 25 13 89 198 200 Carolina 78 34 28 16 84 191 211 New Jersey 78 37 33 8 82 175 197 Columbus 77 30 39 8 68 198 241 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Wednesday's games Philadelphia 2, Washington 1, SO Ottawa 2, Winnipeg 1 Anaheim 8, Calgary 3 Thursday's games Buffalo 4, Toronto 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 3 Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 0 Florida 3, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona at Dallas, (n.) Calgary at Los Angeles, (n.) Vancouver at San Jose, (n.) Friday's games Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Boston at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR-SHELL HOUSTON OPEN Thursday At Golf Club of Houston Humble, Texas Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,441; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Charley Hoffman..................... 31-33—64 -8 Dustin Johnson.........................31-34—65 -7 Roberto Castro........................ 33-32—65 -7 Scott Brown ............................. 32-33—65 -7 Morgan Hoffmann .................. 32-33—65 -7 Johnson Wagner...................... 31-35—66 -6 Justin Hicks..............................32-34—66 -6 Chez Reavie..............................34-32—66 -6 Scott Pinckney ........................33-33—66 -6 Jonas Blixt................................34-33—67 -5 Steve Marino............................34-33—67 -5 Graham DeLaet ....................... 32-35—67 -5 Jamie Lovemark ......................33-34—67 -5 Whee Kim ................................. 31-36—67 -5 Davis Love III............................ 32-35—67 -5 Brian Harman ..........................34-33—67 -5 Jordan Spieth........................... 32-35—67 -5 Daniel Berger...........................34-33—67 -5 Jon Curran................................33-34—67 -5 Andrew Loupe ......................... 31-36—67 -5 Scott Piercy .............................36-32—68 -4 Harris English ..........................36-32—68 -4 Nick Taylor ...............................34-34—68 -4 Tony Finau................................34-34—68 -4 Martin Laird.............................35-33—68 -4 Chad Collins.............................34-34—68 -4 Michael Kim .............................36-32—68 -4 Bernd Wiesberger...................36-32—68 -4 Ben Martin ...............................33-35—68 -4 Luke List ...................................33-35—68 -4 Sean O'Hair ..............................33-35—68 -4 Jason Kokrak ........................... 36-33—69 -3 Anirban Lahiri.......................... 34-35—69 -3 Phil Mickelson ......................... 34-35—69 -3 Stuart Appleby ........................ 34-35—69 -3 Greg Owen ............................... 34-35—69 -3 Cameron Smith ....................... 36-33—69 -3 Jamie Donaldson..................... 33-36—69 -3 Jim Herman.............................. 35-34—69 -3 Jhonattan Vegas ..................... 38-31—69 -3 Steve Wheatcroft.................... 35-34—69 -3 Kyle Stanley ............................. 36-33—69 -3 Matt Dobyns ............................ 34-35—69 -3 Rafael Campos ........................ 36-33—69 -3 Aaron Baddeley........................32-37—69 -3 Will MacKenzie........................ 34-35—69 -3 Andres Gonzales..................... 33-36—69 -3 Ryan Palmer.............................34-35—69 -3 Boo Weekley ............................34-35—69 -3 Stewart Cink............................ 36-33—69 -3 Peter Malnati........................... 34-35—69 -3 John Senden............................. 36-33—69 -3 Steve Stricker .......................... 33-36—69 -3 Charl Schwartzel ....................35-34—69 -3 Rickie Fowler ........................... 33-36—69 -3 Henrik Stenson........................ 36-33—69 -3 Ben Crane.................................35-34—69 -3 Patrick Reed............................. 36-33—69 -3 Angel Cabrera .........................34-35—69 -3 Gary Woodland........................ 36-33—69 -3 Si Woo Kim ............................... 36-33—69 -3 Charles Howell III....................35-34—69 -3 Zac Blair....................................35-34—69 -3 Mark Hubbard ..........................33-37—70 -2 Brendan Steele.........................34-36—70 -2 Patrick Rodgers........................34-36—70 -2 Seung-Yul Noh..........................37-33—70 -2 Geoff Ogilvy..............................36-34—70 -2 Jimmy Walker ...........................35-35—70 -2 David Toms................................34-36—70 -2 J.J. Henry ...................................33-37—70 -2 Keegan Bradley........................34-36—70 -2 Chris Stroud..............................35-35—70 -2 Kyle Reifers...............................37-33—70 -2 Spencer Levin...........................35-35—70 -2 Will Wilcox ................................34-36—70 -2 Russell Henley..........................38-32—70 -2 Kevin Chappell..........................35-35—70 -2 David Hearn ..............................37-33—70 -2 Lee Westwood..........................34-36—70 -2 William McGirt .........................35-35—70 -2 Jeff Overton ..............................33-37—70 -2 Tyrone Van Aswegen ..............36-35—71 -1 Chesson Hadley........................35-36—71 -1 Vaughn Taylor...........................35-36—71 -1 Sergio Garcia............................37-34—71 -1 Scott Stallings..........................35-36—71 -1 Rafa Cabrera Bello...................35-36—71 -1 Colt Knost..................................36-35—71 -1 Adam Hadwin ...........................36-35—71 -1 Chad Campbell.........................36-35—71 -1 Retief Goosen ...........................35-36—71 -1 James Hahn...............................33-38—71 -1 Lucas Glover.............................35-36—71 -1 D.A. Points.................................34-37—71 -1 Bryce Molder ............................37-34—71 -1 Thongchai Jaidee.....................33-38—71 -1 Cameron Tringale .....................35-37—72 E Matt Every..................................36-36—72 E Ernie Els......................................37-35—72 E Robert Allenby...........................36-36—72 E Shane Lowry..............................35-37—72 E Kevin Streelman........................36-36—72 E Erik Compton.............................36-36—72 E Sung Kang ..................................37-35—72 E Freddie Jacobson................... 34-39—73 +1 Brendon de Jonge .................. 38-35—73 +1 Camilo Villegas ...................... 34-39—73 +1 Louis Oosthuizen ....................37-36—73 +1 Scott Langley.......................... 34-39—73 +1 Brett Stegmaier ......................37-36—73 +1 Omar Uresti..............................36-37—73 +1 Kramer Hickok........................ 38-35—73 +1 Case Cochran ..........................36-37—73 +1 Ken Duke.................................. 39-34—73 +1 Derek Fathauer....................... 38-35—73 +1 Padraig Harrington................ 34-39—73 +1 Sebastian Vazquez.................37-36—73 +1 Rhein Gibson............................37-36—73 +1 Hudson Swafford....................39-35—74 +2 Patton Kizzire......................... 36-38—74 +2 John Huh................................... 37-37—74 +2 K.J. Choi.................................... 37-37—74 +2 Andres Romero ...................... 38-36—74 +2 Carl Pettersson....................... 37-37—74 +2 Vijay Singh .............................. 36-38—74 +2 Ja so n G or e.. ........ ...... .......... ..... 40 -3 4— 74 + 2 Rodolfo Cazaubon ................. 38-36—74 +2 Dawie van der Walt................. 37-37—74 +2 Brooks Koepka ........................37-38—75 +3 Matt Jones................................38-37—75 +3 Paul McConnell .......................37-38—75 +3 Alex Cejka................................ 39-37—76 +4 Steven Bowditch .................... 42-34—76 +4 Hunter Mahan......................... 39-37—76 +4 Mike Weir ................................36-40—76 +4 Harold Varner III .....................41-35—76 +4 Carlos Ortiz............................. 37-39—76 +4 Blayne Barber.........................40-36—76 +4 Shawn Stefani.........................38-39—77 +5 Hiroshi Iwata ..........................38-40—78 +6 Luke Guthrie ...........................39-40—79 +7 Ricky Barnes...........................40-41—81 +9 Charlie Beljan .........................41-40—81 +9 LPGA-ANA INSPIRATION Thursday At Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course Rancho Mirage Purse: $2.6 million Yardage: 6,769; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round a-denotes amateur Azahara Munoz .......................34-33—67 -5 Ai Miyazato.............................. 32-35—67 -5 Catriona Matthew...................36-32—68 -4 Shiho Oyama............................33-35—68 -4 Lee-Anne Pace.........................33-35—68 -4 Ryann O'Toole..........................34-35—69 -3 Mi Hyang Lee ........................... 34-35—69 -3 Lexi Thompson........................34-35—69 -3 Ha Na Jang................................ 35-34—69 -3 In Gee Chun.............................. 35-34—69 -3 Amy Yang .................................34-35—69 -3 Ariya Jutanugarn .................... 33-36—69 -3 Gerina Piller .............................35-34—69 -3 Alena Sharp...............................37-33—70 -2 Inbee Park.................................33-37—70 -2 Jennifer Song............................34-36—70 -2 Kelly Tan ....................................36-34—70 -2 Charley Hull ..............................34-36—70 -2 Tennis MIAMI OPEN RESULTS Thursday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $6.13 million (Masters 1000); Women, $6.13 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Ke i N ishi ko ri ( 6) , J ap an , d ef . G ael M on fi ls (16), France, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Nick Kyrgios (24), Australia, def. Milos Raonic (12), Canada, 6-4, 7-6 (4). WOMEN Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky (19), Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, def. Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, 6-2, 7-5. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Friday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Charlotte 151/2 (206) Philadelphia at New York OFF (OFF) Brooklyn at Detroit 6 (2051/2) Dallas at Atlanta OFF (OFF) Cleveland Toronto 51/2 (197) at Memphis at Milwaukee OFF (OFF) Orlando at Utah OFF (OFF) Minnesota Miami 7 (2121/2) at Sacramento at Golden State 12 (223) Boston Washington 7 (214) at Phoenix College Basketball Friday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Nevada 4 Morehead State Saturday Villanova 2 Oklahoma North Carolina 91/2 Syracuse NHL Friday Favorite Line Underdog at Detroit -155/+145 Minnesota at St. Louis -155/+145 Boston Chicago -145/+135 at Winnipeg at Colorado OFF Washington at Anaheim -290/+250 Vancouver Transactions BASEBALL American League Detroit Tigers: Assigned OF Nate Schier- holtz to their minor league camp. New York Yankees: Reassigned RHP Anthony Swarzak and OF Cesar Puello to their minor league camp. National League Atlanta Braves: Named John Schuerholz vice chairman, Mike Plant president/de- velopment and Derek Schiller president/ business. Colorado Rockies: Reassigned RHP Si- mo n C as tr o t o t he ir m in or l ea gu e c am p. Milwaukee Brewers: Placed OF Rymer Liriano, RHP Zack Jones and LHP Sean Nolin on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to March 25. Pittsburgh Pirates: Reassigned C Ed Ea- sley, LHP Jim Fuller, RHP Jorge Rondon, RHP A.J. Schugel and C Jacob Stallings to their minor league camp. St. Louis Cardinals: Reassigned RHP Juan Gonzalez, C Eric Fryer, INF Jacob Wilson and OF Carlos Peguero to the minor league camp. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Memphis Grizzlies: Signed G Jordan Farmar for the remainder of the season. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Promoted Pat Meyer to offensive assistant and Jason Vrable to assistant quarterbacks coach. Chicago Bears: Agreed to terms with OL Ted Larsen on a one-year contract. Signed S Omar Bolden to a one-year contract. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed WR Brandon LaFell. Dallas Cowboys: Signed LS Brandon Hartson and K Matt Wile. Kansas City Chiefs: Signed Rbs Char- candrick West and Spencer Ware to contract extensions. Miami Dolphins: Agreed to terms with RB Isaiah Pead. Pittsburgh Steelers: Signed DE Ricardo Mathews to a one-year contract. Washington Redskins: Signed TE Vernon Davis. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016 2 B