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Tehama Tracker Today���s games 1B Sports Wednesday December 26, 2012 LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL at Detroit Central Michigan W. Kentucky ESPN 4:30 p.m. Myers has Warriors on the rise By Ben Bolch Los Angeles Times (MCT) NBA Warriors CSNB Utah 6 p.m. Kings CSNC Portland 7 p.m. On the tube COLLEGE FOOTBALL ��� 4:30 p.m., ESPN ��� Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit, Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan NBA ��� 6 p.m., CSNB ��� Golden State at Utah ��� 6 p.m., NBATV ��� New York at Phoenix ��� 7 p.m., CSNC ��� Sacramento at Portland SOCCER ��� 6:55 a.m., ESPN2 ��� Premier League, Newcastle at Manchester United ��� 7 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� Premier League, Manchester City at Sunderland ��� 9:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� Premier League, Tottenham at Aston Vailla ��� 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� Premier League, Liverpool at Stoke City ��� 2 p.m., FOX SOCCER ��� Premier League, Wigan at Everton (same-day tape) ��� 12:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER ��� Hyundai A-League, Central Coast Mariners at Sydney FC Sacramento Kings reinstate C DeMarcus Cousins SACRAMENTO (AP) ��� The Sacramento Kings have reinstated center DeMarcus Cousins after a onegame suspension for ������unprofessional behavior and conduct detrimental to the team.������ Cousins practiced with the Kings on Monday. Cousins and Kings coach Keith Smart exchanged If you examine the commemorative cover of Sports Illustrated closely, you can make out part of Bob Myers' head. Mostly, you see his arms wrapped around Tyus Edney, hoisting the UCLA point guard into the air after Edney's legendary baseline-to-baseline basket beat Missouri in the 1995 NCAA tournament. The snapshot perfectly captures Myers' rise to prominence, from a bit player with the Bruins who won a national championship to a high-powered sports agent to the second-youngest general manager in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors. He is always the guy behind the guy, using a hands-on approach to put himself on basketball's biggest stage. "He's been in the right spot at the right time his entire life," said Steve Lavin, the St. John's coach who encouraged Myers to try out for the UCLA team as a walk-on when Lavin was a Bruins assistant under Jim Harrick. Myers' teammates once called him Forrest Gump, as if he were along-for-the-ride lucky. He averaged a whopping 0.3 points per game during that national title season and still received the full hero treatment. He met President Clinton, yukked it up with Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" and paraded down Main Street at Disneyland. The nickname was good for a chuckle, but it didn't stick. MCT photo Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, left, talks with board member Jerry West during the team's media day in this file photo. It couldn't. No way. Lucky doesn't describe someone who went on to earn a scholarship with the Bruins and become a part-time starter. Lucky doesn't involve 15-hour workdays as a student at Loyola Law School who also served as an intern under Arn Tellem, impressing the super agent enough to become one of his top associates. Lucky doesn't entail texting Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob about a minute detail at 1 a.m. "You can't ensure success, but you can deserve it," Myers said, repeating a phrase that has become his mantra. "I like that because you can't guarantee results, but you can put in the effort to achieve them. If you put See MYERS, page 2B words in the locker room during halftime of Sacramento���s loss at the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. Smart benched Cousins for the entire second half and ordered him to remain in the locker room. The 22-year-old Cousins has been suspended two other times by the NBA this season because of his 49ers trying to ���regroup, Raiders won���t have Palmer refit and reorganize��� for finale conduct. He was not with Sacramento during the team���s 108-96 home win against Portland on Sunday night. Cousins is averaging a team-high 16.6 points and 9.5 rebounds. Former Braves player arrested on battery charge DULUTH, Ga. (AP) ��� Former Atlanta Braves star center fielder Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in suburban Atlanta early Tuesday on a battery charge, according to jail records. Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call for a domestic dispute between Jones and his wife in Duluth. Gwinnett County Detention Center records say Jones was booked into the county jail around 3:45 a.m. and had been released on $2,400 bond by 11 a.m. Once one of the premier players in the big leagues, Jones broke into the majors with the Atlanta Braves MCT photo in 1996 and won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1998-07 as their center fielder. He has 434 career home runs over the span of 17 sea- Seattle Seahawks' Kam Chancellor takes out San Francisco 49ers receiver Vernon Davis, earning an unnecessary roughness penalty, during the first quarter at CenturyLink Field on Sunday. sons in the majors. Jones earlier this month signed a $3.5 million, one-year contract with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan���s Pacific League. San Francisco beats ETSU 67-49 HONOLULU (AP) ��� Cole Dickerson scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the first half and San Francisco beat East Tennessee State 6749 in the seventh-place game of the Diamond Head Classic Tuesday. The Dons (6-6) also got 15 points from Cody Doolin and 10 from Tim Derksen to snap a five-game losing streak. San Francisco shot 42.1 percent on 3-pointers and dominated ETSU inside, with a 38-21 rebounding advantage and a 24-16 edge in points in the paint. The Buccaneers, who made just 4 of 12 free throws, were led by Jarvis Jones��� 17 points. It was their seventh consecutive loss. ETSU (2-10) held their last lead at 15-14 just past the midway point of the first half, but the Dons outscored the Buccaneers 18-6 to lead 32-21 at halftime. San Francisco led by as many as 20 points late in the second half. SANTA CLARA (AP) ��� Jim Harbaugh kept his sentences short and information at a minimum Monday, repeating a phrase he will rely on following the worst loss of his NFL coaching career: regroup, refit and reorganize. That���s all the San Francisco 49ers can do at this point. Beat up and down, San Francisco���s 42-13 blowout loss at Seattle cost the 49ers (10-4-1) more than just a game. They have another pair of key starters questionable with injuries, let control of a first-round playoff bye slip away, and head into Sunday���s regular-season finale at home against Arizona (5-10) with a halfgame lead in the NFC West. ������No excuses or justifications,������ an overwhelmingly grim, tight-lipped and humbled Harbaugh said back at 49ers headquarters. ������Our team needs to bounce back.������ The only way the 49ers can secure a No. 2 playoff seed ��� and the first-round bye that comes with it ��� is a win against the Cardinals coupled with a Green Bay loss at Minnesota. If they lose and Seattle (10-5) wins at home against St. Louis, the Seahawks will steal the division and send San Francisco on the road for the first round. Complicating matters even more, the 49ers enter the finale with their depth depleted. Wide receiver Mario Manningham, bothered by a shoulder injury previously, limped out of the locker room Monday on crutches. He was scheduled to have an MRI exam on his left knee after he was tackled low by Leroy Hill and fumbled in the third quarter. Tight end Vernon Davis must clear the league���s NFL concussion protocol after getting knocked off his feet along the sideline by safety Kam Chancellor on a huge hit that looked legal but drew a penalty for thumping a defenseless receiver. And defensive lineman Justin Smith���s streak of 185 straight starts ended when he sat out with an elbow injury. Harbaugh remained mum on Smith���s status, except for saying ������he has not undergone a procedure.������ Asked if Smith will need surgery at some point, Harbaugh would only say ������we���ll see.������ San Francisco already had lost backup running back Kendall Hunter (lower leg), wide receiver and punt returner Kyle Williams (left knee) and defensive lineman Demarcus Dobbs (right knee) to season-ending injuries. Defensive lineman Will Tukuafu added to Harbaugh���s headaches when he hurt his back against the Seahawks and did not return, and backup linebacker Clark Haggans missed the game with a shoulder injury. ������I feel our team���s leadership, I feel the intellect of the staff, I think the talent of the players, the work ethic of the players will pave the way,������ Harbaugh said. There are still plenty of problems for the 49ers who are healthy. Seattle���s loud fans flustered quarterback See 49ERS, page 2B ALAMEDA (AP) ��� Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer suffered cracked ribs and a bruised lung after a hard hit by Carolina linebacker Greg Hardy and will not play in the team���s final game. Who will start in Palmer���s absence is uncertain. Matt Leinart took over after Palmer was knocked out of the game by the Panthers but struggled in his first extensive playing time this season. He completed 16 of 32 attempts for 115 yards, had several passes sail out of bounds and threw a costly interception just before halftime. Terrelle Pryor made a brief appearance against Carolina and caught a 22-yard pass from Palmer after originally taking the snap and throwing to Palmer behind the line of scrimmage. Pryor was also in on two plays near the goal line, running for 2 yards and passing for 5. ������We���ll get both those guys reps in practice with the first team this week,������ coach Dennis Allen said Monday. ������We���re not ready to make that decision. We���ll see how practice goes, and later in the week we���ll be ready to name a starter.������ That���s a 180-degree turn from Allen���s stance after the 17-6 loss to Carolina when he told reporters that Leinart would be the team���s No. 2 quarterback behind Palmer. He also said of Pryor ��� a third-round pick in the 2011 supplemental draft and the final player selected by former team owner Al Davis ��� that ������we don���t feel like he���s ready to be the backup quarterback just yet.������ Leinart certainly didn���t do much to help his own standing, which might be why the Oakland coach is mulling a change. The 10th overall pick in 2006, Leinart looked rusty while completing only 50 percent of his throws. Oakland drove down into the red zone twice with him at quarterback but settled for field goals both times. Leinart also threw an interception into triple coverage just before halftime with the Raiders trailing 7-3, and the Panthers converted the turnover into a touchdown that broke the game open. ������I think he would tell you there were some plays out there that we left on the table,������ Allen said of Leinart. ������We expect him as well as anybody to make those plays. But some of it obviously has to do with getting rushed (in) and not getting an opportunity to play a lot.������ With the exception of two plays, Pryor spent the second half on the sideline. Oakland fans repeatedly have chanted Pryor���s name during home games this season and general manager Reggie McKenzie has said he wants to see Pryor play to further evaluate the quarterback���s abilities. That could happen if Allen decides to See RAIDERS, page 2B