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2B Daily News ��� Wednesday, January 30, 2013 GOLF Tim Clark has much to lose over long putter ban SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Tim Clark would have been easy to miss among dozens of PGA Tour players who poured out of a hotel ballroom after a two-hour meeting on the proposed ban of the stroke used for long putters ��� except he was the only guy with a suitcase. Clark didn���t bring golf clubs to Torrey Pines, only an overnight bag. He didn���t play in the tournament, but he paid his way to San Diego just so he could be at the mandatory player meeting, the one Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson did not attend. The special guest was USGA executive director Mike Davis, invited to explain the proposed rule on anchoring and to take any questions. Clark wanted to be heard. ������I didn���t realize until that night he wasn���t in the field,������ Lucas Glover said. ������I thought it was very courageous of him to do what he did. He flew here. He spent his own money to get here and back for something he cares about. My opinion on it doesn���t matter. He spoke his mind in a respectful way. He did not lash out. He asked honest ques- WARRIORS (Continued from page 1B) conference���s player of the week on Monday. ������I just wasn���t there in terms of my mental focus,������ Irving said. ������That���s no excuse. I tried to play through it, but my normal energy wasn���t there. I���m just feeling like crap.������ ������He didn���t look like himself,������ Cleveland coach Byron Scott said. ������I didn���t think, obviously, he was 100 percent.������ Scott warned his players before the game that the Warriors would be ready to play. It would appear they didn���t listen. ������We���ve got to treat it like a wounded animal,������ he said. ������It has no choice. It���s going to come out fighting.������ SMAIL (Continued from page 1B) receiving congratulations from colleagues. ���I was on a conference call with a client and all of a sudden I saw these little notifications about these emails,��� Smail said. ���I just got inundated with emails from other financial advisers and branch office administrators ... and all sorts of people congratulating me and people saying, ���Hey, you���re going to take me, right?��� I didn���t really 49ERS (Continued from page 1B) glum. The crutches and bulky knee brace said it for him Tuesday morning. As much as Manningham wants to be out there to help the NFC champion Niners (13-4-1) this weekend in the Big Easy, he realizes it���s rare enough just to return to the NFL���s showcase in consecutive years ��� with different teams. That���s something special to take from this unique Super Bowl experience. ������I don���t think that���s by coincidence,������ fellow injured wide receiver Kyle Williams said. ������Mario���s a great player. Any team that he gets on he���s instantly going to make better.������ While having the appreciation of his teammates sure helps, that doesn���t make it easier now. Not after that spectacular over-the-shoulder 38-yard catch between two defenders in which he managed to stay inbounds to start the game-winning, 88-yard touchdown drive in last season���s 21-17 Super Bowl victory against New England. ������There was a flier put out by the building management a couple weeks ago. It was put on all the doors and windows of all the offices,������ said Brad Nickel, who works in a group cruise planning company on the floor above where the clinic was located. ������It just said this guy���s not really a doctor, he doesn���t belong here, he���s no longer allowed here, call the police or the building management if you see him.������ David Sierra, who works in his aunt���s real estate office in the same building, kept a picture of the flier on his iPhone. He recognized the doctor in the picture from passing him in the hallway. Sierra said while he never recognized any of the clients at the clinic, ������there were always really nice cars in front ��� I���m not talking just Mercedes. Range Rovers, Bentleys.������ The New Times posted copies of what it said were Bosch���s handwritten records, obtained through a former Biogenesis employee it did not identify. Rodriguez appears 16 times in the documents it received, the paper said, either as ������Alex Rodriguez,������ ������Alex Rod������ or the nickname ������Cacique,������ a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief. Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03. Cabrera, Colon and Grandal were suspended for 50 games each last year by MLB following tests for elevated testosterone. Responding to the testosterone use, MLB and the players��� union said Jan. 10 they were authorizing the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory outside Montreal to store each major leaguer���s b a s e l i n e testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio in order to detect abnormalities. ������We are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances,������ MLB said in a statement. ������Only law enforcement officials have the capacity to reach those outside the game who are involved in the distribution of illegal performanceenhancing drugs. ... We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information.������ A baseball official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not autho- rized to make public statements, said Monday that MLB did not have any documentation regarding the allegations. If MLB does obtain evidence, the players could be subject to discipline. First offenses result in a 50-game suspension and second infractions in 100-game penalties. A third violation results in a lifetime ban. Rodriguez is sidelined for at least the first half of the season after hip surgery Jan. 16. A 50-game suspension would cost him $7.65 million of his $28 million salary. ������The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true,������ Rodriguez said in a statement issued by a publicist. ������He was not Mr. Bosch���s patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story ��� at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez ��� are not legitimate.������ Jay Reisinger, a lawyer who has represented Rodriguez in recent years, said the three-time AL MVP had retained Roy Black, an attorney from Rodriguez���s hometown of Miami. Black���s clients have included Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith. Bosch did not return a phone message seeking comment. MLB hopes to gain the cooperation of Bosch and others connected with the clinic, another baseball official said, also on condition of anonymity because no public statements on the matter were authorized. In order to successfully discipline players based on the records, witnesses would be needed to authenticate them, the official said. Players could be asked to appear before MLB for interviews, but the official said MLB would be reluctant to request interviews before it has more evidence. Rodriguez spent years denying he used PEDs before Sports Illustrated reported in February 2009 that he tested positive for two steroids in MLB���s anonymous survey while with the Texas Rangers in 2003. Two days later, he admitted in an ESPN interview that he used PEDs over a three-year period. He has denied using PEDs after 2003. If the new allegations were true, the Yankees would face high hurdles to get out of the final five years and $114 million of Rodriguez���s contract. NHL NBA A-ROD tions and stated honest opinions. And I was proud of him. The way he handled himself was brilliant.������ No one has more to lose over this ban than Clark. He has a genetic condition that keeps him from turning his forearms and wrists inward. Clark has anchored the long putter to his chest for about as long as anyone has seen him play. Despite the physical limitations ��� Clark has never ranked higher than 140th in driving distance ��� he has won The Players Championship, Australian Open, Scottish Open and twice the South African Open. Based on several accounts of those in the room, Clark spoke with dignity and integrity. ������I think what he did to fly in for the meeting showed a lot,������ Keegan Bradley said. ������He���s got something he wants to stand up for, and that���s something I admire. He presented some nice points. When he talks, people listen.������ Exactly what Clark said remains private, another show of respect by his peers. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem is headed back to San Diego this week to meet with the USGA before its annual meeting. Finchem said the tour���s objective had always been to follow the lead of the USGA and R&A for rules. He also said there might be a place for two sets of rules in golf, though perhaps not in the case of anchored strokes. Geoff Ogilvy felt the majority of players who don���t use an anchored stroke are ambivalent about the proposed rule and that ������the passion is coming from 5 percent.������ He was impressed with Clark, especially with how prepared he was. ������He���s been researching this the whole offseason,������ Ogilvy said. ������He basically put his position out there, and probably positions that Mike hadn���t thought about or didn���t acknowledge as importantly as Tim saw them. ������What Tim did achieve ... whether he had any effect on the USGA position, a big portion of the ambivalent people were on Tim���s side when they walked out of the room.������ ������They just kicked our butts, to be honest with you,������ Irving said. Tristan Thompson had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland, and Dion Waiters also scored 18 points. The Cavaliers fell short in their bid for their first four-game winning streak since late in the 2009-10 season ��� LeBron James��� final year with the team. Klay Thompson was 13 of 24 from the field, including 6 for 8 on 3s. ������It wasn���t just me,������ he said. ������My teammates found me, and we just played great tonight. We didn���t have four of our premier players, but it just shows the depth of our team.������ Curry, who leads the Warriors with a 21-point average, didn���t play after twisting his right ankle Monday. Jackson said he doesn���t know how long Curry, who has had surgery on the ankle in each of the past two offseasons, will be out. ond quarter, but the Warriors regained control. Golden State raced to a 13-4 lead less than four minutes into the game. The Cavaliers regrouped and led 27-25 in the sec- the lead to 97-89 with about three minutes to play, but Jack hit a 3-pointer and another basket, pushing the lead to 102-89. know what it was all about but I knew something had happened.��� After submitting his name for consideration in a state-wide, company contest of sorts, Smail received an email on Friday letting him know that he���d be receiving a trip to the Crescent City. Born in Maryland but raised in Kansas, Smail is a Chiefs fan. And despite his Maryland roots, he said he���ll root for the 49ers. ���The longer I���ve been out here the more and more of a Niners fan I���ve become,��� Smail said. Smail���s other ticket is already spoken for. He���ll be taking in the game with his girlfriend, a clinical dietician who works in Redding. ���I kind of surprised her actually at dinner. I didn���t tell her right away,��� he said, adding, ���I told her that we were going on a trip and didn���t exactly tell her where and told her we were going to take five days off.��� Smail���s girlfriend, he said, told him she couldn���t take the time off ��� before knowing Smail already had arranged the off-time with her boss. ���Eventually I caved and told her where we were going and she flipped out,��� he said. Smail���s prediction? Niners by seven, 31-24. But, he said, Alex Smith will be traded to Kansas City, and the Chiefs will be crowned the Super Bowl champs next year. ��������� Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or at sports@redbluffdailynews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TehamaSports The reception highlighted a five-catch day for 73 yards. Manningham also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning with 8:34 remaining in regulation of the NFC title game to help New York reach the Super Bowl ��� beating the 49ers 20-17 in overtime on their home field of Candlestick Park. All the big plays from his memorable 2012 postseason are still plenty fresh. ������I think about it,������ Manningham said. ������Good thing I got a chance to come back. There aren���t too many players who leave one team and go back the next year.������ The 26-year-old Manningham had 39 catches for 523 yards and four touchdowns last year before leaving New York. He made 42 receptions for 449 yards and one touchdown in 12 games and 10 starts this season, his fifth in the NFL. ������Mario Manningham has his fingerprints all over our success, as do a lot of people,������ Harbaugh said. ������The players on our team, this is a shared thing. Everybody doing a little adds up to a lot.������ Manningham and Randy Moss joined the 49ers in the same week last March, significant upgrades by general manager Trent Baalke to a receiving corps that had just one catch for 3 yards in the 2012 NFC championship game. His plan is to watch Sunday standing up, while keeping pressure off his knee. Manningham said there���s no way could possibly sit down through a Super Bowl, even if his healing knee would be better for it. ������I���m going to be alright,������ he said. ������Injuries are part of the game, I���m not mad. I wish I was playing. Everything happens for a reason.������ Manningham hurt his knee in a 42-13 loss at Seattle on Dec. 23, tearing the anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate ligaments. For now, he will offer up any insight he can for those teammates who haven���t been to a Super Bowl ��� which is most of them. ������I know it���s a big stage. We���re going to treat it like it���s just another game,������ Manningham said. ������I just tell them don���t worry about the crowd. Don���t worry about the crowd, because you are the only game that���s going to be watched on Sunday, so there will be people watching and you���re going to hear everything. You���re going to see flashes and stuff. Just don���t worry about it. Just go out there and play.������ For Manningham, getting back on the field ��� the goal is in time for the 2013 opener ��� is all about baby steps. Literally. ������It���s going good. I started light walking on there a couple days ago,������ he said. ������Just trying to get stronger and come down here and root for my team.������ He typically uses just one crutch, but brought two for this trip considering how much he���ll be moving around. Next up in his rehab: wiggling his toes and doing quadriceps raises. ������That���s the only thing I can right now,������ he said. That, and hope for one more sparkly souvenir championship ring. ������I know that my team is going to win it,������ Manningham said. ������I would be wrong if I said they weren���t.������ Klay Thompson hit three 3-pointers, a jump shot and a dunk to help the Warriors build a 13-point lead twice. Golden State led 55-44 and shot 59 perBogut, who returned cent, including making all Monday after missing 38 six of their 3-point games with an injury to attempts, in the first half. his left ankle, likely won���t The Warriors��� continplay in back-to-back ued to pull away in the games until after the All- third quarter when Star break. Barnes, a rook- Thompson hit two 3ie, was out with a sore left pointers and scored 12 knee sustained against points. Golden State led Toronto while Landry, a 84-68 going into the forward off the bench, was fourth quarter. The Cavasidelined with a bruised liers, who rallied from a left shoulder that also 20-point deficit to defeat occurred Monday. 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