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Sports Tehama Tracker Thursday's results NBA PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference — 1st Round Brooklyn 92 Friday May 3, 2013 NBA PLAYOFFS 95 Chicago 1B Series tied 3-3 Western Conference — 1st Round Denver LATE Warriors STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS Ottawa 4 Montreal 2 Series tied 0-0 N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington Warriors coach fined $25K OAKLAND (AP) — Golden State coach Mark Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for making public comments in an attempt to influence the officiating in the Warriors' playoff series with Denver. After Golden State's 107-100 loss at Denver on Tuesday night, Jackson repeatedly mentioned Kenneth Faried's foul in the first half, when the Denver forward stuck out his right leg and moved his body while Warriors star Stephen Curry ran through traffic. ''They tried to send hit men at Steph,'' Jackson said. ''There were some dirty plays early.'' Jackson also commented Wednesday before practice at the team's headquarters. ''They'll be physical again. They'll try to beat up Steph Curry. They'll try to set illegal screens. They'll try to chuck him when he goes down the lane,'' Jackson said. ''Other than that, I'm not sure what to expect out of them.'' Denver Nuggets coach George Karl thought the reaction to his team's Game 5 victory sounded like a ''different movie than I'm watching.'' ''If there's a scorecard, if we're in a boxing fight right now, they're winning the fight,'' Karl said Wednesday. ''OK, we won round one, maybe our first round (Tuesday) night. I'm going to tell you, I'll go to any arbiter right now and show the dirty shots. They're winning.'' AP photo Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson, right, argues a call against his team with referee Tony Brothers during game five on Tuesday. 3 Washington leads series 1-0 GOLF NFL Los Angeles AP poll: Redskins name enjoys widespread support LATE St. Louis Detroit LATE Anaheim Today's games SOFTBALL Shasta Red Bluff 4 p.m. Yreka Corning 4 p.m. Los Molinos Liberty Christian 3:30 p.m. Redding Christian AP photo Mercy 3:30 p.m. BASEBALL Red Bluff Shasta 4 p.m. Yreka Corning 4 p.m. Los Molinos Liberty Christian 3:30 p.m. Redding Christian Mercy 3:30 p.m. TRACK & FIELD Black Butte Invitational at Orland Noon TENNIS NAL Championships at Central Valley Corning SVL Tournament Mercy NBA PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference — 1st Round New York ESPN Boston 4 p.m. New York leads series 3-2 Eastern Conference — 1st Round Indiana ESPN2 Atlanta 4 p.m. Indiana leads series 3-2 Western Conference — 1st Round Oklahoma City Houston ESPN2 Rory McIlroy watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday. McIlroy opens with 67 at Wells Fargo Championship CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For all the talk about the greens, Rory McIlroy's most important club was his driver Thursday in the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy kept the ball in play at Quail Hollow and gave himself plenty of birdie chances on a cloudy, soft afternoon. He ran off six birdies in a seven-hole stretch around the turn and finished with an 8-foot birdie putt for a 5-under 67 to share the lead with six other players. It was the first time this year McIlroy has been atop the leaderboard after any round, and the first time he broke par in the opening round. ''Now that I feel like I'm swinging it well, this is the sort of golf I expect to play,'' McIlroy said. Nick Watney, Ryan Moore, Robert Garrigus and PGA Tour rookie Derek Ernst shot 67 in the morning. Daniel Summerhays and Nate Smith, a Monday qualifier, joined McIlroy by posting their 67s in the afternoon. Phil Mickelson and Lucas Glover were in a large group at 68, with 19-year-old Jordan Spieth in another big group at 69. The talk going into the Wells Fargo Championship was the shape of the greens. Two of the putting surfaces had to be entirely replaced by sod just a week ago — the 10th green had to be sodded twice — and the other greens were ragged. Some had ugly patches of brown where there was no grass. But they weren't as bad as players feared, and there wasn't much public grumbling, mainly because Quail Hollow has a history of being in pristine shape and players seemed willing to accept this is an exceptionally bad year. ''It was fine,'' Boo Weekley said after his 68. ''First off, they were pretty smooth. It ain't 100 percent, but I mean they're good 6:30 p.m. Western Conference — 1st Round L.A. Clippers Memphis ESPN2 6:30 p.m. Memphis leads series 3-2 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS San Jose CNBC Vancouver AROUND TOWN MLB Oklahoma City leads series 3-2 Athletics CSNC N.Y. Yankees 4:05 p.m. OAK — Griffin NYY — Sabathia L.A. Dodgers Giants 7:15 p.m. LAD — Kershaw SF — Zito 7 p.m. Sharks leads series 1-0 enough to play golf on.'' The bigger problem was cool, soft conditions that made Quail Hollow seem longer than usual. That's why McIlroy was so pleased with missing only three fairways. The greens weren't smooth, but they were soft enough that getting into position off the tee was pivotal in setting up birdie chances. ''They're not the best greens that we've ever putted on, but they're certainly not the worst, either,'' McIlroy said. ''The ball still rolls pretty well on them. As long as you give yourself chances for birdies, that's all you can ask. ... If you drive the ball well, you can really take advantage of that. And for the most part today, I did drive the ball well.'' McIlroy got into the mix quickly with four straight birdies — two of them on the par 5s, a 7-iron to 3 feet on the par-3 sixth hole, and a big drive on the short, par-4 eighth that left him a flip wedge into about 3 feet. A tee shot that found the rough on the ninth led to bogey, but the world's No. 2 player bounced back with an up-and-down birdie on the par-5 10th and an approach into 8 feet on the 11th for another birdie. His biggest scare came on the 18th, when McIlroy looked nervously down the left side of the fairway as the ball flirted with the winding creek, barely clearing the water. From there, he hit 8-iron that stopped close to where it landed, and he made an 8-foot putt that bounced more than it rolled. It's just one round, though it feels like a long way from a few months ago. The start to the season for McIlroy was marked by a missed cut, a first-round loss in the Match Play Championship, walking out of the Honda Classic from frustration after 27 holes and loads of speculation about his decision to change equipment after last year. Thursday was another step in the right direction. ' WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been a rough offseason for the Washington Redskins, and not just because of the knee injury to star quarterback Robert Griffin III. The team's nickname has faced a new barrage of criticism for being offensive to Native Americans. Local leaders and pundits have called for a name change. Opponents have launched a legal challenge intended to deny the team federal trademark protection. A bill introduced in Congress in March would do the same, though it appears unlikely to pass. But a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that nationally, ''Redskins'' still enjoys wide support. Nearly four in five Americans don't think the team should change its name, the survey found. Only 11 percent think it should be changed, while 8 percent weren't sure and 2 percent didn't answer. Although 79 percent favor keeping the name, that does represent a 10 percentage point drop from the last national poll on the subject, conducted in 1992 by The Washington Post and ABC News just before the team won its most recent Super Bowl. Then, 89 percent said the name should not be changed, and 7 percent said it should. The AP-GfK poll was conducted from April 1115. It included interviews with 1,004 adults on both land lines and cellphones. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. Several poll respondents told The AP that they did not consider the name offensive and cited tradition in arguing that it shouldn't change. ''That's who they've been forever. That's who they're known as,'' said Sarah Lee, a 36-year-old stay-at-home mom from Osceola, Ind. ''I think we as a people make race out to be a bigger issue than it is.'' But those who think the name should be changed say the word is obviously derogatory. ''With everything that Native Americans have gone through in this country, to have a sports team named the Redskins — come on, now. It's bad,'' said Pamela Rogal, 56, a writer from Boston. ''Much farther down the road, we're going to look back on this and say, 'Are you serious? Did they really call them the Washington Redskins?' It's a no-brainer.'' Among football fans, 11 percent said the name should be changed — the same as among non-fans. Among nonwhite football fans, 18 percent said it should change, about double the percentage of white football fans who oppose the name. A Redskins spokesman declined to comment on the poll's findings or to make team executives available for interviews. But the team highlighted the poll on its website, calling it ''good news'' for its fans while using the opportunity to needle the archrival Dallas Cowboys. ''While much of the world has changed over the last three decades, the loyal support for the Washington Redskins remains unwavering,'' the website said. ''It is also suspected that at least 50 percent of those in dissent are Dallas Cowboys fans.'' In Washington, debate over the name has increased in recent months. In February, the National Museum of the American Indian held a daylong symposium on the use of Indian mascots by sports teams. Museum Director Kevin Gover, of the Pawnee Nation, said the word ''redskin'' was ''the equivalent of the n-word.'' Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports Red Bluff Derby Girls host first bout Saturday By DN Staff Report The Red Bluff Derby Girls roller derby team will host its first home bout against North Coast Roller Derby at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Tehama District Fairground. Red Bluff Derby Girls will donate a portion of the bout proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Advance tickets are $10 and tickets at the door will be $12. Admission is free for kids aged 10 and under and active military personnel and veterans (ID required). For ticket info visit RBDG.org. The Harlem Ambassadors will take on the Booster Hoopsters at 7 p.m Wednesday at the Red Bluff High School Gym in what's being billed as a comedy basketball event. The Booster Hoopsters comprises local leaders and celebrities and the event benefits Red Bluff High School athletics. Advance tickets, which can be purchased at Dutch Bros. Coffee, Remax Top Properties, Tehama Family Fitness Center and Cornerstone Community Bank, cost $6 for students and seniors and $8 for adults. Tickets sold at the door will cost $8 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. The Spartan Summer Basketball camp is set for June 10-14 at Red Bluff High. The camp is open to boys and girls in grades 4 through 12. Current girls and boys coaches will be featured. Elementary, junior high and high school camps will be offered. Registration forms can be found at most schools, the Red Bluff High School office and student store or online at http://www2.rbuhsd.k12.ca. us/rbhs/webclass/school/ath letics/. The registration deadline is June 10 and the cost is $50. For more information call 529-8710.