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2B Daily News – Wednesday, June 5, 2013 49ERS NCAA Ohio St. pres. retires under fire after jabs at Notre Dame AP photo San Francisco 49ers offensive consultant Eric Mangini, right, watches as quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) practices at the NFL football team's training camp in Santa Clara on Tuesday. Mangini in as offensive consultant SANTA CLARA (AP) — Eric Mangini is back in the NFL — and back to his coaching roots. The former coach of the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets was introduced as a senior offensive consultant for the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday, one day after he formally began his new job with the defending NFC champions. While the move surprised many around the NFL because Mangini's background is on defense, the 42-year-old spent his first two seasons in the NFL working as an offensive assistant. So after working as an analyst at ESPN for the past two years, Mangini is diving into his new gig with the hope of helping quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Co. take the next step after losing to the Baltimore Ravens 34-31 in the Super Bowl in February. ''To be able to do something new like this is really exciting. To be able to do it in a place like San Francisco, to me that was a big part of wanting to come back,'' said Mangini following the 49ers' two-hour OTA practice. ''I just want to help. Whatever that means, whatever that evolves into, the most important thing to me is to help.'' Just how the former Browns and Jets head coach ended up on Jim Harbaugh's staff in San Francisco is almost as interesting as the new job the 49ers created for him. Mangini had never met Harbaugh until last September when the 49ers — in the midst of back-to-back games near the East Coast — stayed in Youngstown, Ohio to practice rather than flying back to California. Mangini attended one of the workouts and struck up a friendship with Harbaugh. The two men stayed in contact until meeting together two weeks ago, and shortly thereafter Harbaugh reached out with a job offer. ''I feel like we added a really talented, knowledgeable coach,'' Harbaugh said. ''He'll look at how defenses prepare for us and where we can attack defenses. That's what his role will be.'' Mangini had been out of the NFL since being fired by the Browns in January 2011 following a pair of 5-11 seasons. KINGS (Continued from page 1B) postseason winning streak. Game 4 is Thursday night. Bryan Bickell scored and Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots for the Blackhawks, who chased Quick from Game 2 and earned back-to-back home victories to open the series last weekend. The Kings had lost five of their previous seven playoff games before getting back to friendly Staples Center and their sellout crowd. Quick also returned to Conn Smythe Trophy form in Game 3, OPEN (Continued from page 1B) scoop it up. He whacked a backhand that clipped the net cord and then drilled Federer under his right arm. That made it 4-3, and Tsonga quickly won the final two games. When he closed out the victory, Federer greeted him with a gracious smile and a congratulatory pat on the stomach. A jubilant Tsonga then went spinning across the court, waving his arms as the partisan crowd roared. Federer, long a fan favorite in Paris, also earned a lusty cheer as he headed to the exit. He responded by applauding the crowd. ''I should have won the first set,'' Federer said. ''Unfortunately I couldn't regroup.'' The last time Federer lost to a player ranked so low in a major tournament was at Wimbledon two years ago, when the No. 19-ranked Tsonga overcame a two-set deficit to beat him. highlighted by a dazzling late save on Bickell, while his low-scoring teammates generated just enough offense to hold off the Blackhawks, who hadn't lost since Game 4 of the second round. Jeff Carter had two assists during an inspired effort despite the absence of injured linemate Mike Richards, and Voynov had his fourth multipoint game in a prolific postseason. The Blackhawks matched their playoff low with just 20 shots, but the Presidents' Trophy winners were one good bounce away from tying the score in the final minutes. Brandon Saad nearly The French Open has always been the most difficult major event for Federer. He won his lone Roland Garros title in 2009 to complete a career Grand Slam and tie Pete Sampras' record of 14 major titles. Now 31, he has yet to win any tournament in 2013, his longest drought to start a year since 2000. Williams is also 31 but playing at her peak — although that wasn't the case for a long stretch against Kuznetsova. Williams overcame an inconsistent serve, erratic groundstrokes and a 2-love deficit in the final set, winning five consecutive games and then closing the victory with a forehand winner and a scream. ''Yes!'' she hollered. It was the first real test of the tournament for Williams, who lost 10 games after losing a total of 10 games in her four earlier matches. She laughed at herself, screamed at herself, violently shook her uncooperative racket and cocked it over her head, threatening to fling it before That came only two years after he lost his job in New York. Mangini coached the Jets from 2006-08, leading them to the playoffs in his first season with the team. The time off from coaching helped give Mangini a different perspective on football — and life. ''I've got three little boys so it gave me a chance to spend time with them and to just get refreshed,'' Mangini said. ''But I missed it. I missed the competition, the strategy, the guys.'' Although he has spent the majority of his coaching career on defense — Mangini was the defensive coordinator for New England in 2005 — he spent his first two seasons in the NFL working as an offensive assistant with Cleveland and Baltimore. With the 49ers, Mangini will break down opposing defenses as an advance scout and will aid Harbaugh in developing game plans each week. His first order of business will be finding a place to live. Mangini has been staying at a local hotel since getting hired and has yet to bring his wife and children to the Bay Area. Once that's done, Mangini will initially immerse himself in San Francisco's offense before starting to scout teams on the 49ers' 2013 schedule. ''This is a good system. They went to the Super Bowl last year, they went to the NFC championship the year before,'' Mangini said. ''They're doing so many things right I just want to find a way to complement them.'' Harbaugh says Mangini's role with the 49ers will be ''evolving'' and left open the possibility it could lead to some on-field coaching as well. That, along with his new title as an offensive assistant, fits well with Mangini's desire to be a head coach in the NFL again. ''I think that's going to make me a lot better overall coach because it gives you a totally different perspective,'' Mangini said. ''That's definitely a goal of mine. Right now I want to do what I can do here as well as I can do it. But I think it's every coach's goal to eventually (be a head coach).'' had an open net after a cross-ice pass from Viktor Stalberg with 5 minutes left, but couldn't collect the puck. Moments later, Keith missed a near-breakaway at the Kings' blue line when Chicago went offside — and Quick set off a frenzy in the crowd when he improbably stopped Bickell's fine chance late. The Kings played their second straight game without Richards, their leading postseason scorer heading into Game 3. The veteran center has an apparent concussion after a big hit from Dave Bolland in the series opener. Richards' absence opened a lineup spot for she changed her mind. Williams finally found a way out of her funk — and into the semifinals. She extended her career-best winning streak to 29 consecutive matches. In a post-match on-court interview, Williams seemed spent. ''I'm very happy to have won this quarterfinal because the whole night I was afraid of my quarterfinal match,'' she told the crowd in French. ''It was a very tough match today, but it's good for me because, I don't know, but WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Sparks San Antonio Seattle Phoenix Tulsa W 1 1 1 1 0 0 L 0 1 1 1 2 4 Pct GB 1.000 — .500 .5 .500 .5 .500 .5 .000 1.5 .000 2.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 3 0 1.000 — Chicago 3 0 1.000 — Indiana 1 1 .500 1.5 New York 1 1 .500 1.5 Washington 1 1 .500 1.5 Connecticut 1 2 .333 2 —————————————————— Today's game Indiana at New York, 8 a.m. promising rookie Tyler Toffoli, who has three points in the last two games. The 21-year-old AHL rookie of the year got the primary assist on Voynov's goal. After the Kings scored just 11 goals in their last seven games, coach Darryl Sutter shook up his lines while facing the prospect of a three-game deficit in the conference finals. Slumping center Anze Kopitar, who might be playing with an injury, was moved back to the third line, while Jarret Stoll moved up to the Kings' nominal top line between Williams and captain Dustin Brown. it's very good. I am exhausted.'' Kuznetsova said strained an abdominal muscle early in the tournament, which hampered her serve, but her aggressive returns kept pressure on Williams. MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE FC Dallas Salt Lake Portland Galaxy Colorado Seattle Vancouver QUAKES Chivas USA W 8 7 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 L 2 5 1 5 4 4 4 6 8 T 4 3 7 2 5 3 4 6 2 Pts 28 24 22 20 20 18 16 15 11 GF 23 21 22 21 15 16 16 13 13 GA 17 15 14 15 12 13 17 23 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal New York Houston Kansas City Philadelphia N. England Columbus Chicago Toronto FC D.C. W 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 1 1 L 2 5 4 5 5 4 4 7 7 10 T 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 2 5 2 Pts 26 25 22 22 19 19 17 11 8 5 GF 22 23 19 18 19 15 16 9 12 6 GA 15 19 14 13 24 9 13 17 19 24 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. —————————————————— Today's game Columbus at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Saturday's games D.C. United at New England, 4:30 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle FC, 7:30 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University President Gordon Gee abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday after he came under fire for jokingly referring to ''those damn Catholics'' at Notre Dame and poking fun at the academic quality of other schools. The remarks were first reported last week by The Associated Press, and Ohio State at the time called them unacceptable and said it had placed Gee on a ''remediation plan'' to change his behavior. Gee, 69, said in a teleconference that the furor was only part of his decision to retire, which he said he had been considering for a while. He said his age and the start of a longterm planning process at the university were also factors. ''I live in turbulent times and I've had a lot of headwinds, and so almost every occasion, I have just moved on,'' he said. Gee explained away the abrupt timing by saying he was ''quirky as hell'' and hated long transitions. According to a recording of a Dec. 5 meeting obtained by the AP under a public records request, Gee, a Mormon, said Notre Dame was never invited to join the Big Ten athletic conference because ''you just can't trust those damn Catholics.'' Gee also took shots at schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville, according to the recording of the meeting of the school's Athletic Council. Gee apologized when the comments were disclosed, saying they were ''a poor attempt at humor and entirely inappropriate.'' His decision to retire was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch. Robert Schottenstein, who as chairman of the university's board of trustees condemned the remarks last week as ''wholly unacceptable'' and ''not presidential in nature,'' deflected questions about whether Gee had been forced out by the board. ''It's really about a decision to retire for the reasons that Gordon has articulated,'' Schottenstein said. Ohio State, one of the biggest universities in the nation, with 65,000 students, named provost Joseph Alutto as interim president. Gee, a familiar figure on campus with his bowties and owlish eyeglasses, has repeatedly gotten in trouble over the years for verbal gaffes. Ohio State trustees learned of Gee's latest remarks in January and created the remediation plan. In a March 11 letter, the trustees warned any repeat offenses could lead to his firing and ordered him to apologize to those he offended. But it appeared that several of Gee's apologies came only in the last week or so as the school prepared to respond to the AP's inquiries. Gee said Tuesday he waited until recently to apologize in person to the Notre Dame president, Rev. John Jenkins, because they had a long-scheduled meeting. Schottenstein said the board was satisfied with Gee's response to the letter. In the recording of his meeting with the Athletic Council, Gee said that the top goal of Big Ten presidents is to ''make certain that we have institutions of like-minded academic integrity. So you won't see us adding Louisville.'' After laughter from the audience, Gee added that the Big Ten wouldn't add the University of Kentucky, either. When asked by a questioner how to respond to SEC fans who say the Big Ten can't count because it now has 14 members, Gee said: ''You tell the SEC when they can learn to read and write, then they can figure out what we're doing.'' Notre Dame and the SEC had no comment on Gee's retirement. Gee also came under fire in 2011 for some offhand remarks he made during a scandal on football coach Jim Tressel's watch. Asked whether he had considered firing Tressel, Gee said: ''No, are you kidding? Let me just be very clear: I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me.'' MLB American League West Division Texas ATHLETICS Angels Seattle Houston East Division MLB National League West Division W 35 35 25 25 21 L 22 25 33 33 38 Pct GB .614 — .583 1.5 .431 10.5 .431 10.5 .356 15 W L Pct GB Boston 36 23 .610 — Baltimore 33 25 .569 2.5 New York 33 25 .569 2.5 Tampa Bay 31 26 .544 4 Toronto 24 33 .421 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 31 25 .554 — Cleveland 30 28 .517 2 Minnesota 26 29 .473 4.5 Chicago 24 31 .436 6.5 Kansas City 23 32 .418 7.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results N.Y. Yankees 4, Cleveland 3 Detroit 10, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 17, Texas 5 Baltimore 4, Houston 1 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 4, Oakland 3, 10 innings Chicago White Sox at Seattle, late Today's games Cleveland (Kluber 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-4), 10:05 a.m. Oakland (Colon 6-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-5), 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 3-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 6-1), 12:40 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at San Francisco (Zito 4-3), 12:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-2) at Detroit (Fister 52), 4:08 p.m. Texas (Ogando 4-2) at Boston (Lackey 35), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (F.Garcia 2-2) at Houston (Keuchel 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Walters 2-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-3), 5:10 p.m. Thursday's games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Baltimore at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Texas at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Arizona GIANTS Colorado San Diego Dodgers East Division W 32 30 31 26 24 L 25 27 28 31 32 Pct .561 .526 .525 .456 .429 GB — 2 2 6 7.5 W L Pct GB Atlanta 36 22 .621 — Washington 29 29 .500 7 Philadelphia 29 30 .492 7.5 New York 22 33 .400 12.5 Miami 16 43 .271 20.5 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 38 19 .667 — Cincinnati 36 23 .610 3 Pittsburgh 35 24 .593 4 Chicago 23 32 .418 14 Milwaukee 22 35 .386 16 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Philadelphia 7, Miami 3, 11 innings Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 4, 10 innings Arizona at St. Louis, late Chicago Cubs at L.A. Angels, late San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Toronto at San Francisco, LATE Today's games Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 6-3) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-2), 9:10 a.m. Miami (Ja.Turner 1-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-9), 10:05 a.m. Oakland (Colon 6-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-5), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at San Francisco (Zito 4-3), 12:45 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 5-3), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 3-6) at Washington (Haren 4-6), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Garland 3-6) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-0), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Miley 3-5) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 02), 5:15 p.m. San Diego (Marquis 6-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games N.Y. Mets at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.