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On the tube CYCLING 3 a.m. NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 18, Gap to Alpe-d'Huez GOLF 4 a.m. ESPN — The Open Championship, first round, at Muirfield, Scotland 11 a.m. TGC — LPGA, Marathon Classic, first round, at Sylvania, Ohio 1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Sanderson Farms Championship, first round, at Madison, Miss. 1 a.m. ESPN — The Open Championship, second round, at Muirfield, Scotland WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Phoenix at Los Angeles NCAA to stop putting name, logo on video game NEW YORK (AP) — The NCAA says it will no longer allow Electronic Arts Inc. to use its logo and name in video games. The NCAA announced Wednesday it will not enter into a new contract with EA Sports and NCAA Football 2014 will be the last edition of the popular game. The move comes as the NCAA fights a lawsuit that demands the NCAA find a way to cut players in on the billions of dollars earned by from live broadcasts, memorabilia sales, video games and in other areas. The NCAA says in a statement it is confident in its legal position regarding the use of trademarks in video games, but ''we determined participating in this game is not in the best interests of the NCAA.'' 1B Sports Tehama Tracker Thursday July 18, 2013 SWIMMING 5 Manta Rays earn way to Junior Olympics Special to the DN Five Corning Manta Rays have earned their way to swim at the Junior Olympics that will be held at the Redding Aquatic Center today through Sunday. "Combined years of experience between these five swimmers exceeds thirty-five years of swim team," Manta Rays coach Julene Stokes said. "Our kids work hard everyday and they have earned their spot to be able to race at the Junior Olympics. We are all very proud of these swimmers. Rest assured they will be making Corning proud this next weekend." James Stokes is qualified in the 50 freestyle. Logan Touvell is qualified in the 400 freestyle, 200 freestyle and the 50 freestyle. Tayler Snow qualified in the 100 breaststroke and the 50 breaststroke. Hannah Pritchard qualified in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 50 backstroke and the 50 fly . Zachary Pritchard qualified in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. The Corning Manta Rays team placed third in points at the Red Bluff Invitational.over the weekend. Courtesy photo Back row, from left, James Stokes, Head Coach Julene Stokes and Assistant Coach Nate Borer. Front row, from left, Logan Touvell, Tayler Snow, Hannah Pritchard and Zachary Pritchard. BRITISH OPEN MEDIA Olbermann rejoins ESPN to host show Federer wins 1st match since early Wimbledon exit HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Roger Federer rallied to beat Daniel Brands 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday at the German Tennis Championships in his first match since his second-round loss at Wimbledon last month. Using a bigger racket for the first time, Federer served three aces in the opening game but still lost his serve and ultimately the set to the German. The former No. 1 broke once in the second set and twice in the decider to reach the third round. The 17-time major champion is a four-time winner in Hamburg, the city where he won his first title in 2002 to break into the top 10. After losing at Wimbledon to Sergiy Stakhovsky — who failed to qualify for the main draw in Hamburg — Federer dropped to No. 5 in the rankings, the first time in a decade that he's been that low. Brands, who celebrated his 26th birthday Wednesday and received a cake after the match, got few presents from the topseeded Federer in the last two sets. However, the Swiss star needed four match points to close it out. He finished with nine aces on the clay-court surface. ''It was a tough match. Daniel is playing a very good season,'' Federer said. Federer will play qualifier Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic, who beat 15thseeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Tommy Haas outlasted qualifier Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round. The second-seeded Haas blew a 4-1 lead in the third set but held serve and broke to clinch the match when Kavcic sent a forehand long. Open champion, arrived Sunday morning and has played nine holes a day. There was a time he would leave home a week early and head to Ireland with Mark O'Meara and David Duval, both former Open champions, and play the links courses there. Woods loves to recall his first experience with links golf in 1995 as the U.S. Amateur champion. He played the Scottish Open at Carnoustie, and then drove down the North Sea shoreline to St. Andrews for the British Open. ''I absolutely fell in love with it, to be able to dink a 5-iron from 150 yards and bump it on the ground, or vice versa — have 260 BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Keith Olbermann is rejoining ESPN to host a late-night show. Olbermann rose to prominence as a ''SportsCenter'' anchor from 1992-97 before one of several contentious departures that have marked his career. ''Olbermann'' will premiere Aug. 26, the network said Wednesday. It will generally air at 11 p.m. ET Monday-Friday on ESPN2, depending on live event coverage on the channel. The show will include commentary, interviews, panel discussions and highlights. Olbermann said in a statement that ''I'm overwhelmed by the chance to begin anew with ESPN.'' ''I've been gone for 16 years and not one day in that time has passed without someone connecting me to the network,'' he said. ''Our histories are indelibly intertwined and frankly I have long wished that I had the chance to make sure the totality of that story would be a completely positive one. I'm grateful to friends and bosses — old and new — who have permitted that opportunity to come to pass. I'm not going to waste it.'' His last two politically oriented jobs ended poor- See OPEN, page 2B See ESPN, page 2B AP photo Tiger Woods, of the United States, plays a shot on the 15th hole during a practice round for the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland on Wednesday. Preparation unlike other majors GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — The practice round schedule posted each day at Muirfield is not the only way to determine how players are getting ready for the British Open. Johnson Wagner's name was on the tee sheet at St. Andrews over the weekend. Geoff Ogilvy could be found on the other side of the country, on links courses like Turnberry, Royal Troon and Western Gailes. Justin Rose was at North Berwick. So were Bubba Watson and Luke Donald, who got in plenty of golf along the Firth of Forth the week before the British Open. It's not unusual for players to take off from their regular tours a week before a major to prepare. What's different about the British Open — isn't everything? — is that preparations aren't limited to the course they will be playing. ''You can prepare for the U.S. Open on the range,'' Ogilvy said Wednesday. ''But you can only prepare for The Open on the course. And it doesn't necessarily have to be the course you're playing. The seaside courses here, they're the only courses with turf like this, with sand like this. There's something different about the seaside wind in Scotland. ... You can fly to Shanghai or Abu Dhabi and work on what you need at home. But you can't work on what you need at home until you get here.'' Tiger Woods, a three-time TOUR DE FRANCE Froome focusing on grueling Alps as Paris nears CHORGES, France (AP) — Winning more stages in this Tour de France doesn't interest Chris Froome, who is focused on protecting his overall lead during the next three days of grueling climbing in the Alps. He already has three Tour stage wins after beating two-time champion Alberto Contador by 9 seconds on Wednesday to win the time trial in Stage 17. Froome is four days from becoming the second consecutive British rider to win cycling's premier race, following Sky team- mate Bradley Wiggins' success last year. Froome leads the second-place Contador by 4 minutes, 34 seconds — a sizeable advantage that gives him some margin for error in the Alps. ''I'm just looking to keep the yellow jersey, not to win any more stages,'' Froome said. ''Alberto's shown time and time again that he's a rider to be reckoned with. He's going to keep pushing me every day.'' Froome was slower than Contador on the first part of the undulating 20-mile course, from Embrun to Chorges in the French Alps. But he made a crucial bike change midway through to gain time. ''The first and the second check, I know I was a little bit behind Alberto,'' Froome said. ''That bike change really made the difference.'' Froome, who has also won two mountain stages, made up for last week when he was edged out by Tony Martin in the first time-trial in Stage 11 — even though he didn't expect to win this one. ''I went into today thinking: 'OK, I'm going to give this a really good shot,' but I'm not going to empty myself in respect of what's coming up (in the mountains,)'' Froome said. ''I'm over the moon with the result. I really expected to lose at least 30 seconds to a minute.'' Bauke Mollema held second place overall for several stages, but Contador took his place with the Dutchman dropping to fourth. Joaquin Rodriguez finished See TOUR, page 2B