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Friday Noon — Australian Open, mens’ second semifinal 4 p.m. — Winter X Games, ESPN 7:30 p.m. — Kings at Lakers, MTN-21 7:30 p.m. — Bobcats at Warriors, CSNBA Sports 1B Friday January 28, 2011 Mother-Son Wii Tournament Raiders hire Wisniewski as assistant OL coach ALAMEDA (AP) — The Oakland Raiders hired former Pro Bowl guard Steve Wisniewski as their assistant offensive line coach Tuesday. Wisniewski was the strength and conditioning intern at Stanford last season, helping the Cardinal win a school-record 12 games and fin- ish fourth in the final rankings. ‘‘I’m back with Courtesy photos Winners during Antelope/Berrendos Booser Club’s annual Mother/Son Wii tournament include Barbara and Cole Casteel, left, and Sherry and Vance Wagner. The Antelope/Berrendos Booster Club held its Second Annual Moth- er/Son Wii Tournament, Jan. 15. The winners and divisions were: Kindergarten-First Grade Tennis: 1st place Tiffany & Colton Keffer, 2nd place Barbara & Shane Cas- teel. Bowling: 1st place Barbara & Shane Casteel, 2nd place Tiffany & Colton Keffer. Boxing: 1st place Barbara & Shane Casteel, 2nd place Jeni & Ian Divine. Second-Third Grade Tennis: 1st place Emily & Colby Smith, 2nd place Tami & Easton Ross. Bowl- ing: 1st place Sherry & Vance Wag- ner, 2nd place Tiffany & Austin Keffer. Boxing: 1st place Barbara & Cole Casteel, 2nd place Tiffany & Austin Keffer. Fourth-Fifth Grade Tennis: 1st place Nadine & Carter Terrell, 2nd place Emily & Colby Smith. Bowl- ing : 1st place AnneMarie & Colby March, 2nd place Sherry & Vance Wagner. Boxing: Pam & Isaac Jack- Woods starts year with 69 and trails by 5 strokes SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods began his new sea- son with no bogeys, no birdies on the par 5s and no drama. Looking for a new start after a disastrous year on and off the golf course, Woods felt little stress Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open with a 3-under 69 on the North Course that left him five shots behind South Korean rook- ie Sunghoon Kang. If the setting was familiar for Woods, so was his mid- dle-of-the-pack position. In four of his six wins at this tournaments, he has been at least five shots behind after the opening round. ‘‘I’m happy with the way I played, absolutely,’’ Woods said. ‘‘I could have been a lot better if I took care of the par 5s a little bit more, but obviously, I didn’t do that.’’ Kang, a 24-year-old rookie, finished with back-to-back birdies on the North Course for an 8-under 64, giving him a one-shot lead over Alex Prugh and Rickie Fowler. Another rookie, Chris Kirk, was another shot back at 66. Phil Mickelson shot 32 on the back nine for a 5-under 67 to match the best score on the tougher South Course, which hosted the 2008 U.S. Open that Woods won in a playoff. Also at 67 on the South was John Daly, whose last win came in 2004 at this tournament. He is the last player to win at Torrey Pines when Woods was in the field. ‘‘This place means a lot to me,’’ Daly said. ‘‘The top golfers play here every year. That says something.’’ Woods no longer is No. 1 — he has slipped to No. 3 in the world ranking and can’t improve on that this week — but he has not played the public course he has practically owned since that U.S. Open in 2008. He missed the next year because of knee surgery, and last year while in a Mis- sissippi addiction clinic after being caught in extramarital affairs. ‘‘Welcome back to Torrey,’’ was a popular phrase from the gallery throughout his round, in which Woods played solidly except on the greens. He made only two putts longer than 3 feet — a 10-foot par save on No. 8, and a 25- foot birdie putt on the par-3 sixth that bounced along until catching the right corner of the cup. ‘‘I didn’t leave myself any putts,’’ Woods said. ‘‘I kept leaving myself above the hole. And I didn’t take advan- tage of the par 5s.’’ The North Course is not the pushover it has been in past years because of some new length, and not just in dis- tance. Along with being some 90 yards longer, the rough was allowed to grow and is thicker than the grass found on the South Course. ‘‘I didn’t know the North was as long as the South,’’ Ben Curtis said after a 70. He knows better, but it felt that way if tee shots did not stay in the narrow, canted fair- ways. Woods was in shorter grass on half of his 14 tee shots, although four of those misses came on the par 5s. He couldn’t get to the green in two, and didn’t make the birdie putts. Even so, he looked more like the Woods who ended last year with a playoff loss at the Chevron World Chal- lenge, not the guy who played so poorly for so much of the year that he didn’t win on the PGA Tour for the first time in his career. son, 2nd place Barbar & Cole Cas- teel. Sixth-Eighth Grade Tennis: 1st place Nadine & Carter Terrell, 2nd place Michell & Ian Hoskins. Bowling: 1st Jocelyn & D Bo Kent, 2nd place Sherry & Vance Wagner. Boxing: Pam & Isaacc Jackson, 2nd Michelle & Ian Hoskins. The tournament director was Nancy Wagner, athletic director for Berrendos. The proceeds went to the Berrendos Athletic Department. my first love, the Oakland Raiders,’’ Wisniewski said. ‘‘I’m thrilled to be working in the building again for the Silver and Black and helping to shape the future of the offensive line.’’ Wisniewski played 206 games over 13 seasons with the Raiders before retiring after the 2001 sea- son. He made the Pro Bowl eight times, was a two- time first-team All-Pro, and named to the all- decade team for the 1990s. Wisniewski replaces Chris Morgan, who was not kept on the staff of new head coach Hue Jackson. The Raiders still need to hire an offensive line coach to replace the departed Jim Michalczik. ‘‘Steve is my shining star,’’ Jackson said. ‘‘His intensity, passion and vision were right in line with what I’m looking for. He was a great Raider player and I am looking forward and excited about work- ing with him.’’ The Raiders still have a handful of other open- ings to fill on Jackson’s staff, most notably defen- sive coordinator. Rebuilt A’s gear up to contend for ALWest OAKLAND (AP) — Outfielder Josh Willing- ham has no trouble saying it in January: The Oak- land Athletics should con- tend for the AL West this season. Manager Bob Geren expects it, too. That’s how most teams feel heading into spring training and a new year, with fresh faces and optimism. Yet the A’s have had such a busy, pro- ductive winter of upgrades and acquisitions that it seems — on paper, anyway — they could greatly improve their 81- 81 record. ‘‘This team is definite- ly capable of doing some- thing special with the tal- ent we have,’’ said pitcher Rich Harden, back for a second stint with the club. Oakland, with a talent- ed pitching staff and quiet offense, finished second to AL champion Texas last year despite another injury-filled season. The A’s led the AL in ERA (3.56) and shutouts (17) while holding opponents to a .245 batting average. Playing well into Octo- ber would be a big step forward for this blue-col- lar franchise that hasn’t reached the playoffs since being swept by Detroit in the 2006 AL champi- onship series. Willingham has never been to the postseason, period. ‘‘I know from my per- spective, playing five years in Florida and two years in Washington, there wasn’t a whole lot of talk about contending for a division title,’’ Will- ingham said Thursday at an A’s meet-and-greet session. ‘‘The opportunity is there for this team. Obviously it’s all on paper at this point. Noth- ing’s been proven. Any time you have expecta- MCT file photo Athletics manager Bob Geren argues with home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg in this McClatchy-Tribune file photo. tions coming into a sea- son it’s exciting, especial- ly when you’ve been on teams that have not had expectations.’’ Oakland brought in Willingham, slugger Hideki Matsui and David DeJesus to boost a lineup that hit just 109 homers and scored 663 runs last season, the team’s second fewest in the last 28 non- strike seasons. While Geren won’t provide a batting order at this early stage — ‘‘I haven’t even wasted my time with that yet,’’ he quipped — he is giving it plenty of thought. Will- ingham, who joined the A’s in a trade from the Nationals last month, will bat somewhere third- fourth-fifth to break up the lefty hitters. ‘‘Yo don’t have a (Albert) Pujols in there, a flat-out superstar, but if you look at this lineup you have balance,’’ Will- ingham said. He batted .268 with 16 home runs and 56 RBIs last season. Willingham finished last season on the 60-day disabled list as he recovered from surgery on his left knee. He was sidelined after Aug. 15 and played 114 games, 108 of those in left field. In fact, Oakland’s other outfielders also missed time because of injury last season — Coco Crisp, Conor Jackson, Ryan Sweeney and DeJe- sus the final two months with Kansas City follow- ing right thumb surgery. The A’s used the dis- abled list 23 times in 2010, two shy of the fran- chise record set in 2008. That’s why Geren is thrilled to have options almost everywhere. Oak- land last week added Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes to an already deep bullpen, to back an experienced rotation. ‘‘The last few years going into spring training we had a good team,’’ Geren said. ‘‘You know the story of the injury train that got out of con- trol there for a while and we could never recover. The difference between this offseason going into spring training and last is we have a lot more depth in just about every single department. ‘‘We’re doing every- thing we can to get guys healthy and strong to withstand the long 162- game schedule but we also have a real advantage this year where if a cou- ple guys do get dinged up we have a lot deeper bullpen, outfield. So we’re pretty excited about what we have. Our talent level has gone up and our depth has gone up,’’ he said. Bergmeister takes pole for 24-hour race at Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jorg Bergmeister will start from the pole in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, putting him out front in the grueling and prestigious 24- hour race. Bergmeister considered ending road course was the fastest, cross- ing the line in 1 minute, 40.099 seconds and edging Max Angelel- li in the DP class. his qualifying run early, but decid- ed to stay out for one extra lap dur- ing the 15-minute session Thurs- day. His final lap on the 3.56-mile Angelelli (1:40.133) will start second, following by Scott Pruett, Ryan Dalziel and Scott Dixon. Andy Lally claimed the pole in the GT class with a lap of 1:48.487. But his car failed inspection because its wing was placed too far back, leaving team- mate Dominik Fambacher in the top spot.