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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 – Daily News – 3B Wimbley to sign franchise tag with Raiders Oakland Raiders ALAMEDA (AP) — Oakland Raiders linebacker Kamerion Wimbley will sign his franchise tag after being unable to reach a long-term agreement with the team. Agent Joe Linta con- firmed a report by Fox Sports on Monday that Wimbley will sign the tag that will guarantee him $11,312,000 next season. Linta and Raiders owner Al Davis had talked about a contract since the Raiders placed the tag on Wimbley last week. ‘‘Mr. Davis and I could- n’t agree on a long-term deal, but we agreed to keep talking as the labor process unfolds, and Kamerion will sign the franchise tender,’’ Linta said in an e-mail. The Raiders tried to keep Wimbley for much less money by exercising a $3.5 million buyback option that would have given him about $4.1 million next season. But the NFL ruled that con- tract was invalid, so the Raiders used the franchise tag instead to keep a player who led the team with nine sacks last season. The Raiders now have five of their potential free agents under contract before the collective bargaining GOLF World Golf Ranking 1. Martin Kaymer GER 8.36 2.Lee Westwood ENG 8.16 3. Luke Donald ENG 6.64 4.Graeme McDowell NIR 5.Tiger Woods USA 6.32 6. Phil Mickelson USA 6.23 7.Paul Casey ENG 6.02 8. Rory McIlroy NIR 5.65 9. Steve Stricker USA 5.49 10. Matt Kuchar USA 5.20 11. Jim Furyk USA 5.16 12. Ernie Els SAF 4.96 13. Ian Poulter ENG 4.77 14. Dustin Johnson USA 4.47 15.Bubba Watson USA 4.37 16. Retief Goosen SAF 4.36 17. Robert KarlssonSWE 4.34 18.Francesco Molinari ITA 6.44 agreement expires Thurs- day. They have made more than $80 million in commit- ments, but none of those deals include signing bonus- es that need to be paid before any games are played. ‘‘When you’re signing these players to contracts the way we signed them, these contracts are all for the future,’’ senior executive John Herrera said Monday. ‘‘These guys will have to come in and play and earn their money before they get paid. The Raiders have not paid out a dime at this point in time.’’ The Raiders have been one of the most aggressive teams so far this offseason as most clubs wait until a new CBA is in place before NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1. Kyle Busch 2. Kurt Busch 3. Tony Stewart 7. Bobby Labonte 80 77 69 4. A J Allmendinger 69 5. Jeff Gordon 6. Mark Martin 65 65 64 8. Ryan Newman 64 9. Juan Pablo Montoya 64 10. David Gilliland 11. Paul Menard 12. Carl Edwards 63 63 59 13. Jimmie Johnson 59 14. Denny Hamlin 15. Kasey Kahne 19. Regan Smith 58 57 16. Martin Truex Jr. 56 17. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 55 18. Bill Elliott 53 48 20. Brad Keselowski 45 21. Clint Bowyer 22. Kevin Harvick 23. Matt Kenseth 45 44 43 24. Robby Gordon 41 25. David Ragan 39 26. Jamie McMurray 36 27. Marcos Ambrose 35 28. Greg Biffle 29. Joey Logano 30. Terry Labonte 33 32 30 31. David Reutimann 29 32. Jeff Burton 33. Brian Vickers 34. Casey Mears 35. Andy Lally 36. Dave Blaney 37. Tony Raines 38. J.J.Yeley 39. Michael Waltrip 4 40. Michael McDowell 4 41. Brian Keselowski 3 Upcoming Schedule 4.27 19. Hunter Mahan USA 4.23 20.Miguel Angel JimenezESP 3.86 March 6 — Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas March 20 — Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City, Bristol, Tenn. March 27 — Auto Club 400, Fontana April 3 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. 27 27 26 25 21 19 8 making moves. Along with the Wimbley deal, Oakland gave corner- back Stanford Routt a $31.5 million, three-year deal; handed defensive tackle Richard Seymour a $30 mil- lion, two-year contract with $22.5 million in guarantees; signed defensive tackle John Henderson to an $8 million, two-year deal and signed special teams standout and backup running back Rock Cartwright to an undis- closed contract. ‘‘What we did is protect our football team,’’ Herrera said. ‘‘These are moves that protect our franchise and protect our team and put us in a position to move on.’’ NCAA The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Ohio St. (45) 27-2 1,602 2 2. Kansas (14) 27-2 1,554 3 3. BYU (5) 27-2 1,460 7 4.Duke (1) 26-3 1,380 1 4. Pittsburgh 25-4 1,380 4 6. Purdue 7.Texas 24-5 1,305 8 24-5 1,216 5 8.Notre Dame 23-5 1,173 9 9.San Diego St. 27-2 1,151 6 10.Wisconsin 22-6 1,040 12 11. Louisville 22-7 937 16 12. Syracuse 24-6 898 17 13.N.Carolina 22-6 797 19 14. Florida 22-6 688 13 15. St. John’s 19-9 651 23 16. Connecticut 21-7 643 14 17. Georgetown21-8 559 11 18. Arizona 23-6 404 10 19.Villanova 21-8 382 15 20.Kentucky 20-8 335 22 21.Vanderbilt 21-7 330 18 22. Missouri 22-7 261 20 23.Xavier 24.Texas A&M 22-6 178 21 25. Utah St. 26-3 129 — Others receiving votes: George Mason 120, Temple 120, UCLA 75, Kansas St. 31, West Virginia 28, Virginia Tech 22, Cincinnati 12, Alabama 5, UNLV 4, Butler 3, Missouri St. 3, Belmont 1, Long Island U. 1, Old Dominion 1. Monday’s Top 25 results Kansas State 75, No. 7 Texas 70 No.8 Notre Dame 93, No. 19 Villanova 72 Today’s Top 25 games No. 1 Ohio State at Penn State, 6 p.m. No. 6 Purdue vs. Illinois, 4 p.m., ESPN No.9 San Diego State at Wyoming, 7 p.m. No. 14 Florida vs. Alabama, 4 p.m. No.20 Ky.vs.No.21 Vandy, 6 p.m., ESPN No. 23 Missouri at Nebraska, 5 p.m. Today’s other televised game Baylor at Oklahoma St., 4 p.m., ESPN2 Herrera equated the move to keep Seymour as Oakland’s ‘‘first-round pick’’ this year since the Raiders sent that selection to New England before the 2009 season to acquire Sey- mour. He has already played two seasons in Oakland, making the Pro Bowl last year as the Raiders finished 8-8 for their first non-losing season since 2002. Seymour made a big impact on the field, as well as in the locker room where a mostly young team NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division Lakers WL Pct GB 42 19 .689 — Phoenix 31 27 .534 9.5 WARRIORS 26 32 .448 14.5 Clippers 21 39 .350 20.5 KINGS 14 43 .246 26 Southwest Division WL Pct GB San Antonio 49 10 .831 — Dallas 43 16 .729 6 New Orleans35 26 .574 15 Memphis 33 28 .541 17 Houston 30 31 .492 20 Northwest Division WL Pct GB Okla. City 36 22 .621 — Denver 35 26 .574 2.5 Portland 33 26 .559 3.5 Utah Minnesota 14 46 .233 23 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB Boston 43 15 .741 — New York 30 27 .526 12.5 Philadelphia 30 29 .508 13.5 New Jersey 17 43 .283 27 Toronto 16 44 .267 28 Southeast Division WL Pct GB 43 17 .717 — Miami 22-6 246 25 Orlando 38 22 .633 5 Atlanta 36 24 .600 7 Charlotte 26 33 .441 16.5 Washington 15 44 .254 27.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Chicago 41 17 .707 — Indiana 26 32 .448 15 Milwaukee 22 36 .379 19 Detroit 22 39 .361 20.5 Cleveland 11 48 .186 30.5 ————————————————— Monday’s results L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, late Boston 107, Utah 102 Chicago 105, Washington 77 Denver 100, Atlanta 90 Phoenix 104, New Jersey 103, OT Today’s games Golden State at Indiana, 4 p.m.,CSNB Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Toronto, 4 p.m. New York at Orlando, 4 p.m., NBATV Detroit at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 5 p.m. Houston at Portland, 7 p.m. 32 29 .525 5.5 viewed him as a strong leader with the experience of having won three Super Bowl titles with the Patriots. ‘‘In my opinion, he was the heartbeat of our defense as far as high level of perfor- mance he demands from everybody on the field,’’ Routt said. ‘‘He’s definitely someone you don’t want to disappoint or let down because he came from New England where he won three titles. You don’t want him to have any harsh feelings NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division WL OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 36 21 6 78 178 162 Phoenix 33 21 10 76 184 186 Kings Dallas Ducks 35 23 4 74 174 149 33 23 6 72 171 175 33 25 5 71 176 186 Central Division Detroit WL OT Pts GF GA 38 18 6 82 206 179 Chicago 34 23 6 74 202 173 Nashville 32 23 8 72 161 151 Columbus 31 24 6 68 170 181 St. Louis 28 25 9 65 173 180 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 39 15 9 87 208 150 Calgary 32 23 9 73 190 182 Minnesota 33 24 6 72 165 166 Colorado 26 30 7 59 183 217 Edmonton 20 35 8 48 158 211 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 40 16 6 86 203 159 Pittsburgh 37 21 6 80 187 159 N.Y.Rangers 33 27 4 70 179 157 New Jersey 27 31 4 58 132 164 N.Y.Islanders 23 32 8 54 172 205 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Boston 36 19 7 79 194 148 Montreal 33 23 7 73 165 164 Buffalo 29 25 7 65 176 177 Toronto 27 27 9 63 164 193 Ottawa 21 32 9 51 143 200 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 37 18 7 81 191 190 Washington 33 20 10 76 168 161 Carolina 29 25 9 67 184 193 Atlanta 26 26 11 63 178 205 Florida 26 29 7 59 159 171 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ————————————————— Monday’s results Chicago 4, Minnesota 2 Detroit at Los Angeles, late Today’s games Colorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.,CSNC Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m., VS Florida at Carolina, 4 p.m. Montreal at Atlanta, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 4 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m. about no longer being in New England.’’ Oakland views Routt as a potential No. 1 cornerback after he had his best season in six years as a pro last year, putting up some of the best numbers in the league in terms of shutting down opposing receivers. MLB Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE WL Pct Detroit Baltimore 1 0 1.000 Seattle Angels Boston 3 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 2 1 .667 1 1 .500 Cleveland 1 1 .500 Kansas City 1 1 .500 Minnesota 1 1 .500 A’s Texas 11 .500 1 1 .500 New York 1 2 .333 Tampa Bay 1 2 .333 Chicago 0 1 .000 Toronto 0 3 .000 NATIONALLEAGUE WL Pct Colorado 2 0 1.000 Florida Washington 1 0 1.000 GIANTS 31 .750 Philadelphia 2 1 .667 Dodgers 2 2 .500 Pittsburgh 2 2 .500 Atlanta 1 1 .500 Cincinnati 1 1 .500 Milwaukee 1 1 .500 New York 1 1 .500 Arizona 1 3 .250 Houston 0 1 .000 Padres 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 St. Louis 0 1 .000 Chicago 0 2 .000 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. ————————————————— Monday’s results L.A. Angels 8, Oakland 7 San Francisco 10, Milwaukee (ss) 9 Atlanta 13, Houston 3 Baltimore 6, Pittsburgh (ss) 4 Boston 7, Minnesota 6 Cleveland 12, Cincinnati 0 Detroit 6, N.Y.Yankees 2 Florida 6, St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Chicago White Sox 5 Milwaukee (ss) 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Philadelphia 6, Toronto 3 Pittsburgh (ss) 6, Tampa Bay 5 San Diego 6, Seattle 6, tie Texas 12, Kansas City 11 Washington 9, N.Y.Mets 3 Today’s games Cincinnati (ss) vs Oakland, 12:05 p.m. Chi.Cubs vs San Francisco,12:05 p.m. Toronto vs Detroit (ss), 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs Florida, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets vs Washington, 10:05 a.m. Detroit (ss) vs Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. Boston vs Minnesota, 10:05 a.m. N.Y.Yankees vs Pittsburgh, 10:05 a.m. Atlanta vs Houston, 10:05 a.m. Texas vs Seattle, 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Chicago White Sox, 12:05 p.m. Cin.(ss) vs L.A.Angels, 12:05 p.m., MLBN Arizona vs Colorado, 12:10 p.m.