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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — On a day when the mountain courses seemed better suited for the crawl or butterfly but posed no obstacle to Tina Maze, the Sochi Olympics took a more overt political turn. Two members of the punk group Pussy Riot — Nadezh- da Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina — were among nine people detained Tuesday while walking in downtown Sochi. All were later released and no charges were filed. The two group members burst from the police station wearing trademark ski masks — one pink, one blue. Police said they were questioned about a theft at the hotel where they were staying. Pussy Riot has become an international flashpoint for those who contend Vladimir Putin's government has exceeded its authority in dealing with an array of issues, notably human and gay rights. ''We are constantly surrounded by people ... who are shadowing us, following our every move and looking for any excuse to detain us,'' Tolokonnikova said after her release. At the Olympic Park, the Russian hockey team looked plenty vulnerable in its opening hockey game in the elimi- nation round, defeating Norway 4-0 in a game that — despite the scoreline — was anything but a rout. No questions, however, about the Dutch speedskaters. Jorrit Bergsma won the men's 10,000 meters to lead anoth- er sweep of the medals for the Netherlands. Seven gold medals were on offer on Day 12 and among the winners were Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway in biathlon, Pierre Vaultier of France in snowboardcross, South Korea in short track relay and Joergen Graabak of Norway in Nordic combined. ——— SKIING: Neither rain nor snow could keep Maze from her appointed rounds. The Slovenian skier captured her sec- ond gold medal of these games by winning the giant slalom. Maze was in full command, leading all the way and finish- ing 0.07 seconds ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. Defending champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was the bronze medalist and teen sensation Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. was fifth in her Olympic debut. Last week, Maze tied for the gold medal in the downhill in glorious sunshine. On Tuesday, the sun seemed lost in the hills. Maze marked the moment in the spirit of Michael Phelps, simulating a breaststroke in the icy slop. ''We are all wet, so I said, 'Why not?''' Maze said. ''It's been a great day for me.'' ——— HOCKEY: Russia is playing under immense pressure in Sochi. It did not look strong in the preliminary round, and that was the case against Norway, which hasn't won an Olympic hockey game since its home Lillehammer Games in 1994. The game was scoreless after one period and 2-0 after two. Russia got two goals from Alexander Radulov and advanced to the quarterfinals against Finland on Wednesday. Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia also advanced to the quarterfinals. ——— SPEEDSKATING: The podium has become a second home for the Dutch, with the walls painted orange. Bergsma set an Olympic record with his time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds. He was followed by Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong, sending the Dutch to their fourth podium sweep at this venue and giving them a total of 19 speedskating medals. Kramer had to settle for silver after botching certain victory in this race in Vancouver four years ago with a baffling mis- take in a lane change. ——— BIATHLON: Svendsen edged Martin Fourcade of France to win gold in the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon. They both finished in 42 minutes, 29.1 seconds, with Svendsen's ski crossing the line a fraction ahead. This was Svendsen's fourth career Olympic medal but first in Sochi. Ondrej Moravec of Czech Republic won bronze for his second medal of the games. ——— SNOWBOARD: Vaultier held off Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win the gold medal in men's snowboardcross on a chopped-up course slowed by drizzle. Alex Deibold of the U.S., a wax technician for the Americans in Vancouver four years ago, took the bronze. Italy's Omar Visintin was removed by a stretcher after crashing in the semifinals. The event was pushed back a day because of heavy fog. ——— SHORT TRACK: South Korea won the 3,000-meter relay, passing China on the last lap to take the lead. Four years ago in Vancouver, the South Koreans finished first, but were disqualified and China got the gold. Italy took the bronze, giving Arianna Fontana her third medal in Sochi. ——— NORDIC COMBINED: Norway delivered a one-two finish in the Nordic combined large hill. Graabak broke away from a five-man group with about 100 meters left in the cross-country race, finishing six-tenths of a second ahead of Magnus Moan. Fabian Riessle of Germany won the bronze. ——— FREESTYLE SKIING: Skiing through sleet and snow, David Wise ended up with gold in men's ski halfpipe. The American scored a 92 on his first run, which held up as the weather worsened. Mike Riddle won silver for Canada, and Kevin Rolland took bronze for France. ——— BOBSLED: Lauryn Williams and Elana Meyers in USA-1 lead at the halfway point of the bobsled. Williams, a two-time medalist in track at the Summer Games, and Mey- ers made two trips down the Sanki Sliding Center track in 1 minute, 54.89 seconds to open a 0.23-second lead over Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse. USA-2's Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans are in third. American track star Lolo Jones is in 11th with teammate Jazmine Fenlator in USA-3. ——— CURLING: Britain reached the semifinals in men's curl- ing by beating Norway 6-5 in a tiebreaker. The game came down to the final shot, and British skip David Murdoch delivered. The British will face Sweden in the semifinals Wednesday while Canada plays China. 1B Wednesday February 19, 2014 Sports Courtesy photo The Red Bluff High School Athletic Booster Club produced 31 updated pennants to honor Spartan programs that have won league and section championships. Boosters breathe life into Spartan titles with pennants Special to the DN Red Bluff High School champi- ons of the past will be honored thanks to the Red Bluff High School Athletic Booster Club. The Boosters paid to update the league and section championship pennants, which proudly hang in the school's gymnasium. The pennants had not been updated since the winter of 2008. The 31 pennants were made by Melinda Einck. Since 2008, 14 varsity sports teams have had at least one league or section title. The Red Bluff High School soft- ball program led all sports teams with seven titles in both league and section championships. The Lady Spartans tennis team most recently earned a league title in the fall. The pennants will be hanged in the gym prior to the boy's basket- ball regular season finale on Friday. The Red Bluff High School Ath- letic Booster Club is seeking new members as well Those interested in joining should contact Stephanie Dodero by email at. stephdo- dero@sbcglobal.net Incognito apologizes to Martin, Ross, Wells By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito offered apologies to teammate Jonathan Martin, team owner Stephen Ross and investigator Ted Wells on Tuesday in the wake of the NFL-ordered report detailing a racially charged bullying scandal. The report stated there was a ''pattern of harassment'' committed by Incognito and teammates John Jerry and Mike Pouncey that extended to two Dolphins linemen and an assistant trainer, all targets of vicious taunts and racist insults. On his Twitter account, Incognito wrote, ''I would like to send Jonathan my apologies as well. Until someone tells me different you are still my brother. No hard feelings :)'' He also apologized to Wells and Ross, saying ''this (stuff) got cray, cray.'' ''There are no winners in the courts,'' he wrote. ''Just families left to deal with their decisions and pick up the pieces. You can't free something.'' Incognito, 30, had closed his Twitter account for two days, but returned Monday night with a noticeably different tone, apologizing for ''acting like a big baby.'' The 6-foot-3, 319-pound lineman said he wants to play football again. Incognito's contract with the Dolphins is about the expire making him an unrestricted free agent who can sign with any team. Where he'll end up remains to be seen. It's unclear if Incognito will face punishment from the NFL moving forward. League spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press on Monday that the NFL will com- ment ''at the appropriate time'' on Wells' report. Incognito's tweets have taken on a vastly different tone than they did less than a week ago when he went on a rant that quickly went viral, blasting Martin and his representa- tive Ken Zuckerman. ''The truth is going to bury you and your entire camp. You could have told the truth the entire time,'' Incognito tweeted last week. Incognito also wrote at the time Martin had threatened to commit suicide and listed a suicide prevention hotline. Incognito previously has taken shots at Wells. He is the independent investigator who released the 144-page report detailing Incognito's lewd and vulgar comments toward Martin, and harassment of another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer with the Dolphins. Tehama Tracker Today's schedule NBA Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Sports on TV AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 3:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla. GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accen- ture Match Play Championship, first round matches, at Marana, Ariz. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Boston College at Syra- cuse ESPNU — Cincinnati at UCF NBCSN — Saint Louis at George Mason 5 p.m. FS1 — Creighton at Marquette 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Washington at Oregon ESPNU — TCU at Kansas St. 7 p.m. FS1 — Arizona at Utah 8 p.m. ESPN2 — New Mexico at UNLV ESPNU — Arizona St. at Colorado NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ESPN — Indiana at Minnesota 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Houston at L.A. Lak- ers WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. FSN — Texas at Oklahoma WINTER OLYMPICS At Sochi, Russia All events taped unless noted as Live NBC 3 p.m. Women's Speedskating - 5000 Gold Medal Final; Men's and Women's Cross-Country - Team Sprint Gold Medal Finals 8 p.m. Ladies' Figure Skating - Short Pro- gram; Men's Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final; Women's Bobsled - Gold Medal Final Runs; Men's Snow- boarding - Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final 1 a.m. Biathlon - Mixed Relay Gold Medal Final NBCSN 4:30 a.m. Men's Hockey - Quarterfinal, Finland vs. Russia-Norway winner (LIVE) 7 a.m. Ladies' Figure Skating - Short Pro- gram Part 1 (LIVE) 8:45 a.m. Ladies' Figure Skating - Short Program Part 2 (LIVE) 2 p.m. Game of the Day: Hockey 12 Mid. Men's Nordic Combined - Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Women's Curling - Bronze Medal Game (LIVE) MSNBC 6 a.m. Women's Curling - Semifinal 9 a.m. Men's Hockey - Quarterfinal, Canada vs. Switzerland-Latvia winner (LIVE) 11:30 a.m. Men's Curling - Semifinal CNBC 5 p.m. Men's Curling - Semifinal USA 9 a.m. Men's Hockey - Quarterfinal, Unit- ed States vs. Czech Republic-Slovakia winner (LIVE) American Legion Baseball Red Bluff Bulls American Legion Baseball is hold- ing sign-ups from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Red Bluff Veterans Hall at 735 Oak St. This year the program will have a 15U and 17U team. For 15U, players may not turn 16 on or before Aug. 11, 2014. For 17U, players may not turn 18 on or before Aug. 11, 2014. There is a $250 sign-up fee. Tryouts are scheduled for March 9. Olympic day of politics, power on slopes AP photo Slovenia's Tina Maze during the giant slalom Tuesday. AP file photo Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (68) and tackle Jonathan Martin (71) stand on the field in July.