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NEW YORK (AP) — Looking to add a big man, the Brooklyn Nets have worked out center Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. General manager Billy King did not attend the workout in Los Angeles during the All-Star break that was reported by ESPN.com, but said Thursday on a conference call he was told Collins is ''in shape.'' Collins revealed at the end of last season he is gay. The 35-year-old Collins played in 38 games for Boston and Washington in 2012-13 and hasn't been particularly produc- tive in recent years, but has a number of former teammates on the Nets, including coach Jason Kidd. Michael Sam, the SEC defensive player of the year from Missouri, recently revealed he is gay and is taking part in this weekend's NFL draft combine. The Nets have an opening for a big man after trading Reggie Evans along with Jason Terry to Sacramento on Wednesday for guard Marcus Thornton. King said he and Kidd have a list of players they will con- sider, and Collins will be on it. He said the players consid- ered will range from those who have been bought out by other NBA teams to those who have been playing in China or the NBA Development League. Collins played with Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce last season in Boston, and Nets guard Joe Johnson in Atlanta. The well-respected veteran attended the State of the Union address as a guest of first lady Michelle Obama. King said the Nets wouldn't be concerned about any extra attention the signing of Collins would provide. ''We're going to bring in a basketball player,'' King said. ''It's not about marketing or anything like that.'' King said the Nets tried to find another deal for a big man before Thursday's deadline. If they do sign one, he said he wasn't sure if it would be for the rest of the season or on a 10-day contract, adding that would depend on the player. 1B Friday February 21, 2014 Sports Tehama Tracker Today's schedule BOYS BASKETBALL Shasta at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. Redding Christian at Mercy, 7:30 p.m. Los Molinos at Liberty, 7:30 p.m. Corning at West Valley, 8 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Los Molinos at Libert, 6 p.m. Corning at West Valley, 6:30 p.m. Redding Christian at Mercy, 6:30 p.m. Sports on TV AUTO RACING 8:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Day- tona Beach, Fla. 10 a.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nation- wide Series, pole qualifying for DRIVE4COPD 300, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 11:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, at Day- tona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. 4:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, NextEra Energy Resources 250, at Daytona Beach, Fla. BOXING 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Lightweights, Chris Rudd (12-1-0) vs. Yakubu Amidu (19-4- 2), Fedor Papazov (14-0) vs. Petr Petrov (32-4-2), Miguel Gonzalez (22- 3) vs. Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-2-2), Fernando Carcamo (15-5) vs. Samuel Neequaye (21-0) at Laughlin, Nev. 7:45 p.m. SHO — Super lightweights, Amir Imam (12-0-0) vs. Jared Robin- son (14-0-0); lightweights, Angelo San- tana (14-1-0) vs. Hank Lundy (23-3-1), at Cleveland GOLF 6 a.m. TGC — LPGA Thailand, second round, at Chonburi, Thailand (same- day tape) 11 a.m. TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, third round matches, at Marana, Ariz. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 3 p.m. ESPNU — Mercer at Fla. Gulf Coast 4 p.m. ESPN2 — VCU at UMass 5 p.m. ESPNU — Iona at Rider 7 p.m. ESPNU — Detroit at Wright St. MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 4 p.m. NBCSN — Boston U. at Notre Dame NBA BASKETBALL 5 p.m. ESPN — Denver at Chicago 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Boston at L.A. Lak- ers WINTER OLYMPICS At Sochi, Russia All events taped unless noted as Live NBC 3 p.m. Women's Freestyle Skiing - Cross Gold Medal Final; Women's Biathlon - 4x6km Relay Gold Medal Final 8 p.m. Women's Alpine Skiing - Slalom Gold Medal Final; Men's Short Track - (500 Gold Medal Final, 5000 Relay Gold Medal Final); Women's Shor t Track - 1000 Gold Medal Final; Men's Speedskating - Team Pursuit Semifi- nals 12:30 a.m. Women's Speedskating - Team Pursuit Quarterfinals NBCSN 6:30 a.m. Women's Biathlon - 4x6km Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Women's Freestyle Skiing - Cross Gold Medal Final 8:45 a.m. Men's Hockey - Semifinal, Canada vs. United States (LIVE); Women's Speedskating - Team Pursuit Quarterfinals 2 p.m. Game of the Day: Hockey 12 Mid. Men's and Women's Snow- boarding - Parallel Slalom Competi- tions 1:30 a.m. Women's Cross-Country - 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men's and women's Snow- boarding - Parallel Slalom Gold Medal Finals CNBC 2 p.m. Men's Curling - Gold Medal Final, Sweden vs. Canada 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. AP Photo USA's Monique Lamoureux, Megan Bozek and Meghan Duggan, left to right, react after losing in overtime to Canada to win the silver medal in the women's hockey final at the Sochi Winter Olympics Thursday in Sochi. Americans settle for silver SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Canada won its fourth straight women's Olympic hockey title, breaking Thursday's pattern of first-time winners on the slopes and ice of the Sochi Games. Down 2-0 in the final period, the Canadians rallied to force over- time, and then won it on Marie- Philip Poulin's power play goal 8:10 into the extra period. It marked the fourth time the two North American powers have met for the gold. The U.S. won only the sport's inaugural Olympic title in 1998. Elsewhere, it was a day of firsts. France swept the podium in the men's skicross, claiming all three medals in a Winter Games event for the first time; Adelina Sotniko- va gave Russia its first Olympic gold in women's figure skating; Canada won its first gold medal in women's curling; and Maddie Bowman of the US won gold in the debut of women's halfpipe skiing. Also, perennial Winter Games power Norway won the Nordic combined team competition — and its games-leading 10th gold medal. On Day 14 of the Sochi Olympics, a Ukrainian skier with- drew from competitions in response to the deaths of dozens of anti-government protesters in her country. ''I don't want to participate when in my country people die,'' Bogdana Matsotska told The Asso- ciated Press. ——— FIGURE SKATING: The 17- year-old Sotnikova's victory dropped defending champion Yuna Kim into second place. Julia Lip- nitskaia, the Russian sensation with the weight of a nation on her 15-year-old shoulders, again fell during her routine and ended up fifth. Carolina Kostner of Italy took bronze. The Russians have won three figure skating gold medals at the Sochi Olympics: team, pairs and women's. Only the women's was a surprise. ——— ICE HOCKEY: Poulin also scored Canada's tying goal in the final minute of regulation. Brianne Jenner scored the other for Canada, which has won 20 straight in the Winter Games since the Nagano final in 1998. Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter scored for the U.S. Switzerland beat Sweden for the bronze medal. ——— FREESTYLE: The 20-year-old Bowman edged silver-medalist Marie Martinod of France in ski halfpipe, while Ayana Onozuka of Japan took the bronze. Bowman put together a pair of athletic runs that produced the two highest scores in the finals. In the men's skicross, Jean Frederic Chapuis won the gold to lead the French 1- 2-3 finish. Arnaud Bovolenta won silver and Jonathan Midol captured bronze. ——— NORDIC COMBINED: Nor- way finished third in the ski jump- ing and had to start the 20-kilome- ter race behind. But cross-country ski specialist Mangus Moan made up the deficit on the first leg and Norway outdueled Germany and defending champion Austria in the relay. Germany, which had the lead after the ski jump, took silver and Austria got the bronze. ——— CURLING: Canada's 6-3 gold medal victory in women's Olympic curling came at the expense of Sweden, which had beaten the Canadians for the title in Vancou- ver four years ago. Britain won the bronze by beating Switzerland 6-5. 2 admit guilt in Giants fan attack LOS ANGELES (AP) — An angry judge lashed out Thursday as he sentenced two men for the savage beating of a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, call- ing them cowards and a nightmare for people who go to games. Judge George Lomeli also called out defendant Louis Sanchez for smirking during the hearing on the 2011 beating that left 45-year-old victim Bryan Stow brain damaged and permanently disabled, requiring 24-hour-a-day care. ''You are the biggest nightmare for people who attend public events,'' Lomeli said as he faced Sanchez and co- defendant Marvin Norwood across a courtroom crowded with media and members of Stow's family who wept and denounced the two men. Lomeli told them, ''You not only ruined the life of Mr. Stow (but) his children, his family, his friends.'' Sanchez, 31, acknowledging he kicked and punched Stow, pleaded guilty to one count of mayhem and was sen- tenced to eight years in prison with credit for 1,086 days. Norwood pleaded guilty to one count of assault likely to produce great bodily injury and was sentenced to four years. His credit for time already in custody appeared to account for at least the majority of that term. Deputy District Attorney Michele Hanisee said Norwood could be released immediately. However, they still face fed- eral weapons possession charges that could send them to fed- eral prison for another 10 years. The men were sentenced after Stow's family addressed the court. His sisters wept. David Stow, the victim's father, placed a Giants ball cap on a podium before he spoke. ''The years you spend in prison is what you cretins deserve,'' he said as Sanchez smirked at him. The victim's sister, Bonnie Stow, described her brother's anguished life. ''We shower him, we dress him, we fix his meals,'' she said. ''We make sure he gets his 13 medications throughout the day. He takes two different anti-seizure medications to prevent the seizures he endured for months after you brutal- ly and cowardly attacked him.'' The beating shocked sports fans everywhere and drew attention to the problem of fan violence at sports events. Both teams issued brief statements after the sentencing. ''We are pleased that the culpable parties have finally accepted responsibility for their actions and have been sen- tenced for their crimes,'' the Dodgers said. The team did not comment further, citing a pending civil suit over the attack. Giants' spokeswoman Shana Daum said, ''We continue to support Bryan and his family and hope that this develop- ment will help the Stows as they move forward from this tragic event.'' Stow, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, was nearly beaten to death in a parking lot after attending the 2011 opening day game between the fierce rivals The attack prompted public outrage and led to increased security at Dodgers' games. A civil suit by Stow is pending against the Dodgers organiza- tion and former owner Frank McCourt. Outside court, Hanisee said prosecutors had obtained sen- tences close to the maximum possible if the defendants had been convicted at trial. She said there were insufficient facts to justify a more severe charge of attempted murder. Sanchez and Norwood were arrested after a lengthy man- hunt and acknowledged their involvement during a series of secretly recorded jailhouse conversations. Norwood was recorded telling his mother by phone that he was involved and saying, ''I will certainly go down for it.'' The words the two men spoke in a jail lockup, unaware they were being recorded, were played at a previous prelim- inary hearing as they were ordered to stand trial on charges of mayhem and assault and battery. Sanchez acknowledged he attacked a Giants fan, and Norwood said he had no regrets about backing him up. Nets consider signing Collins AP photo Jason Collins walks past reporters for a State Din- ner at the White House in Washington on Feb. 11. Red Bluff Spartans Senior Night Red Bluff High's boys basketball team (13-11, 1-6 Sac River League), which is vying for the fourth seed in the Northern Section CIF Division III playoffs, will host Shasta (14-10, 3-4 SRL) at 7:30 tonight. It's the final regular season game for the Spartans as well as senior night. The school's gym is scheduled to have more than 30 updated pennants erected, honoring the past titles won by Red Bluff High's sports teams.