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left in the game, brought the game to within four points after Curl knocked down a field goal. And with about 40 seconds left, a Starman jumper had the Warriors within two points, down 52-50. The Lumberjacks, how - ever, would put the game out of reach after hitting a field goal and making a pair of free throws. The Warriors have six players slated to return next year, including Star - man and Maddie Flynn, who scored 10 points on the day. "We'll be OK," Shella- barger said. Mercy's Cheyanne John- son scored five points, Mi- chelle Jaramillo tallied four points, and Julia Misslin scored two points. Mercy From Page 1 investigating the distribu- tion of PEDs. And he didn't even come close to election to the Hall in his first two turns on the ballot. Advice for the writers who have not voted for him: "You guys are all adults. I have no advice for you." One topic he wouldn't dis - cuss: Alex Rodriguez, who is serving a season-long drug suspension. Bonds said he respects Rodriguez and will talk to him individually, "not in a press conference." Meeting with about three dozen media for about 30 minutes on a patio over - looking the left field area at Scottsdale Stadium, Bonds wanted to put the contro- versial past behind him. "It feels really good to be back," Bonds said. "It feels good to give back to the game that I love. Hopefully, I'll be a part of this longer. ... I'm enjoying it. "I am more nervous at this than I was playing, be - cause it was only my mind and me. Hopefully I can bring good value to the ball- club. We'll see how it works out," he added. "I don't even know if I'm good at it." Looking about 30 pounds lighter than his playing weight of 230 and consid - erably more affable, Bonds wore an orange-and-black Giants cap, a black wind- breaker and baseball pants, ready for the first day of work in a seven-day stay in camp. He appeared relaxed, laughing and joking more in a few minutes than he did during the years when he ruled the team's club - house from his corner re- clining chair. "I'm just a different character. I was a differ- ent character playing," he said. "Now I've had time to slow down, do other things. I needed that guy to play, it's who I was at the time. I'm the same person, just a dif - ferent character. ... Team- mates used to say, you don't play when you're nice. It worked. Whatever it was, it worked." After meeting with the media, Bonds watched Posey and others intently in the batting cage. "The timing was right. That's why it's happening now," manager Bruce Bochy said. "It's good for Barry to see how it's going to work for him. To me, he is one of the greatest minds in baseball." Would he perhaps like to manage some day? "I want to try and get through these seven days first," he said with a laugh. Bonds From Page 1 Chris Carlson —The assoCiaTed Press Barry Bonds speaks before a spring training baseball game in scottsdale, ariz. on Monday. By The Associated Press SCoTTSDaLe, ariz. » Matt Cain pitched five perfect in- nings for the San Francisco Giants on Monday, but the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 3-2 victory. The right-hander, who will be the Giants' No. 2 starter behind left-hander Madison Bumgarner during the regular season, threw 59 pitches and struck out seven. Right-hander Jeff Sa - mardzija, the Cubs' open- ing-day starter, also had an effective outing. He gave up two runs in four innings and struck out five. Pablo Sandoval's two- run single in the fourth gave the Giants an early lead, but the Cubs scored a run in the sixth and two in the seventh. The decisive run scored on two infield errors as part of the same play. Starting time Cubs: Samardzija set ca- reer marks last year with 33 starts, 213 2-3 innings pitched and 214 strikeouts in his second full season in the rotation. He was the first Cubs pitcher to reach both 200 strikeouts and 200 innings since Ryan Dempster in 2010. He was 8-13 with two complete games, one shut - out and a 4.34 ERA. Giants: Cain is feeling much better about himself than he last year, when he was 8-10 in 30 starts. "Last year, I gave up a lot of two-strike hits. I didn't finish the hitter off for some reason," Cain said. "Today, we were able to able to finish off the hitters. We threw better pitches when we were ahead in the count, which is always nice." T h e ent i r e s t a r t i n g pit ch i n g st a f f app ea r s to be more focused this spring with an eye on the regular season, which be - gins March 31 on the road against the Arizona Dia- mondbacks. Trainer's room Giants: Left fielder Mi- ch ael Mor s e r et u r ne d to the lineup after miss- ing three games with a strained calf and had a hit. ... Right fielder Hunter Pence also had a double af - ter dealing with a sore left elbow. Former Giant shines Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez, who pitched a no-hitter for San Fran- cisco against the San Di- ego Padres in July of 2009, earned the save on Monday for the Cubs against his for- mer team, his second save of the spring. The man who caught that no-hitter, Eli White - side, also is with the Cubs now and started Monday's game. Focused sandoval Sandoval appears to be locked in at the plate for the Giants. He had two more hits, raising his bat - ting average for the spring to .381. Cain is perfect for 5 innings but Cubs rally to top Giants Chris Carlson — The assoCiaTed Press san Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain throws to the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a spring exhibition baseball game in scottsdale, ariz., Monday. BasketBall College Basketball, Horizon league tournament, Final, Milwaukee at Wright state: esPn, 4 p.m. College Basketball, NeC tour- nament, Final, Mt. st. Mary's at Robert Morris: esPn2, 4 p.m. NBa Basketball, sacramento kings at Detroit Pistons: Csn, 4:30 p.m. College Basketball, West Coast Conference tourna- ment, Final, tBa: esPn, 6 p.m. College Basketball, summit league tournament, Final, tBa: esPn2, 6 p.m. Women's College Basketball, Big east tournament, Final: Fs1, 6 p.m. NBa Basketball, Dallas Mavericks at Golden state Warriors: CsnBa, 7:30 p.m. HoCkey NHl Hockey, Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Pen- guins: nBCsn, 4:30 p.m. NHl Hockey, toronto Maple leafs at san Jose sharks: Csn, 7:30 p.m. soCCeR UeFa Champions league soccer, arsenal at Bayern Munich: Fs1, 12:30 p.m. on the air Basketball Western ConferenCe Pacific Division W L Pct GB Clippers 44 20 .688 — Golden State 40 24 .625 4 Phoenix 36 26 .581 7 Sacramento 22 41 .349 211/2 Lakers 22 42 .344 22 southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 46 16 .742 — Houston 44 19 .698 21/2 Dallas 38 26 .594 9 Memphis 36 26 .581 10 New Orleans 26 37 .413 201/2 northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 46 17 .730 — Portland 42 21 .667 4 Minnesota 31 31 .500 141/2 Denver 27 36 .429 19 Utah 22 41 .349 24 eastern ConferenCe atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 35 27 .565 — Brooklyn 32 30 .516 3 New York 25 40 .385 111/2 Boston 22 41 .349 131/2 Philadelphia 15 48 .238 201/2 southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 44 17 .721 — Washington 33 30 .524 12 Charlotte 30 34 .469 151/2 Atlanta 26 35 .426 18 Orlando 19 45 .297 261/2 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 46 17 .730 — Chicago 35 28 .556 11 Detroit 24 39 .381 22 Cleveland 24 40 .375 221/2 Milwaukee 12 50 .194 331/2 Monday's games Charlotte 105, Denver 98 Brooklyn 101, Toronto 97 Miami 99, Washington 90 New York 123, Philadelphia 110 Orlando at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. tuesday's games Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Houston at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday's games Denver at Orlando, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Washington, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Miami, 4 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 4 p.m. New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Dallas at Utah, 6 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Cleveland at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Golden State at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. nets 101, raptors 97 raPtors (97) Ross 5-12 0-0 12, A.Johnson 8-14 0-0 16, Valanciunas 2-3 2-3 6, Lowry 8-16 1-1 21, DeRozan 3-9 8-8 14, Hansbrough 4-6 8-10 16, Vasquez 2-6 0-0 4, Salmons 1-3 2-2 4, Novak 1-1 0-0 2, Hayes 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 35-71 21-24 97. nets (101) J.Johnson 6-13 0-0 14, Pierce 3-8 6-8 15, Plumlee 3-7 0-0 6, Williams 6-13 2-4 18, Livingston 7-10 4-4 18, Blatche 4-7 1-2 9, Thornton 2-6 0-1 5, Teletovic 1-3 3-4 5, Anderson 2-3 6-8 11, Collins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-70 22-31 101. toronto 30 21 22 24 — 97 Brooklyn 19 31 28 23 — 101 3-Point Goals: Toronto 6-23 (Lowry 4-8, Ross 2-8, Salmons 0-1, A.Johnson 0-1, DeRozan 0-2, Vasquez 0-3), Brooklyn 11-20 (Williams 4-7, Pierce 3-4, J.Johnson 2-4, Anderson 1-1, Thornton 1-3, Tele - tovic 0-1); fouled out: None; rebounds: Toronto 42 (Lowry 8), Brooklyn 42 (Plumlee 8); assists: Toronto 19 (Lowry 7), Brooklyn 15 (Williams 5); total fouls: Toronto 22, Brooklyn 27; technicals: Hansbrough, Blatche; a: 17,351 (17,732). Knicks 123, 76ers 110 76ers (110) Thompson 2-6 0-0 5, Young 8-22 1-2 18, Sims 4-4 2-2 10, Carter-Williams 8-12 6-9 23, Anderson 7-12 0-0 17, Wroten 8-18 7-8 23, Varnado 1-2 2-4 4, Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Maynor 0-0 0-0 0, Mullens 0-0 0-0 0, Moultrie 4-5 0-0 8. Totals 43-84 18-25 110. KniCKs (123) Anthony 9-24 4-4 22, Smith 8-18 2-4 22, Stoudemire 9-10 5-8 23, Felton 4-5 2-2 13, Shumpert 1-3 0-0 2, Hardaway Jr. 9-13 5-6 28, Prigioni 1-2 0-0 3, Tyler 2-4 2-4 6, Clark 0-1 2-2 2, S.Brown 0-0 0-4 0, Murry 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 44-81 22-34 123. Philadelphia 31 30 24 25 _ 110 new York 26 35 30 32 _ 123 3-Point Goals: Philadelphia 6-20 (Ander- son 3-8, Carter-Williams 1-2, Young 1-3, Thompson 1-4, Wroten 0-1, Williams 0-2), New York 13-32 (Hardaway Jr. 5-7, Smith 4-11, Felton 3-4, Prigioni 1-2, Shumpert 0-1, Anthony 0-7); fouled out: None; rebounds: Philadelphia 53 (Carter- Williams 13), New York 44 (Anthony 9); assists: Philadelphia 26 (Carter-Williams 10), New York 20 (Anthony, Smith 5); total fouls: Philadelphia 25, New York 24; a: 19,812 (19,763). Bucks 105, Magic 98 MaGiC (98) Harkless 5-10 1-1 14, O'Quinn 5-8 0-0 10, Vucevic 6-13 0-0 12, Nelson 5-9 0-0 13, Afflalo 4-14 3-6 12, Harris 5-10 1-1 11, Oladipo 5-6 0-0 12, Moore 4-7 0-0 8, Nicholson 3-9 0-0 6, Lamb 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 42-88 5-8 98. BuCKs (105) Middleton 5-13 6-6 21, Ilyasova 6-13 3-6 16, Pachulia 2-5 0-0 4, Knight 9-23 5-5 24, Wolters 4-8 0-0 8, Antetokounmpo 2-4 1-2 6, Henson 5-9 0-0 10, Adrien 0-0 0-0 0, Sessions 5-8 6-6 16, Mayo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-84 21-25 105. orlando 24 27 20 27 _ 98 Milwaukee 13 32 23 37 _ 105 3-Point Goals: Orlando 9-23 (Nelson 3-5, Harkless 3-7, Oladipo 2-2, Afflalo 1-5, Harris 0-1, Nicholson 0-1, Moore 0-2), Milwaukee 8-27 (Middleton 5-8, Antetokounmpo 1-2, Ilyasova 1-6, Knight 1-9, Mayo 0-1, Wolters 0-1); fouled out: None; rebounds: Orlando 49 (Vucevic 12), Milwaukee 50 (Ilyasova 11); assists: Orlando 23 (Nelson 7), Milwaukee 25 (Sessions 8); total fouls: Orlando 22, Mil - waukee 9; technicals: Orlando defensive three second; a: 10,114 (18,717). Heat 99, Wizards 90 WizarDs (90) Ariza 2-11 1-1 6, Booker 3-8 0-0 6, Gortat 7-15 0-1 14, Wall 2-8 1-2 7, Beal 7-18 1-1 18, Webster 5-9 3-4 17, Harrington 1-5 0-0 3, Gooden 7-12 0-0 15, Porter Jr. 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Temple 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-89 6-9 90. Heat (99) James 10-15 0-0 23, Battier 2-3 0-0 6, Bosh 10-14 0-0 22, Chalmers 0-7 0-0 0, Wade 8-17 6-6 22, Allen 5-9 0-0 13, An- dersen 3-5 3-3 9, Cole 0-4 0-0 0, Beasley 2-6 0-0 4, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-80 9-9 99. Washington 23 22 28 17 — 90 Miami 31 22 20 26 — 99 3-Point Goals: Washington 12-31 (Web- ster 4-8, Beal 3-7, Wall 2-4, Gooden 1-2, Harrington 1-3, Ariza 1-7), Miami 10-21 (James 3-4, Allen 3-6, Battier 2-3, Bosh 2- 3, C ole 0 -2 , C ha lm er s 0 -3 ); f oul ed o ut: None; rebounds: Washington 59 (Gortat 18), Miami 37 (Bosh, James 7); assists: Washington 24 (Wall 8), Miami 26 (James 8); total fouls: Washington 14, Miami 11; technicals: Miami defensive three second; a: 19,657 (19,600). Bobcats 105, nuggets 98 nuGGets (98) Chandler 3-13 1-1 9, Faried 7-10 1-2 15, Mozgov 4-8 1-2 9, Lawson 9-19 4-6 24, Foye 4-8 1-2 9, Fournier 0-1 0-0 0, Vesely 2-4 1-3 5, Hickson 2-7 7-10 11, Arthur 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 5-11 5-5 16, Randolph 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-83 21-31 98. BoBCats (105) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-5 2-2 6, McRoberts 5-7 2-2 15, Jefferson 12-23 2-6 26, Walker 6-15 12-12 24, Douglas-Roberts 2-8 3-4 9, Zeller 2-2 0-0 4, Neal 7-9 2-2 19, Ridnour 1-4 0-0 2, Tolliver 0-6 0-0 0, Biyombo 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 37-81 23-28 105. Denver 22 23 23 30 — 98 Charlotte 25 26 28 26 — 105 3-Point Goals: Denver 5-24 (Lawson 2-6, Chandler 2-10, Brooks 1-4, Randolph 0-1, Foye 0-3), Charlotte 8-20 (Neal 3-3, McRoberts 3-4, Douglas-Roberts 2-6, Ridnour 0-1, Tolliver 0-6); fouled out: None; rebounds: Denver 56 (Faried 9), Charlotte 50 (Jefferson 13); assists: Den - ver 16 (Lawson 6), Charlotte 21 (Walker 7); total fouls: Denver 23, Charlotte 21; a: 14,312 (19,077). College men tournaMent Colonial athletic association Championship Delaware 75, William & Mary 74 Metro atlantic athletic Conference Championship Manhattan 71, Iona 68 Mid-american Conference first round E. Michigan 72, Cent. Michigan 60 Miami (Ohio) 71, Kent St. 64 Ohio 76, Ball St. 64 Mid-eastern athletic Conference first round Norfolk St. 78, Md.-Eastern Shore 74 su mm it L ea gu e semifinals N. Dakota St. 83, Denver 48 College women tournaMent america east Conference Championship Albany (NY) 70, Stony Brook 46 american athletic Conference Championship UConn 72, Louisville 52 Big east Conference semifinals DePaul 100, Marquette 90 St. John's 68, Creighton 63, 2OT Horizon League first round Valparaiso 76, Detroit 69 Metro atlantic athletic Conference Championship Marist 70, Quinnipiac 66 Mid-american Conference first round Ball St. 73, Kent St. 38 N. Illinois 81, E. Michigan 76, OT Toledo 61, Ohio 44 W. Michigan 82, Miami (Ohio) 72 Mid-eastern athletic Conference first round Florida A&M 86, Delaware St. 58 Md.-Eastern Shore 70, Norfolk St. 66 Savannah St. 82, Morgan St. 71 Mountain West Conference first round UNLV 78, San Jose St. 75 Utah St. 69, New Mexico 66 Patriot League semifinals Army 68, American U. 55 Holy Cross 75, Navy 56 southern Conference Championship Chattanooga 71, Davidson 45 summit League semifinals Denver 76, IUPUI 69, OT South Dakota 72, S. Dakota St. 58 West Coast Conference semifinals BY U 7 7, P ac if ic 6 4 Gonzaga 68, Saint Mary's (Cal) 60 Baseball Major LeaGue BaseBaLL sPrinG traininG at Glendale, ariz. oakland 000 012 050 — 8 11 0 La (n) 400 000 400 — 8 10 1 J.Parker, Savery (5), Otero (6), Gre- gerson (7), D.Hooker (7), A.Leon (8) and C.Gimenez, Vogt; Ryu, League (6), C. Per ez ( 6) , H ow el l ( 7) , B .W il so n ( 8) , C.Frias (8), Magill (8), Jansen (9) and Olivo, Federowicz; HRs — Oakland, Donaldson (2), M.Taylor (2). Los Angeles (N), Ethier (1), Uribe (2). at scottsdale, ariz. Chicago (n) 000 001 200 — 3 7 2 san francisco 000 200 000— 2 6 2 Samardzija, Al.Cabrera (5), Rusin (6), J.Sanchez (9) and Whiteside, R.Lopez; M.Cain, Huff (6), Affeldt (7), J.De Paula (8), Kontos (9) and H.Sanchez, Quiroz. W — Rusin; L — Affeldt; sv — J.Sanchez. NHL Western ConferenCe Pacific Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Anaheim 64 43 14 7 93 207 157 San Jose 65 41 17 7 89 199 157 Los Angeles 65 37 22 6 80 159 137 Phoenix 65 30 24 11 71 181 188 Vancouver 66 29 27 10 68 153 174 Calgary 64 25 32 7 57 150 191 Edmonton 65 22 35 8 52 162 212 Central Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga St. Louis 64 44 14 6 94 211 145 Chicago 65 38 13 14 90 223 172 Colorado 64 41 18 5 87 196 170 Minnesota 64 34 22 8 76 158 157 Dallas 64 31 23 10 72 185 179 Winnipeg 65 30 28 7 67 180 189 Nashville 65 27 28 10 64 156 194 eastern ConferenCe atlantic Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Boston 64 42 17 5 89 204 143 Montreal 66 35 24 7 77 166 166 Toronto 65 34 23 8 76 193 198 Tampa Bay 65 34 24 7 75 186 171 Detroit 64 29 22 13 71 171 179 Ottawa 65 28 25 12 68 185 213 Florida 64 24 33 7 55 156 206 Buffalo 64 19 37 8 46 128 188 Metropolitan Division GP W L ot Pts Gf Ga Pittsburgh 64 43 17 4 90 204 159 N.Y. Rangers 65 35 26 4 74 171 162 Philadelphia 64 33 24 7 73 183 188 Columbus 64 33 26 5 71 186 178 Washington 66 30 26 10 70 193 200 New Jersey 65 28 24 13 69 161 167 Carolina 64 27 28 9 63 160 184 N.Y. Islanders 66 24 33 9 57 181 224 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Phoenix 4, Tampa Bay 3, SO Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 Nashville 4, Ottawa 3, OT Columbus at Dallas, susp. Winnipeg at Colorado, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Toronto at Anaheim, 7 p.m. tuesday's games Nashville at Buffalo, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 4 p.m. Detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. odds GLantz-CuLver Line For March 11 nCaa Basketball favorite Line underdog at Princeton 14 Penn Conference usa at el Paso, texas fi rs t r oun d North Texas 31/2 Rice Marshall 1 FAU East Carolina 7 UTSA Horizon LeaGue Championship at Wright St. 61/2 Milwaukee West Coast Conference at L as v ega s Championship Saint Mary's 11/2 San Francisco OR BYU 3 Saint Mary's (Cal) OR Gonzaga 8 San Francisco OR Gonzaga 41/2 BYU suMMit LeaGue at sioux falls, s.D. Championship S. Dakota St. 1 Denver OR Denver 21/2 IPFW OR N. Dakota St. 5 S. Dakota St. OR N. Dakota St. 81/2 IPFW Mid-eastern athletic Conference at norfolk, va. first round NC A&T 11/2 Howard U. Coppin St. 4 Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M 2 Delaware St. northeast Conference Championship at Robert Morris 41/2 Mount St. Mary's southwestern athletic Conference at Houston first round MVSU 11/2 Prairie View Jackson St. 71/2 Grambling St. nBa favorite Line (o/u) underdog at Indiana 12 (1911/2) Boston at Detroit 3 (213) Sacramento at Memphis 4 (200) Portland at Minnesota 141/2 (2131/2) Milwaukee San Antonio 4 (1871/2) at Chicago at Okl City 41/2 (215) Houston at Golden State 51/2 (213) Dallas nHL favorite Line underdog N.Y. Rangers -140/+120 at Carolina at Philadelphia -135/+115 New Jersey Nashville -135/+115 at Buffalo at Columbus -140/+120 Detroit at Pittsburgh -200/+170 Washington at F lo ri da - 12 0/ +1 00 P ho en ix at St. Louis -220/+180 Dallas at Minnesota -200/+170 Edmonton at San Jose -220/+180 Toronto Transactions BaseBaLL american League Baltimore orioles: Optioned LHP Tim Berry and C Michael Ohlman to Bowie (EL). Reassigned C Brian Ward to their minor league camp. Cleveland indians: Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Allen, LHP Scott Barnes, RHP Carlos Carrasco, C Yan Gomes, INF Erik Gonzalez, RHP Preston Guilmet, LHP Nick Hagadone, INF Jason Kipnis, OF Carlos Moncrief and RHP Bryan Price on one-year contracts. Renewed the 2014 contract of RHP Zach McAllister. Kansas City royals: Optioned LHP Chris Dwyer to Omaha (PCL) and LHP John Lamb, INF Cheslor Cuthbert and OF Lane Adams to Northwest Arkansas (Texas). Assigned RHPs Kyle Zimmer, Jason Adam, Aaron Brooks and Sugar Ray Marimon, C Juan Graterol, INF Brandon Laird and Ofs Jorge Bonifacio, Gorkys Hernandez, Melky Mesa and Paulo Orlando to their minor league camp. Los angeles angels: Optioned LHP Michael Roth to Salt Lake (PCL). Reas - signed RHP Jarrett Grube, RHP Michael Morin, RHP Mark Sappington and LHP Justin Thomas to their minor league camp. oakland athletics: Optioned OF Shane Peterson to Sacramento (PCL), RHP Raul Alcantara to Midland (Texas) and RHP Michael Ynoa to Stockton (Cal). national League atlanta Braves: Named Horacio Ramirez coaching assistant. Houston astros: Optioned LHP Luis Cruz, RHP David Martinez, OF Domingo Santana and C Max Stassi to their minor league camp. new York Mets: Optioned OF Cesar Puel- lo, RHP Erik Goeddel, LHPs Steven Matz and Josh Edgin and INF Wilfredo Tovar to minor league camp. Reassigned LHPs Jack Leathersich and Adam Kolarek, RHPs Logan Verrett, Chasen Bradford and John Church, C Kevin Plawecki, INFs Danny Muno and INF Dustin Lawley, and Ofs Brandon Nimmo and Cory Vaughn to minor league camp. Pittsburgh Pirates: Reassigned RHP Jameson Taillon, INF Matt Hague and C Carlos Paulinoto their minor league camp. Optioned RHP Casey Sadler to Indianapolis and INF Alen Hanson and LHP Joely Rodriguez to Altoona (EL). st. Louis Cardinals: Optioned RHP Angel Castro, OF Mike O'neill and OF Rafael Ortega to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned RHP Kurt Heyer, RHP Boone Whiting, INF Patrick Wisdom, C Carson Kelly, C Casey Rasmus and C Cody Stanley to their minor league camp. BasKetBaLL national Basketball association new York Knicks: Signed G Shannon Brown and F Earl Clark to second 10-day contracts. nBa Development League nBadl: Announced the addition of a franchise in White Plains, N.Y., to begin in the 2014-15 season. idaho stampede: Acquired F Vander Blue from Delaware. footBaLL national football League atlanta falcons: Promoted Mark Collins to outside linebackers coach. Named Andrew Thacker defensive assistant. Signed OL Mike Johnson to a one-year contract extension. Buffalo Bills: Named Thad Bogardus defensive quality control coach. Carolina Panthers: Re-signed FB Richie Brockel to a two-year contract and OL Garry Williams to a one-year contract. Dallas Cowboys: Signed P Chris Jones. Denver Broncos: Announced the retire - ment of OL Chris Kuper. Green Bay Packers: Re-signed CB Sam Shields. indianapolis Colts: Signed LB Justin Hickman to a contract extension. Promoted Brad White to assistant linebackers coach. jacksonville jaguars: Announced DE Jason Babin voided the final two years of his contract. SPriNg TraiNiNg Scoreboard | SPORTS | redBlUFFdailYneWs.CoM TUesdaY, MarCh 11, 2014 2 B