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The Associated Press LOSANGELES LosAngeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he declined a chance to speak with owner Don - ald Sterling, who is alleged to have made racist com- ments in a recorded con- versation. "I was asked, do I need to talk with Donald, and I passed, quite honestly," Rivers said Monday. "I don't think right now is the time or the place, for me, at least. I just took a pass." Sterling is purported to have told a woman not to bring black people to his games or associate with them. "Yeah, I believe he said those things. But I still want to make sure," Rivers said during a conference call. "As far as believing those things? I heard what he said. Until someone tells me differently, you usually listen to what people say. I haven't given him his due process. I haven't given him an opportunity to ex - plain himself and quite honestly right now I don't want him to. I want to wait for that further judgment." The coach canceled practice Monday, a day after a 118-97 loss to the Golden State Warriors that evened their playoff series at 2-2. "I just felt like they needed to breathe. They've been inundated with this," Rivers said. Still, he said pretty much the entire team was at the club's practice facil - ity. "I'll go down and say hi to them and talk to them, make sure they're in the right place. Right now it's more than basketball. This is a non-basketball deci - sion that I thought I had to make and I thought it was right decision. If you get your life better, then you can probably do your work better. They need to do that." Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles. "These last 48 hours or so have been really hard for our players and ev - eryone," Rivers said. "I'd just like to reiterate how disappointed I am in the comments attributed to our owner. I can't tell you how upset I am, our play - ers are." Warriors coach Mark Jackson suggested that Clippers fans should boy - cott the game. "I believe if it was me, I wouldn't come to the ga me ," Ja ck so n sa id . "I b e - lieve the fans, the loudest statement that they can make as fans is to not show up to the game. ... To me, it will make the noise of it not being tolerated. That this is a different time. It's unfor - tunate, and we cannot al- low someone with these feelings to profit." Rivers said he knew Jackson was speaking from his heart and that everyone has their opinion. "I don't share that. I hope it's packed and people are cheering for us, the play - ers. And they were cheer- ing for the players before this happened. But if they feel differently, who can say they're wrong? And I'm not the one that's going to say that, I can tell you that." Rivers said it's still to be determined whether he or a player will address the crowd. "Again, we don't know the right answer," Rivers said. "We want to do right here. We want to make the best decisions here. If we feel that's something will help our fans, then it will be done. If we feel it's something they don't need, we won't do it. The tickets have already been sold. The fans, they're in a dilemma as well. We want them to cheer for their players and their team. Because it's still their players and their team, and it will be their players and their team. I think from what I get from the fans I've heard from, that's how they feel, like, 'This is my team, these are my players I'm cheer - ing for, and that's not going to change.' I hope that con- tinues." NBA Ri ve rs d ec li ne s ch an ce to speak with Sterling and Anthony Peter was 29th (108') for Corning. Lowe finished in sixth place in the shot put (46'4.5"). Peter was eighth (44'3") and Jackson 22nd (39'0.5"). Torres was fourth in the 200 meters (23.64). Alvarado added a sev - enth place finish in the 200 meters (23.87) and a 10th place finish in the 100 me- ters (11.93 seconds), Davila was fifth (24.24) in the 200 and 11th (11.97 seconds) in the 100. Stone also placed 10th in the 100 meters (11.89) ac - cording to posted results. Corning's Ulyses Con- treas was 17th in the 3200 meters (11:40.93) and Red Bluff's Karl Parks placed 18th (11:44.56). In the 1600 meters Corn- ing's Miguel Rios was fifth (4:53.95), Red Bluff's Sean White was 22nd (5:07.91), Corning's Erik Rios was 25th (5:10.64), Parks placed 43rd (5:21.47) and Red Bluff's Ian Borchard was 53rd (5:35.01). White was 36th in the 800 meters (2:22.11). Girls West Valley claimed the girls team title with 70 points. Tahoe-Truckee was second with 60 points, followed by Arcta with 41 points. The Lady Spartans placed 16th out of 24 schools with 11 points. Adrienne Hinkston won the 800 meters in 2:28.22 for Red Bluff. She placed third in the 200 meters at 27 seconds flat. Sosie O'Sullivan was 27th (29.90). Daisy Brose, Allison Winning, Jordan Vazquez and Hinkston were fourth in the 4x400 (4:19.49). Brose placed sixth in the 300 meter hurdles (49.11). In the shot put Tay - lor Phillips was 12th (29'10.25"), Ana Servin was 20th (28'5") and Dan- ielle Lightfoot was 45th (23'1.25"). Camille Hess and Servin tied for 24th in the discus (74'1"). Lightfoot was 31st (70'4"). In the long jump O'Sullivan was 31st (11'10") and Winning placed 33rd (11'3"). Vazquez was 41st in the 100 meters (14.37). Track FrOm PAGE 1 Mar ci o J os e s anc hez — T he as so ci aT ed Pr es s Lo s a ng el es c lip pe rs h ea d co ac h d oc r iv er s a rg ue s a c al l a s h is te am p la ys th e G olden s tat e W ar ri or s du ri ng t he s ec on d h al f i n Gam e 4o f a n o pe ni ng - ro un d n Ba b as ke tb al l pl ay off s er ie s o n su nd ay i n oa kl an d. G olden s tat e w on 118 -9 7. MLBBaseBaLL Oakland athletics at Texas Rangers: 5p.m., csn. san Diego Padres at san Francisco Giants: 7p.m., csnBa. NBa PLayOFFs Teams TBa: 5p.m., TnT. Golden state Warriors at Los angeles Clippers. Western Conference First Round, Game 5: 7:30p.m., TnT. NHL PLayOFFs Conference Quarterfinal, Teams TBa: 4:30p.m., nBcsP. On the air The Associated Press LeBron James scored 31 points, and the Miami Heat completed a first-round sweep of the Charlotte Bob - cats with a 109-98 victory Monday night. James scored 19 points after injuring his thigh in the third quarter. He fin - ished the game 10 of 19 from the field and had nine assists. Chris Bosh added 17 points and Dwyane Wade battled through foul trou - ble and finished with 15 as Miami won its 20th straight game over Charlotte. The Heat will await the winner of Brooklyn-Toronto series, which is tied 2-2. Kemba Walker led Char - lotte with 29 points. The Bobcats played with- out Al Jefferson, their lead- ing scorer and rebounder who has been bothered by a foot injury since the first quarter of Game 1 The loss signaled the end of an era for the Bobcats. They will become the Hor - nets next season. HAwkS 107, PAcErS 97 Mike Scott made five 3-pointers during a 30-6 second-quarter run Mon- day night, and the Atlanta Hawks fended off a furious fourth-quarter rally to beat top-seeded Indiana 107-97 and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Atlanta can clinch the first-round series at home Thursday. Scott scored all 17 of his points during an incredi - ble 12-minute stretch when Atlanta went 13 of 16 from the field and outscored In- diana 41-19 to take a 61-40 halftime lead. The Hawks and the 1970 Milwaukee Bucks are the only road teams in the shot-clock era to score at least 40 points and allow fewer than 20 in any quarter of a play - off game. Shelvin Mack led the eighth-seeded Hawks with 20 points. Paul George had 26 for Indiana, which got as close as eight points in the final minute. NBA Heat complete sweep of Bobcats major League Baseball NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 15 10 .600 _ Colorado 14 12 .538 1 ½ Los Angeles 14 12 .538 1 ½ San Diego 12 14 .462 3 ½ Arizona 8 20 .286 8 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 18 7 .720 _ St. Louis 14 12 .538 4 ½ Cincinnati 11 14 .440 7 Pittsburgh 10 16 .385 8 ½ Chicago 8 16 .333 9 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 17 7 .708 _ New York 14 11 .560 3 ½ Washington 14 12 .538 4 Philadelphia 13 12 .520 4 ½ Miami 11 14 .440 6 ½ Sunday'sgames N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 0 Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0, 10 innings San Diego 4, Washington 2 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 4, Cleveland 1 Colorado 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 Philadelphia 2, Arizona 0 Monday'sgames Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday'sgames N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (A.Wood 2-3) at Miami (Fernan - dez 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-2) at Cincin- nati (Simon 3-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 5:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-1), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 1-0) at Arizona (Bolsinger 1-1), 6:40 p.m. San Diego (Stults 1-2) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 16 10 .615 _ Texas 15 11 .577 1 Los Angeles 11 13 .458 4 Seattle 10 14 .417 5 Houston 9 17 .346 7 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 12 9 .571 _ Minnesota 12 11 .522 1 Chicago 13 13 .500 1 ½ Kansas City 12 12 .500 1 ½ Cleveland 11 14 .440 3 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 15 10 .600 _ Baltimore 12 12 .500 2 ½ Toronto 12 13 .480 3 Boston 12 14 .462 3 ½ Tampa Bay 11 14 .440 4 Sunday'sgames Toronto 7, Boston 1 Kansas City 9, Baltimore 3 Houston 5, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 9, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit at Minnesota, ppd., inclement weather San Francisco 4, Cleveland 1 Seattle 6, Texas 5 N.Y. Yankees 3, L.A. Angels 2 Monday'sgames Oakland 4, Texas 0 Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Bedard 0-1) at Boston (Lackey 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 3-0) at Texas (M.Perez 4-0), 5:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (McGowan 1-1) at Kansas City (Vargas 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Athletics4,Rangers0 Oakland Texas AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 3 1 1 0 Choice lf 2 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0 Choo ph 1 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 4 0 1 2 Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 Moss lf 3 0 1 0 Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 Callasp dh 4 0 0 0 ABeltre 3b 3 0 0 0 Jaso c 4 1 2 0 Rios rf 3 0 1 0 Reddck rf 4 1 3 1 Morlnd dh 3 0 0 0 Barton 1b 2 0 0 1 DMrph 2b 2 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 2 1 0 0 JoWilsn 2b 1 0 0 0 LMartn cf 3 0 1 0 Chirins c 2 0 1 0 Totals 30 4 8 4 28 0 3 0 Oakland 002 200 000 — 4 Texas 000 000 000 — 0 DP: Oakland 2, Texas 2;LOB: Oakland 7, Texas 3;3B: Reddick (2);CS: Sogard (1); SF: Barton. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Gray W,4-1 9 3 0 0 1 6 Texas Darvish L,1-131/3 6 4 4 2 4 Poreda 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 N.Martinez 5 2 0 0 3 2 HBP: by Gray (Chirinos), by Darvish (Lowrie);WP: Gray 2. Umpires: Home, Jeff Nelson, First, Marcus Pattillo. Second, Laz Diaz. Third, Scott Barry. T: 3:03;A: 28,548 (48,114). NBA NBAPLAYOFFS Firstround (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday,April19 Brooklyn 94, Toronto 87 Golden State 109, L.A. Clippers 105 Atlanta 101, Indiana 93 Oklahoma City 100, Memphis 86 Sunday,April20 San Antonio 90, Dallas 85 Miami 99, Charlotte 88 Washington 102, Chicago 93 Portland 122, Houston 120, OT Monday,April21 Memphis 111, Oklahoma City 105, OT L.A. Clippers 138, Golden State 98 Tuesday,April22 Indiana 101, Atlanta 85 Toronto 100, Brooklyn 95 Washington 101, Chicago 99, OT Wednesday,April23 Miami 101, Charlotte 97 Dallas 113, San Antonio 92 Portland 112, Houston 105 Thursday,April24 Atlanta 98, Indiana 85, Memphis 98, Oklahoma City 95, OT L.A. Clippers 98, Golden State 96 Friday,April25 Brooklyn 102, Toronto 98 Chicago 100, Washington 97 Houston 121, Portland 116, OT Saturday,April26 Indiana 91, Atlanta 88 Dallas 109, San Antonio 108, Dallas leads series 2-1 Miami 98, Charlotte 85 Oklahoma City 92, Memphis 89, OT, series tied 2-2 Sunday,April27 Washington 98, Chicago 89, Washington leads series 3-1 Golden State 118, L.A. Clippers 97, series tied 2-2 Toronto 87, Brooklyn 79, series tied 2-2 Portland 123, Houston 120, OT, Portland leads series 3-1 Monday,April28 Miami 109, Charlotte 98, Miami wins series 4-0 Atlanta 107, Indiana 97, Atlanta leads series 3-2 San Antonio at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,April29 Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,April30 Dallas at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 5 p.m. Portland at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Thursday,May1 Indiana at Atlanta, 4 p.m. x-Chicago at Washington, 7 or 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 or 6:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Friday,May2 Toronto at Brooklyn, TBA x-San Antonio at Dallas, TBA x-Houston at Portland, TBA Saturday,May3 x-Atlanta at Indiana, TBA x-Washington at Chicago, TBA x-Memphis at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TBA Sunday,May4 x-Brooklyn at Toronto, TBA x-Dallas at San Antonio, TBA x-Portland at Houston, TBA Heat109,Bobcats98 HEAT(109) James 10-19 10-12 31, Haslem 0-1 0-0 0, Bosh 7-12 2-3 17, Chalmers 4-9 1-1 10, Wade 5-11 5-8 15, Cole 4-6 3-3 13, Lewis 2-4 0-0 4, Andersen 3-4 1-2 7, Allen 1-5 0-0 3, Jones 3-7 0-0 9. Totals 39-78 22-29 109. BOBCATS(98) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-4 0-0 4, McRoberts 3-8 3-4 10, Biyombo 3-5 1-4 7, Walker 11-15 3-5 29, Henderson 4-11 4-5 12, Zeller 0-1 1-2 1, Neal 8-19 0-1 16, Tolliver 0-1 3-3 3, Douglas-Roberts 3-3 6-6 14, Ridnour 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 35-69 21-30 98. Miami 26 26 32 25 _ 109 Charlotte 27 27 17 27 _ 98 3-PointGoals: Miami 9-24 (Jones 3-6, Cole 2-3, Bosh 1-2, Chalmers 1-3, Allen 1-4, James 1-5, Lewis 0-1), Charlotte 7-25 (Walker 4-7, Douglas-Roberts 2-2, McRoberts 1-5, Tolliver 0-1, Kidd- Gilchrist 0-1, Henderson 0-1, Ridnour 0-1, Neal 0-7);Fouledout: None;Rebounds: Miami 42 (Bosh 8), Charlotte 47 (McRob - erts 10);Assists: Miami 25 (James 9), Charlotte 22 (McRoberts, Walker 5); Totalfouls: Miami 21, Charlotte 24;A: 19,092 (19,077). motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughApril26 1. Jeff Gordon, 341. 2. Matt Kenseth, 336. 3. Carl Edwards, 313. 4. Kyle Busch, 310. 5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 309. 6. Joey Logano, 292. 7. Brad Keselowski, 287. 8. Jimmie Johnson, 282. 9. Ryan Newman, 272. 10. Brian Vickers, 256. 11. Greg Biffle, 256. 12. Austin Dillon, 252. 13. Kyle Larson, 251. 14. Denny Hamlin, 245. 15. Tony Stewart, 243. 16. Marcos Ambrose, 242. 17. A J Allmendinger, 240. 18. Paul Menard, 226. 19. Jamie McMurray, 226. 20. Kevin Harvick, 220. 21. Clint Bowyer, 220. 22. Kasey Kahne, 216. 23. Casey Mears, 213. 24. Aric Almirola, 211. 25. Kurt Busch, 185. 26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 184. 27. Martin Truex Jr., 182. 28. Justin Allgaier, 173. 29. Danica Patrick, 153. 30. David Gilliland, 147. 31. David Ragan, 121. 32. Reed Sorenson, 120. 33. Michael Annett, 116. 34. Alex Bowman, 116. 35. Cole Whitt, 108. 36. Josh Wise, 95. 37. Travis Kvapil, 72. 38. Ryan Truex, 64. 39. Parker Kligerman, 54. 40. Michael McDowell, 40. 41. David Reutimann, 37. 42. Bobby Labonte, 29. 43. Jeff Burton, 27. 44. Terry Labonte, 24. 45. David Stremme, 22. 46. Timmy Hill, 7. 47. Dave Blaney, 4. 48. Michael Waltrip, 4. NHL NHLPLAYOFFS (x-if necessary) Firstround (Best-of-7) Wednesday,April16 Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Anaheim 4, Dallas 3 Thursday,April17 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, 3OT Colorado 5, Minnesota 4, OT San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3 Friday,April18 Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 1, Boston 0 Anaheim 3, Dallas 2 Saturday,April19 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, OT Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, 2OT Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 Sunday,April20 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Boston 4, Detroit 1 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 2 San Jose 7, Los Angeles 2 Monday,April21 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3 Minnesota 1, Colorado 0, OT Chicago 2, St. Louis 0 Dallas 3, Anaheim 0 Tuesday,April22 Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3, Montreal wins series 4-0 Boston 3, Detroit 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Wednesday,April23 Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT Dallas 4, Anaheim 2 Chicago 4, St. Louis 3, OT Thursday,April24 Boston 3, Detroit 2, OT Minnesota 2, Colorado 1 Los Angeles 6, San Jose 3 Friday,April25 Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Chicago 3, St. Louis 2, OT Anaheim 6, Dallas 2 Saturday,April26 Boston 4, Detroit 2, Boston wins series 4-1 Pittsburgh 3, Columbus 1 Colorado 4, Minnesota 3, OT, Colorado leads series 3-2 Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0, San Jose leads series 3-2 Sunday,April27 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rang - ers leads series 3-2 Chicago 5, St. Louis 1, Chicago wins series 4-2 Anaheim 5, Dallas 4, OT, Anaheim wins series 4-2 Monday,April28 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2 Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Tuesday,April29 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday,April30 x-Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, TBA x-Minnesota at Colorado, TBA x- Los A ng el es a t S an J os e, T BA Boxing FIGHTSCHEDULE May1 At Hialeah (Fla.) Park Race Track (ESPN2), Robert Garcia vs. Victor Cayo, 10, welterweights; Jonathan Gonzalez vs. Rogelio Medina, 10, middleweights. May2 At the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (FS1), Jesus Cuellar vs. Rico Ramos, 12, for Cuellar's interim WBA World featherweight title; Mickey Bey Jr. vs. Alan Herrera, 10, lightweights; Ryan Davis vs. Ishe Smith, 10, light middleweights. May3 At Cebu City, Philippines, Johnreil Casimero vs. Mauricio Fuentes, 12, for Casimero's IBF junior flyweight title; Harmonito Dela Torre vs. Gadwin Tubi - gon, 12, super featherweights. At the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas (SHO), Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana, 12, for Mayweather's WBC-WBA Super World welterweight titles; Amir Khan vs. Luis Collazo, 12, welterweights; Adrian Broner vs. Carlos Molina, 10, junior welterweights; J'Leon Love vs. Marco Antonio Periban, 10, su per m id dleweig ht s. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For April 29 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -135/+125 New York at Miami -120/+110 Atlanta at Cincinnati -130/+120 Chicago at St. Louis -150/+140 Milwaukee at Arizona -125/+115 Colorado at San Francisco -160/+150 San Diego AMERICANLEAGUE at New York -160/+150 Seattle at Boston -150/+140 Tampa Bay at Texas -125/+115 Oakland Detroit -150/+140 at Chicago at Kansas City -135/+125 Toronto at Los Angeles -150/+140 Cleveland INTERLEAGUE at Baltimore -140/+130 Pittsburgh Washington -160/+150 at Houston Los Angeles (NL) -160/+150 at Minnesota NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Chicago 4½ (183½) Washington at Oklahoma City 6 (186½) Memphis at Clippers 6 (211) Golden State NHL TONIGHT Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -110/-110 N.Y. Rangers DateTBA at Boston -175/+155 Montreal ODDSTOWINSERIES Boston -220/+180 Montreal COPYRIGHT2014 Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague HoustonAstros: Traded RHP Lucas Harrell to Arizona for cash or a player to be named. TorontoBlueJays: Optioned 2B Ryan Goins to Buffalo (IL). AmericanAssociation AmarilloSox: Released RHP Celson Polanco. LaredoLemurs: Released LHP Nick Capito and RHP Jamison Maj. St.PaulSaints: Signed OF Andy Henke- meyer, C Dwight Childs and OF Willie Cabrera. Can-AmLeague RocklandBoulders: Signed LHP James Giulietti. Trois-RivieresAigles: Signed RHP Jeff Shields and RHP Francois LaFreniere. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague CincinnatiBengals: Waived C Scott Wedige. ClevelandBrowns: Waived K Brandon Bogotay. GreenBayPackers: Released RB Orwin Smith. NewYorkGiants: Signed QB Rusty Smith. SeattleSeahawks: Named Jeff Ireland as a consultant through the 2014 NFL Draft. St.LouisRams: Exercised the 2015 con - tract option on DE Robert Quinn. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague CalgaryFlames: Named Brad Treliving general manager. CarolinaHurricanes: Announced the res- ignation of general manager Jim Ruther- ford, who will remain in an advisory role as team president. Promoted Ron Fran- cis to general manager and Brian Tatum to assistant general manager. Named Mike Vellucci assistant general manager and director of hockey operations. AmericanHockeyLeague ChicagoWolves: Reassigned D Brett Ponich to Kalamazoo (ECHL). Released D Henrik Odegaard to play for Norway in the Iihf World Championship. Released F Zach Pochiro from his professional tryout contract. SOCCER NationalWomen'sSoccer League Nwsl: Suspended Western New York MF Carli Lloyd two games for use of exces- sive force against Chicago MF Vanessa DiBernardo during an April 19 game. COLLEGE AmericanAthleticConference: Named Scott Draper associate commissioner for football. Campbell: Named Cary Kolat wrestling coach. Marquette: Named Justin Gainey direc- tor of basketball operations. Missouri: Named Kim Anderson men's basketball coach. Tennessee: Released men's basketball F CJ Turman from his letter of intent. WakeForest: Named Ryan Horn direc- tor of athletic performance for men's basketball. Yeshiva: Named Elliot Steinmetz men's basketball coach. Moss was thrown out re- treating to first on a pitch that got away from catcher Chirinos, though the runner was originally ruled safe be- fore Rangers manager Ron Washington challenged and got the play overturned by replay. When Moss slid back in, his foot was against first baseman Fielder's foot — and not the base — while being tagged. Washington lost a chal - lenge in the eighth when thought Reddick was out on a pickoff attempt diving back to first with Barton batting. Reddick was called safe, and replay confirmed the call before Barton hit a deep flyball. Center fielder Leonys Martin made a leaping catch on the warning back and threw to first base. Red - dick was initially called safe by crew chief Jeff Nelson, who then initiated a replay and changed his call for an inning-ending double play. A's FrOm PAGE 1 | SPORTS | redBLUFFdaiLYneWs.coM TUesdaY, aPriL 29, 2014 2 B