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2B Daily News – Saturday, May 28, 2011 Rampage puts off acting to fight Hamill at UFC 130 Although Rampage Jackson thinks he’s well on his way to movie stardom, Hollywood can wait for another couple of years. He’s still not quite finished with his mixed martial arts career. The colorful former UFC light heavyweight champion says directors and producers have been blowing up his agent’s phone since his turn as B.A. Baracus in last summer’s blockbuster big- screen version of ‘‘The A-Team.’’ Jackson plans to be a full-time actor soon, but he still wants the lucrative checks from several more fights in the octagon. ‘‘I keep putting movies off to do fights, because fighting is my FINAL Continued from page 1B when United was rattled by Barcelona’s early goal and went down 2-0. ‘‘I’m very happy with winning in Rome,’’ said Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who as a player helped Barcelona win its first title in 1992. ‘‘But let’s be honest, we have to play better than we played in Rome and I have told my players that repeatedly.’’ Barcelona has done that for much of this season, with the likes of world champions Andres Iniesta, Xavi Her- nandez and Sergio Busquets helping their team control INDY Continued from page 1B trying to rationalize or problem-solve the racing industry,’’ Bell said. ‘‘I’m resigned to the fact that if I just go out and win the damn race, everything else will probably take care of itself.’’ Randy Bernard, who was brought in from the Professional Bull Riders series to bring some pizazz to IndyCar, has certainly shown he’s willing to shake thing up. One of his changes — double-file restarts, which are used in NASCAR — has drawn the ire of the drivers. They see them as impractical with the high-speed, open-wheel machines, which can’t go banging into each other like the good ol’ boys. Tagliani, the surpris- ing pole-winner, was one of the most outspoken critics. He fears that Sunday’s race could turn into a gruesome crash- fest. He even went so far as to raise the possibility of debris flying into the stands and injuring someone in the massive crowd of more than 200,000. ‘‘I don’t want to be responsible for that,’’ the Canadian said. ‘‘If our wheels touch while we’re racing side-by- side, all of a sudden cars are going to be flip- ping.’’ IndyCar officials have promised extra sweeping in the corners during caution periods to pro- vide a wider racing primary career,’’ Jackson said. ‘‘Movies are something that I want to get into after I fight. You’ve got to stay out there if you want to succeed in movies. You’ve got to keep your face out there, but luckily for me, a lot of people watch the UFC, so I’d like my agent and everybody to under- stand that I have to keep fighting. I just want to keep acting as an exit plan to MMA.’’ At UFC 130 in Las Vegas on Saturday, he’s taking on another fighter who knows a bit about moviemaking: Matt Hamill has been deaf since birth, and his life story was turned into a movie for release this fall. close to two-thirds posses- sion in this season’s Cham- pions League — against supposedly Europe’s best teams. ‘‘Fans want us to be faith- ful to the way we play, to our philosophy, and we will be,’’ goalkeeper Victor Valdes said. ‘‘If we are to win, that’s the only way we can get there.’’ Ferguson acknowledged that he had consulted Real Madrid coach Jose Mourin- ho for ideas on how to approach the game. Fergu- son’s friend is one of the select few to have engi- neered a victory — albeit one that was followed by a humbling defeat in the Champions League semifi- nals — over Barcelona this groove, but they appear unwilling to back off from the double-file concept. If nothing else, it has given people something to talk about, which might have been the main purpose all along. ‘‘It’s brought a lot of new controversy and attention to the sport, in a good and positive way,’’ Bernard said. There are other posi- tive signs: — Tagliani was part- owner of a financially challenged team that appeared on the verge of folding before the sea- son. Then it was bought by Sam Schmidt, a for- mer racer who became a car owner after a 2000 crash left him a quadri- plegic. The joyful cele- bration between Tags and his wheelchair- bound boss when the No. 77 car stunningly cap- tured the pole will remain one of the most heart-warming memo- ries of this May, no mat- ter who wins the race. — Helio Castroneves will make another attempt at his record- tying fourth win. He struggled in qualifying, managing only the 16th- best speed, but look for him to make a quick charge through the field. He’ll likely be joined by others starting farther back than expected, such as defending champ Dario Franchitti (ninth) and Ryan Briscoe (26th). ‘‘I think those guys will be up front pretty quick- ly,’’ said Will Power, another of the favorites. — Patrick could be making her final start at the 500 if, as most peo- season. ‘‘I’ve had a small conver- sation with him and he’s wished us all the best,’’ Fer- guson said. ‘‘He knows we’re prepared.’’ United enters the game coming off a record 19th English title. It also advanced to the final without conceding an away goal and is drawing close to two decades of dominance in England. Still, it is the biggest long shot in a Cham- pions League final in more than a decade. ‘‘We are proud that in the future — in the next four, five, 10, 15 years — some guys will remember this team playing right now,’’ Guardiola said. ‘‘If they say, ’One time I saw this team ple expect, she moves full time to stock cars in 2012. While coy about her future, she denied a report that a tentative NASCAR deal was already in place and insisted she has not made a final decision. ‘‘We’re very far from the finish line on any of that,’’ she said. Patrick has always run strong at Indy, most notably her fourth-place finish as a rookie in 2005, but don’t look for any DanicaMania this year. Her Andretti Autosport team has struggled all month to get up to speed. In fact, two of the team’s four regulars didn’t even qualify on bump day, leading to a deal that put Ryan Hunter-Reay in a car Bruno Junqueira actually qualified for rival A.J. Foyt Racing. Hunter-Reay, it turns out, might have a better chance in the No. 41 car than he would’ve had slipping into the field in an underpowered Andretti machine. He was faster than any of his actual teammates in the final practice session Friday. As for Schmidt, he’s reveled all week in the attention that goes with putting a car on the pole, especially one that beat out powerhouse organi- zations run by Roger Penske and Chip Ganas- si. Considering the per- sonal side to the story, the team’s qualifying run is even more inspiring. ‘‘I do it because this is my passion,’’ Schmidt said. ‘‘But if gets a lot of people out of bed, gets ‘em active, gets ‘em in Yet Jackson is unquestionably the above-the-title star at the UFC’s traditional Memorial Day show in its hometown. UFC 130 would have been headlined by lightweight champ Frankie Edgar’s third meeting with Gray Maynard, but both fighters dropped out with injuries. Rampage is one of the UFC’s most popular and quotable fight- ers, only endearing himself to MMA’s rambunctious fans with his acting work, his body-slam- ming performances during fights in Japan — and even his memo- rable 2008 brush with the law in a high-speed chase along the subur- ban streets and sidewalks of Orange County. Jackson sounds eager to follow Randy Couture’s lead into a full- time film career, but he knows it’s easier to cement his family’s long- term financial future in the octa- gon. ‘‘It’s a lot of good stuff coming my way,’’ Jackson said. ‘‘It’s just a shame that I have to turn down a lot of roles because fights and stuff come up all the time. (Director) John Singleton and I plan on doing two different films.’’ Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir also takes on Roy Nelson in a meeting of Las Vegas natives at the MGM Grand Garden. Former Marine Brian and they played good for us,’’’ we are glad. But to say we are the best team ever is impossible. It is not true.’’ With a penalty-kick shootout to follow if neither team wins through regula- tion or extra time, one club will leave Wembley tied with Bayern Munich and Ajax with four titles. Only Real Madrid, AC Milan and Liverpool have won more. Barcelona won its first title at Wembley in 1992 before picking up two more titles in the past five years. United also won its first at the north London stadium in 1968, long before it was demolished and rebuilt to its current 90,000-seat configu- ration. shape, gets ‘em back to work so they can be an active part of society, that’s what it’s all about.’’ Although Schmidt’s team has shown it can produce a fast car, a 200- lap race is more than pure speed. There’s reli- ability. There’s strategy. There’s pit stops. ‘‘It comes down to the total package,’’ two-time winner Franchitti said. ‘‘You’ve got to be flaw- less. Every year, it’s the same thing: To win this thing, you’ve got to be flawless. It’s very unusual to make a mis- take and come back from it.’’ Which is why, despite the closeness of the field and the surprising strength shown by small- er teams in qualifying, the winner likely will be wearing the Penske (Castroneves, Briscoe and Power) or Ganassi (Franchitti and Scott Dixon) colors. ‘‘Part of me wants to say the winner will come from outside of those guys,’’ Stann fights Brazil’s Jorge Santia- go in a meeting of rising mid- dleweights, and 6-foot-11 Dutch heavyweight Stefan Struve takes on Travis Browne. Jackson’s ambivalence about fighting is grounded in his long- term life plan: He turns 33 next month, and he has always said he doesn’t intend to fight past 35. He also says he’s fine if he doesn’t get another title shot in a brutally competitive division headlined by wunderkind champion Jon ‘‘Bones’’ Jones, Rashad Evans, Brazil’s Shogun Rua and Lyoto Machida, who lost a contentious split decision in Jackson’s last fight. GRAND Continued from page 1B for his 14th save, striking out Rickie Weeks to end a potential rally. Weeks hit a two-run homer off Lincecum and Shaun Marcum (6-2) took the loss. Nyjer Morgan had a single and a double in his return from injury. But it wasn’t enough to give the Brewers what would have been a franchise record- tying 10th straight victory at home. ‘‘It’s a good run,’’ Fielder said. ‘‘We just have to start another one.’’ Until the seventh inning, it had been shap- ing up as another strong outing for Marcum, who has been the Brewers’ best starter this season. The Giants finally got to him in the sixth when Freddy Sanchez singled home a run. A fan sitting in the front row near home plate then earned the crowd’s ire when he appeared to interfere with what could have been an inning-end- ing foul popup. The fan was off the hook after Marcum got Pat Burrell to fly out. But Marcum got in trouble in the seventh, loading the bases. Making his major league debut with a start at BRUINS Continued from page 1B ‘‘I think a lot of people thought I was over the hill,’’’ said the 37-year-old Thomas, a Vezina Trophy finalist who was sidelined throughout last year’s playoffs. ‘‘I knew it was- n’t true. I put in a lot of work over the summer and I’ve had an unbelievable year. I’ve been blessed.’’ said Tony Kanaan, who’s one of those outsiders. ‘‘But I know what they’re capa- ble of. I know Dario. I know Scott Dixon. And Helio, you can’t count Helio out. Helio running from behind is some- thing else. I would say it will be between those two teams, unfortunately for me.’’ ——— Paul Newberry can be reached at http://twit- ter.com/pnewberry1963 Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Boston 29 22 .569 — New York 27 21 .563 1/2 Tampa Bay 27 23 .540 1 1/2 Baltimore 24 24 .500 3 1/2 Toronto 25 26 .490 4 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 30 18 .625 — Detroit 25 25 .500 6 Chicago 24 29 .453 8 1/2 Kansas City22 27 .449 8 1/2 Minnesota 16 33 .32714 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 26 24 .520 — Los Angeles27 26 .509 1/2 Seattle 24 25 .490 1 1/2 Oakland 24 27 .471 2 1/2 ——— Thursday’s Games Baltimore 6, Kansas City 5, 12 innings Boston 14, Detroit 1, 8 innings Oakland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Chicago White Sox 3, Toronto 1 Friday’s Games Boston 6, Detroit 3 Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 0 Kansas City at Texas, late L.A. Angels 6, Minnesota 5 Baltimore at Oakland, late N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, late Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox (E.Jackson 4-5) at Toronto (Villanueva 2-0), 1:07 p.m. Cleveland (C.Carrasco 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Shields 5-2), 4:10 p.m. Boston (C.Buchholz 4-3) at Detroit (Oliver 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (O’Sullivan 2-3) at Texas (Harrison 4-4), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-4) at Minnesota (Liriano 3-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Bergesen 1-5) at Oakland (Outman 0-0), 10:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees (Nova 4-3) at Seattle (F.Her- nandez 5-4), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Boston at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Kansas City at Texas, 3:05 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 6:40 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Boston, 7:10 p.m. National League At A Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia32 19 .627 — Florida 29 19 .604 1 1/2 Atlanta 28 24 .538 4 1/2 New York 23 27 .460 8 1/2 Washington 22 28 .440 9 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 31 21 .596 — Milwaukee 27 24 .529 3 1/2 Cincinnati 27 25 .519 4 Pittsburgh 23 26 .469 6 1/2 Chicago 22 27 .449 7 1/2 Houston 19 32 .37311 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB San Francisco 28 22 .560 — Arizona 27 24 .529 1 1/2 Colorado 24 26 .480 4 Los Angeles22 29 .431 6 1/2 San Diego 20 31 .392 8 1/2 ——— Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 10, Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 9, N.Y. Mets 3 Florida 1, San Francisco 0 Arizona 6, Colorado 3 Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Washington 2, San Diego 1 Philadelphia 6, N.Y.Mets 4 Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 1 Arizona 7, Houston 6 San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 10, Colorado 3 Florida at L.A. Dodgers, late Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh (Maholm 1-7) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0), 1:05 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 0-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-5), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-3) at Milwau- kee (Wolf 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Duke 0-0) at Houston (Norris 2- 3), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 3-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 6-2) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-4), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-0) at Colorado (Nicasio 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Florida (Sanches 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-4), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. San Diego at Washington, 1:35 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 2:05 p.m. San Francisco at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 1:05 p.m. San Diego at Atlanta, 1:05 p.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. Florida at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Moves Friday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS—Traded 2B Scott Sizemore to Oakland for LHP David Purcey. Recalled 2B Danny Worth from Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Andy Oliver from Toledo. Optioned RHP Ryan Perry to Toledo. TEXAS RANGERS— Recalled LHP Michael Kirkman from Round Rock (PCL). Sent RHP Brett Tomko outright to Round Rock. National League CINCINNATI REDS—Placed RHP Homer Bailey being placed on the 15- day DL. Recalled RHP Mike Leake from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled INF-OF Eric Young Jr. from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated INF Jose Lopez for assignment. NEW YORK METS—Activated OF Angel Pagan from the 15-day DL. Called up RHP Dale Thayer from Buf- falo (IL). Optioned OF Fernando Mar- tinez to Buffalo. Designated LHP Pat Misch for assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Placed INF Orlando Hudson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26. Recalled INF Logan Forsythe from Tucson (PCL). BASKETBALL WNBA MINNESOTA LYNX—Traded C Quani- tra Hollingsworth to the New York Lib- erty for the rights to trade third round draft picks in 2012. Waived G Angel Robinson and G Kachine Alexander. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed DL Matt Moss and DL Almondo Sewell. Released DB Lenny Walls, DL-LS Neil Puffer, K-P Jamie Boreham and DL Michael Stadnyk. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Agreed to terms with OL Brendan Dunn and OL Paul Swiston. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD—Signed LW Kris Foucault to a three-year contract. NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with G Anders Nilsson on a three-year contract. SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed F Fred- die Hamilton. WINTER SPORTS U.S. BOBSLED AND SKELETON FED- ERATION—Named Todd Hays coach of the U.S. women’s bobsled team. The Bruins improved to 2-3 in Game 7s under coach Claude Julien but have won the last two. The previous victory came in the opening round this sea- son, 4-3 in overtime over the Montreal Canadiens. Horton also scored the winning goal in that one. Boston is 11-10 in Game 7s. Andrew Ference started the only scoring play Fri- day night on the left side behind the red line with a pass to Krejci, also on the left. Horton was on the same side, but when Krej- shortstop, Crawford came to the plate with the Giants trailing by two runs. He pounded a pitch from Marcum over the fence, giving the Giants a 5-3 lead with his first hit as a major leaguer. ‘‘Very happy for the kid,’’ Bochy said. ‘‘That’s a debut he’ll never for- get.’’ The 24-year-old Craw- ford had his contract pur- chased from the Giants’ Class-A San Jose affiliate Thursday. He missed sev- eral weeks to start the sea- son after breaking his fin- ger in spring training. It was a boost to Lince- cum, who didn’t look quite as dominant Friday as he did in his last outing, a shutout against Oakland. Lincecum allowed six hits, striking out four with no walks. NOTES: Giants GM Brian Sabean said before the game that he wants baseball officials to con- sider rules changes to pro- tect catchers at home plate. ‘‘It’s simple: You have to slide into other bases. Why shouldn’t you have to slide into home plate?’’ Sabean said. ... Brewers LHP Dan Merklinger cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Double-A Huntsville. OF Brandon Boggs accepted his out- right assignment to Triple- A Nashville. ci got the puck, Horton veered to the right. Krejci skated in and threaded a pass to Horton, who put the puck in the open side between Roloson and the left post. ‘‘I don’t think he could have stopped that puck and I don’t think he could have done better than he did tonight,’’ Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. ‘‘It’s hard to look at. One little defensive mistake.’’ Roloson fell to 7-1 in elimination games during his career, including 4-1 this postseason. Tampa Bay rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat Pittsburgh in the first round, with Roloson shutting out the Penguins 1-0 in Game 7 on the road. But after beat- ing the Bruins in Game 6 to force one more contest, the Lightning’s comeback fortunes changed. ‘‘They have guys that can put the puck in the net and defend,’’ Boucher said. ‘‘Obviously, they’ve got it all.’’