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Tuesday 4 p.m. — MLB — Dodgers at Philadel- phia 5 p.m. — ABC — Playoffs, finals, game 4, Miami at Dallas Sports 1B Tuesday June 7, 2011 NFLowners move to dismiss players’lawsuit MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As the labor battle between NFL owners and players moved from the bargaining table to the courtroom, judges at each stop have urged both sides to reach an agreement before they have to issue significant rulings. The latest nudge in that direction came on Monday from U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nel- son, who scheduled a hearing on the owners’ motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit from a group of players for Sept. 12. Coincidentally or not, Sept. 12 is four days after the regular season is set to open in Green Bay, and one day after the first Sunday of games for the 2011 season. Shortly after the owners filed their motion to dismiss on Mon- day, Nelson announced when she would hear arguments on the motion. The timing is significant, given that the Packers are scheduled to host the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 8, and the NFL has big plans for the first Sunday of action to com- memorate the anniver- sary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Both sides hope that hearing never has to happen. The NFL and its players held set- tlement discus- sions in Chicago last week, but there is no sign a new collective bar- gaining agreement is imminent. A group of players including superstar quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees filed the antitrust lawsuit against the owners, alleging their lockout of the players is illegal. Nelson initially ruled in favor of the players in April, requiring the league to lift the lockout and let the players get ers the appeal, though it is unclear when they will issue a ruling. In the meantime, the judges urged both sides to get back to the bargaining table and hammer out a deal. Judge Kermit Bye told attor- MCT photo Members of the 49ers, led by quarterback Alex Smith, cen- ter, holds a private mini-camp in Spartan Stadium at San Jose State University in San Jose, Monday. back to work. That ruling has been appealed to the 8th Circuit in St. Louis, where a three- judge panel heard arguments on Friday and is considering the matter. The 8th Circuit put Nelson’s ruling on hold while it consid- Bruins bounce back big Bruins 8, Canucks 1 BOSTON (AP) — Shortly after the Boston Bruins lost Nathan Hor- ton to a frightening injury, they found a dazzling offensive rhythm that got them back into the Stanley Cup finals. Andrew Ference and David Kre- jci each had a goal and an assist during Boston’s four-goal second period, Tim Thomas made 40 saves, and the Bruins beat the Canucks 8- 1 in Game 3 on Monday night, trim- ming Vancouver’s series lead to 2- 1. Mark Recchi scored two goals for the Bruins, who turned a big win into a blowout with four more goals in the final 8 1/2 minutes of the third period against beleaguered goalie Roberto Luongo, who won the first two games of the series in Vancouver. Boston emerged from its offen- sive slump after Horton was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the first period after taking a late hit to the head from Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome. Game 4 is Wednesday in Boston. Brad Marchand scored a short- handed goal in the second period, and Daniel Paille added another short-handed goal in the third. Rec- chi, Chris Kelly and Michael Ryder — who finished with three points — scored in the final 2 1/2 minutes as the Bruins emphatically avoided a daunting 0-3 series deficit. Boston had managed just three goals in its previous 10 periods before torching Luongo, who stopped 30 shots. Boston hadn’t even scored six goals in a finals game since May 5, 1970, in Game 2 against St. Louis on the way to their last championship. Jannik Hansen broke up Thomas’ shutout bid with 6:07 to play for the Canucks, who finally neys on Friday that if no deal is done before the panel comes to a conclusion, they will likely offer up a decision that will be ‘‘probably something both sides aren’t going to like.’’ The owners argue, among other things, that Nelson did not have the jurisdiction to lift the lockout while the National Labor Relations Board is con- sidering an unfair labor charge brought by the league against the players. The NLRB’s regional office in New York forwarded a pre- liminary report to the national board in Washington, but a spokeswoman said Monday it ‘‘doesn’t mean a decision is around the corner.’’ See NFL, page 2B Warriors hire Mark Jackson OAKLAND (AP) — Mark Jackson’s leadership skills as a player more than outweighed his lack of coaching experi- ence when it came time for the Golden State Warriors to hire their coach. The Warriors hired Jackson to replace Keith Smart on Monday, giving the former point guard and television analyst his first chance to be a head coach on the game’s biggest stage. ‘‘He epitomized leadership as a player in this league for 17 seasons and we think that char- acteristic — and many other positive traits — will translate very well into his coaching duties with our young team,’’ owner Joe Lacob said in a state- ment. ‘‘He was a leader and a win- ner both on and off the floor in this league and we’re con- vinced that he is the right person to guide this team into the future and help us achieve the success that we are striving for as an organization.’’ Jackson played 17 years as a point guard in the NBA, for New York, the Clippers, Indiana, Denver, Toronto, Utah and Houston. He won Rookie of the Year honors in 1988 and made the playoffs 14 times. He ranks third on the NBA’s all- time assists list. But he has never coached, spending the past few seasons as the lead analyst for ESPN and ABC for their NBA cov- erage. He won’t start his new job until after he’s finished calling the NBA finals. His first coaching job is a daunting one, taking over a team that has made the playoffs just once since 1994. ‘‘I am really elated about this opportunity and I’m look- ing forward to the challenge of building the Warriors into a perennial contender,’’ Jackson said. Jackson played for five Hall of Fame coaches in his col- MCT photo Vancouver Canucks Chris Higgins, left, collides with Boston Bru- ins Andrew Ference, right, during the first period in Game 3 of the NHL Stanley Cup final in Boston, Monday. hit a major bump in their late-sea- son roll toward their first Stanley Cup title. NHL scoring champion Daniel Sedin got a 10-minute misconduct Giants take SS in draft SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants selected St. John’s shortstop Joe Panik with their first pick in the baseball draft on Monday night. Panik, a left-handed slugger who led the Red Storm with a .398 batting average, was taken with the 29th overall pick and may be a long-term solution in the middle infield. The defending World Series champs have Freddy Sanchez at second but have used a variety of players at shortstop this season, including Miguel Tejada. San Francisco later drafted right-handed high school pitcher Kyle Crick with the 49th overall selection. The pick was compensatory for the Giants losing infielder Juan Uribe See GIANTS, page 2B Singh fails to show for qualifier COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vijay Singh has failed to show up for his tee time in a U.S. Open qualifier. It’s likely his streak of playing in every major champi- onship for the last 17 years is about to end. Singh shot a 7-under 65 in the final round of the Memorial on Sunday, then told reporters he would not try to qualify Monday. His only other chance would be to win or finish second in the St. Jude Classic in Mem- phis, Tenn., this week, although it was not certain that the three-time major champion would even play that tournament. Singh has played the last 67 majors, the longest active streak in golf. A year ago, he was given a special exemption to the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, but USGA executive director Mike Davis has said no spe- cial exemptions were likely to be awarded this year. BALTIMORE (AP) — There might come a time in the near future when Brian Matusz can go deeper in games and per- haps finish what he start- ed. For now, the left-han- der will have to be content with doing quality work in shorter spurts before giving way to the Balti- more bullpen. Matusz and three relievers combined on a seven-hitter, and the Ori- oles beat Oakland 4-2 Monday night to extend the Athletics’ losing streak to a season-high seven games. Matusz (1-0) allowed two runs and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings in his sec- ond start of the season. He spent the first two months on the DL with a strained left oblique muscle. ‘‘Well, I went out there and was able to go as deep as I can and give the team a chance to win. That’s all you ask for,’’ Matusz said. MCT photo Baltimore Orioles' J.J. Hardy completes a double play, as Athletics' Scott Sizemore is out at 2nd in 5th-inning action in Baltimore, Monday. ‘‘Obviously I’d like to be able to go longer, help out the bullpen a little bit, but they did a great job.’’ The 24-year-old was lifted in the sixth after giving up successive one- out singles to Kurt Suzuki late in a jarring loss for the Presi- dents’ Trophy winners, who had won seven of eight games. The See BRUINS, page 2B lege and pro career: Lou Carnesecca, Lenny Wilkens, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley and Larry Brown. Jackson, 46, had been looking to get into coaching while working as an analyst in recent years. He interviewed for the opening in New Orleans last year and was one of three final- ists for the Minnesota job in 2009, but lost out to Kurt Ram- bis. He also interviewed in previous years for openings in Phoenix, New York and Chicago. See WARRIORS, page 2B Orioles hand Athletics 7th straight loss and pinch-hitter Scott Sizemore, who was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento hours earlier. Jim Johnson entered and got Adam Rosales to bounce into a 1-6-3 dou- ble play. Johnson retired the side in order in the sev- enth, Koji Uehara worked a perfect eighth and Kevin Gregg got three straight outs for his 11th save. ‘‘It’s a lot of fun play- ing like that,’’ said Matusz, who has won seven straight decisions dating back to last August. Matt Wieters had two hits, an RBI and scored a run for the Orioles, who took a 4-0 lead after two innings against Gio Gon- zalez (5-4). Baltimore had lost 20 of its last 24 games against Oakland and was swept in a three-game series last week. See LOSS, page 2B