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That'snottosuggesthe is coming back too early. Woods said he has been in constant contact with doctors and trainers as he slowly expanded his swing from chipping and putting to irons to wedges, all the way through the bag un- til he started swinging the driver a few weeks ago. He tried to add 10 yards of dis- tance every couple of days, taking a break and getting treatment on days it didn't feel quite right. When he started put- ting, he would fill the holes on his practice green with sand to keep from bend- ing over to pluck the ball out of the cup. When he felt strong enough to play, he said he would ride while standing on the back of the cart to avoid too much sitting. Woods always has said he doesn't play if he doesn't think he can win. That's still the objective, sprin- kled with some reality. It will have been 109 days without PGA Tour competition when he tees it up Thursday morning with Jordan Spieth and Ja- son Day. "Expectations don't change," Woods said. "That's the ultimate goal. It's just that it's going to be a little bit harder this time. I just haven't had the amount of prep and reps that I would like. But I'm good enough to play, and I'm going to give it a go." The British Open is July 17-20 at Royal Liverpool, where Woods won in 2006 after missing the cut in a major for the first time at the U.S. Open. It also was his first major since his fa- ther died. Woods collected his 14th major two years later while playing on a shattered left leg at Tor- rey Pines. He hasn't won another since then, leaving him four short of the standard set by Jack Nicklaus. He can't win if he doesn't play, so this would be an important first step. "I think there's always a fascination in terms of watching Tiger play golf and the run that he's been on throughout his career and what he still has to achieve in terms of his goals," Justin Rose said. "I think golf will get really exciting if he starts win- ning a couple more ma- jors and the race to 18 be- comes incredibly on again. I think that's incredibly ex- citing for the game of golf and will draw a lot more interest in the game once again." There's already more interest. Organizers said ticket sales were double what they normally are on a Friday before the tourna- ment, the day Woods an- nounced his return. This is the second time in four years that Woods has missed a three-month portion of the season be- cause of injuries. He played only nine holes from April to August in 2011 while let- ting his leg injuries fully heal. The difference this time was his lifestyle. Woods said he couldn't function in the weeks leading to his microdiscectomy surgery at the end of March. "Anyone that has had any kind of nerve im- pingement, it's not a joke," he said. "That part was re- lieved as soon as I got out of the surgery. That nerve impingement, that pain that I was feeling going down my leg was gone. "I've heard numerous people talk about it, and I've had people come up to me and say they had the same procedure and got their life back and that's basically how I felt. I was able to do things, and do things that I normally took for granted." Woods FROMPAGE1 Two batters later Kolby Button drew a walk. With two down Macdon- ald singled to center field to score Hendricks and a throwing error led to But- ton scoring. North Humboldt struck back in their half of the first inning to take a 3-2 lead. The Giants expanded their lead to 5-2 in the third inning. Red Bluff's comeback started in the fifth inning when Deonte Antolin led off with a double. Two batters later Jack Murphy reached on a field- er's choice as he grounded to third and Antolin scored on the play. Button then singled to drive home Murphy. Ryan Gamboa and Mac- donald followed with sin- gles of their own to score Button and tie the game at 5-5. Red Bluff would bat around in the inning, but only get the three runs. Antolin got things started again in the sixth inning when he led off with a single. Two batters later it was Murphy again putting a ball in play to allow Anto- lin to score. Button singled to get the rally going. Murphy would eventu- ally score on a passed ball and Button made it 8-5 when he crossed the plate following a North Hum- boldt error. NORTH HUMBOLDT 4, RED BLUFF 3 The Giants took the Saturday night cap by scoring in the eighth in- ning. Gamboa homered in the loss. North Humboldt scored three runs in the first in- ning. The Bulls got the first run back in the second in- ning. Sinclair singled to left field with one out. He moved to second on a passed ball and took third on a dropped third strike. Kegan Richards then singled home Sinclair. In the top of the fifth Red Bluff got another run back. With one out Hendricks singled. He took second and third on passed balls and scored on a Murphy sacrifice fly. Gamboa led off the sixth inning with a homer to tie the game 3-3, but North Humboldt would earn the win in the extra eighth in- ning. NORTH HUMBOLDT 4, RED BLUFF 3 The Giants also beat the Bulls in extra in- nings to start the three game series Saturday. Red Bluff got nine strong innings from Button and battled back to tie the game in the seventh before falling 4-3 in 10 innings. Button struck out 11 bat- ters and doubled twice at the plate to help his own cause. A pair of Giants errors in the first inning led to Red Bluff's first run with But- ton doubled home Schreter. Nor t h Hu mb oldt erupted for three runs in the bottom of the sixth in- ning to put the pressure on the Bulls, but Red Bluff re- sponded. With one down Button got his second double on the game. He scored on yet another Giants error. Gamboa would later tie the game when he scored on a dropped third strike that would have ended the game. The Giants eventually got their win when they scored in the bottom of the 10th inning. Bulls FROM PAGE 1 won his sixth straight de- cision. He also singled for his second straight game, much to the delight of the 25,751 in attendance. Colon only faced trou- ble in the first when Yoe- nis Cespedes followed Brandon Moss' single with a double to the wall in center field for the early lead. Colon gave up a hit to Cespedes in the fourth and another single in the fifth to Coco Crisp, but he oth- erwise cruised through the best run-producing lineup in the majors. D'Arnaud was recalled after a two-week stint in Triple-A Las Vegas. The Mets' catcher of the fu- ture was hitting .180 when he was sent down. He struck out in the sec- ond but connected in the third. A's FROM PAGE 1 The Associated Press Diego Godin rose above a crowd of defenders to meet a corner with his left shoulder and veteran goal- keeper Gianluigi Buffon had no chance. Moments earlier, replays showed Suarez apparently bite the shoulder of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini as the pair clashed in the Italian penalty area. Suarez was already sanc- tioned with a heavy ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in the English Premier League in 2013 and FIFA can sanc- tion players for biting with bans of up to two years COSTA RICA 0, ENGLAND 0 Costa Rica finished first in what many considered the World Cup's toughest group after a dour, score- less draw against England. Costa Rica only needed a draw to top Group D and played that way, setting up in a defensive 5-3-2 forma- tion. The result gives Costa Rica its best World Cup performance, winning a group that contained for- mer three world champi- ons. "We will have to keep fighting," Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto said. "Whatever happens we are willing to fight." GREECE 2, IVORY COAST 1 Georgios Samaras scored an injury-time pen- alty to send Greece into the second round of the World Cup for the first time, elim- inating Ivory Coast in the process. Samaras was adjudged to have been tripped in the area by substitute Giovanni Sio, and calmly slotted in the spot kick for the win. Ivory Coast would have ad- vanced with a draw. "This means so much to me, to us ... Tonight we had energy," Samaras said, ded- icating the win to Greeks suffering through financial crisis. "We really hope we can make the people happy back home. We are a team. A team — that's it." COLOMBIA 4, JAPAN 1 James Rodriguez scored a brilliant goal and set up two more for Jackson Mar- tinez as Colombia routed Ja- pan 4-1 on Tuesday to con- firmtopspotinGroupCand eliminate the Asian champi- ons from the World Cup. Already assured of ad- vancing, Colombia guar- anteed first place with its third straight win, setting up a second-round match against Uruguay. Japan finished with a draw and two losses in a disappoint- ing campaign. WORLD CUP Uruguay beats Italy to advance Gr eec e k no ck s o ut I vo ry c oa st HASSANAMMAR—THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Italy's Giorgio Chiellini displays his shoulder showing apparent teeth marks a er colliding with the mouth of Uruguay's Luis Suarez during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil on Tuesday. MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB SanFrancisco 45 31 .592 _ Los Angeles 43 36 .544 3 ½ Colorado 34 42 .447 11 San Diego 33 44 .429 12 ½ Arizona 32 47 .405 14 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 47 31 .603 _ St. Louis 42 35 .545 4 ½ Cincinnati 38 37 .507 7 ½ Pittsburgh 39 38 .506 7 ½ Chicago 31 43 .419 14 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 40 35 .533 _ Atlanta 38 37 .507 2 Miami 38 39 .494 3 New York 36 41 .468 5 Philadelphia 35 41 .461 5 ½ Monday'sgames Miami 4, Philadelphia 0 Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Washington 3, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 8, Colorado 0 San Diego 6, San Francisco 0 Tuesday'sgames Philadelphia 7, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Atlanta at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh (Morton 4-8) at Tampa Bay (Price 5-7), 9:10 a.m. Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at Milwau- kee (Estrada 6-4), 11:10 a.m. St. Louis (Gonzales 0-0) at Colorado (Flande 0-0), 12:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 5-8) at San Fran- cisco (Lincecum 5-5), 12:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Latos 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 5-7), 4:05 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 4-3) at Philadelphia (A.Burnett 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (Mills 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 3-7), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (A.Wood 5-6) at Houston (McHugh 4-5), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 7-4) at Kansas City (Shields 8-3), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 6-5) at Arizona (C.Anderson 5-2), 6:40 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 47 30 .610 _ Los Angeles 41 33 .554 4 ½ Seattle 41 36 .532 6 Texas 35 40 .467 11 Houston 33 44 .429 14 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 40 32 .556 _ Kansas City 40 37 .519 2 ½ Cleveland 37 39 .487 5 Minnesota 36 38 .486 5 Chicago 36 42 .462 7 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 44 35 .557 _ Baltimore 40 36 .526 2 ½ New York 39 37 .513 3 ½ Boston 35 42 .455 8 Tampa Bay 31 48 .392 13 Monday'sgames Baltimore 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 3 Pittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Seattle 12, Boston 3 Tuesday'sgames Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore 2 Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Detroit at Texas, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Atlanta at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh (Morton 4-8) at Tampa Bay (Price 5-7), 9:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Noesi 2-5) at Balti- more (U.Jimenez 2-8), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 4-5) at Toronto (Hutchison 5-5), 4:07 p.m. Oakland (Mills 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 3-7), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (A.Sanchez 4-2) at Texas (J.Saunders 0-3), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (A.Wood 5-6) at Houston (McHugh 4-5), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 7-4) at Kansas City (Shields 8-3), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 6-5) at Arizona (C.Anderson 5-2), 6:40 p.m. Minnesota (Pino 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 7-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 2-4) at Seattle (Iwa- kuma 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Mets10,Athletics1 Oakland NewYork AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 3 0 1 0 EYong lf 5 1 2 0 Sogard 2b 1 0 0 0 DnMrp 2b 4 1 2 1 Dnldsn 3b 4 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 4 1 1 1 Moss 1b-lf 4 1 1 0 Campll 1b 4 1 1 0 Cspds lf-cf 4 0 2 1 Grndrs rf 4 1 1 3 Vogt c 3 0 0 0 CYoung cf 3 3 2 2 Francis p 1 0 0 0 dArnad c 4 1 1 3 Lowrie ss 2 0 0 0 Tejada ss 3 1 1 0 JiJhnsn p 0 0 0 0 Colon p 2 0 1 0 Jaso c 1 0 0 0 Flores ph 1 0 0 0 Reddck rf 2 0 0 0 Black p 0 0 0 0 Cllsp 2b-1b 3 0 0 0 Kazmir p 1 0 0 0 Punto ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 4 1 341012 10 Oakland 100 000 000 — 1 NewYork 034 012 00x — 10 LOB: Oakland 4, New York 3;2B: Cespedes (20), D.Wright (19), Campbell (5);HR: Granderson (10), C.Young 2 (6), d'Arnaud (4);CS: E.Young (2);S: Colon. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Kazmir L,9-3 3 8 7 7 1 4 Ji.Johnson 2 2 1 1 0 1 Francis 3 2 2 2 0 3 NewYork Colon W,8-5 8 4 1 1 1 8 Black 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Francis (Tejada). Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne, First, Joe West. Second, Fieldin Culbreth. Third, Manny Gonzalez. T: 2:24;A: 25,751 (41,922). College Baseball NCAACOLLEGEWORLDSERIES GLANCE AtTDAmeritradeParkOmaha Omaha,Neb. DoubleElimination Saturday,June14 UC Irvine 3, Texas 1 Vanderbilt 5, Louisville 3 Sunday,June15 TCU 3, Texas Tech 2 Virginia 2, Mississippi 1 Monday,June16 Texas 4, Louisville 1, Louisville elimi- nated Vanderbilt 6, UC Irvine 4 Tuesday,June17 Mississippi 2, Texas Tech 1, Texas Tech eliminated Virginia 3, TCU 2, 15 innings Wednesday,June18 Texas 1, UC Irvine 0, UC Irvine eliminated Thursday,June19 Mississippi 6, TCU 4, TCU eliminated Friday,June20 Texas 4, Vanderbilt 0 Virginia 0, Mississippi 0, top 2nd, susp., lightning Saturday,June21 Virginia 4, Mississippi 1, Mississippi eliminated Vanderbilt 4, Texas 3, 10 innings, Texas eliminated ChampionshipSeries (Best-of-3) Monday, June 23: Vanderbilt 9, Virginia 8 Tuesday, June 24: Virginia 7, Vanderbilt 2, series tied 1-1 Wednesday, June 25: Virginia (53-15) vs. Vanderbilt (50-21), 5 p.m. Soccer 2014FIFAWORLDCUP GROUPA W L T GF GA Pts x-Brazil 2 0 1 7 2 7 x-Mexico 2 0 1 4 1 7 Croatia 1 2 0 6 6 3 Cameroon 0 3 0 1 9 0 GR OU PB W L T GF GA Pts x-Netherlands 3 0 0 10 3 9 x-Chile 2 1 0 5 3 6 Spain 1 2 0 4 7 3 Australia 0 3 0 3 9 0 GROUPC W L T GF GA Pts x-Colombia 3 0 0 9 2 9 x-Greece 1 1 1 2 4 4 Ivory Coast 1 2 0 4 5 3 Japan 0 1 2 2 6 1 GROUPD W L T GF GA Pts x-Costa Rica 2 0 1 4 1 7 x-Uruguay 2 1 0 4 4 6 Italy 1 2 0 2 3 3 England 0 2 1 2 4 1 GROUPE W L T GF GA Pts France 2 0 0 8 2 6 Ecuador 1 1 0 3 3 3 Switzerland 1 1 0 4 6 3 Honduras 0 2 0 1 5 0 GROUPF W L T GF GA Pts x-Argentina 2 0 0 3 1 6 Nigeria 1 0 1 1 0 4 Iran 0 1 1 0 1 1 Bosnia-Herz. 0 2 0 1 3 0 GROUPG W L T GF GA Pts Germany 1 0 1 6 2 4 United States 1 0 1 4 3 4 Ghana 0 1 1 3 4 1 Portugal 0 1 1 2 6 1 GROUPH W L T GF GA Pts x-Belgium 2 0 0 3 1 6 Algeria 1 1 0 5 4 3 Russia 0 1 1 1 2 1 South Korea 0 1 1 3 5 1 Results Costa Rica 0, England 0 Uruguay 1, Italy 0 Greece 2, Ivory Coast 1 Colombia 4, Japan 1 Tomorrow'sGames Nigeria vs. Argentina 9 a.m. Bosnia-Herz. vs. Iran 9 a.m. Honduras vs. Switzerland 9 a.m. Ecuador vs. France 9 a.m. MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 10 3 2 32 32 23 Salt Lake 6 2 7 25 25 21 Colorado 6 5 4 22 21 18 FC Dallas 6 7 4 22 28 28 Vancouver 5 2 6 21 25 20 Portland 4 4 8 20 28 27 Los Angeles 4 3 5 17 16 11 San Jose 4 5 4 16 15 14 Chivas USA 2 7 5 11 14 26 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 7 4 4 25 22 16 New England 7 5 2 23 21 18 Kansas City 6 5 4 22 21 14 Toronto FC 6 4 1 19 15 13 New York 4 5 6 18 22 22 Columbus 4 5 6 18 18 18 Houston 5 9 2 17 16 29 Philadelphia 3 7 6 15 22 27 Chicago 2 4 8 14 22 25 Montreal 2 7 4 10 13 26 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames D.C. United 4, Montreal 2 Portland 2, FC Dallas 2, tie Wednesday,June25 Montreal at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Friday,June27 Toronto FC at New York, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday,June28 Seattle FC at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Columbus, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday,June29 Houston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Tennis WIMBLEDONRESULTS Tuesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Stephane Robert, France, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (1), 6-7 (6), 6-2. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-1, 7-5, 6-0. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 7-5. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 6-2, 6-7 (14), 6-1, 6-4. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (28), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz (15), Poland, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Marcel Granollers (30), Spain, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 6-4. Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. WOMEN FirstRound Andrea Petkovic (20), Germany, def. Katarzyna Piter, Poland, 6-1, 6-4. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Vir- ginie Razzano, France, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Alize Cornet (25), France, def. Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Sabine Lisicki (19), Germany, def. Julia Glushko, Israel, 6-2, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, 6-2, 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki (16), Denmark, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 6-0. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-8. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, 6-1, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 9 3 .750 ½ Minnesota 11 4 .733 — San Antonio 7 6 .538 3 Tulsa 5 7 .417 4½ Seattle 6 9 .400 5 Sparks 4 8 .333 5½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 9 4 .692 — Connecticut 7 6 .538 2 Indiana 6 6 .500 2½ Chicago 6 7 .462 3 Washington 5 9 .357 4½ New York 4 10 .286 5½ Monday'sgames No games scheduled Tuesday'sgames Washington at San Antonio, 9:30 a.m. Seattle at Sparks, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Chicago at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Tulsa at Indiana, 4 p.m. Thursday'sgames Atlanta at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For June 25 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Washington -130/+120 at Milwaukee St. Louis -120/+110 at Colorado at San Francisco -125/+115 San Diego Cincinnati -130/+120 at Chicago at Philadelphia -120/+110 Miami AMERICANLEAGUE at Baltimore -160/+150 Chicago at Toronto -115/+105 New York Detroit -130/+120 at Texas at Los Angeles -190/+180 Minnesota at Seattle -125/+115 Boston INTERLEAGUE at Tampa Bay -160/+150 Pittsburgh Oakland -110/+100 at New York (NL) Atlanta -115/+105 at Houston at Kansas City -135/+125 Los Angeles (NL) Cleveland -110/+100 at Arizona Soccer WorldCup Brazil TODAY AtPortoAlegre Favorite Line Underdog Argentina -600/+400 Nigeria Over2½;-105/Under2½;-115 AtSalvador Bosnia-Herz. -200/+160 Iran Over2½;+105/Under2½;-125 AtManaus Switzerland -800/+500 Honduras Over2½;-135/Under2½;+115 AtRioDeJaneiro France -300/+240 Ecuador Over2½;-120/Under2½;+100 TOMORROW AtBrasilia Portugal -160/+120 Ghana Over3;-105 Under3;-115 AtRecife Germany -800/+500 United States Over2½;-110 Under2½;-110 AtSaoPaulo Belgium -330/+260 South Korea Over2½;+100 Under2½;-120 AtCuritiba Russia -200/+160 Algeria Over2½;+120 Under2½;-140 Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Signed SS Michael Chavis to a minor league contract. OaklandAthletics: Reinstated OF Josh Reddick from the 15-day DL. Placed 1B Kyle Blanks on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 23. TexasRangers: Purchased the contract of 1B Carlos Pena from Round Rock (PCL). Designated 1B-OF Brad Snyder for assignment. NationalLeague NewYorkMets: Recalled C Travis d'arnaud from Las Vegas (PCL). Placed C Taylor Teagarden on the 15-Day Dl, retroactive to June 22. PhiladelphiaPhillies: Signed OF Grady Sizemore to a minor league contract and assigned him to Lehigh Valley (IL). PittsburghPirates: Reinstated 2B Neil Walker from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Jose Tabata outright to Indianapolis. AmericanAssociation GrandPrairieAirhogs: Released RHP Tobin Mateychick and RHP Dustin Cameron. WinnipegGoldeyes: Signed INF Brock Bond. Can-AmLeague Trois-RivieresAigles: Signed OF Alexan- dre LaGarde. FrontierLeague FlorenceFreedom: Signed OF Adam Taylor. Released OF Kyle Bluestein. NormalCornbelters: Signed RHP Chris Carmain and RHP Mike Devine. Scha um bu rg B oom er s: S ig ned I NF J ared Martin. TraverseCityBeachBums: Signed OF Greg Harris. WindyCityThunderbolts: Signed RHP T.J. Larson. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation BrooklynNets: Announced F Andrei Kirilenko exercised his contract option for the 2014-15 season. UtahJazz: Named Brad Jones, Antonio Lang, Alex Jensen, Mike Wells and John- nie Bryant assistant coaches. NBADevelopmentLeague MaineRedClaws: Named Dajuan Eu- banks president. Women'sNationalBasketball Association MinnesotaLynx: Signed G Nadirah McK- enith. Waived G Lindsey Moore. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague AtlantaFalcons: Waived QB Dominique Croom. JacksonvilleJaguars: Signed WR Allen Robinson to a four-year contract. SeattleSeahawks: Released DT Andru Pulu. CanadianFootballLeague B.C.Lions: Signed coach Mike Benevides to a contract extension through the 2016 season. EdmontonEskimos: Signed RB Kendial Lawrence to the practice roster. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague CarolinaHurricanes: Agreed to terms with D Ron Hainsey on a three-year contract through the 2016-17 season. Agreed to terms with F Nathan Gerbe on a two-year contract and LW Chris Terry on a one-year contract. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014 2 B