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COLLEGEBASEBALL NCAA Home Run Derby:5:30 p.m., ESPN. MLB BASEBALL St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants: 12:30p.m., CSNBA. Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics: 6p.m., CSN. BOWLING USBC Queens Tournament Women's: 4p.m., ESPN. GOLF Web.com, Nova Scotia Open, Round 1: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA, The Greenbrier Classic, Round 1: noon, GOLF. EPGA, Open de France, Round 2: 1:30a.m., GOLF. TENNIS ITF, Wimbledon, Men's Semi- final: 5a.m., ESPN. Ontheair smooth,one-handedback- hand that long ago earned him the nickname "Baby Fed" — as in seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. On Friday, Dimitrov takes on another past champ, top-seeded Novak Djokovic, who returned to the semifinals for the fifth consecutive year by coming back to beat No. 26 Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2. "Novak really played terrific the last two sets," said three-time Wimble- don winner Boris Becker, who's coaching Djokovic. "That was the first real test for him." On the other half of the draw, Federer will face No. 8 Milos Raonic, the first Canadian man in a Grand Slam semifi- nal since 1923. Federer was broken for the first time in the tour- nament, and dropped a set for the first time, too, but defeated Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 in a matchup between a pair of pals from Switzerland. In 2013, Federer lost in the second round at the All England Club. "Last year was rough. I was very disappointed," the 32-year-old Federer said. "Went back to the practice courts. Didn't have any op- tions left at that point." Raonic outserved Nick Kyrgios — the 19-year-old Australian who eliminated Rafael Nadal in the fourth round — in a 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) win with the help of 39 aces. In the women's quarter- finals, No. 3 Simona Halep beat 2013 runner-up Sa- bine Lisicki 6-4, 6-0, and now faces No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard, who got past No. 9 Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4. Today's other semifi- nal is 2011 champion Petra Kvitova against No. 23 Lu- cie Safarova. Kvitova is the only woman left who has won a major title. "It's a normal evolution of things," the 20-year- old Bouchard said. "As the great champions get a bit older, the new ones start coming in." Dimitrov and Raonic, both 23, would like to see that among the men. It's the ninth year in a row that at least two members of tennis' so- called "Big 4" — Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Murray — made the semifinals at Wimbledon. That quartet has earned the last 11 tro- phies. "The younger guys, we want to come on that stage. We strive for this. I think we're thirsty for that," Dimitrov said. "We want to prove ourselves." Tennis FROM PAGE 1 PAVEL GOLOVKIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Simona Halep of Romania plays a return to Sabine Lisicki of Germany during their women's singles quarterfinal match Wednesday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London. to serve as a mentor to as- piring Cubbies on how the game should be played in the major leagues. "Do the right thing, bro. Follow the rules. That's it," Ramirez said Mon- day, somehow keeping a straight face when asked what advice he will give young players. Nelson Cruz should have followed that advice and stayed out of trouble him- self. Like Ramirez, though, he couldn't stay away from the drugs that for a quar- ter century now have in- fested the game and made its most revered numbers meaningless. That cost Cruz the final 50 regular-season games for the Texas Rangers last year, though the Balti- more Orioles didn't seem to mind. They signed Cruz to an $8 million, one-year deal in spring training and he has rewarded their in- vestment by hitting 26 home runs, tied with Jose Abreu of the White Sox for the lead in the American League. Cruz also is the runaway leader in balloting for des- ignated hitter in the All- Star game with some 3 mil- lion votes, even more proof that baseball fans are truly a forgiving lot. Less than a half season after finishing his suspension for juicing, Cruz has been officially re- habilitated and will surely be cheered when he comes to the plate in Minneapolis just like he has been in Bal- timore since he was wel- comed to the city on open- ing day. That fans don't seem to have a problem with a player recently busted for PEDs being held up as a shining example of what a big league slugger should be is hardly new. Giants fans packed AT&T Park game after game when Bonds was chasing home run records, roaring at every swing even when it was painfully obvious the bloated Bonds was doing things normal human be- ings simply can't do. For all anyone knows, Cruz could still be using. So could a lot of other play- ers, because even with in- creased — and more so- phisticated — testing in baseball the odds of being caught are still small. And the suspensions in the Bio- genesis scandal show that a lot of players are still more than willing to take the chance, mostly because the payoff can be so huge. Thankfully, we will be spared the sight of Cruz bashing balls out of Tar- get Field in the Home Run Derby. He told the Bal- timore Sun recently he wouldn't compete in it be- cause it might hurt his swing, though the guess is someone from baseball whispered into his ear that it wouldn't be a good idea for more obvious reasons. We can also be thankful Ryan Braun has suddenly lost his home run power and likely won't be an All- Star pick either. The ad- mitted liar and cheat who plays for the Milwaukee Brewers has only five home runs since April 20 yet is still fifth among outfielders in All-Star voting. More than 2.5 million fans have voted for Braun to be in the All-Star Game, even more than the 1.9 million ballots cast for an- other cheater, Melky Ca- brera of the Blue Jays, who is in fourth place among American League outfield- ers. They've sent the mes- sage that the teams who keep shelling out millions for tainted players already have: As long as you say "I'm sorry," everything is forgiven. Whether judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Ap- peals are as forgiving with Bonds is anyone's guess. They tend to take lying more seriously than base- ball fans, especially when the lying is done not to sports writers but a fed- eral grand jury. But it may be by now fans are simply numb to steroid use, and accept cheating as part of the game. Or it could be that so many fans have quit base- ball in disgust that the only ones left are willing to sus- pend belief for anything. They're content to keep spending their money on an uneven playing field, as long as it's their player hitting the home runs. They're happy to vote for them for the All-Star game no matter how much they cheat and lie. And they're a big part of the reason baseball is becoming an increasingly marginalized game. Dahlberg FROM PAGE 1 of a lot of firsts," Finchem said. The trio of tournaments adds to an aggressive schedule in the area. The Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, which was held on the last weekend of April this year, is set to return to Lake Merced just down the road in Daly City in 2015. And the inaugural U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship is sched- uled from April 30 to May 6 at The Olympic Club, where the U.S. Open was last held in 2012. Organizers are counting on the sports-saturated Bay Area market — loaded with corporate dollars from San Francisco to Silicon Valley — to provide support be- hind the ropes and on spon- sorship banners. The PGA Tour's com- mitment to hold the Match Play at Harding Park is only for one year. The tour- nament had typically been held in February the past eight years at Dove Moun- tain outside Tucson, Ari- zona. But the PGA Tour's contract with title sponsor Accenture ended after this year's event. The tournament is set for April 29 to May 3 — the week before The Players Championship — next year to improve the chances of dry conditions at Hard- ing. The title sponsor for the 2015 tournament re- mains unclear. The Match Play's debut at Harding also will feature a new format. The tour- nament will have a simi- lar structure to the World Cup, with group play lead- ing into single-elimination matches. The reconfiguration will ensure that all 64 players — determined by the Offi- cial World Golf Ranking, as in the past — are around for at least three days. Pre- viously, single-elimination from the outset often led to quick exits for top players and fan favorites. "It's a lot more golf," Finchem said. "It's a ton of golf. We know the fans here will relish the oppor- tunity to have that much more golf." Finchem, Bishop and Lee all credited Frank "Sandy" Tatum for bringing the events to Harding. Tatum, a longtime San Francisco attorney and former pres- ident of the U.S. Golf As- sociation who turns 94 on Monday, spearheaded a renovation of the course and clubhouse, which now bears his name. Finchem also quoted players such as Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as being excited about the announcements. He said Johnny Miller told him he honed his famed putting skills on Harding's prac- tice greens. Bishop said there was never any discussion of holding the PGA Champi- onship at another club in San Francisco. Golf FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 47 36 .566 _ Los Angeles 48 39 .552 1 San Diego 38 47 .447 10 Colorado 36 49 .424 12 Arizona 35 51 .407 13 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 51 35 .593 _ Pittsburgh 44 40 .524 6 St. Louis 44 40 .524 6 Cincinnati 43 41 .512 7 Chicago 37 46 .446 12 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 47 38 .553 _ Washington 46 38 .548 ½ Miami 41 43 .488 5 ½ New York 37 48 .435 10 Philadelphia 36 48 .429 10 ½ Tuesday'sgames Toronto 4, Milwaukee 1 Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2 Washington 7, Colorado 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Boston 1 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Miami 5, Philadelphia 4, 11 innings San Diego 8, Cincinnati 2 Cleveland 10, L.A. Dodgers 3 San Francisco 5, St. Louis 0 Wednesday'sgames Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 0 Washington 4, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 5, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 5, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis at San Francisco, (n.) Thursday'sgames St. Louis (C.Martinez 1-3) at San Fran- cisco (Bumgarner 9-5), 12:45 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 3-8) at Miami (Hand 0-1), 3:10 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 2-10) at Pittsburgh (Worley 2-0), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 10-4) at Colorado (F.Morales 4-4), 5:10 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 51 33 .607 _ Los Angeles 47 36 .566 3 ½ Seattle 47 38 .553 4 ½ Texas 37 46 .446 13 ½ Houston 36 50 .419 16 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 47 34 .580 _ Kansas City 44 40 .524 4 ½ Cleveland 41 43 .488 7 ½ Chicago 40 46 .465 9 ½ Minnesota 38 45 .458 10 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 47 39 .547 _ Baltimore 44 39 .530 1 ½ New York 41 42 .494 4 ½ Boston 38 47 .447 8 ½ Tampa Bay 38 49 .437 9 ½ Tuesday'sgames Toronto 4, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Angels 8, Chicago White Sox 4, 1st game Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Baltimore 8, Texas 3 Detroit 3, Oakland 0 Chicago Cubs 2, Boston 1 Minnesota 10, Kansas City 2 Seattle 13, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 5, 2nd game Cleveland 10, L.A. Dodgers 3 Wednesday'sgames Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Detroit 9, Oakland 3 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Seattle 5, Houston 2 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Texas at Baltimore, (n.) Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 2 Thursday'sgames Texas (Darvish 8-4) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Bedard 4-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 9-3), 4:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 8-4), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 6-7) at Oakland (Gray 7-3), 6:05 p.m. Houston (Oberholtzer 2-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-2), 7:05 p.m. Tigers9,Athletics3 Oakland Detroit AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 4 2 3 1 AJcksn cf 5 2 3 1 Gentry cf 1 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 5 2 2 1 Callasp 3b 5 0 0 0 MiCarr 1b 3 1 1 2 Cespds dh 4 0 1 0 JMrtnz rf 4 0 1 0 Moss rf 4 1 4 2 TrHntr dh 4 0 3 3 DNorrs c 4 0 2 0 Cstllns 3b 3 1 0 0 Vogt lf 4 0 1 0 Avila c 3 1 0 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0 AnRmn ss 3 1 1 0 Freimn 1b 3 0 0 0 RDavis lf 4 1 2 2 Punto 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 37 311 3 34 913 9 Oakland 200 000 100 — 3 Detroit 101 106 00x — 9 DP: Oakland 1;LOB: Oakland 8, Detroit 6;2B: Moss (15), A.Jackson (16), Mi.Cabrera (30);HR: Crisp (7), Moss (19); CS: Crisp (3), R.Davis (8);S: An.Romine. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Chavez L,6-5 5 8 5 5 4 5 Ji.Johnson 1/3 4 4 4 0 0 Cook 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 Abad 1 0 0 0 0 2 Francis 1 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit Vlander W,7-7 6 9 2 2 0 4 Alburquerque 1 2 1 1 0 1 B.Hardy 1 0 0 0 0 2 Nathan 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.Chavez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP: by Verlander (Freiman);WP: Cook, Alburquerque. Umpires: Home, Jerry Layne, First, Hunter Wendelstedt. Second, Mike DiMuro. Third, Mike Estabrook. T: 3:02;A: 35,445 (41,681). Tennis WIMBLEDONRESULTS Wednesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Marin Cilic (26), Croatia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Nick Kyr- gios, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4). WOMEN Quarterfinals Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Sabine Lisicki (19), Germany, 6-4, 6-0. Eugenie Bouchard (13), Canada, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Soccer 2014FIFAWORLDCUP SECONDROUND SATURDAY,JUNE28 Game49 AtBeloHorizonte,Brazil Brazil 1, Chile 1, (3-2, Brazil, Penalties) Game50 AtRiodeJaneiro Colombia 2, Uruguay 0 SUNDAY,JUNE29 Game51 AtFortaleza,Brazil Netherlands 2, Mexico 1 Game52 AtRecife,Brazil Costa Rica 1, Greece 1 (5-3, Costa Rica, Penalties) MONDAY,JUNE30 Game53 AtBrasilia,Brazil France 2, Nigeria 0 Game54 AtPortoAlegre,Brazil Germany 2, Algeria 1 (overtime) TUESDAY,JULY1 Game55 AtSaoPaulo Argentina 1, Switzerland 0 Game56 AtSalvador,Brazil Belgium 2, United States 1 (overtime) QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY,JULY4 Game57 AtRiodeJaneiro France vs. Germany, 9 a.m. Game58 AtFortaleza,Brazil Brazil vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. SATURDAY,JULY5 Game59 AtBrasilia,Brazil Argentina vs. Belgium, 9 a.m. Game60 AtSalvador,Brazil Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, 1 p.m. SEMIFINALS Tuesday,July8 AtBeloHorizonte,Brazil Game 57 winner vs. Game 58 winner, 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY,JULY9 AtSaoPaulo Game 59 winner vs. Game 60 winner, 1 p.m. THIRDPLACE SATURDAY,JULY12 AtBrasilia,Brazil Semifinal losers, 1 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY,JULY13 AtRiodeJaneiro Semifinal winners, noon MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 11 3 2 35 33 23 Colorado 7 5 4 25 23 18 Salt Lake 6 3 7 25 25 22 FC Dallas 6 7 5 23 28 28 Vancouver 5 3 7 22 25 22 Los Angeles 5 3 5 20 17 11 Portland 4 5 8 20 28 28 San Jose 4 6 4 16 15 15 Chivas USA 3 7 5 14 15 26 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 7 5 4 25 22 14 D.C. 7 5 4 25 22 17 New England 7 6 2 23 22 21 Toronto FC 6 4 3 21 18 16 New York 4 5 7 19 24 24 Columbus 4 5 7 19 18 18 Philadelphia 4 7 6 18 25 28 Houston 5 10 2 17 16 32 Chicago 2 4 9 15 23 26 Montreal 3 7 5 14 16 26 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Chicago 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Chivas USA at San Jose, (n) Friday'sgames New York at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. New England at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 11 p.m. Saturday'sgames D.C. United at Toronto FC, 7 p.m. Seattle FC at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Montreal at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Sunday'sgames Chicago at Kansas City, 3 p.m. Friday,July11 D.C. United at San Jose, 11 p.m. Saturday,July12 Colorado at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at New York, 7 p.m. Houston at Toronto FC, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at New England, 7:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday,July13 Portland at Seattle FC, 10 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 11 3 .786 — Minnesota 12 5 .706 ½ San Antonio 9 8 .529 3½ Sparks 6 9 .400 5½ Seattle 7 11 .389 6 Tulsa 6 10 .375 6 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 11 5 .688 — Chicago 8 8 .500 3 Connecticut 8 9 .471 3½ Indiana 8 9 .471 3½ Washington 7 11 .389 5 New York 6 11 .353 5½ Tuesday'sgames San Antonio 74, Connecticut 71 New York 90, Tulsa 74 Indiana 77, Atlanta 70 Chicago 90, Sparks 83 Wednesday'sgames Indiana 80, Washington 77 Chicago at Phoenix, (n.) Thursday'sgames Tulsa at Connecticut, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sparks at Seattle, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at SF -150/+140 St. Louis at Miami -115/+105 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh -145/+135 Arizona Los Angeles -150/+140 at Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE Texas -115/+105 at Baltimore at Detroit -165/+155 Tampa Bay New York -145/+135 at Minnesota at Oakland -160/+150 Toronto at Los Angeles -160/+150 Houston Soccer WorldCup Brazil TOMORROW Quarterfinals AtRioDeJaneiro Favorite Line Underdog Germany -150/+115 France Over2½;+130/Under2½;-150 AtFortaleza Brazil -300/+240 Colombia Over2½;+110/Under2½;-130 SATURDAY AtBrasilia Argentina -200/+160 Belgium Over2½;+135/Under2½;-155 AtSalvador Netherlands -700/+450 Costa Rica Over2½;+105/Under2½;-125 Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Sent 3B Will Middle- brooks to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. ChicagoWhiteSox: Claimed RHP Angel Sanchez off waivers from Tampa Bay and optioned him to Winston-Salem (Carolina). Agreed to terms with C Jho- andro Alfaro and INFs Felix Mercedes, Ricky Mota and Amado Nunez on minor league contracts. HoustonAstros: Optioned LHP Kevin Chapman to Oklahoma City (PCL). Re- instated RHP Anthony Bass from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Franklin Perez, SS Miguelangel Sierra and C Brandon Benavente on minor league contracts. LosAngelesAngels: Reinstated LHP Tyler Skaggs from the 15-day DL. KansasCityRoyals: Optioned RHP Mi- chael Mariot to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Omaha. MinnesotaTwins: Placed 1B Joe Mauer on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B/Of Chris Colabello from Rochester (IL). NewYorkYankees: Agreed to terms with RHP Deshorn Lake on a minor league contract. Sent LHP CC Sabathia to Tren- ton (EL) for a rehab assignment. TampaBayRays: Recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Durham (IL). TorontoBlueJays: Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Hoffman and C Max Pentecost on minor league contracts. NationalLeague AtlantaBraves: Optioned RHP Juan Jaime to Gwinnett (IL). Reinstated RHP David Carpenter from the 15-day DL. ArizonaDiamondbacks: Agreed to terms with C Nate Irving on a minor league contract. CincinnatiReds: Traded RHP Jair Jurrjens to Colorado for 1B Harold Rig- gins. Optioned RHP Raisel Iglesias to Louisville (IL). ColoradoRockies: Sent LHP Brett Anderson to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment. MiamiMarlins: Placed RHP A.J. Ramos on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Friday. Recalled 1B Justin Bour from New Orleans (PCL). NewYorkMets: Agreed to terms with RHPs Daniel Guzman and Agustin Cas- tilla, OF Claudio Geraldo and Sss Yoel Romero, Edgardo Fermin and Hansel Moreno on minor league contracts. PhiladelphiaPhillies: Placed OF Domonic Brown on paternity leave. Recalled OF Aaron Altherr from Reading (EL). Reinstated RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Reading. Transferred RHP Mike Adams to the 60-day DL. Sent C Wil Nieves to the GCL Phillies for a rehab assignment. St.LouisCardinals: Recalled OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis (PCL). Sent 2B Kolten Wong to Memphis for a rehab assignment. SanDiegoPadres: Placed SS Everth Cabrera on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Tuesday. Selected the contract of 3B Brooks Conrad from El Paso (PCL). Transferred LHP Troy Patton to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with OF Seth Smith on a three-year contract. WashingtonNationals: Agreed to terms with OF Yoel Andujar, SS Bryan Ben- cosme, OF Juan Evangelista, SS Adanlis Martinez and OF Brailin Mesa on minor league contracts. AmericanAssociation KansasCityT-Bones: Released RHP Mike Nannini. St.PaulSaints: Released INF Brandon Wikoff. Signed OF Keith Brachold. WichitaWingnuts: Signed LHP Jared Gaynor. Can-AmLeague QuebecCapitales: Signed INF Aaron Brill. FrontierLeague FrontierGreys: Signed RHP Paul Mittura. JolietSlammers: Signed LHP Tyler Thicke. SchaumburgBoomers: Signed LHP Kris Singh. SouthernIllinoisMiners: Traded INF Jared McDonald to St. Paul (AA) for a player to be named. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation BostonCeltics: Agreed to terms with G Avery Bradley on a four-year contract. BrooklynNets: Named Lionel Hollins coach. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague NFL: Named Charles Way head of player engagement department. BaltimoreRavens: Traded LB Rolando McClain and a 2016 seventh-round draft pick to Dallas for a 2016 seventh-round draft pick. ArenaFootballLeague OrlandoPredators: Announced DB Dee Webb and OL Bryan Collins have been assigned by the league. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague AnaheimDucks: Signed G Jason LaBar- bera to a one-year contract. CarolinaHurricanes: Signed C Jay Mc- Clement to a one-year contract. ChicagoBlackhawks: Agreed to terms with D Kyle Cumiskey on a one-year contract. DallasStars: Signed C Vernon Fiddler to a two-year contract and LW Brendan Ranford to a three-year, entry-level contract. DetroitRedWings: Signed D Kyle Quincey to a two-year contract and F Andy Miele to a one-year contract. FloridaPanthers: Agreed to terms with G Sam Brittain on an entry-level contract and D Blake Parlett on a one-year, two- way contract. MinnesotaWild: Agreed to terms with RW Joel Rechlicz on a one-year, two-way contract. NashvillePredators: Signed C Olli Joki- nen to a one-year contract. NewJerseyDevils: Re-signed Fs Steve Bernier and Stephen Gionta. NewYorkIslanders: Signed Fs Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin to four- year contracts. Agreed to terms with F Cory Conacher on a one-year contract. NewYorkRangers: Agreed to terms with F Chris Bourque. PhiladelphiaFlyers: Signed D Nick Schultz to a one-year contract. PittsburghPenguins: Signed F Steve Downie to a one-year contract. SanJoseSharks: Signed F John Scott to a one-year contract. VancouverCanucks: Signed RW Radim Vrbata to a two-year contract. WinnipegJets: Agreed to terms with G Michael Hutchinson on a two-year contract and D Will O'neill on a one-year, two-way contract. MOTORSPORTS Indycar: Fined Dale Coyne Racing $10,000 for a pair of technical violations during Saturday's Grand Prix of Houston Race 1. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer PortlandTimbers: Waived M Aaron Long. COLLEGE BigTenConference: Promoted Diane Dietz to deputy commissioner, public affairs, Scott Chipman to associate commissioner, communications, Robin Jentes to assistant commissioner, branding, Jade Burroughs promoted to director, branding, Kerry Kenny to director, compliance, Jessica Palermo to director, championships. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 2 B