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beensayingitthelastcou- ple years, with a straight face. It's a good feeling to be in that situation." Here are some things to watch for with the 49ers: Levi's Stadium inaugu- ral season: The 49ers cer- tainly hope their preseason debut at Levi's is a far cry from how they will defend their home field in the first year at their sparkling new digs. It was Denver 34, San Francisco 0, which sent fans for the exits midway through the third quarter Aug. 17. They bounced back to beat San Diego 21-7 last Sunday. Their first chance in the regular season comes in prime time Sept. 14 against the Bears. The stadium is being sodded for a third time in four months in an effort to find the right grass and soil combination that will stay rooted for the long haul. The initial grass put down in April failed to hold and was re-sodded for last Sunday's game against the Chargers. Big-Money Kaepernick: Colin Kaepernick landed that big-money new con- tract he wanted during the offseason, and now it's time to back it up. In June, the fourth-year QB received a $126 million, six-year extension through the 2020 season. The deal includes $61 million in guaranteed money. Kaepernick insists it's not all about the money, and that he has come a long way in "our play- ers having confidence in me." Skinny playbook: With- out offering specifics, San Francisco has simplified its typically thick offen- sive playbook. Whether that will contribute to more efficiency getting the play called in the huddle in time remains to be seen; it was an issue for the offense the past two seasons. "Generally, we cleaned things up," Kaepernick said. "Looks great to me. Took out a little bit of the indecision in some of things. I think everyone is excited with what we've done and the strides we've made." No Bo: Star linebacker NaVorro Bowman tore the anterior cruciate and me- dial collateral ligaments in his left knee during the NFC championship game loss at Seattle and under- went surgery. "There's no question NaVorro has held down that position, been a big part of our defense being as good as it has been for the past few years," Willis said. "To go without him the first half of the sea- son, he's truly going to be missed." The 49ers also could be without Aldon Smith if he receives an NFL suspen- sion for his offseason legal issues. "We've just all got to step our game up and see what we can do, especially with Bo being out," Justin Smith said. "We feel good about where we're at." Receiving depth: Kaepe- rnick's talented receiving corps is deeper than ever since he took over as the starter midway through the 2012 season. From An- quan Boldin and a healthy Michael Crabtree, to new- comer Stevie Johnson, re- turnee Brandon Lloyd, and tight end Vernon Da- vis, Kaepernick has ample options. 49ers FROMPAGE1 "This year we have that sense of urgency here," said fullback Marcel Re- ece, one of three Raid- ers position players who have been with the fran- chise since 2008. "There's more veteran leadership on both sides of the ball. It's encouraging to have a group of guys around you that have the same sense of urgency." Whether that trans- lates to more success on the field will depend heav- ily on the performance of quarterback Matt Schaub, slated to be Oakland's 18th starting quarterback since 2003. Schaub was run out of Houston after last sea- son when he set an NFL record by having an in- terception returned for a touchdown in four straight games. Despite a rocky pre- season and a sore throw- ing elbow, the Raiders be- lieve Schaub can solidify the revolving door at quar- terback and once again be the player who posted five straight seasons with a passer rating above 90. "You can't make it any- where in this game without having confidence through the roof," Schaub said. "You're going to go through ups and downs as a player. It's how you bounce back from it." Here are some things to watch with the Raiders this season: Shiny new Carr: Even before Schaub took his first snap in Oakland, the Raiders drafted his replacement when they picked Derek Carr out of Fresno State. Carr has a stronger arm and is a bet- ter athlete than Schaub. He could take over the job sooner than expected if Schaub struggles to start the season or is hampered by a sore throwing elbow that forced him to miss some practice time. Carr still must show he can stand in against NFL pass rushers and be as effective operating from under cen- ter as he was in the shot- gun at Fresno State. Revolving corner: For the third straight offsea- son, the Raiders brought in a pair of new starting cor- nerbacks. Oakland hopes Tarell Brown and Carlos Rogers fare better than Shawntae Spencer and Ron Bartell in 2012, and Mike Jenkins and Tracy Porter last season. Rogers was originally slated to be the nickel cornerback but moved into a starting role with last year's top pick DJ Hayden still sidelined by a stress fracture in his right foot. Run to daylight: Jones- Drew and Darren McFad- den are coming off rough seasons when both aver- aged less than 3.5 yards per carry. The two former 1,000-yard backs showed signs of resurgence this summer as both were in good health and tiptop shape. With a big offen- sive line suited to a power running game, Jones-Drew and McFadden are set up to have strong seasons that could take pressure off the passing game. Mighty Mack: No. 5 over- all pick Khalil Mack gives the Raiders a potential im- pact pass rusher they have lacked in recent seasons. Mack is still learning the pro game but has shown the strength and athleti- cism to get to the quarter- back. With the additions of Tuck, Woodley and An- tonio Smith on the defen- sive line, the Raiders might not need to rely as heavily on blitzes last year, which should help shore up a sus- pect secondary. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 now D-III and so on. There are no section teams that are D-I. Enterprise is one of the few teams not in action Friday, which is designated as Week Zero thanks to its partial schedule of games. The Hornets open their season Sept. 5 by host- ing Sac-Joaquin Section's Whitney of Rocklin. Re- turning standouts include section co-most valuable player on offense in run- ning back Izzy Matthews, who ran for 2,220 yards and 32 touchdowns, both single-season school re- cords. He is joined by tight end Alex Talladino, Izzy Perea, and defensive MVP Nick Tomasin, a line- backer, in trying to get the Hornets to a third straight section title and a second state playoff berth. Winters also received all No. 1 votes, likely because the Warriors return quar- terback Jacob Lowrie and running back Trevor Ray, who each rushed for more than 1,250 yards. Behind Enterprise in D-II is second-ranked Par- adise with 40 points, Chico was third with 37, Pleasant Valley was fourth (13) and Red Bluff fifth with 11. Sutter fell one vote shy of a unanimous No. 1 ranking in D-III. The Huskies had 54 votes with West Valley, the defending champion, finishing with 43 and the other first-place vote. Or- land was third with 23 points, Lassen was fourth with 16 and Central Valley ranked fifth with 12. In Division IV, Durham and Hamilton tied for sec- ond behind Winters. Each team totaled 29 points. In fourth place was Trinity (21), and Colusa was fifth with 16. Fall River received nine first-place votes for a to- tal of 45 points. Maxwell, the defending champion, was second with 39 points. Biggs was third with 29, and Chester was fourth at 22. Portola, which received the other top votes, was fifth with 19 points. Division VI, also known as eight-man football, saw Redding Christian gather seven firsts to Dunsmuir's four. The Lions had 51 points to the Tigers' 48. No other team was ranked first or second. Coming in third was Butte Valley with 21 points, and Hayfork had 16 for fourth. Big Valley was fifth with 13. ConnectwithSports Writer Joseph Shufel- berger at 896-7774. Football FROM PAGE 1 eraging 2.5 runs in those games. "We're not scoring much against anybody right now," manager Bob Mel- vin said. And the thing is, the lineup against lefties is likely to get worse start- ing today. The A's are ac- tivating Drew Pomeranz to pitch Wednesday's se- ries finale in Houston, and it seems the A's are going to send down first base- man Nate Freiman to get Pomeranz on board, thus setting up Sonny Gray, Jon Lester, Scott Kazmir and Jeff Samardzija to pitch against the Angels start- ing Thursday in Anaheim. Freiman has an option, which means the A's can send him down without los- ing him, then get him back after the roster expands to 40 players on Monday. The Angels are likely to throw two lefties at the A's, and Oakland could use Frei- man. Since his promotion on Aug. 3, he's made seven starts against lefties and against them is 6-for-19 with one single, two dou- bles, three homers, two walks and six RBIs. His demotion will make Oakland more vulnera- ble than ever against lefty starters, but there seems no other practical way to get Pomeranz on the roster. It was Freiman's double off Keuchel that put the A's in up 2-0 in the fourth in- ning Tuesday. They would not score again. "We should do more," Melvin said of Keuchel. "What did we get, five hits?" Still, Oakland seemed to be in good shape with Jason Hammel having his best start since being acquired from the Cubs. Dexter Fowler hit a homer off him in the fourth, but Hammel retired the last 10 men he faced and handed a 2-1 lead to Luke Greger- son in the eighth. Gregerson got two quick grounders. He fielded the first himself with the sec- ond going to Eric Sogard at second base. Sogard's throw to first base was true, but Stephen Vogt dropped it, committing what he called "an inex- cusable error." Then next error was Gregerson, who tried to quick-pitch Jose Altuve, the American League hits leader, and hit him with a pitch. That brought up Carter, the only real power threat in the Astros lineup, and someone that, had the A's played the game right, wouldn't have had to face in the eighth inning. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 74 58 .561 _ San Francisco 68 62 .523 5 San Diego 60 70 .462 13 Arizona 55 76 .420 181/2 Colorado 53 77 .408 20 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 73 58 .557 _ St. Louis 71 60 .542 2 Pittsburgh 68 64 .515 51/2 Cincinnati 63 69 .477 101/2 Chicago 59 72 .450 14 EAST DIVISION W L P ct G B Washington 75 56 .573 _ Atlanta 68 64 .515 71/2 Miami 65 65 .500 91/2 New York 62 70 .470 131/2 Philadelphia 60 72 .455 151/2 Monday's games St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Milwaukee 10, San Diego 1 Colorado 3, San Francisco 2 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4, Washington 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, (n.) Miami at L.A. Angels, (n.) Milwaukee at San Diego, (n.) Colorado at San Francisco, (n.) Wednesday's games St. Louis (Wainwright 15-8) at Pittsburgh (Locke 5-3), 9:35 a.m. Washington (Fister 12-4) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 6-11), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 12-9) at N.Y. Mets (Za. Wheeler 9-8), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Ja.Turner 4-7) at Cincin- nati (Latos 4-3), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-5), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-3) at Arizona (Miley 7-9), 6:40 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (F.Morales 5-7) at San Fran- cisco (Hudson 9-9), 7:15 p.m. Thursday's games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 77 53 .592 _ Oakland 77 54 .588 1/2 Seattle 71 59 .546 6 Houston 56 77 .421 221/2 Texas 51 79 .392 26 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 73 58 .557 _ Detroit 71 59 .546 11/2 Cleveland 66 63 .512 6 Chicago 59 71 .454 131/2 Minnesota 58 73 .443 15 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 75 55 .577 _ New York 68 62 .523 7 Toronto 66 66 .500 10 Tampa Bay 64 68 .485 12 Boston 58 74 .439 18 Monday's games Baltimore 9, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4, Toronto 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 1 Oakland 8, Houston 2 Miami 7, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 2, Seattle 0 Tuesday's games Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 11, Toronto 7, 11 innings Detroit 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1 Houston 4, Oakland 2 Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Miami at L.A. Angels, (n.) Texas at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday's games Texas (Lewis 8-11) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-5), 12:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Smyly 8-10) at Baltimore (Gausman 7-5), 4:05 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-1) at Toronto (Stroman 7-5), 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Detroit (Price 12-9), 4:08 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 7-9), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 14-8) at Kansas City (Hendriks 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Pomeranz 5-4) at Houston (Peacock 3-8), 5:10 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7), 7:05 p.m. Thursday's games N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Astros 4, Athletics 2 Oakland Houston AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 Grssmn lf 4 1 0 0 Gentry rf-lf 3 1 0 0 Altuve 2b 3 1 1 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 1 0 Carter dh 4 1 1 3 DNorrs dh 4 0 0 0 Fowler cf 4 1 1 1 JGoms lf 3 1 2 1 JCastro c 4 0 0 0 Reddck ph-rf10 0 0 MGnzlz ss 3 0 1 0 Freimn 1b 3 0 1 1 Singltn 1b 2 0 0 0 Vogt ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Mrsnck rf 3 0 0 0 Callasp 2b 4 0 0 0 G.Petit 3b 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 0 0 0 0 Krauss ph 1 0 0 0 G.Soto c 2 0 1 0 MDmn 3b 0 0 0 0 Fuld ph 1 0 0 0 Parrino ss 4 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 5 2 29 4 4 4 Oakland 100 100 000 — 2 Houston 000 100 03x — 4 E: Vogt (1), Keuchel (2), Singleton (10); LOB: Oakland 8, Houston 4; 2B: Freiman (5), Altuve (34); HR: Carter (32), Fowler (8); S: Gentry. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Hammel 7 3 1 1 1 6 Grgrson L,3-3 1 1 3 2 0 0 Houston Keuchel 7 5 2 1 3 3 Fields W,4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 Qualls S,15 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Hammel (G.Petit), by Gregerson (Altuve). Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook, First, Paul Emmel. Second, Toby Basner. Third, Mike DiMuro. T: 2:36; A: 17,345 (42,060). Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (28), Spain, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Ivo Karlovic (25), Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Noah Rubin, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, retired. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. John Isner (13), United States, def. Marcos Giron, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (2). Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Lukas Rosol (29), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Yoshihito Nish- ioka, Japan, 6-1, 6-2, 2-1, retired. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5. Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Pere Riba, Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Gilles Simon (26), France, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2. Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Sam Groth, Australia, def. Albert Ramos- Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (17), Spain, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Dmi- try Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. Gael Monfils (20), France, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (3). Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4). WOMEN First Round Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-1, 6-1. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-2, 6-2. Wang Qiang, China, def. Paula Kania, Poland, 6-2, 6-0. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Zhang Shuai (32), China, 6-1, 6-2. Ana Ivanovic (8), Serbia, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-3, 6-0. Sam Stosur (24), Australia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-4. Casey Dellacqua (29), Australia, def. Pa- tricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 7-5, 6-3. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 7-5, 6-2. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Pauline Par- mentier, France, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (20), Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Chan Yung- jan, Taiwan, 6-0, 7-5. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (30), Czech Republic, def. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6-1, 6-3. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Canada, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-1. Flavia Pennetta (11), Italy, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-1, 6-0. Christina McHale, United States, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (5). CiCi Bellis, United States, def. Dominika Cibulkova (12), Slovakia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-5. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova (17), Russia, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Madison Keys (27), United States, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-0, 6-3. Carla Suarez Navarro (15), Spain, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Vania King, United States, def. Franc- esca Schiavone, Italy, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. An as ta si a P av ly uch enk ov a ( 23 ), R us si a, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-2, 6-0. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Katar- zyna Piter, Poland, 6-4, 6-1 Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Caro- line Garcia, France, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles MEN First Round Carlos Berlocq and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4. David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def. Nicholas Monroe and Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Eric Butorac, United States, and Raven Klaasen (12), South Africa, def. Tomasz Bednarek, Poland, and Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1. Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut (10), France, def. Peter Kobelt and Hunter Reese, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, def. Chase Buchanan and Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Benjamin Becker, Germany, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Dominic Inglot (14), Britain, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-2. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zi- monjic (3), Serbia, def. Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. Daniele Bracciali, Italy, and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (13), Paki- stan, 7-6 (10), 4-6, 7-6 (5). Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 1 0 .667 72 34 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 48 69 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 69 97 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 54 67 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Miami 2 1 0 .667 55 50 New England 2 1 0 .667 78 65 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 62 62 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 63 81 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 1 0 .667 50 56 Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 68 64 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 47 43 Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 53 63 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 0 01.000 83 50 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 56 67 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 75 79 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 49 70 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 1 0 .667 91 41 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 73 49 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 64 61 San Francisco1 2 0 .333 24 64 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 0 01.000 99 79 Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 52 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 94 97 Dallas 0 3 0 .000 57 89 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 0 01.000 80 65 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 40 66 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 53 66 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 51 50 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 0 01.000 70 46 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 81 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 52 51 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 68 48 Thursday's game Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21 Friday's games New England 30, Carolina 7 N.Y. Giants 35, N.Y. Jets 24 Detroit 13, Jacksonville 12 Green Bay 31, Oakland 21 Seattle 34, Chicago 6 Saturday's games Ta mpa B ay 2 7, B uf fa lo 1 4 Miami 25, Dallas 20 Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17 Baltimore 23, Washington 17 Minnesota 30, Kansas City 12 New Orleans 23, Indianapolis 17 St. Louis 33, Cleveland 14 Houston 18, Denver 17 Sunday's games San Francisco 21, San Diego 7 Cincinnati 19, Arizona 13 Thursday, Aug. 28 Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6 p.m. Kansas City at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 7 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m. Baltimore at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m. Basketball WNBA PLAYOFFS (x-if necessary) SEMIFINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 1, Atlanta 1 Friday, Aug. 22: Chicago 80, Atlanta 77 Sunday, Aug. 24: Atlanta 92, Chicago 83 Tuesday, Aug 26: Chicago 81, Atlanta 80 Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday Aug. 21: Indiana 78, Wash- ington 73 Saturday, Aug. 23: Indiana 81, Washing- ton 76, OT WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, Sparks 0 Friday, Aug. 22: Phoenix 75, Sparks 72 Sunday, Aug. 24: Phoenix 93, Sparks 68 Minnesota 2, San Antonio 0 Thursday Aug. 21: Minnesota 88, San Antonio 84 Saturday, Aug. 23: Minnesota 94, San Antonio 89 FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana vs. Chicago Saturday, Aug. 30: Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1: Indiana at Chicago, 1 p.m. x-Wednesday, Sept. 3: Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix vs. Minnesota Friday, Aug. 29: Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31: Phoenix at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, Sept. 1: Minnesota at Phoe- nix, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 14 7 3 45 43 33 FC Dallas 12 7 6 42 45 33 Salt Lake 11 5 9 42 39 30 Los Angeles 11 5 7 40 41 26 Vancouver 7 5 12 33 33 31 Portland 7 8 10 31 41 43 Colorado 8 11 6 30 37 39 San Jose 6 10 7 25 28 32 Chivas USA 6 12 6 24 21 37 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 13 7 4 43 39 26 Kansas City 12 7 6 42 36 26 Toronto FC 9 8 6 33 35 36 Columbus 8 8 9 33 35 32 New York 7 7 10 31 39 36 New England 9 12 3 30 31 36 Philadelphia 7 9 9 30 40 41 Chicago 4 6 14 26 31 37 Houston 7 13 4 25 25 45 Montreal 4 15 5 17 25 45 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Los Angeles 4, Colorado 3 Seattle FC 1, San Jose 1, tie Friday's games FC Dallas 2, Salt Lake 1 Saturday's games New York 4, Montreal 2 Toronto FC 2, Chicago 2, tie New England 1, Chivas USA 0 Columbus 3, Houston 0 D.C. United 3, Kansas City 0 Los Angeles 2, Vancouver 0 Sunday's games Seattle FC 4, Portland 2 Philadelphia 4, San Jose 2 Wednesday, Aug. 27 D.C. United at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 Houston at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 Colorado at Seattle FC, 1 p.m. New England at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. Salt Lake at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31 New York at D.C. United, 11:30 a.m. Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 5 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Aug. 27 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog St. Louis -130/+120 at Pittsburgh Washington -150/+140 at Philly Atlanta -135/+125 at New York at Cincinnati -175/+165 Chicago Milwaukee -135/+125 at San Diego Los Angeles -185/+175 at Arizona at SF -200/+185 Colorado AMERICAN LEAGUE at Seattle -170/+160 Texas at Baltimore -120/+110 Tampa Bay at Toronto -135/+125 Boston at Detroit -175/+165 New York Cleveland -180/+170 at Chicago Minnesota -115/+105 at Kansas City Oakland -160/+150 at Houston INTERLEAGUE at LA (AL) -135/+125 Miami NFL TOMORROW Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Jacksonville 4 (391/2) Atlanta at Buffalo 41/2 (41) Detroit at Cincinnati 21/2 (42) Indianapolis at Miami 3 (391/2) St. Louis at Philadelphia 21/2 (44) N.Y. Jets at Green Bay 3 (42) Kansas City at N.Y. Giants 31/2 (411/2) New England at Tampa Bay 21/2 (39) Washington at Pittsburgh 51/2 (38) Carolina at Tennessee 11/2 (42) Minnesota at Houston 31/2 (39) San Francisco at Cleveland 5 (421/2) Chicago at New Orleans 31/2 (431/2) Baltimore Denver 2 (431/2) at Dallas Seattle 5 (39) at Oakland at San Diego 3 (391/2) Arizona | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 2 B