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Ontheair By Cam Inman BayAreaNewsGroup SANTA CLARA Businessis picking up for Aaron Lynch in his rookie season as a San Francisco 49ers pass rusher. The past two games, both wins, have tapped into Lynch's potential as he's become their left out- side linebacker on passing downs. Lynch said he's having his most fun since, "shoot, my freshman year in col- lege." That was in 2011 at Notre Dame, where he produced 5½ sacks and 33 tackles, including a career-high six tackles against Stanford. But then his career got sidetracked. He returned to his native Florida, sat out the 2012 season upon transferring to the Univer- sity of South Florida, and spent one season there be- fore coming out for the draft. A fifth-round draft pick, his stock had dropped amid character concerns that he says are unfounded. "I wouldn't say my char- acter is bad, like it was put out there," Lynch said Wednesday. "People that know me know that. But I've definitely matured as a man and as a football player. "That comes with expe- rience, being around older guys. You're not around a bunch of college guys any- more, so everybody is more professional." The 49ers' selection of Lynch sparked a damn- ing response from South Florida's strength coach at the time. Hans Straub resigned shortly after his Twitter post questioning the 49ers' draft criteria and writing: "Clearly, in- tegrity and character are not a priority." Lynch dismissed such criticism, saying he isn't fazed by outsiders' opin- ions of him, "because they don't know you, they don't live your life." Lynch's 6-foot-6 frame has undergone an ex- treme makeover since the draft. He relied on a steak-friendly diet to put on weight and check in at over 270 pounds in train- ing camp, which was a sim- ilar weight to his Notre Dame days. His weight had startlingly dropped to 244 pounds at South Florida, which he attributed to us- ing Adderall to combat at- tention-deficit disorder. In the past couple months, the team has streamlined his meal plan so he can play between 259 and 263 pounds. "That's probably a good weight for him," defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. "We'll see as we get to know him more." Two months ago, Lynch was joking how coach Jim Harbaugh encouraged him to take two or three steaks home with him if that's what he craved. Now, the 49ers are enjoying the fruits of Lynch's labor, if you will. Harbaugh calls him an "ascending" player, and one reason Lynch says he's matured is the role models around him. Before the season, Lynch looked mostly to Justin Smith and Patrick Willis for leadership. "Now I look at everybody," said Lynch, who reeled off the names of about five more players. 49ERS Lynch now an important cog Past two victories have tapped into linebacker's potential years, think of where you were 17 years ago, imag- ine reaching a milestone you've never reached be- fore. I think any player will say there's no accom- plishment greater than what you do as a team in the postseason." Pitching deep into Oc- tober with a regular con- tender is something Hud- son mentioned right away when he finalized his $23 million, two-year contract last November. The Giants needed Hud- son to fill a hole with an ex- perienced starter. Hudson needed the Giants to join a winner as he worked him- self back. "It's equally as gratify- ing to be part of this as it is to watch a guy get fur- ther into the playoffs, just because he's so excited he acts like a kid at times," Lincecum said. "You just see how much it means to them and it resonates with you a little bit more, be- cause you're not just play- ing for yourself. You want to win and get further for other guys." Hudson was 8-7 with a 3.97 ERA in 21 starts for the Braves before getting hurt and undergoing sur- gery for a broken right an- kle. Hudson's season ended on July 24, 2013, in New York when the Mets' Eric Young Jr. inadvertently stepped on the back of his lower right leg while Hud- son covered first base. "Coming back from that injury was a tough deal. I'm glad I'm on a winner," Hudson said. "It would have been tough if I had wanted to extend my ca- reer after that injury and I'm making plans for vaca- tion in July or August." His two daughters were born in the Bay Area, where Hudson began his career with the Oakland Athletics in 1999 and won a career-best 20 games the following year. It sure helped San Fran- cisco had captured two of the previous three World Series titles, in 2010 and '12. This time, the Giants got past the 96-win Nationals, who had the best record in the National League be- fore San Francisco won the best-of-five series in four games. While the 39-year-old Hudson posted his first losing record this year at 9-13, he became an All-Star for the fourth time and re- turned from the injury to make 31 starts over 189 1/3 innings. "It means the world when you watch Tim Hud- son, 15, 16 years in who has never advanced past the first round, and you realize how precious these opportunities are," Jake Peavy said. Hudson bonded with fel- low Southern boy Madison Bumgarner, the 18-game winner likely to get the ball for Saturday's opener. And so many others have fed off his energy and wit. "Even though I battled someinjuriesthroughoutmy career,I'veneverdoubtedmy competitive fire. I've always wanted to go out and com- pete and win," Hudson said. "That'swhyIstillplay.That's why I came here. God works incrazyways,andthiscould be something special for us." NOTES: LF Michael Morse is in Arizona to play a couple of games and test his strained left oblique that has sidelined him since Sept. 20 before meet- ing the team in St. Louis on Friday, likely to be on the NLCS roster. Hudson FROM PAGE 1 It's the defending sec- tion champion. It's the Northern Athletic League opener. And it's Home- coming. These Cardinals sure seem to keep finding themselves in big games lately. They'll enter this one without their star Alex Davila, which will make it a lot tougher to beat West Valley for the first time since 2009. But if you want to be hopeful, which we seem to be doing this week, re- member West Valley lost to Shasta 42-20 earlier this year. Shasta runs a similar scheme to Corning and they aren't that much big- ger. So there could be po- tential for Corning's of- fense to do some damage. West Valley's offense is led by the experienced Kody Karpinski at quar- terback. Brody Jones is the main key to the running game. He's also a cog on the defensive unit along with Zach Zambrana and Jer- emy Williams. RED BLUFF (2-4, 1-1) VS. CHICO (3-2, 1-1) AT PLEAS- ANT VALLEY, 8 P.M. FRIDAY A week after getting thumped 49-7 by Enter- prise, Chico went to Para- dise and won in overtime 34-31. Meanwhile Red Bluff's road trip to Shasta, a week after a dramatic vic- tory, didn't go as well. That's football for you, up and down only to be down and up. If Red Bluff's going to get back on the up at any point this season it's go- ing to have to produce what will be considered an upset. The schedule's bru- tal the rest of the way, but just one win will turn heads and likely lock up a playoff spot. This week that up- set will begin with stop- ping quarterback Clayton Welch and do-it-all Miles Fishback. Red Bluff didn't do a good job of that last year in a 61-20 loss to the Pan- thers. That loss was eventu- ally reversed a few days later when Chico forfeited the game after playing some transfer students too soon. Spartans fans said it was a classy move by Chi- co's athletic department. But I'm going to go ahead and predict that scenario doesn't play out again. MERCY (3-3) AT BIG VAL- LEY (4-0) It seems Mercy only plays undefeated teams this year. This time it's a non- league game against Big Valley with a road trip to Bieber. Big Valley doesn't have any stats online to pon- der, but they boast a ros- ter of 31 players. Which leads to the question, how many peo- ple live in Bieber anyway? Our crack research team says the answer is 312. Contact Rich Greene at rgreene@redbluffdai- lynews.com, or @rich- greenenews on Twitter. Greene FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball MLBPLAYOFFS LEAGUECHAMPIONSHIPSERIES (Best-of-7) AMERICANLEAGUE Friday,Oct.10: Kansas City (Shields 14- 8) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6), 5:07 p.m. Saturday,Oct.11: Kansas City at Balti- more, 1:07 p.m. Monday,Oct.13: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA Tuesday,Oct.14: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Wednesday,Oct.15: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Friday,Oct.17: Kansas City at Balti- more, TBA x-Saturday,Oct.18: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA NATIONALLEAGUE Saturday,Oct.11: San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:07 p.m. (Fox) Sunday,Oct.12: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) Tuesday,Oct.14: St. Louis at San Fran- cisco, TBA (FS1) Wednesday,Oct.15: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Thursday,Oct.16: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Saturday,Oct.18: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (Fox) x-Sunday,Oct.19: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) WORLDSERIES (Best-of-7) Tuesday,Oct.21: at American League Wednesday,Oct.22: at AL Friday,Oct.24: at National League Saturday,Oct.25: at NL x-Sunday,Oct.26: at NL x-Tuesday,Oct.28: at AL x-Wednesday,Oct.29: at AL Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 4 1 0 .800 133 63 Denver 3 1 0 .750 116 87 Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 101 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 96 89 New England 3 2 0 .600 123 107 Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97 N.Y. Jets 1 4 0 .200 79 127 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 156 108 Houston 3 2 0 .600 104 87 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 88 139 Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 67 169 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 76 Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 80 Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 108 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 105 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 1 0 .750 86 86 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 110 83 San Francisco3 2 0 .600 110 106 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 84 119 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 156 132 Dallas 4 1 0 .800 135 103 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 133 111 Washington 1 4 0 .200 112 136 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 3 2 0 .600 104 120 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 151 143 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 141 Tampa Bay 1 4 0 .200 103 156 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 2 0 .600 99 79 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 134 106 Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 126 Chicago 2 3 0 .400 116 131 Thursday,Oct.9 Indianapolis at Houston, 5:25 p.m. Sunday,Oct.12 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Denver at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Carolina at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Miami, 10 a.m. San Diego at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Open: Kansas City, New Orleans Monday,Oct.13 San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. THEAPTOP25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (35) 5-0 1,461 1 2. Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 5 3. Mississippi 5-0 1,320 11 3. Mississippi St. (2) 5-0 1,320 12 5. Baylor 5-0 1,258 7 6. Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 9 7. Alabama 4-1 1,060 3 8. Michigan St. 4-1 981 10 9. TCU 4-0 979 25 10. Arizona 5-0 951 NR 11. Oklahoma 4-1 904 4 12. Oregon 4-1 888 2 13. Georgia 4-1 854 13 14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 6 15. Ohio St. 4-1 534 20 16. Oklahoma St. 4-1 527 21 17. Kansas St. 4-1 486 23 18. UCLA 4-1 460 8 19. East Carolina 4-1 344 22 20. Arizona St. 4-1 325 NR 21. Nebraska 5-1 283 19 22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR 23. Missouri 4-1 212 24 24. Utah 4-1 206 NR 25. Stanford 3-2 143 14 Othersreceivingvotes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, Southern Cal 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn St. 5, Kentucky 4, Rutgers 4, N. Da- kota St. 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1. AMWAYTOP25POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, re- cords through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida State (44) 5-0 1505 2 2. Auburn (16) 5-0 1477 5 3. Baylor (1) 5-0 1372 6 4. Mississippi 5-0 1308 11 5. Notre Dame 5-0 1269 8 6. Mississippi State 5-0 1237 14 7. Alabama 4-1 1065 1 8. Michigan State 4-1 1062 10 9. Oklahoma 4-1 929 3 10. Georgia 4-1 898 12 11. Oregon 4-1 897 4 12. TCU 4-0 865 25 13. Arizona 5-0 743 NR 14. Texas A&M 5-1 706 7 15. Ohio State 4-1 645 18 16. Kansas State 4-1 567 22 17. UCLA 4-1 483 9 18. Oklahoma State 4-1 479 23 19. East Carolina 4-1 451 21 20. Arizona State 4-1 354 24 21. Nebraska5-1 261 17 22. Stanford 3-2 241 13 23. Georgia Tech 5-0 240 NR 24. Missouri 4-1 182 NR 25. Clemson 3-2 138 NR Others receiving votes: Marshall 98; Utah 80; LSU 75; Louisville 36; Wisconsin 36; Southern California 28; Brigham Young 16; Minnesota 13; Duke 12; Wash- ington 12; Kentucky 11; West Virginia 8; Arkansas 6; Iowa 6; Memphis 5; Califor- nia 4; Penn State 3; Rutgers 2. NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 Montreal 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday'sgames No games scheduled Wednesday'sgames Montreal 4, Toronto 3 Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 Vancouver at Calgary, (n.) San Jose at Los Angeles, (n.) Thursday'sgames Columbus at Buffalo, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 4 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 5 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 7 p.m. Friday'sgames N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 4 p.m. Basketball NBAPRESEASON Wednesday'sgames Philadelphia 106, Charlotte 92 Washington 94, New Orleans 89 Boston 106, New York 86 Milwaukee 86, Memphis 83 Denver 114, Oklahoma City 101 Thursday'sgames Milwaukee at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. Utah at Portland, 7 p.m. Golden State at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Friday'sgames Orlando at Indiana, 4 p.m. Washington vs. Charlotte at Greenville, SC, 4 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Denver at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Tennis WORLDTOURSHANGHAIROLEX MASTERSRESULTS Wednesday At Qizhong Tennis Center Shanghai Purse: $6.52 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Gilles Simon, France, def. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Wang Chuhan, China, 6-0, 6-4. Jack Sock, United States, def. Kei Nishi- kori (7), Japan, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4. Andy Murray (11), Britain, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 7-5, 6-2. Julien Benneteau, France, def. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-3. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-3, 6-1. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, 5-2, retired. John Isner (13), United States, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7). Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7). Doubles FirstRound Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8. SecondRound Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (5), France, def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Leander Paes, India, 6-2, 6-4. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea, Romania, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock (7), United States, 2-6, 6-3, 11-9. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Colombia, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, France, and Horia Tecau (8), Romania, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 10-5. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (6), Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero, Spain, 6-0, 6-1. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, 6-3, 6-4. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, and Mikhail Youzhny (2), Russia, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 9 3 60 61 47 x-Los Angeles17 5 9 60 66 31 Salt Lake 13 8 10 49 50 39 FC Dallas 14 11 6 48 52 42 Vancouver 10 8 13 43 40 40 Portland 10 9 12 42 56 52 Colorado 8 15 8 32 42 58 San Jose 6 13 11 29 35 44 Chivas USA 7 18 6 27 26 58 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-D.C. 15 9 7 52 46 34 New England15 13 3 48 46 43 Kansas City 13 11 7 46 45 37 New York 11 9 11 44 49 46 Columbus 11 10 10 43 44 38 Toronto FC 11 13 7 40 42 49 Houston 11 14 6 39 36 51 Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45 Chicago 5 8 18 33 38 46 Montreal 6 18 7 25 34 54 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Wednesday'sgames Houston 1, Toronto FC 0 San Jose at Portland, (n.) Friday'sgames Chicago at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle FC, 7 p.m. Saturday'sgames New England at Montreal, 1 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m. San Jose at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday'sgames D.C. United at Houston, 12 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 4 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Oct. 9 MajorLeagueBaseball TOMORROW AMERICANLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Baltimore -115/+105 Kansas City SATURDAY NATIONALLEAGUE at St. Louis -130/+120 San Francisco ODDSTOWINSERIES Baltimore -140/+120 Kansas City St. Louis -135/+115 San Francisco NCAAFootball TONIGHT Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at UCF 3 (46) BYU TOMORROW at Stanford 17½ (55½) Wash. St. San Diego St. 4½ (48½) at N.Mexico Fresno St. 10½ (66) at UNLV NFL TONIGHT Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Indianapolis 3 (46) at Houston SUNDAY Denver 8½ (47½) at N.Y. Jets at Cleveland 2 (47) Pittsburgh at Tennessee 6 (44½) Jacksonville at Atlanta 3 (53½) Chicago Green Bay 3½ (49) at Miami Detroit 1½ (44) at Minnesota at Cincinnati 7 (44½) Carolina New England 3 (45) at Buffalo Baltimore 3 (43) at Tampa Bay San Diego 7 (43) at Oakland at Seattle 8 (47) Dallas at Arizona 3½ (45) Washington at Philadelphia 2½ (50) N.Y. Giants MONDAY San Francisco 3½ (43½) at St. Louis NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -140/+120 Montreal at Pittsburgh -140/+120 Anaheim at Philadelphia -120/+100 New Jersey Columbus -120/+100 at Buffalo at Detroit -110/-110 Boston at Tampa Bay -180/+160 Florida at Nashville -125/+105 Ottawa at St. Louis -155/+135 N.Y. Rangers at Dallas -110/-110 Chicago at Minnesota -135/+115 Colorado at Edmonton -150/+130 Calgary at Arizona -140/+120 Winnipeg Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague LosAngelesAngels: Claimed OF Alfredo Marte off waivers from Arizona. SeattleMariners: Announced DH Corey Hart declined outright assignment and chose free agency. TexasRangers: Announced 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff declined outright assign- ment and chose free agency. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Assigned OF Brett Jackson, LHP Joe Paterson and C Bobby Wilson outright to Reno (PCL). ColoradoRockies: Announced the resignations of executive vice president, chief baseball officer/general manager Dan O'dowd and assistant general manager/senior vice president of major league operations Bill Geivett. Named Jeff Bridich senior vice president/gen- eral manager. LosAngelesDodgers: Announced the retirement of RHP Josh Beckett. MilwaukeeBrewers: Assigned INF Jeff Bianchi outright to Colorado Springs (PCL). PhiladelphiaPhillies: Announced RHP Sean O'sullivan declined outright as- signment and chose free agency. Named Johnny Almaraz director of amateur scouting. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation NBA: Suspended Washington C-F DeJuan Blair, F-C Nene, C Daniel Orton and G Xavier Silas one regular-season game for leaving the bench during an alterca- tion Monday night. Fined Chicago F-C Joakim Noah and Washington G-F Paul Pierce $15,000 for the same altercation. IndianaPacers: Signed coach Frank Vogel to a multiyear contract extension. MemphisGrizzlies: Named Elliot Perry director of player support for the franchise. MilwaukeeBucks: Named Peter Feigin team president and Kelly Kauffman vice president, head of human resources/ human capital management. NewYorkKnicks: Signed C Didier Mbenga. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague NFL: Announced team owners unani- mously approved the sale of the Buffalo Bills to Terry and Kim Pegula. ChicagoBears: Signed S Shamiel Gary to a one-year contract. DetroitLions: Signed CB Mike Harris and DT Derrick Hopkins to the practice squad. Released CB Josh Victorian. Placed DT Xavier Proctor on practice squad injured reserve. GreenBayPackers: Signed G Jordan McCray to the practice squad. NewEnglandPatriots: Released OL Caylin Hauptmann from the practice squad. Signed OL Chris Martin and DL Joe Vellano to the practice squad. OaklandRaiders: Placed LB Nick Roach on injured reserve. Signed LB Jamar Chaney. TennesseeTitans: Placed S Bernard Pollard on injured reserve. Signed CB Brandon Ghee. WashingtonRedskins: Released CB Rich- ard Crawford and S Akeem Davis. Signed CB Greg Ducre from San Diego's practice squad. Signed LB Jackson Jeffcoat from the practice squad. HOCKEY DetroitRedWings: Reassigned F Marek Tvrdon and G Jared Coreau from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). NewYorkIslanders: Reassigned D Loic Leduc to Stockton (ECHL). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 2 B