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2B Daily News – Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Ginn's big day on special teams lifts 49ers to win SANTA CLARA (AP) — Running like mad, Ted Ginn Jr. almost raised the ball in the air before the goal line to start celebrating a touchdown on his 102-yard kickoff return. He thought twice, then tucked it in safely at his right side. Ginn had looked up at the big screen and saw a chasing defender. No way he was risking something going wrong. week. Not after his turbulent Ahead of the season opener, Ginn took a hefty pay cut and lost his starting job in the receiving corps to newcomer Braylon Edwards. What a tough few days for the fifth-year pro before he returned two kicks for touchdowns in a 59-sec- ond span to seal San Fran- cisco's season-opening 33- 17 victory over Seattle. The 49ers got their money's worth and then some from the veteran wideout and spe- cial teams star against the defending NFC West cham- pion Seahawks. Ginn gave the 49ers their first game in franchise history with a kickoff return and a punt return for touchdowns. ''I'm a team player. It's not always about money,'' Ginn said. ''You come in, you play the game, and as WNBA CONFERENCE SEMIS (Best-of-3) Eastern Conference Indiana vs. New York Thursday: at Indiana, 5 p.m. Saturday: at New York, 1 p.m. Monday: at Indiana, 5 p.m. Connecticut vs. Atlanta Friday: at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Sunday: at Atlanta, Noon Tuesday: at Connecticut, 4 or 5 p.m. Western Conference Minnesota vs. San Antonio Friday: at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Sunday: at San Antonio, 2 p.m. Tuesday: at Minnesota, 5 or 6 p.m. Seattle vs. Phoenix Thursday: at Seattle, 7 p.m. Saturday: at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Monday: at Seattle, 7 p.m. you play the game, good things should happen for you.'' It hasn't always been that way for Ginn, however. Booed by Dolphins fans from the day he was drafted out of Ohio State, the criti- cism he received in South Florida was relentless. Even for a guy who scored on kickoff returns of 100 and 101 yards in the same quar- ter of a game against the New York Jets in November 2009. He became the first player with two kickoff returns of at least 100 yards in the same game. The 49ers got quite a glimpse — make that two — of Ginn's explo- sive, game-breaking ability Sunday. Even at age 26, he shows off the speed and first step that made him a nation- al hurdle champion in high school. ''Career day, record-set- ting day by Ted Ginn,'' 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said. ''Phenomenal perfor- mance by Teddy.'' And to think Harbaugh nearly went with somebody else back deep in the return game. The first-year coach ultimately decided to go with Ginn because of ''his NCAA Top 25 Schedule Thursday's game No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi St., 5 p.m. Friday's game No. 4 Boise State at Toledo, 5 p.m. Saturday's games No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida St., 5 p.m. No. 2 Alabama vs. North Texas, 4:30 p.m. No. 6 Stanford at Arizona, 7:45 p.m. No. 7 Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma State at Tulsa, 7 p.m. No. 9 Texas A&M vs. Idaho, 4 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina vs. Navy, 3 p.m. No. 11 Nebraska vs.Washington, 12:30 p.m. No. 12 Oregon vs. Missouri St., 12:30 p.m. No. 13 Virginia Tech vs. Ark. St., 1 p.m. No. 14 Arkansas vs. Troy, 4:30 p.m. No. 15 Mich. St. at Notre Dame, 12:30 p.m. No. 16 Florida vs. Tennessee, 12:30 p.m. No. 17 Ohio State at Miami, 4:30 p.m. No. 18 West Virginia at Maryland, 9 a.m. No. 19 Baylor vs. Stephen F. Austin, 4 p.m. No. 20 South Florida vs. Florida A&M, 4 p.m. No. 21 Auburn at Clemson, 9 a.m. No. 22 Arizona State at Illinois, 4 p.m. No. 23 TCU vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 11 a.m. No. 23 Texas at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. experience more than any- thing else.'' ''I wanted a guy back there who was going to have a cool head and make good decisions,'' Harbaugh said. Ginn will be given anoth- er chance to shine on special teams this week. While Ginn has always longed to pull double duty on special teams and offense, Har- baugh seems content to stick with what worked. The 49ers host the Dallas Cowboys at Candlestick Park after Tony Romo and Co. blew a 14-point lead to lose 27-24 to the Jets on Sunday night. ''You sure hate to take him off the field right now in those roles,'' Harbaugh said of Ginn. ''He means a lot to us on the offensive side of the ball as well. We weren't going to have him returning the kicks. That was close to a day-before-game decision MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-Galaxy 15 3 10 55 40 22 Seattle 13 6 9 48 43 31 FC Dallas 13 8 7 46 36 31 Salt Lake 13 7 6 45 37 22 Colorado 10 8 11 41 39 37 Portland 9 12 6 33 33 41 Chivas USA 7 11 10 31 32 33 QUAKES 610 11 29 29 35 Vancouver 4 13 10 22 28 43 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 11 9 7 40 33 34 Kansas City 10 8 10 40 43 36 Philadelphia 8 7 12 36 35 30 Houston 8 9 11 35 34 36 D.C. 8 7 10 34 37 35 New York 6 6 15 33 42 38 Chicago 4 8 15 27 30 35 N. England 5 11 12 27 32 43 Toronto FC 5 12 12 27 30 51 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth —————————————————— Today's game Houston at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Friday's game New England at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday's games San Jose at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m. Chivas USA at Chicago, 1 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. New York at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at Seattle FC, 6 p.m. Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. to let him roll on the kickoff return. But glad we did it.'' Ginn is giving San Fran- cisco — after one week, at least — what he believed he had in him when he arrived in the Bay Area last year. The 49ers acquired Ginn in a trade with the Dolphins in April 2010, when then- coach Mike Singletary made upgrading the return game one of his top priori- ties. ''I'm just going to come into the 49ers and show 'em what I got,'' Ginn said after the trade. He insists he gauges his field position based on ''feel.'' ''I've been back there for about five years now, so I can kind of get a good feel MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB Angels 80 67 .544 3.5 A's 84 64 .568 — 67 80 .456 16.5 Seattle 61 86 .415 22.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 89 57 .610 — Boston 86 61 .585 3.5 Tampa Bay 82 65 .558 7.5 Toronto 74 74 .500 16 Baltimore 59 88 .401 30.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 86 62 .581 — Chicago 73 74 .497 12.5 Cleveland 72 73 .497 12.5 Kansas City 63 86 .423 23.5 Minnesota 59 88 .401 26.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results L.A. Angels at Oakland, late Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 18, Toronto 6 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Texas 10, Cleveland 4 N.Y.Yankees at Seattle, late Today's games L.A. Angels (Weaver 16-7) at Oakland (Harden 4-2), 12:35 p.m Toronto (R.Romero 14-10) at Boston (Lackey 12-12), 10:35 a.m. Detroit (Penny 10-10) at Chicago (Axelrod 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Minnesota (Hendriks 0-1) at Kansas City (Hochevar 10-11), 1:10 p.m. Cleveland (D.Huff 2-4) at Texas (D.Holland 13-5), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 10-8) at Baltimore (Guthrie 7-17), 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees (Nova 15-4) at Seattle (Vargas 8-13), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Detroit at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Chicago at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. on how the kickoff team is coming down,'' he said. Selected with the ninth overall pick in 2007, Ginn was considered the fastest draft bust in Dolphins histo- ry. He managed only five touchdown catches in three seasons while averaging 13.0 yards per reception. Ginn seems to have moved on from all that. He made 12 catches last season with a TD in his first year with the 49ers. On Sunday, he left Can- dlestick with a trio of sou- venir balls — the game ball and two more from his TD runs. MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Arizona 86 62 .581 — GIANTS 77 70 .524 8.5 Dodgers 72 74 .493 13 Colorado 69 78 .469 16.5 Padres 63 85 .426 23 East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 94 51 .648 — Atlanta 85 64 .570 11 New York 71 77 .480 24.5 Washington 69 77 .473 25.5 Florida 67 80 .456 28 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 87 62 .584 — St. Louis 80 68 .541 6.5 Cincinnati 72 76 .486 14.5 Pittsburgh 67 81 .453 19.5 Chicago 65 83 .439 21.5 Houston 51 97 .345 35.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results San Diego at San Francisco, late Atlanta 7, Florida 1 Cincinnati 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Houston 5, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, late Today's games San Diego (Latos 7-13) at S.F. (Lincecum 12-12), 12:45 p.m. Florida (Nolasco 10-10) at Atlanta (Delgado 0-1), 9:05 a.m. St. Louis (E.Jackson 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Morton 9-9), 9:35 a.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 17-5) at Houston (Norris 6-9), 11:05 a.m. Chicago Cubs (C.Coleman 2-7) at Cincinnati (Cueto 9-5), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Peacock 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 7-11), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Millwood 2-2) at Milwaukee (Marcum 12-6), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (D.Hudson 16-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 18-5), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games San Francisco at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 11:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 4:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. West WL T Pct PF PA RAIDERS 10 0 1.000 23 20 Chargers 1 0 0 1.000 24 17 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 7 41 Denver 0 1 0 .000 20 23 East WL T Pct PF PA N. England 1 0 0 1.000 38 24 Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 41 7 N.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 27 24 Miami South 0 1 0 .000 24 38 WL T Pct PF PA Houston 1 0 0 1.000 34 7 Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 16 14 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 14 16 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 7 34 North WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 35 7 Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 17 27 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 7 35 NFC West WL T Pct PF PA 49ERS 10 0 1.000 33 17 Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 28 21 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 13 31 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 17 33 East WL T Pct PF PA Washington 1 0 0 1.000 28 14 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 31 13 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 24 27 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 14 28 South WL T Pct PF PA N. Orleans 0 1 0 .000 34 42 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 21 28 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 12 30 North Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 30 12 Detroit WL T Pct PF PA 1 0 0 1.000 27 20 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 42 34 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 17 24 —————————————————— Week 1 Thursday's result Green Bay 42, New Orleans 34 Sunday's results San Francisco 33, Seattle 17 Arizona 28, Carolina 21 Baltimore 35, Pittsburgh 7 Buffalo 41, Kansas City 7 Chicago 30, Atlanta 12 Cincinnati 27, Cleveland 17 Detroit 27, Tampa Bay 20 Houston 34, Indianapolis 7 Jacksonville 16, Tennessee 14 N.Y. Jets 27, Dallas 24 Philadelphia 31, St. Louis 13 San Diego 24, Minnesota 17 Washington 28, N.Y. Giants 14 Monday's results Oakland 23, Denver 20 New England 38, Miami 24 Week 2 Sunday's games Oakland at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Arizona at Washington, 10 a.m. Seattle at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Denver, 1:15 p.m. Houston at Miami, 1:15 p.m. San Diego at New England, 1:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m. Monday's game St. Louis at N.Y. 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