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COLLEGEBASKETBALL Michigan State vs. Notre Dame:4:15p.m.,ESPN2. ACC/Big-10Challenge Vir- ginia T. vs. Penn State: 4:15 p.m., ESPNU. ACC/Big-10Challenge Iowa vs. North Carolina: 4:30p.m., ESPN. Seton Hall vs. Creighton Women's: 5p.m., FS1. UNLV vs. Arizona State: 5 p.m., PAC-12. Virginia vs. Maryland: 6:15 p.m., ESPN2. ACC/Big-10Challenge Geor- gia Tech vs. Northwestern: 6:15p.m., ESPNU. ACC/Big-10Challenge Duke vs. Wisconsin: 6:30p.m., ESPN. Montana vs. California: 7p.m., PAC-12. Wichita State vs. Utah: 8:15 p.m., ESPN2. Cal State-Fullerton vs. UCLA: 9p.m., PAC-12. GOLF EPGA Nedbank Challenge Round 1: midnight, GOLF. NHL HOCKEY St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER EPL Soccer: 11:45a.m., NBCSN. Ontheair By Ben Walker The Associated Press NEW YORK DaleScottfig- ures he'll hear plenty of foul language from angry hitters next season. Such is life for a Major League Baseball umpire. "They'll still yell at me when a 3-2 slider doesn't break their way," he told The Associated Press. "But they'll be yelling at me be- cause they didn't like my call, not because I'm a gay umpire." Two weeks after Ja- son Collins retired as the NBA's first openly gay player, Scott added his name Tuesday to a grow- ing list of gay and lesbian sports figures taking sim- ilar public steps. St. Louis Rams draft pick Michael Sam, NBA official Violet Palmer and WNBA star Brittney Griner are among those who have come out in recent years. Scott didn't want to make a huge announce- ment heading into his 30th big league season. The trade maga zine Referee did a profile on the veteran crew chief in October, and didn't mention his sexuality. But the 55-year-old Scott wanted to share an impor- tant part of his life, and made the choice to include a picture of himself with partner Michael Rausch. They married in Novem- ber 2013 in Palm Springs. The caption in Referee said: "He and his long- time companion, Michael Rausch, traveled to Aus- tralia for the 2014 season opener between the Dia- mondbacks and Dodgers." The website Outsports. com later interviewed Scott and posted its story Tuesday. "It's not like this was a secret. Major League Base- ball knew my situation and it hasn't had any effect on my career. Zero bearing," Scott told the AP. "My fel- low umpires have known for a long time." "When I was home or out socially, I was gay," he said. "In my professional life, I wasn't. At least, not officially." Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig praised Scott. "To his friends and col- leagues throughout the game, Dale is universally regarded as a class act," he said in a statement. "All of us at Major League Baseball are very proud of him, just as we have always been." Scott has been an MLB umpire since 1986. He worked the World Series in 1998, 2001 and 2004, has called three All-Star games and plenty of play- off matchups, including the NL series between St. Louis and the Dodgers in October. "He's an excellent crew chief and umpire," MLB umpire Dan Iassogna told the AP. "But above all, he's been a true friend to my family and me. I've always been proud to walk with him, but never more proud than today," he said. No big league player or manager has been openly gay during their active ca- reer. BASEBALL MLB ump Scott comes out Enters 30th season calling games with big announcement Scott reer (eight tournaments) and the first time he did not have a top 10. Woods said he had enough time off to let his body heal and to think about where he wants his game to go. First, he split with swing coach Sean Foley, ending a three-year relationship that produced eight PGA Tour wins but no majors. "I think that physically, I just wasn't able to do some of the things that we wanted to do in the golf swing," Woods said. Woods said there was no reason to look back at old swings at the time because he felt he was headed in the right direction — three vic- tories in 2012, and five wins in 2013 in which he was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time. Those two years were rela- tively free of injuries. "But unfortunately, physically I was getting damaged doing it," he said. "So in retrospect, you look at it. Was I ever hurt when I was little? Granted, I don't think we all were. I think we all could jump off roofs and nothing would break. But playing detective and looking back on it, you have to somewhat have an understanding physi- cally of where you are at the time." He announced just over a week ago that he had hired Dallas-based Chris Como as a swing consul- tant, after longtime friend Notah Begay put them to- gether. Woods said he had a plan, and that Como was on the same page. "I was very surprised and very excited to see what he felt my swing should look like, and should look like going for- ward," Woods said. "Be- cause that was very simi- lar to the vision I had." Woods did not delve into specifics of his swing, which he rarely did when going through an over- haul with Butch Har- mon, then Hank Haney and Foley. "It is new, but it's old," he said. "I say that because I haven't done it in a very long time. We looked at a lot of video from when I was a junior, in junior and amateur golf. ... And it was quite interesting to see where my swing was then and how much force I could generate with a very skinny frame. How did I do that? How do I generate that much power? That's kind of what we are get- ting back into it." Woods FROM PAGE 1 son, is sixth. Long said the commit- tee did not factor in Bar- rett's injury this week but will when the final rank- ings come out Sunday. The Buckeyes face Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game. Baylor finishes its regu- lar season at home against Kansas State, ninth in the latest rankings. The Horned Frogs and Bears would be co-cham- pions of the Big 12 if both win out. The conference has said it will not desig- nate a champion via a tie- breaker. The committee's selec- tion protocol requires con- ference championships be taken into the consider- ation when judging teams with similar resumes. Boise State is the high- est ranked — and only ranked — team from out- side the Big Five confer- ences, which puts the Broncos (10-2) in position to receive a bid to one of the four New Year's Day bowls. Rankings FROM PAGE 1 Behind Rodriguez's in- novative spread offense and a scrappy defense led by he's-everywhere line- backer Scooby Wright, the Wildcats have been one of the biggest surprises of the college football season. Rallying from losses to the two Southern Cal- ifornia schools in a span of three games, Arizona closes out the season with four straight wins, includ- ing last weekend's 42-35 victory over the rival Sun Devils. The Wildcats' first 10- win season since 1998 earned them a second shot at Oregon, a team they beat earlier this season. "People outside of us should be amazed," Ari- zona senior safety Jour- dan Grandon said. "But we knew what we (were) going to do before the season." The Wildcats can't af- ford to get ahead of them- selves facing the dangerous Ducks for the second time this season, but the spoils that might come from win- ning the Pac-12 title game are hard to ignore. After its win over the Sun Devils, Arizona moved up four spots to No. 8 in The Associated Press' Top 25. The Wildcats entered that game No. 11 in the College Football Playoff Rankings and moved up five spots to No. 7 when the penultimate rankings were released later Tuesday. With several of the teams higher in the rank- ings playing tough oppo- nents, Arizona has a legiti- mate shot at earning one of the coveted top four spots that determine the play- offs when the final stand- ings are released on Sun- day. Adding to it, one of the national semifinals is the Rose Bowl, a previ- ously unattained goal in program history. "There's a chance," Ro- driguez said. "You ever seen the movie Dumb and Dumber? 'So you're telling me there's a chance."' The opportunity has given Arizona another: To prove it's not just a basket- ball school. Basketball has reigned in Tucson since Lute Ol- son led the Wildcats to 25 straight NCAA tourna- ment appearances and a national title. Sean Miller has brought the program back to the elite level after a couple of down years. The football team has had a few good years, in- cluding a 12-1 season in 1998, yet had never been able to sustain it. Rodriguez, who is 28-12 in three seasons, appears to have the Wildcats gain- ing at least a little ground on the basketball team. "Coach Rodriguez obvi- ously talked about wanting to be the best program in the country and the Uni- versity of Arizona has done that in a lot of sports," Ari- zona athletic director Greg Byrne said. "We've had success in football but we haven't always maintained that. I've always felt that with the right combina- tion, the right support and the right infrastructure investment that needed to happen that we could be really good." The Wildcats sure seem to be on their way. Arizona FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Football NFL AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 9 3 0 .750 361 276 San Diego 8 4 0 .667 279 249 Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 277 224 Oakland 1 11 0 .083 176 337 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 9 3 0 .750 378 253 Miami 7 5 0 .583 301 232 Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 217 N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 190 319 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 283 Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 247 Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 338 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 329 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 247 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 242 Pi tt sb ur gh 7 5 0 . 58 3 32 0 29 8 Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 245 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 9 3 0 .750 258 224 Seattle 8 4 0 .667 298 221 San Francisco7 5 0 .583 231 244 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 261 285 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 9 3 0 .750 375 285 Dallas 8 4 0 .667 302 273 N.Y. Giants 3 9 0 .250 257 319 Washington 3 9 0 .250 244 322 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 299 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 323 318 Carolina 3 8 1 .292 228 331 Tampa Bay 2 10 0 .167 220 314 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 267 Detroit 8 4 0 .667 231 207 Chicago 5 7 0 .417 253 337 Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 233 257 Thursday,Dec.4 Dallas at Chicago, 5:25 p.m. Sunday,Dec.7 N.Y. Giants at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Washington, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Miami, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. San Francisco at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Seattle at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m. New England at San Diego, 5:30 p.m. Monday,Dec.8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. COLLEGEFOOTBALLPLAYOFF RANKINGS Dec. 2, 2014 Record 1. Alabama 11-1 2. Oregon 11-1 3. TCU 10-1 4. Florida St. 12-0 5. Ohio St. 11-1 6. Baylor 10-1 7. Arizona 10-2 8. Michigan St. 10-2 9. Kansas St. 9-2 10. Mississippi St. 10-2 11. Georgia Tech 10-2 12. Mississippi 9-3 13. Wisconsin 10-2 14. Georgia 9-3 15. UCLA 9-3 16. Missouri 10-2 17. Arizona St. 9-3 18. Clemson 9-3 19. Auburn 8-4 20. Oklahoma 8-3 21. Louisville 9-3 22. Boise St. 10-2 23. Utah 8-4 24. LSU 8-4 25. Southern Cal 8-4 The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will issue weekly rankings each Tuesday, with the final rankings being announced Sunday, Dec. 7. The playoff semifinals will match the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 4 seed, and No. 2 will face No. 3. The semifinals will be hosted at the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015. The championship game will be on Jan. 12, 2015 at Arlington, Texas. Basketball NBA WESTERNCONFERENCE PacificDivision W L Pct GB Golden State 14 2 .875 — Clippers 12 5 .706 2½ Phoenix 11 8 .579 4½ Sacramento 9 8 .529 5½ Lakers 5 13 .278 10 SouthwestDivision W L Pct GB Memphis 15 2 .882 — Houston 13 4 .765 2 San Antonio 13 4 .765 2 Dallas 14 5 .737 2 New Orleans 8 8 .500 6½ NorthwestDivision W L Pct GB Portland 13 4 .765 — Denver 9 8 .529 4 Oklahoma City 5 13 .278 8½ Utah 5 13 .278 8½ Minnesota 4 12 .250 8½ EASTERNCONFERENCE AtlanticDivision W L Pct GB Toronto 13 4 .765 — Brooklyn 7 9 .438 5½ Boston 4 11 .267 8 New York 4 15 .211 10 Philadelphia 0 17 .000 13 SoutheastDivision W L Pct GB Washington 11 5 .688 — Atlanta 10 6 .625 1 Miami 9 8 .529 2½ Orlando 7 12 .368 5½ Charlotte 4 14 .222 8 CentralDivision W L Pct GB Chicago 11 7 .611 — Cleveland 9 7 .563 1 Milwaukee 10 9 .526 1½ Indiana 7 11 .389 4 Detroit 3 15 .167 8 Monday'sgames San Antonio 109, Philadelphia 103 Washington 107, Miami 86 Denver 103, Utah 101 Clippers 127, Minnesota 101 Tuesday'sgames Cleveland 111, Milwaukee 108 Atlanta 109, Boston 105 Lakers 106, Detroit 96 Brooklyn 98, New York 93 New Orleans 112, Oklahoma City 104 Dallas 132, Chicago 129,2OT Phoenix 116, Indiana 99 Portland at Denver, (n.) Toronto at Sacramento, (n.) Orlando at Golden State, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Lakers at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. Dallas at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Utah, 6 p.m. Orlando at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NCAAMEN'STOP-25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (7-0) did not play. 2. Wisconsin (7-0) did not play. 3. Arizona (7-0) beat Gardner-Webb 91-65. 4. Duke (7-0) did not play. 5. Louisville (6-0) beat No. 14 Ohio State 64-55. 6. Texas (7-0) beat Texas-Arlington 63-53. 7. Virginia (7-0) did not play. 8. Wichita State (4-0) did not play. 9. Gonzaga (7-0) beat Southeastern Louisiana 76-57. 10. Villanova (6-0) did not play. 11. Kansas (5-1) did not play. 12. North Carolina (5-1) did not play. 13. San Diego State (5-1) did not play. 14. Ohio State (5-1) lost to No. 5 Louis- ville 64-55. 15. Miami (8-0) beat No. 24 Illinois 70-61. 16. West Virginia (7-0) did not play. 17. Michigan (6-1) beat Syracuse 68-65. 18. Arkansas (6-0) did not play. 19. Michigan State (5-2) did not play. 20. Iowa State (4-1) beat Lamar 96-59. 21. Maryland (7-0) did not play. 22. Oklahoma (4-2) did not play. 23. Butler (5-1) did not play. 24. Illinois (6-1) lost to No. 15 Miami 70-61. 25. Utah (5-1) did not play. NCAAMEN'SFARWEST Arizona 91, Gardner-Webb 65 Gonzaga 76, SE Louisiana 57 NCAAWOMEN'STOP-25 Tuesday 1. South Carolina (6-0) did not play. 2. Notre Dame (7-0) did not play. 3. UConn (5-1) did not play. 4. Texas (5-0) did not play. 5. Texas A&M (7-0) did not play. 6. North Carolina (7-0) did not play. 7. Louisville (7-0) did not play. 8. Stanford (5-2) did not play. 9. Duke (5-1) did not play. 10. California (6-0) did not play. 11. Baylor (4-1) did not play. 12. Nebraska (6-0) did not play. 13. Kentucky (6-1) did not play. 14. Tennessee (4-2) did not play. 15. Maryland (6-1) did not play. 16. Michigan State (4-1) did not play. 17. Oregon State (5-0) did not play. 18. Rutgers (6-0) did not play. 19. Georgia (8-0) beat Coppin State 49-29. 20. Oklahoma State (6-1) beat Arkansas- Pine Bluff 90-45. 21. Syracuse (5-1) did not play. 22. Iowa (6-1) did not play. 23. Mississippi State (7-0) beat North Dakota State 109-58. 24. West Virginia (4-1) did not play. 25. Arkansas (6-0) did not play. 25. DePaul (4-2) did not play. NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 25 17 7 1 35 79 69 Anaheim 26 15 6 5 35 71 68 Calgary 25 15 8 2 32 78 64 Los Angeles 24 12 7 5 29 65 57 San Jose 25 11 10 4 26 68 70 Arizona 25 10 12 3 23 62 76 Edmonton 25 6 15 4 16 56 87 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 24 16 6 2 34 65 48 St. Louis 24 16 6 2 34 66 51 Chicago 24 15 8 1 31 74 48 Winnipeg 25 12 9 4 28 52 56 Minnesota 23 13 9 1 27 65 55 Dallas 25 9 11 5 23 73 89 Colorado 25 9 11 5 23 67 79 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 26 17 6 3 37 92 69 Montreal 26 17 7 2 36 69 66 Detroit 25 14 6 5 33 77 65 Toronto 24 13 8 3 29 81 72 Boston 25 14 10 1 29 63 61 Florida 23 10 7 6 26 50 58 Ottawa 24 10 9 5 25 63 66 Buffalo 25 9 14 2 20 45 77 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 24 17 5 2 36 82 55 N.Y. Islanders 25 18 7 0 36 80 67 N.Y. Rangers 24 11 9 4 26 71 70 Washington 24 10 10 4 24 68 69 New Jersey 25 9 12 4 22 58 72 Philadelphia 23 8 12 3 19 61 74 Carolina 24 8 13 3 19 56 69 Columbus 24 7 15 2 16 54 84 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday'sgames Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Columbus 2, Florida 1 Montreal 4, Colorado 3 Arizona 5, Edmonton 2 Anaheim 3, Boston 2 Tuesday'sgames Buffalo 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Ottawa 2, OT Pittsburgh 1, New Jersey 0 Vancouver 4, Washington 3 Carolina 2, Nashville 1 Toronto 5, Dallas 3 Florida 4, Detroit 3 Calgary 5, Arizona 2 Philadelphia at San Jose, (n.) Boston at Los Angeles, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Montreal at Minnesota, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MLSPLAYOFFS ConferenceChampionship EASTERNCONFERENCE Leg1— Sunday, Nov. 23: New England 2, New York 1 Leg2— Saturday, Nov. 29: New York 2, New England 2 WESTERNCONFERENCE Leg1— Sunday, Nov. 23: LA Galaxy 1, Seattle 0 Leg2— Sunday, Nov. 30: Seattle 2, LA Galaxy 1, LA Galaxy advances on away goals MLSCup Sunday,Dec.7: New England at LA Galaxy, noon Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Dec. 3 NCAAFootball TOMORROW Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at East Carolina 6 (55½) UCF FRIDAY ConferenceChampionships Mid-American AtDetroit N. Illinois 6½ (59) Bowling Green Pac-12 AtSantaClara Oregon 13½ (72½) Arizona SATURDAY at UConn 11½ (45½) SMU at TCU 33½ (66½) Iowa St. Temple 3½ (42) at Tulane at Cincinnati 6½ (54) Houston at Baylor OFF (OFF) Kansas St. at Oklahoma 20 (59) Oklahoma St. ConferenceChampionships ConferenceUSA at Marshall 12½ (69) Louisiana Tech Southeastern AtAtlanta Alabama 14½ (49) Missouri AtlanticCoast AtCharlotte,N.C. Florida St. 3½ (58½) Georgia Tech BigTen AtIndianapolis Wi sc on sin 4 ( 54 ) Oh io S t. MountainWest at Boise St. 20 (67) Fresno St. OFFKEY Baylor QB questionable NFL TOMORROW Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Dallas 3½ (51½) at Chicago SUNDAY at Miami 3 (45) Baltimore at Cincinnati 3 (47) Pittsburgh Indianapolis 3½ (50) at Cleveland Houston 5 (42) at Jacksonville at Tennessee Pk (45½) N.Y. Giants at New Orleans 9½ (49½) Carolina at Detroit 9½ (41½) Tampa Bay St. Louis 2½ (44½) at Washington at Minnesota 6 (40½) N.Y. Jets at Denver 10 (48½) Buffalo at Arizona 1 (40½) Kansas City San Francisco 8 (41) at Oakland at Philadelphia 1 (49) Seattle New England 3½ (51) at San Diego MONDAY at Green Bay 12 (56) Atlanta NCAABasketball Favorite Line Underdog at Saint Joseph's 1 Temple at Davidson 3 Charlotte at St. Bon'ture 4 Buffalo at Richmond 9 William & Mary at FAU 3 East Carolina Dayton 9 at Miami;(Ohio) Old Dominion 2½ at George Mason at Cleveland St. 1 Toledo Butler 7 at Indiana St. at Harvard 9 Northeastern at W. Kentucky 3 Bowling Green at Notre Dame 1 Michigan St. at Penn St. 8½ Virginia Tech at N. Carolina 8 Iowa at Loyola (Chi.) 7 Tulane at Oklahoma St. 19½ North Texas at Tulsa 2 Creighton at Arizona St. 5½ UNLV Villanova 8 at La Salle at Colorado St. 7 UTEP at Texas Tech 7 Auburn Virginia 4½ at Maryland at Northwestern 1 Georgia Tech at Wisconsin 3½ Duke at UC Davis 8 San Jose St. at Colorado 10 San Francisco at Southern Cal 6½ LMU at Long Beach St. 10½ Nevada UC Irvine 7 at Fresno St. at Utah 2½ Wichita St. at UCLA 17 Cal St.-Fullerton at Southern Miss. 5½ N. Dakota St. at E. Kentucky Pk Valparaiso at ETSU 8½ W. Carolina at St. Peter's 1½ Canisius S. Illinois 2½ at SIU-E at E. Illinois 3 Ball St. at N. Arizona 6½ UTSA at Washington St. 10½ Idaho at California 16½ Montana at Portland 11 Portland St. NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog Chicago 5½ (192½) at Charlotte at Washington 9 (209) Lakers at Boston 4 (208) Detroit San Antonio 6 (196) at Brooklyn at Miami 4 (201) Atlanta Dallas 5½ (205) at Milwaukee Memphis 3 (190) at Houston at Minnesota 5½ (210½) Philadelphia Toronto 6 (202) at Utah at Clippers 15 (207) Orlando NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Minnesota -130/+110 Montreal at Chicago -140/+120 St. Louis at Winnipeg -175/+155 Edmonton at Anaheim -200/+170 Philadelphia Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Did not tender a 2015 contract to INF Juan Francisco. ChicagoWhiteSox: Did not tender 2015 contracts to RHP Scott Carroll and LHP Scott Snodgress. KansasCityRoyals: Did not tender a 2015 contract to LHP Francisley Bueno. LosAngelesAngels: Did not tender a 2015 contract to INF Gordon Beckham, RHP Yoslan Herrera and LHP Wade LeBlanc. OaklandAthletics: Named Garvin Alston minor league pitching coordinator, Greg Sparks minor league hitting coordinator, Juan Navarrette minor league defensive, base running and bunting coordina- tor, Craig Lefferts minor league rehab pitching coordinator, Aaron Nieckula minor league field coordinator and manager of Vermont (Ny-Penn), Don Schulze pitching coach and Webster Garrison hitting coach for Nashville (PCL), Ryan Christenson manager John Wasdin pitching coach and Eric Martins hitting coach for Midland (Texas), Rick Magnante manager and Rick Rodriguez pitching coach for Stockton (Cal), Fran Riordan manager and Steve Connelly pitching coach for Beloit (MWL), Carlos Chavez pitching coach at Vermont, and Ariel Prieto pitching coach for the A's (Arizona). Agreed to terms with RHP Fernando Rodriguez and 1B Ike Davis to one-year contracts. Did not tender 2015 contracts to 1B Kyle Blanks and OF Andrew Brown. SeattleMariners: Agreed to terms with 3B Kyle Seager on a seven-year contract. NationalLeague AtlantaBraves: Did not tender 2015 con- tracts to RHP Kris Medlen, RHP Brandon Beachy and RHP Gus Schlosser. CincinnatiReds: Acquired RHP Matt Magill from the Los Angeles Dodgers for OF Chris Heisey. Did not tender 2015 contracts to RHP Logan Ondrusek and RHP Curtis Partch. MilwaukeeBrewers: Announced a four- year player development contract ex- tension with Wisconsin (MWL) through the 2020 season. NewYorkMets: Did not tender a 2015 contract to OF Eric Young Jr. St.LouisCardinals: Named Chris Correa director of scouting. Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Belisle on a one-year contract. SanDiegoPadres: Did not tender a 2015 contract to INF Everth Carbera. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation NBA: Fined Denver G Arron Afflalo $15,000 for making excessive contact above the shoulders with Utah G Alec Burks during a Dec. 1 game. HoustonRockets: Recalled C Clint Ca- pela from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague BuffaloBills: Signed WR Eric Thomas to the practice squad. CarolinaPanthers: Waived CB Antoine Cason and LB Jason Williams. Signed CB Carrington Byndom and LB Horace Miller from the practice squad. CincinnatiBengals: Signed OT Eric Win- ston. Waived OT Jamon Meredith. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2014 2 B