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Tehama Tracker Sunday's results NFL Chicago Raiders Janikowski 6FG, PA Palmer 301 yards, Bush TD Today's games NHL Sharks Los Angeles 7:30 p.m. CSNC On the tube MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Xavier at Vander- bilt • 5:30 p.m., CSNB — Georgia at Col- orado NFL FOOTBALL • 5:30 p.m., ESPN — N.Y. Giants at New Orleans NHL HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., VERSUS — Tampa Bay at Minnesota NBA season would require back-to-back-to-backs By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA regular season would run through April 26 and require teams to play at least one set of back-to-back-to-back games if a new labor deal is ratified in time to start on Christmas. The league posted an outline of what the schedule would look like on its Twitter pages Sunday. The plan is a 66-game regular season, ending about 10 days later than usual. The last possible day of the NBA finals would be June 26, two weeks later than the championship series ended last season. Teams would play 48 games within their conference and 18 non-con- ference games. No team would play on three straight nights more than three times. Back-to-backs might also be played during the second round of the postseason. LSU, Bama in control of BCS Only a major upset or a dramatic shift by voters can prevent a rematch between LSU and Alabama in the BCS national championship game. The Tigers and Crimson Tide hold down the top two spots for the sec- ond straight week, and by a wide margin over third-place Oklahoma State. Stanford is fourth and Vir- ginia Tech fifth. LSU (1.000 BCS average) is a unani- mous No. 1 in both the coaches' poll and the Harris poll, and is top- ranked in the computer ratings. Alabama (.9551) is an overwhelm- ing No. 2 in the polls and second in the computers. Oklahoma State (.8712), with one game left against Oklahoma on Sat- urday, is third in the computer rat- ings and fifth in the polls. LSU (12-0) plays Georgia in the Southeastern Conference champi- onship game on Saturday. Win that, and the Tigers earn a spot in the BCS title game Jan. 9 in New Orleans. If the Tigers lose to the Bulldogs, they still have a chance to remain in the BCS top two and play for the national title. Alabama is done with its season. Oklahoma State plays Oklahoma on Saturday, with the chance for another statement victory against a good team. But with the Cowboys fifth in both polls it would take an enormous swing by voters to push them past either SEC team. While there might not be any games with national championship implications and championship weekend, plenty of BCS bids will be determined. Michigan State and Wisconsin play in the Big Ten championship game with the winner going to the Rose Bowl. Oregon and UCLA meet in the Pac-12 title game Friday night with a Rose Bowl berth on the line. The Bruins (6-6) would not even qualify for a bowl if they lose to in Eugene. Oklahoma State might be shut out of the national title game, but the Bedlam rivalry game will still deter- mine the Big 12 champion and — at worst — a spot in the Fiesta Bowl. The Atlantic Coast Conference championship game between Clemson and Virginia Tech will determine which teams plays in the Orange Bowl. Houston can clinch its spot as this year's BCS buster by beating South- ern Mississippi at home in the Con- ference USA championship game. The undefeated Cougars are sixth in the latest standings. The Big East has three teams still alive for its conference title and BCS berth: Cincinnati, Louisville and West Virginia, though none of the contenders controls the race. 25 20 Sports OAKLAND (AP) — Missing some of their biggest playmakers and unable to get the ball into the end zone for much of the day, the Oakland Raiders managed to hold the Chicago Bears and their fill-in quarterback in large part because of their kicking game. Sebastian Janikowski kicked a team-record six field goals, Shane Lechler had an 80-yard punt and neutralized ace returner Devin Hester and the Raiders took advantage of three interceptions from Chicago's Caleb Hanie to beat the Bears 25-20 Sun- day. ''Those guys are game- changers,'' quarterback Carson Palmer said. ''There's not many punter-kicker combina- tions in the league ... they're can't be a better one.'' Janikowski made field goals of 40, 47, 42, 19, 37 and 44 yards to break the team record he shared with Jeff Jaeger. Lechler controlled field position all game with a 49.2 yard net aver- age, pinning the Hester and the Bears inside the 20 on three of five punts and booming the team- record 80-yarder over his head with a boot that gen- erated ''oohs'' and ''aahs'' from the crowd and his teammates. The only remaining ties to the Raiders teams that won three straight division titles from 2000- 02 were a major reason why Oakland (7-4) remained alone in first in the AFC West. ''Our two kickers are fantastic,'' coach Hue Jackson said. ''There's not another punter or kicker in the National Football League I would ever want to have on the football team. I said to the team when this was over, those were the two men who were here the last time this team was 7-4. Those guys have a lot to do with it. They did a tremendous job.'' Palmer threw for 301 yards and Michael Bush iced the game with a touchdown run in the fourth quarter to lead the Raiders to their third straight win against a Bears team missing start- ing quarterback Jay Cut- ler. Hanie struggled in his first career start for the Bears (7-4) in place of Cutler, who broke his right thumb last week in Chicago's sixth straight win to put a major obsta- cle into what had been a promising season. Hanie, who nearly led a comeback in last sea- son's NFC title game, had thrown only 14 regular- season passes since sign- ing as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and looked BRONCOS 16, CHARGERS 13 By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Prater kicked a 37- yard field goal with 29 seconds left in overtime to lift Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos to a 16-13 victo- ry Sunday over the San Diego Chargers, who've lost six straight games for the first time in 10 years. The Broncos narrowly avoided the first NFL tie since Cincinnati and Philadelphia ended deadlocked at 13 on Nov. 16, 2008. Tebow, now 5-1 as the Broncos' starter, led Denver from its 43 after San Diego's Nick Novak was wide right on a 53-yard field goal attempt with 2:31 left in overtime. Novak made a 53-yarder in the first quarter, a career-best, and was wide right on a 48-yard try early in the fourth quarter. Tebow had a 12-yard gain and Willis McGahee ran 24 yards up the middle to set up Prater's winning kick, which was right down the middle. The Broncos are 6-5. The Chargers (4-7) are on their longest streak since ending 2001 with nine straight defeats. PATRIOTS 38, EAGLES 20 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns in a game that all but ended the Eagles' playoff hopes. Filling in for the injured Michael Vick for the sec- ond straight game, Vince Young couldn't keep the Eagles in contention despite a career-best 400 yards passing. The Eagles fell to 4-7 in a season that began with Super Bowl expectations. Angry fans made their feelings known about coach Andy Reid, chanting ''Fire Andy!'' in the second half. The defending NFC East champions fell to 1-5 at home and have lost eight of nine at the Linc, including a playoff loss to Green Bay last January. Down 10-0 early, the AFC East-leading Patriots rallied behind Brady. New England (8-3) scored on five of its next six possessions, excluding a kneel- down at the end of the first half. REDSKINS 23, SEAHAWKS 17 SEATTLE (AP) — Rex Grossman found Anthony Armstrong for a 50-yard touchdown and Washington rallied for 16 fourth-quarter points to end a six-game losing streak. One play after committing a grounding penalty, Grossman stepped up in the pocket on third-and-19 and found Armstrong in the corner of the end zone. The touchdown pass was Grossman's second of the game and followed rookie Roy Helu's leaping 28- yard TD run that pulled the Redskins (4-7) within 17- 14. Grossman finished 26 of 35 for 314 yards Marshawn Lynch rushed for 111 yards and caught a 20-yard touchdown pass for the Seahawks (4-7). PANTHERS 27, COLTS 19 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cam Newton threw for 208 yards and ran for one score and DeAngelo Williams scored twice Sunday to help the Carolina Panthers hold off the winless Indianapolis Colts 27-19. The Panthers (3-8) ended a 12-game road losing streak by winning outside Charlotte, N.C., for the first like a career backup for much of this game. Hanie completed 18 of 35 passes for 254 yards and three interceptions, including a crushing one late in the first half when the Bears were deep in Oakland territory and on the verge of taking the lead. ''I was a little antsy early on,'' Hanie said. ''A little bit too amped, I feel like. Just kind of felt a lit- tle pressure and sailed it on him.'' But Hanie also threw two TD passes, including a 5-yarder to Kellen Davis with 2:11 to play that cut the deficit to 25-20. That was set up by an 81- yarder to Johnny Knox. The game ended when Hanie botched a spike play with 4 seconds left at his 46. Instead of immedi- ately spiking the ball to stop the clock, he took an Around the NFL time since Dec. 27, 2009 when they beat the New York Giants. Newton was 20 of 27 and carried nine times for 53 yards. Williams ran 15 times for 69 yards including the game-sealing score — a 2-yard TD run with 10:23 left in the game. The Colts dropped to 0-11 for the first time since 1986 and have lost six home games in a season for the sixth time in the Indianapolis era. Curtis Painter was 15 of 29 for 226 yards with one TD for the Colts and threw two late interceptions in the end zone, ending any hopes of a comeback. FALCONS 24, VIKINGS 14 ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan tossed three touch- down passes and Atlanta held on again. The Falcons (7-4) were up 17-0 at halftime after allowing just 97 yards. But, mimicking the previous week's closer-than-necessary victory over Tennessee, they let Minnesota (2-9) back in the game. Toby Gerhart, filling in for injured Adrian Peter- son, scored from the 1 late in the third quarter. Then, after Dominique Franks inadvertently touched a punt the Falcons were trying to avoid to set up a Vikings recovery, Christian Ponder went to Percy Harvin for a 39-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-13 to make it 17-14. But Ryan responded with a 3-yard scoring pass to backup Michael Palmer, and the Falcons held on downs after Harvin's 104-yard kickoff return to the Atlanta 3. TEXANS 20, JAGUARS 13 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Matt Leinart injured his throwing shoulder, overshadowing Houston's victory against the offensively inept Jaguars. Arian Foster ran for 65 yards and a score, Leinart delivered a perfect touchdown pass to Joel Dreessen before leaving the game and the Texans (8-3) sacked Blaine Gabbert six times. It was good enough for their fifth consecutive win, which moved Houston a little closer to clinching the AFC South. But Leinart's shoulder could be a serious setback. The Texans already lost starter Matt Schaub for the season with a right foot injury. Now, they are down to T.J. Yates and newly signed Kellen Clemens. Yates completed 8 of 15 passes for 70 yards in relief of Leinart, doing just enough to help the Texans beat the Jaguars (3-8). Jacksonville benched Gabbert in the fourth quarter. Luke McCown led the team to a late field goal, but his fourth-down pass with about a minute remaining fell incomplete. JETS 28, BILLS 24 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mark Sanchez threw four touchdown passes, including the winning score to Santonio Holmes with just over a minute remaining. With the Jets trailing 24-21 and facing a third-and- 11 from the Bills 36, Sanchez connected with Plaxico Burress, who made an impressive one-handed grab for the first down. Sanchez quickly ran a quarterback sneak and then, on the next play, rolled out to his right to buy some time and found Holmes alone in the right corner of the end zone to give the Jets the lead with 1:01 left. The Jets (6-5) entered the game with many players saying they need to win each of their last six to make the postseason. They overcame a valiant comeback attempt by the Bills (5-6), who have lost four straight. CARDINALS 23, RAMS 20 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Patrick Peterson tied the NFL record with his fourth punt return for a touchdown this season, Beanie Wells set a franchise mark with 228 yards rushing, and Arizona won its seventh in a row in St. Louis. Wells averaged 8.4 yards per carry on a career day that included gains of 71 and 53 yards. The latter set up Jay Feely's go-ahead 22-yard field goal with 4:12 remaining. Rookie Sam Acho also had a career day on defense with two sacks and a fumble recovery for Ari- zona (4-7), which did enough to overcome another awful outing by John Skelton, who threw two inter- ceptions. Brandon Lloyd's 16-yard TD catch from Sam Bradford tied it at 20 with 7:46 to go. Nick Miller had an 88-yard punt return in the first quarter for the Rams (2-9) only three days after he re-signed with the team. TITANS 23, BUCCANEERS 17 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chris Johnson ran for a season-high 190 yards, and Matt Hasselbeck threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Damian Williams on fourth-and-2 with 3:01 left. The Titans (6-5) forced five turnovers and over- came four turnovers of their own. The Bucs outscored them 14-3 off mistakes even though Tennessee got the ball three times on Tampa Bay's side of the field. But the Titans got the ninth and final turnover of the game when rookie linebacker Colin McCarthy intercepted Josh Freeman with 2:19 left. The Bucs (4-7) lost their fifth straight even with LeGarrette Blount running for 103 yards. Freeman threw for 199 yards and a touchdown, but he had an interception and lost a fumble. He also fum- bled the snap on fourth-and-1 before being tackled with 40 seconds left to seal the Titans' victory. BENGALS 23, BROWNS 20 CINCINNATI (AP) — A.J. Green made a leaping catch for a 51-yard gain in the final minute, setting up a field goal that rallied Cincinnati. The surprising Bengals (7-4) stayed right behind Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the AFC North with another second-half comeback forged by their rookie big-play combination. Andy Dalton threw a high down-the-middle pass that Green went way above the defenders to grab. Green was run out of bounds at the 2, and the Browns (4-7) forced Cincinnati to settle for Mike Nugent's 26- yard field goal with 38 seconds left — the Bengals' first lead of the game. For the second time in three games, a botched snap cost Cleveland a chance to take a late lead. Phil Daw- son was short on a 55-yard try with 1:51 left after the snap skipped along the ground, giving Cincinnati its last chance. extra step back and hesi- tated, leading to a game- ending intentional grounding call. ''We should have won that football game based on the way our offense played,'' linebacker Brian Urlacher said. ''We didn't play well enough on defense. We gave up too many big plays, didn't get enough takeaways. That's why we didn't win.'' Bush was held to 69 yards on the ground by Chicago's strong defense and Palmer was sacked four times and threw an interception as the Raiders missed injured big-play threats Darren McFadden, Jacoby Ford and Denarius Moore. But they made up for it on special teams, headed by Janikowski and Lech- ler. The Raiders did not shy away from the dan- gerous Hester, holding MCT photo Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Hanie (12) battles Oakland Raiders middle linebacker Rolando McClain (55) at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Sunday. 1B Monday November 28, 2011 Raiders get 6 FGs in 25-20 win over Bears him to 7 yards on two punt returns. He didn't get a chance on the 80-yarder as Lechler sailed it over his head once he saw the returner creeping up too far. ''I caught him in a vul- nerable position,'' Lechler said. ''It was going to be all or nothing and it was all.'' Hanie managed to drive the Bears into field goal range on that drive and Robbie Gould's 53- yard field goal cut Oak- land's lead to 18-13 with 7:17 to play. The Raiders answered with Palmer throwing a 47-yard pass to Louis Murphy on third-and-4 from midfield to set up Bush's 3-yard TD run with 3:47 remaining. Hanie's three first-half interceptions put the Bears in a 12-7 hole despite his 29-yard TD pass to Knox. The Bears had a chance to take the lead when they drove to the 7 late in the first half. Hanie attempted a throwback screen to Davis that was tipped by Aaron Curry and went right to Kamerion Wimb- ley, who returned it 83 yards before being dragged down by a horse- collar tackle by Lance Louis. Oakland settled for a 19-yard field goal. ''We knew coming into this game that he lacked experience but we knew that he could still make plays, as you saw in the Green Bay title game last year,'' Routt said. ''We knew he still had the ability to make us look bad and come out of here with the W if we didn't take care of busi- ness.'' Notes: Bush's TD gave Oakland's its first points in the fourth quarter since Oct. 9 at Houston. ... Knox had 278 total yards with 145 coming on his four catches and 133 on four kick returns.