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COLLEGEBASEBALL South Carolina vs. Mississippi State:5p.m.,ESPNU. Washington vs. Stanford: 7 p.m., PAC-12. MLB SPRING TRAINING New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers: 10a.m., ESPN. Chicago White Sox vs. Ari- zona Diamondbacks: 1p.m., MLB. Boston Red Sox vs. Minne- sota Twins: 4p.m., MLB. Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., MLB, CSN. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Nationals Boys Quarterfinals Findlay Prep vs. Blanche Ely: 9a.m., ESPNU. Huntington Prep vs. Wheeler: 11a.m., ESPNU. Greensboro Day vs. Mont- verde: 1p.m., ESPNU. Wings Academy vs. Oak Hill Academy: 3p.m., ESPNU. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Slam Dunk and 3-Point Cham- pionship: 4p.m., ESPN. NIT Tournament Champion- ship: 6p.m., ESPN. NBA BASKETBALL Miami Heat at Cleveland Cavaliers: 5p.m., TNT. Phoenix Suns at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., CSNBA, TNT. BOXING Julian Ramirez vs. Raul Hi- dalgo: 7p.m., FS1. GOLF LPGA ANA Inspiration Round 1: 9a.m., GOLF. PGA Houston Open Round 1: noon, GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE SOFTBALL California vs. Utah: 3p.m., PAC-12. Stanford vs. Washington: 5 p.m., PAC-12. TENNIS ATP Miami Open Men's Quarterfinal and Women's Semifinal: 10a.m., ESPN2. ATP Miami Open Men's Quarterfinal and Women's Semifinal: 4p.m., ESPN2. Champions QQQ Challenge PowerShares Series: 4:30 p.m., FS1. Ontheair NOS 2 The Bulldogs lost their Five Star League opener in five innings at home Tuesday. Los Molinos (2-4, 0-1) visits Liberty Christian at 3:30 p.m. today. MERCY 23, LIBERTY CHRIS- TIAN2 Mercy beat visiting Liberty Christian in five in- nings Tuesday. Mercy struck for 14 runs in the second inning. Al House drove in six runs for Mercy with a sin- gle and a double. Kavin McClellan had four RBIs and singled and doubled. Travis Gorden doubled twice and singled, driving in three runs. Richie Borges doubled, singled twice and drove in three runs. Dartagnan Kingwell sin- gled, doubled and drove in three runs. Jonathan Ross singled, doubled and drove in two runs. Bryce Baer had two RBIs. Borges struck out 11 in four innings of work to pick up the win. Mercy (2-6, 1-1) visits Liberty Christian on April 16. So ball MERCY 8, LIBERTY CHRIS- TIAN 7 The Lady War- riors got the game-winner in the bottom of the sev- enth to beat Liberty Chris- tian on Tuesday. Mercy trailed 7-4 enter- ing the bottom of the sixth, but scored three times then broke the tie in its last at- bat. The Lady Warriors (2- 6, 1-1) host Los Molinos on April 17. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 the season yet. Everybody here knows how to make sure we're ready. "Maybe if we were a different team and didn't know each other, it'd be different. I mean, we won the World Series. We know what we've got. ... But if we're still talking about this in April, then I might have to do something." Even an October legend like Bumgarner is capa- ble of only so much inter- cession. One broad-shoul- dered pitcher can carry you through a historic Game 7, or even a playoff series. But it requires so much more cooperation to bank the 85 to 90 wins it takes to gain a postseason hand stamp. Although the rotation remains a major ques- tion behind Bumgarner, at least all seven of the Gi- ants' pitchers with starting experience are expected to be active on opening day. That's a mild surprise. When the spring began, the law of averages called for a setback someplace in the rotation. Matt Cain (elbow and ankle surgeries) and Tim Hudson (ankle cleanup sur- gery) were brought along slowly and Cain acknowl- edged feeling his elbow "heating up" both during and in between starts in early March. But Cain and Hudson were able to build their pitch counts without interruption and are ex- pected to begin as the Nos. 3-4 starters, respectively. No. 2 starter Jake Peavy has dealt with the ol' dead arm in his last two outings, although he'll take the mound Thursday against the A's at AT&T Park. No.5 starter Tim Lincecum, in a change from past years, wasn't hidden in minor league spring games and his stuff has been more de- pendably around the plate. But his innings, like every- one else's, were seldom clean. Overall, the starting five had a 6.10 ERA while battling through more traf- fic than Will Ferrell's cam- era crew. The Giants have cover- age with Ryan Vogelsong and Yusmeiro Petit capa- ble of throwing multiple innings out of the bull- pen. But just because you have long irons in the bag doesn't mean you want to break them out on short par-4s. And based on the results this spring, af- ter Bumgarner, the rota- tion could be in scramble mode. "The depth is going to be huge," Peavy said. "It al- lows us to pick situations, push a starter back, maybe get a better matchup or re- arrange guys for a series. We love our depth." They'll love it even more if they don't have to test it. The offense has its own issues. Giants man- ager Bruce Bochy didn't have much time to see the lineup come together, and the pitch that struck Pence on March 5 was only part of the problem. Angel Pa- gan slept on a soft mattress that turned into a back in- jection and a 10-day ab- sence. At least Nori Aoki made enough of a racket to establish himself as the new leadoff man. The Giants will need the top of the lineup to create opportunities because they don't forecast to hit for much power. Giants FROM PAGE 1 runs, hits, doubles, slug- ging percentage and on- base percentage. Oakland's pitchers were among the top in ERA and WHIP. The A's also had the best winning percentage and best win total. The chemistry that many had thought would evaporate thanks to nine trades during the offsea- son seemed to be holding. "I don't know that it's the same," manager Bob Melvin said of the club- house glue. "We've made a concerted effort to get it to where it is, but with- out forcing things. You can't force chemistry in the clubhouse. But things have been just great." Not that there haven't been issues. Two-thirds of the Oak- land outfield is dealing with injuries. Right fielder Josh Reddick will miss the opener and first five games of the season after suffer- ing a right oblique injury during the first week of the Cactus League. Left fielder Coco Crisp also seems des- tined to start the season on the D.L. with a gimpy right elbow that hasn't re- sponded to a cortisone shot. Reddick and Crisp have logged more time with the A's than any other posi- tion players on the roster, and general manager Billy Beane's reconstruction of the team was built on the assumption that both would be anchors. If that's not the case, the A's depth is going to be tested. Already, the team has plans to move Ben Zo- brist from second base to right field. He's comfort- able playing in right, but the A's plans to have new- comers Zobrist and short- stop Marcus Semien form a solid middle-of-the-in- field defense now have to be restructured. And there's the Barry Zito issue. What to do with the left-hander? How much do the seven earned runs he gave up in his last two innings Tuesday detract from the 13 consecutive scoreless innings he had before that? The A's like their rota- tion, which will consist of opening day starter Sonny Gray, followed by Jesse Hahn, Scott Kazmir, Ken- dall Graveman and Drew Pomeranz. Spring train- ing suggests that Hahn and Graveman are ready for prime time. So what to do with Zito, who had held opponents to a .135 batting average in five spring appearances be- fore Tuesday? He's pitched well enough to be in a big league rotation some- where. Do the A's trade him, release him so he can sign elsewhere or ask him to pitch at Triple-A Nash- ville while waiting for a need to arise in Oakland? The spring has uprooted some ideas the A's had formed coming in. Billy Butler was going to play lots of first base against left-handed pitch- ing, but slugger Mark Canha, who was picked off the Miami Marlins ros- ter in the Rule 5 draft, has hit five homers this spring. Canha, who is from San Jose, will platoon at first. A's FROM PAGE 1 as 19 points in the first half before Sacramento rallied to take the lead early in the third quarter. Harden tied a career best with eight 3-point- ers, and Trevor Ariza had six and finished with 22 points. Both teams played without a star. The Rock- ets were missing Dwight Howard, who isn't play- ing both games of back-to- backs since returning from a two-month absence with swelling in his right knee. He'll play Thursday night at Dallas. Sacramento's Rudy Gay, who is averaging 20.9 points a game, sat out af- ter getting a concussion Monday night. The game was tied at 70 after a 3-pointer by Ben McLemore with about 7 minutes left in the third quarter. Houston used a 9-2 run to take a 79-72 lead. Ray McCallum's 3-pointer soon after that got Sac- ramento within 5, before Harden took over. He scored their next 11 points, while the Kings managed just one basket, to extend the lead to 93-79 with 2 minutes left in the quarter. The Rockets led 97-86 entering the fourth quar- ter. Houston led by five early in the third quarter before Sacramento scored six straight points, with four from Cousins, to take a 61- 60 lead. The Rockets were up by 19 after opening the second quarter with an 11-0 run, powered by three 3-point- ers by Ariza. The Kings got going after that. Kings FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB z-GoldenState 61 13 .824 — x-Clippers 49 26 .653 121/2 Phoenix 38 37 .507 231/2 Sacramento 26 48 .351 35 Lakers 20 53 .274 401/2 Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-Memphis 51 24 .680 — x-Houston 51 24 .680 — x-San Antonio 49 26 .653 2 Dallas 46 29 .613 5 New Orleans 39 34 .534 11 Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Portland 48 25 .658 — Oklahoma City 42 33 .560 7 Utah 34 41 .453 15 Denver 28 47 .373 21 Minnesota 16 59 .213 33 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB y-Toronto 45 30 .600 — Brooklyn 34 40 .459 101/2 Boston 34 41 .453 11 Philadelphia 18 58 .237 271/2 New York 14 61 .187 31 Southeast Division W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 56 19 .747 — x-Washington 42 33 .560 14 Miami 34 40 .459 211/2 Charlotte 32 42 .432 231/2 Orlando 22 53 .293 34 Central Division W L Pct GB x-Cleveland 48 27 .640 — x-Chicago 45 30 .600 3 Milwaukee 37 38 .493 11 Indiana 32 43 .427 16 Detroit 29 46 .387 19 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Tuesday's games Detroit 105, Atlanta 95 Brooklyn 111, Indiana 106 San Antonio 95, Miami 81 Golden State 110, Clippers 106 Wednesday's games Washington 106, Philadelphia 93 San Antonio 103, Orlando 91 Charlotte 102, Detroit 78 Boston 100, Indiana 87 Brooklyn 100, New York 98 Dallas 135, Oklahoma City 131 Houston 115, Sacramento 111 Milwaukee 95, Chicago 91 Toronto 113, Minnesota 99 Utah 98, Denver 84 Clippers at Portland, (n.) New Orleans at Lakers, (n.) Thursday's games Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Portland at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 4 Michigan State (27-11) vs. Duke (33-4), 3:09 p.m. Kentucky (38-0) vs. Wisconsin (35-3), 5:49 p.m. National Championship Monday, April 6 Semifinal winners MEN'S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS At Madison Square Garden New York Tuesday, March 31 Miami 60, Temple 57 Stanford 67, Old Dominion 60 CHAMPIONSHIP Thursday, April 2 Miami (25-12) vs. Stanford (23-13), 6 p.m. WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT ALBANY REGIONAL Regional Championship Monday, March 30 UConn 91, Dayton 70 SPOKANE REGIONAL Monday, March 30 Maryland 58, Tennessee 48 FINAL FOUR At Tampa, Fla. National Semifinals Sunday, April 5 Notre Dame (35-2) vs. South Carolina (34-2), 3:30 p.m. UConn (36-1) vs. Maryland (34-2), 5:30 p.m. National Championship Tuesday, April 7 Semifinal winners WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS Wednesday, April 1 UCLA 69, Michigan 65 West Virginia 66, Temple 58, OT CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, April 4 UCLA (18-18) at West Virginia (23-14), noon NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 78 49 22 7 105 227 216 Vancouver 77 45 27 5 95 224 208 Calgary 77 42 28 7 91 229 204 Los Angeles 76 37 25 14 88 201 192 San Jose 76 37 30 9 83 212 215 Edmonton 76 23 40 13 59 185 255 Arizona 77 23 46 8 54 161 256 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Nashville 78 47 22 9 103 224 193 St. Louis 76 46 23 7 99 229 190 Chicago 76 46 24 6 98 217 176 Minnesota 76 44 25 7 95 219 186 Winnipeg 77 39 26 12 90 217 204 Dallas 77 37 30 10 84 239 248 Colorado 76 35 29 12 82 206 213 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Montreal 77 47 22 8 102 203 174 x-Tampa Bay 78 47 24 7 101 250 204 Detroit 76 40 23 13 93 221 208 Boston 77 39 25 13 91 204 198 Ottawa 76 38 26 12 88 220 204 Florida 77 35 27 15 85 192 210 Toronto 78 29 43 6 64 204 249 Buffalo 77 22 47 8 52 152 258 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-N.Y. Rangers76 48 21 7 103 231 179 N.Y. Islanders 77 45 27 5 95 235 215 Pittsburgh 77 42 24 11 95 211 194 Washington 77 42 25 10 94 227 190 Philadelphia 77 31 29 17 79 202 220 Columbus 76 37 35 4 78 210 234 New Jersey 77 31 33 13 75 170 197 Carolina 76 28 37 11 67 176 208 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday's games Ottawa 2, Detroit 1, SO Vancouver 5, Nashville 4, SO Boston 3, Florida 2 Washington 4, Carolina 2 Columbus 3, New Jersey 2, OT Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Winnipeg 2 Wednesday's games Buffalo 4, Toronto 3 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 1 Edmonton at Anaheim, (n.) Colorado at San Jose, (n.) Thursday's games N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 4 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 3 Boston 11, Tampa Bay (ss) 8 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Minnesota 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Miami 3, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay (ss) 4, Baltimore 3 Toronto 10, Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 8, Seattle 6 San Francisco 4, Colorado 3 Chicago Cubs 15, Texas (ss) 10 Cincinnati 10, Milwaukee 4 Chicago White Sox 2, Dodgers 1 Arizona 8, Texas (ss) 7 Oakland 13, Angels 10 Houston 8, Atlanta 5 Kansas City 4, San Diego 1 Wednesday's games Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 2 Houston 3, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Miami 8, Washington 0 Minnesota 4, Boston (ss) 4, tie Toronto 9, Boston (ss) 7 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Kansas City 4, Dodgers 4, tie Oakland 4, Angels 1 Chicago Cubs 11, Milwaukee 7 Chicago White Sox (ss) 12, Seattle 4 Arizona 3, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 5, Cleveland 2 San Diego 8, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2 Colorado 10, Texas 4 Baltimore 3, Pittsburgh 3, tie, 10 innings Thursday's games N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwa- ter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 12:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Scotts- dale, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. Baltimore vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Dodgers at Angels, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Friday's games Tampa Bay vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Toronto at Montreal, 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m. Dodgers at Angels, 7:05 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. At Mesa, Ariz. Los Angeles (A) 100000000— 1 5 1 Oakland 00110101x— 4 9 1 Rucinski, E.Santos (6), Salas (7), Pestano (8) and C.Perez; Chavez, S.Frankoff (7), B.Huntzinger (8), J.Urlaub (9) and Phegley, Bry.Anderson, C.Blair. W — Chavez; L — Rucinski; Sv — J.Urlaub; HRs — Oakland, J.Sportman (2), Canha (6). At Scottsdale, Ariz. Cleveland 000110000— 2 10 0 San Francisco 00012011x— 5 9 1 Kluber, Crockett (5), Atchison (7), G.Soto (8) and Y.Gomes, Hayes; Bumgarner, Bochy (5), Petit (6), Machi (8), Romo (9), Lopez (9) and Posey, H.Sanchez. W — Bochy; L — Kluber; HRs — San Fran- cisco, M.Williamson (1), M.Duffy (3). Tennis MIAMI OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $6.27 million (Masters 1000); Women, $5.38 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. WOMEN Quarterfinals Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sabine Lisicki (27), Germany, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3. Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-1, 7-5. Doubles MEN Quarterfinals John Isner and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Nether- lands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, 6-3, 6-4. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6. Woman Quarterfinals Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (8), Slovenia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-4. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (9), Czech Republic, def. Monica Nicules- cu, Romania, and Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 3 0 1 10 6 1 Vancouver 3 1 0 9 5 4 San Jose 2 2 0 6 6 6 Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 5 4 Los Angeles 1 1 2 5 5 4 Houston 1 1 2 5 2 2 Kansas City 1 1 2 5 3 4 Seattle 1 1 1 4 5 3 Colorado 0 0 3 3 0 0 Portland 0 1 3 3 3 4 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New York 2 0 1 7 5 2 D.C. United 2 1 0 6 2 2 N.Y. City FC 1 1 2 5 3 2 Orlando City 1 1 2 5 4 4 New England 1 2 1 4 2 6 Columbus 1 2 0 3 3 3 To ro nt o F C 1 2 0 3 4 5 Chicago 1 3 0 3 2 5 Montreal 0 1 2 2 2 3 Philadelphia 0 2 2 2 3 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday, April 3 D.C. United at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 4 Toronto FC at Chicago, noon New England at Colorado, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 5 Salt Lake at San Jose, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at Kansas City, 4 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For April 2 NCAA Tournament SATURDAY Final Four At Indianapolis Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Kentucky 5 (131) Wisconsin Duke 5 (139) Michigan St. NIT TONIGHT At New York Ch am pi on sh ip Stanford 11/2 (1341/2) Miami College Insider Tournament TONIGHT Championship at Evansville 71/2 (142) N. Arizona NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Cleveland 11 (2001/2) Miami at Dallas 4 (2061/2) Houston at Golden State 111/2 (209) Phoenix NHL Favorite Line Underdog N.Y. Islanders -125/+105 at Columbus at Detroit -120/+100 Boston at Ottawa -120/+100 Tampa Bay at Florida -170/+150 Carolina at Montreal -145/+125 Washington at St. Louis -170/+150 Calgary at Minnesota -125/+105 N.Y. Rangers at Chicago -170/+150 Vancouver at Los Angeles -350/+270 Edmonton Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Reassigned RHP Jesse Crain and LHP Carlos Rodon to minor league camp. Houston Astros: Placed RHPs Josh Fields and Brad Peacock and LHP Brett Ober- holtzer on the 15-day Dl, Field retroac- tive to Friday, Peacock to Monday and Oberholtzer to Tuesday. Optioned LHP Kevin Chapman, OF L.J. Hoes and 1B Jon Singleton to Fresno (PCL). Designated OF Alex Presley for assignment. Kansas City Royals: Agreed to terms with SS Rafael Furcal on a minor league contract. Minnesota Twins: Optioned LHP Caleb Thielbar to Rochester (IL). National League Atlanta Braves: Claimed LHP Andrew McKirahan off waivers from Miami. Chicago Cubs: Optioned RHP Brian Schlitter, LHP Zac Rosscup and OF Junior Lake to Iowa (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Released RHP Dustin McGowan. Philadelphia Phillies: Released RHP Kevin Slowey. San Diego Padres: Optioned Inf/Of Tom- my Medica and OF Abraham Almonte to El Paso (PCL). Reassigned LHP Jason Lane, RHP Marcos Mateo and INF Ramiro Pena to minor league camp. Washington Nationals: Released UT Kevin Frandsen unconditionally. Reas- signed OF Tony Gwynn Jr., RHP Rafael Martin and INF Ian Stewart to minor league camp. FOOTBALL National Football League Baltimore Ravens: Traded C Gino Gradkowski to Denver for 2016 draft considerations. Chicago Bears: Signed CB Sherrick McManis, RB Jacquizz Rodgers and LB Sam Acho to one-year contracts. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed Wr/Kr Brandon Tate. Dallas Cowboys: Re-signed LB Rolando McClain to a one-year contract. Signed DE Efe Obada. Indianapolis Colts: Signed RB Daniel Herron to a one-year contract. Jacksonville Jaguars: Released FB Bradie Ewing. New Orleans Saints: Agreed to terms with G Jahri Evans on a one-year con- tract extension. Signed CB Kyle Wilson to a one-year contract. St. Louis Rams: Re-signed C Tim Barnes. San Diego Chargers: Released G Jeff Baca and DT Chas Alecxih. Seattle Seahawks: Re-signed FB Will Tukuafu and DT Jesse Williams. HOCKEY National Hockey League Florida Panthers: Agreed to terms with D Michael Matheson on an entry-level con- tract and assigned him to San Antonio (AHL) for an amateur tryout. Nashville Predators: Reassigned F Viktor Arvidsson to Milwaukee (AHL). Pittsburgh Penguins: Assigned F Jean- Sebastian Dea from Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). San Jose Sharks: Assigned D Konrad Abeltshauser from Worcester (AHL) to Allen (ECHL). Toronto Maple Leafs: Reassigned F Sam Carrick to Toronto (AHL). Vancouver Canucks: Assigned D Jeremie Blain from Utica (AHL) to Kalamazoo (ECHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. United: Loaned F Michael Seaton to Orebro SK (Sweden-First Division). New York Red Bulls: Named Jason Baum senior director of communications. Sporting Kansas City: Loaned D Saad Abdul-Salaam to San Antonio (NASL). North American Soccer League New York Cosmos: Signed G Keasel Broome. COLLEGE Brown: Named Robert Kenneally women's ice hockey coach, who will leave his position as executive associate director of athletics. Eastern Washington: Announced G Tyler Harvey will enter the NBA draft. High Point: Named Kelly Grant women's assistant soccer coach. Iowa State: Signed wrestling coach Kevin Jackson to a contract through 2018. Named T.J. Otzelberger men's as- sistant basketball coach. Kansas: Announced G Kelly Oubre Jr. will enter the NBA draft. Liberty: Named Ritchie McKay men's basketball coach. Limestone: Announced women's soccer F/D Naiara Kapstein is transferring from Memphis. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 2 B