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COLLEGEBASEBALL Texas A&M vs. LSU: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers or Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: 10a.m., MLB. Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants: 12:30p.m., CSNBA. St. Louis Cardinals vs. Wash- ington Nationals: 1p.m., MLB. Oakland Athletics at Los An- geles Angels: 4p.m., CSN. Kansas City Royals vs. Chi- cago White Sox: 5p.m., MLB. NBA PLAYOFFS Cleveland Cavaliers at Boston Celtics, Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 3: 4p.m., TNT. Golden State Warriors at New Orleans Pelicans, Western Conference Quarterfinal Game 3: 6:30p.m., CSNBA, TNT, CSN-CA. GOLF PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans Round 1: noon, GOLF. LPGA Swinging Skirts Classic Round 1: 3p.m., GOLF. NHL PLAYOFFS Tampa Bay Lightning at Detroit Red Wings Atlantic Division Semifinal Game 4: 4 p.m., NBCSN. Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators Central Division Semifinal Game 5: 6:30p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER UEFA Europa League Sevilla vs. FC Zenit Quarterfinal Leg 2: noon, FS1. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Tennessee vs. Alabama: 5 p.m., ESPN. Ontheair "It would be great to have that advantage in having some extra fans up there to make a lit- tle noise," Chicago's Mike Dunleavy said. And then there's the om- nipresent LeBron James factor. He'll be in a postseason game at Boston — histor- ically a nightmarish city for him — for the first time since Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference finals, the game where he had a ridiculous 45 points and 15 rebounds to save Mi- ami from elimination and essentially give himself a chance for what became his first title. His last time there with Cleveland was memorable, too. It was his last game in his first seven-year go- round with the Cavaliers, though that was long be- fore this team was assem- bled. Boston coach Brad Ste- vens will be on the side- line for his first postseason home game — but he's ex- perienced this atmosphere at TD Garden before, as a ticketholder in the 2008 playoffs. "I have an idea what it's like," Stevens said, "and I'm looking forward to it." Here's a breakdown of Thursday's games: CAVALIERS AT CELTICS, CLEVELAND LEADS 2-0, GAME3,4P.M.,TNT LeBron James has 11 turnovers in the series' first two games, and says he has to clean that up. If he does, a tough task for Boston will only get more difficult. The Celtics had mo- ments in each of the first two games, but the biggest challenge for them head- ing into Game 3 might be finding someone to help Isaiah Thomas on the of- fensive end. James and Ky- rie Irving have both had 30-point games already in this series; for the Celtics, only Thomas has had as much as a 15-point game so far. Boston coach Brad Ste- vens said he wants to see the Celtics "stepping up confidently and knocking down those open oppor- tunities." And there have been plenty of open shots that Boston has simply missed. But at this time of year, James savors time off. A short series now, he knows, won't hurt Cleveland's legs as the playoff grind gets deeper. So the Cavs will have plenty of motivation in Game 3 as well, looking to take full control. "The great thing about series is of course it gives many chances for both teams to mix and match and to change and to ad- just and to work on doing things better against what you're seeing in front of you," Cavaliers coach Da- vid Blatt said. "The flip side is that everything becomes more difficult because they know you better and better as well." BULLS AT BUCKS, CHICAGO LEADS 2-0, GAME 3, 5 P.M., NBATV Here's a shocker: Two teams that don't like each other to begin with are in a series that seems to be turning chippy. The Bulls will be with- out forward Nikola Mirotic for Game 3 with a left knee injury. Mirotic strained his quadriceps and bruised his knee during Game 2 on Monday night in a scrum for a loose ball with Mil- waukee's Zaza Pachulia, who had drawn a techni- cal for elbowing Mirotic in the head moments earlier. That's hardly the only example of bad blood, Bulls-Bucks style. Milwaukee center John Henson said his run-in with Chicago guard Aaron Brooks that resulted in a technical foul in Game 2 was the culmination of a season-long series of dust- ups between the players. "For me with Brooks, go- ing back four or five games, he shot me a couple elbows, a couple cheap shots," Hen- son said. "It was building up. It happens, that's part of the game. Just got to move on from there." Chicago is hoping to have guard Kirk Hinrich (left knee) back for Game 3. WARRIORS AT PELICANS, GOLDEN STATE LEADS 2-0, GAME 3, 6:30 P.M., TNT Home-court advantage for Golden State, and what Pelicans coach Monty Wil- liams thought of it, was one of the primary narratives of the first two games of this series. Now, it's New Orleans' turn. The nothing-to-lose Pel- icans figure to try and give the Warriors a taste of their loud-arena medicine in Game 3, hoping that's enough to get New Orleans back into the series. "It's going to be a tough game," the Pelicans' An- thony Davis said. "They are the best team in the league, but we feel like we can beat them." The Warriors are up 2-0 and didn't shoot particu- larly well in either game, making only 34 percent from 3-point range and a horrid 62 percent from the line in the first two con- tests against New Orleans. Take away "splash broth- ers" Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and the rest of the Warriors are at 41 percent from the field in this series. If that holds, New Or- leans could make this inter- esting. The Pelicans were 18-2 at home in the regu- lar season when opponents shot under 45 percent. APSportsWritersTom Withers in Cleveland, Andrew Seligman in Chicago, Genaro C. Armas in Milwaukee and Howard Ulman in Boston, and AP freelance writer Guerry Smith in New Orleans contributed to this report. Playoffs FROM PAGE 1 Tuesday in a doubleheader, winning 16-0 and 15-5. Tennis The Corning Cardi- nals varsity tennis team downed Central Valley 7-2 on Tuesday in its season closer. "We played great tennis (Tuesday)," Corning coach Mike Albee said, adding that the team finished sec- ond in the NAL. In singles, Corning win- ners included Ethan Mu- noz (5-7, 6-0, 10-6), Mi- chael Messmer (6-1, 6-2), Freddy Torres (6-0, 6-6, 10-7), and Cruz Padilla (7- 5, 6-3). In doubles, Cardinal winners included Munoz and Marcos Valencia (8-3), Messmer and Wyatt Hay- wood (8-0), and Torres and Padilla (8-5). The Cards (6-5, 6-2 NAL) move on to the Northern Section CIF team playoffs at 2 p.m. in Oroville. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 a valued leader and team member." Still, Brooks was criti- cized by many for failing to win a title with Kevin Durant and Russell West- brook on his roster. Durant was last year's MVP and is a four-time scoring cham- pion, while Westbrook was this year's All-Star MVP and scoring cham- pion. Presti backed Brooks throughout the season, but said Wednesday that being in position to win a title is important to him. "It is very important to state that this decision is not a reflection of this past season, but rather an as- sessment of what we feel is necessary at this point in time in order to con- tinually evolve, progress and sustain," he said. "We move forward with confi- dence in our foundation and embrace the persis- tence and responsibility that is required to con- struct an elite and endur- ing basketball organiza- tion capable of winning an NBA championship in Oklahoma City." Team Chairman Clayton Bennett agreed. "While a very hard deci- sion, I support the need to transition to a new coach that will allow us to con- tinue the growth and prog- ress that will help us reach all of our goals," he said. The Thunder stumbled to a 3-12 start this sea- son as injuries took their toll. As the season pro- gressed, Brooks became annoyed with speculation and doubters. Brooks FROM PAGE 1 known as The Greatest be- cause that's what he put out there. It is what it is." A little more than a week before his megafight with Manny Pacquiao, May- weather seemed relaxed on a conference call where he talked about his career and the man he will face in the ring May 2. He refused to say anything bad about Pacquiao, and said he was treating the richest fight ever as just another fight. "I know it's the big- gest fight in boxing his- tory but I can't approach it like that," Mayweather said. "I'm never going to put any unnecessary pres- sure on myself. I like to ap- proach the fight like he's a fighter who's extremely tal- ented. But my thing is to just be Floyd Mayweather." That has worked for Mayweather his entire ca- reer, though most boxing historians would disagree with his own view of his place in boxing's historical hierarchy. That includes the current heavyweight cham- pion, Wladimir Klitschko, who told a group of report- ers in New York on Tuesday that maybe Mayweather shouldn't be so boastful. "I think probably, I heard this comment from Mayweather that he's bet- ter than Ali or greater than Ali," Klitschko said. "I think people call the king the king, not the king (who says) 'I'm the king.' So peo- ple make others somebody that he is or that he's not. So that's people's opinions." While Mayweather's place in history may be in debate, there's no debate that he will make the big- gest purse ever against Pac- quiao. Depending on pay- per-view sales — which re- portedly have been strong for a fight still 10 days away — he could earn as much as $180 million for the welter- weight title bout. "I'm blessed, I made some good investments," Mayweather said. "If I wanted to retire today I could." Fight FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 9 4 .692 _ San Diego 10 6 .625 1/2 Colorado 8 7 .533 2 Arizona 7 7 .500 21/2 Giants 5 10 .333 5 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 9 4 .692 _ Chicago 8 6 .571 11/2 Cincinnati 8 7 .533 2 Pittsburgh 7 8 .467 3 Milwaukee 2 13 .133 8 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 12 3 .800 _ Atlanta 8 6 .571 31/2 Washington 7 8 .467 5 Philadelphia 5 10 .333 7 Miami 4 11 .267 8 Tuesday's games Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 7, Miami 3 Washington 2, St. Louis 1, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 16, Milwaukee 10 San Diego 7, Colorado 6 Texas 7, Arizona 1 Giants 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Miami 6, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 7, Washington 5 N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1 Colorado 5, San Diego 4 Texas at Arizona, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at Giants, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Pitts- burgh (Locke 2-0), 9:35 a.m. Miami (Phelps 0-0) at Philadelphia (McGowan 1-0), 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 3-0), 10:10 a.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 0-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 0-3), 10:40 a.m. San Diego (T.Ross 1-0) at Colorado (Lyles 1-1), 12:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 0-0) at Giants (Undecided), 12:45 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 2-0) at Washington (Scherzer 1-1), 1:05 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Giants at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 8 6 .571 _ A's 7 8 .467 11/2 Los Angeles 6 8 .429 2 Texas 6 8 .429 2 Seattle 5 9 .357 3 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 11 4 .733 _ Kansas City 11 4 .733 _ Chicago 6 8 .429 41/2 Minnesota 6 9 .400 5 Cleveland 5 9 .357 51/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 9 6 .600 _ New York 8 7 .533 1 Toronto 8 7 .533 1 Baltimore 7 8 .467 2 Tampa Bay 7 8 .467 2 Tuesday's games Toronto 13, Baltimore 6 N.Y. Yankees 5, Detroit 2 Boston 1, Tampa Bay 0 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5 Texas 7, Arizona 1 L.A. Angels 14, A's 1 Houston 6, Seattle 3 Wednesday's games Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 0 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 13, Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 7, Boston 5 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 0 Texas at Arizona, (n.) A's at L.A. Angels, (n.) Houston at Seattle, (n.) Thursday's games N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 2-1) at Detroit (An. Sanchez 1-2), 10:08 a.m. A's (Chavez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Trope- ano 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 2-1) at Toronto (Hutchison 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Houston at A's, 7:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NBA FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday, April 21 Cleveland 99, Boston 91, Cleveland leads series 2-0 Washington 117, Toronto 106, Washing- ton leads series 2-0 Houston 111, Dallas 99, Houston leads series 2-0 Wednesday, April 22 Atlanta 96, Brooklyn 91, Atlanta leads series 2-0 Memphis 97, Portland 82, Memphis leads series 2-0 San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, (n.) Thursday, April 23 Cleveland at Boston, 4 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Golden State at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 24 Houston at Dallas, 4 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Aldridge, POR 1 13 4 32 32.0 Paul, LAC 1 13 3 32 32.0 Davis, NOR 2 22 17 61 30.5 Butler, CHI 2 18 15 56 28.0 Curry, GOL 2 22 5 56 28.0 Irving, CLE 2 19 10 56 28.0 Griffin, LAC 1 9 8 26 26.0 James, CLE 2 19 10 50 25.0 Harden, HOU 2 9 28 48 24.0 Thompson, GOL 2 17 7 47 23.5 Thomas, BOS 2 12 18 44 22.0 Beal, WAS 2 18 5 44 22.0 Korver, ATL 1 6 4 21 21.0 Udrih, MEM 1 9 1 20 20.0 Ellis, DAL 2 13 10 40 20.0 Middleton, MIL 2 15 5 40 20.0 Howard, HOU 2 15 9 39 19.5 Gordon, NOR 2 14 2 39 19.5 Rose, CHI 2 13 7 38 19.0 Wall, WAS 2 13 8 36 18.0 Leonard, SAN 1 7 3 18 18.0 DeRozan, TOR 2 15 5 35 17.5 Nowitzki, DAL 2 13 7 34 17.0 Carroll, ATL 1 5 5 17 17.0 Lopez, Bro 1 6 5 17 17.0 Johnson, Bro 1 6 5 17 17.0 Crawford, LAC 1 7 0 17 17.0 Teague, ATL 1 6 4 17 17.0 Conley, MEM 1 6 4 16 16.0 Randolph, MEM 1 6 4 16 16.0 Love, CLE 2 8 13 32 16.0 Gasol, MEM 1 7 1 15 15.0 Brewer, HOU 2 12 2 30 15.0 Pierce, WAS 2 9 6 30 15.0 Williams, TOR 2 9 10 30 15.0 Batum, POR 1 5 2 15 15.0 Young, Bro 1 7 1 15 15.0 Green, GOL 2 9 8 29 14.5 Lillard, POR 1 5 4 14 14.0 A. Johnson, TOR 2 12 4 28 14.0 Jack, Bro 1 5 3 13 13.0 Williams, Bro 1 5 1 13 13.0 Smith, HOU 2 12 1 26 13.0 Sc hr ode r, A TL 1 5 2 1 3 13 .0 Barea, DAL 2 11 2 25 12.5 Patterson, TOR 2 10 0 25 12.5 Gortat, WAS 2 10 4 24 12.0 Jones, HOU 2 7 10 24 12.0 Terry, HOU 2 9 0 24 12.0 Ilyasova, MIL 2 9 4 23 11.5 Pondexter, NOR 2 8 4 23 11.5 REBOUNDS PER GAME G Off Def Tot Avg Noah, CHI 2 5 25 30 15.0 Gasol, CHI 2 3 26 29 14.5 Bogut, GOL 2 8 20 28 14.0 Lopez, Bro 1 6 8 14 14.0 Jordan, LAC 1 3 11 14 14.0 Aldridge, POR 1 7 7 14 14.0 Chandler, DAL 2 12 14 26 13.0 Green, GOL 2 2 22 24 12.0 Griffin, LAC 1 1 11 12 12.0 Asik, NOR 2 8 14 22 11.0 Duncan, SAN 1 4 7 11 11.0 Hilario, WAS 2 8 14 22 11.0 Gasol, MEM 1 2 9 11 11.0 Randolph, MEM 1 4 7 11 11.0 Nowitzki, DAL 2 3 18 21 10.5 Young, Bro 1 5 5 10 10.0 Horford, ATL 1 2 8 10 10.0 Turner, BOS 2 2 17 19 9.5 Love, CLE 2 4 14 18 9.0 Valanciunas, TOR2 3 15 18 9.0 Leonard, POR 1 0 9 9 9.0 Howard, HOU 2 5 12 17 8.5 Davis, NOR 2 4 13 17 8.5 Thompson, CLE 2 9 8 17 8.5 Antetok., MIL 2 3 13 16 8.0 Carroll, ATL 1 2 6 8 8.0 Ariza, HOU 2 3 13 16 8.0 Lillard, POR 1 1 7 8 8.0 Gortat, WAS 2 5 11 16 8.0 Pachulia, MIL 2 4 12 16 8.0 Gooden, WAS 2 7 9 16 8.0 NHL FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday, April 21 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 0, Detroit leads series 2-1 Washington 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, OT, series tied 2-2 Chicago 3, Nashville 2, 3OT, Chicago leads series 3-1 Calgary 3, Vancouver 1, Calgary leads series 3-1 Wednesday, April 22 Ottawa 1, Montreal 0, Montreal leads series 3-1 N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT, N.Y. Rangers leads series 3-1 St. Louis at Minnesota, (n.) Anaheim at Winnipeg, (n.) Thursday, April 23 Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4 p.m. NY Islanders at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Friday, April 24 Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. Pi tt sb ur gh a t N .Y. R an ge rs , 4 p .m . x-Winnipeg at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25 Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBA Washington at N.Y. Islanders, TBA x-Nashville at Chicago, TBA x-Vancouver at Calgary, TBA Sunday, April 26 x-Montreal at Ottawa, TBA x-NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA x-St. Louis at Minnesota, TBA x-Anaheim at Winnipeg, TBA Monday, April 27 x-Tampa Bay at Detroit, TBA x-NY Islanders at Washington, TBA x-Chicago at Nashville, TBA x-Calgary at Vancouver, TBA Tuesday, April 28 x-Ottawa at Montreal, TBA x-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA x-Winnipeg at Anaheim, TBA Wednesday, April 29 x-Detroit at Tampa Bay, TBA x-Minnesota at St. Louis, TBA Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL RESULTS Wednesday At Real Club de Tenis Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Purse: $2.45 million (WT500) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-3, 6-1. David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Albert Mon- tanes, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Marin Cilic (4), Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Feliciano Lopez (5), Spain, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (5). Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Leonardo Mayer (11), Argentina, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2. Philipp Kohlschreiber (12), Germany, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Martin Klizan (14), Slovakia, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Santiago Giraldo (15), Colombia, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Elias Ymer, Sweden, def. Nick Kyrgios (16), Australia, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7). Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, 6-4, 6-2. Benoit Paire, France, def. Ernests Gulbis (8), Latvia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Fabio Fognini (13), Italy, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 5 2 1 16 10 7 FC Dallas 4 2 1 13 10 10 Los Angeles 3 2 2 11 8 7 Seattle 3 2 1 10 9 5 San Jose 3 4 0 9 7 9 Houston 2 2 3 9 6 4 Salt Lake 2 1 3 9 6 5 Portland 2 2 3 9 7 7 Kansas City 2 2 3 9 7 8 Colorado 1 2 3 6 5 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New York 3 0 2 11 9 4 D.C. United 3 1 2 11 6 5 New England 3 2 2 11 6 7 Columbus 2 2 2 8 8 5 Orlando City 2 3 2 8 6 8 Chicago 2 3 0 6 5 7 N.Y. City FC 1 3 3 6 5 6 Philadelphia 1 4 3 6 9 13 Toronto FC 1 4 0 3 8 11 Montreal 0 2 2 2 2 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday, April 24 N.Y. City FC at Chicago, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25 Salt Lake at New England, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26 Los Angeles at New York, 2 p.m. Toronto FC at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. NFL 2015 NFL TEAM SCHEDULES (x-subject to change) Oakland Raiders Sept. 13 Cincinnati, 1:25 p.m. Sept. 20 Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. Sept. 27 at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Oct. 4 at Chicago, 10 a.m. Oct. 11 Denver, 1:25 p.m. Oct. 18 BYE Oct. 25 at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Nov. 1 N.Y. Jets, 1:05 p.m. Nov. 8 at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Nov. 15 Minnesota, 1:05 p.m. Nov. 22 at Detroit, 10 a.m. Nov. 29 at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Dec. 6 Kansas City, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 13 at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 20 Green Bay, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 24 San Diego, 5:25 p.m. Jan. 3 at Kansas City, 10 a.m. San Francisco 49ers Sept. 14 Minnesota, 7:20 p.m. Sept. 20 at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Sept. 27 at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Oct. 4 Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Oct. 11 at N.Y. Giants-x, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 18 Baltimore, 1:25 p.m. Oct. 22 Seattle, 5:25 p.m. Nov. 1 at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Nov. 8 Atlanta, 1:05 p.m. Nov. 15 BYE Nov. 22 at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Nov. 29 Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 6 at Chicago, 10 a.m. Dec. 13 at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Dec. 20 Cincinnati-x, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at Detroit, 10 a.m. Jan. 3 St. Louis, 1:25 p.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.38 2. Jordan Spieth USA 9.17 3. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.49 4. Bubba Watson USA 7.14 5. Jim Furyk USA 6.82 6. Jason Day AUS 6.28 7. Dustin Johnson USA 6.21 8. Adam Scott AUS 6.05 9. Justin Rose ENG 5.90 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.75 11. Jimmy Walker USA 5.43 12. J.B. Holmes USA 4.88 13. Rickie Fowler USA 4.65 14. Matt Kuchar USA 4.58 15. Patrick Reed USA 4.51 16. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.45 17. Martin Kaymer GER 4.41 18. Phil Mickelson USA 4.29 19. Billy Horschel USA 3.87 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.59 21. Kevin Na USA 3.51 22. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.46 23. Zach Johnson USA 3.34 24. Bill Haas USA 3.33 25. Ryan Palmer USA 3.32 26. Chris Kirk USA 3.29 27. Ian Poulter ENG 3.25 28. Ryan Moore USA 3.20 29. Jamie Donaldson WAL 3.11 30. Hunter Mahan USA 3.10 31. Graeme McDowell NIR 3.06 32. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.05 33. Lee Westwood ENG 3.01 34. Keegan Bradley USA 2.92 35. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.83 36. Brandt Snedeker USA 2.82 37. Paul Casey ENG 2.80 38. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.77 39. Branden Grace SAF 2.73 40. Matt Every USA 2.62 41. Stephen Gallacher SCO 2.62 42. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.62 43. Brendon Todd USA 2.57 44. Joost Luiten NED 2.56 45. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.52 46. Webb Simpson USA 2.50 47. Russell Henley USA 2.49 48. Shane Lowry IRL 2.37 49. Danny Willett ENG 2.33 50. Luke Donald ENG 2.32 Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For April 23 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -120/+110 Chicago Miami -120/+110 at Philly at New York -130/+120 Atlanta Cincinnati -120/+110 at Milwaukee at Colorado -115/+105 San Diego at SF -115/+105 Los Angeles at Washington -140/+130 St. Louis AMERICAN LEAGUE at Detroit -125/+115 New York at Los Angeles -110/+100 Oakland at Toronto -140/+130 Baltimore Boston -115/+105 at Tampa Bay at Chicago -140/+130 Kansas City NBA TONIGHT Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Cleveland 4 (2031/2) at Boston Chicago 3 (187) at Milwaukee Golden State 5 (203) at New Orleans TOMORROW at Dallas 1 (214) Houston at Washington 31/2 (195) Toronto NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Detroit -110/-110 Tampa Bay at Washington -135/+115 N.Y. Islanders at Nashville -115/-105 Chicago at Vancouver -150/+130 Calgary Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Assigned RHP Kyle Drabek outright to Charlotte (IL). Los Angeles Angels: Claimed OF Gary Brown off waivers from St. Louis and will option him to Salt Lake (PCL). Trans- ferred RHP Cory Rasmus to the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Matt Shoemaker on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Nick Tropeano from Salt Lake. New York Yankees: Claimed LHP Matt Tracy off waivers from Miami and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Oakland Athletics: Recalled RHP Arnold Leon from Nashville (PCL). Optioned RHP R.J. Alvarez to Nashville. Seattle Mariners: Signed OF Carlos Quentin to a minor league contract. Texas Rangers: Voided the March 30 op- tion of RHP Nick Tepesch to Round Rock (PCL) and placed him on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to March 30. National League Colorado Rockies: Reinstated RHP John Axford from the family medical emergency list. Placed RHP LaTroy Hawkins on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Scott Oberg from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned C/1B Wilin Rosario to Albuquerque. Los Angeles Dodgers: Recalled OF Chris Heisey From Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned LHP Adam Liberatore to Oklahoma City. Washington Nationals: Traded LHP Xavier Cedeno to the L.A. Dodgers for cash. Recalled LHP Matt Grace from Syracuse (IL). Placed LHP Felipe Rivero on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to April 18. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA: Announced a group headed by billionaire Antony Ressler has agreed to purchase the Nba's Atlanta Hawks. Fined Houston G Jason Terry $5,000 for violating the anti-flopping rules during a game on April 20. Oklahoma City Thunder: Fired coach Scott Brooks. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL: Suspended Dallas DE Greg Hardy for the first 10 games of the 2015 regular season, without pay, for conduct detri- mental to the league. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 2 B