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GreenBayPackerstightend Andrew Quarless revealed Monday he missed the first two days of training camp because his daughter died at birth last week. NFLNOTES PackersTEQuarless loses daughter at birth FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 The Spartans will begin practice Aug. 5: Varsity at 7 a.m., Junior Varsity and Frosh 7a.m. to noon, with a team meeting in the Spartan Stadium at 7. Store open today for player clearance. FOOTBALL Red Bluff Spartans to practice Wednesday The Running with the Bears Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K to benefit children in foster care is scheduled for Aug. 15in Greenville. For information visit http://www. runningwiththebears.org/. RUNNING Greenville runs to support foster children Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, 7Little Words and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 ERIC RISBERG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie watches the team stretch during their football training camp Monday in Napa. By Josh Dubow The Associated Press NAPA Reggie McKenzie knew it would take some time to build the Oakland Raiders the way he wanted to after being hired as general man- ager in January 2012. McKenzie has endured 37 losses in his first three seasons as he tore down the roster, got the salary cap in order and began building the team back up through the draft. With a quarterback in place with second-year player Derek Carr, other promising youngsters surrounding him such as pass rusher Khalil Mack, and a handful of key veterans sprin- kled throughout the roster, McKen- zie feels he could finally have a team ready to compete after years of losing. "I knew I had to take some lumps," McKenzie said Monday. "To see it come like the way I had planned it from building the roster and getting the team together, it's the best I've felt going into Napa and training camp since I've been here. I'm anxiously waiting for preseason games now. I want to see how they jell and come together. I feel pretty good about this team. Really good." There wasn't much to feel good about those first three years as the Raiders allowed the most points in the NFL and lost the second-most games while cycling through two coaches, five starting quarterbacks and 135 players. Yes, a lengthy re- building process. Only five players McKenzie in- herited have remained on the team throughout his tenure as he has tried to build the roster his way in hopes of ending a 12-year playoff drought that began in the final years under late owner Al Davis. McKenzie said the difference between this year's team and the previous three versions is "obvious." "I think we're big and strong. I think we're fast," he said. "I like the way the players are responding to the coaches, the energy is off the chain. I think it's looking the way I like it to look." RAIDERS McKenzieoptimisticin4thyear OaklandGMexcitedaboutthisyear'steam By Josh Dubow The Associated Press OAKLAND Perhaps more than any other position in football, wide receivers are forced to de- pend on teammates for success. Without a quarterback to throw it, a line to block or other running backs and receivers to di- vert attention, it is nearly impos- sible for a wideout to accumulate the big numbers necessary to be- come a Hall of Famer. That's why Tim Brown takes so much pride on the way he made it to Canton. Despite spending most of his career with pedestrian quarter- backs and few other big-play tal- ents around him on the Raiders, Brown earned his Hall of Fame honors by becoming one of the league's most consistent and pro- lific receivers. In a 17-year career that included 1,094 catches for 14,934 yards and 105 overall touchdowns, Brown caught balls from 19 quarterbacks with the Raiders and Tampa Bay. "I used to tell them throw it in my vicinity and I'll do the rest," HALL OF FAME A er6-year wait, Brown re ad y fo r induction By Beth Harris The Associated Press KAZAN, RUSSIA The women are getting it done at the world swim- ming championships. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden low- ered her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly to win gold Monday night, and then Katinka Hosszu of Hungary erased a world mark from the high-tech suit era to claim the 200 individual med- ley. Earlier Monday, American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own world record in the 1,500 freestyle preliminaries. Four world records set in the first two days of pool swimming — and all by women. "Unbelievable," American Ryan Lochte said. "I'm glad to see world records get broken. It gets more people behind swimming so that's awesome." Sjostrom first broke the mark SWIM WORLDS Sjostrom and Hosszu set world marks at championships By George Henry The Associated Press ATLANTA Adonis Garcia hit a two-run homer in the 12th in- ning off Ryan Vogelsong and the Atlanta Braves completed their final comeback of the game, beating the San Francisco Gi- ants 9-8 Monday night. Brandon Crawford hit two home runs, helping the Giants take a 6-0 lead. The Braves ral- lied with four runs in the sixth against Matt Cain, then A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth off Santiago Casilla to tie it at 7. Buster Posey homered early and hit a go-ahead single in the Giants 12th. Jace Peterson led off the Braves 12th by reaching on a throwing error by Crawford from shortstop. Vogelsong (7-7), trying to earn the first save of his 11-season career, fell behind in the count and Garcia hom- ered over the center field wall. Garcia made his major league debut this season and has three home runs in 11 games. Both teams hit four homers. Arodys Vizcaino (2-0) got two outs for the win. The Giants have lost two in a row for the first time since stop- ping a seven-game skid in early July. Peterson and Chris Johnson homered for the Braves and Pier- zynski had four hits. Brandon Belt homered for the Giants. Making his sixth start since returning from season-ending elbow surgery last year, Cain allowed 10 hits and four runs in five-plus innings. Johnson, who replaced Fred- die Freeman before the start of the fifth, homered off Hunter Strickland to make it 6-5 in the seventh. Freeman left with a strained right oblique, and the team listed him as day to day. Nori Aoki's RBI single in the ninth off Andrew McKirahan gave San Francisco a 7-5 lead. Braves starter Mike Foltyne- wicz allowed all four homers. Crawford has two multihomer games in his career, both against the Braves. TRAINER'S ROOM Giants: 2B Joe Panik will re- turn Tuesday to San Francisco for an MRI on his lower back. The team put him on the 15-day disabled list before the game. Panik has struggled for the last week with the injury. ... Man- ager Bruce Bochy changed the lineup an hour before the game, scratching CF Angel Pagan with NATIONAL LEAGUE BRAVES RALLY, HR IN 12TH BEATS GIANTS JOHN AMIS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Santiago Casilla reacts a er giving up a two-run homer to Atlanta Braves' A.J. Pierzynski during the 9th inning sending it to extra innings on Monday in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON — ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION Atlanta Braves Adonis Garcia is greeted at home plate a er hitting a walk off two-run home run to beat the San Francisco Giants 9-8in the 12th inning Monday in Atlanta. BRAVES 9, GIANTS 8; 12INNINGS Up Next: Giants at Atlanta When: Monday, 4:10p.m. TV/Radio: CSN/680AM THESCORE RAIDERS PAGE 2 BROWN PAGE 2 SWIMMING PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, August 4, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1