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RICHARDDREW—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leaves federal court in New York. A judge erased Brady's four- game suspension for "Deflategate." ByLarryNeumeisterand Tom Hays TheAssociatedPress NEW YORK Tom Brady learned Thursday he will start the season on the field after a judge lifted the league's four-game suspension of the star quarterback for a scandal over deflated footballs, saying he was treated unfairly by NFL Com- missioner Roger Goodell. The league quickly appealed. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized Goodell for dis- pensing "his own brand of industrial justice" as he found multiple reasons to reject the suspension one week be- fore New England's Sept. 10 opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Super Bowl MVP has insisted he played no role in a conspiracy to deflate footballs below the allowable limit at last season's AFC champion- ship game, a 45-7 rout of the India- napolis Colts. The judge cited "several signifi- cant legal deficiencies" in the league's handling of the controversy, includ- ing no advanced notice of potential penalties, a refusal to produce a key witness and the apparent first-ever discipline of a player based on a find- ing of "general awareness" of some- one else's wrongdoing. "Because there was no notice of a four-game suspension in the cir- cumstances presented here, Commis- sioner Goodell may be said to have 'dispensed his own brand of indus- trial justice,'" Berman wrote, par- tially citing wording from a previ- ous case. He said a player's right to know what constitutes violations and what penalties are was "at the heart" of the collective bargaining agreement "and, for that matter, of our criminal and civil justice systems." "The court finds that Brady had no notice that he could receive a four- game suspension for general aware- ness of ball deflation by others," the judge wrote. NFL JudgeliftsBradysuspension League appeals ruling that Patriots quarterback was treated unfairly by Commissioner Goodell ROCKIES 11, GIANTS 3 Up next: San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies, 5:40p.m. today, TV on CSNBA. THESCORE By Michael Kelly The Associated Press DENVER Carlos Gonzalez hom- ered twice for the second straight night, Chris Rusin pitched a com- plete game and the Colorado Rockies routed the reeling San Francisco Giants 11-3 on Thurs- day night. Gonzalez hit a pair of two-run homers to take the NL lead with a career-high 35. He finished with four hits and drove in four runs to lead Colorado's season-high 19- hit effort. Nolan Arenado homered for the fourth consecutive game. Gonzalez's big night helped ex- tend San Francisco's losing streak to six. The Giants are now seven games back in the NL West and the Wild Card chase. San Francisco was swept by BASEBALL Gonzalez's 2 homers, Rockies rout Giants By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press NEW YORK Before they stepped on court, there was nothing to suggest Andy Murray would have any trouble against Adrian Man- narino in the U.S. Open's second round. Murray, after all, is seeded No. 3, owns two major championships including at Flushing Meadows in 2012, and had reached at least the quarterfinals at the last 18 Grand Slam tournaments he'd entered. Mannarino, meanwhile, is ranked 35th, has never won a tour-level title, and only three times in his career has even managed to win more than one match at a major. So it certainly came as a sur- prise when, in Thursday's open- ing game, Mannarino broke Mur- ray. About an hour later, Manna- rino grabbed the opening set. And 45 minutes after that, the French- man took the second set, too. "I just had to kind of tell my- self that I would get there eventu- ally," Murray said. "I had time to U.S. OPEN Down 2 sets, Murray comes back to win They rumble past schools, homes and businesses in dozens of cities around the country — 100-car trains loaded with crude oil from the Upper Midwest. TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Citiesgetreadyfor oil train disaster FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 Staff Reports CORNING The Corning Cardi- nals volleyball team won its first match of the season Wednesday against the Orland Trojans, 3-0. The Trojans had the lead by five points at one point in the first set but the Cardinals took the win with a score of 25-21. Sets two and three were 25-13 and 25-16. "We started off a little rough, then we just settled down," said coach Mike Albee. "We have struggled the last two games. Los Molinos was a huge battle and unfortunately that was a hard loss. The girls took it really hard. I told them to just learn from it." Albee said his main goal is to build confidence in the girls and teach them to be mentally tough. "It was a huge win against Or- land," Albee said. "We have lost to them the last three years so it was a really huge win for us." Sophomore Mariah Castle and seniors Kaylee Shoemaker, Tessa Betenbaugh and Daisy Alston were among the top play- ers of the evening. "When Mariah and Kaylee are playing well and getting ag- gressive their athleticism just shines for the rest of them and that just builds confidence," Al- bee said. "A lot of different play- ers build on that enthusiasm." Castle had six kills, an ace, four blocks and 15 digs. Alston and Shoemaker each had three kills and Alston had an ace and three blocks. Brenna Johnson had nine assists. The Cardinals are scheduled to play Tuesday at Enterprise High School in Redding. LOS MOLINOS VOLLEYBALL WINS The Los Molinos Bulldogs vol- leyball team beat Paradise Ad- ventist Academy on Wednesday night in straight sets, winning the first 25-11, second 25-12 and third 25-15. Team leaders were Rachel Rogers with nine kills, four aces and a blocked shot; Liset Cas- tillo with four kills and five aces and Henna Acevedo with three kills and two aces. Kenya Cota had 18 assists. The team is scheduled to play in the High Sierra Invitation in Reno today and Saturday. Tennis MERCYTENNISTAKESLOSS The Mercy High School girls' tennis team lost to the Gridley Bulldogs 9-0 Tuesday in a match at Valley Oaks Racquet Club. Mercy's Mary DiMaggio lost 6-3, 6-1 to Julissa Espinoza; Grace Grinton lost 6-3, 6-4 to Ni- cole Agins; Gabriela Fujita lost 6-0, 6-0 to Fairryn Graff; Joy Nguyen lost 6-1, 6-0 to Gruman Matto; Freya Jiang lost 6-1, 6-1 to Boston Hogan and Heidi Liao lost 6-0, 6-0 to Marce Mojica. In doubles, DiMaggio and Grinton lost 8-2 to Graff and Matto; Fujita and Nguyen lost 8-1 to Espinoza and Santillan and Jiang and Sarah Sun lost 8-6 to Schnepel and Gallo. The team is scheduled to play a conference match at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in Red Bluff. ROUNDUP CARDINALS GET BIG WIN OVER ORLAND Castle, a sophomore, leads Corning with 6 kills, 4 blocks, 15 digs, backed by senior trio COURTESY PHOTO BY BAILEY ALEXANDER Corning High's Brenna Johnson serves during the Cardinals' first win of the season Wednesday night against Orland. 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 B4 The Corning Cardinals will play Las Plumas at 7:30tonight for the home and season opener. The Spartans will play West Valley at Shasta High School in Redding at 7:30p.m. due to field repairs at West Valley. FOOTBALL Corning at home, Red Bluff on road tonight The Los Molinos Bulldogs will take to the road to play Dunsmuir at 6tonight. The Mercy Warriors' next game is scheduled for Sept. 12 at home against Hayfork at Sacred Heart School. 8-MAN FOOTBALL Los Molinos heading to Dunsmuir tonight BRADY PAGE 2 TENNIS PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, September 4, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1