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MLBBASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates:9:30a.m.,MLB. Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox: 11a.m., CSN. Houston Astros at Texas Rangers or Los Angeles Angels at Minnesota Twins: 5 p.m., MLB. WNBA BASKETBALL Playoffs: 5p.m., ESPN2. Tusla at Phoenix Western Conference Semifinal Game 1: 7p.m., ESPN2. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Clemson at Louisville: 4:30 p.m., ESPN. Florida A&M vs. SC State: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. NFL FOOTBALL Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs: 5:25p.m., CBS, NFL. GOLF EPGA Italian Open Round 1: 6:30a.m., GOLF. Web.com Chiquita Classic Round 1: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA BMW Championship Round 1: noon, GOLF. LPGA Solheim Cup Day 1: 11 p.m., GOLF. SOCCER UEFA Europa League Liver- pool vs. Bordeaux: 10a.m., FS1. UEFA Europa League Qarabag vs. Tottenham: noon, FS1. FIFA International Friendly Haiti vs. United States Women's: 4:30p.m., FS1. Ontheair pairoffive-TDgamesMan- ning's had against them. Or the two flawless per- formances last year, when he combined to throw five more TD passes without a pick. "They've all been dif- ferent," Reid said of the recent contests. "Some of them have been very close, we just came up short on them. Majority of them have been very close. They're good battles." Perhaps it was wise Manning didn't waste time reviewing his record against Kansas City, con- sidering both teams have just four days to prepare — and the Broncos must also travel. "It's a big challenge, but in this league, everybody gets a chance to do it," Denver coach Gary Kubiak said. "It's just that we're do- ing it early this year." In some ways, that's a blessing. While the Bron- cos are coming off a physi- cal win against Baltimore, and Kansas City opened on the road successfully against Houston, both teams are still fresh, better able to deal with the phys- ical toll of a quick turn- around than they might later in the season. Here are some other story line for Broncos- Chiefs: DIVISION DOMINANCE The Broncos have won 12 straight away from home in their division, their last loss coming Dec. 19, 2010, in Oakland. Since the merger, the San Francisco 49ers from 1987-90 are the only team to have won 12 straight division games away from home. WARDRETURNS The Bron- cos should get a boost with the return of Pro Bowl safety T.J. Ward, who was suspended for violating the league's personal con- duct policy. Not that their defense needs much help. Denver led the league in fewest yards allowed (173) in Week 1. "I got suspended, sat out and served by due time," Ward said. "It's done now. Ready to go." RECORDS SHOULD FALL Chiefs linebacker Der- rick Johnson needs seven tackles to reach 1,000 and break Gary Spani's fran- chise record. "Other than chasing that ring, there's not a lot of chances to pat yourself on the back," said Spani, now part of the KC front office. "I'm proud of him." GETTING PRESSURE The Chiefs and Broncos each feature a fearsome pass rush. Justin Houston was part of a group that had five sacks against the Tex- ans, while Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware have made life miserable for opposing quarterbacks for years. GROUND GAMES The Chiefs' Jamaal Charles had just 16 carries for 57 yards in Week 1, though he also had five catches for 46 yards and a score. Denver counterparts C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman com- bined to carry 24 times for 70 yards. "We just strug- gled," Kubiak said. "It was a battle." Thursday FROM PAGE 1 is No. 38 in the FedEx Cup, on the cusp of moving into the top 30 and advancing to the Tour Champion- ship, which would get him into the majors next year and give him a mathemat- ical chance at golf's biggest payoff. "This is not pressure," O'Hair said Wednesday. "This is opportunity." Pressure was what he endured a year ago after finishing 160th in the Fe- dEx Cup and being rele- gated to the Web.com Tour Finals, his world ranking at No. 513 and his doubts about his future starting to fill his head. It was his second straight year at the tour's new version of Q-school. It wasn't much fun. "I had to ask myself, 'Do I still want to do this?' And then I had to ask myself, 'Do I still have the drive to do what it takes?' And I was able to answer both those questions," O'Hair. "I had to remind myself that I wasn't a Web.com player." O'Hair realized that for too long, he was relying on too many people who of- fered advice and instruc- tion on his game. He be- gan leaning more on them than his own instincts, which ran against how he reached this stage in the first place. He works with a club pro in Philadelphia, though more as a second set of eyes. O'Hair puts in the work on his own. Wednesday was no dif- ferent. He stuck to a strict schedule nearly three hours before his tee time in the pro-am at Conway Farms — a putting drill for 30 minutes, a visit to the physical therapist for stretching, range time and the pro-am. The time was filled more with concentra- tion than chatter. That's the work ethic that made this year such a strong recovery. It started in March when O'Hair saved par on the fi- nal hole for a 67 to get into a three-way playoff with Spieth and Patrick Reed in the Valspar Championship. Golf FROM PAGE 1 One attempted warm-up toss to wide receivers coach Rob Moore was enough for him to know he needed to head to the locker room. "It takes a lot for me to not go back in there," Carr said. "I knew when I tried to grab that ball and throw it to coach Moore on the sidelines that something wasn't right. I just had to make sure, 'Can I take a snap?' If I couldn't open my hand enough to take a snap, then I'm not going to help us. I don't want to fumble it and give them the ball here. The smart thing was to get it checked and see what we could do go- ing forward." Carr said he learned from the play on which he got injured after his com- petitive nature got the best of him. "It's hard because in the spur of the moment, espe- cially where we were at, we needed a first down," Carr said. "We needed some- thing. Just like my team- mates said, 'We love why you did it and what you're trying to do, but don't do it again.'" Those same teammates are happy to know they'll have him back in there Sunday. "I'm very relieved to have DC back," defen- sive end Khalil Mack said. "He's a strong guy, a strong leader. It's always great to have him." Notes • Jones was fined $35,000 for his actions against Raiders receiver Adam Jones on Sunday. At the end of a long run play, the Bengals corner ripped off Cooper's helmet and slammed his head against it. Jones plans to appeal- ing, telling reporters, "$35,000 is a lot of money for a guy out playing foot- ball." He also said, "I'm not going to change the way I play for nobody." The Raiders provided lit- tle reaction to Jones' pun- ishment. Cooper wasn't around in the locker room for comment and Carr, who only learned of the punish- ment when asked about it, complimented Jones' com- petitiveness. "Adam's a heck of a com- petitor," Carr said. "I think the world of him on the football field. I think he's a great guy. I talked to him before the game. I used to watch him play in Tennes- see against my brother all the time. I had a great con- versation with him. I think he's a great guy. He's just ultra-competitive. If they fined him, they fined him." Running back Latavius Murray offered a slightly stronger take. "Whatever the league wanted to do with him, that's up to them," Mur- ray said. "It was definitely a bone-headed play on his part. But we've just got to make sure we're playing football and let the other teams do things like that." • The Ravens are enjoy- ing their preparations in San Jose this week. They elected to travel to the Bay Area after Sunday's game in Denver to avoid consec- utive long trips out west. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 hit his 29th home run in the third inning — drew a bases-loaded walk off re- liever Pat Venditte, who walked the first three bat- ters. Oakland starter Cody Martin (2-5), called up from Triple-A after Jesse Chavez was placed on the 60-day disabled list with a broken rib, gave up six runs and six hits in three- plus innings. Martin gave up three homers, walked three and struck out two. Oakland, which won 17-6 Tuesday night, pulled to 9-3 in the sixth on Billy Butler's two-run homer be- fore Jake Smolinski added a solo shot in the ninth. Brett Lawrie also had a sacrifice fly in the second inning. The White Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. After Adam Eaton lined a leadoff triple to the wall in right-center field, Carlos Sanchez followed with a two-run homer into the right-field bullpen off Martin. Trainer's Room Athletics: INF Danny Valencia (trapezius mus- cle stiffness) was held out of the lineup for a second straight day despite feel- ing better than he did on Tuesday. ... OF Billy Burns (right hamstring) is im- proving and participated in pregame workouts for a third straight game. He may be ready to return this weekend. White Sox: OF Trayce Thompson (hyperextended left elbow) missed his sec- ond straight game after leaving Monday night's game with the injury. Thompson was initially in the White Sox lineup for Wednesday's game, but was later scratched. Up Next Athletics: LHP Sean No- lin(1-1,3.09ERA)willmake his third start coming off his first major league vic- tory when he allowed only one run in 5 2/3 innings on Sept. 12 against Texas. White Sox: LHP Jose Quintana (9-10, 3.53 ERA) has won his last two starts after recording only one win in August. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 83 61 .576 _ Giants 76 69 .524 71/2 Arizona 69 76 .476 141/2 San Diego 68 78 .466 16 Colorado 61 84 .421 221/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 91 54 .628 _ Pittsburgh 87 57 .604 31/2 Chicago 83 61 .576 71/2 Milwaukee 62 83 .428 29 Cincinnati 61 83 .424 291/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 83 63 .568 _ Washington 75 70 .517 71/2 Miami 63 83 .432 20 Atlanta 57 89 .390 26 Philadelphia 56 91 .381 271/2 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4, 1st game Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 1, 2nd game Washington 4, Philadelphia 0 Miami 9, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Toronto 2 St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 1, 10 innings Arizona 6, San Diego 4 Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 16 innings Cincinnati 9, Giants 8, 10 innings Wednesday's games Washington 12, Philadelphia 2 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, (n.) Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 0 Toronto 9, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4 San Diego at Arizona, (n.) Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Cincinnati at Giants, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-6) at Pitts- burgh (Morton 9-7), 9:35 a.m. Miami (Cosart 1-4) at Washington (Roark 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Estrada 12-8) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-7), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 11-9) at Milwaukee (Nelson 11-12), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Miami at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Giants, 7:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 78 67 .538 _ Houston 77 69 .527 11/2 Los Angeles 73 71 .507 41/2 Seattle 70 76 .479 81/2 A's 62 84 .425 161/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 85 60 .586 _ Minnesota 75 69 .521 91/2 Cleveland 72 72 .500 121/2 Chicago 69 75 .479 151/2 Detroit 66 78 .458 181/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 83 62 .572 _ New York 80 65 .552 3 Baltimore 71 74 .490 12 Tampa Bay 70 75 .483 13 Boston 69 76 .476 14 Tuesday's games Baltimore 6, Boston 5, 13 innings Kansas City 2, Cleveland 0 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Atlanta 3, Toronto 2 Texas 6, Houston 5 Detroit 5, Minnesota 4 A's 17, Chicago White Sox 6 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3 Wednesday's games Boston 10, Baltimore 1 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 9, Atlanta 1 Texas 14, Houston 3 Chicago White Sox 9, A's 4 Detroit at Minnesota, (n.) L.A. Angels at Seattle, (n.) Thursday's games A's (Nolin 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 9-10), 11:10 a.m. Baltimore (Tillman 9-11) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1-4), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 11-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-13), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Estrada 12-8) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-7), 4:10 p.m. Houston (McCullers 5-5) at Texas (Lewis 15-8), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 8-9) at Minnesota (Milone 8-5), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Boston at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. A's at Houston, 5:10 p.m. White Sox 9, Athletics 4 (Wednesday's box) Oakland Chicago AB R H B AB R H B Fuld cf 4 0 2 0 Eaton dh 4 2 1 0 Semien ss 4 0 1 0 CSnchz 2b 4 2 1 2 Reddck dh 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 3 1 1 2 Canha lf 3 2 1 0 MeCarr lf 2 1 1 2 BButler 1b 4 1 1 2 AvGarc rf 4 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 3 0 1 1 Shuck cf 4 0 1 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 1 0 Brantly c 4 1 1 1 Smlnsk rf 4 1 1 1 Olt 3b 4 1 1 2 Blair c 4 0 0 0 Saladin ss 3 1 1 0 Totals 33 4 8 4 32 9 8 9 Oakland 010 002 001 — 4 Chicago 201 600 00x — 9 DP: Chicago 1; LOB: Oakland 8, Chicago 5; 2B: Lawrie (27), Me.Cabrera (33), Saladino (5); 3B: Eaton (9); HR: B.Butler (12), Smolinski (5), C.Sanchez (4), Abreu (29), Olt (1); SF: Lawrie. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Martin L,0-2 3 6 6 6 3 2 Venditte 0 1 3 3 3 0 Otero 2 1 0 0 0 0 A.Leon 1 0 0 0 0 0 Abad 1 0 0 0 0 1 R.Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago Jhnson W,2-0 6 6 3 3 3 3 Montas 2 0 0 0 1 2 Carroll 1 2 1 1 0 1 Co.Martin pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. Venditte pitched to 4 batters in the 4th. HBP: by Carroll (Semien); WP: Co.Martin, E.Johnson. Umpires: Home, Stu Scheurwater, First, D.J. Reyburn. Second, Joe West. Third, Rob Drake. T: 2:56; A: 13,005 (40,615). WILD CARD RACE AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct GB New York 80 65 .552 — Houston 77 69 .527 — Minnesota 75 69 .521 1 Los Angeles 73 71 .507 3 Cleveland 72 72 .500 4 Baltimore 71 74 .490 51/2 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 87 57 .604 — Chicago 83 61 .576 — San Francisco 76 69 .524 71/2 Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 0 01.000 19 13 Kansas City 1 0 01.000 27 20 San Diego 1 0 01.000 33 28 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 13 33 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 1 0 01.000 31 10 Buffalo 1 0 01.000 27 14 New England 1 0 01.000 28 21 Miami 1 0 01.000 17 10 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 1 0 01.000 42 14 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 20 Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 14 27 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 1 0 01.000 33 13 Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 13 19 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 21 28 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 10 31 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA St. Louis 1 0 01.000 34 31 Arizona 1 0 01.000 31 19 San Francisco1 0 01.000 20 3 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 31 34 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 1 0 01.000 27 26 Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 17 Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 24 26 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 26 27 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 1 0 01.000 26 24 Carolina 1 0 01.000 20 9 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 42 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 31 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 1 0 01.000 31 23 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 3 20 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 28 33 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 23 31 Thursday, Sep. 17 Denver at Kansas City, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 20 Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Arizona at Chicago, 10 a.m. Houston at Carolina, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m. San Diego at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Washington, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 1:25 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sep. 21 N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m. THE AP TOP 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (59) 2-0 1,523 1 2. Alabama 2-0 1,423 2 3. TCU 2-0 1,366 3 4. Michigan St. (2) 2-0 1,354 5 5. Baylor 2-0 1,240 4 6 . So ut he rn C al 2 -0 1 ,1 46 8 7. Georgia 2-0 1,031 10 8. Notre Dame 2-0 1,012 9 9. Florida St. 2-0 973 11 10. UCLA 2-0 928 13 11. Clemson 2-0 926 12 12. Oregon 1-1 833 7 13. LSU 1-0 787 14 14. Georgia Tech 2-0 716 15 15. Mississippi 2-0 713 17 16. Oklahoma 2-0 705 19 17. Texas A&M 2-0 703 16 18. Auburn 2-0 519 6 19. BYU 2-0 349 NR 20. Arizona 2-0 342 22 21. Utah 2-0 290 24 22. Missouri 2-0 264 21 23. Northwestern 2-0 170 NR 24. Wisconsin 1-1 158 NR 25. Oklahoma St. 2-0 48 NR Others receiving votes: Temple 38, West Virginia 37, Mississippi St. 32, Tennessee 30, Toledo 29, Kansas St. 26, Arizona St. 20, Boise St. 16, Houston 16, NC State 14, Florida 12, Minnesota 9, Arkansas 6, California 5, Iowa 5, Miami 3, Stanford 3, Virginia Tech 2, W. Kentucky 2, Duke 1. Basketball WNBA PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS (Best-of-3) (x-if necessary) Eastern Conference NEW YORK VS. WASHINGTON Friday, Sept. 18: Washington at New York, 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20: New York at Washing- ton, 10 a.m. x-Tuesday, Sept. 22: Washington at New York, TBD CHICAGO VS. INDIANA Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19: Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. x-Monday, Sept. 21: Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. Western Conference MINNESOTA VS. LOS ANGELES Friday, Sept. 18: Los Angeles at Min- nesota, 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20: Minnesota at Los Angeles, noon x-Tuesday, Sept. 22: Los Angeles at Min- nesota, TBD PHOENIX VS. TULSA Thursday, Sept. 17: Tulsa at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix at Tulsa, 6 p.m. x-Monday, Sept. 21: Tulsa at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 15 10 3 48 40 28 FC Dallas 14 8 5 47 40 31 Los Angeles 13 8 8 47 49 33 Seattle 13 13 3 42 35 32 Kansas City 11 8 8 41 41 38 Portland 11 9 8 41 29 32 San Jose 11 11 6 39 34 32 Houston 9 11 8 35 36 37 Salt Lake 9 11 8 35 32 41 Colorado 8 10 10 34 26 30 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New England13 9 7 46 43 38 New York 13 8 6 45 47 32 D.C. United 13 10 6 45 36 35 Columbus 12 9 8 44 47 48 Toronto FC 11 13 4 37 46 49 Montreal 9 11 5 32 34 37 Orlando City 8 13 8 32 36 51 N.Y. City FC 8 14 7 31 41 48 Philadelphia 8 15 6 30 36 47 Chicago 7 15 6 27 36 45 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games New England 2, New York 1 N.Y. City FC 2, Toronto FC 0 Montreal at San Jose, (n.) Friday's games FC Dallas at Kansas City, 4 p.m. Saturday's games Colorado at Toronto FC, 11 a.m. San Jose at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Columbus at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 4 p.m. New England at Montreal, 5 p.m. Orlando City at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.98 2. Jordan Spieth USA 11.96 3. Jason Day AUS 10.94 4. Bubba Watson USA 8.66 5. Rickie Fowler USA 7.77 6. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.35 7. Jim Furyk USA 7.21 8. Justin Rose ENG 7.01 9. Dustin Johnson USA 6.69 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.37 11. Zach Johnson USA 5.05 12. Andries Oosthuizen SAF 4.64 13. Adam Scott AUS 4.59 14. Matt Kuchar USA 4.38 15. Jimmy Walker USA 4.27 16. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.19 17. Brooks Koepka USA 4.16 18. Patrick Reed USA 4.10 19. Branden Grace SAF 3.79 20. Shane Lowry IRL 3.77 21. J.B. Holmes USA 3.72 22. Martin Kaymer GER 3.69 23. Phil Mickelson USA 3.59 24. Billy Horschel USA 3.50 25. Chris Kirk USA 3.49 26. Danny Willett ENG 3.45 27. Harry Casey ENG 3.41 28. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.17 29. Bill Haas USA 3.12 30. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.12 31. Robert Streb USA 2.99 32. Charley Hoffman USA 2.95 33. Kevin Kisner USA 2.94 34. Marc Leishman AUS 2.93 35. Ryan Palmer USA 2.89 36. Kevin Na USA 2.88 37. Ian Poulter ENG 2.75 38. Gary Woodland USA 2.73 39. Lee Westwood ENG 2.69 40. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.68 41. David Lingmerth SWE 2.63 42. Hunter Mahan USA 2.59 43. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.58 44. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.57 45. Webb Simpson USA 2.52 46. Ryan Moore USA 2.50 47. Russell Henley USA 2.46 48. James Donaldson WAL 2.45 49. Keegan Bradley USA 2.42 50. Brendon Todd USA 2.39 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -130/+120 Chicago at Washington -185/+170 Miami St. Louis -135/+125 at Milwaukee AMERICAN LEAGUE at Chicago -155/+145 Oakland at Cleveland -135/+125 Kansas City at Tampa Bay -107/-103 Baltimore at Texas -107/-103 Houston at Minnesota -111/+101 Los Angeles INTERLEAGUE Toronto -210/+190 at Atlanta College Football Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Clemson 61/2 (51) at Louisville NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Kansas City 3 (411/2) Denver Sunday at Carolina 3 (40) Houston at New Orleans 10 (47) Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh 6 (451/2) San Francisco at Minnesota 3 (43) Detroit New England 1 (45) at Buffalo Arizona 2 (45) at Chicago Tennessee 1 (411/2) at Cleveland at Cincinnati 3 (461/2) San Diego St Louis 31/2 (41) at Washington at NY Giants 21/2 (51) Atlanta Baltimore 6 (43) at Oakland Miami 6 (411/2) at Jacksonville at Philadelphia 5 (55) Dallas at Green Bay 31/2 (49) Seattle Monday at Indianapolis 7 (47) NY Jets Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Recalled RHP Scott Carroll from Charlotte (IL). Can-Am League Quebec Capitales: Exercised the 2016 contracts option on LHP McKenzie Acker, RHP Shaun Ellis, RHP Jon Fitzsimmons, RHP Karl Gelinas, LHP Mark Hardy, RHP Deryl Hooker, LHP Jay Johnson, RHP Ryan Leach, LHP Sheldon McDonald, RHP Luis Pardo, LHP Derrick Penilla, C Jean-Luc Blaquiere, C Justin Marra, C Jose Peley, INF Jonathan Malo, INF Yordan Manduley, INF Cedric Val- lieres, INF Tyler Young, OF Alexei Bell, OF Joash Brodin, OF Yunieski Gourriel, OF Kalian Sams and OF Will Walsh. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Phoenix Suns: Signed C Henry Sims, Fs Cory Jefferson and Kyle Casey and Gs Deonte Burton and Terrico White. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL: Fined Cincinnati CB Adam Jones $35,000 for his personal foul against Oakland WR Amari Cooper during a Sept. 13 game. Chicago Bears: Signed DE Lavar Edwards. New England Patriots: Re-signed LB Dekoda Watson. Signed LB Eric Martin to the practice squad. Released LB Alex Singleton and DL Jimmy Staten from the practice squad. New York Jets: Released DL Kevin Vick- erson from injured reserve. Oakland Raiders: Traded WR Brice Butler to Dallas for a conditional 2016 draft pick. Signed WR DeAndre Carter to the practice squad. Released LB Josh Shirley from the practice squad. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Signed LB Orie Lemon. Signed CB Isaiah Frey, DT Der- rick Lott and LB Julian Stanford to the practice squad. Washington Redskins: Signed LB Hous- ton Bates to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League Nashville Predators: Assigned F Justin Kirkland to Kelowna (WHL), F Anthony Richard to Val-d'or (QMJHL), D Alex Car- rier to Gatineau (QMJHL) and D Aaron Irving to Edmonton (WHL). New Jersey Devils: Agreed to terms with F Jiri Tlusty on a one-year contract. Signed F Tyler Kennedy to a PTO contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer Mls: Fined San Jose Mfs Leandro Barrera and Tommy Thompson undisclosed amounts for violating the League's poli- cy regarding Entering the Field of Play/ Leaving Bench & Technical Area during the Sept. 12 match against Seattle. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 2 B