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Tehama Tracker Wednesday's results MLB Seattle Athletics 11 innings Pennington: 2-5, 2B, run Suzuki: 1-5, 2B, RBI Today's games BASEBALL at Biggs Tournament TENNIS Paradise Red Bluff Corning Central Valley 3:30 p.m. Mercy Sutter GOLF Eastern Athletic League-South at Wilcox Oaks Mid-Valley League at Durham at Bidwell Noon MLB Seattle Athletics at Tokyo SEA — Vargas (0-0) OAK —Colon (0-0) NHL Sharks Phoenix 7 p.m. CSNC On the tube GOLF • 5:30 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Sicilian Open, first round, at Sci- acca, Italy •9 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, first round, part I, at Rancho Mirage • Noon, TGC — PGA Tour, Houston Open, first round, at Humble, Texas •3 p.m., TGC — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, first round, part II, at Rancho Mirage MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL •4 p.m., ESPN — NIT, championship game, Stanford vs. Minnesota, at New York •6 p.m., ESPN — State Farm Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships, at New Orleans MLB •2 a.m., MLB NETWORK—Seattle vs. Oakland, at Tokyo • 10 a.m., ESPN — Spring Training, Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia •1 p.m., MLB NETWORK—Spring Training, Kansas City at L.A. Angels NBA •5 p.m., TNT — Dallas at Miami • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers NHL •4 p.m., NHL NETWORK—Washing- ton at Boston •7 p.m., CSNC — San Jose at Phoenix TENNIS • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, women's semifinal and men's quarterfi- nal, at Key Biscayne, Fla. •4 p.m., ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, men's quarterfinal, at Key Biscayne, Fla. Around town Basketball camps set Dates have been set for the Angie Weir Miller Fundamental Basketball Camps in June at Lassen View School. The cost us $50 for first and second graders and $75 for higher grades. For a brochure or more information con- tact Angie at 514-2712. • 1st-2nd Grade Girls/Boys, June 11-15, 9 a.m. to noon. • 3rd-4th Grade Girls/Boys, June 11-15, 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. • 5th-6th Grade Girls/Boys, June 18-22, 9 a.m. to noon. • 7th-8th Grade Girls/Boys, June 18-22, 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. • 9th-12th Grade Girls/Boys, June 25-29, 9 a.m. to noon. Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers added another member of last season's Super Bowl- champion New York Giants on Wednesday, agreeing to terms with vet- eran running back Brandon Jacobs on a one-year contract. ESPN first reported Jacobs would join the NFC West champion 49ers. A person with knowledge of the negotia- tions confirmed the deal Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team had yet to make a for- mal announcement. Jacobs was released March 9 by the Giants after he failed to reach agreement on a restruc- tured deal. OAKLAND (AP) — Stephen Curry is still hold- ing out hope to return this season. MCT file photo Super Bowl champion Brandon Jacobs is expected to sign with the San Francisco 49ers. He is expected to play behind Frank Gore and could share the backup role with second-year pro Kendall Hunter. Jacobs spent seven seasons with New York, winning two Super Bowls and beating the 49ers 20-17 in over- time of the NFC championship game at Candlestick Park on Jan. 22. The 29-year-old Jacobs ran for 571 yards and seven touchdowns last sea- son as a backup to Ahmad Bradshaw. He is the fourth-leading rusher in fran- chise history with 4,849 yards, but saw his role diminish with the emergence of Bradshaw. A fourth-round draft pick in 2005, Jacobs rushed for 56 touchdowns. He had 1,000-yard seasons in 2007 and 2008, but his carries and yardage dipped the past two seasons. He gained 823 yards in 2010, and had just 152 carries and a 3.8-yard average last sea- son. Jacobs had expressed hopes after the 21-17 Super Bowl win over New England that he would be able to work out a deal and stay with the Giants. ''It's been a great ride,'' Jacobs said. Jacobs was drafted out of Southern Illinois. He began his college career at Coffeyville Community College and transferred to Auburn before finally settling in with the Salukis. Jacobs becomes the second mem- ber of the reigning Super Bowl cham- pions to join the Niners this month. Wide receiver Mario Manningham signed a two-year deal last week to join an upgraded receiving corps that also features Randy Moss making a come- back after he was out of football last year. The Golden State War- riors announced Wednesday that Curry will be sidelined at least another two weeks with a sprain in his surgical- ly repaired, troublesome right ankle. He will be reevaluated after that time, and it's still unlikely he'll play again this season. Tuesday night's 104-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lak- ers was the 10th straight game — and 21st this sea- son — Curry has missed. The former Davidson star has had repeated setbacks with his ankle since being drafted seventh overall in 2009. He had surgery on the ankle last summer. After multiple ankle sprains this season, he has sought the opinion of three different doctors and even traveled to Nike headquarters for a cus- tom-fitted shoe. Postseason OT adopted for regular season PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NFL owners passed the playoff over- time rule for the regular season Wednesday. All games that go to overtime now can't end on a field goal on the first possession. The oppos- ing team must get one series, and if it also kicks a field goal, the extra period continues. Of course, if it fails to score it loses and if it gets a touchdown, it wins. The rule has not come into play since it was instituted in 2010, with only two playoff games going to OT. One ended on the first play, Tim Tebow's 80-yard touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas for Denver over Pittsburgh. The other had several possessions for each team before the Giants beat the 49ers in the NFC title game. The vote on adopting the overtime was 30-2. Owners also have given the replay official permission to review turnovers just as he reviews all scoring plays. Other rules changes: a team will lose a down for illegally kicking a loose ball; too many men on the field becomes a dead ball foul; and a player receiving a crackback block is now considered a defenseless player and the hit will result in a 15- yard penalty. Not passed were pro- posals to have the booth official handle video reviews rather than the referee, and outlawing the horse-collar tackle made on quarterbacks in the pocket. Given the NFL's con- cern with player safety, not extending the horse- collar rule seemed sur- prising. But competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the ownership ''didn't think this can impact on player safety.'' ''The rule was devel- oped for the open field tackle when a defender has the chance to do something else (in mak- ing the tackle),'' he said. ''He's also able to use the runner's momentum against him. We didn't think that applied to the pocket, didn't see the injury risk.'' Several bylaw changes were tabled until the league meetings in May, including expanding pre- season rosters to 90, des- ignating one player suf- fering a major injury before Week 2 of the sea- son as eligible to return from injured reserve, and moving the trading dead- line back two weeks to after Week 8. McKay expects them to pass at the next meet- ings in Atlanta. ''There were good ideas and suggestions, no resistance,'' he said. ''We'll work on the lan- guage.'' Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated the league's strong stance against non-contract bonuses such as the Saints' bounty program that got coach Sean Pay- ton suspended for one year and cost New Orleans a $500,000 fine and two second-round draft choice. Goodell said the league will not allow any cash payments between players, whether the clubs are involved or not. ''It's not permissible and we are going to take that out of the game,'' he said. Goodell expects to speak with players' union head DeMaurice Smith before the end of the week and hopes to have the NFLPA's recom- mendations on punish- ment for players involved in the bounties by then or soon after. The NFL also will not be awarding the 2016 Super Bowl, its 50th, to any city this year. Good- ell said he expects many bidders for the game. 2:10 a.m. Tabitha Gibson headed in a pair of Chelsey Jaruegui corner kicks and the Lady Spartans beat University Prep 3-1, Tuesday, on a wet and sloppy field. Red Bluff scored the game opener when Alyssa Mena placed a nice through ball to Riley Graham, who beat the last defender and eventually the keeper. Gibson got her first goal after Mikenna Corry got her head on a Jaruegui corner. On Red Bluff's third goal Gibson aggressively headed the corner into the side net- ting. Curry out 2 more weeks 3 p.m. TOKYO (AP) — A change in continents failed to help the Oakland Athletics on opening day. The A's lost their eighth straight opener, 3-1 in 11 innings to the Seat- tle Mariners on Wednesday night, as Dustin Ackley homered and singled in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, ''They got bigger hits than we did at the end,'' A's manager Bob Melvin said. ''We hit some balls hard, but they just didn't get in.'' 3:30 p.m. 1 3 Sports Felix Hernandez combined with two relievers on a six-hitter as Major League Baseball opened its season in Tokyo for the fourth time. The A's became the first team to lose eight straight openers since Philadelphia from 1985-92, according to STATS LLC. Oakland was just 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position. Last year, the A's hit .266 with runners on second or third, 22 points above their overall average. After finishing 12th in runs in the league with 645, Oakland opted not to re-sign Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui. Cuban defector Yoenis Ces- pedes, who signed a $36 million, four-year contract with the A's, was 1 for 3 with a seventh-inning double and two strikeouts in his major league debut. Cespedes' double was the last hit for Oakland until Seth Smith singled with two outs in the 11th off Bran- don League, who struck out Kurt Suzuki to end the game. A capacity crowd of 44,227 at Tokyo Dome was a sea of flashbulbs every time Ichiro Suzuki came to bat. He got a standing ovation when he took his position in right field in the final inning. AP Source: Brandon Jacobs agrees with 49ers 1B Thursday March 29, 2012 A's lose opener in Tokyo The 38-year-old Suzuki set a big league record with 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons before falling short last year. ''He's a hitting machine,'' said Oakland manager Bob Melvin, who managed ichiro Suzuki with the Mariners in 2003 and 2004. ''It doesn't matter where he bats in the lineup. That's what he does — hit.'' Seattle and Oakland complete their two-game series Thursday. The rest of the big league teams start to get going April 4, when the renamed Miami Marlins open their new ball- park against the World Series cham- See A's, page 2B Lady Spartans beat weather, University Prep SOCCER