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ByAndrewBaggarly BayAreaNewsGroup SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. Although the numbers would suggest oth- erwise, San Francisco Giants starter Madison Bumgarner said his arm is strong enough and his stuff is crisp enough to get the season started. This much is clear: his edge needs no sharpening. Bumgarner does not shy away from verbal altercations with hitters and he became involved in another spat in the fourth in- ning Thursday night, when he walked off the mound and in the direction of Jason Heyward af- ter the Chicago Cubs batter took a called third strike. "You looking at me?" Bumgar- ner appeared to repeat, as play- ers on both teams quickly formed a wall between the two players. Heyward said no, he wasn't looking at Bumgarner. He looked at teammate Dexter Fowler, who was standing on second base. "It looked like he was upset with him," Bumgarner said. "There's only one reason he could be doing that." The clear inference: Fowler was trying to relay pitch signs — and doing a poor job of it. And that's not exactly going to engender a friendly response from an opponent, is it? "No, it's not," Bumgarner said. "They might want to be a lit- tle more discreet about that if you're going to do that kind of thing." Heyward, with Fowler seated behind him in the visiting club- house, laughed as he addressed GIANTS SPRING TRAINING Bumgarnersaysarmfinedespiteresults CubsoutscoreSanFrancisco16-14in4-hour game in which pitching staffs got pounded JEFFCHIU—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks in 32/3 innings Thursday in a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs. The Associated Press ANAHEIM There wasn't even a sniff of a chance for a frenzied comeback for the Texas A&M Aggies against former Big 12 rival Oklahoma on Thursday night, only the pain of elimi- nation from the NCAA Tourna- ment. Four days after staging the biggest last-minute comeback in NCAA Division I history, the third-seeded Aggies were blown out 77-63 by Jordan Woodard, Buddy Hield and the rest of the second-seeded Oklahoma Soon- ers in the Sweet 16. Little went right for the Ag- gies, and this one was over well before halftime. "We ran into a very good team that played extremely well," Ag- gies coach Billy Kennedy said. "Every mistake that we made they made us pay. Jordan Wood- ard played a heck of a game. We just felt like we had a tough time matching up with their quick- ness and when we had oppor- tunities to score we struggled. "I'm really proud of these guys and proud of our team. I just wish we would have played better in this game because we definitely are capable of playing better than we played," Kennedy said. Woodard scored 22 points and Hield had 17 points and 10 rebounds. The Sooners (28-7) advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2009. They'll play Saturday against the Duke-Or- egon winner. Tyler Davis scored 17 for A&M (28-9), which reached the Sweet 16 with a thrilling double-over- time victory against North- ern Iowa after rallying from 12 points down in the final 44 sec- onds of regulation. The Sooners blew open a close game by going on a 19-4 run during the last 7:42 of the first half to take a 45-26 lead. The Sooners forced the Aggies into bad shots and turnovers, and Woodard was the catalyst on the offensive end. Woodard started the decisive first half run with a 3-pointer and had another shot from be- hind the arc with 3:15 to go. He also fed Khadeem Lattin for a slam dunk and then hit a sweet, off-balance bank shot as the shot clock was close to expiring with about 20 seconds left. The Aggies went more than seven minutes without a field goal. Tonny Trocha-Morelos made a layup to pull them to 24- 20 with 9:32 to go before half- time. The Aggies didn't make another shot from the field in the half until Davis had a put- back with 2:10 to go. By then, it was 40-24 Sooners. The Aggies did have a nice start, jumping to a 13-6 lead be- hindtwo3-pointersbyJalenJones and one by Anthony Collins. It didn't take the Sooners long to catch up, though. VILLANOVA 92, MIAMI 69 The Miami Hurricanes pride them- selves on playing some good de- fense honed in the powerful and deep Atlantic Coast Conference. Not that it mattered against Villanova. Sheldon McClellan scored 26 points, tying his career-high making five 3s, but the third- seeded Hurricanes couldn't slow down No. 2 seed Villanova nearly enough, losing in the South Region semifinal. "Nobody shot the 3 and stretched our defense like these guys did," Miami coach Jim Lar- ranaga said. "They only took 15 3s, seemed like they took 30 and made 25 of them. Seemed like every, every opportunity we had to get a stop, especially like at the end of the first half, it's a 3-point game, they throw it out to Kris Jenkins and he buries a 35-footer like it's a layup." The Wildcats (32-5) earned their third trip to the regional final with coach Jay Wright and seventh overall, coming through with former coach Rollie Mas- simino, who led Villanova to the 1985 national championship, sit- ting nearby. Ryan Arcidiacono and Kris Jenkins each scored 21 points, and Villanova never trailed as the Wildcats shot 62.7 percent. Daniel Ochefu added 17 points, and Josh Hart had 14 for Villa- nova. KANSAS79,MARYLAND63 Perry Ellis scored 27 points, Wayne Selden Jr. added 19 and and top-seeded Kansas topped No. 5 Maryland for a South Region semifinal victory. The win put the Jayhawks back into the Elite 8 for the first time since 2012. It took time for the Jayhawks (33-4) to get going, but once they finally seized the lead late in the first half everything else fell into place for their 17th straight vic- tory. They emerged from the break to make their first six shots and steadily take control behind senior forward Ellis, who made 10 of 17 from the field. Selden was right there with 7-of-16 shooting to help Kansas earn a berth in Saturday's re- gional final against Villanova. The Terrapins (27-9) dictated the early tempo and briefly en- gaged in a back-and-forth game with the Jayhawks before even- tually falling behind the tour- nament favorite. Rasheed Su- laimon led Maryland with 18 points. MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT Aggiesgetnoshotat comebackonSooners Woodard scores 22 points for Oklahoma, Hield adds 17, pulls down 10 rebounds GREGORY BULL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler, le , battles Texas A&M center Tonny Trocha-Morelos, middle, and Buddy Hield for a rebound during Thursday's second half. By Diamond Leung Bay Area News Group OAKLAND Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green says he learned to use better judgment af- ter a video posted on his Snap- chat account showed the speed- ometer of a BMW reaching 118 miles per hour. "It's one of those things where it's not something that's the end of the world, and it's not some- thing that's costly in any type of way, but it's something that's harsh enough to show me and teach me a lesson of you have to understand where you are in your life, where your life has went, and act accordingly," Green told KNBR on Thursday. "I actually appreciate the les- son because it could have been a way worse lesson than the one that I had to learn from, but yet it was a good enough lesson to where I am able to learn. Not ev- erybody gets the opportunity to where the lesson that they learn NBA Green has video from driving car at 118 mph Warriors forward says he learned his lesson from it LACHLAN CUNNINGHAM — GETTY IMAGES Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green posted a video on social media showing a BMW's speedometer reaching 118 miles per hour. Friday: Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors, 7:30p.m., TV on CSNBA. TUNEIN PATRICK SEMANSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE The Cleveland Browns have signed free agent quarterback Robert Griffin III. By Tom Withers The Associated Press CLEVELAND Back before he rock- eted into the NFL as a freakish touchdown-maker, before the knee injury and his downfall in Washington, Robert Griffin III was convinced he'd play for the Browns. During pre-draft workouts in Arizona, Griffin and his agent were set for Cleveland to be his home. "We were ready then," Griffin said, "and we are more than ready now." Four long, trying years later, Griffin has a chance to revive a career that once seemed unstop- pable. No longer viewed as one of foot- ball's brightest and flashiest play- ers but rather a reclamation proj- ect, Griffin signed a two-year, $15 million contract Thursday with the Browns, a team on a perpet- ual mission to find a franchise quarterback. RG3 is beginning his second act. Griffin hasn't been the same since his dazzling rookie season in Washington in 2012, when the former Heisman Trophy winner — possessed with a rocket arm, NFL Griffin signs wi th B ro wn s for chance to re bo ot c ar ee r RG3 PAGE 2 GREEN PAGE 2 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, March 25, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1