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CHARLESREXARBOGAST—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS California's Jared Goff poses for photos a er being selected by the Los Angeles Rams as the first pick in the first round of the 2016NFL dra Thursday in Chicago. ByJayCohen TheAssociatedPress CHICAGO Jared Goff is moving down the West Coast to Los Ange- les. Carson Wentz and his big right arm are moving from North Dakota to Philadelphia. The quarterbacks jumped over Laremy Tunsil after a pair of block- buster trades, and the Mississippi offensive tackle dropped down the board after a video showing him smoking marijuana was posted to his Twitter account. Goff went No. 1 overall to the Rams on Thursday night for their first pick since they moved to Los Angeles in the offseason, and Wentz was the No. 2 selection by the Eagles after a suc- cessful career at North Dakota State in the second tier of college football. "I'm taking it as an honor and something I'm going to have to prove them right, that they made the right decision," Goff said. There was little doubt about the position of the top picks after Los Angeles and Philadelphia each made a big trade to get into the draft's top two slots. It's the second straight year two QBs were the first names off the board and the seventh time in the modern era of the draft since 1967. Once one of the leading candi- dates for the No. 1 pick before the trades, Tunsil slipped to Miami at No. 13 after the video of the lineman apparently smoking marijuana out of a bong-gas mask contraption was passed around online. "Somebody hacked my account, man," Tunsil said. "You know I made that mistake several years ago. Some- how, somebody got in my photos and hacked my Twitter account and somebody hacked my Instagram ac- count, so it's crazy. I can't control that, man. I can control what I con- trol." Tunsil also admitted to taking money from coaches at Mississippi. The Browns, who traded the No. 2 pick to the Eagles last week, moved down again in the first major deal of the night, swapping selections with NFL DRAFT L.A.Story:RamspickGoffNo.1 Eagles take Wentz with second pick among top 2 quarterbacks selected Staff Reports REDBLUFF Kolby Button pitched a two-hit shutout Wednesday night to lead the Red Bluff Spar- tans baseball team to a 5-0 win over the Enterprise Hornets in a makeup game for an April 22 rainout. At the plate, Button went 1 for 2 with two runs, a walk and an RBI; Lane Pritchard was 1 for 2 with a double and a run, Payton Edwards was 1 for 2; Ryan Gam- boa was 1 for 3 and Wes Clawson, Bryce Sinclair and Tanner Tweedt each had an RBI. Clawson, Sin- clair and Tweedt each took a base on balls and Jacob Rice stole a bag. Button got the win, giving up two hits and three walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 in- nings. Owen Swarthout closed out the win with 1 1/3 innings of no- hit ball and two strikeouts. The Spartans (18-6 overall, 7-2 league) will travel to Chico today for a 4 p.m. start against the Pleasant Valley Vikings (15-6 overall, 7-4 league), whom they beat 5-4 Tuesday in Red Bluff. CHESTER 13, WARRIORS 0 The Mercy Warriors visited Chester on Wednesday afternoon and took a tough loss to the league-leading Volcanoes 13-0. Richie Borges was named player of the game, going 2 for 2 at the plate and pitching two in- nings, giving up six earned runs BASEBALL BUTTON'S 2-HITTER WINS IN SHUTOUT Spartans beat Enterprise 5-0 as Swarthout closes; Warriors have rough outing in Chester The Spartans' Kolby Button pitches in the second inning Wednesday night against Enterprise. PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS The Spartans' Kolby Button makes contact Wednesday night against the Enterprise Hornets. By Carl Steward Bay Area News Group OAKLAND Whether he has been asked to provide 15-20 minutes of stability off the bench or step in for the best, flashiest basket- ball player on the planet, Shaun Livingston's demeanor hasn't seemed to waver. He's the same self-assured, buttoned-down, laconic Liv- ingston. Take over for Stephen Curry as the Golden State War- riors' starting point guard at a time of potential disaster? Sure, no problem. Hand him the reins. The calmness and confidence it takes to do that goes beyond the numbers, and the numbers say plenty. In 135 minutes of ac- tion during the swift playoff dis- patching of the Houston Rock- ets, Livingston averaged 13.2 points, shot 58.7 percent, dished 24 assists, racked up six steals and 18 rebounds and also played stellar defense. Oh yes, and the turnovers. Six. In five games. The breakdown by game was 1-2-1-1-1. Such a sustained efficient per- formance was Livingston per- sonified, all performed with a stoic, decidedly unflashy stealth that almost makes him the anti- Steph. He not only didn't make a 3-pointer in the series, he didn't attempt one, unless you count the one he tried following a timeout Wednesday night that he casually swished. So cool. But where does that cool come from? "Experience … experiences," he said. "Everybody knows about the injury situation. It's a devastating kind of thing, and when you go through trau- matic events like that, you un- derstand that now, being in this NBA PLAYOFFS Livingston helps Warriors to not miss a beat TIGERS7,ATHLETICS3 Up next: Houston Astros at Oak- land Athletics, 7:05p.m. Friday, TV on CSNCA. THESCORE By Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Mark Davis was beaming as he posed with fans behind a black and silver "Las Ve- gas Raiders" banner. He made a few jokes before delivering a $500 million commitment to a new sta- dium in the city for his team. Then the owner of the Raiders got serious about the prospects of getting fellow NFL owners to al- low him to move from Oakland to a city the league has long shunned because it has legal sports bet- ting. "Let's give them an offer they can't refuse," Davis said. "They're going to approve it based on that." Little more than an idea a few months ago, the possibility of the Raiders moving to Las Ve- gas inched a bit closer to reality Thursday when Davis appeared before a stadium commission to not only pledge to move the Raid- ers to the city, but put $500 mil- lion into the $1.4 billion facility that would house the team. He talked about building on the legacy of his father, the late Al Davis, and finally giving the team a new stadium to match those of the richer teams in the league. He insisted he wasn't trying to use Las Vegas as a bargaining chip, and spoke of a "lifetime" commit- ment to the city. And at the end of a carefully staged presentation that featured NFL Raiders commit to move to Vegas By Dave Hogg The Associated Press DETROIT Detroit Tigers right- hander Anibal Sanchez thinks he is getting closer to finding the mechanics that deserted him last year. The 2013 ERA champion had a 4.99 ERA last season and was at 7.00 through four starts this year. Despite control problems, he was good enough to beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Thursday. Going back to the rotating mo- tion that sees him turn his back on the hitter, Sanchez (3-2) scraped through 5 2/3 innings, throwing 114 pitches. He allowed two runs and three hits while striking out nine, but walked seven — one shy of his big league high. He allowed three runners to steal without a throw. "I just tried to do my back turn BASEBALL A's beaten by Tigers 7-3 on the road BASEBALL PAGE 2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 DRAFT PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, April 29, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1