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BENMARGOT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Cullen, le , moves the puck past San Jose Sharks' Brent Burns (88) during Game 4of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals on Monday in San Jose. ByCarlSteward BayAreaNewsGroup Ifaseriescomebackfrom3-1down against the Pittsburgh Penguins is so impossible, why has it happened twice in the past five years? You hate to put it this way, but maybe the Sharks' best hope to pull out a miracle and still win the Stan- ley Cup is that the Penguins have been known to choke. They've done it recently enough, in fact, that it still might be on the minds of some of their key players who were on the teams that did, notably Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Ketang and Ben Lovejoy. In 2014, Pittsburgh gagged a sec- ond-round playoff series against the New York Rangers despite roaring out to a 3-1 series advantage. After losing theseries opener,thePenswonGames 2, 3 and 4 only to drop 5, 6 and 7. In 2011, in the Eastern Confer- ence quarterfinals, Pittsburgh ac- tually won Games 3 and 4 on the road at Tampa Bay to take a 3-1 se- ries lead, but then got smoked by an aggregate score of 13-4 over the fi- nal three games. They got shut out in Game 7. And get this: Pittsburgh had home ice advantage both times, just as they do now. The Sharks' Paul Martin should remember. The veteran defenseman played on both of those Pittsburgh teams that coughed up seemingly in- surmountable situations. "You just have to stay positive," said Martin following San Jose's 3-1 Game 4 loss Monday night. "We have a lot of good leadership in the room and a lot of guys who've been through a lot. We believe in the guys we have, and we haven't given our best game yet. I think everybody feels we have another level we can rely on and we believe we can get to it." If that happens in Game 5 and it forces the Penguins into another 3,000-mile trip across the country, who knows what could happen? The Sharks just might plant a significant seed of doubt. STANLEY CUP FINAL Penguinshavechokinghistory Pi tt sbu rg h h as b lo wn 3- 1 l ea ds in p la yo ff s t wi ce i n fi ve y ea rs By Diamond Leung Bay Area News Group CLEVELAND Asked if he felt a sense of redemption given his strong play in the NBA Finals, Andrew Bogut shook his head and said not yet. "Still got a long way to go in the series," Bogut explained. Last year, with the Warriors clos- ing out the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bogut lost his starting job and didn't even play in the final two games as his team captured the NBA cham- pionship. The Warriors center has been much more active this time around and is one of the many reasons the team has a 2-0 lead on the Cavaliers. "I think at times last season I was just out there, and I wasn't ag- gressive or kind of making my pres- ence known out there," Bogut said. "Whether it's 10 minutes or 30 min- utes, I'm just being out there hit- ting guys, banging guys around, blocking shots, being physical, tak- ing hard fouls, rebounding, doing those things. So that's something I've tried to make a concerted ef- fort of doing." CavaliersbigmanTristanThomp- son noted that Bogut was being an enforcer. In Game 2, the Austra- lian established the tone with four of his five blocks in the first quar- ter. He got Kevin Love twice, LeB- ron James and Thompson as well. The Warriors went on to win by 33 points having controlled the paint and protected the rim. Bogut's play came in stark con- trast to last year when he wilted as the Warriors fell behind 2-1 in the series. WARRIORS BOGUT:'STILLGOT A LONG WAY TO GO' Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, le , and guard Stephen Curry celebrate a er Game 2of basketball's NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland Sunday. The Warriors won 110-77. PHOTOS BY MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut (12) blocks a shot by Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson during the first half of Game 2of basketball's NBA Finals in Oakland Sunday. By John Hickey Bay Area News Grooup MILWAUKEE It's been a quarter of a century since the last time the A's were no-hit. While that number is still in- tact, Brewers' right-hander Zach Davies made a run at taking it down, throwing 6.2 no-hit in- nings Tuesday until Billy But- ler's two-run homer ended the bid. What Butler's homer did not do was alter the final outcome, a fourth consecutive A's loss, this one 5-4. Rookie starter Sean Manaea pitched reasonably well, but two homers off the seriously produc- tive bat of first baseman Chris Carter accounted for all the Mil- waukee runs. Carter hit a two- run bomb in the second inning and a three-run shot in the sixth to account for all of the Brew- ers' scoring. Oakland, now 25-33, has now put together five losing streaks of three or more games this sea- son, one reason the A's are mired in last place in the American League West. Manaea had just one real blip in the first five innings, that coming in the second when he walked Jonathan Lucroy, then gave up a first-pitch homer to Carter. The one-time A's first base- man picked on a 93-mph fast- ball and hit Manaea's first pitch off the batter's eye behind the center field wall. A'S A's lose fourth straight, fall to Brewers BREWERS5,A'S4 Up next: The A's have another go at the Brewers in Milwaukee starting today at 5:10p.m. THESCORE VolleyballinAugust The Mercy High School Volley- ball Camp is scheduled for Mon- day through Thursday, Aug. 1-4. The camp will take place at the school's renovated gym, which has a new air conditioner and floor. Camps will run 8:30-11:30 a.m. for incoming 6th and 7th grade students and noon to 3 p.m. for incoming 8th and 9th grade stu- dents. Cost is $40 and includes a T- shirt and individualized instruc- tion. All are welcome and registra- tion will take place the first day of the camp. Arrive early to get your spot. Basketball in June The Angie Weir Miller Fun- damental Basketball Camps are scheduled for June at the Lassen View School gymnasium. Camps will be held 9 a.m. to noon June 13-17 for girls and boys going into 3rd and 4th grades and 12:15-3:15 p.m. for girls and boys going into 5th and 6th grades. Camps will be held 9 a.m. to noon June 20-24 for girls and boys going into 7th and 8th grades and 12:15-3:15 p.m. for girls and boys going into all high school grades. Cost is $85 for all grades. For a brochure or more infor- mation, call 514-2712 or write to amillertime25@hotmail.com. SUMMER Camps offered for volleyball, basketball By David Bauder The Associated Press NEW YORK Savannah Guthrie of the "Today" show put a public face Tuesday on what NBC says is a "small handful" of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics cover- age because of concern over the Zika virus. The co-host of the morning news show, who is 44, announced she was pregnant with her second child. Brazil is the country hard- est-hit by the mosquito-borne vi- rus, which can cause severe birth defects, including babies born with abnormally small heads. NBC is sending more than 2,000 employees to Brazil to cover the Olympics, which take place Aug. 5-21. The company advises anyone concerned about the vi- rus to check with their own doc- tors, and said no one will be re- quired to travel if they believe their health would be at risk. The network would not specify what it meant by a "small hand- ful" of employees, NBC Sports spokesman Chris McCloskey said. NBC 'S ma ll ha nd fu l' of employees op t ou t of g oi ng to Olympics SHARKS PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 ZIKA PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, June 8, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1