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Tracker Thursday's results Tehama MLB L.A. Dodgers Athletics LAD— Rivera 1-3, 1 RBI OAK— Cespedes 1-4, 3 RBI NBA FINALS Oklahoma City Miami 121 106 Miami wins championship AMERICAN LEGION Oroville Bulls RB — C. Ramirez 2-3, 3 RBI Winning pitcher - S. Jensen Today's games MLB Giants Athletics SFO — Lincecum, 2-8 OAK — J. Parker, 3-3 On the tube ATHLETICS 6 p.m. NBCSN — Olympic Trials, finals, events TBA, at Eugene, Ore. AUTO RACING 5 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for European Grand Prix, at Valencia, Spain Noon SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Toyota/Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif. 8 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Toyota/Save Mart 350, at Sonoma, Calif. (same- day tape) BOXING 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Champion Javier Castro (27-4-0) vs.Mike Dallas Jr. (18-2-1), for WBO Latino junior wel- terweight title, at San Jacinto, Calif. COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. ESPN2 — World Series, game 13, teams TBD, at Omaha, Neb. (if necessary) 6 p.m. ESPN — World Series, game 14, teams TBD, at Omaha, Neb. (if necessary) DIVING 8 p.m. NBCSN — Olympic Trials, men's 3m synchro final, at Federal Way, Wash. GOLF 6 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, second round, at Cologne, Germany 9:30 a.m.TGC — LPGA, Manulife Financial Classic, second round, at Waterloo, Ontario Noon TGC — PGA Tour, Travelers Championship, second round, at Cromwell, Conn. 3:30 p.m.TGC — Champions Tour, Montreal Championship, first round, at Sainte-Julie, Quebec (same-day tape) MLB 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Atlanta at Boston or N.Y.Yankees at N.Y. Mets 6:30 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at Arizona NHL HOCKEY 4 p.m. NBCSN — Draft, at Pittsburgh SOCCER 11:30 a.m. ESPN — UEFA, Euro 2012, quarterfinal, Germany vs. Greece, at Gdansk, Poland Softball Rec Leagues Co-ed #1 3 Strikes to the Wind 14, Up in Flames 6 Scared Hitless 9, Red Dawgs 6 Crown Nursery 19, Red Bluff Gas 4 NFLdenies covering up bounty retractions NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NFL is denying accusations that it covered up retractions made by key witnesses in its bounty investigation, or that Commissioner Roger Goodell has placed gag orders on Saints employees and others who could help punished players clear their names. Lawyer Peter Gins- berg, who represents suspended Saints player Jonathan Vilma, made the accu- sations when punished players appeared earli- er this week for an appeal hearing, a full transcript of which has been obtained by The Associated Press. Follow us on Twitter for live game cover- age, exclu- sive online articles and more. @TehamaSports CSNC 7:05 p.m. 3 2 4 1 Sports hits in the three-game series. shaw of the Dodgers and Travis Blackley each excelled. They both allowed one run on just three hits in eight innings. Blackley walked none and struck out six while the NL Cy Young winner fanned seven and walked two. Starters Clayton Ker- leadoff walk from Lind- blom in the ninth and advanced on a wild pitch. Crisp moved to third on Jemile Weeks' infield single on which Lind- blom fielded the ball and looked to third and then first but didn't make a throw. ''In that situation they had the momentum on their side,'' Lindblom said. ''Coming in at the start of an inning and walking the leadoff guy is unacceptable, especial- ly in a tie game.'' Coco Crisp drew a seventh home run of the season and the A's won their sixth in a row at home in the series with L.A. The Dodgers don't have a victory here since 2001 and are 2-12 overall at the Oakland Coliseum since 1997. Cespedes then hit his MCT photo The Athletics Coco Crisp watches Yoenis Cespedes' walk-off HR Thursday. OAKLAND (AP) — His tender left hand and sore left hamstring both on ice after a big day, Yoenis Cespedes shared how he reminded himself to keep the celebration to a minimum. Just a stan- dard jump for joy at home plate, nothing fancy that could lead to further injuries. ''No chance,'' he said with a smile, in perfect English. The rookie Cuban slugger hit a three-run Women have benifited from Title IX..The law, which does- n't have the word "sports" in it, has opened up athletics for women. homer in the ninth inning for his first career game- ending shot, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 4- 1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to complete their first home sweep of 2012. one at-bat the previous 10 games because of the hamstring injury. ''I knew it was in fair Cespedes connected with no outs off Josh Lindblom (2-1), sending a drive just inside the left-field foul pole. This marked just his second game back in the starting lineup after he had just territory, but I didn't know it would be a home run,'' Cespedes said. ''I'm very happy. My teammates said, 'You always do so much, you've hit key home runs to put us ahead, but you still need a walkoff.''' Oakland won for the eighth time in nine games after holding the NL's best team to eight total relieved Blackley in the ninth. Ninth-place batter Matt Treanor drew a walk, Dee Gordon bunted into a forceout on which third baseman Brandon Inge fired to second and then the Dodgers speed- ster was caught stealing on an outstanding throw by new A's catcher Derek Norris in his major league debut. Even Inge's team- mates doubted he could make the play at second. ''Yeah, it's a tough Ryan Cook (2-1) 1B Friday June 22, 2012 A's win with walk-off HR The Dodgers were swept for just the second time this season. They dropped four in a row to Milwaukee at home in late May. Inge had a sacrifice fly in the second as Oak- land took an early lead, then Juan Rivera hit a tying RBI single in the fourth. That was all the Dodgers could muster for Kershaw, who is pitching with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. ''It's fun to win, it's fun to pitch well,'' Ker- shaw said. ''When you're not winning, or not pitching up to expec- tations there's a little frustration. It's frustrat- ing when you're trying to keep the team in the game.'' Blackley retired the first 10 batters before Elian Herrera's one-out double in the fourth. Blackley faced only one three-ball count all afternoon, and this was his deepest outing. The Australian left-hander made his fifth start since being claimed off waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 15. Norris was called up play,'' Inge said. ''Look- ing back on it, I'm glad it worked out. Kind of a risky play.'' from Triple-A Sacra- mento before the game to share the catching duties with Kurt Suzuki. Norris came to the A's in the trade last December that sent All-Star lefty Gio Gonzalez to Wash- ington. ''It couldn't have ended better,'' said Nor- ris, stuck in traffic for two hours early Thurs- day on the 80-mile drive from Sacramento. Crisp's franchise record streak of 36 suc- cessful steals ended when he was thrown out at sec- ond in the first inning. NHL's top draft pick could be Russian Yakupov MCT file photo NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Emily Miller remembers learning about Title IX during his- tory class, probably sometime in junior high. She's a little fuzzy on the details, including how and why it came about. Every time she steps on the soccer field, though, she feels its effect. even imagine who she'd be without the game. She's played since kindergarten, and credits soccer for her indepen- dence and self-confi- dence. Now a starter on the varsity team at New Trier High School in sub- urban Chicago, she's proud when someone describes her as ''the ath- lete'' or ''the soccer play- er.'' ''Soccer,'' she said, ''is At 16, Miller can't As Title IX turns 40, legacy keeps on on the sidelines. what makes me Emily Miller.'' As Title IX celebrates its 40th anniversary Sat- urday, the WNBA is in its 16th season, Hope Solo and Natalie Coughlin will be two of the biggest names at the London Olympics and participa- tion numbers for women in college and high school athletics are at an all-time high. But perhaps the greatest legacy of the leg- islation originally intend- ed to prohibit discrimina- tion in education is found in Miller and the hun- dreds of thousands of girls like her: a genera- tion of young women growing up strong and self-assured because of their participation in sports. A generation for whom sports is so ingrained in their lives, they can't fathom being PITTSBURGH (AP) — The question comes up often in Nail Yakupov's meetings with NHL scouts and general managers. And even though the 18-year-old Russian is still learning English, he can't help but tense up the second he hears the letters ''KHL.'' The player projected to be the likely No. 1 pick when the NHL Draft gets underway in Pittsburgh today understands why he's continually asked how commit- ted he is to playing in North America. ''In the draft they don't want to wonder if some play- er is going to KHL,'' Yakupov said. ''They just want to (us to) play in NHL and work hard.'' Yakupov is growing tired of repeating himself, but whom Title IX is ancient history, if they remember it at all. ''That's the way it should be,'' said former Sen. Birch Bayh, who co- authored and sponsored Title IX. ''It should be a given. That's what we were trying to accom- plish.'' A generation for ——— ''No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimi- nation under any educa- tion program or activity receiving federal finan- cial assistance'' — Title IX See TITLE IX, page 2B skepticism is part of the territory now that the once fer- tile pipeline between Russia and the NHL has started to dry up. The bigtime paydays — not to mention shorter schedule — of the Kontinental Hockey League has many Russian stars opting to stay home rather than lace up their skates halfway around the world. All Yakupov can do is shrug his shoulders and stress — again and again — that he prefers the Stanley Cup to Gagarin Cup, the one awarded to KHL champions. ''I say just what I feel inside and I say I want to play in the NHL,'' Yakupov said. ''It's not my deal what teams think, if they don't trust me or not. I want to play in NHL.'' So do two other players with Russian ties counted among the top forwards available, Alex Galchenyuk and Mikhail Grigorenko. All three pose high-risk, high- reward scenarios. If clubs get skittish, defenseman Ryan Murray from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada could rise all the way to the top spt. The Edmonton Oilers have the No. 1 pick for the third straight year and while general manager Steve Tambellini says he's ''comfortable'' holding onto it, he's not ruling out shipping the selection elsewhere if another team provides a package that would give the struggling franchise an immediate lift. Though the 5-foot-11, 185-pound Yakupov insists ——— The words ''sports'' or ''athletics'' are not even he's ready to play now after lighting up the Ontario Hockey League the last two years, some teams remain concerned if Yakupov and other high-profile players with Russian ties will bother playing in the NHL at all. The KHL, started in 2008 as an offshoot of the former See NHL, page 2B