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Tehama Tracker Today's games MLB Giants Colorado SF — Bumgarner, 11-6 COL — Francis, 3-3 Toronto Athletics TOR — Romero, 8-8 OAK — Griffin, 3-0 Sunday's games MLB Toronto Athletics TOR — Laffey, 2-2 OAK — Milone, 9-8 Giants Colorado SF — Lincecum, 5-11 COL — Friedrich, 5-8 Monday's games MLB Los Angeles Athletics LAA — TBD OAK — Parker, 7-5 Giants St. Louis SF — Cain, 10-4 STL — Lynn, 13-4 Prep practice day, Aug. 6. All players need to bring cleats, a white shirt and an Ath- letic Clearance slip from the RBHS Student Store. Varsity: 6 a.m. JV: 7:30 a.m. Freshmen: 8 a.m. Red Bluff • Football Practice begins Mon- if you'd like to list your practice start days and times email sports@red- bluffdailynews.com. High School coaches, 5:15 p.m. CSNB 7:05 p.m. CSNC 12:10 p.m. CSNB 1:05 p.m. CSNC 1:05 p.m. CSNC 5:10 p.m. CSNB Sports OLYMPICS | SWIMMING Phelps, U.S. make waves LONDON (AP) — Sev- enth at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end. Make it 17 gold medals for Michael Phelps. Was there any other way to go out in the final indi- vidual race of his career? With those long arms whirling through the water, Phelps was next-to-last when he touched the wall at the far end of the pool in the 100-meter butterfly but in a familiar position when he made the touch that counted Friday — his name atop the leaderboard, a smile on his face, another gold medal around his neck. ''I'm just happy that the last one was a win,'' Phelps said. ''That's all I really wanted coming into the night.'' He claimed his third gold of the London Games and 17th of his career, adding to an already absurd record total that should be twice as much as anyone else by the time he swims the final race of his career, the 4x100 medley relay today. favorites in a race they have never lost, and it's unfath- omable to think the Phelps era could end with any- thing less than a perfor- mance that puts him atop the podium one last time. In what might be The Americans are huge viewed as a symbolic changing of the guard from America's retiring swim- ming star to the next big thing, 17-year-old Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke, her third gold in London, just minutes before Phelps took center stage at the Olympic RED BLUFF BASS ANGLERS Aquatics Centre. Another American teen, 19-year-old Elizabeth Beisel, claimed the bronze in that race. ''I can't believe what just happened,'' Franklin, who had dedicat- ed her Olympics to victims of the theater shooting not far from her Colorado home. ''In that last 25, I knew I was giving it every- thing I had because I could- n't feel my arms and legs and I was just trying to get my hand to the wall as fast I could.'' said Right after Phelps was done, 15-year-old Katie Ledecky — the youngest member of the U.S. team — nearly broke the world record to win gold in the 800 freestyle, denying Britain's Rebecca Adling- ton a repeat before her home fans. Adlington set- tled for bronze in a race Ledecky dominated from start to finish, falling off record pace only in the last 15 meters. ed like Phelps, who increased his career overall medal total to 21. ''He's the king of the Olympics Games,'' said his butterfly rival, Serbia's Milorad Cavic. Even though Phelps did- But no one has dominat- 1B Weekend August 4-5, 2012 n't go as fast in the final as he did in the semifinals, he actually won by a relatively comfortable margin com- pared to his two previous Olympic wins in the 100 fly: four-hundredths of a second over Ian Crocker in 2004, then one-hundredth of a second — the closest race possible — against Cavic at the Beijing Games four years ago. That was the victory that kept Phelps on RAIDERS Leinart back as Palmer's back up NAPA — There was a time when Matt Leinart thought he'd wind up with the Oakland Raiders, but he never dreamed he would take the kind of roundabout path he has taken to get here. The former University of Southern California star and Heisman Trophy win- ner is backing up Carson Palmer with the Raiders — a flashback to their days with the Trojans — and Leinart, once widely projected to make a splash in the pros and possibly be a draft pick of the Raiders, is now grateful to be on a roster. Courtesy photo Red Bluff Bass Anglers fished the Oroville After- bay on Sunday, July 29. Jeremy Johnson caught a limit of largemouth bass to edge out a first-place win with Jesse Sisneros close behind with a sec- ond-place finish. Sisneros caught a 4.57 pounder and a 3.1 pounder for the two biggest bass of the day. Doug Stewart finished in third place.The club is always looking for new members even if you don't have a fishing boat. For more information call 527-4472 or 529-3877. Saturday AUTO RACING • 10 a.m. ABC — American Le Mans Series, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, at Lexington, Ohio MLB • 10 a.m. MLB — Seattle at N.Y.Yankees • 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati or Cleveland at Detroit WGN — L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox MIXED MARTIAL ARTS • 5 p.m. FOX — UFC, lightweights Joe Lauzon (20-7-0) vs. Jamie Varner (20-6- 1); heavyweights, Ben Rothwell (32-8-0) vs. Travis Browne (13-0-1); light heavy- weights, Lyoto Machida (17-3-0) vs. Ryan Bader (15-2-0); light heavy- weights, Mauricio Rua (20-6-0) vs. Bran- don Vera (12-5-0), at Los Angeles NFL • 4 p.m. ESPN — Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony, at Can- ton, Ohio OLYMPICS • 4 a.m. MSNBC — LIVE: men's soccer, quarterfinals; SAME-DAY TAPE: men's water polo, Montenegro vs. Romania; women's badminton: singles Gold Medal final, doubles Gold Medal final; men's weightlifting, 94 kg Gold Medal final; men's track and field, 20k walk, at Lon- don NBC SOCCER — Men's, quarterfinals, at various sites • 6 a.m. NBC — LIVE: track and field: men's 10,000m Gold Medal final, SAME- DAY TAPE: qualifying rounds; LIVE: women's tennis, Gold Medal final; beach volleyball; men's volleyball, United States vs. Russia; men's water polo, United States vs. Serbia; SAME-DAY TAPE: cycling, track Gold Medal final; rowing, Gold Medal finals; women's gymnastics, trampoline Gold Medal final, at London 8 p.m. NBC — Swimming, Gold Medal finals: men's and women's 4 x 100m medley relays, men's 1500m freestyle, "I don't listen to the people who say I'm a bust," said Leinart, 29, the 10th overall pick by Ari- zona in 2006 who was released by Houston after two seasons. "Because everyone's path is differ- ent. I admit making mis- takes when I was young, not really knowing how to be a pro, not knowing how to study, not knowing what it took." Leinart said he under- stands those requirements now and, in fact, even understood them during his last years in Arizona, women's 50m freestyle; track and field, Gold Medal finals: men's long jump, women's 100m; beach volleyball; women's diving, springboard semifinals, at London (same-day tape) • 12:30 a.m. NBC — Track and field, Gold Medal finals; cycling, track events, at London (delayed tape) Sunday AUTO RACING • 9:30 a.m. ABC — IRL, IndyCar, Honda 200, at Lexington, Ohio 10 a.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Pennsylvania 400, at Long Pond, Pa. GOLF • 11 a.m. CBS — PGA Tour-WGC Bridgestone Invitational, final round, at Akron, Ohio • TGC — Web.com Tour, Cox Classic, final round, at Omaha, Neb. • 1 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, 3M Championship, final round, at Blaine, Minn. • 4 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Reno-Tahoe Open, final round, at Reno, Nev. moving the chains. That's something that suits me. "I love the bootleg MCT photo Matt Leinart (7) runs with teammates at camp. when Kurt Warner was entrenched as the starter. Leinart said he "didn't mesh" with his coaches in Arizona during his four seasons, so he was relieved to join the Texans as a free agent in 2010. He was happier being the third quarterback there, he said, than competing for the starting job in Arizona. "Going to Houston was the best thing that ever happened to me as far as becoming a better quarter- back, getting my confi- dence back," he said. Leinart attributes that mostly to clicking with Coach Gary Kubiak — MLB • 11 a.m.TBS — L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox • 1 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers • 5 p.m. ESPN — Milwaukee at St. Louis OLYMPICS • 3 a.m. NBC — LIVE: women's marathon; men's tennis, Gold Medal final; beach volleyball, quarterfinal; women's basketball, United States vs. China; women's water polo, quarterfinal; women's volleyball, United States vs. Turkey; SAME-DAY TAPE: cycling, track Gold Medal final; equestrian, team jump- ing Gold Medal final round 1, at London • 7 p.m. NBC — Gymnastics, individual event Gold Medal finals: men's floor exercise, men's pommel horse, women's vault; track and field, Gold Medal finals: men's 100m, women's 400m, women's triple jump; women's diving, springboard Gold Medal final; beach volleyball, quar- terfinal, at London (same-day tape) • 12:35 a.m. NBC — Track and field, who understands what it means to back up a Hall of Fame quarterback, as he was John Elway's under- study in Denver — and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp. Knapp is now installing his same system as offen- sive coordinator of the Raiders. "The good thing for me is you don't need to be a guy that's going to have to throw the ball 90 yards," Leinart said. "It's decision making. It's something Coach Knapp really harps on us. It's going through your progressions, but get- ting the ball out quick and Gold Medal finals; men's badminton, sin- gles Gold Medal final, at London (delayed tape) Monday MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL • 4 p.m. ESPN — N.Y.Yankees at Detroit OLYMPICS • 1 a.m. NBCSN — LIVE: men's basket- ball, United States vs. Argentina, Aus- tralia vs. Russia; women's soccer, semi- finals; women's boxing, quarterfinals; women's field hockey, United States vs. South Africa; men's volleyball, Russia vs. Serbia, Italy vs. Bulgaria; DELAYED TAPE: men's weightlifting, 105 kg Gold Medal final; men's shooting: 50m three positions Gold Medal final, at London NBC BASKETBALL — Men's, United States vs. Argentina, Australia vs. Rus- sia, Britain vs. China, Spain vs. Brazil, France vs. Nigeria, Tunisia vs. Lithua- nia, at London • 6 a.m. MSNBC — LIVE: beach volley- ball, quarterfinals; men's basketball, Spain vs. Brazil; men's water polo, stuff, the getting out of the pocket. That's something we did a lot of at 'SC. We hardly did any of that in Arizona. That's something I'm familiar with and enjoy. And Carson's the same way." Palmer, who also won the Heisman while at USC and was the No. 1 overall pick by Cincinnati in 2003, said being back with Leinart feels somewhat familiar — even though they overlapped for only one season — but better yet he can lean on some- one who thoroughly knows Knapp's offense. "It's not that I don't trust Coach Knapp, or don't think he knows what he's talking about," Palmer said. "It's just sometimes hard to see a picture and hear it talked about if you can't watch it unfold on the field and really hap- pen. You don't want to throw a pick in practice because you're not 100 percent on it. I'd much rather somebody else try it, then say, 'Oh, OK, that does work.' " Romania vs. Serbia; wrestling, Greco- Roman Gold Medal finals; SAME-DAY TAPE: table tennis, men's and women's team semifinals; men's shooting, trap Gold Medal final, at London • 10 a.m. NBC — SAME-DAY TAPE: track and field; beach volleyball, quarter- final; LIVE: men's water polo, United States vs. Hungary; men's volleyball, United States vs. Tunisia; SAME-DAY TAPE: equestrian, team jumping Gold Medal final; LIVE: cycling, track events; SAME-DAY TAPE: synchronized swim- ming, duet; canoeing, sprint, at London • Noon NBC SOCCER — Women's, semifinals, at various sites • 8 p.m. NBC — Gymnastics, individual event Gold Medal finals: men's still rings, men's vault, women's uneven bars; track and field, Gold Medal finals: men's 400m, men's 400m hurdles, women's pole vault; beach volleyball, quarterfinal; men's diving, springboard; cycling, track Gold Medal final, at London (same-day tape) MCT photo Missy Franklin reacts after winning the 800-meter freestyle on Friday. course to win a historic eight gold medals in China. This was about going out in style. wall in 51.21 seconds for payback against the guy who edged him in the Phelps slammed the 200 fly, Chad le Clos. No gliding into this finish, the move that cost Phelps a gold in their first meeting. Le Clos finished in 51.44, patting Phelps on the shoulder after tying for sil- ver with Russia's Evgeny Korotyshkin. Cavic tied for fourth in 51.81, not even close to Phelps in their final meeting. ''I cannot be compared to Michael Phelps,'' Cavic, who also plans to retire after the London Games. ''I'm a one-trick pony.'' said