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Tracker Wednesday's results Tehama MLB Detroit Giants Giants lead series 1-0 Tuesday's results VOLLEYBALL Lassen Corning 14 20 25 21 25 19 20 20 Los Mo UPrep 14 25 25 25 Clarivel Castillo: 15 kills, 12 digs Emily Bailey: 13 kills, 13 digs Kaitlyn Seaman: 25 assists Today's games VOLLEYBALL Corning Central Valley Los Molinos Redding Christian Mercy Liberty Christian MLB Detroit Giants DET—Fister SF—Bumgarner On the tube AUTO RACING • 1:30 a.m., SPEED — Formula One, practice for Grand Prix of India, at Greater Noida, India COLLEGE FOOTBALL • 4:30 p.m., ESPN — Clemson at Wake Forest GOLF •6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, BMW Masters, first round, at Shanghai (same-day tape) • 10 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Taiwan Championship, first round, at Yang Mei Taoyuan, Taiwan (same-day tape) • 12:30 p.m., TGC — Web.com Tour Championship, first round, at McKinney, Texas •9 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, CIMB Classic, second round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MLB • 4:30 p.m., FOX — World Series, game 2, Detroit at San Francisco NBA •7 p.m., TNT — Preseason, L.A. Clip- pers at Denver NFL •5 p.m., NFL — Tampa Bay at Min- nesota SOCCER • 10 a.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Europa League, Tottenham Hotspur FC at NK Maribor • Noon, FOX SOCCER — UEFA Europa League, FC Anzhi Makhackala at Liverpool •2 p.m., FOX SOCCER — UEFA Europa League, Olympique Marseille at Borussia Monchengladbach (same-day tape) •7 p.m., FOX SOCCER — CONCA- CAF Champions League, Los Angeles Galaxy at Isidro Metapan game NEW YORK (AP) — There will be more pink visible on the field during the Dol- phins-Jets game this weekend. NFL to use pink penalty flags for Another uncertain Kings' season Wednesday officials will be using pink penalty flags for Sun- day's game after an 11- year-old wrote Com- missioner Roger Good- ell with the suggestion. In support of breast The NFL announced cancer awareness, pink has been highly visible this month, from coaches' caps to play- ers' wristbands and cleats, and even offi- cials' whistles. Dante Cano, a fifth-grader from Marlboro, N.J., then offered the idea of pink penalty flags. The NFL agreed and invit- ed Cano and his family to MetLife Stadium; they will present the penalty flags to the officials before the game. ''Dante had a great idea and I am looking forward to meeting with him on Sunday to put it into action,'' Goodell said. ''Some- times the simplest ideas can be the best. I applaud Dante for sending in his recom- mendation.'' SACRAMENTO (AP) — The Sacramento Kings are about to embark on another season in California's capital. That alone might be consid- ered a success for a fan base that has been beaten and bruised emotionally following the back-and-forth drama over the franchise's future home. Nobody can truly predict what might happen next. If the past few years have proved any- thing, though, the Kings will keep things interesting again. Maybe even this time on the court. Keith Smart begins his first full season as Sacramento's coach with a roster full of tal- ented young players who have yet to mesh — or play defense. After six straight los- ing seasons, constant coach- ing changes and no long-term arena solution in sight, Smart understands why the optimism that's been recycled every October in Sacramento is hard for so many to believe any- more. ''We have to surprise peo- ple because we're no one in the NBA,'' Smart said. ''We have to pull out all the stops to try to grow as a team.'' to take a different approach this summer. Smart encouraged players Instead of spreading out across the country to the vari- ous cities that they're from, many stayed in Sacramento — or at least came back earlier — to work out together. In between, Smart and his staff visited with some, both to form relationships and to find ways to improve the team. Smart, who was promoted from assistant coach when the Kings fired Paul Westphal after a 2-5 start last season, wanted to take every advan- tage his first full offseason as an NBA coach. He had a one- and-done season with Golden State after taking over for Don Nelson on the eve of training camp in 2010, and had a stint as the Cleveland Cavaliers' interim head coach for the final 40 games in 2003 after taking over for John Lucas. Even with all the extra time spent studying video and working with players, Smart still has an almost identical roster to the one that finished 22-44 last season and has to compete in a much-improved Pacific Division. DeMarcus Cousins is one of the NBA's best budding big See KINGS, page 2B State Warriors coach Mark Jackson jokes that his family's financial future depends on it. General man- ager Bob Myers turns to inspira- tional quotes not to dwell on it, and fans and reporters always question it. OAKLAND (AP) — Golden money spent, Golden State's entire season is resting on two surgically repaired ankles recovering — and staying at — full strength through a grueling 82-game schedule. Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut, a dazzling guard-center combo if healthy, also form a duo that has struggled to stay on the court before it ever came together — and still hasn't really come together yet. Bogut didn't play dur- ing the preseason, and Curry sat out the last two exhibitions after he sprained his right ankle again. There are no playoff predica- tions from Jackson heading into his second year. No scintillating sound bites from the former broadcaster and point guard, either. Just the promise that if the franchise's futili- ty doesn't turn around soon, aggres- sive owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber could make more changes next summer. ''I don't care who I'm coaching, the pressure's always going to be to For all the moves made and 5:07 p.m. FOX Giants lead series 1-0 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 25 25 23 25 By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer With three mighty swings, Pablo Sandoval put the San Francisco Giants ahead in this World Series and put himself in a class with Mr. October. Sandoval hit three home runs and joined Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only sluggers to do it in the Series, and the Giants jolted Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Wednesday night in Game 1. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 7 p.m. crowd — a sea of black and orange outfits — roared as San- doval connected in his first three at-bats. Popular in the Bay Area as the Kung Fu Panda for his roly- poly shape, he went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs. A Giant panda for sure. A rollicking AT&T Park 8 3 Sports too much rest after a playoff sweep of the Yankees mean too much rust? Tagged by Sandoval for a solo shot in the first inning, Verlander could only mouth 'Wow!' when the Giants star launched a two- run drive in the third that set off another blast of fog horns. San- doval reprised his power show from this year's All-Star game, when his bases-loaded triple highlighted a five-run first inning against Verlander. And if there was any doubt that From start to finish, it was basically a perfect game by the Giants. Coming off a Game 7 win over St. Louis on Monday night, they looked totally fresh. ''We played our last game only two days ago,'' Sandoval said. ''We're still hot. We just came here and played our game.'' Verlander, the reigning Cy Young winner so dominant in this postseason, looked uncomfort- able from the get-go and con- stantly pawed at the mound. As fans filed out singing along with Tony Bennett's standard ''I Left My Heart in San Francisco,'' the final score raised a nagging question for manager Jim Ley- land and his favored Tigers: Did Verlander was shaky, the best sign came in the fourth. That's when pitcher Barry Zito, a career .099 hitter, sliced an RBI single with two outs off the current AL MVP for a 5-0 lead. The festive crowd stood and applauded when it was announced that Verlander was being pulled for a pinch hitter in the fifth. Sandoval gave them another reason to get up moments later when he hit a solo homer off reliever Al Alburquerque in the fifth, answering the cheers by waving his batting helmet in a curtain call. The Tigers seemed out of sorts in their first game following a five-day layoff. That was an issue in 2006, too, when Verlander and his teammates had nearly a week off before getting wiped out by the Cardinals. ''I'm one that's been around long enough to know that a lot of things happen in this game. This was a big-hyped game with Justin, probably a lot of pressure on him,'' Leyland said. ''But I don't think it had any- thing to do with the pressure. His fastball command was not good. He got out of sync. He got on fast forward. He just did not pitch See GIANTS, page 2B 1B Thursday October 25, 2012 Panda homers 3 times, Giants win Game 1 MCT photo Pablo Sandoval rounds the bases Wednesday night. Kings, Warriors ready to tip off season MCT photos (Left) Tyreke Evans, DeMarcus Cousins and Jimmer Fredette joke around during Sacramento's Media Day. (Right) During Gold- en State's own Media Day Stephan Curry, David Lee, Andrew Bogut and Klay Thompson also share a laugh. Warriors' hopes rest on health win and do the job,'' Jackson said. ''Certainly we have a better basket- ball team and I think there's added pressure across the board. I don't run from it, I embrace it.'' Myers, the former sports agent promoted from assistant general manager at the end of last season, said the roster he helped assemble is ''good on paper.'' The true test of the season, though, will not be looks. It will be durability. Curry, one of the NBA's best shooters when healthy, missed 40 of 66 games last season and has had repeated problems with the ankle throughout his career. The former Davidson star had arthroscopic surgery in April and had surgery to repair a tendon in the ankle in the summer of 2011. The fourth-year point guard is eligible for an extension with the team until Oct. 30 — the night before the season opener at Phoenix — or he will become a free agent next summer. Myers has said the team plans to pick up Curry's exten- sion by the deadline, though that was before Curry sprained his ankle again in Golden State's 101-97 pre- season win at Portland last Friday night. The Warriors also said Bogut is on schedule and has not had any set- backs on his surgically repaired left ankle, which he fractured on Jan. 25 See GS, page 2B