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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Seattle, Arizona players not
sure how to react after 6-6 tie
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Seattle Seahawks and Arizona
Cardinals didn’t really know how to react after a 6-6 tie.
“Two hundred games, including playoffs,” the Cardinals’
Larry Fitzgerald said. “I have never played in a game as crazy
as this one.”
It was the irst tie in the Seahawks’ history. The Cardinals
hadn’t had one since 1986, two years before they moved to
Arizona.
Both kickers missed chip shots that would have
won Sunday night’s game in overtime, Arizona’s Chandler
Catanzaro from 24 yards, then Seattle’s Steven Hauschka from
27 yards.
“I really don’t know how to feel,” Seahawks linebacker
Bobby Wagner said. “I’ve never been in a tie game before. It’s
certainly not something we’re happy about.”
Neither were the Cardinals.
“It just stinks to walk out of here with the feeling that we
have,” Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer said, “and the feel-
ing that they have.”
It was the irst tie in the NFL since Cincinnati and Carolina
inished 37-37 in 2014 and the irst tie without a touchdown
scored since 1976.
The Cardinals still haven’t beaten Seattle in Arizona in
coach Bruce Arians’ four seasons in the desert.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been part of a football game like
that,” Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu said.
AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
Dueling Droughts: Cubs, Indians
set to meet in World Series
At long, long last, it’s true: Either the Chicago Cubs or
Cleveland Indians will win the World Series.
The matchup between teams that forever waited till next year
— next century, really — is inally here.
A classic Fall Classic, for sure.
Do-it-all Javier Baez, lashy Francisco Lindor, MVP cali-
ber Kris Bryant and a bevy of young stars. Lights-out reliev-
ers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Chapman, and wily skippers Joe
Maddon and Terry Francona.
Plus, intrigue if injured All-Star starter Danny Salazar and
slugger Kyle Schwarber can play.
Oh, and did someone mention something about a drought?
Game 1 is at Progressive Field on Tuesday night, with the
Cubs opening as a heavy favorite to win their irst crown since
1908.
In the Cubs’ last visit to Cleveland, back in August 2015,
they posted a 17-0 rout for the most-lopsided shutout ever in
interleague play. It got so out of hand that two Indians outield-
ers wound up pitching.
But that’s ancient history.
For the Cubbies, this is their irst World Seriestrip since
1945. They clinched their spot Saturday night at rollicking
Wrigley Field as big league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks out-
pitched Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw for a 5-0 win in Game 6
of the NL Championship Series.
Favorites since opening day, Anthony Rizzo, Addison Rus-
sell and past October aces Jon Lester and John Lackey helped
the Cubs cruise to a major league-leading 103 victories.
Timbers playofs hopes dashed
with 4-1 loss to Vancouver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Giles Barnes scored
twice and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the Portland Timbers
4-1 on Sunday to eliminate the defending MLS Cup champions
from the playoffs.
Both of Barnes’ goals came in the irst half at BC Place and
the Timbers couldn’t catch up. The Whitecaps (10-15-9) had
already been eliminated from the playoffs but they claimed the
Paciic Northwest’s Cascadia Cup on goal differential with the
victory.
Portland (12-14-8) inished the season without a win on the
road.
“When I look at the overall performance, I didn’t think we
were good,” Timbers coach Caleb Porter said. “I didn’t think
we defended well, and I thought we had some surprisingly poor
performances out of our keys guys.”
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25), free safety Earl Thomas (29), middle linebacker Bobby Wagner
(54) strong safety Kelcie McCray (33) and cornerback Jeremy Lane (20) knock the ball away from Arizona Cardinals
wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) as overtime expires during an NFL football game, Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. The
game ended in overtime in a 6-6 tie.
Chicago Cubs players
celebrate after Game 6 of
the National League base-
ball championship series
against the Los Angeles
Dodgers, Saturday in Chi-
cago. The Cubs won 5-0 to
win the series and advance
to the World Series against
the Cleveland Indians.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Browning tosses 3 TDs as
Washington rolls Oregon St
California survives for 52-49
double OT win over Oregon
SEATTLE — It stands that the real test of No. 4 Washington’s
validity as a playoff contender is about to begin.
The warm ups for the Huskies are done.
“As we head down the stretch here it’s not always going to be
like this with the teams we have coming and there is stuff to talk
about and work on,” Washington coach Chris Petersen said.
Jake Browning threw three touchdown passes to give him 26
for the season, added another rushing TD, and Huskies used a big
irst half to roll past Oregon State 41-17 on Saturday.
After a week off, the Huskies (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) easily out-
worked the undermanned Beavers (2-5, 1-3) despite a per-
formance that gives Petersen plenty to work on heading into a
schedule that’s about to get more dificult.
While getting past Stanford and Oregon earlier this season
were important moments for the Huskies, it turns out they were
not the tests to prove Washington’s worth. The schedule gets
more dificult beginning next week with a trip to No. 19 Utah,
followed by a road game at California, with USC, Arizona State
and a trip to Washington State still looming on the schedule.
BERKELEY, Calif. — After more than 200 plays, 101 points
and 1,086 yards of offense, it was California’s defense that
stepped up at the end to seal another thrilling game for the Golden
Bears.
Matt Anderson kicked a 28-yard ield goal in the second over-
time and Jordan Kunaszyk ended the game with an interception
on the FBS-record 203rd play, giving California a 52-49 victory
over Oregon on Friday night.
“It’s crazy,” Kunaszyk said. “I just remember going into OT,
I was like, ‘Man, another one of these games.’ Every one of our
games is close. I wouldn’t want it any other way.”
This was the sixth straight game for Cal that went down to the
closing minutes, including an overtime loss at Oregon State two
weeks ago and a home win against Utah the previous week when
Cal’s defense came up with a late goal-line stand.
Five of those six games featured both teams scoring at least
40 points but the defense delivered when it mattered most.
“Our defense’s back was against the wall, just like it was
against Utah,” coach Sonny Dykes said.
Roden: ‘In the top three’ worst cases
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faces death if convicted.
Dorothy Wing has been
sentenced to more than 15
years in prison, down from a
life sentence after she agreed
to truthfully testify against
Roden earlier this month.
Jenny, who was asked by the
prosecution to review the case
and testify, described the burns,
bites, scars and other inju-
ries found all over Evangelina
Wing and her brothers’ bod-
ies. “This was clearly multiple
instances of inlicted trauma,
of child abuse,” she said during
questioning by Deputy District
Attorney Ron Brown, head of
the prosecution.
Jenny said she has reviewed
thousands of cases of child
abuse since 1983. “Taking
them as a whole, I would put
them in the top-three” worst
cases.
Cross-examination
Roden’s attorney, Conor
Huseby, argued that Doro-
thy Wing caused her daugh-
ter’s death through abuse,
along with complications from
the lesh-eating virus methi-
cillin-resistant Staphylococ-
cus aureus infection, which
was found on the children. He
unsuccessfully sought to have
the case dismissed because
signs of the infection were
never investigated.
During his cross-exam-
ination of Jenny on Friday,
Huseby tried to paint her as
Evangelina Wing
biased in favor of state pros-
ecutions, pointing to lec-
tures and other trainings she
has done for prosecutors, dis-
trict attorneys and child abuse
advocacy groups. Jenny said
she gets called more often by
prosecutors, but also reviews
cases for defenses.
Huseby said Jenny had not
reviewed tissue slides from
Eva Wing showing the signs of
infection and abscesses on her
heart, and that she lacks train-
ing as a pathologist. “For all
you know, her heart could have
been riddled with abscesses,”
he said.
Jenny admitted that she is
not a pathologist and has done
no research on the lesh-eat-
ing virus methicillin-resis-
tant Staphylococcus aureus
infection.
Jenny said she felt com-
fortable in her diagnoses of
child abuse based on clear
signs present on Evangelina
Wing and her brothers’ bod-
ies, although none of the evi-
dence so far proves who specif-
ically committed each instance
of abuse. The prosecution
has argued that much of the
abuse occurred when the chil-
dren were under Roden’s care,
with Dorothy Wing aiding and
abetting by allowing him to
babysit.
Before resting the prosecu-
tion’s case, Brown played an
audio recording of the inter-
view between slain Seaside
police oficer Jason Goodding
and Roden. Goodding, who
responded to the Seaside apart-
ment where the toddler was
found dead, arrested Roden
for aggravated murder, arguing
that the injuries to Evangelina
Wing happened under his care,
and must have been caused by
him.
One-fourth of US
cancer deaths linked
with 1 thing: smoking
By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO — Cigarettes
contribute to more than 1 in
4 cancer deaths in the U.S.
The rate is highest among
men in southern states where
smoking is more common
and tobacco control policies
are less strict.
The American Can-
cer Society study found the
highest rate among men in
Arkansas, where 40 per-
cent of cancer deaths were
linked to cigarette smok-
ing. Kentucky had the high-
est rate among women — 29
percent.
The lowest rates were in
Utah, where 22 percent of
cancer deaths in men and
11 percent in women were
linked with smoking.
“The human costs of cig-
arette smoking are high in
all states, regardless of rank-
ing,” the authors said.
They analyzed 2014
health surveys and govern-
ment data on smoking rates
and deaths from about a
dozen smoking-linked can-
cers. Lung, throat, stomach,
liver, colon, pancreas and
kidney cancers were among
those included, along with
leukemia. The researchers
estimated how many cancer
deaths were likely attribut-
able to smoking, and com-
pared that with deaths from
all cancers.
Results were published
Monday in. JAMA Internal
Medicine
While U.S. smoking rates
have been falling, 40 mil-
lion U.S. adults are ciga-
rette smokers and smoking
is the top cause of prevent-
able deaths, according to the
federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
The study found that at
least 167,000 cancer deaths
in 2014 — about 29 percent
of all U.S. cancer deaths —
were attributable to smoking.
Most of the 10 states
with the highest rates of
smoking-attributable can-
cer deaths were in the South,
while most of the 10 states
with the lowest rates were in
the North or West.
Among men, where
smoking is generally more
common, the cigarette-linked
cancer death rate was high-
est in blacks at 35 percent,
compared with 30 percent
for whites and 27 percent for
Hispanics. Among women,
whites had the highest cig-
arette-linked cancer death
rate — 21 percent, compared
19 percent for blacks and 12
percent for Hispanics.