OAKLAND — Jack Hannahan hit a game-ending single with two outs in the 11th inning off Scott Downs to help the Oakland Athletics snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

SAN DIEGO — Remember Darren Sproles, the speedy little running back from Kansas State?

NEWPORT BEACH — Todd Marinovich, the former Los Angeles Raiders quarterback whose career ended in a mire of drug abuse, is facing a possible prison term after a weekend arrest in Orange County.

SEATTLE — Maybe he’s just fortunate, but Mike Holmgren has never faced the situation in front of first-year Oakland coach Lane Kiffin.

The Napa High School volleyball team dropped to 0-2 with a 25-18, 25-16, 25-19 loss at Davis on Tuesday.

Napa High’s only five games into its varsity boys soccer season and it’s already suffering from injuries and feeling drained.

The University of Georgia, which won its fifth national men’s tennis title in May, is entered in the Residential Pacific Mortgage Napa Valley Tennis Classic, scheduled for Sept. 7-9 at Meadowood Napa Valley in St. Helena.

Napa Valley College is looking for players interested in joining its women’s golf team. Anyone interested can call Jim Wiechers, the head coach, at 255-0296.

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NOTES AND QUOTES for a Thursday in the Napa Valley:

SONOMA — Jim Thorpe and Jay Haas both came away winners in the wine country last fall.

Alex Lapuyade sent his résumé to any Bay Area professional sports team that wanted him to be part of its public relations staff.