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.