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Were a nation bitterly divided.And, no, Im not talking about who should be the fourth-ranked team in the College Football Playoff.A presidential election like no other has come and gone, sending half the nation into the streets for a euphoric dance, the other half into the streets for a defiant protest.There seems no middle ground, nothing we can all agree on.Its time for sports to bring us together.With a nod to Stephen Colbert, who issued a similar plea on election night , heres some things we should all be able to agree on:-The NFL is overexposed. Theres no reason to pass off the winless Cleveland Browns as worthy of being shown to the entire country (or at least those who can find NFL Network on channel 2,345). That was quite evident from the snoozefest we witnessed Thursday night, when the Brownies offensive game plan in a 28-7 loss to Baltimore consisted mainly of incompletions, 2-yard runs, turnovers, sacks and yet another quarterback change. The NFL should be played on Sundays, with one game on Monday. No mas to Thursday night.-On a similar note, college football should be played on Saturdays. End of story. We dont need games on Thursday night (hey, those kids are supposed to go to class the next day, so at least play along with the charade). We certainly dont need them on Friday nights. High school football is meant for Friday nights, not the Big Ten .-We know Nick Saban has some weighty issues on his plate, like the Iron Bowl and winning another national championship. But the Alabama coach should at least know about Election Day .-Its time for Tiger Woods to retire. We want to remember him as perhaps the greatest player in golf history, not some aging, hairline-receding, injury riddled version of Willie Mays or Muhammad Ali, trying to desperately to hang on to a game he can no longer play at the highest levels.-They still have fighting in the NHL? Seriously, what century is this? Ban that silliness immediately. If you need a fighting fix, check out YouTube. Those guys really wailed on each other in the truly Neanderthal days .-LeBron James should take up baseball. Maybe he can do for the Indians what he did for the Cavaliers. But forget about asking him to play quarterback. Not even a King can help the Browns.-The College Football Playoff should expand to eight teams, with spots going to the five Power Five conference champions, the highest-ranked champion from the Group of Five, and the next two highest-ranked teams regardless of league. No more conference championship games. The first or second weekend of December is for the quarterfinals. The semifinals remain on New Years Day, followed by the national championship game a week or so later. See how easy that was.-No one wants to have a beer with Bill Belichick. Or have him pick out what theyre going to wear to work. But we all want him to coach our favorite football team.-Please let there be a day when no city bids for the Olympics. Clearly, thats the only way to let the IOC know the rest of the world has finally figured out that its every-two-years prize is really nothing more than an extortion plot designed to drive cities (and even countries) into bankruptcy. We love the Olympics, but we hate all the red ink and broken promises it leaves behind.-The Chicago Cubs took us on a marvelous ride, but enough with trying to turn a World Series victory into some sort of spiritual, life-affirming triumph over a 108-year-old curse. Besides, you want suffering? Let me introduce you to the A-T-L. While the Windy City has celebrated titles in all the major sports over the last three decades, Atlanta has managed one championship over a combined 168 baseball, football, basketball and hockey seasons. And it doesnt even have the NHL anymore, having lost not one, but two team to Western Canada.-Billionaire owners should pay for their own stadiums and arenas. Kudos to San Diego for being one of the rare cities that told a team what it could do with its plan to have the citizenry pick up the tab for a private enterprise. That decision will likely send the Chargers to Los Angeles, but its not a bad drive to make eight times a year while spending public funds on things that actually benefit everyone, like better schools and parks.-Baseball needs to do many things to make itself more appealing to a younger generation, but getting rid of the organist is NOT one of them. Matthew Kaminski of the Braves is proof of that.-Finally, theres something really comforting about watching winners and losers shake hands at the end of a hard-fought contest and knowing theres always next season.Yep, we can all agree on that.---Paul Newberry is a sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at pnewberry(at)ap.org or at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . 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SAN DIEGO -- Adam Rosales is embracing his role as a utilityman for the San Diego Padres, because it brings valuable playing time.Rosales hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning and finished with four RBI, and rookie Ryan Schimpf scored three times to lead San Diego to a 5-2 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.Its great to get the consistent playing time, Rosales said. Thats what you want to do in the major leagues. You want to play every day. Im happy with the role Im playing as a utility player, but its really nice to get those consistent at-bats. You can make quicker adjustments when you play every day.The start of the game was delayed 70 minutes by rain. It was only the seventh delay in Petco Parks 13-season history, the sixth because of rain. The other one was due to a swarm of bees during a game in 2009.Arizona dropped into sole possession of last place in the NL West.Paul Goldschmidt hit a tying, two-run homer for the Diamondbacks with two outs in the sixth off starter Paul Clemens.Schimpf reached base for the third time when he drew a leadoff walk from reliever Zack Godley (4-4) in the bottom of the inning. Rosales homered to left field with one out, his 11th, to give the Padres a 4-2 lead.Thats a big momentum shift and you want to come back right away, Rosales said. You dont want to dwell on it. You want to come right back and answer back, and thats what we did.Manager Andy Green said Rosales has been outstanding. Hes gotten limited opportunity this year and hes taken full advantage of all his opportunities. Hes fun to watch play baseball.Schimpf was hit by a pitch from Archie Bradley leading off the second and scored on Alex Dickersons double. Schimpf walked leading off the fourth and scored on Rosales sacriifice fly.ddddddddddddRosales also hit a sac fly in the eighth to bring in Wil Myers, who doubled and stole third. It was Myers 88th hit at home, a single-season record for Petco Park.Keith Hessler (1-0) got the last out of the sixth for the win. Brandon Maurer pitched the ninth for his second straight save and 12th in 14 chances.Clemens took a 2-0 lead into the sixth before being hit on his pitching hand by Jean Seguras comebacker and getting undone by two unearned runs. He recovered from the comebacker and threw out Segura, but with two outs, shortstop Luis Sardinas booted a routine grounder by Chris Owings. Goldschmidt then homered to left-center to tie it.Clemens allowed two runs, none earned, and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one.Bradley gave up two runs and two hits in five innings, struck out seven and walked three.Kind of weird, only two hits, gave up two runs -- just a funny game sometimes, Bradley said. You never know how things are going to affect you, but the hit-by-a-pitch and the walk came back to really hurt me tonight. I was honesty really pleased with staying composed the way I did in those two innings, coming back and striking guys out to get through the inning. But overall pretty pleased with it.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (12-7, 4.42 ERA) is scheduled to start the finale of the three-game series. Hes 1-0 with a 3.54 ERA in three starts against San Diego this year and 7-1 with a 1.96 ERA in 15 career starts against the Padres.Padres: RHP Luis Perdomo (8-9, 5.68), a 23-year-old rookie, is coming off his club-leading eighth victory, 3-1 at San Francisco on Sept. 14. ' ' '