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MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2018

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Kilgore wins marathon

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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nder windy conditions, the ninth edition of Sunshine Insurance’s Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend produced several new champions and top finishes from local participants.

The overall winner of the full marathon, first to cross the finish line at Arawak Cay, was David Kilgore in two hours, 32 minutes and 44 seconds.

The 26-year-old Florida native now living in New Hampshire, said despite the conditions, it was a welcome change to run in this environment coming from the frigid temperatures back home.

“It was great, I tried to take it out a little easier but it didn’t work too well in that aspect but it was great, everything was really beautiful, I went over the bridge at first and got out to the leaders of the half marathon and I was pretty much cruising by myself after that for much of the race.

“It was a gorgeous course along the water, even though on the way back the wind was a little strong, but you can’t complain when you’re in the Bahamas right?,” he said.

“The wind at the end was probably the most brutal part I thought.

Coming around a corner with a strong wind in your face is tough but it’s kind of nice too I guess to cool you off a little bit.

“I was just listening to music and enjoying the scenery around for the most part.

“The tough point came around mile 16 or 17 but I just slowed down a bit to get my wind back but back at around 23, I got my wind back.”

Kilgore is set to compete in the Miami Marathon on January 29, but said he plans to return to defend his title at the 10th edition of Marathon Bahamas in 2019.

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net “THE most important thing to possess is our soul.

Let us wash it clean and give it back to the one who gave it to us,” were the words penned by the late Prince ‘Zorro’ Stubbs in his obituary at his funeral service on Saturday.

Rev Fr I Ranfurly Brown, in delivering the eulogy at St Agnes Anglican Church, said as Stubbs reminded everyone: “It’s appointed unto man to die and after death is the judgment.”

Brown said all God requires is that “we love him and love one another.”

He said Stubbs’ death causes us all to stop and to look at ourselves and find out where are we with each other and where are we with God.”

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FINISH LINE: The ninth edition of Sunshine Insurance’s Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend was ran in windy conditions over the weekend. And the annual event produced several new champions and top finishes from local participants. The Race for the Cure was staged on Saturday.

Photo: Donavan McIntosh The top overall female finisher was 46-year-old Isabelle Poirier of Quebec, Canada.

Poirier, who finished in 3:44:40, said she was impressed with her entire experience in the Bahamas and plans to return to compete in the near future.

“I was so happy to finish and to win because over the last eight

miles I wanted to walk so badly, but I just kept running,” she said.

“It was difficult with a lot of wind, but the experience was so beautiful and the people are so nice, everything was very good.

“I wasn’t exactly thrilled with my time but it was a tough year with the weather, the wind and going across the two bridges.

“Last week I ran in -28 degrees Celsius so this was still a nice change.”

The first Bahamian to cross the finish line in the full marathon was 40-year-old Delroy Boothe, who also was the top finisher in the Male Masters in 3:11:41.

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By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HE’S uncertain over whether or not he will suit up to compete in the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championships. But if he does decide to go to Birmingham, England, in March, Steven Gardiner has shown that he’s ready for the challenge.

Fresh off his breakout year in 2017 in London, England, when he claimed the IAAF World Championships’ silver medal while lowering his men’s national 400 metre record in the semi-finals,

Gardiner was one of three Bahamians in action at the UAB Blazer Invite.

On Friday night at the Birmingham Crossplex Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, Gardiner coasted to an easy victory in the second of eight heats in the men’s 300m in 32.51,surpassing his meet record of 33.45 that he ran last year.

His heat also featured his new Bahamian training partner Teray Smith, who was second in 34.06 for third place overall.

Steven Gayle, competing in heat one, has the second fastest time overall in 32.51 to split the Bahamian duo. “It felt good. It was my first race for the year. In the past

MIXED RESULTS FOR OUR NCAA PLAYERS

By RENALDO DOUREST Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

few years, I’ve done one indoor race to see where I’m at, so I felt pretty good,” Gardiner told The Tribune. “My coach gave me a plan, but he didn’t know that I was going to run that fast, but it just happened. It felt really good.”

Gardiner, the 6-foot-2 native from Abaco, said he was delighted to have Smith - who now trains with him in Clermont, Florida under coach Gary Evans - in the race. “We just went out there to have some fun,” Gardiner said of Smith. “Teray is not known for running the 300, so he just wanted to do it. We went out there to see

IT was a weekend of mixed results for Bahamian NCAA Division I basketball players as their respective programmes continued their progression into conference play.

DeAndre Ayton was the top performer among the group with a game high 24 points and seven rebounds in a 90-83 win for his No.17 Arizona Wildcats over the Oregon Ducks in the PAC12. Ayton shot 7-11 from the field and 10-11 from the free throw line. It was his fourth 20-point performance in the last five games as the Wildcats improved to 4-1 in conference play.

Arizona’s defence helped them to build a lead as

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Monday, January 15, 2018, PAGE 3

CARIFTA hopefuls shine at T-Bird Flyers track invite

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net CARIFTA hopefuls Denvaughn Whymns and Anthaya Charlton were triple winners, while Raymond Oriahi and Doneisha Anderson were among the double winners circle that also included senior competitors Stephen Newbold, V’Alonee Robinson and Drexel Maycock at the T-Bird Flyers Track and Field Invitational.

The two-day meet, which was hampered by the rain, was held on Friday and Saturday at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium and was the first meet on the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ 2018 track and field season with the emphasis being placed on the hosting of CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday.

“We had a good turn out with about 7-800 kids participating,” said meet director Foster Dorsett, the head coach of the T-Bird Flyers Track Club. “It was a two-day meet and the purpose for that is to allow the coaches to see what condition their kids are in going into this busy season.

“Seeing that we are hosting Carifta, we want to give them a heads up to see what they need to do to get ready. Most coaches took advantage of the two-day meet by putting their athletes in a number of events, so it was very successful, despite the fact that we had some rain on Saturday and some people left before it cleared up.”

Whymns, of Club Monica, took the under20 boys 110m hurdles in 14.09, ahead of SunBlazers’ Oscar Smith, who did 14.22. Jahmaal Wilson of the Star Trackers was third in 15.01. Whymns also posted victory in the long jump with his leap of 7.22 metres or 23-feet, 8 1/4-inches. High Performance’s Dante Higgs was second with 5.63m (18-5 3/4) and Jahmal Brown of the Roadrunners got third with 5.27m (17-3 1/2).

And to top off his appearance at the meet, Whymns got a third victory in the 200m with his time of 22.21. Nastario Williams of the Heats Athletics from North Andros was second in 22.59 and Andreas

NPBA ACTION THE Commonwealth Bank Giants highlighted Saturday night’s double header by holding off the PJ Stingers 93-90 in the men’s division feature encounter.

In the opener, the JD’s Seafood Shockers blasted the Vitamalt Chargers 81-57.

The games followed the night before at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium where the UB Mingoes knocked off the Rhythm Rebels 87-79 in the men’s division one feature contest.

The division II opener saw the Caro Contractors Resistance nip the Triple K Stampers 99-98.

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DENVAUGHN Whymns (pictured) and Anthaya Charlton were triple winners in the T-Bird Flyers Track and Field Invitational.

Seymour of the BSD Juniors was third in 22.77.

Anthaya Charlton of the Star Trackers was the winner of the girls’ under17 high jump with a leap of 1.39m (4-6 3/4), followed by her team-mates Tanisha Floyd and Robyn Barnett with 1.36m (4-5 1/2) and 1.30m (4-3 1/4) respectively.

The trio also contested the long jump and finished in that same order as Charlton outleaped them with 5.23m, while Floyd did 4.87m for second and Barnett was third with 4.73m.

And Charlton completed her triple threat with her triumph in the 200m with her time of 12.28. Jaida Knowles, her team-mate, was second in 12.29 and Paige Stuart of the SunBlazers trailed in 13.13.

Oriakhi, a member of Club Monica, opened up with his triumph in the boys’ under-17 one-lap race in 50.72 as he out-classed the rest of the field that was followed by Deshon Joseph of the Heats Athletics from Andros in 52.92 and Reuben Cooper of Quick Step in 53.03.

Before he was done, Oriakhi did the same thing in the half-lap race where he dominated, stopping the clock in 22.58. His nearest rival was Andrae

NCAA PLAYERS: MIXED RESULTS FROM PAGE 1

large as 12 points in the first half after holding the Ducks scoreless for five minutes and 15 seconds from the 16:48 mark to the 11:33 mark of the half.

By game’s end, Arizona and Oregon had exchanged the lead 11 times and tied the score six times.

The freshman forward is currently averaging 20.2 points and 11.3 rebounds per game with 12 double doubles thus far on the season.

“Tum Tum” Nairn and the No.4 ranked Michigan State Spartans suffered yet another upset loss in the Big-10.

The Spartans lost 82-72 to the Michigan Wolverines and have lost two of three games with an overtime win over Rutgers in between the setbacks. The Spartans had previously won 14 straight games

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He drew the illustration of the cross pointing to the vertical aspect between man and God, but he said the horizontal is just as important because you have to love one another. Asking the question, “What does it profit a man if he gained the whole world and go to hell?” Brown advised the congregation to “mind your own business and get your soul right with God.” Brown said in Stubbs’ way, he endeavoured to make a difference in life as he created an atmosphere of happiness and joy and relaxation and that was his way of expressing love for one another as he told the world that he had something between him and God. During the service, special tributes were done by Craig Flowers,

Lightbourne of the Bahamas High Performance in 23.55. Joseph had to settle for third this time in 23.60.

Quarter-miler Anderson showed her versatility as she sprinted to the line in 12.35 in the 100m on Friday ahead of SunBlazers’ Gabrielle Gibson (12.58) and Lakelle Kinteh (12.61).

Anderson came back on Saturday to take the 200m in 24.23. Tanae Dorsertt of the Star Trackers got second in 25.62 and Amber Taylor of the DTSP Wolfpack was third in 27.01.

Newbold, competing for Bahamas Speed Dynamics, picked up his first victory in the men’s open 400m with his time of 48.77 seconds as the first day of competition concluded on Friday night. His Bahamas Speed Dynamics’ teammate Bradley Dormeus was second in 49.13 and Michael Stuart of the University of the Bahamas was third in 49.37.

On day two on Saturday, Newbold again crossed the line first in the 200 metres in 21.32 over Dormeus (21.73) and Yurick Dean of the University of the Bahamas (21.99).

Robinson, representing the Bahamas Speed Dynamics, sped to victory in the women’s open 100m

before the lost to Ohio State last week.

And Lashann Higgs helped the No.7 Texas Longhorns to recover from their first Big 12 loss of the season and score a 79-62 win over the Kansas Jayhawks.

Fresh off her Big-12 Player of the Week honours, Higgs scored 17 points on 6-7 shooting from the field.

Texas faces their toughest test of the season tonight when they face the No.1 ranked UConn Huskies at 7pm local time and broadcast live on ESPN2.

In the Sun Belt conference, Travis Munnings and the ULM Warhawks continue to struggle and dropped their fourth game in the last five outings. Munnings scored 12 points and added four rebounds in his team’s 82-48 loss to the Louisiana Rajun Cajuns. Munnings, the Warhawks’ leading scorer, struggled to score, 5-17 from the field and 2-6 from three point range.

former president of the Bahamas Golf Federation, Anthony Hinsey, vice president of the BGF and Agatha Delancy on behalf of the Ladies Golf Association. Flowers, a close childhood friend, also brought remarks on behalf of the Southerns Sporting Club, of which Stubbs was one of their founding members and most ardent all-around athlete, who excelled as a champion in pool, table tennis, cricket and golf. He noted that Stubbs was also a prolific coach who helped the legendary Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller achieve a lot of his success in both boxing and cycling.

“Over the 50-plus years, he taught us how to be champions, he taught us it was not always about winning or losing, but it was about putting in the hard work every day and the will to take on the next challenge.”

From a personal perspective, Flowers thanked the Stubbs family

in 11.99. Kristen Clarke of the Bahamas High Performance was second in 12.61 and Alexandria Strachan of the University of the Bahamas got third in 12.79.

Robinson added her double in the 200m when she clocked 25.42 for the win over Clarke, who did 25.88 and Gabrielle Shannon of the University of the Bahamas in 26.04.

Maycock, back home from school in Jamaica, doubled up in the open men’s throws. He won the shot put with a heave of 12.82m (42-0 3/4) over Ken Munnings of the University of the Bahamas, who did 10.93m (35-10 1/2). Maycock, competing unattached, was the lone competitor in the discus as he got a toss of 47.18m (154-9).

Adrian Curry of Club Monica was the winner of the boys’ under-20 100m in 10.94. Javughn Culmer of the University of the Bahamas was second in 11.41 and Lavardo Hendfield of Bahamas High Performance got third in 11.42.

Another double winner was Lanique Thompson.

Competing unattached, she won the girls’ under-13 100m in 14.17 over Shayann Demeritte of Club Monica, who did 14.25 and Shakinah Finlayson of

Silver Lightning with her time of 14.31.

Thompson added the 200m title to her collection as she finished in 28.72.

Hailey Robinson of Kids Athletics was second in 29.23 and Malynte Clarke of BSD Juniors got third in 29.60.

Also on the field, Jamal Wilson won the men’s open high jump with a leap of 2.20m (7-2 1/2) as the lone competitor. Kyle Alcime had fewer knockdowns as his team-mate Benjamin Clarke as they both finished with a leap of 1.90m (6-2 3/4).

Dachya Stubbs led a sweep of the under-20 girls’ shot put for the Blue Chip Athletics with a toss of 10.69m (35-1). Latia Saunders got second with 9.32m (30-7) and Acacia Astwood was third with 9.19m (30-2).

Astwood, however, won the javelin with her feat of 39.44m (129-4), Stubbs picked up second with 31.93m (104-9) and Gabrielle Hanna of the Roadrunners was third with 27.61m (90-7).

Taylor Walters of Triple Threat Athletics took the discus with 37.84m (124-1).

Saunders was second with 31.69m (103-11) and Angel Butler, her team-mate, was third with 25.14m (82-50).

Projected to be a third team all-conference selection in the preseason, Munnings is averaging

a career high 15.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

Jaron Cornish continues to produce solid numbers in his first season with the Stony Brook Seawolves in the America East Conference. Cornish finished with nine points, five rebounds, and three assists in 22 foul plagued minutes of the Seawolves’ 73-62 loss to the Vermont Catamounts.

Since the Juco transfer has been thrust into the starting lineup, he has been a bright spot for the Stony Brook offence and has posted averages of 9.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.

In the Northeastern Conference, Charles Bain and the Robert Morris Colonials scored another conference win with an 81-75 win over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights. Bain has appeared in each of the teams 19 games this season, and is averaging 4.5 points and 2.1 rebounds in just under 14 minutes per game.

for time he spent in his family from the days of their association at his late father, Arnold Flowers Sr’s pool room to the friendship that was developed with his deceased brother Arnold Jr and himself.

Flowers said his close and dear friend will be missed.

In his remarks, Hinsey said he got to know Stubbs through the game of golf almost 20 years ago and he said their relationship developed as they played the game they so love together.

“You ask why a golfer spends so much time at the golf course,” he questioned. “It’s because if you stick around long enough, it’s going to get cooler and it’s in the cool of the day that you will encounter a visitor who might inquire where thou art.

“It is my hope that you will play your best round of golf.”

And Delancy’s fond memories with Stubbs began when girls were

starting to do some of the things that only boys could have done.

“As destiny would have it, we shared the love and passion for the game of golf, which became the planks on which the bridge of our friendship was built,” she pointed out. “Prince ‘Zorro’ Stubbs and I forged a friendship.”

Upon the request of Pauline Curry, Delancy said she got acquainted with Stubbs and Harcourt ‘Coins’ Poitier and it was how she became exposed to the essence of Stubbs, who took pride in his native birthplace of Cat Island, who became a professional in the hospitality industry, who loved his family and friends and who was a trailblazer as he mastered the sport of golf as both a competitor and a mentor.

Stubbs, 80, was buried in St Agnes Cemetery after he passed away at The Princess Margaret Hospital on Christmas Eve.

ARIZONA forward Deandre Ayton (13) looks on in the first half Saturday against Oregon in Tucson, Arizona.

AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

to do it. We went out there to see where we are in practice and to have some fun.” Smith, a 100/200m specialist who has abandoned his plans to go to Jamaica to train after the World Championships and his graduation from Auburn University, was not available for comments. But Gardiner said they are having a great time as a Bahamian connection in Florida.

“We push each other and motivate each other to do better,” Gardiner said.

“Where his strong points are, he uses that to help me with my weak points and I do the same for him. He just sticks with me in the long run and I stick with him in the shorter runs. So it’s pretty good to have him there.”

While he awaits the decision on his management team from On Track Management to decide on whether or not he will compete at the World Indoors March 2-4, Gardiner said his goal this year is to get ready for his quest for the 200/400m double.

“This year I started off very well, but I’m working on a number of stuff,” Gardiner said. “I’m leaning more towards running more 200s this year because I want to do the 2/4 double.

But I will wait and see what happens.”

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Sylvie Larose, 51, of California won the Female Masters in 3:53:43.

Local distance runner Oneil Williams achieved a major milestone as the top overall finisher in the half marathon.

Williams, 34, who recently completed a training course in Kapsabet, Kenya, took the event in 1:14:07.

Florencia Morales of Argentina returned to take the top overall spot among females in the half-marathon.

The 39-year-old won in 1:26:13.

“It was so windy. It wasn’t my best time but because of these conditions and this wind, but I think did well,” she said. “I always try to do my best, try not to start too fast, try not to look at my watch so I dont freak out if I have to slow down and I try to take it one mile at a time.”

A wide cross-section of local participants take part in the marathon relay.

The relay is a four-person team event with pre-set running distances of 6.2, 6.9, 5.6 and 7.5 miles.

In the male category, the T-Bird Flyers Track Club took first place in 3:18:28 secs.

FCP Run Club was second in 3:27:20 secs and GBPA Warriors was third for the second straight year in 3:28:34 secs.

In the female division, Team Run Dat!…Powered

by Keys Bahamas Realty finished first in a time of 4:03:00 secs and The Flamingoes were second in 4:03.01 secs, In the Co-Ed team division, I Thought They Said Rum took first in 3:22:28 secs.

BTC Avengers were second in 3:52:35 secs and STing-Ah-Ling finished third in 4:00:52 secs.

One of the highlights of Marathon Bahamas is traditionally the High School Relays segment.

The CR Walker Knights finished first overall in 3:42.13 secs, Forest Heights Academy finished second in 3:47:32 secs and CR Walker “Soccer” was third in 3:50:22 secs.

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Eagles use goal-line stand, Elliott FGs to beat Falcons

By ROB MAADDI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles was steady, Jake Elliott had a big leg and the defence made one final stop.

The underdog Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the NFC championship game following a 15-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday.

They’ll host the Vikings next Sunday.

Despite going 13-3 to earn the No. 1 seed, the Eagles entered the game as 3-point underdogs against the sixth-seeded Falcons (11-7). They used it as motivation and now it’s onto the next one as they continue pursuit of the franchise’s first Super Bowl title.

“If we believe the outsiders, we will be all messed up,” Pro Bowl defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said.

“We went out and proved we can be the real winning team.”

Matt Ryan’s final pass sailed through Julio Jones’ arms in the corner of the end zone as Jalen Mills had tight coverage on fourth down from the 2 to secure Philadelphia’s win. It was another disappointing finish for the Falcons, who blew a 25-point lead against the Patriots in last year’s Super Bowl.

“The reason I play this game is to win a championship,” Ryan said. “That’s why we put all of the hard work we put in. When you don’t get that result, it’s difficult.”

Foles outplayed Ryan, bouncing back from a pair of subpar games with an efficient performance. He completed 77 per cent of his passes (23 of 30) for 246 yards, no touchdowns and no turnovers.

“The biggest thing in our locker room is that we believe in one another and that showed,” Foles said.

“We kept working, kept grinding, had faith in one

PHILADELPHIA Eagles’ Nick Foles in action during the first half of Saturday’s divisional playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons in Philadelphia.

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) another. In any sport there’s going to be criticism. You’re aware of it because you’re human but we blocked it out.”

• Here’s some things we learned following Philadelphia’s first playoff win in nine years: OVERCOMING TURNOVERS: The Eagles committed the only two turnovers and won anyway. Jay Ajayi fumbled on the second play from scrimmage inside Falcons territory and a short punt bounced off an Eagles player setting up Atlanta’s 18-yard touchdown drive.

INCONSISTENT OFFENCE: These weren’t the Falcons who lit up the scoreboard on their way to winning the NFC

championship last year.

Under first-year offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, the Falcons weren’t quite as sharp throughout the season and their inconsistency showed up at the wrong time. They were shut out in the second half and held to just 118 yards in the final two quarters.

“I think that’s something we have to look at and evaluate this offseason,” Ryan said. “There were too many times we were a little bit inconsistent.”

JAY TRAIN: Ajayi shook off the fumble and ran well until he inexplicably went to the bench for a long stretch. Ajayi had 50 yards rushing on eight carries through Philadelphia’s first drive of the second quarter, but didn’t get the ball again until the second

half. He finished with 54 yards on 15 carries and also dropped a third down pass. He did have 44 yards receiving on three catches.

“I feel like I played poorly,” Ajayi said.

“The fumble, can’t do that in a big game. I feel like I could have executed a lot better. A lot of the teammates picked up the slack.

The defence played lights out.”

CALL OF THE GAME: Eagles coach Doug Pederson ran an inside counter to wide receiver Nelson Agholor that went for 21 yards to the Falcons 3 on third-and-3 on Philadelphia’s touchdown drive. It was the first time he called that play this season.

“It’s a play we’ve had in our arsenal, but never got to it,” Pederson said. “This

was just an opportunity to put it in Nelson’s hands with Lane Johnson as a puller and just executed extremely well.”

JAKE’S LEG: Elliott, who joined the Eagles after Caleb Sturgis was injured in Week 1, bounced back after missing his fourth extra point of the season by connecting on all three of his field goals. His 53-yarder at the end of the first half was his sixth in seven tries from beyond 50. That includes a game-winning 61-yarder against the Giants in Week 3.

“It was definitely tricky out there, just really gusty (wind),” Elliott said. “You don’t know what it’s really going to do out there so you just have to hit the best ball you can and take care of what you can control.”

ANTHONY DAVIS HAS 48 POINTS, 17 REBOUNDS, PELICANS WIN IN OVERTIME NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Davis scored a season-high 48 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, leading the New Orleans Pelicans back from 19 points down late in the third quarter to a 123118 overtime victory over the New York Knicks yesterday.

Jrue Holiday added 31 points, and DeMarcus Cousins had 15 points, 15 rebounds, seven steals and five assists and for the Pelicans. They were down 16 after one, even further back late in the third and still down nine with 4 1/2 minutes left in regulation. But they kept coming and Holiday had three baskets and a couple free throws in OT to help them finish it off.

Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway Jr each scored 25 points for the Knicks, who lost their third straight and 10th in their last 12 games.

Jarrett Jack had a seasonhigh 22 points, and Enes Kanter finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

It was a miserable way to finish a rare January home game for the Knicks, who begin a seven-game, coast-tocoast trip Monday in Brooklyn that has them away for two weeks.

HEAT 97, BUCKS 79 MIAMI (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, and Miami ran its winning streak to seven games.

Josh Richardson scored 16 points, and Hassan Whiteside added 15 points and 10 rebounds.

The Heat trailed 43-41 at the half, then took control with a 41-21 run in the first 16 minutes of the second half. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points for Milwaukee.

PATRIOTS BACK IN AFC TITLE GAME, TITANS TRIP INTO OFFSEASON

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — The New England Patriots have handled every bit of adversity that has been thrown at them this season — from a string of injuries to the recent offfield firestorm created by reports of purported discord within the core of the franchise.

Now, they’ll have a chance to play for yet another AFC championship.

The Patriots’ 35-14 victory over the Titans in Saturday’s divisional round was yet another reminder of the defending Super Bowl champion’s unique ability to not only compartmentalise, but play some of their best football in the face of it.

Tom Brady chuckled when he was asked after the game about his name being mentioned in a swirl of media reports last week about alleged bickering between himself, coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft.

“Noooo,” he responded sarcastically, when a reporter asked about Brady’s name being mentioned in a negative light.

But Brady said it “just goes with the territory.

“I just try to be consistent, show up and do the best I can do every week for the team and regardless of whether I’m the worst quarterback in the league or the best quarterback in the league or somewhere in-between,” he said.

It was Brady’s 10th career postseason game with at least three TD tosses, moving him past Joe Montana for the most in NFL history.

It also brought out some of the best football in his teammates.

James White caught a touchdown pass and ran for another, and Danny Amendola had 11 catches for 112 yards — his first career 100yard receiving game.

“All the hard work we put in is for these moments,” White said. “We have to make the most of these opportunities.”

Marcus Mariota tossed an early touchdown pass to give the Titans an early 7-0 lead. But Tennessee faltered down the stretch as the Patriots defence swarmed the third-year quarterback and sacked him a Patriots playoffrecord eight times.

Titans coach Mike Mularkey revealed after the game that Mariota suffered a strained quadriceps muscle in the first quarter.

But Mariota said it was no excuse.

“Everybody plays with something,” he said.

He said he walked off the field feeling “embarrassed” a week after leading his team back from 18 points down against Kansas City.

But he said watching the efficiency of Brady and the Patriots was a learning experience he will take with him moving forward.

“You don’t play to come and lose in the divisional playoff. You play to win the whole thing,” Mariota said.

“Obviously, this is the blueprint. New England’s been in the playoffs consistently.

We can learn a lot from them.”

FAMILIAR POSITION Brady will be making his 12th AFC championship game appearance in his 18 NFL seasons. He now has 221 career wins as a starting quarterback (regular season and playoffs), extending his NFL record. Peyton Manning is next with 200 career victories.

NEW England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right, celebrates his touchdown pass to Chris Hogan during the first half of a divisional playoff game against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday.

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa) RARE COMPANY Gronkowski finished with six catches for 81 yards and a touchdown. It was his 10th career postseason TD. He’s tied with five others for third all-time.

But it’s the most for a tight end. Only two players in NFL history have more receiving touchdowns in the

playoffs: Jerry Rice with 22 and John Stallworth with 12. But Gronkowski said it’s not something that is even registering right now.

“That’s great to hear and everything, but that’s not really the main goal,” he said. “Maybe down the road you can look back and look at that stuff, but as of

right now, what our main goal is just keep on grinding, get the win and that’s what we did tonight.”

HARD CRITIQUE The Patriots feasted on third down against the Titans’ defence, going 11 of 17 in those situations.

Titans safety Kevin Byard

said they allowed Brady to control the game.

“We didn’t play well enough to give our offence a chance,” Byard said. “We were giving up too much, especially on early downs.”

He said New England’s 31 first downs stood out. “(Brady) definitely outplayed us tonight.”

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Monday, January 15, 2018, PAGE 5

Jaguars ride offence and swagger to AFC title game

By WILL GRAVES Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars haven’t faced the New England Patriots in a game that matters in more than two years. That’s OK. They know a pretty good place to go to get a heads up on their opponent in the AFC title game.

“We need the notes the Steelers have on the Patriots because they were doing a lot of advanced scouting,” safety Barry Church said yesterday after the Jaguars stunned Pittsburgh 45-42 to earn a trip to Foxborough next weekend to face the defending Super Bowl champions. “We need all the notes they got on the Patriots. Other than that, it’s time to roll to New England baby.”

With their brute force rookie running back, their enigmatic quarterback and more than a little bit of swagger in tow.

“You can do all the talking you want on Twitter, to the media, all of that,” Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey said. “But when you get on the field you’re going to have to produce, you’re going to have to show us what you’re about.

We’re confident because we know the work we put in.

We’re going to go out there confident.”

It showed.

Ticked off by several Steelers openly talking about a rematch with the Patriots with a spot in the Super Bowl on the line, the Jaguars took it out on Pittsburgh one touchdown at a time. They earned the franchise’s third trip to the conference championship game in the process.

Now it’s on to New England, a place they’ve never won and where the Patriots hung 51 on them in 2015.

But that was before coach Doug Marrone put together the NFL’s best defence.

Before Leonard Fournette

arrived. Before Blake Bortles embraced his role as the enigmatic touchstone for a team that suddenly looks like a threat on both sides of the ball.

Third-seeded Jacksonville (12-6) never trailed and was only rarely threatened on an afternoon it matched the most points the Steelers have given up in their storied playoff history.

Fournette churned for 109 yards and three scores.

Bortles bounced back from an ugly performance against Buffalo by throwing for 214 yards and a fourthquarter touchdown to at least temporarily hit mute on his critics.

“I have no animosity against anyone who said anything,” Bortles said.

“I’m happy to be able to come here and do this with this team. There are a lot of guys on the couch watching this.”

That group now will include the Steelers. Pittsburgh (13-4) lost at home in the divisional round for the second time in 11 tries, unable to overcome a sluggish start that allowed the Jaguars to take a 21-point lead.

The Steelers only had the ball with a chance to tie once over the final three quarters, the lone shot evaporating when Ben Roethlisberger threw incomplete on fourth-and-1 at the Jacksonville 39 early in the fourth quarter. The Jaguars responded with a drive that culminated in Fournette’s third touchdown, and that was it.

Roethlisberger, who finished with 469 yards passing and a franchise-record five touchdowns, said he will be back in 2018, though the sting of a stunning upset will linger into an offseason longer than planned.

“If you don’t win the Super Bowl, you’ve underachieved, right?”

Roethlisberger said.

“Because that is always our

JACKSONVILLE Jaguars defensive tackle Malik Jackson (97) celebrates as he leaves the field after a 45-42 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in yesterday’s divisional AFC playoff game.

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) goal. It wasn’t our day. It wasn’t our year.”

JUGGERNAUT JAGUARS: Though Jacksonville’s offence has endured dry spells this season, the Jaguars did finish the regular season fifth in scoring. While the defence chipped in a touchdown on a 48-yard fumble return by linebacker Telvin Smith, Bortles kept the Jaguars moving. Jacksonville converted 8 of 14 third downs and its lone fourthdown conversion came on Fournette’s 1-yard leap in the first quarter. “All week

everybody was talking about our offence wasn’t going to do good, they were going to shut down our offence,” Jacksonville linebacker Myles Jack said.

“As you saw, Blake Bortles, he was hitting the open man. He had a plethora of big throws. Fournette was running the ball the hardest I’ve seen them. The offence did a hell of a job.”

INSPIRING STEELER: Pittsburgh linebacker Ryan Shazier tried to rally the Steelers with a halftime visit to their locker room.

Shazier, who underwent

surgery to stabilise his spine last month, spoke with his teammates as they were fighting back from a 28-14 deficit. Still in a wheelchair during his recovery, Shazier was also around following the 45-42 loss, a stunning setback that concluded a challenging season for the AFC North champions.

The 25-year-old Shazier has made significant progress, but his playing future remains uncertain because of the injury he suffered making a routine tackle on December 4 against Cincinnati. Pittsburgh’s crowd roared when Shazier was

shown on the Heinz Field scoreboard in the third quarter.

UNDERACHIEVERS: Steelers All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown returned from a left calf injury to catch seven passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns.

Yet, the only player in NFL history with five consecutive 100-catch seasons will again watch the Super Bowl at home. “We cannot seem to get the job done,” Brown said. “That’s what’s so sad about the journey.

You come so close.”

STUNNER: KEENUM-DIGGS TD ON LAST PLAY, VIKINGS WIN 29-24

By DAVE CAMPBELL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There wasn’t much left for Case Keenum to do but to fling the ball deep and hope for a miracle.

Miracle answered.

Keenum completed a last-ditch heave near the sideline yesterday on the game’s final play, and Stefon Diggs slithered away for a 61-yard touchdown to give Minnesota a 29-24 victory over New Orleans and send the Vikings to the NFC championship game, with one more win needed to become a first-time Super Bowl host.

Drew Brees had driven the Saints in position for Wil Lutz’s go-ahead 43-yard field goal with 25 seconds remaining, punctuating a steely rally from a 17-point deficit that stood until 1:16 was left in the third quarter.

The Vikings were out of timeouts and nearly out of options when Keenum dropped back with 10 seconds to go from his 39 and threw high into a crowd.

Diggs jumped in front of Marcus Williams, who rolled awkwardly underneath Diggs during an ill-fated attempt at a tackle.

Diggs held his ground, kept his feet in bounds and raced untouched into the end zone as the crowd at US Bank Stadium erupted.

“I’m just thankful,” Diggs said. “They count us out all the time. Nobody thinking we can do it. This game was over. I don’t stop playing till the clock hit zero. That’s it.”

This wasn’t quite Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception for Pittsburgh in the 1972 playoffs, but these Vikings are on some kind of special path. They finished 13-3 during the regular season, giving the career backup Keenum the keys to the offence after

crushing final moment, his 25-for-40 performance for 294 yards tainted a bit by two interceptions before halftime. One came on a leaping grab by safety Andrew Sendejo, the other off a tip by Everson Griffen that landed in Anthony Barr’s arms at the Minnesota 10-yard line midway through the third quarter.

VIKINGS wide receiver Stefon Riggs (14) runs in for a game-winning touchdown against the New Orleans Saints yesterday during the second half of their divisional playoff game.

(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Sam Bradford went down with a knee injury after the opener.

The Vikings will play at Philadelphia next weekend, after Jacksonville takes on New England for the AFC title. The Super Bowl is in Minnesota two weeks later.

“A heck of a game, wasn’t it?” coach Mike Zimmer said. “And the good guys won.”

Now the Vikings have spun an unprecedented scenario in NFL history.

Next weekend, instead of the usual win-or-go-home stakes, they’re in a winand-go-home situation with the Super Bowl set for February 4 under the reverberating translucent

roof of US Bank Stadium.

Though only defensive end Brian Robison remains from the 2009 team that lost in overtime of the NFC championship game at New Orleans, the Vikings exacted some revenge on Brees and the Saints, at least for their long-frustrated fans.

They put them through quite the emotional finish to complete it.

Brees connected with Michael Thomas for two of his three touchdown passes in a span of 3:09 of the second half. The first score came after a 12-play, 80-yard drive. The second was set up at the Minnesota 40 by an interception

by Williams after an offbalance throw by Keenum, his one costly moment of either inexperience or recklessness. When George Johnson blocked Ryan Quigley’s punt, the Saints took over at the Vikings 40. Four plays later, rookie Alvin Kamara, whose breakout was a major factor in the team’s NFC South title and breakthrough from three straight 7-9 finishes, caught a 14-yard pass from Brees for a 21-20 lead with 3:01 left.

Forbath’s 53-yard field goal, his third make of the evening against his former team, gave the Vikings their lead back with 1:29 left.

That was more than enough

time for Brees, the sure-bet Hall of Famer with a Super Bowl ring and all kinds of records.

But after Brees got Lutz in position, there were just enough seconds remaining for Keenum — the undrafted and undersized all-time leading passer in NCAA history at Houston whose first career playoff start ended in spectacular fashion. He finished with 318 yards, going 25 for 40, with Diggs catching 137 yards on six catches.

“This will take a while to get over,” said Payton, who fell to 1-5 on the road in playoff games.

Brees saw his 13th career postseason game end in a

FIRST-HALF FORCE The Vikings came roaring out of their first-round bye, forcing punts by the Saints on their first three possessions and moving 55 yards in eight plays for a touchdown on their first drive.

The shrewd play calling by offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, culminating with a pitch to Jerick McKinnon for a 14-yard run after a fake jet-sweep, showed again why he was interviewed by four teams last week for head coaching vacancies.

Aided by two pass interference calls on Ken Crawley for 54 yards, the Vikings reached the 1-yard line before settling for a short field goal. They pushed the lead to 17-0 early in the second quarter when Latavius Murray plowed in from the 1-yard line. The only other time the Saints went scoreless in the first half of a postseason game was five years ago. They fell behind 16-0 at Seattle in the divisional round and lost 23-15 to the eventual Super Bowl champions.

SENDEJO DOWN The first touchdown to Thomas came one play after he leveled Sendejo with a jarring blindside block, sending Sendejo to the sideline for concussion evaluation and reigniting the crowd when the flag that was initially thrown was waved off.

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Monday, January 15, 2018, PAGE 7

FEDERER DEFLECTS ATTENTION TO NADAL, DJOKOVIC IN AUSTRALIA

By JOHN PYE Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer prefers to think of Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic as the favourites for the Australian Open title, despite entering as defending champion and coming off a worry-free preparation.

“I play down my chances just because I don’t think a 36-year-old should be a favourite of a tournament,” Federer said yesterday on the eve of the year’s first Grand Slam tournament, “It should not be the case.

“That’s why I see things more relaxed, you know, at a later stage of my career.”

The 19-time major winner can afford to relax slightly longer, given the half of the draw that he shares with Djokovic doesn’t start until day two.

Top-ranked Nadal is slated to get under way tonight against Victor Estrella Burgos on Rod Laver Arena, where he lost the final in five sets to Federer last year.

All four singles finalists were 30 or older here last year in what became a tournament for the ages, and three of them are back.

Serena Williams beat her older sister Venus Williams in the final to capture an Open era-record 23rd major here last year but decided against defending her title because she didn’t have enough time to recover from health issues after a complicated childbirth in September.

Venus Williams is seeded fifth and is second match scheduled on centre court to get her 77th major under way with a challenging opener against Belinda Bencic.

She’s 4-0 in career head-to-heads against 20-year-old Bencic — who reached a career-high No. 7 ranking in 2016 and who helped Federer win the Hopman Cup title for Switzerland earlier this month — but is coming off an abbreviated preparation that included a loss in the second round to eventual champion Angelique Kerber at the Sydney International last week.

FEDERER (AP) At 37, Venus Williams among the top contenders at Melbourne Park. Others in action today include seventh-seeded Jelena Ostapenko, who meets Francesca Schiavone in a match featuring current vs. former French Open champions, No. 2-ranked Caroline Wozniacki, who opens against Mihaela Buzarnescu, and US Open champion Sloane Stephens against Zhang Shuai.

Simona Halep is the No. 1 seed in the women’s draw,

and one of six women who can hold the No. 1 ranking at the end of the Australian Open.

Halep, who has had back-to-back first-round exits on her last two trips to Melbourne Park, opens on day two against Australian wild-card entry Destanee Aiava.

Only two men can hold the top ranking in the first week of February — Nadal or Federer — regardless of what No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov or No. 4 Alexander Zverev or anybody else does in Melbourne.

Federer returns in contrasting circumstances to his appearance in 2017, when he was coming off a six-month break for an injured left knee and had low expectations about ending a Grand Slam title drought that dated to Wimbledon in 2012.

“This year I hope to win the first few rounds and get rolling hopefully, whereas last year I was just hoping to win,” a match, Federer told his pre-tournament news conference Sunday.

“It was more of a ‘let’s see what happens’ kind of

tournament, maybe similar to what Novak or Stan (Wawrinka) or others are going through this year.”

Six-time Australian Open winner Djokovic has been sidelined for six months with an injured right elbow, returning with a remodelled service motion, and 2014 champion Wawrinka has also been out of the game since Wimbledon after surgery on his knee.

Nadal, who won the French and US Open titles last year, has also had a limited preparation restricted to couple of exhibition matches last week as he recovers from a sore knee.

None of that makes them any less of a threat to Federer.

“Rafa, with the year that he’s had, and Novak with the six titles he’s had here, even if it’s unknown how he’s feeling, they could very well be the favourites, too,” Federer said.

“If you’re in the draw, you give yourself a chance.

That’s what happened for me last year — all ended up way better than I thought it would, as you know.”

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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Manchester City’s quest to be the latest “Invincibles” of English soccer ended thanks to nine minutes of mayhem yesterday.

Hounded and harassed

by Liverpool’s high press inside a raucous Anfield, City fell apart through a series of defensive mistakes and went from being level at 1-1 after 59 minutes to trailing 4-1 in the 68th minute.

City defender Kyle Walker rubbed his face in disbelief. Pep Guardiola, City’s manager, looked at the ground in shock.

City recovered admirably to lose 4-3 but its five-month, 22-match unbeaten start to the league is over. Arsenal’s undefeated Premier League season in 2003-04 won’t be emulated for at least another year.

Preston was the other team to go through a top-flight season unbeaten, in 1888-89.

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