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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2019

WHAT NEXT FOR AYTON?

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ACTION from the Comets v the Suns last night.

Overtime thriller

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

THE two versus three matchups in the BAISS basketball semi-finals provided a series of exciting finishes with each of the four games decided by a single possession, culminating in a five overtime thriller in the finale.

Senior Boys (3) Queen’s College Comets - 77 (2) Temple Christian Suns - 76 Quintuple Overtime It took five overtime periods to decide the longest

game of the BAISS season.

Dre Hudson led the Comets in a scorers duel with the Suns’ Deyton Albury.

Both players scored 38 points each, but it was Hudson’s go ahead free throw with eight seconds left to play that lifted the Comets to a place in the final.

Headed into the fifth overtime tied at 68, Albury put Suns ahead 70-69, but Hudson would answer with a driving layup to regain the lead 71-70. Albury answered with a three point play and 73-71 lead.

Hudson continued the back and forth between the two when his layup tied it at 73

and followed with his trip to the line to give the Comets a one point lead.

After the Suns tied it at 74. Raymond Rolle’s runner gave QC a 76 lead with 14 secs left, but Abury raced down court to tie it with his floater. Hudson was fouled in the backcourt and went to the line to seal the win.

Ayton’s layup at the buzzer missed off the back iron as time expired.

Hudson led three Comets in double figures. Nathan Allen and Deon Davis both scored 11.

Albury’s 38 led the Suns while Christian Sturrup had 13 and Garrath Edgecombe

finished with 12.

A closely contested first quarter saw the Suns take a 15-14 lead on an Edgecombe putback just before the buzzer sounded. TC extended their defensive pressure and opened the second quarter on a 9-0 run but the Comets would rally.

They eventually fought their way back into the game and tied it at 23 when Hudson dished an assist to Denerius Beneby for a layup. Hudson’ successful trip to the line gave the Comets a 25-23 lead at the half.

The Suns tied it on the opening possession of

the third, but the Comets reeled off eight consecutive points to go ahead 33-27.

Sturrup ended the Comets’ run with his three, and traded baskets with Hudson to keep the Suns within a single possession.

Tied at 39 headed into the fourth after Keithwood Stubbs was fouled on a three pointer as time expired but made just 2-3 from the line.

After a nearly three-minute drought, the Comets connected on back to back threes to pull ahead, but Albury tied it at 45 with another driving layup. It was tied again at 47 before

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Edgecombe’s free throws and an Albury three gave the Suns a 52-47 lead with 2:47 left.

QC ended the fourth on a 9-4 run to tie it at 56 and force the first overtime.

Free throws put the Comets up two before Albury’s dunk tied it at 59.

After the Comets missed an opportunity from the line to go ahead, Albury sank both free throws with 27 seconds left. Hudson went to the line for QC and made both to tie it again at 61.

After a scoreless second overtime, Hudson SEE PAGE THREE

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ROSE HITS THE COURT RUNNING

ANTOAN Richardson continues to receive opportunities in the front offices of Major League Baseball organisations and will re-join the club where he began his professional career.

Richardson was hired as a field coordinator for the San Francisco Giants, tasked at overseeing onfield development throughout the organisation.

In December, Richardson was hired as an outfield coordinator in the Player Development Department for the Toronto Blue Jays but ultimately decided to take the opportunity to join the Giants.

“It’s never easy leaving people you love and care about and that’s the people that I encountered within the Blue Jays organisation, they have invested in me as a person and their humility and love were on full display as they were very supportive and encouraging as I battled through the decision,” he said in a press release.

“There are always multiple feelings that I go through in these moments. The one that stands out here is gratitude. Grateful for God’s grace, thankful to the Jays for helping prepare me for what’s next and that the Giants choose to entrust me with being a part of this dynamic developmental process.

“Ultimately, I am a part of a team and the goal is to help each other grow, especially in areas we have identified as growth points.

“As we do that, we will have and opportunity to elevate each

LJ ROSE had a debut to remember and made an immediate impact on his new club.

Rose finished with 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in an 84-76 win for BC Valga-Valka over Latvijas Universitate in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League.

Rose’s last professional action was in his second stint in the National Basketball Association’s G-League with the Salt Lake City Stars, the G-League affiliate of the Utah Jazz.

Rose began the season with the Stars, but appeared in just two games and averaged 2.5 points and two assists in eight minutes of play before he was initially waived.

He then appeared as the starting point guard for the Bahamas’ national team which participated in the first series of the FIBA World Cup 2019 Qualifiers for the Americas region.

Despite The Bahamas’ 0-2 finish, Rose was a bright spot for the team with the numbers he posted, averaging 8.5 points, nine assists and six rebounds per game.

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

ANTOAN Richardson coaching youngsters - he is rejoining the San Francisco Giants as a field coordinator. other and ultimately serve the organisation.”

Giants pitchers and catchers will report for spring training on February 14 with full teams reporting February 19.

Since his retirement, Richardson has spent most of his time travelling locally and internationally speaking to and encouraging young people on their life journeys. His heart has been entrenched at home, where

he volunteers his time, mentoring youth in The Bahamas through Project Limestone - a non-profit organisation he established.

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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

DEANDRE Ayton just added another event to a busy All-Star schedule for the Bahamian rookie phenom.

Ayton will be one of three NBA players selected to coach top international prospects at the 5th Basketball Without Borders Camp during NBA All-Star weekend, February 15-17 at the Queens University of Charlotte Levine Center for Wellness and Recreation in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The camp will host the top 63 high school aged boys and girls from 31 countries and regions and NIKE will serve as the official partner.

Ayton, the Phoenix Suns centre and No 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft was also a former BWB camper.

He will be joined by fellow international players and 2019 NBA All-Stars Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets; Serbia) and Nikola Vučević (Orlando Magic; Montenegro), and 201718 All Rookie Second Team member Bogdan Bogdanović (Sacramento Kings; Serbia) to coach the top high school age campers from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

The current NBA pros will be joined by NBA veteran Festus Ezeli (Nigeria), former NBA players Adonal Foyle (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and Michael Ray Richardson (US), Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame member Jennifer Azzi (US), former WNBA players Allison Feaster (US), Ashley Battle (US), Taj McWilliams-Franklin (US), Astou N’Diaye (Senegal) and Andrea Stinson (US), as well as select players participating in NBA All-Star 2019. Charlotte Hornets assistant coaches Dutch

SCENES from last year’s camp, above and right.

Gaitley (US), Nate Mitch- ten current prospects from Academies, the ell (Canada) and Ronald NBA Nored (US), along with league’s network of elite 76ers assistant coach John basketball training centBryant (US) and Los Ange- ers around the world for les Lakers assistant coach top male and female prosMark Madsen (US) will pects from outside the US, also serve as BWB Global and five prospects who participated in The NBA coaches.

Among the record 27 Academies Women’s Proformer Basketball Without gram, a series of basketball Borders campers on open- development camps for top ing-night NBA rosters for female prospects from outthe 2018-19 season (active side the US at the league’s and inactive), nine partici- academies.

BWB, the NBA and pated in the BWB Global Camp, including Ayton, FIBA’s global basketball 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie development and commuFirst Team member Lauri nity outreach program, has Markkanen (Chicago Bulls; reached more than 3,300 Finland; BWB Europe participants from 129 coun2014; BWB Global 2015), tries and territories since and 2016 No. 7 overall draft 2001, with more than 55 pick Jamal Murray (Nug- former campers drafted into gets; Canada; BWB Global the NBA or signed as free agents. The NBA and FIBA 2015).

Players and coaches will have staged 56 BWB camps lead the campers through in 35 cities across 28 countries a variety of activities on on six continents. More than and off the court, includ- 290 current and former NBA, ing movement efficiency, WNBA and FIBA players skill development stations, have joined more than 225 shooting and skills compe- NBA team personnel from titions, 5-on-5 games, and all 30 NBA teams to support daily life skills seminars BWB across the world.

Ayton will be one of the focusing on health, leadership and communication. league’s young talents to One boy and one girl will spearhead several interbe named BWB Global national initiatives as the Camp MVPs at the conclu- league continues to market itself as a global brand sion of the three-day camp.

Last month, Ayton The camp will feature

was also selected to as a member of the World Team for the 2019 Mountain Dew Ice Rising Stars, hosted on Friday, February 15, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ayton currently leads all rookies with 27 doubledoubles, 10.6 rebounds per game and a .594 field goal percentage. He also ranks second in scoring at 16.4 points per game in 47 appearances this season.

His field goal percentage is the third-highest in NBA history by a rookie qualified for the league leaderboard and the highest by a rookie who is averaging a double-double.

Each participant on the World Team’s ten-player roster hails from a different country, with four continents represented (North America, Africa, Europe and Australia).

The World Team also includes three players who participated as campers in Basketball Without Borders (BWB), the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball development and community outreach program: Ayton (BWB Global 2016), Gilgeous-Alexander (BWB Global 2016) and Markkanen (BWB Europe 2014; BWB Global 2015).

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ACTION from the Comets v the Suns last night.

Tense times in BAISS semis from page one converted a three point play on the Comets’ opening possession for a 64-61 lead.

Sturrup followed with free throws to come within one and Albury gave the Suns the lead with his trip to the line, 65-64. Allen’s steal and layup gave Comets a 66-65 lead but Albury was on the attack again and earned a trip to the line when he tied the game at 66 with 1:02 left to play.

A Comets three rimmed out and Albury went coast to coast for the go ahead score. Hudson scored on an inbounds play with seven seconds left to send the game into a fourth overtime The Suns held the ball for the entire duration of the fourth but again came up short on the game winner.

QC will face the No 1 seed St. John’s College Giants in the final. The Comets handed the Giants their only loss of the regular season in the first matchup between the two teams.

Senior Girls (2) St. Augustine’s Big Red Machine - 43 (3) Jordan Prince William Falcons - 42 The Big Red Machine nearly squandered a sixpoint lead with 40 seconds left to play but Karolyn Baptiste was clutch at the

free throw line to lead SAC into the championship.

Baptiste was fouled with 6.4 seconds on the clock and made the go-ahead free throw. Brianna Stevens’ desperation heave as time expired fell just short.

Mikayla White led Sac with 10 points while Baptiste scored eight. Stevens led the Falcons with a game high 20 points and Tereca Williams scored 10 of her 16 in the fourth quarter.

The Falcons tied it at 31 on a Williams corner three but the Big Red MAchine went ahead 35-31. Stevens free throws again trimmed the SAC lead to just one, but responded with four points on a single possession, White made one free throw and eventually came up with an offensive rebound and putback off her own miss Another White score put SAC ahead by six, 42-36 with 38 seconds left to play.

Williams made a three from the top of the key, Stevens came up with a steal in the backcourt and layup and she went to the line to convert the three point play to tie the game at 42 with 16.4 seconds left.

Following a steal, the Falcons had an opportunity to win, but a missed layup gave SAC the opportunity to go ahead when Baptiste was fouled.

The Big Red Machine will face the No 1 seed St. John’s College Giants in the final.

The Falcons rallied late in the third to force seven unanswered points and trailed just 25-24 headed into the fourth.

They will face the St John’s College Giants in the final.

Junior Girls (2) St John’s College Giants – 35 (3) Jordan Prince William Falcons - 33 The Giants took a 35-33 lead when R Collins scored late with less than a minute ledft to play. The Giants would force a turnover on the defensive end to advance.

The Falcons led 6-0 early and 8-2 at the end of the first but the Giants rallied in the second. Led by Collins, they scored six unanswered to come within one, 9-8 and tied it on a free throw. Both teams traded scores to tie the game again at 11. The Giants went on a 5-0 run for the biggest lead of the half before the Falcons’ Fantasia Newbold made a late three pointer to trail 16-14 at the half.

JPW took a 22-21 lead on Veronaye Charlton’s free throws and she followed with a three pointer on the next possession. The Suns took a 27-23 lead headed into the fourth.

Charlton’s layup put Falcons ahead 33-30 with just under three minutes left to play before the Giants ended the game on a 5-0 run.

SJC will face the No 1 seed SAC Big Red Machine in the final.

Junior Boys (2) Jordan Prince William Falcons - 46 (3) Kingsway Academy Saints - 44 A late Falcons three pointer with less than a minute left to play gave the Falcons the edge and they were able to keep possession down the stretch to avoid the upset.

Two of the games first three made field goals were from beyond the arch and the game was tied at nine early on. The Saints scored on consecutive fastbreaks to take a 13-9 lead, but the Falcons tied the game at 13 at the end of the first.

The Saints opened the second on an 8-1 run and took a 21-14 lead. The Falcons came back to tie the game at 23 on a and took a 25-23 lead at the half. They took a 34-32 lead headed into the fourth.

The fourth quarter featured four ties and five lead changes before the Falcons pulled ahead.

They will face the No 1 seed Queen’s College Comets in the final.

ANTOAN BACK WITH THE GIANTS ROSE HITS THE from page one He spent his entire 12-year professional baseball career as an outfielder throughout several organisations before he retired in March 2017.

He followed Andre Rodgers, Wenty Ford, Tony Curry, Wilfred Culmer and Ed Armbrister, to become the sixth Bahamian player to advance to the major leagues.

After matriculating through Palm Beach Community College and Vanderbilt University, Richardson was drafted four times before he finally signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2005 to begin his professional career. In 2011, he was

promoted to the major leagues with the Atlanta Braves. He also played for the New York Yankees in 2014 and concluded his career with the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers in 2016.

“Absolutely beautiful to see the growth of the game. We have to thank the leagues around the country for facilitating a place for young people to be involved in the sport. You see the local minor league baseball players succeeding on the field and making baseball an exciting experience. It’s a joy to watch,” Richardson said.

“Most thrilling for me is to see the nine-year-old with confidence to dream and sparkle in their eye knowing it’s possible to achieve.”

COURT RUNNING

from page one

ANTOAN RICHARDSON

He opened with eight points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the 93-69 loss on the road to Canada.

In the 93-85 loss to the US Virgin Islands at home, Rose finished with nine points, 10 assists and five rebounds.

Rose completed an injury-shortened final collegiate season, with the BYU Cougars before shifted his sights to the professional ranks. He moved from one “Cougar” programme to another for the third stop of his NCAA basketball career when he transferred as a post-graduate from the

University of Houston to BYU. He started 25 games in his lone season with BYU and led the team with 4.5 assists per game to go along with 5.5 points and 4.6 rebounds. His season was cut short when he had surgery in February 2017 to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.

In his first national team appearance, Rose was the starting point guard for the Bahamas when they won gold at the 2014 Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships. However, he suffered an injury in the opening game of the tournament and was relegated to the sidelines.

MEXICO TRAINING CAMP FOR JUDO STARS

THE BAHAMAS team in training in Mexico.

BAHAMIAN Champions Cynthia Rahming (-57kg), Sasha Ingraham (+78kg) and Joshua Mcfall (-73kg) recently attended a week-long training camp in Cancun, Mexico, with head coach Oneysi Portorreal-Pons.

The purpose of the camp was to prepare hopefuls for the upcoming Pan American Games in July.

“These are the athletes most likely to qualify,” said coach Pons “because they are doing the work!”

He went on further to say that “the camp gave me everything I needed to evaluate them and take them to the next level. Now it’s time for more training.”

Team training resumed at the National Training Centre upon their return this past week.

The athletes will compete in two more qualifying events in Peru and Chile in

hopes of being part of the multisport event the Pan Am Games.

“We will make history

as this will be the first time ever judo athletes from The Bahamas would have qualified for the Games,”

said Pons.

Anyone wishing to assist Bahamas Judo can contact Bahamasjudo@gmail.com.

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BASEBALL

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TEN players to watch in college baseball this season: C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State Rutschman is widely projected as the No 1 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft in June. He batted .408 over 67 games and turned in one of the best individual performances in College World Series history, setting a record with 17 hits and batting .567 with 13 RBIs while earning Most Outstanding Player for the national champion Beavers.

1B Andrew Vaughn, California One of the best offensive seasons in program history led to Vaughn winning the Golden Spikes Award as national player of the year. His .402 batting average ranked third in Cal history, and he matched the program record and was second nationally with 23 home runs. He failed to reach base in only two of 54 games.

3B Casey Martin, Arkansas Martin, who along with teammate Heston Kjerstad formed the best freshman combination in the SEC, batted a team-leading .345 with 14 doubles and 13 home runs. Martin upped his game in the NCAA Tournament, leading the Razorbacks with a .352 average, including .357 in the CWS. He had eight hits in his first at-bats in Omaha, including a 4-for-5 game against Florida in the semifinals.

LHP Graeme Stinson, Duke The 6-5, 260-pound junior throws mid to upper 90s, owns the best slider at this level and is poised to be the first college pitcher taken in the draft. Stinson moves to the top spot in the rotation after working mostly as a reliever last season, when he struck out 98 in 62 innings.

OF/DH Bryant Packard, East Carolina It’s going to be tough for the left-handed

ADLEY RUTSCHMAN

hitting junior to top last year. He led the American Athletic Conference in batting average (.406), hits (89), slugging percentage (.671) and total bases (147) and ranked among the league leaders in on-base percentage (.462), home runs (14), runs (51) and RBIs (50).

OF/IF Austin Martin, Vanderbilt The sophomore might be the most versatile player in the country. He made 58 starts last season at six different positions.

The Commodores’ leadoff man batted .338 for the season and a team-best .308 in SEC games, and his 22 stolen bases were most in the conference and most by a Vandy player in five years.

RHP Andre Pallante, UC Irvine The junior was a unanimous AllAmerican who led the Big West with a 10-1 record in 15 starts, all but one lasting fewer than six innings. His 1.60 ERA was best in the Big West and sixth in the country, and he struck out 115 in 101 1-3 innings. Pallante will get a good measure of himself right away when he faces 2018 College World Series qualifier Washington on Friday.

C Shea Langeliers, Baylor Another top draft prospect, Langeliers enters his third year starting as the best defensive catcher in the nation, having thrown out 23 of 33 base stealers and posting a .994 fielding percentage. His walk-off RBI single gave Baylor its first Big 12 Tournament championship, and he set career highs with 18 doubles, 11 home runs and 44 RBIs. RHP Max Meyer, Minnesota Meyer and staff ace Patrick Fredrickson will be in the spotlight again for a Gophers team that lost five everyday players. Fredrickson was 9-0 and named Big Ten pitcher of the year as the Friday

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night starter. However, there’s more onus on Meyer to repeat what he did last year, when he set a school record with 16 saves, none bigger than his three-inning, sixstrikeout performance against UCLA in regionals.

LHP Zack Thompson, Kentucky

Thompson had a fantastic freshman season, but an arm injury caused him to miss his first seven starts in SEC play last year. He’s fully recovered, having raised eyebrows last summer when he pitched a combined 8 2-3 shutout innings for the USA Collegiate National Team.

ANTONIO BROWN ASKS STEELERS FOR TRADE PITTSBURGH Associated Press

THE Pittsburgh Steelers still haven’t decided whether there’s a path for wayward wide receiver Antonio Brown to return in 2019.

Not that it matters to Brown. He’s already made up his mind.

A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press the perennial Pro Bowler has formally asked the Steelers for a trade, the latest move in a game of brinksmanship by the 30-year-old designed to force Pittsburgh to move him by the start of training camp this summer.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to publicly discuss personnel matters.

Brown appeared to make his decision official in a social media post released on Instagram on Tuesday.

The video includes highlights from Brown’s career with the Steelers while lyrics from “Do What I Want” by rapper Lil Uzi Vert plays in the background.

“SteelerNation thank you for nine big years!!!” Brown wrote. “Time to move on and move forward.”

The post came shortly after Brown was found

guilty in absence on a charge of reckless driving in a suburban Pittsburgh court on Tuesday morning. Brown was charged in November for driving his black sports car over 100 mph in a 45 mph zone. He paid a $426.77 fine. Brown did not attend Tuesday’s hearing.

Brown still has three years remaining on the $72m contract he signed in the spring of 2017, and remains one of the most dynamic performers in the league. He is the only player in NFL history with six consecutive 100-catch seasons and he hauled in 104 receptions for 1,297 yards and a franchise-record 15 touchdowns in 2018.

Still, Brown’s behavior became increasingly erratic last fall. The nadir came before Pittsburgh’s game against Cincinnati in Week 17. The team sent him home with an apparent leg injury on the Friday before the game and he failed to provide coach Mike Tomlin with an update until Sunday morning, when his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, let Tomlin know that Brown was available to play.

Tomlin opted to make Brown inactive and Brown did not show up to clean out his locker or conduct an exit interview with the

coaching staff. He pulled out of the Pro Bowl with an injury and team president Art Rooney II indicated the team had been unable to make contact with Brown in the weeks after Pittsburgh finished 9-6-1 and failed to reach the playoffs.

Rooney, however, stressed last month he did not plan to “disparage” Brown and did not close the door on Brown’s possible return. That still might be the case, whether Brown wants to come back or not.

There is no major rush with another month before the new league year begins, though Pittsburgh could work out the parameters of a deal by March 13.

Brown’s contract counts $21.12m in 2019, a number that inches north to $23.62 if Brown receives a $2.5m roster bonus he’s scheduled to receive on March 17.

The number seems daunting, but for once the Steelers are not right up against the salary cap thanks in large part to running back Le’Veon Bell’s decision to sit out 2018 rather than sign his one-year franchise tender. The $14.4m Bell forfeited will roll over into 2019, giving Pittsburgh some flexibility to absorb a loss if Brown plays elsewhere.

Cutting Brown is almost certainly off the table, but

PITTSBURGH Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. what Brown could command on the trade market is uncertain. Pittsburgh received a third-round pick from Oakland last season for Martavis Bryant, who carried the weight of unmet expectations and a record that included multiple violations of the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

Brown doesn’t have that kind of baggage, though his behavior in recent months

could give potential suitors pause. The list of his transgressions in recent months includes a pending civil lawsuit in Florida claiming he hurled objects from the 14th floor of an apartment building that landed near a toddler; threatening an ESPN reporter through social media ; and his 100 mph sprint through the northern Pittsburgh suburbs on November 8.

Photo: Don Wright/AP Several of Brown’s teammates, including second-year wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, talked openly at the Pro Bowl about Brown remaining with the team that took a flyer on him in the sixthround of the 2010 draft and helped him evolve into one of the best receivers of his generation. Brown apparently wants no part of a reconciliation.

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HOW MANY MORE KYLER MURRAYS ARE OUT THERE?

OKLAHOMA quarterback Kyler Murray pictured in December holding the Hesiman Trophy after winning the award in New York.

By CLIFF BRUNT, special place in his heart of Murray, Sanders or Bo And having options AP Sports Writer for athletes who excel at Jackson, the 1986 Heis- comes with complications a high level in both sports. man winner for Auburn and questions.

KYLER Murray has He wishes more young men who was an All-Star for the Back in 1992, Sanders chosen football over base- had the same opportunities Kansas City Royals in 1989 played cornerback for the ball, at least for now. It is as Murray, but laments that and made the Pro Bowl for Atlanta Falcons during the anyone’s guess when the youth sports coaches often the Los Angeles Raiders day in Miami, then flew world will see another encourage kids to pick one in 1990. Tom Westerberg, to Pittsburgh to join his athlete with the skills and main sport at an early age.

Murray’s football coach at Atlanta Braves teammates opportunity to have such a “You’ve got some idiot Allen (Texas) High School for a National League choice. in a youth league telling who now coaches at Bar- Championship Series game.

The Oakland Athlet- a kid, ‘If you just focus bers Hill (Texas) High, said Sanders looked back at ics selected Murray ninth on this one thing, you’re even the really good ones that day during a recent overall in the Major League going to be great,’” Sanders often are best served honing ESPN documentary called Baseball draft last June. He said. “Then, you’ve got the their skills in one sport.

“Deion’s Double Play.” then went out and won the same (kind of) idiot in high “Athletes like him Sanders’ true love was Heisman Trophy in his only school — ‘You’re not going (Murray) come around once football, and it was his year as Oklahoma’s starting to play this other sport in a long time, with that ath- focus. He is in the Pro quarterback, declared for because I’m not going to let letic ability and been doing Football Hall of Fame and the NFL draft last month you start until you dedicate it for that long,” Westerberg had a productive baseand picked the NFL over yourself.’” said. “How many Deion ball career, but he offered MLB on Monday.

Sports specialisation has Sanderses have there been? a glimpse of what might Few athletes have posi- drawn a lot of attention in You can name the Bo Jack- have been during the 1992 tioned themselves to have recent years, with baseball sons, the Deion Sanderses World Series, when he hit such dynamic options. greats such as John Smoltz — you can name those guys .533 with four runs, eight And in this age of youth suggesting it can hurt young on one hand. So it’s not that hits and two doubles in four sports specialisation, it may players simply because of all of a sudden you tell a kid games. become rarer still. the wear and tear. Still, to play multiple sports and “I regret often that I Deion Sanders played many believe it has its place. you’re going to get a ton of didn’t put a lot more into pro football and baseball, After all, most ath- Kyler Murrays and Deion the game of baseball,” and “Prime Time” has a letes don’t have the gifts Sanderses.’”

Sanders said. “I really do. I

have those thoughts often.”

Oklahoma baseball coach Skip Johnson said being special in both sports requires brains, too. Murray said he has been clocked at 4.3 seconds in the 40-yard dash, yet Johnson said his unusually high intellect is what allowed him to progress in both sports.

“To have the thought process that Kyler has, to go through the things that he has, to learn (Oklahoma football coach) Lincoln Riley’s system, to learn our system in baseball — it just goes to show you what kind of aptitude that guy has as an athlete,” Johnson said.

Dr. Mininder Kocher, a professor at Harvard Medical School and associate director of the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, has contributed to research that shows youth sports specialisation is on the rise. He said the fact that Murray played

Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP both football and baseball for so long might have helped him excel in both.

“On one hand, he clearly is sort of a unique athlete — maybe genetically or maybe just intrinsic athleticism that he can be so good at two different sports,” Kocher said. “Some of that might just be a blip, that he’s that good of an athlete. Part of it is that there are transferrable skills. It’s good for the body to be doing different sports because you’re not doing the same movement patterns over and over and over again.”

Murray’s success makes Johnson more than willing to look for more multi-sport superstars. Last season, Murray hit .296, had a .556 slugging percentage and hit 10 home runs in 189 at bats for the Sooners.

“There’s more athletes out there that can do the same thing,” Johnson said.

ENGLAND GETS THE WIN - BUT WEST INDIES GETS THE LAST LAUGH GROS ISLET, St Lucia Associated Press ENGLAND earned a consolation test win by 232 runs in four days in a lost cricket series and still managed to be upstaged by the West Indies yesterday.

The English set the West Indies 485 and most of two days to win the third and final test, and bowled out the home side for 252 to prevent being whitewashed.

The West Indies won the series 2-1 in brilliant style, and despite losing on yesterday it finished with smiles.

England had been certain of victory since day two on Sunday when Mark Wood took 5-41 to earn a firstinnings lead of 123. After making the target unreachable on Monday, captain Joe Root declared early Tuesday as soon as he was out for 122. They had a massive 484-run lead.

The West Indies knew it was never going to win. Allrounder Keemo Paul was last seen with a torn right quadricep on a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance on Monday morning, and top-order batsman Darren Bravo didn’t field on the third day to nurse a finger injury.

Bravo was quickly out in

the middle on Tuesday and back in the pavilion just as quick after scoring a duck, as England fast bowler James Anderson reduced the home side to 10-3.

By then Roston Chase was at the crease, and showing again the grit England generally lacked in the series. He was on 78 when Alzarri Joseph went out blazing with 34 off 30 balls, and was joined by No 10 Shannon Gabriel. Gabriel seemed not to care to help Chase reach a defiant ton, throwing his wicket away for 3 while Chase was on 98.

Then the drama went up a notch as Paul limped out to the middle to help Chase, even though he wasn’t going to be running between the wickets. Paul blocked one ball and gave the strike to Chase, who achieved the hundred by cutting Joe Denly for his 12th boundary.

Chase celebrated his fifth test century and saw out the over on 102 not out off 191 balls.

Back on strike, Paul couldn’t run but showed he could bat by smacking Ben Stokes for three boundaries before giving Stokes a caught and bowled and ending the test and series.

“We could have rolled over, given it up,” West

Indies captain Jason Holder said. Of Chase, he added, “I’m really happy he could get his hundred.”

Holder was banned from the test for a slow over-rate in the three-day second test, and still finished the leading run-scorer in the series.

Root surprised when he decided to keep batting in the morning, moving from 111 to 122 in six overs when he hit a full toss from Shannon Gabriel to midwicket.

Root finally declared on 361-5 and Stokes was left on 48 not out.

The West Indies was sunk by lunchtime.

Anderson removed opener John Campbell for a first-ball duck, with Moeen Ali taking a high catch at gully.

In his next over, Anderson got an edge from stand-in captain Kraigg Brathwaite to Stokes at second slip.

Bravo was next to go, nicking a lifter from Anderson to Root, and the West Indies was 10-3 and Anderson had 3-5.

Shai Hope, dropped by Jos Buttler off Stuart Broad before he scored, made only 14 before he lobbed Wood to Broad, and the West Indies was 4-31.

Meanwhile, Chase batted on, through lunch and tea.

WEST Indies’ Roston Chase celebrates after he scored a century against England yesterday.

Photo: Ricardo Mazalan/AP Shimron Hetmyer was run out, and Ali took three wickets. Broad bowled 14 overs and conceded only 22

without a wicket. But Chase kept his head down, frustrating England, and giving West Indies back a little

pride in a losing cause.

The five-match one-day international series starts next week.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019, PAGE 7

POGBA SEES RED AND UNITED ARE ON THE BRINK MANCHESTER, England Associated Press

KYLIAN Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain handed Manchester United a reality check under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, winning 2-0 in the Champions League last-16 last night to inflict the interim manager’s first loss.

Angel Di Maria was the architect of both goals in the first leg on his return to Old Trafford as PSG more than coped without injured forwards Neymar and Edinson Cavani.

The winger’s corner was volleyed in by Presnel Kimpembe for his first PSG goal in the 53rd minute.

After having a bottle thrown at him by United fans and taking a sip, Di Maria helped to complete a counterattack by crossing for the advancing Mbappe to score.

United will be without Paul Pogba in the second leg on March 6 in Paris after he received a second yellow card in the 89th minute for a lunge on Dani Alves.

“I know Paul wants to just shield the ball so he’s unlucky that he hits (Alves) on the knee,” Solskjaer said.

Without two of its usual

EX-ENGLAND GOALKEEPER BANKS DIES LONDON Associated Press

HE was the former England goalkeeper whose wonder save denied Pele in the heat of Guadalajara, Mexico.

The supreme feat on soccer’s biggest stage became widely acclaimed as the save of the century. When Banks died yesterday at age 81, this was the viral moment from an analogue age racking up millions of views across social media.

front three, the French league leader commanded the midfield instead, with Marco Verratti the orchestrator.

“It was a new system and we weren’t really used to it,” Mbappe said after scoring his 23rd goal of the season. “We had a lot of midfielders and not many forwards. We needed time to adapt, even though you can get punished for that in the Champions League.”

But it was United that was exposed instead.

Not only was it a first loss for Solskjaer in his 12th match since replacing Jose Mourinho, but the heaviest-ever home defeat for United in Europe, having previously only been beaten by one-goal margins.

United’s lackluster performance was a continuation of the European form under Mourinho in the group stage. United has only scored one goal at home in four Champions League games this season, a 1-0 victory over Young Boys.

“It was one of those experiences that can go either way,” Solskjaer said. “It’s not going to be a seasondefining one for us. It has to be one that we are going to learn from.”

MANCHESTER United’s Paul Pogba, centre, is shown a red card Saint Germain yesterday.

Aside from victories in can shine on the European north London against Arse- stage, scoring both goals nal and Tottenham, facing to give Roma a 2-1 win at PSG was United’s biggest home against Porto in the test since beating Italian first leg of the Champichampion Juventus in Turin ons League round of 16 on in November in the group Tuesday.

Zaniolo has emerged as stage.

“You can see we haven’t one of Serie A’s most promplayed games at this level ising talents this season since his transfer from Inter for a while,” Solskjaer said.

Twenty years after win- Milan in the offseason as ning the Champions League part of the deal which saw as a United player, this was Radja Nainggolan move the Solskjaer’s first taste of the other way.

And the 19-year-old competition in management having only previously added his first Champions coached Molde in his native League goals by netting Norway and Cardiff before the 70th and 76th minute for Roma, before Adrian being hired by United.

• Teenage midfielder Lopez pulled one back for Nicolo Zaniolo proved he Porto three minutes later to

during the match against Paris Photo: Martin Rickett/AP give the visitors hope ahead of the return leg on March 6.

“It’s a memorable night that I will never forget in my life,” Zaniolo said.

“Celebrating under the Curva Sud was an incredible emotion, I hope I will score many more important goals for Roma.

“The late goal we conceded can be tricky for us ahead of the return leg but we will just continue working hard to try finishing the job in Portugal.”

Zaniolo, who turns 20 in July, is the youngest ever Italian player to score two goals in a match in Europe’s premier club competition.

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Four years earlier, he helped England win the World Cup. “They won’t remember me for winning the World Cup,” Banks said.

“It will be for that save.”

Banks’ death was announced in a short statement from his family on the website of Stoke, the English club he was playing for in 1970. No cause of death was given.

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FORMER England goalkeeper Gordon Banks in 2016.

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Company backs Pro-Am contest FEMALE golfers from around the world competed at the 2019 Bahamas White Sands LPGA Pro-Am from February 2 and the Caribbean Bottling Company Ltd recently - with sponsorship

by CBC. “In addition to being a proud sponsor of White Sands LPGA Pro-Am, we were excited to have a Coca-Cola team take part, and to create, what we hope, was a memorable experience for the golfers, with our garden bar.” said Nikia Wells, marketing manager-communications.

“Our team is committed to supporting community

and sporting initiatives around the country, and we had a great time keeping the participants, athletes and attendees hydrated throughout the tournament.”

In addition to a $10k cash sponsorship, CBC also provided non-alcoholic beverages.

A Coca-Cola team, which included Marvin Bethell, Lambert Knowles, Andrew Stirling, and Calvin Lockhart and professional golfer, Jillian Hollis, also took part in the tournament.

The event was held at the Ocean Club Golf Course.

THE COCA-Cola team at the 2019 Bahamas White Sands LPGA Pro-Am

...and showing a little love for Valentine Regatta

LYNDEN JOHNSON, St Valentine’s Day Regatta committee member, and Gabriella Suighi, CBC marketing manager (Activations).

THE Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC) will be sharing a bit of Coca-Cola love at the upcoming St Valentine’s Day Regatta.

The annual sailing event will be held on February 16-17, at the Fort Montague Regatta site and spectators will be able to take in the races while enjoying CocaCola beverages.

CBC provided monetary and product support for

the event, and the regatta’s committee expressed their gratitude for Caribbean Bottling’s continued support.

They also noted that it is the committee’s goal to keep the regatta culture alive and strong in New Providence and throughout The Bahamas.

“We support all things Bahamian and believe it’s important to celebrate

sailing as a national sport.” noted Gabriella Suighi, CBC marketing manager – Activations.

“Regattas truly unite all of the Bahamian islands and create a space for generations to come together in a friendly environment.”

The Caribbean Bottling team will be on site during the two-day competition, with Coca-Cola No Sugar samples.

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