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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017

14 swimmers named for the Commonwealth Youth Games

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

s the country prepares to host the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, expect Team Bahamas to continue to roll out its rosters for the respective disciplines.

The Bahamas Swimming Federation named a 14-member swim team for the upcoming event, to be hosted July 17-23 in New Providence. The swim team is made up of 10 boys and four girls.

The girls’ team will be led by standout Lilly Higgs, 16, who has

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also represented the Bahamas on CISC, FINA World Junior and FINA World Championship teams.

In April, she was the high-point scorer for the Bahamas with her 65 points, as they captured the 2017 CARIFTA Swimming Championships for the third time in four years.

Other team members include 16-year-old Victoria Russell, 15-year-old Virginia Stamp and 13-year-old Katelyn Cabral.

The boys’ team will also be led by several of the top swimmers the country last saw perform at the CARIFTA meet.

Davante Carey (14), who totalled 43 points, Kevon Lockhart (14)

with 38 points and Izaak Bastian (15) who scored 37 points, will all be members of the Commonwealth Youth Games team.

Other members include Miller Albury (17), Trent Albury (14), Peter Morley (15), Ian Pinder (14), William Russell (16), Alec Sands (17) and Kenaz Sweeting (16) The CYG will feature 70 countries and thousands of participating athletes across nine sporting disciplines.

Athletes will compete in athletics, swimming, beach soccer, boxing, cycling, judo, rugby sevens, tennis and beach volleyball. It will be the first time judo, beach soccer and beach volleyball will be con-

tested at the event.

The CYG facilitates boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 18 and this year’s event will mark the first time in 50 years that the Caribbean will host a Commonwealth Games event, coming off the Empire Games that was staged in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966.

It was just about a year and-ahalf ago when St Lucia pulled out of hosting the games and the Bahamas put in a bid with Glasgow and Sri Lanka.

In 2000, the Commonwealth Games Federation, headed by president Louise Martin of Scotland,

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Cavaliers take Game 1

CAVALIERS forward LeBron James (23) drives to the basket as Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley, left, and forward Gerald Green, right, try to defend during the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals last night in Boston.

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DAN MARINO AND FRIENDS WEEKEND ALL SET FOR MAY 25

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas and the Miami Dolphins continue to develop their mutually beneficial relationship with another edition of the Dan Marino and Friends Weekend.

The weekend’s itinerary, May 25-27, includes busy schedule events, giving Bahamian fans an opportunity to interact with legends of the closest NFL franchise to the Bahamas.

Following Thursday’s official welcome, action begins Friday with the Marino and Friends Golf Classic with a shot gun start for 24 teams at Ocean Club.

Each golf foursome includes the exclusive opportunity to play with a Miami Dolphins legend or celebrity.

The day on the course will be followed by the corresponding awards luncheon and the evening closes out with a “Bahamas Bash” hosted by the organisation.

The focus shifts to the football field, a familiar spot for the visiting iconic players at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

First up will be the Dolphins Academy Youth Football and Cheer Clinics. There will also be a mini flag football tournament featuring teams from Nassau, Grand Bahama, Abaco and Exuma.

The tournament will feature play in youth and adult divisions. Youth co-ed teams will feature play in the 6-9, 10-13, 1417 age groups while the adults will play in men’s, women and co-ed divisions.

The highlight of the schedule will be the flag football game between the Dolphins Legends and the Bahamas Legends.

A Junkanoothemed celebration will close out the event.

In previous editions, Marino - the Hall of Fame quarterback - travelled with Dolphins’ president and CEO

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Dwight Coleby on the move again, to leave Jayhawks

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

COLLEGIATE basketball player Dwight Coleby is on the move once again and looks to close out his career with a third programme.

Coleby announced his intention to leave the Kansas Jayhawks following his graduation from the institution in Lawrence, Kansas, last week.

As a post-grad transfer, the 6’9”, 240-pound forward will be eligible to play immediately for the Fall 2017 season and has already been a sought after target for several programmes.

Coleby has been linked to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and VCU Rams as favourites. Other schools that have expressed interest include SMU, Stephen F Austin, Hampton, George Washington, DePaul and Seton Hall.

He graduated with a communications degree. “In talking with coach (Self) about my future, I feel that this is what is best for my potential opportunities,” he said to KU Athletics. “I would like to thank the coaching staff for allowing me to come here. I’d like to thank my teammates for their support the past two years. I’d like to thank the fans for cheering me on and believing in me. KU is a part of my heart. It’s my alma mater and I am proud to have earned my degree from KU. I will always be a Jayhawk.”

Jayhawks head coach Bill Self said he supported Coleby’s decision as he prepares to position himself for a career in pro basketball.

“Dwight and I have visited about this multiple times since the end of our season and he has worked so hard academically to put himself in a position to make this decision. We wish Dwight nothing but the very best moving forward. He felt the opportunity to go to a place and have the option to play quite a bit more and have more of a significant role would enhance his chances to play professionally in the future,” Self said.

DWIGHT COLEBY has announced his intention to leave the Kansas Jayhawks following graduation. (AP)

As a junior, Coleby averaged 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game in his first season in a Jayhawks uniform.

He was already set to spend the 2015-16 season on the sidelines as a transfer but he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during a light team workout in October 2015 and had to undergo a gruelling rehab process.

“We have truly enjoyed Dwight the past two years,” Self said. “He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. It was unfortunate he tore his ACL his first year but he played a key role, especially late in the season, to the success we had this year. We not only support him but also agree that this could potentially help his post-college professional options. Dwight will always be looked upon by our programme as a Jayhawk. We respect everything that he’s done in the time he has been here.”

Coleby and the Jayhawks ended their season with a loss to Oregon in the NCAA Regional Final or Elite Eight.

The Jayhawks ended the season 31-5. It was the second consecutive season they reached the round just short of the Final Four. They also tied an NCAA record with 13 consecutive conference titles and set a new mark with 28 straight NCAA appearances.

He had his biggest impact of the tournament in the second round during the Jay-

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BAHAMAS BOWLING FEDERATION’S 2017 BTC NATIONAL BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

WHO WILL EMERGE AS THE CHAMPION?

HITTING THE LANES: Top bowlers compete on Monday night in the Bahamas Bowling Federation/BTC National Bowling Championships. The two-week event continues tonight at Mario’s Bowling & Entertainment Palace.

Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff

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James, Love help Cavs rout Celtics 117-104 in opener

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 117-104 last night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Kevin Love added a playoff career-high 32 points and had 12 rebounds to help the Cavaliers improve to 9-0 in the first three rounds of the playoffs. They opened 10-0 last season en route to their first NBA title.

James scored at will in the first half and the Cavs built a 26-point lead. Love opened up the floor for James, burying outside jumpers and forcing Boston to leave defenders one-on-one with James.

Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder led the Celtics with 21 points each.

Isaiah Thomas had 17 points. Boston missed 11 of its first 14 shots.

Game 2 is Friday night in Boston.

Love averaged a quiet 13.8 points in the first two rounds, then broke out against a Boston team that knocked him out of the 2015 playoffs when he became tangled with Kelly Olynyk and dislocated his shoulder.

The shoulder was working just fine yesterday, and he scored in the paint and from the outside.

Things got a little testy in the third quarter when Boston’s Marcus Smart and Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson got nose-to-nose and had to be separated by referees.

Some jawing continued briefly before James stepped in to pull Thompson away.

Smart and Thompson were called for double technical on the play, but got tangled again a few minutes later. This time, Smart fell to the floor during that exchange, drawing a foul on Thompson.

The Celtics found some energy after the incident, closing the third quarter on an 11-3 run to pull to 92-75.

It didn’t last long, though, as the

Cavs quickly got the lead back up to 20.

James picked apart every defender that the Celtics threw at him in the first half.

He backed down defenders to set up 15-foot fade away jumpers. Other times, he simply took defenders off the dribble or sliced through double-teams on the way to layups.

Boston also seemed content to make every switch created

by Cleveland screens, leading to some awkward matchups for James in the first half. In one such instance, Olynyk found himself one-on-one with James, who promptly drove past him and drew a foul at the rim.

The Celtics couldn’t get anything working when they had the ball, held to just 35 per cent from the field in the first half and 2 for 16 from beyond the arc.

The Cavs also held Thomas at bay offensively. He was 3 for 11 overall and 1 for 4 from the 3-point line after 24 minutes.

CAVALIERS forward LeBron James (23) drives between Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, left, and centre Kelly Olynyk during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals last night.

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS PAYS COURTESY CALL ON DEPUTY TO GOVERNOR GENERAL

COURTESY CALL: Members of Special Olympics Bahamas recently paid a courtesy call on Deputy to the Governor General, Oswald Ingraham, and Mrs Ingraham, at Government House.

Photo: Letisha Henderson/BIS

DAN MARINO AND FRIENDS WEEKEND MAY 25 FROM PAGE 1 Tom Garfinkel and retired players Dirk Anderson, Mark Clayton, Troy Drayton, Mark Duper, Sam Madison, OJ McDufie, Nat Moore, John Offerdahl, Louis Oliver, Dwight Stephenson, Sean Wooden and others.

“This partnership is mutually beneficial for all the Dolphins fans we have eager to visit this island paradise as well as all the Dolphins fans we have in the Bahamas looking to connect with our team in Miami,” Garfinkel said prior to the inaugural edition.

“We are delighted Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins Legends can bridge our two communities in such a meaningful way.”

Marino, 55, still holds at least a dozen NFL records and is recognised as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino led the Dolphins to the playoffs 10 times in his 17-season career. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005.

Nat Moore, who played alongside Marino and fellow Dolphins Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese, outlined the goals for the immediate future of the

programme.

“The Bahamas has always been pro Dolphin,” Moore said. “You’ve been some of our biggest fans.

We look forward to coming to Nassau and visiting with our fans and as far as we’re concerned the Bahamas is our family.”

In 2014, the Dolphins and the Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism launched their partnership of a five-year deal.

The promotion also includes the Bahamas Bash Zone at the Sun Life Stadium, home of the Dolphins, where the 100-level themed in Bahamian decor and prizes are offered by the Ministry of Tourism.

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hosted the first Commonwealth Youth Games in Edinburgh. The second games was in 2004 in Bendigo, Australia. It went to Pune, India for the third edition in 2008 and The Isle of Man hosted the 2011 with the 5th edition in Samoa in 2015.

Seven sports were contested at the 2015 Games in Samoa. However, the Bahamas did not participate due to being sidetracked by fear of a dengue and chikungunya outbreak.

The first Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Scotland in August 2000 where 733 athletes from 14 countries competed in eight sports over three days.

The second edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Aus-

tralia in December 2004 and saw over 1,000 athletes and officials from 22 countries in a 10-sport programme.

The third Youth Games were held in the Indian city of Pune October 12-18, 2008 where 71 nations and territories participated in nine sports.

A decision was taken by the Commonwealth Games Federation at their general assembly in 2005 to move the Youth Games outside of the Olympic Games year and in doing so awarded the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games to the Isle of Man. At the Isle of Man Games, The Bahamas competed in two of eight disciplines - athletics (track and field) and cycling.

The other sports were badminton, boxing, gymnastics for men and women, rugby 7s and swimming.

Dwight Coleby on the move again, to leave Jayhawks FROM PAGE 1 hawks’ 90-70 win over the Michigan State Spartans.

Coleby was a key contributor in the second half and finished with three points, four rebounds and one steal while starting forward Landen Lucas was limited with foul trouble.

He had his best game of the season in a February matchup against fellow Bahamian Shaquille Cleare

and the Texas Longhorns when he finished with 12 points, four rebounds and three steals.

Coleby signed with the Ole Miss Rebels out of the Piney Woods School in Mississippi.

The former Ole Miss Rebel said it was difficult to sit out, but he was committed to improvement on his game and playing for iconic head coach Bill Self.

In his freshman season

with the Rebels, Coleby played in 28 games with four starts and averaged 2.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in 10.4 minutes. He shot 47 per cent from the floor, and finished with 18 blocked shots, fifth on the team.

As a sophomore, he averaged 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds and was also named an SEC Academic Honour Roll selection in two seasons with the Rebels.

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Herrmann’s homer lifts D-backs 5-4, Mets’ 7th straight loss

By BOB BAUM AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Herrmann homered off Rafael Montero leading off the 11th inning, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 5-4 victory yesterday and sending the New York Mets to their season-high seventh straight loss.

Montero (0-3) relieved to start the 11th, and Herrmann worked the count full, fouled off a pitch and connected on a belt-high fastball for his first game-ending home run in the major leagues.

New York went 0-6 in Milwaukee and Arizona, the Mets’ longest winless trip since 1999, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. At 16-23, New York dropped seven games under .500 for the first time September 2014.

Tom Wilhelmsen (1-1) walked Matt Reynolds and Lucas Duda with two outs in the 11th before throwing a called third strike past Jose Reyes.

Making his second start since a

three-day suspension for failing to show up for a game, Matt Harvey allowed three runs, six hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings, leaving with a 4-3 lead.

Jake Lamb’s two-run homer in the third was the 11th home run in eight starts this season off Harvey, whose fastball reached 98 mph.

After giving up an RBI double to Paul Goldschmidt, Harvey struck out the Arizona slugger twice.

Mets starters have gone 17 consecutive games without getting an out in the seventh inning, tying the club high set in 2002.

Michael Conforto and Juan Lagares homered for the Mets, who led 4-3 before Yasmany Tomas’s RBI double in the seventh off Robert Gsellman, whose turn is being skipped in the rotation because of an off day.

Diamondbacks starter Patrick Corbin allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.

TRAINERS ROOM Mets: LHP Steven Matz was to make his first rehab appearance

ARIZONA Diamondbacks Chris Herrmann, centre, yesterday celebrates his walk-off home run during the 11th inning against the New York Mets. (AP) tonight for Class A St Lucie. Matz has been on the DL all season with left elbow inflammation.

Diamondbacks: RF David Peralta was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game with right glute tightness but pinch hit for Corbin in the sixth and

grounded into a forceout.

UP NEXT Mets: New York opens a home series against the Angels on Friday with RHP Jacob deGrom (2-1, 4.07 ERA) starting. RHP

Ricky Nolasco (2-2, 4.34) opens for Los Angeless.

Diamondbacks: RHP Taijuan Walker (3-3, 3.91) start’s Friday’s trip opener at San Diego, and RHP Jered Weaver (0-4, 6.05) is scheduled for the Padres.

BASEBALL CAPSULES CUBS 9, REDS 5 CHICAGO (AP) — Slumping sluggers Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber homered, rookie Ian Happ connected again and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-5 on Tuesday night.

Happ hit his second homer in his third major league game and Addison Russell also went deep as Chicago returned to .500 after a lackluster road trip. NL MVP Kris Bryant added two hits in his first appearance after missing three games with an illness.

The Cubs (19-19) had dropped seven of nine, including four of their last six at division leaders Colorado and St. Louis. Schwarber’s continued trouble in the leadoff spot and the shaky performance so far by the rotation had created some angst for a fan base expecting more of the same after Chicago’s historic World Series championship last year, but no one seemed a bit worried around the team.

Willson Contreras had two hits and two RBIs, and John Lackey (4-3) pitched into the sixth inning in the opener of a 10-game homestand.

Joey Votto, Zack Cozart and Tucker Barnhart homered for Cincinnati on a warm and windy night at Wrigley Field. But Bronson Arroyo (3-3) was hit hard in five innings, allowing five runs and eight hits.

RANGERS 5, PHILLIES 1 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Yu Darvish struck out nine over seven solid innings and Texas beat Philadelphia to stretch the majors’ longest active winning streak to seven games.

Nomar Mazara had a solo homer in the first, and Mike Napoli hit a two-run shot in the eighth. Napoli, who came in hitting .165, went 3 for 3.

Darvish (4-2) allowed four hits and two walks. He preserved a two-run lead by striking out Brock Stassi with runners at first and second after he allowed his only run on an RBI single

by Freddy Galvis in the seventh inning.

Phillies starter Jared Eickhoff (0-4) struck out eight and allowed seven hits in his first career start against the franchise that drafted him in 2011.

ORIOLES 13, TIGERS 11 (13 INNINGS) DETROIT (AP) — Chris Davis homered in the 12th inning and again in the 13th, and Baltimore finally held on after the second one.

Davis led off the 12th with a home run that started a three-run inning for the Orioles, but Detroit rallied with three of its own in the bottom half to keep the game going. Davis came up again with a runner on third

disabled list. Blach allowed one run, five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

San Francisco improved to 5-1 on its homestand after a sluggish nine-game road trip when manager Bruce Bochy’s ballclub won only three games.

Hunter Strickland retired three batters and Derek Law pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

DIAMONDBACKS 5, METS 4 PHOENIX (AP) — Yasmany Tomas homered against reeling New York again and Zack Greinke (5-2) pitched Arizona to a victory.

Tomas has gone deep in five consecutive meetings with the Mets, who matched a season high with their sixth straight loss.

Tommy Milone (1-1) allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings. Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

CUBS’ KRIS BRYANT, left, Anthony Rizzo, centre, and Ian Happ celebrate the Cubs’ 9-5 win over the Reds on Tuesday night.

(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) in the 13th and hit a tworun shot off Francisco Rodriguez (1-5) that gave Baltimore the lead for good.

The Orioles led 7-1 after scoring seven runs in the third, but they squandered that big advantage and needed Mark Trumbo’s solo shot with two outs in the ninth just to force extra innings. Baltimore snapped a four-game losing streak.

Richard Bleier (1-1) earned his first career win.

ASTROS 12, MARLINS 2 MIAMI (AP) — Unbeaten ace Dallas Keuchel became the first sevengame winner in the majors despite pitching only five innings, his shortest outing this season, and Houston beat swooning Miami.

Jake Marisnick tripled his season RBI total to six with a pair of two-run homers against his former team, both caroming off the home run sculpture at Marlins Park. Brian McCann also had four RBIs. Keuchel allowed two runs, both in the first inning, and threw 70 pitches before departing with a 10-2 lead. His ERA rose to 1.84.

Tom Koehler (1-2) gave up eight runs in three innings, inflating his ERA to 7.04.

NATIONALS 8, PIRATES 4 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryce Harper belted his 13th home run, Ryan Zimmerman smacked a two-run double to add to his major league-leading RBI total

and Washington held off struggling Pittsburgh.

Harper’s laser to the last row of seats in right field in the ninth gave the 24-yearold star a home run in every ballpark in the National League. He finished with two hits to move ahead of Zimmerman for the major league-lead in batting average (.388).

Stephen Strasburg (4-1) allowed three runs in sixplus innings, walking one and striking out three on a night he didn’t have his best stuff.

Josh Harrison had two hits for the Pirates, including his sixth home run of the season, and also avoided a tag at second base with an acrobatic slide in the sixth.

Chad Kuhl (1-4) remained winless since the first week of the season.

ROCKIES 7, TWINS 3 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charlie Blackmon hit a towering two-run homer during a four-run sixth inning and finished with three hits to lead Colorado over Minnesota.

Blackmon had three RBIs, Gerardo Parra added a solo homer and Kyle Freeland pitched six innings as first-place Colorado earned its 12th win in 17 road games.

Freeland (4-2) allowed three runs, five hits and four walks while striking out three. Greg Holland recorded his 17th save in 17 chances after Minnesota put two runners on in the ninth against Chris Rusin.

Byron Buxton hit a solo

homer for the Twins, but Phil Hughes (4-2) had another disappointing outing.

He gave up five runs, eight hits and a walk in five innings.

ANGELS 7, WHITE SOX 6 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cameron Maybin had five hits, including a tying double in the 11th inning, and Albert Pujols singled home the winning run moments later to give Los Angeles a victory over Chicago.

Chicago erased a threerun deficit in the ninth and went ahead 6-5 on Tim Anderson’s solo homer in the 11th off Yusmeiro Petit (1-0). But it was the Angels who pulled off the final comeback.

Andrelton Simmons singled leading off the bottom half against closer David Robertson (2-1), and Ben Revere singled with one out. Maybin, batting leadoff for the first time with the Angels, drove a double to left-center that tied it 6-all.

After an intentional walk to Mike Trout loaded the bases, Pujols singled to deep center field for his third RBI of the night.

RED SOX 6, CARDINALS 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mookie Betts homered and drove in two runs, Jackie Bradley Jr. also went deep and Boston beat St. Louis in the opener of a two-game interleague series.

Bradley had two of Boston’s six hits, and starter Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1)

allowed three runs and five hits over six innings. Rodriguez walked two, struck out five and threw a seasonhigh 110 pitches.

St. Louis made three errors and lost for just the second time in 10 games.

Lance Lynn (4-2) gave up four runs, two earned, and three hits in six innings, striking out four and walking one. Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth for his 12th save in 13 chances.

RAYS 6, INDIANS 4 CLEVELAND (AP) — Corey Dickerson hit two of Tampa Bay’s season-high five home runs in a victory over Cleveland.

Dickerson hit solo home runs in the third and fifth off Danny Salazar (2-4).

Colby Rasmus and Derek Norris also hit solo shots off Cleveland’s starter while Tim Beckham hit a tworun homer off Shawn Armstrong.

Jake Odorizzi (3-2) allowed four runs in six innings. Alex Colome pitched out of a ninth-inning jam for his 10th save.

YANKEES 7, ROYALS 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer, Chris Carter added a two-run shot and CC Sabathia got back on track as New York rolled over Kansas City.

Pitching on six days’ rest, Sabathia (3-2) went 6 2/3 shutout innings to win for the first time since April 15.

Sanchez drilled an 0-1 pitch from Jason Hammel (1-5) to center field with nobody out in the third, and Carter pounded a 1-1 pitch to almost the same place with two down in the fourth.

ATHLETICS 9, MARINERS 6 SEATTLE (AP) — Matt Joyce hit a two-run homer and Mark Canha added a three-run shot in a five-run ninth inning that rallied Oakland over Seattle.

Oakland squandered a 4-1 lead thanks to a key two-run error in the seventh and Kyle Seager’s solo home run in the eighth that gave Seattle a 5-4 lead. But with a struggling Edwin Diaz removed from the closer role earlier in the day, Steve Cishek was asked to get the final three outs for the Mariners in just his second appearance of the season.

Cishek (0-1) was unable to finish the job, giving up a leadoff single to Rajai Davis and watching Joyce hit his fifth homer of the year to give Oakland the lead.

Mark Rzepczynski took over and allowed Canha’s first homer on a 3-2 pitch.

Ryan Madson (1-3) got the win despite giving up Seager’s homer.

GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Belt homered for the fourth time in six games and scored the tiebreaking run on Brandon Crawford’s single in the sixth, lifting San Francisco to its fifth straight win.

Buster Posey added two hits and Ty Blach (12) pitched seven innings, spoiling Dodgers starter Rich Hill’s return from the

BREWERS 6, PADRES 2 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eric Sogard had a careerhigh four hits and drove in a run, and Jimmy Nelson struck out eight in six-plus innings and hit an RBI single to help Milwaukee beat San Diego.

Nelson (2-2) gave up two runs and seven hits, with one walk. Clatyon Richard (2-5) lost his third straight decision.

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Warriors rout Spurs 136-100, take 2-0 lead

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — Steve Kerr provided a strong message, just not from his usual spot on the bench: Play with urgency from the opening tip this time.

The Golden State Warriors did just that for their ailing coach watching from the locker room, and left Gregg Popovich questioning and criticising his Spurs players for a lack of belief and feeling sorry for themselves without injured superstar Kawhi Leonard.

Stephen Curry had 29 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in three quarters and the Warriors trounced on the shorthanded Spurs, running away from San Antonio for a 136-100 rout Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Kevin Durant added 16 points and Draymond Green provided another

impressive all-around performance with 13 points, nine rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocks.

Rookie Patrick McCaw had 18 points and five assists off the bench shooting 6 for 8 as Golden State earned its second-most lopsided postseason victory ever to go to 10-0.

“That’s just been the message all year, just play with urgency and start the game off with some energy and throw the first punch,” Durant said.

“Unlike Game 1 we did that tonight.

We know they’re a little undermanned but they still play extremely hard, so we knew we couldn’t come out here and relax and think they were just going to give us the game. We had to go take it.”

The 36-point Warriors’ win is second to a 39-point victory for Philadelphia at St Louis on April 6, 1948.

Jonathon Simmons scored 17 of his 22 points in the first half as the lone

bright spot for the Spurs.

“It looked pretty collective to me. I don’t think it was one guy who didn’t believe and he infected everybody else or anything like that. As a group they just let themselves down,” Popovich said. “The truth always quote-un-quote sets you free. You can’t sugarcoat it or say ‘if we had just made a couple shots we’d have been right there.

That’s pretty lame. So, call it like it is. We didn’t come to play. We felt sorry for ourselves. We need to get slapped and come back and play Game 3 and see who we are.”

Leonard re-injured his left ankle in Sunday’s 113-111 Game 1 loss after coming down on Zaza Pachulia’s foot. Popovich on Monday called out the Warriors starting centre for the “dangerous” and “unsportsmanlike” closeout — which had Pachulia insisting he is not a dirty player, was only playing hard, and

SPURS’ Patty Mills (8) is defended by Warriors’ Klay Thompson in the second half of Game 2.

GOLDEN State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, left, dribbles past San Antonio Spurs’ Pau Gasol during Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night.

(AP Photos/Marcio Jose Sanchez) felt badly that the All-Star Klay Thompson, still logically think maybe it will forward was injured. struggling to find his steady take longer, but I’m hopGame 3 in the best-of- shooting touch, had 11 ing that’s not true and we’ll seven series is Saturday in points, six rebounds and have him for Game 3. But San Antonio. four assists. The Warriors I don’t know. I don’t think Pachulia left the game had 39 assists — the most we’re going to know until injured for a Warriors team by any team this postsea- Friday and Saturday, probalready without key reserve son — including 30 on their ably.” forward Andre Iguodala, initial 38 baskets. held out because of soreShaun Livingston scored TIP-INS ness in his left knee that in double figures for the Spurs: The Spurs had 23 limited him to 10 minutes first time this postseason offensive rebounds after in Game 1. with 10 points for Golden 14 in Game 1. Patty Mills, An X-ray on Pachulia’s State. playing in place of the inbruised right heel was clear Simmons started in jured Tony Parker, had but he was scheduled for an Leonard’s place and made another quiet night. After MRI yesterday.

6 of 9 shots to begin the he went 1 for 8 and missed Golden State quickly es- game while the rest of the all six of his 3s in the first tablished its pass-happy, Spurs were 3 for 22. game, he finally hit from up-tempo style to take the long range midway through Spurs out from the opening LEONARD’S STATUS the second Tuesday. tip. It was a drastic differPopovich wasn’t about Warriors: Kerr attended ence from a game of catch- to guess whether Leonard his second game this series up two days earlier when would return in time for but again watched behind the Warriors rallied from Saturday’s game, saying the scenes as he recovers 25 down and a 20-point it could be Friday or even from a May 5 procedure at halftime deficit. game day before that would Duke University to repair The bench contributed be determined. “I have no a spinal fluid leak. Golden a season-best 63 points. idea. Just depends on how State’s 23 first-half assists “They came out with a the ankle heals,” Popovich were its most ever in a playsense of urgency from the said. “I’d probably list him off half, topping 22 against beginning and they played as questionable. But the Phoenix on May 4, 1994. that way for 48 minutes,” thing that worries me is that The Warriors notched their acting Warriors coach Mike he did it again, the exact fourth 30-assist game this Brown said. same thing. So one would postseason.

Celtics win NBA draft lottery, No. 2 Lakers hold onto pick

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Celtics won by beating out the Lakers, giving the draft lottery an old NBA Finals feel.

Yet, obvious by Magic Johnson’s smile, the hated rivals were both celebrating.

The Celtics won the lottery Tuesday night to continue another amazing basketball springtime in Boston, capitalising on a trade they made with the Brooklyn Nets four years ago.

A night after winning Game 7 against Washington to secure an Eastern Conference finals matchup with Cleveland, the Celtics cashed in their 25 per cent chance to land the No. 1 pick in the June draft.

“Game last night, Game 7, a tough Washington

team. Game tomorrow against a tough Cleveland team. And now we squeeze in the lottery and win the pick. I don’t know what’s happening here. It’s pretty amazing,” said Wyc Grousbeck, a Celtics owner who represented them on stage.

The Lakers moved up one spot to second to hold onto their pick. They would have had to trade it to Philadelphia if it fell outside the top three.

“When (Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum) called out No. 4 and he said it wasn’t us, I said ‘Um, that’s it, that’s all I care about,’” said Johnson, the Hall of Famer in his first year as Lakers president. “I didn’t know where we were going to land from there, but I was like ‘OK, I can breathe now.’”

The Celtics finished dismantling the team that beat the Lakers to win the

NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, left, poses with Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck after the Celtics won the first pick in the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night.

(AP Photos/Frank Franklin II) 2008 championship when they traded Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn on the night of the 2013 draft. Boston acquired the Nets’ 2014, 2016 and 2018 first-round picks, as well as the rights to swap in 2017.

The timing was perfect for the Celtics, as Brooklyn

MAGIC JOHNSON, president of basketball operations for Los Angeles Lakers, and Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, right, share a laugh as the results of the NBA draft lottery are announced.

finished with the worst record in the league.

“And look what I leave behind for the Celts on my way out (No. 1) pick,” Pierce wrote on Twitter.

The 76ers will pick third, while Phoenix fell two spots and is fourth.

“I’m excited,” 76ers rookie centre Joel Embiid said. “We jumped up one more spot. I wish we would have gotten the No. 1 pick, but we trust the process and it’s going to be exciting to see what we’re going for.”

The Celtics were going to be in prime position no matter how the Ping-Pong balls bounced in a hotel ballroom Tuesday. They were guaranteed no worse than the No. 4 pick to add to a team that had the best record in the East this season behind All-Star Isaiah Thomas.

“It’s two completely different situations: One is a lot about the future, and

KNICKS legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier gestures while representing the Knicks for the NBA draft lottery. one is in the present,” Celtics president Danny Ainge said. “This team is a lot of fun to be around this year.”

Their victory made it three straight years the team with the best odds has won the lottery, after going the previous decade without a victory. Minnesota snapped that streak by getting eventual Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns in 2015 and Philadelphia emerged with Ben Simmons last season.

The draft is considered a strong one, loaded with point guards such as Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball and De’Aaron Fox. Though the Celtics already have a top point guard in Thomas, Grousbeck said he expected they would make the pick.

And the Lakers will get a chance to take one of them after beating the odds to move up. They had about a 53 per cent chance of falling out of the top three, which would have triggered

a trade of the pick as remaining payment of their acquisition of Steve Nash in 2012.

Not only that, but they would have had to trade their 2019 first-round pick to Orlando if that happened, so Johnson was all smiles even after finishing behind the rival Celtics.

A late five-game winning streak by his young team had damaged its odds by falling behind Phoenix for the second-worst record in the league.

“You see, you don’t know what’s been going on in L.A. They’ve been like ‘Oh my god, we blew it,’” Johnson said. “We won five in a row and everybody thought we were crazy. So now the fans back home can breathe a little easier.”

Sacramento actually moved up into the top three, but the 76ers had the right to swap with them through terms of a past trade. The Kings will select fifth and 10th.

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MADRID A DRAW AWAY FROM SPANISH TITLE AFTER WIN OVER CELTA

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has taken Real Madrid to the verge of its first Spanish league title in five years.

Ronaldo scored early in each half as Madrid defeated 10-man Celta Vigo 4-1 yesterday to retake the league lead from Barcelona and move within a point of winning the title.

A draw at mid-table Malaga in the final round on Sunday will allow Madrid to lift the trophy and avoid its longest title drought in La Liga since the 1980s.

“One game to go,” Ronaldo said. “We have to keep going until the end.”

The victory at Celta in a game postponed from February because of bad weather gave Madrid a three-point lead over Barcelona, which hosts eighth-place Eibar in its final match on Sunday. The Catalan club still has a chance of winning its third straight title because of a better head-to-head tiebreaker.

“We played with a very good at-

titude, with a lot of determination and personality,” Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said. “We knew that the three points were the most important thing, but we went out there to play, the win was only a consequence.”

Madrid played with an extra man after the controversial sending off of Celta forward Iago Aspas, who picked up a second yellow in the 62nd minute for an alleged dive inside the area after a challenge by Madrid defender Sergio Ramos.

Celta players loudly complained, and there were more complaints a few moments later when Ronaldo fell inside the other box in an apparent flop - but was not shown a yellow card that would have suspended him from the final round.

Ronaldo opened the scoring at the Balaidos Stadium after picking up the ball just outside the area and firing a firm left-foot shot into the corner. The ball went through the legs of defender Gustavo Cabral and gave goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez no chance.

Ronaldo added to the lead af-

REAL Madrid’s Karim Benzema, left, is congratulated by teammates after scoring. ter halftime with a well-placed shot from inside the area after receiving a perfectly timed pass

by Francisco “Isco” Alarcon in a breakaway.

It was Ronaldo’s 13th goal in his last eight matches, and 24th in league. The Portugal star missed the chance for a hat trick in the 75th minute, incredibly missing from close range with only the goalkeeper to beat. “I did the hardest part, which was to score the first goal and then the second,” Ronaldo said. “Obviously it’s not common for me to miss like that, but it can happen, I’m human and I also make mistakes.”

Ronaldo hadn’t played an away

REAL Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, right, celebrates after scoring the second goal against Celta at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo, northern Spain, yesterday.

(AP Photos/Lalo R Villar) match in the league since March, a run of four straight games.

Celta, with nothing left to play for, improved after conceding the first goal and started to threaten, with Aspas creating a series of chances. But its hopes of a comeback started to sink after Ronaldo found the net for the second time, and then sank further after Aspas was dismissed.

Celta’s lone goal was scored by John Guidetti with a shot from outside the area in the 69th, just a minute before Karim Benzema restored Madrid’s two-goal lead from close range after a left-flank cross by Marcelo. Toni Kroos completed the scoring in the 88th.

Celta had eliminated Zidane’s team from the Copa del Rey

quarter-finals this year, beating Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and drawing 2-2 at the Balaidos. It reached the semi-finals of the Europa League, being eliminated by Manchester United.

The game against Celta was originally scheduled to be played on February 5 but was postponed because heavy winds damaged the roof of the Balaidos, making it unsafe for players and spectators.

Madrid wanted to avoid Celta so late in the season, but there were no other dates available as Celta was in the Europa League and Madrid in the Champions League. Madrid will play Juventus in the Champions League final on June 3.

Monaco wins 1st French league title in 17 years

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — On the night Monaco clinched its first French league title for 17 years, it was fitting that rising star Kylian Mbappe scored a superb goal.

The teenager, who has taken just six months to become one of Europe’s most sought-after players, scored the opener in a 2-0 win over Saint-Etienne yesterday.

Mbappe scored his 15th league goal this season with his first chance of the game after Saint-Etienne midfielder Jordan Veretout gave the ball away near the halfway line.

The 18-year-old striker was set up by Falcao’s through ball and rounded goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier with a feigned shot at full speed before finishing from a tight angle.

Substitute Valere Germain completed the win in added time.

With one match left to play this weekend, Monaco has an unassailable six-point lead over secondplace Paris Saint-Germain, the defending champions.

Despite losing to Juventus in the Champions League semi-finals, Monaco has thrilled Europe with its attacking football, scoring 155 goals in all competitions and reaching 104 in the league, two more than PSG’s league tally last year.

Only RC Paris (118) and

cepted by Monaco defender Kamil Glik near the hour mark.

Germain then played a nice one-two with Mbappe at the end of a stylish team move but missed an easy chance from close range after connecting with a superb cross delivered by his teammate.

Germain made amends in added time, scoring from Thomas Lemar’s assist.

The referee’s final whistle prompted scenes of jubilation at the Stade Louis II, with Germain and Andrea Raggi mingling with supporters bare chested in the stands as coach Leonardo Jardim shed tears of joy.

Only Saint-Etienne (10) and Marseille (9) have won more league titles than Monaco in France.

MONACO players celebrate their goal during the League One soccer match against Saint Etienne at the Louis II stadium in Monaco yesterday. (AP) Stade de Reims (109) have scored more, during the 1959-60 season.

Led by the strike duo of Radamel Falcao and Mbappe, Monaco averaged nearly three goals per game this season to end PSG’s fouryear dominance.

Unbeaten in the league in 2017, Monaco has also scored in its last 31 league games, a new record during a single season. “Monaco waited 17 years for this title, this is exceptional, a true

source of pride,” Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said. “We played in the second division four years ago. I did not believe we would achieve this in such a short period. We will do everything we can to keep our players.”

Keeping Mbappe in the Principality might be a tall order, though.

The youngest player in French league history to reach 10 goals in a season, he has scored 26 goals in all

competitions, won a place in the France team and been named as the French league’s best young player.

He is reportedly courted by both Real Madrid and Manchester United.

On Wednesday, Monaco lacked its usual flair and pace in the rearranged fixture against Saint-Etienne despite an early pressure on Ruffier’s goal.

Hampered by the absence of many injured players including captain Loic

Perrin, Saint-Etienne opted for caution but was caught on the break after 20 minutes.

Falcao came close to doubling Monaco’s lead 10 minutes after Mbappe broke the deadlock but his shot was blocked by a last-ditch challenge from Florentin Pogba.

The second half lacked intensity as Saint-Etienne seemed resigned to its fate, despite a good effort from Veretout that was inter-

Italian Cup title puts Juventus in line for treble

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Juventus secured the first title of a possible treble by winning the Italian Cup with an authoritative 2-0 victory over Lazio in the final yesterday.

Dani Alves gave Juventus an early lead in the first half with a volley following a long cross from Alex Sandro. Then Leonardo Bonucci was left unmarked to tap in following a corner in the 25th minute.

“Compliments to the lads for a great match. We played an extraordinary first half,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said.

“We really need to finish off the Serie A title now.”

Juventus can clinch the title this weekend, before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League final on June 3.

The Bianconeri became the first club to win three straight Italian Cups and brought their record title collection to 12 in the competition.

After being beaten by Roma on Sunday, its first Serie A loss since January, the victory gave Juventus a boost of confidence for the European final against defending champion Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo.

“We got things wrong on Sunday, and it’s been a wake-up call for us.

It’s helped us rediscover our qualities,” Bonucci said.

Italy President Sergio Mattarella

JUVENTUS’ Alex Sandro and teammates celebrate after winning the Italian Cup soccer final against Lazio at Rome’s Olympic stadium yesterday. Juventus won 2-0. (AP) awarded Juventus the trophy and then confetti in the green, white and red colours of the country’s flag was launched into the air inside the Stadio Olimpico.

As has been the case for most of the season in Cup matches, Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon was rested and Neto played in goal.

Lazio took the initiative at the start when Keita Balde Diao hit the post from a sharp angle.

But Juventus responded imme-

diately with a long shot from Gonzalo Higuain that Lazio goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha had to punch away.

Alves scored five minutes later and Paulo Dybala also threatened, along with Higuain, before Bonucci’s goal.

Lazio striker Ciro Immobile missed with a header that went just wide shortly after the half-hour mark and also came close early in the second half when he was denied

with a quick-reflex save by Neto from one yard (meter).

Immobile missed another closerange attempt with 11 minutes to go and soon Juventus was celebrating.

“It’s upsetting not to win a final but we’ve had an amazing season,” Lazio manager Simone Inzaghi said.

“We already qualified for the Europa League, we beat Roma in the semi-finals and we’re in fourth place in the league.”

HUDDERSFIELD MOVES 1 WIN AWAY FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Huddersfield is one victory away from sealing a place in England’s top division for the first time in 45 years after advancing to the second-tier League Championship playoff final yesterday.

The team managed by German-born American coach David Wagner beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the two-legged semifinal match finished 1-1 on the night, following a goalless draw on Sunday.

Huddersfield will play Reading in the playoff final at Wembley Stadium on May 29 for what is the richest single game in soccer, potentially worth about 200 million pounds ($260 million) in future earnings to the winning side.

Huddersfield, which was the English champion each year from 192426, was most recently in the top flight in 1972, so would be a debutant in the Premier League.

Operating with one of the smallest budgets in the second tier, Wagner has worked wonders with Huddersfield, with many of his signings being loan players.

Reading, which beat Fulham in the other semi-final and is managed by former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam, hasn’t been in the Premier League since the 2012-13 season.

It was more playoff woe for Wednesday, which lost in the final to Hull last season.

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Nadal extends winning streak to 16, Venus eliminates Tsurenko

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal hardly had to get his socks dirty to extend his winning streak to 16 matches.

Back to being the best player on tour over the last month, Nadal advanced from his opening match at the Italian Open yesterday when Nicolas Almagro retired in the first set with an apparent injury.

Top-ranked Angelique Kerber, meanwhile, lost her opening match at the Foro Italico to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-0.

Kerber joined Andy Murray, the top-ranked men’s player, on the sidelines after Murray’s loss to Fabio Fognini on Tuesday.

“Everybody knows I’m not a clay-court specialist,” Kerber said. “I was not playing good last year as well. I had a great year, but I mean, these few weeks I was not playing good. And this year it’s the same.”

Also, Olympic silver medallist Juan Martin del

NICOLAS ALMAGRO, right, yesterday grimaces in pain as Rafael Nadal talks with him. (AP) Potro defeated British player Kyle Edmund 7-5, 6-4; fifth-seeded Milos Raonic defeated Germany veteran Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-3; and 16th-seeded Alexander Zverev beat Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-4 and will next face Fognini.

“The stadium will be very loud for him. I’m very sure about that,” Zverev said of Fognini. “It’s going to be a fun day, a fun atmosphere and great match.”

Venus Williams, the 1999 champion, eliminated Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-3.

Nadal was leading 3-0, 15-30 when Almagro bent over toward the red clay

VENUS WILLIAMS returns to Lesia Tsurenko in their Italian Open match yesterday. (AP) court and grasped his left going on now just after what ing for an eighth title at knee. happened,” Nadal said. the Foro Italico as he preNadal went over to Alma- “He felt something on the pares for the French Open, gro’s side of the net to ask knee.” which starts in less than two what was wrong and conThe fourth-ranked Na- weeks. soled his countryman. Al- dal remained on court for a Nadal will next face 13thmagro then got some medi- practice session. seeded Jack Sock, who beat cal attention at his chair but Nadal has won consecu- Jiri Vesely 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) quickly retired from the tive clay-court tournaments after more than 2 1/2 hours. second-round match. in Monte Carlo, Barcelona The 73rd-ranked Alma“It’s difficult to see what’s and Madrid. He’s aim- gro had come through qual-

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