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Evans strikes gold in 800m free

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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t was another gold medal performance from Joanna Evans, this time in her speciality in the women’s 800 metre freestyle at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Having already turned in by far the greatest individual performance ever by a Bahamian athlete at the games, Evans just missed out on her fifth medal when she had to settle for fourth place in the A final of the women’s 200m individual medley race. But after a short break in between, she

got it with her triumph in the 16-lap race to celebrate her 21st birthday by adding to the pair of gold and silver medals she already achieved.

In the 200m IM, she clocked two minutes and 17.45 seconds to miss getting on the podium where Mexico’s Monika Gonzalez Hermosillo claimed the gold over compatriot Esther Gonzalez Medina.

Kristen Elena Romano of Puerto Rico got the bronze.

In that same race, Albury Higgs came in right behind Evans in fifth place in 2:19.30.

However, with just a break in between for the B and A final of the men’s 50m backstroke, Evans

JOANNA EVANS, of the Bahamas (centre), on the medal podium last night after she won the gold in her speciality - the 800 metre freestyle - at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Jonquel Jones scores season-high 23

ON FIRE: Jonquel Jones scored a season-high 23 points, Courtney Williams had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 94-68 last night. Jasmine Thomas added 14 points for Connecticut (14-12) and Alyssa Thomas had 12. The Sun shot 57.4 per cent from the field, with nine 3-pointers, and hit 7 of 8 free throws. Jones was 10-of-12 shooting and reached the 1,000-point club. Connecticut outscored Washington 26-9 in the second quarter to take a 45-35 lead at the break, and the Sun pulled away at the end of the third, closing on a 16-4 run for a 22-point lead. Elena Delle Donne scored 19 of her 21 points in the first half for Washington (14-11). The Mystics were just 28-of-73 shooting, including 4 of 26 from 3-point range.

(Sean D Elliott/The Day via AP)

was back in the pool and this time she was not to be denied.

Her time of 8:44.53 in the women’s A final of the 800m placed her back in a familiar spot this week on top of the medal dais as the Bahamas’ national anthem was played for the third time at the games.

Allyson Macias Alba of Mexico trailed for the silver in 8:45.92 and Costa Rica’s Helena Moreno Hernandez had to settle for the bronze in 8:48.11.

In what was her last event in the meet, Evans led from start to finish as she did in her previous two victories in the 400m free on Friday

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ADVOCATES WIN THE Advocates, a wellbalanced team of Lee Davis, Alcondo Hepburn, Janice Hoyte, Tara Johnson and Yule Hoyte, put on an amazing display of good bowling last night to claim the first place prize of $1,200 in the 2018 Kalik Bowling Team Tournament.

The Advocates shot scores of 967, 1,075 and 1,126 for an average of 211, finishing 270 pins over Rum Runners, the $600 winner and second place finisher.

In Your Guts won the $400 third place prize by edging out the Brooklyn Strikers by a mere 42 pins.

The top male player in competition last night was Raymond Adderley of RUM Runners with a 656 high three game set. Runner-up was David Slatter of Pocket Crushers with a 245 second high game and a 648 second high set. Bud Cambridge of the Strike Force struck for the high game of 254.

The ladies were led by Tara Johnson of The Advocates who downed the pins for a 576 high three game series. She was followed by Xynea Johnson of the Brooklyn Strikers who toppled the pins for a 567 second high set. Janice Hoyte of The Advocates mowed down the pins for the high game of 241.

The final standings of the top five teams after week six are as follows: The Advocates 200.0 Team Average Rum Runners 197.0 Team Average In Your Guts 196.7 Team Average Brooklyn Strikers 196.2 Team Average Pocket Crushers 196.0 Team Average

‘HOOPING-BY-THE-PARK’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS ON AUGUST 3 KEEN action will ignite the Rubis “Hooping-bythe-Park” Basketball Tournament, when some 16 plus basketball teams and athletes will vie for the festival championship title, starting on Friday, August 3 at the Freedom Park in Fox Hill.

The tournament is a part of the Fox Hill 2018 Festival, held under the theme: “Many People, One Community,” that commenced July 20 and ends on August 18. A number of events will be held.

Teams wishing to participate in the tournament must be registered by Monday, July 30 in order to compete in the four divisions - 16-and-under, 19-and-under, ladies and men.

The registration for the 16-and-under, 19-and-under and ladies divisions are

FOX Hill Festival’s ‘Hooping by the Park’ committee members Brent Stubbs, Sean Bastian, Jabari Wilmott, MP Shonel Ferguson, Karon Pratt, Fox Hill Festival chairman Maurice Tynes and treasurer Clinton and O’Niel Bain of Rubis. free of charge. However, there will only be six teams allowed in the 16-and-under and 19-and-under divisions and will be on a first come, first serve basis. There will be a charge of $200 for the

men’s teams. They will be playing for a cash prize that will be determined by the amount of teams participating. There is a limit of 10 teams, placed in two divisions of five each.

All teams will be required to have a maximum of 10 players in all divisions.

The proposed annual Rubis “Hooping-bythe-Park” Basketball Tournament is structured

on a 10-year plan with the aim to bring former basketball greats together as well as to positively assist youths in gaining exposure and developing their skills.

“Hooping-by-the-Park”

tournament is a brain-child of two former Bahamian national athletes - Jabari Wilmott, the tournament organiser and Keron Pratt, assistant tournament organiser - who decided that when they completed their schooling in the USA, that they would return home to give back to their country and establish a tournament.

Member of Parliament for Fox Hill Shonel Ferguson acknowledged their efforts and aimed to contribute and give full support to Pratt and Wilmott.

“I am overjoyed to be a part of the tournament, as well as I am elated that these two outstanding young men (in Jabari Wilmott and Keron Pratt) have decided to take this to a reality. We are proud of them,” said Ferguson,

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SUMMER CAMP: Participants (also shown below) enjoy day two of Blue Chip Athletics’ fifth annual Throwers Camp at Queen’s College high schhol field yesterday.

Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

Heave! Blue Chips Athletics’ 5th annual Throwers Camp swings into high gear

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER being slowed down a bit by the inclement weather on day one, the Blue Chip Athletics’ fifth annual Throwers Camp swung into high gear on day two at the Queen’s College field yesterday.

“It’s looking better than yesterday when we had to go inside because of the rain,” said camp director Corrington Maycock. “We know that the rain doesn’t stop anything so we were glad that we had a few more kids who came out today to participate.”

Based on what he has seen, Maycock said they had a number of returning campers who were out to improve on their performances.

“We have two kids, one from Andros and one from Exuma, so we’re hoping to see what they can do and we hope to expand some more in the islands. But we hope that the camp will improve day by day.”

Coach April Smith from Fresno State in California is back as the camp facilitator and she is joined once again by her husband, Robert, a former throws coach at Appalachian State, now coaching at a high school in Fresno State.

Maycock said along with veteran coach Ronald Cartwright, who actually coached him when he was a former thrower, the response has been overwhelming.

“The kids are catching on and we are moving quickly and keeping it as current as much as possible,” he said.

Calea Jackson, back for her second year, said the camp has definitely been beneficial to her.

“I’ve gotten a lot of improvement actually,” she said.

“They helped me to do a lot of things, especially when I’m struggling and too stiff. When I throw, I tend

to stop a lot through it, so they have been helping me a lot with that so that I can go through the motion.”

As a result of what she experienced after her first appearance in the camp last year, Jackson - a 13-year-old eighth grader at Queen’s College - said she was eager to participate in the camp this year.

“It’s fun. I enjoy it a lot,” she said.

For the first time this year, Michael Bullard has decided to take part in the camp.

“I’ve finally made it after three years,” he said.

“I know it’s very important for me this year, especially as I’m going into my last year in high school and will be preparing for college. I want to

make sure that my technique is elite and with these coaches coming over and what coach Maycock does, I want to make sure that I am ready.”

Bullard, a 17-year-old 12th grader at Nassau Christian Academy, said the camp has been going great so far, but he’s really looking forward to Friday when the concentration will be on his speciality in the javelin.

“Even though we are learning about the shot (put) and discus, I’m having fun,” stated Bullard, who was on the CARIFTA Games team two years ago.

“I’m getting to learn the different techniques, so that should help me in my event.

But in the BAISS, I intend to do all three events. You

never know what happens.

The sky is the limit.”

Coach Smith said so far this has certainly been one of the best camps she’s staged here.

“The attention the kids have and hitting their positions is probably been the most important thing. This group means business,” she said.

“I’ve already seen personal bests from what I saw last year.”

Despite the rain on Monday, the campers went through the shot put drills and yesterday they were able to perfect what they did in the drills and then were placed in a pre-competition before the day ended in the gymnasium.

Today, they will go through the drills of

throwing the discus and will have some competition in that discipline on Thursday.

Friday will be devoted to throwing the javelin and the hammer.

“It’s exciting. It’s fun. I’m very excited because this is probably the best set up we’ve had and we have the shelter, so the kids are a little more energised under the shade,” Smith said.

She said she was very pleased with the turnout of the campers so far.

Her husband Robert said he just enjoys being in the Bahamas on “vacation” and enjoying the weather.

“I enjoy coming down here and hanging out with these kids with their personalities and watching them improve since we first came here. “I think their

PARTICIPANTS take advantage of day two of the Blue Chip Athletics’ fifth annual Throwers Camp at Queen’s College high schhol field.

progress has accelerated faster than what we would have thought it would. We just wished that we could come down here twice a year and we do what we do every six months. But I think Corrie has done a great job with these kids, preparing them to compete.

It’s basically the same stuff that we teach. It’s just a different way of saying the same thing.”

He said he just wishes that he and his family can find a timeshare or something so that they can make this their home away from home because they brought their two sons with them for the first time and they are enjoying it just as much as they are.

“This is truly paradise for us,” he added.

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4TH ANNUAL SANDY POINT SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP WAS A BLAST COACH Donnie Culmer and Sharon ‘The General’ Storr completed the 4th Annual Sandy Point Summer Basketball Camp at the basketball court in Sandy Point, Abaco, on Friday evening.

• PICTURED with the campers are coach Culmer (back row in centre) and “The General” with the cap along with Mr Nero Green, the co-organiser.

Jacqueline W Estevez, South Abaco chief councillor, kneels in front of the group.

Evans strikes gold in 800m free at 23rd CAC Games FROM PAGE 1 and the 200m free on Saturday. The only difference was that she fell short

of establishing another games record.

Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto’s time of 8:39.49 that she set on November 15, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico, is still standing. Albeit not an A final where the

medals were determined, N’Nhyn Fernander followed right after Evans and placed his name on top of the B final of the men’s 100m butterfly with his victory in 54.58.

The A final saw Luis Carlos Martinez Mendez take the gold in a games record time of 42.20. The eighth place finisher was Marcos Lavado of Venezuela in 54.46.

JOANNA EVANS, of the Bahamas (centre), on the medal podium last night after she won the gold in her speciality - the 800 metre freestyle - at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

‘HOOPING-BY-THE-PARK’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS AT FREEDOM PARK IN FOX HILL ON AUGUST 3 FROM PAGE 1 who is also planning to be a juggernaut competing athlete in the slam dunk contest. Wilmott, a 24 year old and 2016 graduate of St John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, as well as a former graduate from St Augustine’s College (SAC), expressed sincere appreciation and thanks during a press conference yesterday.

“Hooping by the Park is more than just a basketball tournament for us,” he said. “This is pretty much an experience that we want to give our community. This was an idea that me and Karon actually planned when we were in college.

“We said when we have the opportunity to come back to the Bahamas, this is something that we want to do for the community on the park. So Hooping by the Park serves two reasons – one to showcase the young men and women in

our community as well as outside of the community, and two, we want to bring that positive light back to the park.”

Wilmott expressed sincere thanks to individuals in attendance, more so, to their strong sponsor, Rubis Bahamas Ltd., MP Ferguson and the Fox Hill Committee for making this tournament happen.

Pratt, 25, a four-year basketball scholarship recipient and 2016 graduate of the University of Cumberland, where he played competitive college basketball from 2012 to 2016, expressed thanks “to all who believed in us,” as well as to the committee and the Fox Hill community for their support.

“Kids in the community have been asking about the tournament and so this year we want to make it more interesting,” he said.

“You have to come out and compete every night because you don’t want to get eliminated.”

Pratt, a former student and graduate from CC Sweeting noted that, “this is basketball for all, not just for the Fox Hill Community.”

Sean Bastian, an avid basketball coordinator and supporter in The Bahamas for a number of basketball events, is responsible for the tournament format and administration of the event and its running time.

Bastian noted that he “is pleased to be a part of this tournament and when asked, he decided to jump on board.”

The Voice of Fox Hill, Neville ‘Booger-wire’ Taylor, also extended an invitation to the entire community to come out and participate in the community events, more so, the basketball.

Since 1979, Taylor has been strongly supporting the Fox Hill area, where he received the name, “The Voice.”

The tournament ends on August Monday night.

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Rams’ Todd Gurley gets $60m contract extension MAYFIELD (AP)

BROWNS SIGN QB BAKER MAYFIELD NO. 1 PICK BEFORE CAMP

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Quarterback Baker Mayfield has signed his rookie contract with the Cleveland Browns.

The top overall pick in this year’s NFL draft finalized his four-year, $32 million deal yesterday, a day before Cleveland’s players are scheduled to report to training camp.

Rookie cornerback Denzel Ward, selected with the No. 4 overall pick, remains unsigned.

One of college football’s most popular and polarising players, Mayfield is not expected to start in his first season for Cleveland. The Browns acquired Tyrod Taylor during an offseason trade from Buffalo and plan to play him until Mayfield is ready.

Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy last season at Oklahoma after he passed for 4,627 yards and 43 touchdowns. The Browns chose him over several other top-tier college QBs in April’s draft.

Cleveland has spent nearly the past two decades searching for its franchise quarterback and hope Mayfield can end its quest.

The Browns went 0-16 last season.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer IRVINE, California (AP) — Todd Gurley was the key to the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive transformation last season, and the Rams have rewarded their star running back with a game-changing contract.

The NFL’s offensive player of the year agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract extension through 2023 with the Rams yesterday.

A person with knowledge of the deal, speaking on condition of anonymity because the terms weren’t publicly announced, confirmed to The Associated Press that Gurley’s contract extension contains $45 million in guaranteed money, a $20 million signing bonus and the NFL’s largest average annual value for a running back contract.

ESPN first reported the terms.

General manager Les Snead said the Rams wanted “to get ahead of the curve” by signing Gurley two years before his rookie contract expires. They’ve also set a new benchmark for running back salaries to secure a cornerstone of a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

“He’s a big part of who we are and where we’re going,” Snead said. “It’s not only Todd, but a lot of guys we want to make Rams for a long time and be part of our core.”

Gurley isn’t due to report to training camp at UC Irvine until Wednesday.

His first public reaction was to post a black-and-white Instagram photo of himself with a broad smile and the caption: “Amazing...”

Gurley was a league standout in his third NFL

IN this file photo, Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley talks with reporters after offseason training at the team’s practice facility in Thousand Oaks, California.

(AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) season while playing in first-year coach Sean McVay’s explosive offence.

He finished second in the NFL with 1,305 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns while catching 64 passes for 788 yards and six more TDs. “What a special player he is,” McVay said. “I think last year’s production isn’t really a (complete) reflection of the value he provides, because he did such a great job, but he’s so much more than that to our team — the way that he competes in protection, the way that he works, and the way that rubs off on his teammates.”

Along with being a handsome reward for a burgeoning NFL star, Gurley’s deal sets a new standard in the market for ball-carriers such as Dallas’ Ezekiel Elliott and Arizona’s David Johnson — and for Pittsburgh’s Le’Veon Bell after he plays out this season on the franchise tag.

Bell, who received public support from Gurley

during his contentious recent negotiations with the Steelers, returned the love on Twitter, along with an additional comment about his own failure to get a big contract in Pittsburgh: “lol and ppl thought I was trippin?”

Gurley was the offensive rookie of the year in 2015 for the Rams, rewarding their gamble on him with the 10th overall pick. He overcame a torn knee ligament in his final season with the Georgia Bulldogs to rush for 1,106 yards with St. Louis.

Gurley struggled as part of the NFL’s worst offence during the Rams’ relocation season in 2016, with his yards-per-carry average dropping from 4.8 to 3.2.

That average shot right back up to 4.7 last season while he starred for the NFC West champions behind a stout offensive line that had the same starters for 15 consecutive weeks. Gurley likely would have won the NFL rushing title if McVay hadn’t rested

him for the Rams’ regularseason finale ahead of their playoff loss to Atlanta.

Gurley has also grown swiftly as a receiver in his three seasons, increasing his catches from 21 as a rookie to 43 and then 64 last season.

Gurley’s contributions to the Rams last season drew praise from Eric Dickerson, the most popular player in Los Angeles Rams history for his 1980s exploits as a record-setting running back. Steven Jackson, the Rams’ franchise rushing leader, also hailed Gurley’s contract Tuesday on Twitter.

“Great to see Les Snead and the @RamsNFL front office prioritise the running game!” Jackson tweeted.

“To not only draft (Gurley) early, but now lock him into a long-term deal to ensure he continues to thrive as a Ram is huge!”

The Rams haven’t been shy about securing several key pieces of their talented roster during this offseason, which began

with the high-profile additions of Ndamukong Suh and cornerbacks Marcus Peters and Aqib Talib.

Last week, Los Angeles signed receiver Brandin Cooks to a five-year, $80 million extension before he catches his first pass with the Rams.

But an even bigger issue still looms for Los Angeles: defensive tackle Aaron Donald still doesn’t have a new contract two days before the first practice of training camp.

Donald, the NFL’s defensive player of the year, and the Rams have been working on a long-term extension since early last year. The powerhouse lineman is seeking a gamechanging contract that would make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid players, but hasn’t yet been successful.

Donald skipped all of training camp last year in a holdout, and he missed all of the Rams’ offseason activities this spring.

Snead and McVay acknowledged Donald might not report to training camp Wednesday, but they weren’t sure about his plans. Snead is still in active negotiations with Donald’s representatives at CAA Sports.

“I do know we’ve still got time to get something done,” Snead said.

Donald is under contract for this season for nearly $6.9 million in the fifth year of his rookie contract.

“We’re simultaneously working to make Aaron a Ram a long time,” Snead said. “That’s the goal.

Aaron is a big part of who we are, where we want to go, but the details and all that, we’re going to continue the course of keeping them in-house.”

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Darrelle Revis officially shut down his dominant playing career by signing one final contract.

The seven-time Pro Bowl cornerback who routinely frustrated opposing receivers with his blanket-like coverage officially retired yesterday as a member of the New York Jets — the team with which Revis spent eight of his 11 NFL seasons.

The 33-year-old Revis inked a one-day deal with the Jets at a ceremonial news conference at the team’s facility after he announced last Thursday on social media that he was done playing.

Former teammates, including D’Brickashaw Ferguson, and several current players attended, along with owner Christopher Johnson, general manager Mike Maccagnan and coach Todd Bowles.

“It’s been amazing,” Revis said of his career.

“My work ethic and my study habits I feel propelled me to strive to be one of the greatest. It took a lot of work, week in and week out, to prepare and play at the highest level and covering some of the toughest receivers in the world.”

He was known for his uncanny ability to shut down receivers and the nickname “Revis Island” grew in popularity as receivers were routinely left “stranded” without being much of a factor in games because of the cornerback’s airtight coverage.

In a clever nod to the nickname, the Jets set up a makeshift “island” outside of the facility’s main entrance, complete with sand dunes and three small palm trees and had Revis pose in front of it for photos.

The team also issued green lapel pins that read “REVIS ISLAND” at the top with the Jets logo

DARRELLE REVIS (AP) on the bottom and Revis’ familiar No. 24 featured in the middle in front of a small island.

“As I look at it now and as I take some time to really assess what I’ve done and what really happened, it’s amazing, it’s amazing,” Revis said. “You leave a legacy behind that players can follow, they can mimic and they can study your film, too.”

Revis also gained notoriety for his business savvy at the bargaining table and made more than $120 million during his career.

He had several contract squabbles during his time with the Jets after being the No. 14 overall pick in 2007 out of Pittsburgh, including a lengthy holdout that was documented on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” in 2010.

Led by then-agents Jon Feinsod and Neil Schwartz, mother Diana Gilbert and uncle Sean Gilbert, a former NFL defensive tackle, Team Revis was a force to be reckoned with.

After contentious contract negotiations in 2013, Revis was dealt to Tampa Bay for first- and fourthround draft picks. He was a member of the Buccaneers for just one season before being released and signing with New England as a free agent — and winning the Super Bowl with the Jets’ biggest rival.

Revis became a free agent again, and returned

home to the Jets by signing a five-year, $70 million contract, including $39 million guaranteed in 2015.

After a solid first season back, Revis struggled with injuries and consistency in 2016 and was released. He finished up his career by playing in five games for Kansas City last season.

“I would’ve loved to play my whole career here and wear the green and white until I actually retired,” Revis said. “Things happen.

Team acquisitions come in and there’s a different direction a team may want to go.

You know, it happens. It really does, and that’s kind of how I can sum that up.”

Revis finished with 29 career interceptions, and returned three for touchdowns, including one for 100 yards against Miami in 2011. He was a four-time first-team All-Pro selection, including in what was his most dominant season in 2009, when he was beaten out by Charles Woodson for Defensive Player of the Year honors.

That was a rare time Revis lost out to anyone in his prime, especially that season. Randy Moss — whom Revis acknowledged was the toughest he ever covered — Terrell Owens, Chad Ochocinco, Andre Johnson and Reggie Wayne all struggled against the Jets star.

“His dominance at the cornerback position is legendary,” Christopher Johnson said of Revis.

“Forget giving up the catch.

We were all shocked when quarterbacks would dare to attempt a pass in his direction.”

Revis wouldn’t reveal specifically on what the future holds for him, but acknowledged that staying around the game in some capacity is likely — perhaps in a coaching role somewhere.

“It’s a love, it’s a passion for me,” Revis said of football. “I’m surely going to miss it. ... I’ll weigh my options and see.”

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Tour de France chaos: farmers’ protest, tear gas and crashes

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BAGNERES-DELUCHON, France (AP) — Tear gas in riders’ eyes.

A farmers’ protest blocking the road. Two key crashes on dangerous descents.

The only thing lacking from the wild 16th stage of the Tour de France yesterday was a shakeup in the overall standings.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe took advantage of his downhill skills to win the first of three mountainous legs in the Pyrenees, which was briefly interrupted when police used tear gas to disperse a farmers’ protest that had blocked the road with bales of hay.

The overall standings were unchanged. Geraint Thomas in the yellow jersey, second-placed Chris Froome and third-placed Tom Dumoulin all crossed together nearly nine minutes behind.

The farmers’ protest occurred 30 kilometres into the 218-kilometre (135.5mile) leg from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon.

Thomas, Froome, world champion Peter Sagan and other riders were treated with eye drops due to the tear gas amid a 15-minute delay.

“I just felt my throat and nose were burning, eyes were burning afterward,” Froome said. “But I think

quite a lot of riders were in a similar situation.

“Thankfully the effect didn’t last long,” Froome added. “It was just a temporary thing with stinging and burning.”

It was the latest in a series of incidents involving spectators during this year’s race, with Team Sky riders being pushed and spat on and 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali having his back broken in a crash when a fan caught their camera strap on his handlebars.

“We feel safe. Obviously on some of the climbs not everyone’s our fans but we don’t feel threatened,” Thomas said. “It’s hard in cycling when you’re just on the open road. It’s not like football or something. Everyone’s doing the best they can and hopefully everyone can just behave and let us race.”

The small group of farmers from the Aude department were protesting a planned reduction of European Union funding, according to French authorities.

“We are not going to lock the riders in a stadium or a tennis court,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said. “People should not block the road, no matter what causes they are fighting for.”

Thomas remained 1 minute, 39 seconds ahead of four-time champion

JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE, of France, celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 218 kilometres (135.5 miles) with start in Carcassonne and finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon yesterday.

(AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Froome, with Dumoulin 1:50 back.

Alaphilippe took the lead when Adam Yates crashed on a technical descent in the finale.

“I knew the finale was tricky,” Alaphilippe said.

“I was sad for (Yates) but it could have happened to me, too, because I took a lot of risks. ... I went all out for 220 kilometres today.

I’m exhausted.”

Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert was leading when he crashed earlier in the stage while descending from the Col de Portetd’Aspet, hitting a wall and flipping off his bike spectacularly but avoiding major injury. It was the same descent where Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died during the 1995 Tour. “I thought I was broken everywhere,” said Gilbert, a teammate of

Alaphilippe’s on the QuickStep team. “But I ended up more or less OK.” Alaphilippe also won the 10th stage and is wearing the polka-dot jersey of the mountains classification leader.

Yates led Alaphilippe by 20 seconds at the top of the Col du Portillon climb 10 kilometres from the finish but lost control with 6K to go, falling to the pavement

on a left turn and sliding across the road. “You never know what’s coming up on some of these corners,” Yates said. “There was a bit of downforce or something and I came down, that’s all there is to it.

“Morale’s pretty damaged right now. When you come so close to winning a stage of the Tour, it’s pretty devastating,” added Yates, who won the young rider classification in the Tour two years ago.

Alaphilippe, who was already gaining ground on Yates, quickly passed the British rider and had time to celebrate before the finish, smiling at the crowd and shaking his head in disbelief.

Spanish rider Gorka Izaguirre finished second, 15 seconds behind, and Yates crossed third with the same time.

The race remains in the Pyrenees today for what could be the most challenging stage of the Tour, a 65-kilometre leg from Bagneres-de Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet that features three gruelling climbs, including an uphill finish — and hardly a stretch of flat road.

“It’s going to be massively decisive,” Thomas said. “That last climb is possibly the toughest climb in the Tour — 16 kilometres, 2,200 metres (altitude).

There’s definitely going to be some splits.”

PONCEDELEON DAZZLES IN DEBUT BUT REDS RALLY PAST CARDINALS CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis starter Daniel Poncedeleon made a sensational debut 14 months after suffering a severe head injury, throwing no-hit ball for seven innings Monday night before Eugenio Suarez led the Cincinnati Reds’ two-out rally in the ninth for a 2-1 victory over the Cardinals.

Suarez’s two-out, solo homer off Bud Norris (3-3) tied it 1-1. The closer then loaded the bases on a pair of singles and a walk, and pinch-hitter Dilson Herrera singled to end the Reds’ losing streak at four games.

Jared Hughes (3-3) pitched the ninth.

The late rally overshadowed Poncedeleon’s incredible comeback.

The 26-year-old righthander was hit on the right temple by a line drive while pitching for TripleA Memphis on May 9 last year, fracturing his skull and causing bleeding in the brain. He had emergency surgery followed by months of slow recovery.

PIRATES 7, INDIANS 0 (6 INNINGS) CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Harrison hit a three-run homer and Gregory Polanco had a two-run triple off Corey Kluber in his return, and Pittsburgh beat Cleveland in a six-inning, rain-shortened game for its 10th straight win.

The game was called following three rain delays that totaled 2 hours, 3 minutes. The first pitch was delayed 55 minutes, and a delay of 27 minutes followed in the third inning.

The final delay was 41 minutes.

Kluber (12-6), starting for the first time since July 12 because of a sore right knee, was charged with seven runs — three earned — in four innings.

The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner gave up nine hits, struck out two and threw 72 pitches.

RAYS 7, YANKEES 6 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gary Sanchez failed to hustle on a pair of key plays, Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer and scored with some nifty baserunning, and Tampa Bay beat Luis Severino and New York.

The Yankees loaded the bases against Jose Alvarado with one out in the ninth when Brett Gardner singled, Aaron Judge walked and Giancarlo Stanton was intentionally walked. After Aaron Hicks hit into a force out at the plate, Alvarado got his first save when Sanchez grounded out, a play where Hicks beat the play at second but the Yankees catcher was thrown out at first after jogging most of the way there.

Hicks limped off the field after his slide.

Severino (14-3) allowed a season-high seven runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings. The 24-year-old righty struck out eight to reach 504 for his career, joining Al Downing (644) and Lefty Gomez (511) as the only Yankees’ pitchers to reach 500 strikeouts with the club before turning 25.

Matt Andriese (3-4), the second of seven pitchers in the Rays’ bullpen day, allowed two unearned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

DODGERS 7, PHILLIES 6 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Muncy, Yasmani Grandal, Chris Taylor and Joc Pederson hit solo homers and Alex Verdugo scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the top of the ninth inning, lifting Los Angeles over Philadelphia in a matchup of division leaders.

Maikel Franco hit a pair of solo homers and Rhys Hoskins and Odubel Herrera also went deep for the Phillies.

Verdugo led off the ninth with a walk against closer Seranthony Dominguez (1-3). Pederson followed with a single. After Manny Machado struck out, Muncy walked. Verdugo scored when catcher Jorge Alfaro couldn’t catch Dominguez’s outside pitch. Dominguez exited after walking Grandal. Matt Kemp greeted Luis Garcia with an RBI single to make it 7-5.

RED SOX 5, ORIOLES 3 BALTIMORE (AP) — Rick Porcello scattered six hits over six scoreless innings, Mitch Moreland homered and Boston beat Baltimore in a rain-delayed matchup between the best and worst teams in the major leagues.Andrew Benintendi drove in two

runs for the AL East-leading Red Sox, who have won 15 of 17 to move 40 games over .500 (71-31) for the first time since 1949.

Porcello (12-4) struck out six and walked one in surpassing his win total of 2017. It was a nice bounceback performance by the 2016 AL Cy Young Award winner, who allowed eight runs in two innings against Toronto in his last outing.

After Jonathan Schoop hit a two-run homer off Brandon Workman in the eighth, Craig Kimbrel gave up an RBI single to Caleb

and scored when charging shortstop Amed Rosario let Eric Hosmer’s chopper get under his glove and bounce into the outfield.

DeGrom (5-5), whose ERA rose from 1.68 to 1.71, allowed three runs — two earned — and five hits in eight innings, striking out 10 and walking two. He has given up three runs or fewer in 17 consecutive appearances and became the first pitcher to win fewer than seven games in his first 20 starts with an ERA below 2.00 since earned runs started being compiled in

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PADRES 3, METS 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Jacob deGrom’s winless streak reached five games as the major league ERA leader was hurt by a pair of errors behind him, and San Diego beat New York in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the National League.

Rookie left-hander Joey Lucchesi (5-5), brought back from the minor leagues, baffled the Mets for the much of the evening with his churve, a combination curveball-chanegup at about 80 mph.

Manuel Margot hit a go-ahead triple in a tworun fifth inning after right fielder Jose Bautista dropped Christian Villanueva’s fly ball. The Padres made it 3-1 in the sixth when Wil Myers doubled

1912, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

BRAVES 12, MARLINS 1 MIAMI (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit his 17th homer and also doubled for Atlanta, which totaled 16 hits to beat Miami.

Freeman is batting .469 with five homers in eight games against Miami this year. The Braves improved to 6-2 versus the Marlins and have outscored them 56-29. Charlie Culberson had a career-high four hits, including a pair of doubles, and drove in three runs.

Dansby Swanson hit his eighth homer.

Sean Newcomb (9-5) overcame a wobbly start to allow one run in six innings and earn his first win since June 16. He improved to 3-0 in three outings against Miami this season with an ERA of 1.00.

BREWERS 6, NATIONALS 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich had a bases-loaded triple and Jhoulys Chacin had another strong start to help Milwaukee beat Washington.

Erik Kratz drove in a pair of runs for the Brewers, who pulled within 2½ games of NL Central-leading Chicago, which lost to Arizona 7-1. Milwaukee won for just the second time in 10 games.

Chacin (9-3) limited Washington to one run and two hits in 5 2/3 innings, a day after the Brewers used Kratz and utility player Hernan Perez in mop-up roles on the mound in an 11-2 drubbing by the Dodgers. Chacin struck out a season-high nine batters and didn’t issue a walk.

ATHLETICS 15, RANGERS 3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy hit a grand slam off his former battery mate and surging Oakland beat Texas for its 24th win in 31 games.

Stephen Piscotty also went deep against Rangers starter Cole Hamels (5-9), a potential trade target for some contending teams even though he has struggled at home all season.

Oakland right-hander Brett Anderson (2-2) struck out six over six innings.

The A’s (58-43) are a season-best 15 games over .500 after the 24-7 stretch since June 16 that is the best in the majors during that span.

They are still third in the loaded AL West, behind Houston and Seattle.

TWINS 8, BLUE JAYS 3 TORONTO (AP) — Logan Morrison homered and had three RBIs, Max Kepler added a two-run blast and Minnesota beat Toronto, snapping a threegame losing streak.

Joe Mauer and Mitch Garver each had three hits and right-hander Adalberto Mejia (1-0) pitched 5 1/3 innings for his first win of the season as the Twins bounced back after being swept at Kansas City over the weekend. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays. Toronto swept a three-game series from Baltimore over the weekend but couldn’t extend its winning streak against the Twins.

TIGERS 5, ROYALS 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jim Adduci delivered a two-run double in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run on James McCann’s double as Detroit to beat Kansas City.

After Adduci’s double off Brandon Maurer tied it, Jason Hamel replaced Maurer and gave up a first-pitch RBI double to McCann, his third hit, to put the Tigers ahead.

Maurer (0-4) faced three batters in the ninth and all scored. Alex Wilson (1-3) picked up the win. Shane Greene gave up a two-out single in the ninth before earning his 20th save in 23 chances.

WHITE SOX 5, ANGELS 3 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jose Abreu homered and drove in two runs, leading Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox past Los Angeles.

Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run for the Angels, who squandered a 3-1 lead.

Leury Garcia had a go-ahead sacrifice fly in Chicago’s three-run sixth.

Los Angeles starter Jaime Barria (5-7) and reliever Hansel Robles combined to walk three batters and hit another with a pitch during the inning, in addition to allowing an infield single.

Abreu hit a solo shot in the first, only his second home run this month. The All-Star slugger also tied the game at 3 with a single in the sixth.

DIAMONDBACKS 7, CUBS 1 CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt homered and Patrick Corbin pitched seven strong innings to pick up his first win in seven weeks, leading Arizona over Chicago.

A.J. Pollack had two hits and Jeff Mathis added a two-run double as Arizona won for the fourth time in its last five games at Wrigley Field.

Corbin (7-4) gave up just one run and six hits while striking out nine for his first win since June 5. He was 0-2 with a 3.98 ERA in seven starts since.

Goldschmidt’s homer was his 22nd on the season. He was 2 for 5 after going 1 for 12 with nine strikeouts in three games since the AllStar break.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018, PAGE 7

Column: Tiger good enough to win, just like everyone else

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — The British Open bustled with excitement as the occasion began to unfold, with mobile phones zooming in to capture the moment from the best angle available.

This wasn’t on the golf course. It was in the media centre.

The subject was a large, yellow leaderboard at the front of the room that showed Tiger Woods alone at the top in the final round.

Some journalists at Carnoustie had never witnessed Woods win a major. Those who had wondered if they would ever see it again.

It didn’t last.

Woods stumbled with a double bogey on No. 11. He dropped another shot on the next hole.

Just like that, he had eight players ahead of him, three more than he had to climb past when he teed off Sunday.

Maybe next time, and that’s not far away. The

PGA Championship starts August 9 at Bellerive in St Louis, where Woods has played once in a practice round ahead of the American Express Championship.

Woods was on the course with Mark Calcavecchia on September 11, 2001, when he was notified of the terrorist attacks. The tournament was cancelled the next day.

Can he win another major? No one should doubt him now. He still has to show it, however, and what Sunday at Carnoustie made clear is that it will take more than his mere presence on the leaderboard. It felt like the Woods of old when he took the lead and the other contenders started an inexplicable slide. Jordan Spieth took a risk from the rough on the par-5 sixth, found the one place he couldn’t miss and made double bogey.

Xander Schauffele topped a shot out of the rough, blew the next one over the seventh green and made double bogey. These things happen at Carnoustie.

on No. 4, and Spieth could hear the roar as he walked down the third fairway.

An hour later, he noticed Woods in the lead, but only by accident. Spieth wanted to avoid looking at leaderboards, and he slipped on No. 8. He walked over to his caddie, Michael Greller, and said, “Damn it, I looked at the board, dude.”

“He’s like, ‘He hasn’t been in this position in 10 years, and you’ve been here how many times in the last three years?’ He was throwing it back at me,” Spieth said.

Spieth has had at least a share of the lead after any round in the majors 16 times dating to the 2014 Masters. The last time Woods was atop the leaderboard after a round in the majors was in the 2012 PGA Championship. Spieth was starting his sophomore year at Texas.

The players know all about Woods. The respect is there. He has no equal with more with 14 majors and 10 seasons with at least five PGA Tour victories.

GOLFER TIGER WOODS, of the United States.

(AP Photo/Alastair Grant) him. That was at Bay Hill, where Woods made birdie on the 13th hole to get within one shot of the lead.

Hear that, Rory?

“It wasn’t the birdie, it was actually when he was walking from the 13th green to the 14th tee,” McIlroy said. “There was a Tiger chant, and then I had to back off my putt and let that calm down and go and hit. So you know it’s there, but I don’t feel like it affected me in any way.”

Apparently not.

He wound up winning by three shots. Woods hit a tee shot out-of-bounds on the 16th hole and tied for fifth.

Woods made his first birdie Sunday at Carnoustie

They happened to Woods, too.

He might be Tiger Woods, but at the moment, he’s just like everybody else. The longtime PGA Tour slogan is, “These guys are good,” and so is Woods.

Missing is the intimidation factor until he wins again, and then wins some more. “For a while, I thought Tiger was going to win,” Rory McIlroy said.

“My mindset was, ‘Go and spoil the party here.’”

McIlroy was not among seven players who had a share of the lead in the final round. He was too busy catching up. But he’s been part of this scene already this year, and it didn’t rattle

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But at this stage in his career, Woods has peers inside the ropes.

Francesco Molinari didn’t flinch while playing with Woods, even when he took the lead. Molinari was rock solid and bogey free, and the Italian joined Y.E. Yang as the only players to be paired with Woods in the final round of a major and win. “It will be interesting to see going forward,” McIlroy said. “But this was his first taste of major championship ... drama for quite a while. Even though he’s won 14, you have to learn how to get back.”

Spieth says Woods contending at Carnoustie was no fluke, at least for those paying attention this year.

“And he wouldn’t tell you, but he’s human,” Spieth said. “Experiencing that kind of pressure that he would have felt leading the Open on a Sunday is no different than anybody else, especially having not experienced it for so long.”

Give it time. But don’t expect anyone to give it to him.

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Cavaliers sign Kevin Love to 4-year, $120m extension

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Kevin Love signed his new contract and proudly put on a hard hat.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will rebuild around him.

The All-Star forward made a long-term commitment to the franchise yesterday by signing a fouryear, $120 million extension with the Cavaliers, who believe Love can help them stay competitive following LeBron James’ departure.

The 29-year-old Love, who was nearly traded twice by Cleveland, signed the extension in front of dozens of construction workers inside Quicken Loans Arena, the team’s downtown home, which is undergoing a $140 million renovation not unlike the makeover taking place with the four-time defending Eastern Conference champions.

The symbolic moment wasn’t lost on Love, who came to Cleveland four years ago to join James and Kyrie Irving and form the Cavs’ “Big 3.”

It’s now his team.

“I look back, everything happens for a reason,” Love said. “My best friend from back home said, ‘It always works out.’ This is where I wanted to be. I’ve said that all along. There were some tough times where potentially I would have been traded and my name came up in rumours every few months. But hopefully that ends now.”

Love didn’t know when he arrived at the arena that he would be meeting with carpenters, electricians, plumbers and team employees to celebrate his signing.

General manager Koby Altman wanted to surprise him. Moments after signing, Love took a selfie with the workers and posted it on Instagram. “It wasn’t even my idea, but I thought it was great,” Love said. “I had all the people behind me. It’s almost like, to me it’s not a rebuild, because we have talent, we have championship-calibre guys,

and we have young and fresh guys that are going to be willing to learn and come along in this league.

“I think guys putting on their hard hats and coming to work every day — that has to be the identity to our team, and I think we have guys that are cut from that cloth and are going to be willing to go out there and prove themselves.”

Love will make $24.1 million next season before the extension begins, making his contract worth $145 million over five years. Love waived his option for 201920 and there are no other options or trade clauses within the new deal.

He will be paid $28.9 million in 2019-20, $31.3 million in 2020-21 and 202122, and $28.8 million in 2022-23.

The deal gives Love obvious financial security, and it locks up an elite player for the Cavaliers, who want to avoid stumbling the way they did when James left the first time in free agency in 2010.

As the NBA waited for James to make his move earlier this month, Love was with friends on Long Island when he got word that his teammate was bound for LA. “I was kind of just sitting there in a crowd of people and I go, ‘Huh, OK, well, let me go call Koby,’” Love said. “Koby actually ended up calling me and made a couple calls and we need to figure some things out, but here we go, let’s build this thing.”

Love, who will turn 30 in September, just completed his fourth season with Cleveland, which was swept by Golden State in the Finals. And although James is elsewhere, Love believes that with him and young players like rookie guard Collin Sexton, forwards Cedi Osman and Larry Nance and others, Cleveland can remain more than competitive.

“You lose the best player in the world, you have to form a new identity,” he said. “But I think in some cases what we lose

IN this file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, centre, shoots against Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Oakland, California. (AP)

in identity we will make up but we also have in culture. We’ve always had a culture here that has been very hard working. ... I think we’re going to see a lot of guys really having fun and being themselves and playing really hard-nosed basketball.”

Altman said it wasn’t long after James announced he wasn’t coming back that he made his commitment to Love. “Right after LeBron decided to leave, I called Kevin first,” Altman said. “I said: ‘Kev, I’m not trading you. I want you to be here and I want you to be a part of this thing,’ and he was all in then, too. He’s never wavered in his commitment, not once in the four years since we traded for him and not once this summer and, to me, that’s really, really meaningful.

“He wants to be a part of this franchise and be the leader. I think he’s earned that.”

IN this file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love poses for a portrait during NBA media day in Independence, Ohio. (AP)

WNBA HEADS TO ALL-STAR BREAK AFTER STRONG START TO SEASON

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA heads into the All-Star break this week after a strong first few months of play highlighted by tight standings and record-breaking performances.

“This might be the most competitive season I’ve seen in all my years coaching,” Seattle coach Dan Hughes said. “No one is sitting out this year and there are no easy games in this league.”

The Storm currently have the best record in the league at 18-7 and there’s only four losses separating second place Atlanta from ninthplace Las Vegas making this season’s playoff race one of the tightest ever.

The All-Star game is Saturday in Minneapolis and there’s no debating it’s been exciting an exciting regular season, but the statistics show some of it is optics.

It may seem more games are being decided in the last few seconds based on thrilling buzzer-beaters that Atlanta and New York had to beat Connecticut over the past few weeks, but the percentage of games decided by five-point or less is about the same as last year at about 25 per cent.

That’s down from the 30 per cent in 2014, according to information provided by the league from the Elias Sports Bureau. Viewers are tuning in to the competitive play with ratings on ESPN2 up 38 per cent from last season. It’s the most-watched WNBA regular season since 2012.

Fans have been treated to some memorable individual

efforts. Liz Cambage broke the WNBA individual game scoring record with a 53-point effort against New York. Shekinna Stricklen tied the league’s mark, hitting eight 3-pointers in a game . And those recordsetting performances happened in the last week.

POWER POLL A look at this week’s WNBA poll which Seattle sits atop for the third straight week: 1. Seattle (18-7): Storm play six of their final nine games on the road.

2. Atlanta (15-9): The Dream are 10-0 this season in games decided by six points or less. Last season they were 4-9 in such games.

3. Los Angeles (1510): Injury bug has hit the Sparks with Alana Beard out with a groin injury and Nneka Ogwumike missing the last few games with an illness.

4. Phoenix (15-10): Mercury will not have Diana Taurasi in their final game before the All-Star break for technical foul accumulations after she was hit with her seventh one in a loss to Minnesota that triggers a one-game suspension.

T5. Minnesota (14-10): A victory over New York in the final game before the break would give the Lynx three consecutive wins.

T5. Dallas (14-11): Liz Cambage had a week to remember and the Wings hope to keep riding their Australian center to the postseason.

1. Washington (14-10): It’s been a rough stretch for the Mystics, who have dropped four of their last six games.

IN this file photo, Seattle Storm guard Jewell Lloyd drives by Connecticut Sun guard IN this file photo, Atlanta Dream forward Angel Jasmine Thomas during the first half of a game, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

McCoughtry shoots over Sun forward Alyssa (AP photos) Thomas.

2. Connecticut (13-12): The margin between winning and losing for the Sun has been razor thin. They dropped two games in the past two weeks at the buzzer.

3. Las Vegas (12-13): What a difference a change of scenery has made; the Aces already have more wins in Las Vegas than any of the last three years when the franchise couldn’t reach double-digit victories.

4. Chicago (8-17): Courtney Vandersloot had the seventh triple-double in league history in a win over Dallas on Friday.

5. New York (7-17): Barring a 10-game winning

streak to close the season, the Liberty will finish under .500 for the first time since 2014. The franchise’s streak of double-digit victories in every season could be jeopardy.

6. Indiana (3-22): The Fever pulled off another road win, beating Los Angeles.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Liz Cambage, Wings.

Set the WNBA record for points in a game when she had 53 against New York.

She followed that up with a 35-point effort in her next contest against Washington to set the two-game mark

as well. She averaged 34 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.3 blocks to help Dallas go 2-2 this week.

MILESTONE Sue Bird played in her 500th career regular season game Sunday, breaking the WNBA record held by DeLisha Milton-Jones. Bird has spent her entire career in Seattle and has been the team’s starting point guard since her first game on May 30, 2002.

SWAPPED The Wings and Washington Mystics have exchanged backup guards, with Tayler Hill and a

second-round pick in next year’s draft going to Dallas for Aerial Powers. The trade announced Monday includes the right for the teams to swap first-round picks in the 2019 WNBA draft.

GAME OF THE WEEK WNBA All-Star game, Saturday in Minneapolis. It will be Team Delle Donne vs. Team Parker in the league’s All-Star game.

The WNBA changed its format this year going with one similar to the NBA by having captains (leading vote-getters) draft the teams.

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Thursday, July 26, 2018, PAGE 3 IN this file photo, the Orion Spacecraft moves by the Vehicle Assembly Building on its approximately 22-mile journey from the Launch Abort System Facility at the Kennedy Space Center to Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

(AP Photo/John Raoux)

AN ORION crew module, part of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), is on display Monday on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington at the “Made in America”, product showcase featuring items created in each of the US 50 states. (AP)

AP FACT CHECK: TRUMP’S MADE-IN-UNITED STATES (AND EUROPE) SPACECRAFT

By CALVIN WOODWARD and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the star products of President Donald Trump’s Made in America showcase this year, NASA’s Orion crew capsule, will ride through space thanks to Europe.

With its four solar-array wings, the European Service Module supplies propulsion, power and the essentials of life for the capsule’s space travels and marks a departure for NASA that Trump did not mention at Monday’s event celebrating American manufacturing.

“For the first time,” the agency says, “NASA will use a European-built system as a critical element to power an American spacecraft.”

Airbus, Boeing’s prime competitor in commercial air travel, leads an array of European companies that made the service module.

The actual Orion crew capsule, made by Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor with more than 1,000 companies across the US contributing, sat on the South Lawn of the White House as one of most striking exhibits of products made in the US. The multinational nature of space industry and exploration — and of the spacecraft itself — went unacknowledged.

“On the South Lawn, you have the space capsule,”

Trump said. “And every part is made right here, in America.”

His only reference to Europe was in the context of the trade war he is pursuing.

“The European Union’s been very tough on the United States,” he said, adding “we’ll have to do something” to curb imports of European cars if negotiations don’t work out.

The globalisation of manufacturing has made it difficult to isolate products entirely made in the US. Vehicles typically have some or many foreign parts, for example, and in a long-integrated auto manufacturing industry, Canadian-built vehicles may be counted as domestic by the US. In his Made in America event last year, Trump posed by a Boeing jet that was 30 per cent foreign-made.

For purposes of the showcase, the White House cites a standard of the Federal Trade Commission that defines a US-made product as having no or negligible foreign content and as going through final assembly or processing in the country.

Additionally, the White House says it only selects products from companies that are American owned and operated.

Under those criteria, it appears the Orion crew capsule that was on the display meets the made-in-US

standard. But the spacecraft, exhibited as a model at Monday’s event, would not.

NASA counts the European module as one of three primary elements of the spacecraft.

The crew module and launch abort system are the others.

“Orion’s service module is the powerhouse of the spacecraft, supplying it with the electricity, propulsion, thermal control, air and water it needs in space,” NASA says.

“After the Space Launch System rocket gives Orion the push it needs to venture toward deep space and detaches from it, the service module will propel the uncrewed spacecraft on its mission 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometres) beyond the moon and help it return to Earth, detaching before the crew module re-enters Earth’s atmosphere.”

The Trump administration envisages a test launch without a crew in 2020 and Orion’s first crewed mission three years later.

Orion is designed to replace the space shuttle in time and take humans into deeper space.

A 2014 test flight used a different service module.

The European Service Module is for future flights.

• Associated Press writers Tom Krisher in Detroit and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.

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