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Alonzo Russell advances to 400m final

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHILE both the men’s basketball and softball teams continued to struggle to find a win in their games so far at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia yesterday as fencing’s debut is now over and done with, the track and field team saw Grand Bahamian Alonzo Russell advance to the final by winning his heat of the men’s 400 metres.

Russell’s time of 46.49 seconds pushed him well ahead of the rest of the field in the second of three semi-finals. He ended up posting the sixth fastest time for the final today when he will run out of lane five sandwiched between Costa Rica’s Nery Antonio Cardenas Brenes, who had the fastest qualifying time of 45.60, in lane four,

and Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Miguel Santos, the third fastest qualifier in 46.10, in lane six. Lidio Andres Felix, also from the Dominican Republic, had the second fastest time of 45.82 and he will RUSSELL run out of lane eight.

Team Bahamas had one other competitor in action yesterday as national record holder Ken Mullings completed the men’s decathlon in fifth place overall with a total of 6,973 points. The medallists were Leonel Suarez of Cuba with the gold with 8,026 points, Jose Gregorio Lemos Rivas of Colombia with the silver with

100m in 10.97, fourth in the long jump with 7.19m (23-7 1/4), eighth in the shot put with 12.12m (39-9 1/4), won the high jump with 2.05m (6-8 3/4) and got sixth in the 400m in 52.22.

7,913 points and Briander Willia Rivero Rivas of Cuba with the bronze with 7,858 points.

In the final five events yesterday, Mullings got third in the 110m hurdles in 14.57, seventh in the discus with a heave of 33.17 metres or 108-feet, 10-inches, fifth in the pole vault with 4.10m (13-5 1/4), seventh in the javelin with a toss of 47.39m (155-5) and he closed out competition in the 1,500m in sixth place in 5:20.82.

After the first five events on day one of the men’s decathlon, Mullings was sitting in fifth place with 3,903 points. He was third in the

Men’s Basketball The men’s national basketball team suffered their second straight loss in the tournament, this time to Cuba (97-80) last night.

Team Bahamas, coached by Quintin ‘Three Ounce’ Hall, opened a 28-25 first quarter lead, but watched as Cuba prevailed to go up 51-48 at the half. Buy the end of the third, Cuba used a 23-10 spurt to open up a 74-58 advantage and they never looked back as they coasted to victory.

Jackson Jacob once again led the Bahamas’ charge with 13 points, three assists, three steals and two

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‘Mighty Mouse’ brings home gold

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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odybuilder Paul ‘Mighty Mouse’ Wilson and physique competitors Wellington Wallace and Raynor Ferguson all secured gold medals to lead the Bahamas’ 12-member team to an impressive showing at the 45th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships that concluded in Mexico City on Sunday night.

Team Bahamas, managed by Leonardo ‘Nardo’ Dean and coached by Raymond Tucker, had a total of nine medals, including three gold from Wilson in the men’s lightweight in bodybuilding and Wallace and Ferguson in the men’s physique C and D Classes respectively. The team also clinched two silver and four bronze.

Not to be left out were Rashield Edgecombe with a silver in the men’s muscular physique, James Bain got a silver in the junior men’s physique and a bronze in the men’s E class physique, Jeremy Misiewicz won a bronze in the men’s junior physique, Lyndsay Curry won a bronze in the women’s body fitness and Shakira Ferguson got a bronze in the women’s bikini fitness C class.

Other members of the team were Tarran Knowles, fourth in the men’s physique A class, Misiewicz, fourth in the men’s bodybuilding E class, Gemo Smith, sixth in the men’s physique C class and Tashara Seymour, fourth in the women’s bikini D class.

Alberto Armbrister also

participated in the men’s physique.

Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation president Joel Stubbs said they only took the 12 athletes based on their performances at the recent BBF Nationals in May along with the previous CAC talent from the other countries. Despite their size, the former CAC heavyweight champion said Team Bahamas was simple awesome with another gutsy performance against 25 other participating countries.

“All of our athletes, with the exception of one, was a finalist,” said Stubbs who attended the championships with vice president Kenny Green, head judge Charles Sealey, who also officiated in that capacity, along with Wellington ‘Cat’ Sears. “It was really, really beyond measure, an awesome performance.

It was really great to see Team Bahamas performing out there this weekend in Mexico City.”

Stubbs thanked all of the athletes for preparing to compete at their best and coaches Tucker and Dean for ensuring that the athletes were kept in good condition. He thanked all his executives and the judges, including Green, Sealey and Sears, along with Michael O’Brien. for providing photo coverage of the team in action.

Former federation president Danny Sumner, now the vice president of CACBBFF), was also in attendance in Mexico.

The federation is now gearing up for the second annual Faye Rolle Classic that will be held at a venue to be announced on Saturday, October 27.

PAUL ‘Mighty Mouse’ Wilson poses Sunday night during the 45th Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Mexico City.

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BIG BLUE BAHAMAS TOUR AT ATLANTIS

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

IN just over a week, the focus of the NCAA basketball preseason will shift to the Bahamas as the University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball programme and ESPN are hosted at the Atlantis resort.

The Wildcats began practices last weekend for the Big Blue Bahamas Tour - a four-game, eight-day trip - where they will face several professional teams at the Imperial Arena August 6-13.

“Had our first of 10 days of practice yesterday before the Bahamas. I continue to be impressed with this group’s toughness and work capacity,” Wildcats head coach John Calipari said in a series of tweets. “Got a lot done in two hours, including defence for the first time this summer. If we are going to be special, defence and rebounding will be the key. Lots of experimenting and lots of fun.”

Calipari will welcome the second ranked recruiting class in the country, giving the Bahamas a first look at several potential NBA hopefuls.

Headlining the class will be McDonald’s AllAmericans Keldon Johnson (No.9) and Immanuel Quickley (No.21) alongside EJ Montgomery (No.10) and Tyler Herro (No.39).

“It’s been a real long weekend, but you know we are having fun getting after it competing. Point guards, big men going after it, having a lot of fun,” Quickley said following the team’s first practice session, “It’s going to be great, we’ve been in here killing each other, going at it. I think we are as deep as any team in the country so to go against somebody else, can’t wait to see it.”

Sophomores PJ Washington and Quade Green have returned to the programme but the team lost three of its top four scorers (Kevin Knox, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Hamidou Diallo and Jarred Vanderbilt) to the 2018 NBA Draft.

All games will be broadcasted live on ESPN’s SEC Network. The ESPN college basketball crew of Tom Hart, Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich will be on the call.

The Bahamian national select squad, primarily comprised of players from FIBA World Cup Qualification and CAC Games teams, will be the first test for Kentucky.

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Freedom Farm U-12 all set for Cal Ripken Baseball World Series

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net FREEDOM Farm Baseball League will continue its summer of international competition in the Under12 division.

The team is set to compete in the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series (Major/70) August 3-11 at BallParks of Americas Field in Branson, Missouri.

They will take on Australia at 3pm on August 4, followed by a matchup against New Zealand at 3pm August 6 and the final game of the preliminary round against Puerto Rico at 3pm on August 7.

The Bahamas is one of 24 teams competing in the division and one of just 10 international teams

alongside the aforementioned teams in their pool with Korea, Japan, Canada and Dominican Republic.

Major 70 is a level of baseball beyond Little League but before professional that allows players to play on 70-foot base paths with a 50-foot pitching distance. It also allows runners to take leads and steal for the first time, playing mainly by official baseball rules.

This innovation helped to prepare the youth for better transition to the 90-foot diamonds of the Babe Ruth Baseball 13-15 and 16-18 divisions of play.

Today, Babe Ruth League has more than 1,000,000 players on 56,000 teams in 9,000 leagues in eight countries and all 50 states.

FREEDOM Farm Baseball League’s under-12 team is expected to compete in the Cal Ripken Baseball World Series at BallParks of Americas Field in Branson, Missouri, this weekend.

Just over a week ago Freedom Farm closed out competition at the Caribbean Regional Qualifier for the Little League World Series with an historic finish

for the Bahamas. The team claimed the bronze medal at the event with a 6-1 win over Aruba at the tournament in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico.

Participating teams in the event included Los Bravos de Pontezuela (Santiago, Dominican Republic), Aruba Center (Santa Cruz, Aruba), Pabao

(Willemstad, Curacao), Radames Lopez (Guayama, Puerto Rico A), Gino Vega (Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico B) and District 1 (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands).

Radames Lopez won the tournament 5-2 over Pabao and will represent the Caribbean at the Little League World Series August 16-26 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

They completed the tournament undefeated at 8-0.

It will be the first time a Puerto Rican side has represented the region in the event since 2014.

After opening the tournament with three consecutive wins, the Bahamas suffered a four-game losing streak before concluding with the win in the bronzemedal game.

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45TH CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN BODYBUILDING AND FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIPS BODYBUILDERS in action during the 45th Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Mexico City.

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GALLUP WILL MAKE COWBOYS FANS SAY: ‘DEZ’ WHO EVERYWHERE I go, Cowboy and NFL fans alike continue to hit me with the same, burning questions.

“What are you Cowboys gonna do without Dez? Who’s going to replace him? You all will miss Dez’s production.”

Easy, allow me to introduce who I think will eventually make Cowboys fans, collectively say ‘Dez’ who? Meet third round pick Colorado State All American WR Michael Gallup.

GALLUP-ING ALONG Rookie WR Michael Gallup turned heads Saturday at the Cowboys’ first day of padded practices in training camp. Running crisp, fluid, precise routes, all while picking the ball out of the air, effortlessly, the rookie was impressive to say the least.

All of this as Gallup ran with the first-team offence and quarterback Dak Prescott.

GROWING PAINS Despite all of the positive on the first day of camp, Gallup looked like a rookie on Sunday with drops during individual and team drills.

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keeping the whole process balanced is the key.

Gallup had this to say about his first three days at camp via Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News.

“I wouldn’t say a bad day.

It was a teaching day. It was a learning day. You have a couple of drops and you run a bad route, it’s not what you wanted, you go to the next one. They are all learning days, but this one is, in particular.”

WIDE RECEIVER MAKEOVER Dallas enters the 2018 regular season with a revamped WR unit.

Remember, the Cowboys released Dez Bryant in April and traded Ryan Switzer during the draft.

Cole Beasley and Terrance Williams return, and the Cowboys added Allen Hurns and Deonte Thompson during free agency.

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This first game in the series takes place at 7pm on August 8.

The team follows with games against San Lorenzo de Almagro (Argentina) at 7pm on August 9, Mega Bemax (Serbia) at 7pm on August 11 and Team Toronto at 4pm on August 12. Team Toronto will feature a group of top select Canadian players put together by head coach Roy Rana, who led the 2019 U-19 Canadian team to the gold medal at the FIBA World Championships.

Then selected Gallup and Boise State WR Cedrick Wilson, (who, was injured Saturday, in training).

Gallup has special traits as he has the opportunity in training camp to earn immediate playing time, and getting in early work with the first-team offence is a very good sign.

Gallup has also drawn praise from his new teammates with his early camp performances.

Fellow WR Allen Hurns offered these statements.

“I’ve been very impressed. Since he’s come in, he’s been making plays non-stop. I know he’s not like a 6-5 guy, but he plays like it.

“He’s a guy who goes up and gets the ball. He plays aggressive.

“He’s going to help this offence out a lot with his aggressive style.”

The 6-foot-1 Gallup enjoyed a productive

Kentucky’s Big Blue Bahamas tour is a joint venture between Complete Sports Management and the Bahamas Basketball Federation.

“The Bahamas is thrilled to have Kentucky returning for their foreign tour,” said Lea MillerTooley, the founder and CEO of Complete Sports Management, an all-encompassing sports marketing agency.

“UK is a perennial powerhouse and the standard of college basketball. International travel is an educational experience that is priceless and we are excited to expose the Bahamian culture and beauty of the islands to their staff, players and fans.”

DALLAS Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup runs after a reception during NFL training camp on July 26 in Oxnard, California.

(AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) college career, totalling 2,685 yards receiving and 21 touchdowns in two seasons at Colorado State, and he’s shown the ability to transition that kind of production to the professional level.

“That’s definitely my biggest challenge, I’ve got to keep, on a straight line.”

The Wildcats have travelled to the Bahamas twice under Calipari.

Prior to the 2014-15 season, Kentucky competed at the “Big Blue Bahamas Tour” with games against the Dominican Republic national team, Puerto Rican national team reserves and Champagne Chalons-Reims Basket (France) at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Kentucky went on to 38-1 that season which included an undefeated regular season, SEC regular-season and tournament titles, and a trip to the Final Four.

The ‘Cats returned in 2016 when they defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils 115-69 at the

Now, all the rookie needs to do is prove to the coaching staff and fans that he can be consistent with every single play and assignment.

Once he continnues to do that, the Cowboys can finally throw up the ‘X’ on Dez and keep ‘Galluping’ along!!

Imperial Arena in the Atlantis Showcase.

“I still have some of our fans come up to me and tell me about how much fun they had in 2014 when we went to the Bahamas.

This is a chance to see our team in an unbelievable setting, get up close with our kids and stay at the best vacation resort I’ve ever been to.

“The great thing about this time around is the games will be on site, making this even easier than the last trip. I can’t wait to get down there,” Calipari said.

“It’s a perfect time – when we have nothing else going on – to get with our kids, practice and give our fans a chance to see our

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team before school starts. The current rules only allow us to do it every four years and this one comes at a great time.

“We’re going to have another young team and will have a tough schedule early. Getting these games in against professional competition and allowing us to practice will give our guys an early idea of how hard this is going to be.”

In conjunction with the tour, the programme will host the seventh annual “John Calipari Basketball Fantasy Experience.”

Kentucky finished last season 26-11 and advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Newcomb falls 1 out short of no-hitter, Braves beat Dodgers ATLANTA (AP) — Sean Newcomb came within one strike of pitching the first no-hitter by the Atlanta Braves since 1994, denied when Chris Taylor sharply singled in a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

Newcomb had a 2-2 count with two outs in the ninth inning when Taylor hit a hard grounder beyond the reach of diving third baseman Johan Camargo. That came on the career-high 134th and final pitch by the 25-year-old lefty.

Newcomb (10-5) left to a thunderous standing ovation from the sellout crowd at SunTrust Park as manager Brian Snitker removed him. Snitker took the ball and gave it back to Newcomb as a keepsake — instead, Newcomb simply tossed it toward the Atlanta dugout as he walked off, wanting no souvenir of the near-miss.

Newcomb apologized about an hour after the game for racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager, calling them “some stupid stuff.”

Ross Stripling (8-3) was subpar in his second straight start, allowing four runs, seven hits and one walk with five strikeouts in four innings.

RED SOX 3, TWINS 0 BOSTON (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven impressive innings in his first start with Boston, J.D. Martinez drove in all three runs to increase his major league-leading RBI total to 89 and the Red Sox beat Minnesota for their 18th victory in 22 games.

Martinez had a double, single and walk, and Andrew Benintendi added two hits and a walk for the Red Sox. The AL Eastleaders improved to a majors’ best 74-33 by winning three of four in the weekend series.

Acquired in trade from Tampa Bay for a minor league pitcher on Wednesday, Eovaldi (4-4) gave up four hits, striking out five without issuing a walk. Matt Barnes pitched the eighth and Craig Kimbrel got the final three outs for his 33rd save.

Jose Berrios (10-8) was in trouble every inning, giving up three runs on nine hits with three walks and five strikeouts in 4 2/3 in his first career start in Fenway Park.

YANKEES 6, ROYALS 3 NEW YORK (AP) — J.A. Happ made the midseason impact the Yankees hoped for, pitching one-run ball over six innings to win his New York debut.

Three days after New York acquired the 35-yearold left-hander from Toronto for infielder Brandon Drury and outfield prospect Billy McKinney, Happ took a shutout into the fifth before Salvador Perez’s opposite-field home run into the Yankees bullpen in right-center.

Happ (11-6) struck out two and walked one, and the first-time All-Star ended a four-start winless streak.

Aaron Hicks hit a tworun homer in the first off the screen attached to the right-field foul pole, a drive off Burch Smith (1-2).

Hicks also doubled, singled and walked for the Yankees, who took three over four against the woeful Royals (32-73), who traded star third baseman Mike Moustakas to Milwaukee on Friday.

CUBS 5, CARDINALS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kyle Hendricks pitched seven sharp innings, Ben Zobrist had four hits and the Cubs salvaged the finale of their weekend series.

Hendricks (7-9) retired his last 17 batters, settling into a nice little groove after Marcell Ozuna’s two-run homer in the first inning. The right-hander allowed four hits in just his second win in his last eight starts.

Zobrist and Anthony Rizzo homered as NL leading-Chicago moved 1 1/2 games ahead of secondplace Milwaukee in the NL Central. Pedro Strop pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save.

St. Louis had won three of four. John Gant (3-4) was charged with three runs, two earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.

ATLANTA Braves starting pitcher Sean Newcomb works in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

(AP Photo/John Bazemore) The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 16 minutes due to rain.

RANGERS 4, ASTROS 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Jurickson Profar hit a go-ahead double deflected by the pitcher and stayed in despite getting kicked in the face as Texas became the first team to sweep Houston this year.

Texas took three in a row from the AL West leaders and extended the Astros’ skid to a season-high four games.

The last-place Rangers won even though they struck out 19 times — the most Houston pitchers have recorded in a nine-inning game in franchise history.

It was 1-all in the sixth when Rougned Odor doubled and Profar hit a grounder nicked by Lance McCullers (10-6) that rolled into the outfield. Astros second baseman Yuli Gurriel lost his balance and kicked Profar in the cheek with his cleats as he slid into second base.

Mike Minor (7-6) allowed four hits and two runs while striking out eight in six innings for his first win since June 27. Keone Kela

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allowed a run in the ninth before retiring George Springer with two on to get his 24th save.

ROCKIES 3, ATHLETICS 2 DENVER (AP) — German Marquez continued Colorado’s strong starting pitching, Tom Murphy homered and the Rockies beat Oakland to sweep the interleague series.

Marquez (9-8) returned from paternity leave to deliver 7 2/3 solid innings and help the Rockies win for the 11th time in 13 games. He allowed two runs on five hits and struck out eight. He left to a standing ovation after fanning Nick Martini.

Khris Davis and Matt Chapman homered for the A’s, who lost just their first series in their last 12. Oakland had won six straight games before being swept in Colorado.

METS 1, PIRATES 0 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zack Wheeler pitched six strong innings and drove in the lone run, leading New York over Pittsburgh.

Wheeler (5-6) allowed five hits with seven strikeouts and one walk, and got his fourth RBI of the season on a double in the fifth. He won a third straight start after giving up a combined six runs in 14 2/3 innings over his past two.

The Mets split the four-game series with the Pirates, who lost for just the fourth time in their past 19 games.

Wheeler’s double helped his own cause after Luis Guillorme singled with two outs. He sent a drive off Joe Musgrove (4-5) over right fielder Gregory Polanco to score Guillorme from second.

INDIANS 8, TIGERS 1 DETROIT (AP) — Yonder Alonso, Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion all homered for Cleveland, and Corey Kluber pitched into the eighth inning in a victory over Detroit.

Rajai Davis added a triple and two doubles for the Indians, who took two of three in Detroit and extended their AL Central lead to nine games over Minnesota. It’s the largest division lead in the major leagues at the moment.

Kluber (13-6) allowed a run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Jordan Zimmermann (4-3) allowed five runs and six hits in three innings.

ORIOLES 11, RAYS 5 BALTIMORE (AP) — Adam Jones had three hits and an RBI in what could be his final game with the Orioles, and Baltimore beat Tampa Bay for a rare series win.

The rebuilding Orioles are looking to deal Jones before Tuesday’s nonwaiver trade deadline.

Now in his 11th year with Baltimore, the 31-year-old center fielder becomes a free agent after the season.

Jones is on a tear, batting .417 during a nine-game hitting streak. He went 3 for 4 with a walk and notched his 85th stolen base with the Orioles, moving him into a tie for 10th place with Don Buford on the franchise list.

Chris Davis hit a pair of two-run homers, and Austin Wynns and Jonathan Schoop also connected for the Orioles.

GIANTS 8, BREWERS 5 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey had four hits, including a threerun double to help San Francisco break out of a collective funk, and the Giants beat Milwaukee to avoid a four-game sweep.

Pablo Sandoval added a two-run triple before leaving with a possible hamstring injury, Gorkys Hernandez hit his 12th home run and Evan Longoria had a sacrifice fly, his first RBI since spending more than a month on the disabled list.

Andrew Suarez (4-6) allowed four runs in six innings for his first win since June 29.

Ryan Braun, Travis Shaw and Hernan Perez homered for Milwaukee.

Christian Yelich singled to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.

San Francisco had been held to two or fewer runs in 11 of its 22 games in July before breaking out against Milwaukee starter Junior Guerra (6-7) in the third.

REDS 4, PHILLIES 0 CINCINNATI (AP) — Luis Castillo allowed four hits in a season-high seven innings, Scooter Gennett hit a two-run homer and Cincinnati wrapped up its long homestand with a third consecutive win over Philadelphia.

Phillip Ervin and Curt Casali each had an RBI and run for the Reds, who won a four-game series against the Phillies for the first time in nearly 21 years.

Castillo (6-8) had a season-high nine strikeouts.

He retired 14 of his last 15 batters.

Philadelphia has lost Zach Eflin’s last three starts after winning six straight.

In his second start since coming off the disabled list with a right middle finger blister, Eflin (7-3) allowed four runs in 5 1/3 innings.

BLUE JAYS 7, WHITE SOX 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Drury hit a goahead, two-run double in a five-run ninth inning and Toronto beat Chicago.

Luke Maile had an RBI double and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added an RBI single in the inning before Gurriel exited with knee and ankle injuries. Teoscar Hernandez homered to tie the game earlier in the ninth for the Blue Jays, who won two of three against the White Sox.

Hernandez’s homer to lead off the inning was his 16th of the season.

Gurriel extended his Toronto record of consecutive multihit games to 11 with his RBI single in the eighth that cut the lead to 3-2. The 24-year-old has batted .500 (25 for 50) during the streak, which ties Tony Perez in 1973 for the longest in the last 50 years in the majors.

Luis Santos (1-1) allowed a run in two innings for the win. Jace Fry (0-2) allowed three runs without recording an out.

MARLINS 5, NATIONALS 0 MIAMI (AP) — Jose Urena and three relievers combined on a two-hitter for Miami in a win over Washington to split a fourgame series.

Urena (3-10) threw six scoreless innings allowing only one hit. Adam Conley, Brad Ziegler, and Drew Steckenrider each pitched an inning in relief for the Marlins.

Miami was outscored 19-4 losing the first two games before limiting the Nationals to one run on seven hits in the final two games.

Jeremy Hellickson (4-2) allowed five runs, three earned, and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.

MARINERS 8, ANGELS 5 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Zunino had a tworun double in a seven-run first inning and Marco Gonzales (12-5) went six strong innings to help Seattle beat Los Angeles.

Zunino drove in three runs, also delivering an RBI double in the third inning, as the Mariners salvaged the final game of the threegame series.

Dee Gordon, Denard Span and Ben Gamel had three hits each for the Mariners.

Justin Upton hit a tworun home run for the Angels in the fifth inning, his 21st of the season, and added an RBI single in the seventh. Los Angeles saw its four-game win streak come to an end.

Angels starter Felix Pena (1-2) faced nine batters and recorded just one out.

DIAMONDBACKS 5, PADRES 4 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt and Nick Ahmed each hit a two-run homer and A.J. Pollock also connected for Arizona, which held on to beat San Diego for a three-game sweep.

Clay Buchholz (4-1) almost got through the sixth as he won his third straight start. Brad Boxberger, who was with San Diego in 2012-13, pitched a perfect ninth for his 25th save in 30 chances.

The Padres lost their fifth straight game and dropped to 2-7 since the All-Star break. They’ve lost 12 of 14 overall.

All three Diamondbacks homers came off rookie lefty Joey Lucchesi (5-6).

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Jets’ Darnold ends Now 30, Dolphins’ holdout, inks 4-year, Tannehill will try again to make playoffs $30.25 million deal

By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

By DENNIS WASZAK JR AP Sports Writer

DAVIE, Florida (AP) — Ryan Tannehill’s pass travelled two yards before landing in the hands of a young receiver, who dropped it.

Tannehill laughed. He doesn’t mind when a throw to his two-year-old son, Steel, falls incomplete.

Their easygoing post-practice game of catch contrasted with what preceded it yesterday — two hours of spirited work by the Miami Dolphins.

With players in full pads for the first time in training camp, there was a fight or two, plenty of trash-talking and one highstakes play at the end of a passing drill, with the losing unit required to do pushups. “It’s a competitive sport,” Tannehill said. “I like what I see from our guys as far as the fire.”

Increasing intensity is understandable with the clock ticking toward another season, and it’s a little louder now for Tannehill because he turned 30 Friday.

After missing the end of the 2016 season and all 16 games last year due to knee injuries, he says he’s fully recovered and healthy. Five days into camp, he’s pleasantly surprised his arm isn’t even sore.

“I feel great,” Tannehill said. “I was telling somebody the other day, I feel like I’m 25. Thirty just sounds old.”

Thirty is a little old to still be without a playoff appearance, as Tannehill is. But given the way such peers as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning aged so gracefully in recent years, Tannehill might have a decade or so left to play.

“He seems to keep getting better,” coach Adam Gase said. “I guess I look at 30 now, and for quarterbacks it doesn’t seem — how many guys do we have that are 39 or 40 and MVPs of the league?”

The best hope for the Dolphins’ future would be that Tannehill becomes a latebloomer. He has been a starter since his first training camp in 2012, and his best season came two years ago, when he was leading Miami toward a wild-card berth until sidelined by his first knee injury.

He hasn’t played since, and these days he’s not thinking about the arc of his career. “I’m just trying to get better,” he said. “I feel like I have a lot of good

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Sam Darnold is signed, sealed and back under centre.

The New York Jets inked the rookie quarterback to a four-year, $30.25 million deal yesterday, ending the contract holdout of the NFL’s No. 3 overall draft pick.

Darnold missed the first three days of training camp practice while his representatives and the team worked out the details.

There wouldn’t be a fourth straight absence.

Just a few minutes after the Jets announced the signing — which includes a signing bonus of about $20 million — on social media, Darnold made his way out to the practice field with his teammates greeting him with a “Rudy”-like slow-clap . A grinning Darnold made his way to the warmup line and got a pat on the shoulder from Josh McCown.

Darnold then jumped right into position drills, handing off to running backs and throwing a few short passes before participating in team drills.

After a shaky start that included a handoff, an incompletion and an intercepted pass by Doug Middleton, Darnold bounced back in red-zone drills with short touchdown tosses to fellow rookie Chris Herndon and later to wide receiver Quincy Enunwa.

“What’s up Jets fans?”

Darnold said in a video posted by the team. “Man, it’s a pleasure to be signed now. I’m very excited. Very

DOLPHINS quarterback Ryan Tannehill plays with his son, Steel, at training camp yesterday.

Tannehill just celebrated his 30th birthday, but he says he feels like he’s 25, and that includes his surgically repaired left knee.

(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) football left in front of me, and just want to be the best I can this year.”

It helps that the offensive line could be the best Tannehill has played behind, easing a perennial problem with pass protection. And while favourite receiver Jarvis Landry departed last offseason, Tannehill is delighted about several newcomers, led by veteran running back Frank Gore.

Danny Amendola and Albert Wilson give Tannehill two experienced new targets at receiver, and he has been impressed with rookie tight end Mike Gesicki, a second-round draft pick from Penn State.

“He has incredible range,” Tannehill said. “If you put a ball anywhere near him, he has the ability to either jump and get it or reach out and get it. One way or the other, he’s going to get his hands on it.”

And then there’s Steel Tannehill, who’s only 3 feet tall and a little inexperienced, and Dad hasn’t figured out yet whether he should be a receiver or quarterback. But he’s the camp newcomer who gets Tannehill gushing the most. “I don’t know what position he is,” Tannehill said with a grin.

“Right now he’s the fun assistant.”

NEW York Jets’ quarterback Sam Darnold, right, greets quarterback Josh McCown during practice yesterday.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) special moment. Let’s do it.

Jet up!”

The 21-year-old quarterback is expected to compete with McCown and Teddy Bridgewater for the Jets’ starting job. But he fell behind slightly with each passing day, and it began to look uncertain as to when an agreement between the sides would come together.

While the amount of Darnold’s contract was already clear under the NFL’s wage slotting system, the hang-up appeared to be over contract language.

One issue was offsets, which if included could provide a team with a measure of financial protection if it cuts a player during his rookie contract. The Jets have historically included offset language in their contracts. Not having offset language, a condition that Darnold’s representatives apparently sought, allows a player to receive his remaining salary from the team that cut him, as well as get paid by another team that signs him.

According to published reports, another issue was default language related to the guaranteed money.

Some teams include

stipulations that could void guarantees if a player is fined and/or suspended by the NFL for disciplinary reasons.

The Jets do not make details of contracts available. Pro Football Talk reported that Darnold’s contract includes offset language on future guarantees, but the Jets also agreed to pay the quarterback’s full $20 million signing bonus within the next 15 days and removed language in the deal voiding guarantees based on fines by the NFL. The 39-year-old McCown is the incumbent and currently the favourite to be under centre for New York at Detroit September 10 in the regular-season opener.

He and Bridgewater took increased snaps in practices in Darnold’s absence, and coach Todd Bowles acknowledged that the Jets might need to bring in another passer to ease the workload on the veterans.

No need now.

Darnold will be able to do some catching up on the field and in the classroom, and will likely be ready to play in New York’s preseason opener against Atlanta on August 10.

DWYANE WADE STILL NOT SAYING IF HE WILL PLAY A 16TH SEASON

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade’s future remains a mystery.

The Miami Heat guard wouldn’t say yesterday if he has decided whether to play this season, which would be his 16th in the NBA. His future has been the source of much speculation for several weeks, with retirement a possibility.

“In due time,” Wade said.

“Time will tell.”

Wade briefly addressed the issue while on a call promoting his role as an ambassador for the upcoming Jr NBA World Championship that starts on August 7 in Orlando, Florida.

Wade has become heavily involved in youth basketball in recent years, primarily because of his sponsorship of an AAU team and his son Zaire’s involvement on elite-level squads. “This is the purest

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Wade spent his first 13 seasons with Miami, then left for Chicago and

eventually Cleveland before he was traded back to the Heat in February. Wade appeared in 26 regular-season and playoff games with Miami after the trade, all off the bench, averaging 12.9 points.

He is averaging 22.5 points for his career, and was part of all three Heat championship teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013.

LA-BOUND LEBRON OPENS SCHOOL IN AKRON AS PART OF LEGACY

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer AKRON, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James is leaving home again and leaving behind something he says is more meaningful than any of his NBA championships.

James, who this month ended his second stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers by signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, has opened a public school for challenged children in his hometown.

The NBA great admitted to having “jitters” before the opening, an event he said is “going to be one of the greatest moments — if not the greatest — of my life.”

The I Promise School initially will house 240

third- and fourth-graders.

The Akron school will expand each year, adding second and fifth grades next year and will have students from grades 1-8 by 2022.

James was to be at the school yesterday to welcome students and make his first public comments since deciding to join the Lakers.

James spent 11 seasons with the Cavs, winning a title in 2016 to end Cleveland’s 52-year drought without a pro sports championship. His departure ended a four-year run with the Cavs after he returned in 2014 following four seasons with the Miami Heat.

Following his eighth straight appearance in the NBA Finals, James said he was still in “championship

mode” as he headed into free agency. But he’s going to a Lakers team that missed the playoffs again last season and seems years away from competing for a title in the rugged Western Conference.

James was also drawn to Los Angeles by the appeal of playing for one of the league’s most storied programmes and the chance to work with Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, the Lakers’ president and a player James idolised since he was a kid.

James also chose Los Angeles in part because it represents the next chapter in his life. He already owns homes there and he has a film production company in the city.

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ATLANTA (AP) — John Isner won the BB&T Atlanta Open for the fifth time in six years Sunday, beating fellow American Ryan Harrison in the final for the second straight year.

The top-seeded Isner beat the eighthseeded Harrison 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at Atlantic Station to join Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras as the only Americans to win an ATP Tour event five times or more.

“I’m very comfortable here,” said Isner, the 6-foot-10 former University of Georgia star. “I make breakfast in my own room, I go to the Publix next door, it really feels like I’m at home, and that helps so much.”

Isner improved to 31-4 in the event, winning four matches in Atlanta after a 6-hour, 36-minute loss — with a 26-24 fifth set — to Kevin Anderson in the Wimbledon semi-finals. Isner won three straight titles from 2013-15, and lost the 2016 final to Nick Kyrgios.

Isner has 14 ATP Tour titles, also winning the Miami Open in April.

“I realise I was fortunate today,” Isner said. “I’ve been on the other end where you have four or five chances to put your stamp on the match and you don’t get it, and I just had one chance, and played a good point, and was able to win the second set, and had one chance in the third and got up early.

That’s how our sport goes sometimes, and I was very fortunate today.”

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) — Matteo Berretini of Italy beat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (9), 6-4 to win the Swiss Open on Sunday.

Berretini was playing in his first ATP final, wrapping up his fifth straight-sets win of the week in one hour and 45 minutes. He fought off two set points in a closerun first set and secured the only break of the match in the second to secure the win.

At 22, he’s the youngest Italian finalist on the ATP Tour in 15 years.

Bautista Agut is making his way back from a hip injury he picked up during the Halle semi-finals, which forced him to miss Wimbledon, and was chasing the ninth ATP title of his career and third this year.

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Mostly sunny and pleasant

High: 89°

Low: 79°

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 86° F/30° C Low .................................................... 76° F/24° C Normal high ....................................... 88° F/31° C Normal low ........................................ 75° F/24° C Last year’s high ................................. 95° F/35° C Last year’s low ................................... 81° F/27° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.69” Year to date ............................................... 34.11” Normal year to date ................................... 19.71”

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High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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4:56 a.m.

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Wednesday 11:33 a.m.

11:46 p.m.

2.7 2.9

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5:39 p.m.

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6:26 p.m.

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12:28 a.m.

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6:50 a.m.

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1:58 p.m.

2.7 2.9

7:37 a.m.

8:17 p.m.

0.5 0.9

Sunday

2:10 a.m.

2:57 p.m.

2.6 3.0

8:29 a.m.

9:21 p.m.

0.5 0.9

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3:10 a.m.

3:58 p.m.

2.6 3.2

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High: 87° F/31° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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PAGE 8, Tuesday, July 31, 2018

THE TRIBUNE

Ibrahimovic joins Ronaldo in skipping MLS All-Star Game

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The MLS All-Star Game will feature one of the world’s most storied clubs.

Unfortunately for the more than 70,000 fans expected at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Cristiano Ronaldo is not along for the ride.

After Portugal’s elimination from the World Cup and his transfer from Real Madrid, the five-time FIFA Player of the Year took time off rather than accompany Juventus on its American preseason tour, which includes Wednesday night’s game against top players from Major League Soccer.

The decision will surely be a disappointment to the big crowd that had hoped Ronaldo would make his unofficial debut while touring the United States with the Italian club that has won seven straight Serie A championships.

Juventus acquired the 33-year-old from Real Madrid on July 10 in a deal his new club said was worth 112 million euros ($131.5 million) — the largest for a player older than 30.

Also sitting out the US tour, which includes three other exhibitions, is Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain. He is coming off a scoreless World Cup in which he didn’t start in the round of 16 loss to eventual champion France.

“Obviously these guys are world-class players,” said Atlanta United’s Brad Guzan, a goalkeeper for the MLS team. “With or without them, it will be a difficult game. But their names alone bring a lot of attention. It’s a shame for everybody on the outside.

For me, personally, hopefully it makes for an easier night.”

Most players take three weeks off after the World Cup. Juventus opens its Serie A schedule at Chievo Verona the weekend of August 18-20 .

“We are sorry not to have the Ronaldo, and Higuain as well,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said through a translator. “Unfortunately, they played in the World Cup. They needed some days to rest.”

Ronaldo and Higuain won’t be the only big names missing from the game.

One of MLS’ top new stars, LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, announced yesterday that he’s skipping the All-Star match rather than make a cross-country trip to Atlanta. The 36-year-old Swede cited the grind of playing three matches in an eight-day span, including Sunday night’s 4-3 victory over Orlando City in which he scored his first MLS hat trick .

Ibrahimovic ranks second in MLS with 15 goals. He played with Juventus from 2004-06.

“I am disappointed to miss the 2018 All-Star game against Juventus, one of my former clubs,” Ibrahimovic said in a statement. “I want to thank the fans for voting me to the team. My main focus is to score goals and help the LA Galaxy to the playoffs.”

The Galaxy (10-7-5) are unbeaten in nine games and have climbed to third place in the Western Conference.

Per MLS rules, Ibrahimovic will also have to sit out LA’s next match Saturday against Colorado, one of the league’s worst teams.

New York City forward David Villa also will skip

IN this file photo, Portuguese ace Ronaldo gives the thumb-up sign as he arrives to undergo medical checks at the Juventus stadium in Turin, Italy. (AP) the All-Star Game after missing six matches with a knee injury. Ibrahimovic and Villa were replaced on the MLS roster by Minnesota forward Darwin Quintero and New York Red Bulls midfielder Tyler Adams.

Atlanta United coach Gerardo Martino, who will be guiding the MLS team, said the timing of the game does pose problems.

“In reality, I recognise it’s a little bit of a challenge for coaches who have players participating,” Martino said through an interpreter.

“Some players are coming from teams where they’ve played three games (in the last week). Some had a long trip to get here, like from

Vancouver. I understand it’s a very beautiful spectacle for the league and the United States.

“But I think what we have to look at in the future is to have it at a different time, either before or after the season.

“We have to make sure the players arriving here in good condition are also returning to their teams in good condition.”

But MLS is eager to show off its most compelling success story.

Atlanta shattered the MLS attendance record in its debut season, averaging 48,200 per game, and is on pace to break that mark this year at nearly 52,000 per game.

The club already has the five biggest stand-alone crowds in MLS history — each more than 70,000 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The league expects another record crowd for its All-Star Game, breaking the mark of 70,728 in Houston for the 2010 match in which Manchester United defeated the MLS squad 5-2. An extra 1,500 tickets have been put on sale to meet the demand.

“It’s been fantastic to see the support that the city has given the club,” Guzan said. “There’s not many cities around the world that have what we have here in Atlanta. I’m happy to have the opportunity to showcase this to everyone.”

CAC Games: Alonzo Russell advances to 400m final FROM PAGE 1 rebounds. Two other players were in double figures as Michael Carey Jr had 12 points and Mark St Fort had 11 points, two rebounds, one steal, one assist and a block shot.

Shavanno Cooper and Nashad Mackey both contributed eight points, Michael Bain Jr had seven and Kentwan Smith and Daejoun Adderley added six apiece.

Men’s Softball The men’s national softball team suffered their fifth straight loss and their fourth shutout as they got blanked by Cuba 7-0 in six innings yesterday.

Alberto Hernandez fired a perfect game with 11 strike outs and Cuba collected 11 hits as they scored two runs in the first, one in the third, three in the fifth and one in the sixth in their abbreviated victory. Thomas Davis got the

starting nod and he issued nine hits with three walks and six strike outs with six runs, one of which came on a home run, in the first four innings for the loss.

Jeffrey Woodside worked the final inning in relief, giving up the other run on two hits with three walks and a strike out. The Bahamas has one game left in the round robin play today against Guatemala, but they won’t be eligible to make the playoffs.

Track and field On day one of the competition on Sunday, national record holder Katrina Seymour was sixth in her heat of the women’s 400m hurdles in 68.37 for 11th place overall, while Andre Colebrooke finished sixth in his heat of the men’s 400m hurdles in 51.45 for 14th place overall.

Men’s Fencing Antonio Lewis, the second member of Team Bahamas, also lost all of

his matches 5-0 when he contested the men’s Foil Individual Pool B. He fell to Juan Sebastian Unda, Colombia’s Dimitri Clairet, Guatemala’s Luis Alejandro Lopez Gonzalez, Venezuela’s Victor Manuel Leon Garcia, Nicaragua’s Luis Viterbo Largaespada Simont and Cuba’s Michael Carty.

His performance came a day after Andrea Sherman lost all of her matches in the women’s

Foil Individual Pool A on Sunday. “I feel very confident, even after the match is over and unfortunately, I wasn’t able to win any of my bouts,” said Lewis about his debut in the games.

“I would say that it was a learning experience and I look forward to (the future) fighting some of the same opponents to see how much I’ve improved.”

The duo was coached by Anthony Lewis Sr.