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MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017

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New inductees in WBSC Hall of Fame SENIOR MEN’S

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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he Bahamas will add their 17th and 18th inductees in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Hall of Fame after administrator Burket Dorsett and coach Godfrey ‘Gully’ Burnside were added to the list last week.

During the WBSC’s Extra Ordinary Congress in Gaborone, Botswana, it was agreed that Dorsett and Burnside will be among 14 honourees from seven countries enshrined in the class of 2018.

The Hall of Fame Commission elected Dorsett for his role as an administrator, having served as the immediate past president of

the Bahamas Softball Federation and the current president of the ECAST, the English-speaking body for softball in the region.

Burnside, the immediate past president of the New Providence Softball Association, has served as an BSF executive and is a long time manager/coach of the men’s national softball teams.

They join Colombia’s administrator Luis Diaz Ramirez; Canadian player Doug Chase; Guatemala’s player Diane Lucia Duarte; Hong Kong’s player Johnny Lau Kwok; New Zealand’s players Jerrad Martin and Fiona Timu; Australia’s players Melonie Roche and Natalie Ward; Colombia’s coach Raymundo Narvaez; Panama’s umpire Roberto Peralta and New Zealand’s Bob Leveloft and

Guatemala’s Andrew J. Sherman for their Meritorious Service.

“WBSC welcomes these new Softball Hall of Fame inductees and their home federations for helping to shape history and our sport,” said newly elected WBSC Softball chairman Tommy Velazquez.

“WBSC Softball Hall of Fame members represent not only years of the highest excellence on the international stage, but also years of service and dedication to building our global sport.”

Velazquez thanked the Hall of Fame Commission for their diligent selection of the legends who will be enshrined. The class of 2018 now raises the total number inducted to 225 since it was established in 1981 and held every two years.

The WBSC is headquartered in Lausanne Switzerland, known as the Olympic capital of the world.

It is the governing body for baseball and softball and has 184 national federation and associate members in 128 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania.

The Bahamas was represented at the congress by BSF president Ted Miller and secretary general Daphne McKinney. The Bahamas Baseball Association was also in attendance and represented by president /Sam Rodgers, vice president Terran Rodgers and secretary general Oria Wood-Knowles.

During the working sessions, Miller served on the Playing

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First ‘Knucklehead’ Cross Country Championships

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TWO long-time distance running rivals turned best friends collaborated to put on the first William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross Country Championships.

Rupert Gardiner’s Silver Lightning Track Club hosted the one-day meet on Saturday at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range in honour of William Johnson, head coach of the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine’s track and field team.

More than 500 athletes from the various high schools competed in the event which featured a 800 metres race for competitors 8-and-under, 10-12 did 1.5 miles, under-16 did two miles and 18 and open was three miles.

The only disappointment at the end of the competition was the fact that the competitors were told that the awards would not be distributed because of some discrepancy in the results and they will get them at their schools next week.

Johnson, who has left his mark in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ record books as the current men’s 1,500 metre record holder at three

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A redemption season for the Bahamian trio at the Acadia

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AS teams head toward the FIBA World Cup and Olympic qualification, the Bahamas is one of 15 islands in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation to make the lastest edition of the rankings list.

The Bahamas senior men’s national team was ranked No.59 in the field when FIBA launched the new “FIBA World Ranking Men,” presented by Nike.

Moving forward, rankings will be updated after every window of qualifiers and following the conclusion of top official FIBA competitions.

Eighty teams are vying for the 19 spots at the FIBA World Cup 2019. The Bahamas will travel to face Canada in the first round of qualification games on November 24 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Bahamas will play their first home game on November 27 against the US Virgin Islands.

Then on Thursday, February 22, the Bahamas will host the Dominican Republic and Canada on Sunday, February 25.

Their final two games will be on the road on Friday, June 29 in the US Virgin Islands and Monday, July 2 in the Dominican Republic.

Other teams in Group D include the US Virgin Islands

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JBLN DRAFT COMPLETE, TEAMS FINALISING ROSTERS TO START SEASON KEEPING THE PACE: More than 500 athletes from various high schools compete Saturday in the first William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross Country Championships at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range.

Photos: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

Axemen improves to 5-2 with 35-17 victory over X-Men

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

NATIONAL TEAM NO.59 IN NEW ‘FIBA WORLD RANKING’

football programme also turns out to have a similar effect for Axemen as the team clinched an early Atlantic University Sport football postseason berth.

On Saturday, the Axemen improved to 5-2 with a 35-17 victory over the St Francis Xavier X-Men at home in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Arrien McDonald was key in the return game on special teams and in the defensive backfield. McDonald had two kickoff returns for 46 yards and two punt returns for 36 yards. He also added two tackles on defence.

Eugene McMinns returned four punts for 26 yards and Shelton Williams got the start on the offensive line.

The Axemen compiled 511 yards on the ground and in the air and, in doing so, dominated the possession clock with over 38 minutes controlling the ball. The only

statistic the Axemen fell short in was penalties, that included nine for 78 yards.

The Axemen will conclude the 2017 regular season at home next weekend against the 5-1 Saint Mary’s Huskies.

Through seven games, McMinns is third in the AUS with 1,166 all-purpose yards and is fourth at 166 yards per game.

After a 2016 season where they won just two games, the Axemen are now just 0.5 game behind the leading St Mary’s Huskies with first place to be decided on the final weekend of regular season play.

Last Thursday it was announced that the first-place Huskies would be stripped of a regular-season win because of an eligibility infraction. SMU’s 38-23 victory over St F.X. on August 25 was reversed and credited to the X-Men as a 1-0 win.

The Axemen’s schedule had many road games at the beginning of the season, but on the back end they are taking advantage of hosting games down the stretch in a run at the playoffs.

“When the schedule came out, we knew it was going to be rough in the beginning and would play towards our favour in the end,” Acadia head coach Jeff Cummins said to the Chronicle Herald.

“But those three of our first four on the road didn’t include a trip to Bishop’s, so that was great.

And then we had the bye. And then we play our final three out of four games at home. And the long road trip to Bishop’s is over the Thanksgiving weekend so we had an extra day off from school anyway. When I first looked at the schedule back in the spring I had some questions. But as I started to get into it a little more I realised how much I appreciated it.”

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau completed its Draft this weekend and teams are now finalising their rosters to start the 2018 season.

Thirty-seven teams and 470 young boys and girls will compete in the league’s 29th season of youth baseball and softball.

The league’s seven divisions will comprise of the following: Tee Ball - 6-U - 5 teams Coach Pitch - 8-U - 5 teams LL Minor Division 10-U - 5 teams LL Major Division 12-U - 6 teams LL Junior Division 15-U - 5 teams LL Senior Division 16-over - 5 teams Girls Softball - 12-O - 6 teams The league’s pre-season will start on November 15 and run for five weeks through December 17.

The opening day for JBLN will be Saturday, January 13, 2018.

Games will be scheduled for Wednesdays (6:30) – Fridays (6:30) – Saturdays starting at 10:00 and Sundays starting at 12:30.

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SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM NO.59 IN NEW ‘FIBA WORLD RANKING’ FROM PAGE 1

BAHAMAS executives (l-r) Ted Miller, Daphne McKinney, Terran Rodgers, Oria Wood-Knowles and Sam Rodgers

New inductees in WBSC Hall of Fame FROM PAGE 1 Rules Commission where updates and discussions of the new rule book and changes to the playing rules took place.

There were a total of 12 new rule changes, which will be interred into the new formatted rule book for 2018-2021.

McKinney served on the Women in Sports Commission as the vice

chairman and a member of the Athletes Commission. The aim of both commissions were to increase the number of women and countries participating in senior women’s competition, increase

the number of women as technical officers and director’s roles as well as increase the opportunities for girls and women with disabilities, both locally, nationally and internationally.

FIRST ‘KNUCKLEHEAD’ CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM PAGE 1 minutes and 45.72 seconds that he set in Austin, Texas on May 17, 1983, said he was delighted that Gardiner saw fit to honour him.

“It came as a surprise when he (Gardiner) told me, but I was even more surprised by the number of kids who came out (to participate in it),” said Johnson, who also works out of the head office at St Augustine’s College.

“I just want to say thank you to the clubs and the schools, including my school, which came out in full force to support the event. This is the first one and I think as it grows, it will get bigger and better.”

As for the bond they shared together as competitors, Johnson said he remembers losing quite a few races on the track, and in road races, to Gardiner.

“I think it took a real man to say let’s go way back and honour William although the records would show that he was a better man than me in some races,” Johnson lamented. “So I’m just grateful that he decided to honour me this way.”

Johnson said he hopes that it can become an annual event because the course was ideal for cross country and the offseason distance running for the local athletes.

Gardiner, who doubles as the head coach for the University of the Bahamas Mingoes track and field team, said the event can only get bigger and better because of the course and he thanked Craig Flowers, the man responsible for providing the necessary funding for the construction of the facility.

He also thanked Harrison Petty of the Colony Club, Paul Moss and Island Game for their assistance in making the event a success.

“We hope to make this bigger and better, hopefully we can get this declared as the William’ Knucklehead’ Johnson National Cross Country Championships,” Gardiner said.

“Our club likes to honour people because we believe people like to see themselves being recognised before they get off the scene.

“We did that with the Thomas A Robinson Track Classic and now it’s one of the biggest track meets we have every year.”

Gardiner said the decision was made to honour Johnson because he was one of the premier distance runners who has represented the country at various international competitions and won numerous medals.

and the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is ranked at 17 while the USVI comes in at 51.

Puerto Rico is the top ranked team in the CBC region at No.15 and they will play in Group C alongside Mexico, the United States and 60th ranked Cuba. Group A will comprise of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Panama. Group B will include Venezuela, Chile and Colombia.

For now, the new FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, only applies to senior men’s national teams and competitions.

FIBA will work towards drawing up and implementing similar systems for the women’s and youth (boys and girls) rankings at a later stage.

According to FIBA, the new rankings are based on results of games ranging from regional prequalifiers all the way to the FIBA Basketball World Cup Final, and includes the Olympic Basketball Tournament as well as the Continental Cups. The previous ranking was purely competition-based and only took into account the final standings of tournaments.

The Bahamas finished in seventh place at the 2016 FIBA Centrobasket Championships hosted in Panama, which earned them qualification for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

The top seven teams in the Americas Region will advance.

FIBA’s Sub-Zone CONCENCABA (Central American and the Caribbean) voted and approved the cancellation of the Pre-Qualifier tournament that was set to be played last July in Bolivia and the Bahamas was one of three teams affected.

The sixth and seventh place teams from both Centrobasket (Bahamas, Cuba) and South American Championships (Chile and Paraguay) were then slated to complete the 16-team field for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Americas Qualifiers.

With regards to the scoring system to compile the rankings - 1,000 basis points are awarded in each game, with the two teams earning a share of these according to the margin of victory or defeat. Weightings are added on a round basis meaning that, when a team progresses through a top official FIBA competition, its wins are worth more with every round it plays.

Finally, the new ranking also recognises the value of away wins and rewards facing and beating opponents that are higher in the ranking.

FIBA Secretary General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Patrick Baumann said: “The new ranking was devised with our new calendar clearly in mind. We are pleased to offer more teams - 149 of them, compared to 91 previously - a ranking that can be updated after every window of the qualifiers so that national teams, fans and their national federations can follow their progress on a more regular basis. Prior to the change, the rankings already proved to be among the most popular pages on FIBA. basketball and we expect there will be even more debating and conversations taking place following the implementation of this new one.”

MORE than 500 athletes from various high schools compete Saturday in the first William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross Country Championships at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range.

Photos: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

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Dolphins rally from 17-point deficit to stun Falcons 20-17

NBA SUSPENDS PORTLAND’S CJ MCCOLLUM FOR A GAME

By PAUL NEWBERRY Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has handed Portland guard CJ McCollum a one-game suspension for leaving the bench area during an altercation.

McCollum took several steps onto the floor when Portland’s Caleb Swanigan and Phoenix’s Alex Len tussled in the fourth quarter of the teams’ preseason game Wednesday night. McCollum did not engage anyone, but leaving the bench area merited the penalty under NBA rules.

He will have to miss the first game he is physically able to play, meaning he will likely sit Portland’s opener on Wednesday — coincidentally, back in Phoenix.

McCollum has missed only four games in the past two seasons. He averaged a career-best 23 points per game on 48 per cent shooting last season.

ATLANTA (AP) — Jay Cutler threw a pair of touchdown passes, Cody Parkey kicked a pair of field goals and the Miami Dolphins rallied from a 17-0 halftime deficit to stun the Atlanta Falcons 20-17 yesterday.

Matt Ryan had another crucial interception with the Falcons in position to at least attempt a tying field goal.

Cordrea Tankersley got a hand on a pass intended for Austin Hooper and Reshad Jones swooped in to make the gameclinching interception with 39 seconds remaining.

Parkey put the Dolphins (3-2) ahead for the first time with 2:30 remaining, booting a 38-yard field goal after a gutsy play by receiver Jarvis Landry, who was hit by six players but still managed to power ahead for a crucial first down.

Cutler, who struggled in his first four games as the Dolphins’ fill-in

MIAMI Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry (14) makes a first down catch against the Atlanta Falcons yesterday.

(AP Photo/John Bazemore) starter after putting off retirement, completed 19 of 33 for 151 yards, including scoring passes to Landry

and Kenny Stills. Jay Ajayi had a big game on the ground, rushing for 130 yards.

The Falcons (3-2) appeared headed for an easy victory, building a big lead that looked even more comfortable against a team that had scored only three offensive touchdowns all season.

Marvin Hall, promoted a day earlier from the practice squad because of an injury to starting receiver Mohamed Sanu, hauled in a 40-yard touchdown pass with his first career reception.

Tevin Coleman scored on a 6-yard run, and Matt Bryant booted a 50-yard field goal. Cutler failed to complete a pass longer than 12 yards over the first two quarters and was picked off by Deion Jones late in the half.

But the Dolphins totally turned things around in the second half, taking advantage of two huge mistakes by the Falcons.

A roughing-the-quarterback penalty on Grady Jarrett negated another interception by Jones deep

in Atlanta territory, and Miami scored on the very next play when Cutler flipped a 7-yard touchdown pass to Landry.

The Falcons also botched a punt, the snap striking up-back Terron Ward when he appeared to slide over the path of the ball before it could get to Matt Bosher.

The punter picked it up and tried to run but was tackled far short of the first down, setting up the Dolphins to drive for Parkey’s 49-yard field goal, which tied the game at 17 with 8½ minutes remaining.

Miami opened the second half with its most impressive drive, a 15-play, 75-yard effort that ended with Cutler’s 11-yard scoring pass to Stills.

Ryan, who has thrown six interceptions in the past three games, completed 24 of 35 for 248 yards.

INJURY REPORT Dolphins centre Mike Pouncey went out in the second quarter with a possible concussion and didn’t return.

CAVALIERS COMPLETE TRADE WITH HAWKS, JEFFERSON WAIVED BY ATLANTA

By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Valuable veteran Richard Jefferson has been traded from Cleveland to Atlanta and waived.

The Cavaliers and Hawks finalised their trade on Saturday with Jefferson and guard Kay Felder going to Atlanta with a pair of second-round draft picks and $3 million. Cleveland needed to clear two roster spots and will now save over $12 million in potential luxury-tax penalties.

The teams agreed to terms of the deal on Friday night and got league approval Saturday.

The Cavs, who had to get their roster to 15 before Tuesday’s opener, will also acquire the draft rights from Atlanta to forward Dimitrios Agravanis and guard Sergey Gladyr.

Jefferson spent two seasons with Cleveland and contributed to the club’s run to back-to-back NBA Finals, appearing in 35 postseason games. He’s now a free agent.

After overhauling their roster during a busy offseason, the threetime defending Eastern

Conference champions ran out of room for the 37-year-old.

“R.J. embodies all of the things you could want in a veteran player and teammate,” Cavs general manager Koby Altman said.

“His consistent success at a very high level over many years is a reflection of the kind of high quality player and person he is.

His steady leadership, great attitude, dependability and performance helped us win an NBA Championship and we are grateful for all of his contributions on the court and within our locker room.”

As they prepare for Tuesday’s opener against Boston, the Cavs also released centre Kendrick Perkins, who could join coach Tyronn Lue’s staff.

The Hawks chose the 6-foot-10 Agravanis in the second round in 2015. The 22-year-old has played for Olympiacos in the Greek Basketball League since 2013.

The 6-foot-5 Gladyr was selected by Atlanta with the 49th overall pick in the 2009. He has played the past two seasons in France with AS Monaco Basket.

CLEVELAND Cavaliers forward Richard Jefferson (24) battles Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes (40) for space. Their roster overloaded, the Cavaliers are trading Richard Jefferson and Kay Felder to save money.

(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

CLEVELAND Cavaliers guard Kay Felder (20) drives around Philadelphia 76ers guard Sergio Rodriguez (14). Cleveland has agreed to send Jefferson, Felder, two second-round draft picks and $3 million to the Atlanta Hawks in a move that will allow the Eastern Conference champions to avoid paying $12 million in luxury tax penalties.

(AP Photo/David Dermer)

SPURS’ LEONARD WON’T BE READY TO START THE SEASON HOUSTON (AP) — Kawhi Leonard still isn’t ready to play.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said the All-Star forward needs more time to get his injured thigh muscle right, meaning he won’t be out there when the Spurs open their regular season on Wednesday against Minnesota.

“He’s still rehabbing and when he’s ready, he’ll be ready,” Popovich told reporters in Houston before San Antonio’s preseason finale.

Leonard didn’t play at all in camp or preseason, after a year where he averaged 25.5 points — raising his scoring average for the fifth consecutive season — and finished behind only Russell Westbrook and James Harden in the MVP race.

The Spurs aren’t alone when it comes to injury woes heading into the season.

Many are minor, like Cleveland’s LeBron James nursing a sprained ankle and Golden State’s Andre Iguodala dealing with a balky back — issues that might keep them out of their respective opening nights.

Kevin Durant (virus) and Draymond Green (back) also missed Golden State’s preseason finale on Friday, though neither situation is thought to be serious.

Nor is the Rockets’ Chris Paul sitting out Friday with a sore knee, after missing a game earlier this week with a sore shoulder.

Some other injuries from training camp and preseason action are far more significant, like the ones endured by Charlotte’s Nic Batum (elbow ligament tear), Miami’s Rodney McGruder (stress fracture in left leg), Indiana’s Glenn Robinson III (high ankle sprain followed by surgery to repair ligaments Friday), Washington’s Markieff

Morris (sports hernia), New Orleans’ Rajon Rondo (sports hernia) and Utah’s Dante Exum (shoulder).

They are looking at weeks — or in many cases, months — before they’ll play again.

So the preseason is over.

Some teams will be feeling the effects of it for a while longer.

• A look at Friday’s preseason finales: HORNETS 111, MAVERICKS 96 Kemba Walker scored 17 points and Johnny O’Bryant III had all 15 of his points in the fourth quarter for Charlotte.

O’Bryant was 5 for 5 from the field and 3 for 3 from the foul line in the fourth, helping the Hornets (2-3) pull away with a 29-15 spurt. Harrison Barnes scored 24 for visiting Dallas (4-2).

CAVALIERS 113, MAGIC 106 Playing without LeBron James, Cleveland got 18 points from Jose Calderon and 15 from Dwyane Wade to beat Orlando.

James missed his fourth preseason game with a bad ankle, and Kevin Love also didn’t play for the visiting Cavaliers (1-4).

Aaron Gordon had 21 points for the Magic (3-3).

WIZARDS 110, KNICKS 103 Bradley Beal scored 24 points in his best game of the preseason, helping Washington (4-1) send the Knicks to a winless exhibition slate. Tim Hardaway Jr had 23 points as the host Knicks finished 0-5.

RAPTORS 125, BULLS 104 Toronto outscored Chicago 38-17 in the fourth quarter to

He didn’t play, and the Pelicans got routed.

Jarrell Martin scored 20 points and Marc Gasol finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for Memphis (3-2).

Jordan Crawford scored 19 for New Orleans (1-3).

SPURS’ Kawhi Leonard. (AP) turn what was a tie game into a blowout.

CJ Miles scored 27 points for visiting Toronto (3-2), which got 17 from Kyle Lowry and 16 from Norman Powell. Justin Holiday scored 17 for Chicago (3-3).

SPURS 106, ROCKETS 97 LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio (3-2).

Rudy Gay scored 14 points and Kyle Anderson added 13 for the Spurs. Eric Gordon led the host Rockets (4-1) with 27 points, and James Harden added 15 points and 11 assists — but shot a mere 5 for 17.

GRIZZLIES 142, PELICANS 101 New Orleans’ Tony Allen — who will have his jersey retired by the Grizzlies when his career ends — got a huge ovation from fans in Memphis in his first trip back as an opponent.

BUCKS 107, PISTONS 103 Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and handed out six assists as Milwaukee (1-3) avoided a winless preseason.

Avery Bradley and Andre Drummond were brilliant for visiting Detroit (2-3).

Bradley scored 26 points on 11-for-17 shooting, and Drummond finished with 18 points, 22 rebounds and seven assists.

76ERS 119, HEAT 95 Ben Simmons and J.J. Redick each scored 19 for Philadelphia (2-3), with Redick going 5 for 6 from 3-point range.

Bam Adebayo, James Johnson and Dion Waiters had 13 apiece for Miami (3-3).

WARRIORS 117, KINGS 106 Stephen Curry had 18 points in 19 minutes as Golden State made a successful return home after its two-game China trip.

David Stockton had 23 points and eight assists for the Kings (1-5).

LAKERS 111, CLIPPERS 104 Brook Lopez scored 16 points for the Lakers (2-4), and the Los Angeles teams tuned up against each other before they meet in their season openers on Thursday.

Tyrone Wallace had 23 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Clippers (2-3).

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Wayne Rooney saves Everton and Koeman at Brighton, Saints draw

VALENCIA THRASHES REAL BETIS 6-3

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Wayne Rooney may have saved his manager’s job after a successful last-minute penalty kick secured a point for Everton in a 1-1 draw at Brighton in the English Premier League yesterday.

Ronald Koeman’s future as Toffees boss looked in doubt when Anthony Knockaert gave Brighton the lead eight minutes from time, but Rooney kept his cool to level from the spot.

While the draw only lifts Everton to 16th, it might be enough to persuade the club to give Koeman more time. “I think we deserved something out of the afternoon,” Koeman said. “We know we can play better but the commitment and belief was really positive. At least it’s one point.”

Although it lost Romelu Lukaku to Manchester United

MADRID (AP) — Valencia spent the last couple of seasons trying to avoid relegation in the Spanish league.

After eight matches this season, it’s already looking to dethrone Barcelona from the top of the standings.

Valencia reached second place with an emphatic 6-3 win at Real Betis yesterday, moving to within four points of Barcelona, which lost its perfect record after a 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

Defending champion Real Madrid, which defeated Getafe 2-1 with a late winner

by Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday, is one point behind Valencia in third place.

Atletico and Sevilla are another point behind.

NFL CAPSULES VIKINGS 23, PACKERS 10 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Harrison Smith led Minnesota’s defence in a thorough dismantling of Green Bay, as the Vikings knocked Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers out of the game yesterday with a broken collarbone during a 23-10 victory that drastically altered the course of the NFC North.

Smith had 1½ sacks on safety blitzes, a diving interception and two pass breakups, helping the Vikings (4-2) limit the injury-depleted Packers to a season-low 227 yards.

Anthony Barr, who later left with a concussion, delivered the game-changing hit on Green Bay’s second drive when he took Rodgers hard to the turf as the two-time NFL MVP followed through on a pass.

Rodgers fell on his throwing shoulder, and the Packers (4-2) announced he could miss the remainder of the season.

PATRIOTS 24, JETS 17 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tom Brady set the NFL record for regular-season victories by a quarterback, getting his 187th.

The Patriots (4-2) were playing their first game in 10 days after beating Tampa Bay 19-14 October 5, and appeared a bit rusty early as they fell behind 14-0 in the second quarter against the surprising Jets (3-3).

New York had a chance to tie the game after getting the ball back with 1:53 remaining, but the Patriots’

over the summer, the arrival of Rooney and young talent such as Michael Keane, Jordan Pickford and Davy Klaassen gave Everton a positive outlook going into the season. However, Koeman’s newlook side has amassed just eight points from as many games — and it would have been seven if it weren’t for a moment of madness from Brighton captain Bruno.

The defender recklessly elbowed Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the neck inside the penalty area in the dying stages of the game, giving referee Michael Oliver no choice but to point to the spot.

Rooney calmly sent Brighton ‘keeper Mathew Ryan the wrong way. Knockaert had given Brighton the lead eight minutes earlier when Morgan Schneiderlin failed to clear the ball in his own box. Brighton is above Everton

in 14th thanks to a superior goal difference.

TEACHER VS STUDENT It was teacher versus student as Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino hosted Newcastle and his former boss Rafael Benitez in a 2-2 draw.

Pellegrino played for Benitez at Valencia and Liverpool before becoming a member of his coaching staff at Anfield and later at Inter Milan. Newcastle twice led but was pegged back by Manolo Gabbiadini on both occasions as Southampton managed to score for just the second time in 10 Premier League home games.

Isaac Hayden gave Newcastle the lead in the 20th minute as he showed fine technique to direct the bouncing ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

Southampton leveled in the 49th when Gabbiadini was allowed too much time and space in the penalty area before tucking a low shot in at the near post.

But less than two minutes later the visitors retook the lead. Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster was at fault as he palmed Ayoze Perez’s routine effort straight back to him and left space for the striker to squeeze the rebound in at the near post.

It was another reckless moment from a defender that allowed Southampton back into the game once more as Florian Lejeune unnecessarily brought down Shane Long inside the box. Gabbiadini smashed the penalty into the corner to move Southampton back into the top half of the table, a place behind Newcastle, which sits in ninth place with 11 points.

32nd-ranked overall defence held on — forcing Josh McCown to throw incomplete on a desperation heave on fourth-and-17 from the 50, and ending the Jets’ three-game winning streak. Brady broke a tie with Peyton Manning and Brett Favre for the record.

STEELERS 19, CHIEFS 13 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Le’Veon Bell ran for 179 yards and a touchdown, Antonio Brown made an acrobatic touchdown catch in the fourth quarter and the Steelers handed the NFL’s only unbeaten team its first loss.

The Chiefs (5-1) still had a chance after Brown’s 51-yard reception made it 19-10, moving quickly downfield and getting a 33-yard field goal from Harrison Butker.

And when their defence forced a quick three-andout, Tyreek Hill’s 32-yard punt return gave them the ball with 1:48 to go.

But after the Steelers (4-2) gave up a first down, James Harrison sacked Alex Smith on third-and-10, and the quarterback’s incomplete pass on fourth down left the NFL with no perfect teams.

CHARGERS 17, RAIDERS 16 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Novak kicked a 32-yard field goal on the final play and the Chargers took advantage of a key missed extra point by Giorgio Tavecchio.

The Chargers (2-4) had been done in by poor kicks this season, losing twice on misses by former kicker Younghoe Koo. Novak missed a 48-yard field goal

GREEN Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) lies on the ground after being hit by Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr (55) in the first half yesterday.

(AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) in the first quarter, but it was a missed extra point by Tavecchio — after a high snap by Jon Condo early in the fourth quarter — that was the difference in a fourth straight loss by the Raiders (2-4).

Philip Rivers took over at his 8 with 4:09 to play and used two long passes to Hunter Henry to move the Chargers into field-goal range. Five straight runs by Melvin Gordon and two kneeldowns moved the ball to the 14 and drained the clock, setting the stage for Novak’s winning kick.

CARDINALS 38, BUCCANEERS 33 GLENDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — Adrian Peterson rushed for two touchdowns and 134 yards in an impressive Arizona debut and the Cardinals held off a furious second-half Tampa Bay rally.

The Buccaneers (2-3) lost quarterback Jameis Winston to a right shoulder injury in the second quarter, with the Cardinals (3-3) leading 21-0. But backup Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns to bring Tampa Bay back from a 31-0, early third-quarter deficit.

Fitzpatrick’s 37-yard touchdown pass to Mike Evans cut the Arizona lead to 38-32 with 2:02 to play.

Larry Fitzgerald recovered the onside kick and, with no Tampa Bay timeouts remaining, the Cardinals ran out the clock.

Carson Palmer completed his first 14 passes and finished 18 of 22 for 283 yards and three touchdowns with one interception.

Fitzgerald caught 10 passes for 138 yards and a score.

BEARS 27, RAVENS 24, OT BALTIMORE (AP) — Connor Barth kicked a 40-yard field goal with 2:08 left in overtime, and the Bears used a 167-yard rushing effort by Jordan Howard to beat the Ravens.

The Bears (2-4) blew a 14-point lead in the second half before coming through in overtime behind Howard, whose 53-yard run put Chicago at the Baltimore 40.

After rookie Mitchell Trubisky completed an 18-yard pass to Kendall Wright, Barth delivered the winner.

Making his first career start on the road, Trubisky directed a conservative game plan that leaned heavily on the run.

The first-round draft pick completed 8 of 16 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown.

The Bears gained 231 yards on 54 rushing attempts.

RAMS 27, JAGUARS 17 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Pharoh Cooper returned the opening kickoff 103 yards, one of two special teams touchdowns that helped the Rams.

The Rams (4-2) also blocked a punt for a score and a 10-point lead in the first half. Malcolm Brown returned the loose ball 8 yards for the franchise’s first such touchdown since 2005.

The Jaguars (3-3) botched a decent chance to tie the game early in the fourth period when Blake Bortles fumbled on one play and then threw an interception on the next.

It cost Jacksonville a shot at ending its up-and-down start to the season.

SAINTS 52, LIONS 38 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara combined for 237 yards from scrimmage, the Saints’ resurgent defence forced five turnovers and scored a franchise-record three times.

New Orleans (3-2), which has a winning record for the first time since its last playoff season in 2013, built a five-touchdown lead, only to gut out a remarkable bid

by Detroit to pull off the greatest comeback in NFL history.

REDSKINS 26, 49ERS 24 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Washington’s Kirk Cousins threw for two touchdowns, ran for a score, and also had an interception as part of an inconsistent performance against his past — and possibly — future mentor Kyle Shanahan’s winless 49ers.

The Redskins blew a 17-point lead before barely holding on.

Cousins was hardly at his most accurate in completing 25 of 37 passes for 330 yards against the team he has been linked to for next season because of his connection with Shanahan.

The 49ers (0-6) remain unsettled at quarterback: Shanahan benched Brian Hoyer for rookie C.J. Beathard, who threw for 245 yards, a touchdown and an interception and nearly led an impressive comeback.

Beathard, a third-round pick out of Iowa and grandson of former Redskins general manager Bobby Beathard, took over for Hoyer with about six and a half minutes left in the first half and the 49ers down 14-0. After Hoyer was 4 of 11 for 34 yards, Beathard went 19 of 36 in his first

NFL action. With the 49ers down by two in the final minute, Beathard led them toward field goal range. He was intercepted by Kendall Fuller on fourth down to seal the result.

The Redskins (3-2) weren’t helped by several injuries on defence. They benefited from playing a 49ers team that is now the first in NFL history to lose five consecutive games by three points or fewer. San Francisco’s past five losses have come by a combined 13 points.

TEXANS 33, BROWNS 17 HOUSTON (AP) — Deshaun Watson threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns, becoming the first rookie in NFL history with at least three TD passes in three straight games. Watson has thrown 15 touchdown passes this season, the most in NFL history by a rookie in a team’s first six games. It equals the number of TD

throws Brock Osweiler had in 15 games last season.

The Browns lost their 16th in a row on the road.

Cleveland made yet another change at quarterback this week, benching rookie DeShone Kizer, who had thrown a leaguehigh nine interceptions, for Kevin Hogan to make his first NFL start.

The results were much the same as Hogan threw three interceptions to keep the Browns (0-6) winless and drop coach Hue Jackson’s record in Cleveland to 1-21.

Johnathan Joseph had two interceptions, including one he returned for 82 yards to boost the Texans’ defense in their first game since J.J. Watt and Whitney Mercilus sustained seasonending injuries last week.

Watson threw TD passes to Will Fuller, Braxton Miller and DeAndre Hopkins as the Texans (3-3) set a franchise record by scoring at least 30 points for the fourth straight game.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, October 16, 2017, PAGE 7

Federer beats Nadal to win Shanghai Masters title

By SANDRA HARWITT Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Roger Federer extended his winning streak over Rafael Nadal this year to four matches after beating the top-ranked Spaniard 6-4, 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters yesterday.

The Swiss 19-time grand slam winner, who still trails Nadal 23-15 in their overall head-to-head record, didn’t face a break point and started and ended the match with service breaks.

“I don’t know what my expectations were going in,” Federer said. “I thought I might struggle early on because it was a late finish last night.

“I had no nerves before the match, surprisingly.

I think I was pretty clear about how I wanted to play the match. I started off very well and relaxed from then on.”

Despite his dominance in 2017, Federer doesn’t rate his chances of catching Nadal in their head-to-head record.

“It’s not going to happen.

We don’t have enough years left on the tour. We ranked too good so we play each other only in finals at the moment...

“You can’t win them all against Rafa, to be honest.

He’s too good of a player,” Federer said.

Federer took advantage of three of seven break point opportunities in the match to snap Nadal’s 16-game winning streak, which included his China Open victory last week.

Federer, who has won the last five encounters between the pair dating back to the 2015 Basel final, also beat Nadal in the Australian Open final, a round of 16 match at Indian Wells and the Miami final this year.

“Have been a very difficult match for me,” Nadal said. “He played very fast and he played well.

“Of course was not the best match for me of the week. When somebody plays better than you, sport is not very difficult. That’s the real thing, no? When

ROGER Federer celebrates with his winner’s trophy yesterday after defeating Rafael Nadal in the final of the Shanghai Masters at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center.

(AP Photo/Andy Wong) you play against somebody that is better than you in most of the things that really matters in this sport,

in this kind of surface, then it’s tougher.”

The Shanghai Masters is Federer’s 94th career

title, moving him into a tie with Ivan Lendl in second place on the Open era list.

Nadal arrived on court with

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a bandage under his right knee, the same leg he twice smacked with his racket after losing his serve for the first time this week in the semi-final.

Federer said he was surprised to see the wrap and didn’t feel Nadal was struggling with his movement.

In his post-match press conference, Nadal elected not to discuss the knee injury, saying, “I don’t want to talk about that now, sorry, but after losing final is not the moment.”

When asked if he would play upcoming tournaments in Basel, Switzerland and Paris, Nadal refused to confirm his participation.

Federer took advantage of a third break point in the first game of the match with a winning backhand passing shot.

He broke Nadal’s serve again on a second break point in the fifth game of the second set when Nadal sailed a backhand crosscourt wide. In the final game, Nadal netted a forehand at 15-40 to end the 72-minute match.

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