10222018 SPORTS

SPORTS SECTION E

NFL Week 7, Pages 2, 4

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018

CURTAINS COME DOWN ON WORLD JUNIOR JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

Japan emerges as the top team again

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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he five-day World Junior Judo Championships concluded last night at the Atlantis resort’s Imperial Ballroom with Japan once again emerging as the top team in the standings.

A total of 427 judokas, including 241 men and 186 women from five continents and 67 countries, participated in the event.

Japan defeated Brazil 5-1 in the final to claim the gold medal in the mixed team final block. Matches featured eight individual contests.

Brazil won silver while Kazakhstan and Russia won bronze.

The final members of Team Bahamas competed in their individual events on Saturday.

Sasha Ingraham was defeated by Mercedesz Szigetvari of Hungary in Pool C of the +78kg division.

Szigetvari eventually won Pool C. In Pool D of the -90kg, Daleon Sweeting lost to Tim Schmidt in the opening round. Schmidt would go on to lose in the Pool Semifinals to teammate Falk Petersilka.

Lyle Sherman lost in the first round in Pool A of the -81kg to Muhammet Koc of Turkey. Also in the division, Desmondo Bootle was defeated by Victor Gonzalez of Argentina.

IJF Sport Director Daniel Florin Lascau shared his technical views on the five-day Junior World Championships moments after the tournament concluded with victory for Japan in the mixed team event.

“The technical level of the young judoka has been very different to what we’re accustomed to. On one side we have athletes with skills and it’s the first time they have faced this level of competition, while on the other hand we have names who are already competing on IJF World Judo Tour.

“What makes the difference between here and seniors is the direct taking of kumi-kata grips at the junior level. Juniors are more dedicated, they go and take the grips,” he said, “In terms of the accuracy of the techniques, some of these athletes are still in the learning process and therefore

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SAMMY HUNTER COMMITS TO OLE MISS REBELS

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net SAMMY Hunter became the latest Bahamian basketball product to join the Ole Miss Rebels programme for the Fall 2019 campaign.

Hunter announced his decision via social media Saturday night while on his official visit to the Rebels in Oxford, Mississippi.

He decided on the Rebels between his final three of the Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas State Wildcats. He was the third Bahamian to join Ole Miss basketball within the last year.

Franco Miller signed with Ole Miss in the 2018 class and is set to begin his freshman season next month.

The women’s basketball programme is also headed

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HIGGS PROJECTED TO BE ONE OF TOP PLAYERS IN THE BIG 12

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Japan emerged as the top team in the standings last night at the end of the five-day World Junior Judo Championships at the Atlantis resort.

Photos: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff

SHE entered the Texas Longhorns programme as a heralded freshman and now Lashann Higgs is headed into her senior season projected to be one of the top players in the Big 12 conference.

Higgs was named to the 10-member Preseason All-Big 12 Team when the conference announced its Preseason honours as well as preseason player, freshman and newcomer of the year for the 2018-19 women’s basketball season.

The awards are chosen by head coaches who are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.

Higgs was joined on the team by Longhorns teammate Joyner Holmes,

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‘Tum Tum’ in Phoenix Suns’ player development role

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE post playing career for Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr begins on the staff with the Phoenix Suns.

Nairn has joined the Suns front office with a role in player development this season, giving him an opportunity to work alongside fellow Bahamian national team member Deandre Ayton.

The former Michigan State Spartans guard also recently announced the completion of his first book, an autobiography entitled “Purpose Driven.”

The book details the story of Nairn’s life and his journey from the Bahamas to elite Division I NCAA basketball and beyond.

“I did not write Purpose Driven

for people to look at what I went through and say, ‘Wow Tum has been through a lot.’ I wrote it because I wanted people to read what I went through and reflect on what they are going through and say, ‘If Tum can make it through what he went through, I can make it through what I’m going through.’” Nairn posted on Instagram. “By the grace of God, writing this book has been one of my greatest accomplishments yet.

I pray you are all inspired and motivated to never give up no matter what you’re going through.

You’re going through it, you don’t have to stay there! So don’t stop!

Stay tuned for the release date!

Stay Purpose Driven.”

Nairn’s final season for the Michigan State Spartans ended with an upset loss in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 32, but

LOURAWLS ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn Jr on Instagram @tum_tum11.

Nairn was still able to exhibit the leadership that made him a star in the eyes of the coaching staff during his tenure in East Lansing.

He was also a member of the 2015 Final Four team as a freshman, and offered words of insight in the locker room following the loss to place the game in perspective.

A former CR Walker Knight, Nairn was also a member of the Bahamian national team at the both the junior and senior levels. He finished his high school career with the Sunrise Christian Academy Buffaloes in Bel Aire, Kansas. “Ten years ago today, I did the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. At the age of 13 I left home in the Bahamas to follow my dreams of playing basketball. I had no idea what was going to happen, but I took

a leap of faith and left my entire family to go to a place I had never been before. I was determined to make the best out of any situation or circumstance that came my way. Early mornings, late nights.

Blood, sweat, and many tears,” Nairn said. “Nothing could stop me from chasing my dreams and actually catching them. There were times I wanted to quit. There were times it seemed like nothing good was going to come out of it.

But I kept going. The journey definitely wasn’t easy but my hunger to achieve my goals motivated me more than the fear of failure. I found the strength within myself that could only be revealed through trials and tribulations.

Spartans head coach Tom Izzo has always heralded Nairn’s

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MAHOMES TORCHES BENGALS FOR 4 TDS AS CHIEFS ROLL, 45-10

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of the few things Patrick Mahomes hadn’t done in his young career was bounce back from a loss.

He made that look just as easy as Mahomes does everything else.

The Chiefs’ young record-setting quarterback threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns last night, Kareem Hunt finished with three scores and Kansas City rebounded from a lastsecond loss in New England by throttling the Cincinnati Bengals 45-10.

Mahomes was 28 of 39 with his only big mistake an underthrown interception, though the Chiefs (6-1) were already so far ahead of Cincinnati (4-3) by that point it didn’t really matter.

He spread the wealth, too, connecting with eight targets. Tyreek Hill had seven catches for 68 yards and a touchdown, and Demetrius Harris hauled in the other TD catch.

The Bengals’ Andy Dalton was held to just 148 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception by the NFL’s worst defence.

Joe Mixon managed just 50 yards rushing.

The Chiefs, wearing their all-red uniforms for the prime-time matchup, flexed some rare defensive muscle to open the game, creating a three-and-out for their first forced punt in 17 possessions.

Mahomes and Hunt immediately went to work.

With their quarterback shredding the Bengals’ depleted backfield, and Hunt making the rest of the defence look downright foolish, the Chiefs marched 95 yards for a score. Hunt capped it with a short TD grab, but it was his play immediately before that set social media ablaze.

Hunt spun loose from a clutch of Bengals, then hurdled safety Jessie Bates on a 21-yard run .

Mahomes connected with Hunt again early in the second quarter, when the Pro Bowl running back left Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict grasping at air on his way to the end zone.

And he answered a TD toss by Dalton with one to Harris as the Chiefs took a 24-7 lead into halftime.

Run the ball and protect the lead? Nah. Mahomes opened the second half by hitting Sammy Watkins for 50 yards. And six plays later, Hunt punched it in from

CELEB SIGHTINGS Royals OF Alex Gordon pounded the ceremonial drum to start the game, while NASCAR star Clint Bowyer and retired driver Dale Earnhardt Jr checked out the game.

Bowyer and Earnhardt were in town for the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, where Bowyer advanced to the third round of the playoffs.

CHIEFS offensive lineman Eric Fisher (72) pretends to do CPR on wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) after Hill scored a touchdown in the second half against the Cincinnati Bengals last night.

(AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann) a couple yards out for his third touchdown and first on the ground.

Ron Parker’s pick-6 on the ensuing play gave Kansas City two TDs in 9 seconds, and Mahomes connected with Hill — just after the speedster dropped a touchdown catch — to make it 45-10 in the fourth.

By that point, it was hard to tell what was more entertaining — the Chiefs’ offence or their crazy

touchdown celebrations — because the reality is there were plenty of both. Harris celebrated his score by jumping into a camera well and using it as a foxhole while chucking the football as if it were a grenade.

Hill fainted at the foot of an official and got CPR from offensive lineman Eric Fisher after his score, then reeled off a backflip before sprinting to the sideline. The Bengals certainly

weren’t enjoying it. They got dinged for a pair of personal fouls down the stretch, including a late helmet-to-helmet hit on Hunt by safety Shawn Williams.

STATS AND STREAKS The Bengals are 3-16 on Sunday night, losing nine straight. ... Mahomes has 22 TD passes and three picks this season. ... Kansas City has won 13 straight when its defence scores.

INJURIES Bengals: TE Tyler Kroft (knee), LB Nick Vigil (knee) and CB Darqueze Dennard (shoulder) were among the inactive players. ... Burfict limped off with a hip injury late in the third quarter. WR John Ross (groin) and TE Mason Schreck (knee) also left in the second half.

Chiefs: OLB Justin Houston (hamstring), SS Eric Berry (heel) and C Mitch Morse (concussion) were inactive. ... LB Terrance Smith left in the first half with a knee injury.

UP NEXT Bengals: Return home to face Tampa Bay next Sunday.

Chiefs: Go for the season sweep of Denver next Sunday.

NBA suspends Ingram, Rondo, Paul in Lakers-Rockets brawl

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lakers teammates Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul of the Rockets were suspended without pay yesterday for an oncourt fight, with Paul taking the heaviest financial hit.

Ingram was suspended four games, Rondo will sit out three games and Paul two games. The NBA handed down the punishments a day after the incident in the fourth quarter at Staples Center.

The penalty was costliest to Paul, who was fined a total of $491,782. Paul is president of the NBA Players’ Association. He began serving his suspension last night and wasn’t at the arena when the Rockets played the Clippers. Rondo will be docked a total of $186,207, while Ingram’s total is $158,816.

Houston coach Mike D’Antoni disagreed with the severity of Paul’s penalty.

“It’s just not equitable,” he said.

“If you wanted to suspend him one (game) I get it, just to make a statement.

Then you’re talking monetarily, he’s paying three times more than the other guys are paying for missing games? That doesn’t seem to be right.”

Ingram and Rondo will start their suspensions tonight when the Lakers host the San Antonio Spurs.

The league said Ingram was suspended for aggressively escalating the altercation and throwing a punch in the direction of Paul, confronting referee Jason Phillips in a hostile manner, and instigating the overall incident by shoving Rockets guard James Harden.

Eric Gordon, who started in place of Paul against the Clippers, defending his teammate, saying, “If somebody is attacking you, you got to somewhat protect yourself.”

Rondo has been suspended for instigating a physical altercation with Paul, and spitting and throwing multiple punches at the Rockets star. Paul was suspended for poking at and making contact with Rondo’s face and throwing multiple punches at him.

“What is he supposed to do? Just stand there and get spit on and then take a punch in the face and say, ‘Well, that’s OK,’” said D’Antoni, who called Rondo’s spitting “pretty disgusting.”

“In the heat of the moment when somebody does that, that’s tough, that’s really tough,” D’Antoni said.

The Rockets led 109-108 with 4:13 remaining when Ingram fouled Harden and then shoved him and confronted Phillips after getting a technical foul.

Ingram, Paul and Rondo were all ejected. Houston won 124-115, spoiling the Lakers’ home debut for LeBron James.

Harden didn’t speak to reporters before Sunday night’s game.

“We don’t want this to happen again,” said NBA executive vice president Kiki VanDeWeghe, who handed down the penalties. “(We are) sending a clear message that this is not acceptable behaviour and you cannot do this. So in this particular instance, the multiple-game suspensions are pretty severe both to their teams and financially to the players.”

The suspension to Ingram is the longest for an on-court incident since

April 2012, when Metta World Peace of the Lakers

received seven games.

World Peace elbowed

ROCKETS’ CHRIS PAUL, third from left, is held back by Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, left, as Paul fights with Lakers’ Rajon Rondo, centre obscured, during the second half on Saturday, October 20, 2018, in Los Angeles. The Rockets won 124-115.

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Harden, who was then playing for Oklahoma City, in a game also at Staples Center to earn that penalty, the irony being Harden is the one who Ingram fouled to start Saturday’s fracas.

There have been longer suspensions in recent years, but none for an oncourt altercation than what Ingram got.

“We have so few of these and we’re very lucky in that regard,” VanDeWeghe said.

“This game is played with a lot of passion and it’s an aggressive game and obviously there is contact in the game. Our players play with a lot of respect for each other and for everybody else.”

With Paul and Rondo, that hasn’t always been the case. They have a history

of raising the ire of the other, going back to at least 2009 during a Boston-New Orleans game.

Rondo was with the Celtics and Paul with the Hornets when players from both sides had to get between the two point guards as tempers seemed to flare after a game where they got tangled up in the second quarter.

VanDeWeghe clearly indicated that Rondo did not acknowledge spitting on Paul.

“Rajon has his own view of what happened,” VanDeWeghe said. “I think that we had a clear view that, however you want to interpret it, that there was a spitting in Chris Paul’s direction. I think I’m going to leave it at that.”

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Monday, October 22, 2018, PAGE 3

Ayton ‘learns a lot’ in loss to Jokic and the Nuggets

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE learning curve of Deandre Ayton was apparent in his second NBA appearance against the Denver Nuggets.

Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic got the better of Ayton for much of the night and produced one of the best statistical performances of his career in the Suns’ 119-91 loss to the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday.

Jokic finished with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists and was a perfect 11-11 from the field.

“I learned a lot,” Ayton told Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic following the game. “Didn’t get a chance to show my end of the bargain, but you live and you learn. It was a good learning lesson of how to really draw fouls on big men and live at the line. Jokic is a student of the game and he knows the game pretty well on how to get to the line,” Ayton added.

Jokic used an array of post moves to neutralise

SUNS centre Deandre Ayton (22) shoots over Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic (15) and Paul Millsap (4) in the first quarter.

PHOENIX Suns centre Deandre Ayton (22) and Isaiah Canaan (0) react to a call during the second quarter of Saturday’s game against the Denver Nuggets in Denver.

(AP Photos/Jack Dempsey) Ayton early in foul trouble.

He finished with five points, eight rebounds and five fouls.

Ayton was listed as dayto-day with an ankle injury but said he felt no lingering

effects moving forward and did not expect to miss any playing time.

“It’s part of the league,” Suns guard Devin Booker said. “He’ll learn from it.

He’ll be fine. Jokic is a

very talented player, obviously. All-star potential. He learned that tonight.”

To place his performance into historical context, Jokic joined Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain as the

only players in NBA history to post a triple-double with 30 or more points without missing a field goal.

“Individually and collectively, we got spanked in every aspect of the game,” Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov said. “(Jokic) had a monster game. He

LASHANN HIGGS PROJECTED TO BE ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN BIG 12 FROM PAGE 1 Kalani Brown (Baylor), Lauren Cox (Baylor), Bridget Carleton (Iowa State), Kayla Goth (K-State), Shaina Pellington (Oklahoma), Braxtin Miller (Oklahoma State), Amy Okonkwo (TCU) and Tynice Martin (West Virginia). The preseason team was expanded this year to match the postseason honours.

The 2018-19 season gets underway on Tuesday, November 6 with three non-conference games.

League action begins on Wednesday, January 2.

The Texas women’s basketball team will have three national television appearances on ESPN2 this season.

Texas and Tennessee will meet on Sunday, December 9 in Austin. The Longhorns will face West Virginia on the road on Sunday, January 6. Texas will then host

Baylor on Monday, February 4.

The Longhorns enter the season ranked No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Both the Longhorns men’s and women’s basketball programmes hosted the Texas Tip-Off last week to give fans an early look at the squads and set their expectations for the season.

“I think she is the most improved,” Longhorns head coach Karen Aston said of Higgs.

“You [the fans] have a top 10 team. What gets us to the next level, in terms of the Erwin Center being a rough place to play … is the student body.”

Higgs is one of three seniors on the Longhorns roster for the upcoming 2018-19 season. She enters her senior season 36 points away from becoming the 44th player in programme history to reach 1,000 career points.

TEXAS’ Lashann Higgs (10) in action in this file photo.

She comes off a season where she claimed AllBig 12 Second Team, Big 12 All-Defensive Team, USWBA National Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week honours.

As a junior, she started 35 games and averaged 12.8 points per game, which ranked third on the team, 3.3 rebounds per

game and was third on the squad with 1.4 steals per game. She scored in double figures on 21 occasions, including four 20-plus point performances.

Higgs was named the USBWA National Player of the Week and the Big 12 Conference Player of the Week after leading Texas to a pair of comeback wins against Oklahoma State

and Kansas State. During the two-game stretch, she averaged 28.0 points per game, shot 74.1 per cent from the field, connected on 80 per cent of her shots from beyond the arc and made 92.3 per cent [12of-13] of her free throws.

Also, she led the steals with 2.5 per game and added 2.0 assists per game and 2.5 rebounds per game in an average of 30.5 minutes per game. Higgs scored a career-high 30 points and helped Texas overcome a six-point deficit with 3:43 remaining to defeat No. 20/23 Oklahoma State.

In her sophomore season, Higgs - a Harbour Island native - averaged eight points, three rebounds, 1.5 assists and one steal in just over 17 minutes per game.

She built upon the numbers from her freshman season when she averaged 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game in 13.2 minutes.

Sammy Hunter commits to the Ole Miss Rebels FROM PAGE 1 by Yolett McPheeMcCuin, who was hired to replace Matt Insell last April. Hunter verbally committed to head coach Kermit Davis and joins a talented incoming class for the 2019 season that already includes Antavion Collum, Rodney Howard, and Bryce Williams.

The Rebels look to continue to add to the class with likely targets four-star forwards DJ Jeffries, and Chandler Lawson.

For much of the summer, it was a relatively slow recruitment process for Hunter, but he quickly picked up five NCAA Division I offers in just under two weeks.

His summer recruitment continued to accelerate following his performances against elite Division I competition at the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer

of Thunder. He finished with 19 points and eight rebounds against Notre Dame and followed with 18 points and five rebounds against North Carolina.

Currently at BC Prep in British Colombia, Canada, prep school in Canada was not the original choice, but an opportunity he discovered after the United States was no longer a possibility.

Hunter will compete at home next month with BC Prep at the Caribbean TipOff Classic, presented by The Bahamas Basketball Federation and Caribbean Sports Travel.

“The prep school experience, it feels like you’re in college already. You have to send out your school work while on trips, we play 40-plus games, we travel a lot so you find a way to fit in with time management,” Hunter said.

This summer, he also made his senior men’s

JAPAN TOP TEAM AGAIN FROM PAGE 1 immediately when they’re tired, some are unable to perform the techniques and elements of the throw are missing such as kuzushi.

“A few of the athletes here will be involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics but for most the goal will be the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”

The World Junior Judo Championships was the largest sport tournament ever held in the Bahamas in terms of numbers and diversity of countries.

“It’s fantastic. It’s everything that we have imagined, the people have been wonderful, the visitors as well as us, who are hosting this event,” he said.

“A lot of people have put in some long hours and it’s like a dream come true, said BGF President D’Arcy Rahming Sr. “We were so blessed to host the IAAF World Relays. This is on the magnitude of that, so I feel pretty good about that. I hope to do a yearly event like this because this sport model is something that we can continue to develop.”

‘TUM TUM’ IN PHOENIX SUNS’ PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FROM PAGE 1

national team debut in July at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Hunter was also a member of the 2016 CBC Under-16

Championship team when he averaged 12 points and 5.5 rebounds per game and the 2017 Centrobasket U-17 Championship team when he averaged 14.6

points and 6.8 rebounds per game. It was then that he first drew the interest of NCAA programmes who approached him following the tournaments.

HERNANGOMEZ’S BLOCK HELPS NUGGETS HOLD OFF THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DENVER (AP) — Gary Harris scored 28 points, Juancho Hernangomez blocked a tying layup just before the buzzer and the Denver Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors 100-98 on Sunday night.

Trailing by 13 points in the fourth quarter, the Warriors rallied and had a chance to tie it in the waning seconds.

Stephen Curry drove down the lane and passed to big man Damian Jones, who had his shot blocked from behind by Hernangomez.

played really well. We lost that matchup, but (we lost) a lot of other matchups, too.

“Overall, it was a real poor performance in a lot of different areas,” added Kokoskov.

The Suns face the Golden State Warriors tonight at 10:30pm local time.

KINGS 131, THUNDER 120 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Iman Shumpert scored 26 points and Sacramento beat Oklahoma City to spoil Russell Westbrook’s season debut. Westbrook missed the preseason and the first two regular-season games after having a procedure to deal with inflammation in his right knee. He had 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in 35 minutes after averaging a triple-double the past two seasons, De’Aaron Fox added 22

points for the Kings. Paul George scored 29 points for the Thunder.

CLIPPERS 115, ROCKETS 112 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Montrezl Harrell led a fourth-quarter charge by the Clippers’ reserves with 17 points, and Los Angeles defeated Houston.

Harrell and the bench helped the Clippers erase a four-point deficit late in the third, with Luc Mbah a Moute’s 3-pointer giving them the lead for good.

James Harden had 31 points and 14 assists for the Rockets. He scored nine straight points to draw Houston within three with 29 seconds left. But his potential tying 3-pointer was short on the left side as time expired.

HAWKS 133, CAVALIERS 111 CLEVELAND (AP) — Trae Young had 35 points with 11 assists — the best line for a first-year player since Steph Curry in 2010 — and Atlanta dropped Cleveland to 0-3 as it re-adjusts to life without LeBron James.

leadership abilities as something that could not be simply measured on a stat sheet. He awarded Nairn the title of team captain for three consecutive years and often called him an extension of the coaches on the floor. “That kid has meant the world to our programme, our community, our team, and to me. I don’t know if there is another Tum out there. He has been rock solid through a lot of things this year, and I love him for that,” Izzo said. “Tum’s not God, but he’s right there.”

Nairn ended his Spartans career with averages of 1.7 points and 2.9 assists per game. After 65 career starts, his numbers in his senior season saw a decline with the emergence of sophomore point guard Cassius Winston.

He was awarded the Stephen G Scofes Inspirational Player Award this past offseason for the third straight year when the Spartans hosted its annual Men’s Basketball Awards Banquet for the 2016-17 season.

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Panthers rally with 21 fourthquarter points to down Eagles

By The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cam Newton tossed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Greg Olsen with 1:22 left and the Carolina Panthers overcame a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 21-17 yesterday.

Julius Peppers sacked Carson Wentz, forcing a fumble on fourth down from the Panthers 14, to seal the victory.

The Panthers improved to 4-2 with the biggest comeback in franchise history. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles fell to 3-4.

After Carolina took the lead, the Eagles started at their 30. A 48-yard pass interference penalty on James Bradberry against Alshon Jeffery put the ball at the Carolina 22. Eric Reid appeared to intercept Wentz’s overthrown pass but the play was overturned on a video review. Wentz threw incomplete to Jeffery in the end zone on thirdand-2 and was stripped on the next play.

Down 17-0, the Panthers started their rally when Curtis Samuel ran in from the 14 on a reverse but Graham Gano missed the extra point. Newton then quickly drove the Panthers 87 yards, tossing an 18-yard pass to Devin Funchess.

He connected with Jarius Wright on the 2-point conversion with 4:08 left.

The Panthers forced a three-and-out.

Newton threw three straight incomplete passes, but took a hit on fourth down and still completed a 35-yard catchand-run pass to Torrey Smith to reach the Philadelphia 34. A 22-yard pass to Christian McCaffrey gave Carolina first down at the 4. Newton ran it to the 1, setting up third down. He threw it to Olsen wide open in the back of the end zone.

BUCCANEERS 26, BROWNS 23, OT TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 59-yard field goal, the longest ever in overtime, with 1:50 remaining.

Redeeming himself after missing an extra point, as well as a 40-yard field goal on the final play of regulation, Catanzaro’s kick barely made it over the crossbar to end Tampa Bay’s three-game skid and hand the Browns (2-4-1) a NFL record-tying 24th consecutive road loss.

Cleveland, which has played four overtime games this season — most for a team since Arizona won all four it played in 2011, and tied for second most in NFL history — doesn’t have a road victory since winning in overtime at Baltimore on October 11, 2015. The Detroit Lions also dropped

24 in a row away from home from 2001-03.

Jameis Winston and DeSean Jackson scored on 14-yard runs for Tampa Bay (3-3). Rookie Ronald Jones II added his first pro TD on a 2-yard run that put Tampa Bay up 23-9 heading into the fourth quarter.

The Browns, who had 126 yards of offence through three quarters, used Nick Chubb’s 1-yard TD run to cut into their deficit and pulled even on Baker Mayfield’s 16-yard pass to Jarvis Landry with 2:28 remaining in regulation.

SAINTS 24, RAVENS 23 BALTIMORE (AP) — Justin Tucker missed the first conversion of his career after the Ravens scored the potential tying touchdown with 24 seconds left.

Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes, locked up two more milestones and engineered a comeback that enabled the Saints (5-1) to wipe out a 10-point deficit.

It was 24-17 before Joe Flacco directed a beatthe-clock drive covering 81 yards and ending with a 14-yard touchdown pass to John Brown. That seemingly set up overtime, given that Tucker had connected on 112 straight extra points and was the only NFL kicker without a miss since the placement of the ball was moved back in 2015.

He made the first 222 tries of his career.

This attempt, however, went wide right — the deciding moment in a matchup between the NFL’s highest-scoring offence and top-ranked defence.

Brees brought back the Saints from a 10-point deficit against a unit that allowed only 12 secondhalf points all season. The 39-year-old quarterback threw a 5-yard TD pass to Michael Thomas with 4:58 remaining to put New Orleans ahead 21-17, and the Saints tacked on a field goal just before the twominute warning.

Earlier, Brees threw his 500th career touchdown pass, connecting with tight end Benjamin Watson for a 1-yard score to put New Orleans up 7-3 late in the second quarter.

REDSKINS 20, COWBOYS 17 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan’s strip-sack of Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was recovered for a touchdown by Preston Smith with just under five minutes left and Washington held on when a last-second field-goal attempt by Brett Maher went off the left upright.

What would have been a 47-yard kick became a 52-yarder when

CAROLINA Panthers wide receiver Jarius Wright (13) dives in for a two-point conversion pass from quarterback Cam Newton, not pictured, as Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Avonte Maddox (29) tries to stop him during the second half yesterday.

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Louis-Philippe Ladoceur was called for a snap infraction.

The Kerrigan-Smith play that provided the winning points was Washington’s fourth sack of Prescott, who appeared to use smelling salts after taking a shoulder to his helmet at the end of a run in the first quarter.

Prescott lost two fumbles in the game, including one on an earlier fourth-and-1 keeper.

The Redskins (4-2) won consecutive games for the first time this season and stretched their lead atop the NFC East. They also dropped the Cowboys to 0-4 on the road, 3-4 overall, as they head into their bye week.

RAMS 39, 49ERS 10 SANTA CLARA, Calif.

(AP) — Todd Gurley scored three touchdowns and Jared Goff threw two TD passes as the Rams took advantage of four takeaways and a blocked punt.

The Rams (7-0) intercepted C.J. Beathard twice and recovered two fumbles to give them seven straight wins to open the season for the first time since 1985.

The Rams began 6-0 for three straight seasons in 1999-2001 before losing the seventh game.

The 49ers (1-6) made sure that wouldn’t happen this year by repeatedly giving away the ball, justifying the decision the NFL made to flex this game out of prime time following the season-ending knee injury to San Francisco

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quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Beathard has thrown seven interceptions and lost three fumbles in four starts as the 49ers have committed 14 straight turnovers since their last takeaway on September 30 against the Chargers.

The Rams dominated defensively with Aaron Donald recording four sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery; linebacker Cory Littleton having two sacks and a blocked punt for a safety; and Troy Hill and John Johnson III intercepting passes.

PATRIOTS 38, BEARS 31 CHICAGO (AP) — Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns and the Patriots hung on when Kevin White got stopped at the 1 on a 54-yard pass from Mitchell Trubisky.

About four or five defenders swarmed White after he leaped to haul in that long heave, preventing him from crossing the goal line while preserving the fourth straight win for New England.

The Patriots (5-2) also got two special teams touchdowns and came out on top even though they were missing Rob Gronkowski.

The five-time Pro Bowl tight end missed the game because of ankle and back injuries.

Brady improved to 5-0 against Chicago (3-3), one of five teams yet to beat him. He was 25 of 36 for 277 yards and an interception.

Cordarrelle Patterson ran a kickoff back 95 yards for his sixth career return TD. Kyle Van Noy became the first New England player in 22 years to return a blocked punt for a touchdown.

Dont’a Hightower blocked the kick.

Rookie running back Sony Michel left in the second quarter because of a knee injury. But the Patriots beat the Bears for the eighth time in nine games since the 1985 team got routed in the Super Bowl.

TEXANS 20, JAGUARS 7 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Blake Bortles fumbled on Jacksonville’s third play of each half, leading to 10 points and his benching.

The Texans (4-3) won their fourth consecutive game thanks to those two turnovers and took a onegame lead in the AFC South.

Deshaun Watson, who reportedly made the 800mile road trip by bus instead of plane, had a touchdown pass despite playing with a bruised lung and injured ribs. Lamar Miller ran for a season-high 100 yards and a score.

Cody Kessler replaced Bortles in the third quarter and threw a short touchdown pass to T.J. Yeldon, creating speculation he

might supplant Bortles in the starting lineup.

The Jaguars (3-4) signed Bortles to a three-year, $54 million contract in February with the belief he was good enough to lead the defensive-minded team back to the playoffs. Bortles has been downright awful in three straight losses, with two touchdown passes and eight turnovers.

LIONS 32, DOLPHINS 21 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Kerryon Johnson rushed for 158 yards and the Lions repeatedly mounted long scoring drives.

Matt Stafford was 18 for 22 for 217 yards and two touchdowns. Detroit had 457 total yards and 248 on the ground, with scoring drives covering 64, 85, 75, 65, 75, 63 and 44 yards.

The Lions (3-3) punted once and had no turnovers to win on the road for the first time. They’ve climbed back to .500 after being outscored 78-44 in their first two games.

Injury-ravaged Miami (4-3) lost at home for the first time this season — and lost another key player.

Dynamic receiver Albert Wilson was sidelined in the first half with a leg injury.

Receiver Kenny Stills also limped to the locker room with a minute left.

Johnson carried 19 times and needed barely a quarter to reach 100 yards.

CHARGERS 20, TITANS 19 LONDON (AP) — Adrian Phillips broke up Marcus Mariota’s pass attempt, the Titans’ second try for a 2-point conversion after a defensive penalty on the first attempt, and the Chargers held on.

It was the fourth consecutive victory for the Chargers (5-2), who weathered the absence of running back Melvin Gordon (hamstring) and relied upon their defence to pull out the win.

The Titans (3-4) drove 89 yards over the final 4:55 before Mariota’s 1-yard pass to tight end Luke Stocker pulled them within one point. Mariota, who went 24 for 32 for 237 yards with an interception, thought he had scored the touchdown himself. With 40 seconds left, he ran 3 yards on a draw and stretched for the end zone, but replay showed he was down inches shy of the goal line.

After Stocker scored, Mariota’s first attempt was a pass intended for Tajae Sharp, an incompletion negated by a defensive holding call on Casey Hayward, and his second, toward Taywan Taylor, was tipped by Phillips.

Philip Rivers completed 19 of 26 passes for 306 yards and threw two touchdown passes — one that went 75 yards to Tyrell Williams on

Los Angeles’ first play from scrimmage, and one that travelled 55 yards to Mike Williams to cap the first drive of the second half.

VIKINGS 37, JETS 17 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, Latavius Murray ran for two scores, and the Vikings pulled away in the second half for their third straight victory.

Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen became the fifth player in NFL history to get at least 100 yards receiving in seven consecutive games, catching nine passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.

Murray, coming off career-high 155 yards rushing against Arizona, finished with 69 yards on 15 carries to help lift the Vikings (4-2-1) to their first win against the Jets on the road after losing the first five meetings away from home.

In his first game against the Jets (3-4) since spurning their massive offer in free agency, Cousins was far from spectacular but made some big plays late. With the game still hanging in the balance and the Vikings facing fourth-and-8 from the 34, Cousins connected with Aldrick Robinson for a TD to seal it.

Jets rookie QB Sam Darnold was 17 of 42 for 206 yards with a TD pass to Chris Herndon and a TD run, but was intercepted three times as New York’s two-game winning streak ended.

COLTS 37, BILLS 5 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck threw four touchdown passes and Marlon Mack had his first rushing scores of the season.

The Colts (2-5) snapped a four-game losing streak and finally won their 300th game since moving to Indianapolis from Baltimore in 1984. Adam Vinatieri scored five points to move within five of breaking Morten Andersen’s NFL career record (2,544).

The Bills (2-5) lost their second straight, playing this one without injured starting quarterback Josh Allen.

Luck was 17 of 23 with 156 yards and extended the league’s longest active streak of consecutive games with a TD pass to 30 — breaking a tie with Dan Marino, Ben Roethlisberger and Matt Ryan for No. 8 all-time. It’s the third time in four weeks he’s thrown four TDs in a game.

Mack added 19 carries for 126 yards. Derek Anderson made his first start since December 2016 and the 35-year-old quarterback was 20 of 31 with 175 yards, three interceptions and lost a fumble.

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Monday, October 22, 2018, PAGE 5

Dodgers vs Red Sox: Rich histories, but little crossover

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer SANDY Koufax, Jackie Robinson and the Boys of Summer. Ted Williams to Yaz and the Impossible Dream.

Manny Ramirez. Pedro Martinez. Bill Buckner.

Fenway Franks and Dodger Dogs. Ebbets Field, the Green Monster.

“Sweet Caroline” or “I Love L.A.” Yet for all their rich history — dating back to Babe Ruth on the mound — the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers have rarely crossed paths heading into this World Series.

Only once before in October, and that was more than a century ago.

In fact, Clayton Kershaw has never even pitched at Fenway Park.

Consider this: Going into Game 1 on Tuesday night, the Dodgers have beaten the Red Sox in Boston just one time.

That came on June 12, 2004. And guess who scored and drove in a run for the Dodgers during that 14-5 romp?

Alex Cora, now the rookie manager of the Red Sox. One of his teammates that afternoon — Dave Roberts, ready to lead Los Angeles into its second straight Fall Classic.

“Two storied franchises, that draw more interest,” Red Sox second baseman Ian Kinsler said yesterday.

Roberts is sure to draw a big cheer when the teams line up for pregame introductions. He’s still a fan favourite in Boston for his daring stolen base that sparked an unprecedented comeback from a 3-0 deficit against Mariano Rivera and the rival Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series.

The Red Sox went on to end their 86-year title drought by sweeping St Louis in the World Series, boosted by Big Papi, Pedro and Manny. Starting this week, Boston will try for its fourth championship in 15 seasons.

“I’m looking forward to going back to Fenway. Obviously for me

personally, I have a lot of fond memories of the Red Sox and Fenway Park,” Roberts said. “To be wearing another uniform going in there playing for a World Series championship is going to be special for me.”

This also marks the first time both Series managers have played for each team.

“The weather. Traffic,” Cora said yesterday about the varying locales.

MVP candidate Mookie Betts and the Red Sox posted a team-record 108 wins, a big payoff for the team with the top payroll in the game. Boston pushed past New York in the AL Division Series and then quickly dispatched the defending champion Astros in the ALCS. A tremendous right fielder, Betts might move to second base when the Series shifts to Dodger Stadium. That would be to make room for slugger J.D. Martinez when the Red Sox lose their designated hitter slot.

Boston opened as a slight betting favourite over Los Angeles.

“That’s the best team in the game right now.

We respect that,” Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen said. “But know that we’re good.”

Chris Sale is set to pitch the opener for the Red Sox. He recently spent a night in the hospital because of a stomach illness, and no doubt watchful eyes will be on the lefty ace.

Los Angeles is aiming for its first championship since Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser and Tommy Lasorda brought home the crown in 1988.

A year after dropping Game 7 at home to Houston, Justin Turner and the crew with the third-highest payroll beat Colorado in a tiebreaker for the NL West title, chased Atlanta in the NLDS and topped Milwaukee 5-1 on Saturday night in Game 7 for the pennant.

“It doesn’t matter how you get there. But to get to come back and go back from last year, it’s unbelievable,” Kershaw said.

“Where we came from this

GROUNDS crew members paint the World Series logo behind home plate at Fenway Park yesterday in Boston as they prepare for Game 1 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers, scheduled for Tuesday.

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) year, it’s a testament to these guys, man. It’s a great group. We’re excited.”

New to the powerpacked Dodgers this season is star shortstop Manny Machado, acquired in a July trade with Baltimore. Boston fans are plenty familiar with him — his late slide last year injured longtime Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, and led to a tense situation at Fenway with Sale throwing behind Machado.

Soon as they see him, Red Sox rooters might even take up the familiar chant of “Beat LA!” It’s been heard for years in Boston, albeit in a different arena. That’s what Celtics fans echoed during the Larry Bird-Magic Johnson rivalry. Fitting, maybe, the former Lakers star is a part-owner of the Dodgers.

On the basketball court, Los Angeles and Boston are certainly intertwined with championships on the line, going all the way back to the days of Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, Bob Cousy and Jerry West.

On the diamond, not so much for these formidable franchises.

They first tangled for real in the 1916 World Series.

The Babe pitched all 14

innings — in a tidy 2 hours, 32 minutes — as Boston beat Brooklyn 2-1 in Game 2. Though Fenway opened four years earlier, the game was played at Braves Field, home of the city’s NL franchise, because it held more people.

The Red Sox wound up winning in five games.

Back then, the Dodgers weren’t really the Dodgers. They were known by a collection of nicknames, and were often called the Robins because of popular manager Wilbert “Uncle Robbie” Robinson. And Ruth later coached for them.

Over the years, the teams went their own ways, on and off the field.

The Dodgers proudly broke baseball’s colour barrier when Jackie Robinson played in 1947. The Red Sox were the last team in the majors to have a black player, in 1959 with Pumpsie Green.

Decades later, the teams made history together.

They drew an announced crowd of 115,300 — the largest ever for a baseball game — for an exhibition at the Coliseum in 2008 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Dodgers’ move to Los Angeles.

Overall, the Red Sox are 8-7 against the Dodgers

since interleague play began in 1997. Boston hasn’t hosted LA since 2010, and the teams haven’t squared off since 2016.

Not much crossover for these clubs, either.

Buckner was a young, fleet outfielder when he helped the Dodgers reach the 1974 World Series.

He was a gimpy first baseman when he let that ball roll through his legs as Boston blew the 1986 Series.

Pedro Martinez began his big league career as a reliever with Los Angeles before becoming a dominant starter for Boston.

Manny Ramirez was an eccentric slugger for the Red Sox who took his act to Mannywood out West.

Nomar Garciaparra, Adrian Beltre and Rickey Henderson are among the stars who spent time with both teams. So has Dodgers starter Rich Hill — in 2015, the Bostonarea native was pitching with the independent Long Island Ducks when he resurrected his career with the Red Sox. And there was that lateseason trade six years ago that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford from Boston to Los Angeles in a huge salary dump.

Raikkonen wins US Grand Prix as Hamilton F1 title bid denied

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kimi Raikkonen’s second stint with Ferrari has been long on frustration and short on victories.

That finally changed yesterday at the US Grand Prix where the Finnish driver earned his first win in five years, while a good enough day from Ferrari and a late block from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen denied Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton a fifth career Formula One championship.

A former world champion with Ferrari, Raikkonen hadn’t won after his return to the team in 2014 while teammate Sebastian Vettel fought Hamilton for the championship the last two seasons.

Raikkonen’s most previous win had been with Lotus at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in 2013. He’d driven his Ferrari to three secondplace finishes this season before Sunday’s victory.

Success finally came with a muscular performance by both driver and car on a day when Hamilton could have clinched the championship with a sixth US Grand Prix in seven years.

Raikkonen seldom cracks a smile or shows much emotion, but he shouted an expletive on the team radio after the final lap. He was then his typical stoic self after a brief victory celebration at the podium. “It’s nice to win.

It doesn’t change my life,”

Raikkonen said. “The biggest difference is how people look @ you.”

For Hamilton, a rare defeat in Austin means his fight with Vettel for the championship continues to next weekend at the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton finished third and Vettel was fourth to stretch Hamilton’s championship lead 70 points with three races left.

Hamilton is trying to match Argentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio, whose five championships in the 1950s rank second in F1 history.

Only Germany’s Michael Schumacher has more with seven.

Hamilton could have won the championship Sunday even without a race victory if he’d finished at least eight points ahead of Vettel.

The late blocking move

by Verstappen and Vettel’s charge past Mercedes’ Vallteri Bottas in the final laps kept the championship alive.

Hamilton said he had to be cautious around Verstappen to avoid a collision.

“Championships are not won by doing silly mistakes. I gave him way too much space just be sure that I didn’t get taken out,” Hamilton said.

“The key to me was to make sure I finished ahead of Seb. I don’t care when you win a championship, just that you win.”

Verstappen started 18th after damaging his car in qualifying and worked his way through the field to

KOHLI, SHARMA CENTURIES LEAD INDIA PAST WEST INDIES GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma hit attacking hundreds as India beat West Indies by eight wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series yesterday.

Man-of-the-match Kohli scored 140 off 107 balls while Sharma was unbeaten on 152 from 117 balls as India chased down the 323run target with ease.

Put into bat by India, West Indies scored 322-8 with 106 from Shimron Hetmyer. India ended on 326-2 off 42.1 overs.

Host India didn’t get off to the best start when debutant pacer Oshane Thomas (1-83) bowled Shikhar Dhawan (4).

But Kohli and Sharma came together and stayed until the 33rd over, putting on 246 runs for the second wicket in a masterly batting display.

“It was one of those days where I felt good and I told Rohit that I will continue to bat positively, and maybe he could play the anchor,” Kohli said.

ENGLAND WINS 4TH ODI, SECURES SERIES VS. SRI LANKA PALLEKELE , Sri Lanka (AP) — England beat Sri Lanka by 18 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-hit fourth one-day international on Saturday to take an insurmountable 3-0 series lead.

England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and asked Sri Lanka to bat first with the hosts reaching 273-7 in 50 overs. Dasun Shanaka made a run-aball 66, including five sixes, while Niroshan Dickwella scored 52. Moeen Ali took 2-55 for England.

England was 132-2 after 27 overs in reply when rain interrupted play. No further overs were bowled and England had done enough to win under the D/L method.

Jason Roy made 45.

Joe Root and Morgan were not out on 32 and 31, respectively.

Spinner Akila Dananjaya took 2-27.

England secured the fivematch series 3-0 with the first game being washed out.

PAKISTAN RIDES PACER ABBAS TO TEST SERIES WIN OVER AUSTRALIA FERRARI driver Kimi Raikkonen, of Finland, holds the trophy after winning the Formula One US Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas yesterday in Austin, Texas. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, right, of Britain, finished third.

(AP Photo/Eric Gay) finish second, his fourth podium finish in six races.

“At that turn, I was pushing as much as I could,” Verstappen said. “I was really hanging on.”

Hamilton started on pole position but quickly lost position to Raikkonen on the first turn.

The Mercedes tried to squeeze Raikkonen to the inside on the bolt uphill out of the start, but the Ferrari nosed ahead into the left turn into the slingshot back downhill.

Vettel was under pressure from the beginning.

He started fifth because of a three-spot grid penalty

for driving too fast while under a red flag during a Friday practice.

Vettel at first looked like he tried to make up too much, too soon. A bump with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo caused Vettel to spin and dropped him to ninth, and the gap looked like it would be too much to overcome.

Raikkonen’s ability to keep Hamilton behind him gave Vettel new life and the chance to make the late pass on Bottas.

“As a team, we clearly struggled,” Hamilton said.

“Performance-wise, we were definitely off.”

Raikkonen won the season championship with Ferrari in 2008, a title that came down to the last race of the season. He rejoined Ferrari at a time the Italian team was lagging far behind Mercedes.

Raikkonen will be leaving Ferrari to join Sauber after this season, moving from car capable of winning to a team that is rarely competitive.

Raikkonen said he has no hard feelings toward Ferrari. “I’m very happy where I’m going. I won the championship with (Ferrari),” Raikkonen said.

“As a driver I want different challenges.”

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seamer Mohammad Abbas grabbed a match haul of 10-95 as Pakistan recorded an emphatic 373-run victory over Australia in the second test to clinch the series 1-0 on Friday.

Australia was bowled out for 164 after lunch on the fourth day after given an improbable winning target of 538.

Abbas became the first fast bowler to take 10-for in the 16-year history of cricket tests in the United Arab Emirates. His 17 wickets in the series earned man of the series.

Usman Khawaja, whose herculean century helped Australia salvage a draw in the thrilling first test, couldn’t bat in the second innings after tearing a left knee cartilage in the warmup on Thursday.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, October 22, 2018, PAGE 7

AGENT: BOLT RECEIVED CONTRACT OFFER, COACH NOT AWARE

Messi breaks arm as Barcelona regains lead in La Liga

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona ended its slump and regained the Spanish league lead but there was little to celebrate as Lionel Messi broke his right forearm and will be sidelined for three weeks.

Also, Real Madrid lost again while suffering its worst scoring drought.

Messi scored and walked off injured in the first half of Barcelona’s 4-2 win over Sevilla at Camp Nou Stadium, while Real Madrid players and coach Julen Lopetegui were jeered off the field after they lost to Levante 2-1 at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Messi was taken to a clinic, and Barcelona said he broke the radial bone. At the least, he will miss the Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday, and the clasico against Barcelona next Sunday.

“We will notice his absence,” Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said. “But we’ve played without him in the past. We will be prepared to overcome this.”

Messi was trying to reclaim the ball when he ran into the back of a defender and fell in the 17th minute. Trying to cushion his fall,

his right elbow bent badly and he was in visible pain. Doctors wrapped his arm with bandages and the playmaker tried to continue but gave up.

“We shouldn’t let Messi’s injury affect us,” defender Gerard Pique said. “We have a team good enough to do well in the matches that we have ahead.”

Messi scored their second goal with a shot from outside the area in the 12th, about 10 minutes after Phillipe Coutinho opened the scoring.

Luis Suarez added the third by converting a second-half penalty kick.

Sevilla replied through Pablo Sarabia, Ivan Rakitic increased Barcelona’s lead in the 88th, and Sevilla netted again thanks to Luis Muriel in injury time.

Barcelona struggled more than the scoreline showed, with goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen having to make a pair of remarkable double-saves, but the result was enough to give Valverde’s team a one-point lead over surprising Alaves.

Sevilla, which had won four in a row in the league, including 3-0 against Real Madrid, dropped to third place, two points off the lead.

FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi grimaces during the Spanish La Liga match against Sevilla at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday.

(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Atletico Madrid, which drew at Villarreal 1-1, also was two back after nine matches.

Real Madrid was four points behind Barcelona, in fifth place.

the league’s third-worst defence.

Levante scored early with goals

by Jose Luis Morales in the sixth minute and Roger in the 13th after a penalty awarded following a video review. Marcelo pulled one back in the 72nd.

Madrid began the match without Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, who are coming off injuries. It still created enough chances, striking the woodwork three times and having a goal by Mariano Diaz disallowed for offside in the final minutes. Marco Asensio also had a first-half goal disallowed by VAR.

REAL MADRID’S DEBACLE Real Madrid fans ran out of patience after seeing their team suffer its worst scoring drought and lose for the fourth time in five matches.

Fans loudly jeered after Madrid reached 481 minutes without finding the net in the loss to Levante, which entered the game with

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SYDNEY (AP) — Usain Bolt’s long-time agent Ricky Simms said yesterday that the eight-time Olympic sprint gold medallist had received an A-League contract offer from the Cegntral Coast Mariners, but did not provide any further details.

“In response to the media stories, yes, Usain has been offered a contract. I do not want to make any further comment at this stage,” Simms told Fairfax Media.

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marine Forecast ABACO ANDROS CAT ISLAND CROOKED ISLAND ELEUTHERA FREEPORT GREAT EXUMA GREAT INAGUA LONG ISLAND MAYAGUANA NASSAU RAGGED ISLAND SAN SALVADOR

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WINDS NE at 12‑25 Knots E at 8‑16 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots E at 4‑8 Knots ENE at 7‑14 Knots E at 7‑14 Knots ENE at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 10‑20 Knots E at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 12‑25 Knots E at 8‑16 Knots NE at 7‑14 Knots E at 6‑12 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 7‑14 Knots ENE at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 7‑14 Knots ENE at 6‑12 Knots ENE at 6‑12 Knots NE at 7‑14 Knots ESE at 6‑12 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots ENE at 8‑16 Knots NE at 7‑14 Knots E at 7‑14 Knots

WAVES 6‑10 Feet 4‑8 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 3‑5 Feet 3‑6 Feet 2‑4 Feet 2‑4 Feet 4‑7 Feet 4‑7 Feet 4‑8 Feet 3‑5 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 2‑4 Feet 3‑5 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 3‑6 Feet 5‑9 Feet 3‑5 Feet 2‑4 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 2‑4 Feet 2‑4 Feet

VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 6 Miles 10 Miles 6 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 7 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 84° F 84° F 84° F 83° F 83° F 83° F 84° F 84° F 82° F 82° F 83° F 83° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 84° F 83° F 83° F 84° F 84° F 83° F 83° F

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