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Megan Moss joins UK Wildcats track & field By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net dd St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine’s quarter-miler Megan Moss as the latest Bahamian to join the University of Kentucky Wildcats’ track and field programme. She heads to UK where there is a strong Bahamian presence with Rolando ‘Lonnie’ Greene in his first year as the head coach. He has acquired ‘Golden Girl’ Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie from the University of Houston as an assistant coach and St Anne’s graduate Divine Parker begins her freshman year as a sprinter. Tim Hall, who coaches American sprinter Christian Coleman, is also a part of the coaching staff. Moss, the 16-year-old sensation, signed her letter of intent to study at UK once she has completed her senior year and graduates from SAC in June. Despite what has been a turbulent year, Moss recovered from injuries to make three national teams, all while losing two grandparents in the space of 10 days in February and March before her personal coach for the past eight years - Dianne Woodside - took a sabbatical from the sport. Her father Tito Moss, who took over her coaching in forming the new Red Line Track Club out of Club Monica and coach Woodside, said the decision was based on several factors, including the Bahamian connection already established there. “It was a very difficult choice trying to narrow it down,” coach Moss said. “As a family, we talked about it and prayed about it and compared universities. “It was very difficult because Megan had a total of 32 offers and we narrowed it down to the University of Kentucky, Texas Tech and Tennessee. From there, looking at her strength in the 400, we decided to go to the University of Kentucky.” Coach Moss, making the visits to the schools with his daughter, said they envision that UK will have a very dynamic programme next year and it would be the best fit for her to file in line.

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BAHAMIAN PLAYERS IN U SPORTS SPOTLIGHT By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net IT was an active weekend for Bahamian basketball players at Canada’s toptiered U Sports level and in the Canadian College Athletic Association. Azaro Roker has thrived in a more prominent role early in the season for the St FX X-Men. Roker stuffed the stat sheet and finished with a near double double - 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots - in the X-Men’s 93-87 win over Cape Breton. He shot 6-11 from the field and made his first three-pointer of the season. The X-Men used a strong first half to build an insurmountable lead of 59-32 at halftime. The turning point in the game came when the X-Men broke open a close match with a 39-13 run in the second quarter that they were able to hang onto in the second half. Roker has averaged 12.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this season as the X-Men got out to a 2-1 start. He opened with 12 points, nine rebounds and a season high five blocks in a loss to the UNB Reds, followed by 11 points and eight rebounds.

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BREAKOUT SEASON FOR STRACHAN, PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR KNOWLESTENER ON TRACK: Megan Moss has joined the University of Kentucky Wildcats’ track and field programme.

2019. “I’m setting some goals. I’m reassessing this year’s goals and how I came close to accomplishing some of them, so I’m still planning and moving forward,” said Gibson, who improved on the Commonwealth Games bronze he earned in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2014. “It’s a long year ahead of us. We don’t get to compete at the World Championships until October, but I’m actually so hungry to get back on the circuit. In 2018, I think I might have been cheated of some races, so I’m just going after everything that I didn’t get this year and more.” Gibson, 28, was in town over the weekend to participate in the second Shaunae Miller-Uibo Bay Street Mile that was held on Saturday morning. He jogged with some of the youngsters and presented awards afterwards. Returning to his base in Clermont, Florida, on Monday, Gibson said it’s full stream ahead in his

training where he’s working out with a number of Bahamians, including double sprint national record holder Steven Gardiner, Teray Smith and Shavez Hart. “I’m looking forward to training camp, it’s nice,” Gibson reflected. “I think we have enough guys to run a 4 x 4 team for the Bahamas in a meet. So we hope to do more of that next year to see how well we can pull each other along. We did some of that this year. It was a lot of fun and so I hope we can do it some more next year.” Does this mean that the Grand Bahamian native will also be returning to the 400 - the event that he began competing in as a young athlete - and will he be available to assist the Bahamian team at the global level? “If my coach says go for it, I will go for it,” Gibson said. “I’m not hot up for it because I still want to focus on my main event, which is the 400 metre hurdles.

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“But if he says we’re going to go for it at the World Relays this year, that’s what I’m going to work towards. I know I need to get faster in the hurdles and I need to get faster in the open 400m. So be it if it means running on a couple relay teams. I will do it.” The IAAF World Relays has been moved from the Bahamas to Yokohama, Japan, May 11-12. In addition to the 4 x 400m, the Bahamas is also expected to be participating in the mixed gender 4 x 400m relay. The quartet of Gardiner, MillerUibo, Anthonique Strachan and Michael Mathieu clinched the title when the last World Relays was held in the Bahamas in 2017. The Bahamas didn’t make the final of the men’s 4 x 4 and had to settle for a disappointing fifth place finish in the B final with the combo of Andretti Bain, Demetrius

THE NCAA Division II football regular season concluded with a breakout season for Mike Strachan and a productive year in a new programme for Rondre Knowles-Tener. Strachan finished with five receptions for 55 yards and one touchdown in the Charleston Goulden Cougars 28-6 win over Glenville State. It was the sixth consecutive game where Strachan recorded a touchdown catch and the Golden Eagles finished the season at 6-5. After a scoreless first quarter, Charleston struck first with a field goal and Strachan’s six-yard connection with Mason Olszewski for a 10-0 lead. Glenville would score their only touchdown early in the third quarter but the Cougars ended the game with 18 unanswered points. Strachan finished as the only player in the Mountain East Conference to eclipse

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Hurdler Gibson hoping 2019 will be banner year By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AFTER a rarely quiet year since winning the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia, in April, Bahamas national 400 metre hurdles record holder Jeffery Gibson is hoping to have a banner year in

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UB Mingoes forward Kemsy Sylvestre looks for an open player. Sylvestre led everyone with 30 points and 12 rebounds in Mingoes’ 81-72 loss to USVI.

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UB Mingoes forward Travaughn Nicholls is fouled by USVI forward Kobie Johnson.

UB Mingoes guard Ramon Dames brings the ball up against USVI.

UB MINGOES SUFFER TWO LOSSES AT HANDS OF USVI BUCCANEERS By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE University of the US Virgin Islands Buccaneers spoiled the homecoming celebrations for the University of the Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball programmes as the visitors took both games in the weekend series. The Bucs took game one 102-85 on Friday night and followed with a game two-win, 81-72 Saturday afternoon at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Mingoes head coach Bacchus Rolle said his team struggled to overcome the size of the Bucs frontcourt and its own second half miscues. “We knew in the second game we had a difficult one to play with a back-to-back and the turnaround was less than 24 hours, but I learned a bit about this team’s resilience. Even though we came out flat, we found a way to end the fourth

quarter strong. [Friday] we didn’t end the game like we wanted to but on Saturday with about five or six minutes left in the game we battled back and we were chipping away at it getting back in the game so I think we have to continue learning how to finish games. “We have been so used to playing from behind so much and sometimes when you do that you burn a lot of energy during the game and you don’t have it in the fourth quarter,” Rolle said. “I think for us we just didn’t make the right basketball decisions in end of game situations in the fourth quarters. It was a lot of one pass, one shot, there was no rotation, no movement of the ball, missed rebounds, no transition defence but we’ll try to correct some of those things and get back to work.” Kemsey aSylvestre led the Mingoes with 22 points and five rebounds but sat a considerable amount of minutes due to foul trouble.

UB Mingoes forward Rashad Sturrup applies defence on USVI forward Keith Gilmore. Photos: UB Athletics

BAHAMIAN PLAYERS IN U SPORTS SPOTLIGHT FROM PAGE 1 Roker looks to play a prominent role in the rebuilding effort for the X-Men. After just falling short of an AUS championship last season, the X-Men lost four starters and eight players in total. This year’s squad features seven freshmen. In his first season out of Anatol Rodgers, Roker averaged just 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 18 appearances. In year two, he got three starts in 19 appearances and averaged 4.6 and 3.5 rebounds per game. Trevon Grant and the Acadia Axemen split a weekend series with the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers and

earned their first win of the season. Grant finished with seven assists and four rebounds in the Axemen’s 92-81 win in game two as they improved to 1-4. He finished with 14 points and nine rebounds in a 71-69 game two loss. The Axemen lost both games of their opening series to St Mary’s. Grant posted a double double in the season opener - 20 points 10 rebounds - and four steals in the 89-85 loss. In game two, he had another double double with 24 points and 12 rebounds (both season highs) but the Axemen lost 94-81. The senior wing is averaging 14.8 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. His sister Leashja Grant continues to lead the Lakehead

Thunderwolves to an undefeated regular season record thus far. They won Saturday over the Laurentian Voyageurs 75-51. Grant had a team high 22 points. Lakehead started the game slowly, losing the first quarter 13-18, but took a one-point lead into the half, and finished the game with a 17-7 final frame. “Super happy with our team’s performance,” Thunderwolves head coach Jon Kreiner said. “We had to battle early foul trouble with Leashja, Nikki, and Tiffany, and we found a way to come up with a lead at the half after getting down early. We played great team D in the second half, and Nikki set the tone with some deep threes.” In the CCAA, Roosevelt Whylly and the Holland College

Travaughn Nicholls scored 12 points, while Antwan Bevans, Justin Smith and Christoff McKenzie each finished with 11 points. Ramon Dames added a game high 11 assists. A closely contested game for three quarters, the Mingoes trailed by just two at the half (45-43) and by six headed into the fourth quarter before the Bucs pulled away. Elijah Bush and Keith Gilmore each had 24 to lead UVI while Harold Cardwell chipped in 17 points and 13 rebounds. In game two, the Mingoes fell behind early and struggled to keep pace. They trimmed a 20-point second half deficit to just seven points in the fourth quarter, but failed to pull any closer. Kemsy Sylvestre again led the Mingoes with a double double - 30 points and 12 rebounds. Justin Smith added 11 points and five steals. “As a team, moving forward we have

Hurricanes are ranked No.2 in the latest edition of the poll. Whylly finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the Hurricanes’ 96-80 win over the St Thomas Tommies and is averaging 16 points, 12 rebounds and two assists per game on the season. After missing the season opener, he finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds in a 127-101 win over Crandall. Also in the CCAA, the Bahamian trio of Van Huthinson Jr, Livingston Bromwell and Kevin Cooper are pacing the Niagara Knights to a 4-1 record thus far. The Knights won 89-64 over Toronto-Mississsauga led by Hutchinson’s triple double. The versatile wing finished with 13 points, 12 rebounds and a career high 15 assists. Livingson Bromwell finished with eight points, 10 rebounds and three steals while Cooper addd seven points and four blocks.

to play bigger because we were outmatched in this series. “We have to get in better shape because at the end of the game either we’re down by too much to come back and we exert too much to get back in the game, it’s difficult to finish strong but we have to find a way to keep on going,” Sylvestre said. “I recognise I’m a big piece of the team so I have to do a better job staying out of foul trouble, being disciplined, keeping my hands down. I bring a lot of scoring and the offence can become stagnant sometimes so I just need to help us play to our strengths. We have to keep running, we have to keep going and getting better as the season goes on.” The Mingoes now shift attention to the New Providence Basketball Association regular season. They make their 2018-19 debut tonight against the Leno Regulators.

The Knights cruised on their way to victory, as they held the lead for the entire game, one that extended to 23 points in the third quarter as the Knights led 46-23. The Knights had a balanced attack in this one, as all 11 dressed players scored at least four points. Sampson Cleare was a force on the block for the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Ooks as they split a weekend series with the Augustana Vikings. Cleare finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds in 90-84 win over the Vikings in game one and added 17 points and 14 rebounds in an 82-63 loss in game one. Last season, he averaged 12.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Cleare was named team captain and entered this season ranked sixth in rebounds in NAIT history with 354. The school record is currently held by Sebastian Cava with 512.

Breakout season for Strachan, productive year for Knowles-Tener FROM PAGE 1 the 1,000 yard receiving mark. On the season, he totalled 48 receptions for 1,007 yards and eight touchdowns. He led the conference in receiving yards, was third in both average yards per catch at 21 and average yards per game at 91.5. His touchdown total finished fourth. Strachan had five games of over 100 yards receiving, including a season high 166 yards against Fairfield and season high eight receptions against Notre Dame College. He was a redshirt in his true freshman season and saw the first playing time of his collegiate career last year when he finished with just one reception. Strachan continues to be a two-sport star for UC and is the defending conference champion in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay. Knowles-Tener and U-Va ended the season with a 21-16 win over Shepherd in and brought an end to their six-year run in the MEC as they prepare to shift to the South Atlantic Conference next fall. He finished with his best game of the season,

two sacks and three tackles. The sophomore defensive lineman finished his first full season of college football on the field with 21 tackles (including three for a loss), three sacks, two fumble recoveries, two quarterback hurries and one field goal block. After struggling to earn playing time over the last two seasons with the James Madison Dukes, Rondre Knowles-Tener has decided to leave the programme and transfer to the VirginiaWise Cavaliers. With the move to Virginia-Wise, he also joined Strachan in the Mountain East. Both players played at the high school level for Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchburg, Virgina. Coming out of high school, Knowles-Tener originally committed to the East Carolina Pirates but eventually chose to join the programme at James Madison. He sat out his true freshman season last year as a redshirt but was expected to be an important factor in the Dukes’ plans for its defensive front line moving forward. The 6’1”,

295-pound defensive lineman is a former standout performer at Tabernacle Baptist Academy and also anchored the defensive line at Liberty Christian Academy. Knowles-Tener drew interest from a number of elite Division I programmes, including Wake Forest and East Carolina. He originally committed to East Carolina but said James Madison is a better fit. In his stint at LCA, he earned numerous accolades, including VISAA Division I Second Team All-State as a junior, VHSL Honourable Mention AllRegion 4A West and First Team All-Conference 23 as a senior and was a member of LCA’s VISAA Division I state championship team as a sophomore. Strachan a three-sport star who at LCA, was a member of the 2013 VISAA 1 State Championship team and received All Conference and Honourable Mention All-Region as a senior. Strachan was also ranked fourth nationally in the 500m, and he set a new LCA record in the event at the Hokie Invitational.

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Veteran big man Chandler a big boost to Lakers’ defence THE Lakers improved immediately, from a defensive stand point, with the addition of veteran centre Tyson Chandler, after he was bought out by the Phoenix Suns. Chandler picked L.A. out of about five teams trying to secure his services. Chandler’s game is very similar to that of starting centre JaVale McGee. Considering, both men pride themselves on abovethe-rim scoring, rebounding and defence. Chandler is still an explosive leaper who makes a living on lobs, and rebounding. “All I’ve been thinking about is all the incredible playmakers on the team,” Chandler said. Also not to be forgotten, Chandler owns the third-best career field goal percentage, it’s true!! Chandler averaged 3.7 points and

5.6 rebounds in only 12.7 minutes for the Suns this season, ranking second on the team in boards despite receiving the 10th-most playing time. And though he has logged 18 years of NBA experience, Chandler still has enough bounce to battle on the glass multiple times in a possession. Unlike McGee, Chandler shouldn’t be expected to rack up gaudy numbers, as he has two steals and one block in 89 minutes this season — after averaging 0.3 swipes and 0.6 swats last year. Instead, the impact will be determined by whether Chandler, 7-foot-3 wingspan and all, can alter enough shots at the rim to make life difficult for opposing offences. Chandler joins the Lakers with a reputation as one of the league’s most

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respected and knowledgeable teammates. LeBron James — who played alongside Chandler for the 2012 United States Olympic team — approves of what Chandler brings to the squad. Said James: “I love the fact that we’re going to get another veteran. A guy who plays hard, and a guy who’s very smart, and another championship to add to the champions that we have. … That adds depth in our frontcourt, which we’ve had trouble with at times.” A former second-overall pick, Chandler has enjoyed

a decorated career. From 201113, he earned the titles of: NBA champion, Defensive Player of the Year; Third Team All-NBA; Olympic gold medalist; NBA all-star; and First Team All-Defensive. Today, Chandler is in the twilight of his career, but still can fill an important role for the Lakers, who rank just 23rd in defensive rating and 24th in rebound differential. A local legend at Compton’s Dominguez High, Chandler has returned to L.A. with a mission to use his skill set and experience to help his hometown Lakers in areas of need. “My family have always been Lakers fans. Even with me in the league, it’s

always a conflict of interest when I come into town — and a lot of my family members don’t choose my team.” That should be the least of Chandler’s worries, after losing their first three games, the Lakers have won seven of their next 10 games. Now at 7-6 the Lakers are poised to make a run in the loaded Western Conference, and in order to do so Chandler must excel at his role on the team. If he can, the Lakers could go a lot further than expected this season. • Naughty presents ‘Mischief and Mayhem in da AM’ from 6am to 10am, Monday to Friday and ‘The Press Box’ sports talk show on Sunday from 10am to 1pm, on KISS FM 96.1. Comments and questions to naughty@tribunemedia.net

Buddy Hield and Kings hold on to end 14-game losing streak to Spurs By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Iman Shumpert made a tiebreaking jumper with 4:05 remaining, De’Aaron Fox and Nemanja Bjelica followed with 3-pointers and the Sacramento Kings pulled away to beat San Antonio 104-99 last night, ending a 14-game losing streak to the Spurs. Fox finished with 19 points and seven assists. Willie Cauley-Stein had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 22 points for the Kings. Buddy Hield had 14 points, two steals, four assists and two rebounds in 26 minutes. Sacramento led the entire third quarter but didn’t shake San Antonio until late in the fourth. DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge made back-to-back long jumpers to tie the score at 90-all with 5:11 remaining. The Spurs went cold after that and made three baskets down the stretch, all of them 3-pointers. Shumpert broke the tie with his 16-foot jumper.

After Fox made his third 3-pointer and Bjelica made another beyond the arc, Cauley-Stein scored on a soaring alley-oop dunk to cap the 10-0 run and brought the Golden1 Center crowd to its feet. It was Sacramento’s first win over San Antonio since November 15, 2014. Aldridge had 14 points and 18 rebounds. DeRozan scored 23 points with eight assists, and Rudy Gay added 14 points and nine rebounds in his return to the Spurs lineup. Bogdanovic had 11 points off the bench in the first half while Fox hit a pair of 3-pointers to help give the Kings a 56-55 lead at the break after San Antonio made a late run. Sacramento took advantage of the Spurs’ cold shooting in the third to take control. San Antonio made more free throws (eight) than it did baskets (six) in the quarter. TIP-INS Spurs: Pau Gasol (left foot soreness) missed his third consecutive game. Gay, who spent three-plus seasons with the Kings before signing with San

SAN Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan, left, drives against Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield during the first quarter last night. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Antonio last year, missed the three previous games because of right heel soreness. Kings: Two nights

after having only nine assists in a loss to the Lakers, Sacramento dished out 27 against San Antonio.

The Kings had a 45-32 advantage in bench points. Kosta Koufos (right calf) did not play.

GEORGE SCORES 32 AS THUNDER ROLL PAST AYTON AND SUNS, 118-101 By MURRAY EVANS Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Paul George matched his season high with 32 points and went 6 of 10 from 3-point range, Dennis Schroder added 20 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 118-101 last night. The Thunder have won eight of their last nine games after a 0-4 start while the Suns have lost four straight and 11 of their last 12. Two of those losses have come in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City scored 22 straight points in the first quarter, holding the Suns scoreless for nearly seven minutes, to take a 24-5 lead. The Thunder never trailed again and led by as many as 28 points in the second quarter before settling for a 64-40 halftime lead. The Thunder played a fourth straight game without star guard Russell Westbrook, who sat out with a sprained left ankle on his 30th birthday. They didn’t need him against Phoenix, thanks to George, Schroder and Steven Adams, who scored 18 points to go with seven rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots. Adams often left Suns rookie centre Deandre Ayton befuddled on both ends of the court, especially early. Ayton finished with 14

PHOENIX Suns centre Deandre Ayton (22) shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder centere Steven Adams (12) in the first half last night in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)

points, two assists, seven rebounds and a block in 35 minutes. T.J. Warren led the Suns with 21 points while Devin Booker had 19 points and six assists. A 10-3 run by the Suns early in the third quarter pulled them within 70-53, but Schroder — who started the game 1 of 11 from the field — hit consecutive 3-pointers off passes from George (who had six assists and eight rebounds) to rebuild the Thunder’s lead to 78-55. Phoenix scored 12 straight points, though, and trailed only 86-75 at the end of the quarter. A 3-pointer by Jamal Crawford pulled the Suns within 93-86 with 7:56 left, but the Thunder used a 15-4 run to rebuild their lead and weren’t challenged again. The Thunder are 16-4 all-time against the Suns at home (after once being 0-3) and have won 23 of their last 29 games overall against Phoenix. The teams will play again Saturday in Phoenix and will wrap up their season series on December 28, also in Phoenix. TIP-INS Suns: Phoenix’s 13 first-quarter points were the lowest by a Thunder opponent in an opening quarter this season. Warren has 20 3-pointers this season in 13 games after making 20 in 65 games last season. Thunder: George’s six 3-pointers were the most in a game by a Thunder player this season. Schroder received a technical foul in the third quarter. The two boxers who will fight at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Friday for the WBO welterweight title, reigning champ Maurice Hooker and Alex Saucedo of Oklahoma City, both attended the game.

MANNING’S LATE TD PASS LEADS GIANTS PAST 49ERS 27-23 By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, California (AP) — Eli Manning threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard with 53 seconds left and the New York Giants snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco 49ers 27-23 last night. Manning threw two TD passes to Odell Beckham Jr. and then engineered the late game-winning drive with help from a pair of third-down penalties against Malcolm Smith and Ahkello Witherspoon. Saquon Barkley then had a 23-yard catch to get the ball into the red zone and Manning connected with Shepard on third down to give the Giants (2-7) the win. Matt Breida ran for 101 yards and scored two touchdowns for the 49ers (2-8), who were unable to win consecutive games under third-string quarterback Nick Mullens. Breida’s 23-yard run helped set up a 30-yard field goal by Robbie Gould that gave the Niners a 23-20 lead with 2:46 to play. But the 49ers allowed the go-ahead score and couldn’t pull it out at the end as Mullens’ pass from the Giants 20 sailed out of the end zone on the final play. Mullens wasn’t nearly as sharp as he was in his NFL debut against the Raiders on Nov. 1 when he joined Hall of Famers Jim Kelly and Fran Tarkenton as the only players with at least 250 yards passing, three touchdown passes and no interceptions in the first career game. Mullens threw for 250 yards and had an 11-yard TD pass to Breida that made it 20-10 early in the third quarter. But Mullens also threw two interceptions with the first setting up a 10-yard TD pass from Manning to Beckham . Those two connected again on a 20-yard score in the third quarter as New York rallied from 10 points down to tie the game in the second half. HARD HIT Niners receiver Marquise Goodwin was hit in the helmet by Alec Ogletree on a catch late in the third quarter and briefly left the game. On his first play back in to start the fourth quarter, a pass from Mullens deflected off Goodwin’s hands for the second interception of the game by B.J. Goodson. Goodwin was slow to get up after that play and went back into the medical tent for observation. Goodwin returned to the game later in the fourth quarter. MISSED OPPORTUNITY The Giants entered the game converting just 40 percent of their red zone trips into TDs. They missed a golden opportunity for one late in the first half. On a third down from the 3, the 49ers left Beckham unguarded in the slot but Manning stuck with a run play to Barkley that gained only 1 yard. New York settled for a field goal that tied the game at 10. The Niners then drove down for a late field goal to take the lead at the break as the Giants trailed at the half for the eighth time this season. PLAYING FOR PARADISE Niners GM John Lynch welcomed the high school football team from Paradise, a town destroyed by the wildfires in Butte County, about 175 miles north. Players and cheerleaders from the school were on the field for the national anthem. The air quality for the game was at an unhealthy level because of the fires.

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CHAMPIONS: The Royal Bahamas Police Force Interceptors captured the men’s crown in the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association championship series at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend.

RBPF INTERCEPTORS, ELECTRO TELCOM INVADERS EMERGE AS CHAMPIONS THE Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association completed its championship series for men and women at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend. The Electro Telcom Invaders emerged as the ladies’ champions, while the Royal Bahamas Police Force Interceptors captured the men’s crown. The Invaders won over the Bahamas Public Service Union Strikers in three straight games. The Invaders won game one 18-13, game two 10-4 and game three 7-3. It took five games for the Interceptors to stop the BTC Lasers. The Lasers won the opener 28-14, the

Interceptors took game two 30-24, the Lasers won game three 20-12 and the Lasers won game four 14-12 and the clincher in game five 18-12. League president Dwaine Stevens said it was a very competitive season and they were quite pleased with the way things turned out. He commended his executive team for sticking with him as they made a lot of progress, having taken office with nothing in place. He noted that they were able to make some tremendous improvements to the facilities at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Stevens, who will serve as chef de mission, is now

FANS enjoy the games over the weekend during the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association championships. preparing to take the national team to the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Co-Ed

Slow Pitch Softball International Cup Tournament in Plant City, Florida, on Wednesday.

The tournament will run from November 15-18. The team, managed by Derrick Christie and coached by Terrance Culmer and Nathaniel Porter, is comprised of the following players: Men - Eugene Bain, Richard Bain, Martin Burrows, Sherman Ferguson, Alcott Forbes, Rudy Fox, Austin Hanna. Philip Johnson, Jamaal Scavella, Aaron Wood, Jeffery Woiodside and Duane Mackey. Ladies - Melinda Bastian, Tyrice Curry-Davis, Karen Darville, Maryann Fowler, Thela Johnson, Keesha Pratt, Shavette Taylor and LaShanda Bethel. The Bahamas will play a triple header, including

back-to-back games on day one of the tournament on Thursday when they face the Turks & Caicos Islands at 1:30pm and the United States at 3pm. They will play the third game at 6pm against Great Britain. On Friday, they will have another triple header with back-to-back games at 11:30pm against Curacao No.1 and Germany at 1pm before they wrap up the round robin at 4pm against Curacao No.2 team. The double elimination round leading up to the championship game is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The team is expected to return home on Monday, November 19.

Megan Moss joins UK Wildcats track & field Hurdler FROM PAGE 1 “She’s very excited. She’s looking forward to the next chapter in her athletic career,” Moss pointed out. “She’s looking forward to it because she will have Divine Parker there as well. She was a host when she visited the school.” However, before she takes the next step, Moss said his daughter has some unfinished business to take care of. “She’s looking forward to another CARIFTA , also one more BAISS and one more Penn Relays for St Augustine’s College,” he said. “Finally, for next season, she’s looking forward to being a part of the Bahamas team for the IAAF World Championships that is going to Doha, Qatar. All of this is enroute to her heading to college next season.” In a progress report, coach Moss indicated that his daughter has recuperated from the slight tear in her hamstring in her right

leg. “She’s off active rest. She’s back in training,” he said. “But we are paying special attention to it, making sure that this season ahead is not one where the hamstring is a factor and prohibiting her from reaching her maximum performance. “We did ultrasounds and MRIs. She was in Argentina getting treatment and that went straight on through when she reached back here. We have done everything medically to make sure that she gets what she needs to get back to 100 per cent.” Coach Moss said they are quite pleased with the progress she has made and continues to make on her road to recovery. As the first of three children born to Nekeva and Tito Moss on March 22, 2002, Megan is considered to be a focused, goal-oriented young lady that has a real passion for her sport. She is a successful female track and field athlete that has worked

hard at refining her ‘craft’. Though still very young she has represented her club, schools and country at numerous games locally, regionally and internationally. At the age of 11, Moss made her debut on the national team at the Caribbean Union of Teachers Track (CUT) meet in Jamaica in July, 2012. Three years later in 2015, she participated in the CAC Age Group Nationals in Trinidad and Tobago where she placed fourth overall. In 2015, she was again privileged to represent both her school and country at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school’s 4x100m relay team made it to the Championships of America Final and the team placed 6th out of 600 schools. Moss attended the Atlanta Georgia Relays for the first time in 2016 where she broke two records in the 100m and 200m dash, both of which still stand. She also made her first CARIFTA team that year, winning two silver medals in the 4x100m and the 4x400m under18 division and was fourth in the 200m dash final. Again, Moss represented the Bahamas at the CUT Games in Tortola, British Virgin Islands that year, placing second overall in the 200m dash. And she also represented St Augustine’s College at the Penn Relays as the Big Red Machine finished fifth in the Championships of America 4x100m out of more than 500 high school teams. Last year, Moss continued her athletic success at the CARIFTA Games in Curacao, winning a gold in the 400m with a new personal best of 53.89 and a fourth place finish in the 200m in a personal best of 24.01. She was a part of the under-18 girls winning 4 x 100m relay team. In May, she returned to the Penn Relays where she assisted SAC in advancing to the Championships of America 4x100m relay for the third consecutive year before she competed at the Atlanta Georgia Relays, winning two silver medals in the 100m and 200m dash in a new age group in the 15-16 division. Sidelined for most of the club meets this year because of injury, Moss did qualify for CARIFTA where she repeated her gold medal performance in the 400m before the home crowd at the Thomas A

Robinson National Stadium. Moss broke the old games record set by Shaunae Miller-Uibo in a time of 53.19 and she also collected two additional silvers in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays in the under-17 girls’ division. For the fourth year in a row she represented St Augustine’s College at the Penn Relays where they advanced to the Championships of America in the 4x100m relay, the first time the Big Red Machine achieved the feat. In May, Moss also attended the Atlanta Georgia Relays for the third straight year where she was featured in the 400m and placed third in 53.89. In July, she was selected to represent the Bahamas at the World Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland, but due to injury she was not able to travel to compete. However, she was afforded the opportunity to represent the Bahamas for the first time at the 3rd Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 400m. She ran through the event with the hamstring injury, but hobbled across the finish line. Having began her primary school education at St Francis and Joseph Primary school, where she made her mark, Moss maintained a 90 per cent average and led her primary school to their first Catholic Primary School Championship in 2013. She was also recognised as the most outstanding female athlete in the Catholic primary schools in 2013 and she was chosen as her school’s student of the year and represented them in the national students of the year competition. She was selected as a semi-finalist. In September 2013, Moss matriculated to St Augustine’s College, where she continued her academic excellence. In 2016 she sat the National Bahamas Junior Certificate Examination, passing five with A grades and one with a B. She was honoured by the Ministry of Education for her excellent results. In May next year, she intends to sit 9 BGCSEs. Throughout high school from grades 7-11, Moss has maintained a respectable cumulative GPA of 3.55 and she has earned every colour of medal under her belt in local, regional and international meets as she has travelled around the world.

Gibson hoping 2019 will be banner year FROM PAGE 1

Pinder, Elroy McBride and Andre Colebrooke. Following Gibson’s silver in the men’s hurdles and Miller-Uibo’s gold in the women’s 200m, the Bahamas men’s 4 x 4 relay team redeemed themselves as the team of Ojay Ferguson, Teray Smith, Stephen Newbold and Alonzo Russell emerged with the silver. Although his training got started last week, Gibson said he was delighted to take a quick break to return home before he resumes full training this week. “This is the first time in my 10 years in track and field that I’m training like this,” said Gibson of his sessions that go every other day. “I’m trying to learn how to navigate through it properly.” Gibson, the 2015 World Championships’ bronze medallist, termed it a learning experience, but he’s eager to get ready for the long haul of three competitive seasons back-to-back-to-back. Following the World Championships in 2019, the Olympic Games will be held in 2020 in Tokyo, Japan and the World Championships return again in 2021 in Eugene, Oregon.

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It’s done: Jimmy Butler trade to Philadelphia completed By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler is in Philadelphia, and upon his arrival he immediately began talking about winning a championship. “The Process” has a whole new meaning. Butler, a four-time All-Star forward, is now officially a member of the 76ers, after they and the Minnesota Timberwolves received approval from the league office Monday on the terms of the trade that was agreed to over the weekend. “He replicates, he mirrors, the spirit of Philadelphia,” 76ers coach Brett Brown said. “He is a fierce competitor. And there is a toughness that he plays with. That’s who he is. And he wears it on his face, it’s seen in his game, it’s confirmed by multiple alldefensive teams and it’s a perfect fit for the city and our program defensively.” The deal gives Philadelphia a legitimate “Big Three,” with Butler joining All-Star forward Joel Embiid and reigning rookie of the year Ben Simmons on a team that already was expected to be a major Eastern Conference contender this season. Butler flew into Philadelphia on Monday and told NBC Sports Philadelphia

that fans should expect “a guy who wants to win.” “We want a championship,” Butler said as he signed a couple of autographs before he was driven away from the airport. “And I think the core group of guys that we have will figure out a way to get it done.” Butler and Justin Patton were traded to Philadelphia for Robert Covington, Dario Saric and Jerryd Bayless, along with a 2022 second-round draft pick. Butler will be introduced by the 76ers on Tuesday and is expected to debut with his new club Wednesday at Orlando. Philadelphia was playing at Miami on Monday. “We have a championship window that’s centered around the continued progression of our talented young core, as well as our ability to add elite players who elevate our program,” 76ers general manager Elton Brand said. “In Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, we have two of the NBA’s top 20 players. Now, we’ve added a third top-20 player in Jimmy Butler.” The 76ers won 47 games in a three-season span between 2013 and 2016. They won 28 in 2016-17, made the jump to the playoffs at 52-30 last season and now will be considered an even more serious threat to emerge as the

MINNESOTA Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler (23) battles for position against Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) in the first half on Friday night. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater) East representative in the NBA Finals. “The biggest challenge is piecing all this together,” Brown said. “It’s not even close. ... I say that completely from an excitement standpoint. This isn’t a burden. Sure, it’s a responsibility. But I’m excited with piecing this together.” Butler has averaged 21.8 points per game since the start of the 2014-15 season, the 13th-highest clip in the NBA over that span. There are three teams with multiple current teammates averaging at least that many points over those seasons. Golden State has three such players, with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and DeMarcus Cousins, though Cousins hasn’t played yet

this season for the Warriors while recovering from surgery. Oklahoma City teammates Russell Westbrook and Paul George also have averaged that much — and now, Philly has such a pairing in Butler and Embiid. “I think he’s going to bring toughness, scoring ability, a veteran,” 76ers guard Markelle Fultz said. “Just going to compete on both ends of the floor and I hope he pushes this team to a higher level.” Butler is the obvious headliner to this trade, though there will be some adjustments for the 76ers to make now that the deal is finally done. Saric and Covington were key players for Philadelphia, combining to

make 398 starts including playoffs for the 76ers during their time with the club. Saric averaged 13.5 points with the 76ers over parts of three seasons, while Covington averaged 12.9 points during his five seasons with Philly. They were the starting forwards for the 76ers in nearly every game last season, when Philadelphia had its best record since 2000-01 — the last time that the franchise went to the NBA Finals. “We’re excited to have these guys come in,” Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau said. “With Robert and Dario, that they’ve started on a good team, they’ll help.” The deal between the teams was struck on Saturday, though it couldn’t become official until the trade call Monday. It ends a two-month saga during which there was no doubt that Butler was going to get traded out of Minnesota. He told the Timberwolves shortly before training camp that he wanted to be moved, which forced Minnesota’s hand because it was obvious that Butler would not re-sign next summer. So the options were to move him for something, or lose him for nothing. “He loves to win,” Fultz said. “He’s going to do whatever it takes to win.”

COLUMN: MAYWEATHER TAKES A HIT FOR THE MONEY TEAM By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist IT looked like easy money, and there’s no one more qualified to judge that then the founder and titular head of The Money Team. But sometimes chasing a pile of cash is more difficult than it seems. Floyd Mayweather Jr. found that out when he went looking for money in Japan. The deal, or so he thought, was to perform a three-round exhibition before what he said was a small group of wealthy spectators for “a very large fee.” Turns out Mayweather got hoodwinked. And then he quickly got out of town. He wanted no part of a rising young Japanese kickboxing star, even though he outweighed Tenshin Nasukawa by 30 pounds. A guy could get hurt in a real fight, especially if the rules weren’t all in his favor. The problem was, Mayweather had appeared at a press conference Monday in Tokyo in which the fight was announced. He posed for pictures with Nasukawa, and talked about how their New Year’s Eve bout would be an epic event.

So he had to backpedal. And fast. Mayweather said he was blindsided by promoters at the press conference and went along when they said the fight was scheduled, with the rules to be figured out later. He said he didn’t even know who Nasukawa was. Fair enough. But Google is available in Japan, and it didn’t take Mayweather long to find out a few things about his opponent. Or maybe he just read an Instagram post from Joe Rogan, the UFC fight announcer who knew a little more about Nasukawa. “He’s a true striking genius,” Rogan said of the 20-year-old. “I doubt Floyd is going to agree to any rules that allow Tenshin to kick, but if he does, it could be a terrible night for him. This kid is the truth.” Whatever it was, Mayweather left Japan as fast as he could. And, really, who could blame Mayweather. He’s made a career — and made himself immensely wealthy — out of picking just the right opponent at the right time and this wasn’t the opponent or the time to get back in the ring.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER, left, of the US, shakes hands with Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa during a press conference in Tokyo. (AP) But in doing so he may have damaged his brand, if just a bit. Mayweather doesn’t do contrition well, but contrite he was in a lengthy post that didn’t exactly cast him in a favorable light. “I am a retired boxer that earns an unprecedented amount of money, globally, for appearances, speaking engagements and occasional small exhibitions,” Mayweather wrote. If that’s so, then perhaps Manny Pacquiao better go looking for another opponent for his next fight. Actually, Pacquiao already has, with plans to fight Adrien Broner in January. Still there’s a good chance the two could meet in May in Las Vegas

in a rematch of their first fight. By then they might have made enough boxing fans forget what a snoozer the first fight was to pay big money for a rematch between two 40-something boxers. With Mayweather, it’s anyone’s guess. He already announced the Pacquiao fight for December, you might remember, though it will not happen then. And now he claims he’s just an old retired boxer trying to make a little spending money by giving speeches and small exhibitions. Who’s going to pay big money to see that? It’s hard to argue with what Mayweather has done in a career more

spectacular for the amount of money he’s made than the epic fights he’s been in. He turned himself into a marketing phenomenon beginning with his 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya, and has made more money than even he can count. He also conned people into believing his fight with UFC fighter Conor McGregor was a legitimate match, before easily dispatching him in his last lucrative exhibition. But the Mayweather brand is getting old, and so is his appeal. He’s reduced to being the “opponent” in fights like the one he was planning in Japan and even his sycophants have to be getting the idea by now that they’re being played. A second fight with Pacquiao holds little intrigue after the dull affair the two put on in 2015. Like the proposed fight in Japan it’s strictly a money grab by the founder of The Money Team. In the end, Mayweather couldn’t run fast enough from a young opponent in Japan. We should all think about running if his next press conference is to announce a fight with Pacquiao.

HAMILTON WINS IN BRAZIL, MERCEDES TAKES CONSTRUCTORS’ TITLE By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Ten years after securing his first Formula One title at Interlagos, five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday and helped his Mercedes team take the Formula One constructors’ title for the fifth straight year. It was Hamilton’s 10th victory of the season, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. But it could have been a very different outcome for the British driver, who struggled with engine problems and medium tires as he waited for rain that never came. Hamilton’s second win in Sao Paulo was only possible after Force India’s backmarker Esteban Ocon clashed with race leader Verstappen on lap 44, causing both cars to spin. At the time, the Red Bull driver led Hamilton by five seconds. Off the track, the 21-year-old Dutchman later confronted — and pushed — former Formula 3 rival Ocon, who refused to apologize

despite the stop-go punishment he was given during the race. The Force India driver finished 15th. Verstappen managed to stay in the race after the incident and get closer to Hamilton in the final laps, but it wasn’t enough for his second consecutive victory. “I hope I can’t find him in the paddock now,” Verstappen said of Ocon before he met the Force India driver after the race. Verstappen was given an unusual punishment for the pushes and insults he aimed at Ocon — he will have to perform two days of public service at the direction of motorsport governing body FIA within six months. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen joined Hamilton and Verstappen on the podium. His teammate Sebastian Vettel, who is second in the overall standings, placed sixth. Hamilton celebrated his win and his team’s fifth title with samba dancers on the podium, as Verstappen left still fuming. “This is what everyone works for, we really pulled together as a unit this year,” Hamilton said. His teammate Valtteri Bottas finished fifth.

LEWIS HAMILTON, of Britain, celebrates with members of the Mercedes Benz team after the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday. (AP) Mercedes now has an insurmountable 620 points against Ferrari’s 553. It was Hamilton’s 72nd victory in Formula One, a much celebrated one after all the problems he faced during the race. “We were managing that in the last part of the race, we were losing some power,” the British driver said.

In the first part of the race Hamilton kept the advantage he acquired by taking his 10th pole position of the season. Bottas overtook Vettel for second place, and for a moment it seemed Mercedes had the race in the bag already. Verstappen, the winner of the Mexican GP two weeks ago, started in fifth and quickly overtook the two Ferraris, conquered Bottas on lap 10 and showed he would challenge Hamilton for the win. After the world champion pitted on lap 19, it appeared Mercedes had made the wrong decision by giving Hamilton fresh tires before his rivals. Verstappen only stopped 16 laps later. With 31 laps to go, Verstappen successfully challenged Hamilton and started building a lead before clashing with Ocon. The British driver initially opened a lead of five seconds over Verstappen. But the Dutchman started climbing back on every lap, thanks to Hamilton’s engine problems and medium tire deterioration. The final race of the season is at Abu Dhabi on November 25.

OHTANI WINS AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, ACUNA TAKES NL HONOUR By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was rewarded for a Ruthian season at the plate — and on the mound. Baseball’s best two-way player since the Babe at the dawn of the live-ball era a century ago, Ohtani was an overwhelming pick for American League Rookie of the Year yesterday despite an elbow injury that stymied his switch from Japan to the major leagues and likely will prevent him from pitching next year. “I was just kind of disappointed I wasn’t able to play a full season,” he said through a translator. “I feel like every player should be able to play a full year and help out the team. So that’s something I need to work on, and that’s going to be one of my goals, to stay healthy for a long full season and be able to the team win from day one.” Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr was a runaway choice for the NL honour over Washington outfielder Juan Soto in a contest between 20-year-olds. A singular sensation who earned a chorus of praise for his dual success, Ohtani became the first player since Ruth in 1919 with 10 homers and four pitching wins in the same season. He didn’t play between June 4 and July 3 because of a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, an injury the Angels were aware of when they signed him for a $2,315,000 bonus last winter. The 24-year-old right-hander made just one more mound appearance, on September 2, and three days later the team said a scan revealed additional damage and surgery was recommended. Ohtani appeared in 22 more games as a hitter, had Tommy John surgery on October 1 and hopes to be able to help the Angels at the plate next season. He probably won’t take the mound again until 2020. “Everything’s going well,” he said. “We’re right on schedule, maybe even a little ahead.”

CZECHS BEAT DEFENDING CHAMPION UNITED STATES 3-0 IN FED CUP FINAL By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Six finals, six victories. The Czech Republic kept its perfect record in the Fed Cup finals by capturing the trophy for the sixth time in eight years by defeating defending champion United States. Katerina Siniakova saved two match points before defeating Sofia Kenin 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 in the first reverse singles on Sunday to give the Czechs an insurmountable 3-0 lead over defending champion United States in the best-of-five final. The remaining two matches were not played. It was the first victory for the Czechs over the United States — since the country was created after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993 — after four defeats in the Fed Cup. The Czechoslovakia team that won five Fed Cup titles was 2-6 against the U.S. “It was an unbelievable match for me,” Siniakova said. “It was up and down, with nerves. I’m extremely happy that I won. I thank all who came for their support. It was felt.” U.S. captain Kathy Rinaldi said she was proud of her team despite the loss.

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FEDERER LOSES ATP FINALS OPENER TO NISHIKORI Djokovic cruises By SAM JOHNSTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Kei Nishikori hit a backhand so good it threw Roger Federer off his game as the 20-time Grand Slam champion earned a code violation before capitulating in a surprise defeat at the ATP Finals on Sunday. Two points away from losing the opening set and on the back foot in a rally, Nishikori hit a stunning shot up the line, which prompted Federer to hit the ball into the crowd and receive a warning for ball abuse. Federer never appeared to regain his composure and went down 7-6 (4), 6-3 in a first opening match defeat at the season-ending tournament since 2013. “I thought ‘What was his argument, why the warning?” Federer said of his exchange with the umpire. “But nothing more than that. He thought I was angry. I wasn’t. Now I’m angry because I lost, but I wasn’t, so...”

Federer earned the first break points in the opening game of the second set, and took his chance, but Nishikori hit straight back in the following game. Nishikori was the far more composed player from that moment on and broke for a 4-2 lead, before closing out the match for a first win over Federer since 2014. Six-time champion Federer, who has reached the semi-finals in all but one of his 15 previous appearances at the tournament, will now likely need to win his remaining two roundrobin matches to keep alive his chances of claiming the 100th title of his career. More thanks to poor returning than good serving, neither man was able to create so much as a sniff of a break of serve in an error-strewn opening set, until Nishikori’s backhand denied Federer two set points with the score at 6-5, 15-30. A tiebreaker followed and Federer made one of his 20 unforced errors in

past Isner in opener

and was rewarded in the sixth game as he brought up another break point and produced an inside-out forehand Federer had no chance of returning. Despite having lost his last six meetings with Federer, including two on this court, Nishikori showed no nerves as he dropped just one point in his next two service games, with a forehand error from the Swiss great ending the match. Earlier, Kevin Anderson made a confident start to his ATP Finals debut with a 6-3, 7-6 (10) victory over Dominic Thiem. Having qualified for the tournament for the first time, the 32-year-old Anderson produced a dominant serving display to take the first set, before saving two set points to come through a tense tiebreaker in the second. “I think it was important, you know, going out there and getting off to a good start,” Anderson said. “I definitely felt a little bit nervous.”

ROGER FEDERER (AP) the set to give Nishikori the first mini-break and a 3-1 lead, which quickly became 6-1. Federer rallied to save three set points, but Nishikori delivered a well-placed serve out wide to ensure the comeback attempt ended there. However, his concentration deserted him moments later as a double fault gave Federer a break he did little to earn. But the Swiss responded in kind and a wild forehand error levelled the score at 1-1. The seventh-seeded Nishikori began to relax

By SAM JOHNSTON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The opening matches at the ATP Finals led to a debate over whether conditions at the O2 Arena were trickier than in past years. Novak Djokovic ended it. The Wimbledon and US Open champion made an impressive start to his campaign for a sixth title by dismissing John Isner 6-4, 6-3 yesterday. Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev described conditions as challenging following their error-strewn opening matches at the season-ending tournament, but Djokovic dropped just six points on his serve and made six unforced errors. A day after a ceremony to mark ending the season as No. 1, Djokovic underlined his status by nullifying Isner’s usually destructive serve. Isner, who at 33 became the season-ending

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tournament’s oldest debutant since 1972, applied himself admirably but barely avoided being broken more than once in the first set, and was broken twice more in the second set. The one break Djokovic converted in the first set, at 2-2, was a cross-court forehand return winner which stranded Isner. At 3-3, 15-30 in the second set, Isner sent down a second serve at 126 mph (203 kph). Djokovic sent it straight back at his feet and a shocked Isner hit his backhand long to concede two more break points. A forehand error from Isner confirmed the break, and the end of the contest. The merciless Djokovic held serve before breaking Isner once more with an inch-perfect backhand passing shot on match point. Earlier, Alexander Zverev came from a break down in both sets to defeat Marin Cilic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1).

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THE TRIBUNE

PSG ROUTS MONACO 4-0 TO WIN 13TH STRAIGHT LEAGUE GAME PARIS (AP) — Runaway French league leader Paris SaintGermain won 4-0 at Monaco on Sunday to secure a 13th straight league win and move 13 points clear at the top. Striker Edinson Cavani scored a hat trick as Monaco coach Thierry Henry watched helplessly from the sidelines as his team crumbled. The former France great has not won any of his six games in charge so far and Monaco is now 16 matches without a win. Monaco has won just one game in 18 in all competitions this season and is languishing in 19th place. Only goal difference separates Monaco from last-placed Guingamp, a crushing fall from grace for a Monaco side which won the league title in 2017 after winning the last 12 games of the season. It could have been even worse for Henry, with two further PSG goals ruled out for offside. Monaco had the first attack of the game but then let in two goals inside the first 12 minutes, both

PSG’S EDINSON CAVANI, centre, celebrates with teammate Neymar, top centre, after scoring his side’s first goal of the game during the French League One soccer match against AS Monaco at Stade Louis II in Monaco. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

initially disallowed but then given following a video review. Monaco botched a routine clearance for the first after five minutes, with Neymar reacting quickly to collect the loose ball and pick out Cavani for a tap in. Cavani then slid in the second goal following a cross from the left. Goalkeeper Diego Benaglio made three fine saves to keep the score down before VAR was used once more, as this time Julian Draxler’s goal was ruled out for offside. Cavani’s third came in the 54th when he was well set up by midfielder Moussa Diaby and, after Kylian Mbappe was fouled, Neymar sent Benaglio the wrong way from the penalty spot and then danced in front of the travelling PSG fans. Playing against the club which sold him for 180 million euros ($204 million), Mbappe showed remarkably quick feet to control the ball and score past Benaglio in the 78th but the goal was ruled offside.

College football: No. 6 Oklahoma clinches victory over Oklahoma State NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kyler Murray passed for 349 yards and ran for 66 and No. 6 Oklahoma survived a late two-point conversion attempt to beat Oklahoma State 48-47 on Saturday. Taylor Cornelius connected with Tylan Wallace on a 24-yard TD pass to cut Oklahoma’s lead to one with 1:03 to play. Oklahoma State went for two, but Cornelius threw short and into coverage, and the pass fell incomplete. Oklahoma (9-1, 6-1 Big 12, No. 6 CFP) recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock. NO. 1 ALABAMA 24, NO. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Josh Jacobs ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass and Alabama had its second straight shutout. With quarterback Tua Tagovailoa still battling a gimpy right knee, the Crimson Tide (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference, No. 1 CFP) turned to defense for another vintage performance. The offense raced to a fast start but mostly stalled from there against the Bulldogs (6-4, 2-4) and the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense. NO. 2 CLEMSON 27, NO. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE 7 BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score and Clemson knocked Boston College quarterback Anthony Brown out of the game early. The battle for first-place in the ACC Atlantic Division was not much of a fight. The Tigers (10-0, 7-0, No. 2 CFP) wrapped up a fourth straight trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game as division champions and kept rolling toward another trip to the College Football Playoff. NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 42, FLORIDA STATE 13 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brandon Wimbush threw three-first half touchdown passes, Dexter Williams ran for a careerhigh 202 yards and Notre Dame routed Florida State. With the temperature at 27 degrees — the thirdcoldest game at Notre Dame Stadium since the 1980 season — the Irish (10-0, No. 3 CFP) wore green jerseys for the fourth time in Brian Kelly’s nineyear tenure at Notre Dame to honor their seniors. NO. 4 MICHIGAN 42, RUTGERS 7 PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Shea Patterson threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns, Karan Higdon had two 1-yard scoriung runs and Michigan kept its national championship hopes intact.

The Wolverines (9-1, 7-0 Big Ten, No. 4 CFP) have won nine straight and remain in first place in the conference’s East Division. They have a final tuneup against Indiana next week at the Big House before closing the regular season at No. 8 Ohio State. NO. 5 GEORGIA 27, AUBURN 10 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia struck for a pair of touchdowns late in the first half to take control and D’Andre Swift finished off Auburn with a 77-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter. Swift rushed for 186 yards to power another big game by Georgia’s running attack, which finished with 303 yards. Having already locked up a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game, the Bulldogs (9-1, 7-1, No. 5 CFP) couldn’t afford to slip up against the Tigers. NO. 7 WEST VIRGINIA 47, TCU 10 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Will Grier threw three touchdown passes for West Virginia. Chasing a berth in the Big 12 championship game, West Virginia (8-1, 6-1, No. 9 CFP) had no trouble against the injury-riddled Horned Frogs (4-6, 2-5). Grier was 25 of 39 for 343 yards. TCU was held to a season-low 222 yards of offense, the third time in four games it has had fewer than 300. NO. 8 OHIO STATE 26, NO. 24 MICHIGAN STATE 6 EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Drue Chrisman kept Michigan State pinned back with a sensational second half of punting, and Ohio State eventually pulled away. The Buckeyes (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 10 CFP) enjoyed a huge advantage in field position during the second half. Chrisman’s punts forced Michigan State (6-4, 4-3, No. 18) to start its first five drives after halftime from its own 5, 6, 3, 1 and 2-yard line. NO. 9 LSU 24, ARKANSAS 17 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Joe Burrow was 15 of 21 for 195 yards and a touchdown and the LSU defense dominated Arkansas. The win comes a week after LSU (8-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) was shut out in a loss to No. 1 Alabama, and it improves coach Ed Orgeron to 8-0 in games following a loss. The Tigers haven’t lost back-to-back games since dropping three straight in 2015. NO. 10 WASHINGTON STATE 31, COLORADO 7 BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Gardner Minshew II overcame a slow start and three fourth-down failures

PENN State running back Miles Sanders hurdles Wisconsin’s Faion Hicks during an NCAA college football game on Saturday in State College. (AP) to lead Washington State past nose-diving Colorado. The Cougars (9-1, 6-1 Pac-12, No. 8 CFP) won their sixth straight, but it wasn’t as easy as expected against the Buffaloes (5-5, 2-5), who lost their fifth straight despite the return of star receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. NO. 11 UCF 35, NAVY 24 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — McKenzie Milton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, helping UCF extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games. Milton completed 17 of 21 passes without an interception, and the Knights (9-0, 6-0 American Athletic Conference, No. 12 CFP) remained one of four unbeaten teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision, along with Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame. TENNESSEE 24, NO. 12 KENTUCKY 7 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jarrett Guarantano threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Callaway on the final play of the first half and Darrell Taylor had four sacks for Tennessee. Taylor also forced and recovered a fumble to help Tennessee (5-5, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) beat Kentucky (7-3, 5-3, No. 11 CFP) at Neyland Stadium for a 17th straight time. NO. 14 UTAH STATE 62, SAN JOSE STATE 24 LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Jordan Love threw for a career-high 491 yards and five touchdowns on 32-of-42 passing in just three quarters, and Utah

State totaled 804 yards in offense. Love’s 491 passing yards were the third-highest single game total for a Utah State quarterback. Darwin Thompson had 140 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries along with 115 yards and a pair of scores on four receptions for the Aggies (9-1, 6-0 Mountain West). NO. 15 TEXAS 41, TEXAS TECH 34 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Sam Ehlinger threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Lil’Jordan Humphrey with 21 seconds left and Texas beat Texas Tech after blowing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter. The Longhorns (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) snapped a twogame skid that had cost them the Big 12 lead. They stayed a game behind coleaders No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 West Virginia with two games left to determine who plays in the conference championship game Dec. 1. Next up for the Longhorns is No. 23 Iowa State, the team they are tied with for third place. NO. 19 FLORIDA 35, SOUTH CAROLINA 31 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Feleipe Franks silenced the home crowd twice after touchdown runs, seemingly sending a message after getting benched last week and booed earlier in the game, and Florida rallied to beat South Carolina to end a two-game losing streak. Franks dived across the goal line on a fourthdown play from inside the 1 with 4:09 to play, putting the Gators (7-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference,

No. 15 CFP) ahead for the first time. Florida overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half to beat the Gamecocks (5-4, 4-4). NO. 21 PENN STATE 21, WISCONSIN 10 STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Trace McSorley tied the Penn State record for victories by a quarterback with 29, leading the Nittany Lions past Wisconsin. Miles Sanders ran for 159 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries, and McSorley completed 19 of 25 passes for 160 yards and a TD while matching Todd Blackledge’s victory total from 1980-82. NO. 23 IOWA STATE 28, BAYLOR 14 AMES, Iowa (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for a touchdown and ran for another score, and Iowa State topped Baylor after a skirmish in the third quarter. Purdy threw for 230 yards as Iowa State (6-3, 5-2, No. 22 CFP) won a fifth straight Big 12 game in the same season for the first time. Deshaunte Jones caught a TD pass and threw for a 2-point conversion. NO. 25 CINCINNATI 35, SOUTH FLORIDA 23 CINCINNATI (AP) — Michael Warren II ran for three touchdowns and caught a pass for another score Saturday night, keeping Cincinnati in the chase for the American Athletic title. The Bearcats (9-1, 5-1) remain a game behind unbeaten UCF for the AAC East lead. No. 11 UCF beat Navy 35-24 and hosts Cincinnati next Saturday.

TONY BELLEW, left, reacts to a blow from Oleksandr Usyk. (AP)

USYK KOS BELLEW IN 8TH ROUND, RETAINS CRUISERWEIGHT TITLES MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Undisputed world cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk successfully defended his four belts and sent Tony Bellew into retirement by knocking out the British fighter in the eighth round in Manchester on Saturday. Usyk took control when he sent Bellew to the canvas by following up a straight right with a looping left. The referee got to a count of six before calling off the fight. It was the Ukrainian boxer’s 16th straight win as a professional and his first defence since becoming the unified champion in July. He could now move up to heavyweight — the level he won at which he won an Olympic gold medal in 2012 — and his promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, said in the ring Usyk could fight threebelt heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. “He’s an exceptional champion,” Bellew said. “Anyone who faces him is in trouble. Only the very best and very biggest will beat him.” The 35-year-old Bellew, who had already said this would be his 34th and last fight, had the better of Usyk early in the fight as he picked his moment to counter with his powerful right jab and even showboated at times. But Bellew began to get worn down by the sixth round, at the end of which the Liverpool native got caught with a big left hook on the bell as he dropped his gloves. Usyk backed Bellew onto the ropes in the seventh round and, with blood streaming from his nose, the challenger was wobbling just before he was knocked down midway through the eighth. “I can’t remember what round that was,” Bellew said. “I don’t even remember half of the fight.” Bellew will be remembered as a loudmouth fighter who upset the odds to become world cruiserweight champion in 2016 and then went up to heavyweight to earn successive victories in a grudge match against fellow Briton David Haye. As for Crimea-born Usyk, he has an even brighter future ahead of him. The southpaw has risen virtually untouched through the professional ranks since leaving his amateur days behind him after the London Olympics. Twelve of his 16 wins have come inside the distance. As an amateur, he was also a world and European champion. Usyk fought three times in 10 months in the World Boxing Super Series — beating Marco Huck, the then-WBC champion Mairis Briedis, and most recently Murat Gassiev in July — to become undisputed cruiserweight champion and has now seen off the third-ranked fighter in the division. “I had the most difficult year in my life,” Usyk said, in comments translated by Krassyuk. “I want to relax and spend time with my family. Only after my rest will I speak about my future.”