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NFL SUNDAY

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2016

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Eighteen honoured in National Sports Hall of Fame

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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group of 18 of the country’s sporting icons joined a fraternity of elite company when they were inducted as new members to the National Sports Hall of Fame.

The 2016 class was honoured by the signature event of Sports Heritage Month - the Hall of Fame induction ceremony - hosted Friday night at Government House.

Held under the patronage of the Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, her message to the congregation included a celebration of the past and their development of the future of their respective sports.

“Under the premise that solidarity is best served when people are shown to demonstrate their

NATIONAL Sports Hall of Fame inductees are welcomed by Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson at Government House.

Photo: Shawn Hanna/The Tribune appreciation and gratitude for a nation’s success. Sports is seen of national development. The histhose who have paved the way for as one of those important areas tory of sports in the Bahamas

shows that we as a people have good cause to celebrate our many accomplishments at the local, regional and international levels.

Each year during this induction ceremony we are reminded of the past successes of those individuals and the pivotal role that they have played in the development of those that followed.”

The new class brought the total number of athletes and contributors in the hall to 149.

Highlighting the 2016 class was the Bahamas’ first Olympic track and field medallist - Frank Rutherford Jr. Other inductees included Della Wood-Thomas, Hattie Moxey, Candace DeGregory-Culmer, Sister Annie Thompson, Vickey Knowles Andrews, Evander Freeman Barr, Burket Dorsett, Carlton Harris, Anthony “Poker”

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Carey, Bellot make Swift splash in open water race

GIANTS TOP THE CYBOTS 97-87

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

FOR the third consecutive year, Swift Swimming has hosted its Open Water Swim in Palm Cay, Yamacraw.

And while DeVante Carey got to repeat as the overall male winner of the 1.5 kilometre race, Simone Bellot captured the female category in her first attempt on Saturday.

Bellot, a 14-year-old 10th grader at St John’s College representing the Dolphins Swim Club, said it was much better than she had anticipated. She took the tape in 31 minutes, 54.78 seconds.

“Going out was a little hard. It was a little rocky,” Bellot said.

“The waves were really pushing me the other way. Going to the second buoy was a little better because I was actually swimming with the current.

“But coming back was probably the longest stretch, but overall it was pretty good. I didn’t have that much competition, but those who were here, they really made me swim harder. I didn’t want to lose to any of them.”

Carey, of the host Swift Swimming, said after starting his winning streak last year after taking fourth the first year he competed, he wanted to make sure that he didn’t get dethroned.

“It feels good. I came here knowing that I was going to win,” said Carey, the winner in 25:18.40.

“Also, the water was rather calm this morning, so it was better than

a lot more calmer and I did a lot more training and put in my time and effort into it.

The 14-year-old eighth grader at St Andrew’s said the competition wasn’t as intense as last year, but he had to be ready for the competition because there was still a lot of fast competitors entered.

Also competing for the first time, Laila Burrows of Swift captured the shorter 800m swim for girls 10-and-under in 14:19.44.

“I’m really proud of what I did and I really think that my practices paid off,” said Burrows, an 11-year-old sixth grader at Kingsway Academy.

“Going down in my first lap, the waves were not as bad as the second one, but I still pushed

AFTER getting off to a great start in their season opener, the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots suffered a humbling defeat to their arch-rivals Commonwealth Bank Giants at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.

The Giants, rebounding from their New Providence Basketball Association championship loss to the Cybots last season, won the big match-up 97-87 in their season opener.

In other games played on Saturday, the Pirates knocked off the Island Game Pros 93-74 and the Shockers rolled to their second straight win, handing the Rockets a 76-69 defeat.

In a double header on Friday night, the Double R Cleaners held off the Rhythm Rebels 73-71 and the Mr Ship It Regulators outlasted the PJ’s Stingers 96-92.

The league, which will reintroduce its division II play with the late Godfrey McQuay and the Charles ‘Chuck’ Mackey divisions, has been a competitive one so far with many players

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DEVANTE CAREY (left) and Simone Bellot were the top male and female winners of the Swift’s 1.5K swim race on Saturday. last year. “Going out was good, going across the waves were pushing you. It was behind you, so it was pushing you making you go faster.

That was when I used my opportunity to go faster. Then coming back, you had the waves in your face, so it was a little rough coming back.”

Carey, 14, admitted that he got a little bit of competition from Jacob Roach going through the first two buoys before he managed to break away going to the finish line.

As a Queen’s College 10th grader, Carey said he wants to improve on the success his older brother Dionisio Carey had in the pool. But he was quick to point out that if the two lined up in the open water, the younger Carey would prevail.

“He never swum open water, so I would probably beat him if he swims it,” DeVante Carey said.

In the girls’ 5K race, Giovanna Eneas pulled off the win in 1:24.15.09.

“I’m pretty proud of myself. I wasn’t expecting to be the first girl, but it was fun and hard at the same time,” she said. “The first lap was fine, the second lap I was getting tired, but on the third lap, I just kept pushing myself and telling myself that I could do it and I kept going and I did my best.”

The 13-year-old eighth grader at Queen’s College said she’s happy that her Dolphins’ coach and father Geoffery Eneas encouraged her to compete in the event.

Tristan Russell of Swift won the boys 5K race in 1:15:23.17. “It feels pretty good, but it was a little tiring,” said Russell, who improved on his seventh place when he swum for the first time. “It was

‘The Tank’ to square off with Croatian Bacurin on December 3

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FOR the last two months, Sherman ‘The Tank’ Williams has been in Copenhagen, Denmark training and preparing to compete again in the ring before the end of the year.

Williams, whose original fight was called off because he couldn’t get an opponent, is now set to fight Ivica Bacurin of Croatia on December 3 at the Ceres Arena in the city of Arhus in Jutlan, Denmark.

“The only thing the delay has

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done is given me the extra incentive to go out there and take care of Ivica Bacurin,” Williams told The Tribune. “It’s a 10-round fight.

If it goes my way, I will try to get him out in five.

“It’s important for me to give a good showing as my camp is campaigning for several fights. One is possibly Evander HolyfieldSherman Williams II and one that is more a reality, for the British Commonwealth Boxing Championship.”

A lot will depend on what happens when Williams, the 44-yearold Grand Bahamian who resides in Vero Beach, Florida, takes on

SHERMAN WILLIAMS

Bacurin, a 6-foot, 2-inch Croatian who sports a 26-10-1 winloss-draw record. Williams, who stands at 5-11, is 38-15-2.

“I’ve been here over two months. It’s been good. I’ve gotten a lot of sparring in with the young Danish fighters as well as how to use the ring and their ringmanship,” Williams said. “So my stay here has actually been twofold.”

During his training sessions, Williams said he’s been able to display the Bahamian flag and he also gets to play some Bahamian music so he feels right at home away from home.

“I’m at home, so spending the time here has not only been good for myself, but good publicity for the Bahamas, so I’m enjoying the ride,” he said.

“I’m adjusted already. In the gym they call me the ‘Black Viking. ‘I’ve been adjusted. It started snowing here since November 2 and I do my road work behind Frederick’s Palace. The Danish people are very nice. I went over to Sweden for some promotion and they too have been very respective to me.”

With a few more weeks of train-

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Buddy equals season high in scoring but 1-9 Pelicans continue to struggle

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net BUDDY Hield equalled his season high in scoring, but his New Orleans Pelicans continue to struggle with just a single win on the season thus far.

Hield finished with 18 points on 61 per cent shooting (8-13) from the field in the Pelicans’ 126-99 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at the Smoothie King in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday night.

After a slow start to his rookie season, Hield has started to find his way in the NBA, hitting at least one three-pointer in seven straight games in November while averaging 12.6 points, 3.3 boards and 1.9 threes.

He made just one three pointer against the Lakers, but showed a more versatile offensive repertoire.

“I’m not worried about it.

I work everyday on shooting and I make tons of shots everyday and I’ll get it. It happens to the best. A lot of players come into this league and didn’t shoot the ball well their first go around so it’s whatever. If my shot’s not falling, I’m mixing it up now,” Hield said. “Talking to guys around the league they’re just saying you can’t settle, you’ve got to stay ag-

gressive and that’s what I’m doing now – finding my way to attack the basket and using my shot as a threat, they still have to respect because they know I’m capable of making it so, I’m just mixing it up now.”

On the season Hield is averaging 10.9 points and three rebounds per game while shooting 38 per cent from the field and 24 per cent from three.

His game against the Lakers was his best shooting performance of the season but his Pelicans continue to struggle and dropped to just 1-9 on the season.

“We should have gotten better man, there’s no excuse for that we just need much more effort like coach said just going out there and competing. There’s no excuse for not competing hard. We have to do a better job of competing and having fun out there.

“I was watching this Laker team for the last 3-4 years, they were losing games too and they were just like us with young players and I feel like we can turn the tables just like they turned the tables,” Hield said. “We just have to find that rhythm and get our swagger. We have to get that swagger back like they did when they made those playoff runs with AD those

PELICANS centre Omer Asik, forward Terrence Jones, centre, and guard Buddy Hield watch from the bench on Saturday. and Jrue. The season is still young but we have to turn it around, we have to be professionals. That’s our job, we just have to go out there and do it. It’s frustrating because I’m not used to losing. This many losses in a row it’s never happened to me before in my life. Lots of pros go through, we just have to find a way. There are growing pains you have to go through to be successful in this league. I’m just going to go and keep competing as hard as I can and

whenever coach asks me to go out there and do I’ll do and go produce.”

The Pelicans seek their second win of the season tonight when they face the Boston Celtics at 8pm local time in the Smoothie King Center.

Hield is finding his way through his rookie season after coming in projected to be one of the favourites for the Kia Rookie of the Year award. “It all comes down to confidence and being confident enough

PELICANS guard Buddy Hield (24) goes to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers centre Tarik Black (28) on Saturday. Lakers won 126-99.

(AP Photos/Gerald Herbert) to make different moves,” of that daze you realise it’s Hield said. “In the league just regular basketball and you see these guys everyday you go back to competing. that you watched play on I’m trying to be where the television and you get stuck Lakers are at and be on that in a daze, once you get out winning side.”

Defending champions Cybots suffer humbling defeat to arch-rivals Giants FROM PAGE 1 switching teams and a number of others making their return after a brief absence.

• Here’s a summary of games: Giants 97, Cybots 87 Newlywed Michael Bain Jr exploded for a game high 29 points with seven assists and six rebounds to pace Commonwealth Bank to their successful season opener.

Newly acquired Gibran Smith had 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists; offseason acquisition Karon Pratt had 11 points, three assists and two rebounds; Jarell Coakley came off the bench with nine points and 12 rebounds and David Taylor also contributed nine points with six rebounds and four assists.

The Giants controlled every facet of the game after opening a 24-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and pushed it to 45-36 at the half. They were up 70-53 at the end of the third.

Livingstone Munnings came up with 18 points and 22 rebounds; Ernest Saunders also had 18 points and five rebounds; Dario Seymour had 13 points; Delvonne Duncombe had nine points and eight rebounds; Lerecus Armbrister had nine points with eight assists and Jervonne Atkins had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Shockers 76, Rockets 69 In a balanced scoring attack, William Rigby came off the bench and netted 14 points and nine rebounds to control the tempo for the Shockers.

Antario Collie also had 14 points and four rebounds; Floyd Armbrister had 13 points and four rebounds and Shakwon Lewis chipped in with 11 points and five assists.

Rashad Saunders came up with 22 points and six rebounds in a losing effort. Demetri Mackey had 11 points, six rebounds and six assists and both Tomeko Moxey and Rashad McKenzie had eight points with seven and six rebounds respectively.

After falling behind 33-30 at the half, the Shockers turned things around in the third quarter to go up 53-51 and they went on to pull away in the fourth.

Pirates 93 Pros 74 Keronoff Dean came up with 20 points and five rebounds to take the Pirates to victory. Dominique Fernander had 13 points and 18 rebounds; Antonio Hanna also had 13 points; Tevin Hudson had 11 points, eight rebounds and four

GREAT START: The defending champions Mail Boat Cybots suffered a humbling defeat to their arch-rivals Commonwealth Bank Giants, losing 97-87 at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.

Photos: Tim Clarke/The Tribune assists and Donathan Johnon had 11 points and five rebounds.

The Pirates opened a 21-17 lead at the end of the first quarter but they trailed the Pros 48-41 at the half. However, the Pirates went on a 27-11 run in the third to regain the lead (68-59) and they never looked back in the fourth.

Colton Albury came off the bench and netted 19 points with eight rebounds to pace Island Game. Judino Wilson had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists; Derrick Ferguson had 14 points and Denison Johnson added 10 points, six assists and three rebounds.

Regulators 96, Stingers 92 After playing catch up for the first half as they tried to get their chemistry together, Mr Ship It managed to turn things around in the second half and PJ’s just didn’t

have the legs nor the size when it counted the most down the stretch to stay with them.

Eugene Bain, coming over the from the Cybots during the offseason, powered inside for a game high 25 points and 15 rebounds of the bench. Brian ‘Tucker’ Bain, who joined him, but in a starting role, had 16 points and five assists.

Dion McPhee, another offseason acquisition, had 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists and Patrick Brice, coming in from the Giants, helped out with 12 points, four steals and three rebounds.

For the Stingers, who blew leads of 22-15 after the first quarter 46-40 at the half and 71-67 at the end of the third - Devon Ferguson had 22 points and seven rebounds.

Anthony Whylly had 15 points and 19 rebounds; Vernon Stubbs had 10 points and four rebounds; Ishmael Curtis 12 points and nine rebounds and both Randy Wil-

liams and James Rolle chipped in with 10 points and four and three rebounds respectively.

Cleaner 73, Rebels 71 With 29 seconds left on the clock, Tamiko King canned a basket to tie the score at 71-71. With nine seconds to go, he hit another basket to push the Cleaners ahead.

While King finished with nine points, five assists and four rebounds, Rashad Woodside led the Cleaners with 18 points and six rebounds. Dax Evans had 13 points and 10 rebounds; Herbert Knowles added 13 points and Romell Johnson had 12 points, four rebounds and three assists.

For the Rebels, Kessi Micial scored 14 points with 11 rebounds; Rashad Williams had 13 points, four rebounds and four assists; Akiel Bullard had 12 points and

seven rebounds and Alexander Rolle chipped in with nine points.

Tonight 7pm - Cybots vs Pirates (D.1) 8:30pm - Rhythm Rebels vs Mr Ship It Regulators (D.1) Wednesday 7pm - Johnson’s Trucking Panchos vs Elites Basketball Club (D.II) 8:30pm - Commonwealth Bank Giants vs Double R Service Cleaners (D.1) Friday 7pm - Shockers vs Legends (D.1) 8:30pm - University of the Bahamas vs Rockets (D.1) Saturday 6pm - Fort Charlotte vs Future Ballers (D.II) 7:30pm - Bargain Wholesale Kings vs Breezes High Flyers (D.II) 9pm - Pirates vs Mr Ship It Freight Regulators (D.1)

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New Orleans wait on youth but risk losing star A Davis IT’S beyond comical now. After Saturday’s lopsided 126-99 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the New Orleans Pelicans have now squandered seven 30-pointplus performances by Anthony Davis, two of which topped the 40-point mark.

The Kentucky product is nothing short of spectacular on a night-to-night basis for the Pelicans, whose win-loss record for the new NBA season is 1-9.

The question has become can the New Orleans risk losing one star as it patiently waits on the growth and development of others.

While I for one don’t want to see the Pelicans rush to judgment and get rid of any of their young pieces to appease its upset big man, I have to admit watching his output amidst the team’s struggles could force any basketball purist to consider the possibilities of him playing alongside comparable talent.

After the team’s fourth consecutive loss to start the season, an obviously frustrated Davis told the media the team had too many mental breakdowns on the court to be successful. One could attribute that phrase to the youth and inexperience of the team.

Davis continued: “We’re not talking out there and so, therefore, we have mental breakdowns that gave them easy layups at the basket and open shots. It’s definitely frustrating. We can’t get a win, it’s frustrating.

Whatever we need to do, we need to do it fast.”

His level of frustration did not start with that loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, it only grew. You see, Davis kicked off the season

with a 50-point performance against the Nuggets and followed that up with a 45-point game against the Warriors. The team in those two games struggled to get anything from its supporting characters, often leaving Davis to work almost often one on five.

The team drafted our hometown boy Buddy Hield to play a big role in that supporting cast last June, but so far the Grand Bahama native has been lost in his transition to the pros. Buddy finished those two early games with two and four points respectively.

Following the two earlier losses at home, it was head coach Alvin Gentry who feverishly waved the flag of caution over the struggling team, telling reporters and anyone that would listen that the team was a young bunch that simply had to find its way. Speaking specifically to the struggles of his young two-guard, Gentry echoed several assertions he had made earlier in the week, suggesting that Buddy’s struggles were the norm for any rookie transitioning to the NBA. In the team’s third game of the year, a pit stop in San Antonio, Davis piled up 18 points in a blowout loss as Buddy took advantage of garbage time to pour in eight. After the game it was again Gentry trying to yet again find a silver lining in an otherwise gut-wrenching start to the season.

At this point it wasn’t about the losses, but more so the way in which the team dropped its first three matchups of the year - sloppy play down the stretch against the Nuggets, no heart or effort against the

FOURTH QUARTER PRESS

BY RICARDO WELLSedia.net rwells@tribunem

NEW Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis (23) drives to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr (7) during Saturday’s game. The Lakers won 126-99.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Warriors, and a refusal to show up against the Spurs.

The Pelicans, beyond Anthony Davis, starting point guard Tim Frazier and sixth

Bahamians take NCAA spotlight

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE NCAA men’s division I basketball season tipped off Friday night and Bahamian players were at the centre of upsets and thrilling finishes across the country.

Mike Carey Jr and his Wagner Seahawks may have pulled off the most impressive win over the weekend with their 67-68 upset win over the No. 18 ranked UConn Huskies.

Carey, the senior guard and second team all NEC standout, showed his trademark versatility in his stat line with seven points, six rebounds, two assists and four steals. It was just the second time the Seahawks defeated a ranked programme and it was its first win over the Huskies.

The Seahawks had a surprisingly commanding lead in the second half before the Huskies rallied on a 12-0 run to tie the game.

Wagner responded with an 18-9 run to put the game out of reach for good. “Absolutely, this is an upset,” Wagner head coach Bashir Mason said. “UConn is the 18th ranked team in the country. Probably nobody in the world thought that we would win the game, except myself, my players and our small little school up on the hill. This is great for us.”

Wagner remains on the road tonight when they face the Massachusetts-Lowell

Red Hawks.

Over in the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr and his No.12 Michigan State Spartans were on the opposite end of a thrilling finish with a 65-63 loss to the No.10 Arizona Wildcats.

Nairn made a three pointer with just seven seconds left to play to tie things at 63 and seemingly force overtime. Arizona’s Kadeem Allen raced the length of the floor to finish a buzzer beating runner and give his team the win.

Nairn finished with five points, four assists and three rebounds on the night.

His first three-point make came early in the season opener after he made just three all of last year.

The Spartans strong early season schedule continues tomorrow night when they face the second ranked team in the country and national championship contender, the Kentucky Wildcats.

In the Sun Belt Conference, Travis Munnings looked comfortable in his first outing as the leader of his University of Louisiana Munroe Warhawks. He finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds in the Warhawks’ 96-67 win over the Cennetary Gentlemen.

Fellow Bahamian Prince Cooper finished with two points in four minutes.

“Defensively, I thought we did pretty well in the first half but it is still going to be a work in progress in each game but it was encourag-

ing to see positives today,” Warhawks head coach Keith Richard said. “Travis Munnings is a year further along and he controls the ball a lot better as an all-around player. He is a better all-around player and is a key piece of this team for the upcoming season.”

In the American Athletic Conference, Danrad Knowles stepped into the starting lineup for the Houston Cougars and got off to a promising start.

Knowles finished with 14 points and seven rebounds in the Cougars’ 93-52 win over the Morgan State Bears.

“It still feels the same way, I am kind of used to it,” Knowles said about being inserted into the starting lineup, “Coach (Sampson) just wants me to be aggressive every time I play, so I just continued to be aggressive. That’s my job.”

In the Big 12, Shaquille Cleare got the start for the Texas Longhorns and fouled out with five points and three rebounds in his team’s 76-73 win over Incarnate Word.

Dwight Coleby and the Kansas Jayhawks lost the first season opener of the Bill Self era when they dropped a 103-99 decision in overtime to the Indiana Hoosiers.

Nathan Bain finished with five points in his Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks’ 87-64 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats. Lynrick Moxey and the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks lost 82-55 to the Kansas State Wildcats.

SHINING BRIGHT IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net ON the women’s side of NCAA Division I basketball, the Bahamas has had one coach continuing her team’s win streak and one player setting new career highs.

Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has led her Jacksonville Dolphins off to a 2-0 start in their quest to repeat as Atlantic Sun champions. They posted a 69-63 win over Bethune Cookman yesterday. “As a team, we obviously wanted to give more on the defensive end for an entire 40 minutes, but today, our toughness was tested and we prevailed.”

In game one they scored a 100-43 win over Thomas University. The Dolphins return to action 6pm November 17 when they head to

Tallahassee to take on No. 12 Florida State.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to play these type of teams,” McCuin said. “We are going to see where we measure up, the decision will not define us. We’re going to go out and give our best effort.”

In the SEC, Shanea Armbrister and the Georgia Bulldogs are also off to a 2-0 start this season and the Bahamian forward has taken on a much bigger role in the offence.

In game one she finished with eight points and 10 rebounds in the season opening 6450 win over South Carolina State. It was her first career start and she set new highs for rebounds, minutes played and assists.

In game two, Armbrister finished with six points, eight assists and two steals in Georgia’s 72-64 win over Mercer. She again set a season high, this time in assists.

man Lance Stephenson, showed no heart, hustle or grit.

In the weeks since that shaky start to the season,

“DESPITE BUDDY HIELD PUSHING HIS SEASON AVERAGES TO RESPECTABLE LEVELS, NEW ORLEANS STILL LOOKS LIKE A TEAM WITHOUT DIRECTION.” the Pelicans have managed to produce only one win.

In that time, the team has released Stephenson and pushed Davis even further into his disenchantment with the direction and development of the team.

Despite Buddy pushing his season averages to respectable levels, New Orleans still looks like a team without direction.

Watching the team closely in their loss to the Lakers, one could easily see how the team’s shooterheavy rotation of Buddy, Langston Galloway, Solomon Hill, Dante Cunningham, Solomon Hill and E’Tawn Moore has proven fruitless for the Pelicans and Anthony Davis.

This is where coaching is key, and where I feel the Pelicans have done themselves a huge disservice. The lack of defensive intensity by this group has rendered the team a dream match-up for any opponent with a scoreheavy backcourt, a trend that has taken off in recent years. Buddy and friends are simply unable to cover capable shooters.

Again, my premise is not to get rid of these players, simply to play with the rotation and putting guys in the right spot. The Pelicans must avoid a knee-jerk re-

action to their slow start and wait out the return of Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday, two big guards that can limit ball movement at the defensive end.

Once those guys are back on the court, the team should look to work Buddy into the starting lineup.

Playing him alongside Holiday and Evans in the backcourt can reduce the defensive pressure on him, allowing him to play more of a floater role on that end.

On the offensive side of the ball, the team will see equal advancement, as the presence of Evans should allow Buddy to play more off the ball, allowing him to spread the court with his three-point shooting ability.

Again, Anthony Davis is a tremendous player with above average potential, but so are Hield, Evans and Holiday. This young core, if kept intact, could see New Orleans make a run in the west in the not so distant future.

But now I guess the better question would be: can the Pelicans endure the struggles and wait for success?

• Ricardo Wells writes Fourth Quarter Press every Monday. Comments to rwells@tribunemedia.net

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‘THE TANK’ TO SQUARE OFF WITH CROATIAN BACURIN ON DECEMBER 3 FROM PAGE 1

YOUNG swimmers compete in Swift Swimming’s Open Water Swim race in Palm Cay, Yamacraw, on Saturday.

Photo: Tim Clarke/The Tribune

Carey, Bellot emerge as winners of Swift open water race FROM PAGE 1

through it and I did my best.

My coaches wanted me to do it, so I tried it. The competition was good.”

Caden Wells of Swift emerged as the boys’ 10-and-under winner in the 800m race in 14:19.19.

“I thought it was awesome. I met some challenges along the way.

Most challenges were when I was coming back because the waves was in my face,” said Wells, a 9-year-old fifth grader at St Andrew’s School.

“Another person from my group almost won, but I wasn’t going to let her beat me. This was my second time doing the open water, so I really didn’t want to lose agin.”

While this was the third time that the open water was held in Palm Cay, Swift’s coach Andy Knowles said they have been hosting a similar event for ages in Abaco, Montagu, Cabbage Beach and Old Forte Bay. We didn’t do one every year, but we have been involved in the open water swim since the beginning more than 20 years ago,” Knowles said. “So it was great weather today and we had some good turn out. “We didn’t have any swimmers from the Barra-

cudas because they were getting ready to taper off for their trip to Plantation, Florida to compete, but we had swimmers from the other clubs, so that was encouraging.”

One of the good things about the open water swim is that it gives the swimmers an opportunity to put in a qualifying time for Carifta and the CISC where the Bahamas Swimming Federation looks for at least two performances in selecting the team. “Swift did very well because we had a lot of swimmers,” Knowles said. “I think we did very well, especially in the guys, but the Dolphins did well in the girls.”

In memory of Susan Morley, who died in 2015, Swift Swimming presented two plaques to the youngest and the older competitors. The recipients were seven-year-old Maxwell Daniel of the Dolphins and Swift’s Percy Knowles, 86, respectively.

Also, the BSF presented plaques of appreciation to Cable Bahamas, Majestic Tours and BTC for their sponsorship of both the Carifta Swim Championships and the CISC earlier this year at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.

THE RESULTS THE results posted at the Swift Swimming Open Water Swim in Palm Cay are as follows: Girls 12-19 5k Open Water - 1, Eneas, Giovanna, DSC, 1:24:15.09.

2, Trotman, Jazmine M, SWIFT-BA, 1:29:33.34. 3, Burrows, Logan D, SWIFT-BA, 1:29:34.09.

Boys 12-19 5k Open Water - 1, Russell, Tristan D, SWIFT-BA, 1:15:23.17. 2, Lopez, Shimon A, GBT-ZZ, 1:17:46.46. 3, Smith, Kristofer E, GBT-ZZ, 1:18:51.94. 4, Rolle, Keilan, FAC, 1:18:52.58. 5, McGirr, Shawn W, SWIFT-BA, 1:28:34.55.

Boys 20-105 5k Open Water - 1, Roach, Cameron, SWIFT-BA, 1:35:43.24.

Girls 12 & Under 1.5k Open Water - 1, Styles, Philena, DSC, 37:19.35. 2, Oriakhi, Anne-Marie, DSC, 37:20.21.

Boys 12 & Under 1.5k Open Water - 1, Thompson III, Erald C, SWIFT-BA, 29:01.56. 2, Roach, Noah F, SWIFT-BA, 32:49.03. 3, Todd, Kyle, SWIFT-BA, 36:25.40.

Girls 13-19 1.5k Open Water - 1, Bellot, Simone, DSC, 31:54.78. 2, Magno, Marjo, DSC, 34:26.57. 3, Bayles, Jenna, Unattached, 40:32.76.

Boys 13-19 1.5k Open Water - 1, Carey, DaVante S, SWIFT-BA, 25:18.40. 2, Roach, Jacob L, SWIFT-BA, 25:57.14. 3, Cartwright II, Uriah, DSC, 27:38.14. 4, Gibson, Bertram, SWIFT-BA, 28:14.65.

5, Jolly, Ricardo, DSC, 28:15.27. 6, Mott, Kadin V, SWIFT-BA, 31:34.55. 7, Ritchie, Linton E, SWIFT-BA, 38:44.97. 8, Evans, Rashad, DSC, 40:05.84.

Girls 20-49 1.5k Open Water - 1, Roach, Katie, SWIFT-BA, 34:12.69. 2, MacPhail, Allie L, SWIFT-BA, 35:12.45. 3, Nixon, Jessica, Unattached, 43:16.21. 4, Sato, Maisa, GBT-ZZ, 44:44.95.

Boys 20-49 1.5k Open Water - 1, Guy, Michael, BSC, 32:50.17.

Girls 50-105 1.5k Open Water - 1, Knowles, Nancy, SWIFT-BA, 39:07.26.

Boys 50-105 1.5k Open Water - 1, del Cueto Jimenez, David, DSC, 46:48.89. 2, Knowles, Percy A, SWIFT-BA, 51:46.14.

Girls 10 & Under 800 Open Water - 1, Burrows, Laila D, SWIFTBA, 14:19.44. 2, Knowles, Anjaleah B, SWAT, 15:27.95. 3, Bowe, Taliyah A, SWAT, 17:03.60. 4, Higgs, Ellianne R, SWIFT-BA, 17:06.64.

5, Culmer-Mackey, Sienna, DSC, 17:14.38. 6, Wells, Jayna, DSC, 17:15.04. 7, Dean, Olivia, DSC, 17:53.14.

Boys 10 & Under 800 Open Water - 1, Wells, Caden A, SWIFTBA, 14:19.19. 2, Feaste, William W, SWIFT-BA, 15:03.73. 3, Daniels, Maxwell, DSC, 15:31.35. 4, Cheetham, Jordan P, SWIFT-BA, 15:55.11. 5, Mott, Koen M, SWIFT-BA, 16:27.75. 6, Bastian, Cairo, DSC, 16:59.54. 7, Cordova, Ragh, DSC, 17:03.98. 8, Munro, Zane K, SWIFT-BA, 19:17.50. 9, Nagrath, Vivan, SWIFT-BA, 20:20.61.

ing, Williams said he would be ready to go “physically, spiritually and mentally. I’ve found a good Anglican Church next to the Royal Palace, so it’s like home. Everything is flowing naturally.

“So I’m just waiting to get into the ring on December 3 and wait on the outcome of the British Commonwealth title on December 16. I’ve already gotten the go ahead to take on the winner during the first part of next year, possibly in January or February. So I’m excited.”

As for the possibility of a rematch with Holyfield, the former undisputed world champion, Williams said although he let it go a long time ago, every interview he’s done, he’s been asked about the fight that took place in 2011.

“When we fought, they showed it live for free in Denmark, which was a promotion for Holyfield’s fight with Brian Nielsen,” Williams said. “After he quit in the fight, it was a disappointing ending.

“We protested after he quit and it was ruled a no contest.

We protested because within two months, he was planning on coming over here to fight Brian Nielsen,” Williams said.

“We felt if he couldn’t see or continue to fight me, he should have lost the opportunity to fight Brian.

“He did come to Denmark and he knocked out their heavyweight champion Brian Nielsen and I just think the media here was drumming up the interest to see the conclusion of the fight between me and Holyfield. If they can make it happen, I will take the fight in a heartbeat.”

Williams said he understands that Holyfield is in the gym training to fight in Florida soon so, if it happens, Williams said he would not allow the misjudgment to reoccurr by taking Holyfield out in the first round with the “conch punch” and put him to sleep, send him into retirement and on a good cruise to the Bahamas.

Eighteen honoured in National Sports Hall of Fame FROM PAGE 1 Huyler, Ivan Johnson, Nathaniel Knowles, Edmondo Moxey, Jayson “Peggs” Moxey, and an additional four posthumous honours, including Eucal Hugh Bullard, Bertram Perigord,Roosevelt “Dog” Turner, and James “Jim” Wood.

Rutherford, who competed locally for the LW Young Golden Eagles and the Bain Town Flyers Track Club, coached by Neville Wisdom, eventually matriculated to McNeese State and the University of Houston.

An internationally renowned triple jumper, he captured bronze at the ‘87 World Championships and again at the ‘92 Olympics in Barcelona.

His post competition career has included the establishment of his Elite Development Foundation which facilities the transition of Bahamian student athletes to high schools and colleges in the United States.

Jayson “Peggs” Moxey delivered the athletes’ vote of thanks on the evening.

“More than 50 years ago, the majority of us commenced our sporting careers in various disciplines.

It all started because of our love for the sport and not fame, fortune or recognition. We are indeed humbled at the honour bestowed upon us this evening,” he said. “We have been around for a long time and have seen our country excel in the arena of sport, not by chance but mainly because of the support from the government, various sporting organisations, corporate Bahamas and the dedication of various coaches and mentors. We would be remiss if we did not thank our family and friends for their support and sacrifice throughout our sporting careers.”

“Peggs” was a part of a golden generation for Bahamian baseball and spent several years in the Houston Astros’ minor league system playing AA and AAA baseball from 19671974.

“Someone by the name of H. Jackson Brown once said a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. You have fulfilled that need for us this evening and we would like to thank you for letting us know we are appreciated,” Moxey said.

Upon his return home he competed in and was an administrator at the local level including once serving as commissioner of baseball.

Sister Annie Marie Thompson excelled as an athlete but the Benedictine sister’s most noteworthy achievement was the development of basketball at the youth level.

She was integral in the formation of the Catholic Primary School Basketball League, which continues to be the premier outlet for youth basketball.

Anthony “Poker” Huyler was one of the most talented baseball and softball played in the Bahamas for nearly three decades from the 1960s-80s.

He was a member of many national teams, including the CAC silver medal winning and gold medal winners in Mexico in 1977.

Freeman “The Natural” Barr has already been inducted into the Florida State Boxing Hall of Fame and now received his accolades at home.

During his career, his list of accolades included IBO world champion, WBO North American Middleweight and Super Middleweight champion, IBC Americas Middleweight champion, Florida State Middleweight champion, Caribbean Regional Amateur Boxing champion.

Former Olympian Hugh

MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson speaks to the Hall of Fame inductees. Photo: Shawn Hanna Bullard was one of the country’s first elite track and field athletes.

He was a member of the 1960 Rome Olympics team where he qualified in the 400m.

His rivalry with Julian Brown led to the Bahamas’ first sub 50 400m race in 1961.

Candace DeGregory’s softball career spanned over 30 decades and featured appearances on many national teams, including the team which finished fourth at the World Championships in Taipei China.

She finished her international career with a better than .500 batting average.

Burket Dorsett continues to serve as an administrator in the game of softball and has done so for the past 37 years.

He served as president of the Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association, New Providence Softball Association, Bahamas Softball Federation and is currently the first president of the English Speaking Amateur Softball Confederation.

Ivan Johnson is a cricketing pioneer who achieved a number of “firsts” in the sport that have yet to be duplicated.

He was a former professional, first class, all rounder cricketer in England for the Worcestershire County Cricket Club Words from 1972-75.

Johnson was the first and still the only Bahamian to achieve this level of play in the national sport.

James “Jim” Wood was a baseball pioneer at the administrative level. He served as president of the Bahamas Baseball Association from 1981 until his death in 2015.

The Wood family has the distinct honour of two inductees in the class of 2016, a father daughter combination of Della and Jim Wood.

Della Wood-Thomas is one of the most decorated bodybuilding competitors in Bahamian history.

She holds the record in the Caribbean for winning the most gold medals at the CAC Games in addition to her host of international achievements.

She was also the country’s first female power lifting champion.

Hattie Moxey achieved greatness across several sporting disciplines including track and field, basketball, volleyball and horse racing.

She competed at the Pan Am Games on the track in the 100m and 200m, as a national volleyball team member at the CAC and Pan Am Games, a national softball team member at the ECAST tournament and was all the first and only female jokey to race at Hobby Horse Race Track.

Vickey Knowles Andrews may be well known because of the exploits of her iconic son Mark, but the elder Knowles performed her own legendary feats on the court as well.

She was a junior doubles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962 and also competed in

the Mixed Doubles draw as an adult.

She is a five time Bahamas national singles champion and played on various national teams while also being vital to the growth of the local game with her work as the pro at Emerald Beach and Nassau Beach hotels for over 25 years.

Carlton Harris was one of the leading names during Grand Bahamas golfing boom and continues to aide it’s attempt at resurgence.

He was one of the driving forces behind the Grand Bahama Open and was recently honoured by the Ironman Tournament in the nation’s second city named in his honour.

Nathaniel Knowles achieved a record number of firsts in the boxing ring as well.

He was the first Bahamian boxer to compete in the Olympic games when he fought at the 1972 Games in Munich and advanced to the second round.

Knowles was also the first athlete to win an international medal for an independent Bahamas with his silver at the 1974 CAC Games.

Edmondo Moxey became well known for his exploits on the baseball field and had a nine-year career as a pro in the minor leagues during the 1960s.

Following his playing days, Moxey made his greatest contribution to the sport of swimming by creating a programme for underprivileged that served as a mainstay at the South Beach Pools in its heyday.

Bertram Perigord was a boxer, author and businessman who served as an inspiration at every level of the sport.

Known under the ring name Bert Perry, he was a former two-time Bahamas heavyweight champion and won the silver medal at the New York State Golden Gloves in 1968.

It was his vision that led to the establishment of the amateur boxing programme in the country.

Roosevelt “Dog” Turner was another of the country’s baseball icons and played several years in the minor leagues with the Cleveland Indians farm system.

“The National Hall of Fame is one of the avenues comissioned by my ministry to demonstrate the nation’s appreciation for the past contributions made by those sporting legends to the development of sport in our country We have had a tremendous sporting presence in regional, national and international competition; this did not happen by mistake but rather through hard work, dedication, determination and the will to succeed, traits that were displayed by the members of this class of 2016,” Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson said. “It is very important that we continue to recognise our National Sports heroes so that generations of aspiring athletes will have persons that they can emulate in pursuit of their dreams.”

The group was also celebrated by a series of media appearances, school visits and a courtesy call on the House of Assembly on November 16.

Sports Heritage Week originally began in 1989 with the introduction of five of our national heroes - the late great Thomas A Robinson, Sir Durward Knowles, Cecil Cooke, Andre Rodgers and Everette “Elisha Obed” Ferguson.

The National Hall of Fame was established as a means to show the country’s appreciation to those contributors to sports whose exploits may have gone unnoticed in the past and, at the same time, deliver recognition to those who continue to shine for the Bahamas.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, November 14, 2016, PAGE 5

Dolphins beat the Chargers 31-24 for 4th straight victory

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kiko Alonso intercepted Philip Rivers’ pass and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown with 1:01 left to give Miami a wild 31-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers yesterday, the Dolphins’ fourth straight.

The Dolphins (5-4) intercepted Rivers four times, all in the fourth quarter.

Alonso jumped in front of Tyrell Williams and outraced everybody into the end zone for the winning score.

Two plays into the ensuing drive, Rivers was intercepted again, by Tony Llippett, his second of the game.

Rivers threw three touchdown passes to move past John Elway for eighth place on the career list with 301.

Rivers’ 51-yard touchdown pass to Williams with 4:04 left gave the Chargers (4-6) a 24-21 lead.

Miami came right back to get a 27-yard field goal from Andrew Franks to tie it. That was set up by Ryan Tannehill’s 56-yard pass to DeVante Parker and a roughing-the-passer call that put the ball on the San Diego 10.

Damien Williams scored on a 2-yard run and on an 18-yard pass from Tannehill for the Dolphins.

Jay Ajayi ran for 79 yards, ending his streak of three straight 100-yard games, but he had big runs to set up two touchdowns by Damien Williams.

Williams scored on a 2-yard run on the opening drive of the second half to give Miami a 14-10 lead.

Ajayi had a 40-yard run on the drive.

San Diego regained the lead at 17-14 on Rivers’ 7-yard pass to rookie Hunter Henry in the right corner of the end zone.

The Dolphins came right back and took a 21-17 lead when Tannehill threw an

18-yard pass to Williams.

That drive was kept alive

by Ajayi’s 21-yard run and Tannehill’s 18-yard scramble.

The Chargers blew a great opportunity to jump back into the lead after Jakeem Grant muffed a punt and Darrell Stuckey recovered it at the Miami 5. The Chargers had five chances from the 5 or closer — thanks a holding call against Byron Maxwell — and ended up with Rivers being intercepted by Lippett in the end zone after forcing a pass into double coverage.

After Miami went threeand-out, Rivers gave it right back when he was intercepted by Byron Maxwell with 6:49 to go. The Dolphins failed to capitalise.

Rivers threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Gates for a 10-0 lead. It was the 82nd time those two connected, extending their NFL record for a quarterback-tight end duo.

NFL CAPSULES BRONCOS 25, SAINTS 23 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Justin Simmons’ perfectly timed leap over Saints long snapper Justin Drescher brought the celebration inside the Superdome to a stunning halt, and sent the Broncos galloping the other way for a first-of-its kind victory.

Just like Denver drew it up.

Will Parks scooped up Simmons’ smothering block of Wil Lutz’s pointafter kick and ran 84 yards for a defensive 2-point conversion that lifted Denver to a wild 25-23 victory over the Saints yesterday.

Simmons says Denver calls the play, “Leaper,” and was “something we worked on all week.”

“It took me a few tries to actually time it up and make sure I could clear the center” in practice, Simmons said.

“We just picked up on their tendencies throughout the week watching film and executed the play.”

COWBOYS 35, STEELERS 30 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns — both in the final two minutes — and had an 83-yard catchand-run for a score as the Cowboys pulled off a thrilling victory for their eighth straight win.

Dak Prescott overcame an early fumble to pass for 319 yards and two scores for Dallas (8-1), which matched the longest single-season win streak in club history behind the two rookies who hardly seem bothered by the stage. Dez Bryant added six catches for 116 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown reception.

Ben Roethlisberger threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns. Antonio Brown caught 14 passes for 154 yards, including a 15-yard score with 42 seconds left after Roethlisberger faked a spike to surprise the Dallas defense.

The heady play — a throwback to Hall of Famer Dan Marino’s move while leading Miami to a victory over the New York Jets in 1994 — gave the Steelers (4-5) a one-point lead.

It also gave Prescott and Elliott too much time.

CARDINALS 23, 49ERS 20 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Catanzaro kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired. Catanzaro missed twice on winning field goal tries earlier in the season, most memorably a 24-yarder in overtime of a 6-6 tie against Seattle.

But this attempt was right down the middle as Arizona (4-4-1) narrowly averted a devastating loss.

The 49ers (1-8) lost their eighth in a row despite a strong game by Colin Kaepernick, who tied it 20-20 on a 4-yard run with 1:55 to play.

That was enough time for Carson Palmer to gain redemption after three second-half turnovers, the last an interception by Gerald Hodges that led to the tying touchdown. Palmer completed 4 of 7 passes for 64 yards, including a leaping 26-yard grab by Michael Floyd, as the Cardinals drove from their 15 to the San Francisco 16 to set up the winning kick.

CHIEFS 20, PANTHERS 17 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Marcus Peters stripped Kelvin Benjamin with 20 seconds left, Cairo Santos kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chiefs overcame a 17-point deficit.

The game was tied when Benjamin caught a pass from Cam Newton, and Peters ripped the ball from his arms.

Santos’ fourth field goal of the day split the uprights, lifting the Chiefs (7-2) to their fifth straight victory and 17th win in their last 19 games.

DOLPHINS QB Ryan Tannehill celebrates as he leaves the field after their win against the San Diego Chargers last night in San Diego.

(AP Photo/Denis Poroy) Gates needs two TD catches to tie Tony Gonzalez’s NFL record for touchdown grabs by a tight end (111).

Tannehill threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Stills in the first half.

WEST COAST WEEK Since the Dolphins are

half as Tennessee put together its best scoring performance this season with 35 points.

With the win, the Titans (5-5) also matched their five victories over the past two seasons combined.

DeMarco Murray set the tone on the opening play from scrimmage, running 75 yards for a touchdown.

He finished with 123 yards and also threw a TD pass, becoming the first non-quarterback to do that for this franchise in the same game since Earl Campbell on Sept. 7, 1980, for the then-Houston Oilers.

Brian Orakpo had two of Tennessee’s five sacks, and the Titans also forced three turnovers.

The Packers (4-5) started a threegame road swing by losing their third straight.

BRONCOS wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (88) celebrates his touchdown with offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo (74) in the second half of last night’s game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans. (AP) Eric Berry also returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown as Kansas City’s defense came up with big plays when needed. The Chiefs failed to score an offensive touchdown.

Newton threw for 261 yards and a touchdown and ran for 54 yards and a score for the Panthers (3-6).

EAGLES 24, FALCONS 15 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Mathews ran for 108 yards and two touchdowns, while a tenacious defense held down the league’s highestscoring offense.

Carson Wentz threw for 231 yards and led the Eagles (5-4) to a comeback victory for the first time this season. Caleb Sturgis made three field goals, including a clutch kick from 48 yards to seal the win.

Matt Ryan threw a 76-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Gabriel in the fourth quarter to give Atlanta (6-4) a 15-13 lead, but Philadelphia answered.

Mathews ran in from the 5 and also converted the 2-point conversion for a 21-15 lead. On Atlanta’s ensuing possession, Julio Jones dropped a pass on third-and-12 and the Falcons punted.

Jones couldn’t make a difficult catch on fourth-and-5 on Atlanta’s next drive.

REDSKINS 26, VIKINGS 20 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw for two touchdowns, Preston Smith had two sacks and a game-altering interception in Washington’s first victory in almost a month.

Washington (5-3-1) got all of its second-half points off the foot of Dustin Hopkins, who hit four field goals, including a 50-yarder.

The Redskins shut out Minnesota (5-4) in the second half, and Smith sacked Sam Bradford in the final seconds to hand the Vikings their fourth consecutive loss.

Cousins was 22 of 33 for 262 yards with touchdown passes to Vernon Davis and Jamison Crowder. Robert Kelley ran for 97 yards, helping Washington bounce back from a rough 6-minute stretch.

Bradford was 31 of 39 for 307 yards, two touchdowns and the interception that Smith tipped and caught with 5:44 left. Stefon Diggs had 13 catches for 164 yards.

TITANS 47, PACKERS 25 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marcus Mariota threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns in the rout. Five Titans scored a touchdown in the first

TEXANS 24, JAGUARS 13 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Brock Osweiler threw two touchdown passes and Kareem Jackson returned an interception 42 yards for a score.

The Texans (6-3) scored on offense and defense and set up another score with special teams, a complete team effort that led to their first road win of the season. It kept them perfect (30) against the AFC South. They won their fifth in a row against Jacksonville.

The Jaguars (2-7) lost their fourth straight and fell to 0-4 at home. Coach Gus Bradley’s team rallied late, with Blake Bortles hitting Allen Robinson for a touchdown and again for a 2-point conversion.

The loss dropped Bradley’s record to 14-43 in four seasons and prompted even the most loyal supporters to question why owner Shad Khan hasn’t made a change.

BUCCANEERS 36, BEARS 10 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns against mistake-prone Chicago.

Winston threw for TDs of 10 yards to Cameron Brate and 43 yards to Freddie Martino, the latter set up by a bizarre highlight-reel play. The No. 1 pick in last year’s draft scrambled 23 yards backward into his end zone before avoiding a safety and launching a 39-yard completion to Mike Evans at the Chicago 38.

Martino, a former practice squad player with two career receptions, scored his first NFL touchdown after a delay-of-game penalty pushed the Bucs (4-5) back to the 43.

Two weeks after returning from injury and helping the Bears (2-7) beat NFC North leader Minnesota, Jay Cutler threw two interceptions and fumbled twice, one resulting in a third-quarter safety that put the Bucs up 29-10.

The Bucs forced four turnovers overall and sacked Cutler four times.

RAMS 9, JETS 6 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Alec Ogletree intercepted Bryce Petty with just under two minutes left to clinch this snoozer. Petty made his first NFL start in place of an injured Ryan Fitzpatrick, but couldn’t get much going against the Rams’ defense.

After getting the ball with 2:55 remaining and down by three, Petty tried to lead the Jets (3-7) downfield.

But Petty’s pass to Quincy Enunwa was picked off by Ogletree and Enunwa tried to wrestle it away from the linebacker to no avail.

Greg Zuerlein kicked three field goals, including a go-ahead 34-yarder with 6:52 left, helping the Rams (4-5) snap a four-game losing streak and avoid their first five-game skid since Weeks 9-13 last season.

The game featured 15 punts — eight by the Jets and seven by the Rams.

playing at the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday, they’re staying in northern San Diego County this week.

That gave Stills a chance to show some teammates where he went to high school and make a special visit. “I got to see my dog for the first time in like a year and a half,” said Stills,

who stayed in Miami last offseason to work out.

INJURIES Chargers CB Brandon Flowers left late in the third quarter and was being evaluated for a concussion. ... Dolphins DE Mario Williams left with an ankle injury.

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Belgium enjoys 8-goal rout in WCup qualifier

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Belgium enjoyed an eight-goal rout in World Cup qualifying yesterday, and Cristiano Ronaldo managed just two — and missed a penalty — as Portugal also won.

Belgium, which beat Estonia 8-1, and Switzerland extended their perfect starts to join Germany as the only European teams with four straight wins on the road to Russia.

Switzerland’s 2-0 win over the Faeroe Islands ensured it stayed top in Group B from prolific Portugal, which beat Latvia 4-1. The European champion has 16 goals in its past three matches, including seven for Ronaldo.

Still, Belgium’s 21-goal tally is Europe’s best, and Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku were both on target in Brussels.

Two big names returned to the scoresheet for the Netherlands in a 3-1 win at Luxembourg. Arjen Robben was playing his first international game this year, and Memphis Depay scored twice.

Only group winners advance direct to the 2018 World Cup finals, and four runners-up will go to Russia through a playoff round.

• Here is what happened yesterday: GROUP A The Netherlands closed the gap on leader France only after conceding a goal to Luxembourg for the first time in 53 years.

Arjen Robben returned to national duty after a year sidelined by injuries with a trademark goal in the 36th minute, cutting in from the right and shooting low into the far corner.

The Bayern Munich winger’s return was ended after only 45 minutes, by which time Luxembourg had levelled from the penalty spot through defender Maxime Chanot.

“It’s a great shame,” said Robben, who was advised not to take risks with a small cramp. “I wanted to play.”

Robben’s replacement, Memphis Depay, took his chance to score twice. Out of favour with Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, Depay headed club teammate Daley Blind’s cross for the go-ahead goal. Depay then scored late with a curling free kick.

BELGIUM’S EDEN HAZARD, foreground, scores against Estonia yesterday during the World Cup Group H qualifying match at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

(AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) Also Sunday, Ivelin Popov scored after 10 minutes as Bulgaria beat Belarus 1-0 in Sofia.

France, which beat Sweden 2-1 on Friday, leads by three points from the Dutch. Sweden is third on goal difference.

GROUP B It was an eventful evening for Cristiano Ronaldo in Faro.

He scored one penalty in the first half, missed another in the second, scored again, and struck the Latvia crossbar with a late header in Portugal’s 4-1 win.

After Ronaldo’s 59th-minute spot-kick struck a post and bounced away off the goalkeeper’s legs, Latvia even levelled in the 67th through substitute Arturs Zjuzins.

Portugal substitute Ricardo Quaresma then crossed for William Carvalho to restore the lead and Ronaldo make the win safe with a volley. Defender Bruno Alves added a fourth in stoppage time.

Leader Switzerland was often laboured in beating the Faeroe Islands 2-0, with goals in each half from recalled forward Eren Derdiyok and captain Stephan Lichtsteiner.

The Swiss, which beat a Portugal team without Ronaldo in September, is three points clear.

Earlier, third-placed Hungary beat Andorra 4-0 and has seven points before traveling to play Portugal in March. Then, Switzerland will be favored to beat Latvia at home.

GROUP H While group leader Belgium was crushing Estonia, the dramatic tension unfolded in Athens.

A last-gasp goal by Giorgos Tzavelas allowed Greece to keep its grip on second place with a fiery 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both teams ended the game with 10 men, with Kyriakos Papadopoulos getting a red card for striking Edin Dzeko — in his attempts to wrestle the ball away

— and Dzeko getting a second yellow card for pulling Papadopoulos’ shorts down.

Bosnia, which dominated most of the game, led in the 33rd when Miralem Pjanic’s free-kick bounced off the right post and then goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis’ back before finding the net.

Tzavelas scored with a blistering shot outside the area in the fifth minute of stoppage time after Bosnia’s defence only half-cleared a long throw-in.

Greece trails Belgium by two points before the teams meet in Brussels on March 25.

Belgium followed up its 6-0 win over Gibraltar by going three up in 25 minutes in Sunday, through Thomas Meunier, Dries Mertens and Hazard. Estonia reduced the deficit before half time.

Belgium added five more in the second half, including a second for Mertens and two late goals for Lukaku.

Cyprus beat Gibraltar 3-1 in the group’s other game.

Djokovic wins opening match at ATP finals, beats Thiem in 3

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic survived an early setback, and then made it look all too easy.

The second-ranked Serb, who has a chance to reclaim the No. 1 ranking at the O2 Arena next weekend, rallied to beat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (10), 6-0, 6-2 yesterday in his opening match at the seasonending ATP finals.

Djokovic won nine of 10 games to take control of the match after losing the first set in a tiebreaker.

And even that was close.

“Yeah, a thrilling tiebreaker,” Djokovic said. “I had, I think, only one set point. He just played a good point. I was in the rally, but he just was going for his shots.”

Thiem had his first three set points at 6-3 in the tiebreaker, but he double-faulted twice and then put a backhand into the net to make it 6-6.

Djokovic had a chance, too, leading 9-8. But he couldn’t close it out with Thiem serving, eventually hitting a backhand long. The Austrian finally won it on his seventh set point with a forehand winner, prompting Djokovic to smack a ball into the crowd.

After that, it was just about all Djokovic. The Serb reeled off six straight games to send it to a third set, and then broke Thiem twice more to close it out.

“Even though I lost the first set, I thought I didn’t do too many things wrong,” said Djokovic, who saved the only break point he faced. “It was just the very high quality of his game that prevailed in the first set.”

In the following sets, it got to be too much for the Austrian, who was making his debut at the tournament for the top eight players in the world.

“I lost a little bit energy, not much, but just a little bit (after the first set),” Thiem said. “Of course,

SERBIA’s Novak Djokovic plays a return to Austria’s Dominic Thiem during their ATP World Tour Finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London yesterday.

(AP Photo/Tim Ireland) against a player like Novak, he immediately steps up. That’s how the second set went.”

Thiem said he had a chance to meet Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho after the match, and the pair chatted briefly. Thiem is a fan of English club Chelsea, a team Mourinho has coached in the past.

In the late match, fourth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada beat sixth-seeded Gael Monfils of France 6-3, 6-4.

Monfils, who was playing at the ATP finals for the first time, hit a pair of “tweeners” in the match, but it was Raonic that got the breaks — one in each half.

Djokovic lost the No. 1 ranking to Andy Murray last week, but he can earn it right back in London.

If either of the two wins the title next Sunday, that one will be assured of the top ranking — as long as Djokovic wins another roundrobin match on the way to the final.

If Djokovic does reclaim the No. 1 ranking, he would finish the season at the top for the third season in a row and the fifth time in six years. Murray is trying to end up as the top man for the first time.

With a victory on Sunday, Djokovic can also join Roger Federer as the only players to win the season-ending tournament six times.

Federer is not playing in London,

sitting out the rest of the season as he continues to recover from knee surgery.

Djokovic has had his own injury problems this season, including pulling out of the China Open with an elbow injury in September.

In Sunday’s match, he called for a trainer during the first changeover, but it was because he hurt his thumb on the court after reaching for an early shot.

“It was just a nasty cut that I had when I didn’t manage to return the serve, the first serve,” Djokovic said. “Just kind of caught the surface, then I cut myself. It was bleeding. I just wanted to stop the bleeding.”

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USAIN BOLT TO TRAIN WITH BUNDESLIGA SIDE BORUSSIA DORTMUND DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund’s chief has confirmed that nine-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will practice with the Bundesliga team.

Hans-Joachim Watzke tells Kicker magazine on Sunday that “it was no joke” and “not a marketing move.”

Watzke was responding to a report in a Guardian newspaper that Bolt planned to train with Dortmund, one of the top Bundesliga teams.

Dortmund and Bolt are both sponsored by the same Germany-based sports goods company — Puma, whose president contacted Dortmund to say that Bolt had asked about training with the team.

Watzke said he welcomed the idea and that Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel also looked forward to it. Watzke said the timing of the practice remains to be determined.

Asked if Bolt could have a future in Dortmund, Watzke replied, “we don’t even need to talk about it.”

ALEX NOREN WINS THE NEDBANK CHALLENGE, UP TO 3RD ON MONEY LIST SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) — Alex Noren won the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa with the round of his life on Sunday, a sublime 63 that took him from six shots off the lead overnight to a 6-shot victory and his fourth title of a remarkable season on the European Tour.

Noren was 9 under through the first 11 holes at Sun City on the way to matching the best final round by a winner on this year’s tour.

“I found something ...

This was the round of my life,” the Swede said.

The triumph will move Noren up to third on the tour’s Race to Dubai, giving him a chance to be crowned Europe’s No. 1 golfer at the season-ending World Tour Championship in Dubai next weekend. Noren is also set to move into the top 10 in the world rankings when they are updated, some rise for a player whose aim at the beginning of the season was to crack the top 50.

The winner’s check of $1.16 million at Sun City took the 34-year-old Noren’s 2016 earnings above $3.3 million. Two years ago, Noren earned less than $6,000 for the season.

While Noren streaked ahead to finish 14 under overall, Jeunghun Wang, who was three shots clear overnight, ended second on 8 under after four bogeys in his last six holes saw him slip to a 3-over 75 on the last day.

Race to Dubai leader and British Open champion Henrik Stenson was eighth on 6 under, and maintains his advantage on the season standings ahead of the World Tour Championship.

US Masters champion Danny Willett finished in a tie for 11th at Sun City and retains second place in the Race to Dubai.

Noren’s victory drops Rory McIlroy down to fourth after the Northern Irishman skipped the first two events of the tour’s final series, last weekend’s Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Challenge.

McIlroy is expected to return to action in Dubai, when the race has opened up and Noren has a chance at an incredible finish to an already incredible season.

He’s the first four-time winner on the 2016 European Tour, the first Swede to ever win four times in a season on the tour, and the first player to win four events in a season since McIlroy in 2014.

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Hamilton forces last-race title showdown after Brazil win SAO PAULO (AP) - Lewis Hamilton kept alive his chances of retaining his Formula One world drivers title by winnning yesterday’s rain-interrupted Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg settled for second place for the third successive race behind Hamilton but knows if he does it again - or even finishes third - to Hamilton in the season finale on November 27 in Abu Dhabi it will be enough to bring him his first championship.

“I can live with second today,” Rosberg said, ceding the stage again to the Englishman, whose victory was his first in Brazil after failing in nine other attempts. “I was hoping for the win, but second is OK.” The German, whose father Keke Rosberg won the title 34 years ago, still leads the overall season standings with 367 points to Hamilton’s 355. With 25 points for victory, 18 for second, 15 for third and 12 for fourth, Hamilton knows he must finish well in the final race even if Rosberg hits trouble.

Yesterday’s race was stopped twice by crashes in driving rain during the first 28 of 71 laps. All but a half-dozen of the early laps

were run behind a safety car with drivers struggling to see through tire spray and struggling to avoid hydroplaning in standing water.

The second half was less eventful, but still was slowed by another crash and another spell under the safety car.

Hamilton, the three-time series champion, said it looked tougher than it actually was. “This was one of the easier ones,” he said of his victory. “I was chilling up front,” Hamilton said. “When it rains, it’s usually a good day for me.

“I’m hunting,” he added. “All I can do is what I’m doing now. Abu Dhabi is usually a good track for me.”

The victory was the 52nd of Hamilton’s career, pushing him to second in the all-time standings ahead of Alain Prost. Michael Schumacher leads with 91.

The race was run behind a safety car for the first seven laps with raining pounding down and drivers trying to navigate through spray and puddles but it did not take long for problems to arise as soon as the safety car pulled off.

On the 13th lap Marcus Ericsson of Sauber went into a spin and crashed, forcing the safety car to come out again. The safety car stayed on until the 20th lap. But

MERCEDES driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, sprays champagne over the face of teammate Nico Rosberg, of Germany, at the podium of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix at the Interlagos race track yesterday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP) just seconds after it pulled off and racing resumed, Kimi Raikkonen, of Ferrari, lost control in a spin.

This time the race was stopped under a red flag.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, talking on his radio, said conditions were too dangerous. He

suggested the crashes could have been worse under the treacherous conditions. “We need to stop the race,” he said. “It doesn’t work.

How many people do you want to crash?”

Hamilton led through the first 20 laps, followed by Rosberg and

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Brazilian fans seemed to agree, with thousands in the stands giving the thumbs-down sign as the race was stopped again. The race resumed after another 20-minute stoppage, which Rosberg said he filled by “eating some spaghetti”.

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Sergio Perez was fourth, ahead of Vettel, Carlos Sainz, Nico Hulkenberg, Daniel Ricciardo, Felipe Nasr and Fernando Alonso.

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