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Gardiner expects to run 200, 400 at IAAF Worlds

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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nflammation in his right Achilles tendon prevented Steven Gardiner from representing the Bahamas at the IAAF World Relays that was held earlier this month in its new location in Yokohama, Japan.

But the Bahamian national 200 and 400 metre record holder said he expects to be fully prepared to run either event or both at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, in September.

Gardiner, 23, was scheduled to run on the men’s 4 x 400m relay team in Japan along with Ojay Ferguson, Alonzo Russell and Andre Colebrook.

But just before the start of the race, Gardiner informed relay coordinator Rupert Gardiner that he was unable to run because of the injury.

Gardiner said it was too late to try and get a member of the men’s 4 x 200m relay team inserted into the line-up as Teray Smith, the other member of the 4 x 400m pool, also got hurt in practice.

“My leg was an issue and I wasn’t able to compete at the World Relays and a meet in Shanghai (China) that followed the next week,” Gardiner told The Tribune at home on a brief break from training over the weekend.

While at the Frank “Pancho” Rahming National Primary Schools Track and Field

STEVEN GARDINER (centre) with Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle and Drumeco Archer, president of the BAAA. Championships, Gardiner said he had a chance to get in a light workout and he was feeling fine.

“It’s getting much better day by day,” he insisted.

Like all injuries, Gardiner said it was a setback,

but not to the extent that he couldn’t recover from it and continue to prepare for the remainder of this year’s outdoor season.

“It’s still early in the year,” Gardiner said. “It was just one Diamond

League meet that I missed so far, so I hope to pick up the next one.”

Next on his agenda is the fourth Adidas Boost Boston Games, scheduled for Sunday, June 16 on Boylston Street, Copley Square in Boston.

Athletes are expected to compete on an elevated straight track constructed along Boylston Street between Exeter and Clarendon Streets where events are contested on parallel from the start to the finish.

At last year’s event, Gardiner ran a blistering 19.88 seconds to capture the men’s 200m title.

It was a great comeback as the year before he suffered a slight injury and ended up last in 31.28 as 400m world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk

stopped the clock in 19.84 for the victory.

Gardiner, the national record holder in 19.75 in the half-lap race on the track and 43.87 in the one-lapper, didn’t contest the initial year of the games in 2016.

“I’m going to go out there and give it my best, but I’m looking forward to taking the win,” Gardiner said of his expectations for this year’s event.

As for the rest of the season, Gardiner will return to the Diamond League to compete in his progress to get on the podium and winning in Doha as he hopes to either match or surpass the silver medal he earned at the IAAF World Championships in London, England, in 2017.

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Track and field champions

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The North and Central Andros team finally snapped the Temple Christian Academy Suns’ three-year reign as champions of the Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming National Primary Schools Track and Field Championships. The three-day meet came to a close on Friday at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium with Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle presenting the championship trophy to North and Central Andros. They scored a total of 246.50 points, compared to Temple Christian’s 181.50. Finishing in third place was Central Abaco, who came up with 155, one more than Cleveland Eneas. Hugh Campbell was fifth with 110.

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Baseball players advance to NCAA Tournament Regionals

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players made deep runs with their respective progammes during the NCAA Division I Conference championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament regionals as College World Series qualification continues.

Ellison Hanna’s Indiana State Sycamores and BJ Murray’s FAU Owls secured spots in the regional tournament bracket when the field was announced yesterday.

This stage of the NCAA Tournament will include 16 different regional sites throughout the country.

The Sycamores were selected as the No. 2 seed

in the NCAA Nashville Regional. They will face the No. 3 seed McNeese, Friday, May 31, at 1 pm.

Indiana State won the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament after they defeated the Dallas Baptist Patriots in consecutive games Saturday night.

They defeated the Patriots 9-5 in game one to force a final deciding game which they dominated by a score of 16-3 to gain the automatic bid to regionals.

They finished the season at 41-16 and it marked the 10th NCAA postseason appearance in Sycamores history.

The remainder of the Nashville regional will include No. 2 overall seed and hosts Vanderbilt Commodores and the No.4 seed Ohio State Buckeyes who

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ELLISON HANNA

won the Big 10 Tournament Championship.

Hanna, a junior transfer from Kirkwood Community College, appeared in 13 games of his first season with the Sycamores. In seven starts, he hit two home runs, totalled five RBI and scored three runs.

Murray and the Owls finished as runners-up in the Conference USA Tournament Championship, but still gained an at-large bid as the No.29 ranked team in the country.

FAU was selected as the No.2 seed in the Athens Region and will face the

No.3 Florida State Seminoles, Friday, May 31 at noon.

The remainder of the region includes the top overall seed Georgia and No.4 seed Mercer.

FAU finished the season 40-19 FAU and won the Conference USA regular season championship.

They lost in the Conference Tournament championship game to Southern Mississippi, 4-0 on Sunday.

The Owls reached the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in five years.

Murray is in his freshman season with the programme, appeared in 19 games with six starts. In the first appearance of his collegiate career, Murray hit a home run and scored two runs on February 15 in a win over Cincinnati.

Allbry Major and the Xavier Musketeers also finished as runners-up in the Big East Conference Tournament Championship, but did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The Musketeers lost to the top overall seed Creighton Blue Jays, 9-8, on Saturday to bring their postseason run to an end.

Major homered in the first inning, his seventh of the year, and went 2-5 with two runs scored.

Xavier would get the tying run to third base in the top of the ninth, but was unable to score the equaliser.

Individually, the sophomore outfielder was named to the conference’s

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RESULTS: FRANK ‘PANCHO’ RAHMING PRIMARY SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The top 3 finishers • RESULTS of the top three finishers in the Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming Primary Schools Track and Field Championships, held over the weekend at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium, are as follows: Girls 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY A Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #168 Chin, Ciara, Cleveland Eneas, 12.63.

2, #56 Curry, Rontiqua, Central Abaco, 12.85. 3, #520 Seymour, Wendejah, Hugh Campbell Pr, 13.06.

Boys 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY A Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #334 Rolle, Quinton, Eva Hilton Prima, 12.46. 2, #645 Evans, Wilshawn, North/ Central An, 12.77. 3, #996 Green, Torron, T.Glover Primary, 12.93.

Girls 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY A Finals - 1, #1617 Smith, Alexis, Tabernacle Bapti, 1:05.40. 2, #297 Ford, Kristr, Eva Hilton Prima, 1:07.22.

3, #301 Major, Shania, Eva Hilton Prima, 1:07.61.

Boys 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY A Finals - 1, #650 Marshall, Alvin, North/Central An, 59.09. 2, #74 Bonamy, Mackenley, Central Abaco, 1:01.49. 3, #775 Colby, Dinari, Sandiland Primar, 1:01.93.

Girls 800 Meter Run CATEGORY A Finals - 1, #211 Kemp, Laquay, Columbus Primary, 2:38.38. 2, #1722 Barr, Erin, Walter Parker Pr, 2:46.65.

3, #628 Jones, Maraj, North/Central An, 2:52.06.

Boys 800 Meter Run CATEGORY A Finals - 1, #609 Minors, Christopher, Mt. Carmel, 2:22.88. 2, #650 Marshall, Alvin, North/Central An, 2:32.32.

3, #74 Bonamy, Mackenley, Central Abaco, 2:34.79.

Girls Long Jump CATEGORY A - 1, #176 Nabbie, Jamiah, Cleveland Eneas, 4.41m, w:NWI. 2, #631 Miller, Lisa, North/Central An, 4.06m, w:NWI. 3, #1703 Smith, Darenique, Uriah McPhee, 4.04m, w:NWI. Boys Long Jump CATEGORY A - 1, #650 Marshall, Alvin, North/Central An, 5.03m, w:NWI. 2, #775 Colby, Dinari, Sandiland Primar, 4.51m, w:NWI. 3, #1659 Sweeting, Anthony, Temple Christian, 4.45m, w:NWI. Girls Shot Put CATEGORY A - 1, #634 Russell, Cierra, North/Central An, 7.67m. 2, #1641 Nixon, Danielle, Temple Christian, 7.60m. 3, #956 Johnson, Jaeda, Sunland Baptist, 7.56m.

Boys Shot Put CATEGORY A - 1, #1771 Thompson, Camron, West Grand Baham, 9.92m. 2, #465 Longley, Michael, Genesis Academy, 9.88m. 3, #546 Davis, Canaan, James A Pinder, 9.16m.

Girls 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #2 Henchell, Kianna, Agape Christian, 12.42.

2, #300 Hanna, Kei-Mahari, Eva Hilton Prima, 12.79. 3, #522 Watkins, Dream, Hugh Campbell Pr, 13.01.

Boys 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #338 Burrows, Keon, Excelsior Elemen, 12.48. 2, #422 Rolle, Ontario, Freeport Primary, 12.84. 3, #1606 Thurston, Kenu, T.Glover Primary, 13.05.

Girls 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #371 Johnson, Shekinah, Faithway Christi, 27.00. 2, #2 Henchell, Kianna, Agape Christian, 27.22. 3, #1632 Dean, Darvinique, Temple Christian, 27.68.

Boys 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #338 Burrows, Keon, Excelsior Elemen, 26.91.

2, #422 Rolle, Ontario, Freeport Primary, 27.32. 3, #416 Bethel, Patrick, Freeport Primary, 27.56.

Girls 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - 1, #414 Thompson, Rizpaqh, Freeport Primary, 1:05.61. 2, #410 Rolle, Marinique, Freeport Primary, 1:07.04. 3, #1632 Dean, Darvinique, Temple Christian, 1:07.40.

Boys 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY B Finals - 1, #588 Henfield, Zaiah, Martin Town Prim, 1:02.64. 2, #1648 Butler, Justiz, Temple Christian, 1:05.23. 3,

ATHLETES compete in the Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming Primary Schools Track and Field Championships at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium over the weekend. #1827 Archer, Dylan, The Merridan Sch, 1:07.82.

Girls 1200 Meter Run CATEGORY B - 1, #414 Thompson, Rizpaqh, Freeport Primary, 4:29.89. 2, #14 Musgrove, Zion, Bartlett Hill, 4:40.03. 3, #434 Thompson, Jasmine, Garvin Tynes, 4:44.44.

Boys 1200 Meter Run CATEGORY B - 1, #1737 Bain, Auden, Walter Parker Pr, 4:07.33. 2, #1646 Brice, Demian, Temple Christian, 4:19.62. 3, #232 Lully, Hyler, Columbus Primary, 4:21.73.

Girls High Jump CATEGORY B - 1, #518 Knowles, Alicia, Hugh Campbell Pr, 1.35m. 2, #1754 Johnson, Joi, West Grand Baham, 1.29m.

3, #621 Been, Lakeah, North/Central An, 1.21m.

Boys High Jump CATEGORY B - 1, #191 Monestine, Lawerence, Cleveland Eneas, 1.40m. 2, #136 Reid, Kani, Central and Nort, 1.33m.

3, #272 Simms, Davontae, Crossing Rocks, J1.33m.

Girls Other Ball Throw CATEGORY B - 1, #637 Strachan, Kamera, North/Central An, 42.67m. 2, #958 Munnings, Aniyah, Sunland Baptist, 35.50m. 3, #426 Arnett, Chere, Garvin Tynes, 34.37m.

Boys Other Ball Throw CATEGORY B - 1, #705 North, Ethan, Queens College, 46.60m. 2, #778 Knowles, Deniko, Sandiland Primar, 43.90m. 3, #1711 Dulcio, Valentino, Uriah McPhee, 42.24m.

Girls 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #689 Fraser, Zara, Queens College, 13.66.

2, #403 Thomas, Keyezra, Freeport Gospel, 13.89. 3, #429 Johnson, Jazae, Garvin Tynes, 14.21.

Boys 100 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #36 Moss, Taveres, Bishop Michael E, 13.01.

2, #963 Bradford, Zion, Sunland Baptist, 13.24. 3, #33 Adderley, Lyle, Bishop Michael E, 13.45.

Girls 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #403 Thomas, Keyezra, Freeport Gospel, 28.97. 2, #689 Fraser, Zara, Queens College, 29.22. 3, #638 Ward, Brion, North/ Central An, 30.91.

Boys 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - (w: NWI) 1, #963 Bradford, Zion, Sunland Baptist, 28.72. 2, #1654 Henfield, Kamron, Temple Christian, 29.12. 3, #17 Davis, Demeko, Bartlett Hill, 29.63.

Girls 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - 1, #638 Ward, Brion, North/Central An, 1:14.35. 2, #1795 Mackey, Neveah, Teos Christian, 1:16.72.

3, #1615 Saunders, Rhyanna, Tabernacle Bapti, 1:19.07.

Boys 400 Meter Dash CATEGORY C Finals - 1, #785 Newbold, Kaiden, Sandiland Primar, 1:06.82. 2, #565 Rolle, Eulano, Long Island, 1:09.12.

3, #789 Smith, Jarel, Sandiland Primar, 1:10.96.

Girls Long Jump CATEGORY C - 1, #1642 Pinder, Alena, Temple Christian, 3.67m, w:NWI. 2, #689 Fraser, Zara, Queens College, 3.63m, w:NWI. 3, #1700 Mortimer, Alliyah, Uriah McPhee, 3.54m, w:NWI. Boys Long Jump CATEGORY C - 1, #1709 Bethel, Clinton, Uriah McPhee, 4.30m, w:NWI. 2, #1654 Henfield, Kamron, Temple Christian, 4.08m, w:NWI. 3, #189 Harris, Gerard, Cleveland Eneas, 3.75m, w:NWI. Girls Other Soft Ball Th CATEGORY C - 1, #638 Ward, Brion, North/Central An, 25.50m. 2, #1694 Collie, Jeremia, Uriah McPhee, 25.10m. 3, #15 Vilma, Amber, Bartlett Hill, 22.95m.

Boys Other Soft Ball Th CATEGORY C - 1, #1647 Burrows, Ralph, Temple Christian, 40.21m. 2, #565 Rolle, Eulano, Long Island, 39.63m. 3, #873 Rolle, Nathan, South Eleuthera, 39.57m.

Girls 75 Meter Dash CATEGORY D - 1, #1736 Wilson, Khyler, Walter Parker Pr, 12.03, w:NWI. 2, #852 Whylly, Tamia, South Eleuthera, 12.10, w:NWI. 2, #172 Hart, Mickell, Cleveland Eneas, 12.10, w:NWI. Boys 75 Meter Dash CATEGORY D - 1, #1720 Taylor, Tanno, Uriah McPhee, 11.50, w:NWI. 2, #1710 Bowe, Kym, Uriah McPhee, 11.56, w:NWI. 3, #934 Hepburn Jr., Kevin, St. John’s Colle, 11.72, w:NWI. Girls 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY D - 1, #625 Gaitor, Malaysia, North/Central An, 33.22, w:NWI. 2, #401 Roberts, Kellise, Freeport Gospel, 34.78, w:NWI. 3, #753 Burrows, Arriana, Sandiland Primar, 35.16, w:NWI. Boys 200 Meter Dash CATEGORY D - 1, #83 Phiogene, Lawrence, Central Abaco, 32.56, w:NWI. 2, #1720 Taylor, Tanno, Uriah McPhee, 33.76, w:NWI. 3, #640 Bain, Raynor, North/Central An, 33.82, w:NWI. Boys Triple Jump CATEGORY A - 1, #1659 Sweeting, Anthony, Temple Christian, 10.52m, w:NWI. 2, #85 Robinson, Trevor, Central Abaco, 10.38m, w:NWI. 3, #184 Black, Christopher, Cleveland Eneas, 10.07m, w:NWI. Girls 4x100 Meter Relay CATEGORY OPEN E - 1, Hugh Campbell Primary ‘A’ (#518 Knowles, Alicia 11, #520 Seymour, Wendejah 12, #521

Thompson, Kaylee 10, #522 Watkins, Dream 11), 56.06. 2, Cleveland Eneas ‘A’ (#180 Russell, Aaliyah 11, #168 Ching, Ciara 12, #181 Smith, Fredranae 12, #176 Nabbie, Jamiah 12), 56.32. 3, Eva Hilton Primary ‘A’ (#1812 Deal, Taquel 13, #300 Hanna, Kei-Mahari 11, #299 Green, Kendrya 12, #301 Major, Shania 12), 57.16.

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay CATEGORY OPEN E - 1, North/Central Andros ‘A’ (#645 Evans, Wilshawn 12, #642 Coakley, Daniel 11, #648 Johnson, Jimmy 13, #650 Marshall, Alvin 13), 52.22. 2, Central Abaco ‘A’ (#80 Guivensley, Marcelin 13, #84 Pierre, N iteno 13, #85 Robinson, Trevor 13, #90 Williams, Kenron 13), 54.84. 3, Martin Town Primary ‘A’ (#587 Clarke, Tervon 13, #588 Henfield, Zaiah 11, #594 Pinder, Elexcio 12, #595 Pinder, Elquan 10), 55.47.

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay CATEGORY OPEN E - 1, Eva Hilton Primary ‘A’ (#297 Ford, Kristr 12, #300 Hanna, Kei-Mahari 11, #306 Rolle, Gabrielle 12, #301 Major, Shania 12), 4:38.76. 2, Freeport Primary ‘A’ (#407 Grant, Queenie 12, #410 Rolle, Marinique 11, #414 Thompson, Rizpaqh 11, #406 Francis, Destiny 12), 4:41.03. 3, Cleveland Eneas ‘A’ (#168 Ching, Ciara 12, #176 Nabbie, Jamiah 12, #179 Rolle, Jamaya 12, #181 Smith, Fredranae 12), 4:42.15.

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay CATEGORY OPEN E - 1, Central Abaco ‘A’ (#74 Bonamy, Mackenley 13, #80 Guivensley, Marcelin 13, #90 Williams, Kenron 13, #88 St. Juste, Tysheran 12), 4:22.26. 2, North/Central Andros ‘A’ (#650 Marshall, Alvin 13, #648 Johnson, Jimmy 13, #1808 Wallace, Adrew 12, #645 Evans, Wilshawn 12), 4:26.84. 3, Hugh Campbell Primary ‘A’ (#524 Dean, Zahier 12, #523 Bullard, Kenyon 13, #526 Gibson,Jenico 10, #527 Shepherd, Zion 12), 4:29.66.

Girls 4x75 Meter Relay Shuttle Rela CATEGORY D - 1, North/Central Andros ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, South Eleuthera Speerders ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, Cleveland Eneas ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, See-Saw Christian Academy ‘A’ (#1840 Jacques, Jasmine 6, #1841 Carey, Gabrielle 7, #1878 Deveaux, Fiona 6, #1877 Henfield, Sevanta 5), 5:00.00. 1, Hillcrest Academy ‘A’ 5:00.00.

Boys 4x75 Meter Relay Shuttle Rela CATEGORY D - 1, Central Abaco ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, Genesis Academy ‘A’ (#461 Farquharson, Ethan 7, #475 Viken, Mathias 7, #464 Hernandez, Antonio 5, #460 Edwards, Joshua 7), 5:00.00. 1, North/Central Andros ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, Hillcrest Academy ‘A’ 5:00.00. 1, See-Saw Christian Academy ‘A’ (#1839 Gurrier, M’Tari 6, #1838 Estelhomme, Tyreek 7, #1880 McKenzie, Shaquille 6), 5:00.00.

Girls 800 Meter Dash CATEGORY B - 1, #430 Mortimer, Najiah, Garvin Tynes, 2:50.93. 2, #24 Frazier, Janiyah, Bimini Primary, 2:54.46.

3, #960 Smith, Adaiah, Sunland Baptist, 2:58.20.

Boys 800 Meter Dash CATEGORY B - 1, #526 Gibson, Jenico, Hugh Campbell Pr, 2:44.52. 2, #441 Laflour, Deangelo, Garvin Tynes, 2:52.26. 3, #943 Thomas, Christon, St. John’s Colle, 2:55.50.

Mixed 4x75 Meter Relay Shuttle Rela CATEGORY D - 1, North/Central Andros ‘A’ (#647 Humes, Travian 7, #625 Gaitor, Malaysia 7, #636 Scott, Makaysha 7, #640 Bain, Raynor 7), 51.26. 2, Central Abaco ‘A’ (#83 Phiogene, Lawrence 7, #66 Orlando, Trinity 7, #89 Toussaint, Leanno 7, #68 Russell, Jermiyah 6), 51.69. 3, South Eleuthera Speerders ‘A’ (#875 Sands, Lorenzo 7, #844 Minns, Keva 7, #846 Morley, Shemeka 6, #871 Pyfrom, Marcellus 7), 51.97.

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ALL ANDROS & BERRY ISLANDS REGATTA ALL SET FOR JULY 5-7

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE All Andros and Berry Islands Regatta committee looks to galvanise support for July’s event as they expect thousands to patronise the upcoming 26th edition.

The 2019 All Andros and Berry Islands Regatta is scheduled for July 5-7 in Morgan’s Bluff, Andros.

“We are expecting over 18 sloops in all classes, three from the A Class, five from the B Class and 10 from the C Class. Sloops will be selected from the three sailing clubs. We are anticipating an exciting regatta with sailors competing for bragging rights, along with entertainment from the best in Bahamian music,” said Ricardo Wilson, chairman of the regatta.

“There will be native dishes with over 15 vendors

to choose from. We are inviting all regatta fans and friends of Andros to attend this very exciting event.

Our sailing budget, along with the entertainment, is nearly $105,000 and at the moment we are nearly 50 per cent there, thanks to the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources, Kalik and Caribbean Bottling Company. The committee is appealing to corporate Bahamas, especially those who benefit directly from our community, to please support this event by partnering through sponsorship and advertising in this year’s commemorative booklet.”

Nikia Wells, marketing manager of communications at Caribbean Bottling, said the regatta falls in line with her organisation’s mandate of supporting all aspects of Bahamian culture.

“We are just very proud to support the All Andros

SHOWN (l-r) are Floyd Newton, local regatta chairman in Andros, Ricardo Wilson, chairman, Nikia Wells, of Caribbean Bottling, and Stafford Armbrister, the race coordinator.

Regatta,” she said. “When you think of Bahamian culture, you think of regattas and that celebration of Bahamian pride. We are

ecstatic to keep the sailors refreshed and energised and we are just happy to be on board with this expression of Bahamian pride.”

The calendar of events surrounding the regatta begins this weekend with the All Andros and Berry Islands Crab Out Day,

Saturday, June 1 at Montagu Beach from noon to 6pm.

Floyd Newton, local regatta chairman in Andros, said they are planning on added elements to the traditional regatta festivities.

“We are looking to prepare for 10,000 people to come to this regatta. We are feeling the rush already and this is going to be a grand time. For the vendors, we will host a stall contest. The most decorated stall, with an all-Bahamian theme, will be our winner. When the sailors are rewarded with their trophies, the vendors will be rewarded as well, he said. “We also want to really cater to the kids this year. We want to give the kids something to do when they come out in the daytime. We all know regatta has its own energy, we are just looking to channel that energy to a successful event in Andros.”

Jazz Chisholm and Lucius Fox go head-to-head in minor league

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN minor league baseball players went head-to-head for the second consecutive weekend in the Double A - Southern League.

Jazz Chisholm and the Jackson Generals won four out of five games in their series against Lucius Fox and the Montgomery Biscuits.

Chisholm hit his 11th home run of the season while Fox hit .235 with three stolen bases over the course of the series.

The Generals improved to 28-20 with their fourth consecutive win and are now just 0.5 game behind the first-place Biscuits at 29-20. There are 21 games remaining in the first half of the season.

Fox finished 1-3 with one run and two stolen bases in the Biscuits’ 3-0 win over the Generals

to open the series. After he came up empty in his first two appearances at the plate, Fox was walked in the bottom of the sixth and stole second to reach scoring position.

He singled in the bottom of the eighth, stole second again and was eventually plated by Rene Pinto.

Chisholm’s highlight of the series came in game three when his solo home run was the goahead score in a 3-2 win for the

Generals. Both teams will be back in action tonight and begin a five-game series as the Generals face the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Biscuits travel to take on the Birmingham Barons.

Fox was listed as the No.11 overall prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays organisation in the preseason and the Rays were listed as the No.2 farm system in all of the MLB. Chisholm, the No.1 overall prospect in the Diamondbacks

organisation, was listed at No.55 overall in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100, one of 36 prospects on this year’s list who did not make the list just a year ago.

Just last week, Fox and the Biscuits went head-to-head with Anfernee Seymour and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The Biscuits got the edge 3-2 in the five-game series but Seymour had a productive series at the plate, 4-12, with one RBI and two runs scored through three games.

GARDINER EXPECTS TO RUN 200, 400 AT IAAF WORLDS FROM PAGE 1

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture held a closing ceremony for the 35th Annual Frank “Pancho” Rahming Primary School Track and Field Championships on Friday at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. Athletes from over 60 primary schools throughout the country participated, some schools for the first time.

Athletes were presented medals as well as trophies. Minister Rolle is pictured at the medal presentation and during trophy presentation to the champions - North/ Central Andros Primary School team - shown here running their victory lap.

Photos by Derek Smith & Patrick Hanna/BIS

BASEBALL FROM PAGE 1

All-Tournament Team as he finished the tournament .294 with three doubles in his five hits. The Musketeers finished the season 27-31.

Major was named Big East Player of the Week on April 9 for his performance in a series against Georgetown. He collected six hits, including a walk-off double in the series finale.

During the week he hit .462 in the sweep, 6-13.

On the season, Major hit .281 with an .829 OPS, 57 hits, seven home runs, 34 RBI and 32 runs scored.

Both seniors, Tevin Symonette and Cole Dubet saw their teams fall short in their conference tournaments but had standout

individual seasons in their final collegiate campaigns.

Symonette and the Lipscomb saw its season come to an end last week at the ASUN Championship with a 6-5 loss to Stetson.

Symonette finished 2-4 and scored two runs. He was named an ASUN All-Conference first team selection at the end of the regular season.

Symonette saw action in 43 the games during his senior campaign and made 42 starts in left field. He finished with a .286 batting average and led the team in home runs (7), doubles (12) and slugging percentage (.524).

After missing nearly two weeks with an injury in the middle of the season, the Freeport, Bahamas, native turned it on down the stretch.

Against conference opponents, he compiled a .301 batting average with five home runs and 13 RBI, while slugging .616. His five long balls were tied for the third most against league foes and he ranked second in slugging percentage.

On April 29 he earned his first career ASUN Player of the Week award after carrying Lipscomb to a series sweep of Stetson. He hit .500 with three home runs and four RBI during the series, as well as recording double-digit putouts in the outfield with some spectacular diving catches.

Symonette homered in each of the three games and his solo shot in the series was the difference in a 3-2 victory.

Dubet and the St Louis Billikens were eliminated

from the Atlantic 10 tournament after a pair of losses last week.

St Louis, the No. 7-seed in the bracket, lost its first game 2-0 against No.2 seed Davidson at Fordham University’s Houlihan Park.

They followed with a 2-1 loss to Rhode Island in the 10th inning.

The Billikens concluded their season with a 25-30 record.

Dubet was named an A-10 All-Conference Second Team selection.

The four-year starter hit .324 this season and was tied for the team lead with seven home runs.

For his career, Dubet has played in a total of 214 games for the Billikens, good for fifth all-time.

During his stellar senior season, Dubet was named A-10 Conference Player

of the Week on May 13.

In three games against the George Mason Patriots, Dubet went 10-15 (.667) with two home runs, three doubles, 10 RBIs and seven runs scored.

He had 19 total bases in the series.

On his senior day on Sunday, Dubet tied a school single-game record with five hits. He finished the afternoon 5-5 with two home runs, five RBIs and four runs scored.

Dubet appeared in 52 games this season, all of which were starts. He collected 70 hits (second on the team) with a .323 average, with 14 doubles, seven home runs, drove in 37 RBI (third on the team), and scored 36 runs. He posted a .360 OBP, .493 slugging percentage and a fielding percentage of .975.

“I want to upgrade from a silver medal to a gold medal,” he said. “That is what we are working on this year.”

Although he’s been one of the top contenders in both the 200 and 400m, Gardiner said he doesn’t believe his management team nor his coach Gary Evans have any plans for him to pursue the double in Doha.

“Who knows,” quipped Gardiner when pressed about which event he will be contesting. “I don’t even know.”

Gardiner, however, insisted that they are targeting both events and his training is at a very high pace in the event that they allow him to contest one or both events. “I just want to get a new national record in both events,” he stated.

With last year benig an off year, Gardiner said this is a championship year so everything is going at a fast pace to get ready for Doha.

“I feel pretty good about everything. Every year, it’s been pretty good so I am looking forward to this year,” he said. “Every year, there are some new people, so you really have to step up your game.”

If he had a choice, Gardiner said he would lean more towards the 200m because it’s his favourite, having gotten started in that event under coach Anthony Williams in Moore’s Island, Abaco.

“We will just have to wait and see how things go this year,” he stressed.

Making the adjustment from the half-lap to the one-lap has been a hard transition for Gardiner, who relies on his tall, lanky build to manoeuvre around the track.

“It’s a love-hate relationship, but I’m getting used to it,” he pointed out.

No doubt, Gardiner said he would like to go after the 200/400 double. The first man to achieve the feat was American Michael Johnson.

But that will come with time and Gardiner said he’s not going to rush anything.

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Bill Buckner, forever known for October error, dies at 69

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer BILL Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team.

A reliable fielder, too.

But a little grounder forever changed his legacy.

Buckner, who made one of the biggest blunders in baseball history when he let Mookie Wilson’s trickler roll through his legs in the 1986 World Series, died yesterday. He was 69.

“He deserved better,” former Dodgers teammate Bobby Valentine tweeted .

Buckner died after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, his family said in a statement. The disease causes Alzheimer’s-like symptoms along with movement and other problems.

Buckner made his major league debut as a teenager, played until he was 40 and amassed 2,715 hits in between. Yet for all he accomplished, it was his October error at first base that fans always remembered.

Trying for their first crown since 1918, the Boston Red Sox led the New York Mets 5-3 going into the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 6 at Shea Stadium. The Mets tied it with two outs, then Wilson hit a roller up the first base line that got past a gimpy Buckner, a misplay that let Ray Knight rush home from second base with the winning run.

The Red Sox lost 8-5 in Game 7, and their World Series drought continued until they won the championship in 2004.

In the aftermath of Boston’s near-miss, Buckner became a target of fans in New England and beyond, his mistake shown over and over on highlight reels.

“You can look at that Series and point fingers in a whole bunch of different directions,” Buckner said a decade ago.

“We did the best we could to win there and it just didn’t happen and I didn’t feel like I deserved” so much blame.

A curious thing happened over time, too: He became pals with Wilson.

“I was saddened to hear about Bill’s death,” Wilson said in a statement. “We had developed a friendship that lasted well over 30 years. I felt badly for some of the things he went through. Bill was a great, great baseball player whose legacy should not be defined by one play.”

But sure enough, several years ago when he made a guest appearance on the TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the main gag involved star Larry David tossing a ball autographed

by Wilson toward Buckner, who lets it get past him and out the window.

A footnote: While Buckner was long criticized for the error, many in baseball contend that even if the ball had been handled cleanly, the speedy Wilson would have beaten it anyway.

At Fenway Park on Monday, video clips of Buckner’s 22-year career were shown on the scoreboard before the Red Sox hosted Cleveland. His picture was posted and there was a moment of silence, followed by applause from the crowd.

“I think it was a travesty the way he was last remembered,” said 67-year-old Red Sox fan Blaine Macinnis from Wilmington, Massachusetts, in a box seat on the first base side.

“It was a great injustice of how he ended it with that last play. It’s a shame. That’s how life is.”

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IN this October 25, 1986, file photo, Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner misplays the ball during during Game 6 of the World Series against the New York Mets. Buckner, a star hitter who became known for making one of the most infamous plays in major league history, has died.

(Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via AP) “Like when your own father dies, you don’t want to remember all the bad things,” he said.

Wearing a Red Sox T-shirt, 76-year-old Jim McDonnell from Littleton agreed.

“I think it’s a shame how he was treated,” he said.

Buckner was released by the Red Sox in the summer of 1987 and went on to play for the Angels and Royals.

He returned to Boston for his final season in 1990, playing 22 games.

In 2008, Buckner finally accepted an invitation to throw out the first ball for the home opener at Fenway Park as the Red Sox

celebrated winning another title.

Buckner drew loud cheers as he walked from the Green Monster in left field to the mound, and made his ceremonial toss to former teammate Dwight Evans.

Buckner said the moment was “probably about as emotional as it could get.”

“I really had to forgive,” he said later that day, “not the fans of Boston per se, but I would have to say, in my heart, I had to forgive the media for what they put me and my family through.

“So I’ve done that. I’m over that. And I’m just happy that I just try to think

of the positive. The happy things.”

Cleveland manager Terry Francona was the Red Sox skipper that afternoon.

“I thought it was kind of a healing moment, it seemed, for a lot of people and for him, I hope,” Francona said before Monday’s game.

“You have to be up here to understand how people take things that happen. I thought that was a really cool moment.”

That moment was played on the videoboard during the fifth inning, drawing cheers.

In a statement, Red Sox chairman Tom Werner praised “Billy Buck,” saying

he “personified toughness and grit, and his determination to play through pain defines him far more than any single play ever could.”

Tweeted former Boston teammate Wade Boggs: “OMG such a sad day can’t put it in perspective with the only reason why we made it to the World Series in 86.”

Buckner lived in Boise, Idaho, after he finished playing. He was the hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs’ minor league affiliate in Boise in 2012-13 and owned three car dealerships and several commercial properties in Idaho.

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts called Buckner a “great ballplayer and beloved member of the Cubs family.” Cubs Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins praised Buckner for helping his charity foundation.

Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda of the Dodgers called Buckner “one of the best competitors I have ever seen.”

Buckner made his big league debut with the Dodgers at 19 in 1969 and became a batting champ with the Cubs. He had a career .289 average and totaled over 100 RBIs in three seasons, twice with Boston. Buckner finished with 174 home runs and 1,208 RBIs and he was a fast outfielder, once stealing 31 bases.

An old-school player with a mustache, Buckner was eager to swing — he had 9,397 career at-bats and never struck out 40 times in a season and never walked more than 40 times in a year. He is survived by his wife, Jodi, two daughters and one son.

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Profar and Phegley homer to lead A’s to 10th straight win’

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, California (AP) — Jurickson Profar and Josh Phegley homered off former Oakland starter Trevor Cahill and the Athletics rolled to their 10th straight win, 8-5 over the Los Angeles Angels yesterday.

Profar tied the game with a two-run homer in the fourth against Cahill (2-5), and Phegley gave the A’s the lead for good with a leadoff shot in the fifth.

Stephen Piscotty added a two-run single that inning to help Oakland to its first 10-game winning streak since 2006, with a caveat.

The A’s had a suspended game in the middle of this streak on May 19 at Detroit. Oakland is leading that game 5-3 in the bottom of the seventh and if the A’s hold on and win when it’s resumed September 6, the streak will be at 11 games.

If the Tigers rally to win,

OAKLAND Athletics’ Stephen Piscotty swings for a two-run single off Los Angeles Angels’ Cam Bedrosian in the fifth inning yesterday.

(AP Photos/Ben Margot)

FAVOURITE ACES TOP SPARKS 83-70 TO START WNBA SEASON

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prior to the Las Vegas Aces re-signing reserve forward Dearica Hamby to a three-year contract, she sat with coach and president of basketball operations Bill Laimbeer for a heart-to-heart.

She asked the three-time WNBA champion coach what he thought of her, to which he replied he thought she was a great bench player on a championship team.

For Hamby, she thought it was the greatest compliment she’d ever received.

Sunday night the fifthyear pro came off the bench to score 12 points and grab 14 rebounds and help the Aces to an 83-70 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks in the season opener for both teams.

“I told our players at the start of training camp that I wanted our bench to change the complexion of the game, that’s what great teams do,” Laimbeer said.

“They did that tonight.

Dearica was a big part of that.”

The Aces, tabbed as the preseason favourite to win this year’s title, were without last year’s WNBA leading scorer Liz Cambage, who is still healing from Achilles tendinitis she suffered during the offseason.

Laimbeer said the plan to sit Cambage had been in place, purely out of cautiousness.

Instead, the Aces turned to A’ja Wilson — last year’s Rookie of the Year — and a supporting cast that saw three others score in double figures to ignite an energetic announced crowd of 7,249, which included Kobe Bryant, Raiders owner Mark Davis, UNLV men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger, Mark Walter, the CEO of Guggenheim Partners, which owns the Los Angeles Dodgers and

Sparks, and Jim Murren, the CEO of MGM Resorts International, which owns the Las Vegas Aces.

“It was just so much excitement around the arena, around our team, we were just so excited to get out there and play,” said Wilson, who had 21 points and 11 rebounds.

“We’ve been in a hard training camp for two weeks straight and just to go out there and play in front of such a great crowd ... that’s what you want, that’s the energy that we need here, it was just a lot of fun being out there.”

Kayla McBride and Kelsey Plum added 20 points and 11, respectively, for the Aces, while Jackie Young, the top overall pick in the March draft, was 4 for 4 from the field for eight points.

The Sparks, who were without two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker, were led by Maria Vadeeva, who had 24 points and five rebounds.

Nneka Ogwumike added 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Sparks.

“This is gonna be one of the best things that could happen to us, because it reminds us and reinforces us right away of how far we have to go to reach our maximum potential,” Sparks coach Derek Fisher said. “At times, physically we just didn’t look like we could sustain the effort we needed to, which is why some of the layups weren’t getting up and over the rim.

Some of the times when we drove, if they bumped us a little bit, we went away from the basket.”

And while it was Wilson and starting centre Carolyn Swords patrolling the paint for Las Vegas, it was Hamby’s nastiness that countered the Sparks’ physical play in her 27-plus minutes on the floor to spark the Aces at the right times.

“I may not score 20 points but I’m gonna make up for

it on the defensive end, I’m gonna dive on the floor, I’m gonna run the floor really hard; I think (Laimbeer) knows he can count on that every single night from me,” Hamby said.

“That’s why Bill brought me back. If I’m playing as hard as I can every single second, the game is gonna reward you.”

Struggling to find an offensive groove early, the Aces fell behind 17-12.

They responded with a 13-2 run, sparked by a pair of 3-pointers from McBride, and behind Hamby, carried the momentum into the second quarter, which saw the Aces outscore Los Angeles, 18-8.

The Sparks didn’t get their first field goal until the 5:16 mark, as Las Vegas opened the second stanza with a 9-0 run.

“D is gonna have a breakout year, she’s gonna be that All Star, Sixth Woman of the Year,” McBride said.

“I’ve been with her her entire career, since (the franchise was in) San Antonio and I know this year she just has a different pep in her step.”

Once the Aces got going, they pulled away, building a 45-31 halftime lead.

this current streak will officially only be considered a seven-gamer.

Matt Chapman tacked on a solo shot in the seventh to give him home runs in three straight games. Robbie Grossman had two doubles and an RBI in support of Chris Bassitt (3-1), who allowed five runs and six hits in five-plus innings.

The A’s then got four scoreless innings from five relievers. Blake Treinen pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 13 chances.

Albert Pujols hit his 642nd career homer, and Kole Calhoun and David Fletcher each had RBI doubles for the Angels, who have lost six of eight games.

TRAINERS ROOM Angels: C Jonathan Lucroy was scratched with a stomach virus. ... OF Justin Upton, who has been out all season with turf toe in his left foot, travelled with the team so he could work with the hitting coaches during

the road trip. Upton hasn’t worked in the outfield yet.

Athletics: C Chris Herrmann (knee) did running drills and is getting closer to being able to start a rehab assignment.

ROUGH START Cahill allowed six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

He has just one win in his last eight starts with an 8.66 ERA in that span.

BY THE NUMBERS Phegley has homered in consecutive games, giving him seven in 42 games this year after having just six in 121 games the previous three seasons combined. ...

Piscotty has reached safely in 23 straight games, matching his career best set last year.

UP NEXT Frankie Montas (6-2, 2.40 ERA) starts the middle game of the series for the A’s. The Angels haven’t announced a starter for today’s game.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019, PAGE 7

Serena’s warmup jacket fit for a ‘queen’ and ‘goddess’

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — “Champion,” ‘‘queen,” ‘‘goddess” and “mother.”

Those were the words, in French, printed on a blackand-white warmup jacket that Serena Williams wore before her opening match at Roland Garros yesterday.

“Those are things that mean a lot to me and reminders for me and for everyone that wants to wear it,” Williams said.

“Just remind everyone that they can be champions and are queens. So I love that about it.

“It is a lot to carry, but so is being Serena Williams,” said Williams, who made her return to Grand Slam competition in Paris a year ago after missing five majors because of the birth of her first child.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion took off the jacket before the match and played in a matching twopiece outfit.

Later in the match on a cool and windy day on Court Philippe Chatrier, Williams put on a plain black sweatshirt.

Williams said the midmatch outfit change didn’t have anything to do with the temperature, though.

“No, I’m just crazy, to be honest. I think everyone knows that now,” she said after overcoming a slow start for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 victory over 83rd-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko.

“I just needed to change.

I was like: ‘I’ve got to try something different. It’s not my forehand, it’s my clothes; right?’”

Just like when Williams often changes her hairstyle mid-match into a bun.

“Because it’s definitely not my serve. It must be my hair,” she said. “It makes no sense. So it’s all in my head.”

Williams’ on-court fashion choices have drawn attention for much of her career.

Last year, French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli said the black catsuit with clot-preventing compression tights that Williams wore during the 2018 French Open wouldn’t be accepted again at the tournament.

Williams also addressed an announcement last week

by Nike, her sponsor, that it will better respect the contracts of athletes who become pregnant.

The move came in response to articles published in The New York Times in which current and

former Nike-sponsored runners — including sixtime Olympic champion Allyson Felix — described financial penalties that Nike athletes faced if they wanted to have children.

“It started with making a statement with me, and they said they want to make a change,” Williams said.

“They want to support women that want to have families and that want to be moms. I’m glad that statement was made. ... That’s what it’s about. It’s about learning from mistakes and doing better.

“As time goes on, as technology changes and as the world changes,” she added.

“People realise that we have to change our policies.”

SERENA Williams of the US reacts after missing a shot against Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia during their first round match of the French Open at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris yesterday.

(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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GOLDEN State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, left, walks away from referee Ken Mauer during the first half of Game 5 of the team’s second-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets in Oakland, California, on May 8. Durant is yet to progress to on-court work in his recovery from a strained right calf and won’t be ready to return for Golden State in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on May 30.

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Analysis: NBA Finals will decide a champion, and so much more

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer IT all comes down to this.

No, really.

It ALL comes down to this.

The next four, five, six or seven games of the NBA Finals between Golden State and Toronto will not only decide the 2019 championship, but how this series plays out is inevitably going to affect how free agency unfolds starting in a month or so.

It’ll affect Warriors star Kevin Durant and his annual stay-or-go decision. It’ll affect Raptors star Kawhi Leonard as he ponders his next move, or if he’ll be moving at all.

Klay Thompson will be a free agent this summer.

DeMarcus Cousins will be free this summer. Their thinking will inevitably be moved one way or another by this series; the decisions they’ll all make in the coming weeks will have a ripple effect on the rest of the NBA. Durant made clear over the weekend that he’s tired of the incessant talk about his future.

“I know what I bring to the team,” Durant said, “but I also know that a lot of people on the outside don’t like to see us together.”

New York will be paying intense attention to everything that gets said, tweeted, Instagrammed and intimated.

Brooklyn will be in the same boat. So will the Los Angeles Clippers, who think they’re on the cusp of building something really good, and the Los Angeles Lakers, who made the biggest signing of last summer by getting LeBron James and have done very little right since.

They will all be waiting to hear what Durant, Thompson, Leonard and Cousins decide.

And those are just the biggest fish — the whales, to use a term Miami President Pat Riley likes.

After that, there’s an additional 60 or so players who could be free agents this summer — some have opt-ins and might not be relocating — and who are coming off seasons when they averaged at least 10

TORONTO Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) reacts as Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton (22) looks on after the Raptors win Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals in Toronto on Sunday.

(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

GOLDEN State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) celebrates with fans after scoring against the Portland Trail Blazers during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference finals on May 16.

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) points per game. Their teams next season will be affected on some level by who gets whom in the draft.

How some teams pick in the draft will be influenced by what they’re hearing about free agency.

And that hinges on this series.

So it’s not just a ripple effect.

The finals may create a tsunami.

“The latest I’ve heard from our basketball operations group is that, I believe, 40 per cent of our players are going to be free agents this summer,” NBA

Commissioner Adam Silver said at All-Star weekend in February. “So it’s two sides of the coin. Some people could say, ‘Oh my God, look at all that player movement.’ On the other hand, that player movement could be very positive for a lot of teams.”

Maybe, maybe not.

If the Warriors win this series, as the oddsmakers in Las Vegas expect, it’ll be a third consecutive championship for Golden State — and some history. The Celtics, Lakers and Bulls are the only franchises to win three or more in a row.

And out of that group, only the Celtics have won four in a row (eight, actually).

Michael Jordan never did.

Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant never did.

That would be the obvious recruiting pitch the Warriors would make to Durant and Thompson: “Come back and try to win No. 4. Come back and try to do something that very few players have done and something no one has done in a half-century.” That lure would undoubtedly be strong. But if they lose this series, it would seem much easier for either player to say it’s been a great run and it’s time to go play somewhere else.

If Durant stays, then the Knicks, Nets and Clippers would have to move on to Plan B for free agency.

Therefore, they probably should be rooting for the Raptors. Durant is difficult to read because he uses social media to give cryptic hints that usually aren’t hints at all.

Leonard is impossible to read. For all anyone knows, he already has decided to stay in Toronto or sign elsewhere. Or maybe he hasn’t even thought about the summer. Maybe he is as robotic as he tries to convey.

But the same theory applies: If Toronto wins this series, it’ll be harder for Leonard to leave. So for the teams that want him, they might want to root for the Warriors.

Let’s use the Knicks solely for example purposes. If they don’t get Durant or Leonard, then maybe Kyrie Irving crosses them off his list.

Maybe that would mean Kemba Walker climbs up their charts. Maybe that means Jordan decides to offer Walker the super-max of $221 million or so to stay in Charlotte.

And the ripples go on and on. They won’t be little waves gently rolling onto the shores, either.

This will be a summer of change and a summer of major spending in the NBA. This series is going to decide much more than who gets rings. This series will likely decide who plays where for many years to come.