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MICHAEL Mathieu taking on the baton in the second leg of the men’s 4x400 in the World Championships in London.

Photo: Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics

Gardiner: Why I didn’t run the heats in the 400m relay By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net LONDON, England: With his body taking a toll after his grueling three rounds that culminated with a silver medalist in the men’s 400 metres, Steven Gardiner said he informed the Bahamas management team that he would need more time to recover so he could run in the final and not the heats of the 4 x 400m relay. Without Gardiner, the team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Ojay Ferguson and Ramon Miller ran a season’s best of three minutes and .03.04 seconds that placed them sixth in their heat and 11th overall. For the second year, The Bahamas failed to get into the final at the championships in between the bronze medal by the team of Rus-

STEVEN Gardiner with his silver medal from the men’s 400m. sell, Mathieu, Gardiner and first Bahamian to dip under Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown at the 44-second barrier when the 2016 Olympic Games in he lowered his national reRio de Janeiro, Brazil. cord to 43.89 to get into the After taking his body to final where he picked up the the next level becoming the silver medal in 44.41 behind

world record holder Wayde van Niekerk from South Africa, Gardiner said he informed team manager Dianne Woodside-Johnson that he was tired. “I didn’t tell her I wasn’t running,” he said. “I told her that I can only do one round. That’s the final. I cannot do two rounds again. She told the media that I said I wasn’t running, which was not true. “The coaches were there and the team was there when I told her that I would only be able to run the final because I was still sore and tired from running the individual event. I don’t know why she telling people and the media that I said I wasn’t representing my country.” When he came to London, Gardiner said he came with the intentions of running the rounds in the 400m and also the relay, but after

the toll his body had to endure, he was only willing to go one round in the relay and he wanted to give the team his best shot in the final. “I never said the guys are too slow that I couldn’t run with them,” stated Gardiner, in comments attributed to him in another local media company. “I never said that.” Gardiner said it was a sad indictment on him that he wasn’t forced to run in the semifinal when he informed the team that he was not yet ready to run. “It’s probably because I;m not one of her athletes and she doesn’t care about me,” he said, “At the end of the day, I’m a human. If my body is tried, it’s tired. My body gets tired. The next thing you know I go out there and get hurt. “What would she say if I was to get hurt. ‘Oh, well

you shouldn’t have ran. You said you was tired. But I told you I was tired. It’s very sad that they would bring me down to that extent after I just won a medal for my country. And I don’t appreciate it.” Gardiner said he converged his feelings to the coaching staff because Johnson-Woodside wasn’t listening to him. He said he was even disappointed in his team-mates on the relay team, who didn’t even speak to him nor congratulated him “Now it’s time for relay, they know who Steven Gardiner is,” he pointed out. “They don’t speak to me. They didn’t tell the media that part. It’s a problem. I’m bigger than that. They don’t speak to me. Only when it’s time for the relay, they know how to find me.” SEE PAGE THREE

TEAM RETURNS WITH MEDALS - AND THINGS TO LEARN By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

LONDON, England: The Bahamas’ 24-member team will return from the 16th International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Championships with a silver and bronze medals, three finalists, a national record and a two-way tie for 30th place on the medal table and a four-way tie for 22nd on the placing table. Could those numbers have been escalated if the men and women 4x100 and 4x400m relays had performed up to standard? Both the management and the coaching staff feel so. But they admitted that there were some dissensions in the camp that may have played a factor. Relay co-ordinator Rupert Gardiner said everybody was trying to make him the villain of what happened to the make-up of the teams, but he said it was a decision that he had nothing to do with. “You can not come out on the day of the meet and put relay teams together,”

he said. “If we practice the relay teams and if we go over the relay teams, as the relay co-ordinator, you have to trust my judgement,” he said. Gardiner said he’s not “going to be the fall guy for the performances of the relays”. He said he’s disappointed in how they performed, but the final decisions were made by the management team that interfered in the team selection. But Maybeline Miller, co-manager of the team, said the only intervention on her part when she was asked to make some inquiries on why one of the athletes was not going to run in the relay. Miller admitted that the day before the heats of the relays, she was informed by the coaching staff that one of the athletes (reportedly Steven Gardiner, although she didn’t name him) was not going to run and so she spoke with the individual, who informed her that he was still tired. “I think about two days after his event, we were told that the athlete was sick

and so I checked on him to see how they were doing,” she said. “The athlete said he was sick, but he was recuperating and so she informed the head coach (Dianne Woodside-Johnson) the day before the relays.” Miller said upon further inquiry, Miller said athlete’s manager had taken him to see the doctor and was advised that he would be given the green light to compete in the final if the team had qualified. On checking on all of the athletes on a daily basis, Miller said she didn’t sense any dissensions because the athletes all indicated to her that they were doing fine and were ready to compete when the opportunity presented itself. Woodside-Johnson said they had some major problems that surfaced with the relay teams and although the athletes went out and gave it their best, they didn’t perform as expected and that was because of the dissensions within the camp. “The girls team was pretty okay. Based on the exchanges, I think that was the best combination at the

time,” she said. “We missed out Anthonique because we chose to use her in the 4 x 400m. Of course, the stick didn’t come around to her. I think she would have done a good job. “The boys 4 x 4, I requested him (Gardiner) to run in the heats, but he refused. I think we would have done better if he was there if he was there, but we still did a lot better, taking two seconds of our time.” Woodside-Johnson said the matter was referred to the BAAA executives and she’s requesting some changes, which she will outline in her report, about the elite part or professional part of their programme in The Bahamas. “We must have something in place whether it’s developmental, keeping them together, policy procedures, consequences if you don’t do what you’re support to do. It now has to come into place. I’m going in initiate that through my report and hopefully something will come out of it.” Woodside-Johnson, however, said that some of the problems they experienced

with the relays was due to a lack of a training camp. But questioned if the camp was established prior to coming to England, would everybody have showed up without any consequences in place if they didn’t. Miller said she is in total agreement that they will have to look at re-instituting their training camp prior to the championships because it would provide the relay teams to get their synergy before they come to compete. And like WoodsideJohnson, she feels like the BAAA will have to put the proper measures in place for all of the athletes to comply with the rules and regulations. But despite what transpired, Miller said the team did their best under the circumstances. “I think the team performed to the best of their ability. They went out there and they gave it their all,” she said. “There were some disappointments with the relays, but everybody gave it their best effort. They went out there and did what they had to do. “We didn’t come out with

what we wanted because everybody wanted the teams to get to the finals. That didn’t happen. But we couldn’t ask for anymore. Once they did their best, there was nothing more we could ask for.” After ten days of an intense competition in what has been an usual championships with so many thrills and spills, The Bahamas was tied with Hungary for 30th place on the medal table, courtesy of Gardiner and Miller-Uibo. And specifically with Gardiner’s silver in the men’s 400m, Miller-Uibo’s bronze in the women’s 200m and fourth in the 400m, along with TyNia Gaither’s eighth place in the women’s 200m, The Bahamas ended up 22nd on the placing table with Colombia, Croatia and the Ivory Coast. While The Bahamas didn’t compete on the final day, Councilwoman Pauline Davis-Thompson kept the country in the spotlight as she presented medals to the women’s 4 x 100m relay. It was one of the many duties that she performed throughout the championships.

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No crying over baton drop By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net LONDON, England: The baton dropped between the hand off with Carmiesha Cox and Janae Ambrose on the second exchange and the Bahamas team, featuring Devynne Charlton and TyNia Gaither, failed to complete their heat of the women’s 4 x 100 metres. The performance started a barrage of disappointments for Team Bahamas on the final weekend of the 16th IAAF World Championships. “It’s spilt milk now. We have to get over it,” said Cox, who indicated that she tried to catch Ambrose. “Tomorrow is a new day. We’re all still young athletes. We have a lot to go for us. It’s nothing I’m going to cry about. I will just brush it of and think about my next race in the future.” Cox said the team, with Charlton on the pop off leg and Gither on anchor, were prepared to give it their best shot. However, the

returning Purdue senior with just an indoor season to compete in next year, said she will not let it get to her. Ambrose, a returning student at Auburn University, declined to offer any comments. However, Gaither, coming of her eighth place finish in the historic women’s 200m final with Shaunae Miller-Uibo the night before, was quite frank in what she had to say. “What can you expect when there’s no unity,” she said. “Too many voices. It’s kind of hard to really go out there and put something together last minute and I feel like that’s what happened honestly. It was really last minute. Everything.” No doubt, the 24-year-old graduate from the University of Southern California, was peeved in the final outcome. “We had the ability to make the final. That’s what irritates me the most,” she said. “We have the strength. We have the people. We just have to be on the same page and have one voice. Period.”

In getting the team going on her pop off leg, Charlton said it was just the nature of the event. “These things happen,” said Charlton, who has ran a series of relays with Cox at Purdue. “We haven’t gotten together to look at the tape, but I’m sure we will with the coaches and pinpoint what went wrong. “It was disappointing since I didn’t do as well as I wanted too in my individual event. I wanted to do something special with the relay team, but it just didn’t pan out that way.” The Bahamas went into the event with a season’s best of 44.01 after the team of Devine Parker, Brianne Bethel, Tayla Carter and Gaither got seventh to qualify for London at the IAAF World Championships in Nassau in April. Trinidad & Tobago went in with the eighth and final spot as the last of the two fastest losers in their season’s best of 42.91 for fourth place in the same heat as the Bahamas. Germany won the heat in 42.34.

CARMIESHA Cox and Jenae Ambrose walking back after the missed baton exchange in the 4x100m. Photos: Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics

RELAY TEAM TUMBLES OUT AFTER AMERTIL CLIPS RUNNER By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

LONDON, England: The women’s 4 x 400 metre relay team didn’t get to finish their heat as Christine Amertil collided on the heel of another runner, tripped and fell, landing on her head, as the remaining members of the team Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan Shaquania Dorsett watched in disbelief. It was one of the strangest circumstances that affected Team Bahamas as none of the relay teams managed to survive through the qualifying rounds on Saturday at the 16th IAAF World Championships. After getting some medical attention, the 37-year-old Armertil, the oldest member on Team Bahamas, was able to walk on her own. “I remember clipping one of the other athletes and going down and hitting my head. That was the

CHRISTINE Amertil in action before the collision. last I remember,” she said. “So I had the presence of mind to drag myself off the track because I assumed the race was still going on.

That’s about it.” When it occurred, Amertil said she just saw herself heading into the wrong direction on the track. “I tried to protect my face. I stuck my hands out. I got a few cuts and bruises about my body, but other than I have a bad headache,” she pointed. “I got assessed and the team doctor (Keir Miller) will assess me again when I get to the hotel and see what happen from here.” The member of The Bahamas’ 4 x 100m silver medal team at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany with Sheniqua ‘Q’ Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie said she was extremely disappointed. “This is what we train for. This is what we do,” she said. “We have a really young one on the team (Dorsett) and she didn’t get a chance to run, so I feel really bad. I’m very disappointed, but she’ll have many more years

ahead of her.” As for her future, Amertil said she was not a position to make any decision. Waiting at the relay exchange for Amertil to come in, Strachan said she only saw when her team mate went down close to the 200m mark. “I just hope she’s okay because I know what it is to get hurt on the track and also falling on the track is very painful,” she reflected. Dorsett said her only concern at that point was that she was okay because “when she fall, she was just lying on the track until the race was over. Nobody went to get her. The Grand Bahamian native said in track and field anything could happen. “I was just glad to be around these great elite athletes,” she said. “So I’m very thankful that I got to be here.” The team was hoping to make another dent on the global stage

after finishing 11th last year at the Olympic Games in Rio e Janeiro, Brazil when Clarke, Strachan, Carmiesha Cox and Amertil lowered the national record to 3:26.36 with a sixth place finish in their heat, At the World Relays, the combo of Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Strachan, Amertil and Rashan Brown ran a season’s best of 3:34.40 for fourth in their heat and 10th overall. They didn’t contest the B final as both Miller-Uibo and Strachan went on to compete in the historic mixed relay that they won with Steven Gardiner and Michael Mathieu. In the final in London, the United States won in a world leading time of 3:19.02; Great Britain picked up the silver in 3:25.00 and Poland clinched the bronze in 3:25.41, a season’s best. Jamaica, however, suffered a similar fate as The Bahamas on the second leg as Alesha McLaughlin-Whilby went down with an injury.

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TOP DAWGS DIDN’T SHOW UP AS MEN MISS RELAY FINAL By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

LONDON. England: They had what was considered the “easiest” of the two heat, but the Bahamas men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team could not get out of the first round of the 16th IAAF World Championships. When considering the fact that Spain won in season’s best of three minutes and 01.72 seconds, it was hard to imagine that the Bahamas team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Ojay Ferguson and Ramon Miller could muster a SB’s of 3:03.04 for sixth place, even trailing India, fifth place finishers in their SB’s of 3:02.80. All things considered, one could only understand that this had to be an unusual championships for Team Bahamas. With all

four relay teams entered, the reality set in when none of them made it to the final. It was so disappointing that Russell had to recomposed himself when he came into the mixed zone to be interviewed by the media. “It was okay. I did what I had to do. I put the team in a good place. It just didn’t work out,” he said. “I thought we were going to put the strongest team in together, but I guess we had some controversies going on where some athletes don’t want to run. “It is what it is. I know I put my best foot forward.” Russell said it disappointing to know that they couldn’t put the best team possible to try to get into the final. “We come out here to represent our country, so I would expect everyone to feel the same way,” he insisted. “But I guess everyone

different. It is what it is.” On the team that went out for The Bahamas, Russell said they did the best they could. When they changed the original team, Mathieu said he knew it was going to be difficult for them to advance. “I feel we would have been a little better if we had just put in our top team out there as planned,” he said. “I guess things happen like that some times.” Agreed upon to run in the heats were Mathieu, Stevie Gardiner, Russell and Miller, but Mathieu said Gardiner decided that he didn’t “want to be with us no more. So we just had to go with the young guy”. Obviously, his absence without veteran Chris “Fireman” Brown on the team, made a whole lot of a difference. “If he had ran with us, we definitely would have been

the 100 and 200m. As the new kid on the block, Stuart said he got a wake up call. “I have to try to get used to this atmosphere and the crowd and the people on the track,” he said. “I know they are there and I have to work harder because this is unacceptable. We just have to keep moving forward.” Stuart just thanked his team-mates for helping him to get the jitterbug of his international debut out of his system. “We have a very solid team. I got plugged in very late,” he said. “We just need some more chemistry moving forward and we will be alright.” Smith, however, didn’t mince words on their performance. “It wasn’t good at all. It was horrible,” he stressed. “We fumbled the baton. We were in the back from then. I’m just happy that the season is over. I had a long season. Just happy that it’s over.” As for the make-up of the team, Smith said it’s “okay. We just need more work”. The team of Fraser, Hart, Cliff Resias and Adrian Griffith clocked 31.18 for third place in the B final behind Trinidad & Tobago and Germany at the World Relays. But by virtue of only five teams finishing the A final, they were bumped up to the six, seven and eight spots respectively to qualify for London. One of the members of Team Bahamas at the World Relays tested positive and had the team’s trip to the championships in jeopardy. But the IAAF granted them permission and allowed them to compete without the athlete. The Bahamas has never won a medal in the men’s relay at these championships. In London, Great Britain, behind the tremendous support of the home crowd,

ALONZO Russell in the first leg of the men’s 4x400m.

Photos: Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics

headed back and our moral would have been a little higher. But when they say he wasn’t going to be with us, they felt that they had a chance to beat us and that is what the competition did.” After running a season’s best without Gardiner, Mathieu said it’s hard to say what they would have done if he was in the mix. “If this was our first race for all of us and it was a blow out,” he stressed. “I felt like we could have come back harder because normally we do. So a lot of us were expecting him to be out there with us to pull us through and then hopefully we could have been faster.” Ferguson was just grateful that he got another to run on the international stage again with the team. “We didn’t get what we

wanted too, but at the end of the day, we gave it our all,” he said. “I just want to thank God. We gave it our all. That’s all I can say. I know I gave it my all.” With a last minute decision to switch the team, Miller said they did what they could do. “This was not the original team, but athletes figured they wouldn’t run for their reason,” he stressed. “We had to run our best team out there to make it back. We didn’t want to take any chances, but he (Gardiner) told the coaches he wasn’t going to run. So we had to put that aside and come out here and do what we had to do.” Miller admitted that the team was not the best, they went out and they did their best.

pulled off the upset with a world leading time of 37.47. The United States had to settle for the silver in a season’s best of 37.52. Japan, surprisingly, claimed the bronze in their SB’s best of 38.04. That was because Usain Bolt, in his farewell race, pulled up with about 70 metres left as he trailed Briton’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and American Christian Coleman, the silver medalist in the 100m. Bolt, the 30-year-old 100/200m world record holder, made one final return to the track as he was given a tribute, led by IAAF president Sebastian Coe and the Major of London, as he was presented with a piece of the stadium

track from 2012 when he dominated the Olympic Games here. To the delight of the crowd, the world’s greatest sprinting icon made a long stroll around the track as he said his final goodbyes to the song ‘Reggae Night, Jamming and One Love.” He was stopped by two young boys, one of whom got a chance to get a selfie photograph taken of the superstar. Before he got to the finish line, he was greeted by his proud parents. As he got to the line, he knelt and bowed, giving thanks. On the stop clock were his world records of 9.58 in the 100m and 19.19 in the 200m. So long to the legend.

WARREN FRASER, at the start of the 4x100 men’s race.

“throw me under the bus.” He said only because the team didn’t qualify, they shift the attention on him when there was five “fresh guys,” who was waiting to run in the relay. “That’s low,” he stated. “If it happens again in the futre, I don;’t want no part of it. I came to represent my country. My first year as a senor, they treated me horrible, but I didn’t go to the media. They said it I was running, they were not going to run. They want the ‘Golden Knights’ to run.

“Now today, they need me to run. I wasn’t going to be selfish with them. I was only going to run one round.” Still trying to fully recover from the flu, Gardiner said he will go back to training in Florida to get ready for the Diamond League final in Zurich on August 24. He’s currently sitting in third place with 156 points behind Baboloki Thebe from Botswana and American Vernon Norwood with 35 and 19 points respectively.

“We ran a season’s best, but we was hoping that we could make the final because we are the top dawgs. The top dawgs didn’t show up today.” After missing out on the final at the last championships in Beijing, China, the team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris Brown ran 2:58.48 for the bronze behind the gold medal feat from the United States and Jamaica with the silver. In the grand finale in London without The Bahamas entered, Trinidad & Tobago ran a world leading 2:58.12 for the gold, upsetting the USA, who had to settle for the silver in a season;s best of 2:58.61. The bronze went to host Great Britain in their season;s best of 2:59.00.

LACK OF PRACTICE BLAMED AS RELAY TEAM DISQUALIFIED By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

LONDON, England: The team of Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Sean Stuart and Teray Smith ran 39.35 for seventh place in their heat, but it didn’t matter as they got disqualified during the heats on Saturday at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Stadium. They followed on the heels of the disaster of the women’s 4 x 100m team that dropped the baton on the second exchange and was unable to finish. More drama unfolded as both the women and men’s 4 x 400m teams failed to move on in their heats. Despite not getting the opportunity to come back for a second run in the final later that night, said he got out of the blocks very strong and was able to accelerate to get the baton to Hart. “The exchanges wasn’t as perfect. I ran up on Shavez a little bit, but it just could have been cleaner exchanges,” he said. “This is our first competition together, including Sean. But I was expecting cleaner exchanges.” In time, Fraser said they will get better once they can stay together. Hart said they didn’t get in sufficient practice and it showed. “It’s a first time we had a new member (Stuart), so we had to incorporate him in over the past three days,” he said. “We did a good job as far as getting the baton around the track. We had three guys returning and we just plugged in a new guy. It wasn’t difficult because we were already acclimatized with each other.” But Hart admitted that if The Bahamas is going to be a contender for the event, they all have to do a better job of lowering their personal best performances in

GARDINER: WHY I DIDN’T RUN THE HEATS IN THE 400M RELAY from page one Although he wasn’t running, Gardiner said the line-up was changed 45 minutes before the team was scheduled to run and they excluded one of the team members, Kendrick Thompson, was taken out of the line-up for one of the guys who he defeated at the national team trials in Grand Bahama in June. “I’m an adult. The reason why I didn’t go out there was because I told her I wasn’t feeling well and I

was going to jeopardize myself for a relay team and get hurt,” he said. “It’s not that I was saying that I wasn’t going to enjoy running the relay. I told her that I was tired. “You can’t force an adult to do something when I know my rights and you can’t force someone to do something. I cannot go out there and perform if I’m not feeling well. I had a flu as well. They didn’t even care.” Gardiner said he don’t like how they tried to

PERFORMANCE ROUND-UP

LONDON, England: Here’s a look at how the Bahamas’ 24-member team performed at the 16th IAAF World Championships: Men’s 100 metres Warren Fraser - 3rd in heat four in the preliminary round of the 100m in 10.30 for 8th overall. 7th in heat in first round in 10.42 for 38th overall. Men’s 200m Teray Smith - 5th in heat in 20.77 for 34th overall. Men’s 400m Steven Gardiner - 1st in heat in the first round in 44.75 for 2nd overall; 1st in his heat in the semifinal in a national record of 43.89 for 1st overall and 2nd in the final in 44.41 for the silver. Men’s high jump Donald Thomas - 14th in Group A of the qualifying round with leap of 2.22m for 22nd overall. Men’s 4 x 100m relay Team of Warren Fraser, Shavez Hart, Sean Stuart and Teray Smith - disqualified in qualifying round. Men’s 4 x 400m relay Team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Ojay Ferguson and Ramon Miller ran 3:03.04, a season;s best, for 6th in qualifying heat fr 11th overall. Women’s 200m Shaunae Miller-Uibo - 1st in first round heat in 22.69 for 2nd overall; 1st in heat in semifinal in 22.49 for 2nd overall; 3rd in final in 22.15 for the bronze.

TyNia Gaither - 2nd in first round heat in 22.98 for 9th overall; 4th in semifinal heat in 22.85 for 8th overall; 8th in final in 23.07. Anthonique Strachan 3rd in first round heat in 22.23 for 15th overall; 8th in heat in semifinal heat in 23.21 for 16th overall. Women’s 400m Shaunae Miller-Uibo 3rd in heat in 50.97 for 3rd overall; 1st in her heat in the semifinals in 50.36 for 1st overall; fourth in final in 50.49. Women’s 100m hurdles Devynne Charlton - 4th in first round heat in 13.02 for 19th overall; 6th in semifinal heat in 12.95 for 13th overall. Women’s triple jump Tamara Myers - 13th in Group B with 13.41m for 24th overall. Women’s long jump Bianca Stuart - 14th in Group B with 5.91m for 14th place in qualifying round for 28th overall. Women’s 4 x 100m relay Team of Devynne Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Janae Ambrose and TyNia Gaither - did not finish qualifying round. Women’s 4 x 400m relay Team of Lanece Clarke, Christine Amertil, Anthonique Strachan and Shaquania Dorsett - did not finish. Medal placement - tied with Hungary for 30th place. Final placement - tied for 22nd with Colombia, Croatia and the Ivory Coast.

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JONES TAKES SUPER-HOT SUN INTO PLAY-OFFS by RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net POWERED by the record setting rebounding pace of Jonquel Jones, the Connecticut Sun continue to be one of the hottest teams in the WNBA and officially clinched its first playoff berth since 2012. Jones finished with 19 points, 16 rebounds and tied a career high with five blocks in the Sun’s 96-88 win over the Dallas Wings Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Unacasville, Connecticut. With the win and San Antonio Stars win over the Atlanta Dream, the Sun clinched a berth to the postseason. “It’s something that people probably didn’t believe in when the season started,

but we knew it, “ Jones said following the win, “So I think that’s all that matters. And once our fans and coaches are behind us, that’s all we need.” It pushed the Sun’s winning streak to five games, the longest streak in the league. It was also Jones’ fifth straight double double and her 16th of the season. The win also marked the eighth consecutive home win for the Sun and their 11th win in 13 home contests. “It might have come a year earlier than I thought,” Sun coach Curt Miller said to the New Haven Register, “It is special for all those guys who haven’t been in he playoffs before. A lot of that roster has not been in the playoffs so really excited for them, our four second year players are such a big part

of us, happy that they are going to experience it for the first time.” The Sun lead the Eastern Conference at 17-9, one game ahead of the Washington Mystics. They remain third in the league behind the Western Conference leaders Minnesota Lynx (21-4) and Los Angeles Sparks (19-7). “We’re so excited to end the drought and get back in the playoffs,” Miller said to the Norweich Bulletin, “In that locker room, that team has many more goals ahead of it. I’m really proud of the way we played. We’re going to celebrate it, but that locker room still has more goals in mind.” The Sun franchise began as the Orlando Miracle in 1999 and made the postseason just once in its four-year tenure in Florida. They re-

located to Connecticut in 2003. They advanced to the WNBA Finals in 2004-05 and the Conference Finals in 2003, 2006, and 2012. Sine their last postseason appearance they finished sixth or fifth in the conference for the past four years. Jones pushed her averages to 16 points, a league leading 11.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game. She averaged 6.8 points and 3.7 rebounds as a rookie last season. She received one vote in the 2016 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year tally to finish in a 5-way tie for fifth behind winner Jantel Lavender. The Sun finished last season 14-20, 5th in Eastern Conference, just missing the postseason after a dramatic midseason turnaround.

CONNECTICUT Sun centre Jonquel Jones.

All-Star paricipants praise 30 years of basketball camp by RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net A MILESTONE 30th edition of the Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp concluded with its traditional “Fun Night” Saturday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. During the event, campers had an opportunity to showcase their skills learnt from the camp, and the celebrity All-Star game featuring the camp instructors, against the visiting NBA stars, highlighted the evening. Eric Gordon, of the Houston Rockets, and Shelvin Mack, of the Orlando Magic, led team Green against a team of local pros and camp instructors on team Blue which featured Zane Knowles and Quentin Demeritte. Knowles scored four

points in overtime to lead team Green to a 74-70 win. He finished with 27 points and became a fan favourite with his powerful highlight reel dunks. The 6’10” center played his NCAA tenure at Texas A & M Corpus Christi and will spend this season with King Wilki Morskie Szczecin of the PLK, the top tier level in Poland. Gordon, whose mother Denise is Bahamian, said it’s always a pleasure for him whenever he gets a chance to come back to The Bahamas. The current NBA Sixth Man of the Year put on a shooting display and made eight threes in route to scoring 24 points to follow up his visit to the camp on Thursday. “It’s always good to come back to the Jeff Rodgers Camp, he’s involved with a lot of kids, that’s what I

like. I always have fun coming down here, this is like a second home to me so I always enjoy coming to The Bahamas and being able to help out with this event and participate.” Mack also contributed 15 points. “It feels good. It’s a blessing to have been invited down here and I’m always looking forward to doing whatever I can to help the camp. I played with Klay Thompson on the USA basketball U19 team and I’ve known Eric Gordon for a while, so when they asked me to come down, I couldn’t resist the opportunity. This is my fourth time here being apart of the camp and I always appreciate the opportunity to come down here,” he said. Team Blue also featured former camper and current junior national team mem-

ber Samuel Hunter, now with BC Christian in British Colombia, Canada. Demeritte also scored 15 for team Green. This year, both sides allowed campers to be a part of the All-Star game which in the past has featured many NBA icons including Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues, Chris Paul and Kyrie Irving among many others. Camp director Jeff Rodgers underscored the importance of the event. “To us, this is the most important event in the camp because it gives the kids an opportunity to showcase all the skills they have learned over the past few weeks for their parents, friends and other interested basketball enthusiasts,” Rodgers said. “But again, more than anything else, we want to ensure that the campers understand the importance of developing healthy bodies

with a positive outlook on life.” Each of the visiting NBA icons conducted sessions with the campers aimed at instilling the values and ideals necessary for success on and off the court. “We are so thankful to be able to reach this far and to still have the impact we have at 30 years. I really appreciate the time these guys take out to talk to the different groups, talk about their life experiences and the messages they deliver - staying in school, staying out of trouble, staying off drugs. Some of the same things I have been telling the past four weeks and 30 years,” Rodgers said. “This year has probably been our greatest challenge by far kids were so excited and it is always a great experience for them to have the guys.” In addition to the impact

of the visiting NBA personalities, Rodgers said it is always important for the campers to be tutored by local players that have excelled in the game. “Every morning, we had the instructors and the guys from the national team interact with the kids so they see it’s not just the NBA stars, they get it from our very own talent just to show that there’s one message there are rules on the court and there are rules in life,” Rodgers said. “We put a lot of focus in talking and teaching them as much as possible about life off the basketball court. One of the most important things for them to understand, and to teach them about Bahamian society and the challenges they will face off the basketball court with a focus on integrity and character building,” he said.

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49ERS ROOKIES SHINE IN EXHIBITION OPENER

Monday, August 14, 2017, PAGE 5

Mariota returns; Jets top Titans 7-3 in preseason opener

By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press

By SIMMI BUTTAR Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco’s rookie class made a positive first impression. Led by first-round defensive standouts Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster, the 49ers had to be pleased with what they saw from a strong draft class and a few undrafted free agents in a 27-17 exhibition opener victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday night. “I was excited for a lot of those guys,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday. “That’s really what this preseason is for. You want to see it in the first game. You never play your starting guys very long. I thought our backups stepped in and did a good job.” After matching a franchise-low with just two wins last season, the 49ers are starting a major rebuilding project under Shanahan and new general manager John Lynch. Key to that process will be the performance of the team’s top two picks in April. Thomas, picked third overall, looked like he did when he dominated the defensive line in college at Stanford. He applied the pressure that led to an early interception by Rashard Robinson, added a second pressure, a quarterback hit and made two tackles in the run game. Foster, picked 31st, broke up a pass in the end zone and teamed with NaVorro Bowman to tackle Spencer Ware short of the end zone. Foster, who had no interceptions in high school or college, has had several so far on the practice field and was upset that he missed the one in the end zone against Alex Smith. “I think I had something to prove,” Foster said. “A lot of guys were teasing me about the pass breakup. I could have caught a pick. They were talking about I caught all the picks in practice and I can’t catch one in the game, when the lights come on.” Thomas and Foster were far from the only rookies to make an impact, including third-round quarterback C.J. Beathard, who went 7 for 11 for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Beathard overcame some early communication problems to have a strong finish and could play with the second string next week ahead of Matt Barkley. “His first couple of drives didn’t go smoothly but he kept his composure and didn’t get rattled,” Shanahan said. “He acted the same way he’s always been. He did a good job of hanging in the picket ad getting the ball to the right spots. You can see he’s a tough competitor.” Third-round cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was not targeted once on 19 coverage snaps, according to Pro Football Focus; fourth-round running back Joe Williams had seven carries for 60 yards and fifthround receiver Trent Taylor caught all three targets for 33 yards. A few undrafted rookies also shined with receiver Kendrick Bourne catching four passes for 88 yards and a TD; running back Matt Breida rushing for 40 yards and Lorenzo Jerome starting at free safety and finishing with three tackles. But this game also showed how far the 49ers have to go after winning just seven games the past two seasons and then overhauling the entire organization from the coaching staff to the front office to a significant portion of the roster. The first-team offense failed to generate a first down in two series in the game, the defense allowed Smith to lead a touchdown drive in his only action of the game and the team was called for 21 penalties, including two that were declined and two that were offset by Kansas City infractions. The accepted penalties cost San Francisco 131 yards and many of the infractions were self-inflicted, with 10 pre-snap penalties.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota played his first game since breaking his right leg late last season in a 7-3 loss to the Jets in the preseason opener for both teams on Saturday night. Mariota, who threw for 3,426 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2016 before his injury on Dec. 24 against Jacksonville, played two series in the first quarter. On his first attempt, he scrambled to his right and completed a 15-yard pass to Rishard Matthews . He finished 2 of 3 for 15 yards. Unlike the Titans, the Jets’ quarterback situation is more muddled. Welltraveled veteran Josh McCown got the start for New York. He was 3 of 4 for 72 yards and a touchdown in his one series, which was enough for the win because the Jets defense had eight sacks and was dominant throughout. Christian Hackenberg, a second-round pick in 2016, took over for McCown and played until late in the third quarter. Hackenberg was 18 of 25 for 127 yards. Bryce Petty, a fourthround pick in 2015, finished up and was 2 of 6 for 16 yards. Robby Anderson, an undrafted free agent who was trying to make the team a year ago, is the Jets’ No. 1 receiver after Quincy Enunwa was lost for the season to a neck injury. He had three receptions for 71 yards. Anderson made a nice 53-yard catch on the opening drive, which ended with McCown’s 4-yard TD pass Charone Peake.

TENNESSEE Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) runs the ball under pressure from New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson (96) during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/ Julio Cortez)

Titans rookie receiver Taywan Taylor made a leaping a 42-yard catch in the third quarter. The drive ended with Ryan Succop’s 36-yard field goal. Titans running back Derrick Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, had eight carries for 29 yards. Alex Tanney replaced Mariota and was sacked by linebacker Julian Stanford on his first play and briefly left the game. He returned for the next series. Tanney was 10 of 26 for 128 yards with an interception and lost a fumble on a sack. Former Jets wide receiver Eric Decker had no catches in his return to the Meadowlands. Decker was signed by the Titans in June after he was cut by the Jets in their salary purge. N.Y. SACK EXCHANGE Devon Still, Anthony Johnson, Josh Martin, Jor-

dan Jenkins, Bruce Carter, Leonard Williams, Patrick Gamble and Stanford had sacks for the Jets. Martin also had a fumble recovery. GETTING A LEG UP Chandler Catanzaro and Ross Martin are competing for the Jets’ kicking job. Catanzaro made a PAT, but was wide left on a 55yard field goal attempt in the second quarter. OUT OF THE LINEUP Titans: Running back DeMarco Murray (hamstring), wide receivers Corey Davis (hamstring) and Mekale McKay, cornerback Demontre Hurst, defensive lineman Karl Klug (ankle) all sat out. Jets: Running backs Matt Forte (hamstring), Bilal Powell (neck) and linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin did not play.

Receiver Matthews hurts chest in practice debut with Bills By JOHN WAWROW Associated Press PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Matthews’ first chance to fill Sammy Watkins’ starting job with the Buffalo Bills ended with the newly acquired receiver sustaining a chest injury. Matthews finished the two-hour practice on Sunday before being escorted off the field by a trainer. The Bills were unable to provide an update on the nature or severity of the injury because Matthews was still being evaluated. It’s unclear when Matthews might have been hurt, though he did fall hard along the sideline while attempting to make a leaping catch in one-onone coverage with cornerback Shareece Wright during a team drill. It was not the type of debut the Bills were counting upon in returning to training camp since completing two blockbuster trades on Friday.

Buffalo gave up starting cornerback Ronald Darby to acquire Matthews and a third-round draft pick from Philadelphia. The deal coincided with Buffalo trading Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams for cornerback E.J. Gaines and a secondround pick. As important as acquiring the two picks were for a team looking ahead to rebuilding through the draft, Matthews was a key addition in addressing Buffalo’s more immediate needs. Though not considered as dynamic of a deep threat as Watkins, Matthews has been consistent in his first three seasons with the Eagles. He was Philadelphia’s most productive receiver with 2,673 yards and 19 touchdowns, and became just the fifth NFL player to top 65 catches and 800 yards in each of his first three seasons. Matthews saw playing time with both the firstand second-string offenses

among what’s now become an entirely retooled group of receivers, including Anquan Boldin who signed last week. Before practice, coach Sean McDermott was already projecting seeing both Matthews and Gaines play in a preseason game at Philadelphia on Thursday. Gaines was surprised in learning of the trade, and welcomed the chance to prove himself after the Rams deemed him expendable. “Just being somewhere that I feel wanted,” Gaines said following practice. “Being somewhere that I feel like expects me to come in and make plays and knows what I can do on the football field, I’m just excited.” A sixth-round pick out of Missouri, Gaines won the starting job as a rookie in 2014, before missing the next season with a foot injury. He started 10 games last season before his job secu-

NEW York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson (11) celebrates with running back Elijah McGuire (35) after making a catch against the Tennessee Titans during the first quarter of an NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) rity was placed in question after the Rams acquired Kayvon Webster in the offseason. In Buffalo, he’ll compete with Wright, first-round draft pick Tre’Davious White and Kevon Seymour for the two starting jobs on what will be a completely revamped secondary following Darby’s departure. Buffalo also features two new starting safeties in free-agent additions Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer. In other developments, McDermott continued expressing concern with starting left tackle Cordy Glenn missing practice due to a sore left foot that has bothered him the entire offseason. Without going into detail, McDermott would only say, “we’re hopeful,” when asked if Glenn will be ready for the start of the season. He also acknowledged the team will have to develop a contingency plan in the event Glenn isn’t ready. Backup Seantrel Henderson won’t be available because he will miss the first five games to complete serving a 10-game suspension issued last year for violating the NFL’s substance

abuse policy. That leaves third-year player Michael Ola and rookie third-round draft pick Dion Dawkins competing for the primary backup spot. Glenn was held out of Buffalo’s preseasonopening 17-10 loss to Minnesota and did not practice the following day. He also missed two practices 10 days ago after traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina, to have his foot examined by a specialist. NOTES: Safety Colt Anderson was cleared for practice and activated from the physically unable to perform list because of a foot injury. ... Rookie QB Nathan Peterman was rewarded for his preseason game performance by practicing with the second-string offense ahead of veteran backup T.J. Yates. Though crediting Peterman for going 13 of 25 for 112 yards and a TD against the Vikings, McDermott said he’s still evaluating as to whether to change the depth chart.

Dolphins’ Tannehill out for season, goes on injured reserve By STEVEN WINE Associated Press

\Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) stretches with teammates during NFL football training camp in Davie, Fla. A person familiar with the decision says Tannehill will have surgery to repair the torn ACL in his left knee and will miss the entire season. The person confirmed the decision to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, because the Dolphins had not disclosed it publicly. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Dolphins placed quarterback Ryan Tannehill on injured reserve with a left knee injury, sidelining him for the entire season. The move came Saturday, when Miami also signed linebacker Junior Sylvestre. He spent part of the 2017 offseason with Buffalo and the 2016 offseason and training camp with Indianapolis. Tannehill will have surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a person familiar with the decision said Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the Dolphins hadn't disclosed the decision publicly. Jay Cutler, who parted with the Chicago Bears after eight seasons, agreed to delay his fledgling network TV career and signed a $10 million, one-year contract Monday to replace Tannehill. Tannehill missed the final four games of last season with two sprained ligaments in his knee, and he reinjured it a week into training camp. The Dolphins consulted with specialists before the team and Tannehill decided on surgery.

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Monday, August 14, 2017, PAGE 7

LUKAKU AND MATIC LAUNCH UNITED’S SEASON IN STYLE

TWO summer signings costing $150m inspired Manchester United to an easy victory in its opening Premier League match of the season. Tottenham didn’t spend anything in the transfer market during the offseason but still got off to a winning start Sunday. Romelu Lukaku scored twice and Nemanja Matic ran the game from central midfield as United beat West Ham 4-0 in an ominous performance at Old Trafford. United jumped ahead of Chelsea to sign Lukaku for $97m in July and the Belgium striker has already scored on his competitive debut — a consolation

RONALDO reacts as he is sent off during his eventful appearance for Real Madrid, scoring then earning yellow cards for taking his shirt off and diving in the area.

RONALDO SEES RED - BUT REAL TAKE EL CLASSICO TRIUMPH BARCELONA, SPAIN Associated Press CRISTIANO Ronaldo made a big impact in his truncated appearance at Camp Nou on Sunday, scoring a goal before being sent off in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. Ronaldo went on in the 58th minute and scored with a beautiful strike to make it 2-1 in the 80th, earning a yellow card for taking off his shirt to flex his muscles at Barcelona’s faithful. But that defiant pose

turned into a petulant pout two minutes later when Ronaldo was booked again for diving in the area following contact with Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti. Ronaldo gave the referee a push in the back after seeing the red card that meant he will miss Wednesday’s return leg at the Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said that the club would consider appealing Ronaldo’s second booking to the Spanish football federation. “We played a great match. What bothers me

is the sending off of Cristiano,” Zidane said. “Maybe it wasn’t a penalty, but the card is a bit too much.” After Madrid went ahead in the 50th from an owngoal by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, Lionel Messi equalized for Barcelona in the 77th from the penalty spot. Messi was given the chance to take his “clasico” goal record to 24 against Madrid when Luis Suarez was fouled by goalkeeper Keylor Navas. While Ronaldo’s goal was a blow, substitute Marco Asensio’s 90th-minute strike — with Madrid down

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to 10 men — left Barcelona in a deep hole for the second leg. “I am not going to play this down, we are happy with the result. But of course it is not over,” Zidane said. “We are going to enjoy this today, because it is something to enjoy, and tomorrow we will think about the game on Wednesday.” While Zidane’s Madrid took a big step to a second title to start the season after beating Manchester United in the European Super Cup, it was a dismal debut for Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde.

DECLARING he was “more alive than ever,” Neymar did not disappoint on his debut for Paris SaintGermain. The world’s most expensive player provided a pulsating evening’s entertainment at the Stade du Roudourou on Sunday, with one goal and an assist, as PSG overcame strong resistance from Guingamp to win 3-0 in the French league. Neymar was named man of the match, and it was deserved. “I’m very happy with the trophy (man of the match),

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but the most important (thing) was to win,” Neymar said through a translator. “People believe that leaving Barca is like to die. But I’m more alive than ever. I’m very happy, and the football is the same.”

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against Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup — and now on his Premier League debut. Matic, meanwhile, was authoritative on his league debut for United following his recent departure from Chelsea, which looks increasingly like an ill-judged decision by the champions. He created the first goal by dispossessing West Ham’s Pedro Obiang and sparking the break, and proved to be an impenetrable shield in front of United’s back four. He could be one of the signings of the summer at $53m. Earlier, Tottenham beat 10-man Newcastle 2-0 away thanks to goals by Dele Alli and Ben Davies.

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