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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A student budget and a love of beer has landed Australian rower Chris Morgan at the Rio Olympics.Morgan is competing in his third Olympics, this time partnering David Watts in the mens double scull after winning bronze in the quad in London.Arriving at university in 2003 Adelaide Morgan had no plans of being a rower let alone a three-time Olympian and medallist.I never really envisioned myself being an elite athlete, the South Australian said.I was looking for a way to avoid going to uni bar every afternoon and there was a comp on the ergometer to win a case of beer so I thought `You beauty and gave it a go and the rest is history.Im damn glad they put on that case of beer.From that Morgan said he did the unis learn to row program and his potential was identified by the head coach, which eventually led him to the Olympics.While Morgan, 33, is the oldest man in the Australian rowing team, West Australian Watts is an Olympic debutant but is a proven performer.He was part of the mens quad scull that finished second at the 2015 world championships before the seats were reshuffled this year and a new double combination formed.The lack of time together will make it tough for Morgan to add to his Olympic medal collection, going up against world champion Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic and in-form Kiwi crew Robert Manson and Chris Harris.This time around compared to London as Im coming into a different boat class with a guy Ive never rowed internationally with before this year, Morgan said.Theres been a lot of challenges developing the chemistry and working out how each other ticks and how we row and trying to get on the same page.While its been several months thats gone by in a flash were going to go out there and do our thing. BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Sabri Thompson had 13 points and Zeek Woodley and Devonte Hall added 11 apiece as Northwestern State started fast and then held on to beat Louisiana-Monroe 68-64 in the Shreveport-Bossier Holiday Classic on Saturday.Northwestern State sprinted to a 20-2 lead and was ahead 30-11 with 6:37 remaining in the first half. Louisiana-Monroe opened the second half on a 22-7 run to close to 47-44 midway through the second period. Northwestern State answered with an 8-2 run and held off the Warhawks in the final mminutes.dddddddddddd Louisiana-Monroe drilled four straight treys to close to 66-62 with 44 seconds left.Northwestern State (5-4) led throughout.The Demons shot 61.5 percent from the floor in the first half and finished shooting 26 of 49 (53.1 percent) while holding the Warhawks to 25-of-59 shooting.Sam McDaniel had 13 points and Travis Munnings added 12 with 12 boards for Louisiana-Monroe (4-6). Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
TORONTO -- The Latest on the World Cup of Hockey (all times local):5:55 p.m.Sweden should be as healthy as it can be when it opens the World Cup of Hockey on Sunday against Russia.Marcus Kruger is expected to play after missing time with an upper-body injury. Kruger practiced Thursday at Air Canada Centre, reported progress and got a vote of confidence from coach Rickard Gronborg.My expectation is hes going to be ready to go when were dropping the puck in the first game, Gronborg said. He should be ready, and he obviously is filling a very important spot on our team. Weve got some stability in one of the lines because hes a very smart player, especially when it comes to defensive situations from defensive face-offs to penalty kills. Hes a pretty important part of our team.Coming off allowing five goals on 22 shots, goaltender Henrik Lundqvist wasnt happy Thursday.If you would be fine with giving up five goals, I mean, I think its not a good thing, Lundqvist said. I tried to last night analyze it and learn from the game. I watched some tape and tried to have a good practice today. But I feel like we still have some time here to correct a few things personally and as a group.---4:30 p.m.Former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson will get his Canadian citizenship next week in a ceremony being held during World Cup of Hockey festivities.The native Swede, who spent most of his career with Ottawa, will be among 102 people to become citizens Tuesday in a Toronto ceremony attended by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL Players Association executive director Donald Fehr.---3:55 p.m.Alex Ovechkin says he will play in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, regardless of whether the NHL agrees to participate.Several Russian players made that stance clear before the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but Ovechkin is continuing it. Ovechkin says hell wait and see, adding I will go there.Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday that it was radio silence on the topic of negotiating an agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic committee. The league and Players Association will meet with IIHF officials in Toronto over the next two weeks during the World Cup of Hockey.---2:50 p.m.Sergei Bobrovsky is Russias starting goaltender to begin the World Cup of Hockey.Coach Oleg Znarok said through an interpreter Thursday that Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets will be in net against Sweden on Sunday in Russias first game of the tournament. Znarok made no commitment to Bobrovsky long term over Semyon Varlamov of the Colorado Avalanche.Bobrovsky appeared to have the inside track on the job when Russia started him in its exhibition finale Wednesday against Canada.---2 p.m.Connor McDavid doesnt think hed make Canadas World Cup of Hockey team if eligible.McDavid is playing for Team North America, which is made up of players 23 and under from Canada and North America. He wasnt eligible to be selected by Canada.Some around hockey consider McDavid one of the best players already at age 19, but he said Canadas roster was a hard one to crack.---1:30 p.m.Mike Babcock says hes close to finalizing Canadas lineup for its first World Cup of Hockey game Saturday night against the Czech Republic.Theres plenty of fluidity in the lineup, but Babcock seems to have found linemates for captain Sidney Crosby in Boston Bruins forwards Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron. The coaching staff decided on that line in advance, and it clicked well in exhibition play.He likes to play with guys with speed and guys with hockey sense, Babcock said. The other thing is he wants to be on offense, so if you play him with one really intelligent defensive player as well like Bergy, it helps him out.Crosby said before the tournament hed love to play with Marchand. He knows Bergeron because the two were linemates on the way to gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.I think hes just good in every area, Crosby said of Bergeron. Hes reliable at both ends of the ice, hes got really good hockey sense. I think his hockey sense is probably what sticks out the most, playing in all situations.Defensively hes pretty tough to go up against and offensively he can hurt you. Hes really an all-around player.---NoonFinland coach Lauri Marjamaki still wont name his starting goaltender for the first game of the World Cup of Hockey.Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators appears to be the front-runner to start Sunday against Team North America based on exhibition action, but Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins isnt a bad second option.Rinne says hes preparing to play Sunday but that the coaching staff hasnt told him the plan. He started Finlands final exhibition game Tuesday against the United States and stopped 26 of the 29 shots he faced.Most teams have their starters figured out by now. Jonathan Quick will be in net for the U.S., Carey Price for Canada, Matt Murray for North America, Jaroslav Halak for Team Europe and Henrik Lundqvist for Sweden. Sky Sports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague looks at the La Liga stories making headlines this week. There is plenty to review in a week that saw all of the top three sides win, to leave Barcelona and Atletico Madrid level on points at the top of the table and Real Madrid just a point behind.Balague looks at Barcas stunning return to form as they snapped their winless run with an 8-0 victory over Deportivo la Coruna. He also reviews Fernando Torres recent resurgence for Atletico, with the striker scoring in his last five games in a row.Therre are also stories about Neymar and if he could be sold by Barcelona, as well as a look at Barcas plans for their new stadium.ddddddddddddristiano Ronaldos future at Real Madrid is also discussed along with Gareth Bales form under Zinedine Zidane.Watch Balague review the top stories in the Spanish press in the video at the top of the page. 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ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- The largest PGA Tour playoff of the year at the RSM Classic didnt finish before darkness Sunday, and it wont include Billy Horschel when it resumes.Horschel, the highest-ranked player in the five-man playoff at Sea Island, burned the edge of the cup with his birdie putt at No. 18 on the first playoff hole. Stepping over a routine tap-in from 2 feet, he blocked it to the right and was eliminated.Mackenzie Hughes, the Canadian trying to become the first rookie to go wire-to-wire in 20 years, had a 10-foot birdie putt on No. 18 on the second extra hole and it turned away to the left. It already was plenty dark, and there was no chance to play another hole.Hughes, Blayne Barber, Camilo Villegas and Henrik Norlander were to return at 8 a.m. on Monday to finish the final PGA Tour event of the year.So much is at stake for all of them, starting with a trip to the Masters.Norlander and Villegas dont have full status on the PGA Tour this year -- Norlander received a sponsors exemption -- and a victory would take care of that. Hughes began his rookie season just six weeks ago and has a honeymoon planned in the offseason. Barber is going for his first PGA Tour victory.Hughes narrowly missed birdie chances on the 15th and 16th holes, but holed a 5-foot par putt on the 18th in regulation for a 1-under 69 to join the playoff.Norlander, who closed with a 65, stuffed a 9-iron into 3 feet on the 18th in regulation and was the first to reach 17-under 265. Barber ran off back-to-back birdies on the back nine, and he had a 12-foot birdie attempt at the 18th that he missed on the low side. He shot a 66.Villegas played the best coming down the stretch. Two shots behind with three to play, the Colombian hit an aggressive drive on the par-4 16th that set up wedge for a short birdie, then holed an 18-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 17th to tie for the lead. He made a 6-foot par on 18 for a 68.CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPNAPLES, Fla. -- Ariya Jutanugarn was unable to accept the CME Globe trophy when it was first being presented to her, needing both hands to hold a big plastic cube stuffed with $1 million in cash.Thats a great way to end a season.Jutanugarns breakout year ended with a haul of prizes Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship- the LPGA Tours player of the year award, the money title and the season-long Race to CME Globe points competition that comes with a $1 million bonus.A winner of five tournaments in a year that started slowly with a major meltdown in the California desert and turned around with her winning three consecutive starts in May, Jutanugarn held off Lydia Ko for all three of those trophies.In Gee Chun made a 10-footer for birdie on the final hole to win the scoring title by the slimmest of margins, making her the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both the Vare Trophy and rookie of the year in the same season. If Chuns final putt had not fallen, Ko would have won the Vare.Charley Hull won the tournament for her first LPGA Tour title. The English player shot 66-66 in a bogey-free weekend to finish at 19-under 269.So Yeon Ryu (67) was second, Jennifer Song (68) followed at 15 under, and Jutanugarn (69) was 14 under with Mo Martin (68) and Beatriz Recari (68). Chun (70) was seventh at 13 under.Ko (72) tied for 10th at 11 under.WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Henrik Stenson won the Race to Dubai title for the second time in four years, and Matthew Fitzpatrick won the World Tour Championship.Stenson shot 7-under 65 on Jumeirahs Earth Course to stay ahead of his rivals in the year-long race. The Swede earned a bonus of $1.25 million as the European Tours top player.The 40-year-old Stenson, who also won the Race to Dubai in 2013, tied for ninth at 12-under 276 -- in a group that included Rory McIlroy (65).Fitzpatrick closed with a 5-under 67 to finish at 17-under 271, a stroke ahead of fellow Englishman Tyrrell Hatton (68).AUSTRALIAN OPENSYDNEY -- Jordan Spieth made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat local hopes Cameron Smith and Ashley Hall for his second Australian Open title.Spieth, the American star who won the Masters and U.S. Open last year, had to sink another clutch par putt on the 18th hole at Royal Sydney to join Smith and Hall at 12-under 276.Hall and Smith each shot 66. Four players held the lead at various times on a dramatic final day, including Spieth, who was playing the Australian Open for the third time. He also has a runner-up finish (2015) to go along with his wins in 2014 and 2016.PEBBLE BEACH INVITATIONALPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Scott McCarron won the Pebble Beach Invitational, birdieing the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke victory over fellow PGA Tour Champions player Kevin Sutherland.The 51-year-old McCarron finished the three-course event at 10-under 278. He won twice this season on the PGA Tour Champions.Sutherland birdied four the last five holes for a 67.Andrew Putnam was third at 8 under after a 65. WASHINGTON -- John Wall remembers how good of a defensive team the Washington Wizards were when they made the playoffs in 2014 and 2015 and wants defense to be the foundation they use to get back to the postseason.With new coach Scott Brooks preaching a defense-first mentality, Wall, backcourt mate Bradley Beal and the Wizards appear ready to buy in. As much as Washington can light up the scoreboard, the path to the playoffs starts with being more consistent defensively.Some nights youre not going to make shots, but your defense has got to win you games sometimes, Wall said. If were a great defensive team, well be fine. But if not well go through the same problems we went through last year.A bevy of injuries and defensive off nights contributed to the Wizards missing the playoffs and led to them not renewing the contract of coach Randy Wittman. Enter Brooks, who hopes to make the Wizards an even better defensive team than he had with the Oklahoma City Thunder for seven seasons.Brooks believes the Wizards have the athleticism and depth to be one of the best two-way teams in the league and hed like that to be their identity.Defensive basketball, toughness: We want to be known as a defensive team that can score, not a scoring team that only wants to play defense if it has a scoring night, Brooks said.Wall and Beal each set career highs in points, but that only led to a disappointing 41-41 finish.Beal said they have matching goals to be on one of the NBAs all-defensive teams and want to lead the charge of keeping points off the board.Wall believes this is the most complete team the Wizards have had during his career and knows the burden is on him to get them back to the playoffs. But he must be on the floor to do that.I dont want to talk about all the playoffs and stuff, Wall said. The most important thing is if we just stay healthy, we give ourselves a great chance.---Some other things to watch as the Wizards try to get back to the pllayoffs:NEW FACES: The starting five of Wall, Beal, Otto Porter, Markieff Morris and Marcin Gortat are back along with young Kelly Oubre Jr.dddddddddddd, but there were plenty of changes on the bench. Washington acquired guard Trey Burke, signed big men Ian Mahinmi, Jason Smith and Andrew Nicholson and brought over 2012 draft pick Tomas Satoransky. Wall believes the key is players having and understanding clear roles. I think in the past we kind of didnt know what our roles were, he said. When we did, we were a good team. When we didnt, we looked (like) a bad team.HOME COURT DISADVANTAGE: The Wizards were just 22-19 at Verizon Center last season, and Wall has made comments about the crowd there not being as enthusiastic as elsewhere in the league. Brooks said his team will have a no-excuse mentality but also acknowledged there will be nights players need fans to pick them up. Its a two-way street. If we leave everything on the floor each and every night, our fans will continue to support us and back us and be excited about us, Brooks said.MINUTES WATCH: Brooks already knows hell set aside rest games for Wall, Beal and others to make sure theyre not worn down. Thats particularly important given the Wizards injury woes last season, and Brooks is prepared and plans to hold players out of practice and do other things to keep them fresh.BEALS BIG MONEY: After signing a $128 million, five-year deal, Beal has big expectations for himself -- he wants to produce, lead and defend better than ever before at age 23. Brooks challenged Beal to make his teammates better as the next step of his career evolution. 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The traditional bonanza of world title fights over the New Years holiday in Japan took a bit of a hit when bantamweight contender Takuma Inoue suffered a fractured right hand, forcing him to withdraw from his Dec. Joe Smith Jersey . 30 fight against titleholder Marlon Tapales at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Ohashi Promotions announced.Inoue (8-0, 2 KOs), a 20-year-old prodigy from Japan, suffered the injury in a sparring session Friday night. He was supposed to challenge Tapales (29-2, 12 KOs), a southpaw from the Philippines, in the co-feature of the card headlined by his older brother, Naoya Inoue (11-0, 9 KOs). The older Inoue will defend his junior bantamweight world title for the fourth time when he faces former titleholder and countryman Kohei Kono (32-9-1, 13 KOs).Ohashi Promotions is hoping to line up a replacement opponent for Tapales to face.The card also features another world title bout when junior flyweight titlist Akira Yaegashi (24-5, 12 KOs) will defend his belt against for the second time against an opponent to be determined. On New Years Eve there are five more world title bouts in Japan spread across three cards.At Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, junior lightweight titleholder Jezreel Corrales (20-1, 8 KOs), a southpaw from Panama, will face former titleholder Takashi Uchiyama (24-1-1, 20 KOs) in a rematch of Corrales big upset in a second-round knockout in April to win the belt.In the co-feature of that show, junior flyweight titleholder Ryoichi Taguchi (25-2-1, 11 KOs) will make his fifth defense when he meets Carlos Canizales (16-0, 13 KOs) of Venezuela. 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Lets not forget that.It will get lost amid all the tributes and colorful video now that he succumbed to cancer, but Sager could gather information and tell stories with the best of them.We were both covering an NBA playoff game in Denver in 2012, when a woman wandered onto the court while the ball was in play. By the time I made my way from my seat down to the court level to poke around and learn more, Sager had already spoken to police and arena personnel and had all of the details and background. Then Sager, being Sager, proceeded to share everything he knew with me. He had provided his update on air, so he was willing to help out another reporter working for another company.Id like to think this was because of our Northwestern bond (he was class of 1973; I was 1992), but he probably would have done it for anybody. He saw everyone who was in and around the league as part of the NBA family. That included the fans, for whom he always took time to take pictures and talk NBA.Ive known him for much of the time Ive been covering the NBA. To have gone to big games over the past 2? decades was to have spent time with Sager. It doesnt feel like our friendship evolved over that time, because it seemed like he was as warm and friendly with me from the beginning as he was so many years and job changes (for me) later.But outside of Sagers wife and children, his colleagues at Turner Sports were closest to him, and they are feeling his loss in ways the rest of us cant imagine.He never had a bad day, Turner Sports Vice President of Talent Relations Tara August said via text message. He once drove me around the ropes in a golf cart at the PGA Championship and told me the entire story of how he fell in love with Stacy on their first date and slept on her couch until she fell in love with him. He always had a story.August doles out the assignments for Turners on-air talent. She bosses around the likes of Charles Barkley and Shaquille ONeal, gets them to move at her whim in a way that a generation of NBA big men failed to do. (Shaq jokingly calls her She-del Castro.) Their obedience often comes with a lot of grumbling. That wasnt the case with Sager.I loved him very much. He was always great to me, August said. Never complained about working a game, no matter how big or small.For one game, we at ESPN called Sager a colleague. Turner loaned him to the Mouse to give him the chance to work Game 6 of the NBA Finals in June.?We should elevate Sagers performance alongside LeBrons when we look back on the 2016 Finals. The reason Sager couldnt work the earlier games -- the guaranteed games -- was because he was getting eight days of chemotherapy treatment in Houston. He came back from eight days of poisonous IVs to do his job when it was an optional assignment. Dennis Rodman Jersey. In the ranking of gutsy Finals performances, Im going with Sager grabbing the mic first, Willis Reed limping out of the tunnel second.To see that man ... , said Doris Burke, ESPNs sideline reporter for the series who gladly shared duties with Sager for this special event, with those marks on his face -- lesions, whatever they were -- to know he had to be in extraordinary pain, and to fight through that and to want to be a part of an NBA game. ...If that doesnt tell you about the passion and the drive he had for what he did, I dont know what could.It makes those of us who do NBA sideline reporting more appreciative of what we do. But his mere existence was a little intimidating, because we knew wed never match up to him. Only Sager was getting a hug and a love ya from Pop.Burke had long admired Sagers work from afar and had a unique understanding of how good he was from having done the same job herself.He had such great love for the game of basketball that it allowed him to pull off the outlandish clothing and giant personality, while still commanding the utmost respect from every player and every coach, Burke said. I dont know if people understand how hard that is to do. Theres only one person that I know thats been able to do it, and thats him.When she walked around Quicken Loans Arena with Sager, it reminded Burke of entering an NBA building with Hubie Brown. There was a similar reverence from everyone they came across. Then she saw Sager go to work in the pregame meetings with the coaches.It probably shouldnt have surprised me, but he took it so seriously, Burke said. He embraced the opportunity to work a Finals game. He went into work mode, but it was really cool for me to watch him in work mode. My man started firing questions, and they were all on point. For somebody I had watched work for so long and who I had admired for so long, it was an incredibly special chance to watch him do the behind-the-scenes work.Ive been fortunate enough to see the non-work side of Sager as well. You could usually find him at the bar following the game. Or the night before the game.?One of my enduring memories of Sager comes from after the 2008 All-Star Game in New Orleans. Sunday night had turned into Monday morning, and I had an early flight looming. We crossed paths on Canal Street, chatted a bit, and then I called it a night, while Sager, 19 years my elder, marched off into the French Quarter to see what awaited.Thats the way I prefer to think of him now. Not departed, but moving on, in search of another adventure, in search of another story. 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Rylan is the founder of the NWHL, whose business model is essentially a startup venture supported by investors and corporate sponsors.Last year, the NWHL became North Americas first womens hockey league to pay player salaries, which range from $10,000 to $26,000. The salary cuts represent as much as $540,000 in savings.On Saturday, several players said on Twitter they were willing to work with the league but sought more information and transparency. The players asked for proof of insurance, a third-party audit, the names of league investors and an explanation for the revenue shortfall.Without specifically mentioning players concerns, Rylan said in a statement she hoped to continue a positive, constructive dialogue with the players over the next two weeks.The players have many concerns and disappointments, and I understand that completely, Rylan said. 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