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WICHITA, Kan. Air Max 98 Tour Yellow For Sale . -- Oklahoma State guard Jeffrey Carroll looked around at 15,004 fans in Intrust Bank Arena and knew.He knew why Wichita State was undefeated all-time in six games at its second home and understood this was the type of environment that caused his Cowboys to wilt last season.Not Saturday night. Oklahoma State dominated Wichita 93-76 behind 22 points each from Carroll and Jawun Evans.I think we were more calm, Carroll explained. Last year, if teams made a big run, we would kind of give in. Now we just fight all the time.The Cowboys (9-2) were 14 of 28 from the 3-point line and shot 52.5 percent for the game. Leyton Hammonds scored 12 for Oklahoma State, and Phil Forte added 11.Darral Willis had 24 points and 13 rebounds for Wichita State (9-3).Markis McDuffie had 14 points and Zach Brown added 10.Kudos to Oklahoma State, Shockers coach Gregg Marshall said. They were tough, finished at the rim, hit their 3-pointers. . If they play like that all season, theyll be in the NCAA Tournament and make a run.Oklahoma State took apart a defense that has been one of the nations best this season. The Shockers entered the day third nationally in field goal percentage defense (34.6) and 10th in scoring defense (59.5.)The Cowboys became the first team to score 80 against Wichita State this season -- and did it with 7:59 still remaining.The onslaught started quickly, with Evans leading the way to a 10-1 lead. Even after Evans went to the bench with foul trouble, Carroll heated up.He scored six straight Cowboys points, giving Oklahoma State a 30-13 lead with 8:54 to go before halftime.Carroll came off the bench to make all six of his first-half shots on his way to a game-high 16 points before halftime, helping Oklahoma State to a 49-33 lead.I was just taking what my teammates gave me and converting them, Carroll said. I was just feeling it.Wichita State could not close the gap in the second half. Two three-pointers from Hammonds and another from Carroll put Oklahoma State ahead 61-41 with 16:41 to play, and the Shockers never threatened again.BIG PICTUREOklahoma State: The Cowboys get their best victory -- on the road against an NCAA Tournament quality team -- just in time to provide momentum for Big 12 play.Wichita State: On the verge of a national ranking, the Shockers were overmatched at times in a loss that could haunt Wichita State and the Missouri Valley Conference on Selection Sunday.BENCH MATCHUPEntering the game, Wichita State used its bench for 47.4 percent of its minutes, the most nationally. Oklahoma State was ninth at 43 percentThe Shockers averaged 48.4 points from its reserves (second nationally); the Cowboys 40.7 (fifth).On Saturday night, led by Carroll, Oklahoma States bench won that matchup, 42 points to 22.That was a focus going into the game, Cowboys coach Brad Underwood said. If we could win the battle of the benches and outrebound them, we thought we could beat a very good team.NON-SHAQ ATTACKUnderwood thought his team did a good job taking Wichita State out of its offense. The biggest proof was the Shockers Shaquille Morris going 1 of 2 from the floor for four points in 16 minutes.I was scared to death coming into the game of big Shaq getting the ball in the post and going to the basket, Underwood said.UP NEXTOklahoma State gets a final pre-conference tuneup by hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday.Wichita State plays its final non-conference regular-season game against visiting South Dakota State on Thursday. Air Max 98 For Sale UK . That gave fans outside Joe Louis Arena another chance to ask for autographs from the 19-year-old whose stardom in the NHL has arrived earlier than most expected. Air Max 98 Thunder Blue . Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off. http://www.gundamairmax98uk.com/air-max-98-supreme-uk.html . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. HOUSTON -- As much as Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis wishes otherwise, a decision on allowing him to move his franchise to Las Vegas isnt likely to come anytime soon.Thats not to say it wont happen. Several team owners are ready to support the relocation if the right pieces fall into place -- and were not talking roulette wheels.Im pleased theyve made as much progress as they have, Texans owner Robert McNair said Wednesday at the leagues fall meetings, when Davis made a short presentation to the membership. Well look at it when it is finally presented in total. These things are still so fluid, until they nail everything down we dont know what were looking at. Well wait until we have a full package.Its critical to Davis -- and Las Vegas -- that the full package is persuasive enough to overcome some of the debits of the move. Theres the downsizing from the Bay Area, one of Americas prime marketplaces, to much smaller Vegas. Theres the abandoning of Oakland for the second time by the franchise, and this time when the region has shown tremendous growth.There are questions about the involvement of casino owner Sheldon Adelson , who is putting $650 million toward the $1.9 billion domed stadium project. How big will his role be? How involved with the Raiders does he want his casino to be?And, of course, theres the unavoidable topic of gambling.From my perspective, there clearly are shifts in society and the way people view gambling and the way you view even lotteries, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. There have been shifts in that and we obviously monitor that. But we still remain very much opposed to legalized gambling on sports, and we think that has an impact on the integrity of our game, and thats what we watch. Whether people gamble or not is not necessarily our particular focus.What we want to do is make sure were doing whats right for the game, and for the NFL, and tthats where our focus will remain. Air Max 98 Tour Yellow UK. Over the next two months or so, the league will conduct studies of Las Vegas as a potential team home. The Raiders can apply for relocation in January, though Davis has said the team will play the next two seasons in Oakland, fulfilling two one-year lease options. The target, fluid as it is, would be to call the desert home in 2019 at the earliest.There are scenarios, of course, in which the Raiders could wind up in Los Angeles as the second tenant in the Rams new facility in Inglewood, or they would have to wait yet another year to know where they might head.Should the Chargers vacate San Diego for L.A. -- much depends on next months stadium referendum there -- the Southern California option disappears for Davis. But theres also a chance the Chargers could seek a one-year delay on their decision, something three-quarters of the 32 NFL owners would need to approve.Still, Davis pursuit of Las Vegas, and the citys wooing of him, will continue unabated -- barring a last-ditch effort by Oakland to make a proposal that works for the Raiders and the league.Oakland was in the drivers seat if they couldve put together anything, Davis said. They came up with nothing. Las Vegas has already done what it is supposed to do and we have to bring it up to the National Football League and get permission to move to Las Vegas.The other owners are listening.I have an open mind, Giants owner John Mara said. Theres a lot more work to be done. Where the land is (for the stadium), what the public money is, where are we with Oakland? 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SAN DIEGO -- San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey enters whats likely to be his final home game needing 153 yards to pass San Diego native Ricky Williams for second on the NCAAs all-time rushing list. Larry Doby Jersey .Pumphrey has 6,127 career yards going into Saturdays home game between his Aztecs (9-2, 6-1 Mountain West Conference) and Colorado State (6-5, 4-3).Williams, who went to San Diegos Patrick Henry High, had 6,279 yards for Texas.Pumphrey is averaging 168.6 yards per game. He needs 271 yards to pass Ron Daynes career record of 6,397 yards.With three games left, including the Mountain West Conference championship game and a bowl game, he would need to average 90.3 yards to pass Daynes mark. Pumphrey is second nationally with 1,855 yards rushing and 12th with 14 rushing touchdowns.What makes Pumphrey stand out?Obviously he has great skills but I think that with his athletic ability its his competitiveness, coach Rocky Long said. Hes one of the best competitors Ive ever been around. He wants to be really, really good all the time. Every day in practice he wants to be really, really good. Every game he wants to be really, really good. He wants to win at everything he does. Hes roommates with Rashaad Penny on the road and they compete in video games. And when I walk in there yacking about whos ahead and DJ always wins.SDSU has clinched the West Division title and a spot in the MWC championship game, but its loss at Wyoming makes it a longshot the Aztecs will host the game.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Michael Brantley Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Matt Belisle Jersey . The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to overturn an arbitrators decision suspending him for the 2014 season and post-season. http://www.wholesaleindiansjerseys.com/edwin-encarnacion-jersey/ . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg.Justin Gatlin warmed up for this summer’s Olympics by running the fastest 100m time of the year at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion who was banned for doping between 2006 and 2010, led from start to finish to in a wind-assisted 9.88 seconds at Eugenes Hayward Field.The 34-year-old showed he is rounding into form ahead of the Rio Olympics, taking the tape ahead of Jamaican Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay. Former world record holder Powell finished second in a time of 9.94sec while defending Prefontaine champion Gay crossed in 9.98sec. The race was run with a strong tail-wind of 2.6 m/s. Bolt wins 100m in Ostrava Usain Bolt breaks 10-second barrier to win in Ostrava Femi Ogunode, fastest man in the world this year, was fifth in 10.02secs.I felt like I had a pretty strong start, commanded the race to the halfway point and just held onto my form, said Gatlin. I felt a couple of guys come on strong at tthe end but I just stayed focussed on my last 20 metres and I came out with the victory. Wholesale Indians Jerseys. Kendra Harrison just failed to break Bulgarias Yordanka Donkovas record US team-mate Kendra Harrison ran the fastest womens 100m hurdles in 28 years when she finished just shy of the long-standing world record of 12.21 as she stormed to victory in 12.24.She stole my shine, admitted Gatlin. It is an amazing feat.Harrison has been unstoppable this year as she is the Olympic favourite in an event that is being dominated by Americans who took the top five spots on Saturday.I am still in shock right now, said Harrison. That was just amazing.I didnt feel that fast but I felt really smooth. When you go out there and just execute and dont worry about a time that is when the fast times come.Britains Tiffany Porter, 28, finished seventh behind Harrison. Also See: Rio Games can go on Farah wins 10,000m in OregonJerseys From China Cheap Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys ' ' '
A look at whats happening all around the majors Sunday:---PAPI IN PERILDavid Ortiz could play for the final time in his big league career when the Red Sox face Cleveland at Fenway Park in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. Zapatillas Adidas Gazelle Cuero Rojo Universidad/Blancas|Hombre/Mujer . The Indians lead 2-0 in the best-of-five matchup and are trying for a sweep. The 40-year-old Ortiz plans to retire after the season. Big Papi hit .315 with 38 home runs, 48 doubles and 127 RBI this season, but is 1 for 8 so far in the playoffs.BALLPARK BEHAVIORMajor League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he has every confidence there wont be another can-throwing episode in Toronto this postseason. The Blue Jays can sweep Texas in Game 3 of the AL Division Series at Rogers Centre. In the wild-card game this week, a fan threw a beer can near Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim. The Blue Jays say theyre planning tougher security measures and alcohol policies at the stadium. During last years ALDS between Texas and Toronto, Blue Jays fans tossed bottles and debris on the field during Game 5, upset by an umpires call.PACK AND PLAYThe Dodgers and Washington will meet at Nationals Park in Game 2 of the NL Division Series, then fly off to Los Angeles for Game 3 Monday. A rainout on Saturday took away the travel day for the cross-country trip. LA leads 1-0, with Rich Hill (12-5, 2.12 ERA) starting against Tanner Roark (16-10, 2.83).SCHOOL DAYSRed Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz and Indians righty Josh Tomlin know each other well going into their matchup in Game 3 of the AL Division Series. They were teammates at Angelina Junior College in Lufkin, Texas. This is a pretty cool story, Buchholz said. We talked about it the other day. Hes one of my good buddies. ... Its a small world when it comes to that. Adidas NMD R1 Mujer Baratas . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Ultra Boost 3.0 Baratas . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. http://www.zapatillasgazellebaratas.es/hombre-mujer-neighborhood-x-adidas-gazelle-negras-blancas-baratas.html . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. Cote helped running back Jon Cornish run for a league-high 1,813 rushing yards en route to being named the leagues most outstanding player. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Stafon McCray rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns, including a 61-yarder late in the fourth quarter, and Prairie View had 543 total yards in a 41-20 win over Alabama A&M on Saturday night.McCray, a community college transfer, averaged over 11 yards per carry on 17 attempts. He came into the game with just one carry for four yards this season. His first touchdown went for 10 yards and put Prairie View (2-1, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference) up 28-13 with 5:45 left in the third quuarter. Hombre/Mujer NEIGHBORHOOD x Adidas Gazelle Gris Claro/Blancas Baratas. DeAngelo Balla answered with a 13-yard scoring run for Alabama A&M (1-2, 1-1) to make it a one-score game, 28-20, but Caleb Broachs 3-yard run midway through the fourth and McCrays long sprint salted the game away.KhaDarel Hodge had eight receptions for 158 yards and a touchdown for Prairie View.Jordan Bentley had 126 yards rushing and a score for Alabama A&M. Jerseys From China Cheap Authentic JerseysCheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys ' ' '
DETROIT -- Two outs shy of a complete game, Tommy Milone finally had to be pulled in the ninth inning. Billy Hamilton Jersey .The important thing was that he made it that far.Milone held Detroit scoreless until the ninth in his longest outing in over three years, and the Minnesota Twins broke through with five runs in the seventh in a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.Hes had a little trouble once the hitters have seen him a couple of times, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Tonight he seemed to have a nice mix.Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer, Eduardo Nunez had three RBI and Milone (3-2) breezed through the Detroit lineup until the ninth, when the Tigers finally chased him from the game. Down 6-0 at the start of the inning, Detroit scored twice and actually had the tying run at the plate with one out when James McCann came up with the bases loaded against Brandon Kintzler.McCann and Jose Iglesias both struck out to end it.Milone allowed two runs and four hits in 8 1/3 innings. The Tigers had only one hit before the ninth.This was Milones longest outing since July 5, 2013, when he also went 8 1/3 innings for Oakland against Kansas City.It feels good to go deeper into the game, Milone said. Theres obviously a lot of positives to take out of this outing.Anibal Sanchez (5-11) allowed three runs in six-plus innings, an encouraging sign for Detroit after he entered the game with a 6.75 ERA. Sanchez allowed seven hits and two walks, striking out 10. His line would have been even better, but the two runners on base when he was pulled in the seventh both came around to score.He did an outstanding job -- thats probably as good an outing as hes had this season, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. He did give up three runs, but two of those were after he was out of the game. He had really good fastball command, and thats big for him.Nunez opened the scoring in the third with a sacrifice fly, and Sanchez and Milone were locked in an impressive duel until the Detroit right-hander allowed a walk and a single to start the seventh. Bruce Rondon came on in relief, and after a sacrifice bunt, Nunez poked a two-run single to center.Nunez stole second and scored on Joe Mauers two-out single. Dozier followed with his 16th homer of the season to make it 6-0.LAST-DITCH RALLYMilone allowed consecutive singles to Cameron Maybin, Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez to start the bottom of the ninth. He came out of the game after a sacrifice fly by Nick Castellanos made it 6-2.Kintzler came on and allowed a single by Justin Upton and an infield single by Mike Aviles before retiring McCann and Iglesias.To have a good night and have it come, the tying run up to the plate there, it gets your attention pretty fast, Molitor said. But he made some really quality pitches those last two hitters.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: Ausmus remained noncommittal about a timetable for LHP Daniel Norris (right oblique strain) to return. Norris made a rehab start Monday night, but there may not be any rush to bring him back after Sanchezs solid outing.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Ervin Santana (3-8) starts Wednesday in the finale of this three-game series. He has a 2.18 ERA in his last five starts.Tigers: RHP Justin Verlander (9-6) takes the mound, trying for his sixth win in seven decisions.---This version has been corrected to reflect that Milone was two outs shy of a complete game, not a shutout. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Diana Taurasi and the U.S. womens basketball team brushed aside yet another opponent at the Rio Games after being challenged for the first time in the Olympics, albeit for just one half.While Japan played the Americans tough in the first half, the end result was another blowout victory for the U.S., although the 110-64 dismantling of the Japanese team may have come at a cost.Point guard Sue Bird didnt play the second half after injuring her right knee in the second quarter. She told The Associated Press after the game that she felt a pop.Nothing really happened, Bird said of the play. I just felt the pop and anytime you feel that, its a little alarming. So going just to have to get it evaluated afterwards and see whats up. Truth I really have nothing to tell you. It happened so fast like. Is it possible I stepped on her shoe or she stepped on mine? I dont really remember but yeah it felt funny.U.S. coach Geno Auriemma said that they would evaluate the injury.I really dont know. I said well know on Wednesday, Auriemma said. Theres no way of knowing anything right now. Im sure Sues bummed out about it as you can imagine. Lets just wait and see.Coming into the quarterfinals, every U.S. game was virtually over at the half. Not this one.Japan, sticking to its up-tempo style of basketball, shooting 3-pointers and pushing the pace, trailed just 56-46 at halftime. But the Americans, who won their five group games by an average of 40.8 points, had just too much offensive firepower and eclipsed the 100-point mark for the fifth time in six games, outscoring Japan 54-18 in the second half.That is a really good team, they make you work, Taurasi said. They have a system of playing that Im really familiar with. ... We knew it would be a tough game. They put a lot of pressure on you and we felt it in the first half.The Americans, who will play France in the semifinals Thursday, have played nearly flawless basketball in Rio and their performances apparently have made an impression on Japan.The Japanese players posed for a team picture with the U.S. after the blowout -- the second straight opponent to get a postgame memento with the Americans. China took a photo after their game against the Americans in pool play. Its reminiscent of how opponents reacted to the Dream Team at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Chris Sabo Jersey. I dont even know. Its the second time now in a row, said Bird. Yeah I dont know what happened.In the first 20 minutes against Japan, the Americans were challenged as the Asian nation wasnt afraid to try and run with them. The Japanese quickly got the ball up and down the court and hit open jumpers, taking it right at the No. 1 ranked team in the world.Just as the Americans seemed to be pulling away in the second quarter, opening up a double-digit lead, Japan responded with a 10-2 run.And they looked impressive doing it.Ramu Tokashiki -- who plays for the WNBAs Seattle Storm -- shook free from her defender for an easy backdoor layup that got Japan within 48-46 and capped the burst. It brought a loud contingent of Japanese fans to their feet.Thats as close as they would get. The U.S. (6-0) scored the final eight points of the half with the last four coming from Seimone Augustus, which brought cheers from?Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony?and several other members of the U.S. mens basketball team in attendance.Japan scored the first four points of the third quarter, but then Moore started a 10-0 run with five straight points. Brittney Griners layup capped the spurt and the U.S. never looked back.The Americans continued their torrid scoring pace and are still above the 102.4 mark set by the 1996 team that started the run of five gold medals and 47 consecutive Olympic wins.Tokashiki scored 14 points to lead Japan (3-3), which was playing its first Olympics since 2004. The three victories equaled the most ever for the team in the Games, which it will host in 2020.While this game provided the first real test for the Americans, their road to a sixth consecutive gold medal got a little bit easier when Australia lost to Serbia 73-71 early Tuesday. The Aussies had been the only team to hold a halftime lead over the U.S. at the Olympics in the past 16 years when they led by four in the semifinal game in the 2012 London Games. The U.S. won that game by 13. Serbia plays Spain in Thursdays other semifinal. 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Coates had 19 points and 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double in nine games this season.Wilson and Coates combined for six points when South Carolina came out of the break with a 17-6 run. The Tigers (8-2) could not respond.South Carolinas rivalry win streak ties the longest in series history, matching the run Clemson had from 1996 through 2001. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley also improved to 4-0 over her former college teammates at Virginia, Clemsons Smith.Wilson added four assists and two blocks while Coates added three assists, two steals and four of South Carolinas season-high 11 blocked shots. Kaela Davis had 17 points for South Carolina.Nelly Perry had 20 points to lead the Tigers. They lost their second in a row after opening 8-0.Clemson was shorted-handed before things started with its two leading rebounders in forward Kobi Thornton and Aliyah Collier limited by injuries. Thornton was out after hitting her head Monday night in loss to No. 25 Oregon. Collier, who averaged 7.9 rebounds this season, played just three minutes because of continuing knee problems.Smith said she expected Collier back for her next game. Thornton, who had returned from a concussion when she hit her head again, could take a bit longer.THE BIG PICTUREClemson: The Tigers started the season 8-0 against non-Power Five opponents. The Tigers, though, have lost their past two to No. 25 Oregon (87-59) on Monday night and the rival, sixth-ranked Gamecocks. While Clemson has improved -- its already doubled its four-win season from 2015-16, it is not yet ready to consistently play toe-to-toe with its better opponents. And there are plenty of those coming up once Atlantic Coast Conference play starts next month.South Carolina: The Gamecocks certainly dont look like the team yet thats rolled to the past three Southeastern Conference titles. Their post duo of 6-foot-5 Wilson and 6-4 Coates are strong and engaged. On the perimeter, though, there are questions. Kaela Davis and Allisha Gray have looked like All-Americans sometimes and been non factors at others. Point guard Bianca Cuevas-Moore has also struggled at taking over the on-court leadership role that Khadijah Sessions handled so well the previous few years.ALL CHANGINGTalk about differing ways to win. The Gamecocks used 16 3-pointers (second best in program history) to blow past Minnesota last Sunday. This time, South Carolina made just four of 14 long-range baskets while relying on its inside advantage to defeat Clemson. Weve got a lot of ways to win, Staley said. Weve got to take advantage of them.HEY, ROOMIEStaley and Smith were roommates for a short stretch at Virginia in the late 1980s until Staleys night-owl tendencies did not mesh with Smiths early-to-bed style. Each sought more suitable people to live with. But theyve remained good friends since college and Staley was impressed with Smiths building program. Im happy for her and the program, Staley said. 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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Kenny Williams III finally had the shooting flurry that third-ranked North Carolina has been waiting to see.The sophomore had 14 of his career-high 19 points in the opening five minutes, helping the Tar Heels build a huge early lead and beat Radford 95-50 on Sunday.Williams made his first five shots, including all four 3-point tries, during that opening flurry. Quite a change for a player who was buried on the bench for a veteran team last year, making just 1 of 13 3-pointers and seeing his confidence suffer as a result.Ive been waiting a year-and-a-half for a game like that, Williams said. I dont want to say I knew it was coming, but with the confidence I have right now, I kind of expected it.While Williams play stood out, the Tar Heels (8-1) got a scare when they lost point guard Joel Berry II to a sprained left ankle early in the second half. The junior, averaging 16 points, came up hobbled as he drove into the paint and fell to the floor. He got up and walked slowly to the locker room for evaluation with 17:36 left, but didnt return to the UNC bench with the Tar Heels up big.Coach Roy Williams said Berry would have X-rays to confirm the sprain diagnosis and he was hopeful that Berry would be able to practice before Wednesdays game against Davidson.Well have to wait and see what they say (Monday), Williams said, but Im encouraged about it right now.The Tar Heels (8-1) were coming off a loss at No. 13 Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. They had no trouble in this one, running out to an 18-4 lead behind Kenny Williams opening burst and shooting 57 percent in the first half to build a 51-27 lead by the break.Justin Cousin scored 14 points to lead the Highlanders (3-5), who shot 31 percent.Tough team, man, Radford coach Mike Jones said. Theyre so big and physical. We played some good defense inside and they made the shot over us and thats going to happen.BIG PICTURERadford: The Highlanders, picked sixth in the Big South Confeerence, had no way to slow the Tar Heels early tear. Bestellen Goedkoop Air Max 270 Flyknit Heren: Marineblauw/Wit/Zwart Korting. And that led to a fourth loss by double-digit margins, three coming by at least 21 points. 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Nike Shox Outlet Italia .The two companies made the announcement Friday, saying the combined organization would be able to reduce costs as they work to become profitable and battle with regulators across the country to remain legal.In a matter of a few short years, the two have raised millions of dollars through investors and sponsorship deals, drawing the attention of policymakers across the country.Some view the online games -- in which players pick teams of real life athletes and vie for cash and other prizes based on how those athletes do in actual games -as amounting to illegal sports betting.Financial terms were not disclosed Friday and the companies have remained vague about their long-term plans while the deal is being finalized.But in the short term, the merger appears to change little about how daily fantasy sports players use the sites and play the game. The companies have assured players they wont be making major changes in their operations at least through the next NFL season.For now, theyll retain their respective headquarters -- DraftKings in Boston and FanDuel in New York -- and keep separate brand names, operations and game platforms.Whether the deal can clear regulatory approval, though, remains an open question. The merger, which has been rumored for months, pairs two companies that represent about 90 percent of the daily fantasy sports market.Company executives Friday played down concerns about whether the merger might run afoul of federal antitrust laws.They argued that their companies remain relatively small players in the broader fantasy sports industry, where the likes of ESPN, Yahoo and other larger companies dominate.Were a company that collectively has a little over 5 million customers in a fantasy sports base with almost 60 million total, said DraftKings CEO Jason Robins, who will take over as chief executive of the combined company. For us to ever hope to compete for those customers, we really felt this was something that was necessary.FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles, who will serve as board chairman, also suggested the merger could actually foster competition by fighting more effectively for regulatory clarity, efforts that could help bring back investor confidence in the industry.This is actually very good for all operators, he said.Spokespersons for the Federal Trade Commission, which would oversee the deal, didnt comment Friday.Reaction among daily fantasy sports companies, players and industry watchers was mixed Friday.In terms of competition, Im not sure it makes any difference. There are still plenty of opportunities for growth, said Peter Schoenke, chairman of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. A lot of people are still trying to figure out what it means.Shergul Arshad, founder of Mondogoal, a smaller fantasy sports operator focused on soccer, suggested the proposed merger will likely make it tougher for new companies to gain a foothold, at least in the United States.On the international front, where daily fantasy sports is trying to compete against well-established and lucrative sports betting gambling operations, a stronger, unified company could be a boon, Arshad said.Brian Quinn, a Boston College law professor with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, expects the deal likely wont go forward without some conditions imposed by regulators. Others, though, suggest it might not face as tough a road.Were not talking about insurance companies, healthcare providers or drug makers here, said Daniel Etna, a New York attorney who has represented smaller daily fantasy sports operators. Its a leisure activity. At end of day, this is something you do or you dont do. So it will be viewed from a different prism.A more pressing question is whether the companies, both still unprofitable, can remain viable, said Dustin Hecker, a Boston lawyer.The merge doesnt appear to bring any immediate cost savings since both are maintaining separate headquarters and separate operations for now, he said.Robins and Eccles said the merger would allow the companies to free up resources to develop better products -- like offering more varied contests, developing loyalty programs and improving their website features -- though they declined to elaborate on those plans.In the meantime, some of the games top competitors say theyre waiting to see how the merger impacts their livelihood.Saahil Sud, a 27-year-old Bostonian widely considered the games leading player, says hes concerned the newly formed company could substantially raise player fees, a concern the companies have tried to assuage with promises to keep fees competitive.The main thing is that, in the near future, things are not going to change much or at all, Sud said. 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You can follow my career from Under-16, my performances have been extraordinary, he says.He was prolific at the U-19 level and is currently the second highest run scorer in U-19 ODI history with 1695 runs (and the most hundreds, six). He is also the third fastest in the world to get to 2000 List A runs. He was captain of the Pakistan U-19 side when they toured England in 2013, and made two centuries in the tri-series then, including 110 in the final against England, before catching the eye with another hundred in a victory over India in the 2013-14 U-19 Asia Cup.Sami studied at one of the best schools in Lahore, Crescent Model School in Shadman, and then at the prestigious 152-year-old Government College University in downtown Lahore, where he studied general science, maths, statistics and economics. During his time at college, he made steps towards taking up cricket full time. I didnt go beyond my intermediate degree because of cricket, he says, but I have all the basic education, which makes me a better and confident person.He started playing serious cricket at Punjab Cricket Club near Mozang, and spent four years there before moving to Ali Gharh Cricket Club in Model Town after his father had differences with the organisers at PCC.Aslam Sr, who works for State Bank, has been a major driving force in Samis cricket career, escorting him to grounds and generally being his biggest supporter. Samis standout characteristics have been his solid temperament, a calmness remarkable in one so young, and the value he places on his wicket. He attributes them to his education, and the influence of his father as he grew up.His ability to leave the ball caught attention at Edgbaston, and his judgement in picking the right ball to hit has been astute. Add focus and temperament to that and you have the makings of a fine opener.I am by nature very polite, and this calmness came from my education, Sami says. My father has kept me protected. He ensured that I am not distracted, and he made sure I remained within the right company and with good friends around. He always kept an eye on my social circle, and probably that might have been annoying at some stage, but this eventually helped me.His international debut wasnt quite in keeping with his feats at U-19 level. In his first two Tests, against Bangladesh last year, Sami made just 47 runs in three innings, though in his 31 first-class matches he has scored as many hundreds (six) as he has fifties, which indicates a hunger to convert starts.My debut last year in Bangladesh wasnt really a reflection of what I am as a player, he says. I was unlucky in Khulna and later my morale was crushed badly when I was dropped. I was dropped without a sufficient opportunity and it really hurt. As a player, when you come up to the top level after years of hard work, you shouldnt be judged merely on the basis of one or two innings.I then returned to domestic cricket and scored ample runs, including a double-hundred in Lahore, to be in contention. So things have always been improving and this process never stopped. Opportunity eventually came back to me again, and we both knew why you are interviewing me - its because I have done something big, which now everyone is acknowledging.For this England tour, Sami was picked as a back-up opener. I wasnt really sure if I would get a game, he says. But I was mentally ready and kept my work ethics as if I was playing in the game, because I didnt want to be complacent.I remember we landed here in Hampshire on June 18 and since than I dont think I have missed any training. It was always important for me to be ready all the time, and I kept myself backing throughout. I was working with Grant Flower in the nets, knocking the ball, absorbing the conditions and understanding everything within the dressing room and how things work around at this level.Pakistan have struggled to find an assured opener since Saeed Anwar - Mohammad Hafeezs 50 Test matches notwithstanding. The selectors have never quite managed to gather enough patience to allow any young batsman to settle into the role, but Sami believes he is here to stay, and thinks this tour is his breakthrough. I feel I have a chance to chip in, he says.His credentials for the position are strong. He notably has not had issues with discipline at the domestic level, and his progress from club cricket to date has been down to performance.I am not thinking very far from here and I dont think that I have proved anything yet, he says. No, its a long way to go but one thing what I have proved so far is that I have the skills to sustain at this level of cricket, regardless of the conditions. I have played a lot of cricket before making my way to Test cricket, and this England tour has actually helped me a lot to convince the selectors and fans in Pakistan - otherwise everyone is cynical about everything here. You really have got to give your heart, as there is no room for failure, because you never know if you will ever get a chance again.We grew up with a perception that if a player can score away from home, especially in England, Australia and South Africa, then he is recognised as an accomplished player. I wont say that I have achieved everything, because its just one match. But one thing I feel proud about is that my base has been set. I will be a talking point as the guy who scored runs in England in his very first match, and this is what keeps you motivated. I have showcased my talent and everyone saw me batting. Probably I am the answer for every unanswered question for Pakistans opening slot. I know after this everyone will start expecting a lot from me, and that will be another challenge because one failure and you are gone. People talk about inconsistency and we do have a culture of being inconsistent. This is only because there is always a fear of failure. Young players are not given ample opportunities to prove themselves. If you see [James] Vince as an example, he might have failed in the last 12, 13 innings, but still England are backing him and giving him a chance to get confidence. So this is the kind of support a young player needs and this will also allow us to play with freedom. So these innings I played were very important for my career to go ahead, and it was a perfect start.Sami is the youngest in this Pakistan dressing room. He was shy about talking to anyone until Sarfraz Ahmed and later Asad Shafiq struck up a rapport with him. Safi has been very supportive, he says. Otherwise I had hardly anyone to talk to. I was nervous with Misbah and Younis Khan around - they are very senior players and I dont know how and what to talk with them. I found a really good friend in Asad Shafiq as well.He says he has not had a cricket hero. I actually never gave a thought about it - who to follow or take inspiration from. But there are few I want to follow their characteristics, like [Virat] Kohlis consistency. Consistency is a missing factor in the top order and I want to make sure that I will be consistent, he says.I enjoy watching Suresh Raina, but the players I want to follow are Virat Kohli and [Joe] Root. Why? Because they are consistent, they score in eight innings out of ten. That is the part missing from the Pakistan team. I want to be more consistent, and that is the main thing I feel I should be working on. Air Max 270 Ocean Bliss . 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Is there anything in baseball still worth staying alive for? Yes, though the answer to that question is far more speculative than it was one week ago.On a team levelNo, the Indians World Series drought does not immediately get promoted to national crisis just because the Cubs drought has been retired. But were operating on a long timeline here -- I plan to live at least 50 more years, and Im optimistic youll make it to 100, which gives us plenty of time for things to get historical.Consider the Cubs, for instance. It had been 108 years since they last won the World Series, but in how many of those years would it have seemed like this? In 1909, a Cubs championship would have been only 24-point news. In 1910, hardly noticed. In 1935, an L.A. Times article headlined Cubs Beat Cards Twice, Clinch Flag doesnt mention anything extraordinary about the Cubs making the World Series. When did the Cubs drought become The Cubs Drought?The answer is going to vary by the fan, but a reasonable estimate is going to be not less than 60 years, and probably a decade and a half more than that. In a where-are-they-now piece on Ernie Banks, the writer Rich Cohen assesses the state of Cubs romance in 1969, when Chicago blew a late-season lead to the Miracle Mets: At this point it had been 24 years since the Cubs had played in a World Series. A drought, but not epic. In other words, here was a chance for the Cubs to win and for their fans to live normal lives. Its as if, in 69, two roads diverged, and the Cubs took the one less traveled by: the losing road, where misery begets misery and wearing a Cubs hat is a way of letting people know you are holier, for your kingdom is not of this world. Emphasis mine; emphasis crucial.A decade after that, the Cubs were seen not so much as cursed as just a really, really lousy organization. Decades-long complaints about cheap ownership and management were focused on just how bad the Cubs were -- not so much unlikely to win the World Series as unlikely to produce a good product, period. Fans protested in front of Wrigley in 1981: For the first time in modern Cub history, there is evidence that the fans are tired of being the dinosaurs of the National League, a newspaper account at the time said.As to the drought: It was a relatively minor storyline. When the Cubs went to the playoffs in 1984, the date 1908 doesnt appear in The New York Times article announcing it. Instead, the Cubs (and the Tigers) were sentimental favorites because they are among only 10 franchises still in place since the turn of the century; they have remained in their historic, urban ball parks; they have resisted the evils of artificial turf, and they were the opponents in the last war-affected World Series, in 1945, when pennant-winning teams didnt need a crap-shoot league series to qualify. A few years before that, in 1979, a Cubs pennant push was acknowledged with just the faintest touch of romance by the L.A. Times, Pennants dont come easily to the Cubs. They won their last one in 1945, their last World Series in 1908, back when Tinker and Evers were playing catch with Chance. Theyve had some famous nosedives since.The Billy Goat curse, to that point, seems to have been little more than a local gag, especially among the writers who hung out at the Billy Goat Tavern. Legendary metro columnist Mike Royko didnt mention the curse in his 1970 obituary of the goat-owning Bill Sianis. By 1997, when Royko wrote his final column, he launched it with this: Its about time that we stopped blaming the failings of the Cubs on a poor, dumb creature that is a billy goat. This has been going on for years, and it has reached the point where some people actually believe it.So somewhere between 1984 and 1997, the Cubs drought became not just a living thing, but a life source all its own, spawning its own storylines, emotional breakdowns, self-fulfilling prophecies and legends that some people actually believed. Cleveland has, by that timeline, only a decade or so to go to match the Cubs for droughtiness.Its not a given that itll ever be the same for Cleveland, though. There are twice as many teams to beat now as there were in the Cubs first half-century of futility, and the number of teams that are going to have outstanding droughts could multiply. As is, eight teams have never won a World Series, including the Rangers (who began play in 1961), the Astros (62) and four other teams birthed in the 1960s or 1970s. Seven teams have droughts of 48 years or more, long enough for their teams local Eddie Vedder or John Cusack to bemoan the total absence of baseball euphoria in their lifetimes. To a middle-aged Brewers fan, there is practically no difference between her angst and that of a middle-aged Cubs fan.One way this might play out is that the very forces that make Cubs-like droughts more possible could make them more diluted -- that the Indians might go 150 years without us ever caring about them on a national scale. Or perhaps we wont become jaded to the long sufferings of long-suffering fans, and more droughts will just mean more empathy.If that happens, we could live to see Cleveland win fairly soon. The Indians already have their own curse, as reported by the L.A. Times in 1984:After Bobby Bragan was fired as manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1958, he stood on second base at Municipal Stadium and proclaimed a curse against the team. At least thats the way the story goes.To remove the curse, a self-proclaimed witch, amid a cloud of burning herbs and incense, performed an occult ceremony Friday at the same spot [where] Bragan was said to have stood 26 years ago.The witch ... asked to be identified only as Elizabeth. ... Calling on a supreme goddess, she said: Remove the curse that was put on the Cleveland Indians by a rather misguided individual.That curse is not nearly as famous, but maybe now that Cleveland is the droughtiest team in baseball, it will take on late life as surely as the black cat and the smelly goat did related to the Cubs. A few good fictions and theres no telling how much well come to embrace the poor Clevelander.On a personal levelI grew up in the perfect era for record-breaking: The records that defined baseballs history were both old and under constant assault. I saw Pete Rose break the hit record, Rickey Henderson break the stolen-base record, Cal Ripken become the iron man, Nolan Ryan pass Walter Johnson in strikeouts, Mark McGwire topple Roger Maris. There were a dozen cards in every set just commemorating the records that had been broken the year before.Now name a record thats been set since Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run. Francisco Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera set new saves records, but the save didnt even exist 50 years earlier and the closer barely did before the mid-80s. Various strikeout-rate records have been set, but nobody cares. Aroldis Chapman probably throws harder than any pitcher in history, but we know that only because of technology that didnt exist for most of history. Ichiro did something -- consecutive 200-hit seasons, maybe? -- that qualifies more as a Fun Fact than a record. (Its not a record if nobody had ever thought to follow it beforehand.)Not only are there few records being broken, but there are almost none under threat. Pitchers dont throw nearly enough innings, or start nearly enough games, to approach any of the counting-stat records, either for single seasons or careers. The offensive era that goosed so many record chases in the 1990s was killed by legislation; the reckless baserunning era expired in the wake of the games strategic evolution. The only prestige record in any kind of danger at all is career home runs, and were so cynical these days that anybody who hits too many home runs -- record levels of home runs -- is immediately treated with suspicion.But there is one personal achievement that is, theoretically, as plausible now as it was when it was set, and its built for our live-look-in media: the hit streak. Nobody has come close to Joe DiMaggios 56 games, and if MLBs Beat The Streak game is any indication -- nearly 100 million entrants, and nobody has reached even 50 -- its really, really hard! The average major league hitter gets at least one hit in about 66 percent of games, which means that we should see a 56-game streak in one out of every... oh, 16 billion trials. A season has a lot of trials, of course, but if every hitter and every pitcher and every game were exactly average, wed see a streak like this every 500,000 or so years.But players arent all average, and given the distribution of talent on the far end of the tail, someone is disproportionately likely to do it. Ichiro, for instance, from 2001 to 2010, got at least one hit in almost 82 percent of his starts. If my math is right, and my assumptions are reasonable, we should expect a streak like DiMaggios in about one in 50 Ichiro careers. So thats all we need: 50 versions of the most singular player of our lifetime. Cool, cool.The worse those odds, the more well love it if somebody gets close. Nobody besides DiMaggio has topped 44 since 1900 (or 45 before that), which would give us all a powerful two-week buildup to the final mark. And unlike a home-run chase, or Miguel Cabreras Triple Crown, the margins between history and not history would be inches every at-bat -- there would be an urgency for almost every plate appearance, like the urgency of the ninth inning of a perfect game.For a variety of reasons -- fragmented culture, cynicism about cheating, a relatively modern awareness of how outside factors like ballpark, era, rules changes and so on dictate when records are set -- I dont expect to ever care about a record the way we cared about Ripkens streak or McGwires 62nd. Maybe if somebody undeniably clean takes the career home run record. Maybe something so outlandish (a 50-game winning streak, a 19-year-old hitting .450) that Im not bothering to imagine it. But Im there for the 57th game of a hitting streak, and Im there partly because I know youre all there, too.On a historical levelWe are not likely to see the first female major leaguer in 2017. There are no women in the affiliated minor leagues, no woman was drafted in the June draft, and no woman is playing Division I baseball. Most girls are steered away from baseball and toward softball at an early age. Baseball at the highest level is a single-sex sport, and whether this is sustainable for the rest of our lives is an open question, as all questions about the future are.Clearly, from MLBs perspective, its sustainable in 2017. Major League Baseball is popular. Commissioner Rob Manfred is not fending off constant scandals about the lack of women on major league rosters. It is generally accepted that women are excluded from play not because the sport is sexist (though composition of front offices doesnt exactly rule that out), but because the male body is generally different than the female body, and because there is no widespread development system for female outliers to get baseball experience or be discovered.But were talking about our entire lifetimes here. Its not hard to imagine a future some decades from now when we make a cultural decision that spending our billions on a field where women are entirely absent -- even by the influence of biology -- is unacceptable. Unacceptable not because any of the people at the top of the sport are bad, or uncaring, or sexist, but because it is simply not good for the culture to celebrate a boys-only club. (I wrote a book about a baseball season and regret how utterly it fails the Bechdel test. My 5-year-old has asked me whether girls are even allowed to play baseball -- and periodically asks again for reassurance.)This is entirely speculative, but a half-century gives us plenty of time to speculate with. If baseballs maleness does become an economic, political or cultural liability, I dont know how it will get handled. Will we regulate performance-enhancing drugs in a semi-legalized way that allows an even playing field for male and female bodies? Will MLB invest in youth baseball for girls, creating a broader pool of young players from which elite standouts might emerge? Will the game actually go co-ed because its determined to just be better than way, as the independent Sonoma Stompers did this summer? Can a separate, professional league be viable enough to solve this? Are these speculative solutions problematic in their own ways? 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Jimbo Fisher just might be a habitual winner at this quarterback development deal.Florida State started redshirt freshman Deondre Francois is the season-opening, primetime Labor Day win over Ole Miss, and the Seminoles did far more than live to tell about it even after falling behind 28-6.This week the third-ranked Seminoles are planning to roll up their sleeves to start the game against Charleston Southern at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee (12:30 p.m. ET), and that includes Fisher and Francois, who rolled up 500 yards total offense in the shocking rally over highly touted Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly.Francois drew Fishers ire -- television cameras captured a blatant eye roll and a few, as Fisher called it, bleepity bleeps -- on the sideline but wore a smile after the game.In the first quarter, I just had to get hit a couple times, Francois said of settling in Monday night. After the first couple of drives, things werent going right, but I just tried to stay calm and just keep chopping. Thats our motto this year: Just keep chopping. Francois, who rushed for 85 yards, had the direct counsel of one of Fishers prized pupils, former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick Jameis Winston, while guiding Florida States eight straight scoring drives. In the game, Francois was 32 of 52 for 419 yards.He got a little shook. But he bounced back and managed the game and made plays. Thats what a game manager does; theyre playmakers, Fisher said. And when the opportunity came to make plays, thats what he did.Florida State is turning the page to Charleston Southern, which won last week but could be down its top two quarterbacks Saturday. The Buccaneers are 0-16 all-time against FBS opponents, most recently a 56-6 loss to Alabama in 2015.Fourth-year coach Jamey Chadwell nearly led an upset of Vanderbilt in 2014 and won at Appalachian State.The Buccaneers have 29 wins since Chadwell was hired, a span of three seasons and two games intoo 20116, after winning 26 games the six years before his arrival. Nike Air Max Sale Outlet. fter an overtime loss to North Dakota State, five-time defending FCS champion, in their opener the Buccaneers pounded Kentucky State, 57-7, last week.In the win, the Buccaneers had almost as many critical injuries as touchdowns.Starting quarterback Kyle Copeland suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter, preseason Big South Conference offensive player of the year Darius Hammond left hurt and backup quarterback Shane Bucenell left with a sprained ankle.CSU will be further shorthanded after announcing on Friday that 14 players have been suspended for violating NCAA rules involving financial aid.Senior running back Ben Robinson wrote on Facebook that more than 30 players were disciplined in the probe and given the choice of sitting out the Florida State contest or a game against Monmouth on Sept. 24.Robinson wrote that the suspensions are for buying things like pencils, binders and electronics at the campus bookstore using money allotted for books.The school confirmed that 32 players will serve one-game suspensions -- 16 have already served their penalties and two others will sit out at a later date.Florida State is Florida State, Bucs safety Corbin Jackson said. Were going to go down there and play our game. We cant be worried about who it is were playing.While CSU scrambles to fill out the two-deep, Florida State is banking on its newest blood to continue making a difference.Senior defensive end DeMarcus Walker had 4.5 sacks and forced a fumble on Monday, but many of the key contributions for the Seminoles came from their youngsters.Freshman kicker Ricky Aguayo, the younger brother of former Seminoles kicker Roberto Aguayo, a three-time all-American, came to the aid of a stalling offense to boot six field goals. Jerseys From China Cheap Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys 2019 Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys ' ' '
DETROIT -- The Montreal Canadiens found a way -- again. Air Max 98 Gundam . Alex Galchenyuk and company are rolling.Galchenyuk scored at 3:37 of overtime, and the NHL-leading Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Saturday night.Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal, which improved to 16-4-2. Carey Price stopped 32 shots.Justin Abdelkader scored for Detroit (10-11-1), and Petr Mrazek made 22 saves.The Canadiens were outshot 28-14 after the first period.We got a really good start, but Mrazek was outstanding. Both goalies were outstanding, really, Montreal coach Michel Therrien said. Thats why it was 0-0 into the third period. I thought we gave them too much momentum in the second period, and we never really got it back.Galchenyuk finished off a 2-on-1 by one-timing a pass from Alexander Radulov past Mrazek from the bottom of the left circle. It was Galchenyuks ninth goal.Pricey makes the great save, and I just took off, because I knew Rads would get me the puck, Galchenyuk said. He made a great pass, and I was just trying to keep the shot down. I didnt want to shoot over the bar.The Red Wings won 5-4 in New Jersey on Friday night in overtime.Its always tough but hey, listen, weve caught a lot of teams on back-to-backs in here. Theres no excuse, Abdelkader said.I think we were terrible first period but its always tough when you get in late and turn around and play the next night when the other teams sitting here waiting for you.Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said he likes how his team is playing.Its encouraging for sure. When youre starting to play good hockey you can see it and I think were starting to play good hockey, he said. I really like our line combinations. I think they mesh well together.Gallagher tied it at 1 with 8:05 left in the third period when he tipped in a shot by Tomas Plekanec. It was Gallaghers first goal in 16 games and No. 5 on the season.Abdelkader, appearing in his 500th career game, put Detroit in front 3:20 into the third period. He beat Price high on the glove side with a wrist shot from the high slot that deflected off the stick of Canadiens defenseman Greg Pateryn. It was Abdelkaders fourth goal.Two Red Wings were helped to the dressing room in the second period.Defenseman Brendan Smith got his legs tangled up with Montreals Phillip Danault along the boards in the Detroit zone and limped off with 8:01 left.Forward Tyler Bertuzzi made it off the ice by himself, but on one leg, with 3:13 remaining after a low hit in the corner along the boards from Montreal defenseman Alexei Emelin.Blashill said he would have updates on Smith and Bertuzzi on Monday.Emelin also made a low hit on Dylan Larkin in the third period, sending Larkin to the dressing room for a while, and punched Frans Nielsen in the mouth late in third period.I have to take a look back on the replays but for sure, a couple questionable ones, Abdelkader said. Thats obviously a league matter and something the league will look into. I havent really seen the full replay so Im not going to really comment on that.Game notes Detroit recalled G Jared Corveau from Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League because G Jimmy Howard suffered a groin injury in Friday nights 5-4 overtime win in New Jersey. Howard is expected to be out a week or so. ... Montreal F Charles Hudon sustained an upper-body injury during practice Friday morning and did not make the trip as a precaution.NEXT UPCanadiens: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.Red Wings: Host Dallas Stars on Tuesday Air Max 98 2018 . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. Nike Off White Presto . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. http://www.nikeoffwhite.fr/nike-off-white-vapormax.html .5 seconds to play in the game, Kevin Love never stopped believing that they would come out of there with a win. Australian Open champion Jordan Spieth believes his playoff win at Royal Sydney is the exact pressure test he needed to push on into 2017 and take his game to another level.While it was two clutch par putts that saw Spieth join locals Cameron Smith and Ashley Hall in a three-way playoff on Sunday, a perfect tee- and second shot at the first extra hole pleased the American far more as he lifted the Stonehaven Cup for a second time.With two wins earlier in 2016, Spieth had already enjoyed the kind of season any touring professional would be proud of.But he knows what a second triumph in Sydney could mean after he took the momentum of his 2014 Australian Open victory into the Hero World Challenge where he recorded a 10-stroke win, and then powered to one of the most memorable seasons on record.I hope to take this into a couple of weeks from now, improve on areas that need improvement and sustain what was solid, Spieth said Sunday evening.From there, then address what the goals are for the next year. Im not exactly sure yet, thats normally what we do in the month of December is figure out what were looking forward to in 2017.But I think a lot can be drawn back on 2014 into 15. So its really nice to, again; the way we played the playoff I think is going to do wonders for me. Ive been in a little bit of a stall hitting shots when they mattered.[At] Colonial, I saved myself with a lot of putts...to hit those two shots in there right where I wanted to hit them. And then to make the putt with it is really big going forward, and its soomething I can draw on all next year is look back on the way this one was finished out. Nike Epic React Flyknit. 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