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MEDAL GLORY: The Bahamas men’s 4x400 metre relay team members (l-r) Chris Brown, Steven Gardiner, Michael Mathieu and Alonzo Russell hold their bronze medals during an athletics podium ceremony at the Summer Olympics inside Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jae C Hong)

‘Bronze Boys’ shine By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunermedia.net

Men’s 4x400m relay team bringing home the medals

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — They didn’t successfully defend their title from London, England, but the Bahamas still got on the podium in the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay on Saturday night as the athletic competition for the 2016 Olympic Games came to a close at the Olympic Stadium. Using the combination of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown, the Bahamas had to dig down deep to hold off Belgium and Botswana for the bronze medal as the United States regained the gold well ahead of silver medallist Jamaica. With splits of 45.3 for third on his leg for Russell, 45.1 for seventh for Mathieu, 43.79 for first for Gardiner and 44.20 for Brown for fifth, the Bahamas produced a season’s best of two minutes and 58.49 seconds. With both season best perfor-

mances as well, the United States ran away with the race in 2:57.30 and Jamaica clinched the silver in 2:58.16. The Bahamas’ time surpassed the previous SB’s of 2:58.84 that the quartet of Russell (45.2 for first), Brown (44.6 for fifth), Gardiner (44.90 for second) and Stephen Newbold (44.83 for fifth) ran the night before for second in their heat and sixth overall to secure their berth into the final. While it was a foregone conclusion that the Americans were untouchable this time around, the Bahamians knew they had a shot contesting with Jamaica, Botswana and Belgium. Unfortunately, Trinidad & Tobago and Great Britain, two other contenders, got disqualified in the preliminaries. As it turned out, it was the fourth Olympic relay medal for the Bahamas - three of which were

anchored by Brown - as the men’s team captain in Rio completed his fifth and final appearance in the biggest sporting event on the planet, held every four years. In addition to leading off on the gold medal team in London, he also anchored the silver medal performance from Andretti Bain, Mathieu and Andrea Williams in Beijing, China in 2008 and anchored as well in Sydney, Aus-

tralia in 2000 when he and Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh and Carl Oliver clinched the first relay medal with the bronze. It was the second medal for the Bahamas as the relay team joined Shaunae Miller, the women’s 400m gold medallist. That pushed the Bahamas tied for 51st overall in the standings with Cote d’voire and the Independent Olympic Athlete, while finishing 14th in the athletic competition. Brown, the elder statesman of the team at age 37, rebounded after dropping to fourth on the back stretch on his last leg as he was passed by Jamaica’s Javon Francis as they trailed LaShawn Merritt from the United States and Gaone Leaname Maotoanono from Botswana. But as they came off the final curve and into the home stretch, Maotoanono stumbled with the

pressure behind him as Francis reeled him in. Brown passed him as well and just as he got closer to the finish line, he managed to dip to avoid Kevin Borlee and Belgium denying the Bahamas the bronze. Belgium, featuring three Borlee brothers, established a new national record of 2:58.52, but they didn’t have enough real estate to catch the Bahamas. The race started with Russell bringing the baton right in the thick of things for the Bahamas. Mathieu was the third to make the stagger to the inside on the second leg, but as he got to the exchange to pass off to Gardiner, he was in fifth place. Gardiner made a final push in the final 200m and came around to put the Bahamas back into contention as Brown

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MAKING HISTORY: BAHAMAS DEFEATS USA 5-4, EXPECTS JUMP IN WORLD RANKINGS THE Bahamas defeated the United States of America in beach soccer for the first time in the country’s history. The Bahamas beach soccer team scored the historic win against the No.15 ranked USA men’s national team in a nail-biting match in Spiez, Switzerland, on Saturday. It was a close match up, but The Bahamas came out on top, defeating the soccer powerhouse by one point with a final score of 5-4. “This is a great day in Bahamian football history,” said Fred Lunn, general secretary of the Bahamas Football Association (BFA). “This is a victory not only for the team, but more importantly, for the country. We are ecstatic about this win, but we won’t get comfortable. Our focus goes back to preparing for next year’s World Cup where we plan to make the country proud on home sand.” A Bahamian contingent attended the game and cheered on Team Bahamas, including Rhoda Jackson, Bahamas Ambassador to Switzerland. “Words can’t de-

THE BAHAMAS beach soccer team scored an historic win against the No.15 ranked USA men’s national team in Spiez, Switzerland, on Saturday. scribe how we’re feeling. USA is a strong competitor and we’ve

played against them several times but were unsuccessful in defeating

them. They were ranked significantly higher than us, so this win

shows that Team Bahamas is on the right track,” said Gavin Christie, the team captain. Lesley St Jean was the game’s highest scorer, netting four of the five goals. Ehren Hanna scored the first goal for The Bahamas in period two. “All of our hard work has finally paid off. We’ve been able to kick it up a few notches and we were finally able to pull off a victory against the US,” Hanna said. The squad is in Europe for a sixweek training camp and a series of tournaments in preparation for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Sixteen countries will compete in the prestigious 11-day tournament slated for April 27 to May 7 in Nassau. With its first ever win against the US, Team Bahamas is gaining confidence heading into next year’s World Cup. “It was an outstanding game and a fantastic result for these players. The team has been training twice a day for the last six weeks and competing against

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RACES TO REMEMBER AT THE 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

TEAM BAHAMAS members celebrate winning the bronze medal in the 4x400-metre relay final. (AP Photo/David J Phillip)

ON THE REPLAY: From left, Jamaica’s Javon Francis, Bahamas’ Chris Brown and Belgium’s Kevin Borlee at the finish line during the 4 x 400-metre relay final at the Olympic stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

BRITAIN’S MARTYN ROONEY, left, Belgium’s Kevin Borlee, centre, and Bahamas’ Stephen Newbold, right, compete in a men’s 4x400-meter relay heat on Friday. (AP)

BAHAMAS’ Chris Brown lays on the track as the Jamaica team celebrate their silver medal.

THE BAHAMAS team (l-r) of Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner, Chris Brown and Alonzo Russell celebrate winning the bronze medal.

Men’s 4x400m relay team bringing home the bronze FROM PAGE 1 finished off the job. “It was pretty good,” said the 24-year-old Russell of his first leg. “I just wanted to go out there and set it up for our team and I think I was able to do that, put us in a good position to be able to get a medal. So I just want to thank God, my coach, my team-mates for pulling it off.” As the freshest leg, running for the first time in the games, Mathieu said they got the medal and that is all that matters. “I sprained by hip muscle on the very first curve, but I just had to keep on pushing through it,” said Mathieu, the 32-year-old three-time medallist. “We had a rough year and I know that it was going to be hard, but we came out with something. We just want to thank God for that.” And Gardiner, the 20-year-old national cham-

pion, thanked God for allowing them to come out of the games healthy because they went through a battle in the final. “A lot of people counted us out, but we managed to bring home a medal, so that’s really good,” he stressed. Brown, who wasn’t able to advance out of the first round of the 400m, said it was a great feeling to get back on the podium. “First I want to thank God,” he stressed. “We went out there and we gave it our best. A lot of people didn’t believe that we could do it, but we came through and it’s better to go home with a bronze than to go without anything. So I’m very pleased with the way the guys performed.” The medal, according to Brown, was dedicated to Demetrius Pinder, the only member in the relay pool who didn’t get to compete. In the post-race press

conference, Merritt said although he fell short of his goal of winning two medals in the men’s 200 and 400m, he was quite thrilled that the USA put together a collective group of guys, who went out and got the job done because “we wanted this gold medal for the United States” after losing it four years ago. But Brown warned Merritt and the young group of Americans, who congratulated the Bahamian legend for his longevity at the top, that the scene will shift to the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium next year and the Bahamas will be out to avenge the loss at the IAAF World Relays. So before he officially retires, Brown said he wants to at least come home and put on another show for the Bahamian public. For their efforts, the relay team will get to split $40,000 as an incentive from the Bahamas Government.

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AT OLYMPIC GAMES IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Overall, Team Bahamas did very well By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Two medals, two national records and five appearances in a final has left head coach George Cleare quite thrilled about the performance of Team Bahamas in the athletic competition at the 2016 Olympic Games. Team Bahamas wrapped up its competition at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night in the grand finale with the quartet of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown securing the bronze medal in the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay. “I think overall, Team Bahamas did very well,” Cleare said. “There’s no meet where everything goes exactly according to plans. We had some areas where we foresee some great things happening for us, but for some unseen circumstances, they didn’t happen. “But we had some cases where some of our athletes rose to the occasion. One such athlete would have been Pedrya Seymour, who performed very well in the women’s 100 metre hurdles. I think her performance was the surprise of the meet for Team Bahamas.” Primarily a newcomer to the meet, the new national record holder lowered her mark in the semi-final to qualify for the final where she was sixth overall. It was also the first time that Seymour competed in a major international meet for the Bahamas, having gotten some taste of the competition at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in April. Seymour, a 21-year-old attending the University of Illinois, was coming off a spill over the first hurdle during the final of the NCAA Championships where she was unable to finish. She had dedicated her season to her deceased brother Keron Dean and

GEORGE CLEARE had the second most consistent performance by all of the Bahamian athletes this year. The most consistent came from Shaunae Miller, the Olympic gold medallist in the women’s 400m. There was some debate about whether or not she should have ran the 200m, but there was even more concern about her not being available to compete in the women’s 4 x 400m relay. Without Miller, the team of Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmiesha Cox and Christine Amertil made history as the Bahamas competed in the mile relay for the first time at the Olympics. The quartet just missed out of getting into the final, but posted a new national record in finishing sixth in their heat for 11th place overall. The other medal came from the men’s 4 x 400m team of Alonzo Russell, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown. While they didn’t get to successfully defend their title, the team picked up the bronze. The United States regained the gold and Jamaica clinched the silver. During the course of the time they spent in Rio prior to the start of the competition, Cleare said the coaching staff focused on taking care of the small things so that they could get the athletes ready to compete. But

he said that in moving forward, a greater effort will have to be made on preparing the athletes to compete in their individual events as opposed to just settling for relay duties. “When I write my coaches’ report, I’m going to be making the recommendation that we spend more time trying to prepare the athletes to compete in the individual events, which in turn will allow us to produce stronger legs to compete in the relays,” he stressed. “We’ve had athletes here who only came to compete in the relays. But I think if they had qualified for their individual events, the Bahamas would have definitely competed much better in the relays. We’re known for our relay strength and it was just disappointing that we didn’t have any teams in both the men and women 4 x 100m relays.” Cleare, who personally coaches Clarke and Gardiner, the only one of three male quarter-milers to advance to the semi-final of the men’s 400m, commended the women’s 1,600m relay team for their pioneering performance in getting to the Olympics and lowering the national record. And he also lauded the efforts of the men’s relay team, noting that both Gardiner and Brown ran exceptionally well in ensuring that the Bahamas got back on the podium, although it was difficult to stop the United States from dethroning the Bahamas. Overall, Cleare said there

are some issues that need to be addressed, but he prefers to discuss it with the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, the governing body for athletics in the country, rather than putting it out in the media. He said in due time, he will reveal more of his concerns. But he thanked the coaching staff that included Rudolph Ferguson, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, James Rolle, Tyrone Burrows and Shaun Miller for the splendid job they combined to ensure that Team Bahamas was fully ready to compete. Once the athletes went into the stadium to compete, Cleare said it was up to them to produce. Some did and there were others who fell short. But Cleare said, for the most part, he was quite pleased with the effort turned in and he’s looking forward to working with the BAAA, the coaches and the athletes in the future. The games ended last night with the closing ceremonies and while a lot of the athletes have already left the games village, the remainder of the team should be out of Rio by Wednesday. The team was a part of the Bahamian contingent that included Emily Morley, who made history as the first Bahamian to compete in rowing, along with swimmers Arianna VanderpoolWallace, Joanna Evans and Dustin Tynes. Morley made it to the E Final in the Women’s Single Sculls, while Vanderpool-Wallace just missed getting into the final of the 50m free, her specialty, Evans set two national records in the women’s 400 and 200m freestyles. She also contested the 800m free, her specialty. The chef de mission for the team was Roy Colebrooke and the team manager was Ralf McKinney. The Bahamas Olympic Committee was responsible for the team, which was sponsored by BTC.

‘I WANTED TO PUT ON MY SPIKES AND GO OUT THERE AND RUN WITH THOSE GIRLS’ By BRENT STUBBS Senior Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

the United States. She has since returned home where she’s now coaching at the club level, trying to get more grassroot athletes into the sport to give them a chance to excel just as she was given that exposure through fellow LW Young High team-mate Frank Rutherford, who introduced her to coach Neville Wisdom of the Baintown Flyers Track Club and the rest as they say, is history. While she would have also been successful in winning the IAAF World Championships silver medal in the 400m in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1995 and the IAAF World Indoor Championship 200m in Maebashi in 1999, no one can argue her dedication and commitment to the sport, which has led her to occupy a seat on the IAAF Council for the past

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Veteran sprinter Pauline Davis-Thompson has always been very passionate when it comes down to expressing her views on the sport of track and field. But the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s councilwoman was even more emotional when she sat in the stands at the Olympic Stadium to watch as Lanece Clarke, Anthonique Strachan, Carmiesha Cox and Christine Amertil made history as the first female team to compete for the Bahamas in the DAVIS-THOMPSON women’s 4 x 400 metre relay. On Friday night, the team didn’t advance to the final, finishing sixth in heat two in 3:26.36 for a new two terms. national record, while placing 11th overall. But as she roamed through the VIP Lounge and segment “I wanted to put on my spikes and go out there and run of the stands at the stadium, Davis-Thompson said she was with those girls,” said Davis-Thompson as she tried to hold confronted by a number of persons who wanted to know back the tears. “This was something that I was working to- what has happened to the women’s 4 x 100m relay teams wards for years and now it’s finally here. We have a team since the departure of the “Golden Girls.” competing in the Olympic Games. She noted that it was a concern of her own as well be“People don’t know, but I always loved running the re- cause she was disappointed to see how some of the athletes lays because I believe the Bahamian people enjoy watching today are being “influenced by their managers, coaches the success that we’ve had in those events for years. I’m just and agents” to perform in meets and events where the Basorry that I never got a chance to run in a race at the games, hamas is not feeling the full brink of their success. but I’m very happy for the young women who represented Case in point, Davis-Thompson said there’s no excuse us tonight.” for the Bahamas not to have qualified for all four relays, As a five-time Olympian. Davis-Thompson has only had considering the fact that a golden opportunity for the womthe chance to compete on the women’s 4 x 100 metre team en was missed at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau last that became famously known as the “Golden Girls” after year when the top sprinters opted to contest the 4 x 200m the squad of Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes, Eldece and not the 4 x 100m. Clarke, All the team had to do was advance to the final and they Chandra Sturrup and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie were would have booked their ticket to the Olympics. Instead, crowned back-to-back champions at the IAAF World the women’s 4 x 100m never really got to run their best Championships in Seville, Spain in 1999 and the Olympic team over the past year due to a few injuries. The women’s Games in Sydney, Australia in 2000. 4 x 400m had to compete in the Blue Marlin Invitational Before that, the same group of women emerged on the and wait on the ruling of Russia in the court of arbitration Olympic scene as the silver medallist to the United States to find out about their fate here. in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. “We have to remember that we have to put our country Yet, even before that, Davis-Thompson was primarily above self when it comes to competing at these internationthe face of the women’s sprints, representing the Bahamas al meets like the IAAF and Olympics,” Davis-Thompson in just about every major international competition as the stressed. “We have to impress among those persons who lone female competitor. are dealing with our athletes today that the focus should be “It was very difficult being the only female athlete repre- on country first and doing what is best for the Bahamas and senting the country before the Golden Girls came along,” not as individuals.” Davis-Thompson said. “But of all of the accomplishments Peeved by what she has seen developing where the sprintthat I achieved, I was very disappointed that I didn’t get to ers today are more concerned about all of the “long and run the 4 x 400m relay at the Olympics.” fashion statement in their hairs” and not just Bahamians, Winner of her only individual medal at the Olympics in but athletes in general, Davis-Thompson said that seems Sydney when she got silver behind Marion Jones, but was to be one of the areas where the athletes differ from when later elevated to the gold when the American was stripped she competed. of her medals because of a positive banned substance, Da“We just wanted to go out there and do whatever was vis-Thompson can be remembered for her exploits in the 4 necessary to win,” she said. “Nowadays, everybody is fox 4 when the Bahamas hosted the Carifta Games in Nassau cusing on how long their hair is to their hip and it’s becomwhen she got the baton in the middle of the pack and she ing a distraction because they are putting too much emphavirtually ran down the field to clinch the gold, adding to sis into it.” her triumph in both the 100 and 200m that led to her being But as one who has been there and done it, Davisnamed the Austin Sealy Most Outstanding Athlete of the Thompson said she will continue to offer her advice and games. guidelines to whoever wants to accept it. She said she can’t Then a runner for the Government High School, Davis- afford to let the next generation of Bahamian sprinters and Thompson went on to excel at the University of Alabama, female quarter-milers not be given the best opportunity to winning numerous NCAA indoor and outdoor titles be- compete and continue to keep the Bahamas on the map in fore she had a brief sting as a collegiate and elite coach in international athletics.

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MAKING BAHAMIANS PROUD: The Bahamas beach soccer team scored an historic win against the No.15 ranked USA men’s national team in Spiez, Switzerland, on Saturday.

MAKING HISTORY: BAHAMAS DEFEATS USA 5-4, EXPECTS JUMP IN WORLD RANKINGS FROM PAGE 1 various national and club teams every weekend. They’re getting stronger, they’re getting faster, and they’re getting ready to compete on the world stage,” said Jason McDowall, vice president of BFA Beach Soccer. While in Europe, Team Bahamas also secured victories against Estonia and

TEAM BAHAMAS (in action above) defeated the USA men’s national team 5-4.

No.5 ranked beach soccer powerhouse Tahiti. Members of the team include Valin Bodie, Lamar Cancino, Gavin Christie, Dwight Darling, Christopher Davis, Torin Ferguson, Dwayne Forbes, Ehren Hanna, Jared Higgs, Nesley Jean, Timothy Munnings, Lesley St. Fleur and Kyle Williams. The team is scheduled to return to Nassau on Wednesday.

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WAKE FOREST: ‘IT WAS ALSO A BONDING TRIP FOR OUR TEAM AS WELL’ By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Wake Forest Men’s Basketball programme used their Bahamas Tour as an opportunity to showcase their new roster for the upcoming season and give back to the local community through social outreach. The visiting university partnered with Mission: Educate Bahamas and Sandilands Primary School to host an educational and athletic programme with dozens

of students at the school’s campus in Fox Hill on Friday. Players and staff for the Demon Deacons spent 20 minutes in the classroom using the TuneIn to Reading programme, followed by a basketball clinic. The TuneIn programme is a reading programme that is monitored using computers and headphones. It helps children improve their reading in a very short period of time, as much as one or two grade levels. “Since we already completed our scheduled games we saw this

as an opportunity for our guys to see different parts of the island, but most importantly, it was a chance to connect with some kids and put a smile on their face,” said Wake Forest head coach Danny Manning. “We really enjoyed our time here, because it was also a bonding trip for our team as well. So now we hope that the chemistry we built here carries over into the season.” Sandilands Primary is one of the latest schools to incorporate MEB’s TuneIn programme into their curriculum. School principal

Esther Cartwright said the programme is one that can truly elevate the literacy levels in younger students, and that she appreciates MEB and Wendy’s for affording the kids the opportunity to meet and greet with the players. “It was a delight to have Wake Forest University here. This kind of exposure is great for our students,” she said. “We want to thank Wendy’s for the charity and for making this possible. “This is an opportunity that most students would never have if it wasn’t for this programme, and I think the

impact from the visit will go beyond just our school, but throughout the entire Fox Hill community and The Bahamas at large.” The camp also featured t-shirt giveaways, autograph signing and lunch for the students. Wake Forest was in the Bahamas to participate in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder. The team finished 1-2 in exhibition play. Following a one-point loss to the University of Toronto, they defeated locally based teams CTG Knights and Real Deal Shockers.

Elites rout Bahamas Select 113-88 By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net FOR the second consecutive year the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) Bahamas Camp featured a matchup between some of the top high school basketball prospects in America against local Bahamian prospects. The Nike EYBL Elites emerged with a 113-88 win over the Bahamas Select Team at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Saturday. The Nike roster was led by several likely NCAA “one and done prospects,” including Wendell Carter, Gary Trent Jr and Mitchell Robinson. Carter, the 6’9” prospect out of Pace Academy, is ranked second behind Bahamian prospect DeAndre Ayton in the class of 2017 on the ESPN 100 and has received offers from Duke, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Auburn, Georgia Tech, Harvard and Texas A and M. He finished with 15 points and three rebounds. “I really enjoyed the game,” he said. “The Bahamian national team played well and it was great to get out here with the guys and play.” Trae Young (Norman High), ranked No. 21, finished with 14 points. “It was really fun going up against those guys. This game was much more competitive than when we played them last year,” said Young. “It was a really good game. We had a little back and forth going on for a bit, and that’s what it’s all about. I enjoyed myself here. The Bahamian people showed us nothing but love our entire time here.” PJ Washington (Findlay College Prep) also added 14.

ABOVE THE RIM: The Nike EYBL Elites routed the Bahamas Select Team 113-88 during the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (EYBL) Bahamas Camp at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Saturday. New Orleans Pelicans’ Buddy Hield (right), of the Bahamas, came out to show support for Team Bahamas. Photos by Tim Clarke/Tribune Staff Other members of the loaded Nike roster included No. 3 Mo Bamba (Westtown), No.6 Brandon McCoy (Cathedral Catholic High), No. 10 Brian Bowen (LaLumiere), No. 14 Lonnie Walker (Reading High), No. 16 PJ Washington (Findlay College Prep), No.22 Quade Green (Neumann-Goretti High), No. 26 Collin Sexton (Pebblebrook High), No.27 Matt Coleman (Oak Hill Academy), Gary Trent Jr (Findlay College Prep) and No.28 Troy Brown Jr (Centennial High). Franco Miller (Taber-

nacle) led the way for Team Bahamas with 21 points on 7-15 shooting from the field, including 4-7 from three-point range. Adrian Thompson (CC Sweeting) added 13 and Azaro Roker (Anatol Rodgers) chipped in with 11 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Other members of Team Bahamas included Adam Johnson (Jordan Prince William), Corey Sands (CC Sweeting), Jefferson Oliver (Jordan Prince William), Domnick Bridgewater (Anatol Rodgers), Lathaniel Bastian (Doris Johnson), Livingston Bro-

mwell (Ridley College/Ontario, Canada), Jalen Hall (Jack Hayward), Godfrey Rolle (Sunrise Christian Academy/ Witcha, Kansas), Kevin Cooper (Noble Prep) and Anderias Blacks(CC Sweeting). The Bahamas took an early 5-2 lead but Nike eventually took a 24-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. The EYBL team started the second quarter on a 12-4 run and extended their lead. Nike pulled away in the first quarter and led 40-19 early in the second and 59-

30 at halftime. The Bahamas staged a brief rally in the third, sparked by Roker’s highlight dunks and Miller’s pair of threes. The Bahamas Select cut the margin to 19 (87-68) with less than eight minutes left, but was not able to make a run. In 2015, the Nike EYBL Elite team dominated en route to a 125-65 win. They were coached by a pair of former NBA players, Rasheed Wallace and Brian Shaw. Shaw, who now serves as an associate head coach of

the Los Angeles Lakers, said he was excited to have an opportunity to pass his knowledge along to the group in the Bahamas - a place he has heard so much about from his former Bahamian teammates. “I feel great here. Being around Mychal Thompson and Rick Fox they’ve always talked to me about the Bahamas and growing up here, so I look forward to coming here any chance I get,” he said. “I think the important thing is we try to help them understand the importance of fundamentals of the game. With technology and all the things that these kids are exposed to, they are much further along athletically than we were. All of them are long, they’re quick, they can run and jump and dunk but some of the fundamentals of the game get lost, so we just try to stress fundamentals. We want to get them to understand playing together, not just on the court but off the court as well in terms of life skills.” Brian Shaw spent 13 years in the NBA as a combo guard with the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trailblazers and Lakers. He has been active on the grassroots circuit, also working with the Adidas Nations Skills Camp last month in the Philippines. “These kids, they still have a couple levels that they can get to and as talented as they are, they’re still in high school. They aspire to go to college and to make it to the NBA but there is a lot of work to be done on and off the court before they get to those next levels,” he said. “It’s a job, it’s about the business of basketball.”

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DOLPHINS’ POUNCEY COULD MISS OPENER BECAUSE OF HIP INJURY

West Ham, Middlesbrough earn 1st wins in Premier League By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer THE first Premier League game staged at the centrepiece stadium of the London Olympics in 2012 served up some late drama yesterday, with new tenant West Ham scoring in the 85th minute to earn a 1-0 win over 10-man Bournemouth. Track-and-field stars like Usain Bolt and David Rudisha produced some amazing memories at the Olympic Stadium — now known simply as London Stadium — four years ago, but this match was forgettable until a flurry of incidents in the latter stages. Bournemouth was left a man short by Harry Arter’s sending-off in the 77th, and West Ham took advantage when winger Michail Antonio met an inviting left-wing cross by Gokhan Tore with a header at the far post. “I did say to him two minutes before the goal, ‘Go and be a hero,’” West Ham captain Mark Noble said about Antonio. “He went, and was one.” West Ham then needed a reaction save from goalkeeper Adrian followed by a clearance from near the goal-line to preserve its first league win at the team’s new home. Having waved an emotional

WEST Ham’s Michail Antonio, left, celebrates scoring his sides first goal in their English Premier League soccer match against AFC Bournemouth at the London Stadium yesterday. (Nick Potts/PA via AP) goodbye to Upton Park last season after 112 years there, West Ham is

in the first year of the club’s tenancy at the London Stadium and will

take time to get used to the new surroundings. Decimated by injuries to many of its key players, including Dimitri Payet, Andy Carroll, Manuel Lanzini and new record signing Andre Ayew, West Ham also had to cope with a tough week that saw them play Chelsea on Monday — losing 2-1 to a late goal — and then travel to Romania for a Europa League qualifier on Thursday. The threadbare squad returned to London in the early hours of Friday. “It wasn’t a great game of football,” West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said. “We didn’t expect to play like Brazil.” Bournemouth has lost both of its games in the league so far, having opened with a 3-1 home defeat to Manchester United. Sunderland, and its new manager David Moyes, is also looking for its first point after a 2-1 loss to northeast rival Middlesbrough in the other game Sunday. Uruguay striker Cristhian Stuani scored both of Middlesbrough’s first-half goals, the first a 25-metre screamer into the top corner in the 13th before finishing off a flowing team move in the 45th. Patrick van Aanholt pulled a goal back in the 71st for Sunderland.

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The exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body—everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels. Temperatures reflect the high and the low for the day.

almanac

aBaCO

High: 87° F/31° C low: 79° F/26° C

3‑6 knots

High: 94° F/34° C low: 78° F/26° C

4‑8 knots

FT. lauderdale

FreepOrT

High: 91° F/33° C low: 77° F/25° C

W S

WesT palm BeaCH

uV inDex toDay

TOnIGHT

High: 92° F/33° C low: 78° F/26° C

High: 91° F/33° C low: 78° F/26° C

mIamI

High: 92° F/33° C low: 76° F/24° C

4‑8 knots

Key WesT

High: 91° F/33° C low: 81° F/27° C

Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 91° F/33° C Low .................................................... 79° F/26° C Normal high ....................................... 89° F/32° C Normal low ........................................ 76° F/24° C Last year’s high ................................. 91° F/33° C Last year’s low ................................... 78° F/25° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday .................................. trace Year to date ............................................... 27.21” Normal year to date ................................... 23.35”

eleuTHera

nassau

High: 91° F/33° C low: 79° F/26° C

High: 88° F/31° C low: 82° F/28° C

The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

tiDes For nassau High

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Low

Ht.(ft.)

Today

11:40 a.m. ‑‑‑‑‑

3.5 ‑‑‑‑‑

5:23 a.m. 5:53 p.m.

0.0 0.2

Tuesday

12:00 a.m. 12:36 p.m.

3.3 3.5

6:13 a.m. 6:52 p.m.

0.0 0.3

Wednesday 12:55 a.m. 1:36 p.m.

3.1 3.5

7:08 a.m. 7:55 p.m.

0.1 0.4

Thursday

1:55 a.m. 2:40 p.m.

3.0 3.4

8:08 a.m. 9:02 p.m.

0.2 0.5

Friday

3:01 a.m. 3:46 p.m.

2.9 3.4

9:12 a.m. 0.3 10:10 p.m. 0.5

Saturday

4:08 a.m. 4:50 p.m.

2.8 3.4

10:17 a.m. 0.3 11:15 p.m. 0.5

Sunday

5:13 a.m. 5:50 p.m.

2.9 3.5

11:20 a.m. 0.3 ‑‑‑‑‑ ‑‑‑‑‑

sun anD moon Sunrise Sunset

6:47 a.m. 7:38 p.m.

Moonrise Moonset

10:57 p.m. 10:59 a.m.

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CaT Island

DAVIE, Florida (AP) — Miami Dolphins centre Mike Pouncey has been sidelined by a left hip injury that could force him to miss the season opener. Pouncey was hurt in Friday’s exhibition game at Dallas, and he’ll likely sit out the final two exhibition games, coach Adam Gase said yesterday. “We’re still kind of feeling out what’s going on,” Gase said. “We need to keep evaluating. We’re working with the doctors and trying to make sure when he comes back, he’s ready to go.” It’s possible Pouncey will miss the opener September 11 at Seattle, Gase said. “If things change for us or if we get some kind of diagnosis where they tell us it’s a longer time period than we originally thought, it could happen,” Gase said.

High: 87° F/31° C low: 81° F/27° C

4‑8 knots

andrOs

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

san salVadOr

GreaT eXuma

High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

High: 86° F/30° C low: 81° F/27° C

High: 90° F/32° C low: 81° F/27° C

lOnG Island

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High: 86° F/30° C low: 80° F/27° C

4‑8 knots

mayaGuana High: 85° F/29° C low: 81° F/27° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CrOOKed Island / aCKlIns raGGed Island High: 85° F/29° C low: 80° F/27° C

GreaT InaGua High: 89° F/32° C low: 80° F/27° C

High: 85° F/29° C low: 80° F/27° C

7‑14 knots

8‑16 knots

marine Forecast aBaCO andrOs CaT Island CrOOKed Island eleuTHera FreepOrT GreaT eXuma GreaT InaGua lOnG Island mayaGuana nassau raGGed Island san salVadOr

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WINDS SW at 4‑8 Knots NNE at 5‑10 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots NNE at 6‑12 Knots E at 4‑8 Knots NE at 6‑12 Knots ENE at 6‑12 Knots NE at 7‑14 Knots SW at 3‑6 Knots NNE at 6‑12 Knots SSW at 3‑6 Knots NNE at 5‑10 Knots E at 4‑8 Knots NNE at 6‑12 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots E at 6‑12 Knots NE at 7‑14 Knots ENE at 6‑12 Knots ENE at 7‑14 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots NNE at 1‑10 Knots E at 7‑14 Knots ENE at 8‑16 Knots SW at 4‑8 Knots NE at 6‑12 Knots

WAVES 0‑2 Feet 0‑2 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑2 Feet 0‑2 Feet 0‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑3 Feet 0‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑2 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑3 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet

VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 86° F 86° F 88° F 88° F 88° F 88° F 85° F 85° F 86° F 86° F 86° F 86° F 87° F 87° F 86° F 86° F 87° F 87° F 85° F 85° F 84° F 85° F 86° F 86° F 88° F 88° F