FREE National Move ment chairman Dr Duane Sands has called on govern ment to implement certain safety protocols for tour ism water operators in the aftermath of a fatal shark attack earlier this week. Dr Sands said tour opera tors should be equipped, for example, with tourniquets to stop the flow of blood, blood clotting powders and have a standard kit for emergencies. He said tour operators should also be trained to deal with the aftermath of shark attacks or other injuries that may occur on an excursion. His comments came after 58-year-old Caroline DiPlacido of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania died on Tues day after being attacked by a bull shark while snorkel ling with family near Green Cay.
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Ms McIntosh, pictured with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and Minister of Transport and Housing JoBeth Coleby-Davis, was one of several Abaco residents who recently received housing assistance from the government after having resided in the govern ment domes for some two years. She recalled living in a dome without running water or electricity before her luck turned around.“The government did wonderful for me,” she said in an emotional interview with The Tribune yester day. “They gave me a new home and it’s still in the process of fin ishing off and that’s all I could say because I wasn’t expecting it.”
Tribune Business, plans to assist the govern ment in transforming its governance and public policy response to major catastrophes given a Hurri cane Dorian-strength storm is now forecast to occur at least once every 25 years due to climate change.
THE Bahamas’ ability to cope with disasters is set for a $160m overhaul after being ranked among the weakest in Hemisphere seen by
FUEL operators are excited over the recent drop in gas prices as well as expectations that prices will continue to decrease and stabilise.Theprice of a gallon of gas rose to almost $7 last month, with prices in the Family Islands surpassing thatAlsoamount.last month, Esso Service Stations saw a fall in the price per gallon of gas from $6.96 to $6.66. Since last week, prices at the pumps in the capital have been $6.29 at Shell, $6.30 at Rubis and $6.31 at Esso.
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A WEEK after receiving her commitment letter for a brandnew home, Dorian survivor Lovely McIntosh says she is still in disbe lief and overwhelmed with joy that she will finally have a place to call her own.
Yesterday, Vasco Bastian, vice-president of the Petro leum Dealers Association (BPDA), told The Tribune that he expects the recent decrease in fuel prices will be more long-term than previous fluctuations in the price of fuel. “For now I think it should continue to decline,” Mr Bastian said. “I definitely see us going a little lower. Once the price of crude oil continues to decline.” PRICES ‘WILL KEEP ON DROPPING’ LETRE SWEETING
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Sometimes you have so many selfish people, but she would always put aside her feelings and what she was going through to make sure you were okay most times. “She just always wanted to make sure we were okay. When I went to visit her in Miami in the hospital, you know she asked me ‘Sher waine, are you okay?’ Even though I am literally look ing at her laying in this bed in pain, she wanted to know how I was doing. That was
“She was always a sweet person, she was always caring and I would say she is a very selfless person.
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After being diagnosed in January 2020 until her untimely demise, Ms Smith remained “strong”, accord ing to her friend. She said: “She really was strong. Even our last con versation she and I had, although she was weak and I could hear the pain in her voice, she still had faith.” Despite the circumstances, Ms Smith’s strength and resilience were influential to those around her. Another friend, Ms Knowles said the deceased was more than a friend to her, but rather a sister. She spoke in admiration of the strength Ms Smith had“Itembodied.wasata point, that behind closed doors you would not imagine the pain that she was going through,” she said. “The depression, the anxiety, the fear — all of these that nobody never knew because she never showed that part of her. I guess that was her assign ment by God, to show faith.”
In an interview with The Tribune earlier this year, Ms Smith shed light on difficulties she faced with treatment, however she remained“Treatmentoptimistic.atthis time is very difficult. I had a port in before that I got treatment in, but I had to take that out because it got infected, so I don’t have that anymore. I recently had something that they call a PICC line injected, but that got infected after two weeks so that had to come out,” she said at the time. The former straw market vendor and owner of Island Queen Boutique left behind three children ages nine, eight and three. “Her children brought her so much joy because they remind her so much of herself. At the same time, it makes us sad to know that she is no longer here, but she did a wonderful job in grow ing them up into the children that they are now,” Ms Knowles told The Tribune The “Lotus Crew” is committed to carrying on the legacy of their friend as she represented a key part of their lives.
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The group is made up of six women who were friends from junior high school to now: Ms Smith, Tia Knowles, Sherwaine Ferguson, Shavunka McKinney, Khalieha Cun ningham and Indira Hanna. While reflecting on the life of her dear friend, Ms Ferguson said Ms Smith
Tamara Smith was said to be the “epitome of love” by those who knew her. She was a part of a sisterhood who referred to themselves
A VIBRANT soul lost her fight against stage four breast cancer last Friday.
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Mr Cove told The Trib une the area of Green Cay is home to many turtles, hence why the site is fre quented by tour operators for snorkelling excursions.
THE owner of a local dive company has ques tioned if shark tagging for scientific research led to the presence of the marine animal in waters off Green Cay where a woman was fatallyStuartattacked.Cove, of Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, spoke to this newspaper a day after an American woman died after a shark attack while snorkelling with family on Tuesday. The Tribune understands Seas The Day Bahamas is the tour company responsi ble for the excursion.
He said: “Shark attacks ever since (the movie) Jaws have elicited a dispropor tionate emotional response, okay. As rare as they are, they elicit an outsized response that reverber ates around the world. We have seen in Florida, Australia and other places an increase or a change in behaviour, but I don’t think we should exaggerate that, because the number of attacks basically do not bear out the view that we had in the middle of a crisis or“Thatemergency.said, being proac tive and being scientific and data driven makes an awful lot of sense and we have some“Thereexperts.isCandace Fields, by way of disclaimer, happens to be family of mine, but she is one of our local experts on shark behaviour. We have other marine biologists that are able to guide us through this process and without having this thing degener ate into a finger-pointing useless exercise. We can ask what possible good can come out of a horrible trag edy if we are able to make our excursions safer and more attractive and make The Bahamas a better, safer destination.”MsDiPlacido was a long time employee at Gannon University in the US, having served as a mar keting secretary and most recently, project coordi nator in community and government relations. “Along with her efforts to further the mission of Erie-GAINS and Our West Bayfront, Caroline was a powerful presence of kindness and friendship to colleagues, students and the wider community and cherished many family ties to Gannon,” the univer sity chaplain, Rev Michael Kesicki said in a statement. “The news is devastating, and she will be missed. “We pray for Caroline as she crosses over to eternity. We pray for her husband, David, her children, David, Robert and Allison; her mother, Olivia; and her widerYesterday,family.”members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the coroner visited the site where the attack was reported to have taken place. Speaking to reporters, press liaison officer Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings did not have many new updates on the attack other than to say that the victim was officially identified by Meanwhile,police.an investi gation into the incident is continuing.
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“All of us at Seas The Day are deeply saddened and shocked by the shark attack at Green Cay yester day (Tuesday). Please keep the family in your prayers,” the company said. After over 40 years in operation, Mr Cove said there are two catalysts which may have contrib uted to the incident.
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The American resident and her family were visit ing The Bahamas on their cruise trip and went on a local excursion when the tragedy happened.
Dr Sands, former health minister, offered condolences to Ms DiPlac ido’s family over her death, describing the incident as unfortunate.However, he said it also created an opportunity for the country to look at ways to better safeguard our visitors who partici pate in similar water-based activities.“Whenever we have a tragedy, it becomes impor tant to avoid or to minimise the inevitable - finger point ing and to ask whether there are potential oppor tunities to do some things differently to safeguard our guests and our local population and to make our destination that much more appealing,” he said. “While The Bahamas has had less than 100 shark attacks in recorded his tory and we have records going back as far as 1868, there is the impression that there have been a few more in recent years. We had at least two in 2019.” He said that over the last month, there have also been two reported shark attacks, including Tuesday’s fatal incident. In an effort to prevent fatalities should another shark attack occur, Dr Sands recommended several protocols and regu lations that could be put in place for operators in the water sport industry. He said: “We’ve already documented two shark attacks within the last month and a little boy injured and now this and so, you know certainly one of the opportunities we have is to ensure that tour operators are adequately equipped with tourniquet, hemostatic agents to stop bleeding so that if possible, they have a fighting chance to see like the ability to create a tourniquet to stop torrential bleeding from an injured limb can potentially make a lot of difference. “There are also commer cially available powders which when poured into a wound that can add to get ting the blood to clot and I would suggest that perhaps this is not an unreason able time to make available through the government and through the auspices of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the creation of a standard kit to be available in every single tour vessel that is on our waters. “And also, perhaps to look at training for per sons that offer these tours and locals who might wish to understand what they might do not just in the event of a shark attack, but in the event of a boating injury, laceration, etc, and I say this in the spirit of what might make this destination safer.”In2019, tourism officials were said to be discussing new protocols to implement after American Jordan Lindsey was killed by a shark during a snorkelling trip off Rose Island. How ever it is unclear if they were ever implemented and tourism officials could not be reached yesterday for comment.Askedwhether the oppo sition party had concerns about the incident affecting the nation’s tourism prod uct, the FNM chairman said the number of shark attacks does not show that “we are in the middle of a crisis” but as such does warrant serious concern.
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He said: “There are a lot of turtles there. That’s where Atlantis releases all its young turtles, so it’s become very popular with the north side operators because you could go snorkelling with the turtles. Which of course is the favourite food of the tigerHeshark.”explained the huge population of turtles in the area serves as food for various shark species, hence why it could be presumed they frequent the area. In addition to the turtles on Green Cay, Mr Cove questioned if the incident is a result of the government permitting scientists to con duct research on sharks. “There is an outset that works with government and ministry officials should probably be contacted... they chum like hell in Nassau“TheyHarbour.setlong lines to capture the sharks, tag them, and measure them for scientific information and I think my personal opinion is that’s the reason why these sharks come in likeThethat.”tour operator sug gested that the government should intervene and imple ment various protocols to prevent this from happen ing“Iagain.think the government needs to stop giving permits, or when they give permits to the scientists make sure they do the science over an angle someplace far away from where there’s people swimming,” he told this newspaper yesterday. “Next thing you know, we’ll have a little kid eaten by a school of sharks. Then the government needs to step in, and say ‘listen, you can have a permit, but you have to be 20 miles away from any major swimming or populated areas,’” he added.Mr Cove also encour aged tour operators to put the necessary protocols in place, to ensure the safety of both their business and customers.“Iam very concerned when these things happen, because, you know, you have to respect the sharks and once you are interact ing with sharks, you have to put protocols in place. I believe we have all kinds of operators going over the Green Cay and they fish and they clean fish and they have the people on the water to see the turtles and that’s“Butgreat.you know, they’re shutting themselves down, because the government’s not going to tolerate that. The government can’t afford to have visitors being killed by sharks. I mean, that’s terrible press for the country.”Shortly after 2pm on Tuesday police received reports of a shark attack near Green Cay, which resulted in the death of an American woman. Press liaison officer Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said Green Cay is known for snorkelling excursions, however the beach has been temporarily closed by officials for such operations.Asimilar incident occurred in 2019, as a 21-year-old American woman died after she was savaged by sharks while swimming with her mother near Rose Island. • For more, see Business TAGGING TEAM LEAD TO SHARK’S PRESENCE IN AREA?’
On its Facebook page, the company released a com ment expressing sympathy for the tragic accident.
Photos: Austin Fernander
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POLICE visit the site of Tuesday’s shark attack.
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THE lives and safety of many young students who walk to school daily are at risk due to the absence of crossing guards to assist them at busy causeways throughout Freeport. Since the recent reopen ing of schools, children have been left on their own at a number of busy causeways during peak morning and after school hours.School principals con cerned for their students’ safety are calling for the return of crossing guards in the Freeport area. The Tribune understands that crossing guards fall under the Road Traffic Depart ment, however, calls made there yesterday were not answered.Maurice Moore Primary School principal Rodney Bethel said he hopes that the situation is addressed soon.“It is for the safety of the children,” he said. “Last year we had a crossing guard at the school, but the Road Traffic Department has not assigned anyone since school reopened.”
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Mr Bethel said he called and spoke to the City of Freeport Council chief councillor to inquire about when a crossing guard would be assigned at Mau rice Moore Primary. “She said they are going to hire some new persons and has promised to have one in place Monday past, but we haven’t seen anyone as “Weyet. called again today and was promised that one would be posted next week Monday. It is difficult to operate a school without a crossing guard,” he said. In the meantime, Prin cipal Bethel said a security officer and a school aid are assisting students with crossing the street after school.“They are doing an excel lent job, but it takes away from their regular duties, and we would be grateful if a crossing guard is assigned to assist with that because it is very “Duringdifficult.our PTA meet ing last night, we told the parents of our concern about the safety of the stu dents crossing the street. It is an issue that hopefully can be addressed very soon. We were promised again that one would be assigned this coming said.teachersofrityassistedattancearoundtheguardsWalkerVice-principalMonday.”Lilliansaidthecrossingareneededbecausetrafficflowisheavytheschool.“Wewelcomedtheassisofthecrossingguardtheschoolwhoisalsobytheschoolsecutoensuresmoothflowtrafficandtoprotectandstudents,”she
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from page one A CLEAN-UP effort was held for Williams Town Beach by Earth care Eco Kids and volunteers last month.Theclean-up was held on August 20for the Earthcare and Dolphin Project Global Beach Cleanup 2022.The group joined with partners from all around the world to clean oceans for free dolphins. Ocean debris kills nearly one million marine animals every single year. A grand total of 150 pounds of marine debris was collected, bagged and disposed of in bins for collec tion by Sanitation Services.
Gail Woon, Earthcare founder, said: “Earthcare ICC team leaders Rochelle Manchester, Tylea Man chester, Jeanette Austin and Gail Woon helped organise the volun teers to get ready for this extremely important worldwide annual event. All Earthcare volunteers worked very hard to see the beach cleaned up once again, collecting some sur prising items and more importantly reinforcing the fact that litter is a major environmental problem. Most of the garbage we collected was as expected: beverage bottles, fishing gear, ropes and plastic bags; none of which are biodegradable and all of which, with a little effort, should have been carried to an appropriate dumping point.” Volunteers included: Jean ette Austin, Ricardo Rolle, Tyler Dames, Kailena Pinder, Gail Woon, Rochelle Manches ter, Tylea Mancheater, and Hida Kempski-Ingraham. THE DOLPHINS
“This decline that you see now is a direct result of the reduction of crude oil on the global market. If crude oil continues to decrease on the global market, then we should see our gas prices at the pump con tinue to decline.” Mr Bastian, who had previously pleaded for the government’s assistance to bring relief to both gas operators and consumers, said that talks with the government have been suspended for now. “All the talks with the government right now are on hold, until we work out some other things that we’re trying to figure out, but for now all the talks are on hold right now,” Mr Bastian said. Fuel prices have soared globally since Russia, the world’s third largest oil producer, invaded Ukraine in late February. In June, Mr Bastian told this newspaper that in an effort to cut back on costs, some fuel operators, including himself, had to reduce staff hours. And he warned that laying off staff would be unavoidable if the situation did not improve soon. That same month, Rubis Bahamas announced a reduction of fuel costs from $7.27 per gallon to $6.89 per gallon. These comments came after the Petro leum Dealers Association and its members had two “successful” meetings with Prime Minister Philip Davis and his economic team, including Senator Michael Halkitis, minister of economic affairs, and Simon Wilson, the Ministry of Finance’s financial secretary in April, preceding the 20222023 Budget. Mr Bastian had said that this had moved dealers “closer to the goal posts” on some of the demands of fuel operators.Additionally, the Bahamas Unified Bus Drivers Union had also expressed concerns of the cost of fuel making it hard for drivers to sustain a decent living while balancing fuel expenses.Earlier this week, the Inter-American Development Bank made predictions that The Bahamas would invest approximately up to $64.5m in oil-based thermal plants by 2030. So the energy demand will grow by 6.4 percent in the next eight years. These findings were compiled in a recent report released by IDB on Tuesday called The Energy Route of Latin America and the Caribbean.
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
When contacted for comments, Chief Coun cillor Frazette Gibson said that the Road Traf fic Department assumed responsibility for salary payments of crossing guards in She2020.said she has also expressed her concerns to the Road Traffic Depart ment and other government officials regarding the absence of the crossing guards on the streets. “In 2020, the City of Free port Council petitioned the former government at the time to take on the salaries of crossing guards because our budget had been cut severely each year, and it would have been a strain on ourShebudget.“explained that as the crossing guards were already supervised by the Road Traffic Department, the council had asked the government to have the RTD take them on. “They did, and this year makes it retroactive from 2020. However, with the coming of the reopening of school, l contacted the Deputy Controller Kevin Mortimer asking and reminding him that the crossing guard need to be on the streets. I was then informed that they would not be returning to the streets, and that was shock ing because had I known, we would have kept them,” Ms Gibson said. There were 13 crossing guards in total assigned in the Freeport area. Ms Gibson said only one retiree crossing guard is currently assigned on Coral Road roundabout assisting students at the Freeport Primary and Walter Parker Primary Schools. She said the council tried meeting with the admin istrator for the City of Freeport Council to assist with addressing the situa tion, but was unsuccessful. Mrs Gibson said the council meets next Tuesday and will discuss the matter then.“With our very limited budget, the council will go back to the table again for our meeting so we can hire crossing guards for strategic locations, and we are pray ing and hoping that nothing happens to our children in the“Weinterim.may not be able to hire all, but we will hire some for strategic locations to make sure students are safe.”According to Ms Gibson, one crossing guard was previously assigned at Maurice Moore, at Bishop Michael Eldon School, one at Coral Road and one at Coral Gardens for stu dents at Freeport Primary and Walter Parker Pri mary Schools; one at the Jack Junior High School, and at Caribbean Electric and Kelly’s for students from the Back of Town Subdivision.
THE president of Aba co’s Chamber of Commerce is confident Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis is committed to rebuilding the island.During a Hurricane Dorian memorial service on the island last week, Mr Davis promised to do more to help residents who are still struggling three years after the storm. He noted that residents will soon be able to see and feel the results of the work being done, especially relating to the government’s housing programme.Inaninterview with The Tribune, Daphne Degreg ory-Miaoulis said the prime minister’s displeasure of the current state of Abaco reflects the sentiments of Abaconians.“I’mhappy that he is not pleased, because that reflects the sentiments of the Abaco residents as well. We are not pleased with where we are at this stage. We hope that he will consider extending the (special economic recov ery zone) order as a way of continuing to assist the rebuild. I have no doubt that, as he is committed to the rebuild, that he will move forward with it,” she said.Additionally, the housing crisis in Abaco has been a major issue since Hurricane Dorian in 2019 due to the massive number of homes that were livingdefinitelyplex,atdomesofforbecausenitelynecessary.saidAbacobuildthatDavisMinisterTransportdestroyed.andHousingJoBethColeby-recentlyrevealedherministryplanstosome300homesintooffsetthis.MsDegregory-MiaoulisthehousinginitiativeisShecontinued:“Itisdefiverymuchneeded,thecivilservantsthemostpart,manythemarestilllivinginthataresituatedthegovernmentcomwhich,asyouknow,isnotcomfortableconditionsforthem to have to work in or live in, I should say. “The member of Par liament for the south, Mr John Pinder, and Mr Cor nish from the north, in a meeting with the Abaco chamber earlier in the year, they did outline that the government was planning to, you know, go ahead with this rebuild.” When asked what other efforts the government can make to assist Abaco, she said there could be more focus on the skilled labour shortage and improvement of Sheutilities.also said: “It all affects our residents and tourist industry. Some road work also needs to be con tinued and improved. There are certainly some areas that need to have road repair. But those are the mainDuringissues.”the interview, Ms Degregory-Miaoulis said it is not a good time to judge the island’s economy because it’s still in the slow est season of the year. However, she said the government can help by looking at price control on building materials to make certain that merchants are not price gouging on retail. “But the only way that they can really help with that is to relieve the taxes on duty and VAT on imports to the businesses who are, you know, the sup pliers of the hardware,” she said.
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“I went through a period of struggle. When I came back, I didn’t know where I was going to live.” “I didn’t know where I was going to rest my head. I didn’t even know where I was going to stay – but thankHavingGod.”lost everything to the storm in 2019, the Abaco resident said trying to return her life to some normalcy has not been easy. Speaking on the chal lenges she faced post Dorian, the survivor detailed her struggle to find shelter and a place to live after her return to the island following the storm’s passage.“Iwas renting before the storm and lost everything there and when I came back, they told me that I couldn’t get no dome and no trailer and my brother who is deceased now, he said his house was full and I said Lord, where am I going to find to live? “I was even crying with my suitcase that day because I didn’t know where I was going and my aunty told me to why not go in the domes that was not finished and when I went to one dome, the people cursed me out and treat me so bad so I came out of that dome.“And I went to another and it kept shaking and I was wondering if someone been in it. When I opened the door, it was dirty and not finished so I said ‘Lord, you want me to go in this?’ because I didn’t have no key for that door and then I found the key and checked the door and stayed in the dome with no light and water for two years.” Ms McIntosh described her living conditions in the dome as “rough,” citing structuralHowever,issues.she said her situation did not stop her from having faith that things would get better for her and her family soon. “When they said we had to move out of the domes, I said ‘Lord when am I going’ because I have no place to live and I have no family member to turn to and nobody to go to. I had me and my granddaughter and my great grand who is nine-months-old and I said ‘where are we going?’” Weeks later, Ms McIn tosh got her answer. “One of the guys who we was in the meeting when they said ‘I have two trailers that are supposed to be empty and you can get one’,” she added, “and in no minutes time, the lady said she was moving out of the trailers and she said if anyone need a trailer she can get that and it was like victory when I saw light, running water, fridge and I saw two beds to sleep in. I said God this is my time to shine, from the dome to the trailer.”Butunbeknownst to the Dorian survivor, there was more good news to come. “(Last week) they called and they come to my job looking for me and I didn’t know nothing because I filled out a housing appli cation and they told me to bring a job letter and that was almost a year and that was it,” she said. “I heard nothing else (since then), but when they called me to meet them by the groundbreaking where they do the house at 1.45 and I reached there and the lady said ‘surprise, sur prise’, you get a home and I said ‘I get a home’ and I said ‘Jesus, this got to be a joke’ and this can’t be real.” Hurricane Dorian hit Abaco on September 1, 2019 as a Category 5 hur ricane before barreling toward Grand Bahama. The storm left thousands of homes either destroyed or damaged and hundreds of residents displaced. To assist with rebuilding efforts, the Minnis admin istration spent more than $6m on nearly 200 domes that were supposed to be used as temporary housing for Abaco and Grand Bahama residents after Hurricane Dorian. A good number of those structures were placed in the Spring City commu nity, but most of the dome residents have since relo cated elsewhere after the government announced its intentions to have the domes
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“Thedemolished.majority of the dome occupants have received their $4,000 sti pend already,” said Disaster Reconstruction Authority chairman Alex Storr. “Some of those persons have used the funds to make repairs to their homes and now are back in their own houses. Others have found alternative housing solutions. The remaining persons are in the process of moving now.”
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The putative scientists who work in media all prognosticated that there would be an astronomical rise in COVID-19 cases for those countries like Jamaica, Grenada, among others in the region that dropped all COVID-19 entry requirements and relaxed the protocols for their citizens. Have you seen or heard of hospi tals bursting at the seams to contain COVID-19 patients in these countries? Unquestionably, we would have heard especially from Jamaica, which is ranked in the top 15 for press freedom.Thepundits would have these countries that put “dollars and cents” over their citizens’ health and wellbeing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Main stream media would not let it rest.Should I even mention that Haiti, which has less than two percent of its pop ulation fully vaccinated, is not struggling to deal with COVID-19?That Machiavellian lie that they have fed us about vaccination helps to minimise the number of hospitalisations is also disingenuous. Do you remember hearing, “The only pandemic we have is the pandemic of the unvac cinated?” When was the last time you have heard thatWhatstatement?nobody is telling us is that what we are actually having now is a pandemic of the vaccinated. There are more vaccinated people being hospitalised now than unvaccinated. They have wittingly stopped announc ing confirmed cases and hospitalisations because they would have to break down those hospitalised into the vaccinated and unvaccinated and, indubi tably, they would have no grounds to stand on when the vaccinated column is higher.Iimplore the competent authorities to fly the gate on mask wearing and let those who are still scared keep their faces shackled. But do not punish us any longer.Letus continue to enjoy the New Day before it becomes another day.
The heat wave that started more than a week ago has been hotter and longer than any other in the state, and it put unprecedented strain on power supplies. That prompted Newsom to plead with people to use less power to avoid rolling blackouts — a practice that involves cut ting some people’s power to save energy so the lights can stay on for everyone else. The effort worked, but meeting the state’s heightened energy demand also required activating generators fueled by natural gas, which is still a major part of the state’s power picture. The Democratic governor’s calls for conservation also drew criticism about new state policies govern ing electric vehicles and other measures that will only increase energy demand. Newsom said the “pretty extreme” circumstances required the state to turn to more natural gas as a backup supply. “We all want to accelerate the elimina tion of the gas, but it’s a sober reminder of reality,” he said. Tuesday’s demand for 52,000 meg awatts set a record, as triple-digit temperatures blanketed much of the state. Sacramento hit a record high of 116 degrees (47 degrees Celsius), and normally cooler places like San Francisco and San Diego also reached sizzlingDemandtemperatures.willonlyclimb in the years ahead. By 2045, when the state is man dated to get all of its electricity from non-carbon or renewable sources, demand is expected to be as high as 78,000 megawatts due to more electric home appliances and cars on the road, according California Energy Commis sionToestimates.meetthat demand, both the gov ernment and major utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric are working to scale up renewable sources such as solar and wind power, as well as large-scale bat teries that can store that power for use at night. The California Public Utilities Commission last year ordered utilities to procure enough additional power for 2.5 million homes by 2026. Newsom just signed legislation aimed at keeping the state’s last nuclear plant open for five years beyond its planned 2025 closure, and he suggested Wednes day that the plant could run even longer if needed.Thesun is typically the state’s biggest power source during the day. But as the hot weather arrived, natural gas sur passed renewables for more time over the past week, according to the Cali fornia Independent System Operator, which is responsible for managing and maintaining reliability on the state’s power grid. Gas was the primary energy source all day on Tuesday — the expected peak of the brutal Meanwhile,temperatures.onMonday the state for the first time turned on four gas-pow ered generators to add more supply, enough to power 120,000 homes. It planned to rely on some diesel-powered generators as well. But some of the state’s fossil-fuel plants have their own reliability prob lems. Several power plants, including aging gas-fired ones along California’s coast, partially broke down or produced less energy than planned, according to theFourISO.of the plants, which suck up ocean water to cool down their equip ment, were slated to close in 2020, but the state has continually extended their lives to help stabilise the power supply. They now plan to stay open until at least 2023, but they could last even longer under leg islation Newsom signed in June. If the state wants to keep the old coastal gas-powered plants online beyond 2023, it needs to give the companies that own them more certainty about the future so they can decide whether to spend money to maintain them, said Siva Gunda, vice chairman of the California Energy Com mission, the state’s energy planning agency.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021, came as a relief to many as they considered the dra conian measures used by the People’s Time admin istration to control the COVID-19 pandemic too harsh and unnecessary.
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The New Day govern ment promised an end to the nightly curfews, which ended in November and also granted more freedom with a new set of emer gencyThereorders.was much panic when the New Day admin istration did not introduce any measures for the Yuletide season to avert a possible spike in COVID cases. Although many pos tulated that the numbers would go through the roof due to the lack of measures, we only saw a marginal increase in the number of confirmed cases, which was not unmanageable by the healthcare system. I guess after having gone through the former admin istration nobody wanted a return of the hang man like measures which drastically curtailed our freedom, so citizens and residents alike behaved in an orderly manner to keep the confirmed cases to a manageable number. Earlier this year, we rolled out the red carpet with much fanfare and celebration to welcome some members of the Brit ish Royal Family. We all witnessed the return of Jun kanoo on Bay Street. Who could have missed the very few people wearing masks? With this practically mask-less celebration on “Bay”, we thought that more relaxation would have been announced shortly after. Well, yes, more relaxation came sev eral weeks later, but only after our neighbour to the north dropped testing to enter their country for vac cinated individuals did we do the same a week later. Is this a mere coincidence or is The Bahamas taking orders from someone unbe knownst to the general populace?Whydid the New Day government punish us by letting us go through this blistering summer still shackled by a face mask? My summer was partially great as I got to enjoy a whole month of breathing and functioning without a mask for a whole month, in another country may I add. I did not remember how exhilarating the freedom to be maskless was until I got to enjoy it again after some two and half years. On my return home, I was very disillusioned to learn that we still had to wear masks. The many tourists who were on the flight were befuddled by the “strange” announce ment from the captain that everyone would need a mask to exit the plane. You could see the stupor on their faces as most of the ones in my immediate vicin ity had no masks and were panicking since their Baha mian dream vacation was about to come to an abrupt end even before it started.
Where is the logical rea soning and substantive scientific evidence to per suade the unvaccinated to take the jab? Do not be fooled by the national aver age being a D, because not everyone is cognitively lazy; many of us are cerebral.
EDITOR, The Tribune. THE shark mauling of a visitor off Green Cay is hor rific and our hearts go out to the family caught in this nightmare.Iknowmany of the reefs off Green Cay and Rose Island like the back of my hand, having fished and snorkeled them for 45 years without a single shark issue. Many times, I served as designated boat driver to fishermen who speared fish and crawfish from these reefs.Itwas rare to see a shark and when you did, they only became agitated if a live fish was flailing on a spear. The diver dropped the spear and got on the boat, leaving the shark to go after theItfish.was a time when fisher men and dive and charter boat operators understood and respected their envi ronment and behaved responsibly.Inrecent years, there has been an explosion of boat traffic in the Green Cay/ Rose Island area. Visiting mega yachts, charter boats and a genera tion of locals with newfound wealth, the latter who don’t seem to know the rules – let alone the etiquette – of the sea.There are now several restaurants and bars on Rose Island and it’s not unusual for overloaded gofast boats to zoom within 200 feet of the island’s shoreline (illegal), espe cially on weekends, to the danger of swimmers. Where do the visiting mega yachts dispose of their garbage? Do people from the yachts and char ter boats throw bloody fish offal in the water after cleaning fish? I think some of them do and this is a sure way to attract sharks. Do any of the charter boats chum to attract fish and sharks? What are they feeding the turtles with? I have watched many visitors snorkeling, flapping around in the sea, send ing out signals they are fish in distress, a sure way to attract sharks. Are charter boat cap tains trained in first aid and do they have first aid kits aboard their boats (not that this would have helped in this situation)? Do they have liability insurance? How long did it take for the authorities to respond to the distress call? Which charter boat was the shark attack victim on? I am not for one moment suggesting the operator was behaving irresponsibly; rather, he or she may well be a professional who is a victim of other people’s actions or simply a freak accident. These are important questions considering the growing number of shark attacks in the area reported in recent years. Like the roads of New Providence, Rose Island and Green Cay have become a free for all – a clash between traditional boaters trying to enjoy the quiet and beauty of the islands, the uncouth on powerful overloaded boats, mega yachts and entrepre neurs competing for the tourist dollar.
I put it to you that those who wanted to take the COVID-19 shot have already done so. I am really dispirited whenever I hear the adver tisement for vaccine. Certainly, you have heard the same advertisement on social media and the air waves. Are we supposed to take the vaccine just for travel? If so, you might as well tell me to take the vac cine and be carted off to the plantation just like what they did to our forefathers.
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A MAN waving a Russian national flag as he hopes for support from the Russian government, walks past a burning barricade set up by protesters demanding that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, yesterday.
Thankfully, this issue was resolved by agents who issued masks as we exited theIsaircraft.TheBahamas waiting for CDC to lift mask-wear ing? If so, they have long done so in their own coun try, while cautioning the immunocompromised and vulnerable.
“Everything has to be moved forward at full throttle” with the “ambitious aim” that cleaner energy sources make up most of the state’s power reserves, he said. The intensity of the heat wave only emphasises the need for California to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, he said. The grid challenges also provided plenty of fodder for Newsom’s political critics. The state recently adopted new regulations aimed at ending the sale of most new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. But during the heat wave, offi cials also urged people not to charge cars or use other large appliances at night. “Gavin Newsom — You have to buy an electric car. Also Gavin Newsom — But you can’t charge it,” Republican state Sen. Melissa Melendez tweeted Tuesday evening after the state sent out an emergency wireless alert urging people to reduce power use.
And do not tell me that we are still trying for herd immunity – that elusive LIE! The leader of the New Day administration, whilst he was in opposition, kept saying there was no sci entific evidence to prove that curfews help to stop the spread of COVID-19.
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“In too many countries across our region, LGBTQ plus communities face stigma and discrimination that impacts their health and well-being. Stigma has no place in public health. It prevents those at risk from accessing information, getting tested, or seeking medical attention when they show symptoms. If we aren’t proactive in overcoming these barriers, monkeypox will spread in silence,” Dr Etienne“Countriesexplained.should lev erage the HIV/AIDS experience and establish active awareness campaigns using pragmatic, honest targeted messages so that everyone knows how mon keypox is spread, how to identify specific symptoms and when to seek medical attention.“PAHO has been work ing actively with civil society and the LGBTQ plus communities across the region to raise aware ness about monkeypox symptoms and to provide information about preven tiveInmeasures.”someparts of the world, monkeypox out breaks have affected gay men and men who have sex withBeyondmen. communication, the PAHO director stated surveillance and testing are “our best allies” against monkeypox.Shesaid countries should increase and decentralise their capac ity for testing, specifically for high-risk populations. Moreover, “health work ers and community outreach workers” must be trained to identify symptoms and to provide their patients with correct information as well as high quality respectful care. Director of Health Emer gencies Dr Ciro Ugarte suggested what healthcare workers could do as well. “They must be alert to identify those cases that may come with.... symptoms, but a proper interview may identify a contact, close contact with somebody who may have monkeypox. And also, of course, the communica tion and engagement with populations at risk, as we already said, to enable both the rapid detection but also reporting of cases isolation and monitoring of contacts - strengthening episte mological surveillance is paramount on this. We will find more cases if we look for them. Let’s not have the cases come to us. We need to look for them and find them in the community in the places where we can do that so we can control this outbreak.”Todate, there have been no reported local cases of monkeypox.Meanwhile, Dr Etienne noted that over the last several weeks, COVID19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths have decreased across the Americas. Despite this trend, how ever, hundreds of people are still dying every day from COVID-19 across the region.TWO MEN were fined in Magistrate’s Court yester day for drug possession, one of them being an American cruiseYavethvisitor.Roman, 33, of Florida faced Magistrate Samuel McKinney on a charge of possession of dan gerous drugs. On September 6, while aboard Harmony of the Seas, Roman was arrested after he was found with three grams of cocaine in three clear plastic Ziplock bags. During his official record of interview with police, he admitted to buying the drugs for $100 in the US and taking them on the cruise for his own per sonalRomanuse. pleaded guilty to the charge in court. The magistrate ordered him to pay a fine of $500 or risk one month in the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS).Hewas informed of his right to appeal the court’s ruling within seven days. The second man, Gua pson Louis, 23, of Bacardi Road, also faced Magistrate McKinney on two counts of possession of dangerous drugs.At around 2.45pm on September 5, Louis was arrested near his residence after a failed attempt to flee the police. After being caught, authorities found a homemade Indian hemp cigarette (1 gram) on the accused, to which he said “I forgot that was there.” Police further uncovered more drugs in the same bushy area from which Louis had fled under an old mattress in a white and yellow container. This container held 15 green mini Ziplock bags all con taining marijuana that had a collective weight of 20 grams. The accused denied custody of this set of drugs during his police interview, stating that they belonged to a man named “John” who was the person who intended to sell the drugs. In court, however, Louis pleaded guilty to both charges.Magistrate McKinney ordered Louis to pay a fine of $600 or spend three months at BDCS for the 20 grams of marijuana and a further fine of $100 or one month for the gram of marijuana.The accused was also placed on 18 months’ probation for which any breach would result in three months in prison. The drugs in both cases were ordered to be destroyed.
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A PAN AMERICAN Health Organization (PAHO) official revealed batches of monkeypox vac cines are on the way for countries as part of their revolving fund. Dr Marcos Espinal, PAHO’s interim assistant director, gave the update yesterday during the organ isation’s press briefing while answering a question on when The Bahamas will receive the monkeypox vaccine.“AsI said, we will expect that the countries that have committed to purchase the vaccines through (the) PAHO revolving fund are expected to receive part of their vaccines in September, where we expect to have the first batch from Bavar ian Nordic. There will be a second batch in Novem ber and the third, another one in December. So (The) Bahamas, I can confirm, requested the vaccines and has signed up all the docu ments,” he explained. PAHO director Dr Carissa Etienne stated monkeypox was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organiza tion (WHO) in July and the region is now home to the “highest burden of monk eypox cases worldwide”. She said: ““As of Sep tember 6, over 30,000 monkeypox cases have been reported in the Americas, with most cases concentrated in the United States of America, Brazil, Peru, and Canada. Thus far, most confirmed cases are among men who have sex with men. Although at least 145 cases have been reported in women and 54 cases among people under the age of 18. So far, four monkeypox-related deaths have been reported in Brazil, Cuba and Ecuador. “During an August special session of the PAHO directing (council), member states requested support in obtaining access to the monkey pox vac cine. Since then, PAHO’s revolving fund for vaccines secured doses with Bavar ian Nordic - making ours the first WHO region to make monkeypox vaccines available to member states but doses remain limited. So PAHO has issued rec ommendations to member states to prioritise available doses for high-risk groups.” The director mentioned that with vaccines in short supply and with no effective treatment for monkeypox, countries should intensify efforts to prevent the spread of the virus in the region and “we have the means to slow down this virus”. Effective communica tion is an area on which she spoke at length.
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“Now, we live an epochal period. The historic chal lenge for leaders is to manage the crisis while building the future. Failure could set the world on fire.” - Henry Kissinger IN an April 2020 Wall Street Journal article enti tled, “The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order”, Henry Kissinger advised world leaders of the crises the pandemic might unleash and the urgent need to meet the complex of challenges with clarity andHisimagination.commentary recalls an adage credited to Win ston Churchill in the mid-1940s during some of the bleakest days of World War II: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” When the 47-year-old Liz Truss took the reins of power and entered through the front black-lacquered door of 10 Downing Street for the first time yesterday as the new British Prime Minister, a whirlwind of crises descended on her. With the ongoing war in Ukraine and in the after math of the worst phases of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, the United Kingdom is beset by a maelstrom of interlock ing crises, made even more complex by Brexit and long-term structural economic issues bedevil ing Britain. This includes national productivity.
and with the US and the global economy facing an eye-watering set of eco nomic challenges. He had to govern in the aftermath of an attempted coup just weeks before his inauguration and amidst the continuing fallout from the killing of George Floyd. He has had to lead the West in confronting Russia over the war with Ukraine.
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Prime Minister Truss faces a number of crises that will test her mettle. The immediate crisis has to do with crippling energy costs for consumers and businesses, with Fall on the horizon and winter fast approaching. Britain is also facing double digit inflation that continues to mount, with no immediate end in sight.In an interview with veteran broadcaster and political analysts Andrew Marr, former Conservative Leader, Sir Iain Duncan Smith, warned the fractious and disunited Tories of the moment and of the looming political crisis for the party, which has been in office since 2010. Sir Iain noted that Prime Minister Truss was facing “almost the biggest set of troubles that any govern ment has faced”. He further observed: “It reminds me a bit of Mrs Thatcher, but Mrs Thatcher had five years.”
PLANS Biden was decisively helped by a Democratic majority in Congress, which he knew might only last for two years. Biden under stood the moment. He had a number of plans and ideas. He appointed a good cabinet and excellent White House advisors. A practitioner and student of history, he understood how Washing ton and the Congress work, paying attention to policy and political detail. Though his communications have not always been the best, he kept his eyes on his core goals.When the chattering classes and pundits were relentlessly spinning a nar rative of failure, he was cutting policy deals where he could, and cajoling, enticing and jawboning cer tain senators to help pass historicBidenlegislation.andthe Demo crats seized on the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade to significant political effect.InPhiladelphia last week, he baited Donald Trump, while trying to lure inde pendents and to rally his base. Writing this week in The Atlantic, David Frum, who served as a speech writer for George W Bush, observed: “Biden came to Philadelphia to deliver a wound to Trump’s bound less yet fragile ego. Trump obliged with a monstrously self-involved meltdown 48 hours later. And now his party has nowhere to hide. Trump has overwritten his name on every Republican line of every ballot in 2022. “Biden dangled the bait. Trump took it — and put his whole party on the hook with him. Republican lead ers are left with little choice but to pretend to like it.” And the 79-year-old experienced politician, who has weathered many storms during his life, has demonstrated a suite of characteristics as he man aged a barrage of crises while attempting to build a better future. He has evinced extraor dinary focus, pragmatism, steeliness, resilience and an ability to handle multiple crises simultaneously. His, like others, has not been a perfect government. But he has demonstrated generally goodThegovernance.Democrats are likely to lose the House of Rep resentatives, as is typical during midterm elections. But a revived party may hold on to the Senate, espe cially because of extremist candidates running for the Republicans in several states.What has Biden achieved in two years, turning crises into long-term achieve ments? He managed the COVID-19 crisis, ensuring many more Americans had vaccines. He passed a farreaching economic recovery plan that stabilised the US economy, while lower ing child poverty rates and helping to reduce unem ployment. Biden got passed and signed historic climate change and infrastructure legislation that many had been yearning for. The Inflation Reduction Act, the American Rescue Plan and his infrastruc ture package are going to help generations of Ameri cans. He also capped and reduced certain lifesaving prescription drug costs. Thomas Oakes observed in the Chicago Sun Times that: “In the first 19 months of his presidency, President Joe Biden’s accomplish ments echo themes and priorities from the major initiatives of Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt, Dwight D Eisenhower, Lyndon B Johnson and Ronald toforchangeconfrontedthemostlythoughtsucceededaretakes.some.BidenReagan.”hasdisappointedHehasmademisSomeoftheresultsmixed.Buthehasalsoinwaysmanynotpossible,becauseheturnedcriseswithwhichhewasintotangibleforabetterfuturemillionsforgenerationscome.
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DIVISIONS He advised the party, which has deep policy divisions, that it needed desperately to unite ahead of general elections in two years. His stark warning: “In other words, you’re staring into the grave.” Writing in the UK Guardian, Simon Jenkins offered: “The energy crisis could do for Truss what the COVID lockdown did for Johnson. The nation will be hanging on her every word. Short-term generosity with public money seldom did a prime minister any harm, and will offer her a ready platform to parade her qualities of anddidparliamentaryitywhociesglowingleadershipguideposts.eroushasandtoocarefulJeremyduringthattainaregreatthereliablyvoters,includingManymandingenjoyandchallengeshasgovernment.ainglyvoterswithandpremiershiptoplexuseStarmerundermatter.”isnextherthroughwind,herher“Providedleadership.shepursuespasthabitofadjustingideastotheprevailingshemayjustcomethenextyearwithstandingenhanced.TheelectionadifferentLabourSirKeirwillthecomofcrisesupendhertheTories,manyseemwantingchangeinButLabouritsowndoesnotacomlead.voters,olderwhogotopollsinnumbers,stillunceraboutaLabourpartylosttremendousappealthedisastrousCorbynyears.ObserversshouldbeinwritingTrussoffeasily,thoughthepolicypoliticalmountainsshetoclimbincludetreachterrainandnoeasyDuringthetwo-monthracetherewereflaws,inconsistenandgaffesbyTruss,neverwonamajorofthevotesbyhercaucus.Shemakesomecorrectionsemergedvictorious.
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Power will reveal Truss’s character: strengths, weak nesses, latent positive and negative traits and other characterological features. Her predecessor, Boris Johnson, helped secure an impressive general election victory for the Tories, espe cially after Jeremy Corbyn drove Labour too far left. The pandemic and the war in Ukraine provided John son the opportunity to demonstrate his ability to lead during unprecedented modern crises. There were some slug gishness and missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Still, Johnson successfully led the country in the devel opment of a vaccine, in the roll-out of vaccines and in other aspects of the pan demic. He provided stellar and consistent leadership in confronting the Russian war on ThoughUkraine.he had out sized skills that helped him to meet these chal lenges, Johnson also had outsized characteristics and pathologies, including his pathological lying, that eventually felled him despite having two more years of an electoral mandate.
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Her brief now? In Kiss inger’s instruction, it is: How to manage the crises while attempting to craft a better future. There are perennial lessons for a leader confronted by his toric challenges, which may be posed in a series of questions.Butfirst, a general pre disposition. In confronting crises, the timid fail! A transformative leader in times of crisis needs to have boldness of character and vision. One cannot stop a coming tide with a thimble or a cup. Those who think small and narrowly, usually fail.What are some master questions for a leader in times of crisis? Have you correctly read the moment? What are your core plans? Who are your advisers and talent? What is your policy planning and tinuedpandemicofficecameforopportunitiesandfreshtablychange“Dramaticgurubusinessresilience,experience,lectmoment:bringacteristicsarestrategy?municationsisprocess?politicalWhatyourcomWhatthecharyoutotheintelandinsight,etc?Asoneadvises:ineviuncoversinsight,pointstogrowth.”JoeBidentoasthecontorage
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Hochul is taking no chances, so she turned her remarks into a political rally meant to demonstrate her tough on crime stance and opposition to hate crimes. It wasn’t artful, but she did get her message across.Inthe wake of the trag edy, a community and venue remain shaken. They were at the epicenter of the global news cycle for Andy Warhol’s “15 min utes of fame.” But what now? Has the placid, open nature of the venue been forever sullied and perhaps destroyed? What is the appropriate mix of security and freedom now? How to make people feel safer, be safer, and yet no less free? These are rapidly becoming existential ques tions, and not just for an isolated venue in New York State. The U.S. more generally is experiencing an epidemic of criminal and at least threatened political violence. Nearly every news cycle brings with it new reports about mass shootings all across the country. Democrats reflexively decry the per vasive, lethal effect of largely unregulated gun sales. Republicans remind us that “guns don’t kill people, people do,” and urge more law enforce ment attention to those with mental disorders. The news cycle and vio lence carry on, reinforcing each other.
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“IT was totally sur real,” Andy said. “There is absolutely nothing that prepares you for something like that. It was as though time stopped, frozen in a snapshot of horror. I was sitting toward the top of the amphitheater bowl, so I was nearly 100 yards away from the stage. At first, I was just dazed, wit nessing what was unfolding on stage. So was everyone around me.” “I was watching on my computer via a livestream,” his wife Chris said. “I thought at first that it was some kind of stunt. My mind simply refused to accept and process that someone’s life was actually at risk in this bizarre situ ation that was unfolding in real time. I guess I’m still kind of in shock over it all.”“I was late for the event,” Laura recalled, “so I hopped on my bike to get over to the venue and not miss too much of the speech. But then the strangest thing happened. My watch told me I had missed the introduction and that the lecture was about to begin. But crowds were streaming along the street, away from the venue. And no one was talking, or on their phone, or doing anything, really. They were just walking along, marching, almost like zombies. I didn’t see any emotion on anyone’s face. Then I found out what had happened.” What happened, about a month ago on the stage at a venue in Western New York State where Frank lyn Roosevelt and Bill Clinton have spoken, was the savage and shocking knife attack on India-born author Salman Rush die, 75, in front of about 2,500 stunned onlookers as Rushdie was preparing to deliver a speech. Rush die is an author and for decades a public person ality both in full view and in fearful hiding due to a religious death warrant imposed on him by the theocratic leader of Iran. The fatwa was issued after the 1988 publication of Rushdie’s fourth book, Satanic Verses, which was regarded by many Mus lims as sacrilegious in its depiction of the prophet Mohammed. Once mar ried to one of the world’s most beautiful and photo graphed women, Rushdie has lived an often-glamor ous life as the result of his fame.In fact, Rushdie’s dis tinctly unprepossessing outward appearance has proven to be no impedi ment to a playboy’s lifestyle. He has, over the years, been reportedly involved with some of the world’s most beautiful women.“It’sstrange, given that I’ve been married four times, but I actually don’t think marriage is neces sary,” he was quoted as saying after the fourth marriage.“Girlslike it, especially if they’ve never been mar ried before. It’s the dress. Girls want a beautiful wed ding. They don’t want a marriage. If only you could have weddings without marriages.”Inrecent months, the New York Times has reported that Rushdie has eschewed the personal security that he and his sponsors had insisted upon for many years after the Iranian bounty was placed on his head. Out and about in the New York area, he had proclaimed that he was “starting to live my life as a free man again.” On August 12, he was stabbed over a dozen times by a 25-year-old from New Jersey who subse quently revealed that he was “impressed by Iran” before pleading not guilty to an attempted murder witnessed by literally thou sands of onlookers. No bail was allowed for this young zealot.Asa “free” man, Rush die suffered grievous injuries and was lucky to survive the attack. He is likely to lose one eye, at least part of his liver, and likely other infirmities in the aftermath of his ordeal. For the record, the Ira nian government denied any role in the assault on Rushdie.“Regarding the attack on Salman Rushdie, we do not consider anyone other than (Rushdie) and his supporters worthy of blame or even condem nation,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in a televised news confer ence three days after the incident.Iranian officials “cat egorically and seriously deny any connection of the assailant with Iran,” Kanaani said, in a press release from Iranian state media. “We have not seen anything else about the individual that carried out this act other than what we’ve seen from Ameri can media. We deny any connection of the assailant withOverIran.”the past month, the curtain of discreet secrecy has been drawn around Rushdie and his medical condition though according to press reports, he continues to regain strength and is clearly expected to survive his attacker’s assault, albeit with severe physical impairments.Shortlyafter 10:30 a.m. on August 12, Rushdie, an associate who was prepar ing to conduct an interview with him, and two officials from the venue were on stage. Despite the pres ence in the vicinity of the amphitheater where the talk was planned of locally engaged security staff and a local policeman, there was no security presence by the entrance to the stage.The attacker suddenly and nimbly leapt onto the stage and rushed Rushdie. In only a few seconds he was able to stab the author 15 times, including in the eye, neck and torso. Press reports later indicated that Rushdie had used his arms to defend himself, and sus tained numerous serious injuries in doing so. No one else on stage was seriously injured; only one person sustained a minor cut. During the attack, according to numerous eyewitnesses, almost eve ryone was simply frozen, stunned into inactivity by the sheer unexpected shock of the event unfold ing before their eyes. Time stopped. Everyone in the arena has his or her own individual memories and stories for grandchildren one day, but their reactions are remarkably similar. Unforgettable. Indelible. Horrific.
updifficultexecutivestheirunmistakablethemaresbeenreportedoneralforoverflowingvoiceinofformedSupportTraumatizingTraumatizing.indeed.groupswerewithin12hourstheattack.Therapiststheareafoundtheirmailboxesquicklywithrequestsconsultations.Sevpeopleinattendancethatmorninghavethattheyhavesufferingfromnightthatdon’treproducedetailsbutleavetracesofsource.Venuedirectorsandwereleftwithchoices.Tobeefsecurityinafashion sufficiently visible to act as a deterrent to further vio lence would, in the opinion of several, derogate from the open, welcoming nature of the venue. There was some initial hesitancy about the appropriate organizational response. Then the governor of New York, who grew up in Western New York herself, settled the issue. Appear ing at an event designed as a healing meeting osten sibly to thank the doctors, nurses, EMTs and security personnel who assisted in the aftermath of the attack, the governor revealed that she had ordered the state police to increase patrols in the area and even inside theRunningvenue. for governor for the first time since stepping in for former governor Andrew Cuomo who was forced from office after several scandals broke almost simultane ously almost exactly one year ago, Kathy Hochul has solidified her hold on the Democratic party and seems poised to cruise to election in November. But as a woman and Buffaloarea native, she is bucking the winds of a male-dom inated state party that almost always draws its top leaders from the metropol itan New York City area.
FROM left, Calvin Balfour, advisor to the Minister; Gamel Deal, senior environmental officer; Vaughn Miller, Min ister of the Environment and Natural Resources; Minnie Mouse; Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy, director, DEPP; and Kenneth Philippe, senior environmental officer, DEPP.
ABOVE and below, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources Vaughn Miller during the tour of the Disney Wish.
Responsibilities: • To implement and manage effective compliance and anti-money laundering programs; To develop and review company policies; To advise on the company’s compliance with laws, regulations, guidelines and internal policies; • To create and manage effective action plans to ensure compliance, to resolve complaints and to address audit or regulatory issues; • To assess the Company’s operations to determine compliance risks; To ensure that all employees are educated on the latest laws, regulations, guidelines and processes; • To monitor client activity to determine compliance and money laundering risks; • To review client documentation to ensure legal and regulatory compliance; • To assist the MLRO in the investigation of any reports of suspicious activity; To perform such other duties as may reasonably be assigned from time to time by the Board of Directors or the CEO to ensure the highest standards of compliance.
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DISNEY officials welcomed Min ister of the Environment and Natural Resources Vaughn Miller, along with Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy, director of the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection and other officials, on a tour of the Disney Wish cruise ship on net-zeroCompany’stherefficiency,newenvironmentalLine’sDisneyBahamasdirectoraregovernmentnitiesenhanceficationLEDdemand-basedparedemissionsandoxidereducesbyenvironmentalmitmentareastems,engineofficersEngineeringSaturday.andenvironmentalonboardgaveatouroftherooms,theairfiltrationsysrecyclingfacilitiesandotherthathighlightedDisney’scomtoclimatechangeactionandsustainability.Theshipispoweredalmostentirelyliquifiednaturalgas(LNG),whichtheemissionofnitrogenbyapproximately37percent;reducesonboardcarbondioxidebyabout20percentcomtotraditionalfuel.TheDisneyWishalsofeaturesheatingandcooling,lighting,andawastewaterpurisystem.DisneyhasmadeacommitmenttobusinessandotheropportuinportsofcallandtheBahamaswillensureBahamianspreparedforeveryopportunity.JoeyGaskins,Disney’sregionalofpublicaffairsfortheandCaribbean,said:“TheWishcontinuesDisneyCruisecommitmenttominimiseourimpactbyutilisingtechnologies,increasingfuelandminimisingwaste–furcontributingtoTheWaltDisneyoverallcommitmenttoemissionsby2030.”
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Job Summary The development, implementation and direction of compliance programs to ensure that the company and investment funds under its administration function in accordance with all legal, regulatory and internal mandates. The Compliance Officer will also assist the MLRO in analyzing and investigating transactions and any reports of suspicious activity.
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MINISTER of the Environ ment and Natural Re sources Vaughn Miller and Calvin Balfour, advisor to the minister, on the deck of the Photos:ship.Samantha Black MB Fund Service Limited, a company licensed by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas as a Restricted Investment Fund Administrator, is seeking to fill the following position: Compliance Officer
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
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As there was no objec tion to bail by prosecutor Inspector Timothy Bain it was granted to the accused boys at $1,500 each with one surety. Under the con ditions of their bail a 7pm curfew was imposed on them. If they breach their bail conditions, they face remand at Simpson Penn Centre for Boys. Their trial is set for sentencing and continuation on October 12 before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux.
FOUR FACE COURT OVER BOY’S STABBING
HOMELESS MAN JAILED OVER STOLEN GOODS
A GIRL was remanded to the Willamae Pratt Centre for Girls yesterday in connection with a series of thefts last month. The 16-year-old girl appeared before Magis trate Kendra Kelly in the presence of her mother on four charges. These include three counts of stealing and one for Aroundreceiving.9pmon August 24, the accused stole Shavano Hanna’s Burgundy coloured 2010 Honda Accord valued at $5,000. Then on August 28 on Graham Street, the juvenile is accused of stealing $1,100 cash from Kenneth Wilson, Jr.And on August 30 at Crooked Island Street, the accused is said to have stolen $300 from Maxine Pratt.Incourt, the teen pleaded guilty to the vehicle theft resulting in the receiv ing charge against her being withdrawn. How ever, she pleaded not guilty to the two remaining charges.After speaking with the defendant’s mother, Inspector Vernon Pyfrom, who prosecuted, told the magistrate that the youth has been uncontrolla ble at Herhome.mother said that her daughter frequently leaves the house at night and engages in various illicit activities, including soliciting older men. She tearfully told the court how on those occasions she is fearful for her daughter’s life.Prosecutor Pyfrom recommended that the accused be given an evalua tion and counselling. In view of this, Magis trate Kelly deferred the juvenile’s sentencing and trial for her outstanding charges to October 25. A probation report was ordered before sentencing is carried out. The girl will receive coun selling while on remand at the Willamae Pratt Centre for Girls .
FOUR teenagers were granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after they were accused of attacking and stabbing another teen ageTheboy. boys, who are between the ages of 15 and 17, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKin ney in the presence of their parents or guardians. There they faced a shared charge of causing harm. They are accused of attacking a 16-year-old boy at a shop on September 1. It was during this argu ment they are said to have pulled out a knife and stabbed the complainant about the body, including hisInhead.court, only one 16-year-old pleaded guilty to the charge. The remain ing three denied the allegations against them.
Teen accused of theft sent to girls centre
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A HOMELESS man was sentenced to four months in prison yesterday after admitting to possessing stolen goods he said he intended to sell for drugs. Lernard Minnis, 37, stood before Magistrate Kendra Kelly on a charge of unlaw fulOnpossession.September 5 on Manchester Street, Minnis was arrested after he was found with various stolen grocery items in a bag. These included meats, air sprays, a lantern, tools and a security system box. In court, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge. Minnis then explained he doesn’t know where the items came from and that a friend gave them to him with the intention of selling them to buy cocaine. The accused also said that he is homeless and sleeps at Potter’s Cay. He also admit ted that he has had a coke habit since he was 19 years old. Minnis told the court that he takes responsibility for his actions and the pros ecution revealed that he had no prior charges. In view of this, Magistrate Kelly sentenced Minnis to serve four months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services, where he is to receive drug counselling.Beforebeing taken into custody, the magistrate told the accused that he still has time to change his life. Minnis has within seven days to appeal the court’s sentencing.
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
About 25 percent of Jackson’s residents live in poverty, and the city’s tax base has declined with a sharp decrease in popula tion since 1980 — a change that happened along with mostly white flight that started about a decade after public schools began inte grating in Democratic1970.Rep Bennie Thompson sat with Regan at the community meet ing and toured Jackson’s main water plant with the administrator, Gov. Tate
“Under this current admin istration, they have taken the fact that many of these communities have been underserved by its govern ment and tried to right the ship.”
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SHELLING RESUMES NEAR UKRAINE NUCLEAR PLANT DESPITE RISKS
EPA leader: Jackson needs ‘fair share’ of money to fix water
Russian forces fired rock ets and heavy artillery on the city of Nikopol, on the opposite bank of the Dnie per River from Europe’s largest nuclear plant, regional Gov Valentyn Reznichenko said. “There are fires, black outs and other things at the (plant) that force us to pre pare the local population for the consequences of the nuclear danger,” Reznichenko said. Officials in recent days have distrib uted iodine pills to residents to help protect them in the event of a radiation leak. In Enerhodar, where the power plant is located, Dmytro Orlov, the preoccupation mayor, reported the city had come under Russian attack for a second time yesterday and was without power. “Employ ees of communal and other services simply do not have time to complete emer gency and restoration work, as another shelling reduces their work to zero,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.The Russian side blamed the Ukrainians. Vladimir Rogov, head of the Rus sia-installed Enerhodar administration, said on Tel egram that heavy Ukrainian fighting had caused the city’s blackout, and Russia’s Defence Ministry blamed the outage on a Ukrain ian attack on a power substation.Russian rockets yesterday hit Mala Tok machka 55 miles northeast of Enerhodar, killing three people and injuring five, Zaporizhzhia regional Gov Oleksandr Starukh reported.It’snot possible to inde pendently reconcile the conflicting reports of the fighting, which has caused international alarm.
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FORMER President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, returned to the White House yesterday, unveiling official por traits with a modern vibe in an event that set humor and nostal gia over his presidency against the current harsh political talk about the survival of democracy. While her husband cracked a few jokes about his gray hair, big ears and clothes in his portrait, Mrs Obama said the occasion for her was more about the promise of America for people like“Barackherself. and Michelle, welcome home,” declared Presi dent Joe Biden as the gathering cheered.Biden, who was Obama’s vice president, praised his former boss’ leadership on health care, the economy and immigration and said nothing could have pre pared him any better for being president than serving with Obama for those eight years. “It was always about doing what was right,” he said. The portrait of Obama, America’s 44th and first Black president, doesn’t look like any of his predecessors, nor does Michelle Obama’s look like any of the women who filled the role beforeObamaher. stands expression less against a white background, wearing a black suit and gray tie in the portrait by Robert McCurdy that looks more like a large photograph than an oil-oncanvas portrait. The former first lady, her lips pursed, is seated on a sofa in the Red Room in a strapless, light blue dress. She chose artist Sharon Sprung for herScoresportrait.of former members of Obama’s administration were on hand for the big reveal. Obama noted that some of them in the East Room audi ence had started families in the intervening years and he feigned disappointment “that I haven’t heard of anyone naming a kid Barack or Michelle”. He thanked McCurdy for his work, joking that the artist, who is known for his paintings of public figures from Nelson Mandela to the Dalai Lama, had ignored his pleas for fewer gray hairs and smaller ears. “He also talked me out of wearing a tan suit, by the way,” Obama quipped, referring to a widely panned appearance as president in an unflattering suit. Obama went on to say his wife was the “best thing about living in the White House,” and he thanked Sprung for “capturing everything I love about Michelle, her grace, her intelligence - and the fact that she’s fine”. Michelle Obama, when it was her turn, laughingly opened by saying she had to thank her hus band for “such spicy remarks.” To which he retorted, by way of explanation, “I’m not running again.” Then the former first lady turned serious, drawing a con nection between unveiling the portraits and America’s prom ise for people with backgrounds like her own, a daughter of working-class parents from the South Side of Chicago. “For me this day is not just about what has happened,” she said. “It’s also about what could happen, because a girl like me, she was never supposed to be up there next to Jacqueline Ken nedy and Dolley Madison. She wasn’t supposed to live in this house, and she wasn’t supposed to serve as first lady.” Mrs Obama said the unveiling of the portraits was a “reminder that there’s a place for everyone in this country”.
THE HEAD of the US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system that left homes and businesses without running water for several days. Even with water flow ing from taps and people again able to flush toilets this week, Jackson lacks safe drinking water. The city of 150,000 is in the sixth week of a boil-water advi sory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water. EPA administrator Michael Regan was in Jack son to meet with residents and state and local elected officials Wednesday. He touted the $1 trillion fed eral infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed in MississippiNovember. is set to receive more than $4 bil lion from the law, with most of the money designated for highways and bridges, the White House said. The state’s allocation includes $429m over five years to improve water systems.
Reeves and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Other members of Mis sissippi’s congressional delegation also participated in meetings with them about short-term and longterm solutions for the city’s water“Weproblems.doknow that will require all of us working together to cut through the bureaucracy,” Regan said during a news conference at Jackson State University. Thompson pointed out during the community meeting that Regan is from North Carolina, which also has a large Black population.“Heunderstands the challenges, especially (for) communities of color,” said Thompson, the only black member of Mississippi’s congressional delegation.
Jackson’s water system has been fragile for years, with officials warning that widespread loss of ser vice was possible. A cold snap in 2021 froze pipes and some water treatment equipment, leaving tens of thousands of people with out running water. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale. The EPA also told Jackson months ago that its water system violates the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
KYIV, AssociatedUkrainePress SHELLING resumed near Ukraine’s Zapor izhzhia nuclear power plant, with the warring sides trad ing blame again yesterday, a day after the UN atomic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone there to pre vent a catastrophe.
JIM CRAIG, with the Mississippi State Department of Health, left, leads Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, right, Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), center, and Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves, rear, as they walk past sedimentation basins at the City of Jackson’s OB Curtis Water Treatment Facility in Ridgeland, Mississippi, last Friday.
OBAMAS RETURN TO UNVEIL PORTRAITS
“It’s our desire that the city of Jackson gets its fair share,” Regan said during a meeting with community leaders. “It’s our desire that the city of Jackson doesn’t have to live with what you all have lived with for far tooJackson’slong.” main water-treatment plant mal functioned in late August after torrential rain caused flooding along the Pearl River. The influx altered the quality of the raw water entering the plant from a reservoir. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a dangerous drop in pressure.Buteven before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. A rental pump was installed last week, and the system’s water pressure is back to normal.Groups are distributing bottled water at drive-thru sites, and restaurants are bringing tanks of clean water from suburbs.
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Over the summer, he served as an assistant coach for the latest Mokan Elite team that captured the 17U title at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League PeachNairnJam.reflected on his days as a player at the same event a decade ago when his title chase came up just short. His post playing career has taken him to the NBA, NCAA, and prep levels. He spent the 2018 season in a role with the Phoenix Suns as a member of the coaching staff with a focus on player develop ment and also made his debut as an author with an autobiography entitled “Purpose Driven.” After two years, he returned to his prep alma mater for the first head coaching appointment of his young career. During his playing days at Sunrise, Nairn rose from a little known recruit to a highly sought after Divi sion I Sunriseprospect.Christian Acad emy retired his no.11 jersey in He2021.went on to play four seasons for the Michigan State Spartans and was part of two Big Ten champion ship teams while reaching the Final Four in his fresh man season of 2015. Nairn was one of several players in the pipeline from The Bahamas to Sunrise Christian that also included Indiana Pacers guard Chavano “Buddy” Hield (Oklahoma) along with Division I talents Nathan Bain (Stephen F Austin), Travis Munnings (Louisi ana-Monroe), and Radshad Davis (UT-Arlington/FIU) among others. As a player, Nairn con tinues to compete for Team Bahamas at the senior men’s national team level. He joined the roster in the latest window of the FIBA World Cup ‘23 Qualifiers in games against Venezuela and Argentina. Tum’ takes on coaching job
Evenepoel safely in Vuelta lead after Roglic withdraws LourawlsNairnJr con tinues hisprogressiontheofbasketball coaching career and will return to the sidelines at the NCAA Division I level. The Southern Utah Thunderbirds’ men’s basketball programme announced Nairn’s addition to the staff as an assistant coach yesterday.
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The Thunderbirds, led by head coach Todd Simon, are based in Cedar City, Utah, and compete in the Western Athletic Conference.“Yetanother depiction of the Lord’s grace in my life. I’m so grateful to coach Simon for giving me the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing program!” Nairn said, “T-Bird Nation, let’s go! Don’t get off the treadmill first!” The Thunderbirds fin ished 23-12 overall last season, 14-6 in the Big Sky Conference.Theymade the transi tion to he Western Athletic Conference for the 202223 season and will open the year on December 29 against New Mexico State University.“CoachNairn will be an excellent addition to our staff,” said Simon. “He brings an infectious energy and strong leadership. His experience in player development at the NBA, college, and prep school levels is going to benefit our programme. He has been a winner everywhere he has been from playing and coaching at Sunrise Christian Academy, to playing and working for coach Izzo at Michigan State and also as a EYBL coach for Mokan Elite.” During the regular season, Nairn was the head coach of the postgraduate men’s basketball team at nationally ranked Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas. He led the Buffaloes to a 24-2 record.
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COMING off an historic 2021 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis that saw the return of its decadelong men’s tournament and the debut of its firstever women’s tournament, the Atlantis resort has announced that the 2022 edition will continue in paradise.Taking place the week of Thanksgiving, Battle 4 Atlantis will welcome 16 NCAA Division I basket ball programmes, along with its players, coaches, families and fans for the women’s tournament (November 19-21) followed by the 11th year of the men’s tournament (Novem berMore23-25).information can be found
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— Remco Evenepoel safely kept his Spanish Vuelta lead yesterday after threetime defending champion Primoz Roglic withdrew ahead of the 17th stage because of Rigobertoinjuries.Urán, the 35-year-old Colombian from team EF EducationEasyPost, prevailed on the final climb to win the stage and complete his treble of Grand Tour victories after previous stage triumphs in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia. “I had been chasing it for many years,” Urán said. “When you already have victories in the Giro and in the Tour, and now in La Vuelta, as a rider for threeweek events, it gives me a lot of happiness. Today is a very special day for me.” He crossed the line two seconds ahead of Quentin Pacher and Jesús Herrada. Marc Soler was 15 seconds back in fourth place. Roglic didn’t start after not recovering from his injuries sustained Tues day in a crash 75 metres (82 yards) from the finish line while going for the victory in the 16th stage. The Slovenian from team Jumbo-Visma was seeking an unprecedented fourth straight Vuelta title. Evenepoel finished in the group of riders who crossed the line five minutes behind Urán. The Belgian cyclist from team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl maintained a lead of more than two min utes over Enric Mas of team Movistar. Juan Ayuso was nearly five minutes back in third place. “I think the race is as hard to control as it was with Primoz,” Evenepoel said. “But of course, on a finish like this, Primoz is a really explosive guy. I think now there is less danger from attacks like this because Enric is a bit less explosive than Primoz. I think that’s the main differ ence but that doesn’t make it easier, not at all.” Roglic was 1 minute, 26 seconds behind Evenepoel before withdrawing. “I think Enric tried to see how my legs were today but I could respond very well,” Evenepoel said. “The team brought me in a good position to the final climb. The speed was really high. It wasn’t an easy finish at Today,all.” riders will face a mountain stage with three major ascents on the way to another unprecedented summit finish at the Alto de Piornal.Thethree-week race fin ishes on Sunday in Madrid.
THE ninth meeting between Jonquel Jones’ Connecticut Sun and Chi cago Sky will determine which team will advance to the WNBA Finals and which team will see its 2022 season come to an end. The Sky will host a win ner-take-all game five at 8pm tonight in the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The game will be broad cast live on ESPN2 and the winner will advance to face the Las Vegas Aces in the Finals.Facing elimination Tues day night, the Sun scored a WNBA playoff record 66 points in the paint en route to a 104-80 win in game four. Jones finished with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists. The 24-point margin of victory was the largest in the series thus far and the Sun’s 104 points was a fran chise record on 57 percent shooting from the field. Sun head coach Curt Miller said the team responded in the manner it had to with their season on the“Bigline. response by our team and the starting group that really set the tone early with the aggressiveness at both ends of the floor. We talked the entire time about how this was going to be a points in the paint series for us and that was an incredi ble performance with points in the paint,” he said. “We felt deflated after game three that we played so well defensively but couldn’t get to the finish line, so incredible heart and determination by our play ers to do what was capable.” He highlighted Jones’ leadership early on as a scorer, then later as a facili tator when the Sky came with double teams. “I thought she was very aggressive with catches, she set the tone with her aggressiveness wanting the basketball,” he said. “She was unselfish, I thought at times she was almost too unselfish out of some congestion and I thought she could take some shots but I was really pleased with her activity, her aggres siveness was impressive.” Along with Jones’ stat line, DeWanna Bonner fin ished with 19 points, six rebounds and four assists, while Alyssa Thomas fin ished with 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists. It marked just the fifth time in WNBA Playoffs his tory that a team had three players each with over nine points, six rebounds and four assists and the first time since the Minnesota Lynx accomplished the feat in The2013.Sun shot under 40 percent in two of the first three games of the series, before their efficient shoot ing percentage in game four.Early in the series, Jones cited ball control and defence as her team’s keys to “Wewinning.got to take care of the ball, making an empha sis on being strong with it whether we’re in the post - for me and the other post players the double teams are coming - so being ready for that - but ultimately just being better,” she said fol lowing a game two loss. “For us, defence is such a big part of what we are doing, being able to get stops and run out in transi tion. In the games we lost you could count the amount of times we got three stops, which is something we use as a mark for the level of defence we’re playing in the game.”Jones scored her seventh point midway through the second quarter, more than she scored in all of game three when she finished with a series low six. Game five will be the 10th matchup this season between the two teams. The Sun took game one on the road at Wintrust Arena before the Sky took back-to-back games to take a series lead. “Obviously home court and crowds play a factor but it will come down to who plays better for two hours on Thursday,” Miller said. “We have won some tough road games, we have a team that grinds and has toughness and has grit and I feel like that’s what you need to win a big play off game on the road.”
RETIREMENTOTHER Tuesday was also the final game for Seattle’s Briann January after 14 seasons in the league. January played for four teams with most of her career spent in Indiana.
Sue Bird’s career ends as Aces top Storm to reach WNBA Finals
SEATTLE (AP) — This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands. The finality of the situation finally hitting Sue Bird and the thousands that showed up hoping to see her career continue for at least 40 moreChelseaminutes.Gray was simply too good, sending the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA Finals by beating the Seat tle Storm 97-92 in Game 4 of their WNBA playoffs semifinal series Tuesday night.It brought an end to Bird’s illustrious career. With it came thanks from fans, tears and one last walk off the court in the same spot where Bird’s career began more than two dec ades“Kindaago. weird. Definitely surreal. I think initially ... I felt sad about the season and the game. And I then think as the emotions started to come to the sur face that was also what I know deep down in that was my last game,” Bird said.Gray scored 15 of her 31 points in the fourth quar ter and the Aces won the best-of-five series 3-1, all the games tense, pressurepacked and filled with spectacular shot-making. The Aces ended up making more, most notably Gray, who made five of six shots down the stretch and scored 12 of the final 20 points for the“IAces.don’t think anyone on planet Earth can guard her,” Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. “She was unconscious.”Itwillbethe third Finals appearance in franchise his tory for Las Vegas. The Aces lost to Seat tle in 2020 in the WNBA bubble played in Florida, and the franchise reached the Finals in 2008 while still in San Antonio, losing to Detroit.“It’skind of like the girl that beat Serena (Williams). It’s bittersweet,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “I know myself and our staff and team and organi sation have so much respect for Sue. She’s had a fair ytale career, one that kids dream of. She got to live it.” Breanna Stewart tied the WNBA playoff record with 42 points, just the fifth player to score 40 or more in a postseason game, and Jewell Loyd added 29. But Seattle failed to find a third scorer and the Aces had an answer for every charge Seattle made after Las Vegas surged in front early in the second half.
MATTHEW Stafford, Aaron Donald and the Los Angeles Rams will raise their Super Bowl banner tonight before kicking off the NFL season at home where they became the second straight team to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy in their own stadium. Somehow, they’re under dogs against the Buffalo Bills.“It’s going to be fun,” Rams All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald said. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to be loud. ... We definitely got to go out there and play a good team and try to find a way to win.” The Bills are presea son favourites to win the Super Bowl after falling short in the AFC divisional round against the Kansas City Chiefs last January. Josh Allen leads a dynamic offence and the Bills had the league’s stingiest defence in 2021. “Going to play the defending Super Bowl champs and watching them raise their banner, that’ll be an interesting feeling for sure,” Allen said. “And I’ve talked to a few people who have played and coached in this game before, and just really the unanimous thing that they were talking about was it feels like play off atmosphere. So, we got to understand that going in, not get too high, not get too low. Understand the flow of the game and just try to put our best foot forward.” Under Sean McVay, the Rams are 5-0 in season openers. Defending cham pions are 19-3 in Week 1 since 2000. FanDuel Sports book has the Bills as a 2 1/2-point favorite. Pro Picks disagrees.UPSET SPECIAL: RAMS, 29-26 Green Bay (minus 1 1/2) at AaronMinnesotaRodgers and the Packers were routed 38-3 by the Saints in Week 1 last year. The two-time reigning NFL MVP has something to prove without All-Pro receiver Davante Adams. Packers spoil the debut of Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell.BESTBET: PACKERS, 26-23 Pittsburgh (plus 6 1/2) at Cincinnati.TheAFC champion Bengals solidified their offensive line after losing to Donald and the Rams in the Super Bowl. They’ve won three in a row against the Steelers, who turn to Mitchell Trubisky after Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement. Under coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh is 18-6-2 against the spread as an underdog in division games. BENGALS, 23-18 (minusPhiladelphia31/2) at Detroit The Eagles restocked their roster after making the playoffs last season, adding key players on both sides. The Lions are expecting to build on their 3-3 finish down the stretch in coach Dan Campbell’s rookie season. EAGLES, 26-17 Indianapolis (minus 7 1/2) at MattHoustonRyan’s debut with the Colts should be a suc cessful one. Indianapolis outscored Davis Mills and the Texans 62-3 in two games last season. COLTS, 31-17 New Orleans (minus 5 1/2) at JameisAtlantaWinston is back, and the Saints begin their first season without retired coach Sean Payton against the rebuilding Falcons. Marcus Mariota takes over for the departed Ryan after Atlanta’s bid to lure Deshaun Watson failed. The Falcons were 0-7 against the spread at home last season. SAINTS, 27-16 Baltimore (minus 6 1/2) at New York Jets The Ravens lost their last six games last season after an 8-3 start but are healthier now and have the superior talent. There’s excitement surrounding the Jets fol lowing an impressive draft, but New York has lost 12 in a row in September and is 1-11 against the spread in those games. RAVENS, 30-16 New England (plus 3 1/2) at TheMiamiDolphins gave Tua Tagovailoa more protection and playmakers, including Tyreek Hill. Mac Jones led the Patriots to the playoffs as a rookie. Mike McDaniel makes his coaching debut against Bill Belichick. PATRIOTS, 20-17 Cleveland (plus 1 1/2) at Carolina Baker Mayfield wins his Super Bowl in Week 1. PANTHERS, 24-20 San Francisco (minus 6 1/2) at Chicago Trey Lance and Justin Fields face off in a matchup featuring two of the five quarterbacks chosen in the first round of the 2021 draft. Lance ended up in a better spot with a dominant run game to help him. 49ERS, 31-16 Jacksonville (plus 2 1/2) at CarsonWashingtonWentz plays his first game with the Com manders against his former coach in Philadelphia, Doug Pederson. The Jaguars will be a better team with a Super Bowl champion coach. Washington has also improved with Wentz. COMMANDERS, 24-16 Las Vegas (plus 3 1/2) at Los Angeles Chargers The Raiders gave Derek Carr another playmaker in Adams. But he needs more protection, especially against Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack. The Raiders ended the Chargers’ season with an overtime victory in the final game of the regular season. Justin Herbert helps them get revenge. CHARGERS, 31-23 New York Giants (plus 5 1/2) at Old-schoolTennesseefootball fans should like this one. Expect to see a lot of Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley. TITANS, 24-17 Kansas City (minus 5 1/2) at TheArizonaChiefs have won seven straight season open ers. Patrick Mahomes helps them make it eight in a row against the banged-up Cardinals. CHIEFS, 34-26 Tampa Bay (minus 2 1/2) at TomDallasBrady is back minus Rob Gronkowski and a pair of starting offensive linemen.The Cowboys nearly pulled off the upset in the NFL opener at Tampa last year. BUCCANEERS, 27-24 Denver (minus 6 1/2) at SeattleRussell Wilson makes a triumphant return to Seattle in his new orange colors. BRONCOS, 31-13
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan teenager Naseem Shah smashed back-to-back sixes in the last over against Afghan istan yesterday for a one-wicket victory that sets up the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka. Needing 11 off the last over and only one wicket in hand, the 19-year-old Shah clobbered consecu tive sixes off fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi’s two low full tosses to take Pakistan to 131-9. In Super 4 game dominated by bowlers, Pakistan also did well to restrict Afghanistan to 129-6 through its pacers and spinners. Shah had earlier clean bowled cap tain Mohammad Nabi for a golden duck to finish withPakistan’s1-19.
STORM guard Sue Bird reacts to fans chanting “Thank you Sue” after the Storm were eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday night in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
“I’m proud of of everything we’ve accomplished here.”
She’ll also take into retirement the definition of being a floor leader and ultimately a winner. But she wasn’t able to add a fifth title to that résumé. Bird finished her final game with eight points and eight assists.“As sad as it is that we’re we’re not having the ability to compete for a champion ship, I think what’s more devastating ... is just the fact that we’re no longer going to be on the court with Sue,” Stewart said. Gray was the biggest thorn for Seattle with her clutch shooting often late in the shot clock. Seattle pulled even at 67-all, only to have Gray hit a 3 as the shot clock expired. Gray scored consecutive buckets later in the fourth to keep the Aces ahead, but her miss and Gabby Wil liams’ three-point play gave Seattle an 83-82 lead with 2:40Thatleft. was Seattle’s last lead.Wilson’s three-point play put the Aces back ahead 85-83 and Gray wouldn’t miss, her jumper with 30 seconds left giving the Aces a 92-87 lead. Wilson fin ished with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Gray finished as the first player in WNBA playoff history with 30 points and 10 assists in a game.“When Chelsea is rock ing and rolling my biggest thing is just getting the hell out of her way,” Wilson said. “At the end of the day, you just got to get out of the way and let people rock.”
win also ended India’s slim chances to reach next Sunday’sTempersfinal.flared toward the end when fast bowler Fareed Khan reduced Pakistan to 118-9 in the 19th over by having Asif Ali (16) dismissed. Both players exchanged words as Asif raised his bat close to Fareed’s face and they pushed each other before Afghanistan players rushed to separate the two.A jubilant Shah threw away his helmet and batting gloves while sprinting toward the dressing room once his last hit sailed over long off and his teammates also rushed onto the field to celebrate the breath taking win. “To be honest, it was quite a tensed environ ment in the dressing room,” Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said. “I was in the dressing room … I thought it is cricket and I have seen Naseem bat like this, so I had a little bit of Thebelief.”left-armer Farooqi had put Pakistan on the backfoot when he trapped Babar leg before wicket for a golden duck and then struck twice in his penultimate over before bowling two full tosses to Shah in the last over to end up with 3-34. Babar has struggled in the Asia Cup after his four straight belowpar scores of 10, 9, 14 and 0, but Pakistan’s middle-order has done well in the tournament in run-chases.Leg-spinner Rashid Khan (2-25) had newly crowned No. 1 T20 batter Mohammad Rizwan leg before wicket before Shadab Khan (36) and Iftikhar Ahmed (30) steadied the chase with a 42-run partnership. But Afghanistan didn’t give up in the death overs and claimed six quick wickets once Fareed Khan (3-31), playing his first game in the tourna ment, had Iftikhar caught deep midwicket in the 16th over.
The Aces will get the spotlight in the Finals. On this night, the aftermath of the result was all about Bird and the conclusion to her two decades as a pillar to the Storm franchise and the WNBA.Birdstayed on the court after the final buzzer, receiving hugs from the entire Aces roster. She wiped away tears while the crowd cheered and cried along with her, and chanted “Thank you, Sue.” “I also wanted to kind of have one last moment to say thank you, to soak it all in because in some ways, it is a happy thing,” Bird said.
RECORD HALF Stewart’s 26 points in the first half was the most in the first half of a playoff game, topping the 24 points Angel McCoughtry had in the first half for Atlanta against Minnesota in 2011. McCoughtry finished that game with 38. UP NEXT Las Vegas will host either Connecticut or Chicago in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday.
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The oldest player in the league at age 41, Bird started the year thinking she’d retire, but brought finality to the decision midway through the regular season.Las Vegas spoiled the party in Seattle’s home regular-season finale when Bird was honoured by the franchise and the league for her 21 seasons with the team and 19 as a player, missing two seasons with injury.And it was the Aces that finally eliminated Bird and the Storm after four stress ful games filled with big performances.Birdclosesout her career as one of the most deco rated players of all-time: four WNBA titles, five Olympic gold medals, two collegiate titles at UConn, the WNBA all-time leader in assists and games played, and recognition as one of the great players during a golden generation for the league.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — It didn’t take long for Robert Lewandowski to leave his mark with Bar celona in the Champions League.Lewandowski scored three goals in the team’s opening 5-1 rout of Viktoria Plzen yesterday, becoming the first player to get a hat trick with three different clubs in the Champions League.The34-year-old Poland striker now has seven Champions League hat tricks, with the others coming with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.Barcelona’s biggest sign ing of the year continued his great start to the season, taking his tally to eight goals from his first five matches.“Iknew from the begin ning here it was going to be important to adapt right from the first game,” Lewandowski said. “People ask about the goals, but it’s important to be in the right position, to help my team because my teammates have helped me a lot on and off the pitch.” Lewandowski said the goals were a gift to his wife, who was at the Camp Nou celebrating her birthday. “The fact that she was in the stadium on her birth day means a lot,” he said. “Something amazing for me.”Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández said he was run ning out of words to praise his new “Robertstriker.is relentless,” Hernández said. “He is humble and is always working hard. I don’t have enough compliments for him. He scored three goals today, but it wasn’t only that. It’s about how he helps the team, about his presence. What a fantastic signing.”Frank Kessié, another Barcelona signing, and Ferran Torres also scored for the hosts in the Group C match at the Camp Nou. Lewandowski’s former club, Bayern, won 2-0 at Inter Milan in the other groupBarcelona’smatch.
BARCELONA’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal during a Group C Champions League soccer match between FC Barcelona and Viktoria Plzen at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday.
— When Rory McIlroy runs into some of his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wen tworth this week, don’t expect them to spend much time reminiscing about fondEuropeanmemories.Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among the con tingent of LIV Golf players who are competing at the BMW PGA Champion ship this week, much to the dismay of McIlroy and the others who have resisted the financial gains of joining the Saudi-backed breaka wayDuringseries.
“It wasn’t really a situa tion I wanted to get myself in knowing who was going to be in that room,” McIl roy said. “So I sort of removed myself from it and let them thrash it out.” Pelley gave no details of what was said at the meeting at his own news conference, saying it was “very short and there were a couple of questions from LIV players that I think we answered.”Pelley also launched a staunch defence of the financial viability of the European Tour — recently rebranded as the DP World Tour — and its ability to compete commercially. “It is easy to get dragged down by the LIV propa ganda machine, churning out negative news stories and misinformation about the poor state of the tra ditional golfing world, including our tour,” Pelley said. “It’s just not right.” McIlroy, Fitzpatrick and Horschel all play in the same group today so they won’t have to share the course with any LIV play ers until the weekend at least.When asked if it would give him added motivation to play in the final pair ing on Sunday alongside a player who joined the Saudi-backed series, McIl roy couldn’t resist one more jibe. “They are going to be pretty tired on Sunday,” he said, “it will be the fourth day.”
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GOLFER Rory McIlroy speaks at a press conference during the Pro-Am ahead of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, yesterday.( Adam Davy/PA via AP)
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McIlroy said he stayed away from a players’ meet ing with European Tour chief executive Keith Pelley on Tuesday evening that included golfers from both factions.
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victory ended a 34-unbeaten streak in competitive games for Plzen. The Czech Republic club had won 10 of its first 12 matches this season. It entered Wednesday’s game with 29 wins, five draws. Barcelona spent big to revamp its squad despite struggling financially in recent years. It finished behind Real Madrid in the Spanish league and was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League last season, its first without Argentina great Lionel Messi. The new signings have clicked early on and Bar celona has outscored opponents 16-2 to start the season.Kessié, making his Champions League debut, opened the scoring with a header off a corner kick for his first goal for the Catalan club.Jules Koundé, another Barcelona signing in the offseason, redirected the ball toward Kessié with another header inside the area.Lewandowski added to the lead in the 34th with a well-placed shot into the far corner from inside the area. He scored again in firsthalf stoppage time with a header after a nice cross by Ousmane Dembélé and with a low shot from out side the area in the 67th. Lewandowski, signed from Bayern for nearly 50 million euros ($50 million), had already scored five goals in four Spanish league matches this “Lewandowskiseason. showed his class tonight,” Plzen coach Michal Bilek said. “His finishing is phenom enal and he perfectly chooses the right position in theHebox.is rightly considered one of the best forwards in thePlzenworld.”had pulled one closer in the 44th with a header by Jan Sykora after a defensive lapse by the Barcelona defense. Torres scored the fifth goal for the hosts with a nice volley from close range in the 71st. A penalty kick called in favour of Plzen in the 23rd was reversed after video review showed a foul by the attacker in the buildup. “We expected such a hard match,” Bilek said. “The boys did what they could, but it was not enough. Bar celona showed tremendous quality in all aspects of the game.”Barcelona got the easy win despite Hernández rotating his squad and making six changes to the team that defeated Sevilla 3-0 in the Spanish league at the weekend, with Kessié and Ansu Fati among those coming in and veteran cap tain Sergio Busquets and newly signed Raphinha being left on the bench. Pablo Torre made his first-team debut by replac ing Kessié in the 81st. It was Plzen’s first Cham pions League game since 2018.Ithad won its last two games in the competition, as many as it did in its pre vious 16 Barcelonamatches.and Plzen had last played in 2011-12 in the group stage of the Cham pions League, with two Barcelona victories.
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a forgettable Ryder Cup for Europe last year at Whistling Straits, one of the most memorable moments came when McIl roy broke down in tears when talking about how much he loved his team mates. On Wednesday, he merely sighed when asked how what seemed like a tight-knit bond with Garcia, Westwood and Poulter can survive the fallout from LIV.“I have no idea,” McIlroy said. “I wouldn’t say I’ve got much of a relationship with them at the minute. ... But, like, I haven’t done anything different. They are the ones that have made that decision. So I can sit here and keep my head held high and say I haven’t done anything differently.” Shane Lowry also said there could be some awk ward meetings this week with players he used to be “good friends” with. “Obviously I haven’t seen them in a long time now. Don’t hang out with them anymore,” Lowry said. “Probably won’t be going out for dinner because we haven’t seen each other. But yeah, there are certain lads that I shake hands with and certain hands I wouldn’t.” So the rift between play ers created by LIV shows no sign of healing at Went worth, where Billy Horschel and Jon Rahm both took aim at the LIV contingent onTheTuesday.LIV golfers who are European Tour mem bers are allowed to play at Wentworth while their suspension for playing in the inaugural event of the breakaway series is under appeal. Their Ryder Cup status is also subject to legal appeals.U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick said he was “fed up with talking about” the whole situation, but acknowledged that the current tensions could make it difficult to include any LIV players on next year’s Ryder Cup team. “There’s one person I would have, who I would be fine with playing with and have on the team,” Fitzpat rick said, declining to name the player. “But you know, next year is obviously a long way away, and there’s a lot of stuff to come with the whole situation. So that might change things, change attitudes even more, and then that probably makes it difficult.” The European Ryder Cup team for next year was already affected by LIV Golf when Henrik Sten son was stripped of the captaincy for joining the breakaway series. When the Swede’s name came up at the end of McIlroy’s news conference as the only person to win both the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup and the European Tour’s Race to Dubai — a feat the Northern Irishman is trying to equal — McIlroy just quipped:McIlroy“Who?”hadsaid before the event that it would be “hard to stomach” playing alongside the LIV golfers this week, but said he had yet to see most of them at Wentworth.“Myopinion is they shouldn’t be here, but again that’s just my opinion,” McIlroy said, before taking a jab at LIV Golf’s format of only playing three rounds instead of four and starting on different holes. “But we are all going to tee it up on the first tee tomorrow and we are all going to go play 72 holes, which is a novelty for them at this point, and then we’ll go from there.”
GENEVA (AP) — A long-time criticism of the Champions League group stage? Too many lopsided mismatches as the wealth gap between clubs fuels competitive imbalance on theTellfield.that to favoured Liverpool and Eintracht Frankfurt after their heavy losses yesterday. Or to coaches Thomas Tuchel and Domenico Tedesco who lost their jobs on the morning after shocking losses for their teams, Chelsea and Leip zig,Liverpoolrespectively.slumped to a stunning 4-1 defeat at Napoli where the hosts were four goals up in just 47 minutes at the stadium named for club icon Diego Maradona.Though Jurgen Klopp’s team has been beaten in just four games in 2022, three were in the Champi ons League including Real Madrid’s 1-0 win in the final in EintrachtMay. won the Europa League title in May but the German club and the team it beat in the final, Rangers, both found it tough Wednesday on returning to the toptier competition after long absences.Eintracht was surpris ingly beaten 3-0 at home by Sporting Lisbon just four days after its four-goal rout of Leipzig in the Bundes liga sped up Tedesco’s exit. Rangers was swept aside in the first half at Ajax before falling to a 4-0 loss.
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer ZURICH (AP) — Two-time Olympic silver medallist Joe Kovacs set the third-longest mark in shot put history yesterday with a throw of 23.23 metres at the Diamond League finals. Kovacs became just the fourth man ever to go beyond 23 metres with only United States teammate Ryan Crouser, who he beat in Zurich, ahead of him in the record book. “It feels good to finally tick the box and be a 23-metre shot putter,” Kovacs said. “There is a bigger throw left in there. I know that Ryan will throw further so I will have to throw even further next year.”The 33-year-old Kovacs had a previous best of 22.91 set when he won his second world title in 2019 in Doha, Qatar.Crouser set the world record of 23.37 last year at the US Olympic trials and then clinched the gold medal in Tokyo at 23.30 to retain his Olympic title. The only other men in shot put’s exclusive club did it more than three decades ago.In 1988, Ulf Timmer mann of East Germany was first with a 23.06 throw, and American Randy Barnes extended the world record to 23.12 in 1990 that stood for 31 Kovacsyears.was the standout performer in the first round of Diamond League finals held in a public square in downtown Zurich. The main part of the storied Weltklasse meet is Friday at the Letzigrund stadium in the Swiss city.
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STREAKMARSEILLE Marseille, winner of the first Champions League title in 1993, has now lost its last eight away games in the competition dating back a decade and 14 of 15 games overall in that time. The game turned on a red card shown in the 47th minute to Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba for bringing down Son Heung-min.Tottenham is still unbeaten this season and goes to Lisbon to face Sporting next Tuesday, when Marseille hosts Eintracht.
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Bayern Munich eased to a 2-0 win at Inter Milan, where Leroy Sané opened the scoring in the first half, and Club Brugge beat struggling Bayer Lev erkusen 1-0. Two coach firings began the Champions League drama early Wednesday. Tuchel was ousted at Chelsea just 15 months after he guided the club to its second Champions League title. The German manager’s dissatisfaction with the club was clear in interviews late Tuesday after a 1-0 loss at Dinamo Zagreb.Tedesco lasted just nine months at Leipzig, a Champions League semi finalist two years ago, and did not survive a humbling 4-1 home loss to Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
Son Giovanni scored the third goal for Napoli on his competition debut and dad Diego in Madrid saw his Atlético team show the resilience that is his coach ing trademark to outlast Porto in stoppage time. Victory ended an eightgame winless streak for Simeone’s team at home in the Champions League. Atlético is at Leverkusen next week. STEP UP, FALL BACK Eintracht and Rangers were evenly matched in the Europa League final less than four months ago. Eintracht won the title on penalties after a 1-1 draw. They had similar for tunes Wednesday though not in a way either enjoyed on returning from long absences in Europe’s big gestEintrachtcompetition.ended a 62-year wait — since losing the iconic 1960 Euro pean Cup final 7-3 to Real Madrid — by collapsing in the second half at home to surging Sporting. Three goals in 17 minutes began with a goal from English forward Marcus Edwards. It was 12 years and one financial collapse ago that Rangers last played in the Champions League. After its beating at Ajax, Rangers hosts Napoli in Glasgow next Tuesday.
HARTIE JOHNSON, left, new president of the Eleuthera Tennis Association, and the former president Jerome Hill.
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Tottenham beat Mar seille 2-0 with Brazil forward Richarlison twice scoring with headers late in the game on his Champi ons League debut. A remarkable 11-minute period of stoppage time at Atlético Madrid saw the home team open the scor ing and be pegged back by a penalty for 10-man Porto before Antoine Griezmann sealed a 2-1 win with a header from a tight angle.
It was a stellar night for the Simeones in two differ ent countries.
THE Eleuthera Tennis Association (ETA) held its annual general meet ing and the new executive board consists of the fol lowing persons who ran unopposed:President - Hartie Johnson; Vice President -Juanita Percentie; Treas urer - Barbara Johnson; Assistant TreasurerLaura Culmer; Secretary -Parry Culmer; Assistant Secretary - Rose JohnsonKirby; Chaplin - Jackie Percentie; and Assistant Chaplin- Charles Rolle. On hand was the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) treas urer, Timothy Dames. Mr Dames brought remarks on behalf of the BLTA, noting that the BLTA will continue to sup port the ETA as they seek to develop and grow the sport in Eleuthera. The BLTA congratu lated incoming president Johnson and his team and wished them well as they lead the ETA. The BLTA also extended warm regards to outgoing president Jerome Hill for his service to tennis on the island of Eleuthera over the pastPresidentyears, Johnson and his administration have hosted a Back2School Tennis Fun Day. He thanked Island Luck and Aliv for provided back packs filled with school supplies.
The careers of Klopp and Tuchel have been linked since Tuchel succeeded Klopp after seven-year spells at both Mainz and Borussia Dortmund. Both have been on the winning and losing sides of Champions League finals in just the last four years, and both endured one of their worst days in the competitionLiverpool’sWednesday.roughstart at Napoli saw the 2019 cham pion trail after a penalty within five minutes and go in at halftime 3-0 down despite goalkeeper Allison Becker saving a second spotLuiskick.Diaz cut the lead to 4-1 after 49 minutes but Liverpool was far off its typical hard-pressing intensity. “It looks a little bit like we have to reinvent ourselves,” acknowledged Klopp, who is coming up to seven full years at Liv erpool and hosts Ajax next Tuesday.
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The other key moments came at the conclusions of the first two sets; Tiafoe is 6-0 in tiebreakers at this USRublevOpen. actually had the first chance to nose ahead, with a set point at 6-5 in the first, but Tiafoe erased it with a risky forehand to a corner that drew a netted reply.Several minutes later, it was Tiafoe who took the set, sealing it with a 130 mph ace, then strutting to the changeover, nodding and motioning with his racket for more noise. A similar scene played out in the second tie breaker after a drop volley by Tiafoe forced a mistake by Rublev to make it 6-0. When Tiafoe produced a backhand return winner to seal a two-set lead, he sprinted to the sideline, sat down near his messy col lection of towels, shirts and socks spread out around the ground — call it “col lege dorm room chic” or, to use his word, “diabolical” — and shook his fist amid the delirium of a standing ovation.“Best tiebreaker I will ever play,” Tiafoe said. “Honestly a laughable tiebreaker. You can’t make thatRublevup.” never tried to hide his anger at the way things were going. He hit himself in the leg with his racket or punched his strings. Over and over, he gesticulated and yelled toward his guest box, where only four of the 15 seats were occupied, quite a contrast to Tiafoe’s com pletely full section. Ferreira was there. So was Tiafoe’s agent, Jill Smoller, whose clients include Serena Williams. Tiafoe’s twin brother, Franklin, too, and their parents, who emigrated to the U.S. from Sierra Leone in the 1990s during a civil war there. They lived in Maryland, where Dad helped build a junior tennis center then worked as a maintenance man there, leading Frances and Frank lin to pick up a racket. “Yeah, it’s a great story. Hopefully there will be a movie about it one day,” Ferreira said. “But he has to win the Grand Slam first. You only get movies if you do Pickingwell.”up on that theme, the guy known to everyone in the sport as “Big Foe” said: “Everyone loves a Cinderella story. Just trying to make one.” So far, so good.
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JAYS ORIOLES4, 1 BALTIMORE (AP) — Alek Manoah retired 22 of his final 23 hitters in an impressive eight-inning performance, and Toronto wrapped up a successful series in Baltimore. The Blue Jays won three of four to take a 4 1/2game lead on Baltimore for the last wild card in the American League. Manoah (14-7) allowed a run in the first, but the Orioles didn’t manage another baserunner until the sixth.
“The first week was the Serena Open,” tennis ana lyst John McEnroe said during Sunday’s coverage. “Now it’s the US Open.”
“I love to show the world what I can do,” said the 24-year-old Tiafoe, who is seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows. “I just want to go out there and try to give the crowd what they want — and that’s me getting the win.”Andy Roddick, who was in the Ashe stands Wednes day, was the last US man to get to the semifinals in New York, losing to Roger Fededer in the title match 16 years ago. Roddick also was the last man from the country to win any Grand Slam singles championship, taking the 2003 US Open. None of the men left in the bracket this time has ever won a major trophy. Tiafoe’s first career Slam semifinal will come Friday against No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz or No. 11 Jannik Sinner.“Frances is such a fantas tic young man. Good things happen to good people,” tournament director Stacey Allaster said. “Irrespective of how he finishes, this has been a monumental evolu tion in his career and he’ll only build upon the learn ing and success of this U.S. Open.”This step forward has come with the help of Tia foe’s coach, former pro player Wayne Ferreira, who said the player used to not be “really professional enough,” and pointed to important changes to his habits when it comes to eating — there had been too much chocolate and cookies and not enough breakfasts — practice and work in the gym. “It’s taken time for us to get gradually to where we are today,” Ferreira said. “I kind of imagined he would be at his best by the end of nextOnyear.”Wednesday, Tiafoe played aggressive, offen sive tennis, never got broken and used 18 aces along with strong volleying to oust Rublev, a Russian who dropped to 0-6 in major quarterfinals. Tiafoe won 31 of 41 points when he went to the net; Rublev only ventured forward 11 times.Inthe women’s quarterfi nals yesterday, No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka earned a second consecutive trip to the final four at Flushing Meadows with a 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over Karolina Pliskova. “I’m ready for it,” Sabalenka said. “I’m ready for another Sabalenka’sfight.”next oppo nent will be No. 1 Iga Swiatek or No. 8 Jessica Pegula, who played each other last night. Pegula is the last player from the United States in the women’s bracket. Rain drops began fall ing just before the start of Tiafoe vs. Rublev, so they stood around waiting for the retractable roof to be shut.That resulted in a cool, wind-free environment and a louder setting, with applause and yells from fans reverberating in what became an indoor arena — circumstances that favored Tiafoe.The only break of serve came more than two hours in, when Tiafoe went ahead 4-3 in the third set, then stood mostly motionless on court, enjoying the cre scendo of support.
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
The 12-game, three-day tournament is regarded as one of the most challenging earlyseason tournaments. “We extend a warm Baha mian welcome to Atlantis Paradise Island for the Men’s and Women’s Battle 4 Atlan tis, the premier early-season NCAA college basketball tournament. The tournament is the highlight of our year, and we couldn’t be more excited to host the athletes, coaches, alumni and fans for what is always a memorable experience,” said Audrey Oswell, president and man aging director of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island. “After a groundbreaking inaugural Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis which produced the eventual, national cham pion South Carolina, and the 10th anniversary of the Men’s Battle 4 Atlantis, we are looking forward to another amazing year of world-class college basketball to be held at the ultimate destination, Atlantis Paradise Island,” said Lea Miller, CEO, Complete SportsGoingManagement.onits11th year, Battle 4 Atlantis is one of the most important college basketball traditions of the year, and through seamless, world-class hospitality along with rich, cultural exchanges, Atlantis Paradise Island is committed to celebrating the global game of basketball through a vibrant Bahamian lens.Year after year, the event has been highly touted as the most coveted early-season tournament, and Atlantis Par adise Island is proud to serve as the longest-standing inter national host destination in college basketball history. SET FROM PAGE 14NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 55th home run in the only blemish of Louie Varland’s other wise outstanding major league debut, Oswaldo Cabrera’s single capped a two-run 12th and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 yes terday in the opener of a doubleheader.Cabreraalso threw out a runner at the plate in the 10th as the AL East leaders clinched their 30th consecutive winning season.Judge homered for the fourth straight game, driving a changeup in the fourth inning and beginning New York’s comeback from a 3-0 defi cit. He set the Yankees record for right-handed hitters by surpassing the 54 homers hit by Alex Rodri guez in 2007.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jacob deGrom threw seven dominant innings and New York completed a doubleheader sweep of Pittsburgh to move back into sole possession of first place in the NL East. DeGrom (5-1) struck out eight and walked one to win his third straight start for New York, which rode seven strong innings from Chris Bassitt to a vic tory in Game 1. The Mets piled on Pittsburgh starter Johan Oviedo (2-2) and a hand ful of relievers to pound out 17 hits in support of deGrom.
NEW YORK (AP) — About 20 minutes after Frances Tiafoe earned the first trip to the US Open semifinals by an American man since 2006, he met up in an Arthur Ashe Stadium foyer with a host of friends, Washington Wizards AllStar guard Bradley Beal amongEveryonethem. traded hearty hugs and huge smiles. Tiafoe shouted, “Let’s pose for a dope photo!” and they obliged. As the nine-person line stood together, someone yelled, “Throw up a ‘Dub!’” so Tiafoe and others formed a “W” — as in “Win” — by joining thumbs and index fingers on both hands. Tia foe’s girlfriend ran through the nearby double doors, jumped into his arms, gave him a kiss, then wiped away lipstick from his mouth. Most assuredly a show man, and someone striving for years for this sort of suc cess on big stages, Tiafoe sure is enjoying the ride, as are his pals, his parents and the partisan fans, who last celebrated a Grand Slam trophy for a man from the United States two decades ago.Tiafoe managed the tricky task of following up the biggest win of his career, against 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, with another mile stone victory, beating No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0), 6-4 behind the backing of a boisterous crowd yesterday.
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WHITE SOX 9, MARINERS 6 SEATTLE (AP) — Eloy Jiménez drove in three runs with a homer and double and Chicago took advantage of three errors in the come-frombehind win over Seattle. The White Sox took two of three in the series and stayed on the heels of Cleveland and Minnesota in the crowded AL Cen tralAaronrace. Bummer (1-1) claimed the win, and Liam Hendriks struck out the side the ninth for his 31st save. RAYS 1, RED SOX 0 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yonny Chiri nos pitched three spotless innings in relief to win his first major league outing in two years, leading Tampa Bay past Boston. Taylor Walls drove in the only run with an infield single in the fifth, and the Rays won for the eighth time in nine games. They lead the American League wild-card race and began the day 4 1/2 games behind the first-place Yankees in the AL ChirinosEast. (1-0), who had Tommy John surgery following his previous appearance for the Rays on Aug. 16, 2020, struck out four and got the win. He gave up four hits and a walk. Pete Fairbanks pitched the ninth for his sixth save in six attempts.
DODGERS 7, GIANTS 3 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner doubled in the go-ahead run, Max Muncy added a three-run homer in the eighth inning and Los Angeles reduced its magic number in the NL West to six games. Muncy homered off Zack Littell (2-3) and went 3 for 4. Justin Turner hit a three-run homer in the fifth.David Villar homered twice and drove in all of the runs for the Giants, who led 2-0 in the fifth. Evan Phillips (6-3) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of relief. Clayton Kershaw allowed two runs and five hits in six innings and struck out eight in his third straight no-decision.
NEW York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) reacts round ing the bases after hitting a home run against the Minnesota Twins during the sixth inning on Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K Murray)
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PHILLIES 4, MARLINS 3 (AP)PHILADELPHIA—Edmundo Sosa homered for the second straight game and finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Bailey Falter earned his fourth straight win as a starter, lifting Philadelphia over Miami. Jean Segura also homered for the Phillies, who moved four games ahead of Milwaukee and a half-game ahead of San Diego in the race for the final two NL wild-card spots. The Padres face Arizona later Wednesday.
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
FRANCES TIAFOE, of the United States, returns a shot to Andrey Rublev, of Russia, during the quarterfinals of the US Open tennis championships yesterday in New York.(APPhoto/Seth Wenig) NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams’ long goodbye to the US Open proved a boon to ESPN. Facing down the pos sibility of a first-round knockout, Williams instead gave the sports network four nights of prime-time programming last week, with her eventual loss to Ajla Tomljanovic reach ing the largest audience of any tennis match in ESPN’s 43-yearESPNhistory.happily adjusted on the fly, asking Open officials to move Williams’ doubles match with her sister Venus to Thursday evening, and moving a col lege football game off its main network on Friday to make room for the match withThatTomljanovic.Friday match reached 4.8 million view ers, peaking at 6.9 million, the Nielsen company said. It beat the previous recordholder, the 2012 Wimbledon men’s final between Roger Federer and Andy Murray. “We knew it was going to be a huge story,” said John Suchenski, ESPN’s programming director, on Wednesday. “I’m not sure we knew how much it was going to play out, audi ence-wise. Obviously, we’re thrilled by the numbers.” Williams’ first-round vic tory over Danka Kovinic last Monday, along with a post-match ceremony, was seen by 2.7 million people — or 289% above compa rable first round coverage in 2021, Nielsen Wednesday’ssaid.victory over Anett Kontaveit reached 3.6 million. Thursday’s sister act, the first time ESPN has shown a doubles match in prime time, averaged 2.2 million.Suchenski said he hoped for a “halo effect” that would boost the Open rat ings for a Williams-less second week, but ESPN is cognisant of reality.
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BRAVES ATHLETICS7, 3 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider (10-4) overcame a rough start to strike out nine and win his third straight start, Vaughn Grissom and Dansby Swanson homered and Atlanta won its seventh in a row. Robbie Gross man, Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuña Jr. also drove in runs for Atlanta, which beat Oakland for the 11th straight time dating to 2008.
TIGERS ANGELS5,4 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season, but rookies Kerry Carpen ter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning in the win forKreidlerDetroit. hit his first career homer off José Quijada (0-4) four pitches after Carpenter tied it with a homer down the left field line.José Cisnero (1-0) earned the win and Greg ory Soto picked up his 25th save.
ROCKIES BREWERS8,4 DENVER (AP) — Eric Lauer exited in the third inning with left elbow tightness, and the Brewers hurt their fading playoff hopes.Recent call-ups Michael Toglia and Alan Trejo homered for the last-place Rockies. Kyle Freeland (8-9) threw six innings of one-runAndrewball.McCutchen and Luis Urías homered for Milwaukee in the ninth. Lauer (10-7) was tagged for seven runs in 2 2/3 innings.
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SLOVENIA’s Luka Doncic celebrates a point during the Eurobasket group B basketball match be tween France and Slovenia in Cologne, Germany, yesterday. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)
GROUP LITHUANIAB 87, BOSNIA HERZEGOVINAAND 70 Lithuania is going to the knockout stage of EuroBasket.MariusGrigonis scored 16 points, Jonas Valanciu nas finished with 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Lith uania topped Bosnia and Herzegovina — a winnertake-all game in terms of which club would move out of Group B and into the round of 16. Arnas Butkevicius and Ignas Brazdeikis each scored 13 points, and Domantas Sabonis added 12 for Lithuania, which sur vived a second consecutive must-winDzanangame.Musa led all scorers with 22 points for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2-3), while Jusuf Nurkic added 15. A 30-10 run spanning the second and third quarters was the key for Lithuania (2-3). The game was tied at 32 before the spurt gave Lithuania a 62-42 lead early in the third quarter.
Luka goes wild, scores 47 to lead Slovenia past France
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Luka Doncic was asked Tuesday about whether he or Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had the better chance of setting a EuroBasket scor ingDoncicrecord. quickly picked Antetokounmpo.Adaylater, he might have proved himself wrong. Doncic scored 47 points — the second-most by anyone in the history of the European championships — and led Slovenia past France 88-82 yesterday for the top seed out of Group B going into this weekend’s start of the knockout round. “Luka, obviously, is a fan tastic player,” said France centre Rudy Gobert, one of the world’s top defenders. Doncic had 27 of Slove nia’s first 36 points, made 15 of 23 shots from the field, plus had team highs of seven rebounds and five assists.Eddy Terrace had 63 points for Belgium against Albania in 1957. That’s the only EuroBasket perfor mance in which someone had more points than Doncic did on Wednesday; the previous second-best effort was 46 by Greece’s Nikos Galis against Sweden in The1983.most in this year’s EuroBasket, entering yesterday, was Antetok ounmpo scoring 41 on Ukraine.Goran Dragic broke a tie with a layup with 1:20 left that put Slovenia (4-1) ahead for good. It was a measure of payback for Slo venia, which lost to France in the Olympic semifinals at the Tokyo Games last summer.“Luka had a great night,” Slovenia coach Aleksander Sekulic said. “He spoils us so much. We think this is normal. This is not normal.” Dragic had 14 for Slo venia. Gobert had 19 for France (3-2), which got 15 from Evan Fournier, 13 from Amath M’Baye, 11 from Elie Okobo and a 10-point, 10-rebound effort from Thomas Heurtel. Wednesday started the final round of group play. There are four groups with six teams in each, and the top four clubs in each group — 16 teams in all — move on to Berlin for the knockout phase that starts Saturday.
GERMANY 106, HUNGARY 71 Christian Sengfelder scored 22 points, Maodo Lo added 21 and Germany (4-1) tuned up for the trip from Cologne to Berlin with an easy victory over Hungary (0-5). Niels Giffey scored 19, Andreas Obst scored 16 and Franz Wagner had 15 points in just 12 minutes for Germany.Zoltan Perl led Hungary with 15 points, while Szilard Benke had 13, Adam Som ogyi scored 11 and David Vojvoda finished with 10.
MONTENEGRO 81, GEORGIA 73 Montenegro (3-2) claimed the last qualifying spot out of Group A, top ping Georgia (1-4) behind 22 points from Igor Drob njak and 17 from Kendrick Perry.Bojan Dubljevic added 10 for Montenegro. For Georgia, Thaddus McFadden scored 16, Alex ander Mamukelashvili had 15, while Duda Sanadze and Giorgi Shermadini scored 14 apiece.
SLOVENIA’s Luka Doncic bleeds from the head during the Eurobasket group B basketball match be tween Slovenia and France in Cologne, Germany, yesterday. (Marius Becker/ dpa via AP)
First-round play ends in Groups C and D, as the 60-game group stage comes to an Groupend. C: Croatia (2-2) vs. Ukraine (3-1), Esto nia (1-3) vs. Greece (4-0), Britain (0-4) vs. Italy (2-2). Croatia, Ukraine, Greece and Italy are all advancing to Berlin and the knock out stage. Greece could be one of two teams — Serbia is the other — to have a chance to get through group playGroupunbeaten.D: Israel (2-2) vs. Czech Republic (1-3), Serbia (4-0) vs. Poland (3-1), Finland (2-2) vs. Netherlands (0-4). The Israel-Czech Repub lic winner goes to Berlin, the Serbia-Poland winner will win the group (both already have clinched knockout round spots) and Finland is also locked into the knockout round. There are no games Friday.
GROUP A SPAIN TURKEY72, 69 At Tbilisi, Georgia, Lor enzo Brown’s jumper with 2:11 left put Spain (4-1) ahead to stay in its groupclinching win over Turkey (3-2).Willy Hernangomez led Spain with 15 points, and Brown finished with 11. Spain will meet Lithuania in the round of 16 this week end. Cedi Osman scored 20 for Turkey, while Furkan Korkmaz finished with 16 and Alperen Sengun added 14. Turkey will play in the knockout round as well. BELGIUM BULGARIA89,80 Belgium (3-2) ensured it would reach the group stage, with Retin Obasohan scoring 25 points and Manu Lecomte adding 20. Maxime De Zeeuw scored 13 for whichscoredreboundskovAleksandarBelgium.Vezenhad26pointsand13andDeeBost18forBulgaria(1-4),waseliminated.
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By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net linemen Mazio Randall, left, and Amarie Archer.
PAGE 20, Thursday, September 8, 2022 THE TRIBUNE IN their debut season of college football, Mazio Randall and Amarie Archer have made an immediate impact as freshmen with the Dodge City Community College Conquistadors.Bothdefensive line men are two of the latest in the pipeline from The Bahamas to the Miami International Academy programme.DodgeCity has strug gled early on with losses in their first two games of the season but Randall found the stat sheet early with three tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against nationally ranked. No.2 Iowa West ern Community College Reivers.Headded another tackle the following week in a 38-10 loss to the Coffey ville Red Ravens. Archer has recorded a tackle in each game in lim ited minutes thus far. Randall, 6’4” 300 pounds, played on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball as a senior at Miami International. He chose Dodge City, in the Kansas Jayhawk Com munity College Conference of the NJCAA over offers from South Alabama in the Sun Belt Conference, Kentucky Christian, and Webber International Uni versity in the NAIA. “One of the most unself ish kids I ever coached, Randall was a starting defensive tackle the last two seasons but has made the move to offensive tackle to help the team,” said Miami Prep’s Mike Tunsil.“College coaches, he can play offensive tackle, defensive tackle, or strong side defensive end at the next level. Randall is one of the best interior players in South ArcherFlorida.”isa6’4” 320 pound versatile offensive lineman that has played centre, guard, and tackle at Miami Prep but has played defensively thus far in Dodge City. He previously received offers from Webber International University and Florida Memorial University.“I’vecoached some good offensive teams during my coaching career. All Sun Belt, All MEAC and All Ohio Valley,” Tunsil said. “I have three good senior offensive linemen that have all conference potential. Kaylin Smith, Mazio Ran dall, and Amarie Archer.” Both players join a Dodge City programme that also welcomed new offensive coordinator Richard Dorceus under head coach Terry Karg. Dorceus, a Florida native, was a former offen sive linemen at Howard University where he racked up several postseason hon ours, including Howard Offensive Lineman of the Year twice, MEAC Offen sive Lineman of the Week four times, and secondteam All-MEAC in 2005, and also served as a team captain two seasons. Randall, Archer make impact with Dodge City Conquistadors
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