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Then he gives the go sign.Leonard begins, slowly walking toward one of the NBAs most feared defenders with a loopy, hypnotic dribble through his legs. Once, twice -- a third time. Leonard, a borderline MVP candidate a year ago, is known to excel at just about everything on the court except this. Regardless, this feels like taunting.Iguodala swipes at the ball. Ever so calmly, Leonard pulls the ball back to his left hip, goes through his legs another time, stutter-steps, then ends the theatrics by lunging forward with a hard dribble left before pulling up from 20 feet.Iguodala barely gets a hand up.Before the ball reaches its apex, three San Antonio Spurs bench players leap to their feet. Leonard lands and backpedals with gusto; its like a bat flip from a slugger. Nothing left to be done here.Swish. Spurs up 22 over the Golden State Warriors, reputed to be one of the best teams in decades.Is this the new normal for Leonard? The story of this early NBA season seems to be yes. A fearsome defender and spot-up shooter, Leonard, 25, is now fully equipped with point guard handles and is relishing the opportunity to show them to one defender after another. In the young season, Leonard ranks third among all forwards in time of possession, just behind de facto point guards LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo. He ranked 17th by the same metric last season.That just might make Leonard an MVP, and it was born of strange work he did last summer. While Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green were balling for Team USA in Rio, Leonard was in a San Diego practice gym, driven to become the best ball handler in the NBA.And he got the job done, in part, thanks to one of the NBAs most secretive tools.The MJ Impulse Elite strobe glasses.In his Chicago Bulls heyday, at the peak of his powers, Michael Jordan declared that he wanted to train with strobe lights -- like, from a nightclub. His longtime trainer, Tim Grover of Attack Athletics, says that to understand why, you only have to watch old video of Jordan.Go watch old clips of MJ at the free throw line, Grover says over the phone. Make sure its in-game. ... OK, do you see it?See what?The flashes, Grover says.Once you see it, you cant unsee it. Its the worst secret ever. The blinding light of photographers flashes obliterates the screen repeatedly throughout some of the most televised moments in history. How can a man shoot with all those blinding pulses of light?And yet the obvious corollary -- that it affected Jordan, and that hed adjust -- has been a secret until now. Also a secret, for a whole different set of reasons, is that the fix he devised has untold neurological performance benefits that touched off a new area of scientific study, benefiting everyone from modern soldiers to?Stephen Curry?and Kawhi Leonard.Bulls coach Phil Jackson hated the strobe lights, and the person he blamed was pioneering photographer Andrew D. Bernstein, who was instrumental in having bright strobes installed in the ceilings of NBA arenas. Theyd flash in time with Bernsteins remote-controlled cameras that captured many of the images that became posters and magazine covers.Jackson was less concerned about blinding Jordan, though. His concern was officiating. Key moments of video replay (Was he fouled? Did he get the shot off in time?) were washed out by the lights. And those flashes would come timed with Jordans toughest shots, making referees blink and thus miss the accompanying fouls.So Jackson, who would later write a book with Bernstein, yelled at him about it, again and again.When he was on the bench, I was his nemesis, Bernstein says. Now that hes moved upstairs, it doesnt bother him as much.Its harder to see white out flashes on TV anymore. Refresh rates on modern television sets are so fast that when a strobe light flashes, it doesnt stay on the screen for more than a sliver of a second. In the 1990s, frames were slower and a strobe light could hang on the screen longer. But theyre still happening, by Bernsteins estimate, a thousand times a game.I needed to recreate that, Grover says. So I bought strobe lights.What Grover did, in fact, was to call a local DJ in Chicago and set up his strobes in the corners of the practice gym where Grover worked out Jordan, Juwan Howard, Kendall Gill, Michael Finley and other Chicago-based NBA guys, who were all sworn to secrecy. Traditional shooting drills were now occasionally paired with strobe lights. At the flip of a switch, Grover lit that place up like a dance floor.Jordan liked the effect so much that soon he wanted to travel with the strobe lights. Grovers job has many facets and soon he was calling around, combing sports catalogs. Eventually, he even looked on this thing called the internet, where he found another thing called Strobe Spex glasses. Grover remembers they cost about two grand.Jordan used them a handful of times. It was a tool in the program, not the entire program. But Jordan noticed the lights helped in other ways. The game seemed to slow down. He picked up on visual cues he wasnt seeing before. For reasons he couldnt quite explain, it was making him better, even beyond tolerating photographers flashes.Fascinated, Grover resolved to tell nobody at all about this, lest the competition catch on. That became a problem after a while, when the battery stopped charging, the company stopped producing the glasses and he needed replacements.Dr. Alan Reichow, at an earlier job, helped develop the glasses Grover bought for Jordan; Reichow later became the global research director of Nike SPARQ Sensory Performance and Vision. Grover eventually found him, and the two became fast allies in getting new and better goggles for Grovers players. In the late 1990s, Grover received Reichows prototypes, gave them to his players and relayed feedback to the Nike headquarters in Oregon.Grover told Reichow that Jordan, the greatest athlete in the world, was using his product.How did you keep it so quiet? Reichow asked him. They were made from my lab, and I didnt even know.And so it was that in 2011, after a decade of tinkering, and years after Jordans retirement, Nike came out with the Nike SPARQ Vapor Strobe. About $300, they used internal LCD lights that flash at adjustable speeds to distract the brain and force it to soak up as much relevant visual information as possible. A Duke University study using the technology found that the glasses boosted visual memory retention and improved perceptual ability.The general report by athletes is that it seems slower, it seems easier, Reichow says in a promotional video released at the time. Essentially what weve done is strength training on the sensory system. Just as you would with resistance training on the physical side, were doing resistance training for the senses of the brain.There was a flood of fawning tech media attention ... and then a year later Grover had a new problem getting glasses for his athletes. Nike shut down the entire SPARQ program.And I have no idea why, Grover says.On a spring day in 2012, James Speidel scribbled Im sorry on a whiteboard at the hospital where his stomach had just been pumped. Washington County sheriffs deputies had found Speidel -- who consumed a combination of vodka and pain medication -- near his pickup truck, whiich was parked in a field in Northwest Portland.ddddddddddddThat morning, Speidel cut the gas line to his familys outdoor grill and fed it back into the crawlspace of the home where his wife and four kids -- ages 3 through 9 -- were sleeping. He jacked up the thermostat to 74, got in his car and drove to a Starbucks, where he met with colleagues.A few miles away, when the smell of natural gas awakened one of the children, prompting the family to flee to a neighbors house, it became a matter for the gas company -- and the police.Speidel, then 37, later pleaded guilty to five counts of attempted aggravated murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.To this day, Speidels LinkedIn profile reads Business Director -- SPARQ; Nike, April 2011 -- Present (5 years 8 months). He was, in fact, the man in charge of Nikes SPARQ business, which Nike immediately put on hold amid the investigation before quietly shutting it down for good within a years time.SPARQ had a lot of products, but the race was on to recreate one in particular: the Vapor Strobes.Reichow went on to co-found a company called Vima last year, which will begin producing the Revs glasses in early 2017. Herb Yoo, who inked more than a dozen patents with Reichow at Nike, spun off and co-founded the company that sells Senaptec Strobe glasses. Theres the military-focused MJ Impulse glasses named Black Box, which are referred to as The Ones From Japan by industry insiders. The Eclipse goggles from Sensory Performance Technology are the preferred stroboscopic goggle of Stephen Curry.The Warriors were 25-1 last season when Currys personal trainer, Brandon Payne, was invited to the Warriors pregame show. The Warriors were set to host the Milwaukee Bucks and Payne -- wearing a navy, half-zip, long-sleeve sport shirt while alongside two suited studio anchors -- was there to explain what on earth was happening with Curry.After setting an NBA record with 286 3-pointers the previous season, Curry, the reigning MVP, had stunned the basketball world, raising his scoring average from 23.8 points for the 2014-15 season to 32.0 points through the first 26 games of 2015-16. Payne was there to show how the most efficient player in the NBA got even more efficient.In the middle of the TV segment, a never-before-seen 30-second clip was shown of Curry at the Warriors practice gym, casually dribbling a basketball with his left hand while catch-and-tossing a tennis ball with his right. He did this while wearing a pair of Eclipses.It was Harlem Globetrotters meets Silicon Valley.What youre seeing is a strobing effect, Payne explained from the set. Its like shutters; it opens and closes at different speeds.What the audience didnt see in that dribbling clip was Payne holding a PDA that adjusted the speed of that strobe while also cradling the ability to blind Curry in his left or right lens.I hate it when people call it ballhandling drills or working on hand-eye coordination, Payne says now, recalling the hubbub surrounding that clip. Thats an oversimplification of it. This is neuromuscular efficiency.Payne, who has been Currys skills trainer since 2011, measures efficiency in units of time, not points.Remember, were looking to improve by hundredths of a second, Payne says. The difference between getting a shot off and not getting a shot off is all about fractions of time. We cannot be wasteful.To this day, four Nike Vapor Strobe glasses are tucked away in Paynes Accelerate Basketball training facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Payne tested them out in 2012 after buying them on eBay, but found that the glasses rarely worked properly when covered in sweat. The glasses never made it to Currys head.So last summer Payne asked around for an alternative. A friend with the St. Louis Cardinals sent him the Eclipses.It helps to get rid of wasteful motion, wasteful timing, Payne says. We wanted it to feel like game action was slow motion.Curry wore the goggles during his workouts over the course of the season and kept his neuromuscular efficiency at full tilt. He turned defenders into statues and blew the lid off of efficiency norms. He notched the first 50/40/90 shooting season while scoring at least 30 points per game, becoming the first unanimous MVP in NBA history.He also, of course, ended up smashing the 3-point record, which was his own to break.That, Payne says now, is how you go from 286 to 402.Leonard does not have what Jordan and Curry do: an MVP award. Its the one thing on the shelf thats missing. Leonard is an NBA champion, a two-time Defensive Player of the Year, an All-Star and a Finals MVP. But an MVP award that crystallizes his place atop the game? His giant hands havent grasped that quite yet.After a disappointing May exit from the 2016 playoffs, Leonard understood that he would have to be comfortable with the ball in his hands. For so long, Tony Parker had controlled the action, but he was about to turn 35. Manu Ginobili was 39. Tim Duncan was retired. Boris Diaw plays for Utah now.So Leonard got his hands on stroboscopic goggles. Exactly how that happened remains a bit of a mystery. Terrified that word of the goggles will get out, one Spurs staffer after another refused to talk. What we do know is that for four days, Leonard wore these high-tech glasses at the gym -- picture a sleeker version of Horace Grants goggles -- during his traditional dribbling, passing and shooting drills. Unlike Nike Vapor Strobes, this particular set of eyewear, the MJ Impulse model, is marketed toward elite military officers for combat training.The military might use it to detect and identify threats more efficiently. From Leonards perspective, his goal is not all that different. Basketball defenders are instead the threat.Its like the ball is moving in slow motion, Leonard told ESPN.com.They affect your perception, which will make you focus more on feel, Leonard says of the stroboscopic glasses before, characteristically for a Spur, downplaying the importance. I used them like once or twice. ... Just being able to handle the ball in the games is where you get most of your confidence as far as that goes.Regardless, something he did last summer worked: Despite a doubled offensive workload, his turnover percentage has actually dipped slightly in the early going. Like never before, he is channeling James Harden in his ability to spot wayward limbs and seek contact with a purpose. Leonard is averaging nine free throw attempts per game, up from 4.6 a season ago. By shooting 97 percent from the free throw line, its easy money.Its clear he is now the Spurs engine on both ends. He averaged 4.7 finishing plays in isolations or as the pick-and-roll ball handler last season, according to Synergy video tracking. This season? Thats up to 9.6?such plays, more than LeBron James.Which brings us back to Leonards dagger over Iguodala, revealing its own secrets. In super slow motion, you can see more: As Leonard slowly dribbles into his attack, Iguodala makes two swipes at the ball, not one. And Leonard doesnt even flinch. Its like Leonard is seeing it all happen before it actually happens.Leonard calmly goes into his hard attack and pulls up sharply for his jumper, forcing an off-balance Iguodala to contest the shot from his heels. Iguodala is late by what must be just a few hundredths of a second. But its enough.As Leonard begins to release the ball in slow motion, I pause the clip. Thats when I see it.A strobe light flashes from the rafters.Additional reporting by ESPNs Michael C. 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We recognize that this is emotional for many in the Penn State community, many of whom differ, yet feel strongly about this issue.The Universitys leadership has clearly indicated that there will be a time and place to acknowledge Coach Joe Paternos many contributions. Any plans by the president to reach out to the Paterno family will be done privately.The statue has been a lightning rod of controversy since its removal four years ago. Fans continue to leave flowers and knickknacks at the former site of the statue, and many see the statue as a symbol of Paternos legacy.Masella said the lettermen are not looking to compromise and would not be satisfied if the statue appeared elsewhere on campus, such as the All-Sports Museum inside the football stadium. 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The 30-year-said the injury happened before he jumped for the pass, with his ankle rolling both to the inside and outside. "To be honest, I didnt really know what to expect," Rolle said. "I am not the kind of guy that likes to lay on the field no matter what the injury is. I tried to get up and walk off but I just couldnt bear it. I couldnt bear it to do it. Did I think it was worse? Possibly just because I heard a couple of popping sounds in my ankle. I think it was just part of my ankle rolling, it was just cracking. Just thank God it is nothing too severe, nothing I cant work through with just a little bit of time and hard work. " A nine-year veteran Rolle is the leader of the secondary. He had a career-high 108 tackles last season and was a constant voice trying to make sure his teammates were on the same page. 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The family said Willoughby has slowly regained the use of his arms, and that he is slowly regaining sensations in his legs, but still had no movement from his chest down.He is keeping a positive attitude and working hard toward his goal of walking down the aisle with his fiancee, Willoughbys friend, Tyler Brown, who runs the public track at the Chula Vista facility, said this week.Post won a silver medal at this years Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Willoughby was a favorite in the mens draw, but finished sixth in the final. 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Squandering that most precious of NFL commodities -- elite quarterback play -- makes it worse, particularly when the quarterback is 37 years old and under contract for only one more season after this.Brees became the first to pass for more than 300 yards in a game 100 times in an NFL career during last weekends loss at Kansas City, which dropped the Saints to 2-4 and into third place in the NFC South. It doesnt get any easier this Sunday, when NFC West-leading Seattle (4-1-1) visits the Superdome.When you have accolades, accomplishments or records broken with a loss, it kind of takes that joy away, Saints receiver Brandin Cooks said of Brees performances this season. Knowing him, he would rather win in those situations than anything, so you just want to help him get a win so he can enjoy those.The Saints havent been to the playoffs since 2013, when they were eliminated by a Super Bowl-bound Seahawks squad featuring many of the same players invading the Superdome on Sunday. New Orleans has finished below .500 since. Brees seems to be doing everything he can to right the ship, passing for a league-high 350.2 yards per game, which puts him on pace to break Peyton Mannings 2013 single-season record of 5,477 yards by more than 100 yards. Brees 17 TDs put him on pace to threaten his own career high of 46 in 2011.What does Brees think of all this?At this stage in my career, I really do not care about anything else other than how do you find ways to win, get in the playoffs and put ourselves in position to win a championship, Brees said. At the end of the day, thats how Im going to measure myself. Thats what I am focused on.Whetever Brees focus, the Seahawks expect their sixth-ranked defense to face one of its most challenging tests as they try to stop Brees from connecting with flourishing young receivers Cooks, Willie Snead and Michael Thomas.They are getting a lot of explosive plays. They are getting the ball down the field and scoring points, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. It is going to be really tough.Some other things to know about Seahawks-Saints:GRAHAMS RETURN: The game marks the first time Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham will play against the teaam that drafted him in 2010 and developed him into a star before trading him in 2015 to Seattle for center Max Unger and first-round draft choice (used to select linebacker Stephone Anthony).dddddddddddd. Graham was a fan favorite in the Superdome, where he often jumped into the crowd after his touchdowns.Im sure hes going to be pretty amped up to be back, but I know our fan base loved him and loved what he did for New Orleans and did for our team, Brees said. There is a lot of love there.CHANGE OF SCENERY: Brees said the Seahawks defense of recent seasons might be the best he has ever faced in his nearly 16-year career. 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OBriens sister, Sarah, meanwhile, merely had to point Oathkeeper in the right direction to take the concluding bumper at Listowel, the pair bolting up in the colours of JP McManus.Multiple Classic winner OBrien has been overseeing a team of horses at his familys Piltown yard, but until he completed all his training modules they were competing under the name of his father, Aidan.To prove how seriously he is taking his new venture the fledgling trainer was sourcing new horses at the sales rather than watching any of his current ones run in person.Justice Frederick had been an odds-on favourite in the morning with a newcomer from OBrien seniors Ballydoyle base, Leo Minor, easily backable.However, right on the off there was a huge shift in momentum which saw Leo Minor go off favourite at 6/5 and Justice Frederick sent off at 6/4.Leo Minor came with a challenge but looked green on his debut and was beaten a length and a half, with the success coming 23 years after Aidan OBrien saddled his first winner, Wandering Thoughts, at Tralee.Donnacha OBrien said: He learned from the first day, and the step up to seven furlongs suited him.Annemarie OBrien, Josephs mother, added: The plan is to go for the Chesham at Royal Ascot.Mai Fitzs Jack won as an odds-on shot should. Made the 4/9 favourite on the strength of a second-place finish last time out, the result hardly looked in any doubt.Brian OConnell never had to exert himself and just had to keep his wits about him as his mount got in slightly too close to the final flight.Aidan OBrien was at Listowel, where he said: Straight away I got put in my place!It was great in Gowran and our own horse (runner-up Leo Minor) maybe got a little tired. I underestimated the strength of Josephs horse, obviously.His (Josephs winner Justice Frederick) first run was over five (furlongs) and is a horse that will get seven and further.This horse (Mai Fitzs Jack) was unlucky the last day when he made a mistake at the last two and I think the winner was a decent horse.dddddddddddd.Im not sure, but Id imagine hell (Joseph) keep him busy over the summer.He went on: Its a massive day for us and its great to get a win both over jumps and on the Flat.I couldnt believe when someone said to me that it was 23 years ago to the meeting (then at Tralee) that I had my first winner with Wandering Thoughts - I couldnt believe that, it is some coincidence.Joseph loves it (training) - he loved riding but it was tough for him for a long time (with weight); doing 9st every morning was very hard.Hes a big man now, hes well over 11st and he doesnt look heavy.No one will get more pleasure than me, but Ill have to keep my eye on the ball now!Zig Zag (7/1) weaved through nearly the whole field for his success, with Annemarie OBrien saying: Its been a great day for Joseph, and its nice to get a bracket for this horse. Hell go for something similar again.Oathkeeper could not have done it any easier as the 11/8 favourite, coming home with nine lengths in hand of Bel Sas.Aidan OBrien said: Its very exciting and great also for JP. It (Josephs career) is something to look forward to and he looks a fair horse.I think he might be going jumping now, but Joseph will discuss that with Frank (Berry, McManus racing manager).It has been an incredible day - how can you improve on that?OBrien swiftly registered his first double when Mai Fitzs Jack strolled home in the John B. Keane (C & G) Maiden Hurdle at Listowel.Sent off the 4/9 favourite on the strength of a second-place finish last time out, the result hardly looked in any doubt.Brian OConnell never had to exert himself and just had to keep his wits about him as his mount got in slightly too close to the final flight.OBrien says his team will be split roughly 50/50 between Flat horses and jumpers. 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MILWAUKEE -- A year and a day after he hired David Sterns to be his general manager, Milwaukee Brewers chairman and principal owner said he was pleased with the process hes seen in year one of the rebuilding process being orchestrated by Stearns.The Brewers 3-1 victory Thursday over Pittsburgh was their 69th of the season, surpassing their total from the entire 2015 campaign.I didnt know what to expect this year because wed never really entered a year like this, Attanasio said. Even in 2005 (Attanasios first as the teams owner), we were really not rebuilding. We were building. So I didnt really have any clear expectation, and I would say its been really difficult at times, and its been really fun at times.Attanasio pointed to impressive seasons being put together by young players like Jonathan Villar, who moved back atop the National League with his 54th stolen base of the season Thursday, and right-hander Zach Davies, who leads the team in victories (11) and is second among starters with 132 strikeouts and a 3.92 ERA.Davies will get a chance to improve on those numbers Friday, when he takes the mound in the opener of a three-game weekend series with the Reds -- Milwaukees final home series of the season.He held the Cubs to three runs his last time out, working out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the fourth inning.Getting out of the bases loaded and keeping us at 3-1 there rather than them making it 5-1 or something, that makes it a totally different game, manager Craig Counsell said. Him putting a zero up there and making pitches was huge.Davies hasnt allowed more than three earned runs in any of his last five starts. Hes 2-1 during that stretch with a 2.87 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings of work.The Reds come to town refreshed after their final off-day of the season but are looking to get back on track after being swept by the NL Central champion Cubs and have dropped seven of their last eight overall.Cincinnatis last series victory came earlier this month against the Brewers; the Reds took the first two meetings of a three-game set at Great American Ballpark Sept. 12 and 13.Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani will take the ball for Cincinnati, looking to bounce back from a rough showing his last time out, when he was charged with six runs (four earned) over four innings in a loss to the Pirates last Saturday.I take full responsibility for this game, DeSclafani said afterward. It was just a bad game. Im going to put it behind me. 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"Four now," Carl Gunnarsson told the Leaf Report proudly following a 5-2 victory over New York on Tuesday night, the clubs fifth straight at home. CHICAGO -- Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers learned from last months blowout loss to Chicago.They turned that knowledge into their own road win Monday night.Lillard had 30 points and seven assists, CJ McCollum scored 24 and the Trail Blazers beat the Bulls 112-110 for their third consecutive victory.Portland had won five of six before Chicago visited the Moda Center on Nov. 15 and rolled to a 113-88 win. That loss started the Blazers on a bit of a slide, but they are rounding into form again.I think the game in Portland helped us prepare for what kind of game it was going to be, Lillard said. We saw how physical they were. They compete on both ends of the floor. ... We just came in with the right mindset, knowing what to expect.Allen Crabbe added 17 points for Portland, which opened a five-game trip with its fourth win in five games. Maurice Harkless had 11 and Evan Turner finished with 10, providing a nice boost in the fourth quarter.Im really pleased the way we responded after the way they beat us the first time, Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.Dwyane Wade scored 34 points for the Bulls, and Jimmy Butler finished with 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Robin Lopez had seven points and a season-high 14 rebounds.Chicago played without point guard Rajon Rondo, suspended one game for conduct detrimental to the team. There was no public indication from the Bulls on what triggered Rondos suspension. He is expected to return Tuesday night in Detroit.Hes obviously very important with what we do in this building, coach Fred Hoiberg said. Hes a guy that really gets us out and establishes the tempo for our team, especially in the fourth quarter. Hes important for what we do, but thats not the reason we lost the game.Portland trailed 93-92 before Ed Davis converted a driving layup with 8:19 left, sparking an 11-0 run for the Trail Blazers. Turner made three straight jumpers and Lillard connected from long range to make it 103-93 with 5:55 left.Chicago closed to 108-105 on Nikola Mirotics two foul shots with 1:56 remaining, but Lillard made four free throws in the final seconds to help Portland hold on.We used a lot of energy coming back in the thirdd quarter and then from there we didnt make enough shots, Wade said.ddddddddddddMirotic finished with 18 points and seven rebounds for the Bulls, who have dropped three of four. Isaiah Canaan had 10 points.Lillard scored 17 to help Portland to a 65-57 halftime lead. The Trail Blazers shot 55 percent in the first half, but the Bulls turned it up on defense to get back in the game in the third quarter.Mirotic capped an 18-4 run with two foul shots, giving Chicago a 75-70 lead with 5:44 left. The Bulls had an 87-83 advantage before McCollum made a 3-pointer in the final second of the period, trimming the lead to one heading into the final quarter.AMINUS RETURNPortland forward Al-Farouq Aminu had three points in 17 minutes in his return to the lineup after being sidelined by a left calf injury. Aminu started the first eight games of the season before he got hurt Nov. 8 against Phoenix.You could tell he had a little rust, but it was good to see him back on the court, Stotts said.TIP-INSTrail Blazers: C Mason Plumlee had 10 points, five rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots. ... Portland went 13 for 18 from the free throw line, compared to 33 of 38 for Chicago.Bulls: Wade got his fourth assist in the fourth quarter to reach 5,000 for his career. ... F Doug McDermott practiced with the Windy City Bulls after he was assigned to the D-League for conditioning. McDermott hasnt played since Nov. 11 due to a concussion. Hopefully he has another good day tomorrow and well see what happens with Thursday, Hoiberg said. ... G Michael Carter-Williams, sidelined since Oct. 31 with left wrist and left knee injuries, also could head to the D-League soon. Hoiberg said he thinks Carter-Williams is going to be re-evaluated Tuesday.UP NEXTTrail Blazers: Visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Portland is 1-4 in Milwaukee over the past five seasons.Bulls: Visit Detroit on Tuesday night for their first game of the season against the Pistons. 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TAMPA, Fla. -- As if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back situation couldnt possibly get any worse, another one likely has been lost for the season. Antone Smith suffered a knee injury in Thursday nights 43-28 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.Unfortunately, Antone suffered a significant injury and I think that would probably be a season-ending injury, it looks like, head coach Dirk Koetter said Friday. That would be the same for [defensive end] Howard Jones, a season-ending [knee] injury.Smith rushed for 25 yards on five touches, averaging 5.0 yards per carry. He caught three passes for 27 receiving yards before leaving the field on a cart. He was used primarily as the teams third-down back.It is unclear when Jones -- who had five sacks last season -- suffered his injury, but he was seen leaving the locker room on crutches, as was Smith.The Bucs running backs have been decimated by injuries. The teams starter, two-time Pro Bowler Doug Martin, has been out with a hamstring injury since Week 2. His replacement, Charles Sims, was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury against the Denver Broncos in Week 4. Jacquizz Rodgers, the teams third running back to start a game this season, suffered a sprained foot against the Oakland Raiders in Week 7.Koetter was asked if hed ever seen so many injuries to one position before.I havent seen it, Koetter said. For whatever reason, were being hit hard at two positions. Running back and defensive end have been the positions that weve been hit really hard on. Other teams in the league have their issues at different positions, but Ive never seen where were a one-back team and we have four running backs go in one year. Ive never seen that.Tampa Bays defensive line has been hit especially hard by injuries. In Week 5, the Buccaneers were missing three of four starters along the defensive front. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-John-Jerry-Jersey/ . -- Ken Appleby made 32 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Oshawa Generals to a 2-0 win over the Belleville Bulls on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Damon-Harrison-Jersey/ . Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Andrew-Adams-Jersey/ . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Calvin-Munson-Jersey/ . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. http://www.giantsrookiestore.com/Giants-Davis-Webb-Jersey/ . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U.Tom Daley continued his Olympic Games warm-up with victory in the 10-metre platform event at the LEN European Aquatics Championships in London. Daley delighted a packed home crowd at the Aquatics Centre on a night when Great Britain took their medal haul for the week to 11 and were awarded the Champions Trophy for finishing top of the points table.The British favourite finished with 570.50 points to beat Russias Viktor Minibaev, the 2014 European champion, by 45.90 points. Team-mate Matthew Lee finished fifth with 465.10 points.Daley took the lead in the third round and finished off his set of dives in scintillating style by scoring 99.00 points.Coming into this competition Ive been really excited, said Daley, who will celebrate his 22nd birthday on Saturday.Ive been training well and I just wanted to dive aat my best.dddddddddddd It was lovely to come in and get the gold medal but it wasnt really about that for me, it was about being in the right place at the right time.I still cant quite believe I won. Viktor Minibaev has been a tough competitor of mine all year at the world series and we always have that rivalry but Im glad I came out on top.Im looking forward to Rio now, its an outdoor pool and anything could happen. Im excited.Daley also won a gold and a silver in the synchro events earlier in the week.Later on Sunday, Rebecca Gallantree and Alicia Blagg won a silver medal for Britain in the womens three-metre synchro event.They were involved in an intriguing battle with Italian pair Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dellape but even a superb final dive left them 8.49 points adrift of the gold medallists. Jerseys NFL Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '

OMAHA, Neb. -- Longtime rivals Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps set up their lone showdown at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials by qualifying first and second in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday.Lochte had the top time of 1 minute, 58.05 seconds in the preliminaries. He emerged from the pool limping as a result of the groin injury he suffered Sunday on the first day of trials. It has hampered his performances throughout the week. He has been getting treatment and tweaking the way he swims to compensate.I felt it on the first kick of breaststroke, Lochte said. Ive just got to get a massage, rub it out and hopefully Ill be better.Phelps was second fastest in 1:58.95 on his 31st birthday. His 7-week-old son, Boomer, sat on his mothers lap in the stands during his heat.I feel older, he said. My muscles arent the same. They hurt a lot worse this morning.Lochte and Phelps advanced to the 16-man evening semifinals, along with Austin Surhoff, the son of former major league baseball player B.J. Surhoff. He was fifth fastest in 2:00.26. Also moving on was Michael Andrew, a 17-year-old who has already turned pro. He finished third in Phelps heat and ninth overall.Lochte is already on the team as a relay swimmer based on his fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle. He wants to swim an individual event in Rio, and the 200 IM represents his last -- and best -- chance after he was third in the 400 IM, one spot out of a berth.The 31-year-old dropped out of the 200 backstroke on Thursday to focus on the 200 IM.It was kind of hard watching it just because I love that event, but I did whats best for me, Lochte said.Phelps made his record fifth Olympic team by winning the 200 butterfly Wednesday.I didnt really sleep last night. I was wide awake at like 5 (a.m.), he said. I knew (coach) Bob (Bowman) was awake, so I started firing texts off to him, asking him questions. He pretty much just said, `Shut up and get ready for this morning, so I went back to sleep for a few hours.Four years ago in London, Phelps won gold and Lochte took silver in the 200 IM. Lochte won the event at last years world championships in Russia, where Phelps couldnt compete while serving a suspension from USA Swimming after his second drunken driving arrest.In other preliminaries, Jacob Pebley and defending Olympic champion Tyler Clary had the two fastest times in the 200 backstroke heats. Pebley was timed in 1:56.29 and Clary went 1:56.85 to make the evening semifinals. Ryan Murphy, the 100 back winner at trials, was third quickest in 1:57.35.On the womens side, teenager Abbey Weitzeil and 30-year-old Olympic veteran Amanda Weir were the two fastest in the 100 freestyle featuring a loaded field. 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PARIS -- If Lyon wants to challenge for the French league title it must learn how to defend, because frailties at the back were glaringly exposed again in a 3-1 home loss to Bordeaux on Saturday.Monaco took full advantage to move top of the league with a 4-1 win at Lille, with three of the goals scored by defenders.Earlier, long-serving Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas watched glum-faced from the stands as former France winger Jeremy Menez scored the third goal in the 90th minute, by which point many fans were already leaving their seats. At the final whistle, goalkeeper Anthony Lopes sat slumped against the goalpost with his head in his hands.Top scorer Alexandre Lacazette, who was involved in the move that led to Aldo Kalulu giving Lyon a second-minute lead, limped off near the end with a thigh injury.Its a nightmare of an afternoon, Aulas said. The result was very disappointing and we have more bad news.Lacazette is expected to be out for several weeks with a thigh injury.He felt a really big pain when he made a run, Aulas said. The doctor will speak tomorrow but were expecting it to be a few weeks.But it all started going wrong long before Lacazette limped back to the dressing room.Lyon was not closing down high enough up the pitch and sat back after the opening goal, leaving Bordeaux too much room.Striker Malcolm equalized, and Lyons marking was awful when Gregory Sertic headed in to make it 2-1 in the 71st. Just moments earlier, Lyon went down to 10 men when captain Maxime Gonalons was red-carded for a heavy challenge on Malcolm.The loss follows a defeat away to Dijon in the previous round, when Lyon led 2-1 before losing 4-2.But the warning signs were already there when Lyon lost 4-1 to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions Trophy, Frances traditional preseason opener.Stilll, when Lyon won its opening two league games of the campaign -- with Lacazette scoring five goals -- this raised expectations that it could be a contender in the league eight years after winning the last of its seven straight French titles.dddddddddddd The signing of center half Nicolas NKoulou from Marseille was supposed to improve the defense, but the Cameroon international has struggled and was dropped for Saturdays match.To compound the defeat, midfielder Rachid Ghezzal was booked for diving late on to try and claimed a penalty.Although Aulas said he has total faith in coach Bruno Genesio, he added that solutions must be found ahead of Wednesdays Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb.Bordeaux climbed up to second place with nine points, one behind Monaco.Heres what else happened in the French League:MONACO 4 LILLE 1Monaco welcomed back striker Radamel Falcao from injury, but he was not even needed.Right back Djibril Sidibe put Monaco ahead early on from a free kick, midfielder Adama Traore scored, and defender Fabinho made it 3-0 early in the second half before center back Kamil Glick added the fourth.Monacos hopes of a clean sheet were dashed when Lille defender Julian Palmieri scored in injury time.OTHER RESULTSGuingamp missed the chance to move level at the top when it drew 1-1 at home to Montpellier, needing an equalizer from midfielder Marcus Coco.Nancy climbed off the bottom with a 2-0 win at Lorient, which dropped to last, while Angers also grabbed its first win of the season against Dijon by 3-1, and Corsican side Bastia beat Toulouse 2-1.On Sunday, much-traveled striker Mario Balotelli could make his Nice debut at home to Marseille. 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Warner said Australia found it hard to recover in the field after South Africa finished the first 10 overs at 66 for 0, setting up a platform for an imposing 361 for 6 which was more than enough for the hosts to defend.We didnt start well, Warner said after the game. We always talk about trying to start well with the bat and the ball in the first 10. We lacked that a bit today and I think our energy and intent was probably lacking. But look when a team puts 360 on the board, its always going to be a tough chase. You have to start positive and try not to lose too many wickets in the first 10. Its unfortunate today but weve got another chance to come back and show up again in Durban.Australias debutant new-ball combo of Chris Tremain and Joe Mennie took the brunt of the punishment from Rilee Rossouw and Faf du Plessis, who produced his sixth ODI ton. 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So many of us have done the Saturday relay race: karate to soccer game to basketball practice. From softball to swim team. Baseball practice to a hockey tournament.When my kids were young, the world of sports and activities was their oyster. They played multiple sports, tried on things to see what fit while we drove from one side of town to the other, coordinating calendars, resolving scheduling conflicts and keeping all the local drive-thru fast-food joints in business with to-and-fro dining in the mini-van.A few seasons of soccer, overlapping with the start of CYO basketball, which overlapped with the start of Little League season. Mix in the odd volleyball camp, rec department tennis class and some middle school track and youve got a drawer full of old team pictures, a lot of participation trophies and a whole lot of days on the snack schedule.Then maybe that club coach asked for a larger commitment, or the select team came calling. Maybe the schedule just wasnt working anymore and it was too tough to squeeze in multiple practices and games each week around homework and band or group projects.As many kids got closer to high school, they begin to narrow the field of their sports participation, some by choice and the natural culling process. Others because someone else thinks its best.They begin to specialize. And certainly, there are things to gain from the focus on one sport -- a true offseason, better opportunities against higher levels of competition, perhaps even a shot at being a collegiate athlete. But kids lose by specializing, as well, because there are some very good reasons to stay a multi-sport athlete.1. Fewer overuse injuries. Growing bodies can become overstressed by repetition and that stress can lead to injuries. A lack of rest and recovery time in year-round sports exacerbates the problem. There are plenty of examples of serious, grown-up sports injuries happening to kids at younger and younger ages, from Tommy John surgery for 12-year-olds to high school girls with multiple ACL injuries before they graduate. Studies show that playing multiple sports leads to better muscle, motor and skill development. It promotes general athleticism, balance, speed and agility.2. Less opportunity for emotional burn-out. Kids who spend so much time focusing on one sport -- and whose families are similarly solely focused -- risk tiring of the sport all together. Specializing raises expectations, the costs for parents for travel and club teams and the pressure on young athletes. Having a variety of experiences keeps things interesting, the monotony of a single sport goes away, and so does that pressure.3. Exposure to different kids. Soccer friends will be different from swimming friends, who will be different from the kids in your Tai-Kwon-Do class. 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If the goal is to play as long as possible, perhaps it makes the most sense to play as many sports as possible? Just ask Derek Jeter, who played basketball in high school, or Elena Delle Donne, who played volleyball at Delaware before returning to the basketball team on the way to the WNBA, or Robert Griffin III, who played baseball and ran track.My confession here is that my son ended up being a single-sport athlete by the time he got to high school. Baseball was his passion, and the other sports fell off the schedule and the radar. The skateboard that used to be his constant companion in middle school started to gather dust in the garage, and the old basketballs and soccer cleats got donated to charity. He is now a college baseball player, competing at a Division III school.And while focusing on one sport may have played a role in getting him there, I cant imagine, in retrospect, that it was the only path. Ive heard him say that he wished that boys volleyball season wasnt the same as baseball, because he would have played. Ive heard him boast that the 3-point stroke he had on the middle school basketball team magically returned while playing pick-up basketball with some of his buddies. One of his high school friends was the football teams starting quarterback and hes?playing club hockey in college now and loving every minute of it.You just never know how things are going to turn out.I retired the mini-van a few years ago, traded it in for a new car and watched with misty eyes as it was driven off into the depths of the used-car lot. But not before I cleared out some old soccer cones and a least one ball bouncing around in the way back.The old days of the Saturday relay are long gone. I didnt realize at the time how good those days were. They were fun. And isnt that the whole point? 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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan knows the feeling only too well of having Andrew Luck somehow escape him. Tennessees Jurrell Casey has also squared up to sack the Indianapolis Colts quarterback on more than one occasion, just to have him slip out of his grasp.Lucks seems to slither away from the Titans far too often.He just kind of squirts the ball out to a running back, so weve been emphasizing that all week -- just kind of trapping his arms and making sure we collectively get him down, Morgan said.Morgan has never beaten Luck, who is 7-0 against the Titans. Tennessee has piled up 12 sacks with six in each of its past two games, and currently ranks fifth in the NFL with 18 for the season. No quarterback has been sacked more than Luck, who already has been taken down 23 times.The Titans (3-3) are eager to see what they can do Sunday against the Colts (2-4) and a quarterback they know only too well how hard he is to sack.Hes a guy who knows his players presence and knows when and not to hold onto a ball and when to take a chance at getting the ball out of his hands, Casey said. Playing against a quarterback like that, you definitely have to do a good job pinning his arms when you get to him.Only Denver (21), Buffalo (20) and Arizona and Minnesota (19 each) have more sacks than Tennessee, and eight different Titans have at least one sack. Linebacker Brian Orakpo is leading the way with seven to match his total for all of last season, and he has at least one in each of the past five games. Morgan and Casey have three apiece over the past two games.Then theres Hall of Fame player and longtime defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau devising new ways to chase quarterbacks.Luck said the Titans look like theyre getting more comfortable with LeBeau and his schemes.Theyve got a very sophisticated scheme and know what theyre doing, Luck said. They do a heck of a job. Obviously, Casey and Orakpo are premier. Theyve got good cover guys with (Jason) McCourty and (Perrish) Cox and studs everywhere.McCourty and Cox each have two interceptions, which Morgan says the linebackers and linemen appreciate.We got a lot of time on a lot of those plays to get back there, Morgan said. Theyre holding it down, allowing us to get back there.Titans coach Mike Mularkey credits LeBeau with mixing up looks to get as many one-on-one matchups as possible while also bringing Orakpo and Casey from different directions. When the Titans get an opponent to third down, pay close attention.Theres no drawings of that in any playbook, Mularkey said. It is exotic. It is very difficult. You better be good with communication, especially if youre at our place. With the crowd noise that we had, thats important that we get that crowd noise again. That is an ally for when we have all that moving by our defense. Theyve got to communicate, and if we can help put that pressure on that offensive line, thats big.Indianapolis is playing a rookie at center in Ryan Kelly and left guard Jack Mewhort has not practiced so far this week with a triceps injury. Luck said the sacks are not a sign of how the offensive line has played. 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Dr Geoff Pearson, a lecturer of Senior Criminal Law, believes more could have been done to prevent the scenes at the London Stadium Coins, seats and other objects appeared to be thrown between rival supporters, with the Hammers and Chelsea condemning the unsavoury scenes which are now under investigation by the FA.West Ham vowed to ban for life any perpetrators identified, while Chelsea have a history of taking the sternest available action on incidents of violence.The Metropolitan Police added that antisocial behaviour legislation was utilised prior to the match to order 30 people to disperse. 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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- No. 21 Florida State will bring a seven-game win streak into Mondays rare afternoon game against Samford.The Seminoles have gotten there with depth, defense and a deluge of scorers.Just as expected when the season began, sophomore guard Dwayne Bacon -- a potential 2017 NBA Draft lottery pick -- leads the team with an average of 17.2 points per game. He has reached double figures in 21 straight games and has the ability to take over when the Seminoles (11-1) need it most.With Florida State leading a three-win Manhattan team by just five points at halftime on Saturday, Bacon stormed out of the locker room with eight quick points to set the stage for another win.Complementing Bacon is heralded freshman forward Jonathan Isaac, who at 6 feet 10 brings a Kevin Durant-esque style of play that opponents are having a world of trouble containing. Hes averaging almost a double-double so far this year at 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.Isaac scored in double figures in his first eight games of his college career before missing time with a hip injury.After that? Theres no shortage of Seminoles who are also contributing to the fast start as 13 players are currently averaging double-figure minutes.In addition to Bacon and Isaac, seven other Florida State players are averaging six points or more, led by guards Xavier Rathan-Mayes (9.8 ppg) and Terance Mann (9.6 ppg).Add in stifling defense -- the Seminoles are holding opponents to 68 points per game and averaging almost 10 steals and six blocks -- and its easy to see why Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton is enjoying his best start since the 2003-04 season.Were still learning and were still growing, Hamilton said. But the great thing about this team is our potential. Weve not reached that yet.The next game will be another chance to grow. Samford, winner of four straight, comes in at 7-3, and Hamilton told the Tallahassee Democrat on Sunday that the Bulldogs have his teams attention.Theyre a very good basketball team, Hamilton told the paper. Theyve got three Division I transfers. Two guys shooting over 50 percent from 3, two guys shooting 39, 38 percent from three, a guy whos had several double-doubles.Theres no question that they have our attention. We won-t be sleep-walking, I can guarantee you that.One reason Florida State cant relent is Samford sophomore center Wyatt Walker.Walker heads into Mondays game ranked second in the nation with eight double-doubles this season and is seventh in the country in rebounds per game (11.6) and No. 8 in total rebounds (116). 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Troubled Australian star Nick Kyrgios rates his rollercoaster year a successful one, despite his 2016 ATP season ending in an on-court meltdown that earned him a tour ban.As he collected the first three titles of his career, including a maiden ATP 500 series victory in Tokyo, Kyrgios rose to a career-high ranking of No.13 - an effort he looks back on with pride.Obviously, we had a lot of highs, a lot of lows, the 21-year-old -- who also said hed been enjoying working with a sports psychologist -- told Fox Sports.But ultimately, my ranking jumped from about 30 to 13, so thats a successful year.It was a fun year. I did a lot of fun things. I got Australia back in the world group of the Davis Cup, won a couple of titles, so its been a good year.Off the back of his enforced extended break, a new conditioning coach and some sessions with a psychologist, Kyrgios has hopes of cracking the top 10 next year.But he isnt making that the be-all and end-all of his 2017 campaign.Ranking for mes not the issue, not a goal at all. Its just staying healthy, being able to play a lot of events, he said.Kyrgioss listless capitulation to German Mischa Zverev at the Shanghai Masters, resulting in an eight-week ATP Tour suspension, added to the list of reputation-lowering incidents he was involved iin this year.dddddddddddde also drew the ire of officials for arguing with chair umpires at the French Open and Wimbledon.His ban was reduced to three weeks after he agreed to consult a sports psychologist, and he believes his punishment has had benefits.Ive been doing that (seeing a psychologist) and its actually been good, he said.Just relaxing a little bit, spending more time with my family, girlfriend as well.Its one way to look at (it), to get more time off with the people that you love, and Ive been training as well. So its set me up in good stead for 2017.It just gave me time to think about and analyse everything Ive got to get better at.Coachless Kyrgios said hed also be open to receiving guidance from former Australian star Mark Philippoussis, who says hed consider mentoring the young star.Weve got a lot of similarities on the court, said Kyrgios, whose team Singapore Slammers on Sunday (Monday morning AEDT) retained their International Premier Tennis League title in India.He plays big and hes had a lot of ups and downs in his career as well.Hes learnt a lot, hes a great guy, hes very caring and always been there for me as well, so maybe. Jerseys NFL Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '

Editors note: The 2016-2017 college basketball season will be the Year of the Freshmen,?featuring what could be the best class weve ever seen. Over the next two weeks, we will get familiar with the best of the best, examining who they are and where each of the top 10 prospects in the 2016 ESPN 100 came from.Read more: No. 10 Dukes Frank Jackson? | No. 9 Kentuckys Malik Monk No. 8 Michigan States Miles Bridges | No. 7 Washingtons Markelle Fultz No. 6 Kentuckys DeAaron Fox | No. 5 Kentuckys Bam Adebayo No. 4 UCLAs Lonzo Ball | No. 3 Dukes Jayson Tatum No. 2 Kansas Josh Jackson | No. 1 Dukes Harry GilesFlint, Michigan, natives go to Michigan State. Thats been the routine since Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and Charlie Bell led the Spartans to the 2000 NCAA championship. Miles Bridges, despite transferring to Huntington Prep (West Virginia) for the latter portion of his high school season, followed those footsteps. 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All three road wins came against teams that ultimately failed to make the playoffs, the last of those wins necessary on the final day of the regular season to ensure they avoided that same playoff-less fate.On Sunday afternoon at Providence Park, in front of an NWSL postseason record crowd of 20,086 and against the leagues best team, the Flash did enough to win another road game.Then they did it all over again, a 4-3 overtime victory earning a place in next weeks title game.When it ended, Portland coach Mark Parsons called it the game of the year. He was half right.It was one game. And what a game it was. But Western New York had to win it twice.Which is in its own way twice as impressive.Ahead by two goals against a host that had trailed by that margin just once at home this season, Western New York watched its lead evaporate. Instead of victory, there was 30 minutes more soccer. So the Flash, without momentum on their side, without the crowd on their side and without their ejected coach on the sideline, did it all over again. Two goals in the first period of overtime finally proved enough to win the day.It was the antithesis of so much that is postseason soccer, when the stakes tempt coaches and players to tread caution. Portland not only won the regular season title but compiled the best goal differential and allowed fewer goals than any other team. It did that without many of its best players for long stretches -- seven of 11 starters in Sundays semifinals were also Olympians who spent a good bit of the summer in Brazil. Despite all of that, Western New York refused to play it safe.There was never a chance we were going to park the bus, said Western New York coach Paul Riley, who was ejected late in the first half after arguing with officials and watched the remainder of the game from behind the scenes while assistant Scott Vallow took charge. Were just not that type of team. Even if I told them to park the bus, they wouldnt park the bus. Theyd just ignore me.But with a field littered with proven international stars, almost all of them in Portlands red uniforms and most of them occupying the entirety of the midfield, the Flash floored it. They were direct, aggressive and full throttle.You let Allie Long get on the ball, Lindsey Horan get on the ball, and eventually theyre going to break you down, Riley said of two of Portlands many game-controlling midfielders. The problem is if you do that, and then they score, then what? Whats Plan B after that? Because now youve got to come and open the game up. I think from the start we felt make it an attacking game, open the game up, make it a free-for-all and see what happens.Already sparsely coiffed, Parsons said he lost more hair and felt as if he had four heart attacks. Which more or less sums up the Flashs success in making it a roiling tempest of a game.Western New York struck first, against the early run of play, when a teammates scuffed shot fell to Sam Mewis in the box and she stuck the ball in the back of the net in the 16th minute. Rookie Makenzy Doniak made it 2-0 in the 38th minute, heading in a cross from Jessica McDonald. Both goals were indirectly the result of long McDonald throw-ins. In fact, three of the four goals Western New York scored began with McDonald chucking the ball into dangerous space and seeing what the ensuing chaos produced.Throw the ball far, Christine Sinclair half joked when asked what Western New York was able to do to be so successful. We knew it was a huge weapon for them. And we faced it before. Its just we werent able to deal with that todayy.dddddddddddd We talked about it before the game, [that] its almost better for them to have the ball at their feet than for us to kick the ball out for a throw-in. But we didnt learn from it, and we kept giving them those opportunities. And they made us pay.Notably gracious in defeat, though it had to sting for a player who has been so good for so long that is easy to forget even her prime will eventually end, Sinclair wasnt diminishing the Flash. But if the goals came courtesy of a not-so-secret weapon, the win was much more involved.After goals from Portlands Sinclair and Emily Sonnett leveled the game after 90 minutes, Western New Yorks Lynn Williams scored both of her teams goals in the first overtime. That pushed the lead to 4-2 before the Thorns pulled one back in an ultimately fruitless effort to force penalty kicks.One Williams goal was the eventual result of another throw-in, the other a terrific first-touch finish off an assist from Mewis at the end of a long counter attack. But this wasnt a result earned through momentary opportunism. More than the goals, Williams embodied Western New Yorks game plan on the day when she pressed a Thorns defender in the corner nearest Portlands goal early in the second overtime period. The crowd roared their approval, rightly, when a corner wasnt conceded. But in the bowels of the stadium, Riley had to be cheering the effort still present in his young forward nearly two hours into the match.The part that I like about her is shes very coachable, Riley said. She wants to learn. She knows how to run now. We spent a lot of time with her. I had Amy Rodriguez when Amy was this age, and shes very similar. Great speed, great turn of pace. She knows how to run. Shes now learning how to hold the ball up a little bit. Her finishing is getting better. Shes got all the tools. She didnt play at a big school, she didnt play in a big club program. Shes a brilliant story.The leagues Golden Ball winner, tied for the regular-season lead in goals with Houstons Kealia Ohai, Williams is a star in the making. Western New York has several of those.I think she deserves to be MVP, to be perfectly honest with you, Riley said.There was, of course, some sweet vindication for Riley, even in absentia. Let go by the Thorns after two disappointing seasons and no playoff wins, he took over Western New York only a couple of months before the regular season. He recalled a meeting early in the process when it seemed both he and the players were wondering if it was the right fit. But the Flash won their opening game at FC Kansas City, one of those three road wins, after a late missed penalty.Maybe that changed the season for us, I dont know, Riley said.Defeat has a thousand fathers. Portland didnt deal well with McDonalds throw-ins, or generally with the size and physicality she and Williams offered. The fans inside Providence Park certainly made it clear they felt the officiating didnt help, either, a possible handball and several other penalty shouts uncalled. Horan hit the crossbar in the first overtime, and Western New York cleared a potential leveler in the second overtime.Western New York could have lost. More important is a team with so little experience played to win.Maybe the playoffs were a possibility, they reasoned after that opening win in Kansas City. Then in another year or two, the young players more seasoned, perhaps a run at a championship. Instead, its on to Houston.We just didnt expect it, Ill be perfectly honest with you, Riley said. But here we are.They could have fooled a lot of people Sunday. Its hard enough to win in Portland once.Let alone twice. Jerseys NFL Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap ' ' '