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From Nagaland.And there, more often that not, would end the short story of a short name.The story of Dr Talimeren Ao, captain of Mohun Bagan and India, flag bearer of the Indian Olympic contingent at the 1948 London Games, and still perhaps the most famous Naga. A phantom figure who hovers over the football history of free India, his footprints have faded but the name is resonant and powerful in the collective memory of his people.They stage two football tournaments in his name. In Assam, where Talimeren grew up, there are two sporting venues named after him - an indoor stadium in Cotton College, Guwahati, where he studied, and an outdoor venue in Kaliabor, east of the Kaziranga National Park.At a time when the ISL, Indias high-profile football league, has a team called NorthEast United near the top of the points table, its worth re-telling the story of the regions first footballing hero.?At the beginning, there will always be Talimeren. The name means the all-glorious or all-mighty in the Ao language and, at 5ft 10in, he had the physique to back it up. Talimeren was a dominating presence in midfield and defence for nine seasons at Mohun Bagan (1943 to 1952), and a team-mate of Sailen Manna and Taj Mohammed at the London Olympics.Talimeren was to give up competitive football to pursue his medical career during the early years of independent India, returning home to Kohima as an assistant civil surgeon at the Civil Hospital in 1953. He retired as Nagalands Director of Health Services in 1978, and died in 1998 at the age of 80.That is merely biography. It is not the life a man lives.In black and white photographs, Talimeren is distinctive. Sitting with his 1948 team-mates, he is tall, angular, with high cheekbones and a steady gaze, arms crossed; all the players are shoeless, wearing socks or tape in the style that made much news.Around him and about him though, the information is on the whole scrappy; this 2015 article from Scroll is the most detailed account of his life. Given that more than one-third of Indias professional footballers at the highest level come from the NorthEast, the story of their spiritual father remains mostly unknown.My mother is the only surviving keeper of the record of what he did, says Dr Aos elder son, Talikokchang, 58. He is driving us along a bumpy road, through Dimapurs grey-beige haze, to the family home outside the main town.Deikim Doungel, a nurse at the Kohima Civil Hospital where she met the handsome, young Dr Ao, is now 87. She lives with Ningsangenla Tally, the eldest of their four children, in Kohima, in a house containing Talimerens trophies and medals. They do not entertain visitors anymore, having seen dozens come and go with unfulfilled promises. When in Dimapur as part of events with her church group, she returns to the home she shared with Talimeren and sometimes her two sons chat about their father.Talikokchang, short-formed into Akok, runs a school named after their formidable grandfather, Reverend Subongwati Ningdari, who in many ways, shaped Talimerens life. At the Rev. Subongwati Memorial School, as part of the state syllabus, the Class 9 English textbook features a chapter on Talimeren.His second son Indianoba, four years younger, is an engineer in the government power department. The youngest child, Bendangmenchetla Bendang, a former badminton player who married her mixed-doubles partner, belongs to Kohima too. Shes also visiting and, more shy than her siblings, hangs back from the conversation but joins in occasionally to fill in details.Its an implausible odyssey, an enormity of achievement over a short span of time while straddling a vast geography.From the hilltop village of Changki in the Ao tribes homeland of Mokokchung in Nagaland, to leading out free Indias first Olympic contingent in London, Talimeren traversed villages, towns, cities and nations. He returned home to Kohima where, in 1963, he witnessed the creation of a state called Nagaland. Today, in the still-simmering demand for autonomy and assertion of identity in the state, Talimeran Ao remains an exceptional kind of Naga.Football is central to his storyline. The sport found its way into his life at the age of six or seven, after the Baptist Reverend Subongwati moved his family from Changki to Impur, also in Mokokchung, as part of his missionary work.Talimeren, the fourth of his 12 children, took to football in the mission compound, not with a real ball but one made of cloth scraps, or sometimes with a wrapped-up pomelo, a grapefruit variant.Without the pace and bounce of the real ball, control became part of the foots natural response on small grounds that often had 10 or more teams playing simultaneously in post-school scrambles. It is how, his sons believe, he became equally good with both feet.In Impur, Talimeren became his schools football captain. His game started gathering strength in 1933, when he moved to high school at Jorhats Christian Mission School.From there, he moved to Guwahatis Cotton College, where he was the leading all-round sportsman, collecting medals and trophies in athletics, volleyball and football. Trophies by the cupboard-full, too many finally for the journeys back to Changki that involved a train, a bus and a final trek uphill on foot, carrying his personal luggage and bedding. Talimeren eventually decided to pass on the trophies to friends and carried only certificates and medals.As a young footballer, he had an appetite for self-improvement. After watching Guwahatis Maharana Club footballers train on the same ground as his college team, he asked them if he could join. Maharana, Guwhatis biggest club at the time, turned the Cotton College striker into a defensive midfielder.?The club were happy to put the big Naga up against their opposition, holding back the attacks on goal, and soon Talimeren was noticed as the man who had the temerity to mark and block the sublime Noor Mohammed of Hyderabad City Police. He soaked everything in, borrowing the training methods of better players, and earning a name for himself in the newspaper headlines and bright lights.Yet, no matter how deep his love for football and the success he enjoyed, he knew he would not ignore his fathers final wish. As the pastor was dying of typhoid, he said he wanted his son to become a doctor and work with their people.Talimerens move from Guwahati to Calcutta, the heart of Indian football, came about after he earned a seat at the Carmichael Medical College (the present-day RG Kar Medical College). His friend from Maharana, Sarat Das, brought him over to Mohun Bagan in 1943, where he first paid a joining fee before working his way into their first XI. From then, it was juggling his medical studies and making his mark as a player, then on - within a year - to the Bagan captaincy and finally as India captain for the London Olympics and a short tour of Holland.At the Olympics, India almost upset France in their first match, missing two penalties in a 1-2 defeat. After the Olympics, on a tour of club matches in Holland, they beat Ajax Amsterdam 5-2 and of five games in England against club sides, won three and drew two.Legend has it that Talimeren was offered a years contract with Arsenal but he chose to return to India and continue his studies, earning his MBBS degree in 1950. Did he ever tell his sons he regretted it? No, they say, their father would always stand by his word.?Somewhere inside Talimeren, it is possible, there could have been a man caught between the freedom of physical action provided by sport, and the inner life, discipline and intensity required of a surgeon. While he may have belonged to a family of missionary workers, he was not very religious himself and Talikokchang remembers his father saying to his sons, Life is a struggle.In their youth, the boys tried to fathom the inscrutable paatriarch and would only later understand the weight of his trophies, medals and reputation.dddddddddddd. They sought to find the link between the strapping young man of the photographs, and their large, stoic and almost withdrawn father.My father, a very jovial guy when in the mood, was not much of a conversationalist, says Talikokchang. He didnt communicate much unless we asked him a question. The answer would be brief, direct, with no detail and it needed the familys photo albums and persuasion to learn more. We had to ask him a lot of questions before he opened up a bit like that.What the sons did experience for real was the ageing competitor, who immersed himself into any athletic challenge against younger men. Put him into a contest, anywhere, any sport and Indianoba remembers what would happen: We are no longer his sons, we are his opponents, and as badly as he can, he would try to defeat us, so that well be demoralized for the next game. That mental disintegration which the Australian cricket team used to talk about? He used to follow that principle in those days. Thats what I remember about him.In Dibrugarh, Talimeren was to start playing a team sport with other young medical interns called Tourniquet Ring; like volleyball, across a net, but with a rubber ring thrown against the opposition at speed, giving the participants only a couple of seconds between catching the ring and letting it go back across the net. In his 50s, he became an excellent badminton player ... this despite the fact that he was very heavy.The stories are a jigsaw of personality, revealing scattered parts around an elusive whole. There is no doubt that Talimeren was a man who valued identity, whichever kind was being called to question. He would remain a proud Naga who returned to his roots, away from the temptations of a more comfortable life in the cities, whether an Arsenal offer or a piece of land in Calcutta that Mohun Bagan wanted to give in order to lure him to stay.As India captain, he naturally took on the role of leader, the team rallying behind his confidence, his English and the swiftness with which he stood up for them. Indianoba says, The contingent looked up to him and relied on him because of his knowledge of English... he saved them from unnecessary sledging.One evening, on the steamship to England in 1948, the bandmaster called out asking whether the Indian football team - ploughing through their dinners in coats and tails, tackling unmanageable cutlery and unfamiliar food - had a request for the band. Talimeren drew himself up to his 5ft 10 inches and replied, Yes, play for us the Song of India.Indianoba finishes the story, his voice warm with triumph. Song of India was a very popular contemporary Tommy Dorsey jazz composition, but the steamship band had not practiced the tune and the abashed bandmaster had to apologise to the Indians. That was just after Independence, when they worried whether we Indians can even govern ourselves and even have a country by the name of India.During the Naga insurgency in the 1970s as a practicing surgeon, Talimeren found himself sought by confrontational adversaries. He was to make a simple choice. He would operate on soldiers and insurgents alike, baffling the military men who asked him why he was helping the young men classified as undergrounds. He replied, I am a doctor, I have taken an oath and I have to operate on all human beings, whether they are overground or underground.He refused several invitations to join the Indian army because, Talikokchang says, he was committed to his fathers directives - go back to your land and serve the people there and that meant go back to Nagaland. With the army medical corps, there was no telling where he would be sent.As the sons reminisce about their father, what comes across is a man of sharp wit, never one to back down. When a British journalist asked him why his team didnt wear boots, he is known to have said, It is football, not boot ball. He took note of the club manager in England who said that if the Indians could defeat his team, he would eat his hat. After the Indians won and the captain was invited to say a few words, Talikokchang says, My father said he would only speak after the manager eats his hat.There is no statue of the man in his state, neither in Dimapur nor Kohima. No postage stamp, no physical reminder of his life. Not much of a legacy either, barring archer Chekrovolu Swuro, who in 2012 became the second athlete from Nagaland to compete at an Olympic Games. Only the rumbling echo of a name that continues to linger.He was recently brought home - out of the Naga Cemetery in Dimapur and onto the land where he had lived and died. The property, which is to be named the T.Ao Estates, falls within the Padum Pukhuri (Lotus Pond) village, set near the pond dug by medieval Kachari kings.It is five acres of old forest land given by the government in 1970 in recognition of Talimerens work in health and his fame in football. Today, he lies resting under a plain slab of concrete and a wooden cross, surrounded by an explosion of foliage - teak, ashoka, neem and fruit trees, groves of bamboo - and a small patch of water. Near him lies Talikokchangs son Subongmeren, who died at 17, grandfather and grandson under the regal canopy of a dizzyingly-high sam kothal (native jackfruit) tree.This land always drew Talimeren, athlete, doctor and outdoorsman. The children remember their father setting onto his property, Naga dao (hatchet) in hand, its heavy, flat-headed blade hacking through the undergrowth. Looking at the land breathing its life or watching birds overhead, lost in his own world.Sometimes, he went into thicker jungles with his miniature .22 rifle, a marksman hunting small deer, sambar or taking his boys out catching crabs. He was a great shot, Indianoba says. Even when he was old, he was better than us. When the Indians went around England in 1948, rather than spend his time in the cities, the captain dragged some team-mates to the Sherwood Forest near Nottingham, fascinated by the natural world and the legend of Robin Hood.None of his sons picked up football, focusing instead on academics and badminton. Today, they follow the sport intermittently on television, Talikokchang encouraged by the Nagaland Premier League before it died a quiet death, Indianoba an EPL watcher. Do they have a favourite club? Theres a chuckle as Indianoba says, We have a fondness for Arsenal.The family has also tried to correct the spelling of the name made famous by the patriarch. The name on his passport, one of the first few minted by the new Indian state, reads Talimeren Aao. Under conventional Naga practice, Talimeren Aos name could have read Subongwati Talimeren Ningdangri in full - fathers name followed by sons name followed by clan.The children had wanted to carry their fathers name Tali in theirs, except that got Anglicised into Tally by the nuns at their Catholic school. Theyve left it as it is, but Talikokchang has been trying to get the spelling of their fathers name corrected on the internet. He has found it bafflingly hard. Talikokchang says, The internet people said we have to discuss it with a panel. And then when I showed them the passport, they said why are there two As in Aao?The family in front of us is a patient, amused group dealing with the noisy Mainlanders exclaiming over their photographs, certificates and Talimerens beat-up chunky black leather doctors case. Two sons, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a son in-law and the memory of the man whose house they are sitting in. They are guiding us through the names. Talikokchang - he who has excelled. Ningsangdela - a name worth praising. Bendangmenchetla - making a big name outside your land.And Indianoba? Much in that name does not belong to the Ao language. But there is much that belongs to the Ao in the name Talimeren gave his younger son. Indianoba. It means: One who led India. ' ' '

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BOULDER, Colo. -- Colorado senior Derrick White stared at the stat sheet as he sat down and just grimaced.His coach shared his disgust, especially those 19 turnovers and 15 missed free throws.The stats were made a whole lot more palatable by these numbers -- a 67-55 win over Seattle on Monday night in a regional round of the Legends Classic.That was the definition of winning ugly right there, Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. We were not very good offensively tonight, obviously, on a lot of different levels. But to figure out a way to win on a night when youre not functioning that well offensively is a testament to our guys will and their toughness and our defense and rebounding.The hallmarks of Boyles program have long been defense and rebounding, which never take a night off. The Buffaloes (2-0) held Seattle to 30.2 percent shooting from the floor and out-rebounded the Redhawks by a 55-35 margin.Were in the process of becoming a good team, Boyle said. 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The Scot celebrated his new ranking in style with a 6-3 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 victory over John Isner on Sunday in his 12th final of arguably the greatest year of his career.It was the Britons fourth title in succession after wins in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna and his 14th career Masters 1000 triumph. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. The ranking changes are made official on Monday and will make the Scot the first British singles player to hold the top spot since the ATP Tour points system was introduced in 1973.This has been an incredible journey for me to get to the top of the rankings, said Murray, who will move 405 points above long-time rival Novak Djokovic.Isner, who recorded an impressive win over Marin Cilic to reach the final, looked comfortable on serve until Murray seized his opportunity in the sixth game. 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Murray added that he was looking to improve on his performances at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, which begins next Sunday at Londons O2.Im not so much thinking about finishing the year as world number one, he told Sky Sports.I wanted to try and get there if possible, but I want to just play well at the O2.I feel like some of the years there Ive not played my best tennis, maybe not done myself justice, so I want to go and play good tennis.It doesnt guarantee winning against the best players in the world, but I dont want to finish the year on a bad note having not played well there.So Ill get a few days rest now and start preparing for that and hopefully finish well. 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Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic will look to bolster his squad in the new year with one eye on their 2017 Asian Champions League campaign, even if he wont reveal what areas he will spend in.Sydney FC keeper Vedran Janjetovic and off contract striker Robbie Keane, the Republic of Irelands all-time leading scorer, are the players rumoured to be in the frame.Janjetovic has been granted indefinite leave by the Sky Blues to deal with personal issues and Keanes wage demands could prove beyond the Wanderers scope.Popovic said there was nothing to report on either man as far as the Wanderers were concerned.But with the January transfer window drawing closer, Popovic made it clear the Wanderers have the salary cap room to augment their squad.If we feel that someone can help strengthen the squad that will happen in January, Popovic said.Well certainly strengthen in January in areas that we believe we need.I wont reveal the areas Im looking at but theres a few areas that weve targeted that we feel can help us with the period that we have with the Champions League.How quickly those new players might be used could bow be anyones guess with the Wanderers getting back on the A-League winners list in fine style.Nicolas Martinez and Mitch Nicholls were superb as Western Sydney won 4-1 in Gosford to move above the Mariners on the table.Prior to Saturday nights win, the Wanderers had drawn five of their previous six games, losing the other one.We have been performing well, its here for everyone to see, but we havent got the results, Popovic said.We keep believing in what were doing and you can see thats a very confident team out there that finished a game off very strong..We havent been able to put teams away, so it was nice to get four goals.Mariners coach Paul Okon said he couldnt fault the application, attitude and hunger of his starting side, in which striker Roy ODonovan was the only player aged over 25.Can we improve?, absolutely, Okon said.We need to be better in those important moments that we need to defend better, but well continue to improve.Mariners midfielders Mickael Tavares and Nick Montgomery missed the match with ankle and hamstring injuries respectively.Okon said Montgomery was a good chance of being back for next Saturdays game away to Wellington and he would have a better idea of Tavares prospects on Monday or Tuesday. Cheap Air Max 90 Womens China . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Fake Air Max 90 Mens . Once again, DeLaet finished tied for second at a PGA Tour stop on the weekend, this time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The pride of Weyburn, Sask. http://www.outletairmax90cheap.com/ . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. Discount Air Max 90 Mens . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday. Cheap Air Max 90 Essential China . 10 VCU 85-67

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AUSTIN, Texas -- In meetings, in practice and when he was just thinking to himself, Charlie Strong pleaded with his team not to be a one-game wonder after a big season-opening win.That turned out to not be a problem at all.Freshman quarterback Shane Buechele passed for 244 yards and four touchdowns and No. 11 Texas backed up its first national ranking since 2013 with a 41-7 victory over UTEP on Saturday night.I was nervous, said Strong, who entered the season under tremendous pressure after two losing seasons. Everyone was telling them how good they are and I wondered how would they respond? I kept telling them, `Just focus. We havent done anything yet.Sophomore linebacker Malik Jefferson said the message came through. But Jefferson suggested the players didnt really need the reminder because they knew how to handle the week after beating Notre Dame.We were 5-7 last year, Jefferson said. We cant be satisfied with anything.Buechele wasnt there for the previous two years of losing, but there was no letup from the freshman as he put together another splendid game with his arm and feet. He was 22 of 27 passing and his 34 yards rushing in the zone read option showed the Longhorns (2-0) have even another wrinkle in their new offense.Buechele threw touchdown passes of 29 and 7 yards to Jerrod Heard, who started at quarterback most of 2015 but moved to wide receiver this season. He also connected with Dorian Leonard for a 46-yard score in the third quarter that made it 34-7.I felt good out there, Buechele said. We started slow but I feel like we finished strong ... I like throwing the ball to all these guys.Aaron Jones ran for 123 yards and a 51-yard touchdown for UTEP (1-1).THE TAKEAWAYUTEP: The Miners missed the passing of injured starting quarterback Zack Greenlee, who was held out to rest a strained knee before the start of the Conference USA schedule. Kavika Johnson was 9 of 15 for 42 yards, and Jones gave the Miners their only punch on offense. The Longhorns knew Jones was the primary option on nearly every UTEP possession until the score got out of hand.Were not making excuses for anything. They whipped us handily, Kugler said.Texas: Buechele continues to impress. His second start came behind an offensive line that was missing two starters with injuries. Buechele was sacked three times and withstood several more hits, but his first two touchdown passes were precision throws into coverage on the sideline in the end zone. His third was a deep throw that hit Leonard in stride.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Longhorns should stand pat. They easily handled a team they were supposed to and Buechele proved hes no fluke. No one in front of Texas lost so theres no real room to move up unless AP voters punish No. 9 Georgia for its close win over Nicholls. Staying where they are they are would still be another big step for a program that has been on the skids the last two years.HEARDS BIRTHDAY BREAKOUTHeards first two career touchdown passes came on his 21st birthday. Hed been letting everyone know his big day was coming up by announcing it for days on Twitter. He finished with six catches for 46 yards.It says hes a ball player, said Texas running back Chris Warren III. Hes an athlete who can play.Strong praised Heards quick adjustment to catching passes instead of throwing them. Last season, it was Heard who everyone thought was the quarterback of the future when he broke Vince Youngs single-game school record for total offense.Hes always vibrant, always has a smile on his face. 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Power Five conference commissioners want to change NCAA rules to give college athletes more time away from team activities, including no longer counting travel as an off day, a mandatory seven-day break after the season and an additional 14 off days from athletic activity during the academic year.The agreement in concept was announced Thursday by the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference. The leagues said they believed they had found the right balance to help tens of thousands of athletes with a proposal they are calling Flex 21. The extra 21 days off would be in addition to the current mandatory off days, and could be tailored to fit each teams schedule with input from coaches and athletes.Formal proposals still need to be submitted, but the conferences could vote to turn them into NCAA rules at the next convention in January.College sports leaders have been looking into changes to ease the time demands on athletes for several years. At the last NCAA convention, the issue was delayed so more research could be done, including a survey of athletes from all sports. Conference officials seem eager to provide more benefits to athletes at a time when college sports is under legal and public pressure to make changes, including a push to pay athletes. Led by the College Athletes Players Association, members of the Northwestern football team made an attempt to unionize that ultimately failed.NCAA members schools and conferences have in recent years agreed to raise the value of athletic scholarships to cover the federally determined true cost of attendance that goes beyond tuition, books, room and board, and fees. They have also guaranteed four-year scholarships for many athletes and given athletes more say in making rules.We heard from our students that they would like more certainty in their schedules in order to engage in other activities, the commissioners said in a joint statement. We recognize there will need to be a level of flexibility and reasonableness in carrying out these changes, especially with regard to travel, but students deserve time off and we want athletic departments to work in a sensible and appropriate way to provide it. We want administrators to have some degree of flexibility in implementing these rules, but they must be mindful that rest is important to a students health, in addition to their athletic and academic performance.Currently, athletes are generally limited during the school year to 20 countable hours toward their sports per week, with one day off. Countable hours mostly cover practices, competition and conditioning, but does not count travel to and from events. The commissioners proposed expanding the definition of required athletic activities to include but not be limited to activities such as media requirements and mandatory community service.The proposal also includes a mandatory free-time block of eight hours overnight.The 14 extra off days will be on top of the current required two calendar days off per week outside the season. The additional 14 days can be used during the season if agreed to by coaches and athletes.We believe we have found the right balance between helping students participate in sports while also providing them with more down time, the commissioners said. 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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Bob Sutton is still riveted by Americas Game, even if hes far from the service academy world that once consumed him when he coached at Army.And despite recent lopsided results in the fierce Army-Navy rivalry -- the Middies have won 14 straight -- Sutton says nothing is ever a given when these two teams play.I love the Army-Navy game, best game going, said Sutton, now defensive coordinator for the NFLs Kansas City Chiefs. I think (Army) has things turned around a bit. They were close last year. Navy, Ken (coach Niumatalolo) has done an unbelievable job there. Hes won some huge games this year.But Ill say this about Army-Navy, none of that matters one bit, he said. None of it has anything to do with that game.That game will be played Saturday in Baltimore, not far from the Navy campus. The Middies (9-3) are coming off a 34-10 loss to Temple in the American Athletic Conference title game, a setback that relegated star quarterback Will Worth to the bench for the rest of the year with a foot injury and sent them plummeting from the AP Top 25 . They will face an Army team that hasnt played in three weeks.One thing is certain, though. No matter the final score, coach Jeff Monkens third year at West Point will end like only one other football season at the academy in the past two decades. The Black Knights (6-5) will be playing in the postseason -- theyve accepted a berth in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against North Texas in late December -for just the second time since Suttons 1996 team won a school-record 10 games.Thats a big deal around here.Im very proud of this team, senior linebacker and co-captain Jeremy Timpf said. I know Army has been struggling the past few years, and its good to go out as a senior and know that youve produced a bowl game. Its nice to leave that with the program.Sutton spent eight years as an assistant at Army under Jim Young before taking over as head coach in 1991. His nine-year tenure is second in length at the academy only to the famed Earl Red Blaik, architect of two national champions in the mid-1940s, and Sutton knew how to beat Navy. His teamms went 6-3 against the Middies, five of the victories in succession.ddddddddddddSutton was fired after a 10-point loss to Navy in 1999 left Army at 3-8 for the second straight year, and the Black Knights have struggled mightily since. Rich Ellersons 2010 team, which finished 7-6 and beat SMU in the Armed Forces Bowl, has been the lone exception in this long stretch of futility.Meanwhile, service academy rivals Navy and Air Force have thrived.The Falcons won their 20th Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy a month ago at Michie Stadium, snatching the coveted hardware, emblematic of supremacy among the three schools, back from Navy (Army has won it only six times). Since 2007, Air Force has only failed to make the postseason once; Navy has missed playing in a bowl game just once since 2003.Army, the lone independent among the three schools, hopes to join that perennial party. It wont be easy.One year at a time, mate.At the academy, youre only going to go so high, Sutton said. It doesnt mean you cant be successful, but youre framed by all these different aspects. Football is very important, but its not the most important thing. Thats never going to change.On Saturday, it will be very important -- to both teams -- and Army comes in with more emotion than usual. Its gold helmets carry a sticker with the No. 28 framed by the words Brother, Teammate, Friend in honor of sophomore defensive back Brandon Jackson, a rising star who was killed in a one-car crash the morning after Army had beaten Rice in early September.I never thought I would lose one of my brothers while we were still at school together -- while we were still teammates, senior linebacker Andrew Knight wrote in a personal letter posted Wednesday in the Players Tribune . West Point prepares you for many things, but not for something like that.---AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Missouri, contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '

VERMILLION, S.D. -- Backup quarterback Austin Simmons threw for two touchdowns as South Dakota edged Illinois State 27-24 on Saturday.Simmons, a redshirt freshman filling in for injured starter Chris Streveler, had 205 yards on 13-of-30 passing for the Coyotes (4-3, 3-1 Missouri Valley). Michael Frederick ran for a score and Miles Bergner kicked a pair of field goals.Simmons threw a 15-yard score Riley Donovan late in the first quarter and a 26-yard scoring strike to Tacari Carpenter late in the second and South Dakota led 24-17 at the break.Bergners second field goal of the day, a 39-yarder, made it 27-17 with 4:46 left in the third quarter.The Redbirds (3-5, 1-4) closed to within 27-24 in the fourth quarter on a 42-yard pass from Jake Kolbe to Christian Gibbs with 7:43 to play but that was the end of the scoring.Kolbe threw for 241 yards for Illinois State. China Jerseys Cheap . JOHNS, N. Fake China Jerseys . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). https://www.chinajerseyscheap.us/ . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. China Jerseys Stitched . JOHNS, N. Cheap Jerseys From China . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night.TORONTO - The Canadian mens rugby team will play the New Zealand Maori All Blacks on Nov. 3 at Torontos BMO Field. The side features top New Zealand Maori rugby players and boasts an impressive record. Past Maori victims include England, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Canada, ranked 13th in the world, fell 32-19 to the Maori last November in a game played in Oxford, England.dddddddddddd The Canadian men are currently involved in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup. The Maori match will follow a home-and-away World Cup qualifying series in August against the 16th-ranked U.S. The touring Maori will face the U.S. on Nov. 9 in Philadelphia. ' ' '

Vancouver heads to San Jose on Sunday in a battle of teams eliminated from postseason contention.The Earthquakes (8-11-13) have lost three of their last four MLS matches, but did beat Vancouver 2-1 in mid-August in the teams only other meeting this season. Quincy Amarikwa and Simon Dawkins had goals for San Jose against Vancouver.A win over the Whitecaps on Saturday would give San Jose State its first season sweep over Vancouver since 2011.The Whitecaps (9-15-8) have won only once in its last six MLS matches, but goalkeeper David Ousted expects a strong effort from his team.You might say that we have nothing to play for, Ousted said on Vancouvers team website. I dont view it that way. Not at all.Weve got our jobs to play for, weve got the fans to play for, and weve got ourselves as a team.I dont want to go out with a whimper and tuck my tail between my legs. I want to go and win. And that has to be the mentality.The Whitecaps will be shorthanded, with midfielder Pedro Morales suspended after receiving a red card in a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Sounders on Oct. 2.Morales leads Vancouver with eight goals and is second on the team with six assists. Midfielder Christian Bolanos leads the team with seven assists.Striker Bilas Perez also is suspended for the match, leaving Vancouver coach Carl Robinson with some decisions to make. His replacement options are limited, though, with a handful of younger players with the WFC2 for Saturdays USL Western Conference Final.San Jose captain Chris Wondolowski has 10 career goals against Vancouver, the most any other player in MLS. He has helped the Earthquakes keep Vancouver winless (0-2-5) at Avaya Stadium.Wondolowski has 12 goals this season to lead San Jose.The Whitecaps host the Portland Timbers on Oct. 23 to wrap up the regular season. San Jose closes out the regular season on the road at Kansas City on Oct. 23. 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Thats not football.The one facing a fine is Aqib Talib, who jumped on Douglas on the next play, scuffling around in what quickly became a scrum on the Tennessee sideline. Talib lost his helmet and was penalized for unnecessary roughness when an ejection might have been in order.So, Talib stayed in the game and Harris returned and played the rest of the way, which Denver lost 13-10, but Talib was just as angry after the game .It was a dirty play by a sorry player, Talib said, adding they have the same agent, so when I see his ass in Atlanta, Im going to beat his ass.Talib said Monday hed moved on to the Patriots upcoming visit, but he didnt back off having his teammates back.Were going to play for each other, Talib said. Thats what we do every day. Thats why we play the game. We play for our checks and we play because we love to be around each other.Broncos coach Gary Kubiak watched the cringe-worthy play on film and said, First off, Im just so thankful Chris is OK. ... I disagree with the play. But Ill take my opinion to the league and deal with it from that standpoint.Kubiak said he understood Talibs reaction.First off, weve got a strong team. Weve got each others back. Youd better have each others back in this business, in what we do, Kubiak said. But you also got to be smart and you cant hurt your team.Douglas decision to take out Harris right knee was one of the worst moves of Week 14.Other calls backfired spectacularly, like San Francisco coach Chip Kellys decision to go on fourth-and-2 at the Jets 37 in overtime, only to watch Carlos Hyde -- who had run for a career-high 193 yards -- get stuffed. The Jets then drove for the winning score.Kelly said the 49ers were 3 yards shy of kicker Phil Dawsons range -- hed already missed two field goals -- and he didnt want to punt.I didnt want to give the ball back to them, Kelly said. I thought with a yard that we had a shot the way Carlos was running.Colts tight end Dwayne Allen had a double-whammy, failing to stop Jadeveon Clowney from a sack-strip of Andrew Luck at the Houston 5-yard-line, then compounnding the problem by trying to pick up the ball instead of pouncing on it like the Texans did.ddddddddddddThe NFL saved face by reversing itself and allowing the Browns and Titans, who were off last week for the leagues My Cleats, My Cause campaign, to go ahead and wear their customized cleats in Week 14.Speaking of cleats, if Harris doesnt pull his right leg back just after contact, his knee, and maybe his career, gets cratered.Douglas, a ninth-year pro who had one catch for 10 yards Sunday, vigorously defended his low block.First of all, thats a clean play, Douglas argued. It was a run play with me and him looking at each other and I cut blocked him.Just because what he did was legal doesnt mean it was clean, suggested NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci.When the corners lined up in front of you, you can block them down there, Mariucci said. It just appeared to be kind of a cheap shot at the knee and the way it hit, it couldve affected Harris season and career.Thats a cheap shot, NBC analyst Rodney Harrison said, mincing no words. And I understand why Aqib Talib is so frustrated right now. But in the same respect, you have to keep your poise.Harris, who missed Super Bowl 48 with a torn ACL in his left knee, stayed down for a couple of minutes and slowly walked off the field. He said afterward he was sore and in pain.Harris sent a series of tweets Sunday night:Thank God for covering me cuz I thought my knee was gone.Cant get open so lets just take 25 out of the game.Douglas set his Twitter account to private after the game.Von Miller said even if Douglas actions were within the rules, they broke the unwritten rule of risking another mans livelihood. Miller pointed to the NBA as a league where players look out for one another, like when they forego a hard foul on a dunk.Theyre playing hard and the superstars are going to be superstars, but theyre always taking care of each other, Miller said. Theres never crazy, hard fouls that can lead to somebody getting hurt. That stuff happens in basketball, but its never intentional.In basketball, they take care of each other. Football is a more physical sport. But weve got to start doing that. Weve got to take care of each other to continue to make our game great.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---AP NFL Writer Teresa M. Walker and AP Sports Writer Josh Dubow contributed.Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '

A look at Day 10 of Wimbledon on Wednesday:Weather: Sunny. High of 72 degrees (22 Celsius).Mens quarterfinals: No. 2 Andy Murray beat No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 3 Roger Federer beat No. 9 Marin Cilic, No. 6 Milos Raonic beat No. 28 Sam Querrey, No. 10 Tomas Berdych beat No. 32 Lucas Pouille.Stat of the Day: 3 -- Match points saved by Federer in his 6-7 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 comeback against Cilic.Quote of the day: I remember just being in trouble the whole time. At one point, youre used to it. Its not like, `Oh, my God, all of a sudden theres a match point, all of a sudden theres a break point to save. It just was continuous. -- Federer, on his 10th victory after dropping the first two sets of a match.Womens semifinals Thursday: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Elena Vesnina, No. 8 Venus Williams vs. No. 4 Angelique Kerber.Mens semifinals Friday: Murray vs. Berdych, Federer vs. Raonic.Thursdays forecast: Cloudy. 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But Stewart was constantly smiling, too, as he goes through the final paces and duties before ending his 18-year career as a driver on NASCARs top circuit.This was not the way we would have scripted our last season in the sport by any means, but its still been a lot of fun, Stewart said, referring to the offseason broken back that kept him out of the Daytona 500. But Im glad with the way its ended up and Im ready to start the next chapter.The three-time series champion overcame his ATV accident to win at Sonoma -- his first victory since 2013 -- and qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs before being eliminated in the first round.It wasnt the way we wanted to finish the year, but we were glad we were one of 16 teams that had the opportunity, Stewart said.The driver nicknamed Smoke finished with 49 wins in 618 races and didnt hesitate when asked about his favorite memories of his final season.I think its two things, he said. Obviously, the win at Sonoma was big. That was a place I really enjoy and to race somebody I really respect in Denny (Hamlin) like that. We both leaned on each other and knew at the end of the day there was nothing personal with it. Thats what made it fun.And I think going down pit road to start the race at Homeestead was probably the coolest moment of the year for me.ddddddddddddStewart was honored at the season-ending race that saw Jimmie Johnson win his seventh series title. And while Johnson was the headline for Fridays awards show, Stewart has been the center of attention this week on the Las Vegas Strip.Thursday nights fan event turned into an impromptu Stewart roast that included a surprise appearance by his boyhood hero, four-time Indianapolis 500 champion A.J. Foyt.The only thing I told Tony when he started was, `Dont act like I do because I acted like a fool many times, Foyt said. How do you think that worked out?Stewart will be long remembered for his fiery temper, but also his pure driving skills and love of the sport at the grassroots level. One of the reasons he stepped away from NASCAR was so he could schedule 50-60 races on dirt tracks next season.And its going to be in a lot of different types of cars, Stewart said.So youll still see Stewart behind the wheel. And hell continue his NASCAR presence as a team owner.Stewart has no regrets with stepping away as a NASCAR driver at age 45. And he joked hes really leaving, taking a shot at Jeff Gordon, who retired then came back to fill in for the injured Dale Earnhardt.Stewart leaves feeling healthy and, of course, feisty.If I had known I was going to feel this good after breaking my back I would have broke my back 15 years ago, Stewart said. We thought at the end of this year that we were going to have two surgeries to take rods and screws out of my leg and my back. 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The ATP World Tour Finals produced exhilarating tennis and memorable moments. Andy Murray walked away with the title, but all the players contributed.Here, we look back on the 10 best points of the tournament… Lessons from the O2 We pick out the key conclusions from an action-packed week 10. Milos Raonic (v Novak Djokovic)Djokovic somehow returned a serve, a forehand and two smashes in this one brilliant exhibition of defensive tennis, but he eventually succumbed when Raonic beat him with a third smash.9. Kei Nishikori (v Andy Murray)Nishikori looked poised to save a set point when he lined up a routine smash, but he directed it straight at Murray, who managed to turn his return into a lob. Nishikori had to back-pedal to reach it, and this time unleashed an un-returnable smash. Kei Nishikori played some epic points against Andy Murray 8. Novak Djokovic (v Milos Raonic)Djokovic and Raonic exchanged 19 powerful strokes from the baseline in a key point of their second-set tie break and it seemed only an error would decide matters. Djokovic then charged to the net and looked to have been beaten by a low Raonic passing shot, but the Serb scooped out a deft half-volley at his feet that his opponent was unable to return.7. Gael Monfils (v Dominic Thiem)Monfils had it all to do when he was dragged to the net by a Thiem forehand that clipped the cord, and his situation worsened when the Austrian then sent him scampering back his baseline with a lob. However, Monfils caught up with the ball and hit a forehand winner on the swivel. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! 6. Kei Nishikori (v Andy Murray)Nishikori looked a beaten man when Murray was powering down huge forehands, but the Japanese managed to stay in the point and then decisively turned defence into attack with a forehand winner.5. Novak Djokovic (v Milos Raonic)Djokovic and Raonic were neck and neck at 5-5 in their second-set tie break when Raonic charged to the net. He managed to return Djokovics first attempt at a passing shot, but the Serb then prevailed with an inch-perfect lob that just evaded a fully stretched Raonic and landed safely in. Novak Djokovic shared some memorable points with Milos Raonic 4. Andy Murray (v Kei Nishikori)Murray appeared to be on the verge of losing the opening set when he under-hit an attempted lob and Nishikori lined up what looked guaranteed to be a volleyed winner. Nishikori made perfect contact and found what should have been a winning angle, but Murray anticipated the direction to a tee and turned a defensive backhand into a winner.3. Gael Monfils (v Milos Raonic)Monfils is arguably the most entertaining player on tour and proved why with a no-look backhand drop shot that a scrambling Raonic could only return into the net. Murray was pushed to the limit by Nishikori 2. David Goffin (v Novak Djokovic)Djokovic was dragging a beleaguered Goffin all over the court and it looked like he had won the point when he landed what looked like a perfect drop shot at the net. However, Goffin hit the afterburners and not only reached the ball, but also managed to lob Djokovic and land it bang on the line.1. Andy Murray (v Milos Raonic)Murray looked like he would be caught out when he rushed the net 10 shots into a rally and found a Raonic backhand heading straight for his feet, but the world No 1 showed deft footwork and an even defter touch to half-volley the ball narrowly over the net and just out of reach of his opponent.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4. 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Phil Cuzzi, the home plate umpire, had Mondesi running inside the line in jeopardy the whole way, and stated that its okay because he was stepping back toward the bag, which is wrong.Matt Shoemaker, who did not allow a base runner until the fifth inning, yielded singles to Alex Gordon and Paulo Orlando to start the seventh. Mondesi, who was called up Tuesday, put down a bunt and beat the throw to first as the throw by Shoemaker (5-11) ricocheted off Mondesi and sailed into right field.The question wasnt if the throw impeded him or he impeded the throw, Scioscia said. It wasnt if he was running inside. Its what I believe is his misinterpretation of the rule, given the guidelines that he gave me. Theres no judgement involved. He admitted that (Mondesi) was inside the line. In Phils head he wasnt in jeopardy because he was stepping toward the bag, which is wrong. Thats the basis of the protest.Both runners scored and Mondesi wound up on third. Jarrod Dyson rifled a triple to right, scoring Mondesi and making all the runs earned. Dyson scored on Alcides Escobars sacrifice fly.Shoemaker questioned whether he should have thrown to first.A bunt right back to me, he should be out, Shoemaker said. But he was so quick he was going to be safe anyway. I should have held onto it.After a 6 minute, 15 second review the call on the field was not changed.Royals manager Ned Yost said there is no way the protest would be upheld.You cant protest a judgmental call, Yost said. Ive never protested a game. Ive never been part of a game that was protested.Mondesi added a run-scoring infield single in a two-run eighth. The second run scored on pitcher JJose Alvarerzs throwing error.ddddddddddddJoakim Soria (4-4) pitched a scoreless inning for the win after replacing left-hander Danny Duffy in the seventh. Duffy allowed three runs on seven hits, while walking two and striking out five.Shoemaker was charged with five runs on eight hits in six-plus innings.Albert Pujols walked with the bases loaded with one out in the ninth and Andrelton Simmons singled in another run before Wade Davis struck out Jett Bandy to end the game.Gordon and Orlando each contributed three hits. Orlando had two doubles and a fifth-inning RBI.Jefry Marte had two doubles and a RBI for the Angels, while Johnny Giavotella had his second consecutive three-hit game.ROYALS MEETINGWith several Royals names surfacing in trade rumors, Yost addressed it in a team meeting. These guys are a real, real close group, Yost said. They know that this trade deadline (Monday) is bearing down on them. They dont want to see anybody leave that room. They want to see us all continue to stay together. Thats adding a little bit of anxiety and urgency to their game. But sometimes it can be a little too much. 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