MADISON, Wis. -- David Gilreath never planned on becoming a Wisconsin Badger. Instead, he arrived for a visit intent on reaffirming his commitment to Minnesota. The wide receiver prospect attended high school 12 miles from the Metrodome and hadnt experienced a college game anywhere else.Then, he witnessed the power of Camp Randall Stadium.You get a sense of what college football is supposed to be like as far as the fans, said Gilreath, who found himself looking into the stands as much as he watched Wisconsin beat Penn State back in 2006. Being out there, it was pretty crazy, seeing the Jump Around, seeing the wave they do, seeing the chants, how packed it was. I wasnt used to that. I remember that being the main factor. That was one of the main factors of saying Im going to Wisconsin -- the stadium.So it was only fitting that four years later, Gilreath would be responsible for producing one of the most memorable and loudest plays in the stadiums long history when he returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown against No. 1 Ohio State. As the crowd of 81,194 erupted under the lights of a primetime matchup, the ground shook beneath Gilreaths cleats. It felt, Gilreath said, like a movie starring the players. They rode that emotion to a 31-18 upset victory, and students stormed the field to share in the revelry with the team.I think it has to be one of the best atmospheres in college football, Gilreath said. This is a huge stage youre on, and fans are right on top of you. It overwhelms the other players a little bit.The Xs and Os are important. Camp Randall Stadium, however, could represent one of No. 8 Wisconsins biggest advantages when No. 2 Ohio State visits Saturday night (8 p.m. ET, ABC). The Badgers playoff dreams are at stake, and theyre listed as a 10.5-point underdog. But, as Gilreath or anyone else who has played there will tell you, dont overlook the Camp Randall affect, particularly at night.It was pretty nuts for a 3:30 kick, said Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, whose last visit there was a 2012 overtime victory. Its going to be loud -- really loud.Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest facility in the FBS, provides a home-field advantage that is generally considered among the best in the country. Since the start of the 2004 season, Wisconsin has compiled a 75-9 record there (.893 winning percentage). Among Power 5 programs, only Ohio State (80-9, .899) has won a higher percentage of its home games in that time frame.During big night games, when Camp Randall is the center of the nations attention as it will be Saturday, the place is notably manic. Its so loud even Jim Harbaugh was speechless back when he played at Michigan. And with all due respect to Virginia Techs heavy metal entrance from Metallicas Enter Sandman or Tennessees rendition of Rocky Top, nobody rocks like Wisconsin when Jump Around blares through the stereo system.Come for the football, stay for the party and even walk home through a Civil War camp. When you say Wis-con-sin, youve said it all.Theres a game thats labeled homecoming, but every game is a homecoming, I think, for people at Camp Randall, said Matt Lepay, in his 23rd season as the Badgers football radio play-by-play announcer. Its a social gathering, and the fact the team has been pretty good more often than not makes it that much better. Its more than a football game that gets people there.?This is the longest delay I have ever seen because of crowd noiseMichigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh backed away from center, pointed toward a referee and placed his hands on his hips, incredulous as boos rained down with strength and vitriol.It was Oct. 4, 1986, and No. 4 Michigan was in town to face Wisconsin in the first night game in Camp Randall Stadium history. The Badgers werent a particularly good team, but damned if the 75,898 fans in attendance werent going to turn the event into a raucous occasion.As Harbaugh drove Michigan in the third quarter toward the north end zone and Wisconsins student section, the collective roar reached an ear-splitting decibel level, to the point that Harbaugh claimed teammates could not hear his signals. For 10 minutes, Harbaugh repeated the process of crouching under center, walking away and then trying again, only to complain to officials. It marked the second occasion that night in which he delayed the game. Each time, the crowd grew more incensed.This is the longest delay Ive ever seen because of crowd noise, an announcer said on the television broadcast.Camp Randall Stadium has become known as one of the rowdiest venues in the Big Ten, if not the country, because of a fan base that exudes passion -- even if that passion can occasionally manifest itself in detrimental ways. Former Iowa coach Hayden Fry once called Camp Randall the worst place in the world to take a visiting team to play, which occurred after he said eggs were thrown at coaches and players, and beer and peppermint schnapps were poured on the team as well.Still, the electric atmosphere that pings through the stadium during big games is usually unforgettable, as it was 30 years ago, when Michigan coach Bo Schembechler bemoaned the ridiculously loud noise and chastised the entire Wisconsin crowd.I promise you, I will not allow the Michigan crowd to do that, and they wont, he told reporters afterward. People who come into our stadium are treated courteously.The incident was eerily similar to a November game six years earlier, when Michigan quarterback John Wangler refused to snap the ball inside Camp Randall because of excessive crowd noise. Seven times, Wangler backed away from the line of scrimmage, as Michigan faced a fourth-and-one at the Wisconsin 4-yard line.Following two warnings, referee Glenn Fortin assessed Wisconsin a timeout on the third occasion. Then, he took away the Badgers second and third timeouts. When those punishments failed, Fortin handed out two delay-of-game penalties, moving the ball to the 2-yard line and then the 1. Michigan scored the next play on a run from tailback Butch Woolfolk.I was in the stands, former Wisconsin athletics director and Badgers All-American receiver Pat Richter recalled. I remember seeing a friend of ours come racing down the stairway and Im thinking, What the hell is he doing? He got down around the fences behind the bench. He was hollering at Schembechler. He was madder than the dickens.Only Bo could have gotten something like that. All you need to do is warn the fans its too noisy. You know what youre going to get. It was quite the scene.Even the first documented complaints of excessive crowd noise at a college football game trace their roots back to Madison. According to the David M. Nelson book The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules and the Men who Made the Game, famed Chicago Maroons coach Amos Alonzo Stagg claimed his team didnt win a 1914 game at Randall Field because of overzealous fans.Chicagos left end, John Vruwink, became rattled because several Wisconsin supporters were cheering loudly with megaphones near the corner of the end zone. Instead of holding a block for his fullback, he pulled into the backfield amid the hysteria and collided heads with him. The game ended in a 0-0 tie, in what Nelson wrote, may have been the first outdoors crowd-noise interference.After all these years, some things never change.Kevin cranked that on, and the place went nutsRyan Sondrups football career had ended prematurely because of an injury, and the former Badgers tight end began his last school year yearning for a way to fill the void. When he opted for a volunteer role with Wisconsins athletic marketing department in 1998, he couldnt have known that search would spawn one of the great traditions in college football.Sondrup, who spent three seasons on the team, believed part of the game-day experience felt stale and inquired with his bosses about how to enhance fan involvement. The response: Create a list of ideas and get back to us. Several concepts fell by the wayside, but one that seemed feasible to Sondrup was compiling a CD playlist to amp up the crowd.One night at Wandos, a popular downtown bar and grill, Sondrup and a few friends on the team began scrolling through the Jukebox. Up popped House of Pains 1992 hit Jump Around, a song with a high-energy introduction that encouraged everyone to -- what else? -- jump around.Eyebrows raised, and the group shared a collective thought: Hey, this could be something.That was our big moment, our big momentum-building idea to get the student section raucous, so to speak, Sondrup said.Sondrup presented his playlist to Kevin Kluender, an assistant marketing director at Wisconsin. Earlier in the season, Kluender had been searching for the right entertainment combination before the fourth quarter began. The stadium featured a primitive message board with a student section race, the dots ticking frame-by-frame across the screen. Kluender would follow up by playing a random song.But everything changed during Wisconsins only home night game that season on Oct. 10, 1998, against Purdue. Boilermakers quarterback Drew Brees was in the process of setting an NCAA passing record by completing 55 of 83 throws, and the game had begun to drag on. After the third quarter, Kluender scanned Sondrups playlist trying to liven up the fan base. He settled on Jump Around.My back was sort of to the student section a little bit, Kluender said. I could see that people are pointing and looking. I turned around and saw everyone jumping. It just kind of looked like popcorn. You had never seen anything like that.Added Sondrup: Kevin cranked that on, and the place went nuts.The stadium shook and the press box swayed, infusing a new energy into Camp Randall. Wisconsin went on to win the game 31-24 on its way to a Rose Bowl appearance.Kluender played the song during Wisconsins final two home games, but it wasnt until the following season when he realized what a gem the school had on its hands. Even during nonconference blowouts against overmatched opponents, students stayed in their seats just so they could bob their heads and hop up and down to Jump Around.Controversy briefly followed in 2003, when Richter, then the athletics director, asked for the song not to be played in the home opener against Akron because the stadium was under construction, and he feared the shaking could be dangerous. Outrage reached such high levels that Chancellor John D. Wiley was forced to step in. He announced Jump Around could be played the next week during a home game against UNLV after a study determined the building would remain structurally sound.Man, you shouldve seen the people when the song didnt happen, Richter said. All of a sudden, boos. I got emails and letters from people saying, Its a right that we have. It didnt take long for the administration to change it. I said, This is a good way to leverage some of the profanity that will happen if you dont play Jump Around. The administration decided to bite the bullet.In the years since, Jump Around has been cemented as a staple, alongside renditions of Sweet Caroline and Build me up Buttercup. It has quickly become considered one of the best traditions in college football, and Saturday will mark the 91st consecutive home game in which Jump Around is played, providing an energy jolt that is difficult to replicate elsewhere.You see other stadiums try to do it, Sondrup said. Theyll play Jump Around, and you kind of laugh. To see the student section embrace it, I think its that energy of Camp Randall. Theyre the ones that took it and ran with it and made it what it is. Its just a great place to play.There is certainly a mystiqueWhen Daniel Einstein overlays sketches of Camp Randall Stadium with the area as it existed 152 years ago, a historical significance surfaces that separates the edifice from every other in college football.There, lining up perfectly in the student section on the fields north side, is where a group of barracks was built for enlisted Union men during the Civil War. The space for the stadiums luxury suites once served as a hillside headquarters for Camp Randall military operations.When the football players are marching down the field, they are following in the footsteps of the military parade ground during the Civil War period, said Einstein, the historic and cultural resources manager at the University of Wisconsin.Most people dont have an awareness of the precise cohabitation of the present activities with the Civil War activities. I wouldnt say that the level of awareness is very high. But there is certainly a mystique.From 1861-65, roughly 70,000 enlisted men came through the complex -- nearly as many people as what fills the stadium on game days now. Camp Randall differed from many Civil War training grounds because it was used temporarily as a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. At the end of April 1862, 1,400 Confederate soldiers, captured at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee, were brought back to Camp Randall. The roughly 140 who died in Madison from battlefield injuries are buried at the northernmost Confederate cemetery in the United States.Following the Civil War, the land again became the state fairgrounds. When Gen. Ulysses S. Grant visited the site 15 years later, he called the transformation a symbol of beating the spears of war into the plowshares of peace.In 1893, veterans successfully lobbied to have the land donated to the university as a memorial athletic site. Veterans settled on camp instead of field to preserve the memory of the venue. Football was first played at Camp Randall in 1895, and construction of the current stadium began in 1913. The stadium became fully functional in 1917 and has increased in seating capacity from 10,000 to 80,321. All the while, its connection to the past has endured.A memorial arch was erected and dedicated in 1912 to the Civil War veterans who enlisted from Wisconsin. The arch serves as the entrance to Camp Randall Memorial Park -- a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places -- as well as the entrance to Camp Randall Stadium for the schools marching band on football Saturdays.Its not just a park, Einstein said. Its a place where veterans returned. They actually came back for a 75th reunion. This was guys in their 90s coming back to Camp Randall to remember the comrades that died in that Civil War. It was a special place, and we ought to respect it.Thats part of the mystery of the Wisconsin fan ... We get all these people to do crazy thingsDevotion is 40,000 fans braving bitter cold and a three-hour football game to stay for a 20-minute performance from the schools band so they can participate in the largest Chicken Dance youve ever seen. Mike Leckrone has witnessed the madness, known as The Fifth Quarter, up close for decades as Wisconsins band director. Yet explaining the popularity of those postgame shows remains elusive.Thats part of the mystery of the Wisconsin fan, Leckrone said. We get all these people to do crazy things, and theyve done it for years and years. I dont know that theyve ever been able to do anything quite like it anywhere else in the country. People have called me and said, Tell me about this Fifth Quarter.Wisconsin fans are very gregarious, and what we try to do is feed on that and give them some things back that they can pick up on and then have fun with us, too.Leckrone arrived in 1969 to serve as director of the schools marching band and took over as director of the entire band in 1975 -- a role he holds today at age 80. During the early years, the football team inspired little confidence while in the midst of a 20-game winless streak. On-campus protests during the Vietnam War meant few students were interested in wearing a uniform and marching military style. But Leckrone, whose childhood fantasy was to lead a Big Ten band down the field, never wavered in his enthusiasm while leading postgame shows despite minimal interest.Curiosity started to pique during a famous 1978 home football game against Oregon. The band had begun rotating through a series of commercial jingles, including the Budweiser tune, Here Comes the King, with a style imitative of a typical German band. Leckrone seized on the opportunity after fans previously showed great interest in the Beer Barrel Polka. With the help of his band, Leckrone convinced students to change the lyrics from When you say Budweiser, youve said it all, to When you say Wisconsin, youve said it all.During that Oregon game, he played the song on multiple occasions and worked the crowd into a fervor, which coincided with a Wisconsin comeback victory. The song became such a hit that the upper deck of Camp Randall Stadium swayed when it was played, prompting then-athletics director Elroy Hirsch to tell Leckrone not to play the song during games.Instead, Leckrone had the public address speaker make an announcement that it would not be played until five minutes after the game had completed to allow concerned fans to exit, intentionally making a big fuss to spotlight his bands postgame show. The momentum for the song led local sports writer Glenn Miller to dub the performance The Fifth Quarter -- a name that has stuck ever since. The shows became so popular in lean football seasons that Leckrone noted more fans arrived at the end of the game than during.What Mike has done there through the years means a lot to people with the game-day experience, said Lepay, the longtime radio announcer. When you see the band, you see theyre having a good time. Theyre getting involved. The fans see that, they know that, and they like to have a lot of fun with it.Leckrone has continued to find ways to entertain fans over the years, expanding the bands repertoire. He incorporated the Chicken Dance after the schools crew coach, Randy Jablonic, returned from a trip to Europe and suggested Leckrone play it at games. In the 1980s, several of his band members began mimicking Pee Wee Hermans Tequila Dance, and the song quickly found its way into the postgame performance. His biggest failure, he said, was a rendition of the Macarena that students booed because they were fatigued of its popularity in the 1990s.While Leckrone cant fully express why the bands performance has become so important to fans, its role in enhancing the game-day atmosphere has proven to be nearly as vital as the actual game.We have about 20 minutes of solid stuff that is just foolishness in a lot of ways, Leckrone said. 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Before the game Chicago manager Joe Maddon had a simple answer when he was asked about Houstons decision not to draft Bryant.Thank you, Maddon said with a smile.Bryant seemed to have grown weary of all the rehashing of that draft in the last few days, but seemed amused when he was asked if he likes hitting in Houston.Yeah, (batting practice) was fun for sure, he said. Just dont hit it to center.Bryant, taken second in that draft, avoided Houstons deep center field and smacked his 37th homer off Joe Musgrove (2-4) to the short porch in left field to put the Cubs up 2-0 in the fifth inning.Lester (16-4) allowed seven hits and struck out seven for his seventh straight win. He hasnt lost since July 3, hasnt allowed a run in three of those starts and gave up just one run in four others in that span.Rondon took over for the eighth and struck out two before Aroldis Chapman struck out one in a perfect ninth for his 13th save.The victory improved the Cubs to an MLB-best 90-50 a year after they won 97 games to give them consecutive 90-win seasons for the first time since doing it in three straight years from 1928-1930.The Astros had trouble stringing hits together against Lester, and didnt have more than one in an inning until the seventh when Yulieski Gurriel singled with one out and Marwin Gonzalez got another single with two outs. But Lester struck out Colby Rasmus looking to end the threat.Felt like that was the real big turning point in the game, Lester said. 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Marcus Smart has a job that often requires him to take charges from players 4 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier. After his Celtics played six games in nine nights, he was tired and sore.But as he finished his shooting drills, he got himself in the right mood for a charity event he was hosting at the teams practice facility for Childrens Hospital patients and their families.The plan: a video game extravaganza for the patients, who arrived with delight to find Xbox and PlayStation consoles set up around the court. Soon Smart was feeding off the energy of the beaming kids, while the children reveled in a fun NBA respite from the needles, chemotherapy and drudgery of being chronically ill. For a few hours at least, things were a little fun.The afternoon was winding down, and Smart was satisfied his days work was complete -- until, while everyone was packing up, he was approached by the brother of a patient named Damone.Damone, the worlds biggest 16-year-old Marcus Smart fan, was hospitalized with lymphoma and was devastated he was missing this day because he was too ill to leave the hospital.Smart looked at his watch. It had been a long day, but what was one more hour? He drove to Childrens to meet Damone, who, his family explained, had been listless and despondent and hadnt left his bed for weeks. Damone had undergone a bone marrow transplant, and his prognosis was dire. He had lost hope, addressing his family in monosyllabic tones.He was really struggling, really depressed, Smart says. He wouldnt talk to anyone.But when Smart strode into his room, Damone came alive. For the first time in weeks, he sat up. He recited Smarts high school statistics from Flower Mound, Texas, and even rattled off the names and ages of Smarts brothers.One of those brothers, Todd Westbrook, a former all-district player from Lancaster, Texas, was diagnosed with cancer at age 15. He battled his illness for nearly two decades and died at the age of 33, leaving behind a heartbroken younger sibling. Smart says Todds resilience has remained a driving force in his own quest to become an NBA star.Maybe the death of Smarts own brother from cancer is what moved him to reach out to Damone. Maybe thats why the two of them were able to talk so easily and so frankly.I dont know how to describe it, Smart says. You know when you have a special connection with someone that you cant explain? This little guy did it for me.Smart visited with Damone for nearly half an hour. He chatted with him about basketball and about his illness. They talked about Todd Westbrook and his courage in facing his disease. Damone hung on every word.It was the first time the doctors and his parents had seen any positive reaction from him in a long time, Smart says.The following day, on Friday, Jan. 22, Smart and the Celtics played host to the Chicago Bulls. He arranged to have pizza sent to Damones hospital room while he watched the game with his parents. Smart wrote Damones name on his shoes and dedicated the game to him, which the Celtics won 110-101.After the game, Smart motioned to Heather Walker, senior director of public relations of the Celtics, and gave her his sneakers.Make sure Damone gets them, he told her.Walker called Childrens Hospital the next morning to arrange for the shoes to be delivered. What she discovered took her breath away: sometime during the night, after the pizza party and the Celtics victory, Damone had passed away.The news left Smart sobbing like a small child. Nearly a year later, the mention of Damones name still leaves him fighting back tears.I think about him a lot, Smart says. I wish I could have done more.Damones death has left Smart more resolute about understanding pediatric cancer and its unique challenges. The physicians at Childrens allowed him to visit their stem cell research center, where Smart learned neurologists have developed a low-cost test to detect tumors, a welcome alternative to the pricey CT scans that are often difficult for families to afford. Smart was fascinated to discover there is a 3-D model of the brain that physicians practice on before they actually operate on their young patients.None of it can bring back his brother Todd or his pal Damone, but there will be more kids just like them, and Smart promises to be there for them.The one thing I do take out of it, is for that one night, I could make Damone laugh and smile, Smart says. I think thats all he wanted -- to have one more kid moment. 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Gareth Southgate will only consider accepting a contract that runs until the end of Euro 2020 if he is to become England manager on a full-time basis, according to Sky sources. In addition, SSNHQ has been told Southgate will expect financial parity with both his predecessors and other external candidates when he enters into negotiations with the Football Association on Monday.Southgates four-game stint in interim charge came to an end on Tuesday, and FA chief executive Martin Glenn has told SSNHQ that Southgate is in a strong position, but did not rule out interviewing other candidates. FA chief executive Martin Glenn says he been impressed with Gareth Southgate Glenn said: Gareth is in a strong position because, not just the fact the last four games showed a lot of signs of encouragement, but the fact hes worked in the FA for the last couple of years, ran the U21s well, understands how the international set-up works.Southgate spoke in the build-up to Englands game against Spain of the importance of continuity, and with that in mind it is understood he feels a contract until the end of the 2018 World Cup would not be in his, but more importantly the teams best interests. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price As such, he will only consider a contract that runs through until the end of the European Championships in 2020.The financial elements of any negotiations, should the FA decide to offer him the job, will also be key. It was widely reported that Sam Allardyce and Roy Hodgson were on contracts worth £2.5m per year and, while Southgate is known to earn considerably less than that in his current FA role, he is not prepared to accept a contract that sees him earn less than his market worth by virtue of being an internal appointment. 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BALTIMORE -- For the first time this season, the Baltimore Orioles are looking up at two teams in the AL East.Baltimore managed only four hits off David Price before a rainstorm stopped play for good after six innings, and the Boston Red Sox pounded rookie Dylan Bundy in an 8-1 victory Wednesday night.It was the sixth loss in nine games for the Orioles, who fell into third place in the division behind Toronto and Boston. Before this defeat, Baltimore was in first or second place since opening day.Weve got to keep doing some things to keep us engaged in it, to have a chance in September, manager Buck Showalter said. Theres a lot of baseball to be played.In order to keep pace in a very tight division, the Orioles are going to need better starting pitching. In this one, Bundy (6-4), a rookie, allowed five runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings against the highest-scoring team in the majors.I threw some good pitches and they still hit them, Bundy said. So, its just one of those nights. Just got to learn from it and get better from here.The Orioles 39-19 home record is the best in the AL, but theyre 2-4 against the Red Sox at Camden Yards after Bostons two-game sweep.Still, its way too early to panic.I mean its so close, the separation between the teams, said Chris Davis, whose solo homer accounted for all of Baltimores offense. The important part is to keep going. There is still plenty of time left to regroup and get back on track.Jackie Bradley Jr. homered and drove in four runs for the Red Sox, who have won six straight following a 7-13 run.Our starters have set the tone in this stretch, manager John Farrell said.Price (11-8) was cruising until a driving storm stopped play, and the game was finally called after a delay of 1 hour, 17 minutes.Price struck out four and walked none to earn his second victory in seven starts since July 10.Well go as far as the starters take us, and weve thrown the ball well as a group, the left-hander said.Boston outscored the Orioles 13-4 in the two games.We didnt pitch particularly well in certain spots, Showalter conceded.Orioles nemesis Mookie Betts went 2 for 3 with a walk and scored three runs. Betts is batting .440 with eight homers, 19 runs scored and 17 RBI in 12 games against Baltimore this season.The game turned in the third inning with the score tied at 1. Bundy awkwardly toppled off the mound chasing a grounder to the right side and appeared to twist his right ankle. He declared himself OK after taking a few warmup pitches, and play resumed with two outs and the bases empty.Bundy issued a two-out walk to Betts on a 3-2 count, and Bradley followed with a drive that cleared the wall in center field.Sandy Leon hit a two-run shot in the fifth and Bradley doubled in two runs in the sixth against Tyler Wright.MILESTONEFarrell picked up his 313th win as Red Sox manager, moving past Ralph Houk for sole possession of ninth place in club history. Eddie Kasko ranks eighth with 345 wins.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez showed no lingering effects from the left hamstring tightness that forced him to leave Tuesdays game. At this point, were planning on him starting on Sunday, Farrell said. ... RHP Steven Wright (right shoulder strain) will have a bullpen session Saturday before coming off the DL on Tuesday.Orioles: RHP Chris Tillman (shoulder soreness) remains on course to start Saturday after being pushed back from Wednesday, Showalter said. ... OF Joey Rickard (thumb ligament) will be in a splint for 2/3 more weeks before starting baseball activities.UP NEXTRed Sox: RHP Clay Buchholz (4-9, 5.66) makes his 14th start of the season Thursday afternoon in the opener of a four-game series in Detroit.Orioles: RHP Kevin Gausman (3-10, 4.04) heads to the mound to help launch a four-game series against the visiting Houston Astros. Nike Air Vapormax Be True .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. Vans Old Skool Blancas . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. 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November 14 I arrive in Auckland in the afternoon and clear immigration and customs, but before I can set foot outside, I go through the now-standard procedure of being robbed at the airport. I blame mobile-phone companies.There used to be specialised SIM card booths in many airports, with cheerful staff who would set up your phone with the exact plan you required, while self-sacrificially listening your complaints about the flight. Increasingly, these outlets are disappearing. Now you are made to personally navigate a system in which the customer is set up to fail.This time I buy myself a SIM and NZ$20 worth of credit with a view to getting a $19 plan, but as soon as I load the credit into the phone, all my emails and messages come through in a torrent. When I try to buy the plan - maybe 30 seconds later - I am told I have already spent too much. I am forced to spend another $20 on credit (the minimum amount), and have effectively forked out $40 for $19 of value.I guess you could argue that I should have turned off my mobile data before loading the credit. But look, I am not arguing that I am not a doofus. The point is that the mobile companies intentionally prey on doofuses such as myself and, I think we can all agree, this makes them terrible people.November 15 Next morning, back at the airport, I am reminded of how charmingly intimate and considerate a country New Zealand is. As I await my flight to Christchurch, a Ms Schultz is summoned to her boarding gate no fewer than four times. The last of these announcements ends with: …the other passengers have boarded and are waiting for you. You can almost imagine the whole plane staring expectantly at the door, then breaking out in huge cheers and high fives when she strides in triumphantly.A little later, the announcer suggests - in the politest tone - that a mother who has misplaced a young daughter please pick her up from the check-in counter. Off to the left, two airline staff are joyfully posing for selfies with tourists, even though these are the kind of people who, as a rule, are unsatisfied with the first two dozen versions of any photograph.Then, just as I am about to board, a Mr Barry is helpfully told over the speaker system that he is walking around with his fly undone.Okay, that last one didnt happen, but Im certain that, at some point, it must have.November 16 A violent earthquake hit North Canterbury in the days before I arrived. Although Christchurch has been spared this time, people in towns further north have been cut off by landslides, and damage to roads. On the radio, the presenter is sympathetically interviewing one of the victims, whose tiny town lies between two of the larger landslides. Are your family okay? she asks him. How worried are you about aftershocks? Has there been damage to your house? He gives five-word answers to each of these, but is more effusive when she asks how he is doing for supplies. Aww, well, we havent been able ta get to the shops since bloody Thursday, aye? Were runnin outta beer and wine, so Id say thats definitely a concern.November 17 The Hagley Oval press area is not a box or room - it is a tent perched halfway up a grass bank. Its a wonderful place from which to cover a match when its sunny, but a challenge when its cold. On this rained-out first day of the series, an icy southerly rattles the metal framework and whips up the plastic sheets around us.A lot is made of the courage and commitment of cricketers, who put their bodies on the line for their craft; who live with discipline, and pursue dreams with unwavering will. I, for one, think cricket writers are no less worthy of adulation. My fingers have become numb by afternoon but nevertheless I gather up my resolve and heroically pass on weather updates to my colleagues on ball-by-ball commentary. Steadfastly do I remain in this battered press tent all day, though the carrot cake we are served for tea is slightly drier than is ideal.November 19 The hotel I am staying at has one of those signs encouraging patrons to reuse towels in order to reduce the hotels impact on the environment. The idea that hotels care about the earth is, of course, complete crap - they merely want to cut down on bills. Many hotels would set fire to polar bear cubs if it turned them a profit. Still, I dont mind reusing towels, so I put mine back on the rack every day, only to find upon my return that that all towels have been replaced, in contravention of their own policy. Not only that, even the barely used shampoo bottles and sooaps have been thrown out, and new ones put in their place.ddddddddddddOne morning I break open a tissue box and use just one sheet, then find a brand new box on the table when I return. I begin to wonder if I was actually sleeping in the same bed every day, or if these people were throwing it out daily and putting a brand-new one in its place.November 20 Sri Lankan friends in Christchurch kindly have me over to dinner, and I feast enthusiastically on idi appa, pol sambol and a dark chicken curry. They are fairly recent immigrants to New Zealand and are still figuring out the lay of their new land.Since coming here, we have learned to say yes straight away when visiting peoples houses, they tell me.What do you mean? I ask.Well, in Sri Lanka, when you are a guest, its polite to refuse the first offer of a meal or a cup of tea. Only when they insist are you supposed to agree.Sure, and here?Here, if you say no, thats it. They wont offer you again. If you refuse it, you dont get to bloody eat.November 22 New Zealand is almost too good to be a real country. It has its issues, of course, but there are no major ethnic tensions (not in comparison to most countries, at least) and no obvious signs of public unrest. It has a stable and trusted government (again, by global standards), and its national icon is a fittingly inoffensive animal. Sometimes its so perfect, its infuriating. This is my third trip around the country in as many years, and the breathtaking scenery keeps rolling by without relent. I am flying over north Canterbury - not an area especially reputed for its beauty - yet here lie these annoyingly gorgeous mountain ridges, all ruggedly serrated, while below, smug cords of captivating blue water wrap around the hills like ribbons on a present. The Pacific Ocean glints obnoxiously in the distance.It just doesnt seem fair.November 23 Over the past two decades it has become very cool to hate on Hamilton. Coffee-shop hipsters in Wellington will talk about how chlamydia is an airborne disease there, and how the Waikato river brings farming effluent through the middle of town (not true). Comedians will poke fun at Hamiltonians on TV, and Aucklanders heading south will say they take detours just to avoid going near the city.I come to Hamilton hoping to rise above all this snarky criticism, intent on seeing it with fresh eyes. Perhaps I would discover something truly wonderful and unique, I think. But when I arrive, I learn there is no Uber in the city, nor any other ride-hailing system. Cabs are not common, and locals tell me not to bother with public transport. Even backward Sri Lankan towns have this. Instead of tracking the cab on my phone like a reasonable person, I have to stand on a street corner waiting for it for ages, like some kind of Neanderthal.Sometimes, Hamilton, you do have to help yourself.(For any Hamilton residents reading this - my hometown is Dehiwala, and if you want to rip it apart in the comments, I guess that is only fair.) November 27 Mohammad Amir comes to the post-play press conference - quite unexpectedly, as most journalists thought he was still off limits since his return from suspension. He understands our English but is more comfortable answering in Urdu, and he chuckles when asked about all the catches that have been dropped off his bowling.All the journalists behave themselves. No spiky questions about his suspension are asked. When he leaves, the Kiwi journalists dont miss the chance to malign their Australian counterparts, who, it is thought, will give Amir a very different reception.Wait till Pakistan get over there, says one reporter. Theyll get some different questions there.Aww maayte, says another in a mock Aussie accent, imitating a journalists question. Do you really theenk you deserve to be hee after what youve done?November 29 The first Test I ever covered was in Hamilton, in 2009. I stayed too long in the press box one evening and managed to get myself locked in the stadium. I had to climb over a fence to get out, and in the process, dropped and damaged my laptop.I realise now, that it had been a training run for this Test, when again, I stay too long and get myself locked in. This time, with a much more expensive laptop, I climb the same fence, but carefully avoid the old mistake - dropping gingerly down onto the pavement, to go wait on the corner for my taxi for what seems like an hour. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale China NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Authentic Jerseys ' ' '

CINCINNATI -- The Bengals are looking up at the standings, something they havent had to do for two years.And the defending AFC North champions have some significant issues to fix in order to make up ground.They couldnt run the ball again during a 24-16 defeat in Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Bengals third loss in a row to their Ohio River rival.This one left them playing catch-up, something they havent had to do. Last season, they led the division the whole way after an 8-0 start.Two games in, Cincinnati (1-1) trails both the Steelers (2-0) and the Ravens (2-0) with the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos -- also 2-0 -- coming to town for the Bengals home opener on Sunday.One of their most glaring problems in the first two games was their inability to run. They managed only 57 yards -- a 3.0 average per carry -- during a 22-20 win at the Jets in their season opener.Andy Dalton was able to get them through it, completing all but three of his passes in the last three quarters.They were even worse on Sunday in Pittsburgh in the rain, managing only 46 yards for a 2.6-yard average. Through the first two games, their top running backs havent even combined on 100 yards total.Jeremy Hill has 53 yards on 20 carries. Giovani Bernard has 42 yards on 10 carries. Their longest run of the season is only 12 yards.They get to the line and go nowhere.Ive got to break more tackles, Bernard said on Monday. Ive got to make that guy miss. As a running back, you always try to not let that first one tackle me. I havent done that.Their inability to run was most glaring in the third quarter, when they drove for a first-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Hill lost 2 yards on a run up the middle, and Dalton threw a couple of incompletions, forcing Cincinnati to settle for a field goal.Dalton got sacked a career-high seven times in the opener. He was sacked only once in Pittsburgh, but the running game was no better.One of those things got fixed this week, offensive coordinator Ken Zampese said Monday, referring to the sacks. This coming week, well get the other one handled.Cincinnatis running game ranked second-to-last in the league after two games. Only Minnesota -- which lost Adrian Peterson to a knee injury on Sunday -- was worse.Game notes Coach Marvin Lewis explained his decision not to challenge a call that C.J. Uzomah was out of bounds on a catch at the back of the end zone. The tight ends knee landed right by the back line, and the officials ruled it was an incomplete pass. The replays were inconclusive.First lets clear one thing up: The coaches dont get a view like you guys think they get, Lewis said, referring to the various angles and stop-action views. Thats such a fallacy of TV, of what they get upstairs. They dont get them. Then its immediate, weve got to go to the next play.The Bengals thought that receiver Tyler Boyds fumble that essentially ended the game should have been reversed. After a review, the officials upheld the call. The Bengals thought he fumbled after he was down.Everybody on the field thought the opposite, and it didnt work that way, Lewis said.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Rene Robert Jersey . What general manager Dave Nonis called "short and productive" negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. Avalanche Jerseys For Sale . 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He has a phone hearing with the department of player safety, which limits any potential suspension to five or fewer games.CHICAGO -- The boos Nick Swisher heard before his first plate appearance were nothing compared to the reception he received after his tiebreaking single in the eighth. Swishers single helped the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox for the third time in less than 24 hours, 4-3 Saturday. His homer in the ninth inning Friday night propelled Cleveland to a sweep of a marathon doubleheader. "Its that never die attitude," Swisher said. "I just feel like we keep fighting. We keep doing our thing. This is a good squad." This time, Cabrera, Jason Kipnis and Swisher hit consecutive one-out singles off Jesse Crain (2-3) in the eighth. Crain allowed his first earned run since April 12. He went 31 outings before Saturday without giving up an earned run. "Its one of those hes always going to come in, kind of the toughest situations," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "That eighth innings just one of those, depending on where that lineup is, its usually a nasty situation. Its impressive just kind of the run hes been on." Joe Martinez (1-0), called up from Triple-A Columbus Saturday, earned the victory in his first major league appearance this season. He pitched two innings and held Chicago to two hits and no runs with one strikeout. "He really clutched up," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said about Martinez. "Thats not the easiest situation to be put into. "Its not like there was a safety net there," Francona added. "He did really well." Cleveland closer Chris Perez earned his seventh save in nine attempts. Kipnis tied the game 3-all with a two-run home run in the sixth inning. Kipnis said he caught a cutter from White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Axelrod. Michael Bourn started the inning with a walk and Cabrera flew out to right field before Kipnis homered beyond the bullpen in right field. "It wasnt a big swing," said Kipnis, who has a 12-game hitting streak and has reached base in 32 consecutive games. "It was more reacting in and letting the hands do the work. I got it well enough." Chicago rallied with two oouts in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead.dddddddddddd Conor Gillaspie and Dayan Viciedo had back-to-back RBI singles to score Alex Rios and Jeff Keppinger. Catcher Tyler Flowers had a chance to add on but struck out looking with the bases loaded. Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera hit his sixth home run of the season to tie the game at 1 in the fourth inning. White Sox left fielder Viciedo made a pair of terrific catches that easily could have been base hits for the Indians. His first was a diving grab of a looper from Cabrera that was fair and in shallow left field, where Viciedo snagged it just as it was about to hit the ground. His second highlight catch prevented Michael Bourn from reaching base in the third inning, when Viciedo sprinted into the gap to make the play. He also went 3 for 4 with an RBI and a double. "Today, energy wise, he was up and ready to go," Ventura said. "Swinging the bat, he was a lot better, too. Just something that seemed a little calmer with him." Chicago took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when Flowers had an RBI double, but the White Sox stranded runners on second and third. NOTES: White Sox 1B/DH Paul Konerko took batting practice Saturday, his first action since last playing June 23 in Kansas City. Konerko, who has pain in the lower right side of his back, doesnt think hes headed to the disabled list and hopes to play Sunday. 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