Die Macht » ts history.The spectacle was appropri

Sydney premiership-leading jockey Brenton Avdulla has been taken to hospital for X-rays on his right knee after a barrier mishap at Rosehill.Avdulla has been on the crest of a wave this season, leading both the metropolitan and NSW premierships and claiming the VRC Oaks on Lasqueti Spirit.But he came crashing down when Cottage acted up in the gates before Saturdays second race and both jockey and horse were late scratchings with mare kicking out at Avdulla .Cottage also landed a blow on the favourite Dagny in the adjacent stall forcing that mares withdrawal.With the field for the Promaster Protection (1400m) reduced to eight, the Gerald Ryan-trained Girl Sunday ($9) took up the role of race leader with apprentice James Innes rating her to perfection.And as new race favourite Dixie Chick ($4.40) was bearing down hard, Girl Sunday raised another effort to beat her by a short half-head.It helped us with Cottage out of the race. She was able to lead comfortably, Innes said.Cottages trainer John OShea said the mare would now go for a spell.The incident could prove costly for Avdulla who was in the box seat for the Godolphin stables plum rides with James McDonald standing himself down pending an investigation into a betting offence. Donte Jackson Womens Jersey . Scott Kazmir allowed four hits in seven shutout innings, Michael Brantley hit a two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Indians maintained their hold on an AL wild-card spot with a 4-1 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Greg Little Panthers Jersey .C. -- Charlotte Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said after all of these years in the NBA hes still amazed at some of the things LeBron James does. http://www.shoppanthersonline.us/panthers-christian-mccaffrey-blue-jersey/ . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. Christian Miller Panthers Jersey . Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night. Sam Mills Panthers Jersey . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Buried beneath the confidence and the charisma, sprinkled between the jokes at the start of the news conference and the almost-naked dancers at the end, were a few hints that Usain Bolt is not in top shape for the Rio Olympics.The Jamaican Olympic team held what was billed as an introductory news conference Monday. It was more like a show. Instead of gathering at the Olympic Park media venue, which was good enough for Serena Williams, the USA mens basketball team and the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jamaica rented out a gleaming museum. Drinks and snacks were in abundance, as were executives and logos from Puma, which sponsors Bolt and the national team, in that order. The production began with a short film about Jamaican sports history.The spectacle was appropriate for Bolt, who considers himself both sprinter and entertainer. Hes the overwhelming favorite to win an unprecedented three sprint golds in a third consecutive Games -- the triple triple. His world records in the 100 and 200 are unassailable. A loss in Rio would be a monumental upset.But perhaps not inconceivable.The worlds fastest man pulled out of the Jamaican Olympic trials July 1 with a slight hamstring injury, then qualified for Rio on July 22 by winning a 200 in London in 19.89 seconds. After that race, Bolt said his cooach, Glen Mills, told him, thats one of the worst races youve ever run.ddddddddddddI was like what? Bolt said at the news conference. (Mills said) yeah, the corner was awful, he just went on until I got depressed. It was one of those things.Maybe that was just Mills motivating the notoriously lazy Bolt. In past years, Bolt has coasted into championships out of shape, but he has still found ways to win every time. The 2015 world championships in Beijing was Bolts closest call yet. In the 100, American sprinter Justin Gatlin was even with Bolt going into the final 20 meters, but Gatlin lost his composure and stumbled to the finish line. Bolt won by one hundredth of a second, 9.79 to Gatlins 9.80.On Monday, Bolt said his race with Gatlin in Rio wont be as close. It hasnt been a perfect season, Bolt said. But Im in much better shape, got a lot more races in.Enough races to achieve his long-stated goal of lowering his 200-meter world record to under 19 seconds?I think its going to be a little bit hard, Bolt said. I missed out on trials, and on training the last few weeks of the season. But you never know.We will find out this Sunday, in the 100-meter finals, just what kind of shape the legend is in. ' ' '