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Oklahoma State gives
Gundy an extension
Oklahoma State football coach
Mike G undy agreed to a new
perpetual five-year contract that
will keep him at h is alma mater
indefinitely, the school
announced Friday.
The contract extension comes
a year after a high-profile
incident that resulted in Gundy’s
contract being shortened a nd his
salary reduced. G undy sparked
controversy i n June 2020 when a
photo s urfaced on social media
showing the coach wearing a
T -shirt with a One America News
(OAN) logo on it. OAN is a far-
right television network that
promotes conspiracy theories
and called the Black Lives Matter
movement “a farce” and a
“criminal front group.”
In r esponse, star running back
Chuba Hubbard , now a member
of the Carolina Panthers,
threatened t o boycott campus
events until c hanges were made.
Gundy a nd Hubbard
subsequently released a joint
video i n which they reconciled,
and Gundy issued a nother
apology t he following d ay,
claiming he learned a bout OAN’s
views after listening to his
players.
Gundy, who played
quarterback for the Cowboys
from 1986 to 1989, h as been the
Oklahoma State coach since
- He h as a record of 1 43-67.
Oklahoma State is ranked eighth
in the country after a 6-0 s tart
that included a 32-24 w in over
Texas last weekend.
— Andrew Golden
Southern Mississippi accepted
an invitation to join t he Sun Belt
Conference, dealing another
blow to Conference USA, w hich
already had six members
announce their departures this
week.
Two people familiar with the
decision told the Associated Press
that Southern Miss had agreed to
leave a conference it helped
found i n 1995 and join the Sun
Belt at a date to be determined.
This comes a day after the
American Athletic Conference
announced the additions of six
C -USA s chools — UAB, Charlotte,
Rice, F lorida A tlantic, North
Texas and UTSA — also at a date
to be determined....
Chase Cunningham passed
for 297 yards and f our
touchdowns, a nd Middle
Tennessee scored in every
quarter and defeated
Connecticut, 44-13.
SOCCER
Arsenal delivered its best
performance of the season to
beat Aston Villa, 3-1, in London in
the English Premier League.
Thomas Partey opened the
scoring in the 23rd minute w ith
his first Arsenal goal before
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
doubled the lead just before
halftime, converting the rebound
after seeing his penalty saved....
A stunning 90th-minute goal
from far outside the area by
Granada substitute Ángel
Montoro d enied 10-man
Osasuna the chance t o move to
the top of the Spanish league.
Montoro’s l ong-range lob over
the head of goalkeeper Sergio
Herrera snatched a 1-1 draw f or a
Granada side that had been
outplayed at E l Sadar Stadium.
TENNIS
World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty
won’t d efend h er season-ending
WTA Finals title and is done for
the year because of continuing
travel and quarantine
restrictions.
“It was a difficult decision, but
I need to prioritize my b ody and
my r ecovery from o ur 2021
season,” Barty s aid in a
statement.
Barty h asn’t p layed since t he
U. S. Open in September and said
her focus now is on preparing for
the Australian Open in
Melbourne in January....
Qualifier Jenson Brooksby
locked up a berth in the Next Gen
Finals for the top 21-and-under
players o n the ATP Tour by
reaching the semifinals i n
Antwerp, Belgium, with a 7-5, 6-0
victory over Alejandro
Davidovich Fokina.
Brooksby, a 20-year-old from
California ranked a career-best
70th, reached the final four at an
ATP tournament f or the t hird
time this season, including t he
Citi Open in August. This already
has been a breakthrough y ear for
Brooksby, who finished 2020
ranked outside the top 300 and
took a set off Novak Djokovic a t
the U. S. Open before losing their
fourth-round match.
Brooksby will turn 21 on
Tuesday.
Next up for Brooksby at t he
indoor hard-court tournament i n
Antwerp will be a match against
No. 2 seed Diego Schwartzman
of Argentina on Saturday.
Schwartzman, a French Open
semifinalist in 2020, followed up
his win a gainst three-time Grand
Slam champion Andy Murray b y
beating American qualifier
Brandon Nakashima , 6-4, 6-2.
On the top half of the draw,
Saturday’s other semifinal will be
No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner of Italy
against No. 7 seed Lloyd Harris
of South Africa.
Sinner moved closer to what
would be his fourth title of the
season by defeating Arthur
Rinderknech , 6 -4, 6-2. Harris
advanced with a 6-2, 7-5 victory
over Marton Fucsovics....
Aryna Sabalenka ’s f irst
tournament since s he tested
positive f or the coronavirus
ended a fter only two matches.
The second-ranked Belarusian
lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova ,
6 -3, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of
the Kremlin Cup.
Alexandrova will face Maria
Sakkari in the semifinals.
Sakkari booked her semifinal
spot by beating Simona Halep ,
6 -4, 6-4, after holding off a late
surge from the Romanian, who
broke back twice from 5 -1 d own
in the second set.
Also, Garbine Muguruza was
beaten, 6-1, 6-1, by Anett
Kontaveit after the two-time
Grand Slam champion lost three
straight service games over the
first and s econd sets.MISC.
Zhang Boheng o f China edged
Olympic champion Daiki
Hashimoto t o win the gold
medal i n the men’s a ll-around at
the gymnastics world
championships in Kitakyushu,
Japan.
Zhang, who didn’t q ualify for
China’s team for this summer’s
Olympics, b ecame the first
Chinese men’s a ll-around world
champion since 2017.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSKevin Durant had 29 points,
15 rebounds and 12 assists, James
Harden scored 20 points, and the
Brooklyn Nets closed with a 16-1
run to beat the Philadelphia 76ers,
114-109, on Friday night as each
team played without a much-dis-
cussed star guard.
Kyrie Irving was sidelined for
the Nets because of his refusal to
get a coronavirus vaccine. Ben
Simmons sat out the 76ers’ home
opener for personal reasons, and
Philadelphia does not know when
the three-time all-star will return.
Brooklyn did not lead or tie
until LaMarcus Aldridge’s and-
one dunk with 48 seconds to go
made it 108-all. He sank the free
throw for the one-point lead.Durant hit two free throws with
14 seconds left to seal the Nets’
comeback from a 14-point deficit.
Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris
and Seth Curry each had
23 points, while Joel Embiid
scored 19 on a sore right knee.
l RAPTORS 115, CELTICS 83:
Scottie Barnes had 25 points and
13 rebounds, Gary Tr ent Jr. scored
12 of his 20 points in the third
quarter, and Toronto poured it on
to spoil Boston’s h ome opener.
Precious Achiuwa had 15 points
and 15 rebounds and Fred Van -
Vleet had 11 points and nine as-
sists for the Raptors.
In Celtics Coach Ime Udoka’s
home debut, Jayson Tatum scored
18 points and Al Horford returned
for a second stint with the Celtics
to add 11 points and 11 rebounds.
l KNICKS 121, MAGIC 96: J u-
lius Randle had 21 points, 10 re-
bounds and seven assists, and
New York improved to 2-0 for the
first time since the 2012-13 seasonwith a road rout of Orlando.
The Knicks made a fra-
nchise-record 24 three-pointers
against the rebuilding Magic.
l NUGGETS 102, SPURS 96:
Nikola Jokic had 28 points and
16 rebounds and overcame six
turnovers to lead Denver past San
Antonio at h ome.
Jokic w as serenaded with
“MVP!” chants when he hit a fade-
away jumper that gave the Nug-
gets a 100-93 lead with 1:32 to go.
l BULLS 128, PELICANS 112:
Zach LaVine scored 32 points, De-
Mar DeRozan added 26, and Chi-
cago delighted its home fans with
an easy victory over New Orleans.
The Bulls’ Lonzo Ball added a
triple-double with 17 p oints, 10 re-
bounds and 10 assists against his
former team.
l ROCKETS 124, THUNDER
91: Christian Wood had 31 points
and 14 rebounds to help Houston
win its home opener over Okla-
homa City.l HORNETS 123, CAVA-
LIERS 112: Miles Bridges scored
30 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 25,
and Charlotte took advantage of
Cleveland’s sloppiness to pull
away l ate on the road.Suns defend team culture
The Phoenix Suns released a
statement regarding a potential
media investigation into their
workplace culture, denying that
the organization or owner Robert
Sarver has a history of racism or
sexism.
The statement said the Suns
are aware that ESPN is working
on a story accusing the organiza-
tion of misconduct on a “variety o f
topics.” The statement said these
were “completely baseless claims”
and that “documentary evidence
in our possession and eyewitness
accounts directly contradict the
reporter’s a ccusations, and we are
preparing our response to his
questions.”NBA ROUNDUPWith a triple-double, Durant leads Nets past 76ers
NETS 114,
76ERS 109the b est shot for our team, b ut ain’t
no fear in those moments. L ike, in
my opinion, I’m one of if not the
best in the l eague at i t.”
Dinwiddie then set up Bertans
with 35 seconds left in overtime,
driving and kicking the ball back
out t o the sharpshooter, who need-
ed just a second to get in position
before hitting a huge three to put
the Wizards up 134 -131. Kuzma
then put the game out of reach at
the free throw line with six sec-
onds to play.
Dinwiddie finished with a
team-high 34 points, shooting
6 for 9 from beyond the arc.Beal expected back Monday
Unseld anticipates Beal will
play Monday when the Wizards
travel to Brooklyn to face Kevin
Durant, James Harden and the
Nets despite the h ip contusion.
“I don’t foresee any residual ef-
fects. It just seemed like it was a
pain threshold at this point, little
bit o f mobility,” Unseld said before
the game. “But beyond that there
was nothing structural or any-
thing w orrisome.”Bertans provides a boost
Bertans’s performance gave
Wizards fans reason to hope that
last year’s shooting woes were a
fluke. Bertans turned in h is lowest
career field goal percentage last
season (40.4 percent) and his sec-
ond-lowest mark f rom beyond the
arc (39.5) after missing most of
training camp because of visa is-
sues, contracting the coronavirus
and injuring his calf late in the
season.
In the home opener, Bertans
flaunted the shooting form that
earned him an $85 million con-
tract in Washington.
The Latvian erupted for
11 points in nine minutes off the
bench in the first half a nd sparked
a 13-0 r un t hat helped the Wizards
regain momentum in the second
quarter. He also showed off a few
new moves, including a dunk in
the first quarter. His second at-
tempt getting to the rim was un-
successful, but he is clearly more
comfortable testing the limits of
his skill set this season, part of
which has to do with his connec-
tion with Dinwiddie as a passer.
“He has a really quick first step,
he can get to the rim, and that’s t he
moment where the defense has to
collapse, and that’s the type of
game that I enjoy, a ctually, moving
around and finding the open spot,”
Bertans said of the point guard.His message to his players ahead
of the game was simple: Even with-
out Beal, they had enough to win.
They p roved him right.
Holiday (seven points in
25 minutes) did a satisfactory job
filling in, and the rest of the Wiz-
ards proved they could keep up
with ease i n a shootout even with-
out t heir star guard. Davis B ertans
(17 points) and Kyle Kuzma (26)
got hot at the right moments, and
Montrezl Harrell again anchored
the d efense w ith e nergy and confi-
dence that won over the crowd in
Washington and earned him
“ M-V-P” chants in his first home
game as a Wizard.
But it was point guard Spencer
Dinwiddie’s offense and orches-
tration down the stretch that
helped Washington (2-0) seal the
win.
“Everyone made big plays, ev-
eryone h ad a stretch. [Bertans] got
it going early, obviously Spencer
late, Tr ez had a stretch, Kuz had a
stretch. So it was good to see; it
wasn’t reliant on one person,” Un-
seld said. “Obviously, we’re miss-
ing a big piece of our offense to-
night, but next-man-up mentality.... It’s a gutsy win. It wasn’t per-
fect by any means, but we’ll take
it.”
Here is what you need to know
from Friday’s victory:
Dinwiddie comes up big
With four Wizards stacked on
one side of the court and 34 sec-
onds remaining, Dinwiddie took
the ball to the top of the key and
nailed a game-tying three-pointer
from 28 feet t o force o vertime. The
play was even more impressive
considering Dinwiddie’s greatest
talent is getting to the rim — as
NBA.com’s John Schuhmann
pointed out, the guard was 2 for 2 4
on clutch three-pointers in his last
fully healthy season.
Dinwiddie said of his reputa-
tion as not exactly a clutch three-
point shooter: “Look, I get it, I’m
not the sexiest name, nor do I
[pretend to be] Dame [Lillard] or
Steph [Curry] or none of those
guys. But those things h appen; the
proof is in the pudding. Like,
game-winning shots, w e can go o n
YouTube and look at mine. And if
Brad’s out, I probably will be the
one taking those most times, I
would say. And if Brad’s in, then
that’s his s hot t o take or his play to
make.
“So you just understand what’sWIZARDS FROM D1With Beal out, Wizardswin home opener in OTJOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 34 points, nine assists and six
rebounds as the Wizards outlasted Chris Duarte and the Pacers.FROM WIRE SERVICESThe undefeated Arizona Cardi-
nals are still sifting through coro-
navirus issues as they l ook to start
7-0 for t he first time since 1974.
Coach Kliff Kingsbury, quarter-
backs coach Cam Turner, line-
backer Chandler Jones and d efen-
sive linemen Z ach Allen and Corey
Peters missed l ast week’s 37-14 win
over the Cleveland Browns after
testing positive. So far, only Tur-
ner and Jones are back.
Defensive coordinator Vance
Joseph said the team is hoping
Kingsbury w ill be cleared f or Sun-
day’s game against the Houston
Texans. If he r emains o ut, the C ar-
dinals will go with a similar plan
as last week, w ith J oseph in c harge
of the defense and assistant re-
ceivers coach Spencer Whipple
calling the o ffensive plays.
Jones spent more than a week on
the covid-19 reserve list. It’s u nclear
whether he will play Sunday.l BUCCANEERS: Second-
leading t ackler Lavonte D avid (an-
kle) and cornerback Richard S her-
man (hamstring) will not play
Sunday against t he Chicago B ears,
Coach Bruce Arians said. They w ill
be joined on the sideline by tight
end Rob Gronkowski (ribs) and
wide receiver Antonio Brown (an-
kle).
Edge rusher Jason Pierre-Paul
(hand/shoulder) did not practice,
but A rians indicated he could play.
Meanwhile, safety Antoine
Winfield Jr. passed concussion
protocols a nd i s good to go.
l 49ERS: Quarterback Jimmy
Garoppolo i s healthy a nd will start
against the Indianapolis Colts on
Sunday, but left tackle Tr ent Wil-
liams ( ankle) could be s idelined.
Rookie backup quarterback
Tr ey L ance ( knee) w ill sit out but is
expected back next week.
Williams first hurt his ankle
against Arizona on Oct. 10. After
aggravating it Monday, he didn’tpractice the r est of t he week and i s
listed as doubtful f or Sunday.
l TITANS: Starting left tackle
Taylor Lewan (concussion) will
not s uit u p against the Kansas City
Chiefs on S unday.
Tennessee also r uled out r eturn
man Chester Rogers (groin) and
linebacker Monty Rice (groin).
Wide receiver Julio Jones (ham-
string), linebacker Bud Dupree
(knee) and safety Amani Hooker
(groin) a re questionable.
Punter Brett K ern was activated
off the covid list and will play
Sunday. Wide receiver A.J. Brown
is also set to play after missing two
days of practice because of food
poisoning.
l RAVENS: Running back Lat-
avius Murray (ankle) and wide
receiver Sammy Watkins (thigh)
will not face the Cincinnati Ben-
gals on S unday.
Tackle Alejandro Villanueva
(knee), center Bradley Bozeman
(back), cornerback Tavon Young(knee) and linebacker Patrick
Queen (thigh) are listed as ques-
tionable after being limited in
practice t his week.
l GIANTS: New York again w ill
be without running back Saquon
Barkley (ankle) and wide receivers
Kenny Golladay (knee) and Ka-
darius Toney (ankle) against the
Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
But the offense is expected to
get back wide receiver Darius
Slayton (hamstring).
l FALCONS: Starting defen-
sive end Dante Fowler (knee) was
placed on injured r eserve and will
miss at l east three g ames.
l BEARS: Tight end Jimmy
Graham was placed on the covid
list, joining running back Damien
Williams and linebacker Robert
Quinn.
l SAINTS: Three-time Pro
Bowl safety Malcolm Jenkins be-
came a minority investor in the
Premier League’s Burnley Foot-
ball Club this week.NFL NOTESCardinals’ Kingsbury could miss a second gamethat ended in a 73-73 tie and was
largely bereft o f defense.Holiday earns the start
Unseld s et t he stage for a family
feud in starting Aaron Holiday —
against his former team — in
Beal’s p lace. Holiday’s older broth-
er Justin started for t he Pacers.
The 6-foot point guard spent
his first three years in the league
with Indiana, and his familiarity
with his old franchise showed
when he scored the first points of
the game. Playing alongside Din-
widdie as the two-guard in the
starting lineup, Holiday resumed
his normal duties as floor general
when he played with the second
unit next to Neto, Deni Avdija,
Kuzma and Harrell.
Rookie Corey Kispert also
cracked the lineup with Beal out,
making his NBA debut. He also
stepped up to fill in for Beal and
give the customary pre-home
opener address to the crowd at
Capital O ne Arena.
[email protected]WIZARDS’ NEXT THREEat Brooklyn NetsMonday7:30 NBCSW,
NBA TVat Boston CelticsWednesday7:30 NBCSWvs. Atlanta HawksThursday7NBCSWRadio: WTEM (980 AM)“Just be ready to catch the pass
when it comes.”
With just over two minutes left
in the third quarter, Bertans
switched off guarding Domantas
Sabonis, called Raul N eto off Chris
Duarte, kept a hand in the guard’s
face and forced h im to miss before
hitting a smooth three-pointer on
the n ext possession.
It helped that Bertans wasn’t
the only hot shooter from three
Friday. Washington made 10 of 13
from beyond the arc in a first halfWizards 135, Pacers 134 (OT)
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Washington ................... 324133171 2— 135
INDIANA MIN FG FT O-TAPFPTS
J.Holiday 20:13 2-4 0-0 0-102 5
Turner 43:36 15-22 5-8 5-10 0340
Sabonis 42:50 10-13 6-8 1-9 7328
Brogdon 44:02 12-22 2-2 1-8 8328
Duarte 45:18 6-16 0-0 0-4 5215
Lamb 23:46 3-8 2-2 0-414 9
McConnell 23:34 4-9 0-0 0-551 9
Craig 11:42 0-2 0-0 0-113 0
Brissett 7:52 0-0 0-0 0-001 0
Wanamaker 2:07 0-1 0-0 0-010 0
TOTALS 265 52-97 15-20 7-42 28 22 134
Percentages: FG .536, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 15-34, .441
(Turner 5-9, Duarte 3-8, Brogdon 2-4, Sabonis 2-4, Lamb
1-2, McConnell 1-2, J.Holiday 1-3, Craig 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked Shots: 6
(Turner 3, Brogdon, Craig, Sabonis). Turnovers: 12
(Brogdon 3, Sabonis 3, Duarte 2, J.Holiday, McConnell,
Turner, Wanamaker). Steals: 5 (Brogdon 2, Duarte,
Lamb, Turner). Technical Fouls: Pacers, 2:57 first.
WASHINGTON MIN FG FT O-TAPFPTS
Caldwell-Pope 34:58 2-4 1-1 0-225 7
Kuzma 38:33 10-17 1-2 2-11 2026
Gafford 18:12 4-5 0-0 1-214 8
Dinwiddie 34:43 13-24 2-2 2-6 9234
A.Holiday 25:05 2-6 2-2 1-221 7
Harrell 34:15 4-9 6-6 0-7 2314
Neto 29:29 7-11 3-3 0-3 3118
Bertans 23:01 5-13 3-3 0-2 1117
Avdija 16:43 1-3 0-0 0-212 2
Kispert 10:01 1-2 0-0 0-112 2
TOTALS 265 49-94 18-19 6-38 24 21 135
Percentages: FG .521, FT .947. 3-Point Goals: 19-38, .500
(Dinwiddie 6-9, Kuzma 5-8, Bertans 4-9, Caldwell-Pope
2-4, A.Holiday 1-3, Neto 1-3, Avdija 0-1, Kispert 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: None. Blocked
Shots: 6 (A.Holiday 2, Gafford 2, Harrell, Neto). Turn-
overs: 9 (Kuzma 2, Avdija, Caldwell-Pope, Dinwiddie,
Gafford, Harrell, Kispert, Neto). Steals: 5 (Neto 2,
Bertans, Kispert, Kuzma). Technical Fouls: None.
A: 15,407 (20,356).