导出博客文章JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Houston Texans found a winning formula for the road:
Keep the ball on the ground and avoid turnovers.It worked to perfection against
lowly Jacksonville.The Texans ran for a season-high 181 yards in a 24-21 victory
over the Jaguars on Sunday. It helped that they also scored on defense and set
up another touchdown with special teams.Nonetheless, it was a much-needed road
victory -- Houstons first of the season -- for a team that plays three of its
next four away from home. The Texans (6-3) face Oakland (7-2) next week in
Mexico City.It feels good to get a win on the road, in a division game and its
another step in the right direction, cornerback Kareem Jackson said. We need to
continue to build on this and get better. We did some good things, but well go
back and watch the film and see what we need to do better. At the end of the
day, we got the win and thats all that matters.Lamar Miller led the rushing
attack with 83 yards on 15 carries, including a 45-yard scamper that set up a
touchdown. Akeem Hunt, called up from the practice squad Saturday, added 52
yards on eight carries. Hunts 17-yard run on a third-and-16 play in the fourth
proved huge, setting up Nick Novaks 51-yard field goal.The group is starting to
jell, quarterback Brock Osweiler said. The offensive line, the tight ends, the
fullbacks and the receivers came up huge today as well. ... I think its the
chemistry. Were now in the second half of season and had a lot of practice
together. Were able to master some of those plays, and I think we also have
tough, hard-nosed physical backs.I cant say enough about those guys.Jackson
returned an interception 42 yards for a score on Jacksonvilles opening
possession. Punt returner Tyler Ervin helped make it 21-10 in the third quarter
by weaving his way for 57 yards and setting the Texans up at the 7-yard line.
Osweiler had two short TD passes.But it was the ground game that proved to be
the difference.Osweiler threw for just 99 yards.As long as theres a win on the
end of that, sign me up every single week, Osweiler said.Here are some other
things to know about the Texans and Jaguars (2-7), who have dropped five in a
row in the series:BAD BORTLES: If the Jaguars are going to win again this
season, they need Blake Bortles to play better. Bortles completed 32 of 49
passes for 265 yards, with two touchdowns, an interception and a fumble. He also
misfired on deep passes to Allen Robinson and Marqise Lee. Its a work in
progress, Bortles said. I continue to try to give those guys better balls and a
chance to go and make a play. And when we have those opportunities, we have to
go out and make plays.NOVAK MISSES: Novak made up for two misses with his
51-yarder late. He missed wide left from 49 yards out and wide right from 50
yards away.FLUKY FUMBLE: Of all of Bortles miscues in his career, one of the
oddest ones happened in the second quarter. Under heavy pressure and trying to
ground the ball, Bortles pass hit T.J. Yeldons foot. The ball bounced up and
landed in Whitney Mercilus hands for what initially was ruled an interception.
It was later changed to a lateral and a fumble. From the time you start playing
quarterback, they tell you if the screen is covered, throw it at his feet,
Bortles said. I was trying to make the smart play and live to play another down
and that happens. Unfortunate.MISSING MEN: Houstons win was impressive
considering how many key players the team was missing. Starting receiver Will
Fuller (knee), run-stuffing nose tackle Vince Wilfork (groin) and cornerback
A.J. Bouye (ankle) were inactive. So was Jaelen Strong, leaving the Texans with
just three healthy wideouts.DROUGHTS CONTINUE: The Jaguars extended two
droughts. They failed to score a touchdown on their opening possession,
extending the NFLs longest current streak to 23 games. Even more baffling, they
have now gone more than five games without a takeaway. Its officially 23
quarters and counting. Weve got to do more, Jags defensive tackle Malik Jackson
said. Weve got to do better.---For more NFL coverage:
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competitive eaters devouring stacks of hot dogs on stage.Among the audience for
the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifying event were Team USAs table tennis
Olympians. They arrived early for their appearance, at an invitation from the
Mets to throw the first pitch of the days game. Alas, Olympians or not, their
presence was completely overshadowed by ... people devouring hot dogs.That is
the reality for many years, said U.S. Olympic coach Massimo Costantini of the
teams moderate profile. Costantini represented Italy for 23 years as a player
and competed at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.In Rio, Costantini will
oversee Team USAs six players: three females (Jiaqi Zheng, Lily Zhang and Yue
Wu) and three males (Yijun Feng, Tim Wang and Kanak Jha).The 16-year-old Jha, an
Indian American, is the first U.S. athlete born in the 21st century to qualify
for the Olympics. He was selected to throw out the first pitch that Sunday.I was
a little bit nervous, he said, speaking of the difference between swinging a
paddle and pitching.It was a good pitch. The baseball made a perfect landing in
teammate Lily Zhangs borrowed glove. These two, along with Zheng, were
individually coached by Costantini. They were trained at India Community Center
(ICC) in Milpitas, California, a town just north of San Jose.Table tennis used
to be a basement game in the United States, especially among Asian immigrants,
but it has grown significantly more popular during the past decade. According to
USA Table Tennis (USATT), a nonprofit group promoting the sport domestically,
about 19 million Americans play table tennis recreationally at about 250 table
tennis clubs in America. Each year, more than 350 tournaments are organized.ICC,
one of the largest clubs in the country, has 30 match tables and 14 full-time
coaches. It claims to be North Americas largest dedicated table tennis center.
Another Olympian -- Tim Wang of Houston -- trained there.Team USAs other coach,
Lily Yip, is perhaps the best curator of table tennis in America. A retired
professional, she began playing the game in the southern Chinese city of
Guangzhou at age 7. She moved to the U.S. in 1987 and represented Team USA at
the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Aside from her commitments to the national team, she
has been coaching in New Jersey for more than 20 years.I have witnessed the
development of the sport in America firsthand, Yip told ESPN.com.For years, her
table tennis club in Dunellen, New Jersey, has been a household name for plenty
of northern New Jerseys Asian immigrant families, many of them Chinese and
Indian. The club serves as the regions breeding ground for the sport, since many
of Yips students come from these local families.For Yip, table tennis is a
family business. Her husband Barry Datteel also coaches at the club, along with
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Eider, is the high performance director for USA Table Tennis. He can proudly
pull up a video clip archived on his cellphone, showing a 2009 ESPN feature on
the family that calling them the first family of table tennis.A day before the
Olympians trip to the Mets game, they had a fundraising exhibition game at Yips
club, a curtain raiser that allowed local table tennis enthusiasts to witness
Team USA up close. With more than 200 people packing the venue, the six athletes
took the challenge from promising youths in friendly matches. The event ended up
raising $25,000.In the past, table tennis made headlines when Ariel Hsing -- who
competed in the London Olympics -- was invited to play against Warren Buffett
and Bill Gates. The fanfare surrounding that event turned into a lasting force
to shore up the influence of the sport. After all, for most Americans, it is
known only as pingpong.Here we are, we are hungry for sparks, said USA Table
Tennis CEO Gordon Kaye.In Flushing, the six athletes shared a total of $1,000
prize money.Its not much, but better than nothing, said Yue Wu, a Beijing-born
former professional player who came to New York in 2008 at age 17.Last November,
Wu won the Pan American Games in Toronto to qualify for Rio. She trained in the
basement of her uncles house in Fort Lee, New Jersey, for six hours a day, six
days a week. During weekdays, she would board the bus to Manhattan, where she
coaches at a club. Her famous students include Judah Friedlander, the comedian
and actor of NBCs 30 Rock.It is very hard to find quality opponents to train
with, and it is also hard to maintain conditions, Wu said. You only have
yourself, so you have to be mentally tough enough to survive.She makes about
$40,000 a year by coaching. After the Olympics, she plans to play in France,
where she hopes to make more. Eventually, she wants to save enough to open her
own table tennis club in New York City.Tim Wang and Lily Zhang both played at
the London Games four years ago, both losing in the first round. Americans have
never won an Olympic medal in table tennis, and this is unlikely to change in
Rio, as it remains nearly impossible for any country to challenge Chinas
domination.After the Olympics, Zhang plans to go back to school to pick up where
she left off. A sophomore physiology major at the University of
California-Berkeley, she took a year off to train for the Olympics.Feng, a
native of Nanjing, China, will be a freshman at the University of Georgia in the
fall, majoring in business. And the youngest Olympian of all, Jha, will return
to high school.As for Wu, Wang and Zheng, they will continue to play and coach,
waiting for their next opportunities.
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