uisiana survived a frantic finish to beat Nicholls 44-42 on Thursday

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mack Horton called Chinese swimmer Sun Yang a drug cheat, and then went out and dethroned the defending Olympic champion in the 400-meter freestyle.Horton won his first Olympic gold medal with a time of 3 minutes, 41.55 seconds Saturday night before the Australian women capped the first night of swimming with a world-record victory in the 4x100 freestyle relay.Sun finished second.After the preliminaries, Horton was asked about a reported incident between him and Sun at the practice pool earlier in the week. The Aussie said Sun splashed me to say hello, and I didnt respond because I dont have time for drug cheats.In 2014, Sun served a three-month suspension for using a banned stimulant.The last 50 meters I was thinking about what I said and what would happen if he gets me here, said Horton, who beat Sun by just 13-hundredths of a second. I didnt have a choice but to beat him.Horton was asked by a Chinese reporter why he described Sun that way.I used the words drug cheat because he tested positive, the Aussie said. I just have a problem with athletes who have tested positive and are still competing.Horton celebrated his victory without even acknowledging Sun in the lane next to him. Sun made a move as though he wanted to congratulate Horton, but the winner looked the other way. They got out of the pool together but acted as if the other didnt exist.I dont think we need to care too much about what the Australian says, Sun said through a translator. Ive got a gold medal (from 2012) and my world ranking. I dont need to prove myself anymore.Still, Sun defended himself after the race.I am clean, he said. Ive done whatever it takes to prove Im a clean athlete.Horton and Sun finally gave each other a begrudging handshake on the medal stand, but that was about it.Sun described the last four years as being tough, in part because of mistakes hes made.In November 2013, he was caught driving without a license after an accident in China. At last years world championships in Russia, he was accused of an altercation with a female Brazilian swimmer in the warm-up pool and then he failed to show up for the 1,500 freestyle final.Ive learned, the 24-year-old Chinese swimmer said. I know now to face up to failure and have a broader perspective. Those are invaluable lessons to me. All those hard-learned lessons will guide me through the rest of my life. Being young, sometimes you can get a bit naughty. You dont have a lot of common sense.Mark Fayne Jersey . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. Leon Draisaitl Oilers Jersey . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. http://www.hockeyoilersshop.com/milan-lucic-jersey/ . Thats not a comment on the suspension that banished the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach from his Western Hockey League teams bench for most of the 2012-13 season. Jujhar Khaira Oilers Jersey .Y. - New York City has been selected to host the NBA All-Star weekend in 2015, with the game played at Madison Square Garden and the slam dunk contest and other skills events held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Connor McDavid Oilers Jersey . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No.THIBODAUX, La. -- Julius Maracalin ran for a career-high three touchdowns and Southeastern Louisiana survived a frantic finish to beat Nicholls 44-42 on Thursday night.Nicholls scored on a 5-yard pass from Chase Fourcade to Damion Jeanpiere with 1:18 left, added the two-point conversion, recovered an onside kick and scored again on Fourcades 2-yard run. That two-point try failed but Nicholls again recovered an onside kick and a penalty on Southeastern Louisiana on the play left the Colonels with the ball on the Lions 37 with two seconds remaining. Fourcade scrambled and threw it into the end zone where the Hail MMary pass was batted and fell incomplete.ddddddddddddThe victory in the regular-season finale for both teams ensured a third-place finish for the Lions (7-4, 7-2) and enhanced their hopes for a berth in the FCS playoffs for the third time in four seasons.The game seesawed with the Lions leading 14-0 after the first quarter, the Colonels up 21-14 at halftime and then the Lions scoring 13 points in the third to retake the lead before the teams combined for 38 points in the final quarter. ' ' '