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Melbourne can stamp their reputation as the greatest team of the NRL era after moving into next weeks grand final with a tense 14-12 win over Canberra.The turning point came in the 59th minute on Saturday night when Raiders star Jack Wighton, with his team down two points, was sin-binned for holding down a breakaway Marika Koroibete.Centre Cheyse Blair went over in the ensuing set, sending the 28,161 crowd at AAMI Park into raptures, and the Storm to their first grand final since their 2012 triumph.Skipper Cameron Smith then kicked his team to an eight-point lead with a penalty goal.Raiders winger Edrick Lee bombed a chance not long after, before Elliot Whitehead set up a grandstand finish with four minutes left on the clock.But the minor premiers held on, booking a spot in Sunday weeks decider against Cronulla at ANZ Stadium and celebrating Cooper Cronks 300th game with a win.Craig Bellamy said he was delighted to be heading to his sixth grand final as Storm coach after withstanding another tense challenge in an injury-riddled season.Youve got to give the Raiders a lot of credit - they kept hanging in there, he said.Im really proud of this group, of what theyve done, not only tonight but the whole season.In an absorbing battle in the wet, the leagues top defensive outfit kept the best attacking side to their equal-lowest score since April.Play was momentarily stopped early when Josh Papaliis 11th-minute try-saving tackle on Cronk also crushed his teammate Jason Croker, who struggled for the rest of the match.It was one of the few pointscoring opportunities in a hotly contested first half, with a Smith penalty goal all that could separate the two sides inside the opening 20 minutes.The first try finally came in the 23rd, when Raiders winger Jordan Rapana stretched out in the corner, breaking the clubs record for most tries in a season.Playing in their first preliminary final in almost two decades, Canberra appeared on their way.But in a show of big-game experience, the Storm almost pulled one back through Tohu Harris in the 27th, before milestone man Cronk did it all himself five minutes later.The scoreboard hadnt moved since halftime when Koroibete raced 90 metres downfield from a kick return and was brought down by Wighton 20 metres short of the line.The Raiders star laid in the tackle for too long, giving referee Matt Cecchin no option but to send the fullback to the sin-bin and opening the door for the Storm to take ascendency.The home side immediately took advantage, Blair crashing through in the next set and then Smith nailing a simple shot after Josh Hodgson gave away a penalty.Beaten coach Ricky Stuart said his players were devastated but he could see a bright future ahead.The hurt tonight is the start of a really, I hope, competitive strong era for the Canberra Raiders, he said.This loss will help us achieve success in the near future.The grand final will be the second time the Storm have progressed through to the decider since being infamously stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships.Since then, they havent missed the finals, strengthening their claim as the best side in the NRL era under the tutelage of Bellamy.Custom New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. 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ETwaun Moore Jersey .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.Oklahoma?running back Joe Mixon told police in 2014 that it felt like a dude hit me when Amelia Molitor slapped him, and that he punched her as a reaction, according to a video The Oklahoman obtained of his interview with police three days after the incident inside a sandwich shop near campus.In the video, Mixon told police that he heard a racial slur from Molitors male friend, but not from Molitor. And Mixon admitted that he responded with an anti-gay slur at the male friend.The gay dude ... he called me something, Mixon said in the video. He was like, n-----. So then I was like, you got me messed up. And then I called him a f-g. And after that, the girl, she dropped her purse, thats when she came in my face, pushed me, and then my glasses came off, and then, like, I had, like, jumped at her, like, to watch out. And then she came in my face. I put my head down. And she swung on me.And after that, like, I was so shocked, because she hit me so hard. It felt like a dude hit me. And after that, like, my face went boom, my reaction was just right there.On Friday, Mixons attorneys released two surveillance videos that showed the punch, which fractured four bones in Molitors face. Mixon was charged with a misdemeanor at the time of the incident, and the university suspended him for the entire 2014 season.The City of Norman had shielded the surveillance video from the public since the incident, prompting a lawsuit from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Earlier this month, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of the broadcasters and ordered the City of Norman to release the tape under Oklahomas Open Records Act. The city had until Dec. 26 to either release the video or file an appeal. In a preemptive move, Mixons attorneys released the tape. According to The Oklahoman, the release came around the time of Molitors graduation ceremony at Oklahoma.In a formal apology?he issued last month, Mixon suggested racial slurs directed at him initiated the incident.In the video obtained by The Oklahoman, Norman police detective David Freudiger told Mixon that Molitors version of events were that Mixon and some of his teammates begin harassing Molitor and her friend, because the friend is gay, and that they went into the sandwich shop to evade the situation.Mixon told Freudiger that Molitor intentionally blew cigarette smoke in his face and teammate Mark Andrews face outside the sandwich shop. Mixon said Molitor and Andrews exchanged words and, After that, the girl, I guess she got scared or what, she went up inside, and she went to talk to the person that I came there with [teammate David Smith], and I guesss she knew him or whatever.ddddddddddddSo when she went inside, she was talking about how we were trying to jump her. So thats when the dude [Molitors friend] went inside, and I followed the dude. Thats when I interrupted her, and I was talking to Sooner Dave [Smith], talking about how nobody was trying to jump her, we had no problem with her, she was just being disrespectful, you know ... smoking in my face and acting crazy.In the surveillance video, Mixon turned away, but he appeared to say something to Molitors friend. Molitor pushed Mixon. He lunged at her. She slapped him. Then he punched her, which caused her face to slam back into a table.I pretty much had a point in the store where we got into it, and I was like, you know, she being disrespectful, I felt like I should have left it alone, Mixon said. But then once the dude called me the n-----, I mean, it pretty much got my, you know, thoughts off of the whole situation. Thats when it just escalated.According to The Oklahoman, Mixon said the racial slur was not said to him, but about him. A police interviewer called that strange, since Smith -- Mixons teammate, friend and an African-American -- was sitting at the table.I mean, even though she pushed me, I didnt think she was going to hit me, Mixon said. I was so shocked, because she hit me so hard, it felt like really like a dude hit me. And then, like, my face just started ringing. And after that, like, it was just like a reaction.Mixon left the sandwich shop immediately after the punch. According to The Oklahoman, several of Mixons Sooner teammates -- including Michiah Quick, Daniel Brooks and Andrews -- followed.I just felt, I was like ... what I got myself into? Mixon said. And then once I left, I mean, I felt bad. Even though she hit me and it hurt, I mean, it was just like the fact that you know me, you know, being out of character and, you know, putting myself into a certain situation. I just started thinking about the future and everything else.In 11 games for the Sooners this season, Mixon has rushed for a team-leading 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns. Oklahoma plays Auburn in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2.Mixon is a third-year sophomore who is eligible for the 2017 NFL draft.On ability alone, ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. on Friday said hed rank Mixon as his fifth-highest-rated running back, behind Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook, DOnta Foreman and Christian McCaffrey.?Mixon, however, did not make Kipers latest overall rankings at each position. 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