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OAKLAND (5-2) at TAMPA BAY (3-3)Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE -- Buccaneers by 1RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Oakland 4-3, Tampa Bay 3-3SERIES RECORD -- Raiders lead 6-3LAST MEETING -- Buccaneers beat Raiders 42-32, Nov. 4, 2012LAST WEEK -- Raiders beat Jaguars 33-16; Buccaneers beat 49ers 34-17AP PRO32 RANKING -- Raiders No. 9, Buccaneers No. 22RAIDERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (11), RUSH (13), PASS (13).RAIDERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (32), RUSH (28), PASS (32).BUCCANEERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (11), PASS (16).BUCCANEERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (13), RUSH (20), PASS (13).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Series includes Tampa Bays 48-21 in Super Bowl ending 2002 season. Buccaneers havent won playoff game since, Raiders havent been to playoffs since. ... Raiders aiming for 5-0 road start. Buccaneers 0-2 at home, 3-1 on road. ... Over past seven road starts, Raiders QB Derek Carr is 6-1 with 13 touchdown passes and two interceptions. ... WR Amari Cooper is third in AFC with 614 yards receiving, but has only one TD. Fellow WR Michael Crabtree, meanwhile, has five TD catches in past four games. ... DE Khalil Mack has 13 sacks in past 13 games. ... Raiders have yielded NFL-low seven sacks. ... Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston has 12 TD passes vs. nine interceptions. ... WR Mike Evans has six TD receptions, most through six games in franchise history. Third-year pro is tied for first in league in TD catches with Crabtree, third in receptions per game (6.7) behind A.J. Green (7.1) and Antonio Brown (6.9), and fifth in receiving yards per game (90.8). ... Rookie RB Peyton Barber gained 84 yards and scored first NFL TD last week at San Francisco, helping Bucs finish with season-high 249 yards rushing. ... Bucs coach Dirk Koetter and defensive coordinator Mike Smith were part of Jack Del Rios staff for much of Del Rios nine-year stint as head coach of Jaguars. ... Fantasy Tip: Bucs RB Jacquizz Rodgers wasnt on roster when season began, but has posted career highs rushing in past two games (101, 154) while filling in for injured RB Doug Martin, out since Week 2 with hamstring injury.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLMathew Barzal Islanders Jersey . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. The candidates -- all previously announced in their own countries -- are: Almaty, Kazakhstan; Beijing; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; Oslo, Norway; and Stockholm. Thomas Greiss Islanders Jersey . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. http://www.islanderssale.com/customized/ . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. Casey Cizikas Jersey . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Jordan Eberle Jersey . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Padraig Harrington was a strong voice in golfs bid to become an Olympic sport for the first time in more than a century.And then golfs image took a hit as players began dropping out, and the Irishman went quiet.He desperately wanted golf to succeed, and that meant unified support from the top players. But as they began pulling out -- particularly Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland -- it became personal. Without players withdrawing, he wouldnt have a chance to play.I was wearing two hats when it came to this, Harrington said. Obviously, I want golf to be a success in the Olympics, but I clearly wanted to go. So I wasnt jumping up and down saying, `Guys, you should all go. I was staying out of it. Because it is a dream of mine.It becomes a reality when Harrington arrives in Rio de Janeiro on Monday and the draw is announced for the 72-hole competition that starts Thursday and concludes with the first medals awarded since 1904 in St. Louis.Golf began its bid process in April 2008, about the time Harrington soared to his greatest heights. He repeated as British Open champion that year, and then won the PGA Championship to become the first European to win back-to-back majors in the modern lineup of Grand Slam events.Harrington joined the biggest names in golf -- Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam -- in a strong pitch to the IOC to put golf back in the program. But when the Rio Games rolled around, Harrington was nowhere close to qualifying because of three Irish golfers well ahead of him in the world ranking.And then McIlroy pulled out, citing the Zika virus. Graeme McDowell withdrew because his wife is due with their second child and he didnt want to be out of the country. Shane Lowry also withdrew. And now Harrington, the most famous of all Irish golfers, is headed to the Olympics.He hasnt even met the other Irish qualifier, Seamus Powers, who plays on the Web.com Tour. But he is thrilled to have him as a teammate.Id be hoping that the two of us have a chance coming down the last nine holes, Harrington said.Why are the Olympics so important? Why would a three-time major champion care more about gold than the silver claret jug or Wanamaker Trophy?That dates to his teenage years, when Harrington was starting to blossom in golf and was invited to three or four banquets each winter that honor the best sporting achievements in Ireland and feature the heroes of Irish sport over the years.ddddddddddddEvery sports awards I went to from 15 years of age, the first man they called out was a guy named Ronnie Delany, who won the 1,500 gold medal in 1956, he said. Every sports award. Thats how big a deal it is. I sat there and looked up and this guy ... who is this guy? Its a huge deal in Ireland.Harrington can recite the Irish history in the Olympics, from Delanys gold medal in Melbourne to Pat OCallaghans two golds in boxing in 1928 and 1932, Bob Tisdall in the 1932 Olympics for the 400-meter hurdles, even Jack Butler Yeats winning a silver in mixed painting, when art competitions were part of the games.So yes, its a huge deal.He even chose to sacrifice his standing on the PGA Tour. Harrington played the Travelers Championship in Connecticut last week, failing in his bid to move into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup. There are two events remaining, but hell be in Rio -- playing one week, watching the next.I normally come back and would play, but I think so much of the Olympics, Im going to take a weeks holiday and go to a number of events, Harrington said. Its an opportunity of a lifetime to really have a great weeks holiday the second week. The first week will be all business but hopefully the second week well have a good week.On his agenda are table tennis, gymnastics, diving, cycling, boxing.Im sure Im missing out on one or two, he said. This is all the second week. So Im trying to do two things a day the second week. Im really keen on it. Its really great fun watching all those sports. The Olympics ... the pain of losing is exceptional, the joy of winning, its right there on the line. So Id watch anything in those circumstances and obviously, the Olympics is the pinnacle of it all.He felt that way when he lobbied hard for golf to be part of it. And now he gets to take part of it himself.To listen to him, this is pure joy. ' ' '