into Rio.And dont be bluffed into believing that as sevens football is an abbreviated version of the main rugby game, Australias victory would have hurt on the other side of the Tasman.As expected, there was Kiwi angst when

NEW YORK -- Max Scherzer celebrated aboard a boat off the British Virgin Islands, doused by college pals on a floating party.Rick Porcello enjoyed the moment at his parents home in New Jersey, surrounded by family, friends and a few bottles of wine.As for Justin Verlander, well, fuming supermodel Kate Upton brought the heat for her fiance.Rotation mates for five seasons in Detroit, the three right-handers topped the Cy Young Award talk Wednesday: Scherzer easily won the NL prize, Porcello edged out Verlander for the AL honor.Thats just the weird thing about these, said Scherzer, who ruled the majors with 284 strikeouts and topped the NL with 20 wins for Washington. Its the voting.Porcello led baseball with 22 wins for Boston, and had a 3.15 ERA.Porcello won despite getting just eight of the 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America -- this was the first time the AL Cy winner didnt get the most firsts.Verlander went 16-9 with a 2.40 ERA while leading the AL in strikeouts and other categories. He got 14 first-place votes, but didnt draw as much support across the board -- he was left off two ballots, too.Overall, Porcello won 137-132 in the second-closest vote since 1970 (Verlander lost by four points to David Price in 2012).Voters list their five picks in order. A first-place vote is worth seven points, four for second, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Verlander needed to pick up five more points to match Porcello.Upton fired off three tweets, one of them rather saucy, telling Porcello you didnt win.Asked whether he was bothered by the brouhaha, Porcello simply said, No, I honestly dont care.Im not the one who made the decision, he said on a conference call.Porcello got a $100,000 bonus for winning the Cy. Verlander, who won the 2011 award, wouldve gotten $500,000 for this win.Porcello bounced back from going 9-15 in his first season with the Red Sox, finishing 22-4 for the AL East champs.He shared this last win of 2016 with those who never wavered in their support, admitting, It was hard not to start balling and crying.Clevelands Corey Kluber was third and got three first-place votes. Baltimore reliever Zach Britton, who went 47 for 47 on save chances with a 0.54 ERA, had five first-place votes and was fourth.Scherzer breezed, drawing 25 first-place votes to beat out Chicago Cubs teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks.Scherzer became the sixth pitcher to earn the Cy Young in both leagues. After earning the AL honor in 2013 with the Tigers, Scherzer joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as winners in both leagues.This award, Scherzer said, meant even more than the first one.It just verifies everything I try to achieve, he said.Scherzer posted a record-tying 20-strikeout performance for the NL East champion Nationals, a year after he threw two no-hitters in his first season with Washington.I want to find a way to be better, he said.Scherzer is the first pitcher from a Washington franchise to win a Cy Young. The award was first presented in 1956.Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw got three first-place votes and finished fifth. 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Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me.The Pearls successful pursuit of Olympic Gold must rank among Australian rugbys greatest moments.At a time when the local game has been struggling, what the Australian womens sevens team achieved in Rio is bound to have major ramifications- all positive.Their triumph has provided Australian rugby with a much needed morale boost, enormous promotional opportunities and hopefully inspire countless others to either watch or play a game that in recent times has struggled for exposure.The green and gold rugby ranks have again a showpiece, and a group to be deeply proud of. As the Australian womens success could not have been better timed, it may easily lead to a rugby revival that so many local administrators have been desperately waiting for.Rugby in Australia has in recent months suffered endless damaging hits to its image, with the bulk of its professional XV provincial teams suffering from financial woes and failing to make an impact in the Super Rugby competition, while their national side, the Wallabies, were swept away by England.The Australian Rugby Union has found itself under constant criticism, including its neglect of the lower ranks of the game, while the code finds itself lagging behind AFL, rugby league and soccer.However, how the ARU openly embraced sevens football, believing it was a constructive, exciting way to lure new spectators to the game, has now been shown to be a wise move.Their investment in the Australian sevens outfits- both womens and mens- has worked. It really doesnt get much better than Olympic Gold- especially when its involves a finals triumph over their most dreaded rival- New Zealand- a country which has inflicted so much pain in the rugby arena over countless decades.How Australia focuused on making their womens team the best in the world deserves enormous credit.dddddddddddd They basically developed a new team, luring talent from numerous pursuits including basketball, athletics, rugby league, touch football, and mixed them with notable rugby performers like Shannon Parry, to produce a fast, pugnacious and buoyant combination.Considering some of the impressive athletes they lured, such as sprinter Ellia Green and touch footballer Charlotte Caslick, it wasnt a surprise that the team started winning major titles, took over the No.1 world ranking, and became favourites going into Rio.And dont be bluffed into believing that as sevens football is an abbreviated version of the main rugby game, Australias victory would have hurt on the other side of the Tasman.As expected, there was Kiwi angst when Australias first try looked dubious when it appeared that Emma Tonegato had spilt the ball just before the tryline. But then New Zealand could not quibble, as Australia were clearly dominant for the next ten minutes or so, before a belated Kiwi revival.There was also the usual edge to a trans-Tasman rugby encounter, with the New Zealand coach Sean Horan providing the jibe before the game that Australia was vulnerable because they dont like pressure, they dont like the physical side.That ploy didnt work. It incensed the Australian team. In the final, Australia relished the pressure, and they loved the physical side.Shortly after the rewards came, with the most rousing of gold medal ceremonies, and a moment long suffering Australian rugby supporters will not forget for a long time. ' ' '