utilizing the six-lineman package more often.Kirkland played 27 snaps in his first game against San Diego on Oct. 9 and has looked right at home on the field as part of a line that has been one of the leagues best this se

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Undefeated, uncatchable, unquestionably the best.Usain Bolt bid a blazing-fast farewell to Rio de Janeiro, and probably the Olympics altogether, Friday night with yet another anchor leg for the ages. He turned a close 4x100 relay race against Japan and the United States into a runaway, helping Jamaica cross the line in 37.27 seconds.With the victory, Bolt won his ninth career Olympic medal and completed a triple-triple, with three gold medals at three consecutive Olympics.There you go, Bolt said. Im the greatest.The U.S. finished the race third but endured yet another relay debacle; the Americans were disqualified because it was ruled that leadoff runner Mike Rodgers passed the baton to Justin Gatlin outside the exchange zone.?Canada was elevated to the bronze-medal position in a national-record 37.64 seconds, trailing silver medalist Japan.USA Track & Field said early Saturday morning that it had appealed the decision.It marked the ninth time since 1995 that the U.S. men have been disqualified or failed to get the baton around at the Olympics or world championships.Hell, we already did the victory lap, and then when we talked to TV, they told us, said Tyson Gay, who ran the third leg for the Americans. They said Justin got the stick before the zone. Hes saying he didnt. Hopefully we can appeal.Gatlin called the incident a twilight zone, a nightmare -- all that hard work just crumbles.I believe in my guys, man, he said. I just hate that it happened to us in this fashion.Japan, which had the lead going into the final baton change, finished 0.33 seconds behind Jamaica.Undaunted despite running in the lane beside Bolt, Aska Cambridge anchored Japan in an Asian record time of 37.60. It topped the bronze medal from the team of 2008 -- the first men from Japan to win an Olympic track medal in a sprinting event.It was really, really fantastic, and its just so nice to be part of it, said the 23-year-old Cambridge, who has a Japanese mother and a Jamaican father. I may have Jamaican blood, but I was brought up in Japan and trained in Japan.Canadas Andre de Grasse, who won silver in the 200 meters and bronze in the 100, said his team had seen the Americans disqualified before, most recently at last years world championships.Last year we were fourth, and U.S. got DQd and we got a medal, he said. I told them all to wait around. You dont know what can happen. Its tricky. Sometimes it just doesnt take just speed.Still, he hadnt been expecting such big things from the silver medalists.Japan probably surprised us a little bit, de Grasse said. We didnt expect to see them up there. But congrats to them as well.Gatlin has won five medals in his career, including a gold in the 100 meters at the 2004 Athens Games. At age 34, he said he wasnt willing to call this the end of his Olympic career.I never said this was my last Olympics, he said. This has made me hungry for the world championships next year.?Bolt hasnt botched a relay handoff in any major championship since he started running them in 2007. Its easier when you know youre the fastest man out there.Bolts record in Olympic finals: nine races, nine wins. Nobody has done that before, and nobody is on the horizon to do it again soon.As expected, Bolt said he doesnt plan to compete again in the Olympics.Im sorry, guys, said Bolt, who has a vacation on tap next. But this is the last one.Along with Bolt for his final trip down the track were Nickel Ashmeade, training partner Yohan Blake and the Jamaican elder statesman, former world-record holder Asafa Powell.My team came through for me tonight, Bolt said. As long as we got the baton round, it was never in doubt.When Bolt received the yellow baton from Ashmeade for his final run down the straightaway, he was even, maybe a step behind, Japans Cambridge and Trayvon Bromell of the United States.That lasted about four steps.With 70 meters to go, it was all over. Bolt looked at the clock, same as he did when he finished the 200-meter victory the night before. No world record, but he still owns that one too -- 36.84 seconds, set four years ago at the London Games.I am just relieved, Bolt said. Its happened. I am just happy, proud of myself. Its come true. The pressure is real. I look at it as an accomplishment.Counting all the preliminaries, finals and his approximately nine-second blast down the stretch in Fridays race, Bolt has spent 325 seconds, a tad less than 5? minutes, running on the track at the Olympics since he made his debut in Beijing eight years ago.Every tick of the clock has been a treasure. While he might not close things out with 23 golds, the number Michael Phelps left Rio with earlier this week, its hard to argue there is anybody more successful, electric or important to his sport and the Olympics themselves.The anchor sport of the Olympics has been mired, especially over the past year, in a cesspool of doping, cheating and bad characters.When Bolts on the track, everyone forgets.A great sprinter, said Gay, who once upon a time was Bolts biggest challenger. Nine gold medals, words cant even describe what hes done for the sport.So much of that is because the show isnt over when hes through running. After crossing the line for his finale, Bolt pumped his fist in the air, slowed down and took off his famous gold spikes. He huddled with his teammates, and they prayed. Then, a final, luxurious ring around the track.Ill stay up late tonight, Bolt said when asked how he would celebrate.But before he left the track, his partners peeled off from the victory lap. With the stadium emptying, Bolt kneeled down, brought his hands out to his sides and soaked in one last burst of applause. Then he kissed the track and slapped his hand on the number 3 painted at the starting line.As in three Olympics, three races at each, three gold medals each time.He could have just as easily slapped the number 1. 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He decided to leave Arkansas early but a poor performance at the combine led to him going undrafted.Kirkland watched the draft with his family and tried not to get too discouraged.I just kept hope alive and Im here now, he said. I always had a positive attitude. I didnt want to get down on myself. Now I have to go even harder than ever.The Raiders showed interest in Kirkland even before the end of the draft, calling him to tell him they wanted him as an undrafted free agent if no team took him.Kirkland got calls from other teams after the draft but chose the Raiders because of their early interest. The coaching staff liked what they saw from Kirkland once he arrived.Denvers been a big, physical guy, tough guy, coach Jack Del Rio said. We were drawn to him in camp, thought there were some things that were worth developing and that developmentt, obviously, has been accelerated a little bit with him being on the field as much as he is now.ddddddddddddKirkland got his chance after blocking tight end Lee Smith went on injured reserve with a lower-leg injury on Oct. 5. Kirkland had been promoted to the active roster the previous week because of injuries on the offensive line but didnt get a chance to play until Smiths injury.With Oaklands other tight ends, Clive Walford and Mychal Rivera, more skilled as receivers than blockers, the Raiders started utilizing the six-lineman package more often.Kirkland played 27 snaps in his first game against San Diego on Oct. 9 and has looked right at home on the field as part of a line that has been one of the leagues best this season at both run and pass blocking.Hes such a good dude, hes so quiet, and all he does is come to work and grind every single day, quarterback Derek Carr said. We knew from the beginning, we were like, `Man, this guy could be special. He could be a really good player. And so far, hes come into games for us and hes played outstanding.Kirkland got his most action against the Broncos when he played 42 snaps and was a key part of a running attack that gained 218 yards.While Kirkland is being counted on mostly as an extra blocker, the Raiders do have a few pass plays in the playbook for him that he hopes get called soon.I got hands. I got good hands, he said. I hope so. That would be a great moment for me.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '