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Robert Allenby has returned to Australia ready to revive his tour golf career and silence critics after enduring a year from hell - on course and off.Allenby on Wednesday revealed hed contemplated quitting a thousand times while dealing with mental torment of not wanting to be seen in public which precipitated his steep career slide over the past two years.But the 45-year-old says hes finally emerged from the darkest period of his life ready to reclaim full playing rights on the US PGA Tour.Allenby, a 20-year US tour veteran who has earned a tick under $40 million in America, banked just $33,070 in a dismal 2016 season in which he survived just two cuts in 23 events.The alarming decline has left him with only conditional US tour status - and likely a maximum of eight tour events - for 2017.Allenby admits his infamous Hawaii episode in January last year, when he suspected he was drugged at a bar and reported being beaten and robbed when blacked out, precipitated his fall due to the image battering he endured.A local man was later jailed for using Allenbys missing credit cards.That was by far the lowest point. Just the attention that it caused, said Allenby on the eve of teeing up in the NSW Open at Stonecutters Ridge in Sydney..I still stick by my story because detectives and myself know and even today its the same story.People dont even know that the guys in jail for what happened to me in Hawaii.Allenby said a story on the Golf Channel about the Hawaii episode - which he claimed was full or errors - sent him spiralling towards depression.Not to apologise when they were wrong made it pretty tough, he said.Made it that I didnt want to be out of the golf course, didnt want to be seen - didnt want to be seen in public.It really became a very stressful thing for me and thats when the reality of quitting was really high on the list.Its only through my wife Kym and my kids and my family that it just pulled me back.Otherwise I would have gone a year ago. No question.I would have found my own little hole and just stayed in it for the rest of my life.Allenby was also shattered at having people I thought were close friends telling him he should no longer be involved in his own charity - which has earned almost $30 million for children with cancer.I started that when I was 20 and now Im 45, he said.My whole reason why I went into it was because my buddy died when he was 13. We were both the same age.At the end of the day, Ive done a lot more good than bad.I havent killed anyone. I havent taken drugs - apart from being drugged - and I really havent done a lot wrong.Were all humans and humans make mistakes. Whether I made a mistake that was caused by me, I will always own up to it so youve got to live with it too.Hopefully others will live with it too.Allenby, who was involved in a public spat with an Australian caddie after sacking him mid-round last year, described an incident where he was removed from a US casino this year while reportedly intoxicated as just a farce.That was bullsh-t. Got dropped straight away, he said.The only player in history to win Australian golfs Triple crown - the Open, Masters and PGA in the same season - says hes now at peace with himself and the world.While conceding hed love to prove the critics wrong, his chief motivation this summer is to win the Australasian tours Order of Merit to gain exemption into next years British Open and, most importantly, more tournaments in the US.Nike Air Max Cheap Uk . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. Nike Air Max Uk Sale Outlet . 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Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. reined in some of the emotions, the exaggerated behavior, the penalties and on-field feuds. Then he did what he does best -- make big plays.A banged-up Beckham turned a short fourth-and-1 pass into a winning 66-yard catch and run with 1:24 to play Sunday as the New York Giants snapped a three-game losing streak with a stunning 27-23 victory over the hurting Baltimore Ravens (3-3).Beckham caught eight passes for a career-best 222 yards and two touchdowns despite having to leave the field in the first half with a hip pointer in carrying the Giants (3-3) to their 700th win in franchise history.I am going to go out there and play the same way every time, Beckham said of his many problems on the field this season. I dont think I played any different besides me being injured. It was the same passing. I think because I was hurt I couldnt express it as much as I wanted to.Thats debatable. After catching a 75-yard scoring pass in the third quarter, Beckham imitated a triple jumper -- playing off a line in a commercial in which he appears. He then went to the Giants sideline and smashed the kicking net with his helmet. When it flopped to the ground, he laid under it.After his winning catch, he took off his helmet and drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.The Ravens (3-3) got to the Giants 24 in the waning seconds, thanks to a questionable roughing-the-quarterback penalty on Joe Flacco, but the Giants broke up a pass in the end zone.The Giants were on the verge of a fourth straight loss after Terrance West scored on a 2-yard run with 2:04 to play, giving the Ravens a short-lived 23-20 lead.Wests second short touchdown run came three plays after Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was flagged for a questionable pass interference at the New York 8.But Beckham came through on a call Eli Manning changed at the line of scrimmage. Cornerback Tavon Young either slipped or was hurt covering him.Ravens safety Eric Weddle said Beckham should not have gotten inside on the quick cross from right to left.Hey, Odell made some amazing plays, you got to credit him, Weddle said. We held him down in the first half. We had some guys go down. The guys behind them have to step up. Thats why were here. We play an aggressive style defense. We man guys up.dddddddddddd We just didnt get it done.Beckham did.He is a playmaker, he is a game changer and he did exactly that today, said linebacker Jonathan Casillas, who stopped West on fourth-and-goal from the 1 earlier in the quarter.Flacco (26 of 48 for 307 yards) drove the Ravens to the Giants 24 in the waning seconds. But his final pass was knocked down in the end zone.Manning (32 of 46 for 403 yards) also a threw 24-yard touchdown pass to Roger Lewis Jr . Josh Brown had field goals of 21 and 31 yards, the latter set up by a 43-yard catch by Beckham.Justin Tucker kicked field goals of 23, 39 and 35 yards in Marty Mornhinwegs first game as Baltimore offensive coordinator.BYRD HONOREDBefore the game, the Giants held a moment of silence for former Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd. The 50-year-old Byrd, who walked again after being paralyzed in a game, was killed in an automobile accident Saturday. The Giants and Jets have played in the same facility for more than three decades.INJURIESThe Ravens came into the game without five starters: WR Steve Smith Sr., T Ronnie Stanley, G Marshal Yanda, Returner Devin Hester Sr. and LB C.J. Mosley. CB Jimmy Smith did not play in the second half because of a concussion.DELAYSFans were delayed getting into MetLife Stadium because of an investigation into a fatal accident that happened around 3:30 a.m. on the major road next to the facility. It was not cleared until roughly two hours before game time.NUMBERSMannings TD pass to Lewis was the 300th of his career. The win was his 100th. His 32 completions tied for the fifth-highest total of his career. He now has completed 3,846 passes, moving him past Drew Bledsoe (3,839) and into eighth place on the NFLs all-time list. Beckhams 222 yards receiving were the second most in Giants history: Del Shofner had 269 yards vs. Washington on Oct. 28, 1962.NEXT UPIn a scheduling oddity, the Ravens are back at MetLife Stadium to play the Jets next Sunday.The Giants head to London, where they will be the visitors against the Rams in an early game on Sunday, with a 9:30 a.m. EDT kickoff.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '