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Carlin Isles can provide the U.S. with the spark they need to win the Olympic sevens title, according to teammate Danny Barrett.Isles, a former track athlete, has been dubbed the fastest man in rugby -- he has a 100m personal best of 10.13sec -- and it has been claimed that he is quicker than Usain Bolt over 20 metres.He will be part of a U.S. squad that is being widely backed to make a major mark on the mens rugby sevens tournament, which kicks off next week.And his blistering pace promises to be one of the Rio sevens highlights if his American teammates can play their part in allowing him to potentially wreak havoc.The first time I saw Carlin run, it just looked so easy, Barrett said.You just dont have a chance. He is so fast, he makes fast people look slow. There are some guys out there who are under 11 seconds for 100 metres, and he makes them look slow. Its unreal.His acceleration is so quick. I am sure that everyone has seen that stat that over 20 metres, he is faster than Usain Bolt, so thats a pretty special athlete to have on your team.If hes that fast and he has got a ball in his hand, its unfair. It is kind of like having your trump card. He is one of the guys we can count on.People have to play him differently because hes so fast, and that opens up other opportunities for the other guys.Isles, meanwhile, revealed it was an early morning telephone conversation with former England scrum-half Nigel Melville helped launch his rugby career.And Melvilles foresight could be underlined in dazzling fashion at the Rio Olympics by the 26-year-old speed machine.But it could have been a different story altogether, as during the build-up to London 2012, Isles was preparing for American trials -- in track and field.In 2012, I was getting ready for the US Olympic trials in track and field, he said.I was studying, and I came across some rugby. I started watching it, and I thought oh man. It was a tough, tenacious sport, and I thought I could be pretty good at it.I looked up Nigel Melville (then USA Rugby chief executive, and now Rugby Football Union director of professional rugby) on Google for his contact information.He rang me at five in the morning, and started talking to me, and four days later I packed up all my stuff -- I was living in Austin, Texas at the time -- and drove to Aspen, Colorado, played rugby there for about a month and then got invited to a US development tour in Canada. I toured there, and the next day, I signed a contract.While Isles is now among the biggest box-office talents in world rugby, he has got there helped by a ferocious drive for success borne from a difficult childhood that saw him up grow up in an Ohio foster home before being adopted at the age of seven.My childhood was a fight and a struggle to be somebody, and not be another statistic, he added.When times got rough, it was just having the mindset to keep going. You have got to motivate yourself, and I taught myself that.You can be anybody you want to be, but you have got to work hard and have a vision. For me, its just having a drive to never stop and keep going, no matter how tough it is. Ultimately, it is up to you. Joe Namath Jets Jersey .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Quinnen Williams Youth Jersey . 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MIAMI -- With one swing, Freddy Galvis ended the Philadelphia Phillies scoring drought. Soon their losing streak was over, too.Galvis hit a two-run homer to snap a streak of 18 consecutive scoreless innings for the Phillies, who stopped a six-game slide with a 6-2 victory over the fading Miami Marlins on Monday.Im just happy to get a couple of runs, Philadelphia manager Pete Mackanin said.The Phillies run total was their highest since Aug. 14. They rank last in the majors in runs, and managed only 11 while going 0-6 during a homestand last week.Everything was going weird when we were back home, Galvis said. Wed get men on base and we didnt drive them home. This win is going to be good for us.Now its the Marlins who are desperate for a victory. Theyve lost four in a row and are 11-22 since Aug. 1, with their thin depth an issue as injuries mount.We knew that we were going to be challenged depth-wise, manager Don Mattingly said. We needed a little bit of luck and everything to fall in its slots. In the past month and a half, it has probably fallen the wrong way, and it has put us in a bind.Miami fell two games below .500 for the first time since April 27 and could be headed for a seventh consecutive losing season.Philadelphias Jerad Eickhoff (10-13) allowed the first two batters to score and then settled down to pitch six innings. The Phillies have won five of his past six starts, and he overcame a 2-8 start to reach the 10-win mark for the first time.Anytime you get double-digit wins, its a huge testament to what we as pitchers try to do, Eickhoff said.Eickhoff and three relievers combined to retire the final 15 Marlins in order.Jake Esch (0-1) allowed three runs in five innings in his second major league start.Its a positive step iin the right direction for me personally, Esch said.dddddddddddd But it ended up as a loss for the Fish again. So I have to be a little bit better.The Phillies managed only one hit off Esch until the fifth, when they scored three runs. Galvis upper-deck homer made it 2-all, and Peter Bourjos tripled and came home when shortstop Miguel Rojas mishandled a one-out grounder for an error.Bourjos had three hits and scored twice. Jimmy Paredes had a pinch-hit, two-run single in the seventh.The Marlins mustered only six hits. They havent homered at home since slugger Giancarlo Stanton went on the disabled list Aug. 14 with a strained groin.GALVIS POWERGalvis has 16 homers, but his on-base percentage is only .270.We want better than that, Mackanin said of the latter stat. Its nice hes capable of hitting the long ball, but I want him to be more of a line-drive hitter. Consistency and quality at-bats are what were looking for.POOR COMMANDMarlins right-hander Austin Brice made two throwing errors -- one to first base and one to second -- in the Phillies three-run seventh.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: RF Stanton might be available to pinch-hit soon, Mattingly said. Hes moving pretty good, Mattingly said. Hes feeling good. He has been able to swing the bat. Its just a matter of what he can do, and how safely he can do it. ... 1B Justin Bour (right ankle) might be activated Tuesday, Mattingly said. ... Rojas left with a left groin strain, and his status is day to day.UP NEXTMarlins RHP Jose Urena (3-5, 5.40 ERA) faces Phillies LHP Adam Morgan (1-9, 6.21 ERA) on Tuesday. Over his past three starts, Urena is 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA. ' ' '