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Theyre a tough team.The Knights anchor Fall near the basket on defense while his teammates switch through different schemes to frustrate opponents. If anyone dares to drive the lane, Fall is waiting to swat it away.On offense, Fall is also underneath waiting for entry passes that he can efficiently jam home for dunks.Fall made all 10 of his shots and finished with 20 points and 13 rebounds. He went 26 of 31 from the floor with 34 rebounds in three tournament games and was a constant headache for defenders.All I could do was make it difficult for him to get post touches, said Darryl Reynolds, the 6-9 Villanova forward charged with fronting Fall. You cant block his shot because he does a good job keeping the ball high.Reynolds, a senior starter, finished with two points and fouled out after 26 minutes.Still, it was the Wildcats celebrating. Fans and teammates sang Happy Birthday to Final Four star Kris Jenkins, who had 12 points despite an off shooting night as Villanova ran its November record the past four years to 24-0.It was a great way to spend my birthday, he said. I wouldnt have it any other way.UCF closed to 37-32 on Matt Williams basket with 16 minutes left. Then the Wildcats took off on a 12-3 run to extend the lead. Hart had a jumper and his only 3-pointer in the surge. The Knights never got within single digits after that.Theyve been in that position before, you could tell, UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said. They made the big plays when they needed to make them.Villanova freshman Donte DiVincenzo had 13 points, and Jalen Brunson added 12.Williams scored 17 points for UCF.BIG PICTUREVillanova: The Wildcats showed their resiliency and skill in battering three opponents in Charleston, all by double digits. If youre nitpicking for a deficiency, it might be a lack of height; Reynolds played center most of the weekend.We knew this was coming, Wright said.Villanova has won three games in the past week against teams that had height advantages: No. 15 Purdue, Wake Forest and UCF.UCF: The Knights picture is always big with Fall, the tallest player in the game. The school says he is among the 40 tallest people in the world, too. But UCFs offense at times doesnt run through Fall, maybe because hes still developing his passing skills down low. If that happens, look for the Knights and Fall to take off as he becomes a more versatile player.POLL IMPLICATIONSLook for Villanova to move up a spot after No. 1 Duke lost to seventh-ranked Kansas earlier this week.CHART CLIMBERWright has 359 victories at Villanova, moving past former boss Rollie Massimino into second place on the schools all-time list among coaches. 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Germany has made a flying start to its mission to become the first country in more than 50 years to defend its World Cup title.With an emphatic win in Norway, the Germans got Julys European Championship semifinal loss to France out of their system Sunday.Even Thomas Mueller has regained his confidence, putting his perplexing Germany goal drought behind him by scoring twice in the 3-0 win at the start of World Cup qualifying.Mueller scrambled in the opener in the 15th minute after his first attempt was blocked by Even Hovland and Havard Nordtveit before heading in his second on the hour. For good measure, Mueller also set up Bayern Munich teammate Joshua Kimmich for his first international goal.With Thomas Mueller Id rather he had scored a few goals at the European Championship, Germany coach Joachim Loew joked of the forward who hadnt scored internationally since October 2015.Not since Brazil in 1962 has a team won back-to-back world titles. For now the priority is qualifying for Russia and only the group winners automatically gain a place at the tournament in 2018. Eight of the nine best runner-ups from the groups contest playoffs.---GROUP CAlso in Germanys group, Ruslan Gurbanovs first international goal gave Azerbaijan a 1-0 win in San Marino, which had defender Cristian Brolli sent off early in the second half. Northern Ireland held the Czech Republic to a goalless draw in Prague, where Karel Jarolim endured a frustrating debut in charge of the hosts.---GROUP FAdam Lallana pounced in the fifth minute of stoppage time to ensure Sam Allardyce made a winning start as England manager, clinching a 1-0 victory over Slovakia.England had a man-advantage from the 57th minute when Martin Skrtel received a second yellow card for another foul on Harry Kane but the visitors left it late to break through Slovakias resistance. 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Two Malta players -- Jonathan Caruana and Luke Gambin -- were sent off in the second half for fouling Snodgrass.Surprise starter Chris Martin and substitute Steven Fletcher also scored for Scotland, which is looking to qualify for its first tournament since the 1998 World Cup.Slovenia staged a late fightback to draw 2-2 at Lithuania.---GROUP EDenmark is setting the early pace after Christian Eriksen sealed a 1-0 win over Armenia.Poland threw away a two-goal lead, secured by Bartosz Kapustka and captain Robert Lewandowski, to draw 2-2 in Kazakhstan. Two quick goals in the second half from Sergei Khizhnichenko ensured Kazakhstan opened qualifying with a point.Romania was held to a 1-1 draw by Montenegro with Nicolae Stanciu missing the chance to win it for the hosts when he missed a penalty in the seventh minute of stoppage time.---Ciaran Fahey in Berlin contributed to this report. 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Younger sister Bronte surged past Dana Vollmer before handing off to Cate, who pulled away from Ledecky to win in 3 minutes, 30.65 seconds -- breaking the mark of 3:30.98 the Aussies set two years ago.The U.S. had to settle for silver in an American-record time of 3:31.89, extending a gold medal drought in the event that goes back to the 1996 Atlanta Games.Canada took the bronze in 3:32.89.The relay victory came on the heels of Mack Hortons victory in the mens 400 freestyle, capping an impressive first night for an Australian team that captured only one swimming gold medal in London four years ago.---11:45 p.m.Carmelo Anthony says his US mens basketball teammates need to accept responsibility and move on after reports that three players visited a legal brothel in Rio de Janeiro.Whats done is done. We have time off and guys did what they did. We accept those responsibilities and move on, said Anthony, a four-time Olympian and the elder statesmen of the team. The Americans dominated China 119-62.Anthony was responding to questions about a TMZ report that several players thought they were walking into a spa on their day off Wednesday night, but wound up in a brothel.Coach Mike Krzyzewski did not address the situation during his postgame news conference.---11:35 p.m.MEDAL ALERT-WORLD RECORD: Australia sets a world record to capture the gold medal in the womens 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the Rio Olympics. The United States takes the silver medal, while the bronze goes to Canada.---11:25 p.m.Sarah Sjostrom of the Sweden is the top qualifier in the womens 100-meter butterfly.Sjostrom posted a time of 55.84 seconds in the second semifinal heat Saturday night, just off her world record of 55.64. Emma McKeon of Australia was next at 56.81, followed by Japans Rikako Ikee (57.05) and Dana Vollmer (57.06) of the United States.Vollmer is the defending Olympic champion and coming back after having her first child last year.The other American in the field, Kelsi Worrell, failed to qualify for Sunday nights final. She was ninth at 57.54.---11:25 p.m.Amber Hearn scored in the first half and New Zealand hung on to defeat Colombia 1-0 on Saturday night in Belo Horizonte.Known as the Ferns, New Zealand made it to the quarterfinals at the London Games. The team dropped its group-stage opener to the United States on Wednesday.The victory was costly because Abby Erceg was shown a red card late in the match, meaning that she wont be able to play on Tuesday when New Zealand faces France in Manaus.Colombia dropped to 0-2 in the group stage, and faces a tough challenge on Tuesday against the top-ranked United States.---11:10 p.m.Katinka Hosszu finally claimed her first Olympic medal -- and set a world record for good measure.The Hungarian star, known as The Iron Lady for her grueling schedule, crushed the former mark in the womens 400-meter individual medley Saturday night at the Rio Games. She led all the way and touched in 4 minutes, 26.36 seconds, easily eclipsing the record of 4:28.43 held by Chinas Ye Shiwen.Hosszu had time to turn toward the scoreboard and savor her triumph before Maya DiRado of the United States touched in 4:31.15 to take the silver medal. Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain claimed the bronze in 4:32.39.This triumph was especially sweet for Hosszu, who had captured nine medals -- including five golds -- at the world championships but never won an Olympic medal.Now, she has the best one of all.Elizabeth Beisel of the U.S., the silver medalist at the 2012 London Games, finished sixth.---10:55 p.m.MEDAL ALERT-WORLD RECORD: Katinka Hosszu of Hungary sets a world record in the womens 400-meter individual medley to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Maya DiRado of the United States claims the silver and Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain takes the bronze.---10:45 p.m.Australias Mack Horton has won the gold medal in the mens 400-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics, holding off rival Sun Yang of China.What happened after the race was even more dramatic.Horton grabbed the lead for good on the next-to-last lap and held off the hard-charging Sun, the defending Olympic champion. But the bad blood between the two was on display for all to see as Horton celebrated after the race without even acknowledging the runner-up.In fact, they climbed out of the pool side by side without so much as a passing glance.After the prelims of the mens 400 freestyle, Horton was asked about a reported incident between the two at the practice pool earlier in the week. The Aussie said Sun splashed me to say hello, and I didnt respond because I dont have time for drug cheats.Sun served a three-month suspension for using a banned stimulant in 2014.---10:35 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Australias Mack Horton wins gold in the mens 400-meter freestyle. Chinas Sun Yang claims the silver and Italys Gabriele Detti takes the bronze.---10:30 p.m.Venus Williams faded as her opening match at her record fifth Olympics dragged past 3 hours and she lost 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.The 36-year-old American -- owner of four gold medals and seven Grand Slam titles -- labored at times and even showed frustration by shouting Ridiculous! after dropping one point Saturday night.With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watching, the fifth-seeded Williams was broken while serving for the victory at 5-3. She was two points from the win four times but could not close out Flipkens, who is ranked 62nd and only once reached the semifinals of a major tournament.When the match ended, Flipkens reacted as if shed won gold, even getting down on the ground to kiss the white five-ring Olympic logo on the green court.Williams is the first tennis player to participate in singles at five Summer Games.---10:30 p.m.Kosuke Hagino of Japan has ended the United States dominance in the mens 400-meter individual medley, holding off American Chase Kalisz to win the gold medal at the Rio Olympics.Hagino and Japanese teammate Daiya Seto raced away from the field on the butterfly and backstroke legs before Kalisz began to close the gap. The American surged past Seto on the breaststroke and set his sights on Hagino.But the Japanese swimmer, who won bronze in this event at the 2012 London Games, held on to win in 4 minutes, 6.05 seconds. Kalisz settled for the silver in 4:06.75, while Seto grabbed the bronze in 4:09.71.Hagino became the first non-American to win the 400 IM since Tamas Darnyi of Hungary at the 1992 Barcelona Games.Ryan Lochte was the defending Olympic champion, but he finished third at the U.S. trials and didnt event qualify. Michael Phelps was the champion in 2004 and 2008, but hes dropped the 400 IM from his program. Tom Dolan was a back-to-back champion in 1996 and 2000.---10:20 p.mUPSET ALERT: 5th-ranked Venus Williams loses opening match at record fifth Olympics to 62nd-ranked Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.---10:15 p.m.MEDAL ALERT: Kosuke Hagino of Japan wins the mens 400-meter individual medley at the Rio Olympics. Chase Kalisz of the United States takes the silver and Japans Daiya Seto claims the bronze.---10:05 p.m.The chaotic mens Olympic road race left Italian star Vincenzo Nibali with a broken collarbone and Australias Richie Porte, a favorite for this weeks time trial, with a fractured shoulder blade.Nibali crashed along with Colombias Sergio Henao while leading on the final harrowing descent of the 236-kilometer race, allowing Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium to claim the gold medal.Nibalis coach, Davide Cassani, said on Twitter the Giro dItalia winner broke his collarbone.Porte may have had an even tougher day, dealing with mechanical issues even before he crashed on the same tricky descent. Cycling Australia confirmed Porte was taken to Vitoria Hospital in Barra and found to have a broken bone that will keep him out of Wednesdays time trial.---10:05 p.m.Gu Yasha and Tan Ruyin each scored and China defeated South Africa 2-0 in a group-stage match Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro.It was Chinas first victory in the Olympics since they were hosts in 2008. The No. 12-ranked Steel Roses did not play in London.South Africa, known as Banyana Banyana, dropped to 0-2 at the Rio Games and the teams chances of making the knockout stage were slim.China fell 3-0 to hosts Brazil in its opener.---9:40 p.m.Its party time at the Olympic pool.Samba dancers in feathers and sequins are tearing it up on deck accompanied by drummers ahead of the first late-night finals session of the Rio Games on Saturday.Several swimmers and coaches are capturing the entertainment on their cellphones while swimmers warm up in the pool.Rowdy music from the Rolling Stones and AC/DC has been blasting too, ensuring everyone is awake for the first final that begins at 10 p.m.---9:30 p.m.Sopita Tanasan of Thailand won gold in her Olympic debut with an easy victory in the womens 48-kilogram category Saturday in the first weightlifting event at the Rio Games.Tanasan snatched 92 kilograms and lifted 108 kilograms in the clean and jerk for a total of 200 kilograms. It was her first time competing on the world level at that weight class.On her first lift in clean and jerk, Tanasan easily succeeded at 106 kilos to take the lead. She lifted 108 kilos on her second attempt, but failed at 110 kilos on her final try.In a last-ditch bid to snatch the gold, Sri Wahuni Agustiani of Indonesia twice tried to lift 115 kilos to overtake Tanasan. She failed on the first try and Tanasan celebrated by hugging her coaches in the green room.Agustiani was able to lift the bar on her second attempt and her coaches screamed in celebration, but she couldnt jerk the weight.Agustiani won silver and Hiromi Miyake took bronze.---9:20 p.m.Katie Ledecky will be anchoring the United States in the womens 4x100-meter freestyle relay.Ledecky already swam in the afternoon preliminaries Saturday, leading the Americans to the second-fastest time behind the favored Australians.Shes the only holdover from the morning team. The U.S. rested its top two 100 free swimmers, Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel, and theyre also adding Dana Vollmer, wholl be doing double duty in the late-night session. Shes also competing in the semifinals of the 100 butterfly, but well have more than an hour to rest up between races.Manuel leads off for the Americans, followed by Weitzeil, Vollmer and Ledecky. Theyll be trying to give the U.S. its first gold medal in the event since the 1996 Atlanta Games.Defending Olympic champion Australia is a big favorite. Emma McKeon and Brittany Elmsie will take the top two legs, followed by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell.---9:20 p.m.Saskia Bartusiak scored in the 88th minute to pull Germany into a 2-all draw with Australia in a womens soccer group-stage match at Corinthian Stadium in Sao Paulo on Saturday.Sam Kerr scored for Australia in the sixth minute and Caitlin Ford added another in the 45th, but Germany closed the gap in first-half stoppage time with Sara Daebritzs goal.Australia is ranked No. 5 in the world. Known as the Matildas, they had a breakthrough last summer when they became the first Austrailain team -- male or female -- to win a World Cup knockout round match.Germany, ranked No. 2 in the world, defeated Zimbabwe 6-1 in the Olympic tournament opener. Australia fell to Canada 2-0 to open the group stage.---9 p.m.The U.S. Olympic mens basketball team began its charge toward a third straight gold medal with a 119-62 rout of China on Saturday.Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Demarcus Cousins added 17 for the win.Durant and Carmelo Anthony are the only two returning players from the 2012 squad that won it all in London, and the pair of NBA All-Stars showed their young teammates how the American team rolls at the Olympics. Despite not having big-name players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook, the U.S. is an overwhelming favorite to win another title.Durant made three 3-pointers in the first half as the U.S. opened a 29-point halftime lead and coasted.The Americans have won 69 straight games, and improved to 81-1 under coach Mike Krzyzewski, who revived the U.S. program and plans to step down following these games.The U.S. plays Venezuela on Monday.----8:35 p.m.Rios downtown cauldron has become selfie central. 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Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston.Tottenham will make a late decision on Eric Dier ahead of their Premier League match at Chelsea on Monday night, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 7pm. Following Leicesters 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday, Tottenham must beat Chelsea in order to keep their title aspirations alive. Spurs travel to Stamford Bridge buoyed by the news that manager Mauricio Pochettino has announced he plans to extend his contract by two years until 2021. Mauricio Pochettino explains why hes extending his contract at Tottenham The Blues have endured a disappointing season but will need little motivation to conclude a poor season at by beating their London rivals.Team newsDefenders John Terry and Gary Cahill are expected to be available for Chelsea.Terry is likely to be fit, although possibly not to start, after missing 10 of the last 12 matches with a hamstring and then Achilles problem, while illness ruled Cahill out of last weeks win at Bournemouth. Defensive duo John Terry and Gary Cahill are expected to be available Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois completes his two-match suspension, while Loic Remy (groin) and Kurt Zouma (knee) are out.Dier suffered a bout of concussion in the 1-1 draw against West Brom on Monday and Pochettino will decide on Sunday whether the midfielder is available. Harry Kane has scored 13 goals in his last 14 Premier League appearances for Spurs Dele Alli will miss the game at Stamford Bridge as he begins a three-match suspension for violent conduct, while Nabil Bentaleb remains out with a knee injury.Opta stats Guus Hiddink insists Chelseas players will take all their remaining games seriously Chelsea have not lost a league home game against Tottenham since February 1990; winning 17 and drawing eight of their 25 meetings at Stamford Bridge since.Chelsea have currently suffered 199 defeats in the Premier League (in 920 matches).Cesc Fabregas now has 95 assists in the Premier League - only Ryan Giggs (162) and Frank Lampard (102) have more in the history of the competitiion. Douglas Costa Bayern Munich Jersey. Dele Alli will miss the game as he begins a three-match suspension The Blues lost their last Premier League home game against Manchester City - they havent lost two in a row in the competition at Stamford Bridge since November 2011.Spurs have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League London derbies (W5 D4).Tottenham have attempted 131 more shots on target than they have allowed their opponents this season; the biggest differential by a Premier League side in 2015-16. Pochettino agrees new deal Mauricio Pochettino agrees new five-year deal with Tottenham Tottenham have currently lost 199 Premier League away matches (460 played overall).Tottenham have lost 25 Premier League games against Chelsea; only against Manchester United (31) have they suffered more in the competition. Jamie Redknapp joins Ed Chamberlin to preview Monday Night Football Harry Kane is two goals away from scoring 50 Premier League goals - if he does it in this game then hell be the eighth quickest player to 50 goals in the competition (in his 84th appearance).Mersons predictionsIm going to go for a Chelsea win and for there to be goals. I watched Chelsea at Bournemouth last week and they will let in goals for absolute fun, and Tottenham have to have a go and Chelsea are good going forward. We look back at a Premier League classic, Chelseas 4-3 win over Tottenham in February 1994 Tottenham arent going to go there and lie down, dont worry about that. Even if Leicester had won, they still arent going to go to Stamford Bridge and get embarrassed. It will be an entertaining football match.Paul predicts: Chelsea 3-2 TottenhamBettingTottenham are 6/4 with Sky Bet to win at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea 13/8 and the draw 12/5. 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Socceroo Tim Cahill is judging his time at Melbourne City as much by attendances as he is by goals. Rodrigo Palacio Inter Milan Jersey .City host their first home fixture of the season on Friday night when Perth Glory visit, and hopes are high for a five-figure crowd at AAMI Park.In Cahill they have the star.Under coach John van t Schips re-booted system, they have the style.Now they just need the fans.City scored more goals last season than any other campaign in A-League history but averaged less than 10,000 to their 12 home matches not involving Melbourne Victory last year.Its been the clubs goal of the club to improve their footprint across the city, and Cahill confirmed hed be keeping a close watch on attendances during his time in Melbourne.Hundred per cent, I have to help do that. Its a huge part of why Im here, he told AAP.Were doing our bit. Weve had an amazing fan day.A shirt launch with a tram. Loads of little activations. Lots of media. Dinners with the sponsors.Im seeing things with an open mind. Its such an amazing sporting market in Melbourne.To use a favourite phrase of Football Federation Australia, Citys metrics are already up.Membership has boomed to almost 11,000 - with nearly a thousand of those joining in the week since Cahills stunning volley in Citys 4-1 win in the Melbourne derby.Wet weather is likely to keep Citys opening crowd below the 15,717 that turned out two seasons ago to see World Cup winner David Villa in his short stint with the club.But beginning the season with a crowd above 10,000 would give City a strong platform for the season ahead.Van t Schip, who has seen the club grow from a speck on the sporting landscape, said consistent results would help.We improved it last year and we want to again take it to a new level, he said.The fans that we have are great but we think were doing everything possible - the way that were playing and the players that were getting in - to get even more members.Results are important for that and hopefully (too) the way were playing. 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That alone would be a feat because no team from the conference has pulled it off since the Detroit Red Wings, now an Eastern Conference team, won the Stanley Cup in 2008 and came within a win of repeating.Chicago, Los Angeles, Anaheim and St. Louis will likely be among the contenders. Dallas, too.The Blackhawks and Kings, who alternated as champions from 2012 to 2015 and won five Cups in a six-season span, failed to even make it out of the first round last in 2016.Both teams certainly have a chance to bounce back this season.This is my sixth season in the Central Division and this looks like the most challenging year yet, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Thursday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. The crunching between the top and bottom started last year, and its going to be closer this year.Hitchcock and Stars general manager Jim Nill both believe the teams that were at the bottom of the conference last season on moving up.The Winnipegs and the Colorados are going to be better teams, Nill told the AP. I think its going to be tighter than ever.How tight?Everyone has a shot, San Joses Logan Couture said.How many teams?Fifteen, Couture insisted. There are no easy-to-beat teams in our conference.Some things to watch for this season:SHARP SHARKSSan Jose, which joined the league in 1991, advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time last season. The Sharks pushed Pittsburgh to Game 6 before its speed proved to be too much to handle. The Sharks showed they have some of the best players on the planet at the World Cup with Couture, Joe Thornton, Brent Burns aand Marc-Edouard Vlasic helping Canada win the title against Team Europe and one of their new teammates, Mikkel Boedker. 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Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is pregnant and plans to resume her career after the baby is born. Mesut Ozil Jersey .The 26-year-old Azarenka posted a letter on her Twitter account Friday saying that when she was recovering from the knee injury that kept her out of Wimbledon, she and her boyfriend learned they were expecting a child at the end of the year.We couldnt be happier and feel very blessed to begin this exciting journey of building a family together, she wrote.I have been truly inspired by so many strong female athletes who return to the very top of their sport after having children, Azarenka added, and I plan to do exactly that.Kim Clijsters did exactly that in recent years, coming out of retirement in 2009 after the birth of her daughter and going on to win three more major titles.Currently ranked sixth, Azarenka had to retire from her first-round French Open match May 24 when she hurt the knee and hasnt played since.Azarenka, from Belarus, won the Australian Open in 2012 and 13 and lost the U.S. Open final to Serena Williams in three sets both years. But she has struggled with injuries in recent seasons.She made the announcement Friday just as the International Tennis Federation was about to release its list of players for next months Olympics. Azarenkas name was on the roster even though she wont be competing in Rio. Christoph Kramer Jersey . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. Sebastian Rudy Germany Jersey . Sulaiman, 44, was chosen unanimously Tuesday in a vote by the leadership, the World Boxing Council said. Sulaiman becomes the sixth president of the organization. http://www.germanyfcsoccershop.com/c-31-leroy-sane-germany-jersey.aspx . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio States struggling offense may have to do without starting wide receiver and kick returner Parris Campbell against No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday.Campbell, a sophomore who this season was seeing his first significant playing time, left the game in the fourth quarter after being hurt while blocking for Curtis Samuel. Coach Urban Meyer said Monday that Campbell has a high ankle sprain and is questionable for this weeks game.Its much better than we thought, Meyer said of the injury.Campbell has caught 10 passes for 96 yards and earned raves from Meyer for his development and effort this season. Hes also compiled 326 yards returning kickoffs. Someone will have to be the next man up, and several receivers are in line.(Binjimen) Victor is getting so close, weve got to just get him through the hump, Meyer said. James Clark and Terry McLaurin are going to step up and play.Quarterback J.T. Barrett said Campbells effort was critical.He does a lot of us, especially on special teams, Barrett said. Someone is going to have to step in and fill that role, but hes definitely a valuable player to us.No. 6 Ohio State (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten) is having a rough time getting its vertical passing game working even with Campbell, one of its fleetest receivers, in the starting lineup.The Buckeyes punted on five straight possessions on Saturday and allowed Northwestern, a multi-touchdown underrdog, to tie the score at 17 in the third quarter. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen Germany Jersey. Ohio State then mounted a six-play, 63-yard drive, capped by a 3-yard Samuel touchdown run with 9:43 left in the game.Northwestern then got to the Ohio State 3, but settled for a field goal to close to 24-20 with 3:31 left. The Buckeyes mounted a final clock-eating drive, with Barrett hitting Noah Brown for 16 yards on third-and-8 and then took off on a 35-yard run to convert a third-and-10 and put the Buckeyes in the clear.The narrow escape came a week after Ohio State lost to unranked Penn State 24-21, a game marked by a blocked field goal attempt that the Nittany Lions ran back for a touchdown.Game notes Ohio State will play Nebraska (7-1, 4-1) for the first time since their 2012 meeting in Columbus, won by the Buckeyes 63-38....Raekwon McMillan and Jerome Baker have been named semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given to the nations best linebacker. Baker has been a terrific surprise since taking over a starting role after Dante Booker was injured in the opening game....Safety Malik Hooker is one of 16 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nations best defensive back.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.orgFollow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' ' 

Andrew Miller: Sampson old boy, how the devil? Still sticking it to The Men, I trust? I hear rumours that Death of a Gentleman has released in India, which is tremendous news and a huge feather in your campaigning cap. Jakob Poeltl Raptors Jersey . I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, as George Galloway once said (I think) of Giles Clarke.On a related note, I was amused to see the words transparency and governance appearing in the same sentence of the ICCs press release after their board meeting in Dubai in February. A quick search through my 20,000-odd unread Gmail messages confirmed that this was, indeed, the first instance of such a juxtaposition in any ICC release since at least 2007. And given how heroically you have striven to have those words added to crickets lexicon, I for one refuse to believe it was a coincidence.I am very proud to have played a small part in bringing Death of a Gentleman into the world, and have enjoyed watching the accolades roll in over the past few months (dont worry, my free copy will do for payment). And yet, one thing has bugged me ever since those frantic final days of the editing process at Silverglade, when the clock was ticking and 400 hours of interviews had yet to be turned into 90 minutes of coherent narrative, and your producers were haranguing you for a plausible pay-off, an answer to that thorniest of questions: So, whats the solution then?And the solution you identified was... the Olympics.Okay, so the topic had to make the cut in one way or another, simply to enable that magnificently malevolent exchange between you and dear old Giles - I have every right to put my boards interests first… and all that. But all the same, I still struggle to be convinced that it really can be the answer to crickets ills.Heres how I see the Olympics - as a depository for the marginalised and irrelevant, a once-a-leap-year invitation for sports Cinderellas to come to the ball and make off with the prince as well. It all ends up back in sackcloth and ashes. Has anyone paid any attention to badminton or white-water canoeing recently?Ill be the first to admit, it is certainly fun while it lasts. But is this really the company that cricket needs to keep? Is the sport really so lacking in ambition and self-esteem that it needs to outsource its issues to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), like a bank flogging its bad debt, rather than address them itself? Youll probably say probably and Im still willing to be convinced. But I just dont buy that Olympic status is the panacea it is being made out to be.Yours in the runs, MillerSam Collins: Miller, you sordid corporate-dollar guzzler, Im sorry to hear about your bad tum, but how good of you to take time out from bathing in the fountain of Walt Disney to break bread with the little men.Now, this is interesting. While trying to anticipate your angle of attack, I was in full expectation that youd be trying to paint me as worthier than a religious volunteer on a church bench in the centre of Worth sucking on a Werthers Original. But youve gone rogue. In between claiming full credit for Death of a Gentleman, and calling me cheap, youve subtly painted me as more cynical than a circa-2005 Lalit Modi, who scarcely even had to pretend to like cricket to orchestrate the multibillion-dollar T20 revolution that crystallised this whole mess in the first place.My crime, as you would have it, is to have simply slid on the G-string of Olympic participation primarily as a means of providing said anti-corruption-in-cricket-independent-feature-documentary-available-on-a-subscription-video-platform-near-you-soon with a plausible alternative to the GIVE ME MORE NOW attitudes of the cricket boards, an antidote to the administrative short-sightedness and incompetence that has been running a great sport into the ground for too long.Well, in one respect, youre right.You didnt expect that, did you?Im not an Olympic fundamentalist. I dont believe in this pinnacle of sporting achievement bollocks. Ive become a cold, hard pragmatist. I look at dollars, and I try to speak in common sense. And it is common sense for cricket to be in the Olympics.I dont think that Olympic participation will solve all of crickets problems, and I dont think that it will make anyone in the UK (because, like our good friend Giles Clarke, you seem to be looking at this through some red-white-and-blue tinted spectacles) appreciate cricket more. But the more Ive studied the utter mess that is the running of the game, the more I can clearly see how becoming an Olympic sport could benefit crickets growth, helping to provide the money that the ICC is unwilling to commit to funding cricket worldwide.All sports need money to survive, and Olympic participation would open up millions and millions of dollars of government funding. And isnt it a tantalising prospect that even if crickets rulers did decide they wanted to spread around a little more of their estimated US$2.3 billion kitty, it could be supplemented by that government funding, improving infrastructure in countries that need all the help they can get, some of which have economies and television markets that could be of huge benefit to even crickets established powers in a decade or so?How, please, could that possibly be bad for cricket?Miller: A cold hard pragmatist, who looks at dollars and deals in common sense... Careful now. I think being locked in that edit suite with so many Big Three reprobates has given you Stockholm Syndrome.Still, youre not a fundamentalist. Jolly relieved to hear it. Im not a complete atheist either. But your reply doesnt remotely invalidate my doubts about cricket at the Olympics.I get that it would widen the sports base, and unleash a torrent of funding. But at what cost to the already damaged integrity of top-level international cricket?Im with you in loathing the word pinnacle in a sporting context. Nothing smacks of lip service more readily than some IPL superstar insisting that Test matches remain the pinnacle of cricket. However, where the Olympics are concerned, it is either everything to a sport or it is next to nothing.Pop quiz, hotshot. Here are four plucky Brits who claimed gold medals at the London Olympics in 2012: Ed McKeever, Peter Wilson, Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott. Now, name the sports in which they captivated the nation (*of course you cant, so the answers are below).Meanwhile, here are four Team GB players who dribbled out on penalties at the quarter-final stage of that years Olympic football tournament. Ryan Giggs, Daniel Sturridge, Aaron Ramsey and Danny Rose. You see what Im getting at. Notwithstanding the platitudes that they will doubtless have uttered as South Korea launched into their victory parade around the Millennium Stadium, are we really supposed to believe that Great Britains random ensemble cared even a smidgen compared to the genuine Olympians for whom 2012 really was the be-all and end-all?And then theres the newest re-entrant to the Olympic family. Golf. Earlier this year, Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion and former world No. 1, withdrew from Rio, dismissing it as an exhibition event. Hed rather focus on the PGA Tour, thanks very much.Clarkes stance as witnessed in Death of a Gentleman was preposterous, of course it was. But if the interview with him is even remotely indicative of crickets lack of interest in the Olympics (indoor cricket, anyone?), then is it really sensible to send the international game down that path? That way lies madness and marginalisation - if not footballs disinterest, then (worse, surely) the sort of team-sport no mans land to which handball, water polo, hockey and synchronised swimming, among others, are condemned.Cricket is still, just about, better than that.*Answers: 200m canoe sprint, mens double trap, mens canoe slalom C-2Collins: Sorry, I fell asleep for a second there. What were you saying? Olympic participation would damage the integrity of international cricket? Oh. Would that be the same international cricket often so lacking in competitive sides and context that not even the players know who or why they are playing half the time? And which format of international cricket would you be talking about? Test cricket? Or T20? Because last time I looked, the whole cricketing world was revelling in the novelty of a short, sharp international T20 tournament.And thats what cricket in the Olympics should be: a two-week T20 tournament, featuring the best players international cricket can spare (Associates and Affiliates included). This is bigger picture stuff, Miller, its not about you rattling off random Olympians and obscure disciplines to boost your word count. If cricket has to ape football and be essentially an Under-23 tournament, then so be it. History may not remember all the participants, but the many thousands of children worldwide who would benefit from the government funding will remember the moment cricket thought about their future, and crucially the players outside the biggest nations currently denied the opportunity to compete in most ICC events will have their showcase tournament to aim for.Being an administrator is surely about doing whatever it (legally) takes to take your sport to the widest possible audience, and make as much money for the sport as you can in the process. That, for cricket, is the Olympics - a two-week hit every four years that brings the chance to boost the funding and consequently the competitiveness of international cricket (mens, womens and disabled) essentially for free. And the best thing is, the IOC wants it to happen - however cynical their hopes of getting a share of Indian TV rights may be, as a forward-thinking administrator this has to be one time you dont mind being used. Only the brains at the current ICC could pass up this sort of opportunity.The ICC now claims to be debating the Olympic question, while apparently privately believing there is no chance in hell. Those in favour are naive, while various defeatist suggestions fly as to why cricket couldnt be an Olympic sport, including fundamentally incorrect arguments that the Olympics would devalue ICC events, and - strangest among them - the idea that you couldnt fit a T20 tournament (where matches last three hours) into two weeks.Yes, there are bigger issues, such as Indias non-compliance with the World Anti Doping Agency regulations, but this is a situation where Giles Clarke and Co should be using whatever diplomatic skills they possess to do the bidding of the 90% of ICC nations who favour Olympic participation, rather than prioritising the demands of domestic television contracts. Instead, self-interest prevails, as cricket continues an inexorable contraction towards its three richest countries and privately owned T20 franchise leagues, and these administrocrats dont even have to pay us the courtesy of explaining their decisions. And that is the worst thing about it. At least if cricket was properly run we could trust that it was rejecting the Olympics for good reason, but it isnt and we cant.Miller: All right, all right, keep your wig on. You may have spent four years asking awkward questions of the rich and powerful, but that doesnt give you the right to get all haughty when your stance is questioned. (Mind you, what other tips have you picked up from the master? I look forward to the wine at our next lunch!)Anyway, back to the debate. You question my fear about the integrity of cricket, yet you seem to think that the sport would become more integrated if it answered to two global institutions, not one? Its not just etymology that tells you that is nonsense.You say the Olympics would be a two-week hit every four years. Are you really sure about that? We arent just talking about the time it takes up in the calendar (although, I grant you, that was the ECBs principal objection). Its the knock-on effects of IOC involvement that concern me - you only need to look at the plutocratic demands they make of their host cities to know they wont simply pop up, brimming with largesse, for two weeks in every 200 then quietly slip away.You say its fundamentally incorrect that an Olympic event would undermine an ICC one, but its not just Clarke apologists who are willing to make that point. Take the head of a prominent players association you were in touch with. He rightly queries who is going to pay the sports bills if cricket goes to the Olympics.The IOC doesnt cough up any dividends from its massive commercial returns (some $6-8 billion at the last time of asking), and most of crickets associations are broke already. So, what next? Do we really expect individual governments - national taxpayers, no less - to prop up the sport for evermore? You talk of all the government funding that will be unlocked by OlympIN (to coin a phrase), but what if that tap gets turned off at some time in the future? What if the stench of an IOC scandal becomes too niffy to countenance, or if austerity kicks in and a hatchet-wielding chancellor just thinks, cricket… meh.And what if that tap doesnt get turned off? I think of Bermuda, to name one example of a nation that was showered with too much government largesse (on account of their qualification for the 2007 World Cup). They sank like Dwayne Leverock in a lard-filled swimming pool - dragged down by an ambition-less nexus of elite (well-remunerated) players and held under by next to no investment in grass-roots cricket. Last September cricket in Bermuda was again in the headlines following a brawl in the national club final.The point is, you might widen crickets footprint via OlympIN, but you would be doing nothing to tackle the basic governance issues that you and I both believe to be at the root of the games current ills. And given that the IOC is even more inscrutable than the ICC, I suspect that giving in to being used (your word, not mine) would simply exacerbate them.Collins: Wine at lunch? Lets hope the Cricket Monthlys expenses stretch as far as the ECBs are rumoured to have done.Im not sure where to start my response to your latest barf.Do you genuinely believe that any level of sporting corruption could make these PR and consequently sports-obsessed governments turn off the funding tap?In terms of cricketing countries being showered by funding and failing to make the most of it due to administrative short-sightedness, incompetence and perhaps even corruption, Im sure were both in agreement that this is a live issue for the game whether that money comes from governments or - as it currently does - the ICC. Anyway, lets talk specifics for a second.One problem cricket doesnt have is generating money, but seeing as its three biggest countries dont have much intention of sharing it, this is where that Olympic pot comes in. We only have to look at other sports to see the impact - since rugby unions return to the Olympics was announced in 2009, around ￡20m has been invested in the sport by national Olympic committees. Badminton is another sport to have benefited: following its debut at the 1992 games, the International Badminton Federation estimated that more than $100m a year of government funding began pouring into the sport purely because it was on the Olympic programme. And as far as spreading the game goes - guaranteeing more money for the sport in the process - since tennis was readmitted to the games in 1988, the number of nations affiliated to the International Tennis Federation has grown from 147 to 211. Even golf is realistic about the Olympics being a possible way to resuscitate a sport whose fans are dying off (literally) even more quickly than county memberships.In China the worth of Olympic participation is estimated at $20m a year in government funding for cricket, and there is precedent for other sports in that country. Rugby sevens Olympic status has transformed the sport there from a tin-pot operation run by one man and a few students, into a professional outfit with access to the countrys outstanding athletes at sports-specific schools, and also now incorporates a womens rugby sevens team. This further illustrates the far-reaching benefits of Olympic participation to womens sport - the debut of womens rowing in 1976 was a watershed (pun intended) moment for the sport, finally giving women access to funding and facilities that had previously been reserved for men. Given the rapid growth of womens and disabled cricket around the world, but still the comparative lack of participation and funding, this is an opportunity cricket cant afford to turn down.For all your worries about IOC involvement, the only negative Ive found from any of these sports after embracing the five rings is allegations that funding tends to be targeted at the elite, with little trickle-down effect. But even this problem would help cricket to tackle its major on-pitch problem - not enough competitive teams at the international level. If West Indies were able to invest in better facilities at the top level (remember Ramnaresh Sarwans rant about the last few years), they would be better able to compete at the top level in Test cricket, and therefore a more attractive proposition for the kids currently so disillusioned by the vicious circle of poverty, administrative incompetence and poor performance. But I suppose youll now come back and tell me that West Indies wouldnt even compete in an Olympics.Miller: No, youre right, West Indies wouldnt compete in the Olympics. The likes of Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago would go it alone, and in the case of T&T, I reckon they might even have picked up a medal with their Daren Ganga-led side had they competed in London 2012.Okay, so now Im arguing at cross purposes but, as I conceded from the outset, Im not an unequivocal naysayer. I can see the benefits from the Olympics and I dont dispute that the competition would be a success for that one fortnight in four years.But West Indies are the perfect example of the fragmentation and competing priorities that would kick in as soon as such a beast was unleashed. Okay, so maybe they are already dead as a Test team - the WICB is not fit for purpose and West Indies recent World T20 triumph was achieved in spite of the fools at the helm who have mismanaged the region for decades.Or maybe they arent quite dead and this would be a mercy killing. But make no mistake, the impact of inviting a new bossman in to help the sport before it has learnt to help itself would be shattering. Whether that is shattering in a good way or a bad way depends on how bleak you currently believe the games prospects to be.But lets pop back to Death of a Gentleman briefly, because, Lord knows, you need another plug, you impoverished renegade. Remember, if you can, the original premise of your film - it was that nagging existential fear for your favourite, and still the worlds greatest form of the game, Test cricket.OlympIN would be Tests out. West Indies, gone at a stroke. Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand to follow soon enough. India might pretend for a while because they rather enjoy their cosy bilateral arrangements with England and Australia, but realistically all that would be left standing, after the Olympic T20 tsunami, would be the Ashes and... er... thats it.Surely we are better staying in and trying to reform the game on the games own terms, than taking on the world before we actually know what we want for our sport?Collins: This feels like the last gasps of a desperate man, Miller. Is there, for example, any rationale behind your assertion that the Olympics would kill off Test cricket? Wake up, were having this conversation because Test cricket is already dead in all but name, contested, just about, by the three or four teams who make money from it while everybody else fills in the fixture card for posterity. The only way you save the Test game is by creating more competitive teams over the long term, and addressing the financial disparities currently pulling the sport apart. In this context Im not sure how the chance of extra funding for Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Co could possibly be a bad thing for the Test game. Rather it is a throw of the dice that could actually help to reinvigorate things, and surely this chance to grow the game in countries beyond the established powers (with the aim that they will aspire to play the longest form of the game) could be perfectly timed given the ICC finally appears set to open the door to the smoking room?You can romanticise all you want about West Indies. Gideon Haigh put it to us rather well (in a bite that sadly ended up on the cutting-room floor) that it may be that West Indies - with their dysfunctional governance and several competing interests - are themselves a vestige of the Caribbeans (and crickets) past rather than what it might become. I hope thats not the case, that they can re-establish themselves as the power base that cricket is desperate for them to be. But the games problem is that as they have fallen apart there has been no one coming through to take their place - whether due to a lack of funding, lack of opportunity or other reasons - and that is what has to change. Other major sports (football, rugby to name two) are implementing huge expansion in front of our eyes, and with more and more entertainment options and less and less time to indulge them, the same globalisation and technological growth that brought crickets financial windfall could well finish the global game off, and sharpish.You can put the Olympic schemozzle up there with crickets procrastination over day-night cricket, its failure to harness online streaming, the games almost non-existent YouTube presence - all proof that the men in charge of this sport are still embarrassingly behind the times when it comes to engaging with their potential audience.Crickets rulers need to catch up, and quickly, before that papier maché rock of TV dollars that they are desperately clinging to is submerged by the self-inflicted tsunami of reality. Im all in.Miller: Ah sod it, were all doomed. Lets go to the pub. Jason Thompson Raptors Jersey . 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