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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Alabama is No. 1 within the preseason AP Prime 25 for the second straight season. That can also be the ninth time total, second most in ballot historical past.
The Crimson Tide obtained 54 of 63 first-place votes for the ballot launched Monday.
Ohio State is No. 2 with six first-place votes. Defending nationwide champion Georgia is third with three first-place votes. Clemson is No. 4 and Notre Dame rounds out the highest 5.
The Tide’s preseason No. 1 rating is the seventh in 15 years. For the reason that preseason rankings began in 1950, solely Oklahoma has been No. 1 within the preliminary ballot greater than Alabama.
MLB
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers fired fourth-year supervisor Chris Woodward on Monday, a transfer made in hopes of constructing momentum towards subsequent 12 months, when the crew has lengthy anticipated to win once more after a seasons-long rebuilding effort.
The Rangers are on tempo for his or her sixth consecutive dropping season since their final AL West title in 2016. Whereas higher than final 12 months’s 102-loss crew, they haven’t made the specified progress this 12 months, and even had a successful file at any level since spending a half-billion {dollars} final winter to signal shortstop Corey Seager and second baseman Marcus Semien.
Texas was 51-63 after ending a collection win at house over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, and received back-to-back video games for under the third time because the begin of July. After peaking at 24-24 on the finish of Might, Texas misplaced its subsequent three video games and 5 of six. The Rangers are 6-24 in one-run video games.
NBA
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers settled the grievance he filed to recoup a portion of final season’s wage, an individual with data of the main points mentioned Monday.
Simmons was in search of a portion of the practically $20 million that was withheld after he refused to go well with up for the 76ers final season. He was finally traded to the Brooklyn Nets in February for a package deal headlined by James Harden.
The individual confirmed the settlement to The Related Press on situation of anonymity as a result of phrases have been to stay confidential. The settlement was first reported by ESPN.
— By AP Sports activities Author Dan Gelston.
GOLF
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — British Open champion Cameron Smith pulled out of the BMW Championship on Monday with what his supervisor described as a “hip discomfort” that Smith had been feeling the previous few months.
Smith is No. 3 within the FedEx Cup, assured of a spot within the Tour Championship subsequent week in Atlanta, although the withdrawal will imply he begins no less than three pictures behind when the FedEx Cup finale start.
“He has been coping with some on and off hip discomfort for a number of months and thought it greatest he relaxation this week in his pursuit of the FedEx Cup,” Bud Martin, his agent at Wasserman, mentioned in a press release.
WNBA
MOSCOW (AP) — Attorneys for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an enchantment of her nine-year Russian jail sentence for drug possession, Russian information businesses reported Monday, amid talks between the U.S. and Russia that would result in a high-profile prisoner swap.
Griner, an eight-time all-star middle with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police mentioned they discovered vape canisters containing hashish oil in her baggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
Griner admitted that she had the canisters in her baggage, however mentioned she had inadvertently packed them in haste and that she had no prison intent. Her protection crew offered written statements that she had been prescribed hashish to deal with ache.
Lawyer Maria Blagovolina was quoted by Russian information businesses on Monday as saying the enchantment was filed, as was anticipated, however the grounds for it weren’t instantly clear.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Liz Cambage introduced on social media Monday that she determined to step away from the WNBA “in the interim,” addressing for the primary time her contract divorce from the Los Angeles Sparks final month.
The Sparks have been within the hunt for a playoff spot when Cambage left the crew on July 26. The crew misplaced eight of their ultimate 9 video games and completed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Los Angeles had traded away its first-round decide for the 2023 draft, which means it received’t profit from lacking the playoffs.
Internationally, Cambage had competed for Australia, serving to the crew win a bronze medal in 2012. However she withdrew from taking part in with the Opals shortly earlier than the Tokyo Video games final summer season, citing her psychological well being. A couple of days earlier than that, Cambage had been accused of utilizing a racial slur in the direction of a Nigerian nationwide crew participant in a closed scrimmage. Cambage denied these allegations.
Cambage averaged 13 factors and 6.4 rebounds for the Sparks in 25 video games this season after signing as a free agent within the offseason.
SOCCER
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA suspended India’s nationwide soccer federation late Monday “as a consequence of undue affect from third events,” the game’s governing physique mentioned.
The suspension of the All India Soccer Federation threatens the nation’s internet hosting of the Underneath-17 Ladies’s World Cup scheduled for Oct. 11-30.
FIFA mentioned the suspension was efficient instantly and that the transgression “constitutes a critical violation of the FIFA Statutes.”
The Underneath-17 Ladies’s World Cup “can’t presently be held in India as deliberate,” FIFA mentioned.
BOXING
4-time world champion Adrien Broner withdrew Monday from his nationally televised combat in opposition to Omar Figueroa on Saturday evening, citing psychological well being.
Broner introduced his determination on Instagram, apologizing to his followers and asking for prayers. He mentioned psychological well being is actual and that “I’ve watched lots of people die taking part in with they boxing profession and that’s one thing I received’t do …”
Showtime was scheduled to air the combat from Hollywood, Florida.
OBITUARY
Pete Carril, the rumpled, cigar-smoking basketball coach who led Princeton to 11 appearances within the NCAA Match, the place his groups unnerved formidable opponents and rattled March Insanity with old-school fundamentals, died Monday. He was 92.
Princeton launched a press release from Carril’s household, which mentioned he died “peacefully this morning.” It didn’t give a explanation for dying.
Carril, a Corridor of Famer, schooled his groups in a definite and reversion model of ball — the Princeton offense, a sport marked by endurance, intelligence, fixed movement, fast passing and backdoor cuts that always resulted in layups.
Throughout Carril’s 29 seasons because the Tigers’ coach, the system labored splendidly. His groups received 13 Ivy League titles and posted a 514-261 file with out the advantage of scholarship gamers.
He guided Princeton to the Nationwide Invitation Match championship in 1975 and was elected to the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 1997.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Steve Worster, the highly effective fullback in a bruising wishbone offense that led Texas to the undisputed nationwide championship in 1969 and the brink of one other a 12 months later, died Saturday. He was 73.
The Texas athletic division introduced the dying, for which no trigger was given.
Recognized to Longhorns followers as “Woo-Woo” Worster, he rushed for two,353 yards and 36 touchdowns, averaging 5.1 yards per carry from 1968-1970. Texas received three Southwest Convention titles with a 30-2-1 file over that span.
Worster was a consensus All-American in 1970 and completed fourth on the Heisman Trophy poll that season. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1971 however by no means performed within the NFL.
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