Need some help setting your fantasy lineup? NFL Nation reporters are here to help with predictions for every Week 4 game. The Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals have been excluded after playing on Thursday night.COLTS AT JAGUARSIndianapolis ColtsReceiver T.Y. Hilton finally found his rhythm when he had eight receptions for 174 yards and a touchdown against San Diego in Week 3. Hilton has a history of success against Jacksonville. His 39 receptions and 714 yards in his career against the Jaguars are the second most against any team he has faced. Hilton, like the case against the Chargers, has to continue to carry a bigger role until Donte Moncrief (shoulder) returns to the lineup, and hell do just that against Jacksonville. -- Mike WellsJacksonville JaguarsIts still a good idea to stay away from RBs Chris Ivory and T.J. Yeldon. Ivory has been battling a knee and ankle sprain all week, though he is expected to play against the Colts. The Jaguars just havent been able to run the ball; theyre averaging 55.0 yards a game. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said the Jaguars have tried a few changes this week to get the run game going, but until they prove they can get it done, you should keep Ivory and Yeldon out of your lineup. -- Mike DiRoccoTITANS AT TEXANSTennessee TitansKendall Wright will get at least six targets. The receiver is due to return from a hamstring injury that has kept him out of the lineup for the first three games. Even if Delanie Walker returns (hamstring injury), and if Marcus Mariota throws as much to DeMarco Murray as he has early on, the Titans will look to get Wright involved because their receiver output has been lacking so far. -- Paul KuharskyHouston TexansReceiver DeAndre Hopkins will have his biggest game of the season on Sunday against the Titans. In six career games against Tennessee, Hopkins has 40 catches for 696 yards and five touchdowns. 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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Vic Schaefer has turned Mississippi State from a middle-of-the-road Southeastern Conference program into a national factor in five seasons.The Bulldogs coach celebrated that dramatic turnaround with the 100th victory of his career on Tuesday night, a 58-44 win over Arkansas-Little Rock.Schaefers milestone with Mississippi State (10-0) happened in a state dear to him -- a place where he spent six years as an assistant for the Razorbacks before leaving with coach Gary Blair for Texas A&M.I wouldnt lie to you if I didnt say its kind of special, especially in this state, Schaefer said. I spent six great years up on the hill. I wasnt good enough to get that one when (Blair) left back in 2003, but I really appreciate the opportunity at Mississippi State.Schaefer is only the second coach in school history to reach the century mark in victories, joining Sharon Fanning-Otis. He earned every bit of win No. 100 on Tuesday against a Trojans (5-5) team that led by as many as five points on its home court and trailed by only four points after three quarters.In the fourth quarter, however, Victoria Vivians scored 10 of her 17 points to help the Bulldogs pull away and remain undefeated. Blair Schaefer matched her career high with 12 points for Mississippi State, while Morgan William finished with 10.Im proud of what weve accomplished at Mississippi State, Vic Schaefer said. Its what I envisioned.Ronjanae DeGray led UALR with 18 points and was 7 of 7 from the field, while Sharde Collins had 11 points.Mississippi State entered the game third in the SEC in scoring, averaging 80.7 points per game.However, the Bulldogs struggled to score in the first half against a UALR defense that had allowed only an average of 46 points per game during its recent winning streak -- 52.6 per game for the season.The Trojans led by aas many as five points in the second quarter, with Collins scoring all nine of her first-half points in the first quarter, but Mississippi State overcame 10 first-half turnovers to lead 25-24 at halftime and wore down UALR late.ddddddddddddWe missed a lot of opportunities, Trojans coach Joe Foley said. To me, personally, Im not pleased at all with the way we played. You can say what you want, but I think our kids can play better than that.BIG PICTUREMississippi State: Despite having not played a home game since an 88-51 win over San Jose State on Nov. 26, the Bulldogs added to their impressive early season resume against one of the top mid-major programs in the country. They did so by committing only three turnovers in the second half after turning the ball over 10 times in the first.UALR: The Trojans have reached the postseason eight times in the last nine seasons, including four trips to the NCAA Tournament. They had won four straight games entering Tuesday, but a close loss to a top 5 team isnt likely to hurt their postseason chances.AWAKENED VIVIANSVivians was only 3-of-9 shooting through three quarters on Tuesday, and she had committed four of Mississippi States 13 turnovers. Instead of showing her frustration, the junior kept her cool and scored 10 points in the fourth, making 4 of 5 shots as the Bulldogs outscored the Trojans 20-10 to close out the win.Youve got to keep a level head playing for Coach Schaefer, Vivians said. If you get out of it, its not going to turn out well.UP NEXTMississippi State stays on the road when it travels to Los Angeles for two games in the Women of Troy Classic, beginning with SMU on Friday.The Trojans return to the road when they face Tulsa on Sunday. ' ' '

CLEVELAND -- Former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum reasserted his dominance over Travis Browne at UFC 203, defeating him for the second time in less than three years.Werdum (21-6-1) dropped Browne with a right hand in the opening round and nearly choked him out, en route to a clear-cut unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 29-28). The heavyweight bout, which was a rematch of a 2014 meeting, served as the co-main event on Saturday.After the fight, Brownes head coach Edmond Tarverdyan was escorted out of the arena after tussling with Werdum and his corner. It was the finishing touch on a bizarre fight, that saw Browne essentially call his own timeout in the opening round after suffering an apparent hand injury. Referee Gary Copeland allowed Browne to pause, as he pointed toward his hand.According to immediate cageside stats from Fightmetric, Werdum out-landed Browne in total strikes 107 to 38. The victory was arguably as dominant as a five-round unanimous decision win by Werdum over two years ago.Fighting out of Kings MMA in Southern California, Werdum showed no respect for Browne as an opponent. He started the fight by sprinting across the cage and jumping into a flying front kick. The kick landed flush, directly into Brownes nose. Browne shrugged it off, but it was an early statement by the former champ.Werdum, who entered the fight ranked No. 2 by ESPN.com at heavyweight, dropped the No. 8 ranked Browne (18-5-1) later in the round and took his back with about 40 seconds remaining. Browne managed to cover up his neck and avoid taking any fight-ending shots.The pace slowed in the next frame, as Browne looked slightly gun-shy and Werdum appeared to be conserving energy. Browne actually picked it up somewhat in the third, but he never came close to finishing the fight.Werdum, 39, bounces back from a first-round knockout loss to Stipe Miocic in May. Browne falls to 1-2 in 2016 and 2-4 in his last six appearances.Rivera sends Faber to second straight lossBantamweight contender Jimmie Rivera (20-1) added the biggest name to his resume by defeating Urijah Faber (33-10) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Faber, who suffered back-to-back fights for the first time in his 13-year career, hung tough in what proved to be a relatively one-sided fight. Immediate cageside stats by Fightmetric had Rivera out-landing Faber in total strikes, 55 to 23.Riveras counterstriking and hard leg kicks were his best weapons, as well as his takedown defense. Faber attempted to get into Riveras hips only a handful of times, as Rivera easily shrugged him off. In the third, Faber caught Rivera with an accidental eye poke that threatened to end the bout. Rivera was checked out by a cageside physician and eventually cleared. He said he lost sight in the eye for the remainder of the round.Fighting out of Ramsey, New Jersey, Rivera is a perfect 4-0 in the UFC. Faber, 37, is 1-3 in his last four. Prior to Saturday, he suffered a decision loss to Dominick Cruz in a title fight at UFC 199.Andrade blows away CalderwoodBrazilian strawweight Jessica Andrade (15-5) made her second statement in a row at 115 pounds, submitting Joanne Calderwood (11-2) via guillotine choke at 4:38 of the first round. A former bantamweight, Andrade slammed Calderwood to the canvas early in the fight and went to work with punches from top position. She eventually locked in a guillotine and produced a quick tap, good for her seventh submission win. Andrade is 2-0 since dropping to strawweight. She dominated Jessica Penne in a two-round TKO in June.Correia edges Eye by split decisionFormer bantamweight contender Bethe Correia (10-2) rallied late to deny Jessica Eye (11-6) a win in her hometown. 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It came at a good time especially the way Fulmer was pitching, ended up getting us a victory with hopefully a lot more victories to come.Ventura (10-9) threw 53 strikes and 52 balls in six innings, allowing one run and six hits with six walks and a wild pitch. He improved to 7-0 against the Tigers, including three wins this season, and is 4-0 overall in his past six starts.He was really smart, Royals manager Ned Yost said. Some of those balls werent because he wasnt commanding his pitches. He was not going to let the middle of that order beat him. He was pitching around them.The Tigers went 1 for 9 with runners on base, stranding nine, while he was on the mound and had a base runner every inning.It just came down to us not getting a big hit when we needed it, Detroits Ian Kinsler said. We had opportunities. We got on base plenty against him. We just couldnt get a hit to drive in some runs tonight.Fulmer (10-6) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings for the Tigers, falling to 1-4 in his past five starts. He walked one and struck out four.The 2-2 pitch to Hosmer, I threw it up and in, Fulmer said. I could have gotten it a little higher, but it was in. He put a good swing on it and got the barrel to it.Successive bunt singles by Raul Mondesi and Jarrod Dyson led to a run in the fifth as Cuthberts two-out single scored Mondesi.James McCanns fielders choice ground out in the fourth scored J.D. Martinez, who led off the inning with a double, for the only run VVentura allowed.ddddddddddddAlcides Escobars bases-loaded single in the ninth scored pinch-runner Terrance Gore and Salvador Perez for the final Kansas City runs. Escobar extended his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games.Kinsler homered on an 0-2 pitch from Brooks Pounders to lead off the Tigers ninth.Wade Davis, who blew a save Friday, was summoned to get the final outs, striking out Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez, picking up his 22nd save in 25 opportunities.ROSTER MOVEThe Tigers purchased the contract of LHP Joe Mantiply from Double-A Erie. In his final 13 outings for Erie, covering 15 innings, Mantiply did not allow a run and held opposing hitters to a .096 batting average. He limited left-handed hitters to a .147 average with a .196 slugging percentage for the season. The Tigers designated for assignment RHP Donn Roach to make roster space for Mantiply, who retired Dyson on a fly ball to end the eighth in his major league debut.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: 3B Erick Aybar was scratched with left abdominal soreness, which he aggravated while running the bases Friday. Andrew Romine replaced him in the lineup. ... RHP Mike Pelfrey, who is on the disabled list with a lower back strain, made his second rehab start Saturday for Triple-A Toledo, giving up five runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings at Columbus, striking out one and walking none.Royals: LF Alex Gordon left in the ninth inning with tightness in his right Achilles.. ... OF Lorenzo Cain has not played since Tuesday because of left wrist inflammation. Were just trying to get it back to where its playable, Yost said. He said Cain received an injection Tuesday.UP NEXTTigers: LHP Daniel Norris, who starts the series finale, is 0-1 with a 3.09 ERA in two career starts against the Royals.Royals: RHP Edinson Volquez allowed four runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings in his Tuesday start against the Yankees. ' ' '

NEW YORK -- Aroldis Chapman and the rest of the New York Yankees dressed in their Sunday best for a flight to Houston following a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants that completed a 6-4 homestand.Who returns in 10 days is unclear.New York was discussing a trade that would send Chapman to the Chicago Cubs as part of a swap that would bring 19-year-old shortstop prospect Gleyber Torres to the Yankees, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing and New York owner Hal Steinbrenner had not made any final decision.Nathan Eovaldi (9-6) pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira hit early solo home runs of Jeff Samardzija (9-6) and Chad Green pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings.Were very much in this, Brett Gardner said. Theres no point in me sitting here campaigning for us to stay together.But the Yankees (50-48), who matched their season high of two games over .500, may have shown their management too little, too late to prevent a selloff of veterans ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline for trades without waivers. New York trails AL East-leading Baltimore by 7 1/2 games and is 4 1/2 games behind Toronto for the leagues second wild card, with the Astros and Detroit also ahead.Chapman has 20 saves in 21 chances and his fastball, at up to 105.1 mph, has entertained fans focusing on the scoreboard velocity of every pitch.Its tough. I feel comfortable here. I feel like part of the family here, he said through an interpreter, adding that the Yankees have been talking to his agent.Chapman has formed the Yankees No Runs DMC bullpen trio with Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, which has 203 strikeouts in 123 2/3 innings. Chapman, pitcher Ivan Nova, Beltran and Teixeira are eligible for free agency at the end of the season; Miller, signed through 2018 at $9 million, also is of interest to contenders.We dont want to see him go, Teixeira said of Chapman. Were trying to win games, and hes a big part of that.Chapman maintained he could be dealt and still re-sign with the Yankees as a free agent during the offseason.Oh yeah, if theres a possibility, and God willing, yes, he said.Torres was scratched from the starting lineup of the Class A Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Sunday.Beltran hit his team-best 21st home run in the first and Teixeira doubled the lead on the second with his 200th home run for the Yankees, his sixth in 20 games since returning from the disabled list. Teixeira and Jacoby Ellsbury wore white Ken Griffey Jr. Nike Swingman spikes with gold soles as a tribute to Juniors induction Sunday into baseballs Hall of Fame.New York chased Samardzija in the sixth, when Ellsbury grounded into a run-scoring double play, Starlin Castro singled in a run and Didi Gregorius hit an RBI double.Making his second start following a brief bullpen banishment, Eovaldi used a new cutter for the second time in the homestand. He escaped bases-loaded, one-out trouble in a 33-pitch fourth inning when Mac Williamson fouled out and Ramiro Pena grounded out.Eovaldi left after Angel Pagans two-out double on his 118th pitch, two shy of his career high. With the No Runs DMC trio unavailable after two days of heavy use, Chasen Shreve came in and loaded the bases with a walk to Brandon Belt, and Buster Posey poked an opposite-field, two-run single to right against Green, who then retired Brandon Crawford on a groundout.After losing the first two games of the homestand to Boston, the Yankees won six of eight against the Red Sox, Orioles and Giants.Weve told our players, and it includes me, you have to stay away from the noise, what youre hearing and rumors and things that might be going on, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.Beltran, traded in midseason from Kansas City to Houston in 2004 and from the New York Mets to San Francisco in 2011, knows not to think too far ahead.Ive been in this situation before, the 39-year-old said. For me its day by day.WEB GEMNew York turned a spectacular 4-1-5 inning-ending double play in the eighth. Pena grounded past a diving Teixeira at first but Castro slid on his stomach to come up with the ball on the outfield grass between first and second, and from his knees threw to Green covering first. The pitcher made a one-hop throw to third, where Chase Headley tagged a sliding Williamson.Thats a play we work on a lot in spring training, Green said.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Michael Pineda (4-9) starts Monday and LHP Dallas Keuchel (6-9), the AL Cy Young Award winner, goes for the Astros. Opponents are hitting .181 in Pinedas last five starts. New Balance Shoes Sale Australia . Soukalova missed only one target and completed the 15-kilometre course in 40 minutes, 32.6 seconds for both victories in this seasons individual discipline. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, 34. Air Max 270 Womens Australia Sale . By having more great seasons. 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The All-Star guard is coming off surgery on each knee, and he isnt playing in both halves of back-to-back sets at least for now. Coach Scott Brooks says that could change after the Wizardds play Philadelphia and New York on Wednesday and Thursday.ddddddddddddBeal is missing his second straight game because of a sore right hamstring and is day to day.With Wall and Beal out, Washington had rookies Tomas Satoransky and Sheldon McClellan starting in the backcourt against Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. ' ' '

For 67 years, we have been hearing those soothing words come floating out of that voice: The warmest, most welcoming, most melodic voice in the sports universe.And if it feels as if that voice has been a part of your life forever, well ... It probably has.He has been as much a presence over these last 67 years as the afternoon sunshine and the sparkling stars that hover above the broadcast booths where he has spun his magical tales. So how are we supposed to comprehend life after Vin, life after baseballs most iconic voice exits the booth for the last time on the first Sunday in October?When Vin Scully first walked into the Dodgers broadcast booth, Winston Churchill hadnt started his second stint as the prime minister of Great Britain. Connie Mack, a man born while Abraham Lincoln was president, was still managing in the major leagues. The transistor radio -- a gizmo that would turn the man at the microphone into a California icon -- wouldnt be invented for another four years.That was April 1950.The Dodgers still played baseball at Ebbets Field. And Vin Scully was a 22-year-old rookie broadcaster, sharing the booth with the legendary Red Barber. He was a young man about to embark on a journey even he could have never envisioned: from East Coast to West Coast, from crackling AM radios to the fuzz of black-and-white TV to the splendor of living color to baseball games streaming across your smart phone.So how do we capture the magnitude of Vin Scully, the meaning of Vin Scully, the miracle of Vin Scully? Not with our words, but with the words of the men and women who have known him best, whose company he has shared, whose lives he has touched, whose careers he has described and even transformed.We spoke with numerous people who fit that description. We listened to them laugh, regale us and even fight back tears. So here are their stories. And here is his story, The Story of Vin Scully, from the hearts, minds and voices of those who have fallen under the spell of baseballs most beloved voice.The VoiceWhere else to begin, except with that classic, instantly recognizable voice?Bob Costas (Scullys former colleague at NBC): You start out with the most important thing, which is how distinctive and pleasing his voice is. So just because you can hit every note doesnt mean that youre Sinatra, and just because you can do every dance step doesnt mean that you are Fred Astaire. There is some almost indescribable quality, but you know it when you hear it and you see it, that makes even the routine sound special when it comes from him.AP Photo/Mark J. TerrillVin Scully tells the crowd Its time for Dodger baseball during Opening Day ceremonies before their game against the San Francisco Giants in 2009.Want more of this Bob Costas interview? Go to our The Man. The Voice. The Stories. The Extras page.Bob Wolff (95-year-old broadcast legend): He has a beautiful, harmonious voice in which it sounds like he is singing the words. He used his voice to a great advantage.Charley Steiner (Dodgers broadcaster and Scully pregame dinner companion): You know, a voice is a fastball. Youre either blessed with one or youre not. And then how you use your fastball is equally if not more important. Have you ever heard Vin scream ever once? Never. She is gonnnne. But not: HE is gone! You never hear that. So, hes got the fastball, and hes got control and command. He knows just the right moment when to inflect, when not to, when to shut up. ... So, hes got Jack Benny timing, with this perfectly suited voice that weve all grown accustomed to over these years.Orel Hershiser (Former Dodgers ace and current Dodgers broadcaster): I liked the way he pronounced my name. He lengthened the O - Ooooo-rel Hersh-hi-ser. It wasnt oral. It wasnt mispronounced Earl. It wasnt Her-shimer or Her-shes-er. It was pronounced perfectly: Today on the mound, Ooooo-rel, Hersh-hi-ser. That Scully rhythm, you know? Hes got that melodic rhythm, and my name sounds better to a melody. If it were to be set to a melody, Vinny can do it.Bud Selig (MLB Commissioner Emeritus): If I can tell you a funny story. Some years ago, quite a few years ago, I called him. I wanted him to do, I think, a voice for the All-Century team because he is reflective of that in the radio, in my opinion. Anyway, he called me back, and my wife answered the phone. And he said, Hello, is the commissioner there? This is ... and she said, Oh, I know that voice anywhere. I know who this is. It was great, and I kidded him later on about it. He said, I couldnt believe she knew my voice. Bob Costas: Hes had many great calls and many great moments on the air, remembrances of players and people and circumstances and little turns of phrase that, in and of themselves, were terrific. But even when hes just describing a routine play, the rhythm of it and the sound of his voice elevates it.Tim McCarver (Hall of Fame broadcaster): If John Facenda is known as the voice of God, where does that leave Vin Scully?Sportscaster Vin Scully in the 1960s. Chris Williams/Icon SMI The ManWe always describe him as a broadcaster. But to call Vin Scully just a broadcaster doesnt begin to approach what his name represents, especially on his turf in Southern California.John Lowe (Longtime friend and baseball writer): Ill never forget something I read (from) H.L. Mencken. He said about Beethoven: The artist can be no greater than the man. And that makes me think of Vinny, because the reason youre hearing so many stories about him, and the reason he is so beloved and so brilliant, is that hes a great man. Hes a great artist because hes a great man.Fred Claire (Former Dodgers PR director and GM): I can remember I had just started with the Dodgers, and there was this young guy who was just starting with the radio station. He wanted to interview Vin. Ill never forget this. So he came in, and Vin said, Sure, Ill do it. And so the young man hit the recorder and talked to Vinny. Vinny spent at least 40 minutes with him. The young man came back to me, and ... hes shaking. He said, Fred, I didnt hit the right button. The recorder didnt work -- literally in tears. So he said, Could I just have a few more minutes? And so I went to Vinny and explained what happened. Its a young guy interested in announcing. And Vinny said, Lets do it again. Lets do it again. I dont know anyone else who would do that. Lets do it again. Think about that. That has to do with his compassion, his humanity and something thats part of his grace and his memory of a young announcer starting out himself who got a helping hand.Dennis Gilbert (Longtime friend and agent, current White Sox special assistant): Vin and his wife are Americas greatest love story. ... Its the respect they have for each other, the caring they have for each other, the courtesy. I mean, hes still opening her car door, hes still -- they hold hands.Ned Colletti (Former Dodgers GM, current Dodgers senior advisor): Now, as the world gets different and it gets faster and more impersonal and all those things are changing, when I think about Vin and I talk to Vin, even as of today, hes like the comforting soul that reminds me of what it was. Its still in present tense for him -- how he is and how he treats people and his tremendous respect and passion for the game of baseball.Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully talks to sportswriter Rick Reilly during a March 1985 spring training game in Vero Beach, Florida. Bernstein Associates/Getty ImagesDennis Gilbert: There was a gentleman who was 90 years old who wanted to meet Vin. ... So we go into the press box, and Vin sits there, and theyre chatting for about 10 minutes, and then he had to excuse himself to get ready for the game. Well, the next day I hear from the gentlemans son, just saying how his father says his life is now complete. It was one of the greatest moments of his life to meet Vin. And I called Vin to tell him. ... Vin said, Thank ME? I want to thank HIM because of what a great experience it was for me just to meet the gentleman. How about that?A.J. Ellis (Former Dodgers catcher): You can catch him (in the clubhouse) on Sunday mornings on the way to Mass. He comes in and gets coffee. (One Sunday,) Brandon (McCarthy) and I are the only two guys in the clubhouse. And Vin comes in and starts chatting. ... And all of a sudden his phone rings, and he says, Sorry, boys, excuse me. Hes always so polite. So he says, Yes, dear. Oh thank you for reminding me. Yes, dear. (Then he says,) Gentlemen, if you would excuse me, today is one of my grandchildrens birthdays. We have a tradition in our family that I have to sing to her. And he steps into the players bathroom and you can hear him singing Happy Birthday over the phone to his grandchild. Me and Brandon are looking at each other like, OK, this is unbelievable. Heres Vin Scully in his great baritone voice, singing Happy Birthday as it echoes through the bathroom of the clubhouse.The Reluctant MegastarHe lives and works in the town where more Americans chase stardom than anywhere else. But somehow, Hollywoods only 88-year-old rock star is a man who spends every day of his life aiming the spotlight away from himself.Charley Steiner: L.A. is the city of stars. Name any star you want, from Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, on and on and on and on. My contention is Vin is THE star. In the city of stars, he is the biggest star of them all. Because everybody listens to him, everybody loves him, and he has been the soundtrack of their stars since 1958.Ned Colletti: I dont know that I know anybody else like him -- with the reverence of the people, with the adoring public that he has and how many people speak so kindly of this man every day. And yet he is the most humble man Ive ever known.Fred Claire: I think the last time I saw Vin earlier this year, he was being honored by the L.A. Sports Council at a significant dinner in Los Angeles. And ... he said, Fred, lets go over here. Theres a reception area, and we can visit. ... We were talking and having a glass of wine, and I think both of us were kind of locked into the conversation. But what was happening was I could see over my shoulder there was a crowd of people forming. ... It was incredible because everyone wants to tell him how much they think of him. How much they love him. How much he means to them and to their families. And Vinny is so gracious that he cant refuse anybody. ... It would be overwhelming if it wasnt for Vinny being on the receiving end.Rick Monday (Current Dodgers broadcaster): I grew up in Southern California, Santa Monica. ... My mother was a single parent, and we had Vinny and Jerry Doggett in my moms car when the Dodgers played, and they were in our homes. They were already our friends. ... (Later in life, when I got to the big leagues) my mother knew that I obviously was in the major leagues, but I really truly believe that the first time it really struck home for her was when her son was playing in a major league game against the Dodgers, and my mother heard Vin Scully mention her sons name.Ned Colletti: My daughter, Jenna, interned for the Dodgers a few years ago. ... So she got to know Vin, and he became her favorite Dodger. And when she got married ... Vin read the bridal party introductions on tape. So he surprised everybody at the ceremony. This was in Chicago. When the people heard his voice, the whole place erupted. ... Its hard to steal the show from a bride and groom at a wedding, but for a couple of minutes, a guy who surely didnt want to steal the show from anybody at any point, stole the show. ... Well forever be grateful for the humility and the love that he showed.Bob Costas: Somewhere around 1994, 95, I was interviewing Ray Charles for an NBC news magazine and probably spent a couple of hours talking with him. ... Then, when were done and the cameras had been turned off, he says to me, You know who I would really like to meet? And Im thinking, Hes Ray Charles. He could have met just about anybody hed wanted to have met throughout the course of his life. Who might it be? ... Vin Scully. And I say, Why? And he says, Well, because I love baseball. But you have to understand, to me the picture means nothing. Its all the sound. And Vin Scullys broadcasts are almost musical, so I enjoy baseball so much more listening to him. ... So I set it up with Vin and took Ray to Dodger Stadium. I was sitting across from Ray, and there was an empty seat awaiting Vins arrival, and Vin came walking through the door wearing -- as I remember -- a royal blue jacket, the way he is always turned out for a baseball broadcast. And as he walked toward Charles, he said, Ray, my name is Vin Scully, and its a pleasure to meet you. He might as well have said, A pleasant good evening to you wherever you may be, because thats how it struck Ray. And then they sat down, and we had a combination baseball and music discussion. Vin had a nice experience. And Ray Charles -- and I mean this sincerely -- hes Ray freaking Charles -- I believe he had one of the great experiences of his life.Jerry Crasnick/ESPNA thank you note Vin Scully wrote to ESPN.com senior writer Jerry Crasnick.Want more of this Bob Costas interview? Go to our The Man. The Voice. The Stories. The Extras page.The StyleHe has been the Dodgers television voice for decades, but if you listen closely to Vin Scully on the airwaves, you can still hear a man who was raised on radio. And even he admits that all those years filling in the blank canvas on radio have helped him carve out a style unlike anyone else in the booth.Jon Miller (San Francisco Giants broadcaster): I think that he has a great grasp of how to do the television, (but) its all firmly grounded in his ability to do radio and how he was brought up in the business as a radio guy. ... There are plenty of guys who are on TV ... where they just sit and chit-chat, the two guys chit-chatting back and forth as pitches are being made. And, you know, Vinny, thats not his style. He likes to give you the next pitch, to digress for a moment from this story, and then the pitch, and then back to the story. ... You know, in radio, you have to describe every pitch to people. It didnt happen until you described it to people on radio. Thats just a total, basic fundamental of radio.Bob Costas: You know, (Red) Barber, when he first started doing games on television, he very tersely put it: On radio, a broadcasters No. 1. On television, he is a distant No. 2. Your job on radio is to paint the picture. Your job on television is to put a caption beneath a picture that already exists. When he first said that, that sounded like, yes, thats right, and for the most part, it is right -- except Vin, who obviously had great regard for Barber and owes him a debt as his mentor, Vin didnt just put a caption beneath a picture. He put a frame around it, and he added shadings to it. So, yes, for Vin there is a difference between radio and television, but my impression is that he didnt see it as much of an either/or as Red did. Red saw them as distinctly different. Vin saw a way to meld them.John Lowe: The year that Ichiro was going to break the George Sisler hit record, of course Sisler played a 154-game schedule and Ichiro was playing a 162-game schedule. So Vinny wants to bring this up without, I think, making it sound like hes criticizing Ichiro. Ichiro did have a tremendous year. But to bring up this issue of the 154 versus the 162, he tells the TV audience, Just between us. Bob Costas: If you watch any other game, no matter how good the announcer is, no matter how good they are, there is always some obstacle or some maze that they have got to make their way through if they are going to tell even one or two of the dozen or so stories like that Vin tells during a game. So hes a uniquely talented announcer, but if a 30-year-old Vin Scully came along today, the circumstances could never be duplicated. The business might not know what to do with him. The importance of radio would be much less. You would never have anything that would match the odyssey of the Dodgers (or) the importance of Jackie Robinson. The transplant from Brooklyn to the West Coast, the broken hearts in Brooklyn, the whole new vistas of baseball on the West Coast. And then the metabolism of the society of the game changing. But he is grandfathered in, and I mean that in the nicest way. So the very things that appeal to people about him are the opposite of most sports TV does. Its like we cant get enough of this, and we cant stop doing the exact opposite.The CallsHe was there for Sandy Koufaxs perfect game 51 Septembers ago. He was there when Hank Aaron launched No. 715 and changed the world. And of course Vin Scully was there when Kirk Gibson hit a World Series home run off Dennis Eckersley that belonged in a Hollywood script. Its a reminder that a funny thing happens when a man spends 67 years of his life describing baseball games. His voice, his words, can become almost as big a part of historys biggest moments as the moments themselves.Charley Steiner: You know, were running down now, during each game, his top 20 calls of all time. Its very cool. And for me, there have been so many. But the one call to me that kind of sticks out more than the others is the Gibson home run: She. Is. Gone. Lays out. Hes not screaming, but you could hear the excitement in his voice. Then there is that moment, as Gibson is running around the bases ... he comes up with this line: In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened. And Im thinking to myself, no mortal can do that.Kirk Gibson (On how Scully inspired him to bat that night): What happened was, I had several injections in each leg. I was in the training room. He kind of kept painting the game initially as no Kirk Gibson because I wasnt available. I wasnt going to play. So they kind of painted that as the game went on. Id listen to it and Id put ice on my legs on and off, on and off. I had no inclination Id be able to play. ... Then, when they got to the eighth inning, before they cut out (for a commercial), they cut to the dugout again. We were trailing by one run now, and they said, Kirk Gibson will not be playing tonight. And I just got up and said, My ass. ... I said, Go get Tommy [Lasorda]. We hear Tommy [swearing]. Tommy says, Leave me alone, basically. ... I said, Hit Davis eighth. Ill hit for the pitcher. He goes, OK. ... As I was sitting there watching the game, I kinda started dreaming a moment in my mind. Id get up there and Id have a special moment and I started to feel what it would feel like. ... And it just took place. And you hear the calls after it ... She. Is. Gone. Jon Miller (On Aarons 715th): Henry Aaron hits one of the all-time epic historic home runs in the history of the sport, and Vinny gives a vivid description of it ... and (then) Vinny did not say anything for, I dont know, almost a full minute after that. There was just the roar of the crowd in Atlanta and the fireworks going off. And even though it was just a radio broadcast -- he was only on the radio that night -- there it all was, as if you were right there in the ballpark. You could hear it. You could almost feel it. Then he came back in and he painted the picture not just of what was going on, but of the actual significance of the moment. Of who Henry Aaron was and what he had just done. And then the largest significance, of Henry Aaron being a black man in the deep South in the United States, having broken this cherished record by one of the most popular figures in the history of baseball, a record that a lot of people did not want to see broken. And 50,000 people are on their feet in the Deep South, cheering for this black man. ... And I just remember thinking, Thats the greatest bit of extemporaneous live play-by-play sports broadcasting in maybe the history of the medium. Bettmann via Getty ImagesHank Aarons mother threw her arms around his neck; kissed him for all she was worth, Scully described after Aaron hit homer No. 715 to pass Babe Ruth on the all-time list in 1974.Want more of this Jon Miller interview? Go to our The Man. The Voice. The Stories. The Extras page.Bob Costas (On Koufaxs perfect game): You know, people who were at that game and had transistor radios were still listening to Scully. They could watch it, but they were still listening to Scully and his eye for detail -- Sandy removes his cap ... wipes his index finger across his left brow, dries it off on his left pant leg, readjusts the bill of his cap. I imagine that the mound at Dodger Stadium must be the loneliest place in the world. There are 29,000 people here ... and about a million butterflies. He described all the little things, like the people in the bullpen who were pressing towards the fence to get a better look, and what the butterflies that the infielders must be feeling, like, God, please dont let one get through me and mess up a perfect game. And you have to also remember that, although (Jim) Bunning has pitched one the year before, Don Larsen and Bunnings perfect games were the only perfect games that had been pitched since 1922. So a perfect game was a tremendous rarity. It seems to have come more frequently since. So not only was it a rarity, but it was at Dodger Stadium, and it was Sandy Koufax. ... When Koufax comes along, Vin is not that much older than Sandy. Sandy throws a perfect game (at age) 29. And Vin is, what? 35? 36? They are both kind of at the peak of their respective lives. ... Just as Koufax was an elegant pitcher, Scully is the most elegant of baseball broadcasters.Jerry Reuss (Former Dodgers pitcher on the thrill of having Scully describe his no-hitter): Oh, did he ever set the stage. ... I posted it on my Flickr site, and its about two and a half minutes long, and you get to see the final inning about how he did it. For me, its the most memorable highlight that he ever did. You know, I still can (hear the way he called it), and because of the way that it was done and watching the whole ball game, I still remember the excitement. Hell, I saw the game. I pitched the game. But by the way Vin describes it, its the closest I can get to reliving it.Rick Monday (On how he treasures the tape of Scully describing how he rescued the American flag from a protestor in 1976): For years and years, all I had was that audio. And then (in) 84 ... I met a gentleman ... in Tom Lasordas office who was with one of the movie studios. He said, Hey, I was at a buddy of mines house whos with a different studio, and he showed me the video tape of the flag. And I said ... Ive never seen that; nobody knows it exists. And he messaged it over to me that night. So Ive been hanging on the words of Vinny to recreate that for years, and then all of a sudden, heres this video. When you look at the video and you match it with Vinnys talk, its like Vinny was standing not just up in the booth sitting there. Its like he was right by my side as I was going over. To this day, when I hear Vinny make the call -- and Ive heard it maybe a few hundred times ... I get goosebumps.Bob Costas: Many of the all-time great announcers have truly great and still resonant calls of great moments. Some are every bit as good as Vins best calls. But what generally sets Vin apart is all the stuff leading up to it. To really appreciate Vin, you dont listen to just Harvey Kuenn, the last out of the (Koufax) perfect game. You listen to the whole inning. And you listen to (Kirk) Gibsons or watch Gibsons whole at-bat, which was an exceptionally long at-bat because it went to 3-2, and there were foul balls, and he was limping around and gathering himself, and he had to come out of the dugout, and it was very dramatic. You had to note that he put his uniform on, and now he was present in the dugout -- all those things. Its when you listen to all of it ... that is where Vin separates. Not necessarily the call of the home run, or of the strikeout, or of the great catch, but of all the atmospherics, everything that led up to it.Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax is mobbed by teammates on the field after pitching a perfect game. Shown in the picture are Willie Davis, Wes Parker, Ron Fairly, Sandy Koufax and Don LeJohn. Bettmann/Getty Images The StoriesIs there anyone you can you think of who was a better storyteller than Vin Scully? Will Rogers? Mark Twain? Ken Burns? Well, whoever the heck is in that argument, we know none of the other contestants was trying to work play-by-play of a baseball game in between the tales.Rick Monday: His ability for recall is absolutely amazing. Were into the computer age. Hes got the best computer between his ears that you have ever seen.Jon Miller: Hes just this walking repository of baseball history, and baseball oddities and curiosities and personalities. And I think that, for me, is the beauty of who Vinny is. Just his amazing recall of those stories. The art of it, for me, is the ability to recall those things when it actually is relevant to what hes doing -- the game itself. Its not like hes got a list of stories, (and he says), I think Ill tell THESE stories tonight. Dennis Gilbert: When he tells a story, he feels it. Its not just something that hell read about. Its something that hell get himself engrossed in. Hell want to know as much about it as possible. Its not like an actor just reading his lines.Stan Kasten (President and CEO of the Dodgers): Just a couple of weeks ago, we were playing the Rays, the Tampa Bay Rays. As you know ... there are several different types of rays, a fish. Of course you know which of them are the fastest, and which are the slowest, and which are the biggest fish. Or at least you do if you listened to that game that night -- where we had about three innings of everything youd ever want to know about fish, in between a delightful recounting of balls, and strikes, and hits, and errors, etc., etc.Bob Costas: He and I always used to have this little inside joke that no one ever lined into a double play to end an inning while Vin was in the middle of a story -- never.Rick Monday: They tell you, No, dont start a story with two outs. Vinny does. Vinny starts a story with two outs, and the storys going to last five minutes. The game accommodates Vinny. The game will slow down. The guy will foul off 12 pitches if Vinny starts a story. And if anybody else, if any other human being starts a story, you get a 1-2-3 inning and youll laugh, and itll be, And well come back and tell the story after the next half-inning. Never happens to Vin. His timing is impeccable.Stan Kasten (On all the times he found himself frozen in place, waiting for Scully to finish a story): Ive got to hear how it turns out, right? ... Hes always got stories, and, you know, OK, well, I didnt hear how the story ends, right? Ive got to hear that. Ive got to hear how this middle reliever for the visiting teams third-grade teacher taught him a lesson. I need to hear that, OK? Ive got to know that story. I dont even know the damn pitchers name, but I need to know the story.Ron Cey (former Dodgers third baseman): One of the things I was introduced to here early, when I started playing here, was the transistor radio. ... Coming out to listen to Vin Scully, and lot of people would bring their transistor radios to the ballgame. Because we had so many people who got attached to that philosophy, all those transistor radios would be on at the same time. It would resonate and become like a loudspeaker.Jerry Reuss: I was pitching a game for Houston -- it was either 72 or 73. It was a weeknight game, and there was maybe a crowd of 20,000 there. But as I stood there on the mound ready to deliver a pitch, for whatever reason it caught my attention (from the sound of those transistor radios) that Vin was in midstory. ... It was the only time it ever happened, but I can hear by his cadence, his inflection, that he was in midstory. It just caught me. So I stepped off the mound, threw down the resin bag, rubbed my hand, and I could still hear him tell the story. ... He got his point out, people laughed, and without missing a beat, he said, Now Reuss is ready to deliver. ... Thats the kind of respect that Vin Scully deserves.A.J. Ellis (On how Scully got him trending on Twitter): It was 2012. It was my first year as a starting guy. And I was having a game against the Cubs. I got an RBI single my first at-bat, a home run in my second at-bat. And I didnt know about this til after the game when all the writers came afterward (and asked): How do you feel about Vin mentioning you on Twitter? And I was new to Twitter at the time. I was like, What are you guys talking about? (They said) Vin got you trending and kept talking about your name. Someone in the booth informed him you were trending on Twitter. He had no idea what Twitter was. So, he talked about it and said, Lets keep him going. Next thing you know, my Twitter account blew up that night. I was (in) the top two or three stories in the country.Bryce Harper (Nationals right fielder, on the thrill of having Scully call his first game in the big leagues against the Dodgers): The first thing he said was, Coming up to the plate is the 19-year-old Bryce Harper. His dads an iron worker from Las Vegas. And his mom Sheri. ... I have the DVD of the game, and I have a signed picture from him as well now, of me and him. He tells the stories. He understands the players. He understands their families and what their mom and dad do. Just everything. Hes an incredible person, and he has a huge heart. I cant imagine the game without him.Justin Turner (Dodgers third baseman): The first time I met him, I was a visiting player with the Mets. He came into the locker room and I got to talk to him for 10 to 15 minutes. He ... started talking about stuff that -- I had no idea how he knew this stuff about me and my life and my parents. It was mind-blowing. ... He was talking about how every Christmas I would go down (in) my parents house and help my dad put up Christmas lights. I dont know how anyone would even know that. Its like hes camped out in front of my house.The Farewell TourThe visitors clubhouse is crammed into an undersized cranny in the bowels of Dodger Stadium. The home broadcast booth, located in the Vin Scully Press Box, sits five levels up, overlooking one of sports most picturesque vistas. To get from that clubhouse to that broadcast booth requires a harrowing journey -- via either a shaky, slow-motion elevator or by foot up a barren stairway and slow-moving escalators. But over and over this season, a never-ending series of visiting managers, players and coaches have undertaken that journey. And all for one reason: to salute the great Vin Scully on his turf before its too late.Charley Steiner: I kid with him all the time. I said, Vin ... youre so damn big your farewell tour comes to you. People come up from the clubhouses to say hello and pay their respects -- managers, broadcasters, writers, all of the people he would have had to see traveling. No, they come to him. And its the damnedest thing. And theres such love and reverence that comes from these people who come up. You know, they dont have their full uniform on. They have their pants and T-shirt, you know, uniform pants and T-shirt. Umpires, he makes time for them. And they all pose for pictures. When Papi (David Ortiz) came up with the Red Sox, I saw that picture for a week. But thats him, and thats where hes Babe Ruth. And youll never see this Babe Ruth in a Boston Braves uniform.Boyd Robertson (Scullys stage manager on Dodgers broadcasts for the last 28 seasons): Theyre all there to say hello and say goodbye. A lot of the players in their 20s, if they are from Southern California, their parents listened to Vin. ... One of the most touching visits was from Dusty Baker, because as you know, they had a long history together. Hes from Riverside and played with the Dodgers. It was touching to see them hug each other and say goodbye.Vin Scully acknowledges the crowd during on-field ceremonies to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day before the Dodgers-Padres game at Dodger Stadium in 2007. Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty ImagesBryce Harper (Born in the offseason following Scullys 43rd in the booth and one of the first vistors to pay homage): I asked before the series if there was any way I could go up and see Vin and tell him goodbye. And they were like, Yeah, no problem if you really want to go up there. I was like, Yeah, absolutely. I dont want to make him come down here. So I made some time before the game to say hello and made sure what time hed be up there so I wouldnt bother him. Thats somebody everyone should pay their respects to. Not just Dodgers fans, but all of baseball.A.J. Ellis (One of the first Dodgers to visit Scully in the booth): I walk in, and hes sitting there right up by the microphone, and he says, Hey, A.J. come right in. You immediately feel like youve traveled up to visit the king.Stan Kasten (On what has stood out most about Vin Scullys farewell season): The endless, and I mean endless ... stream of visiting players, coaches, managers who make their pilgrimage on that rickety elevator up to the press box for the only time in their lives to meet Vin Scully. Every game. Every game the visiting team has people that, Oh, I have to get up to meet Vin Scully. ... Hes attained a stature that is legendary, literally legendary. And so everyone who respects the game at all, who has any consciousness of its history or its place in popular culture knows Vin Scullys place in that world, which is at the top of any pyramid you care to draw up.A.J. Ellis: I walked in, and he said, Thanks for waiting. Its nice to have all these players saying goodbye. And, boom, thats the moment it hits you. I said, Well, Vin, this isnt saying goodbye. Im coming up to say, Hi. ... But then, as I walked out, he said it again: Thanks again for coming up and saying goodbye. It was almost like weve taken him for granted because hes always there.Vin Scully waves to fans from a car before the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium in 2014. Harry How/Getty Images The EndOn Oct. 2, 1936, an 8-year-old boy was walking down a street in New York, near the late, great ballpark of the New York Giants, the Polo Grounds. As he passed a storefront window, he was drawn to the linescore of the World Series game played earlier that day, which ended: Yankees 18, Giants 4. A pang of sympathy for the Giants rushed through young Vincent Scully. And it was that chance encounter, with the linescore of a World Series blowout, he says now, that inadvertently launched what would become a lifelong romance with baseball.Now roll the clock forward, and keep rolling. Rip the pages off the calendar, and keep ripping. Spin ahead exactly 80 years, to Oct. 2, 2016, to the San Francisco Giants versus Dodgers, at AT&T Park. To the day Vin Scully will call his final game. The symmetry is perfect. But the goodbye that is coming that day? Its bittersweet -- and almost impossible to grasp for all of us who cant imagine baseball without That Voice, and its seemingly endless, reassuring presence.Stan Kasten: Try to comprehend 67 years of anything. ... Malcolm Gladwell could figure it out, the enormity of doing any job, let alone the same job, in any sport, let alone one sport, or any teams, let alone one team, for 67 f---ing years.Bob Costas (On whether anyone else in any profession has had 67 years of greatness): I thought of someone like Tony Bennett. ... Or someone like Angela Lansbury as an actress. But the difference is that the baseball broadcaster, even more so than any other sportscaster, is a constant presence. Even if we all have been constantly aware of Tony Bennett ... its not like youre watching a Tony Bennett concert every day, or seeing him on television every night for six months, or even as much as you love him, listening to a Tony Bennett album every single night. ... Or even if you have seen every movie that Angela Lansbury ever did, or every Broadway performance that she ever delivered, thats still not the same as 162 baseball games every year, which basically Vin did for most of his career until he just started doing home games.Rick Monday: Every day for 67 years, our friend has come on the air and given us Dodger baseball. Hes not a broadcaster. Hes our friend, whether youve ever met him or not. He has that charm. He has that attachment. Ive always said he could get kids in a sandbox to stop building sand castles, to stop playing with the trucks, by reading the phone book if they piped it into the PA system. He just has that quality about him.Bud Selig: You know, there have been great announcers, but there isnt a question in my mind that Vin Scully has had the most profound social impact on this game of any announcer in history. And really, I would have to say to you, his impact is greater than most people who are in the game, actually ... because what he did with baseball is make it a family institution. People grew up every night, couldnt wait to listen to him. He affected their families. He affected their lives.Mark J. Terrill/AP ImagesMajor League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig poses with Vin Scully after presenting the Dodgers announcer with the Commissioners Historic Achievement Award in 2014.Want more of this Bud Selig interview? Go to our The Man. The Voice. The Stories. The Extras page.Stan Kasten: I get to know Vin, we become really good friends, and we talk about a lot of things. And at one point it comes to where he hates the way major leaguers do rundowns. They all stink at it. ... The best way to do a rundown is the full arm fake. The full arm fake stops runners dead in their tracks, and you gently walk over and tag them. Thats the way to do it, you know? And so Vin and I had this thing. Vin said whenever theres a rundown now he thinks about me, (and) whenever I see a rundown I think about him. And I was discussing this with Vin one day, and I said, This is the right way to do rundowns, and the way I know that is because I read it in stuff that Branch Rickey wrote 70 years ago. And Vin says to me, Youre right. Thats right. Thats exactly what Branch and I used to discuss. Oh ... Branch Rickey was a player who came to the major leagues in [1905]. (So) Vin Scully has talked baseball with people who have played the game from [1905] through yesterday, OK? Who on earth can make that claim? No one. One person. Vin Scully.Bob Costas: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Its probably two, and no more than three, degrees of Vin Scully -- to connect you in some way to everything in baseball history. Everything. He had to have known somebody ... who knew Cy Young. He had to have known somebody who probably met Ty Cobb. Ty Cobb lived until 1961. If he didnt know Walter Johnson, he sure as hell talked to somebody who batted against Walter Johnson. ... So there is no significant baseball personage that Vin Scully either didnt know or potentially knew someone who knew them.Stan Kasten: Vin and I joke about this all the time, I havent yet conceded that hes leaving, although Im starting to think maybe its really going to happen. All year when people say this is Vins last year, all I would ever say was, Well see, and then just laughed because he knows thats what I do. But ... Im ruefully getting close to conceding that he may really be leaving, and its very painful.Jaime Jarrin (Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster for the last 58 seasons): It is very sad, this year, for me, because I know the fact that hes leaving the Dodgers, because he just plays such a big, big part in my professional career. He has been my mentor, my teacher, my inspiration professionally, my friend.Rachel Robinson (Jackie Robinsons widow and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation): I can hardly believe that Vin Scully is retiring after being such an important part of Dodger baseball. What fond memories we all have of his enthusiasm for baseball, and his terrific appreciation for the beauty of the sport. Our relationship with Vin goes all the way back to the 1950s for sure, when Jack was still playing and Vin was a young broadcaster. We were all so young then.Jaime Jarrin: I dont know how people will react to the fact that he is not going to be there. ... But one thing I know: People are going to be crying.Bud Selig: Will baseball go on and be fine without him? Vin would be the first person to say that. And I will say that, too. It will. But therell be a lot of lonesome people in Los Angeles.Stan Kasten: Vin is still part of the organization and will still be here on special occasions. And we havent completely defined that yet because, again, Im still not conceding that hes leaving. ... But we get to replay his games forever, and thats going to be comforting to many, many, many people, especially in Los Angeles. ... I grew up with Red Barber, Mel Allen, and Phil Rizzuto, OK? And then I spent my whole career (in Atlanta) with Skip Caray, and Pete van Wieren, and Ernie Johnson, all of whom I loved and I became devoted fans of. But I dont feel the need to hear them every day, like people in Los Angeles seem to need -- and will continue to need, I think, for a very long time (to hear Vin Scully). ... And thats just because hes Vin.Rick Monday: I have to admit Ive had a hard time thinking about that last inning. Im not sure I can even be in the booth. I cant imagine when he turns off that mic for the last time ... (very long pause, as Monday appears to be fighting off tears) ... because the silence will literally be deafening.ESPN.com MLB writers Doug Padilla and Katie Strang and ESPN The Magazine reporter-researcher Doug Mittler contributed to this report. Jayson Stark Jayson Stark is a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com. He also appears as an analyst for ESPNs Baseball Tonight and ESPN Radio.join the conversation follow @jaysonst follow ESPN Fausse Air Force 1 Pas Cher .875,000, avoiding arbitration. Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing. Air Max Fausse . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. http://www.airmaxpaschervente.fr/destockage-air-max-97-france.html . 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MIAMI -- Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been lifted after three innings and 66 pitches in his return from a back injury.The left-hander had not started since June 26 because of a mild disk herniation. He allowed two runs and five hits Friday night against the Miami Marlins.Kershaw struck out five and threw 46 strikes. He did not walk a batter and has issued only nine free passes all season.The three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2014 NL MVP appeared healthy in his first game back. The NL West-leading Dodgers planned all along to limit his pitch count in his return.Kershaw gave up a home run to J.T. Realmuto in the first and an RBI single to Chris Johnson in the second. Kershaw left with the Dodgers trailing 2-0, and his ERA crept up from 1.79 to 1.89. Vans Old Skool Pink . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Vans Sk8 Hi Leather . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. 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MILWAUKEE -- Nigel Hayes put Wisconsin teammate Ethan Happ on the hot seat in the locker room at halftime after the big man missed most of the first half with foul trouble.A well-rested Happ helped the 17th-ranked Badgers brush past in-state rival Marquette for a 93-84 victory Saturday.Happ scored all 11 of his points after halftime and Bronson Koenig had 18 to help the Badgers win their fifth straight game.I told everyone in the locker room at the same time, `Ethan, you got a lot of rest, so youve got to come out and play well for us, Hayes (17 points, nine rebounds) said about encouraging Happ at halftime. So I think he took it personally.The return of Happ gave Wisconsin a presence in the post to balance the offense. Marquette didnt have an answer for Happ on both ends of the court in the second half.The nimble, 6-foot-10 Happ added five rebounds and negated the inside play of Marquettes 6-11 center Luke Fischer, who had nine of his 11 points in the first half.Better position defense, better help ... and he didnt foul, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said about Happ. Thats what got him in trouble in the first half.Wisconsin (9-2) went on a 16-0 run in the second half to help build an 18-point lead with 6:44 left. Marquette (7-3) got within eight with 2:22 left but never seriously threatened the rest of the way.Marquettes Katin Reinhardt (16 points) hit his first four 3s before missing his last two from behind the arc. Markus Howard led Marquette with 22 points.The Golden Eagles just didnt have an answer for Happ after halftime.Our coach told us he was the heart of their team, Howard said. We knew that when he was coming back in the game in the second half that they were going to be a different team, they were going to have a lot more energy. Wisconsin is 67-56 in the rivalry that dates to 1917.THE BIG PICTUREWisconsin: Badgers fans dont seem to view the in-state rivalry with as much intensity as Marquettes vocal backers. A healthy smattering of fans wearing Wisconsin red at the Bradley Center watched Happ pick up two fouls guarding Fischer less than 2 minutes into the game.dddddddddddd Vitto Brown (15 points) did an admirable job defending Fischer despite giving up 3 inches. But Brown had a careless foul on Andrew Rowsey from 3-point range off an inbounds play with 2.6 seconds left in the first half. Wisconsin trailed 40-35 at halftime after Rowsey hit all three free throws.Marquette: The program held a halftime ceremony honoring the team coached by the late Al McGuire that won the 1977 national championship. This years bunch put on a show after shooting 48 percent in the first half. At their best, the Golden Eagles are hitting from the outside while Fischer cleans up in the lane, and thats what exactly what happened early. But Happ proved to be too tough a matchup in the second half, even for Fischer, a seasoned senior.SECOND HALF SLUMPMarquette gave up at least 53 points in a second half for a second straight game, a trend that coach Steve Wojciechowski would like to end.For whatever reason, and I have to figure it out, our starts to second halves have been really poor, he said. 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Leighton Baines has blamed a lack of chemistry between Evertons players following a disappointing defeat at Manchester United on Sunday. The Toffees were booed off by the travelling fans following a 1-0 loss at Old Trafford; a third successive Premier League defeat leaving Roberto Martinezs side 12th in the table.Although Everton have an FA Cup semi-final to contest against the winner of the tie between West Ham United and Manchester United later this month, their league form has frustrated supporters. Despite having a squad featuring John Stones, Ross Barkley and 25-goal striker Romelu Lukaku, Baines insists Evertons current team are not gelling together as they should. Roberto Martinez saw his Everton side suffer defeat at Old Trafford I just dont feel as though the chemistry is quite there with the team on the pitch at the moment, and it hasnt been for a while, he told the Liverpool Echo.We are maybe leaning too heavily on individuals to come up with something.Were in games; we were in the game on Sunday and had a couple of chances, but were not performing as a team to the level we know we can or we should be.Results have an impact on that because chemistry and confidence go hand in hand. Look at the teams who are having success this year and youd say they have chemistry.If I had to say one thing, I just dont know if its there with us at the moment, for whatever reason. Romelu Lukaku has scored 25 goals for Everton this season Baines has urged his team-mates to put things right ahead of their semi-final date at Wembley to try and salvage their campaign by earning European qualification for next season.Were not where we should be, the 31-year-old added. We havent won enough games to make excuses. You get judged at the end of the season and were getting towards the end of the season, and were not near a position we should be in given what weve got. Wed like to go into that cup game with a few wins behind us. Thats our season in some respects now, it certainly is from the fans point of view and weve let them down a lot, its our only way of making it up to them. Leighton Baines on FA Cup semi-final Were all accountable. We try and put it right but weve not been able to. Thats the third loss on the bounce in the league which is disappointing to us all.We want to win every time we go out to play and wed like to go into that cup game with a few wins behind us. Thats our season in some respects now, it certainly is from the fans point of view and weve let them down a lot, its our only way of making it up to them. By purchasing a Sky Sports Day Pass for £6.99 or Sky Sports Week Pass for £10.99, you can enjoy access to all seven Sky Sports channels and watch on a TV with a NOW TV Box or on a range of devices. Also See: Martial fires Man Utd to victory Martinez: It was in our hands Premier League grades LISTEN: Super Sunday Podcast Panthers Jerseys China . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. 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But other than that, everything feels good.Peterson hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning off Shawn Kelley and the Atlanta Braves took advantage of five Washington errors to beat the Nationals 7-6 on Sunday.Rain delayed the game 1 hour, 4 minutes in the bottom of the eighth.Kelley (1-2) hung his head and walked toward the dugout as soon as Peterson made contact with his seventh homer. Kelley gave up one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning.We played a sloppy game, Washington manager Dusty Baker said. Wed have been lucky to win that game with five errors.Jose Ramirez (1-0) faced four batters in the 10th to earn the win.Four Nationals errors led to runs for the Braves.Nick Markakis cut the lead to 4-2 in the third with a two-run double and took third on shortstop Danny Espinosas errant relay throw. Markakis made it 4-3 when center fielder Trea Turner caught a popup and was charged with a throwing error after dropping the ball as he transferred it to his right hand.Anthony Recker scored from third in the sixth to cut the lead to 6-4 when second baseman Daniel Murphy threw errantly to first.In the eighth, Matt Kemps 25th homer cut the lead to 6-5. Reliever Yusmeiro Petit had a throwing miscue that advanced Jeff Francoeur to third. Francoeur made it 6-6 on a double-play grounder.The Nationals went ahead 4-0 in third on Murphys RBI forceout and Bryce Harpers 22nd homer, a three-run shot deep into the right-field seats. Chris Heisey put Washington up 6-3 in the sixth with his eighth homer, a two-run shot.Peterson, making his first career start in center field, slammed his face and shoulder into the wall after making a twisting catch of Heiseys liner to end the third.He fell to the warning track, stayed down for a couple of minuttes and was escorted by a trainer to the dugout.ddddddddddddI got the wind knocked out of me, Peterson said. I couldnt breathe. That was really it.Kelley hung a slider that Peterson hit into the right-field seats.I was totally confident walking him when (the count) got to 3-2, so I wasnt going to give him anything good to hit, Kelley said. But I left slider right there in the middle of the plate.Washington starter Gio Gonzalez allowed six hits, three walks and four runs -- three earned -- in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight.Braves starter Joel De La Cruz allowed seven hits, six runs, two walks and four strikeouts in his 5 2/3 innings.Washington is 25-7 against Atlanta since the start of 2015. The Braves are 19-44 at home. They had lost seven straight overall.DANSBY WATCHIn his fourth career game, Braves SS Dansby Swanson, the No. 1 overall draft pick of 2015, went 0 for 4 with one walk and one run scored while hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time. Swanson went 4 for 12 in the No. 8 spot.THAT HURTSBraves 1B Freddie Freeman had a cortisone shot in the middle finger of his right hand after Saturdays game and didnt play. The finger has been bothering him since spring training. Freeman had cortisone shot during the All-Star break, too, and said hell try to be in the lineup Monday at Arizona. ... Espinosa was hit by a pitch to load the bases in the third. Hes the Nationals career leader in getting hit by a pitch and has been hit 19 times this year, second-most in the NL.ROSTER MOVESBraves RHP Tyrell Jenkins was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. The rookie, acquired in the Nov. 2014 trade involving Jason Heyward and Shelby Miller, is 2/3 with a 6.30 ERA in eight starts. ... RHP John Gant was called up from Gwinnett.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (15-4) is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in two career starts against Baltimore.Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz (6-5) is 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in three career starts against Arizona. ' ' '

ATLANTA -- Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves and the 1996 Olympics, will get its third life when Georgia State University converts it to a college football stadium, Atlanta city leaders said Thursday.The deal involves new commercial development and improvements to streets and neighborhoods on the citys south side, an area that has struggled as other parts of the city blossomed.Speaking outside Turner Field, near a bronze statue of Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said the monuments presence was fitting.Hank Aaron helped unify a city -- and a country -- with one swing of his mighty bat at the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Reed said.The project will give an economic boost to the five neighborhoods that surround Turner Field, Reed said.It represents a new beginning for the entire southeast quadrant of our city, he said.Discussions about the redevelopment project began after the Atlanta Braves announced plans to leave Turner Field and build a new stadium about 15 miles away in Atlantas northwest suburbs. This the last season for the Braves at Turner Field.Officials announced a signed purchase and sale agreement between Georgia State and the real estate firms Carter U.S.A. and Oakwood Development Group. Details of the financing werent immediately available, though Reed has told reporters that Georgia State has committed at least $200 million toward redevelopment of the 70-acre site.With the redevelopment project, Turner Field will now get its third life as a college football venue, Georgia State President Mark Becker noted. It was built for 1996 Olympic Games, was home to the Atlanta Braves and will now become the home field of the Georgia State Panthers.Georgia State, with more than 53,000 students, is one of the nations largest universities. Its main campus is in the heart of downtown Atlanta, just north of Turner Field.The overall project will also involve building a new baseball field, student housing, shops and restaurants nearby. 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It would have been nice to have stayed and taken it on a bit further, because it would have suited me, but it wasnt to be.I have great memories there and it is a great football club. The 3-3 draw against Liverpool was a wonderful night, and I enjoyed a lot of times there. The supporters were wonderful.The amount of times I bump into Palace fans now when Im in London, they seem to be everywhere, and theyre great with me and its nice to leave clubs on good terms.I get on well with Alan Pardew, and it will be a tough game on Saturday because I know the players well. West Brom recorded their first Premier League victory since early January with a 1-0 win over Everton in their last league outing.Salomon Rondons early strike at Goodison Park ended a five-match winless run, with Albion now four places above the relegation zone, and Pulis admits they still need another three wins to ensure survival.Were desperate to get another eight or nine points and that will keep us in the league, he added. The remit from the chairman for the first and second year was to stay in the league because of the financial implications. We have 12 cup finals now. James Morrison, Ben Foster and Jonny Evans have also missed significant periods of time through injury Weve had injuries to James Morrison and Jonny Evans this season, who are big players for us.dddddddddddd They are very good footballers and they make us play. They can be the difference.But weve been unfortunate with lots of stuff this year. Weve missed Saido Berahino for half the season. You look at Tottenham, if you took Harry Kane out and you took Jamie Vardy from Leicester, its the same with Saido for us.He was one of the main reasons this club stayed in the Premier League last season because his goals really put the club where it is today. To be without that talent for half a season has been a really big miss. Tony Pulis says Saido Berahino has been a big miss for West Brom this season You can add Ben Foster to that, a goalkeeper who was second choice for England, and thats two very important positions for us. But you get on with your job and do it to get the results you need.After their FA Cup defeat to Reading, Pulis appeared to offer no assurances that he plans to stay beyond the summer, but the manager insists the story was blown out of proportion. I made a comment about sitting down with the chairman at the end of the season, as I do every season, and obviously theyve taken it as something that its not, he continued. I understand, theres a story in it and it fills a piece on the back pages.But the chairman has been fantastic. At the beginning of the season there was doubt about the sale of the club, and he was close to selling, but it never happened. He kept in contact with me and we speak every week.Hes been exceptionally honest about what he wants to do with the football club, and thats all I ask for.Watch the full interview with Tony Pulis on Soccer Saturday from 12noon on Sky Sports News HQ. Also See: Arrest made over Brunt incident Title rivals live on Sky Sports Pulis: We must move on Mersons predictions ' ' '

CHICAGO -- Jason Hammel says potato chips have helped end chronic cramping issues. Now the Chicago Cubs right-hander has enough salty snacks to last the rest of the season.Hammel was greeted at his Wrigley Field locker Wednesday morning by a 6-foot high stack of cardboard boxes filled with chips. They were a gift of Pennsylvania-based Utz.Thats classic, a smiling Hammel said. I should be well hydrated.Hammel left his July 7 start against Atlanta in the sixth inning when his right thumb cramped up on a humid day. Hammel has had cramping issues in the past, and his doctor told him potato chips would help.I looked at him like he had 10 eyes, Hammel said, before it started to make sense.Potatoes are obviously a good source of potassium, Hammel said. Carbs, youre burning off energy there. And salt, obviously. Its not the breakfast or type of meal of champions, but there are quirky things for everybody.The 33-year-old said he munched on sea salt and vinegar chips between innings Saturday in his last start. He outdueled Yu Darvish by allowing one run and three hits with seven strikeouts in a 4-1 victory over Texas. And he had no cramps.A new diet was born.What male doesnt look for a chance to eat more potato chips? Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.A sheepish Hammel, who is 8-5 with a 3.34 ERA, leaned on the five boxes of chips at his locker and insisted he wouldnt stray from an offseason conditioning program thats left him leaner and stronger in 2016.The misconception is all I do is eat chips, he said.So dont expect Hammel to morph into the look of hefty Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon, whom the Cubs were to face Wednesday.Hes probably never met a potato chip he didnt like, either, Maddon said. Custom Kosuke Fukudome Jersey . 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12. Ron Santo Jersey Large . Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half. http://www.customcubsjersey.com/ . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. Custom Cubs T-shirts . Calgary scored on the first shift, and Michael Cammalleri scored twice as the Flames cruised to a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Custom Fergie Jenkins Jersey . Boucher previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning and had a 97-78-20 record over two-plus seasons. He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. SEATTLE -- Nicolas Lodeiro scored on a penalty kick in the 61st minute and the Seattle Sounders beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Tuesday night in the first-leg of the MLS Western Conference finals.Seattle will take an important one-goal advantage into the second match of the two-game series on Sunday in Colorado. But the Rapids picked up an important road goal which could serve as the tiebreaker if the aggregate-goal series finishes tied. A win or a tie by Seattle on Sunday would put the Sounders in the MLS Cup final for the first time.Lodeiro caused issues all over the field for Colorado before drawing the penalty 15 minutes into the second half. A deflected ball rolled to Lodeiro in the penalty area and he was taken down by Marc Burch. Lodeiro sent goalkeeper Zac MacMuth the wrong direction and scored his fourth goal of the playoffs.IMPACT 3, TORONTO FC 2MONTREAL -- Dominic Oduro scored the first of three straight Montreal goals and the Impact held on forr a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC in a wild opening game to their Eastern Conference final.ddddddddddddhe match was delayed 30 minutes by a groundskeeping error, but then Oduro, Matteo Mancosu and Ambroise Oyongo put Montreal in front in the opening 53 minutes. Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley answered back before a roaring sellout crowd of 61,004 at Olympic Stadium.While Montreal will take a lead into the second leg of the two-game, total goals series, Toronto picked up two all-important away goals that can serve as the tiebreaker. A 1-0 or 2-1 TFC win in the second leg at home would win Toronto the series.Montreal looked well on its way to crushing TFC in a playoff match for a second year in a row, having beaten their closest rival 3-0 in the single-game knockout round in October 2015 -- a result Toronto players vowed to avenge. ' ' '

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TOKYO -- The Olympic flag has arrived in Tokyo, host of the next Summer Games.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike held the flag aloft as she got off an All Nippon Airways plane and walked down a stairway to the tarmac at Tokyos Haneda airport Wednesday.Koike received the flag at Sundays closing ceremonies of the Rio Games from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.Preparations are underway for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Construction of the main stadium is slated to start toward the end of this year. Japans capital also hosted the Olympics in 1964.Koike is a newly elected governor of Tokyo who has pledged to examine the spiraling costs to avoid saddling taxpayers with debt and building white elephants. China Jerseys Free Shipping ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. China Made Jerseys . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., has nothing but good things to say about former U.S. marine Liz (Girlrilla) Carmouche ahead of their co-main event Wednesday on the UFCs "Fight for the Troops" televised card in Fort Campbell, Ky. http://www.chinajerseyspaypal.com/ . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. China Jerseys Reviews .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. China Jerseys NFL Authentic . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Leading California by 18 points midway through the second half, San Diego States Jeremy Hemsley thought he and his teammates became a little complacent.Coach Steve Fisher didnt see it that way and was more focused on the outcome -- a big win for the Aztecs, one week after they got blown out by 14th-ranked Gonzaga.Hemsley scored 15 points, Trey Kell converted a 3-point play with 2:21 remaining that pushed a shrinking lead back into double digits and San Diego State beat California 77-65 on Monday night.We let them get some easy looks and we werent rebounding as well as we did in the first half, Hemsley said. Thats something we do have to work on, playing the whole game and not letting the foot off the gas pedal.Malik Pope had 14 points and five rebounds in his season debut before fouling out late in the second half, Kell scored 11 points and Max Hoetzel added 11 points and seven rebounds for San Diego State (3-1). Pope sat out the first three games with a knee injury.The Aztecs shot just 36.9 percent and let most of a 62-44 lead slip away before holding on for their fourth straight win between the two teams.You have to be able to stem the tide and not allow a run to grow and grow and grow, Fisher said. It happens. I dont know that we let up. Cal competes hard and so do we.Both teams struggled shooting most of the game but combined for 67 free throw attempts at the Golden 1 Center, home to the NBAs Sacramento Kings.Ivan Rabb had 19 points and 11 rebounds in his first game of the season for California (2-1).Once Ivan settlled down and we settled down we were able to see the defense and we were able to do a better job, Bears coach Cuonzo Martin said.ddddddddddddOLDEN DEBUT FOR BOTH TEAMSThe game was the second NCAA game played at the Golden 1 Center. UC Davis beat Sacramento State 81-72 in the first half of the doubleheader. Former Cal point guard and current Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson attended the game and sat courtside.POLL IMPLICATIONSMaybe the voters saw this coming. California dropped out of the Top 25 this week despite beating Irvine while playing without three starters. The Bears had a chance to get back in with a win over the Aztecs but thats not going to happen now.BIG PICTURESan Diego State: Fishers team had been playing short-handed in its first three games but got most of the injured guys back. Popes return was key but the Aztecs will need to find more scoring somewhere. They made only 11 of 32 shots after halftime.California: This was a step up in competition and the Bears didnt handle it well early, shooting only 23.1 percent in the first half. That they made it close in the second half was mostly due to the Aztecs poor shooting. Still, what looked like a blowout turned into a tight stretch run and for that Cal can feel good. Getting Rabb back was also big, though its clear hes going to need some time to get adjusted.UP NEXTSan Diego State: Hosts Savannah State on Nov. 28.California: Hosts Wyoming on Friday night. ' ' '

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Ricky Davis completed 12 of 16 passing for 187 yards and three touchdowns and Youngstown State beat Duquesne 45-10 in the season opener for both teams on Thursday night.Tevin McCaster finished with 107 yards rushing on just seven carries with a touchdown, and Martin Ruiz added 89 yards on the ground with a score for the Penguins.Davis hit Darien Townsend with a 49-yard TD strike on the games opening drive and again from 36 yards out for a 24-10 Youngstown State lead at halftime. Townsend finished with 91 yards receiving.Dillon Buechel threw for 188 yards and the Dukes only touchdown, a six-yard pass to Nehari Crawford late in the second quarter. Blair Roberts led Duquesne with 82 yards receiving.The Penguins now are 3-0 all-time against the Dukes. Chicago Blackhawks Store . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead. Fake Blackhawks Jerseys . 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Harris ran for three touchdowns, including two in the final 30 minutes, and Emmanuel Arceneaux scored on a 77-yard passing play early in the third quarter as the Lions beat the Edmonton Eskimos 31-21. Harris scored three rushing touchdowns for the first time in his CFL career. "Its huge for me," said Harris. "But at the same time, its all about the team and getting the win." The Lions (3-1) swept the home-and-home series with the Eskimos (1-3) after downing them a week earlier in Edmonton. "Im just happy to get the win especially against a Western opponent (in) back-to-back games," said Harris. "I thought we played well. We were consistent, we sustained drives and when we needed to run the clock down at the end there, the (offensive) line played amazing." Arceneauxs spectacular touchdown broke a 10-10 tie and sent the Lions on to victory. The Lions bettered the Eskimos in the final 30 minutes for the second straight game after trailing at half-time a week earlier. "Just coming out in the third quarter, it was the same situation as last week," said Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, who completed 12 of 20 passes for a modest 152 yards. "It turned over into half-time. Generally, when that happens, whoever comes out (strong) in the third quarter, and sets the tempo and sets the tone for the game, is gonna be on the inside track for the win — and B.C. did that again tonight. "We didnt seem prepared after half-time." Paul McCallum booted a 37-yard field goal to account for the rest of the B.C. scoring. Edmonton backup quarterback Kerry Joseph and Fred Stamps, with just over a minute left in the game, scored touchdowns for Edmonton. Kicker Grant Shaw provided the other Eskimo points on two field goals and a 51-yard single off a missed three-pointer. Reilly, the former B.C. backup who was traded to Edmonton in the off-season, got the Eskimos offence going early after Chris Thompson intercepted a Travis Lulay pass intended for Arceneaux. The Eskimos opened the scoring with just over five minutes gone in the game as Shaw kicked a 47-yard field goal, giving them a 3-0 lead after the first quarter. But the Lions were able to build a 10-3 lead in the second quarter as McCallum, playing his first game of the season after missing the opening three with a groin injury, succeeded on his lone field-goal attempt and Harris bowled his way 13 yards. After coming in for an apparent plunge on second down, Edmonton backup QB Joseph ran for a three-yard touchdown late in the second quarter to create suspense heading into the second half. But it was almost all Lions in the final 30 minutes. "For whatever reason, we just got into more of a groove," said Lulay, who completed 18 of 24 passes forr 284 yards.dddddddddddd Arceneaux shook off Thompsons tackle attempt and also stayed in bounds, as the Eskimos defensive back got his arms on him but could not bring him down along the sideline. Lulay said he and Arceneaux, who accumulated 106 yards off just five receptions, had prepared for just such a play. "We had a (defensive) look, and we had talked about talked about that earlier, if we had that certain coverage, how Manny could release to get some width," said Lulay. "I was ready for him to make the release that he did. "So I threw a little bit into space, and Manny got the release that he needed. The biggest thing about that play was his ability to break the tackle and make the big play. For him to break the tackle and stay in bounds takes a little bit of strength." Lulay maintained his hot passing arm later in the third quarter as he was good on all four attempts during a scoring drive that culminated with a Harris one-yard run. Harris set up his own touchdown as he caught a short Lulay pass and gained 24 yards a play earlier, leaping over a defender in a bid to get into the end zone. Harris thought he had scored, and fireworks went off prematurely, but a replay showed that his knee was out of bounds before he crossed the goal-line. He felt forced to jump after his attempt to spin inside did not go as planned. "I wish I could have scored on that, because, I think, that would have been a highlight for sure." He still thrilled fans as he ran a reverse untouched into the end zone, staking B.C. to a 24-10 lead. The Eskimos showed signs of a comeback attempt, but could only pull within a point off Shaws wide 43-yard field goal attempt. Then after the Lions ran about three minutes off the clock and a McCallum punt that pinned Edmonton deep in its own territory, Jabar Westerman recorded a rare interception for a defensive lineman. B.C. Westerman enabled B.C. to use up more time before Harris juked and jived four yards for his third touchdown of the night. Notes — Edmonton third-string quarterback Jonathan Crompton threw 12 yards to Stamps for his touchdown. ... McCallum handled all of the B.C. punting duties after coach Mike Benevides said Hugh ONeill could punt in certain situations. ... The Lions inducted legendary former coach Don Matthews and quarterback Damon Allen onto their wall of fame at half-time. Matthews guided the Lions to their 1985 Grey Cup title, while Allen called the signals for their 2000 championship squad. The two CFL hall of famers entered the field riding in vintage convertibles. Matthews, 74, who is recuperating from cancer, and Allen received Lions jackets and plaques. The former coach drew the loudest cheers. ... Lions nickleback Korey Banks played in his 150th CFL career game. ... B.C. defensive back Ryan Phillips needs to play two more games for 150 consecutive contests. ' ' '

The first of MLBs two big trade deadlines has passed as contenders tweak their rosters and look at what theyre ready to do down the stretch. Who did the most to help themselves at the non-waiver trade deadline this year, and who might still have some work to do if they want to put themselves over the top?The clear winner here, if not so much in the gaining-on-the-division sense is the New York Yankees, who went into a four-game losing streak at exactly the right time to dive-bomb as much of their extremely slim wild-card hopes as possible. This enabled the Yankees to do a top-notch retooling, filling up an already-decent farm system in return for two-thirds of their closers and Carlos Beltran.There are no splashes in the rest of the division. 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He pitched to a 1.71 ERA in the month, posting a nifty 17-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio as he leaned on his pinpoint control.Hes a real pitcher, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. He has four pitches, and he lives out on the edge with them. He speeds up their bats and slows them down.Davies has impressed Counsell -- as well as the batters he has faced the past month.Hes got those four pitches, and he can manipulate all four of them, Counsell said.The Padres eventually hope to see similar results from Perdomo (5-4, 6.89 ERA). The 23-year-old had never pitched above Class A ball before this season. A Rule 5 draft pick out of the St. Louis Cardinals system last winter, he was expected to have a long role out of the bullpen.The Padres hoped to ease him into his role as a major league starter, but following a flurry of trades, Perdomo is being asked to accelerate his learning curve.After San Diego nearly wiped the rotation clean by trading away James Shields, Drew Pomeranz and Andrew Cashner -- and with Tyson Ross sidelined due to a shoulder injury since his Opening Day start -- Perdomos responsibilities blossomed.So, too, has his pitching.Perdomo has given up three earned runs or fewer in six of hiis past eight starts dating to June 15.ddddddddddddFive outings in that span were quality starts. He won both of his past two starts, including a road victory over the Toronto Blue Jays last Wednesday, when he gave up four runs in 5 2/3 innings.In his prior start, Perdomo pitched a career-high seven innings and allowed just two runs on four hits in a road win against the Washington Nationals.Weve seen tremendous gains in Perdomo, Padres manager Andy Green said. When he made his major league debut (in) April, he was a Rule 5 draft pick who had never pitched above low Single-A. Now hes growing confidence that his pitches play in the major leagues. He can get outs with that very good sinker of his. Hes making steps. The next step is ... to locate his pitches with consistency.Its there, he just has to keep developing it. There are going to be peaks and valleys, but were seeing substantial strides forward.The Brewers hope the lineup that faces Perdomo will include left fielder Ryan Braun. He hasnt played since Wednesday due to tightness in his right side.Milwaukees catching situation is also worth watching in the wake of trading Jonathan Lucroy, a two-time All-Star, to the Texas Rangers. Martin Maldonado was in the lineup on Monday, going 1-for-3 in the Brewers 7-3 loss to the Padres, and he is expected to get his second consecutive start Tuesday.However, Counsell said Manny Pina, who was brought up from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Monday, also will see action going forward. ' ' '

STORRS, Conn. -- No. 2 UConn was expected to be tested against No. 15 DePaul, the first of five ranked teams it will face this month.It quickly became clear that the Huskies had all the answers Thursday night.Kia Nurse scored a career-high 33 points and UConn routed the Blue Demons 91-46 for its 81st straight victory.Napheesa Collier added 18 points, and Katie Lou Samuelson had 16.Kelly Campbell had 10 points to lead DePaul (5-2).The Blue Demons missed their first eight shots and were held to a single free throw for nearly 6 minutes to start the game. UConn (6-0), which has won 53 straight at home, hit its first nine shots, most of them on the break, and jumped out to a 22-1 lead.By the end of the quarter, UConn led 37-6.We played with a little bit more of a purpose defensively and that got us off and running, coach Geno Auriemma said. We created a lot of easy shots for ourselves.Nurse, who hadnt scored more than 15 points this season, made three quick layups and had 19 points after 10 minutes. She hit 12 of her 16 shots, including her first nine and was 6 of 9 from 3-point range.She didnt miss until a corner 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, when she had already eclipsed her previous career high with 24 points.I came into this game and said I was going to do the little things that I was good at and running the floor is one of those things, Nurse said. To get out in transition and have that work out the first couple of shots was pretty cool.UConn was 15 of 19 from the floor in the first quarter, while holding. DePaul to just 2 of 14. UConn also had a 20-0 advantage in the paint and 16 fast-break points.The Huskies went into halftime leading 53-19 and pushed that to 80-30 after the third quarter.UConn made 59.3 percent of its shots and held DePaul to just 25 percent shooting.THE BIG PICTUREUConn: UConn coach Geno Auriemma has said he hopes someone gives his team a wake-up call to show them that winning isnt as easy as they think. The Huskies face four more ranked opponents before the end of the month that might be able to do that, including No. 14 Texas on Sunday and No. 1 Notre Dame three days later. UConn also plays No. 9 Ohio State and No. 5 Maryland before January.Theres no guarantee like the past couple years that, yeah we got this, Auriemma said. Its a wait and see. Its a process. I just dont want to take any steps back. I dont know how many steps forward were going to take. I just dont want to take any steps back.DePaul: The Blue Demons made just 17 of 68 shots and made seven of their 40 shots from behind the arc. They came into the game making just under 39 percent from 3-point range, and were averaging a nations best 13.5 3-pointers a game.This was DePauls third straight game against a ranked team. They lost to No. 5 Baylor 104-72 and beat No. 11 Syracuse, a game in which they hit 19 3-pointers.College basketball really is cruel and its cool, DePaul coach Doug Bruon said. When you throw the ball to the other team and give up breakaway layups like we did tonight its pretty cruel, especially against good players. Its also cool because you get a chance to come back pretty quickly, and Ive seen teams throughout my many years, six, seven, eight days later, you dont even know its the same team. We really are going to be better for what happened tonight than for not having played tonight.POLL IMPLICATIONSShould they have a similarly impressive win Sunday against No. 14 Texas, UConn may pick up a few more first-place votes going into the Dec. 7 showdown with top-ranked Notre Dame in South BendBREAKING GOODUConns perimeter defense led to 24 DePaul turnovers and sparked the Huskies transition game. UConn outscored the Blue Demons 26-4 on the fast break and 44-10 in the paint.CRYSTAL CLEAREDUConn freshman guard Crystal Dangerfield, who missed the Huskies win on Tuesday against Chattanooga with concussion-like symptoms, came off the bench in this one. She played 23 minutes and had three points and two assists.GOLD MEDALAuriemma and Bruno received Olympic rings from USA Basketball in a ceremony before the game. Bruno has served as an assistant to Auriemma on the last two gold-medal winning USA Olympic teams. 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Uniteds eighth defeat of a wretched campaign means Liverpool, which currently occupies the fourth and final Champions League place, could go nine points clear of its fierce rival by beating West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off. COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The home opener for Missouri carries a lot of weight for new coach Barry Odom.The game comes against Eastern Michigan -- the same opponent Missouri played when Odom was a sophomore linebacker for the Tigers. He and his teammates got a win that day, 44-24 back on Sept. 6, 1997.His first home game as coach at his alma mater also carries a bit of pressure after last weekends 26-11 loss at West Virginia to open the season.I tried to look at things that I thought that I did OK, and things that I didnt do well enough, Odom said of his coaching debut. Theres a long list of things that I need to improve on. The ability to try to make in-game adjustments with both sides of the ball ... I was probably a little too quiet at times.The Eagles (1-0) won their home opener easily, pounding Mississippi Valley State 61-14 -- the most points the Eagles have scored since 2004.Its hard to score 60 points in college football and they did it, Odom said. Im really impressed with what they did on offense, and equally as much defensively. Theyre sound.Odom served as defensive coordinator for the Tigers in 2015, and his defensive mentality was on display against the Mountaineers. Despite allowing 494 yards in an up-tempo game, Missouri forced three turnovers, matching its 2015 game high.Theyre a really good football team, Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton said of the Tigers. Defensively, its well documented that theyve been an incredibly talented and productive defense.Here are some things to watch Saturday:TIGER TEMPOAgainst West Virginia, Missouris offense ran 100 plays, more than any team in the nation that week. Until then, the Tigers had run 100 plays of offense just four times since 19588.dddddddddddd Additionally, after averaging 15 first downs per game in 2015, Missouri picked up 26 first downs against the Mountaineers, the most since defeating Arkansas 21-14 on Nov. 29, 2014.They play really fast on offense, Creighton said. Essentially, almost everybody now is no-huddle, but that doesnt necessarily mean that youre an up-tempo team. Even if youre a tempo team, theres usually some variance, and theyll vary things as well, but their norm is super fast. Just as fast as you can go.SEC STRUGGLESThe Eagles are 0-8 all-time against members of the SEC. Their last matchup came on Oct. 3, 2015, when Leonard Fournette and LSU handed them a 44-22 loss in Baton Rouge.NO PLACE LIKE HOMEMissouri has not lost a home opener since 2005, when New Mexico won at Memorial Stadium, 45-35. The Tigers are 91-31-4 in their last 125 home openers.Weve got a tremendous home field advantage, Odom said. Its exciting for our kids to play at home, especially at night. Were looking forward to that.ELUSIVE EAGLESEastern Michigan running backs Shaq Vann and Ian Eriksen both found the end zone twice against Mississippi Valley State. Vann had a career-high 156 rushing yards while Eriksen had 97 in his collegiate debut as a ball carrier.The story for us was our other backs stepping up and having good games as well, Creighton said. Were not surprised at all by that ... We couldnt take any steps backward in terms of the one-two punch with Darius Jackson and Shaq Vann.MEMORY LANEAbout that 1997 game ... Odom ended up with five tackles and a pass deflection against Eastern Michigan. ' ' '

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Matthew Wyman couldnt have imagined playing his senior season for anybody but David Beaty.That may be the strongest support he could give the second-year coach, considering Wyman began his career playing for Charlie Weis, endured an interim stint under Clint Bowen and wrapped it up with a longtime high school coach and career assistant trying to turn around the Jayhawks.The year didnt go as expected, Wyman said after a season-ending loss to rival Kansas State on Saturday, but I wouldnt ask for a different team or coach.Winless in their first season under Beaty, the Jayhawks made tangible signs of progress in Year 2. There was their season-opening win over Rhode Island, close calls against TCU and Iowa State, and an overtime victory over Texas in their home finale that snapped a 19-game Big 12 losing streak.They appeared to find a promising young quarterback in Carter Stanley, who threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns against the Wildcats, and have more playmakers on the roster than any recent season. Their defense also made strides, keeping them in games most weeks.Modest improvement, to be sure. But clear improvement, too.The work that those kids have done is not easy. The foundation work that they have done is very difficult and the results have not been very high, Beaty said after addressing his senior class for the last time. For those guys to continue to persevere and be resilient, I think it is going to serve them well in their life. They continue to fight and they continue to move forward.So does Beaty, who now hits the recruiting trail as his vast rebuilding job continues.His first class was lured to Kansas on a compressed timeframe after he replaced Weis, and his second was sold on hopes and dreams after a winless season. At least now, he can sell a couple of wins, a potentially program-defining upset of Texas and some momentum moving forward.Last season was pretty bad. I didnt feel like we were -- chemistry-wise, I didnt feel like we was there yet, senior running back Keaun Kinner said. I know I came with the coach but like, it was definitely, the chemistry wasnt there. This year we definitely stressed family and I know each and every one of us would throw down for another teammate. We always want fight for the man to the left and the right of us. I think weve definitely grown as a team.The Jayhawks will have plenty of holes to replace next season, especially on defense. Defensive ends Damani Mosby and Anthony Olobia are graduating. So are linebackers Marcquis Roberts and Courtney Arnick. The defensive backfield will lose cornerbacks Marnez Ogletree, Fish Smithson and Brandon Stewart, all of whom played crucial downs this season.But just about everyone should return on offense, including wide receivers LaQuivionte Gonzalez and Steven Sims Jr., freshman running back Khalil Herbert and four starters on the offensive line.That should give Kansas a solid foundation to build on two wins.The thing I am most proud about this football team is how much we fight and how much we love football, sophomore linebacker Keith Loneker said. You need that on any team, especially successful teams. I am glad to see a lot of those guys coming back and seeing us go in the right direction. That fight that we had was laid down by our seniors, so it is something we get to build off from them.There is still plenty of work to be done. The Jayhawks havent had more than three wins since 2009, and havent won more than one Big 12 game since 2008, when they last when to a bowl game.They started 5-0 the following year, lost five straight and began their downward spiral.Now, Beaty and the Jayhawks may be starting the climb back up.This season there was a lot of camaraderie, lot of guys really care about each other, on and off the field, Smith said. I believe during the offseason theyll work hard and be ready for next year.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Daryl Macon Jersey . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- If the golf swing required less technique and more rhythm -- like samba dancing, say -- the sport would no doubt be monopolized by Brazilians. Instead, after watching a dozen or so novices take their first lesson, its barely an exaggeration to say the instruction begins with which end of the club to grip.Golf and other sports at the Rio Olympics are offering Fan Zones that give the chance to train like an Olympian. For the price of an event ticket, spectators can practice boxing, riding, fencing, rowing and other sports at zones set up just outside the field of play and usually with an instructor nearby. For obvious reasons, shooting is the rare venue without one.The zones, for the most part, aim to popularize Olympic sports to a futebol-mad nation of 200 million people.In the case of golf, where the games roots are old but not deep, the interactive teaching and recreational center at the Olympic Golf Course is run with the assistance of the Brazilian Golf Federation, which has also launched a program Golf Para Vida (Golf For Life) hoping to introduce schoolkids to the game during the two weeks of the tournament.Marcello do Nascimento, a Rio native who got his start as a caddie at one of the citys two private clubs and is now one of 250 teaching pros in the country, estimated hed given roughly 700 lessons during the first three days of the mens competition.On either side of him, three hitting bays with artificial-turf mats and netting, as well as a miniature golf course are swarmed with kids and their parents. Off to one side, at least 10 people wait in line to take a shot at video simulators that measure longest drive and closest shot to the pin.About 200 people had some familiarity with the game before, do Nacimento said through a translator. But perhaps 80 have taken my card already and many of them have inquired about where they can buy clubs.By that measure, Artur Nunes is a promising student. The 12-year-old from Rio plays tennis, so at least hes had some practice whacking a ball in space, and he took his first lesson when the family was on vacation. Even so, do Nascimento begins with the basics, emphasizing the proper grip and stance.Artur pays close attention, but lets on a moment later that the thing he likes most about golf is how far -- on those few occasions when he hits it flush -- the ball travels.His mother, Claudia, on the other hand, views the game more practically. 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NEW YORK -- Serena Williams is starting to feel a little better. Novak Djokovic is getting there.The U.S. Opens top seeds in both singles brackets are coming off injuries, and neither has played since an early loss at the Olympics. Friday was the first time either had discussed the health problems that stymied them in Rio de Janeiro and forced them to withdraw from the hard-court warmup at Cincinnati.For Williams, its a sore right shoulder that she revealed started bothering her almost immediately after her Wimbledon victory. She said she practiced for just two days before the Olympics and has spent little time on court since as she undergoes physical therapy.For Djokovic, its a sore left wrist that he revealed he hurt in Rio a few days before his first-round Olympic loss to Juan Martin del Potro, a player who knows plenty about how that injury hinders a rightys two-handed backhand.Im just hoping that Monday when the tournament starts Ill be able to get as close to the maximum of executing my backhand shot as possible, said Djokovic, who sounded a bit more optimistic than Williams on Friday.Williams acknowledged shed prefer to have played more coming into the Open -- shes had just three singles matches since Wimbledon -- and needs to practice more.Im just now starting to feel a little better, she said. Hopefully just every day I will keep going higher.It wasnt a physical problem that burdened Djokovic during his third-round Wimbledon loss to 41st-ranked Sam Querrey, he acknowledged. Asked that day if he was 100 percent healthy, the 12-time major champ replied: Not really. But its not the place and time to talk about it.On Friday, Djokovic conceded it was some other things that I was going through privately. He wouldnt elaborate other than to say that now everything is fine.Speaking of left wrist injuries, Rafael Nadal said his keeps getting better but still isnt 100 percent. Because the 14-time Grand Slam champ is a lefty, his issue is the forehand.When he first came back, he recalled, you try to find movements to avoid the pain. Now he can start to hit his normal forehand again, but it still needs time to feel that I am more confident in my wrist.Both Djokovic and Williams face a former Grand Slam semifinalist in the first round.dddddddddddd Williams opens her bid for a record-breaking 23rd major title against Ekaterina Makarova, whos coming off an Olympic doubles gold medal.The Russian made two straight major semis -- at the 2014 U.S. Open, losing to Williams 6-1, 6-3, and the 2015 Australian Open. With her ranking slipping to 36th, she just missed a seed at Flushing Meadows.Doing an interview shortly after the draw was set, Djokovic joked he wasnt mentally ready to see his bracket quite yet and wanted to wait until Im alone. What hell see is a meeting with Jerzy Janowicz, a 2013 Wimbledon semifinalist whos been ranked as high as 14th. After struggling in recent years and missing much of this season because of injuries, Janowicz is No. 228 in the world and used a protected ranking to get into the U.S. Open.Nadal is a potential semifinal opponent for Djokovic, the defending champ, while Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka are in the other half of the bracket.Williams could face fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska in the semis, which is also when she could potentially meet sister Venus. Australian Open champ Angelique Kerber and French Open winner Garbine Muguruza are on the other side of the draw.Earlier in the tournament, Williams could run into opponents who have eliminated her at past majors. In the third round, she could meet Ana Ivanovic, who beat her at the 2014 Australian Open. And in the fourth round, she could face Sam Stosur, who stunned her in the 2011 U.S. Open final.Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champ, is ranked just 142nd after three left wrist surgeries. Last week, Steve Johnson, the highest-ranked U.S. mens player, questioned whether the U.S. Tennis Association should award del Potro the wild card hed need to get in because the Argentine could possibly defeat an American in the first round. That scenario wont occur -- del Petro meets countryman Diego Schwartzman in his opener. But the 19th-seeded Johnson could face the Olympic silver medalist in the second round.Between Wimbledon and the Rio Games, del Potro defeated three of the U.S. Opens top four seeds. ' ' '