All Things Sporty (4)

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.

Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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All Things Sporty (4)

 

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.
Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.
Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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South Carolina Aliyah Boston headlines Wooden Award's top 15
Reigning winner Boston has guided the defending national champion Gamecocks to a 30-0 record.
Women's Wooden Award Finalists
Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
Cameron Brink, Stanford
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
Ashley Joens, Iowa State
Haley Jones, Stanford
Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech
Ta'Niya Latsonc, Florida State
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Diamond Miller, Maryland
Aneesah Morrow, DePaul
Alissa Pili, Utah
Maddy Siegrist, Villanova
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville

 

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Western Conference - First Round Results

No.1: Denver vs. No.8: Minnesota
Denver wins (4 - 1)
Game 1: Nuggets 109, Timberwolves 80
Game 2: Nuggets 122, Timberwolves 113
Game 3: Nuggets 120, Timberwolves 111
Game 4: Timberwolves 114, Nuggets 108
Game 5: Nuggets 112, Timberwolves 109

No.4: Phoenix vs. No.5: LA Clippers
Phoenix wins (4 - 1)
Game 1: Clippers 115, Suns 110
Game 2: Suns 123, Clippers 109
Game 3: Suns 129, Clippers 124
Game 4: Suns 112, Clippers 100
Game 5: Suns 136, Clippers 130

No.2: Memphis vs. No.7: Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers wins (4 - 2)
Game 1: Lakers 128, Grizzlies 112
Game 2: Grizzlies 103, Lakers 93
Game 3: Lakers 111, Grizzlies 101
Game 4: Lakers 117, Grizzlies 111 (OT)
Game 5: Grizzlies 116, Lakers 109
Game 6: Lakers 125, Grizzlies 85

No.3: Sacramento vs. No.6: Golden State
Golden State wins (4 - 3)
Game 1: Kings 126, Warriors 123
Game 2: Kings 114, Warriors 106
Game 3: Warriors 114, Kings 97
Game 4: Warriors 126, Kings 125
Game 5: Warriors 124, Kings 116
Game 6: Kings 118, Warriors 99​

 

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Second Round Results

Western Conference - Central Division

No.2: Dallas vs. No.4: Seattle
Dallas wins (4 - 3)
Game 1 (at DAL): Kraken 5, Stars 4 (OT) | Recap | Replay
Game 2 (at DAL): Stars 4, Kraken 2 | Recap | Replay
Game 3 (at SEA): Kraken 7, Stars 2 | Recap | Replay
Game 4 (at SEA): Stars 6, Kraken 3 | Recap | Replay
Game 5 (at DAL): Stars 5, Kraken 2 | Recap | Replay
Game 6 (at SEA): Kraken 6, Stars 3 | Recap | Replay
Game 7 (at DAL): Stars 2, Kraken 1 | Recap | Replay

Western Conference - Pacific Division

No.1: Vegas vs. No.2: Edmonton
Vegas wins (4 - 2)
Game 1 (at VGK): Golden Knights 6, Oilers 4 | Recap | Replay
Game 2 (at VGK): Oilers 5, Golden Knights 1 | Recap | Replay
Game 3 (at EDM): Golden Knights 5, Oilers 1 | Recap | Replay
Game 4 (at EDM): Oilers 4, Golden Knights 1 | Recap | Replay
Game 5 (at VGK): Golden Knights 4, Oilers 3 | Recap | Replay
Game 6 (at EDM): Golden Knights 5, Oilers 2 | Recap | Replay

 

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ACC optimistic about reaching agreement on new revenue model
While there are a number of models still on the table for what league officials are calling "success initiatives," Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said there are scenarios in which a team making the College Football Playoff could add more than $10 million in revenue annually.

ADS tell ACC commissioner Jim Phillips: 'We're all in this together'
Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina, Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech and NC State all had conversations among each other -- taking athletic directors left out of the discussions by surprise.

 

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National Labor Relations Board files complaint for unfair labor practices vs. NCAA, Pac-12, USC
Those three parties will argue against lawyers from the NLRB in a hearing scheduled for Nov. 7. The hearing is the next step in one of several mounting challenges to the NCAA's fundamental belief that college athletes are not employees and thus should not be paid directly for their athletic performance.

 

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National Labor Relations Board files complaint for unfair labor practices vs. NCAA, Pac-12, USC
Those three parties will argue against lawyers from the NLRB in a hearing scheduled for Nov. 7. The hearing is the next step in one of several mounting challenges to the NCAA's fundamental belief that college athletes are not employees and thus should not be paid directly for their athletic performance.

 

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.

Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.

Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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Alabama hoops No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 20 years
Alabama received 38 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday, moving up two spots to leapfrog No. 2 Houston.
Top-5
No.1: Alabama (22-3)
No.2: Houston (23-2)
No.3: Purdue (23-3)
No.4: UCLA (21-4)
No.5: Kansas (20-5)

 

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Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Northern California to close in fall
After the Golden Gate Fields meet ends, the Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita beginning in January.

Funny Cide]Fuuny Side, 2023 Kentucky Derby, Pteakness winner, dies at 23
Funny Cide won 11 of 38 starts and earned $3,529,412 in his career. The gelding was undefeated in three starts as a 2-year-old. While he lost his first three starts the following year, the last one was a half-length loss to eventual Kentucky Derby favorite Empire Maker in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in New York.