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match a program record with 11 wins and play for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.That made it th
match a program record with 11 wins and play for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.That made it th
in Team 02.05.2019 04:30von jcy123 •

NAPLES, Fla. -- By Lydia Kos standards, this is a major slump.She hasnt won in nine starts since mid-July, her best finish being a silver medal at the Rio Olympics. She hasnt been among the top 10 in any of her last five starts and wasnt even in the top 40 in three of those.Despite all that, all the big prizes -- player of the year, money title, scoring title and the yearlong points chase called the Race to the CME Globe -- are well within Kos reach this week. The LPGA Tour season wraps up with the CME Group Tour Championship that starts Thursday, when Ariya Jutanugarn and Ko will basically go head to head for year-end honors.Obviously, Im not coming into this week with the greatest form, said Ko, who won the Globe in its inaugural season in 2014 and retained it last year. But I still feel like its been a season where Im really proud of it. For me to be in this position, to have an opportunity to go for the Globe again -- and all the other things -- its a pretty cool position to be in.Only a win this week would be enough to give Ko her second straight player-of-the-year award; any other result, and that title goes to Jutanugarn. They come in separated by $17,305 in the money standings, and Ko (69.611) enters with a minuscule edge over In Gee Chun (69.632) for the Vare Trophy presented to the player with the lowest scoring average.It would be a pretty special Sunday, Ko said.Its probably going to be anyway, whether thats the case for Ko or someone else. The LPGA got a dream scenario last season, when all the trophies were decided in the final holes on the final day.Such a scene could repeat itself this week, and the LPGA wouldnt mind some final-hour drama.Im not going to be nervous, Jutanugarn said.The points in the CME Globe standings reset for the final week, so Jutanugarn, Ko and Brooke Henderson all truly control their destinies when it comes to the $1 million bonus that goes to the points champion. Win this week, and the Globe is hers.Going into this year it was a big goal of mine to be in the top three and give myself a great opportunity in the final event of the year, Henderson said. Im really looking forward to it. I know itll be a tough week, a tough four rounds, but I know if I get off to a fast start and am able to play my game, maybe good things will happen.Jutanugarn turns 21 next week. Still, shes the elder stateswoman among the three who arrived in Naples this week with the most realistic chances of hoisting the CME Globe on Sunday.Im old? she asked.Well, yes, in this example.Ko, who has been the worlds No. 1 player for more than a year and will remain there for the foreseeable future, is 19. Henderson turned 19 in September. Of the nine players with a mathematical chance of finishing atop this years Race to the CME Globe standings, the oldest -- Shanshan Feng -- is all of 27.The average age of the players in that group is 21.9, though this event last year saw a tour veteran prevail.Definitely felt like a walk-off home run, said defending tournament champion Cristie Kerr, who is 39, essentially meaning shes been alive as long as Jutanugarn and Ko combined. Yeah, Ive had great memories since Ive been back walking around kind of remembering some of the shots I hit or how I felt. Ive played pretty well the last couple days, so fingers crossed.DIVOTS: Ko won on the Tiburon course in Naples two years ago, finishing at 10-under 278. Kerrs winning score last year was 271. ... As was the case last year, the three players atop the Globe points standings -- this time, Jutanugarn, Henderson and Ko -- will play together on Thursday.Air Jordan 4 Store Canada .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. Cheap Air Jordan 4 Online . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. http://www.cheapairjordan4canada.com/ . 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. Cheap Air Jordan 4 Free Shipping . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. Air Jordan 4 Canada . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Mack Hollins looks back at what North Carolinas high-scoring offense did last year and thinks the Tar Heels can do even more.That would be quite a feat, too, considering the Tar Heels put up totals never seen before in the programs century-plus historyIf youre not getting better then youre getting worse, the receiver said Saturday on the teams preseason photo day. Theres no staying the same. So we all believe -- the entire offense and the entire defense believes well be better as a team as well as an offense.One thing is certain: that no-huddle offense running at go-go-go pace has become the defining characteristic of UNCs teams entering the fifth season under Larry Fedora. And with that unit posting big scoring totals, it provides quite a margin for error for the Tar Heels defense while putting a lot of pressure on opposing offenses to keep up.I believe that this offense has the potential to be better than last years offense, Fedora said. But theyve still got to do it.North Carolina averaged program records of 40.7 points and 486.9 yards last season, while the Tar Heels also set school records with 570 points, 6,817 total yards and a national-best average of 7.28 yards per play. That helped UNC match a program record with 11 wins and play for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.That made it the fourth time in as many seasons that the Tar Heels finished in the top 10 of the program records for total offense per game.And as good as that unit was, it seemed to take a big step in November coming down the stretch to secure the programs first ACC Coastal Division title. First camme a 66-point, 704-yard outing in a rout of rival Duke.dddddddddddd A week later, the Tar Heels scored the first 45 points and finished with 487 yards in a 59-21 win against Miami.They closed the regular season by scoring 35 points in the opening quarter to beat rival North Carolina State on the road, then lost shootouts with then-No. 1 Clemson in the ACC championship game and against Baylor in the Russell Athletic Bowl to end the year.Hollins called that stretch the first time the offense has been run the way it was supposed to be.There were a few games here and there throughout Coach Fedoras tenure, but its never clicked for a consistent time like that before, Hollins said. When you win 11 games, you see its because its been clicking for so long. Thats a result we expect every year if were doing what were supposed to be doing.That unit returns an elite runner in junior tailback Elijah Hood and an experienced backup in speedy senior T.J. Logan. There are big-play receivers in Hollins, Ryan Switzer and Bug Howard. Theres a veteran offensive line.And while junior Mitch Trubisky is entering his first year as the full-time starting quarterback, hes played well in spot duty.Just because the pieces are there doesnt mean it happens, Fedora said. So theyve got a lot of hard work to do to make that happen. And theyve got to want it more than I do.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '

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