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08/02/2010 - Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox placed outfielder Mike Cameron on the 15-day disabled list Monday and recalled outfielder Daniel Nava from Triple-A Pawtucket.
Cameron, whose move is retroactive to July 31, has been battling an abdominal injury that has plagued him throughout the season. He missed 34 games earlier in the year due to the ailment.
Over the 48 games he's appeared in this season, Cameron has batted .259 with four home runs and 15 RBI.
Nava appeared in 29 games with Boston earlier this season and hit .286 with a homer and 16 RBI. He became just the second major league player ever to hit a grand slam on the first pitch of his first big league at-bat against the Phillies on June 12.
<< Redskins' Haynesworth again unable to complete conditioning test
Ashburn, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert
Haynesworth failed to complete a conditioning test on his third attempt Monday
morning.
Haynesworth has been on the sidelines for 'Skins practice since failing
<< Time to take the danger zone out of Pocono
Long Pond, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Track officials at Pocono Raceway might have
breathed a sigh of relief after Elliott Sadler walked away from one of the
most vicious accidents in NASCAR history, but it's now evident that safety
improvements mus
<< Colts agree with first rounder Hughes
Anderson, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Indianapolis Colts have agreed
to terms with defensive end Jerry Hughes, their first round draft choice.
No terms of the deal were disclosed but the Indianapolis Star is reporting
that it
<< Rays call up Hellickson for start, disable Sonnanstine
St. Petersburg, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Tampa Bay Rays recalled right-
hander Jeremy Hellickson from Triple-A Durham to make Monday's start versus
the Twins while placing reliever Andy Sonnanstine on the 15-day disabled list.
The
Roush upgraded to fair condition at Mayo Clinic >>
Concord, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - NASCAR multi-team owner Jack Roush was upgraded
to fair condition Sunday evening at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Roush Fenway Racing released an update on Roush's condition on Monday. The 68-
year-old is r
Ducks sign veteran D Sutton >>
Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Andy Sutton
to a two-year contract on Monday.
Sutton, 35, split last season with the Islanders and Senators and totaled five
goals and eight assists to go with 107 penalty
Castroneves penalized for post-race outburst at Edmonton >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The IZOD IndyCar Series on Tuesday handed
driver Helio Castroneves a $60,000 fine and placed him on probation for the
remainder of the season following his post-race altercation with officials
last mo
Cardinals agree to terms with first-round pick Williams >>
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Cardinals and defensive tackle Dan
Williams, the team's first-round pick in the 2010 draft, have agreed to terms
on a five-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Williams, the 26th o
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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