In Brief: Final UP Football Poll
ELEVEN PLAYER
1. Kingsford (4) 9-0 24
2. Menominee 8-1 19
3. Iron Mountain (1) 9-0 16
4. Marquette 6-3 10
5. Negaunee 6-3 6
EIGHT PLAYER
1. Pickford (5) 9-0 25
2. North Central 8-1 20
3. Forest Park 8-1 15
4. Norway 7-2 9
T5. Ishpeming 6-2 4
T5. Munising 6-3 2
SPANIARDS WIN BALLON D’OR
PARIS (AP) — Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí won the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award on Monday as the world’s best soccer players, while Real Madrid snubbed the star-studded ceremony in Paris in apparent protest.
The 28-year-old Rodri won the prestigious award for the first time after helping Manchester City win the Premier League and being a key player in Spain’s European Championship triumph. He succeeded eight-time winner Lionel Messi of Argentina and beat Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior into second place, a result which greatly displeased the Spanish club. Madrid and its players stayed away from the ceremony, then vented their feelings on social media.
The 26-year-old Bonmatí retained her award after helping Barcelona win the Spanish league and the Champions League.
CURRY WILL MISS TWO GAMES
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry will miss at least the next two games for the Golden State Warriors nursing an injured ankle that he hurt in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Curry had an MRI exam after the game and it showed no structural damage and revealed a left peroneal strain.
The team said he would be reevaluated Friday.
Golden State plays consecutive home games Tuesday and Wednesday against the New Orleans Pelicans. Their next game after Curry is examined again is Saturday at Houston.
WHITE OUT AS SUN HEAD COACH
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Sun is parting ways with Stephanie White.
White led the Sun to the WNBA semifinals both of her seasons as coach. The Sun finished third in the regular season with a 28-12 record, swept Indiana in the first round of the playoffs and lost a five-game semifinal series to Minnesota.
The Sun are the seventh WNBA team to make a coaching change, and the announcement came a day after the Indiana Fever fired Christie Sides.
White led the Sun to a franchise-best 27-13 record in her first season and was named 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year.
NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER AWAITS
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — None of the last eight unbeaten teams in major college football this season were unbeaten going into November last year.
Or the year before that. Or the year before that. Or in the decades before that, in some cases.
The last eight unbeatens: No. 1 Oregon (8-0), No. 3 Penn State (7-0), No. 5 Miami (8-0), No. 9 BYU (8-0), No. 11 Iowa State (7-0), No. 13 Indiana (8-0), No. 18 Pitt (7-0) and No. 21 Army (7-0). There are some true surprises on the list.