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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Monday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- The phrase locker-room talk has entered the vocabulary of the presidential campaign. Who knows better of such things than pro athletes themselves? Some of them are telling Donald Trump to cut it out.- Three MLB playoff games, with Cleveland and Chicago in position to sweep their division series: Indians (up 2-0) at Red Sox (6:08 p.m.); Cubs (up 2-0) at Giants (9:38 p.m.); and Nationals (tied 1-1) at Dodgers (4:08 p.m.).- WASHINGTON -- Managers arent always saving their best for last in these playoffs. Closers have taken the mound for five-out saves and are entering even as early as the fifth inning.- The AP releases its Top 25 college football rankings. The poll is coming out one day later than usual because of a game delayed by Hurricane Matthew. For release at 12:30 p.m.- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama is racking up sacks, scoring defensive touchdowns galore and leading the nation in run defense. The Tide is also giving up a fair amount of passing yards -- perhaps the price for its attacking style.- CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson is halfway through the season without a blemish. The Tigers know there is still much to do as they go for a second straight ACC title and trip to the College Football Playoffs.- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Derek Anderson starts at quarterback in place of injured Cam Newton for the Panthers when they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Carolina has lost two straight. Game starts 8:30 p.m.- OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens, coming off a 16-10 loss to Washington, fire Marc Trestman as offensive coordinator and replace him with quarterbacks coach Marty Mornhingweg.- EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The early return on the emergency trade that Minnesota made for quarterback Sam Bradford couldnt have been better. The Vikings enter their bye week at 5-0 and the NFLs only unbeaten team.- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Broncos have big questions entering a short work week. Will coach Gary Kubiak be OK after being taken to the hospital? Will Trevor Siemians bruised shoulder be better by Thursday nights game at San Diego?- Sidney Crosby tops any list of NHL players to watch this season, which starts Tuesday. Also keep an eye on youngsters Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews and potential free agents Brent Burns and Ben Bishop.- CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR did the best it possibly could after a nearly washed-out weekend in Charlotte. The playoff race is tight, and Jimmie Johnson suddenly has a record-tying seventh championship in reach.- MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Lynx lost Game 1 of the WNBA Finals at home last year before going on to win their third championship. 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With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position. AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas says nothing has been decided on football coach Charlie Strong.Longhorns athletic director Mike Perrin, in the face of swirling reports that school officials had decided to fire Strong at the end of a third bad season, dismissed them as rumors and said the coach would be evaluated after playing TCU on Friday.Perrin, who has been publicly supportive of Strong all season, didnt say Strong would return.There are a number of rumors out there about the status of Coach Strong. Ive said it all along, we will evaluate the body of work after the regular season. We have a game to get ready for against TCU on Friday, and I hope our fans will come out and support our team. Well discuss where things stand after that, Perrin said.That sets up an awkward Monday for Strong when he addresses reporters on the Big 12 coaches conference call, and then later at his weekly campus news conference, which is televised by the Longhorn Network.Texas President Greg Fenves, who has also been supportive of Strong this season, was silent on the coachs future Sunday.With top administrative support, Strong appeared relatively safe until Saturdays 24-21 overtime loss at lowly Kansas. Texas (5-6, 3-5 Big 12)) held an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter.Perrin refused to address reporters after the loss, and Strong, with his wife weeping outside the team lockerroom, said he didnt know what the loss would mean for his future.No, I dont. No idea, Strong said.But Strong was back at work Sunday. A team spokesman said Strong and his staff kept to their routine of meeting Sunday morning to review game film and start preparations for the next game.Strong is in the third year of a five-year contract, but not even a $10 million buyout could be enough to save him. He has failed to take the program to the same heights he took Louisville. He is 16-20 at Texas and in danger of finishing with his third straight losing season.His only bowl appearance came in 2014, when the Longhorns lost to Arkansas in the Texas Bowl.Youre upset. You never want this to happen, said Texas quarterback Shane Buechele, who threw an interception on the first possession of overtime that allowed Kansas to kick the winning field goal.dddddddddddd.You have to get everyone to rally back. Were a family in there, Buechele said, before adding of Strong: Were going to fight for him this next game.The Longhorns have shown some fight this season, beating Notre Dame in double overtime to open the season, ever-so-briefly giving Strong a reprieve from all the critics.But close losses at California, Oklahoma State and in the Red River Rivalry against Oklahoma put an end to any fuzzy feelings. Another close loss to Kansas State a couple of weeks later combined with last weeks 24-20 loss to West Virginia put his job in peril.Nothing could be more damaging than a loss to the Jayhawks, though.Kansas hadnt beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision school since 2014, and hadnt won a conference game in 19 tries. The Jayhawks only win in nearly two seasons under coach David Beaty was against lower-level Rhode Island in the season opener, and the Longhorns had handled them in their last 13 meetings.Yet four turnovers in the second quarter got the Longhorns in trouble, and more missteps down the stretch allowed Kansas to overcome a 21-10 deficit and force overtime in the final seconds of regulation.Matthew Wymans 25-yard field goal sent Strong striding off the field.This one hurts, Texas wide receiver Jacore Warrick said. Everyone is disappointed. We wanted to come out. We wanted to play well. Ultimately, no matter what happens throughout the game, the end result, we want to be a W. And its not. We could have put the game away early.Asked about his coachs future, Warrick replied simply: Trying not to think about it.---AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in Lawrence, Kansas, contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '