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LONG POND, Pa. -- Will Power continued his late-season surge, holding Mikhail Aleshin at bay after a final restart and won the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway on Monday.It was the fourth win of the season for Power, 29th of his career and cut the lead of Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud to 20 points in the standings with three races remaining in the season.After crashing late, Pagenaud finished 18th in the 500-mile race, which was postponed a day by rain.A year ago, Ryan Hunter-Reay won a crash-filled race at Pocono that took the life of Englishman Justin Wilson. He suffered a severe head injury when struck in the helmet by debris from a late-race crash and died the day after the race.Pocono Raceway painted JW on the track at the finish line and Union Jacks flew at half-staff in honor of the Englishman. Both Wilson and open-wheel driver Bryan Clauson, who was killed two weeks ago in a crash in Kansas, were remembered in the pre-race prayer and with a moment of silence.---AP Auto Racing Website: www.racing.ap.org Gary Gregor Jersey . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. Rodney Rogers Jersey . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad. https://www.cheapsunsonline.com/1079z-cameron-johnson-jersey-suns.html . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Steve Nash Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Gail Goodrich Jersey . Vaives lawyer Trevor Whiffen claims the former 50-goal man wasnt provided with a copy of the claim beforehand and that he would not have agreed to the allegations made against the NHL had he been asked to review its contents. SAN FRANCISCO -- Kelsey Plum is putting it all behind her: the accolades and everything she accomplished in a record-setting junior season that included Washingtons Final Four run.Im just going to be blunt: Im over it. Moved on, Plum, the Huskies all-time leading scorer, said Thursday at Pac-12 media day. Im working on what I can get better at as a player, as a leader, as a person.Plum led the conference in scoring last season and ranked fourth in the nation averaging 25.9 points, and she soon will become the Pac-12s career scoring leader, too.Doing home visits while out recruiting, Huskies coach Mike Neighbors had been wearing his Final Four ring. Plum asked him to stop, to take it off -- and he wont wear it again, either.Its time to move on, he said. There hasnt been one second spent on focusing back.They all know this conference is too good to count on anything going the way it did the previous year.This conference is unbelievable, Oregon State coach Scott Rueck said.Washington is picked to finish third in a preseason poll by the Pac-12 coaches in a dominant conference that sent four teams to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time. UCLA was chosen to win the league for the first time since 2000, with Stanford second.The Bruins, who had the nations top recruiting class two years ago, received eight first-place votes and 116 points. Coach Cori Close said I believe in this group, and she has the team and talent to play for a national championship if all goes right.Its a great honor but were not really focused on that, UCLA guard Jordin Canada said. This year, our theme is grit, having that gritty sense about us, just being confident.Sttanford had the other two first-place votes.dddddddddddd Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer will be eager to welcome back senior Karlie Samuelson, who fractured her left, non-shooting wrist three weeks ago and will be in a cast for another week.We could be really good, VanDerveer said. I feel were way ahead of last year at this time in terms of understanding our team.Arizona State and Oregon State, who shared the regular-season title last season, are predicted to go fourth and fifth, respectively.I expect every single game this year in the Pac-12 Conference to be competitive. Thats just how much depth we have, USC coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke said.Cal is selected sixth, followed by Oregon, Utah, USC, Washington State, Colorado and Arizona.The balance across the board made for difficult choices on the poll.Weve always been good, but nobody knew it. Now were even better and people know it, 20th-year Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne said. So its really been helpful in terms of recruiting.Commissioner Larry Scott said the Pac-12 is in discussions about continuing a commitment with its partners in China to have a mens team open the season there, as Stanford will do against Harvard on Nov. 11 in Shanghai. Washington opened against Texas in China last year.We have had womens basketball teams go over before, but not for regular-season opening games, Scott said. Were actually in discussions right now with our partners over there about possible continuation, extension of our relationship, and an expansion of it. ' ' '