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LOS ANGELES -- Jim Mora had to release an injury report when he was a head coach in the NFL. He is under no such obligation at UCLA, and that wont change this week with the status of right tackle Kolton Miller uncertain.Miller injured his left leg in the first half of the Bruins 45-24 victory over Arizona last weekend, leaving the Rose Bowl on crutches. The redshirt sophomore was spotted on campus this week in a cast and using a mobility scooter, which could force redshirt freshman Andre James into the starting lineup at Arizona State on Saturday night.I really dont like talking about injuries unless they are very obvious, Mora said. I appreciate that everyone wants to know, but in terms of competitive advantage, it doesnt do us any good if we let our opponent know who is playing and whos not playing, so I hope people can respect that.Mora and quarterback Josh Rosen were pleased with James performance in his first significant action. James had been playing tight end in UCLAs jumbo package, and he was able to build on that experience when Miller went down.To go out on a Saturday in a competitive game -- because it was tight when he went in there -- and to play 33 snaps, it really helped him, Mora said. He is physical. Obviously he lacks a little experience, but just the fact he got those plays and some earlier in the season in the big package has really benefited him.After a sluggish start, UCLA erupted for 31 points in the second half against the Wildcats, but Rosen said there was no secret recipe for the offenses improvement. Instead, it was a byproduct of simple things such as the offensive line blocking better and wide receivers not dropping passes.We just played harder, Rosen said. We just did better.If James does start against the Sun Devils aggressive defense, Rosen said he wont have to make any changes. There might be some adjustments with the play-calling to ease the pressure on James, Rosen noted, but that has no impact on how he sees the game.There is one way to read a play against a single coverage, Rosen said. You cant stray from that, regardless of who is in front of you.Arizona State has reduced the frequency with which it blitzes this season in an effort to protect an inexperienced secondary, but that could change if Miller is unable to play. That is the very reason why Mora refuses to disclose or discuss injuries, and would not support the introduction of an injury report mandated by the conference or NCAA.Other schools in the Pac-12 are more open when it comes to injuries. Practices at crosstown rival Southern California are open to the media, and coach Clay Helton offers a brief summary of players status during his sessions with reporters. Arizona releases an injury report every week using designations similar to that of the NFL.The NFL does it for bettors, Mora said. Thats the only reason they release an injury report is for bettors, and I dont think I want to encourage people to bet on college football. If they do, they do, but our job is to try to win, not to provide information to the fans and the teams that may hurt us in our ability to win.Game notesMora would not comment on the public reprimand he received from the Pac-12 on Tuesday for criticizing officiating in a post-game radio interview after the win over Arizona. Man, my focus is on Arizona State and thats it, Mora said.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.orgAir Jordan 1 High OG Fearless White Mens .875,000, avoiding arbitration. Clippards deal Monday means all eight Nationals players who filed for arbitration wound up settling before a hearing. Cheap Jordan 1 Off White . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. http://www.bestfakejordan1.com/ . 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Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge.TORONTO -- In the Vah River valley in western Slovakia is the town of Trencin.In the town of Trencin are the homes of three of the countrys greatest hockey icons.Every summer, Zdeno Chara, Marian Hossa and Marian Gaborik will regularly bump into one another and hang out.Sometimes theyll drop by Gaboriks hockey camp, which takes place in the arena that Gaborik built with his own money to give back to the town that gave him the game.Sometimes the Stanley Cup makes a visit, and the three stars and their friends and families will troop on up to Trencin Castle, which sits on a cliff overlooking the area, and celebrate their hockey glory and their shared past even though theyve never been NHL teammates. Chara now plays for the Boston Bruins, Hossa for the Chicago Blackhawks and Gaborik for the Los Angeles Kings.At the World Cup of Hockey, theyve again been united as members of Team Europe. As they prepare for Sundays matchup against Sweden (1 p.m. ET, ESPN) after unexpectedly qualifying for the semifinals, one wonders if they might get a chance to celebrate another victory in the town they call home. This weekends semifinal winners will face off in a best-of-three series for the championship.It might not happen again, said Gaborik, the youngest of the Trencin trio at 34. Our generation on the national level is kind of dying down a little bit, so its definitely cool to hopefully play minimum three games here. It would be awesome to get it to that next level.Team Europe is the oldest team in the World Cup. Its identity is starkly juxtaposed against the theme of this tournament, which has been all about the promise of the future, the allure of young talent such as Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid and Patrik Laine.But these three Slovak giants also remind us of the beauty of experience.Once you get to know them, its pretty clear why theyve been in the league for so long and how they handle themselves, said Anze Kopitar of Slovenia, Team Europe captain and also Gaboriks teammate with the Kings. Its just small little details or small little pieces that put the bigger picture together, and thats why they are who they are.Combined, the three have played in 3,444 regular-season NHL games. They are the owners of five Stanley Cup rings. And if I can be a bit cheeky, they are the core of what might be termed the Old Guns squad here at the World Cup of Hockey.Its something new for everybody, this project, said Hossa, 37, who will enter the coming NHL season with 499 career goals. Its lots of fun to be here.Former NHL All-Star Miroslav Satan played a few games in Trencin during a brief contract dispute in the late 1990s. He recalled playing a game with a teenage Gaborik for the town team in the Slovak elite league. The talented Gaborik scored five goals, and Satan jokes that we need to ask who set up four of those goals.Later Satan would play wwith Chara at the 2000 world championships, where Slovakia finished second to capture its first international hockey medal, a moment that still burns brightly for him.ddddddddddddAs the general manager of Team Europe, it was natural for him to reach out to his old pals from Trencin to help form the nucleus of a team about which no one really had a clue what it might become.These days it has become a team that is one win away from a surprise berth in the finals.I think we expected big things from them, and so far theyve delivered, Satan said. Theyre playing well. You look at that team, they are our core, they are guys whove won Stanley Cups before. We knew we could ask them to do a lot, and so far theyve been doing it.Like the North America under-24 team that generated so much attention but didnt advance from the preliminary round, Team Europe is a concept that might be one-and-done. Regardless, its something the three Slovaks have embraced wholeheartedly.First few days was getting to know each other and make sure everybody understands the concept and everything. After that it was cool, said Gaborik, who scored the first goal of the 3-0 win over the United States in the first game of the tournament. Its like an NHL team, kind of. You know you have a lot of nationalities on an NHL team, so its nothing new to us.Head coach Ralph Krueger admitted he felt there might be a little more pushback from the veteran players, especially given they had played so long for their native Slovakia. But the opposite has been true.I think whats surprised me the most is just how easy theyve been to manage, Krueger said. Its been amazing. ... Theyre almost like assistant coaches for us the whole time.In the beginning, when the NHL and the players union first contemplated how to fill out the tournament roster, they went to Chara to gauge his response. That his opinion was so valued is a measure of the respect Chara, 39, has, not just in Slovakia but in the game.Not only has he embraced the idea, he has led the team, rebounding from a shaky start during pretournament games to become a force on the blue line.Youve got to have fun playing, Chara said. Maybe its because of the importance of the tournament, the excitement of playing big games against the best players. I think its a combination of that and obviously being on a new team. Its just exciting, and winning is exciting. Its fun.At some point time will run out on these three, as it does on all athletes, even the great ones.And so an opportunity like this, a chance to suit up with longtime friends against the best in the world, even if the jersey and some of the teammates are foreign, is to be cherished.Just as the opportunity to watch them do it should be cherished. ' ' '