Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- NEW YORK -- Tight races are expected for the Cy Young awards, with Corey Kluber, Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello up for the AL honor and Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks and Max Scherzer competing in the NL. The winners are announced starting at 6:15 p.m. ET- CHICAGO -- Coming off a wildly successful playoffs and with a new labor deal possibly on the horizon, baseball owners begin two days of meetings at a downtown Chicago hotel.- FRISCO, Texas -- Dak Prescott frequently said the Dallas Cowboys were still Tony Romos team even when the rookie had early success. But now the 36-year-old has declared himself the backup, leaving no doubt its Prescotts team.- THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- After seven months of study and practice, Jared Goff finally gets his chance to run the Los Angeles Rams offense Sunday against Miami. His teammates feel confident the rookie quarterback is ready, but theyre also eager to see how the No. 1 pick handles the pressure.- Pro Picks is keeping company with the dregs of the NFL. Last week was so bad, we feel like the 49ers. Or worse, like the Browns. Time to rally.- For one of the rare times this season, the Big 12 is in the spotlight. The conferences best hopes for making a late push to the College Football Playoff will meet in Morgantown, West Virginia, when the No. 10 Mountaineers face No. 8 Oklahoma.- Ejuan Price arrived at Pittsburgh in the fall of 2011 confident he could make a difference. The defensive end just didnt think hed have to wait so long. Now in his sixth year, Price is in the top 15 in the country in sacks and one of several late bloomers in the ACC.- WASHINGTON -- Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins meet Alex Ovechkin and the recently-struggling Washington Capitals for the second time this season. Game starts 7:30 p.m.- ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Offer one mulligan to Kevin Chappell and he can think of at least three. Chappell has endured four runner-up finishes in the last year as he heads into the final event of 2016.- NAPLES, Fla. -- By Lydia Kos standards, this is a major slump. She hasnt won in nine starts since mid-July, doesnt have a top-10 finish in any of her last five. Yet when the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship starts Thursday, Ko will still have a shot for the LPGAs biggest honors.- SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Among many soccer powers, the coach would be fired quickly after a 0-2 start in a World Cup qualifying round. U.S. Soccer Federation expressed patience after pressure on Jurgen Klinsmann increased with a 4-0 loss at Costa Rica, the worst for an Americans in a World Cup qualifier since 1980.- LONDON -- Andy Murray plays Kei Nishikori in his second match at the ATP finals. In the late match, Stan Wawrinka will face Marin Cilic.- DOHA, Qatar -- Tensions over the Russian doping scandal break out into the open again as Olympic officials blast the World Anti-Doping Agency and an influential powerbroker calls for a neutral leader to take over the body from Craig Reedie.
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DOHA, Qatar -- Los Angeles sought to allay concerns over Donald Trumps election, Paris played up its glamorous venues and Budapest set itself apart as a mid-sized alternative as the three cities made their first public pitches Tuesday in the race to host the 2024 Olympics.With 10 months before the vote, the three candidates had a chance to deliver their message in 20-minute presentations to the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees, a gathering of more than 1,000 delegates from around the world.The meeting occurred exactly after a week after Trumps victory over Hillary Clinton in the American presidential election, a result that could have an impact on Los Angeles hopes of bringing the Summer Olympics back to the U.S. for the first time since Atlanta hosted in 1996.Trumps comments during the divisive campaign about Muslims and Mexicans and some of his foreign policy views may not help the California citys chances with some of the IOCs 98 members, who represent a range of nationalities, cultures and religions.It was American sprinter Allyson Felix, a Los Angeles-born African-American sprinter and six-time Olympic gold medalist, who addressed those concerns during the presentation. Without mentioning Trump by name, her message was clear.We just finished our presidential election, and some of you may question Americas commitment to its founding principles, Felix said. I have one message for you: Please dont doubt us. Americas diversity is our greatest strength.Felix said America needs the games to help make our nation better, now more than ever.She raised the issue of race and slavery in explaining the history and diversity of the country.Were also a nation with individuals like me, descendants of people who came to America, not of their own free will but against it, Felix said. But were not a nation that clings to our past, no matter how glorious -- or how painful. Americans rush toward the future.I believe L.A. is a perfect choice for the 2024 Games, because the face of our city reflects the face of the Olympic Movement itself, she said.IOC vice president John Coates, of Australia, was among the delegates in the audience and said Felixs words hit the mark.I did think Allyson addressed the Trump issue very well, he told The Associated Press. I think the question was hanging. I thought it was very, very well-crafted.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Democrat who was a prominent Clinton supporter, also took up the theme of diversity and openness, saying his city can deliver transformative games.I see an America that remains actively engaged in the world, he said. I see an America that is outward-looking, ready to play its role alongside the community of nations to address our worlds most pressing challenges.Speaking afterward, Garcetti said an Olympic bid stands on a citys own merits and does not depend on who is the president of the country.ddddddddddddToday we just reminded people that any nation is made of its people, not one person, he said. We think that is something that, whether its Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, transcends all of us as Americans. I dont think that the Hungarians or the French or the Americans are making their bid plans based on what the national leader says.Los Angeles hosted the games in 1932 and 1984. New York and Chicago failed in bids for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.This is our third attempt to host the Olympic Games in the past 10 years and for many reasons ... I must say this is the most remarkable U.S. bid I have ever seen, U.S. Olympic Committee President Larry Probst said. We have learned many lessons from our previous bids, and failure can be a great teacher.Paris, which hosted the games in 1900 and 1924, has been considered in a tight race with Los Angeles. The French team stressed the bids compact nature, with 85 percent of athletes housed within 30 minutes of their venues.In Paris in 2024, we will swim in the River Seine, Mayor Anne Hidalgo told the delegates. We will travel in driverless vehicles. We will celebrate the games on the Champs Elysees, with the Eiffel Tower and all along the Seine from the Grand Palais to Saint Denis.The Spanish-born Hidalgo cited her own background as an example of what Paris offers.To be an immigrant, to be a woman, to have dual nationality and to be able to be mayor of Paris, this city has brought me opportunity and freedom, she said. Paris has an incredible force.Budapest, which has never hosted the Olympics and is making its seventh bid, has been seen as the outsider in the race. The Hungarians said they only need to build three new venues and will harness the city center for the games.Most of all, they said Budapest offers something different.A Games for one mid-sized global city is a Games for all mid-sized global cities, across the world, bid chairman Balazs Furjes said. A Games in Budapest sends the message that the Olympic Games are not simply for the mega-city, but for mid-size cities, too.The Doha audience included officials from 205 national Olympic committees, dozens of international sports federations and, most importantly, dozens of members of the International Olympic Committee, which will vote on the host city next September in Lima, Peru.Under tighter IOC rules, these are the first of only three presentations during the two-year bid race. The second will be at a private technical briefing for IOC members in Switzerland in July, and the third will be the final presentations on the day of the vote in Lima. ' ' '
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