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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Led by red-hot rookie catcher Gary Sanchez, the Yankees find themselves only 2 1/2 games back in the American League wild-card chase with 11 games to play, and theyll lean on a young pitcher as they try to finish a three-game sweep of the Rays on Thursday night.Were going to keep fighting. Thats what this club does, manager Joe Girardi said. We went through some really difficult times in Boston (in four-game sweep before Rays series) ... theyve bounced back extremely well. You get the big hit from Gary and it carried over to tonight and we need to carry that over to tomorrow.To keep their momentum going, the Yankees will hand the ball to rookie right-hander Luis Cessa, who is 4-2 with a 4.44 ERA. New York won his first four starts after he moved in from the bullpen, but has lost the last two.His turn keeps coming against the Rays -- hes only faced two other teams twice, but Thursday will be his fourth appearance against Tampa Bay, with modest results -- a 7.11 ERA, with 13 hits and 10 runs in 12 2/3 innings, including a loss on Sept. 11.What Cessa has given the Yankees is consistent, reliable innings -- his six starts have all been between five and six innings. That hasnt been the case of late for Rays rookie lefty Blake Snell, who has lasted five innings just once in his last five starts.The last time Snell faced the Yankees, he managed to throw 88 pitches in just 2 2/3 innings on Sept. 9 -- despite that, hes 1-1 this season with a 4.15 ERA against the Yankees, making his fourth appearance against the pinstripes.Snell has hit something of a rookie wall, though, going 1/3 with a 6.41 ERA in his last five outings, dropping to his current 5-8 record with a 3.87 ERA. His ERA is increasing month by month, with a 4.82 in August and what is now a 5.54 in September.He wont have to last long to trump the 1 1/3 innings that Alex Cobb threw Wednesday, giving up nine hits and seven runs in a bad stumble in his return from Tommy John surgery.The game got away from us early on, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. They were hitting balls hard and it seemed like everything he was throwing was resulting into a hit of some sort.Any Rays success will have to start with containing Sanchez, who has three home runs in two games in this series and is making a late case for Rookie of the Year, despite his late call-up.(Logan Morrison) and I were talking on the bench. We were trying to think if weve ever seen anybody come up and do something like this, Cash said. Was that his 19th home run today? 18th? Both? What a talented player, offensively, defensively. Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic . 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PRO BASKETBALLJerry Colangelo says he wont seek a third term as chairman of USA Basketball, instead focusing on his role as managing director of the mens national team program.Colangelo says Thursday in a release that he will concentrate on the transition from coach Mike Krzyzewski to Gregg Popovich and building the player pool for the competition cycle through the 2020 Olympics.Colangelo is the only person to serve two terms as chairman. USA Basketballs board of directors will elect a new chairman at its annual meeting on Nov. 14.The Americans won gold again in mens and womens basketball in Rio and are 267-6 since Colangelo began overseeing the organization in 2009. The U.S. is also ranked No. 1 in the world at the boys and girls levels.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 39 points, coolly knocking down long jumpers while thoroughly embarrassing Russell Westbrook and his old Oklahoma City team in Golden States 122-96 rout of the Thunder on Thursday night.This rematch of the Western Conference Finals won by the Warriors in seven games quickly turned into the KD show at sold-out Oracle Arena, where OKC (4-1) took its first loss to leave LeBron James and the champion Cavaliers as the leagues lone unbeaten team.So much for this one being just like any other game for Durant. Even he knew it would certainly mean more once the ball was tipped, a matchup circled on calendars everywhere from the moment he joined the Warriors in July.Westbrook was held to 20 points -- yes, thats right -- after coming in as the NBAs leading scorer averaging 37.8 points.COLLEGE SPORTSBOSTON -- Harvard University is suspending its mens soccer team for the rest of the season over sexual comments made about members of the womens soccer team.University President Drew Faust said in a statement Thursday night that an investigation into the 2012 team found that their appalling comments were not isolated and have continued through the current season.The 2012 document uncovered by The Harvard Crimson student newspaper raated the attractiveness of recruits on the womens team and included lewd comments about them.dddddddddddd Members of the mens team called it their scouting report and circulated it online.Athletics Director Robert Scalise has sent an email to student athletes announcing that the university will forfeit its remaining games of the season.The soccer team is currently ranked first in the Ivy League.HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The U.S. Department of Education is hitting Penn State with a record $2.4 million fine for violating a law that requires colleges and universities to report campus crimes and warn people if their safety is threatened.The fine announced Thursday was the result of a five-year federal investigation into how Penn State officials handled complaints about former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky before he was charged in 2011 with child molestation.The agency says Penn State largely ignored many of its duties under the Clery Act. Its the largest fine issued under the law.It says the school violated regulations when it didnt warn students and employees of the forthcoming charges against Sandusky, who was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.Penn State says its reviewing the findings.BASEBALLPHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have declined their contract option on longtime first baseman Ryan Howard.The team also turned down an option on pitcher Charlie Morton. Both moves were expected, and Philadelphia made them official Thursday.Howard had a $23 million option for next year and instead gets a $10 million buyout. The 2006 NL MVP was the last remaining member of Philadelphias 2008 World Series championship team. He ranks second on the franchise home run list with 382 and third in RBI with 1,194.Morton started four games in his only season with the Phillies before tearing a hamstring. His mutual option called for $9.5 million, and instead he receives a $1 million buyout.Both players become free agents. ' ' '