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The Pac-12 season kicks off with two power programs from the opposite ends of California that have quickly become rivals. The conferences Northwest power also heads to the Midwest for a rare game against Nebraska.Heres what to look for in the Pac-12 this week:---GAME OF THE WEEK: Southern California at No. 7 Stanford. The only conference game of the week should be a good one. The Cardinal (1-0) had two weeks to prepare for the Trojans after sneaking past Kansas State in their opener. The Trojans were blown out by top-ranked Alabama, but rebounded last week with a lopsided win over Utah State. The Cardinal have won six of eight in the series, including a 41-31 victory in the Pac-12 title game. The key for USC to end Stanfords run in the series will be stopping Christian McCaffrey. The Cardinals do-everything running back raced through USCs defense, racking up 461 all-purpose yards in the Pac-12 title game. The rematch should be a good one.BEST MATCHUP: No. 22 Oregon at Nebraska. The Ducks and coach Mark Helfrich will see a familiar face across the field when they travel to Lincoln. Cornhuskers coach Mike Riley spent 14 seasons at Oregon State before moving east two years ago. Helfrich won both meetings against the rival Beavers and Riley, who went 4-10 in Civil War games. Nebraska opened the season with two blowout victories against overmatched opponents and will face its first real test. Oregons offense, as usual, has been flying (48.5 points per game), but the defense has had trouble closing out games.INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Of the 12 FBS teams to average at least 50 points, three come from the Pac-12: Arizona State (56.0), No. 8 Washington (53.5) and Colorado (50.0). ... California senior QB Davis Webb has thrown for 963 yards and nine TDs in two games so far. ... Colorado has won consecutive games by at least 35 points for the first time since 1994 heading into Saturdays road game against No. 4 Michigan.IMPACT PLAYER: Kalan Ballage, Arizona State. The Sun Devils junior running back made the most of his 15 touches against Texas Tech last Saturday, matching the NCAA record with eight touchdowns. He scored seven on direct snaps -- a formation called Sparky instead of Wildcat in Tempe -- so expect to see more of that in the red zone against UTSA on Friday.---Compiled by AP College Football Writer John Marshall---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.orgEvan Fournier Jersey . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Dwight Howard Magic Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. http://www.magicauthentic.com/kids-vince-carter-magic-jersey/ . 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Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night.ATLANTA -- Twenty years after the Olympics were held in Atlanta, some remnants of that improbable summer remain a highly visible part of the citys landscape, while others quickly faded away.Centennial Olympic Park and Turner Field -- known as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 -- were the greatest legacy of those games, though the latter faces an uncertain future after just 20 seasons as home of baseballs Atlanta Braves, who are moving to a new suburban stadium next year.Other venues barely outlasted the extinguishing of the Olympic flame, while still more failed to live up to their intended purpose.A look at Atlantas Olympic facilities two decades later:CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC STADIUM: The 85,000-seat main stadium was site of athletics (Michael Johnsons world record, Carl Lewis farewell) and both the opening and closing ceremonies (Muhammad Alis poignant lighting of the torch). Afterward, the arena was converted into a 50,000-seat baseball park and renamed after the longtime owner of the Braves, Ted Turner. It hosted both the World Series and the All-Star Game during its early years, but the Braves have fallen on hard times and are moving to SunTrust Park in 2017. Georgia State is exploring the possibility of another conversion, which would downsize Turner Field into a 30,000-seat football stadium.GEORGIA DOME: A divider transformed this 70,000-seat football stadium into two separate arenas -- one the site of second Olympic Dream Team winning gold in mens basketball, the other where the Magnificent Seven captured Americas first victory in womens team gymnastics. Just 25 years after its opening, the dome is slated for demolition after $1.4 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens next door in 2017.CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK: This was the hub of the games, a gathering spot for sponsor tents and nightly concerts. Tragedy struck midway through the Olympics when a deadly bombing ripped through the park, but it emerged afterward as a catalyst of downtown development, now surrounded by the hugely popular Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, College Football Hall of Fame, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and a giant Ferris wheel.GEORGIA TECH AQUATIC CENTER: Temporary seating was used during the Olympics, providing a 14,600-seat main pool for swimming, diving and synchronized swimming. There also was a 4,000-seat temporary pool for water polo. After the games, Georgia Tech enclosed the facility and reduced capacity to just under 2,000. This year, it hosted the NCAA swimming championships as well as a pre-Olympic camp for the U.S. swim team before it departed for the Rio Olympics.GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER: One of the worlds largest convention centers (and even more sprawling today after a post-Games expansion), it was divided into five separate arenas during the Olympics, reducing the need for wasteful new venues for fencing, handball, judo, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. That became a model for future Olympics.ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY STADIUM: Site of baseball during the Olympics, the former home of the Atlanta Braves served out the 1996 season, then was imploded the following summer to make way for a parking lot serving adjacent Turner Field.OMNI COLISEUM: Just a week before Atlanta Stadium came down, this facility used for volleyball during the Olympics met the same fate. Philips Arena now occupies the site.GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL HORSE PARK: Equestrian, modern pentathlon and the first Olympic mountain bike competittion were held at the park about 30 miles east of Atlanta.dddddddddddd It remains an equestrian and events center, with horse and mountain bike trails plus an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course open to the public.STONE MOUNTAIN PARK ARCHERY CENTER AND VELODROME: Temporary facilities for archery and track cycling came down shortly after the Olympics. The site is now part of a songbird and habitat trail.STONE MOUNTAIN TENNIS CENTER: A permanent tennis facility built in a corner of Stone Mountain Park quickly became a money loser and now sits idle, weeds growing through the outer courts and the scoreboard in disrepair.SANFORD STADIUM (Athens, Georgia): The home of the Georgia Bulldogs football team hosted soccer finals, including the U.S. memorably winning the first womens gold. The stadium known for its famous hedges (which were taken down during the Olympics and then re-planted) has been expanded to hold more than 92,000.ALEXANDER MEMORIAL COLISEUM: Site of boxing in 1996, Georgia Techs basketball arena underwent a massive renovation that completely gutted the interior of the building. It reopened in 2012 as gleaming McCamish Pavilion.HERNDON STADIUM: Perhaps the saddest legacy of the games, this 15,000-seat stadium was used during the filming of the movie We Are Marshall but was abandoned after Morris Brown College ran into financial difficulties. Gutted by vandals, it is now covered in graffiti and piles of trash.LAKE LANIER (Gainesville, Georgia): This man-made lake still has its rowing facilities, which have been used for major competitions over the last two decades. This year, it hosted an Olympic qualifier for Rio.WOLF CREEK SHOOTING COMPLEX: Some facilities remain at this suburban venue now known as the Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds, but it no longer holds major international events.ATLANTA BEACH: Located south of the city, this venue was site of the first Olympic beach volleyball tournament. It was renamed Clayton County International Park, with the main stadium now used for concerts and other events though the park still includes several beach volleyball courts, as well as a water park, lake and biking trails.GOLDEN PARK (Columbus, Georgia): The 5,000-seat stadium, about a two-hour drive from Atlanta, was used for the first Olympic softball competition. It served for years as home to minor league baseball, but the last of those teams, the Columbus Catfish, left after the 2008 season. The stadium remains but no longer has a major tenant.OTHER VENUES: Georgias Stegeman Coliseum (volleyball preliminaries), Georgia States GSU Sports Arena (badminton), Clark-Atlantas Panther Stadium (field hockey) and Morehouses Forbes Arena (basketball preliminaries) are still used by their respective colleges. In fact, Panther Stadium now holds the athletics track used during the Olympics. The Ocoee Whitewater Center in Tennessee (whitewater canoeing) and Wassaw Sound near coastal Savannah, Georgia (sailing) were temporary venues. Preliminary soccer matches were held in four stadiums outside Atlanta. Birminghams Legion Field, Orlandos Citrus Bowl and Washingtons RFK Stadium are still in use, while Miamis Orange Bowl was torn down to make way for a new baseball stadium.---Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963 . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/paul-newberry . ' ' '