text: ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) On a great day for World Cup skiers who grew up at little Buck Hill, Lindsey Vonn got her 73rd win and Michael Ankeny scored his first race points.
  They were big achievements - at opposite ends of Alpine skiing's scale in two neighboring European countries - that shared proud Minnesota roots.
  ''It means a lot,'' Ankeny told The Associated Press after finally getting his name on the World Cup standings with a 21st-place finish in a slalom at Adelboden, Switzerland.
  Vonn recalled Sunday that Ankeny used to race against her younger brother, Reed, on the Buck Hill slope.
  ''I'm really happy for Michael!'' Vonn said in a statement provided by the U.S. ski team. ''It's amazing to see yet another talented skier come out of (coach) Erich Sailer's program.''
  Ankeny made his World Cup debut in 2011 but broke through Sunday after topping the overall and slalom standings on the second-tier Nor-Am Cup circuit last year.
  Ankeny's points-scoring two runs on the historic Swiss slope started either side of Vonn's victory dash down the super-G course at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in Austria.
  Vonn swept the weekend speed races one day after her record-matching 36th career win in World Cup downhills.
  Not bad for a graduate of Buck Hill where Vonn started as a pure slalom skier on slopes with little vertical drop.
  ''It's really fun to see Lindsey destroying the competition and setting records,'' said Ankeny, who is six years younger than Vonn and stayed with slalom.
  Ankeny describes their childhood slopes - ''about 100 meters (300 feet) long and pretty flat'' - as a good grounding.
  Last month, Vonn also credited Buck Hill for helping her to a rare World Cup giant slalom win under floodlights at Are, Sweden.
  ''When I was a kid I always trained under the lights after school,'' said Vonn, who came from Burnsville while Ankeny is a native of Deephaven.
  So, Vonn now has amassed around 14,000 career World Cup points before Ankeny scored with 10. He's looking ahead, citing a better mental approach and trusting himself more on race day.
  ''I've always had the speed and in training I'm as fast as anyone,'' said Ankeny, who turns 25 when racing next Sunday at nearby Wengen. ''Now I feel good and strong and really excited with where my skiing is at.''
  UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen, middle, drops back for a pass as Utah defensive tackle Viliseni Fauonuku (98) goes in for a tackle in the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Kim Raff)
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) As if facing USC next week wasn't already big enough, UCLA is now officially one victory from playing in its first Pac-12 championship game since 2012 after beating No. 18 Utah 17-9 on Saturday.
  The Bruins (8-3, 5-3) and crosstown rival USC (7-4, 5-3) will play in a winner-take-all game with the Pac-12 South and the right to play for a conference championship on the line. UCLA hasn't won a conference title since 1998.
  ''I hope we don't get ranked after this game because for some reason we don't like playing ahead,'' Rosen said. ''We like when people doubt us. We just have that kind of fighter mentality we got a lot of dogs on our team. All we want to do is fight.''
  The Bruins seemed all but out of the Pac-12 race after back-to-back conference losses in early October. The Bruins could have been officially eliminated after a loss to Washington State two weeks ago, but losses around the conference kept coach Jim Mora's team alive.
  ''That is what we expect,'' Mora said. ''That is the kind of kids we have. They're from diverse backgrounds. A lot of these young men could have given up in life a long time ago. But, that's not their character.
  ''I don't mean to sound overly dramatic, but it's true. This is a competitive sport. You're going to suffer some tough losses and there's going to be adversity. You have to be prepared for it. You have to build a plan in your culture to deal with adversity.''
  The Bruins scored touchdowns on two long drives to start the first and third quarters and that was enough against the short-handed Utes (8-3, 5-3). Star running back Devontae Booker is out for the remainder of the season after having knee surgery Thursday. The senior suffered a torn meniscus and bone bruise in his left knee last week against Arizona.
  Rosen, UCLA's freshman star, completed 15 of 30 passes and had a 122.6 quarterback rating. He's now thrown a school-record 218 consecutive passes without an interception.
  Paul Perkins added 98 rushing yards and a touchdown while Jordan Payton had a game-high 105 receiving yards for the Bruins. Payton now holds the school record with 194 career receptions.
  Utah's Travis Wilson threw for 110 yards and rushed for 67 while Joe Williams, who took over for Booker, ran for 121 yards.
  ''You're not going to win many games in the Pac-12 with nine points,'' Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. ''It's just not going to happen.''
  ''Unfortunately, with USC losing, the table was set for an opportunity, but we didn't take advantage of it. So that's where we're at,'' he said.
  UCLA scored its lone touchdown of the first half on the opening possession of the game. Rosen hit receiver Thomas Duarte for 33 yards on the first play and 28 yards for a touchdown five snaps later.
  Ka'imi Fairbairn put the Bruins up 10-0 with a 33-yard field goal with 4:01 left in the quarter, a score set up by Randall Goforth's recovery of Williams' fumble that ended the Utes' first possession.
  The Utes put together clock-eating drives in the second quarter, holding the ball for nine more minutes than UCLA. But Utah's four first-half drives produced just two 39-yard field goals by Andy Phillips. Phillips added a 21-yard field goal in the third quarter to cut the Bruins' lead to 10-9.
  But UCLA's Perkins scored on a two-yard run with 5:17 left in the third quarter to put Utah in a hole that it never recovered from.
  ''Don't let them score, that was the big thing,'' UCLA linebacker Deon Hollins said. ''We knew coming into the week that Utah is a great defense, so don't let them score, hold them to field goals. We felt that if we hold them to field goals we would score eventually. We did that in the second half.''
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was caught on video apparently mocking LeBron James during a wedding over the weekend, while James' Cavaliers teammate Kyrie Irving eggs him on.
  It shows the two-time NBA MVP pretending to work out with exaggerated moves, an apparent reference to video that James posted on social media that sparked a flurry of fan imitation videos dubbed the (hash)LeBronJamesChallenge.
  Irving has asked to be traded, but the team has not said whether it would honor the All-Star point guard's request.
  The players were all in Newport, Rhode Island, for the wedding of Dallas Mavericks player Harrison Barnes.
  Jack Davis, limber-legged U.S. hurdler from Glendale, Calif., scissored over 120-yard high hurdles in 13.3 on humpbacked grass track ("It had bags of life") to break own world record in last pre-Olympic warm-up at Bendigo (Nov. 17). Earlier at Gee-long, U.S. Steeplechaser Phil Coleman trailed England's Chris Brasher in two-mile race but his 8:47.8 was fast enough to surpass American mark (Nov. 14).
  Ada den Haan, youngest of rapid-thrashing Dutch teen-agers, breaststroked 200 meters in 2:46.4, best time ever for Olympic distance, at Naarden (Nov. 13).
  Iowa and Oregon State, longtime also-rans, rode into Rose Bowl but not before suffering many anxious moments. Hawk-eyes barely squeezed past Ohio State 6-0 to clinch tie for Big Ten title while Beavers were hard pressed against Idaho, rallied in final minutes for 14-10 victory. Colorado, which handled Utah 21-7, nailed down Orange Bowl berth, when mighty Oklahoma overwhelmed Missouri 67-14 for 38th straight; unbeaten Tennessee whipped Mississippi 27-7; Yale overpowered Princeton 42-20 to gain at least tie for Ivy League championship; Syracuse, with Jimmy Brown scoring 43 points, clubbed Colgate 61-7; Pitt's second half razzle-dazzle beat Army 20-7; Navy had easy time with Virginia 34-7; Texas Aggies beat Rice 21-7 to move closer to Southwest Conference title.
  Washington, riding high in role of upsetters, made it four straight, beating New York 33-7, but Giants held NFL Eastern Conference lead with man-sized assist from Pittsburgh, 14-7 winner over Chicago Cards. Detroit and Chicago Bears continued in first-place tie in Western Conference, Lions checking Baltimore 27-3 while Bears outscored Los Angeles 30-21. Other results: Cleveland shut out Philadelphia 16-0; San Francisco edged Green Bay 17-16.
  Boston and St. Louis, only teams over .500 mark, held firm at top of NBA Eastern and Western Divisions. Celtics dropped pair to Minneapolis and Fort Wayne but bounced back to beat Rochester 108-86, 101-87 while Hawks got 49-point spree from Bob Pettit to whip Royals 118-105, then split pair with Fort Wayne and New York. Philadelphia began to make move in East, running off three straight over Rochester, Minneapolis and Syracuse before Nats stopped streak.
  Boston, still sizzling, beat Chicago 5-3 before New York stopped surge momentarily with 4-4 tie but Bruins overcame Toronto 4-3 to extend unbeaten streak to nine and NHL lead to two points over Detroit. Red Wings also beat slumping Toronto, divided two games with third-place Montreal, losing 6-2 and winning 8-3 as veteran Ted Lindsay turned hat trick to bring career goal total to 301.
  Mickey Mantle, switch-hitting New York Yankee slugger who won triple crown, added still another feather to his already fully-packed cap, was unanimously voted American League's Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers Association. Something less than surprised when informed of selection at Commerce, Okla., Mickey dead panned: "It makes me real proud."
  Brooklyn Dodgers beat Japan All-Stars 3-1 behind six-hit pitching of Rookie Fred Kipp to wind up Orient tour with 14-4-1 record, headed for home and well-deserved rest. Japanese reaction: the Dodgers were weak on "low outside pitches"; the Yankees "showed more hustle," their batters had "better aim."
  Chicago Cubs, already off to running start in general housecleaning, hooked up with Cincinnati in first big off-season trade. Last-place Cubs gave up Pitcher Warren Hacker (3-13), Third Baseman Don Hoak (.215) and Outfielder Pete Whisenant (.236) for Redleg Third Baseman Ray Jablonski (.256) and aging (36) minor league Pitcher Elmer Singleton (18-8 with Seattle). New Cub Manager Bob Scheffing admitted trade wasn't cure-all but reflected: "It's a start in the right direction."
  Larry Boardman, promising young Connecticut lightweight contender who has put his future in soiled hands of Blinky Palermo, successfully encountered roughhousing ex-Champion Paddy DeMarco's mauling, butting and shoving with long-range bombs to win 10-round decision in Philadelphia's first big fight since May 1955. Complained DeMarco: "The referee wouldn't let me fight my fight. Boardman? He's nothin'."
  Joey Giardello, onetime top-ranking middleweight challenger fighting his way back after losing brush with law in hometown Philadelphia, found third time charmed as he laid down two-fisted barrage to outpoint his two-time conqueror Charlie Cotton in 10-rounder at Milwaukee.
  Kenny Lane, feather-punching Muskegon, Mich. lightweight, confused switch-hitting Frankie Ryff with baffling southpaw style for 10 rounds, scored often enough to win at Miami.
  U.S. equestrians had merry time for themselves at Toronto, winning five trophies, including international jumping competition, to completely overshadow star-studded field in Royal Winter Fair Horse Show. Team Captain Billy Steinkraus, at his best form, rode off with two individual titles to set pace for victorious Americans.
  Swoon's Son, homebred 3-year-old, held firm under steady hand of Dave Erb, trotted off with $32,700 Clark Handicap on closing day at Churchill Downs for his 10th victory in 12 starts.
  Find, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's 6-year-old son of Discovery, rarely a winner but almost always in money this year, got away fast, maintained pressure for full route to break ice in $27,000 Narragansett Special after challenging Artismo broke down in stretch, fracturing both sesamoids in left front foot.
  Althea Gibson, smart-stroking New Yorker, took up slack after U.S. Davis Cuppers failed miserably, scored triple in New South Wales tournament at Sydney. At top of fast, accurate game, Althea wore down Shirley Fry 10-8, 6-2 for women's title, teamed up with Miss Fry to win women's doubles and with Aussie Neale Fraser, who bowed to scrambling Ken Rosewall 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in men's singles final, to take mixed doubles crown.
  DIED—Clifford Mooers, 67, dashing rags-to-riches Texas oilman, real estate operator, sportsman, owner of Lexington's Walnut Springs Farm, one of turf's leading owners and breeders (Old Rockport, Hasty Road, Traffic Court, Traffic Judge, Howdy Babe, etc.); of heart attack, in New York. In racing only since 1945, Mooers' horses finished first 291 times, piled up $1,842,624 in purses.
  DIED—Colonel Hiram E. Tuttle, 73, longtime dressage expert, U.S. Olympic equestrian in 1932 and 1936, accomplished violinist (with Boston Symphony); after long illness, at Fort Riley, Kan.
  Boasting the physical proportions of the Greek god upon whose pedestal he stands, Ted Williams, whose bat can sing the loveliest song in baseball, strums a lyre borrowed from Apollo. The Thinker is a thinker indeed: Manager Paul Richards of the Orioles is one of the game's finest tacticians—and with the Orioles, he needs to be. Another noted thinker stands behind him, but Casey has more help; he flies to victory after victory on the strength of "the new Babe" he holds so lovingly: Mickey Mantle. The lone mortal who has wandered upon the scene ponders the fate of his beloved Dodgers now that the most famous of them all, Jackie Robinson, has deserted the flock. As Bill Rigney of the Giants grasps two of the snakes which plague him (Bill White and Jackie Brandt lost to the U.S. Army, perhaps?), a third sneaks up from below; this one could be Bill Sarni's untimely loss—and where is Rigney to get another catching hand? A rapturous sight to Cleveland fans is the Big Three of the Indian staff. Although Stan Musial staggers under the weight of the longest current consecutive-game record, he looks firmly ahead toward the National League mark of 822. The mighty Hercules of the Redlegs, Ted Kluszewski, flexes his muscles for another big year; and that Mercury-footed base thief of the Giants, Willie Mays, prepares to harry National League catchers again.