Report » Giants brass meets with Stanton’s agents

The Giants’ high-profile pursuit for Giancarlo Stanton progressed to a meeting in Los Angeles between teamexecutives and the Miami Marlins sluggers’ representatives, according to various reports Thursday night.

SiriusXM’s Craig Mish, first to report the meeting, later tweeted that Brian Sabean, Bobby Evans and Bruce Bochy were in attendance.

The 28- year- old right fielder, who hit .281 with 59 home runs this season, has a no-trade clause so hemust approve any trade.

According to MLB Network’s Jon Morosi, a potential deal being discussed would send Stanton to the Giants for second baseman Joe Panik, righthanded pitcher Tyler Beede and outfielder Chris Shaw if San Francisco is willing to pay $250 million of the $295 million still on Stanton’s contract.

Colleges

STANFORD IN NCAA SEMIFI

NALS » The Stanford women’s soccer team continues its pursuit of the second NCAA title in program history today in the semifinals of the College Cup in Orlando, Fla.

The Cardinal (22-1- 0) faces No. 5 South Carolina (19-2-1) at 2 p.m. The winner will play No. 3Duke (232) or No. 4 UCLA (19-2-2) for the championship on Sunday at 9 a.m. All the games are broadcast on ESPNU.

Stanford won the national title in 2011 and is back in the Final Four for the first time since 2014.

“We’re so determined,” said freshman attacker Catarina Macario, who this week was named ESPNW Player of the Year. “Literally every practice, every time we do anything, we know what our ultimate goal is.”

Stanford’s Tierna Davidson, Andi Sullivan and Macario and Cal’s Indigo Gibson were named first-team All-Americans, United Soccer Coaches announced.

Cal goalkeeper Emily Boyd was a second-team selection along with Pepperdine’s Bri Visalli of San Jose. FISHER NOT GONE YET » Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher reiterated Thursday that he expects to be on the sideline Saturday for the regular- season finale against Louisiana-Monroe.

Many are anticipating it will be his final game with the Seminoles.

A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that they think Fisher will leave Florida State for Texas A& M and that the school has started the process of vetting potential candidates. DOEREN GETS NEW DEAL » North Carolina State announced it has agreed to a new contract with coach Dave Doeren. A person familiar with the situation said the five-year deal came after Doeren talked with Tennessee officials about their coaching vacancy. SAN DIEGO STATE’S PLANS » San Diego State unveiled details of a $250 million stadium it wants to build at the site of aging SDCCU Stadium. The stadium would be built in conjunction with a proposed campus expansion that supporters hope to place on the November 2018 ballot. It would seat 35,000 for SDSU football and a possible pro soccer team, and would be expandable to 55,000 if the city were to ever attract another NFL team. RUDOLPH WINS UNITAS AWARD » Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph is the winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which goes to college football’s top senior or fourth-year junior quarterback. CLEMSON LINEBACKER OUT » Clemson starting linebacker Tre Lamar will miss the top-ranked Tigers’ ACC championship game with No. 7Miami because of continuing shoulder problems.

Motorsports

EARNHARDT MOST POPULAR AGAIN » Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrapped up his final season as a NASCAR driver with one last piece of hardware. He won the Most Popular Driver Award for the 15th consecutive time. The award is based on a fan vote. Only Bill Elliott won the award more than Earnhardt - 16 times between 1984 and 2002.

Soccer

SOUNDERS HEADED TO MLS CUP » Victor Rodriguez scored on a give- and- go with Will Bruin in the 22nd minute, Clint Dempsey added his third goal of the playoffs early in the second half, and the Seattle Sounders advanced to the MLS Cup final with a 3- 0 win over the Houston Dynamo.

The defending champion Sounders advanced 5- 0 on aggregate to face Toronto in the final and get the opportunity to become the first repeat MLS Cup champions since the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011-12 — and on the same field Seattle won its first title a year ago. The Sounders and Toronto played to a 0- 0 draw in the 2016 final before Seattle won on penalty kicks.

The Sounders took any nerves out of the secondleg with Houston early befpore a crowd of 45,298 at CenturyLink Field.