The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Annual Tribe Fest set for late January

- Staff and wire reports

The sixth annual Tribe Fest will be Jan. 20 at the Cleveland Convention Center.

The Indians’ annual event presented by KeyBank includes autographs, games, Q&A with Terry Francona and more.

Season ticket holders have exclusive access to Tribe Fest from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $5.

Non-season ticket holders can attend from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. for $10.

The autograph sessions cost an additional $35 for current roster sessions, and $30 for alumni.

Tickets are on sale now for season ticket holders, and the general public can purchase tickets beginning Dec. 6.

College basketball

DUKE NO. 1 IN LATEST AP POLL» Duke pulled in 54 of 65 first-place votes from a national media panel in the AP Top 25 released Monday. That was an increase of 20 first-place votes over the first regular-season poll released last week.

Arizona was the only other team to receive a No. 1 nod, getting 11 first-place votes and coming in at No. 2. Kansas moved up to third after topping then-No. 7 Kentucky in the other game at the Champions Classic, while Michigan State and Villanova rounded out the top 5.

Wichita State remained at No. 6, while Florida and Kentucky flip-flopped their spots. North Carolina was ninth and Southern California rounded out the top 10.

UCONN NO. 1 IN WOMEN’S POLL» The UConn Huskies are No. 1 in The AP women’s basketball poll.

The Huskies once again received all 32 votes from the national media panel on Monday. UConn is headed out west to face No. 5 UCLA on Tuesday before playing Michigan State and Nevada.

Texas, South Carolina and Louisville are 2-3-4 in the poll.

Notre Dame and Mississipp­i State follow the Cardinals with Baylor, Ohio State and Oregon rounding out the first 10 teams.

DUNCAN, STOCKTON HEADLINE HALL OF FAME CLASS » Tim Duncan and John Stockton headline the 2017 class inducted into the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday night.

Duncan led Wake Forest to four NCAA Tournament appearance­s before going first overall to the San Antonio Spurs in the 1997 draft. He went on to win five NBA titles and two MVP awards.

Stockton was a fouryear star at Gonzaga before spending 19 seasons with the Utah Jazz.

The duo was joined by Duke’s Jay Williams, Indiana’s Scott May, Purdue’s Rick Mount, Cleo Hill of Winston-Salem State, Creighton’s Paul Silas and longtime Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan.

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