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CHICAGO -- The New York Yankees enjoy putting on a show for the Fourth of July.A holiday winning streak will be on the line when the Yankees open a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox on Monday afternoon. The Yankees have won four consecutive games on July 4, and they are 6-1 on Independence Day since 2009.The days leading up to July 4 have not been as kind to the Yankees (40-41). New York narrowly avoided being swept on the road by the Padres thanks to a 6-3 victory Sunday in San Diego.Meanwhile, the White Sox (42-40) will return home after winning the last two games of a three-game series against the Astros in Houston. The White Sox have won four consecutive series against the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and Houston after a miserable stretch in which they lost 26 of 36 games.Our guys are pitching well, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. (On offense), youre opportunistic where youre getting some runs. During the rough stretch, we were leaving a lot of guys on third base.Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia (5-5, 3.17 ERA) will make his 14th start of the season Monday. The 35-year-old southpaw thrived in May and early June but has struggled as of late.In his past two outings, Sabathia surrendered 11 earned runs and two home runs in 11 1/3 innings. He allowed only 16 earned runs and two home runs in his first 11 starts (65 1/3 innings).If any opponent can allow Sabathia to forget his recent downturn, it might be the White Sox. Sabathia is 19-5 with a 3.68 ERA in 34 starts against the White Sox during his career. That includes a 10-1 record with a 3.28 ERA in 17 career starts at U.S. Cellular Field.The White Sox will counter with veteran right-hander James Shields (3-9, 5.85 ERA). Like Sabathia, Shields enjoyed success early in the season, but a four-start tailspin inflated his ERA.Even so, Shields past two outings provided a glimpse of hope for the White Sox front office, which acquired the high-priced veteran from the Padres on June 4 in exchange for right-handed pitcher Erik Johnson and teenage infield prospect Fernando Tatis Jr.In four starts from May 31 to June 18, Shields allowed 31 earned runs in 11 1/3 innings. He recovered June 23 to limit the Red Sox to three earned runs in five innings, and his progress continued when he limited the Twins to one earned run in 6 2/3 innings on Wednesday.The Yankees have beaten Shields more than any other team in his career. He is 10-16 with a 4.15 ERA in 31 career starts against New York. In those 31 starts, he has allowed 30 home runs.Yankees left-hander Andrew Miller said plenty of time remains for the team to make a run at the postseason. New York is seven games back of the first-place Baltimore Orioles in the American League East, 3 1/2 games behind the second AL wild-card position.We were the team that was in first place all year until whenever the Blue Jays (passed us last season), Miller told Newsday. In an ideal world, youre hot at the end of the year. ... If we can finish hot, well put ourselves in position to make the playoffs. Cheap Jordan 13 Shoes For Sale . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. Jordan Retro 13 Wholesale . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. http://www.airjordan13nz.com/ .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Air Jordan 13 NZ . 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The Tigers again went 9-0 in conference play in 2016, but this time rallied from a 17-0 halftime deficit to beat the Braves 27-20 for the SWAC championship Dec. 3.North Carolina Central shared the MEAC title last season with North Carolina A&T and Bethune-Cookman, but N.C. A&T won the tiebreaker and went on to beat Alcorn State 41-34 in the Celebration Bowl. The Eagles and Aggies met in a winner-take-all season finale last month, with North Carolina Central rolling to a 42-21 victory to claim the MEAC championship.We got one more to go, said North Carolina Centrals Jerry Mack, who was named MEAC coach of the year and finished sixth in the voting for the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award as FCS Coach of the Year. We got an opportunity to play for potentially a black college national championship. ... So the tradition and the legacy isnt over with yet.North Carolina Central (9-2) does most of its damage through the air. The Eagles led the MEAC with 221.3 passing yards per game behind Malcolm Bell, who finished second in the league with 2,191 yards, first with 16 passing touchdowns and tied for second with nine rushing scores in being named first-team all-conference.He was joined on the first team byy LaVontis Smith, who was second in the MEAC with 646 receiving yards and tied for fifth with five TD catches.ddddddddddddGrambling State (10-1) also has a star quarterback in DeVante Kincade, who was named the SWAC offensive player of the year. Tackle Donovan McCray was the defensive player of the year and Broderick Fobbs took home coach of the year honors.Kincade led the SWAC in passing efficiency (173.5), completion percentage (65.4), passing yards (2,870) and touchdown passes (30) while throwing just three interceptions. All-SWAC first-team selection Chad Williams topped the conference in catches (86) and receiving yards (1,294) and was second in TD receptions (10).The Tigers are also strong on the ground behind Jestin Kelly (808 yards, eight TDs) and all-conference first-team member Martez Carter (782, nine).Grambling State has won 10 in a row since losing its opener at FBS opponent Arizona, a game in which the Tigers led 21-3 at halftime. North Carolina Central enters on a nine-game winning streak following season-opening road defeats to FBS schools Duke and Western Michigan.This is two titans clashing, and two really good coaching staffs and two really good programs that are doing an exceptional job in this college football atmosphere, said Fobbs, who finished ninth in the voting for the STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award.This is huge for us and for FCS football and the fact that there are a lot of institutions that would like to be here. Even other institutions that are playing in the national playoffs. They would like to be in a situation where they are able to play in a game like such. ' ' '