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With less than 50 days until the start of the college football season, postseason award watch lists have started to roll out. On Thursday the preseason candidate list for the Doak Walker Award, which honors the countrys best running back, was released. The Pac-12 has nine players on the early list.Stanfords 2015 Doak Walker Award finalist Christian McCaffrey once again headlines the early list of candidates. The rising junior led the nation in all-purpose yardage (276 YPG) and had a FBS-high nine all-purpose plays of at least 50 yards last season. Oregon junior Royce Freeman rushed for 1836 yards and led the conference in scoring with 19 total touchdowns during the 2015 season.?Other Pac-12 players that appeared on the list include:?Myles Gaskin (So.), WashingtonKhalfani Muhammad (Sr.), Cal?Tre Watson (Jr.), CalNick Wilson (Jr.), ArizonaRonald Jones II (So.), USCJustin Davis (Sr.), USC?Phillip Lindsay (So.), ColoradoThe Doak Walker Award winner will be announced at the Home Depot College Football Awards on Dec. 8 on ESPN. . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. . PAUL, Minn. NEW YORK -- The New York Islanders agreed to a one-year deal with?P.A. Parenteau?on Saturday, bringing the veteran right wing back for?a second stint with the team.Parenteau had a career-high-tying 20 goals and 21 assists for the?Toronto Maple Leafs?last season.His goals matched his high set in 2010-11, during his first season with the Islanders. Parenteau also had career highs of 49 assists and 67 points with the Islanders the following season.For his career, the 33-year-old Parenteau has 101 goals and 167 assistss in 424 games spanning eight seasons in the NHL.ddddddddddddParenteau is the Islanders third addition in the first two days of free agency. New York signed forwards Andrew Ladd and Jason Chimera on Friday, while losing Kyle Okposo (Buffalo), Frans Nielsen (Detroit) and Matt Martin (Toronto).Restricted free-agent Shane Prince was re-signed to a two-year deal with the Islanders, as well. ' ' '
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