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LOS ANGELES -- The Pac-12 has no clear football favorite this fall, and the biggest reason is obvious at the conferences annual Hollywood media days.Of the 24 players invited to represent their schools from this famously pass-happy league, just one is a quarterback.Most of the West Coasts usual powers still are uncertain who will be throwing the ball this fall. Stanfords Kevin Hogan, Southern Californias Cody Kessler, Oregons Vernon Adams, Californias Jared Goff, Utahs Travis Wilson and Arizona States Mike Bercovici are all gone.In fact, only four teams -- UCLA, Washington, Colorado and Washington State -- have clear returning starters.Arizonas Rich Rodriguez is among the coaches who believe a quarterback competition takes place every week, which is why the prolific Anu Solomon isnt guaranteed to be his starter.Other coaches, including USCs Clay Helton, value the leadership of an established starter -- if they can just pick one.Ive played quarterback, and Ive coached the position, said Helton, who plans to choose between Max Browne and Sam Darnold two weeks before the season opener. I know that your team wants to know who the leader is, going into that first game.In a league stacked with talented tailbacks, the turnover behind center in the so-called Conference of Quarterbacks is glaring -- and intriguing. New stars will be made this fall, but the holdovers could be the biggest ones of all.UCLA was picked over USC as the preseason favorite in the South division, and star sophomore Josh Rosen might be the main reason. Washington also has sophomore Jake Browning back behind center, and the Huskies are expected to be Stanfords greatest challenge for the North division title.Helton, the Trojans former quarterbacks coach, will name a replacement for Kessler, his durable three-year starter, in time to prepare for the Trojans brutal opener against Alabama.Browne, a redshirt junior who has already graduated from USC, is widely expected to get the first shot, but Darnold is making things complicated.The separation between Max and Sam Darnold was not great, Helton said. If we talk about competing at every position, its got to be the quarterback position also.Stanford is the preseason media polls pick to win another league title, but the Cardinal didnt come out of spring ball with a clear successor to Hogan. Keller Chryst and Ryan Burns will continue their competition next month -- even if their biggest responsibility might be handing off to star tailback Christian McCaffrey.Across the Bay, California has the unenviable task of replacing Goff, the three-year starter and subsequent No. 1 pick.Chase Forrest was the front-runner heading into spring ball, but coach Sonny Dykes said he ended up neck-and-neck with redshirt freshman Ross Bowers. Dykes is excited to add freshman Victor Viramontes to the competition next month, indicating nobody has an advantage.The good thing is we have some very viable options, Dykes said. Were going to need to make a relatively quick decision, figure out who the guy is going to be, build a football team around him and his strengths, and go out and win.Oregon must replace Adams after his up-and-down single season. Coach Mark Helfrich landed Montana State graduate Dakota Prukop as a transfer to compete alongside Travis Jonsen and Terry Wilson.We had three guys in spring ball that were very similar and completely different, Helfrich said. (Prukop) has played a lot of football, but you could see those wheels turning (in practice). Sometimes they were all trying to win the job with that next throw, and thats the worst thing.Utah coach Kyle Whittingham plans an open competition to replace Wilson, saying Brandon Cox, Tyler Huntley and Troy Williams all have a real shot at the job.We did not really see much separation, so that competition will continue this fall, Whittingham said. The biggest question is the quarterback position, just because its unsolved. 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The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer.The Philadelphia Phillies emerge from the All-Star break with reasons for optimism.The New York Mets, meanwhile, emerge with reasons for concern.The teams open the seasons second half on Friday night with the first of three games in Citizens Bank Park, and each will send a hot pitcher to the mound. Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson (6-6, 3.92 ERA) gets the start for the Phillies against right-hander Jacob deGrom (5-4, 2.61).Hellickson is 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last three starts and deGrom is 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three.DeGrom and the ageless Bartolo Colon are, however, the only constants for a Mets rotation that has been wracked by injury -- a big reason the defending National League champions dropped their last three games before the break to fall to 47-41, leaving them in a second-place tie with Miami in the National League East.Matt Harvey recently underwent season-ending surgery to repair thoracic outlet syndrome, which according to clevelandclinic.org is a term used to describe a group of disorders that occur when there is compression, injury or irritation of the nerves and/or blood vessels (arteries and veins) in the lower neck and upper chest area.Right-hander Noah Syndergaard and left-hander Steven Matz have been plagued by bone spurs in their pitching elbows, and Syndergaard departed his July 8 start against Washington after 4 2/3 innings with what was described by the team as arm fatigue.Nor has the everyday lineup been spared from the spate of injuries. Third baseman David Wright is out, possibly for the season, after undergoing surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck, and first baseman Lucas Duda is on the disabled lisst with a bad back.ddddddddddddOutfielder Yoenis Cespedes also missed the last two games before the break with a quadriceps strain.I said something to the coaches: Man, when do you think this is going to stop? Can things possibly get worse? manager Terry Collins said, according to NJ.com. And the next day, they continue to get worse.Neither Syndergaard nor Cespedes played in Tuesdays All-Star Game in San Diego, and Collins told the New York Post that he is hopeful Syndergaard can make his start next Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs. Cespedes status is less certain.I feel better, but Im not sure if Im going to play on Friday, Cespedes told reporters through a translator after missing Sundays loss to Washington.The Phillies, meanwhile, had the worst record in the majors last season (63-99) and dropped 26 of 32 games after getting off to a surprising 24-17 start this season. They won 12 of their last 17 before the break, however, to improve to 42-48, good enough for fourth place in the NL East.Their offense, dormant most of the season, was a big reason for the turnaround. Outfielder Peter Bourjoas has hit at a .408 clip in his last 18 games to raise his average from .217 to .274, and third baseman Maikel Franco has hit .400 in his last 16, bringing his average to .269. He also leads the team with 18 homers and 52 RBI.Center fielder Odubel Herrera, the teams lone All-Star representative, is slashing .294/.378/.427. Herrera, who leads the Phillies in average, on-base percentage and steals (12), also has 10 homers and 33 RBI. ' ' '