College basketball

Duke still No. 1 in poll while Pitt and K-State move in

Duke and Michigan remain the top two teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll while Syracuse drops from third to ninth after its first loss.

The Blue Devils received all but two of the first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel. Michigan got the others.

Arizona, Louisville and Indiana all moved up one place to third through fifth. Kansas, which won at Ohio State, moved from ninth to sixth. Missouri, which beat Illinois, jumped from 12th to seventh. Cincinnati advanced from 11th to eighth. Syracuse, which lost to Temple, and Ohio State complete the top 10.

Pittsburgh and Kansas State are the newcomers to the poll at 24th and 25th. They replace New Mexico and North Carolina, which dropped out from 16th and 23rd after losses to South Dakota State and Texas.

Stanford still No. 1 in women's basketball poll

Stanford remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the sixth straight week, matching the team's longest run in the top spot. The Cardinal had 24 first-place votes Monday, while Connecticut received 14. Baylor got the other two.

UConn will visit Stanford on Saturday, trying to snap the Cardinal's 82-game home winning streak.

UCLA had the biggest drop, falling five spots to 17th after losing to Cal State Northridge.

Hockey

Day 100 of NHL lockout

The NHL has missed 625 games, with all games canceled through Jan. 14, including the New Year's Day Winter Classic and the All-Star weekend. The last negotiations were in-person talks Dec. 13 in New Jersey. No new negotiations are scheduled.

Soccer

Heat intensifies for Real Madrid's coach Mourinho

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez adjusted his glasses, as if he couldn't believe what he was reading on the lineup card: Beloved veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas would not be playing.

That decision might have shown just how far coach Jose Mourinho has gone in his quest to exert control over the club. And it may be that Mourinho has finally gone too far.

Waves of criticism from fans and players followed Madrid's 3-2 loss to Malaga on Saturday, raising the question of whether Perez has reached his limit of support for the often successful, yet equally abrasive, Mourinho.

"Mourinho has his particular way of dealing with his squad," former Madrid player and coach Jorge Valdano said. "But this was him doubling down. It was an exhibition of power. It was him imposing his decision on a club legend."

Mourinho did not announce his decision to drop Casillas, highly respected both in Spain and abroad for his decade of quality service in Madrid's net, for the little-used Adan Garrido until minutes before the game.

A fan poll published on Monday by the Spanish sports daily Marca indicates that most of Madrid's fans want Mourinho out. Eighty-two percent of the almost 100,000 participants in the online poll voted yes to the question "Should Real Madrid fire Mourinho?"

Madrid defender Sergio Ramos said after the match that he was "surprised" by the decision. Casillas told La Sexta television on Sunday that he felt fine and that Mourinho hadn't told him why he had been benched.

"I'm not used to being a backup," Casillas said. "But the team is above any player. I have to keep training and try to win back my place in the starting lineup."

Since arriving at Madrid three seasons ago, Mourinho has won a Spanish league title in 2012 and a Copa del Rey a year earlier.

Elsewhere

• Three-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Marit Bjoergen will miss the Tour de Ski after being hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat. Bjoergen's doctor told Norwegian newspaper VG on Monday that Bjoergen has been discharged from the hospital and will resume training but will remain under observation for three days.

She went to the hospital in Norway for checkups after experiencing an irregular heart rhythm after training on Saturday.

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