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Thursday is the start of the early signing period for high school basketball stars. A trio of top-20 recruits -- Gary Trent Jr., Collin Sexton and P.J. Washington -- will announce their college decisions live on ESPNUs Signing Day Special (6 p.m. ET). If youre not near a television, simply click here to watch the live announcements and coverage of decisions across the country.Trent, a 6-foot-5 guard from Apple Valley, Minnesota, is ESPNs No. 8 overall recruit and the namesake of former NBA forward Gary Trent. He has offers from Duke, Arizona, Kentucky, Michigan State and UCLA.Sexton is a native of Mableton, Georgia, and the 6-3 guard is choosing between Alabama, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, NC State and Oklahoma State. Kansas and Alabama are considered the favorites.Washington, a 6-8 forward from Frisco, Texas, is ESPNs No. 16 overall recruit. He plays for Findlay Prep in Las Vegas. 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Two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields has an opponent for her professional debut, and she is a familiar face.Shields will fight amateur rival Franchon Crews, who will also be making her professional debut by boxing a woman who defeated her in the amateur ranks.Shields, 21, of Flint, Michigan,? and Crews, 29, of Baltimore, will meet in a four-round super middleweight bout on the undercard of the HBO PPV fight between unified light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward on Nov. 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.The Shields-Crews bout wont be part of the HBO PPV telecast and will air on the freeview beginning at 7 p.m. ET.I cant wait to perform for my fans on Nov. 19, Shields said. Franchon Crews has an outstanding amateur background, but Im a once-in-a-century fighter and I fear no one. It will be a great night for womens boxing, a night that I hope will be remembered as one that changed the course of history.Shields made American Olympic history in August when she became the first boxer, male or female, to defend a gold medal. She won gold as a 17-year-old at the 2012 Olympics in London and repeated this year in Rio de Janeiro, rolling through her draw virtually unchallenged.She is the most decorated female amateur in American history, having also been a four-time U.S. national champion, two-time world amateur champion, 2015 Pan American Games gold medalist, two-time AIBA female boxer of the year and the recippient of the Val Barker award for most outstanding female fighter at the Rio Games.dddddddddddd.Crews, who tried out for American Idol in 2004 and got in front of the judges for a segment that aired on television before she was dismissed, began boxing at age 16 to get in shape. It led to a strong amateur career.She claimed a bronze medal in the 2016 world amateur championships and a silver medal in the 2012 tournament. She was a U.S. Olympic alternate in 2012 and 2016, and she won eight U.S. national championships -- five at middleweight and three at light heavyweight -- between 2005 and 2015. She also won national golden gloves titles each year from 2005 to 2008.Claressa Shields deserves a lot of credit for fighting a world-class fighter in her very first professional bout, said Mark Taffet, Shields co-manager. Shes a trailblazer and a game-changer, with charisma and savvy outside the ring to match her unprecedented skills in the ring. In addition to the stellar Kovalev vs. Ward matchup, Nov. 19 will be a great statement for womens boxing on what I believe will be looked upon as an historic night.In a previous meeting, Shields defeated Crews, then a top-ranked Olympic hopeful, in February 2012 during?the first U.S. team trials for womens boxing.Information from The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '