Josh Hart is off to a stellar start as a member of the defending national champions.The 6-foot-5 swingman from Villanova will begin his senior season on The Associated Press preseason All-America team.Hart, the Big Easts preseason player of the year, received 53 votes from the same 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25.Grayson Allen of Duke was the top vote-getter with 61, four more than Ivan Rabb of California.Dillon Brooks of Oregon had 30 votes, and Monte Morris of Iowa State had 24.Sophomore Thomas Bryant of Indiana and freshmen Markelle Fultz of Washington and Josh Jackson of Kansas all received 18 votes.Hart averaged 15.5 points and 6.8 rebounds last season for the Wildcats, who beat North Carolina in the title game on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Kris Jenkins.The last Wildcat to be a preseason All-America was Kerry Kittles in 1995-96, the first season the AP had a preseason team.The 6-5 Allen, a junior and one of four veterans on the Blue Devils roster that is loaded with freshmen stars, averaged 21.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists last season, shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range and 83.7 from the free throw line.It hasnt been long since a Blue Devil made the team, as freshman Jahlil Okafor was on it in 2014-15.Morris is the second Cyclone in two years to make the team. He joins Georges Niang, who was on it last season. The 6-3 Morris averaged 13.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.9 assists as a junior, and Iowa State reached as high as No. 4 in the poll last season.Neither Cal nor Oregon has had a member of the preseason team. That changes with Rabb and Brooks, the second straight season there were two players from the same conference, as Niang and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma were from the Big 12.Rabb, a 6-11 sophomore, averaged 12.5 points and 8.6 rebounds while shooting 61 percent from the field for the Golden Bears.Brooks, a 6-7 junior, averaged 16.7 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Ducks, who finished fifth in the final poll.Hield was the only player last season to make both the preseason and postseason All-America teams. Joining the senior guard on last seasons preseason team were seniors Kyle Wiltjer of Gonzaga and Niang, junior Kris Dunn of Providence and freshman Ben Simmons of LSU. Cheap Old Skool Wholesale .5 million, one-year contract on Friday. Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. Vans Old Skool Discount . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. http://www.cheapoldskool.us/ . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. Cheap Vans Old Skool For Sale . -- Vincent Lecavalier got everything but the desired result in his return to Tampa Bay. Vans Old Skool Cheap Online . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. NEW YORK -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello has won the AL Comeback Player of the Year award, while Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon received the NL honor.Porcello also won the Cy Young Award in his second season with the Red Sox, helping Boston to its second AL East title in four seasons. The right-hander went 22-4 with a 3.15 ERA over 33 starts. Porcello bounced back after going 9-15 with a 4.92 ERA in 2015. His 22 victories led the majors.Rendon hit .270 with 20 home runs annd 85 RBI in 156 games in his fourth season.dddddddddddd He had a .348 on-base percentage and a .450 slugging percentage to help the Nationals win the NL East for the second time in three seasons. Rendon was limited to 80 games in 2015 because of injuries.Major League Baseball announced the winners Tuesday. The awards are voted on by the 30 team beat writers from MLB.com. ' ' '