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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- With no games to play, the UAB football players spend hours sweating on the practice field and in the weight room.Theyre motivated by something else.The Blazers can see the new, all-encompassing football building and covered field begin to take shape, eventually curtailing the time-consuming treks for workouts and across campus to eat. A new stadium in the next few years seems like a distinct possibility, too.A program shut down for lack of financial support in December 2014 is coming back bigger and better, only the wins are coming on the balance sheet instead of the field. Its a remarkable turnaround for a program that just a short time ago might have been gone for good.The football facilities that weve had are beyond antiquated so we really in our view are creating these for the first time, UAB athletic director Mark Ingram said. Weve been operating here with nearly nothing in terms of football facilities and now were going to have this dramatic, impressive training center that weve not had.In football, UAB has long been the poor neighbor to wealthy Southeastern Conference programs Auburn and Alabama -- both athletic 1 percenters -- with their mammoth stadiums and luxurious accommodations. UAB isnt seeking to match Alabamas built-in spa, plush player lounge area or 37,000-square-foot weight room.But the Blazers havent had anything like a level playing field with other Conference USA programs, either. That, at least, is changing.Just as most teams were gearing up for their first games, UAB broke ground on a two-story, 46,000-square-foot two-story facility that will include offices, meeting rooms, locker rooms, weight rooms and a dining area. Its scheduled to open in July 2017, less than two months before the teams first game back.Now, you can taste it, Blazers coach Bill Clark said. Were so close to being just like every other program.In the Birmingham community, UAB proves the saying that you dont know what you have until you lose it.University President Ray Watts announced that the school was shutting down football, rifle and bowling in a cost-cutting move shortly after Clarks initial team became bowl eligible for the first time in a decade.Following a groundswell of support from business leaders, fans and alumni, Watts resurrected all three the following June. The football team will resume play next season against a full FBS and Conference USA schedule.The first game will be Sept. 2 against Alabama A&M, but the initial schedule also includes the kind of lucrative guarantee game with Florida that helps every lower and mid-level program make ends meet.UAB raised more than $40 million in a 15-month period after footballs resurrection. Its enough to move out of the cramped, high school-like football building next door to the locker room and team meeting area (where Watts told players of their programs demise). With no covered turf field, the team used to have to travel to other schools to practice in poor weather.By comparison, Ingram said the team had typically received about $2.5 million a year in donations.We were over budget by $1 million a year for at least 10 straight years, he said. Ingram, a former Tennessee player and administrator, has seen the impact of improved football facilities at four previous stops.When you put a great coach and coaching staff together and give them a great sales tool to sell to the recruits, thats how you end up with great players and great teams, he said.An even bigger upgrade could be in the works. The Blazers have played their games at 89-year-old Legion Field.The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex board of directors has hired a Kansas City firm to explore an estimated $174 million stadium downtown that would seat up to 55,000.UAB, which signed a multi-year deal with Under Armour in September, had already built a new locker room upon Clarks hiring. He said he wouldnt have taken the job otherwise and it was part of his first discussion with school officials.I just immediately said, `I dont believe yall are serious. Dont waste my time. Ive got a good job. Im happy, said Clark, then the head coach at FCS Jacksonville State. And it was like, `No, were 100 percent. The first thing were doing, were building a new locker room. And we did. And that was a game changer for these kids.This whole new building and knocking this one down, thats what we needed.Linebacker Shaq Jones looked into transferring to schools like Western Michigan, Marshall and Western Kentucky after UAB shut down football, but opted to stay close to his child.But the visits drove home how far behind UABs facilities were, including from a recruits point of view.Everything was top level, Jones said. It was amazing. To know that were going to have those things is great for us, because I was drawn to those things and Im pretty sure that were going to have guys that will be drawn to the things well have here.UAB is banking on it.---APs college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Air Max Tavas Canada . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. 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After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. ROME -- At the age of 17, Gianluigi Donnarumma is already considered the heir apparent to Gianluigi Buffon.After only seven Serie A appearances, 18-year-old Manuel Locatelli is drawing comparisons to Andrea Pirlo.MBaye Niang, a relative veteran at 21, is providing the kind of consistency at forward that Mario Balotelli couldnt.AC Milan is fully embracing a youth movement as it endures a third consecutive season out of European competition. In a league where the top clubs have had a tendency to rely on veterans and the odd Brazilian teenager, seeing so many young faces wearing the familiar Rossoneri colors is a novelty.Theres less fear in Italy now, even though some clubs still prefer veterans, Niang said. Weve got the right mix. When you have great players that can win matches by themselves it throws the other players off balance.The Milan side that beat Chievo Verona 3-1 Sunday was the youngest average team of the weekend in Serie A at 24 years, 231 days. Seven of the players were born in the 1990s -- Donnarumma, Locatelli, Niang, Alessio Romagnoli, Suso, Mattia De Sciglio and Gianluca Lapadula.I dont feel like a young player anymore. Im nearly 22 and Ive been a pro since I was 16, Niang, who made his Ligue 1 debut with Caen in 2011, said in an interview with La Repubblica. (De Sciglio and I) have got to be examples for the actual kids, like Donnarumma and Locatelli.Riding a five-match unbeaten streak, Milan is in third place, level on points with second-place Roma.Up next for Milan is a match against five-time defending champion Juventus on Saturday at the San Siro. Its a rematch of last seasons Italian Cup final, which Juventus won 1-0 after extra time.Milan hasnt beaten Juventus since November 2012.It reminds me of Juve from a few years ago, Buffon saaid of Milan, recalling Juves transformation after a 2006 match-fixing scandal that saw the Bianconeri relegated to Serie B.dddddddddddd They just need time and experience to improve.The last time Milan collected 16 or more points over its first eight matches was in 2010-11, when the Rossoneri won their last title. A year after that title, Milan sold top players Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to Paris Saint-Germain -- part of a mass exodus of veterans instigated by a drop in investments by club president Silvio Berlusconi.The overhaul sparked a downward spiral that has seen Milan fail to finish higher than seventh the past three seasons, including a dismal 10th in 2014-15.Since current Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri was fired by Milan in January 2014, five different coaches have taken charge of the club. Berlusconi is in the process of finalizing the sale of the team to a group of Chinese investors.Unlike Clarence Seedorf, Filippo Inzaghi, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Cristian Brocchi, current coach Vincenzo Montella has been able to restore some pride in the seven-time European champion.Montella has brought back the joy of the game, midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura told the Gazzetta dello Sport of the manager who was known as the Aeroplanino -- the Little Airplane -- as a player for his small stature and trademark goal celebrations, when he spread his arms like wings.It shows in the fact that weve reached this point with more or less the same squad as a year ago, Bonaventura added. Hes improved things on the pitch and hes changing our mentality. Its been a pleasant surprise.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter: www.twitter.com/asdampf ' ' '