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PITTSBURGH -- A year ago, James Conner spent the days before Thanksgiving wondering what was wrong with him. The answer came in the form of a cancer diagnosis that sent the Pittsburgh running back through months of debilitating treatment that threatened his blossoming career.Its all behind him now. All of it. And that -- more than the records hes breaking at an alarming rate -- is what matters. Its why Conner didnt get wrapped up in his own hype after his pair of touchdowns in Pitts easy 56-14 romp over Duke on Saturday made him the leading career touchdown scorer in Atlantic Coast Conference history.When I take the field, I put cancer and everything behind me and just play, said Conner, who left briefly after tweaking his right ankle in the second quarter but returned for the second half. Im getting better every week.So are the Panthers (7-4, 4-3 ACC), who showed no signs of a letdown after stunning Clemson last week. Conner, as is his wont, led the way. He bulled over from 1 yard in the first quarter and again in the third to give him 50 rushing touchdowns for his career, breaking the previous mark set by N.C. States Ted Brown between 1975 and 1978. Conner now has 53 touchdowns in all, eclipsing the old ACC mark of 52 set by Wali Lundy of Virginia from 2002-05.Asked if any of them stand out over the others and Conner pointed to his 20-yard sprint in the fourth quarter against the Tigers, the one that put Pitt in position to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the programs recent history.Everything Ive been through and me working on getting in a rhythm, my endurance playing 60 minutes of football, Conner said, it showed I can play 60 minutes of football at a high level, late in the game, Conner said.For once such theatrics werent necessary for Pitt. Not with Conner running for 101 yards. Not with Quadree Henderson returning a punt 65 yards for a score and adding another on a 52-yard jet sweep. Not with Nate Peterman throwing for three scores in the wind at wintry Heinz Field as the Panthers set a new school record with 432 points on the season.It was a good, comfortable win, Conner said. Weve got to finish out the season strong.A DUD FOR THE BLUE DEVILSDaniel Jones completed 28 of 46 for 248 yards and a touchdown but Duke (4-7, 1-6) did little downfield against the nations 127th-ranked pass defense. The Panthers sacked Jones five times, including two by senior defensive end Ejuan Price. After going over 200 yards on the ground in each of their last three games, the Blue Devils managed just 25 yards rushing against Pitt.They won the execution battle and thats why the score is so lopsided, Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. We also lost the kicking game. It wasnt our intention coming in, but we just got whipped.RESPECTHendersons zig-zag punt return in the third quarter put the Panthers up 42-14 and marked his fourth kick return for a score this year, tops in the nation. The Blue Devils found one way to keep it from Henderson, having Jones do a quick kick on a fourth-down later in the third quarter.I was sitting off to the sideline, waiting for (the snap) and he just kicked, Henderson said with a laugh. Definitely a sign of respect. I appreciate it.THE TAKEAWAYDuke: The only chance the Blue Devils have of making a fifth straight bowl game will be with a win at Miami next week and hope there arent enough 6-6 teams to fill the bowl slots.Pitt: While the defense is hardly stout, the Panthers have become opportunistic of late. An early fumble recovery by linebacker Matt Galambos on Dukes first play set up a touchdown and helped the Panthers set the tone. Pitt later turned a fumbled Duke kickoff return into another score.UP NEXTDuke: travels to Miami in the regular season finale. The Hurricanes stunned the Blue Devils 30-27 last season, winning on the final play during a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that featured eight laterals. The ACC ended suspending officials for two games following a series of officiating errors during the return.Pitt: will try to continue its mastery of Syracuse. The Panthers have won 10 of their last 11 against the Orange, including all three meetings since the schools joined the ACC in 2013.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . Authentic Football Jerseys .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Youth Football Jerseys . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. http://www.nflauthenticproshop.com/ . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. Black Football Jerseys . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. NFL Jerseys Outlet . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Long, long ago, in a golf galaxy far, far away, there existed a singular dominant player who presided over his peers with a steely glare and an iron fist, rarely squandering an opportunity to defeat these mortals on the grandest stages.If life in the Tiger Woods era sounded like something out of a fairy tale, then life in the post-Tiger Woods era -- The eclectic era? The parity party? -- feels like a return to normalcy, a chance for the game to play out as the golf gods had first intended.Rather than one player triumphing over the field on a regular basis, the major championships have recently resembled a bakery line, with every elite-level player grabbing that little pink ticket from the machine at the counter, then waiting for his number to be called to pick up a trophy. (Blame Jordan Spieth for double-dipping at the counter last year.)This years first three major champions -- Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson -- own a few notable commonalities. Each ranked among the worlds top 12 at the time of his win, and each claimed his first major title.It all serves as part of a bigger theme entering this weeks PGA Championship. Once a domain for dominance, the majors have become a turnstile for many of the worlds upper-echelon players.For just the fifth time since the inaugural Masters Tournament, there exists a chance that all four majors in a single year will be won by first-time champions. The difference between this year and 1959, 1969, 2003 and 2011, though, is that the 2016 champions list reads like a whos who of major contenders finally breaking through rather than a few surprises slipping through the cracks.Speaking of surprises, its less shocking that Willett, Johnson and Stenson have won than that Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy havent. Those players combined for seven major titles in the past five years, but now each is vying for the years final opportunity at a tournament that once rightly billed itself as Glorys Last Shot.Do I feel like Im playing five or 10 Tigers out there? No, I feel like that would be disrespectful towards Tiger, McIlroy said this week. But the fields are deeper and so many guys have chances to win tournaaments.dddddddddddd ... Golf, its in a good place in terms of how many good players we have, and I feel like its hard to separate yourself from the pack a little bit. But thats what were trying to do. Were trying to separate ourselves and trying to win tournaments and trying to be the best that we can, and hopefully that, in turn, is the best in the world.Or as Spieth more succinctly put it: I dont think theres any Tiger out here right now. I think thats fair to say. Only time will tell.Thats not to say the game is any better with a singular dominant player, nor any worse without one. Dominance tends to fuel the intrigue of the masses (see: Era, Tiger), but a brilliant competitive balance certainly doesnt hurt matters.This years first three majors have not only provided new yet deserving champions, they also have delivered excessive drama to the proceedings. Spieth led by five strokes entering the back nine of the Masters and lost by three; Johnson played his final round of the U.S. Open with a looming video review of a rules violation but never faltered; and Stenson simply provided the better half of one of the games greatest duels on a Sunday afternoon stage, outlasting Phil Mickelson at The Open.If there was going to be any backlash against different players winning majors, it was washed away in the drama of each of these tournaments.It just goes to show how stiff the competition has gotten over the years that Ive been out here, explained Day, 28, who won his only major title at last years PGA Championship. And then on top of it, the guys are just younger and stronger and fitter and faster, and they are just long out there. So just the competition is really, really tough right now. If you dont stay one step ahead of the young guys, its easy to get left behind.That serves as not only the overriding theme of golf this year, but also for this era. Whatever it is -- The eclectic era? The parity party? -- a different player taking his pink ticket and stepping up to the bakery counter when his number is called has clearly become the new normal. ' ' '