Football

Vikings start at No. 17 — The Portland State Vikings were ranked 17th in the STATS FCS Top 25 preseason poll released Monday. The Vikings were among five Big Sky Conference teams ranked in the poll. Defending national champion North Dakota State is No. 1. Last season, the Vikings were 6-2 in the Big Sky Conference (9-3 overall) and reached the NCAA playoffs. Portland State was ranked 10th in the final 2015 poll.

Snoop Dogg’s son leaves UCLA again — UCLA wide receiver Cordell Broadus, son of rapper Snoop Dogg, has left the program for a second time, coach Jim Mora said Monday. Broadus returned to the Bruins as a walk-on this spring after leaving the team last August but was not listed on the roster as UCLA opened training camp Monday morning. Broadus said he planned to study film at UCLA at the time of his initial departure from football. Broadus was a touted recruit coming out of Las Vegas prep football powerhouse Bishop Gorman and chose to sign with UCLA in February 2015 over rival Southern California, where his father was a frequent presence on the sidelines during Pete Carroll’s tenure.

Arizona player dies in sleep — Zach Hemmila, a senior offensive lineman for the University of Arizona, died in his sleep, athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday. There was no immediate word on a cause of death. A fifth-year senior from Chandler, Arizona, Hemmila was 22. Listed at 6-foot-3, 318 pounds, Hemmila appeared in 13 games last season and started six of them at left guard. He was a leading candidate for the starting center’s job this year.

BASEBALL

A-Rod’s final game a pricey one — Alex Rodriguez’s value has suddenly soared — at least when it comes to ticket prices. Despite his .204 batting average this year, baseball fans suddenly faced average prices that Monday were more than four times higher to see A-Rod play the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. It will the 41-year-old hitter’s last game with the Yankees. According to TiqIQ, the ticket resale site, the average list price was about $300 — compared to $75 before A-Rod tearfully announced Sunday that he was retiring from the team.

HOCKEY

U.S. hall class named — Longtime high school coach Bill Belisle, forward Craig Janney and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey team are this year’s inductees into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The 86-year-old Belisle has won 32 state championships in 41 seasons at Mount St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, with a record of 990-183-137. Among his players were two No. 1 overall NHL draft picks, Brian Lawton in 1993 and Bryan Berard in 1995, and more than 20 of his players have been drafted, including 2015 U.S. Hockey Hall inductee Mathieu Schneider. Janney is the leader in assists per game among U.S.-born players and was one of the top playmakers of his era. He had 563 assists and 751 points in 760 games.

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

British quadruple amputee summits Matterhorn — A British mountaineer who climbed Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn say he is the first quadruple amputee to do so. Jamie Andrew lost his hands and feet to frostbite after becoming trapped in a snowstorm while mountaineering in France 17 years ago. He spent five years training before attempting to reach the 14,692-feet Alpine peak last Thursday with two guides.

— From staff and wire reports