captured in Rio are the programs most in an Olympic meet, a fitting send-off for retiring national team coordinator

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Kyle Schwarbers big-time World Series impact for the Chicago Cubs is no surprise to New York Jets wide receiver Jalin Marshall.The two were football teammates at Middletown High School in Middletown, Ohio, with Schwarber a hard-hitting linebacker while also serving as a power-hitting slugger for the baseball team.He was a bad man, a smiling Marshall said in the Jets locker room Thursday. He used to always do the craziest stuff. He was one of those guys that, no matter what happened, he was going to do what he could to make the team win. It seems like thats what hes doing now and its working out for him.He can say that again.Schwarber tore the anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments in his left knee in April while playing the outfield for the Cubs. He was thought to be sidelined for the year but returned in time to play in the World Series. He doubled in Game 1 against the Cleveland Indians as a designated hitter, becoming the first major league position player to get his first hit of the season during the World Series. Schwarber drove in two runs in Game 2, but he was denied medical clearance Thursday to play the outfield.Since theres no DH in National League ballparks, Schwarber will be limited to pinch-hitting duties during Games 3-5 in Chicago.A reporter for the Dayton Daily News tweeted a photo Thursday of Schwarber and Marshall from their high school playing days, posing with their backs against each other.It feels like it was just yesterday, Marshall said. I can still hear him hitting the ball all the way from the football complex. Hes always been like this. Our last football game playing together was against Braxton Miller and we didnt win, but we were pretty good that year.Miller, now a wide receiver for the Houston Texans, was the quarterback of the Huber Heights Wayne team that beat Schwarber, Marshall and the previously undefeated Middies, 21-0 on Nov. 6, 2010.Schwarber went on to play baseball at Indiana University and was the fourth overall pick in the 2014 draft. Marshall was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Ohio State this spring and serves as New Yorks primary kick returner.Kyle was a big mentor to me growing up, Marshall said. We stay in touch and have a pretty good relationship. We have some close mutual and family friends. I always wish the best for him and I hope he keeps doing well.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Authentic Custom Devils Jersey .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Custom Devils Jerseys . 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The last one draped over her neck following one final showstopping floor exercise on Tuesday.Whether Biles will leave the Games as the best gymnast of all time is up for debate, a topic she will happily leave to others.I would never rank myself, Biles said. Its weird.Shed rather let her envelope-pushing performance at Rio Olympic Arena do the talking. Her final act was perhaps her greatest. On legs she joked felt like rocks, Biles put together 90 seconds of effortless joy. Her ceiling-scraping tumbling and charismatic dancing -- set to Brazilian-themed music designed for exactly this moment -- ended with her bouncing off the mat before sprinting to the awaiting arms of longtime coach Aimee Boorman.The two embraced, their journey that began when Biles was 6 ending -- at least for now -- with history. Biles became the fifth female gymnast to win four golds at a single Olympic meet and the fourth to win them on the traditional events.Throw in the bronze Biles earned on balance beam Monday and the 19-year-old will have a lengthy checklist when she gets to customs on her way home to Texas.I think that she was really consistent, that was a big thing for her, Boorman said. That was the goal. Not to come in and win five golds but to show what she trained.As for what comes next -- besides the stardom that awaits back in the U.S. -- Biles is unsure. Shed like to go have a normal life for a bit, at least as normal as it can be when she gets back to suburban Houston. Turning one of the biggest sporting events in the world intto your personal showcase has a way of changing things.dddddddddddd.Its kind of scary with this public eye being on me all the time, Biles said. Its rewarding but I think well get used to it.If she needs advice, she doesnt have to look far. All she has to do is ask good friend and Final Five teammate Aly Raisman. The 22-year-old team captain picked up her third medal in Brazil and sixth overall with silver on floor, a moment she wasnt sure would arrive when she began her methodical comeback two years ago.This time was harder than 2012, the training part of it, Raisman said. It was kind of hard to top [2012]. Its nice that it was all worth it.Raismans six medals are the second most by an American female gymnast at the Olympics. The nine medals the U.S. women captured in Rio are the programs most in an Olympic meet, a fitting send-off for retiring national team coordinator Martha Karolyi.Husband Bela at her side in the stands, Karolyi fought back tears as the gymnasts she called the Final Two leave little doubt as to the widening canyon between the Americans and the rest of the world. Five days after going 1-2 in the all-around, Biles and Raisman did it again with their unparalleled floor routines that included some of the most difficult passes the sport has ever seen.Im so proud of these girls, said Karolyi, who is stepping down later this month. Im going out very happy, very satisfied.Whether Raisman is going to join Karolyi in retirement is uncertain. Raisman never thought anything could top London. Yet there she was waving to the crowd on Tuesday afternoon, a gesture that doesnt mean goodbye. Maybe it was the adrenaline, but for now Tokyo 2020 remains in play.Maybe Im getting better with age, she said. ' ' '