FORT WORTH, Texas -- Middle Tennessee defensive end and U.S. Marine veteran Steven Rhodes has been chosen the winner of the Armed Forces Merit Award.A seven-person committee of Football Writers Association of America members and Armed Forces Bowl officials selected Rhodes from a group of 16 nominees. The announcement was made Friday.Rhodes served five years in the Marines before joining Middle Tennessees football program in 2013. He has made 27 career starts and has 29 tackles this season for the Blue Raiders.The FWAA created this award in 2012. Previous winners include Texas Nate Boyer in 2012, North Texas Brandon McCoy in 2013 and Clemsons Daniel Rodriguez in 2014 and Westminster Colleges Bret Robertson in 2015.All four were U.S. Army veterans who later played college football.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25Adidas Stan Smith Clearance .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. Adidas Stan Smith Australia . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. http://www.wholesalestansmithaustralia.com/ .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Adidas Stan Smith Australia Cheap . LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Adidas Stan Smith Sale Australia . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jimmy Medranda scored his first-career MLS goal and Sporting Kansas City extended its unbeaten streak to five games with a 3-1 win over New York City FC on Sunday night.Medranda blasted a left-footer, from well outside the box, past Josh Saunders into the back of the net to give Sporting (8-8-4) a 2-1 lead in the 16th minute.Benny Feilhabers tap-in goal, off the back of Saunders, opened the scoring in the eighth.Frank Lampard tied it in the 14th minute, rolling a right-footer -- off the feed froom Ronald Matarrita -- just inside the near post.ddddddddddddeilhaber flicked the ball into the area and Ike Opara outdueled defender Frederic Brillant at the top of the 6-yard box to slip the ball into the net in the 51st.Feilhaber has three goals and two assists in the last four matches.NYCFC (8-6-6), the points leader in the Eastern Conference, had its four-game winning streak snapped. ' ' '