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The face at the top of U.S. womens gymnastics will change next month when longtime national team coordinator Martha Karolyi retires following the Summer Olympics.The address that doubles as the programs heartbeat will not.USA Gymnastics has reached an agreement with Karolyi and husband Bela to purchase the training facility the couple owns in Huntsville, Texas. Financial terms were not disclosed, but a closing date of Aug. 24 has been set, just three days after the closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro and five days before Martha Karolyis 74th birthday.It has everything we could possibly ask for, USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny told The Associated Press. Along with what it represents to our heart and soul, as a physical facility, we couldnt go out and build it. Its been custom made what for what we want and need. You add up all the elements and its like Dang, what an easy decision.The Karolyis established the rustic estate in Sam Houston National Forest about an hour north of Houston in 1983, eventually expanding it to 2,000 acres. USA Gymnastics is buying 36.2 acres, including three training gyms, housing for up to 300 athletes and coaches as well as a dance studio, dining hall, medical and rehab facilities and recreational areas. The facility will also get a new name: the USA Gymnastics Athlete Development Center at the Karolyi Ranch.The Karolyis will keep their residence, a hunting lodge Bela Karolyi built and the remaining acreage. USA Gymnastics will have right of first refusal if the Karolyis decide in the future to sell off other parcels of land.The USA Gymnastics board of directors unanimously approved the sale, pointing to the amenities, the location and the unique aspects of the ranch -- which includes a vast array of wildlife from camels to peacocks -- that have helped turn the womens national team into an international powerhouse. The five-woman team Karolyi will lead to Brazil next month is heavily favored to back up the team gold medal it won with ease in London four years ago.This place has stood the test of time, Penny said. There things we have to make sure we do a little bit differently, we have to fix some things. Nothing that is going to require significant work. Its sturdy. Its a sturdy place to be.Karolyi announced her decision to step down after the Rio Games last summer. The Karolyis are expected to maintain a presence at the ranch, and USA Gymnastics is considering turning an older portion of the main gym -- one lined with pictures, medals and trophies from major competitions dating back to the 1980s -- into a museum to honor the Karolyi legacy.They are still a part of us, Penny said. They will always be a part of USA Gymnastics. Theyre still both going to play vital roles for us in the future. Martha will always want to drift into the gym and well always want her to do that.Bela Karolyi joked the sale means freedom for him to do as he pleases on the ranch while his wife of 54 years travels to visit family in her native Romania. Though the deal has been in the works for a while, the formal exchange of power will mark the end of an era. The Karolyis defected from Romania to the U.S. in 1981 and the ranch played a vital part in the U.S.s rise from also-ran to dominant force.When Martha Karolyi was elevated to national team coordinator in 2001, she installed a centralized system that required national team members to make regular visits to the ranch for training and to foster a team environment that can be difficult to cultivate in an individual sport. The U.S. has produced the last three Olympic all-around champions -- with reigning three-time world champion Simone Biles expected to make it four straight in Rio -- while adding two Olympic team silvers to go with the gold from London.Once everybody sees that this system is working and producing world and Olympic champions, they believe in it, Martha Karolyi said last fall. We believe they will be hopefully following in a same direction down the road. We want to make sure this is safe for generation after generation.While Penny considers Aug. 24 as Karolyis official retirement date, there has been no decision yet on her replacement.I have yet to have a formal discussion with anyone that has expressed interest, Penny said. Ive met with the coaches and told them our main goal is to get through Rio and not worry about making it a distraction.The Karolyis have pledged to donate $250,000 to USA Gymnastics after the sale.Thats how solid our relationship is with them, Penny said. This has been a very smooth and cooperative effort to get to a good place where everybody is comfortable with what were doing. Reggie White Womens Jersey . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. 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Were going there to play and thats the way it is.These teams seasons have come much more clearly into focus than they were when the postponement took place.LSU (6-3, 4-2 in the SEC) is 4-1 since Ed Orgeron was named interim head coach after Les Miles was fired in the wake of a 2-2 start.Florida (7-2, 5-2) has put itself on the cusp of a second consecutive SEC East Division title, though it enters the game with at least seven starters sidelined by injury. If the Gators win, they go back to Atlanta to play West Division champion and No. 1 Alabama on Dec. 3. If they lose, they can still win the East if Tennessee loses either at home to Missouri this week or at Vanderbilt next week.Had this game been played Oct. 8, Florida likely would have avoided Tigers All-America running back Leonard Fournette, who was sidelined by an ankle injury. Fournette aggravated the injury for the third time this season in a win against Arkansas last week but hes more likely to play than he would have been six weeks ago.Derrius Guice has established himself as one of the top running backs in the SEC while getting expanded playing time due to Fournettes limited playing time.Florida has the No. 2 rush defense in the SEC (111.7 yards per game), but its top three tacklers -- linebackers Jarrad Davis and Alex Anzalone and safety Marcus Maye -- wont play because of injury.The Gators also could be without as many as three starters on the offensive line.They were injured when we were about to play and then I guess they got a couple guys back and now they lost multiple guys, LSU outside linebacker Arden Key said.dddddddddddd I know theyre scared to come up here because they dont have all their stars or whatnot.Both teams have starting quarterbacks who transferred from Purdue and werent starters at the beginning of the season. Danny Etling replaced a struggling Brandon Harris after two games for LSU.Austin Appleby will be making his fourth start of the season and second in a row because of injuries to Luke Del Rio.LSU, which concludes the regular season at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, will honor its departing seniors before a home game it wasnt supposed to have. A week ago, the Gators bid farewell to their departing seniors a week earlier than originally planned.Had this game been played as originally scheduled, LSU would be hosting South Alabama on Saturday and Florida would be hosting Presbyterian College in a tune-up for its regular-season finale at Florida State next Saturday.Gators players remember October speculation that suggested they werent eager to play the game then or now.I think the LSU game is one of the biggest games for us every season just like FSU, just like Georgia, safety Nick Washington said. I mean were going to go into it with a little more of a chip on our shoulder because of whats been said in the media and what not. I know were ready to go.So instead of playing a non-conference breather, LSU and Florida are meeting in a Top 25 matchup with important implications. In addition to the Gators trying to wrap up a division title and strengthen their long-shot of making the College Football Playoff, the Tigers are trying to enhance their attractiveness to bowls and strengthen Orgerons case to be the full-time head coach when these teams finally meet in The Swamp next season.We didnt have success in one game. Were 4-1, Oregeron said in reference to whats happened since he took over. Theres a lot of good things weve done. I really feel like we have a good football team, and I like that theyre having fun. ' ' '