ST. LOUIS (AP) The St. Louis Blues said that forward Jori Lehtera will be sidelined for six to eight weeks after recent surgery on his right ankle.Lehtera had surgery on Aug. 4.The Blues said the 27-year-old Lehtera was...

BEREA, Ohio (AP) Browns Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas left practice because of an injury to his right leg. He has never missed a play in his NFL career.Thomas yelled when his leg was rolled into during an...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) The humbled men in gold jackets entering football immortality were unmistakable. So was the endless sea of twirling yellow Terrible Towels there to greet them and the outpouring of compassion for the legend who wasn't...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California opened fall camp with familiar expectations and plenty of new faces.The Trojans were able to sign a full 25-man recruiting class in February after three years of NCAA sanctions. Add in four blueshirts...

TIMMINS, Ontario (AP) Angus ''Gus'' Mortson, the eight-time NHL All-Star defenseman who helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win four Stanley Cup titles, died Saturday. He was 90.Mortson's family announced the death through the Miron-Wilson Funeral Home in Timmins.Morton...

NAPA, Calif. (AP) Taiwan Jones is making another position switch.Two years after moving from running back to cornerback for the Oakland Raiders, Jones is going back to the offensive side of the ball.Oakland's new coaching staff led by...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Freshman linebacker Daiquan Kelly has been dismissed from the Penn State football team because of a violation of team rules.The school made the announcement on Saturday.Kelly, of Newark, New Jersey, played high school football...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) A lawyer has been hired to represent Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane, who is under police investigation over something that may have happened at his home last weekend.Lawyer Paul Cambria didn't provide any further information...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Aldon Smith's teammates, coaches and everybody else around the San Francisco 49ers kept hoping the star linebacker had matured and moved forward from all the legal issues that overshadowed his young career as one...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) A freshman starting quarterback, less than a dozen returning seniors on scholarship, and Michigan at the Big House in Game 2.Gary Andersen is looking at a daunting start to his first year as Oregon State's...