NFL union pans commissioner's call for players to report on teammates' possible concussions. The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for players to tell their teams' medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.

Heatley's hat trick lifts Sharks to 6-3 win over Flyers. Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night.

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They did what? Unusual fake FG spurs Redskins past Denver 27-17, Broncos lose 3rd straight. The Washington Redskins did everything except hold a big neon sign to let the world know that a trick play was in the works.

USC takes tumble in AP rankings, Stanford soars after crushing Trojans. After another humiliating loss, Southern California tumbled to its worst ranking since Pete Carroll's Trojans began their run as one of college football's best programs in 2002.

Proven in Mountain West, how would 10-0 TCU stack up nation's other undefeated teams?. TCU has easily proven itself as the best in the Mountain West with lopsided victories over the league's other Top 25 teams ? at BYU and now Utah, last year's BCS buster.

TCU's big victory can't push Horned Frogs past big 3 in BCS standings. TCU's big victory wasn't enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings.

Manning's TD pass with 13 seconds left gives Colts 35-34 win after Patriots' 4th-down gamble. With his team trailing by six points and approaching the 2-minute warning, Peyton Manning was on the sideline getting ready to lead the Indianapolis Colts' offense back onto the field.

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A's closer Andrew Bailey wins AL Rookie of Year; Marlins OF Chris Coghlan takes NL award. Andrew Bailey was driving along, talking to his agent on a handsfree cell phone, when another call came in.

Cleveland Rocked: Ravens strike for 2 quick scores in 3rd quarter to blank Browns 16-0. Even after Baltimore had punished Brady Quinn, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis got in one more vicious hit on Cleveland's quarterback.

Ray Rice ran for a score and Dawan Landry had a interception touchdown as the Baltimore Ravens shutout the Cleveland Browns 16-0 in a National Football League game on Monday.

Pittsburgh-Baltimore to remain Sunday night game Nov. 29 despite flex scheduling options. The Pittsburgh-Baltimore matchup Nov. 29 will remain the Sunday night game even though NBC had the option of picking another contest.

DA: Pa. murder suspect scammed to get burial plot next to the wife he's accused of killing. A man accused of murdering his wife has been charged with forging documents to steal a cemetery plot so he could be buried beside her.

Ravens cut K Hauschka, who struggled as replacement for veteran Matt Stover. The Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday cut kicker Steve Hauschka, who missed a 36-yard field goal and had a conversion blocked in Monday night's 16-0 win over Cleveland.

Geithner: Efforts to fix global financial flaws, avoid new crises will fail if US drops ball. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Tuesday that efforts to strengthen the global financial system to prevent another deep crisis will falter if the United States drops the ball on overhauling regulation of its own banking system.

Gibbs' hot shooting leads Pitt past decimated Binghamton 71-46. Ashton Gibbs hit five 3-pointers in the first half as Pittsburgh quickly opened a 22-point lead and the Panthers emptied their bench Tuesday throughout a 71-46 victory over Binghamton, which lost its coach and much of its team during a troublesome offseason.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK Through 17 games, Dennis Wideman has one goal, three assists, and a unique perspective on why his points are down. ``I'm hoping that maybe I'm doing the opposite of what I was doing last year,'' Wideman said before last night's 4-1 loss. ``Last year I had a bunch of points before Christmas. Didn't do [expletive] after. So hopefully, when I'm not doing [expletive] now, I'll do a bunch after.'' Through 17 games last season, Wideman had scored five goals and four assists. As the team's ace puck-mover and No. 2 defenseman behind Zdeno Chara, Wideman would conclude 2008-09 with a career-high 50 points (13 goals, 37 assists) in 79 games. Wideman averaged 24:38 of ice time per game and saw heavy action in every situation. When Wideman was at his best, he would dig pucks out of corners, draw forecheckers, then make simple, flat, tape-to-tape outlet passes to his forwards to initiate the breakout. This year, Wideman's game hasn't resembled the 2008-09 version. Too often, he's be

Ed Czekaj