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Breaking his silence on the inclusion of his name in the Mitchell Report, Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts admitted that he used steroids once in 2003. In an interview in Tuesday’s editions of The (Baltimore) Sun, Roberts acknowledged that he used steroids “once” in 2003. However, he said he hadn’t used steroids or other…

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Chris Simon stepped away from the New York Islanders before the NHL had a chance to toss him out. That might be next for the troubled forward. Simon and the Islanders agreed Monday he should take a paid break from hockey following his latest penalty for attempting to injure an opponent. He had already missed…

A quick two-goal lead enabled the Colorado Avalanche to concentrate on defense the rest of the game. Ryan Smyth and Jaroslav Hlinka scored 62 seconds apart early in the first period against Jason LaBarbera in the goalie’s first game off the injured list, and the Avalanche went on to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-2…

Chris Simon took a paid leave from the New York Islanders on Monday, agreeing with the team that he needed time away from hockey following his latest penalty for attempting to injure an opponent. Simon missed the first five games of this season while completing a 25-game ban — his sixth NHL suspension — meted…

There was plenty of offense to go around for Southern California in its first game since returning to the Top 25. Dwight Lewis tied his career high with 18 points, Davon Jefferson added 17 and the 25th-ranked Trojans overwhelmed Delaware State in an 83-54 victory Monday night. “Obviously, we didn’t play a Pac-10 team,” USC…

Trampled by Adrian Peterson the last time they met, Brian Urlacher and the Chicago Bears figured out how to stop Minnesota’s star rookie for the better part of three quarters. At least until it really counted. Peterson’s 8-yard touchdown run, his second of the night started by a shoulder-shake to fake Urlacher at the line…

Sore-thumbed quarterback Tony Romo is going to be OK and the Dallas Cowboys still are tied for the NFC’s best record, with the inside track for home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. So it wasn’t exactly doomsday Monday for the Cowboys (12-2) when they dealt with defeat for the first time in two months.

Dallas Cowboys safety Roy Williams was suspended without pay for one game Monday by the NFL after his third illegal “horse collar” tackle of the season. Williams, whose use of the tactic led to the league passing a rule making it a 15-yard penalty, did it against Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in Sunday’s 10-6 loss.

Coach Jack Del Rio has talked incessantly about building a potent offense in Jacksonville. He finally has one. Buoyed by quarterback David Garrard and running backs Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew, the Jaguars have set franchise records by gaining at least 400 yards in four consecutive games and scoring at least 24 points in eight…

The emergence of Justin Fargas as a featured running back has been the highlight offensively for the Oakland Raiders this season. Now they will have to finish the season without their 1,000-yard back. An MRI on Monday confirmed that Fargas sprained the MCL in his right knee in Sunday’s 21-14 loss, shutting him down for…

In their latest loss at home to Washington, the New York Giants frequently looked like the bumbling, stumbling team that lost six of its last eight games a year ago and barely slipped into the playoffs. Yet, while the Giants have lost four of seven games at Giants Stadium this season, they have won six…